Chapter 393 Embroidered Spring Knife? Wait a minute!

After hearing what Li Sang said, everyone looked at each other, and the venue fell into silence for a while.

Li Sang said that he is arrogant. To put it nicely, he is extremely confident. To put it bluntly, he is really arrogant.

Sometimes you can't hear what's being said, but Li Sang's tone and expression when he speaks clearly show that he lacks respect for the director.

There are actors and staff in the crew who have worked with Li Sang. This is Li Sang joining Lu Yang's crew. If it were a big-name director, he would never dare to say such words just now. To put it bluntly, he was picking on the director as a weak target.

But what can we say? Putting down the inferior and praising the superior, is this kind of thing rare in society? It is even more common in the film and television industry!

When everyone arrived at the studio, Li Sang's professionalism was evident.

He first went straight to the props group to check out the various types of "weapons" prepared by the props.

After picking and choosing, he curled his lips and said, "Director, if I were you, I would change the props of the director's team right now. Can you see what these are?"

After saying that, he kicked the box with his toes and said, "Jinyiwei, if you are not worthy of the Embroidered Spring Sword, who will use these axes, halberds, hooks and forks? Do you think you are filming the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?"

These words instantly made a young man on the sidelines blush.

However, many of these weapons were also the idea of ​​director Lu Yang. He tried to communicate, "Teacher Li, this is how it is. I think that although these three brothers are members of the Jinyiwei, they need to use the Embroidered Spring Blade. The protagonist can highlight the difference between him and the Jinyiwei. He can try other weapons. What do you think?"

"Nonsense! Your movie has already been named "Embroidered Spring Blade". The weirdest thing is that the main actors don't use the Embroidered Spring Blade!"

In fact, both sides have their own reasons for their understanding, but it was Li Sang’s arrogant attitude that made many staff members present very unhappy.

Li Sang looked at the boy with a red face and anger and said, "You are a prop, right? Look at this thing made of insects and rats. Can it be used on the spot? Don't cut it and it breaks. It's a joke!"

After saying that, before the item could react, he took out his phone and said, "Send it in!"

No one expected that Li Sang actually came prepared. After a while, six burly men with fleshy faces walked in from outside the shed, two people in a group, carrying three wooden boxes.

When the box landed on the ground, the men opened it. Li Sang walked forward, picked up a knife, and pulled it out with a "swish".

The knife in Li Sang's hand was very long and the blade was very wide. Just looking at its weight, even a slightly thin man might not be able to lift the knife.

"Director, for this scene, I asked Longquan's master to customize this embroidered spring sword for you!"

Lu Yang saw that the scabbard had a very fancy pattern and exaggerated decorations, which was completely contrary to the Jinyiwei he wanted to express in the movie.

So he frowned and said, "Coach Li, isn't this knife too fancy?"

"Besides, this knife is too long. I'm afraid it will be difficult for the actors to wield it."

Li Sang smiled and said, "Director, you don't understand. The Jinyiwei are the emperor's personal army, and the swords they use must have a royal atmosphere. If you make them dark in color, wouldn't it become a sword used by bandits?"

Hearing this, Lu Yang hesitated and asked, "Then Coach Li, how much does this knife cost?"

When everyone heard this, their ears perked up.

Li Sang smiled and said, "This is not expensive. A knife costs more than 8000 yuan. I specially asked someone I know to customize it for me. It's cheap!"

More than 8,000 yuan for a knife?
There are at least thirty or forty knives in these three boxes, which means that these knives are worth at least two hundred thousand.

Although more than 200,000 may be just a drop in the bucket for a movie.

But that’s not how you spend money.

Although this knife is large and has many patterns, the workmanship is very rough. Longquan is famous, but there are many masters making knives. A knife is only a few hundred yuan online, and a high-end one costs one or two thousand yuan.

It's just a movie shoot, so even if you want the impact and sound of a real knife, there's no need to spend eight thousand dollars to buy a knife!
However, some people in the crew didn't think so.

For example, Liu Sisi, who may not know the price of knives, said, "This knife looks quite impressive. Director, eight thousand is fine. It would be very cool if all the Jinyiwei in a group were to carry such long knives!"

Everyone: "..."

At this moment, Shen Lang, who was standing aside, spoke up: "Coach Li, this is probably not the style of the Embroidered Spring Blade, right?"

Li Sang turned around in surprise and saw that it was Shen Lang, so he patiently explained: "Teacher Shen, you are not from our industry so you may not understand it very well. Although the Xiuchun Knife is very famous, no real object has been unearthed so far, so the shape of the knife is all imaginary!"

Shen Lang nodded and said, "Coach Li is indeed professional!"

Li Sang smiled proudly, and looked at everyone as if to say, "See, Shen Lang said I'm a professional!"

But Shen Lang's next words made him stop laughing.

"But Coach Li, there are a few things you said that I need to correct!"

Li Sang was stunned. He looked at Shen Lang and asked, "What do you mean?"

Shen Lang said: "Although there is no tangible physical object of the Embroidered Spring Blade handed down, there are paintings from the Ming Dynasty that have been handed down, such as the Jinyiwei captain accompanying Emperor Wanli in the "Out on Police" painting!"

"The style of the Embroidered Spring Knife above is actually similar to that of a waist knife, except that the blade is shorter than a waist knife! And the whole body is curved, which makes it easier to draw and put away the knife. The biggest feature of the Embroidered Spring Knife is the scabbard. There is a sheath skirt on the scabbard of the Embroidered Spring Knife, and there are tassels at the bottom of the skirt!"

Li Sang was confused. What sheath skirt, what tassel? I have never heard of it.

Shen Lang walked forward and took out a knife from the box. It felt heavy and had a straight blade. This kind of knife was more like a fictional object with a blade style similar to the Tang straight sword and saber!

It has nothing to do with the so-called Embroidered Spring Knife.

Everyone was surprised when they heard this. No one had expected that Shen Lang had done so much homework to film this movie.

Li Sang's face changed, like a pig's liver.

But Shen Lang had long since despised his attitude of flattering others, so he continued, "Also, Director Li, from some historical notes, we can see that the Embroidered Spring Knife is actually a ceremonial weapon, used by the emperor's close ministers in special occasions such as ceremonies, travel, and sacrifices. When we are making a movie, weapons are used for fighting, and using the Embroidered Spring Knife is not very appropriate!"

The people around burst into laughter when they heard this.

I learned something, it turns out that the Embroidered Spring Blade is not used for fighting!
"By the way, wearing the Embroidered Spring Sword is not exclusive to the Imperial Uniform Guards. The Guards of the Left Guards, the Banner Guards and other imperial guards can also wear it. Civil and military ministers may also be granted the Embroidered Spring Sword when accompanying the emperor."

"But the three brothers Lu Jianxing, Shen Lian and Jin Yichuan have no chance to wear the Embroidered Spring Blade!"

Liu Sisi suddenly fanned her large, dull eyes and asked, "Why?"

"Because their positions are too low, they are not qualified to wear it at all!"

"Teacher Shen is so amazing!"

"Teacher Shen is so understanding!"

"No wonder Mr. Shen is so handsome, wise men are the most handsome!"

"Did Mr. Shen read books during his breaks after filming?"

(Li Sang: "...Teacher Shen, I didn't offend you, did I?")
(End of this chapter)