Chapter 460 This movie must have a sequel!

April 2001, 4, still in a hotel suite.

When Deputy Director Li led Huang Zhenhua and Huang Yimei to knock on the door, his trembling and cautious attitude made the Huang siblings want to laugh, and even wanted to complain whether the authority of directors in the entertainment industry had to be so exaggerated.

Of course, the Huang siblings didn’t dare to complain out loud and could only communicate with their eye contact.

When he heard the sound of "come in" from the door, Assistant Director Li adjusted his appearance, humbly bent over to open the door, and walked in with a flattering smile, "Director Wang, I've brought the person here, please check it out."

After saying this, he hurriedly looked at the Huang brothers and sisters.

Huang Zhenhua greeted him naturally, "Hello, Director Wang. I don't know what your crew likes about us, but if there is a chance for us to come in and learn a little, and it doesn't delay everyone's time and efficiency, we will definitely cooperate."

He had also inquired about many things over the past evening, mainly because Deputy Director Li took the initiative to explain that it was Mr. Guo from the Beijing Film Academy who was assembling a crew to prepare for a film project.

Huang's parents are professors at Tsinghua University, and his brothers and sisters also graduated from famous universities. They must have heard of Beijing Film Academy or the Central Academy of Drama. They are not in the same circle, but they can always find someone they know by asking their teachers and friends.

For projects led by serious teachers in school, even if the other party is just helping, but continue to investigate. For example, Deputy Director Li also has a lot of experience in Hong Kong Island and has been in and out of many crews and has representative works.

The news spread a few circles, and the fact that Huang Yimei was offered a salary of 10 yuan was a good temptation for Huang Zhenhua, who had a job in the system, but it was extremely attractive to Huang Yimei, who was just an intern.

This is the situation. They now feel that they have never learned acting and came here because their interest was aroused. If they are rejected again, their fun will be in vain.

Wang Chengguang looked at the Huang brothers and sisters, waved his hand and asked Director Li to make tea, "Our script is actually mainly a male ensemble drama. The heroine is said to be the protagonist, but she doesn't have many scenes. We can just choose a vase to do the job."

"Ms. Huang has a good temperament, is quick-witted and needs to learn more to pass the performance."

"Mr. Huang, if you want to play an important role, your acting skills will definitely not keep up with the pace given your background as a pure rookie. However, we have additional special training methods that can allow you to experience a surge in acting skills and keep up with the pace in a short period of time."

"This method has a price. Are you willing to pay? I can responsibly say that this price, in addition to being novel and exciting, will not cause any harm to your body. At most, it will cause a slight mental fluctuation."

"As long as Mr. Huang is willing to sign the contract, we can arrange it. The contract states that if Mr. Huang suffers any physical injury or damage, our crew will compensate him, including signing an insurance contract."

In the first part of Infernal Affairs, there are only two female characters with slightly more screen time: psychologist Li Xin'er and Liu Jianming's girlfriend Mary.

With the qualifications of the slightly mature and beautiful Huang Yimei, it is not difficult for her to play the role of a psychologist.

You have to know that this is a talent who graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts more than a year ago and wanted to return to campus and easily got admitted to the Fudan University Psychology Department. Let me ask you, how difficult is it for an undergraduate majoring in fine arts to get admitted to the Fudan University Science Department?
Psychology is a standard science subject that involves biology, physiology, logic, technical science, etc.

Huang Yimei looked at Wang Chengguang in surprise and asked, "Director, am I really paid 10 yuan?"

Wang Chengguang laughed, "The pay is easy to talk about, as long as you are willing to learn. The role you are scheduled to play is a psychologist who specializes in treating and relieving patients' psychological problems. Regardless of whether the filming goes smoothly or not, you will officially start filming in three months at the latest."

"Do you want to take it? I think with your qualifications, you can pass it in three months if you study hard. No special training is needed."

At this point he looked at Huang Zhenhua again, "Mr. Huang, what do you think? If you want to join the crew and play an important role, a salary of 100,000 or 200,000 is fine, but the filming period will be at least three months to six months."

Huang Zhenhua took a deep breath and said, "Can I also be worth one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand? But, can I know what special training is?"

