Chapter 301 Filming

After Depp apologized, the entire crew became more efficient.

On the one hand, Wu Yuchen took care of the male protagonist's crimes, so who would dare to be careless? On the other hand, Depp's apology did make the atmosphere of the whole crew a lot better, and they became more like a whole. Everyone also believed in Wu Yuchen from the bottom of their hearts, because he managed to make a bowl of water even, and everyone was convinced. I feel respected.

Before Hugh Jackman left for "X-Men 2", the crew of "Pirate King" finally completed the filming of interior scenes in Los Angeles, and then the crew moved to the Dominican Republic, which has the sense of remoteness that Wu Yuchen wanted.

The local area welcomes the arrival of the "Pirate King" crew because the crew will bring a lot of revenue to the local area. The most direct thing is that the crew hired more than 400 local people and brought in an income. Coupled with the 600-person crew, the crew suddenly became a very large crew with thousands of people, which also brought a large amount of consumer income to the local area.

The island was previously dominated by agriculture and was one of the poorest areas in the Caribbean. "Pirate King" is here as a filming location, which will be very beneficial to its tourism industry in the long run. As long as they make the pictures here beautiful enough, it will bring a large number of tourists.

However, the crew also encountered some troubles when they first arrived here to start filming. More than 400 people, including locals with low education levels, poured into the crew, which caused a lot of management chaos to the crew.

Chen Er and Ning Hao, who used to follow Wu Yuchen, usually talked less and read more. Especially for Ning Hao, although his English has improved a bit, it is still not very good, so communication is indeed a problem. But now, even the two of them are on stage, helping the crew direct.

"You, you, you, go over there!" Ning Hao stopped speaking English now and shouted in Chinese while gesticulating.

Because English is no longer used at this time. The official language of Dominica is Spanish, but this island with a history of more than 200 years has its own indigenous language, so many people do not know Spanish and the translation is not enough. This is right These people really communicate with their hands, so it doesn't matter if Ning Hao doesn't speak English.

"Stop, don't move, follow me, yes, keep this posture!" Ning Hao was now teaching several indigenous group performers how to perform, so that they would know how to perform later.

After stopping work at night, Ning Hao went back and lay down on the bed, looked up at the ceiling, and said to Chen Er: "Old Chen, I feel that I haven't learned English yet after coming here, but I have learned sign language first. . If I go back now, I will definitely be able to communicate with the deaf-mute people!"

Chen Er was writing in his work diary. Without looking back, he said to Ning Hao: "That's good, you can go back and make a movie with a deaf-mute protagonist!"

"Don't tell me, I really have empathy for deaf-mute people now, and I can especially understand their mood!"

Then Ning Hao said with emotion: "Director Wu is really amazing!"

"Then do you still need to say it?" Chen Er said with a smile.

"No, what I mean is, the more you follow Director Wu, the more you realize it! It is not an easy task to be able to manage a large crew of thousands of people, and also to have a bunch of foreigners obey him. Son! If it were me, I wouldn’t be able to manage 100 people, let alone thousands of people!”

Then Ning Hao chuckled again: "There is also the matter of Director Wu taking Depp to apologize to all of us. If the media interviews me in the future, I have to talk about it~"

Chen Er turned around when he heard this: "Don't come here blindly. The crew has issued a gag order, and no one is allowed to tell anyone!"

Ning Hao waved his hand: "You can't talk about it here in the United States. You can't talk about it after I return to China? Besides, you underestimate those reporters too much. I guess there should be rumors outside."

"Hey, don't think about all this nonsense. We have to shoot a chase scene in the forest tomorrow. Think about how to lead your team of natives without running around!"

Ning Hao also sighed after hearing this. He still wants to continue to deepen his relationship with the local villagers!

…

"Welcome back! Our big star!" Wu Yuchen and Hugh Jackman hugged each other.

"Thank you! Wu, I hope the crew will not affect the filming because of me~"

"It's a little bit, so you have to get into the state quickly!" Wu Yuchen said with a smile.

Hugh Jackman left the crew for a week this time due to the release of "X-Men 2", but his results are also gratifying.

