The nearly 20-seat Toyota Coaster carried several old Flying Tigers and their relatives to the filming base of "Flying Tigers", which is the airstrip restored by the crew.

When the old people followed the car to this red land, Li Mu could see that each of them showed a different kind of excitement and excitement on their faces.

Although the airport used for filming was not rebuilt on the original site of the year, because the airstrip was also on such a red earth, it looks like it was the same as it was back then.

What excites them the most is actually the dozen or so P-40C planes parked at the airport, half of which are said to be real planes and half of them are replica props.

Li Mu couldn't tell which of these planes were real planes and which ones were props, but these old people had a unique vision, and they almost flocked to several of them, going up to touch, circling, hugging and crying, but there were a few planes that looked indistinguishable and no one cared.

Ning Hao admired in front of Li Mu: "These old men, their eyes are really good, I have been here for so long, I can't tell which is true and which is false, they can see it at a glance." ”

Li Mu smiled and asked, "You don't know which one is true and which one is false, how do you know that the old men are right?"

Ning Hao said with a smile: "I can't tell the difference, but remember the fuselage number, the odd numbers are real machines, and the even numbers are props." ”

"Okay. Li Mu nodded and walked to the old man Sun Xiaozhong, at this time he was stroking the propeller of the P-40C in front of him with his trembling hand, and moved the propeller slightly, his face full of excitement and excitement.

Li Mu asked him: "Mr. Sun, do you want to take a photo with this plane? I will ask the photographer to come and take a few pictures for you?"

When the old man Sun Xiaozhong heard this, he was first excited, then looked at himself, and found that he was wearing the most ordinary white short-sleeved undershirt today, and said a little crampedly: "It's not appropriate for me to take pictures with it like this, or I will talk about it when I have a chance, and I will dress more formally when the time comes......"

The old man Han Zili on the side also nodded again and again, and said in a joking tone: "Take a photo with these old guys, how can you dress so casually, you have to wear a full tunic anyway, right?"

Han Zili's son couldn't help but say, "Dad, just put on your former pilot's costume and take a photo with it, it's so commemorative." ”

The old man Han Zili said with a smile: "You said it simply, the Flying Tigers issued me a uniform, and I wore it until the end of the Anti-Japanese War, and then I changed to the military uniform of the national army, and that set of clothes has always been cherished, but when I went to Taiwan in 49, I was detained because the plane was overweight." ”

Li Mu patted his head and said: "Our crew has a replica of the Flying Tigers military uniform, let the crew take you to try it on, there are always hundreds of military uniforms suitable for you." ”

"Really?!" The two old men, as well as the other two Chinese veterans of the Flying Tigers next to them, all looked at Li Mu in surprise.

Li Mu immediately nodded and said, "I also borrowed a military uniform yesterday and took a photo, I told the director and asked him to arrange it." ”

As he spoke, Li Mu greeted Spielberg and told him his thoughts in English, saying, "Stephen, I will ask the staff to take a few old gentlemen to change into a suitable military uniform, and let the photographer come over to take some pictures for them, which means a lot to them." ”

Spielberg nodded without hesitation and said, "Then I'll arrange it, our aerobatic pilots are still here, do you want them to come out and fly the plane for a few old gentlemen?"

Li Mu asked in surprise: "Can you fly at any time?" Don't you need to apply to the military region?"

In Li Mu's impression, the airspace in Huaxia is managed by the Air Force, and the flight routes of civil aviation also need to be approved by the Air Force, and the crew's aircraft must be approved by the Air Force.

Spielberg said: "It is common sense that every flight must be applied for a few days in advance, but the local military district of our film has given great support, knowing that we are going to shoot aerial footage, so we are given a privilege, the plane is directly reported to the military region before it takes off, as long as the military region nods, you can fly immediately." ”

Li Mu asked again: "How long does it take for the military region to approve it?"

Spielberg said: "For a minute or two, we are directly contacting the air traffic control of the Air Force, and our area is not on the civil aviation route, so as long as the military is sure that it has no activity in our area and has not received flight requests from other general aviation companies, it will immediately give us permission." ”

As he spoke, Spielberg added: "Our P-40C, as well as our photographic helicopters, can basically take off at any time. ”

Li Mu nodded with satisfaction and said, "Then let the pilots of the flight team prepare, and when the old gentlemen change into military uniforms, they will take off to salute them." ”

For medium and large Hollywood film and television companies, they have very high requirements for the quality of the film, in the process of filming, only the scenes that must use computer special effects will use special effects, and other shots are shot in real life as much as possible, because only real scenes are the most perfect, take Tom Cruise's "TopGun" , the reason why it has become a classic of air combat movies in the eyes of many audiences is largely due to the large number of real fighter shots in the play, if all computer special effects are used, the scene will definitely be greatly reduced.