Wang Chengguang laughed, "Let's talk about it after we sign the contract. Although I don't particularly value contracts, it's better to have one than not to have one."

In the world without spirits, everything must follow a formal process.

Huang Zhenhua thought for dozens of seconds, bowed slightly and thanked him, "Thank you Director Wang for giving me the opportunity and looking up to us brothers and sisters. If there is a formal contract, I will sign it now, but my sister needs to think about it again. If it is convenient, I also want to learn about special training as soon as possible."

Old Huang didn't take acting very seriously, nor was he particularly greedy for the hundreds or even hundreds of thousands of dollars that took him half a year to earn. He was already the head of a small department in the Architecture Institute.

There are not only establishments but also levels and titles.

But he was serious about paving the way for his sister, who had been spoiled by her family since she was a child. She had a stable job and plenty of free time. Huang Yimei was different. She was facing the problem of difficulty in finding a job as a graduate.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have followed him into the Architecture Institute for internship.

He knows that if you are offered a regular acting role and are paid 10 yuan for a film, his sister will not be able to resist the temptation. However, Huang Zhenhua has also heard that the entertainment industry is rather chaotic, so as her brother, he has the opportunity to wade into the water and find out everything.

Let my sister consider joining the crew and filming well, it’s a win-win situation!
At least if he is also in the crew, he can also block some of the more chaotic things in your circle. As for his leadership position in the design institute? He will be suspended without pay, so as not to delay each other.

Wang Chengguang laughed again, "Okay, I'll give you a standard contract."

While Assistant Director Li brought them tea and they were waiting, Wang Chengguang took out two contracts and handed them to the brother and sister.

Huang Zhenhua and the other man also read the contract carefully. It took them about ten minutes to finish. Huang Zhenhua couldn't help laughing. "Thank you, Director Wang. The contract is easy to understand and there are not so many nitpicking clauses. I will sign it now and then try to experience the special training method?"

Wang Chengguang nodded, then signaled to Assistant Director Li to take Huang Yimei out to wait...including the 20 yuan salary stipulated in the contract, and let Huang Yimei take out a deposit of yuan.

This was 2001, and yuan was not a small amount. Huang Yimei felt a little unreal when she went out with the money.

Huang Zhenhua took another sip of tea and said in surprise, "Could it be that Director Wang is personally guiding me in the special training? I'm a little flattered."

Wang Chengguang shook his head, "Of course not, come out."

With a loud noise, the temperature in the room dropped several degrees, and dozens of ghost soldiers, both old and young, filled the room, and none of them stood on their feet.

Dozens of ghost eyes stared at Huang Zhenhua at once, and Old Huang's legs went weak and he was about to faint...

At Wang Chengguang's signal, a ghost soldier possessed Huang Zhenhua. Wang Chengguang smiled and explained, "This is called possession. You are experiencing a state where you have lost control of your body. You can only watch and hear all this, but you are powerless."

"But we are not trying to deprive you of your life. We are trying to make you a master of method acting. No matter what emotions your character requires, according to the theory of method acting, when performing, you only need to find similar emotions that you have experienced and use them as substitutes."

"For example, if the beloved of the character you play dies, that's a setting in the script. You haven't experienced it, so you can replace it with the pain you felt when your most precious toy was destroyed in your childhood."

"You may not have had many emotional experiences in your personal life, but a room full of ghosts possess you one by one and empathize with you. Their experiences of death, the four great joys of life when they were alive, and various kinds of suffering, all allow you to empathize and watch the memories."

"This is special training. Apart from the empathy between humans and ghost soldiers, it's a little stimulating, but there's really no harm."

"Of course, after such special training, if you still can't do it, then the ghost soldiers will possess you and perform for you in front of the camera. With Mr. Huang's appearance and temperament, he dyed his hair white and played the drug lord Han Chen for 20 yuan. If you can't learn it well by then, the ghost soldiers will possess you and perform for you."

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A few minutes later.

Huang Zhenhua's face turned pale, and he walked out of the guest room in a relaxed and agile manner. Huang Yimei, who was waiting in the corridor, was immediately confused, "Brother, what is special training? You finished it so quickly?"

