Hotel, in Gao Xixi's room.

Gao Xixi, Pan Hongye and Xu Rong sat facing each other.

"Me?" After hearing Gao Xixi's proposal, Xu Rong was stunned, with her mouth open, speechless for a long time. After a while, she shook her head and said, "Director, are you kidding me?

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Gao Xixi felt a little choked, so she stood up, walked to the window, and opened the window. Pan Hongye was a long-time smoker. After a while, he lit three cigarettes.

When the wind blew in, he turned back and glanced at Xu Rong, who had a look of astonishment on his face, and said with a smile: "I discussed it with Lao Pan for a long time, and finally I think you are the most suitable person to do it."

"Why am I suitable?" Xu Rong looked at the two of them with a dumbfounded look, raised his hands, and fanned twice the smoke that blew into his face, "The problem is that I really don't know how to do it."

Seeing Xu Rong's action, Pan Hongye put his cigarette in the ashtray and said: "Your experience is relatively legendary. To be honest, in three years, you went from a migrant worker who dropped out of school to a first-line actor. Even a TV series would not dare to shoot like this.

And your performance on the set day by day is relatively... eccentric, in line with everyone's imagination of that type of person."

Xu Rong naturally knew this, but he always felt that Gao Xixi's idea was too bad. He waved his hands and said: "No, no, no, director, producer, I really can't fix it. How about we change someone else, and you can be the producer."

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"I'll add two more scenes for you." Gao Xixi sat back, stretched out two fingers and waggled in the air, "Don't worry about the sex scene, Chen? I'll communicate over there. If she doesn't agree, I'll shoot "Three Kingdoms" later."

It’s your choice, anyone can do it.”

After hearing this, Pan Hongye and Xu Rong slowly turned their heads and looked at the small eyes on Gao Xixi's fat face: "Old Gao?"

"director?"

Xu Rong actually refused in his heart. He had no experience in shooting sex scenes, and to be honest, she was really not interested in it. However, he had heard about Gao Xixi's plan to film the Three Kingdoms. It is said that the screenwriter alone had contacted six

indivual.

Xu Rong naturally didn't go there for the sex scene with Chen? She pondered for a moment and said, "I have to think about it."

"Are you still considering it? My dear Teacher Xu, we can't even make it." Gao Xixi smiled bitterly, stretched out a finger again, and said with great pain, "Three scenes, no more, and I will risk my life if I take more.

It’s impossible for anyone to agree.”

"Oh, then... ok, it's all for the sake of the show. Director, you have taken the trouble." Xu Rong sighed, reluctantly raised his head, stared at Gao Xixi and said, "Director, you

I feel that if I plan to film Three Kingdoms, should I think more about the character Cao Cao later?"

The smile that just appeared on Gao Xixi's face choked up after hearing the second half of Xu Rong's words, but after patting his thigh, he forced his smile back and said with emotion: "Xiao Xu

Ah, your idea is really avant-garde, but don’t worry, I will definitely help you strive for it.”

Xu Rong nodded. In fact, he also understood that even if Gao Xixi remade the Three Kingdoms, it would be impossible for him to play Cao Cao. Even if the age factor and Gao Xixi's subjective intention were put aside, the employer would not dare, let alone Jin Fangfang.

After all, Zhu Yu comes first, and few first-line actors dare to take on the role of Cao Cao. For decades, the image of Cao Cao in the hearts of the audience is Bao Guoan. Later performers, no matter how they perform, are all trying to imitate it. Maybe they will not

Brilliant, but at least you won't get scolded.

But according to his temperament, if he plays Cao Cao, he will definitely not copy it. Under the inherent impression, no matter whether his performance is good or not, he will be scolded by most people because he is not like Bao Guoan.

This is also a major pain point in remakes of classics, such as Journey to the West. If the actors were really made up according to the image described by Wu Chengen, they would definitely be scolded because they are inconsistent with the classics. As for the original work, what is that?

Xu Rong and Bao Guoan have also collaborated before. In "Crossing Guandong", the other party played the role of Xian'er's father. When I saw the old farmer he played, I could only sigh that the Cao Cao played by Mr. Bao back then was really a classic.

The three of them discussed each other word by word for nearly an hour before they went back to their rooms to prepare.

Early the next morning, when the actors arrived at the set and looked at the strange decorations on the set, they all fell silent, which indirectly confirmed yesterday's guess.

In the middle of the studio, I don’t know when a Fang Bagua stage was set up, with incense candles lit and tributes placed on it.

Chen?, who was the first to put on makeup, came out of the dressing room. She habitually searched for familiar figures. She just scanned around and didn't see Xu Rong, so she gave up. The studio was too quiet and she didn't dare

Making loud noises or walking around randomly.

At eight o'clock, accompanied by the producer and production director, Gao Xixi solemnly picked up the trumpet and shouted: "Play music."

After a burst of music that sounded like a bell, a Taoist priest with black hair and a white beard who looked like a baby and had a long figure, dressed in gold and silver thread robes and wearing black-topped and white-soled cloth shoes, walked into the venue unhurriedly.

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The Taoist's left hand held a lion seal button engraved with runes, and his right hand held a ghost-expelling stick covered with yellow runes and seals. His expression was indifferent.

Yu Hewei didn't sleep well last night, and his eyes were bloodshot. But when he arrived at the set and saw the Bagua table and the decorations on it, he breathed a sigh of relief, and the big stone hanging from his heart finally fell to the ground.

Invite the "master" to come.

But as the "master" entered the scene, he stared at the Taoist carefully for a while, and the expression on his face couldn't help but become strange.

The Taoist turned out to be Xu Rong.

