"How's your preparation going?" John asked, holding the walkie-talkie. He never dared to be careless in this kind of scene, because any accident would lead to death.

"Boss! I'm done checking here, and everything is OK. The voice of pyrotechnic master Malaire came over the intercom.

"Okay, wait for my command. ”

John asked, walking over to the photographer, Emmanuel. "How's the camera ready?"

"Boss ready. Emmanuel prepared three cameras, two for fixed shooting, and one for himself, just in case.

"Okay, wait a minute, military explosives are very powerful, don't be blown down by the waves. John admonished, and shouted with a walkie-talkie as he walked towards the monitor. "Zach, clear the field, don't get anyone in the jungle, everyone retreat to 300 feet away. ”

Ten minutes later, when Zack Schneider had cleared the field, John sat behind the monitor and shouted over the walkie-talkie.

"Demolition Team Ready ......"

"Photography Team Prepares ......"

"Listen to me......"

“5... 4... 3... 2... 1... Detonation ......"

"Boom...... Rumble...... Boom"

As John's command fell, the deafening explosion sounded in the jungle one after another, the ground of the island shook slightly under the influence of the explosion, and the flames of more than ten meters high flooded the surrounding jungle at once, and Emmanuel, who was standing 300 feet away, strongly held back the fear in his heart, and held the camera to shoot the scene of the fire in front of him, but then the air wave still blew him shaking, but fortunately, the camera assistant on the side stabilized him in time, otherwise he might have been blown down.

“CUT...”

When the fire turned smaller, John took the walkie-talkie and shouted to stop, and all the scenes of "Forrest Gump" about the battlefield in Vietnam ended in this huge explosion.

After the filming, John fulfilled his promise and held a BBQ party in the camp, Sophia took people to purchase a lot of food, as for the barbecue grills, the props group is ready-made, and there is a picture of soldiers barbecuing in the scene of "Forrest Gump".

As we all know, American GIs are a species that likes to barbecue very much, and it can be said that they can barbecue wherever they go, so don't say that it is the Vietnam battlefield, but they can also BBQ on the first class of aircraft carriers.

As the sun set, more than a dozen barbecue grills in the crew's camp were emitting puffs of green smoke, and the crew members who had finished their day's work were in groups of seven or eight, holding beer in their hands around the barbecue grills, chatting while eating, and some laughter rang out from time to time.

John sat by one of the barbecue grills with a jar of wine, watching the sunset to the west and listening to the laughter in the camp.

In the more than 20 years since he came to this world, although he has not worried about food and clothing, he has not had many moments like this.

"Hey, John, thank you for the meeting you arranged today. Will Smith on the side pulls John back from his imagination to reality.

"Oh...... No, I would like to thank you for your performance in the show. John lifted his beer and touched it with Will Smith.

"Oh...... Oh my God, let alone the show. Will Smith shrugged. "I know that my acting skills have been a headache for you for a while, but thank you for your tolerance, it was a pleasure to film with you. ”

"Thank you. John smiled, picked up his beer, and took a sip.

After drinking with John, Will Smith immediately looked at Nicolas Cage, who was sitting across from him, and raised his beer. "Hi Cage, thank you for your help. ”

"No, it's all for the crew. Nicolas Cage replied lightly, holding up his beer and taking a sip.

Zack Schneider on the side looked at John diagonally opposite him and smiled while both of them were drinking and the small group was relatively quiet for a while. "Boss! I want to take a leave of absence on the 15th. ”

"What, what's going on?" John asked with concern.

Zack Schneider scratched his head. "I got an invitation to the Emmys, so I had to go to the ceremony. ”

"Oh...... I was nominated. John looked up at Zack Schneider.

"Yes, best director. Zack Schneider smiled, "Friends" made him nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Director, you must know that the status of the Emmy Awards in the TV awards is equivalent to the status of the Oscars in the movie, and the gold content is very high.

"Good. John nodded, and he was happy that Zack Schneider had been nominated. "But the TV shot was not to my liking. ”

John's sudden words suffocated Zack Schneider's thank you back into his stomach.

"I asked you to direct 'Friends' because I wanted you to learn how to use the camera to show the storyline, portray the characters, set off the environment, and render the atmosphere. It's not about letting you show off. John gets angry at the mention of Friends. was originally just a simple urban drama, but it was made into a blockbuster movie by Zack Snyder. If it's a shooting of "Game of Thrones", then John doesn't have anything to say, epic films should have some visual effects, but an urban film with visual effects is too much. So John had to remind the visual freak that the next season of "Friends" would have to go over budget.

"Zach, I know you're visually gifted, but remember...... You are a director, not a painter! A painter can become a master by relying on the picture, but the film is a complex, it is the integration of other arts, you can't just focus on the picture and give up the other. ”

Zack Schneider's film images are very impactful, but the content of his films is terrible, and the reason why he has developed such a strong personal style has to do with the environment in which he grew up, his mother was a painter, and then he went to study painting, which is why he has such a strong penchant for color and vision.

In the end, John took a tough step. "If the next season of 'Friends' is over budget, you don't have to direct the show. ”

"Okay, boss!" Zack Schneider nodded seriously, and at the same time warned himself that he must hold back in the next season of "Friends", because once John was kicked out of the filming of "Friends", it would mean that he would not be able to direct for a long time.

As for starting anew, he didn't think that the more he came into contact with John, the more he found that John was a very powerful person, and if he wanted to make a fortune in Hollywood, he sometimes had to be talented, but he also had someone to support him, and John was undoubtedly that good backer.

After teaching Zack Schneider a few words, John finally picked up his beer and touched Zack Schneider, agreeing to Zack Schneider's request for leave.