When Wang Xiaohu led a group of 30 people from the Concord Company to set foot on the land of Qinglong County, Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province, it was already June 31, from Hong Kong to Guangzhou, and from Guangzhou to Xuzhou, and in the middle of the meeting with the three responsible persons of Bayi, Shanghai, and Changchun Film Studio, to discuss how to shoot this main theme film. 【】

In fact, in a sense, Wang Xiaohu led a Hong Kong film company to the mainland to cooperate in the production of films, which is not a kind of hope for mainland filmmakers, because since the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution 10 years ago, the film market in the mainland, which has just improved a little, has been subjected to an unprecedented catastrophe, and they have not produced anything in the past 10 years, and even if they have, it is not what they want to shoot.

Wang Xiaohu learned through the accompanying "bodyguards" that China attaches great importance to this cooperation, and began to discuss which companies will participate in the cooperation half a year ago, and a small range of voting was also carried out for this purpose.

Wang Xiaohu smiled when he heard it, he knew that the dozen or so so-called "bodyguards" in front of him were nominally sent from above to protect him, but how could this not be surveillance in disguise?

So when meeting with the heads of the three film production companies, Wang Xiaohu behaved decently, without mentioning anything other than the movie, and even improvised three conservative old comrades, who were dizzy and sighed with the sensational theme style they learned in their previous lives, and sighed: Foreign monks will chant scriptures, but it is certain that they have opened their minds this time and deeply understood how to make the main theme film more attractive to the audience.

It's not a bad thing to delay these days in the middle, at least the heads of the three film companies completely understand their identity and status in "Earthbreaking", it's very simple, compared with the big directors from Hong Kong, the sum of their three companies is not enough for a dish for others, to put it bluntly, this film is invested by people themselves, and the director naturally has to be done by others, as for himself, well, hang a name and play soy sauce!

In this way, the one-and-a-half-day meeting ended, and the three movie theaters began to publicly call the main actors, Wang Xiaohu almost jumped up and scolded his mother after hearing it: Nima, didn't you prepare time half a year ago, why did you start looking for actors now?

Wang Xiaohu was so angry that he just wanted to hit someone, can he not be angry, he originally planned to be good, "Shocking" was released before the earthquake, so that the method of earthquake relief could be popularized across the country.

Well, now these uncles haven't even determined the actors, and according to their work efficiency, they can't choose actors in three or five months, so if they knew better, it would be better to let Sammo Hung and them as the starring actors.

Angry, Wang Xiaohu did not show the slightest dissatisfaction on the surface, and even politely asked them to choose slowly, it is best to have an audition or something. Then Wang Xiaohu led a large team of people to Qinglong County, and the bodyguards reported to the above at the same time: Wang entrusted three film companies to select actors and lead the team to Qinglong County to prepare for the filming of the set, and there was no abnormality on the surface, and there was no sign of counter-revolution.

Wang Xiaohu stood in front of the guest house in Qinglong County, commanding the employees of the Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Union to carry the filming equipment, and after making proper arrangements, he asked Lao Zhao, the head of the bodyguards accompanying him: "Lao Zhao, when will the troops arrive?" ”

Lao Zhao is not old at all, he is in his thirties, he is a big man with dark skin and a burly body, since Wang Xiaohu set foot on the territory of the mainland, Lao Zhao has followed Wang Xiaohu as a personal bodyguard.

"A week or so." Lao Zhao's words were very blunt, so blunt that he refused to say half a word, as if Wang Xiaohu was the same as a class enemy, but fortunately, Wang Xiaohu had already adapted to this environment, and he was not angry, but nodded and said: "Oh, help me urge as soon as possible, finish the filming as soon as possible, and I will return to Hong Kong as soon as possible." ”

"Why?"

"Wife, child, hot kang." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile, the standard Mandarin made Lao Zhao frown when he heard it, and it took a long time before he said, "I can understand what you say." Then he pointed to the members of the Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Guild, who were carrying things to the guest house, and said, "I don't understand what they say. ”

"Actually, everyone is Chinese." Wang Xiaohu smiled

In a certain military district in Hebei, 50 People's Liberation Army soldiers were ready to go, and an officer standing in front of the queue gave a loud order: "You are the most outstanding platoon commanders of our XX Army, and this time the country has given us a very difficult task, that is, to cooperate with Mr. Wang Xiaohu from Hong Kong to shoot a movie, this is the best opportunity to show our People's Liberation Army, you must grasp it well, and you must not embarrass our army, do you hear it!" ”

"I heard you!" Fifty members of the People's Liberation Army replied in unison.

"Good, all of them, turn right"

The same phenomenon also appeared in the Shenyang and Jinan Military Regions, where about 200 PLA troops from all over the country gathered in Qinglong County. Among them are the Air Force, the Navy, and the Engineers, but there is no doubt that none of them are ordinary soldiers, and the worst one is a squad leader.

