Chapter 328 I am the boss and I have the final say
At noon the next day, Wu Jingcai got up from the hotel in a daze.
"Gu Wei, this guy is obviously good at drinking!"
He rubbed his aching head after being hungover. Although he felt uncomfortable physically, he was very happy in his heart.
When Gu Wei accepted the movie, most of his worries about "Wolf Warrior 2" were gone. All that was left was to return to China to start preparing the crew and then prepare for filming.
After communicating last night, Gu Wei told him that after filming "Operation Mekong", there is still a TV series to be put into production, so it will not be scheduled until around May next year at the earliest.
In more than half a year, Wu Jing was able to set up the crew and inspect the filming location of the movie.
According to his plan, this movie will be shot in Africa for a period of time.
That place is no more dangerous than China, or even more dangerous than countries in Southeast Asia.
If he hadn't taken precautions in advance, he wouldn't have dared to take so many people from the crew there for filming, and he wouldn't be responsible if anything happened.
After tidying up, he went to the set to say goodbye to Gu Wei.
"Brother Jing, you are leaving in such a hurry. How many days will you stay here without playing?"
Gu Wei, who had just finished a scene, took the towel from the little assistant's hand and wiped it. Wipe the sweat from your head.
"Tsk, tsk, young people are in good health. We drank so much together last night, and you are still filming normally like a normal person. Amazing, amazing!"
Wu Jing looked at Gu Wei He was in good spirits, and it didn't look like he drank a lot last night. He said with some envy.
"Haha, Brother Jing, you are awesome. I still remember when you came to the set to look for me when we were filming [Gu Jian Qi Tan], and I was drunk by you."
Hear what Gu Wei said Wu Jing was also a little emotional.
“It’s been more than two years, but now it’s really no better than before.
When I was living in Hong Kong Island, I was never afraid of anyone at the wine table, but not now You are getting older!”
“Brother Jing, you can still fight for many more years!”
Gu Wei patted Wu Jing's shoulder and comforted him.
“By the way, I read the script yesterday and there is another female character in our [Wolf Warrior 2]. Although she doesn’t have many roles, she can still be regarded as the heroine.
Brother Jing, you have found someone. "?"
Gu Wei asked casually.
“Not yet, I don’t plan to finalize the script with you before I can start preparing for the movie and find other actors.
I am not familiar with many actresses, and the one I have always collaborated with is Yu Nan.
It’s just that she already played the heroine “Long Xiaoyun” in the first part, so it’s not suitable for her to play someone else in the second part!
Brother, do you have any good suggestions? ”
When Wu Jing heard Gu Wei ask this question, he knew that he was trying to recruit people to the crew, but this was normal.
The female character in the script was just a sideshow heroine, for whom? All the same.
Moreover, Gu Wei is both the leading actor and the largest investor in this movie. Wu Jing believes that even if he is a foreigner, he will definitely find a suitable candidate and it will not affect the quality of the movie.
Gu Wei smiled.
“Brother Jing, you also know that I have signed some actors under my own company. Among them is an actress named Zhang Tianai. Her image and temperament are very suitable for the female doctor in [Wolf Warrior 2] "The role."
"Zhang Tianai."
Wu Jing thought for a while.
"Is she the heroine in the online drama [Princess] that was very popular last year?"
"Yes, that's her. Brother Jing, do you still watch the online drama?"
Although Zhang Tian Ai has been very popular since last year, but Wu Jing doesn't even know about EXO, and Gu Wei really has no expectations about whether he knows about Zhang Tian Ai.
“Do you think I’m an antique?”
Wu Jing smiled and patted Gu Wei’s arm.
"Although I don't watch online dramas, your sister-in-law does, and I watched two episodes with her when I was at home.
Zhang Tianai's image is indeed very heroic, and his temperament is more in line with it."
After saying that, he was a little worried and said:
"But the filming of our movie is quite difficult and we have to go to Africa for filming. Can the little girl endure this suffering?"
" Brother Jing, you don’t have to worry about this, I, the boss, have spoken out, and the actors under me have to bear it no matter what they suffer!”
Gu Wei said jokingly.
“Hahaha~ I don’t know if the actor is lucky or unlucky to have you as the boss!”
Wu Jing smiled and replied, the matter was settled.
Of course you are lucky to have Gu Wei as your boss.
That’s [Wolf Warrior 2]. It will be the real box office number one in film history in the future. It doesn’t matter if it suffers a little. Besides, Gu Wei is also on the crew, so Zhang Tianai has nothing to worry about.
Among the actresses under Gu Wei, after much deliberation, only Zhang Tianai was suitable to play the female doctor "Rachel".
Nazha is a bit too beautiful, and Gu Wei is firstly afraid that she will not perform well, and secondly, he is also afraid that her face will look split when it appears in the movie.
