Chapter 20
Jian Chen's Highlight Moment
After a day of interaction, Ma Yucheng, Jiang Qinqin, and Zhao Wenzhuo were completely impressed with Jiang Feng.
Handsome, skilled, intelligent, calm, hardworking, and reliable – he's definitely a promising prospect.
Don't underestimate Jiang Feng just because he's currently a supporting actor. This is only temporary. With his talent, it won't be long before he's playing the male lead, and he might even have a chance to win a TV drama award or a movie award.
Jiang Qinqin's attitude towards Jiang Feng became even more enthusiastic. If before it was just because of their shared background as fellow disciples, now she genuinely recognized Jiang Feng's potential and was attracted by his talent and personal charm.
Right now, she's protecting Jiang Feng, but it won't be long before it's Jiang Feng protecting her.
Jiang Qinqin secretly made up her mind to cultivate a good relationship with this promising junior.
That day, it was finally time to film Jiang Feng's scenes.
Before the official start of filming, he was first taken to the dressing room by the staff to get his makeup done.
The makeup artist put a ramen noodle head wig on him.
Looking at her curly hair, which resembled instant noodles, Jiang Feng couldn't help but secretly grumble to himself:
Can't you just get a normal hairstyle? Why do you have to get that ramen noodle hair?
Since the hit TV series "Little Li Flying Dagger" starring Jiao Enjun became a sensation in the past two years, a whirlwind of ramen noodle hair has swept through period dramas, as if only ramen noodle hair can highlight the actor's high-class style.
In the TV series "The White-Haired Witch" starring Jiang Qinqin and Zhang Zhilin, the male lead Zhuo Yihang, played by Zhang Zhilin, has ramen noodle hair. In the TV series "Xiao Shiyi Lang", the character Lian Chengbi, played by Yu Bo, also has ramen noodle hair.
In the movie "Storm Riders", Bu Jingyun also has a ramen noodle hairstyle. What's even funnier is that Kong Ci has a pair of chopstick-shaped decorations stuck in her hair, which makes her and Bu Jingyun a chopstick ramen noodle combo.
Besides Bu Jingyun, many other characters in "Wind and Cloud" have rather bizarre hairstyles. For example, Jian Chen, played by Jiang Feng, has a "ramen noodle" hairstyle, while Duan Lang's hairstyle isn't quite "ramen noodle," but it is a fashionable curly hairstyle.
Of course, this might be related to the comics. Jiang Feng hadn't read the "Storm Riders" comics, so he didn't know if the hairstyle was like that in the comics.
Fortunately, his looks are on par with Jiao Enjun's, and he can easily pull off even the most bizarre hairstyles. A simple ramen noodle hairstyle doesn't detract from his good looks at all.
As the makeup artist did his makeup, she praised him:
"You are the most handsome actor with ramen noodle hair that I have ever seen besides Jiao Enjun. I think you are more suitable to play Nie Feng. Zhao Wenzhuo looks a bit old."
Nie Feng is Bu Jingyun's junior brother, but Zhao Wenzhuo is older than He Rundong and has a more mature appearance.
Jiang Feng thought the makeup artist had a good eye, but it was a pity she wasn't the director.
He was recruited into the crew exceptionally; there was no audition or costume fitting, and everyone was seeing his period costume for the first time.
"So handsome, so incredibly handsome!"
"I thought Jiang Feng was handsome enough in real life, but I didn't expect him to be even more handsome in period costume. Even Huang Haibing, who is known as the prince of period dramas, is probably not as handsome as him, right?"
"His image and the role don't match at all. Anyway, I can't see a trace of despicable or sleazy quality in him."
Even director Xu Jinliang regretted casting Jiang Feng as Jian Chen. With his looks, even if he couldn't play the male lead, he could definitely play Duan Lang.
However, he could only dream about it. Many of the Taiwanese actors in this drama were pre-selected by the Taiwanese investors. For a newcomer from the mainland like Jiang Feng, who had little fame, it was already quite rare to get the role of Jian Chen.
"Jiang Feng, you need to jump over from the right, do a somersault in mid-air to get into the shot, and then walk to the left after landing. The camera position is in this direction..."
Xu Jinliang explained the camera positions and movement to Jiang Feng, confirming them several times:
"Are you sure you don't need a stunt double?"
"No need, I'll try it myself first, and then I'll use a stunt double if it doesn't work."
Jiang Feng has learned a lot of skills from stuntmen these past few days, so he should be able to do basic moves like somersaults without any problem.
"Okay, have you memorized the camera positions and movement? Do you want me to repeat them?"
"No need, Director Xu, let's begin."
"OK, all departments in position, action!"
As the clapperboard sounded, Jiang Feng took a running start, stepped onto the trampoline prepared by the prop team, and leaped into the air. He did a somersault in mid-air and landed safely in the frame, but he jumped a little too far and almost went off-screen.
"Click."
"Sorry, director, I didn't get the timing right, so we skipped it."
"It's okay, let's do it again."
Xu Jinliang didn't criticize Jiang Feng; it was simply unrealistic to expect to get such a scene done in one take.
After three consecutive takes, Jiang Feng's first shot was finally successfully completed.
This scene is the first scene in which Jian Chen appears in the drama, which is one of Jian Chen's four major achievements - defeating the Sword Saint.
Jiang Feng silently gave himself 30 points of acting skills and 20 points of lines. After landing, he struck a cool pose, which Ma Yucheng had specially designed for him.
The nameless disciple exuded an aura from the moment he appeared, even startling the Sword Saint.
Next, the Sword Saint asked why the Hero Sword was in Sword Chen's hands. Sword Chen revealed that he was Wuming's disciple and the successor of the Hero Sword.
Sword Saint wanted to test Sword Chen's swordsmanship, and the two engaged in a fierce battle. Sword Chen used a mysterious sword technique to fight against Sword Saint's Sword Twenty-Two.
The Sword Saint was forced to use even the last move of Sword Twenty-Two, but still lost to Sword Chen by one move.
This was definitely the peak of Jian Chen's life, but unfortunately, it started strong and ended weak.
The actor who plays the Sword Saint is named Liu happy, and he is also a very experienced veteran actor. The lines in this scene are very simple and there is almost no difficulty. The most difficult part is the action scene.
Liu happy used a stunt double, while Jiang Feng refused to use one and performed all the actions himself from beginning to end.
He was suspended by wires and spun around in mid-air, while also wielding his hero's sword, performing pre-designed sword moves, and sparring with his fellow actors.
The most dangerous part was that the scene also included explosions. To showcase the power of the two sword techniques, the explosives technician had to create the effects of explosions during their fight.
While performing, Jiang Feng also had to dodge the pre-planted explosives, and there was a risk of injury if he was not careful.
When Wu Qilong was filming "Xiao Shiyi Lang", he injured his hand in an explosion scene.
For Jiang Feng, a newcomer, it was quite challenging to act in such a difficult and dangerous scene right from the start.
Fortunately, with the system as a cheat, I was able to complete the task successfully after several attempts.
Half a day had passed by the time the scene was finished filming.
……
Most of his scenes were with He Rundong, Sun Xing, and Tao Hong, and he had almost no interaction with Jiang Qinqin, Zhao Wenzhuo, and Jiang Zuping.
Jiang Qinqin and Zhao Wenzhuo were filming other scenes in another production.
When Jiang Feng wasn't working, he would occasionally go to see them and try to get some freebies.
That day, Zhao Wenzhuo finally returned from another set, and the crew was about to film their first major scene since filming began, which was the scene of Kong Ci's death.