Therefore, in "Flying Tigers", many shots about air battles are real shots, ordinary aerial shots are completed by helicopters, and special shots of air combat chases and rolls are taken care of by an aerobatic aircraft, which is intended to reproduce the real scenes of the Flying Tigers fighting with the enemy in the air.

To this end, the crew specially invited an aerobatic team from the United States to shoot aerial footage.

Li Mu suddenly remembered many war movies and TV series in later generations in China, and he had the impression that all the domestic war movies and TV series he had watched used five-cent special effects when it came to the shots of the aircraft, and even the shots about the aircraft in the war TV series NO.1 in his mind were all clumsy five-cent special effects, which were extremely striking.

Originally, the expeditionary force was going to Burma by plane, which was originally a very tragic thing, but on the screen, a plane was on a tattered dirt ground, and the feeling was suddenly restrained by the feeling of being extremely stingy, and the shot of the plane on the ground, you can see at a glance that the props were too careless, and the special effects shot after the plane took off was even more clumsy, and three-year-old children could see that the plane was fake.

It is true that this has something to do with the budget of film and television dramas, but why can't the budget be tilted towards quality? So that in the future TV series, the cost of 200 million yuan, 180 million is the actor's salary, as for how to shoot, it doesn't matter, just deal with the five-cent special effects indiscriminately, so there are a lot of cutout film and television dramas.

Li Mu feels that he may not be able to influence the development direction of Chinese film and television dramas in the future, nor may he be able to improve the overall requirements of the industry for film quality, but at least he can set an example and make a few high-quality movies first, giving a sample to the Chinese film industry.

After thinking about it, several old people changed into well-fitting Flying Tiger uniforms one after another, and walked out of a large army green tent.

Among these old Flying Tigers, there are Chinese faces and American faces, just like in the old photos of the Flying Tigers, but the heroic young people back then have now become old and old people, but except for their bodies, everything still looks the same as back then.

The uniforms are still the same as they were back then, the airport is still the same as the airport they were back then, and the planes are still the same as they were back then.

By this time, the aerobatic pilots had already gotten into the six P-40Cs, and the planes were starting and driving in line to the end of the runway.

The old people didn't expect that just after changing their clothes, these planes had already started, and they were pleasantly surprised and asked the reason.

Li Mu said to everyone: "The members of the aerobatic team want to raise these planes into the sky, pay tribute to all of you, and let you see the scene of this aircraft soaring into the blue sky again." ”

The old people nodded excitedly, their eyes fixed on the planes, and they were reluctant to blink.

The military region had already given permission for the flight team to fly, and the radius of 20 kilometers and the ceiling below 5,000 meters were completely open, so the six P-40C fighters accelerated one after another, lifted their wheels, and lifted off into the air, completing the formation in the air and starting the performance flight.

The old people applauded while happily watching the plane fly in the sky over the airport, and after the plane passed at a low altitude, Li Mu carefully found that every old man had a smile on his face, but he also had tears.

The old man Sun Xiaozhong said: "Watching these planes shuttling back and forth overhead, all that comes to mind is the scene of flying the same fighter plane and fighting fiercely with the enemy in the sky. ”

The six planes flew in the air for half an hour, performing many thrilling flight postures, and then landed on the runway one after another, and after the six planes were parked side by side, Li Mu said to several old people: "We can go over and take pictures now." ”

Several old people nodded one after another, came to a P-40C plane to stand still, the old people of the two countries supported each other, as they did back then, in front of the plane to take pictures, an old American Flying Tiger team member wiped tears, while sighing: "In the past, when we took pictures, I always liked to climb on the wings and the fuselage, but now I can't climb anymore." ”

The old man Sun Xiaozhong patted him on the back and said with a smile: "John, that era has passed, we used to sit in the cabin and drive these guys into the sky with our own hands, but now, there is no such opportunity anymore, it is no longer our time." ”

The old American Flying Tigers named John nodded lightly and said, "I am ......satisfied to see them again, to touch them, to listen to their engines, and to watch them fly in the sky."