readsfreenovel Chapter 178 Shen Yao's Avant-garde Ideas
Chapter 178 Shen Yao's Avant-garde Ideas
As soon as Liang Muchao said this, regardless of Shen Yao's reaction, both Shen Wancheng and Zhou Heng looked at Liang Muchao.
Zhou Heng's gaze was the kind that any man would understand.
Shen Wancheng, on the other hand, began to carefully examine Liang Muchao.
Under the gaze of two pairs of eyes, Liang Muchao couldn't help but sit up straight.
Although Shen Yao has watched a lot of TV dramas in the past month or two, she has a wide range of interests and watches all kinds of dramas, especially police and gangster dramas and martial arts dramas. Therefore, when she hears the male and female leads, she does not immediately associate them with romantic relationships.
But Shen Yao was not happy to hear what Liang Muchao said.
"Who wants to be on the big screen with you? In the movies I watch, as long as there's a male lead, the female lead becomes secondary. Why should she? Why can't we make a movie where a woman is the main character?"
Liang Muchao disagreed, saying, "Your idea is definitely wrong. Men and women working together makes the work easier. How can a movie not have a male lead? And who says a woman can't be the main character? A lot of TV dramas are about women's issues."
Shen Yao continued to retort, "Listen to the tone of your own voice. What do you mean by 'women's stuff'? Are women only allowed to indulge in emotional entanglements or fight among themselves? Can't women fight coolly and maintain world peace?"
When Liang Muchao first heard Shen Yao's words, he certainly couldn't agree with them, but he didn't want to argue with her any further.
"Yao-mei, I didn't realize you were such a cute girl with a tough heart, so ambitious."
Shen Yao rolled her eyes at Liang Muchao again.
"Does having lofty ambitions mean you have the heart of a man? Only men can have lofty ambitions? I'm telling you, you really don't know how to talk, not a single word of yours is pleasing to the ear."
Liang Muchao raised one hand.
"Alright, alright, I surrender. You're a female knight on horseback; in ancient times, you'd be a female general."
Shen Yao glared at Liang Muchao. "That's right. In ancient times, I would have been a female general."
Shen Wancheng listened quietly to Shen Yao's words, her face calm, but she was quite surprised by Shen Yao's point of view.
That's so avant-garde.
Even in the 21st century, this kind of thinking would be praised as that of an independent-minded modern woman.
Shen Yao was right. Even in later generations, there are very few films with female themes, and apart from romance films, there are even fewer.
The only name that Shen Wancheng could immediately think of was "Tomb Raider," a Hollywood film made around the turn of the millennium.
In terms of TV dramas, before the 21st century, those that were female-centric but not like palace intrigue dramas, Shen Wancheng could only think of "The Heroines of the Yang Family".
Speaking of the first version of the TV series "Heroines of the Yang Family", it seems to have been filmed in the 1980s. I wonder if this world will ever be filmed.
If it hadn't been filmed, Shen Wancheng felt that she could invest in filming it sometime when she had some free time.
After all, it would be a pity if the story of the Yang family women generals didn't exist in this world.
If Shen Yao still wants to make movies in the future, we can let her play the female lead.
Shen Wancheng thought this, but didn't say it aloud at the moment, since Liang Muchao and Zhou Heng were still there.
As for Liang Muchao's interest in Shen Yao as revealed by his words and actions, Shen Wancheng did not want to interfere.
Even if Shen Yao and she are sisters and have been together since they transmigrated, it doesn't mean that Shen Wancheng has the right to interfere in Shen Yao's life at will.
If Liang Muchao confesses his feelings to Shen Yao, and Shen Yao is in a difficult situation, Shen Wancheng will help her analyze the situation, but she will not make the decision for her.
Not to mention that Liang Muchao only subtly revealed a little bit of his meaning.
Besides, the fact that she is liked by people proves that Shen Yao has personal charm and is well adapted to this era.
Therefore, Shen Wancheng knew Liang Muchao's feelings for Shen Yao, and calmly watched the show as an audience member.
They rode in an electric cart and soon arrived at the film set where Li Shaojie was shooting.
Li Shaojie is currently filming an ancient martial arts drama. He is not only the lead actor but also the director of this film.