Huang Zhenhua looked at Assistant Director Li and then at the girl, with a conflicted look on his face. "The special training is exciting, but you are definitely not suitable. So let's just leave it at that. Let's go back and discuss it. But you can definitely fight for this opportunity, so work hard."

"I brought the script with me. I play Han Chen, the drug lord villain, and you play the psychiatrist in the good side. Let's go back and read it carefully."

With Huang Zhenhua's background and growth path in the spiritless world, he saw dozens of ghost soldiers staring at him a few minutes ago, and he was possessed. How could he recover so quickly? Of course it's impossible.

The one who answered Huang Yimei at this moment was just the ghost soldier who possessed and controlled Huang Zhenhua. As for the soul of Old Huang himself, he was just watching, hearing, and feeling all of this, just like a bystander!
Dozens of minutes later, when "Huang Zhenhua" sent Huang Yime home and got back on the road, he stood on the side of the road for dozens of seconds before he suddenly returned to his original state from "Ghost Soldier Huang Zhenhua".

When he regained control of his body and looked at the scorching sun, he opened his mouth and wanted to scream, but at that moment the evil spirit possessed him again. He ran to the convenience store to buy cigarettes and a lighter, and after he smoked some, he whispered to the air.

"You want to break the contract? You signed the contract."

"Don't worry, you bastard. I'm a high-level ghost soldier. Even if I want to take over another body and be reborn, I won't be interested in a weak mortal like you."

"If you don't want your sister to use this method to perform and achieve excellent acting skills, urge her to learn on her own."

"I'll say this one last time. When I set you free, if you keep shouting about ghosts or something, be careful or I'll go to your architectural school to help you run naked, go to the Tsinghua University staff quarters to snatch candy from the kids, and go to the rooftop of your alma mater's auditorium to pee in the wind."

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The evil soldiers hid themselves, and Huang Zhenhua was adapting to his own body. The cigarette in his hand was almost burning up, but he didn't dare to make a sound.

Feeling his fingers were burned, he quickly threw away the cigarette butt and blew out the air. Then he said to himself in a messy voice, "How dare you threaten me like this?"

This kind of threat is too weird, and it is too ridiculous compared to the consequences of being afraid of physical death, and it is socially dead. Running around naked in the workplace, snatching candy from children in the family compound? ? If you really do this, you'd better run to Africa.

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in the afternoon.

In a suite at a large hotel, Wang Chengguang looked at the trembling Teacher Guo and said with a smile, "Old Guo, there's really no need to be so reserved and scared. You'll get used to seeing ghost soldiers after seeing them many times. You've also seen the underworld version of the Easter eggs I set, right?"

"People are free in this world. Whether you choose to be good or evil is up to your own heart. No one will force you. It's just that when you die, there will be a judgment similar to the laws of the underworld. This is the message conveyed by this Easter egg."

"If you haven't done anything evil, the ghost soldiers won't come to trouble you."

Teacher Guo still had a pale face and smiled awkwardly. After he drank a cup of tea to warm himself up, he said with emotion, "Director Wang, the two different versions shocked me greatly. The question of the underworld easter egg is also very special, unprecedented and special. However, as a teacher of the directing department, I can only give you a few small suggestions of my own. Director Wang, you can refer to it or not. It’s up to you to decide."

Wang Chengguang was happy. "You said, if it's meaningful, I will definitely learn from it."

Teacher Guo hurriedly explained, "Ten minutes of Easter eggs is too long and too much, and it will cost a lot of money and be difficult to achieve the special effects level you expect. In fact, you might as well consider it."

"In the Easter egg, someone went to visit Chen Yongren's grave and said that a person like him had suffered for years and years, and he passed away in such a hurry. If there is reincarnation in the world, he will be reincarnated into a rich family in the next life and be rewarded with good deeds, right? Someone else will definitely say yes."

"Let's talk about people like Han Chen. They will go to hell and be punished after they die. A movie lays out a small Easter egg of tomb-sweeping conversation. There must be a sequel to Infernal Affairs, right? Chen Yongren died at the end, and the treatment of the corrupt policeman Liu Jianming was a bit unsatisfactory." "If you want to lay out something, Director Wang, lay out the foreshadowing for each movie separately. Most of the conversations between people when visiting tombs are easy to shoot, and many movies can be linked together."

