Paul Walker has officially announced that after filming "Fast & Furious/Emotional 7", he will leave the cast and end his career as Brian O'Connor.

Originally, this matter should have been kept secret, but the development of the matter was still not able to hide the success after all.

After the traffic accident, during the period when Paul was bedridden, the crew had to consider various possibilities, because there were many variables in Paul's condition, which also forced the screenwriters to consider other different endings for the movie, including Paul's regrettable failure to escape the death sickle, so it became a big problem for the screenwriters to conceive a happy ending for Brian O'Connor.

Later, Paul narrowly escaped and recovered, and the crew was back on track, ready to complete the follow-up shooting according to the original idea, but unexpectedly, Paul decided to leave after careful consideration, and even if Universal Pictures tried to persuade him many times, he could not change his mind, which also forced the writers to revert to the previous refrigerated ending: officially Bryan O'Connor in the finale of the movie.

The revision and change of the script naturally caused a lot of speculation within the crew.

Seeing that the speculation of things is about to become more and more outrageous, in order to avoid infighting in the crew, and in order to avoid chaos in the team, and may even shift all the blame to Diesel, and then detonate all the mines that have been hidden in the crew for a long time, Paul had to take the initiative to come forward to clarify the misunderstanding, and tell the staff all the ins and outs of the future to avoid riots and chaos.

As a result, things have evolved from a state of secrecy to a semi-public state, and furthermore, at this point, Paul and Universal Pictures have reached a consensus after discussion, and simply announced it to the public in one go, actively explaining instead of passively waiting for the revelations, and strangling all the bad things that may happen in the crew's follow-up filming work in advance in the cradle.

The semi-public state becomes the fully public state.

Although Paul and Universal Pictures have gone to great lengths to explain all the twists and turns, as Paul expected, he has lived as Brian O'Connor for thirteen years, and he is closely related to the crew of the crew, and the branches of life cannot be pulled apart immediately, and the distance between relatives and proximity has led to the inevitable problem of position, not to mention, in the past two years, Diesel has made a miasma within the crew in order to control power, and everyone can feel the crisis:

After Paul leaves, will the crew be controlled by Diesel?

Here's the problem, Diesel is not Lan Li or Paul, he is definitely not a broad-minded shopkeeper, on the contrary, he is the type who needs to emphasize his presence all the time, and furthermore, he needs to really feel his control, which also means that the crew is impossible to be calm.

Some people like Diesel and they like it, but there are many more who don't, some like Paul, some reject Diesel, some want to be alone, some support Dwayne Johnson or Michelle Rodriguez or Tyrese Gibson and so on, so what's going to happen now?

Since the success of "Fast & Thrill/Emotion 4", the crew has always maintained a balance of "Diesel VS Paul", even Lan Li and even Dawn, they have not been able to break such a situation, and the prestige balance between Diesel and Paul has also become the center of gravity of the balance of the crew, but now that the balance has been broken, no one can predict the next direction -

Will Diesel bloodied the crew? Will Diesel exclude dissidents? Will Diesel control the overall situation? Furthermore, will Diesel, who is already increasing his roles, turn the movie into his own one-man show? So, where will the other characters and the story go? What is the future of the series? Will Diesel be unable to let go of his hands and feet without constraints? Will the crew usher in a complete reshuffle?

Question mark after question mark began to surface, but no one could explain it, and even Diesel cronies couldn't predict what to do next.

All is unknown.

But apparently, these concerns proved unnecessary. Ordinary staff have not been able to see the high level of management strategy, the power struggle is obviously not a "black and white" math problem, after the balance of "Paul VS Diesel" is broken, there may still be many variables in the change of power structure.

For example, the entire crew was completely reshuffled, power was completely redistributed, and even Diesel became the target of the blow and weakened.

Some say it's a game of chess between Lane and Paul, but others say it's a tacit move from Universal Pictures — it's much more than it seems.

Obviously, Universal Pictures is also aware of the fact that Diesel may be the dominant family, which will also change the overall power structure of the "Fast and Thrill" crew, so what does this mean?