In the first "X-Men", his Wolverine was only one of the protagonists, but in this "X-Men 2", his role as Wolverine has greatly increased, and he is undoubtedly the leading actor. . Moreover, "X-Men 2" achieved a box office of 85.56 million in the first three days of the weekend. This is a very eye-catching result, and it will firmly establish Hugh Jackman's position as a first-line actor.

Wu Yuchen smiled. The impact of the good results of "X-Men 2" is that Hollywood has become more and more aware of the potential of IP comic-book movies. Warner Bros. can't help it anymore and wants to follow suit again. He discussed the "Batman" trilogy.

Wu Yuchen was not surprised by this, but to be honest, he is now fully devoted to "Pirate King" and has no time or energy to argue with Warner. He directly told Warner on the phone that his conditions would not change. , if both parties agree, let’s continue talking. If they don’t agree, don’t waste both parties’ time.

This has also caused Warner to get into trouble again. They plan to wait and see what "The Incredible Hulk" will be released next month.

Wu Yuchen doesn't care what Warner thinks. He doesn't care whether Li An's "The Incredible Hulk" will bring him a reverse assist. After all, people still have to rely on themselves. Anyway, when "Pirate King 2" is released next year, the box office will be high. The results will speak for themselves.

The crew filmed in the Dominican Republic for five weeks, and then went to a small island in the Bahamas to shoot the final melee.

…

Time slowly came to August. At this time, "Pirate King" went to Grand Bahama Island to shoot scenes of ships and naval battles. There were also some newcomers in the crew, such as Liang Jiahui!

In "Pirate King 3", there are nine pirate leaders in the world. One of them is the Chinese, the pirate king of Xinjiapo, Xiao Feng. He also plays the most important role among the nine pirate leaders.

In the original "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", Zhou Runfa was invited to play this role, but now Wu Yuchen has no intention of using him again, but directly hired Liang Jiahui. Now Tony Leung Ka Fai has become quite famous in Hollywood with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". In the past two years, anyone who has Chinese characters in Hollywood will think of him immediately.

"The bright moon rises from the Tianshan Mountains, and among the vast sea of ​​clouds, the wind blows tens of thousands of miles across the Yumen Pass."

What Liang Jiahui is singing at this time is Li Bai's poem "Moon Over the Mountains". He sings it in Chinese to express his life as a pirate who has been displaced all year round and wandered on the sea.

"Excellent! This performance is very good, especially this poem, the emotion is very spot on!" Wu Yuchen praised Liang Jiahui.

Liang Jiahui smiled at Wu Yuchen and said: "This is a rare opportunity to read our ancient Chinese poetry to foreigners. I definitely can't let it slip!"

At this time, Liang Jiahui had shaved his head. The makeup artist carved a green dragon tattoo on his head. There were several knife marks on the other side of his neck. His whole person looked like he had a fierce temperament, even if he smiled. It sounds a little scary.

However, it is still different from the image of Zhou Runfa in his previous life. For example, without long pointed nails, it would make people look like an old monster.

In a previous life, "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" actually had 20 minutes deleted when it was released in mainland China. Half of it was Zhou Runfa's appearance, which caused the plot to be incoherent, including the part where the audience is most looking forward to singing Li Bai's "Guan Shan". "Moon" poetry section.

The reason given by Scissors is that Zhou Runfa's appearance is suspected of vilifying the image of Chinese people.

To be honest, this reason is actually a bit untenable, because if it is scandalous, you can simply delete it entirely, or don't introduce it. If you delete half and keep half, this explanation is very far-fetched.

Just like "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", it was not introduced to the country at all. Rumor has it that the crew on the Flying Dutchman was too ferocious and was afraid of scaring children. But this thing also appeared in the third part, and it was not deleted at all...

Moreover, most of the people in "Pirates of the Caribbean" have very strange costumes. The pirate leaders in other areas are not much better than Sao Feng, and they do not really deliberately vilify the Chinese.

In short, sometimes it’s good to just listen to Scissors’ explanation. Compared with this explanation, Wu Yuchen actually believed in another piece of news that was circulated privately, that is, someone wanted to deliberately mess with Zhou Runfa.

As for the reason, we have to talk about the sudden resignation of Zhou Runfa in April 2007, on the eve of the filming of "Red Cliff". His move caught the entire "Red Cliff" crew off guard, and public opinion at the time was in an uproar, with many scolding him for being dishonest.