"After time has settled these films into classics, after several years, we can release the eighteen levels of hell in the underworld version of the Easter eggs with various special effects and super special effects as a separate mythological film, and let Chen Yongren, Han Chen and other characters guest star in the scenes of their torture or reincarnation."

“This is a multi-level linkage.”

Wang Chengguang was a little stunned. Ten minutes of invincible special effects Easter eggs in the underworld were adjusted to a conversation between one or two ordinary people sweeping tombs. Dozens of seconds of Easter eggs? This is the case in one movie, and in many movies.

A group of films have been turned into classics by time and then they are linked together?
Teacher Guo hurriedly laughed awkwardly, "Director Wang, I'm really worried that the ten-minute underworld version of the Easter egg will cost too much special effects investment, and the serious split between the front and the back will cause you to lose money, so I came up with this little suggestion."

This was really Mr. Guo’s painstaking suggestion, fearing that the two versions would be too disconnected, and Wang Chengguang would lose a lot of money after filming, and be in a bad mood, so he would kill those normal practitioners, after all, the other side has a lot of evil soldiers! !
He guessed that there would be a sequel after the end of Infernal Affairs, in which the protagonist, like Chen Yongren, struggled for three years before finally dying miserably, but what he lacked was a solemn and grand funeral!

Such a policeman died suddenly in the finale, before dawn, without even a funeral in the Haoyuan Cemetery on Hong Kong Island. Is this worthy of a film that lasts more than 100 minutes? From a commercial perspective, we must tactfully suggest that Lao Wang should not continue to lose money.

Wang Chengguang nodded, "Teacher Guo, your suggestion is not bad. I will seriously consider it."

Although he didn't spend much money on special effects and didn't make movies for the sake of making money, he just wanted to spread some simple legal concepts of good and evil, such as theft must be compensated and murder must be punished with death, to the world.

But major changes to classic movies are indeed not as stable as minor ones.

After being foreshadowed by many classic films, the tomb-sweeping conversation in the easter egg finally exploded in a movie about the myth of the Eighteen Levels of Hell, causing an even greater sensation.

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June 2001, 6, on a busy street in Hong Kong Island.

Accompanied by the sound of a heavy object falling from a building, there are various actors' movement performances, scene switching, etc. The handsome guy who played Chen Yongren in Infernal Affairs is wearing a leather jacket and has a stubble beard. He walks slowly towards Huang Zhicheng, who is dressed as a corpse, lying on the roof of a taxi with eyes full of shock, sadness, disbelief, collapse and other emotions.

There was no music at the shooting scene. Wang Chengguang sat behind the monitor and watched the young people's performance quietly, waiting for the end of one take...

He grabbed the loud speaker and said to the people around him, "Click, passed, next one."

The crew relaxed at once. Huang Yimei, who was standing behind the monitor and watching, was shocked and said, "Director, Officer Ling's eye acting in this scene was amazing. It was so brilliant. I didn't expect that he was not only the best marksman of the Hong Kong Flying Tigers, but also an inspector-level leader. His acting skills were so shocking."

The character of Chen Yongren, who wears a leather jacket, has slightly long hair and a stubbled beard and looks like a young gangster, is played by Ling Jing from the Hong Kong Flying Tigers.

This was originally a proud man who was the only one in the Flying Tigers who could hit the bull's eye at 500 meters at full speed. Wang Chengguang went to him and invited him to act? Inspector Ling looked cold and dismissive.

Wang Chengguang casually asked Huang Zhenhua to step out and perform a full-speed shot at the center of a thousand-meter bull's eye. Inspector Ling's worldview was shattered and he collapsed. Then, under the supreme temptation of "Coach, I want to learn shooting", he joined the team with a salary of 50 Hong Kong dollars.

Moreover, Infernal Affairs is a film that promotes the positive image of the Hong Kong police, showing how many Hong Kong police have silently dedicated their entire lives to maintaining law and order and stability.

It is extremely helpful for police publicity!
Ling Jing, the cool and handsome guy, has just joined the crew. Besides him, the actor who plays Huang Zhicheng is Ling Jing's partner in the Flying Tigers, observer Inspector Gao Wenshan.

