Chapter 405 Boarding the Ship
Chapter 405 Boarding the Ship
The divorce between the princess and Li Yapeng can be said to be the biggest news in the entertainment industry in September 2013.
According to insiders, the couple's marriage had actually been in trouble for a year, and it was mainly due to their personalities.
According to the whistleblower, Li Yapeng is very ambitious, or to put it bluntly, vulgar, while the princess has a free and easy personality and doesn't care about anything. It can be said that they are not the same kind of people at all.
Another insider also revealed that the princess's religious issues played a large role in their divorce.
She had already arranged everything for her child and the money had been clearly divided. Judging from the current situation, it is very likely that she will become a nun after the divorce.
Of course, these insiders would never have expected that the princess, who was divorced next year, not only did not become a nun, but instead reunited with Nicholas Tse, who was several years younger than her. But that is a matter for later.
Anyway, the divorce between Princess Wang and Li Yapeng was a hot topic on the Internet, which also overshadowed the news that the crew of "Wolf Warrior 2" returned to China smoothly. Wang Hao and others were happy and at ease, and did not make a big fuss about it.
After arriving at Xiaoshan International Airport, the crew members rushed to a high-end hotel in Hangzhou Bay New Area, where they rested for two days and successfully adjusted to their best condition.
At the same time, another part of the crew members who rushed over from Shangjing also successfully reunited with them. The two sides held a meeting on the third day to finalize the next third phase of filming, and then moved into the southern branch base of [Eastern Galaxy Film City] which had just been built not long ago.
Unlike the [Oriental Galaxy Cinema] in Beijing, which focuses on a high-tech indoor studio and special effects processing, the [Oriental Galaxy Cinema] on the Hangzhou Bay side, due to its geographical advantages, focuses on shooting special scenes such as sea views, water surfaces, underwater and islands.
For example, "Wolf Warrior 2" incorporates some elements of "Operation Red Sea", including naval battle scenes, which is difficult to shoot at the [Oriental Galaxy Cinema] in Beijing.
In order to shoot this part, in addition to CG special effects, real scenes are definitely indispensable.
Especially those newest warships of China. As the largest-scale military science fiction film currently produced in China, "Wolf Warrior 2" is not only a movie, but also, like "Gravity", has some political tasks attached.
With the amazing results and powerful effects shown in the first "Wolf Warrior", Wang Hao and his team not only received support from the army in this "Wolf Warrior 2", but also received strong support from the navy.
In the movie script and shooting plan, the Navy's Type 052C air defense missile destroyer, which is currently in service, will even make an appearance. This is enough to show the importance of "Wolf Warrior 2" and Wang Hao in the hearts of the Navy's propaganda department.
Especially after Wang Hao and his team finished filming in South Africa, part of the shooting materials from the first phase were roughly processed and edited.
When these edited clips appeared on the naval commander's desk, the military leaders in charge of this area were very satisfied and highly recognized Wang Hao's new film.
Therefore, this time the crew of "Wolf Warrior 2" is conducting the third phase of filming at the "Galaxy Movie Metropolis" near Hangzhou Bay. The Navy waved its hand and allowed some of the crew members who passed the review to board the ship in Zhoushan Port to shoot the movie.
They are currently the only film crew that has been approved by the Navy to carry out filming missions on the new warship.
Wang Hao also attaches great importance to boarding the warship for filming.
After all, although the military allowed them to film, the army also has its own management regulations.
Wang Hao and his team only had two days to shoot the film. During the entire shooting process, not only were there special military personnel to liaise with them and accompany them throughout, but the filmed materials also had to be confirmed and reviewed by the military personnel before they could be taken away.
Therefore, Wang Hao and his team did not rush to shoot the scenes related to the warship after arriving in Hangzhou Bay New Area. They shot some content at the seaside studio of [Galaxy Film City] here. After completely sorting out the scenes and shots related to the warship, Wang Hao called the contact number of the navy.
After the call was connected, the contact person on the other end was very polite and quickly agreed with Wang Hao on a specific shooting time.
At 5 o'clock in the morning of the third day, some of the "Wolf Warrior 2" crew members, who had already packed up their equipment and were ready, were waiting at the [Galaxy Movie Metropolis] for the vehicle arranged by the military to pick them up.