So Li Shaojie doesn't have any scenes today, but he's still on set.
When Shen Wancheng and the others arrived, they were just filming the female lead's scene.
The scene depicts the female lead's junior sister, who has just descended the mountain and offended a den of beggars in the city, being chased all over the streets by several beggars.
During the scene, the actress needs to jump out of a second-floor window of the inn, then step onto the wall of an adjacent small building, run a few steps on the wall, and then land smoothly.
Of course, when the actress jumped, she was actually suspended by wires.
The actress jumped out of the window quite decisively, but the few steps she took running along the wall were less than satisfactory.
The legs felt weak, and it was clear that the center of gravity was on the waist that was being suspended.
Shen Yao looked on in surprise from afar.
"So all those parkour-like stunts were actually done with ropes, which I couldn't even see on screen. They're so thin, won't they break?"
Liang Muchao explained it to Shen Yao.
"That's called a wire harness. The footage shown to you has already removed the harnesses. They're made of a special material that won't break."
"Oh."
Shen Yao nodded knowingly.
After Shen Wancheng and the others arrived, they stood and watched for a few minutes, during which the actress had to do several takes. They didn't even know when filming had started.
Li Shaojie has a pretty good temper. Although his tone wasn't very nice when instructing the actresses, he didn't yell at them.
Shen Wancheng had heard before that many ordinary actors were treated like dirt and scolded by directors on set.
Shen Wancheng and the others did not disturb Li Shaojie, thinking that they should wait until they finished filming this scene, since they had come to ask for a favor.
After listening to Li Shaojie's instructions, the actress filmed the scene twice more, but Li Shaojie was still not satisfied.
In the end, it was the actress who gave up first. After another NG, the actress said to Li Shaojie.
"Director Li, let's reshoot this scene after my stunt double recovers from his illness. Continuing to shoot it like this is just a waste of time."
Li Shaojie frowned and waved his hand impatiently.
"That's the only way. Go change your makeup first."
Li Shaojie and the actress both noticed Shen Wancheng and the others' arrival.
The actress immediately slipped away after Li Shaojie gave her permission to leave.
It's so embarrassing to let laymen see me mess up so many times.
Li Shaojie walked towards Shen Wancheng and the others.
Zhou Heng stepped forward, intending to greet her, but Shen Yao suddenly blurted out a sentence first.
"Director Li, may I try out the movements of that actress from earlier?"
Li Shaojie's gaze instantly shifted from Zhou Heng to Shen Yao.
Why did you try that move?
Shen Yao smiled.
"I want to try acting out the action. I feel like I can do the action that just happened. And my body type is similar to that actress's. If you're satisfied with my performance, you can film it and I can be your stunt double."
Li Shaojie frowned and refused.
"The film set is not a place for you to joke around."
Seeing that Li Shaojie was clearly a little angry, Shen Yao was afraid that her impulsive decision would ruin Shen Wancheng's plans, so she quickly explained.
“I’m not kidding. I know a little martial arts, and I think that move is quite simple.”
Li Shaojie expressed doubt about Shen Yao's words.
"Simple?"
Shen Yao nodded repeatedly, "I didn't mean to look down on others, I just meant it's simple for me."
Zhou Heng was a little unsure of what was going on, so he looked at Shen Wancheng with a questioning look.
Shen Wancheng smiled at him.
Zhou Heng immediately understood Shen Wancheng's meaning.
He tried to persuade Shen Yao, saying, "Director Li, my friend really knows martial arts. Anyway, Zhang Qingtian has already changed her makeup, so it won't hurt to let Shen Yao try it out. You can stop filming for now and just let her try out the moves."
Don't be fooled by Zhou Heng's polite and courteous attitude towards Liang Muchao and Shen Wancheng, as if he were just running errands.
But actually, as the deputy director of TVB, he has a wide network of connections in the entertainment industry.
Even in such a trivial matter, Li Shaojie was willing to give Zhou Heng face.
After listening to Zhou Heng's words, Li Shaojie nodded.
"Then you can try it. I'll take you over there and have them put you on the wires."
Shen Yao, however, said...
"I don't need wires. I'm not used to having them, and they get in my way."