Chapter 281 New "Wolf Warrior" Starts Filming
Chapter 281 New "Wolf Warrior" Starts Filming
"Hey, Director Wang, you scared me. I thought it was something else."
The district leader who had raised objections earlier breathed a sigh of relief after listening to Wang Hao's explanation, and said with a smile:
"Your Galaxy Company wants to move to the vicinity of the industrial park and build a headquarters. This is a good thing. Our TZ District Government welcomes it very much. How could we object to it?"
What the district leaders said was true. On the one hand, the Galaxy Group is now considered a well-known private enterprise in the domestic film and television industry. Wang Hao is also an internationally renowned director on par with Master Zhang, and his personal influence is absolutely top-notch.
Such companies are willing to move to their TZ zone, which will greatly benefit local tax revenue, investment attraction and reputation.
As for the other side, Galaxy Group is willing to place its headquarters near Galaxy Cinema, which means that they are completely tied to this film and television production industrial park project. In the future, they will prosper and suffer together. This can be regarded as a token of their allegiance and gives the TZ District Government some peace of mind.
Therefore, the district government fully supports the Galaxy Group's plan to purchase land in the surrounding area to build its headquarters.
However, as for the price, after all, it is located at the foot of the imperial city, so even if the TZ district government is willing, it can only offer a more favorable price.
Wang Hao didn't care about this. After all, it was only 2009 and the land and housing prices in Shangjing would skyrocket in the future. Moreover, the TZ District would be the political sub-center of Shangjing City in the future. As long as he could get the land now, it would definitely be a good deal.
What's more, Wang Hao's stocks in the United States are still rising, and money is just a small matter to him.
So taking this opportunity, Wang Hao quickly finalized the intention of purchasing land and building a house with the district government.
His plan was to build a 28-story building as the company's headquarters and move the entire Galaxy Group, including the production company, special effects company, copyright company, and investment company, into it.
The building also has welfare areas such as an employee cafeteria, a gym, and a lounge. The top floor is naturally the office of Chairman Wang Hao.
In addition, Wang Hao also plans to build an employee community near the office building, which will include single apartments for employees to rent and commercial housing for employees to purchase as a welfare benefit.
Of course, Wang Hao did not plan to build this welfare community by himself. After hearing Wang Hao's idea, Wanda said that they wanted to develop commercial real estate around the industrial park, and even the headquarters building of Galaxy Pictures could be handed over to them.
At that time, the land purchased by Galaxy Pictures will be handed over to them, and will be planned and designed by Wanda Group, which will be both beautiful and convenient.
As several companies talked like this in the conference room, in just a few words, a large area was cordoned off next to the Galaxy Movie Metropolis, in the opposite direction of the original plan to build Universal Studios.
Commercial CBD, high-end residences, single apartments, star-rated hotels, large theaters hosting film and television events, commercial shopping centers...
It has everything you need, and the TZ district leaders present were delighted.
Of course, these are just theoretical plans by Wanda’s vice president. If they are to be truly implemented, it depends on whether Wanda’s funds can be in place, whether the industrial center [Galaxy Film City] can be developed, and whether it can attract a large influx of domestic and even overseas crews.
But no matter what, Wang Hao and his company’s headquarters must be built.
After the meeting, Wang Hao did not delay. He first communicated with Mr. Wang from Wanda, and then struck while the iron was hot and arranged for the general manager of his own Spark Investment Company to implement the land purchase.
Yes, Wang Hao does not intend to put the properties of the company building and related employee welfare community under the name of the production company.
It is better for film companies to focus on film shooting and production, and try not to interfere in things like real estate.
As for the Spark Investment Company, Wang Hao invested almost all of his director and screenwriter fees from his previous films into it. In addition, he only participated in the angel round of DJI Technology two years ago at a price of 400 million for 40% of the shares.
Currently, Xinghuo Investment has sufficient funds. It may be a little short of buying large pieces of land and building houses, but as for real estate, having the start-up capital is enough.
