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Chapter 716 [Detective Chinatown 3] Filming starts

December 5, Tokyo.

The flight from Beijing landed at Tokyo International Airport, and the crew of "Detective Chinatown 3" officially arrived.

In fact, as early as half a year ago, the staff of "Wei Ming Tian Xia" had already arrived in Tokyo and started to select locations, recruit actors, and build shooting locations.

During this period, Gu Wei also took time to fly over twice and finalize some things.

Similar to "Detective Chinatown 2", the third part was filmed in Tokyo and there is no doubt that some of the iconic buildings and venues here will be chosen as the background of the story.

For example, the world's largest intersection - Shibuya Crossing, the famous commercial district Shinjuku, the two-dimensional paradise Akihabara, and the iconic Tokyo Tower, etc.

Crew hotel.

After arriving at the location, Gu Wei and his team first made a simple settlement, and then the director team held a small meeting to sort out the recent shooting process.

"Okay, that's good. Let's shoot according to the plan for the next two months. If there are any problems, we can discuss and decide.
How is the construction of Shibuya going?"

After listening to the report, Gu Wei asked Zhao Liang, the assistant director who was in charge of the overall preparations.

"The main part has been completed, we can go and shoot at any time"

Shibuya is a relatively important location in "Detective Chinatown 3". There is a scene where the two protagonists are frantically throwing money down at an intersection.

However, Shibuya in Tokyo is like Times Square in New York, with a huge flow of people, 3000 people passing through every minute, and more than 250 million people walking and stopping here every day, so it is impossible to give in to Gu Wei and others to make a movie.

After discussion, the crew decided to recreate a 1:1 Shibuya in Tochigi Prefecture, a certain distance away from downtown Tokyo.

"Very good, let's stop here for now, everyone go back and prepare for tomorrow's official shoot!"

"Okay, Director~"

"Understood~"

After finishing the meeting with the director team, Gu Wei did not rest. He found several main actors and introduced them to everyone. Then he conducted a simple script reading, mainly to sort out the content to be filmed in the early period.

"Baoqiang, this is Ms. Yui Aragaki.

Aragaki is very famous in our country."

Satoshi Tsumabuki had worked with them in the second film, so there was no need for an introduction. The main actors added to the third film were Yui Aragaki and Tony Jaa.

"Hello, Miss Xinyuan, you are really beautiful. No wonder Director Gu chose you to play the heroine in the movie. He has great taste!" Wang Baoqiang said with a smile on his face, praising two people in one sentence.

Gu Wei was there to help him translate.

In real life, there is no simultaneous interpreter like the one in "Detective Chinatown 3" that allows for seamless communication with just a small headset, so in addition to the staff and actors, there are also some hired translators in the crew.

After listening to Gu Wei's translation, Yui Aragaki opened her mouth slightly and revealed a sweet smile.

"Thanks!
Mr. Wang Baoqiang, nice to meet you.

I've seen the movies you've filmed, they're really great, and your acting is superb!" She gave him a thumbs up.

"Have the Japanese also seen my movie? It's so famous?" Wang Baoqiang looked at Gu Wei beside him in disbelief.

"Hehe~ Baoqiang, you have to have confidence in yourself. After all, you are a man who has won the Best Actor Award." Gu Wei felt that Aragaki Yui was just being polite, but of course he couldn't say that in front of Baoqiang.

After introducing the two to each other, he greeted Tony Jaa and the couple Mu Cong and others. Everyone exchanged a few words and sat down to start reading the script.

The story of [Detective Chinatown 3] is not complicated. Gu Wei, Wang Baoqiang and Satoshi Tsumabuki just need to continue their previous performance style. Their main task is to help Tony Jaa and Yui Aragaki determine the characters' personalities and their positions in the movie.

"Gu-san, do you think the character I played, Xiaolin Anna, is a bad person?"

After discussing for a while, Yui Aragaki asked Gu Wei while holding her script.

"What do you think?" Gu Wei did not answer immediately, but asked back.

Aragaki Yui raised her head slightly and thought about it.

“I don’t think she’s a bad person.

Although the last scene revealed that she was the mastermind behind the whole case, whether it was the dead Su Chawei, the murderer Nguyen Van Gang, or Watanabe Masaru who was wrongly accused at the beginning, they were not good people.

Anna Kobayashi's family was torn apart by the yakuza when she was young, so this can be considered just revenge."

Gu Wei smiled and nodded.