When Wang Xiaohu saw the 200 People's Liberation Army soldiers in front of him, it was already four days later, that is, on July 4.

"I'm rubbing, what's going on, what I want is just ordinary soldiers, why did a group of officials come?" Wang Xiaohu looked at the list and was stunned for a long time, and said in his heart How did he do it in China, it was clear that hundreds of people were filming, why did he make such a big move?

Looking at the tall PLA soldiers standing in front of him, Wang Xiaohu rolled his eyes depressedly, could it be that he came to the mainland this time to cater to the meaning of some people? So that the other party is so happy to shoot a group of elite soldiers to help him film in the future?

summed up, Wang Xiaohu didn't know the essentials, and then Suo surnamed didn't consider these complex political issues, got rid of all the baggage, and let's make our movie.

In this way, the original plan A was affected again, Wang Xiaohu had to implement plan B, and now there are 24 days before the Tangshan earthquake, according to the normal shooting schedule, it will take several days to set up the set on a large piece of wasteland in the middle of Qinglong County and Tangshan, and the main scenes filmed during this period are scenes of PLA soldiers rushing to the scene of the earthquake.

Early the next morning, more than a dozen cars with Dongfanghong brand stopped in front of the guest house, and more than a dozen People's Liberation Army people got out of the car, muttered a few words after saluting Lao Zhao, and then Lao Zhao waved his hand, and 200 PLA soldiers got into the car in an orderly manner.

The location of the set has been agreed on a long time ago, according to Wang Xiaohu's suggestion and President Liang's repeated writing in the middle, the set is determined to be at the junction of Qinglong County and Tangshan, and today a group of hundreds of people will settle down on the set, and then wait for the other three sets rounds.

What caught Wang Xiaohu's eyes was that the mountains were connected to the mountains, and the mountains were set on the ridges, full of clear and green, and the mountains were stacked on top of each other. The Great Wall of China, which the Chinese nation is proud of, is like a giant python in the lofty mountains.

The car drove to the foot of the mountain, and seeing that there was no road, suddenly turned a corner, and another flat ground appeared in front of it. Uphill and downhill, left and right, peaks and loops, ups and downs.

"Qinglong's mountain is very spectacular and tall." Wang Xiaohu said with emotion.

And Lao Zhao, who was in the same car, kept his eyes on the Great Wall, as if he was thinking about something

"I think it's a mistake to let Hong Kong film companies enter the country at a time like this, and the film to be made is about earthquakes, aren't they afraid that these people will spread rumors and cause unrest?"

There were only two people in the small conference room of the National Earthquake Administration, and a middle-aged man in a Mao suit was throwing a tantrum.

"Lao Liu, you better say a few words, everyone knows that people are panicking at this time, what they want is political achievements, propaganda, and stability, which has nothing to do with us, right? We just need to do a good job of cooperating. ”

"With the cooperation of a fart, how do you need us to make a movie, if you like Lao Zhang, you can go to Zhang Luo, anyway, I can't get used to seeing the grimaces of those people."

Lao Liu slapped the table and said in his heart What is going on, today the top down notice, saying that there have been a lot of rumors about "going to earthquake" in China recently, in order to refute the rumors, the Earthquake Bureau is required to organize relevant departments to cooperate with the "earth-shattering" team to shoot, so that they can try to use scientific facts and data to cooperate with the successful completion of the film shooting, so as to achieve the role of calming the people's hearts.

They, naturally, refer to the Gang of 4

Qinglong County is a Manchu Autonomous County, and Lengkou is the most famous hot spring, but Wang Xiaohu did not enjoy the treatment of hot spring baths after coming to Lengkou, he had to arrange the set up of the set non-stop.

"Lao Zhao, there are nearly 300 people on our side, and it's a big problem that no one eats and drinks Lazar, you have to find a way to help us get in touch, otherwise you won't be able to rehearse if you're hungry."

The problem of 300 people eating is indeed not a small problem, and more than ninety percent of them are soldiers, and the amount of food is not small, and no few hundred catties of rice and noodles can send them away, so after determining the location on the set, Wang Xiaohu made this request to Lao Zhao.

Lao Zhao nodded, and Wang Xiaohu continued to add: "The more food, the better, and the people from the other three film companies have to be more than 100 people smaller, so it's best for us to stock up on a month's worth of food." ”

"No, now that the grain is uniformly allocated by the state, we can only get half a month's food standard, and we have to go through the approval from above." Lao Zhao shook his head like a rattle.

Wang Xiaohu rolled his eyes again, and said in his heart that it seemed that the hoarding of grain in Plan B had been carried out, but he was not discouraged, and handed over the second piece of paper: "This is the construction machinery to be used for shooting, there are bulldozers, jacks, and crowbars, how much should this thing have?" ”――

The plot of the Tangshan earthquake, I thought about it for a long time, consulted a lot of information, and found it very difficult to really write.

(To be continued)