The actor who plays Liu Jianming is Inspector Fang Keming, the second sharpshooter of the Flying Tigers. They are both good guys who earn high salaries and contribute a little to promote the image of the Hong Kong Police Force.

Huang Zhicheng was blocked by Han Chen's men on the rooftop of an office building, and was thrown down from the building to his death. This scene was witnessed by Chen Yongren at close range... It can be said to be one of the highlights of Chen Yongren's character winning the Academy Awards.

Such a performance clip? It is normal for Huang Yimei, who truly relied on her own intelligence and talent to learn how to act, including how to perform, and play the role of a psychiatrist, to be shocked while watching.

Just at her words, Huang Zhenhua, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but roll his eyes. Where did that cool and handsome guy get his acting skills from? Is this acting? Once possessed by the ghost soldiers, he, an architect, can carry a sniper rifle and shoot at the bull's eye 1500 meters away in full speed wind.

Just asking you if you are awesome?!
He can even fly, believe it or not. If your acting skills are not good enough, Teacher Yin Bing will take over your body and help you perform, and you can also watch, feel, and learn from him!
Recalling the role of Han Chen he played, he led a group of younger brothers to confront Huang Zhicheng's group of younger brothers in the police station's set room, and performed a scene of a master of table cleaning while sweeping through a pile of lunch boxes.

Huang Zhenhua also felt that as a newcomer to the entertainment industry, he might suddenly become a professional gangster boss in the eyes of countless people.

For so many years, he never knew that in your chaotic circle, there are so many weird and unscientific ways of shooting and performing.

The script is indeed good, and everyone’s performances are strong, but I wonder if anyone will suspect that they are all fake acting masters after the movie is released and the audience gives it rave reviews...

Micro-expressions, including acting skills of facial features, can also be brought to life by a stand-in!
As long as you follow Director Wang, everyone can be an actor!
Wang Chengguang clapped his hands to signal his assistant to arrange the next scene, and said with a smile, "Perform well. When the film becomes a hit, you will all become rising stars. Judging from the progress, it can be released in Hong Kong in July or August."

"It has swept the summer season in Hong Kong, but the mainland has to wait for approval. Lao Li, please come over and make arrangements so that we can prepare for the promotion."

Infernal Affairs still has a lot of literary drama as the main characters, which requires the actors to rely on their acting skills. There is also the experience of being possessed by a ghost soldier. The shooting pace of the main creative team is very fast and efficient. The filing process started in April, and it is stable to be released in the summer.

Lao Li hurried over and said with a smile, "Director, what's the plan for publicity and promotion?"

Wang Chengguang complained, "The mainland doesn't really rely on the box office, so let's go with the online marketing model, arrange a group of online trolls to hype up my embarrassing stories, such as losing all my family fortune in the last movie and quickly getting tens of millions of investment to start a new movie."

"Also, Yimei, you are a first-rate beauty. You graduated from an art academy and became the heroine of a new play. If you hype it up, I will take advantage of you. I will post more high-definition photos of you to impact the Internet."

In 2001, which was similar to the original trajectory, the box office of all the blockbuster films made in China in the mainland throughout the year was only 4300 million yuan. A film with a box office of 2000 million yuan could firmly sit in the top ten box office in the country.

This little bit of money is not worth mentioning, it is not even as high as the local box office in Hong Kong Island.

Of course, the original work was able to sell more than 5000 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office in Hong Kong and became the annual champion with the appeal of major superstars. This version basically stars passers-by and amateurs, so it can only rely on hardcore publicity and promotion.

In addition to hyping up his directorial skills in Hong Kong, he has spent tens of millions of real money on publicity, and not only can we expect box office success, but also Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, etc. are not far away.

Assistant Director Li nodded repeatedly and wrote down his instructions with a pen. Huang Yimei was shocked. It was not until Wang Chengguang finished speaking that she said weakly, "Director Wang, you didn't take advantage of me, did you?"

Huang Zhenhua, "???"