"Red Cliff" is a project that Han Sanping strongly supports. You must be very unhappy if you make a mountain sculpture like this!

So 2 months later, he was cut from "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", and this is all the reason. If the introduction quota for this movie had not been determined at the beginning of the year, whether it would be seen or not is another matter.

But now Wu Yuchen doesn't use Zhou Runfa at all, so there won't be so many troubles. Now in his design for this character, he has retained most of the appearance, and the ferocious characteristics must be reflected. That is, he has removed some weird things like long nails. Overall, it will not affect it, and it will definitely not. Talk about vilifying Chinese people.

"Director Wu, you don't know that a few months ago, Hong Kong Island was really panicked by SARS. The economy was in decline, and the property market, which was originally unstoppable, plummeted. Everyone hid at home and did not go to the cinema. The entire Hong Kong Island The film industry has stopped and there is no work left at all!”

During the break, Liang Jiahui and Wu Yuchen chatted about what happened a while ago.

Wu Yuchen smiled and comforted: "Fortunately, it's over now."

Liang Jiahui shook his head: "I can't go back. Everyone knows that Hong Kong Island Movies is coming to an end. Many people are asking me about the way to go north. I can't see Hong Kong Island Movies back to the way it was before!"

After hearing this, Wu Yuchen smiled softly, and then said: "We don't want to lose talent, but Hong Kong Island movies cannot provide enough job opportunities for people in the industry. How can all the good things in the world be taken advantage of? Hong Kong Island What do filmmakers value most?”

"Of course I'm looking for money!" Liang Jiahui replied without hesitation. Although everyone is shouting about revitalizing Hong Kong movies, who doesn't put making money as the first priority?

Wu Yuchen laughed and said: "Isn't that the truth? The development of the film industry itself is based on the economy. The better the mainland's economic development and the more prosperous the market, it will definitely attract more Hong Kong filmmakers to go north. This is simply an irreversible the trend of.

Brother Tony, there is one thing I admire about you. You are quite honest and honest, unlike many Hong Kong Islanders who go north, who are too upright in their speech. "

"You say something but you are honest?" Liang Jiahui didn't understand.

"It's obvious that people have come to the mainland to make money, but they still complain about this and that. Arrogant attitude is unacceptable!"

Liang Jiahui immediately praised him after hearing this: "Director Wu, with you and Miracle Films here, who dares to put on airs!"

Although he said this, he also knew in his heart what the mentality of his Hong Kong compatriots was. They felt that the mainland was backward and easy to make money, so they had to put on a condescending attitude.

Then Liang Jiahui asked another topic that everyone has been concerned about and hotly discussed recently: "Director Wu, what do you think of CPEA?"

CPEA, the full name of which is "Arrangement on Closer Economic and Trade Relations between the Mainland and Hong Kong Island", has two provisions related to the film industry: co-productions between the Mainland and Hong Kong Island can be regarded as domestic films and released in the Mainland; Chinese-language films shot in Hong Kong Island can be released in the Mainland without import quota restrictions after being reviewed and approved by the Mainland competent authorities.

In other words, the mainland market that Hong Kong Island films have wanted for many years is finally open to them without restrictions!

This is also regarded by many Hong Kong filmmakers as the biggest rescue policy. Such a large mainland market will definitely support Hong Kong films to flourish again!

"It can ensure that Hong Kong films will not starve to death again, but if you want to reproduce the grand occasion of more than ten years ago, don't even think about it!"

Wu Yuchen further said to Liang Jiahui: "After all, movies are things that contain cultural attributes. Hong Kong culture is destined to not become the mainstream of mainland culture. The mainstream of the mainland market will only be local movies in the future."

Many people in the past have scolded this policy, saying that letting Hong Kong stars in will ride on the heads of the mainland and snatch various resources.

In Wu Yuchen's view, the above decision is a good move. This will not only bring more talents and technologies to the mainland film and television industry, but also play a strong catfish effect.

The environment of a group of people in the mainland film industry is somewhat comfortable, and they have been protected by policies and lack competition. Letting Hong Kong films in fully promote competitiveness and force mainland filmmakers to learn to make commercial films, learn how to market better, and how to do the market better.