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Chapter 22 These people have all gone mad!

The July sun is becoming increasingly dry and stifling.

[Siling Motor Repair Shop]

Zhang Yunyi, carrying the camera, felt like he was going crazy!
He had never seen such a "free" film crew in his life; the freedom was so great that it gave him a jolt!
Filming for "Sun Wukong vs. Superman 2" has been going on for about two days.

Over the past two days or so...

They filmed a scene on the battlefield!
Wait, a battlefield scene?
There's practically no plot at all...

It was Chen Jianfeng, dressed as Superman, and Ding Rong, the stagehand, who was wearing a Sun Wukong headgear, who had a “battle”!
Yes!

You heard that right!
They're just stagehands!

When filming first started, production assistant Ding Rong was inexplicably invited to the set, put on a wig, and went on set to film without even having read the script.

They were wildly and haphazardly wielding the prop golden cudgel, fighting alongside Chen Jianfeng in a chaotic frenzy, so much so that they themselves didn't even know what they were fighting...

Film storyboard?

Absolutely not!

Action design?

It all depends on free rein and free imagination!
Action coaching? Absolutely not. I had to direct myself entirely, just doing whatever I wanted to have fun!
Looking at the large number of fight scenes that had no plot whatsoever, cinematographer Zhang Yunyi felt his heart pounding!

Make sure they're filming a movie, and not...

What a load of rubbish?

…………

evening.

In the temporary office of the [Siling Motor Repair Shop].

After filming the first phase of the story, the cinematographer returned to his office and looked at a pile of appalling fight footage, which made his scalp tingle.

He glanced at director Shen Long…

"Director Shen, is it really okay for us to film it this way?"

Shen Long nodded.

But he didn't say anything.

The atmosphere in the office suddenly became a little oppressive.

Zhang Yunyi lit a cigarette, unable to bear the oppressive feeling any longer, and walked out of the house.

When Shen Long saw Zhang Yunyi walk out of the room, he, who had been relatively silent, suddenly stared at the pile of materials on the computer screen, his face filled with grief.

The door opened, and Zhou Yang walked in.

"Mr. Zhou..."

Shen Long glanced around, and when he saw that no one was paying attention to him, he finally forced a smile and said, "What we filmed today..."

"That's great. By the way, Director Shen, I think I've heard before that you're very good at editing, right?"

"Yes, a little bit..."

"Out of these hundreds of fight scenes, which one do you think is the most powerful and imposing? Cut one out, especially those with close-up shots..."

"Mr. Zhou, don't tell me you want me to pick some suitable movements from these and cut them in?"

"Yes!"

"Mr. Zhou, let me be frank. We fought on the battlefield all day yesterday, and our movements were all chaotic and disorganized. It was truly an eyesore..."

“There are tall people among the short ones, right? Even if your moves are terrible, you can always pick out one or two that are okay, right? I think this high kick is pretty good.” Zhou Yang looked at Shen Long.

Looking at these chaotic movements, Shen Long looked utterly hopeless: "I...I...I'll try my best..."

"Oh, right, the progress is still a bit slow, and I just looked at the script, the dialogue is a bit lacking..." Zhou Yang took out the script and looked at Shen Long.

"Then how should we design it?" Shen Long looked at Zhou Yang with frustration.

"I think that before a character fights, they should shout out the name of their move, such as Phoenix Kick, Heaven and Earth Overlord Fist, Cosmic Superman Ray, Chinese Overlord Roar..."

"..."

A long silence suddenly fell over the office.

Shen Long opened his mouth, only to feel a buzzing in his head.

Damn it!
"They have to shout while unleashing their moves? This, this, this... this is just too embarrassing!"

A feeling of suffocation washed over him, and Shen Long felt a pain in his heart!
But Zhou Yang patted him on the shoulder, his face calm: "The louder the better!"

"If we film it like this, will anyone watch it? I doubt it. Except for children under ten, nobody will watch it..."

"Yes! We're making this for kids..."

"???"

"Okay, right, for example, if Superman needs to shoot radiation, we'll design a radiation action... If Wukong needs to grow bigger, we'll do a 'Heaven and Earth Transformation, Invincible Under Heaven' move!"