Which good person would use his own money to invest in real estate? He would just go to the bank for a loan.
It's not ten years from now, so there's no need to worry about taking out a loan to build a house. You might even be able to make a small profit from the employee welfare housing.
Of course, that was just a small profit, and Wang Hao still had a conscience. This house was provided by the company as a benefit to its employees and the contracted behind-the-scenes workers of the agency, so the price would not be too exaggerated.
If the employees cannot afford it at that time, it is not impossible for the company to provide them with a low-interest loan.
After arranging these messy things, Wang Hao finally devoted all his energy to the preparation of "Wolf Warrior" and prepared for the subsequent film opening ceremony.
But before that, he still has to determine the final cast of the film.
At this point, the final version of the script for Wolf Warriors has been successfully polished, and the corresponding characters have also been described in detail.
Among them, the male lead is naturally Wu Jing, who plays the special forces soldier Liu Peiqiang, codenamed "Leng Feng".
As for his teammates, most of them are actors who have appeared in "I Am a Special Forces Soldier".
Of course, there are also new faces. Gao Deng, who has appeared in "Source Code", the bomb disposal expert played by Richie Jen, will also join the "Wolf Fang" special team to fight against the villain "Explosion".
In addition, Wang Jingchun, an important connecting figure in the early stage of the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe", also joined it as Shi Qiang, just like Nick Fury to the Marvel Universe.
These people initially formed the decent lineup. What? You mean the female characters?
Come on, war keeps women away, this is no joke.
In Wang Hao's "Wolf Warrior", there is no plan to add any female lead, and even the supporting actress has very few roles.
This is a pure ultra-modern war film, imitating the realistic texture of "Black Hawk Down", except that the soldiers who appear in the film are no longer American soldiers, but Chinese special forces.
Moreover, the battle took place in a dense forest like the Golden Triangle, leaving no opportunity for female characters to appear.
As for adding a female commander to the "Wolf Fang" team like in the original "Wolf Warrior"?
Stop joking, does every movie have to have a little love element?
The original movie plot of "Wolf Warrior" is terrible.
On the one hand, Wu Jing had just transformed into a director at the time and was still unclear about his future personal path. On the other hand, the screenwriter of this film was an online writer himself, so he naturally brought the rhythm and habits of online writing into the script.
As a result, the original Wolf Warriors movie had a very crude and clichéd plot, with a lot of clichés and a lot of excitement. Only the action scenes were worth watching. So when writing the new Wolf Warriors script, Wang Hao directly removed the female lead, an important role in most movies.
Instead, it has an all-male cast with two male protagonists and a strong villain.
This might be a bit risky and it would be hard to attract female characters to the cinema.
But at this point in the filming of the movie, as a great director, Wang Hao has at least some personal pursuits. He is still somewhat reluctant to accept factors that may cause problems with the logic of the plot.
As for the other important villain in this movie, who should we choose?
After internal discussions within the film preparation team, Zhang Jiahui was finally chosen.
This man just won the Best Actor awards at the 53rd Asia Pacific Film Festival, the Best Actor awards at the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards, and the Best Actor awards at the 46th Golden Horse Awards for his role in the movie "Witness" last year.
His acting skills are impeccable and he is dedicated enough. The key is that his pay is not high among Hong Kong stars.
In addition to Zhang Jiahui, there is another minor villain in the movie, who is the warlord in the Golden Triangle region.
Although this role is not that important, it also appears quite a few times. Originally, Wang Hao wanted Thai Chinese Lu Huiguang to play the role.
Although this guy is a little older, he was a Muay Thai champion when he was young and was famous for his leg skills. He also played important supporting roles in many Hong Kong films.
However, after Lu Huiguang's audition, Wang Hao overturned this idea.
I don’t know if it’s because of his age or because he has had too many good days, but Lu Huiguang now has less villainous aura and is not as convincing when he plays the role of a vicious warlord.