But before he could doubt it, Xu Rong, who had entered the arena and stood in front of the Bagua stage, suddenly muttered something, with a solemn expression and a solemn cadence.

Then I saw Xu Rong holding the seal high with one hand and waving the ghost exorcism stick in the other hand, walking quickly around the set.

Yu Hewei pricked up his ears and stared carefully. When Xu Rong passed by him, he clearly heard the words Xu Rong read, as if they were really a passage from a Taoist scripture.

After Xu Rong made a circle in this way, he stopped in front of the Bagua stage and shouted loudly: "Play music, sound drums, and welcome us."

"Boom."

"Boom."

"Dong..."

With the sound of nine drums and solemn music, Xu Rong placed the seal and wooden stick on the edge of the stage, took out a neatly folded yellow paper from the sleeve pocket of his Taoist robe, unfolded it, and unfolded it in a kind of way.

He recited loudly in a very strange tone: "In the year of Weidinghai, on the first day of winter, Gengxu Shuo, the disciples bowed their heads to the Taisheng Ancestor and ascended to the great road..."

Yu Hewei originally wanted to laugh, but after watching Xu Rong finish reciting the Qing Ci, burning the yellow paper, and then the ashes flying up on the Bagua stage, he couldn't laugh anymore, and his face was so serious that he didn't even dare to look directly at the stage.

Is it possible that Xu Rong is really good at it?

"Enter the incense."

Xu Rong ignored the increasingly serious expressions of the entire crew and presided over the ceremony in an orderly manner. As he sang, director Gao Xixi and producer Pan Hongye unsmilingly offered incense and kowtowed as he requested.

After the two of them retreated, Xu Rong sang, blessed the gods, and sent off the gods. Until nine o'clock, he ended the entire ritual with a chant of "Send me off to you."

The production director hurriedly walked over with the red envelope and stuffed it into Xu Rong's hand.

"Producer Zhao, no need. I'm also in the team, so there's really no need."

Producer Zhao, on the other hand, was unwilling to give up, and said with a serious face: "One code, one code. It's true that you are our actor, Mr. Xu, but the money for the ritual cannot be saved."

Gao Xixi also urged Xu Rong to accept it with a serious face.

Chen Hu and Hu Ke stared blankly at Xu Rong. If they had only believed 70% of his words when he solemnly presided over a ritual ceremony and read scriptures for nearly half an hour, now they believed it.

80% to 90%, judging by the expressions on the director and producer’s faces, it can’t be fake, right?

Xu Rong, can you really do it?

Especially after a successful day of shooting, the entire team, even Gao Xixi and Pan Hongye, who planned the entire ceremony, looked at Xu Rong strangely.

Because they only asked Xu Rong to prepare some words, but they did not expect Xu Rong to read for nearly an hour. This was not like a newcomer.

Especially considering his experience, after all, Xu Rong is only twenty years old, and he was born in poverty, but he became famous like he is now. After thinking about it, it is really hard to say.

On the second day after the ritual, Chen? finally couldn't hold it in any longer. During her break from filming, she came closer and asked in a low voice: "Xu Rong, can you... know how to watch?"

The corners of Xu Rong's lips raised slightly, but she did not answer.

Smiling without saying a word.

I learned this from Uncle Li back in the day. It is said that Uncle Li can also order it, but every time someone asks him this, he always looks like this.

Moreover, Xu Xing had already asked him this question once last night. The main reason was that the ritual formation was quite scary, with music playing throughout, various etiquettes presentable, and most importantly, the half-hour-long congratulatory speech.

But the more Xu Rong acted like this, the more Chen Qi guessed that he would, otherwise she wouldn't know why the cloud of ashes floated into the sky yesterday.

Xu Rong knew a little bit, and gradually, it became the consensus of the entire crew.

Hu Ke even secretly came to see him at night to see if he was going to get married.

In response to Hu Ke's request, he smiled and sent her out the door.

After closing the door, Xu Rong thought to himself that I would look at a hammer, but it was just a Taoist sutra recited countless times with different tones. As for the swirling paper ash, it was basically the vortex formed by three blowers.

What is used is human psychology.

This was Gao Xixi and Pan Hongye's idea. They did know a few "experts", but the sky was high and the road was far away, so they couldn't hire them for a while. To reassure the crew, they had to recruit someone to take over.

The reason why I chose Xu Rong is, first of all, that he gives people the impression that he is not normal all day long. Furthermore, Xu Rong memorizes the poems well, otherwise he would not be able to read the words while doing the rituals, and the people watching would probably not be able to read them.

letter.

As for the three accidents that happened that day, in Gao Xixi's opinion, they were quite normal. The handheld device fell off the high platform because he wanted to take pictures with a different effect so much that he didn't think carefully about it. As for the subsequent fall into the water,

The fire was probably caused by the psychological pressure of the staff, and what he had to do was to eliminate the psychological pressure of the entire group through a ritual.

"Director, is this what you are talking about, the sex scene?" Xu Rong was dumbfounded as she listened to Gao Xixi's explanation of the scene. She was completely speechless. There was no need to talk to Chen? Well, she had a shitty opinion.

Gao Xixi's so-called bed scene was when Wei Duanben was sick and had a high fever and was lying on the bed after Tian Peizhi left again, and then gave him a few close-ups.

If I have to go into detail, the added scene is indeed a sex scene, but this sex scene is about him alone.

Gao Xixi looked at him strangely and asked: "What's wrong, Xiao Xu? Isn't it a sex scene? Are you thinking wrong?"

"What's the matter?" Xu Rong smiled awkwardly, looking at Gao Xixi's suspicious face. He couldn't dig deeper, "That's what I thought from the beginning."
To be continued...