Compared to Zhang Tianai, Nazha is a bit too young, so it would be okay for her to play some very cool and sassy girl, as long as she plays her true character.
The female doctor "Rachel" is relatively mature, and Nazha's acting skills are not good. Don't let her affect the final quality of the movie. With a box office of more than 5 billion, the overall situation is more important.
Although Zhang Tianai's acting skills cannot be said to be very good, at least she is better than Nazha, and her appearance and temperament still match the character in the movie very well.
When "Wolf Warrior 2" is released and the filming of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" is completed, Zhang Tianai will definitely become the number one box office actress among domestic entertainment actresses in the future.
The current box office queen Bai Baihe has to step aside.
Although the heroines like her are sidelined and have a relatively low sense of presence, they are all real female leads in terms of performance, and no one can find fault with them.
Zhang Tianai herself is more ambitious than Nazha. After achieving this result, and with [Wei Mingxia] as the background, the company will continue to hype her up, and she will definitely be able to solidify her A-list movie star, the throne of top female stars.
Although her achievements are entirely dependent on the resources of Gu Wei's one film after another, the results are the results, and no one will deny it.
After Wu Jing left, Gu Wei devoted himself to the filming of the movie.
Speed racing, fighting, gun battles, etc., the filming progress of [Operation Mekong] has slowly entered the most complex and difficult stage.
The actors are all working very hard. Director Lin Chaoxian’s face does not have the same smile as at the beginning. He frowns and studies the scenes every day with the camera, action director and others with a straight face. Shoot.
And many scenes require continuous shooting. After shooting during the day and at night, everyone was nervous and tried their best to perform their best without delaying the filming of the crew.
In a chase scene filmed today, "Natu", the son of the big drug lord "Nuoka", and his accomplice "Zhanpeng" escaped in front, while Gu Wei and Zhang Hanyu chased behind.
"Zhan Peng" is an old enemy of "Fang Xinwu". He once abducted his girlfriend to take drugs, which eventually led to her suicide.
Gu Wei finally caught up with "Zhan Peng" and put a pistol to his head.
"Fang Xinwu, you can't kill me!
Even if I die, your girlfriend won't survive.
Let me go!"
"Zhan Peng" is played by Hong Kong veteran actor Lu Fai-kwong. He is also one of the martial arts instructors of the crew. He once followed Cheng Long and was one of Cheng Long's right-hand men.
It’s just that I was fired by Cheng Long in 2009 for some reason, and now I’m working alone in the mainland.
I joined the crew of "Mekong River" because of Lin Chaoxian's relationship.
In front of him is his life-and-death enemy, and as an anti-narcotics policeman he cannot commit suicide without permission. Gu Wei is currently having a war between heaven and man in his heart.
With the sound of a gunshot, he made a decision. When the camera turned, Zhang Hanyu stood on the other side, looking at Gu Wei in surprise.
"Ka! This is over!"
Gu Wei walked to the rest area and sat down, and Zhang Hanyu also came to his side.
“Are you tired?”
Zhang Hanyu took a bottle of water from his assistant, took a sip, and asked Gu Wei.
"Our shooting pace is a bit fast, but it's not too tiring. It's just a pity that we don't have free time to shoot."
Gu Wei shrugged and said with regret.
“You boy”
Zhang Hanyu smiled.
“To be honest, Gu Wei, your performance in this collaboration really surprised me!”
"What do you say?"
Gu Wei looked curious.
Zhang Hanyu put down the water bottle.
“Before filming [Mekong], I knew that you were very famous and your box office appeal was very strong among young people.
But due to stereotypes, I think you are different from other Just like young actors, just because they have a good-looking face, their acting skills are generally not that difficult
I didn't expect that not only your acting skills are very good, but also your energy and physical strength are like a monster, which is completely incomparable to an elderly guy like me. "
Zhang Hanyu sighed.
"Like other young actors?
Brother Hanyu, who are the other young actors you are talking about? ”
Zhang Hanyu was praising Gu Wei, but Gu Wei’s focus was not on being praised.
"Ahem~ No one, that's what I said."
Zhang Hanyu was asked by Gu Wei.
“That’s it”
Gu Wei touched his chin as if thinking.
“I remember Brother Hanyu, the movies you made before joining the group [Mekong River] were [The Great Wall] and [Lao Paoer].
Then the young actor you are talking about"
"I didn't say anything, don't spread my words! ”
Zhang Hanyu found that Gu Wei was so bad.
Gu Wei smiled and said nothing more.
The filming of the Bangkok scenes was completed at the end of November. , the entire crew moved to Cameron Highlands in Malaysia
The jungle here is dense, and the environment is very similar to the deep rainforest of the Golden Triangle.