"..."

After hearing this, Shen Long couldn't help but feel a tightness in his chrysanthemum.

I felt dizzy and disoriented!

Omg!

What are they trying to do?! Oh no!

This movie is a complete disaster!
My career is over!
Everything is over.

"Also, I have a suggestion!"

"Do you have any other suggestions?" Shen Long's face turned pale, and he stared at Zhou Yang pitifully.

"The filming schedule is still a bit slow; we need to speed things up!"

"Go even faster? We're already on a rocket!" Shen Long was so shocked he almost jumped out of his skin!
"Riding a rocket isn't enough, we need to exceed the speed of light!"

"..."

Zhou Yang gazed into the distance for a long time.

Then, he patted Shen Long on the shoulder and silently walked out of the house.

Shen Long felt as if he had been transported to another world...

He thinks!
He felt that either Zhou Yang had gone mad, or he himself had gone mad.

..............................

time flies.

A day of filming.

And so it all passed by in a blur of nonsense.

Everyone on the crew felt like they'd made a little bit of an idiot...

The key issue is that they don't even know what they're filming!
It seems like this movie has a plot, and everyone is filming according to the plot, but it also seems like there isn't much of a plot.

Moreover, the script seems to have undergone numerous major revisions!

In the end, the plot of the script could be described in just one sentence.

That is, [Superman was swept from America to China by a tornado, encountered a time warp, and eventually landed in the Journey to the West world, where he met Sun Wukong. After a battle in the desert, they encountered an ancient mechanical monster... The ancient mechanical monster caused another time warp, and many modern people were inexplicably transported to ancient times. In order to save the world, the two joined forces to fight against the ancient mechanical monster. In the end, after paying a heavy price, both sides returned to their own timelines].

The script is so bad it's outrageous!

The filming process was appalling!

The plot has even reached a point of utter depravity!

It's over! It's over!

If this movie is released, their lives are over.

……

"Are we really making a movie? This dialogue is so awkward, I feel like I'm going to die of embarrassment..."

Late at night.

Chen Jianfeng trembled violently as he looked at the new lines, staring at Shen Long as if he had seen a ghost.

Shen Long silently lit a cigarette, utterly dejected: "It was Zhou's request..."

"We made this for children?"

"Yes……"

"Can……"

"If you follow Boss Zhou, you'll at least have food to eat. Otherwise, do you want to go begging outside?"

Shen Long remained silent for a long time before finally uttering these words.

Chen Jianfeng's spirits lifted, and he glanced at the script again and again. Finally, he nodded in despair, as if resigned to his fate: "Fine! I understand! I'll continue practicing those awkward lines..."

Just at this time……

Zhou Yang walked into the office, looking travel-worn, and saw Chen Jianfeng, who looked utterly hopeless, and Shen Long, who was silently smoking.

"Director Shen, regarding the action sequences in the desert, which ones did you see that were pretty good?"

Shen Long opened his mouth, but finally turned on the computer and showed Zhou Yang a few sets of movements that were barely passable: "Just these few sets, they look okay... but these few movements can't handle a desert battle, can they? It won't even last a minute!"

"So many movements, that's enough...enough for three minutes of editing!"

"???"

Seeing Zhou Yang's confident expression, Shen Long shuddered: "President Zhou, don't tell me we're editing these actions in slow motion at three times speed..."

Zhou Yang pushed up his glasses and looked at Shen Long with a smile: "I suddenly feel that this minute of action could be cut into five minutes!"

"what!"

"Slow down these actions three times, edit these coolest moves in sequence, and play them repeatedly. Also, this move can be both slowed down and edited in sequence. Look at the scene where Superman gets kicked away, we can play it three times, kicking him away three times, how visually impactful would that be? What do you think? No, five minutes might be a bit conservative, seven minutes, I think that's reasonable..."

"..."

The cigarette butt that Shen Long was holding fell to the ground.

He stared at the materials on the computer as if he'd seen a ghost.

Then, I glanced at Zhou Yang again...

finally……

My mentality is broken!
(End of this chapter)