Wang Chengguang smiled calmly, "Stay calm, these are just basic entertainment practices. We are all working hard on our careers. After this play, Ling Jing, Fang Keming, and Zhenhua are all new generation actors and veteran actors since the millennium."

In the following period of time, the crew of Infernal Affairs continued filming smoothly and steadily.

The Hong Kong and mainland Internet began to be flooded with messages from trolls. In various forums, countless netizens were shocked and stunned by the high-definition photos of the plump and beautiful Huang Yimei. I don't know how many people's desktops were on them.

After graduating from Beijing Film Academy with Wang Chengguang, he spent all his money to make a super bad movie, which was not released in theaters and was rated as a piece of shit by many teachers in the industry. The information about his debut film swept the Internet, and I don’t know how many people began to laugh at him...

Then there was envy and jealousy to the point of hatred, even gritting their teeth and cursing at him, because after losing everything and going bankrupt in his first venture, he could quickly raise tens of millions of dollars in investment to direct his second movie? ?

The heroine is Huang Yimei, who swept the Chinese Internet? ? Hidden rules?
Grass is a plant.

Is there any fairness in this world anymore?

This huge topic and gimmick spread rapidly in just a few days, not only filling up the Chinese Internet but also rushing to the Korean star Ma Tai. The name of Infernal Affairs also spread to all directions.

Spending little money to accomplish big things is not a big deal for Xinghuo Lao Wang, who once became a media giant through hype. His true face has not even appeared on the Internet.

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On the evening of June 6st, a typhoon is about to roar in on the night of the summer solstice.

Wang Chengguang finished filming early and returned to the hotel, where he was reported by Assistant Director Li, "Director Wang, a local cinema tycoon wants to have dinner with you."

As he spoke, Lao Li was sweating profusely and was a little unsteady on his feet.

Wang Chengguang was amused. "Just like that?"

Old Li wiped his sweat again, "He wants you, Director Wang, to bring Huang Yimei to the banquet."

Under normal circumstances, those who make movies cannot afford to offend cinema tycoons, even if they are big directors. Otherwise, good films may not attract viewers, or their box office revenue may be stolen. For producers, cinemas are a stumbling block.

Assistant Director Li certainly knew that Wang Chengguang had never touched Huang Yimei and that he had been pursuing his career normally in the past few months. However, the entire Infernal Affairs crew was the most serious and peaceful crew that Li had ever come into contact with.

Wang Chengguang smiled and lit a cigarette, "I understand."

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On June 6, a famous cinema tycoon in Hong Kong held a formal press conference, in front of countless media people, he vowed and excitedly announced that the filming of Infernal Affairs was the savior of the declining Hong Kong film industry, which had entered a period of depression.

Everyone is welcome to come to the cinema to watch the movie during the release period. If a survey shows that there are far more negative reviews than positive ones, this theater tycoon is willing to perform a handstand on the stage in public, including donating all his property, and then he would rather be a homeless person for the rest of his life and live on relief funds from the Hong Kong government.

As soon as the news came out, the whole of Hong Kong exploded.

Is it necessary to work so hard? No?

On a certain set, Ling Jing, who had just finished filming a scene, walked over to Fang Keming and Gao Wenshan. Hearing them talking about this incident, Ling Jing was a little upset. "No way, it can't be that serious? Doing a handstand and pulling a rice field?"

"Isn't this more difficult than running 1000 meters at full speed? Was that person won over by the publicity funds, or is he the same as us?"

Fang Keming's handsome and decent face showed an incomprehensible color, "Ninety percent of the time, he is the same as us. I just don't know if he will call the police after he wakes up. Our police basically won't accept the case and will suggest that he go to Qingshan to check it out."

They are the elite special police of the Flying Tigers, the leadership, who got on the Infernal Affairs ship without knowing why. Putting aside the salary and remuneration, they learn shooting in this ghostly way, and act as a guest? Did the ghost soldiers really teach them more powerful shooting techniques after possessing them...

Let their sharpshooter strength be further improved.

But the progress is not great. Want to hit the bull's eye with a full-speed wind gun at 1000 meters? Teacher Yin Bing said that this is because your physique is not superhuman and your soul is also an ordinary normal human, so you can't do that kind of small miracle.

That's not progress at all.

(End of this chapter)