"Indeed, judging from the performance of our film, Anna Kobayashi is definitely not a completely bad person.

Because she didn't get the punishment she deserved.

However, human nature is complex. I have discussed good and evil, human nature and animal nature in the first two parts of "Detective Chinatown".

Although Anna Kobayashi is not a completely bad person, she is not a good person either.

She planned to kill Su Chawei, seduced Nguyen Van Gang to kill people, and framed Watanabe Masaru. It seemed like just revenge, but the result was that the two leaders of the Southeast Asian Chamber of Commerce disappeared, and she eventually took over the power of the Chamber of Commerce.

Overall, Anna Kobayashi is an extremely smart woman with a strong desire for power."

“So she’s the villain in the movie?

But if the villain is not punished in the end and instead commits a perfect crime, will the audience be dissatisfied? "

The victory of justice over evil is an eternal theme in movies. No matter how rough and difficult the process is, the result usually remains the same.

According to Gu Wei's setting, the final BOSS Kobayashi Anna in "Detective Chinatown 3" got everything she wanted and escaped the punishment of the law, which became a victory for the villain.

Gu Wei smiled and shook his head.

"Not really.

I'm just telling you what the core of the character of Xiao Xiaolin Anna is like, but throughout the entire movie until the end when Qin Feng confronts her, you have to portray her as a good person, a beautiful character who always stands on the side of justice.

When watching the movie, the audience will also think that she is on the good side, and even regard her as a partner of Qin Feng and Tang Ren.

Only after the last conversation between the two and Qin Feng's explanation of his reasoning was Kobayashi Anna's identity truly revealed.

This reversal is the effect I hope the movie can achieve.

Moreover, although Anna Kobayashi was the mastermind behind everything, legally she did not commit any crime.

The one who intended to frame Watanabe Katsu was Su Chawi, and the one who killed Su Chawi was Ruan Wengang.

One of them framed others for money and benefits, and the other committed murder for power and status.

Anna Kobayashi fanned the flames in the middle, but the final decision was made by these two people.

In other words, everything they do is caused by their own greed.

The last death and execution is the best outcome.

The movie effect I want to see is that after the audience knows that Anna Kobayashi is the mastermind, they will not hate her, but will only be amazed by the plot and her methods.

In the end, she tells Qin Feng about her childhood experiences, which is also a way of whitewashing the character."

After hearing what Gu Wei said, Yui Aragaki nodded slowly.

"I roughly understand. That means that except for the last scene, I should always act as a good person." "That's right.

This character is extremely smart and beautiful. She is set to be a white-blooded villain, but she behaves like a white lotus in most of the beginning. It is only after the conversation with the equally smart Qin Feng at the end that her true nature is revealed.

When Gu Wei designed this character, he referred to "Sinuo" in the first part and "Song Yi" in the second part. He felt that this kind of Kobayashi Anna would have more depth than the original character who killed people to avenge her father, and a character with high IQ was also needed in the third part.

The script reading on the first day went smoothly. Gu Wei, as the director, helped everyone sort out the positioning of their roles, and everyone had some idea of ​​how they should perform after filming began.

The next day, the crew held a simple opening ceremony and officially began filming.

There are always problems when a new drama starts filming, and there is always a period of adjustment. The crew of "Detective Chinatown 3" comes from China and Japan, and the actors include actors from China, Japan and Thailand. The difficulty of filming is no less than that of filming "Detective Chinatown 2" in New York.

According to the planned shooting plan, right after the start of filming, the crew started with simpler shots, from simple to complex.

“Today, I invited a master to pray for the deceased President Suchavi’s soul to be reborn.

Over the years, I have always treated him as my father." Outside the water house on the lake, Yui Aragaki was wearing a light green windbreaker and had a sad look on her face.

"Ms. Xiaolin, don't be sad.

If you want to cry, just cry as much as you want on my broad chest." Baoqiang, who was wearing a plaid gown and had a wretched look on his face, always felt unable to walk when he saw a beautiful woman.

"In order to find the murderer of Mr. Su Chawei as soon as possible, can I ask you what happened that night?" Gu Wei stood aside and asked in a serious tone.

The closed room murder case aroused his interest. He felt that as Su Chawei's closest secretary, a senior executive of the Southeast Asian Chamber of Commerce, and one of the people who was at the scene that night, Kobayashi Anna might be able to provide some clues.

