Chapter 48

The second shoot begins.

The plot of this scene is quite simple, telling the story of how Lu Yuan's abilities were recognized by the upper echelons, leading to his transfer to the special forces team. However, due to Lu Yuan's personality and the special treatment from the upper echelons, the other team members felt discontent, believing that Lu Yuan did not deserve such treatment. Thus, the strong-willed team leader challenged Lu Yuan to a competition.

The competition involves push-ups!

120 push-ups in 1 minute, failure if not completed!

280 push-ups in 3 minutes, the faster one wins!

Continuous push-ups for 5 minutes, the one with the most repetitions, combined with the previous two scores, wins!

The first competition tests explosive power, the second tests endurance, and the third tests stamina, with the best two out of three winning.

The first shot is a wide-angle, panoramic view.

All actors are required to perform, creating a lively atmosphere of surrounding, watching, cheering, and encouraging. After the panoramic shot is approved, medium shots, close-ups, and then close-up shots will follow.

Filming movies and TV shows is like this, repetitive and tedious, extremely challenging the actors' physical strength, endurance, and acting skills.

The crew members work hard, but the staff work even harder!

The staff create all favorable conditions for the actors, assisting and helping them to complete the content required by the director and the script, so they have to do more and work harder!

The production notice is like an imperial edict in ancient times, extremely authoritative. Unless there are irresistible major factors, the scenes listed in the notice must be completed, regardless of the reason. Therefore, what the crew fears most is not the amount of work, the distance of the location, or the difficulty of the schedule, but the lack of time!

Thus, "Less time, more tasks, finish early, wrap up early!" has become the necessary slogan and goal for the crew members. All work, regardless of how arduous, must be completed as quickly as possible!

Once a certain link goes wrong, such as the camera not being in position, poor lighting, or weak performance, re-shooting is required, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive!

Because of this, many people in the crew have short tempers, ready to curse or explode at the slightest provocation!

Especially the director, the top authority in the crew!

As the undisputed leader of the crew, the director must have a commanding presence and a short temper to manage the hundreds of people in the crew!

"Action!"

With the director's command, all crew members spring into action, and the lead actors and extras begin their performances.

Inside the tent, the monitor in front of the director shows a lively competition scene, which begins to appear before Zhao Yichao and the surrounding people:

On a training ground.

A group of special forces soldiers, dressed in military uniforms, are not training but gathered together.

The crowd is tightly packed in three layers, almost impenetrable, with everyone excited and discussing. At the center are Bai Xiaofei, playing the male lead Lu Yuan, and the team leader Hao Yan, who is challenging him!

The two face each other, lying on the ground, their bodies straight, hands on the ground, and legs extended, ready to do push-ups.

"Ready..."

"Go!"

With the command from the special forces judge, the thrilling competition begins.

Lu Yuan and Hao Yan simultaneously take a deep breath and start doing push-ups, one, two, three... forty-nine, fifty... one hundred and one, one hundred and two...

Both have superhuman physical strength, performing the push-ups with speed and precision, leaving the audience dazzled!

At the same time, the spectators in the three layers around them begin to cheer and encourage, but over 90% are cheering for the team leader Hao Yan, with very few supporting Lu Yuan!

The actors' movements are precise, their acting realistic, and the cameraman captures the scene with great impact, making everything perfect!

One could say this is a perfect example of a one-take success!

However, strangely, Director Zhao Yichao did not call "cut" or stop the scene, allowing Lu Yuan and Hao Yan to continue their push-up competition, staring at each other, drenched in sweat!

Inside the tent, the costume, props, makeup, and hair team, about ten people, were puzzled. According to Director Zhao Yichao's character, he should have called "cut" long ago for such a perfect shot. Why the delay? They turned their gaze to Director Zhao Yichao and were surprised to find that the famous director was in a daze!

In a daze? How could that be?!

Upon closer inspection, they realized that Director Zhao Yichao was not in a daze but was stunned by Bai Xiaofei's performance in the scene!

The crowd was taken aback, then suddenly understood.

Lu Yuan is a special forces soldier, but Bai Xiaofei, who plays Lu Yuan, is not; he is a complete civilian. Yet, he is now competing in rapid push-ups with real special forces soldiers!

This is not just acting as required by the director but a genuine competition with real special forces soldiers!

Most importantly, Bai Xiaofei is not at a disadvantage!

My goodness!

The crowd, now realizing what was happening, could not help but exclaim in surprise.

Previously, Bai Xiaofei had participated in a 400-meter obstacle course training, impressing everyone; now, he is competing with real special forces soldiers, turning the acting into a real competition!

Staring at the monitor, watching Bai Xiaofei and the special forces soldier playing Hao Yan, both determined not to give in, performing rapid and precise push-ups, everyone in the tent was once again stunned!

Even Commander Niu, boss Chen Guang, and Ah Li were shocked by Bai Xiaofei's performance!

After the previous performance, Commander Niu and the others had a clear understanding of Bai Xiaofei's capabilities, but now they realized they had underestimated the extent of his abilities.

To surpass ordinary soldiers in the 400-meter obstacle course and to compete with a special forces soldier in rapid push-ups, showing no signs of weakness in explosive power, endurance, and stamina, and even showing a slight advantage, this guy is no ordinary person!

There must be a secret about this kid; no ordinary person can achieve this level!

There are still a few more competitions to come. Let's see how he performs. If he continues to show such superhuman abilities, it will be necessary to have a talk with him...

Commander Niu thought to himself.

Bai Xiaofei's boss, Chen Guang, was also extremely agitated. Bai Xiaofei's performance was not just outstanding but almost superhuman. Having been a soldier himself, Chen Guang knew what such physical strength and capabilities represented, especially when witnessed by a superior officer!

Turning his head, Chen Guang indeed saw Commander Niu's eyes gleaming with excitement, like a wolf seeing a lamb, and thought to himself, "I wonder what this kid has been through to become so different. Compared to before, he is like a completely different person. His future may not just be as a star. If he is really recruited into the military by Commander Niu, then..."

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