Chapter 546 Three God-level Blockbusters
The entertainment industry has always been a place where one person’s success comes at the cost of many others’ sacrifices. Except for a few who became famous, the students who graduated from Beijing Film Academy, Central Academy of Drama, and Shanghai Theatre Academy have no roles to play. Too many of them are stuck in anti-Japanese dramas or have changed their careers.

The major film and television companies in the industry have a long tradition of selecting students from the three major universities.

"Gu Jian Qi Tan", a fantasy drama produced by Huanrui, has not only attracted the attention of many celebrities in the industry.

It also attracts students from the three major universities.

Companies with brokerage businesses such as Huayi, Star Media, Orange Sky, and Xingchen Films were all pulled out to take advantage of investors such as Huanrui.

It was reported that Tong Liya would play the leading female role, and then it was reported that Hu Ge would play the leading male role.

Within two days, a large number of male and female stars including Yang Mi, Liu Shishi, Tang Yan, Lin Gengxin, Su Chang, Zhao Liying... were brought out and took advantage of the popularity.

I have to say that Huanrui's operation is comparable to that of Big Beard.

But netizens don’t care, and media reporters want traffic, so all kinds of rumors are flying around.

Even Wang Changtian from Guangguang said hello to Song Ge, "If there are suitable actors, please let us know in advance. Guangguang can't decide on the male and female protagonists, but other roles are still fine."

Song Ge, who was only focused on movies, was not interested in the TV series, whether it was a TV series from other companies. He said thank you twice before hanging up the phone.

Afterwards, Wang Jinghua came to Song Ge and wanted him to help recruit a few of his artists into the group, but she did not mention letting Tong Liya be the female lead.

"It's just a TV series, how can it be so popular?" Song Ge, who was sitting on the sofa in the office, asked directly after taking a sip of tea.

"Mr. Song, you have been with Director Gu for too long. It's normal that you look down on TV dramas, but many people outside are competing for roles." Wang Jinghua said softly.

"Okay, I'll call Mr. Wang and you go talk to him in person." Song Ge said.

"Okay." Wang Jinghua got the answer and left happily.

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There is almost no repetitive news in the entertainment industry every day.

In the blink of an eye, "Special Identity" is about to be taken off the screen.

The box office of this movie is currently 4.78 million yuan. It’s only a few days away from being released. The daily box office is less than one million yuan, so there is naturally no hope of breaking million yuan.

However, the box office of the movie "So Young" did not break 300 million in the end. In the whole PK in May, the former won.

Director Wu Ershan and several main creative staff members held a high-profile celebration banquet. Wu Jing was naturally unable to attend due to shooting progress issues.

Online, media reporters also generously gave extensive coverage.

At the same time, the movies released in June also began large-scale promotion and marketing.

June 13 is a month that should be remembered in the history of mainland cinema.

Because in just one month, three box office hits were released one after another, namely: "The Mystery Detective", "Dwelling in Fuchun Mountains" and "Tiny Times".

Their common feature is that they have ushered in an era where bad movies can sell at high box office!
As early as the beginning of the project of "The Mystic Nine", this movie has attracted much attention.

Because apart from the fact that the film is produced and distributed in a glamorous way.

Wen Zhang, Jet Li, Liu Shishi, Michelle Chen and others are the main actors.

Wu Jing, Huang Xiaoming, Tong Dawei, Xie Tianhua and other stars made guest appearances.

In terms of the cast, it is quite interesting.

In the film, Wu Jing plays an insurance salesman who knows kung fu but stutters, and gets into a fight with a policeman played by Jet Li over a disagreement.

It can be said that Jet Li has put a lot of effort into promoting his godson Wen Zhang.

He once made a direct statement to the media: "It was Wen Zhang who brought me out to play this time. If he didn't take the lead, I wouldn't shoot. If his name wasn't in the front, I wouldn't participate in the promotion."

It's a pity that Wen Zhang was young and frivolous. He should have had a bright future, but he ruined it himself.

Speaking of "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains", it has been very popular since the project was launched.

Superstar Liu Dehua, Tong Dawei, Zhang Jingchu, Kurosawa Chiling, Siqin Gaowa and many other big names jointly performed in this 3D movie created together with a Hollywood production team, which is full of gimmicks.

Speaking of this movie, there were many twists and turns when it was first launched.

When the film project was launched, the investment proposal was announced, which dazzled everyone.

The investors alone announced that they would invite well-known production teams of Hollywood blockbusters such as "Avatar" and "The Bourne Supremacy". The island country's first-line actors and South Korea's top screenwriters will also join.

It caused quite a stir at the time.

The cast members that were subsequently announced were even more astonishing.

But in this business plan, only the name of the Chinese producer Sun Jianjun seems unfamiliar.

Yes, very unfamiliar, because this person has never directed any movie.

But he is awesome. He has a dream of making a Chinese blockbuster and has an obsession with cross-border shooting and grand landscapes that is difficult to fathom.

The film crew invited a Korean director, an American director and a screenwriter, but they all left due to disagreements with Sun Jianjun, and even the styling designer left the group in anger. What exactly was the disagreement between Sun Jianjun and the rest of the creative team?
He has always stressed that he wants to make Chinese-style blockbusters, rather than Hollywood knockoffs that cost ten times less than Hollywood.