The bus arrived soon. The crew members had received Wang Hao's instructions in advance and knew the special nature of this filming mission. They quickly loaded their equipment onto the bus and got on.
Wang Hao also met the person who came to meet with him this time, who was a senior official in the propaganda department.
Before leaving, this person once again reiterated to Wang Hao the things to pay attention to during filming, and Wang Hao nodded in response.
Soon, several cars, under the control of the drivers, drove quickly to Zhoushan Port, which was more than 100 kilometers away. Along the way, everyone closed their eyes and rested in their seats. After arriving at the destination, they got off the car as arranged and obediently followed Wang Hao to board the ship.
During this process, the military also held a small boarding ceremony to welcome their arrival. This can be photographed and recorded, and both Wang Hao and the navy can use it as publicity material later.
During this process, the naval officer who was responsible for communicating with Wang Hao also introduced to him the general situation of the Type 052C destroyer they were using for filming.
Before the millennium, my country's naval strength increased with the growth of national strength, and successively developed the 053 series frigates and 051 series destroyers, which the West called the Jianghu-class frigates and Luda-class destroyers.
However, the performance of these destroyers and frigates is not very outstanding, and they lack the necessary regional air defense and anti-submarine capabilities.
It was not until around 2002 that the Navy began to build Type 052B and Type 052C destroyers. Since there were two of each, they were also known as the "Four Heroes of Jiangnan" at the time. They were a huge step forward for my country's navy in the new century.
Among them, the Type 052B destroyer adopts many mature technologies of the Sovremenny-class destroyers, such as top plate radar, SAN12 air defense system, etc., so it is called "China Sovremenny".
As for the Type 052C destroyer, this type of destroyer has a displacement of more than 6000 tons and is my country's first destroyer with regional detection and regional air defense capabilities. It is called the "Chinese Aegis" by military fans.
“我们目前所乘坐的这艘052C型驱逐舰是于2005年服役的，被命名为兰州舰，舰上安装了4面346型相控阵雷达、48联装圆形垂发系统，可用于发射红旗9防空导弹。”
The crew members of "Wolf Warrior 2" sat in the cabin, listening to the comrades from the military propaganda department explaining some basic non-confidential content to them, and feeling the slight shaking of the warship beneath them due to the sailing, and they were very excited.
After all, few people have the opportunity to take a trip on the sea on a warship.
Yes, Wang Hao and his team not only had to shoot scenes of warships docked at the port, but also scenes of warships fighting on the sea, so going out to sea was a natural thing to do.
When the warship arrived at the designated destination, Wang Hao and his crew walked out of the cabin and immediately started filming the movie as required. In this regard, they also demonstrated the professionalism of the crew of Galaxy Pictures. They did not act like soldiers who followed orders, but they also cooperated tacitly. They quickly set up the camera equipment and officially started filming.
During this process, in order to save time, Wang Hao and his team naturally spent the entire day filming on the warship, even eating was no exception.
To be honest, this was also Wang Hao’s first time to have lunch on a warship.
However, he was not an ignorant man. He knew that warships like the Lanzhou, which were docked at the port, would definitely not provide the crew with emergency individual rations.
Sure enough, at lunchtime, Wang Hao and other crew members followed the head of the military propaganda department to the restaurant on the ship.
The restaurant is not big, but not small either. There are long tables on both sides of the wall with food lined up in a row. Diners can queue up to get their food from both sides at the same time.
Perhaps because Wang Hao and others were also on board today, the standard of this lunch was higher than the crew's usual five dishes and one soup.
The crew members in front of Wang Hao and others had finished their meal and were lining up to leave. When they started to serve the dishes with iron plates, they saw several large iron plates on the table containing steamed sea fish, cold bean curd, grilled ribs, mashed garlic vegetables, minced meat and kelp, dry-pot potatoes, shredded pork with fish flavor, fruits and yogurt, as well as steaming chicken soup. The staple food was rice and steamed buns.
The food on the warship is delicious, and the cooking skills of the chefs in the Chinese army’s kitchen team are no exaggeration.
