Chapter 169 Surrounded!
April 15th, Tseung Kwan O Film Studio.

Liu Zhou led the cast and crew of "New World" to hold a ceremony to worship gods before the filming started.

Liu Zhou did not hold any press conference this time. After the crew was formed, he started filming directly.

Although there was no major publicity for this film, the film, which received much attention from the Hong Kong media, still attracted quite a few media reporters to attend the opening ceremony.

Liu Zhou has not announced the cast of "New World", but the media are very resourceful and know it clearly.

There was no need for Jiahe to take any action, the media had already announced the news for Liu Zhou.

Unsurprisingly, the cast of New World immediately sparked a wave of discussion.

After "Infernal Affairs", Liu Zhou's "New World" has the most luxurious cast.

In addition, out of trust in the great director Liu Zhou, everyone is looking forward to his new film.

After worshiping the gods and eating the roast suckling pig, the stagehands began to clear the scene. The actors who had no roles today said hello to Liu Zhou and left temporarily.

The main part filmed today is Fan Xiaopang's scenes.

Fan Xiaopang doesn’t have many parts. Although she is nominally the heroine of the movie, she is more of a clue character, playing a go-between role in the early stages.

The movie "New World" is a complete man's play!
If we count the appearances carefully, Fat Fan might not even be as good as the fifth male lead.

But despite this, Fat Fan is already very content.

During the few years I spent at Huayi, I had to work very hard to get the female lead in "Cell Phone", and I was always worried about unspoken rules.

But even though she kept her bottom line, she was still harassed by the old pervert Wang Zhonglei, making her angry but unable to speak out.

This is also the fundamental reason why she wants to leave Huayi. From the boss to the directors and executives, none of them are not sex-hungry.

At Huayi, not only do I have to worry about the unspoken rules, but I also have to worry about resources, income, competition and so on, which always makes me feel very tired.

But less than a month after arriving at Jiahe, Fan Xiaopang felt a big difference.

There is no corruption or intrigue here, and the film and television resources are amazing!

In addition to winning the female lead role in "New World", she has also been confirmed to play the female lead in "The Blade of the Dragon Ball 2" which the company is currently preparing.

Movie resources that were previously out of reach are now pouring in here one after another.

Moreover, Fan Xiaopang could clearly feel that Liu Zhou treated him like this not only because he had a close relationship with her, but also because she wanted to promote him.

In addition to these two films, she also learned from her new agent Zeng Jia that the company has a series of development plans for her in the future.

This is the level of attention she has never felt since her debut.

So Fan Xiaopang did not feel attracted to the young, handsome, rich and talented Liu Zhou as he did in the filming of "The Swordsman", but he really developed a liking for him.

Of course Liu Zhou had no idea about Fan Xiaopang's changes in mind at this time. He was discussing the shooting details with the crew.

Then he called Fan Xiaopang and Liu Dehua over and explained the play to them.

Andy Lau's role did not change much, but Fan Xiaopang's role, Liu Zhou, underwent certain changes.

From a police officer's perspective, the original liaison officer did nothing wrong and could be considered to have performed her duties faithfully.

But her final outcome was to be tortured and killed, which would undermine the justice of the male protagonist.

So here, Liu Zhou set the liaison officer to be in cahoots with the villain boss, and he is no longer a purely righteous policeman.

This way, the audience will feel much more comfortable from a third-party perspective, and most importantly, it will be easier to pass the review.

In fact, in Liu Zhou's opinion, the original setting is better. After all, the male protagonist cannot be a pure good person, and a good person cannot become a gang boss.

Liu Dehua and Fan Xiaopang were not rookies, so they understood after Liu Zhou explained it briefly.

Liu Zhou didn't waste any time and started filming directly.

Both of them were well prepared and their acting skills were good, so they performed several scenes almost perfectly in one take.

During the intermission, Fatty Fan came over eagerly and asked:
"Director, is my performance okay?"

"You don't just want me to praise you, do you?"

"Haha, so I acted well?"

"That's good, but don't get cocky."

To be honest, although Fan Xiaopang is not a professional actor, she knows her shortcomings and has studied a lot in private, so her acting skills are not bad.

It's hard to say about high-difficulty and deep-level roles, but medium or lower difficulty roles are not difficult for her.

And her acting skills are still improving.

In fact, in general, the professional level of Fan Xiaopang's group of big stars is very strong.

In comparison, their juniors, some of the 85s and 90s flowers, are obviously not as good as their predecessors in business.

There are few people who can step out of their comfort zone and reach a certain level.

Even Zhao Xiaodao, who is known to have the best acting skills, cannot match any big star in professional ability.

Although they have high traffic, they have hardly won any important awards.

It is a recognized fact that the overall acting skills of the 85 flowers are not as good as those of their predecessors, and they are even tending to be overtaken by the 95 and 00 generations of flowers.

Liu Zhou watched Fan Xiaopang leave happily with her ponytail swinging, and was a little confused about her.

She is obviously a mature lady, but suddenly she becomes like an innocent college student.

But her current pure and sexy temperament seems even more attractive.

After the break, the filming continued.

Because time was tight, Liu Zhou made relatively more shooting plans every day.

But these Hong Kong filmmakers seemed to have no feeling and were very efficient, so Liu Zhou always finished work early.

