director of the millennium

"Thank you for your hard work, do it again!"

Wu Yuan repeated this sentence for the third time, and the streets of the filming site, which had been destroyed into a mess, became busy again.

A large number of crew members began to repair this severely damaged street.

This is the most complicated and difficult scene in the whole film.

Since arriving in Hong Kong Island, the filming in the past few days went very smoothly, whether it was the battle between Casillas' dark cultists and the king, or Doctor Strange's heroic arrival on the scene, everything was shot just right.

But today, filming for the crew finally became difficult.

As we all know, the highlight of "Doctor Strange 1" is the scene where Doctor Strange resists Dormammu's invasion of the earth, and the classic line was born: "Dormammu, I'm here to negotiate."

But before this "negotiation", the most spectacular scene in the whole film was when Doctor Strange rushed to the Hong Kong Island Sanctuary to stop Kaecilius from releasing Dormammu.

This is a battle taking place on the streets of Hong Kong Island, which not only involves time stopping and mirror space, but also Doctor Strange using the Time Stone to reverse time and "repair" the destroyed world.

This scene must have been produced with a lot of special effects. At least the time reversal is not something that can be accomplished by simply rewinding the tape.

The on-site shooting was also very complicated and troublesome, as it had to be shot in several stages, destroying, restoring, and then gradually destroying again.

As I mentioned before, in order to film this scene well, the props department of the crew prepared 350 tons of gravel. These are real stones, not foam boards!

Just using up these 350 tons of gravel is a huge workload.

At least it’s not something that can be shot in just three to five days.

In fact, the crew had been shooting for three days for this scene, but they only completed three takes, and these three takes were not enough to satisfy Wu Yuan. In fact, they had to do it at least three or five more times.

There is no other way. Every NG requires a lot of preparation time. After all, the destroyed scene has to be restored and then re-shot.

Fortunately, although complicated, Wu Yuan was still in a good mood.

After all, I felt the Spring Festival atmosphere in Hong Kong Island, and the Spring Festival experience in the south was also quite novel and special for Wu Yuan, a northerner.

Moreover, the news that the crew was filming in Hong Kong Island had already spread all over the Internet.

Now the news that the famous director Wu Yuan from the mainland is coming to Hong Kong Island to shoot a Hollywood blockbuster is spreading in the streets and alleys of Hong Kong Island, and there are even many onlookers outside the set.

This is not the point. The point is that some local actors from Hong Kong Island who got the news came to visit Wu Yuan on the set.

Led by Andy Lau, or rather led by Andy Lau, Louis Koo, Sean Lau, Bobby Au-yeung, Bosco Wong and others came to the crew of "Doctor Strange".

Of course, they are all actors and they know when to visit the set without disturbing them, so they always come during the crew’s lunch break.

I have to say, this satisfied Wu Yuan's vanity very much.

Especially in this crew full of foreigners, a bunch of Hong Kong Island's top actors came to pay him a visit, which undoubtedly allowed him to show off in front of the crew.

Wu Yuan was also very happy to see this group of excellent actors from Hong Kong. Perhaps it is true that birds of a feather flock together. The actors brought by Liu Dehua happened to be all Hong Kong actors that Wu Yuan liked and was willing to socialize with.

He has good acting skills, good reputation, and most importantly, good artistic ethics and character, which makes him different from actors like Eric Tsang.

Well, the only one who might have some personal moral flaws is Bosco Wong, but there’s nothing wrong with him, just a bit of a playboy.

But Wu Yuan is also understandable. With his cool and handsome appearance, it is really hard for him not to be unfaithful and playful.

Most importantly, Wu Yuan likes the actor Bosco Wong very much.

When he came to visit the set, Wu Yuan even took him aside to chat.

Born in 1980, Bosco Wong is only two years older than Wu Yuan. He signed a contract with TVB and made his debut in 1999. He became famous in Hong Kong Island in 2003 as the protagonist of "Triumph in the Skies".

In 2005, Bosco Wong became an instant hit in Hong Kong Island with the costume drama "My Savage Granny".

However, what impressed Wu Yuan the most was a TV series called "Heart of Greed". He, Moses Chan and Linda Chung performed very well in the drama, which left a deep impression on Wu Yuan.

As a post-80s generation, his impression of Hong Kong TV dramas mainly includes actors such as Moses Chan, Linda Chung, Michelle Yim, Fala Chen, Myolie Wu, Bosco Wong, Roger Kwok and Dicky Cheung.

In his previous life, Wu Yuan had thought more than once in his dreams that if he became a big director in the future, he would like to invite these actors to act in his movies.

If nothing else, it's because these TVB actors are good and cheap, they are really better than the mainland actors after 2014.
Unfortunately, in the previous life in the dream, he never had the chance until he woke up, and in this life, Wu Yuan developed too quickly and smoothly. In the blink of an eye, he became an international star, so he didn't need to go to TVB to select actors.

There is still some regret, so after meeting Bosco Wong this time, Wu Yuan talked to him a lot about TVB actors, and also learned from him that TVB is now on a serious downward trend.

Originally, TVB actors' salaries were very low. After entering the Internet age, TVB's ratings declined very rapidly and severely, and the capital on hand became increasingly insufficient. Not only did the number of TV dramas produced and filmed decrease, but the salaries paid to the actors also decreased.

Therefore, many TVB actors have gone north to the mainland to seek opportunities. Dicky Cheung and Roger Kwok, who were the first to go to the mainland in the early years, are their role models.

Last year, Bosco Wong also began to move to the mainland, filming mainland dramas such as "Detective Yang Jinbang" and "Young Detective Di Renjie" in Hengdian. He also participated in the recording of the outdoor variety show "2 Days and 1 Night of Celebrity Family" for the first time.

Well, just by listening to the name you can tell that it is a copy of the Korean program "Two Days and One Night", and they didn't pay the copyright fee.

After hearing this, Wu Yuan's desire to poach new talents began to stir again.

Seeing that TVB is now a thing of the past and no longer has the momentum that dominated Hong Kong Island in the past, its actors have all gone their separate ways. If we don’t poach them now, when will we?

Apart from anything else, Guangying Times is currently in great need of a cool and handsome actor. Not to mention Guangying Times, this type of actor is very scarce in the entire mainland.

And precisely in movies and TV dramas, the handsome and badass type of male characters are the most likely to appear, because this kind of personality setting is very conspicuous, it is easy to leave an impression on the audience, which is good for character creation.

So, Wu Yuan invited Huang Zongze to sign a contract on the spot, and even promised to help him settle TVB's breach of contract fee, hoping to bring him to the mainland for development.

This is a high-end version of Zhu Yawen!
Besides, she is only in her thirties, which is the golden age for actors. It is perfect for her to go to the mainland and put some pressure on mainland male actors! (End of this chapter)