Chapter 247: Transfer to Hong Kong

Chapter 247: Transfer to Hong Kong

Chapter 247: Transfer to Hong Kong
It was obviously ordinary attire, ordinary words and ordinary gestures.

However, looking at Wang Hao like this, the thought "This is the style of a great director" suddenly emerged in Liu Yifei's mind.

Sure enough, a man’s charm does not lie in his face, but in his identity and the power he holds.

Liu Yifei stared blankly at Wang Hao who was giving orders, and a faint blush appeared on her cheeks.

Liu Xiaoli stood beside her daughter, watching this scene, and also expressed heartfelt admiration.

"Director Wang is so young, but he can manage such a large crew. It's really not easy."

As she spoke, she looked at her daughter standing beside her and said:
"Xixi, you have to get along well with Wang Hao on the crew. He is so young and yet he can work with Hollywood film companies to make movies. It just so happens that you are also going to sign with a Hollywood agency. Maybe you two will have the opportunity to continue working together in Hollywood in the future."

Just this year, after Liu Yifei finished filming "The Forbidden Kingdom", she stood up Huayi and instead signed a contract with a Hollywood agency.

Because of this, not long ago, Wang Zhonglei of Huayi called Wang Hao and implicitly advised him not to use Liu Yifei, but Wang Hao rejected him by saying that the contract had already been signed.

Of course, the reason why Wang Hao rejected Wang Zhonglei was not because of his good relationship with Liu Yifei, but simply because his identity as a director made him very resistant to anyone interfering in his movies.

Liu Yifei naturally didn't know all this. The girl was very young and her mother had too little experience. The two of them stood up the two Wang brothers, and now she probably hasn't realized that Huayi's status in the Beijing circle can really ban her from the mainland entertainment circle.

Even though she is the white moonlight of many people, I am afraid that the resources of the mainland entertainment industry will have nothing to do with her in the next few years.

Wang Hao did not remind Liu Yifei of this.

He himself didn't want to get involved in these messes, he just wanted to make good movies and develop China's film industry.

Influenced by his original intention and with the joint efforts of hundreds of behind-the-scenes crew members, the filming of "Taken" at the Huairou Film and Television Base is progressing at a rapid pace.

When the New Year's bell rang and the ice and snow in the south melted, the crew, which had finished shooting indoor scenes, finally changed locations and arrived in Hong Kong.

To be honest, this is not the first time they have filmed a movie in Hong Kong. When Wang Hao was filming "Wushuang", he shot scenes here, and Liam Neeson was also there at that time.

Now, when they revisited the old place, the crew was able to adapt quickly. In less than half a day, they successfully entered a smooth state of filming and production.

And after two days of filming, Aaron Kwok, who made a guest appearance, finally arrived at the crew.

As a spin-off of the movie "Wushuang", "Taken" will certainly not give up on riding on the popularity.

In the new version of the plot, there will be a clip from "Warriors" with Liam Neeson as the main perspective, which can be regarded as a small easter egg.

And this may be the unique charm of the movie universe.

Aaron Kwok’s cameo role was not very big and it was basically filmed in just half a day.

Afterwards, other actors who had roles in the Hong Kong drama also joined the crew and started filming.

During the filming process in Hong Kong, Wang Hao also took out half a day to visit another crew.

The crew that Wang Hao visited was naturally "Raging Fire", another film in the Galaxy Cinematic Universe that is also currently being filmed and produced.

This so-called savior work of Wang Hao in Hong Kong in his previous life was originally a police and gangster action film directed by Chen Musheng and starring Zhen Zidan and Nicholas Tse.

Now, Wang Hao has used this as the origin story of the villain "Bandit" in the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe" series. The director of this film was naturally given by Wang Hao to Zhuang Wenqiang, who made many contributions in the preparation stage of "Taken".

When Wang Hao came to the crew of "Raging Fire" with tea, they were also filming a "street" gunfight scene.

The reason why the word "street" needs to be put in quotation marks is that after studying in Hollywood for a period of time and being influenced by Galaxy Pictures' film industrialization concept, Zhuang Wenqiang also used a large number of special effects technology when shooting this movie.

Their crew specially booked a large area and built an open-air street scene with green-painted wooden boards.

The buildings on both sides of the street have green screen walls and green screen shops, and there are also green-painted cars on the streets.

The crew members were filming in this open-air special effects studio, and they could hit, smash, and drive around as they pleased without causing any adverse effects.

Compared with previous street closure photography, although the real texture is a little bit worse, it saves a lot of energy.

Wang Hao saw with his own eyes a stunt member driving a red sports car, crashing into a roadside store, and then rushing out after breaking the glass.

After this part of the scene was finished, Wang Hao came forward with his assistant, asked someone to distribute the tea, and then looked at Zhuang Wenqiang.

"Felix, how does it feel to be a director for the first time?"

Felix is ​​Zhuang Wenqiang’s English name, and "Raging Fire" is also his first official directorial debut.

"It's OK," Zhuang Wenqiang smiled, with a confident temperament. "I felt a little awkward when I first started, and I always liked to do all the work of the assistant director. Now I have adapted to it."

"Hahaha!"

Wang Hao burst into laughter upon hearing this.

At this time, Nicholas Tse, the protagonist of the movie, and another protagonist Donnie Yen also came over. After all, Wang Hao is the boss of the producer of this movie.

"Mr. Wang!"

"Mr. Wang!"

"Hello you guys!"

Wang Hao greeted them with a smile and asked them about their feelings during the filming process.

The three of them exchanged pleasantries there for a while, and seeing that the shooting site had been tidied up again, Zhuang Wenqiang pulled the two leading actors back to the scene and began to instruct the supporting actors to rehearse in the performance area.

It can be seen that in order to be a good director, Zhuang Wenqiang has put in a lot of effort.

He was just a screenwriter before, and although he had filmed many dramas with the crew, he was not a professional director after all, so he was ultimately lacking in this area, so naturally he had to work harder.

Just like the rehearsal before the official filming, the on-site rehearsal is usually focused on adjusting the details of the actors' performances.

This work is mostly done by the assistant director or executive director on site, who tells the actors what emotions, eyes, expressions and tones to show in the next plot.

Of course, if the performing actor is a big enough star, or if the director is not experienced enough, this job will be done by the director.

(End of this chapter)