FS-novel Chapter 554: Shu Han Rides the Green Screen Vehicle and Fights Xiao He!
Chapter 554: Shu Han Rides the Green Screen Vehicle and Fights Xiao He!
Xiao He probably didn't know that sometimes, being outstanding is also a fault.Whether he actively stepped in to save the scene or not, in the eyes of others, him showcasing his excellence was itself intolerable.
However, even if he knew, Xiao He wouldn't care too much.
Pu Rong patted Xiao He's shoulder, reminding him, "Let's go, let's go. You have a lot of tasks today. I heard *Record of Chasing the Wind* is about to air its grand finale soon, right? Tsk tsk, you'll be running around a lot later."
Xiao He sighed, "Then can I apply for a few more days off?"
Shu Han facepalmed, "If you don't mind Director He directly going to Linghui Entertainment to cause trouble..."
Just look at He Jinnian!
It's also fortunate that Xiao He is playing the villain. During the time he was absent, the production team could still shoot other scenes. If the entire crew had to shut down and wait for Xiao He, He Jinnian really would have just closed his eyes and collapsed on the spot.
Knowing he was in the wrong, Xiao He could only chuckle foolishly.
...
*Super Spacetime Confrontation* resumed normal filming.
A few days later, the location shooting concluded. Due to plot requirements, the crew moved the shooting location to the green screen studio to begin filming the first major scene where the protagonist pilots a mecha to battle Assassin A.
For this scene, Shu Han needed to stand on a moving green screen vehicle and engage in a long-distance battle with Xiao He, who was suspended by wire work.
To be honest, the sight before them was quite surreal—
Xiao He first needed to wear a very tight silver-faced latex suit. Then, various mechanical parts were installed on the outside to make his overall appearance seem semi-mechanical and inhuman. Due to the setting, one of his arms was matched with a battle-damaged mechanical part arm applied by the makeup artist, while the other wore a fully mechanized weapon-form armored arm. After this entire set of props was installed, he was carrying at least over thirty pounds.
Of course, the props arranged by the crew were actually relatively light. After all, Xiao He was now semi-mechanical, not directly wearing a full mecha combat suit. The overall feel needed to be light. The main weight came from Xiao He's mechanical arm, which was a pure prosthetic limb modification with a prop version transforming weapon cannon added on. So the overall weight was directly pushed to over twenty pounds by Xiao He.
Although this weight was acceptable to Xiao He, the problem was that one side was extremely heavy and the other extremely light. Xiao He felt his shoulder was going to become lopsided.
So the prop master added balance counterweights to Xiao He's other side waist to prevent him from leaning due to the single arm being too heavy, while also reasonably styling it as a tactical belt, perfectly matching Xiao He's outfit.
This wasn't the main issue.
The main issue was Shu Han.
In the plot, he fights while piloting a mecha.
But in reality, it's impossible to actually build a real mecha for someone.
So Shu Han's "mount" became the green screen vehicle.
He needed to wear a motion capture suit and stand on top of the green screen vehicle, which was the so-called movable green screen shooting platform, to perform matching shooting for the mecha's movements.
The purpose of doing this was to provide dynamic support, simulate the mecha's walking and combat movements, and later map the motion capture data onto a 3D mecha model. The mecha would then replicate all the actor's movements, creating the feeling of a long-distance battle with the opponent.
The green screen vehicle and the green screen background were, of course, to facilitate post-production keying and modeling later. This was standard industry practice. Apart from looking ugly on-site and lacking any aesthetic appeal, everything else was quite good.
So, one person "rode" the green screen vehicle, and the other stood in the center of the area, suspended off the ground by wire work, spinning his "high-tech weapon" in hand. The two sides silently "attacked" each other.
Oh, and there were no attack special effects either, so this attack relied entirely on imagination.
Bullets flying everywhere, big explosions, light and shadow streaking, laser beams... anyway, how to attack was up to post-production. Right now, apart from being able to go "pew pew" with their mouths a few times, what others saw was the bizarre scene of them fighting "air waves" from a distance.
To be honest, without a bit of imagination, you wouldn't know what they were filming.
After it ended, Xiao He and Shu Han looked at the silent film performance on the monitor and couldn't help but laugh.
"Can I say I'm actually still a bit confused?"
Xiao He said honestly.
Because the current footage was unedited and unspliced, the overall look was very chaotic and disorderly, making one's head spin.
However, this wasn't a problem for the actors to worry about. He Jinnian had it under control: "This segment is you firing your gun, and then him dodging. This shot is a close-up of Shu Han's expression..."
After listening for a while, Xiao He's vision went dark.
Didn't get it.
Forget it. He probably wasn't cut out to be a director.
Xiao He decisively gave up struggling. "Alright, let's move on to the next scene."
Next, the *Super Spacetime Confrontation* crew continued rushing their schedule in the green screen studio, busy to the point of losing track of day and night.
Meanwhile, in reality, *Record of Chasing the Wind* had entered the hot broadcast period of its grand finale.
As early as the mid-season, some viewers had sensed that the female lead Huo Wan'er and the second male lead Liu Zhilin—their families had both participated in the downfall of the Song Family back then.
So after Song Chenye finally investigated and uncovered the truth, everyone's hearts felt heavy, not knowing what to say.
After so many episodes of the story, Song Chenye, Liu Zhilin, and Huo Wan'er had become very good friends and confidants. Yet, in the end, the story still couldn't avoid them turning their swords on each other.
And this wasn't a matter of the previous generation's grievances not affecting the children. The reason Liu Zhilin could become the famous "Young Master Liu" of the martial world was, first, because of his own ability, and second, because he was the son of the current Martial Arts Alliance Leader.
He enjoyed the resources and treatment afforded to the son of the Alliance Leader, but those originally belonged to Song Chenye.
Huo Wan'er's family clan also established its footing because of this, transforming from a minor household into a renowned orthodox sect...
So these grudges were unsolvable from the very beginning.
As long as Song Chenye didn't die, as long as those people from back then received benefits and gained advantages, then they were destined to be entangled in a life-or-death struggle.
Thus, the final result was that Liu Zhilin died, and Huo Wan'er chose betrayal.
Actually, neither of them had a choice here.
Liu Zhilin knew he couldn't stop Song Chenye, nor could he come to terms with his own identity. His good upbringing made him unable to face the filth and shamelessness of his father that lay behind that education. He also had no standing to blame anyone. So he chose to use his own death to escape the final outcome, at least sparing himself from having to live through his father's death and his family's decline.
As for Huo Wan'er choosing betrayal here, it was actually just her wanting to hold onto Song Chenye, longing for him to turn around and look at her.
She truly did love Song Chenye, but she also resented his aloofness and restraint.
His eyes held only revenge. Even though they had experienced so many things together, even in that fleeting moment watching the moon on the rooftop when she saw the cherishing and gentleness in his eyes—before his revenge was successful, she could only ever stand behind him.
But Song Chenye wanted revenge, so they were destined not to be together.
By the end of *Record of Chasing the Wind*, truly only Song Zhufeng remained.
On this path of revenge, from beginning to end, he had only himself.