In the opinion of Sun Jianjun, an older new director, perhaps the audience just wants something fresher, "dazzling, with ups and downs, four countries and five lands, up to the sky and down to the earth."

The disintegration of the main creative team made Sun Jianjun the sole director of the film. He is also the only screenwriter and the only visual effects supervisor.

At this time, the code name "Tianji" was added to the name of the film, and it was renamed "Tianji: Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains".

"The Secret of Fuchun Mountain" has been traveling around the world since the very beginning, and the crew filmed in Dubai, Taipei, Tokyo, Milan, Hangzhou and other places.

The film claims to have 3000 shots, with scenes switching at an average frequency of once every ten minutes;

From the actors' costumes to the costumes, Chiling Kurosawa alone COSed more than ten styles in the film, including a nurse, nun, bride, queen, stewardess, and agent.

If you don’t know, you might think you are shooting an Japanese action art blockbuster?
As for the inspiration for the film, Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains is no longer important. As Sun Jianjun said, "You can say it is just a bystander."

At this point, "The Secret: Dwelling in Fuchun Mountains", a film whose title is not even popular, has completely deviated from the original intention of the project.

If the producer's motivation is to reduce investment risks by leveraging commercial factors, then director Sun Jianjun is simply pursuing his own dream of making an "action blockbuster".

Finally, it’s “Tiny Times”.

There is no need to say much about this movie. It is the work of new director Guo Da, and countless fans are shouting in anticipation of the movie's release.

So, there are two hot topics in the circle now.

One is the escalating mutual criticism between the mainland and Hong Kong Island, and the other is the promotion of three domestic blockbusters.

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It was late May.

After Wu Jing finished filming the Thailand portion of Wolf Warriors, he began to lead the crew to China, arriving at the Pingshan Forest in Jinling to film the military training of the Wolf Warriors Squadron and the fight against incoming mercenaries.

In fact, according to Gu Wei's idea, in order to make the background of the film look more realistic, it would be best to shoot in southern Yunnan and Guixi provinces.

But in this case, we would have to ask the Sichuan Military Region for support in terms of weapons and equipment, which would be too difficult to coordinate, so after comprehensive consideration, we had to give up.

Jinling.

The crew of "Wolf Warrior".

In order to show the awesome special training shots of the Wolf Warrior Squadron, although only a few minutes were used in the movie, it was really not easy to shoot.

Zhang Yi, Zhang Guoqiang, Ren Tianye, Gu Zhixin and others are also considered tough guy actors and have undergone a period of closed emergency military training.

But training is training, and they are fine for showing off their skills. But when it comes to rock climbing, armed swimming, skydiving, etc., they still lack the skills. They have to use a stand-in in many places, especially in the "high jump and low opening" skydiving training.

When talking about skydiving, we have to mention the filming method in "Mission Impossible 6", where before sunset, when the sun is about to set, the pilot uses this method of skydiving to sneak into the enemy country without being noticed.

When promoting "Mission Impossible 6", there was a lot of hype about the so-called "earth-shattering moments", like climbing the Dubai Tower and the airplane with bare hands in the first two films, which still attracted the audience's attention.

The main selling point of "Wolf Warrior" is not this, but shooting such shots is a groundbreaking feat in Chinese-language films and is very suitable for creating hot topics.

The number of people parachuting at one time in the entire shot is nineteen, which is less than the establishment of a platoon.

The only actors who took part in the actual parachuting scene were Wu Jing and former special forces soldier Zhuang Xiaolong, with the rest being performed by "body doubles".

The two had received practical training in "high jump and low opening", and had three ordinary parachute jumps and several days of special forces training experience.

As for the others, forget it. After all, the risk is too great.

After two actual jump training sessions, we finally did the actual filming on a sunny day.

When filming, the correct order for jumping is that the recorder behind the scenes jumps first, followed by the photographer with the overhead camera, then Wu Jing, Zhuang Xiaolong and the rest of the "stand-ins" jump in turn.

After the jump, the photographer needs to slow down and wait for Wu Jing to ensure that the protagonist is in focus. This process is very difficult and requires close cooperation between the two parties in a high-altitude, low-pressure environment. It is definitely not something that can be accomplished with just one or two steps.

After landing, everyone in the crew rushed towards Wu Jing and the photographer.

It turned out that the first shot was invalid because it was out of focus, so I had to start over.

We shot like this for three days in a row and jumped more than twenty times before we got a perfect shot.

The figure and facial image of the protagonist Wu Jing are the clearest in the camera, while Zhuang Xiaolong's are slightly worse.

As for the "extras" who jumped down later, one could only see their general shapes, but could not make out their faces at all.

After watching the filming results, Wu Jing couldn't help but say: "The 17 people at the back are simply human backgrounds in the sky. In fact, it can be done with special effects, but real shooting is more realistic."

What needs to be filmed next is the scene where the fully armed Wolf Warriors encounter the mercenaries who walk out of the primeval forest and eliminate them in one fell swoop.

This can reflect the elite quality of "coming when called, fighting when coming, and winning when fighting", because the members of the "Wolf Warrior" team all fell from the sky.

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(End of this chapter)