Super entertainment red envelope

Chapter 587 Big Sea!

The snow came quite violently. From the initial small snowflakes, it gradually turned into heavy snow. As a result, the entire crew was trapped in the room by the weather, which affected the progress.

Every idle day costs a day's budget, and even every second is a loss.

Apart from going to the filming site of "The Truman Show", Li Zhifan just drank with everyone in the bar at the base. It seemed that the days slowed down suddenly.

In the bar, after several glasses of wine, Li Zhifan rubbed his stomach, exhaled alcohol, and said, "The arrangements are made in Africa. When the snow stops and the flight can take off, I will take people to Africa for a few days. Just stop now!"

"Then be careful!"

The assistant director was already reeking of alcohol, hiccupped and said, "It's a mess over there, be careful you'll be robbed!"

"I'm ready!"

Li Zhifan said, "I asked the military to contact the peacekeeping force, and they will assist us in filming. With guns around, those gangsters probably wouldn't dare to make trouble!"

"Just in case!"

The assistant director said worriedly, "Last year they went to Africa to shoot a documentary, and they were ransacked several times. Otherwise, don't go, I'll take someone there!"

"I'm the lead actor, why can't I go?"

Li Zhifan waved his hands and said, "I can't do cutouts or anything. You have to lead the team well these days when I'm away, so that no accidents can happen. Although they are resting, the discipline of the crew must be obeyed!"

"I understand!" The assistant director squeezed out a smile, "By the way, I have contacted Dalian Haida. Our underwater scenes can be filmed at any time, and the school has given strong support. Their survival training hall Not only is the museum specially closed for us to shoot, but also school coaches and teachers will be arranged to assist us in completing the shoot!"

"Really? Didn't you say it earlier?"

Li Zhifan sat up at once, "I'll go, let's shoot directly when we're ready, what are you waiting for, what time are you wasting here?"

"No, isn't it snowing? How can we get there when it's freezing?"

The assistant director was just saying it casually, but when Li Zhifan suddenly became excited, he quickly waved his hands, "Besides, I checked the weather forecast and it's snowing in Dalian too! It's snowing even more than here!"

The underwater scene was originally intended to be filmed in a lake or river, but the professional underwater filming crew of the US production team said that the visibility in natural waters is very low, and bacteria in the water are easy to infect, not to mention damaging the environment.

So any underwater shots, if you want clarity, can only be done in enclosed, specially prepared waters.

Li Zhifan didn't believe in evil at first, but after searching several places, he found that what the professionals said was true. Even if he went to the sea to shoot underwater scenes, it was pitch black and he couldn't see anything. In addition, lights had to be turned on in the water, which was not easy in active waters. .

Finding the scene is all done by art. The art of a movie is the essence of the soul. Whether it is the scene, the composition of the shooting, or the rendering in post-production, it is all the work of art.

This Dalian Maritime University was found by the art crew of the crew. The survival training hall over there has a special underwater simulation system, and many underwater scenes of movies are filmed there.

For "Deep Sea Fleet", which was released last year, the underwater scenes of the whole film were filmed in the venue. This is no secret. Everyone in the industry knows that for the filming of "Wolf Warrior", Haida also made an appointment for the venue. , the other side agreed without saying a word, and gave it a very high priority.

"Ok, deal!"

Li Zhifan stood up and waved his hand, "Take the nearest train to Dalian, go to see the venue, finalize the plan and start shooting directly, you go and call the underwater shooting team, and the four actors who participated in the shooting, let them start Get ready!"

"This...Are you sure?" The assistant director pointed outside, the snowflakes were still falling, and there was no intention of stopping.

"I am very sure!"

Li Zhifan folded his arms and said, "People's athletes insist on training no matter how cold the weather is. What are we old men afraid of?"

"All right!"

The assistant director had no choice but to stand up and cooperate with Li Zhifan's request, and went to find the people involved in the filming.

When they heard that Li Zhifan was going to shoot an underwater scene in this weather, the whole crew was surprised.

……

"Zhifan! Aren't you? You're going to Dalian to shoot an underwater scene now?"

Wang Yue ran in and pulled Li Zhifan incredulously.

"Not now, but right away! At least let me sleep peacefully tonight?"

Li Zhifan was lying on the bed, his cheeks were flushed after drinking.