Gu Wei and the others will also shoot the climax of the movie here, capturing the villain "Nou Ka".
After entering Malaysia, the hot and rainy tropical rainforest climate and mysterious rainforest swamps of the filming location posed unprecedented challenges to the crew.
While filming a major scene, Director Lam Chao-hsien, who was too focused on filming, was accidentally bitten by a six-inch poisonous centipede that penetrated his pants leg. His ankle immediately swelled with blisters the size of his fist.
Director Lin, who has always endured hardships, could not help but frown and scream after enduring such torture. He had to be carried down the mountain by the staff and went to the hospital for emergency treatment.
During the treatment, he even went into shock and was in an emergency state, which panicked the entire crew.
Producer Yu Dong, who was not originally with the team, flew to Malaysia urgently after receiving the news.
The crew, which had been in a panic after his arrival, finally found a backbone.
After receiving simple treatment in the hospital, Director Lin was discharged from the hospital and resumed work within two days of filming because he was worried about the crew.
Yu Dong and several crew chiefs advised him to rest for a few more days, but they failed to change his mind. In the end, he had no choice but to agree.
After returning to work, in order to "stabilize the morale of the military", the director immediately prepared water boots and serum for every staff member, and even invited a medical specialist to supervise on site to prevent such an incident from happening again.
The scenes in the rainforest have almost no lines. They are basically fights, gun battles, and speedboat chases.
In the original version, Zhang Hanyu had more scenes as the protagonist, but this version naturally gave Gu Wei more scenes.
The sacrifice of the military dog "Xiao Tian" did not change. After a series of chases and battles, Gu Wei finally caught the big drug lord "Nu Ka" and handed him to Zhang Hanyu, then followed him in a speedboat. The men of "Nuoka" who were catching up collided with each other, and everything came to an end after a violent explosion.
Of course, "Fang Xinwu" played by Gu Wei is not dead. There is an Easter egg in the design of the script. It is Zhang Hanyu who brought "Nuoka" back to China for trial. After everyone paid homage to the military dog "Xiaotian", He received a text message from Gu Wei in the car.
"As long as there are still drugs in China, Fang Xinwu will always become an anti-drug policeman in the dark!"
After filming the last scene, Gu Wei finished the filming amidst everyone's applause.
Due to schedule constraints, the director consciously concentrated on filming his scenes, which is also the privilege of a big star.
So even though he is the protagonist, the film was completed earlier than Zhang Hanyu.
In the evening, the crew prepared a small closing banquet for Gu Wei, accompanied by key staff such as Yu Dong, Lin Chaoxian, and Zhang Hanyu.
There was a lively atmosphere at the dinner table. After drinking for three rounds, Director Lin sat next to Gu Wei, holding his own wine glass, and said to him with some emotion:
"Gu Wei, in a blink of an eye, we are the first This cooperation is about to end.
To be honest, when I first started preparing for the movie, I received the news from Director Yu that you would play the protagonist of "Mekong River". At that time, I was a little unhappy. "
Gu Wei looked at Lin Chaoxian and smiled, waiting for him to continue.
“At that time, I also knew that you were famous and had strong box office appeal, but I was just afraid that you would not be able to play the role of an anti-drug policeman in my mind.
After all, Xiaoxianrou has formed some inherent images in everyone's mind.
But after the filming of the movie started, you brought me too many surprises!
From your training with firearms to your acting skills during filming, everything surprised me. "
Speaking of this, Lin Chaoxian patted Gu Wei on the shoulder.
"Sometimes a person's fame can indeed represent many things. You are so popular and famous now. It makes sense.
If you act well in the future, I think you will win the Best Actor award sooner or later! "
Gu Wei raised his glass and clinked it with Lin Chaoxian, and said with a smile.
"Thank you, Director Lin, for your respect. I am still young and will work harder in the future. "
Yu Dong, who was sitting on the other side, smiled and saw that the actor he chose was getting along well with the director, and he also said:
"Gu Wei, thank you for your continued support during this period. We are promoting the movie, making [Mekong] a constant hit since its launch! ”
Since Gu Wei joined the cast, his personal team will post a few stills of him filming on the set on his personal Weibo every few days.
Since the screening of "Nirvana in Fire" ended, Gu Wei's Weibo fans have reached 80 million, and are still growing. He has become the person with the most Weibo fans now, and is a veritable King of Weibo. .
Every time he posts a Weibo post, there will be countless likes and comments from fans and passers-by, and the publicity effect is super strong.
So the stills he posted during the filming of "Mekong" also brought continuous popularity to the movie.
“This is what I should do, and Mr. Yu doesn’t have to say anything else!
And I am very confident in our movie and believe that the final result will satisfy each of us! "
Gu Wei said with a smile.
(End of this chapter)