However, Wang Hao and his team were not focused on eating and drinking. After quickly finishing their meal, they immediately plunged into the intense filming work.
After two days of filming on the Lanzhou ship, Wang Hao and others were sent off the ship and returned to the [Oriental Galaxy Movie Metropolis] in Hangzhou Bay. They still had some filming tasks to complete.
However, the behind-the-scenes footage of the "Wolf Warrior 2" crew shooting in South Africa and on warships were also broadcast on major online news media.
This naturally aroused the enthusiasm of the majority of movie fans which had just subsided.
In particular, the behind-the-scenes footage of Wang Hao and his team shooting on the warship made a large number of movie fans and military fans very excited.
Just seeing the huge and brand new destroyer in the picture was enough to make them excited and look forward to it.
This is China's first military-themed film that showcases my country's modern naval strength. Being able to see our country's most powerful naval ships sailing on the sea and fighting the enemy is enough to show that my country's naval strength has developed to a very strong level.
In response to this, the Navy’s Propaganda Department also released an official promotional video following the filming footage of the “Wolf Warrior 2” crew. On the one hand, it tells the story of the “Wolf Warrior 2” crew visiting and filming on the warship, and on the other hand, it also focuses on showing the achievements of the Chinese Navy’s modernization.
After the official news video was released, coupled with the reactions of the previous movie fans, it sparked a wave of heated discussions about Chinese warships.
For a while, both the Navy and "Wolf Warrior 2" received extremely high traffic. If it were not already September and the graduation season had long passed, I am afraid that there would be a lot more high school students applying for the Navy.
Just when "Wolf Warrior 2" and the navy were gaining everyone's attention, the crew of "Wolf Warrior 2" was busy with the last part of the filming at the [Oriental Galaxy Movie Metropolis] in Hangzhou Bay.
However, the people in charge of the filming work of the entire crew were action director Wu Jing and several assistant directors. As for Wang Hao, he was no longer here.
More than 800 kilometers away in Jiangcheng, at the Chinese Culture and Exhibition Center, Area A3, Jinyintan Wuhan Living Room, Dongxihu District, under the flash lights of countless media reporters, Wang Hao walked on the red carpet arm in arm with Jing Tian, who was wearing a white dress.
This is the closing ceremony of the 22nd China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, and also the award ceremony of the 29th Golden Rooster Awards. The crew of "Gravity" headed by Wang Hao received several nominations, so naturally they had to come and participate.
"Mr. Wang, congratulations!"
As soon as he walked into the center of the venue, before he even sat down, someone came up to him and greeted him.
The person who sang a song was none other than Feng Dapao, the director of Huayi, with large white spots on his face. Next to him, "Ji Xiaolan" was smiling at him kindly.
"Hahaha, Director Feng, congratulations!"
Both of their films, "Gravity" and "1942", were nominated for multiple awards at this year's Golden Rooster Awards.
Although there is a certain degree of competition between the two films, the identities and status of Wang Hao and Feng Dapao have undergone tremendous changes now.
In the past, he was a senior in the industry, a well-known commercial film director, and a pioneer of the Lunar New Year box office, while Wang Hao was just a junior.
But now he is just one of the partners of Huayi, and as a director, the box office of his movies in the past two years have been just mediocre.
But Wang Hao has already surpassed him and become an internationally renowned director. Not only does every one of his movies top the domestic box office charts, his Galaxy Group is even more successful than Huayi, becoming an influential film and television entertainment group in the country.
Faced with Wang Hao, a man with multiple identities, even Feng Dapao had to bend down, lower his head, and take the initiative to step forward and smile.
As for jealousy and hatred, when Wang Hao's strength far exceeded his, it was difficult for him to have such negative emotions.
The gap is too big and it is impossible to catch up. Besides, Wang Hao is still so young. For the sake of his younger generations to make a living in this industry in the future, it does not seem so difficult to accept to be humble and humble.
Fortunately, when he first started out, he was just a follower behind those young men from the big courtyards. Now, facing Wang Hao like this, he was just picking up his old skills again.
Just because Feng Dapao can see the situation clearly and make the right choice doesn’t mean that other people at the scene are as smart as him.
(End of this chapter)