However, foreign actors like Lu Huiguang are indeed rare in China. Considering that Galaxy Pictures needs to explore the Southeast Asian market in the future, and there are several Thailand-related movies in the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe].
Therefore, the "Wolf Warrior" crew finally gave Lu Huiguang the role of a local police chief, which can be regarded as a neutral character, and he will also have the opportunity to appear in several other movies in the future.
As for the villain warlord, after Wang Hao looked at the actor information in Southeast Asia collected by his subordinates, he noticed a person, that is Yayan Ruian, who served as the martial arts instructor and played the killer Mad Dog in last year's movie "The Raid: Redemption".
Born in Tasikmalaya, he began learning Pencak Silat, a traditional Southeast Asian martial art, at the age of 13. He later worked as a martial arts coach and referee, served in the Indonesian Marine Corps Gendarmerie, and joined the Secret Service to protect the president.
After 2000, he taught in Belgium, France, and the Netherlands, and also learned some further martial arts skills, such as Aikido. Then he joined the movie "The Raid: Redemption", and quickly captured a large number of fans and was affectionately called "Uncle Dog" by everyone.
Through the referrals of several companies, Galaxy Pictures also got in touch with this person.
When he learned that a Chinese film company wanted to invite him to play the second villain in a 3000 million US dollar blockbuster, Yayan Ruian agreed without hesitation.
Indonesia's film market is only so big. If Ruian wants to develop in the film and television industry in the future, he will have to jump out. At this time, he doesn't dare to think about breaking into Hollywood. So going to China to develop seems to be a good choice.
After the main actors were confirmed, the script was polished and perfected, the dynamic storyboard was ready, and the actors' relevant military training was completed in advance. Everything was ready, and "Wolf Warrior" finally ushered in its opening ceremony.
The venue for the opening ceremony was chosen at the gate of the construction site of Galaxy Film City. A temporary shed and stage were set up on the scene, and large posters of "Wolf Warrior" and character makeup photos were also listed on both sides.
Although it still looks a bit simple, Wang Hao has tried his best to promote his own [Galaxy Film City].
Fortunately, even though the opening ceremony was held at the construction site, all major entertainment news media were present.
Wang Hao’s current identity is there. As a well-known domestic commercial director, his new work is enough to attract attention from all parties.
Fortunately, it was already late August and the weather in Beijing was still unbearably hot. In order to take care of everyone on the scene, the launch conference was not delayed too much.
When the time came, the main creators came to the front of the stage and first introduced the general story content related to "Wolf Warrior", and then each actor introduced himself.
A group of big men stood on the stage, showing their masculinity. Such a strange cast really opened the eyes of the media reporters who were invited.
So when the host called the name of the first reporter who could be interviewed, this person stood up and handed the microphone to director Wang Hao.
"Director Wang, we noticed that there seems to be no actresses in your crew. What's going on? Is the leading actress absent today because of something else? Or?"
"In our film, there is no heroine in the conventional sense."
Wang Hao looked at the reporter in front of him, smiled and nodded, saying:
"This is a science fiction war film. There will be many science fiction elements in the film, but it will also be very realistic. It can be said to be a documentary future war film, showing a possible combat mode of our Chinese army in the future.
So the war scenes in the movie might be very cruel and intense, and I think our leading actors will perform well in this situation."
His words were unspoken, but the meaning was obvious.
At this time, the host called on another reporter who raised her hand, and this reporter was a woman.
"Director Wang, can I take it that you think female characters cannot appear in war movies? Or do you think female characters are weak and need to be protected?"
When the host heard this question, he frowned and looked at the logo on the other party's microphone.
Sina Entertainment!
No wonder, it’s the Internet media.
They had already informed the media attending today's new product launch in advance, but they didn't expect such a troublemaker to show up.
This question is clearly setting a trap for Wang Hao. If he doesn't think before answering, the news that the famous director Wang Hao discriminates against women will be on the front page of tomorrow's newspaper.
(End of this chapter)