Chapter 43: Coach(1/2)
On the outskirts of Shanghai, Cai Jiaban Action and Stunt Training Center.
The iron gate at the entrance has been closed.
Once the training starts, the entire training center will enter a semi-enclosed state. Except for the appointed media or people within the crew, others are generally not allowed to enter. If you want to train harder, there is no problem in eating and living inside.
The crew of "Black Dragon 2" will use this place for 20 days from mid-December to early January.
According to the plan of the training schedule, the first day is used for everyone to get familiar with each other, and the training officially starts on the second day.
The actors in training all brought a change of clothes and were ready to sweat, so they arrived earlier.
At nine o'clock in the morning, it is the warm-up time before the first class.
The training ground was bustling with activity.
"Have you heard that Teacher Xie's juniors are all amazing...", "I only asked about the last three, let me change with you." The assistants were gathering together to exchange what they heard last night.
of gossip.
"Can we train today? According to the contract, we only train for twenty days. After twenty days, we have other arrangements." The manager pestered the crew and asked whether the training would be modified.
"We don't know about this either..." Faced with the entanglement from the agents, the crew members had a headache. They said they had to ask the director and producer about this.
But the director and producer either went to solve the problem or were hiding. They couldn't be found anywhere.
Deep in the training ground, there is a group of actors. Wearing loose training clothes, they are sitting on the mats doing nothing, forming a circle and chatting.
Yesterday, the sparring session between Guan Chen and Master Cai ended. The latter covered his wrists and shoulders and was immediately sent to the clinic for examination. The first day of training ended in vain.
When they came today, they somewhat anticipated the current situation.
"His hometown is in the capital. He used to learn a few tricks from an old man next door for self-defense... In places like the capital, there are many hermit masters, so he doesn't know what he has learned and to what extent. He has never learned anything from him before.
A man had been in a fight and was suddenly called out yesterday. When he got nervous, he couldn't hold back his strength. Novices are like this...really, he really didn't mean any harm..."
Xie Jinzhu explained yesterday's accident carefully.
Faced with Xie Jinzhu's explanation, everyone nodded their heads after hearing each sentence, and their expressions were all calm and unified.
If it were yesterday, maybe half of the people would have heard these things and expressed regret and sympathy for the accident. But after one night, everyone who should inquire has been inquired, and those who did not take the initiative to inquire have been informed by others with good intentions.
No one wants to believe Xie Jinzhu's nonsense today.
They watched Xie Jinzhu keep saying that Guan Chen was a good person and a good boy, and they all felt that he was terminally ill and had fallen into serious delusions, which was very pitiful.
A few people knew that although they didn't know much about martial arts, at least they were not blind. When Guan Chen finally locked Master Cai, his skillful posture, his cold eyes, and the momentum he showed didn't look like ""
What a "good person" and a "good boy" should look like.
Turning his head to look at the wall, Guan Chen was not with anyone there. He was playing with a wooden dummy alone, and his Wing Chun skills were not very standard. From time to time, he stopped to shake his injured arm.
, baring his teeth and grinning, it does not look very harmful. But what is deeply disturbing is that he is holding a handful of something in his hand and frequently wiping it on the "neck" of the wooden man when punching.
"Has any of you seen Master Cai?" someone in the cast asked others.
Everyone shook their heads. One of them came early and said that when he saw Master Cai in the morning, Master Cai had a plaster on his wrist and smelled of medicine. He was chatting with the director, and then both of them squatted on the ground with a sad face.
"Putting on a plaster cast is so serious?"
"It doesn't necessarily mean it's serious, it could also be to recover faster."
Most of the people present were veteran actors from action movies. They had been beaten and beaten, and had dealt with these ailments and injuries many times, so they knew how long it would take for any injury to heal.
"But for sprains or strains, you always need to rest for one to three weeks."
"One to three weeks?"
The training plan is only for twenty days in total, and Master Cai cannot exercise strenuously for one to three weeks while recovering from his injuries. This means that for this training, either their martial arts instructor can only use his mouth to guide the whole process, or they can only change to another martial arts instructor.
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Everyone once again looked at the culprit that caused all this.
Among those present, not only the actors like them were peeking, but others were also watching Guan Chen.
If they try to see Guan Chen's guilt, they are simply wishful thinking.
Guan Chen played with wooden dummies for a while, jumped on the trampoline for a while, and finally warmed up as if no one was watching, and then started playing with sandbags.
Normal people would never do this... Except for Xie Jinzhu, everyone present reached a consensus.