"Need I say more? It's Watanabe Katsu!"

"So sure?"

"There was no one else in the room that night. We rushed in immediately after hearing the president's shout."

"Click!" The assistant director's voice came from the loudspeaker.

Gu Wei walked in front of the camera and carefully watched the previous shot.

"Yui-chan, come and see." He called Aragaki Yui over and replayed the scene just now.

“Like I told you yesterday, for more than 90% of the first scenes, you shouldn’t involve any murderers or masterminds.

You have to think that you are Su Chawei's closest secretary. Now that your boss has been murdered, you are very sad and think that Watanabe Masaru is the murderer, but you will cooperate with all investigations because you also want to know the final truth and want the truth to come to light.

So, the emotion here should be somewhat sad, but the tone shouldn’t be too harsh.”

"And Bao Qiang, don't be too exaggerated in your speech and actions. Too much is as bad as too little. Tang Ren's character style is already fixed. Although he likes beautiful women, he is not a pervert. We must not make the audience feel bored."

After Gu Wei finished speaking, Aragaki Yui and Wang Baoqiang thought about it for a while, and soon everyone started filming the previous segment again.

After a few difficult days at the beginning, the filming of "Detective Chinatown 3" slowly got on track.

Since the first film was filmed in Thailand, the "Detective Chinatown" crew has had rich experience in filming abroad.

The requirements for shooting in Tokyo are stricter than in Thailand, but relatively looser than in New York.

The cost of "Detective Chinatown 3" has increased compared to the second part, with the production cost as high as million US dollars, so the crew is very generous in spending money.

When money is not a problem, filming of the movie will go very smoothly, because most things can be solved directly with money.

At night, the crew stayed at the hotel.

After a day of shooting, Gu Wei met with the director team, sorted out the next day's shooting tasks, and then returned to his room.

After washing up, he was preparing to work for a while. Being a director is different from being an actor. There are too many things to worry about, so since his debut, Gu Wei has only filmed the "Detective Chinatown" series of movies, and this is the third one.

As an actor, all you have to do is act well. As long as your schedule is right, you can act in three or four plays a year. If you're like Yang Mi and Shuangzi, you can act in more than ten plays a year.

But being a director is different.

He is a very prolific director if he can produce one film a year.

Because there are so many things to worry about when making a movie, from preparation, casting, location selection to shooting, post-production, and release.

It's very normal for a movie like Guo Fan to take three or four years to make a movie.

As soon as I sat down and opened my laptop, I received a message on my phone.

Gu Wei opened Line and saw a message from Yui Aragaki.

"Gu Sang, I want to ask you something about filming. Is it convenient for me to come to you?"

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly: "Of course, I'll wait for you in the room"

After a while, Yui Aragaki came to Gu Wei's room wearing a white halter dress and holding a script.

There was no one around, so she threw herself on Gu Wei.

"Don't you miss me at all?"

"Of course not. The crew has just started filming. I'm the director and I have too many things to do every day. I'm already full of work and don't have time to think about anything else," Gu Wei explained while holding up Yui Aragaki's perky hips and looking into her watery big eyes.

“I know being a director is very busy, and I understand your hard work, but I really miss you.

"Gu-san needs to compensate me," Yui Aragaki said in a soft and coquettish voice.

"Whatever you want, I can do it"

"Mr. Gu owes me a hot spring trip." Yui Aragaki said with a turn of her eyes.

Apparently, the last hot spring trip left her with a very good impression.

"no problem.

But this isn't really a request, do you want to change it?"

"No, I want this, and you have to compensate me tonight."

"Ready to serve."

As he was talking, Gu Wei had already carried Aragaki-chan to the bedroom. Her white dress slid down smoothly, revealing the beautiful scenery underneath.

She has a slender waist, long legs, a full chest, fair and smooth skin, and looks like a gift from God.

"Director Gu, is this considered an unspoken rule?" Yui Aragaki asked with a smile while lying on the bed.

"Then, as the heroine, Ms. Yui, would you be willing to be taken advantage of by me as the director?" Gu Wei pressed Aragaki Yui under him, their noses touching, and they could feel the hot breath from each other.

Aragaki Yui swallowed her saliva. The tight touch had already made her face and body turn red.

"If it's Gu Sang, there's absolutely no way I can refuse."

"Then let me test your artistic attainments, Yui-chan."

After teasing her, Gu Wei lowered his head and kissed her deeply.

(End of this chapter)