Chapter 108: Framing and Preparation

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With advertising money and funds, Cao Cao began to urgently set up the crew of "Fast and Furious". Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info

The director must be Cao Cao's own affairs, and Cao Cao will not let it go to others to earn fame and benefits.

And the assistant director, as well as the action director, the scene reporter, the cameraman, and the lighting engineer, Cao Cao is ready to gather a little more, because this movie is larger than any movie Cao Cao has ever made, and the crew must also be upgraded.

In terms of special effects, Cao Cao has already notified Reading Jackson, the largest special effects company in China, that special effects artists are ready to come to do shooting guidance, and they will officially arrive at the crew in the next three days.

In addition to forming the crew, Cao Cao also had to choose the filming location.

If you want hot beauties as a foil to the movie, the first choice must be tropical and subtropical, and Guangzhou, Yunbian and Nanhai provinces have naturally become the first choice. Otherwise, in the cold weather in the north, it is cold and cold to ask beautiful women to wear short skirts and hot pants, isn't this a toss?

In the end, Cao Cao finalized several cities near the seaside, because the seaside scenery is more suitable for this kind of hot movie, and it can also promote local tourism, presumably the local government will definitely like this cooperation even more.

Several Cao Cao took the filming director, screenwriter, and marketing team to form a team and went straight to the south, and selected several cities in Guangdong Province and Nanhai Province for inspection. There needs to be a runway suitable for sports cars, and there needs to be policy support from the local government......

After more than ten days of investigation, Cao Cao and they finally settled in Nanhai Province, where there is a very developed road traffic system, a hot climate, and a beautiful golden color, huh...... There are also beach bikini beauties that the expedition team likes very much......

After visiting several locations, it was to consult with the local government and seek policy support.

Perhaps because of this time-space policy atmosphere, the government is very supportive of the filming of the film, and when Cao Cao and his delegation visited, they were basically greeted by the secretary of the municipal party committee, and they were very polite.

"We need helicopter support, we need the support of the police station, and we need to close the ......streets," Cao Cao said directly.

"However, we can increase the filming of attractions in the film, and have supporting publicity plans, and I believe that these publicity plans have a very strong publicity effect on local attractions. At the same time, this film is ready to hit the European and American film market, and I am also confident, so choosing to shoot here is very beneficial to enhance the popularity of local attractions. ”

Cao Cao's words made these government officials happy, but they also had doubts: "I don't know what guarantee Mr. Cao takes?" ”

"I take the investment of 350 million yuan, as well as the investment intention of those large companies as a guarantee!!"

The tone is categorical and unconsciously convincing.

There are many tourist attractions in Hainan Province, Sanya, Haikou, Sansha, countless beaches, countless grand scenes, and a large number of domestic and international tourists are received every year. However, the Hainan provincial government is not without worries, mainly because it feels that Hainan's international reputation is not high, and it is at least a few grades lower than that of places like Singapore and Malaysia.

Internationally, many people know that Rio, Brazil, because many well-known movies have scenes from here. This is an invisible means of propaganda, and it is also a very powerful means of propaganda.

So when the production company of "Fast and Furious" said that they wanted to shoot here, the leaders of the municipal government of several cities were excited and wanted to take this opportunity away.

However, they soon ran into obstacles.

"You want to film the collusion between the underworld forces and the police? Are you going to photograph the Old Town here? Are you going to shoot a robbery? ”

These government officials may be a little better to say elsewhere, but they will be fiercely cautious, if not wary, when it comes to a choice of political reputation. Who knows if this will affect their future career?

When Cao Cao knew their worries, he immediately became depressed: "It's just a movie, it's not real, the United States can even do it in the White House, why can't you do something a little darker in China?" ”

Cao Cao directly made a phone call to Liu Lei, the president of Kyoto University of Film and Television, and told him what he thought.

In the past two years, Cao Cao's Hero Studio has reached an unwritten cooperative relationship with Kyoto Film and Television University, and many students of Kyoto Film and Television University will go to Hero Studio for mobile internships. And when Cao Cao recruits, he will also give priority to this school. Therefore, Cao Cao's relationship with Principal Liu is relatively close now.

When Principal Liu heard Cao Cao's opinion, he felt that it was reasonable—although the state has now issued many policies to support films, in terms of officials' awareness, they are still wary of movies. The most prominent is the sentence Cao Cao said: "The White House in the United States can be filmed in the movie, why can't the Forbidden City?" ”

The words are not rough, these words expose the current misalignment of the government's film support: on the surface, they are very supportive, but in their hearts they are still very afraid that the film will damage their own image, so they can't help but block it from the source.

Hainan can't do it, so Cao Cao retreated. Take the delegation to Guangdong Province for inspection. As a result, we still encountered the same problem: "It's okay to improve the image of the police, but you can't damage the image of the police, especially a movie like this that has the potential to be released worldwide." ”

When Cao Cao heard this sentence from an official, he almost vomited blood and died.

Paralysis!!!

What kind of feudal thinking is this!!

The framing is at an impasse. Cao Cao was disappointed. Cao Cao was also thinking about whether to downgrade to Hong Kong for filming. The film environment there is quite open, even if you say the Governor is a bad guy.

"Do you want to shoot those dark plots in Hong Kong, and go to the South China Sea to shoot the scenery or something? But I'm really a little unwilling!! ”

When Cao Cao was entangled. Things seem to have taken a turn for the better.