So when they saw Guan Chen like this, no one dared to go up and say anything, for fear of being caught and beaten up by him.
At 11 o'clock, the morning classes were over, and Wu Zhi, the director and the producer, these people who could speak still did not show up. Everyone walked to the cafeteria in a mighty manner, preparing to have lunch. After eating, everyone had completely given up.
On this day, those who took naps went to take naps, chatted, and played on mobile phones, killing time, as casually as students who gave up on the college entrance examination behaved in self-study classes.
Only Guan Chen, like an outlier, continued training after a short nap.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, someone finally came forward.
The one who stood up was the assistant director.
While he asked the camera to turn on the machine, he summoned the crew and asked them to remind them that the afternoon class was about to start.
Halfway through the video card game, I was surprised to think that the director was about to show up.
It turned out not to be.
"The camera was set up first, and we pretended to have received instructions, and they were willing to move. It would be good to shoot behind-the-scenes, publicity, or anything else. In short, we can't do nothing anymore. We have to find something for them to do."
the director said.
The director and the producer still haven't gotten through on the phone, but the male protagonist's managers are already using their brains to get the artist to go on a commercial tour. The assistant director thought to himself, what if the director comes up with a solution and sees that there are so few people?
Halfway through, they started to get frustrated and the fun was over for those of them present. So they had to let the actors do something first.
The cameraman was convinced and asked: "What do you want them to do?"
"Are you familiar with the movements?" The assistant director raised his voice at the end of his sentence and made a very uncertain suggestion.
Master Cai is nowhere to be seen, but his apprentices have not left. A few senior ones have been working as sparring partners for the master before, and they should be familiar with the movements. It should be feasible to let them teach the actors to hold up. Even if the actors are not
If you can fully master it, but at least remember the movements, you can feel more relaxed when Master Cai gives you verbal instructions or gives instructions on the set.
The cameraman thought this suggestion was good, and the two of them split up.
The assistant director called for apprentices. The apprentices were afraid at first, but after being persuaded, they hesitated for a moment and agreed.
The cameraman greeted his subordinates, turned on the camera, and said he would start taking pictures and promotional materials.
Facing the camera, the actors woke up and some put down their mobile phones. In short, they gathered together to save face. The agents and assistants were also rushed to the side.
Training has begun.
The assistant director breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that things were going smoothly.
Unexpectedly, I found out after five minutes that it still didn't work.
Because those apprentices couldn't intimidate the actors at all.
When the actor asked, "Why is it like this?", "Can the difficulty be lowered?", "I want to be more handsome," the apprentices were stunned and didn't know what to do.
The cameraman asked the assistant director what to do now.
The assistant director could only do the next best thing and gritted his teeth and said: "Run! Even if you just run, do some exercise, and practice your physical fitness for twenty days, it will be useful when filming!"
Just when they were worried that running would arouse the dissatisfaction of these uncles, Guan Chen, who was doing push-ups quickly in the corner, then jumped up and punched the sandbag, came into their sight.
The assistant director had a flash of inspiration, his eyes lit up, and he suggested: "Let that nerve...let that junior brother Xie Jinzhu take care of them!"
The cameraman was shocked and asked if this would be bad.
"His martial arts fingers were beaten like that yesterday, so he must be someone who knows martial arts... And you see," the assistant director pointed to the venue. Except for Xie Jinzhu, everyone else deliberately avoided Guan Chen and stayed far away. "No one wants to
If this person is targeted, he should be able to let everyone run."
I have been dealing with photography and composition for half my life, how can I not miss the subtle distance in the venue.
The cameraman had no choice but to agree.
Then the two of them walked towards Guan Chen with their cameras.
Close, closer again.
They walked very slowly. In fact, they were also very stressed.
A person whose actions are unpredictable, especially if this person is a strong fighter, will make people feel scary.
So the assistant director and the others decisively changed direction and went to find Xie Jinzhu.
"You want Xiaoguan to be the coach?" Xie Jinzhu was very surprised.
"Yes, I will simply take everyone for a run or something..." the assistant director said.
Xie Jinzhu thought it was no problem, it was very simple, so he went to find Guan Chen.
"Let me be the coach?" Guan Chen was a little surprised.
"Probably a consultant or something. I guess he's taken a fancy to your skills." Xie Jinzhu decisively entered the "My Junior Brother is Amazing" mode and praised him randomly. After the praise, he still let Guan Chen decide on his own.
Don't act. "You decide."
Guan Chen nodded and said, "Okay, just tell them that I agree."
To be continued...