Because of Johnny Depp's absolute strength, especially when Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom have withdrawn from the project one after another, this has also made Johnny's salary snowball, and may even need to occupy 50% or more of the crew's cost budget.

As a result, Disney's break-even efforts are becoming increasingly difficult, and the fourth installment of the series in 2011 fell far short of expectations, so much so that the fifth installment of the series has been in a difficult birth. But the real difficulty is Disney, not Johnny, because Johnny is already invincible with Captain Jack Sparrow's recognition, and only Disney will be stuck in a difficult choice.

Does the whole context sound familiar? "Speed and Excitement" is like that now.

Paul's departure - corresponding to the exit of Kayla and Orlando, Diesel's rise - corresponding to Johnny's dominance, the next thing is predictable, Diesel can rely on his popularity and recognition of the role of Dominic Toledo to complete the control of the crew, and Diesel is more ambitious than Johnny, Johnny is just asking for a salary, but Diesel also wants to control the crew, he wants to follow in the footsteps of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.

Obviously, Universal doesn't want to get into Disney's predicament.

For insiders, they can see a series of strategies at the beginning of the year, forcing Universal Pictures to make a choice, but furthermore, insiders can also see that Universal Pictures actually acquiesced to this happening, and with the promotion of Blue Ceremony, it completed the reshuffle and redistributed all the power of the entire series of projects.

The game of power and interests is far from simple.

In the end, the crew of "Fast and Exciting/Emotional" completed the reshuffle.

The crew, which is currently preparing to shoot the seventh part, still hasn't changed much, and they must complete the reshoot work in full swing, otherwise they may not be able to catch up with next year's release schedule, which is the top priority, but the crew executives can already feel the frequent dispatch of power.

According to rumors, the eighth installment of the series has been officially launched, with Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez and Tyrese Gibson all joining Vin Diesel as part of the co-producers, and if nothing else, they will all be eligible for box office dividends, with Jason and Tyrese both 1.5 percent, Michelle 2 percent, and Dawn and Diesel both 3 percent.

Relatively speaking, there have been some reductions in the salary figures, only Diesel still maintains the 10 million level, which shows that he is special - after all, he is still a veteran, and he is still the absolute protagonist, but it is worth noting that the actors who have starred in previous productions such as Luda Criss, Luke Evans and Elsa-Pataky (Elsa-Pataky) will increase their salary figures.

It also means that the main actors are getting more attention, and if Diesel wants to protest, then he will have to face the wrath of the entire crew, and even the wrath of Hollywood's major agencies.

And that's not all.

Because the seventh part is still in full swing to reshoot, Universal Pictures has not recklessly begun to make plans for the next one, and everything is still in the discussion stage, but it is certain that Universal Pictures is thinking about inviting big-name actors to join the eighth part to play the big villain, which is a consistent practice borrowed from the "007" series.

Whether or not this plan can be implemented, Universal's plan to further weaken Diesel's crew is already a foregone conclusion.

After the reshuffle, the crew now has a different look:

Dwayne Johnson is good enough to go head-to-head with Diesel, he also has Jason's support, and weaker actors such as Luke Evans and Elsa Patage are also closer to them, while Michelle is in a league of her own as an actress, and her relationship with Diesel seems to be close but is actually opposite, as they are both fighting for more weight in the scene.

On top of that, Tyrese Gibson also made it to the ranks of producers, which was a betrayal for Diesel -

Tyrese has always been Diesel's most staunch supporter, but instead of applauding Tyrese's promotion, Diesel believes that Tyrese is dividing his own interests and weakening his own power, and this betrayal leads to a quarrel between Diesel and Tyrese. Not only did Tyrese fail to become Diesel's ally, but he was also isolated.

Now, Diesel is in a bind.

Originally, Diesel thought that this was his battlefield, and he still took the initiative, especially Paul's departure, which was something worth applauding. But before he could cheer, things had already taken a different turn.

In the blink of an eye, Diesel was on the verge of the abyss, his situation was becoming more and more difficult and dangerous, and he still did not know what was happening.

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