On January 1, 2003, a shrewd media discovered Cao Cao's situation, and as a result, the matter was stabbed to the outside world: "The filming of "Fast and Furious", the largest film in China, has reached an impasse - there is no scene to shoot. The film will involve the collusion between the police syndicate and the criminal syndicate, so the local government does not dare to accept it. ”

This news immediately attracted the attention of many fans and production companies.

"Can't shoot? It's a shame, right? ”

"Collusion between police and bandits? Except for Hong Kong, it is estimated that it will be difficult to even release it in other places......"

"The government needs to be more bold in its efforts to support films. When all kinds of drugs, gangster films, and even the kidnapping of presidents in the United States continue to appear, and fighter planes, aircraft carriers, and warships can all participate in the filming, domestic movies are still stagnant, all officials are servants of the people, all the people are good people, and the whole society is extremely harmonious. ”

"Even if "Fast and Furious" is filmed, it is estimated that it will be banned from the show......"

"It's a topic worth pondering."

With the passage of time, this topic has begun to become more and more popular, and many people in the film and television industry have also begun to join this topic, openly express their views, and begin to call on the government to pay more attention to the current situation of the film and television industry and support it.

Then it intensified, more and more people joined, people in the film and television industry have indeed been suppressed for a long time, they have always had a lot of modern urban films, but unfortunately they can't pass the review, the reason is because the government is afraid of destroying its own image.

"Cao Cao, did you do this?" When the matter was getting bigger and bigger, Wang Shang received a call from Principal Liu, and his voice was very serious, even stern.

"What's the matter?" Cao Cao was stunned, he had never seen Principal Liu so stern.

"It's the one uploaded by the society, saying that the government has all kinds of bad ......"

After Cao Cao heard this, he jumped up in shock, and hurriedly explained: "This is definitely none of my business, I am already thinking about changing the script now." ”

"That's good, I also believe it shouldn't be you. Let me tell you, a few of our old men had already sent the report to the internal reference, but as a result, we don't know if it will have an impact on the results of the internal reference. Principal Liu's tone finally softened, "Also, you must not get involved in this kind of thing in the future, you must know that there are many conspiracy theorists now, and the affairs of the country are not something that you people can speculate." ”

Cao Cao hurriedly responded, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Thinking about this is indeed very unfavorable to himself, people who are a little smaller will probably think that this is Cao Cao secretly pointing fingers and expressing dissatisfaction with the government, which will definitely reduce Cao Cao's impression in front of the government.

"Getting shot while lying down !!" Cao Cao cried and mourned, looking up at a 45-degree angle to the sky, and his face was full of cows~~~

Subsequently, Cao Cao could only act in a low-key manner, and he didn't dare to say anything.

On the contrary to Cao Cao, the entertainment industry can be said to have spread this topic to the top at this time, and many filmmakers are putting forward their own demands.

And those fans who like to watch movies have also expressed their support, feeling that the government is too strict in reviewing movies.

On January 5, 2003, the central government finally issued a document -- "Announcement on Further Supporting the Development of the Chinese Film Industry", in which the review criteria for some film shooting were greatly relaxed, and it also explained that in addition to confidentiality, police stations and the military were allowed to participate in film shooting, and in addition, as many as 100 categories of restrictions were relaxed......

As soon as this document came out, countless filmmakers immediately rejoiced.

After Cao Cao saw this document, he breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the turmoil had passed, and "Fast and Furious" could also be rescheduled.

At this time, Cao Cao received a call from Principal Liu; "It was quite mysterious, but it turned out that a certain chief said, 'The United States can't, why can't China?' Could it be that China is worse than the United States? In a word, the matter was settled. ”

Cao Cao was surprised, he didn't expect this matter to have such an inside story, and he didn't expect that it would alarm a certain chief.

Principal Liu naturally didn't know that Cao Cao was wandering, and continued: "This matter is so certain, although such a toss has made you lose points in the eyes of many high-level government officials, but at least it has made some leaders realize your name, which can be regarded as a blessing in disguise." ”

Later, Principal Liu talked to Cao Cao about the cooperation between the school, and finally hung up the phone.

After the issuance of this document by the central government, the film industry was stimulated, and many 'prohibited' scripts that had been sealed for a long time were taken out one after another and prepared to start filming. It is estimated that by the end of 2003, there will be a lot of cow ghosts, snakes, and god movies.

The Nanhai Provincial Government also reacted very quickly, and hurriedly called Cao Cao to come over to shoot. In his opinion, if a certain leader supports it, if he does not support it, is he not questioning the chief?

Soon Cao Cao took people over and signed an agreement with the local government.

The government agreed to lease a helicopter, agreed to the crew to go to the Public Security Bureau for filming, agreed to close the streets for filming, and agreed to secondment police forces to assist......

Everything is negotiable......

It seems that at this moment, the Nanhai Provincial Government has become a big boy who is eager for justice and righteousness, and scatters wealth......

After the main filming location was confirmed, Cao Cao and the investigation team began to go to other areas to find the filming locations of the section of "barricade and prison robbery" at the beginning of the filming and the section of "train carjacking". In the end, they all succeeded in finding a suitable location in Nanhai Province.

After the location was decided, Cao Cao began to look for actors for the film. ps: Go fucking summon heroes, Mao, and make movies and pretend to be forced in the future, grandma's. No more summoning! Xiang Yu also died in a car accident yesterday. The system has also eliminated the summoning of heroes. Well, awesome?! If it's amazing, just vote for it!!

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