"Are you crazy? Do you know the temperature in Dalian?" Wang Yue shouted, "You still take the train, what if someone recognizes you on the way?"

Li Zhifan said: "Don't worry, I checked the itinerary and I can leave tomorrow!"

"Ming..." Wang Yue was a little annoyed and almost bit his tongue, "Okay, tomorrow. Do you know what the temperature is tomorrow? If it doesn't snow tomorrow, it will be colder than today, do you know?"

"I know!"

Li Zhifan waved his hand, "Go out quickly! Don't disturb my sleep, I have to go to see the venue in the afternoon!"

"you……"

Where is Wang Yue willing to go, sitting by the bed talking to Li Zhifan.

But it didn't work at all, and Li Zhifan started snoring soon.

At this time, Ao Lei rushed in again: "Director, I heard that you are going to take risks? Oh, no! I advise you not to try it. You must know that if you go to shoot an underwater scene in this ghostly weather, if you catch a cold Pneumonia, what to do with your swelling!"

A dozen more people, including Lilith and others, ran in after he entered the door.

"Ore!"

Li Zhifan couldn't pretend to be asleep anymore, opened his eyes and sat up and said, "The diving pool has a constant temperature, between 25 degrees and 27 degrees, not zero degrees, so you can rest assured! Besides, there is air conditioning in the venue over there!"

"No no no!"

Ole pinched the bridge of his nose, then waved his hands lightly in the air, "What I mean is that it has nothing to do with the water temperature, but with the weather. Do you understand the weather? It's snowing so heavily, what's going to happen on the road, what should I do?"

"The weather is not a hindrance!"

Li Zhifan laughed, "Should we wait until the hot summer to shoot? Or shoot in hot water? No! I think as long as we are ready, any time will do!"

"Zhifan!" Li Lisi's tone was much gentler than the two of them, but she still looked at Li Zhifan worriedly, "Are you feeling unwell? Your face is so red, what you said just now must have been a drink talk, right? "

"No, I'm awake now!" Li Zhifan lay down and said, "I just want to sleep for a while now!"

"Oh..." Ao Lei patted this head, looking up at the ceiling with his neck up.

"Let him sleep, maybe he will change his mind when he wakes up?" Lilith said.

Everyone looked at Li Zhifan and had to leave the room temporarily.

……

Everyone did not wait for Li Zhifan's "returning from the wrong way", he is still "persisting in his obsession" to go to Dalian.

It was the end of the new year, and the train tickets could not be bought at all. The crew found a relationship through the Beijing Military Region, and directly arranged to add a carriage for the crew to use alone. Except for the people, all the equipment and equipment were also pulled over.

When they arrived in Dalian, the crew took another bus and rushed to Maritime University non-stop. The school prepared a place for the crew to live and booked a small hotel near the school.

When they settled down, the family was at four o'clock in the afternoon, the crew stayed in the hotel to gesture, and Li Zhifan took the assistant director and all the professional underwater cameramen to visit the person in charge of the school.

They were received by a vice-principal of the school and the director of the Survival Training Center. The whole school was on vacation, and both of them lived in the city, so they came back temporarily to receive them.

"Mr. Li, this is our survival training hall!"

The vice-principal's name is Yuan Changjiang. He has a bald head, a short and fat body, and looks mature and prudent. "Our training hall is open to the public all year round. It integrates swimming, water entertainment, competition and training. Well, now During the Spring Festival, many foreign tourists come to Dalian for tourism, and they still come here despite the wind and snow.”

"Then let's make a movie! If you close the museum here, will it affect the tourists?"

Li Zhifan asked, "After all, we only use one simulation pool!"

"No!" Yuan Changjiang said with a smile, "The underwater simulation training hall is separate, because many production crews come to us to shoot movies, so we took this factor into consideration at the beginning of the design, and only this place is closed. Influence others!"

At this time, a group of people had already reached the second floor of the venue, and there were quite a lot of tourists coming in and out.

Li Zhifan pointed to the tourists over there, and said to the accompanying people: "Did you see that there are so many people swimming in this kind of weather? Seeing how energetic they are, how can we back down?"

Several foreigners smiled wryly. They always made movies with the spirit of taking risks for art. Since Li Zhifan insisted on shooting in this season, naturally no one would back down.