No matter what, the efficiency and professionalism of these older generation Hong Kong filmmakers are very worthy of learning from the mainland.

The actors' performances were also good, which made the crew run very smoothly and Liu Zhou's filming was also very smooth. Fan Xiaopang had been filming for three days and had completed more than 80% of his scenes.

The remaining 20%, which is the highlight of the final death, will be filmed later.

So Fan Xiaopang will leave Hong Kong first and return to the mainland to participate in activities, and then come back when the time comes.

The following scenes mainly focus on the rivalry between Li Zicheng, Ding Qing and the villain boss.

Liang Jiahui joined the crew one day after Fan Xiaopang left.

Speaking of which, Liu Zhou and Liang Jiahui had known each other five or six years ago.

At that time, Liu Zhou went to Cannes with his short film "The Tuner", and Liang Jiahui also went to Cannes with Yu Liwei's "Heaven and Earth" crew.

The two met at that time, but they didn't keep in touch afterwards.

"Mr. Liang, welcome to the team."

"Director Liu, you are too polite."

"Mr. Liang, do you still remember me? I said I wanted to cooperate with you before, but now I have fulfilled my promise, haha!"

"Of course I remember. I never thought that the student I was back then would become a big boss and director now. I also want to work under Director Liu to make a living."

The two chatted briefly, and Liu Zhou said:
"Mr. Liang, are you all ready? We will officially start filming your scenes this afternoon."

"Of course, it's rare to come across such a good role. I have been preparing for this role these days."

The character Ding Qing is so outstanding that, to exaggerate a little, he even outshines the male lead Li Zicheng.

Liang Jiahui fell in love with this role as soon as he saw the script, and he had a very strong feeling that this would be another classic screen role of his.

So without any hesitation, he accepted Jiahe's invitation.

"Okay, then Mr. Liang, please get ready. We'll start shooting this afternoon."

Liu Zhou is also very much looking forward to Liang Jiahui's portrayal of Ding Qing.

Huang Zhengmin, who played Ding Qing in the original version, has excellent acting skills, but his appearance always makes people feel that he is a little honest and bitter.

Although Ding Qing is a gangster boss, I always feel that Huang Zhengmin is a good person.

Also, when Hwang Jung-min discovered the undercover agents and executed them in front of Lee Ja-sung, although he felt the tension of the plot, because of that face, he felt that Ding Qing would not harm his brothers.

Liang Jiahui can not only portray Ding Qing's honesty and loyalty, but his face also looks very fierce when it looks gloomy.

If he keeps a gloomy face or fake smiles throughout the whole process, he will really look like a villain, and it can also enhance the suspense of the plot to a greater extent.

In addition to Ding Qing, Wu Zhenyu, who plays the fourth in command Wu Zhongjiu, also joined the crew today.

With the main actors in place, Liu Zhou also prepared to shoot a climax scene to let them satisfy their acting cravings and see how these Hong Kong actors perform.

But Liu Zhou wanted to film his movies peacefully, but there were always people who didn't let him do so.

When the crew was ready in the afternoon, accidents always happened inadvertently.

Liu Zhou was just about to shout "Action" when he suddenly heard the roar of an engine.

After a while, a group of gangsters on motorcycles surrounded the "New World" crew.

This group of people rode their bikes around the venue, throwing glass bottles at the crew from time to time and shouting wildly.

Seeing this, the bodyguards hired by Liu Zhou immediately surrounded him and silently picked up a prop iron rod.

Liu Zhou was not at all flustered and calmly said to one of the bodyguards:
"Call the police!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, the other members of the crew gathered together, holding things in their hands, and surrounded the female employee.

At this time, Ren Dahua came over and said:
"Mr. Liu, I'll go negotiate with them. If they want a land transfer fee, we'll have to pay it. If not, they probably won't let it go. We'll have to wait until the police arrive."

"I understand."

Liu Zhou gave the visitor an inch in courtesy, and he returned the favor ten feet. No matter what the situation was, since Ren Dahao was able to come and help at this time, he would remember this favor.

But after a while, Ren Dahua came back and said with a wry smile:

"Mr. Liu, we can't come to an agreement. It seems these people are here to cause trouble on purpose."

"I understand, but thank you Ren Sheng anyway."

"You're welcome. I'm not much help."

At this time Andy Lau and several leading actors came over and said:

"Ah Zhou, do you want us to go talk to them again?"

This kind of thing was very common in the 1980s and 1990s, but after 1997, it became much less common.

The celebrities who have made it big in Hong Kong have more or less experienced a lot of things like this, and they still have some face in front of those gangsters.

"No need, they are obviously here to cause trouble, let's wait for the police to come."

The Hong Kong police responded very quickly. Within ten minutes, two police cars appeared.

A producer from Golden Harvest rushed over to negotiate and came back with a wry smile a few minutes later.

"Mr. Liu, they are all old hands. They are just riding their bikes in public places and littering. We can't arrest them if they don't name names and curse at them."

"I see it."

"Mr. Liu, you just arrived in Hong Kong not long ago, why don't you call Ms. Zou and let her handle it."

"No, I'll take care of it. You can go and tell them to call it a day. We'll have half a day off in the afternoon and continue filming tomorrow."

Liu Zhou's expression remained calm, and his tone did not change at all.

But the producer felt nervous and frightened.

(End of this chapter)