The water depth in the shooting place is between two and five meters, and the area is about 100 square meters.

This underwater survival simulation pool is also open to the public, just like a real CS and shooting range, not only tourists come to try it, but also school students have training sessions here.

Li Zhifan played against four black actors, who are strong and good at underwater fighting. They were professional divers and could hold their breath underwater for up to 4 minutes.

Li Zhifan will not specifically request that the 6-minute shot be shot in one go, but it can only be divided into two at most. In order to quickly sink into the bottom of the water, he imitated the original shooting method and proposed the method of tying irons to his body. Six lifeguards, ready to rescue at any time during the filming.

“The venue here is perfect!”

After looking around for a while, Li Zhifan said, "And the sand and rocks under the water completely save us the need for the set, not bad! Principal Yuan, if possible, we plan to start shooting as soon as possible, tomorrow at the earliest, and the day after tomorrow at the latest!"

"I see!"

Principal Yuan said happily, "Then we will leave it to our curator Liu. You can turn to him for anything. He can provide you with as much help as possible."

Every time a venue is rented for filming, it will bring a fee to the venue, and this fee will also be paid by the school in the end.

Although the number of days of shooting "Wolf Warrior" here is not very long compared with the previous "Deep Sea Fleet", it is not short, and it earns more than buying tickets for tourists every day.

After watching the venues, Li Zhifan asked Principal Yuan about the local beaches that are suitable for shooting movies, preferably ones similar to African beaches. Principal Yuan thought for a few seconds and said, "There are many places like this in our Dalian. I have been to no less than ten places, you know, each of our schools often organizes students to conduct outdoor training, that is, to go to those beaches, why don't I take you for a walk tomorrow, and you choose a place?"

"How about...today?" Li Zhifan couldn't wait, "Principal Yuan, if you are too busy, you can give us the address, and we can find it ourselves!"

"Busy! Must be busy!"

Principal Yuan laughed loudly, "Well, I'll find a car and take everyone there!"

Li Zhifan looked at the staff behind him, and said to the assistant director: "If you want, you can take everyone back to the hotel to rest. I'll take Roberts and Gong Fan to see it!"

Roberts is the person in charge of the American filming team, and Gong Fan is the person in charge of the art and props group of the film crew. It is enough for them to accompany Li Zhifan.

"Okay, then slow down on your way!"

The assistant director said, "In the evening, I will arrange for everyone to have dinner together!"

"Okay!" Li Zhifan naturally understood what he meant. It seemed that a meal with Principal Yuan tonight was inevitable.

Not long after, Principal Yuan called an SUV and his driver.

Li Zhifan thought that the place he was going to was very close, but he didn't expect to drive directly to the beach, and it was far away from the urban area.

"Go to the first place first!"

Principal Yuan said confidently, "It hasn't been developed yet. Our school goes there for training all the year round. The site was sold to a developer four years ago. It was said to be a beach park, but there was no plan to start construction, but The developer is my classmate, if you like it, I can help you build a bridge, the rental fee is waived, and you can shoot whatever you want."

"Really?"

Li Zhifan said embarrassingly, "Then thank you for your trouble!"

"Hey, it's okay, since we cooperate for a while, we are friends, I am happy to help my friends!"

Principal Yuan said very openly, "And he is my friend, and you are also my friend. We are all friends, right?"

Both Li Zhifan and Gong Fan could understand, but Robert was confused. He also learned a few Chinese words in the crew during this period, but only a few words, including you, me, him, and friends, but this When the three sentences were combined together, it was very difficult for him to listen.

"Did he say a tongue twister, Lee?"

Robert couldn't help asking, "I obviously heard the same few words, so it's not a homonym, is it?"

"Ha ha!"

Li Zhifan couldn't help laughing out loud, and explained it to him in English, and Robert just realized it.

"Oh, that's what it means!"

"This one is from an American friend!"

Yuan Changjiang also dragged a few words in English, "How is your drinking capacity? Do you want to try our local century-old cellar?"

"Liquor?"

Robert's eyes lit up, "OK, OK! I want to try it!"

Yuan Changjiang smiled and said, "Okay, there are two boxes in the back of my car, let's have a good drink tonight!"

But Li Zhifan remembered another thing, that is the wine used in filming!

(End of this chapter)