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

Wang Shang directly made a phone call to the president of Modu Film and Television University and told him his thoughts.

In the past two years, Wang Shang's Tianwang Studio has reached an unwritten cooperative relationship with Modu Film and Television University, and many students of Modu Film and Television University will go to Tianwang Studio for mobile internships. And when Wang Shang is recruiting, he will also give priority to this school. Therefore, Wang Shang now has a relatively close relationship with President An.

When President An heard Wang Shang's opinion, he felt that it was reasonable-although the state has now issued many policies to support films, in terms of the awareness of officials, they still have the idea of being wary of movies. The most prominent is what Wang Shang said: "The White House in the United States can be filmed in a 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 Wang Shang 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 Wang Shang heard an official say this, he almost vomited blood and died.

Paralysis!!!

What kind of feudal thinking is this!!

The framing is at an impasse. Wang Shang was disappointed. Wang Shang was still 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 Wang Shang was entangled. Things seem to have taken a turn for the better.

On January 1, 2005, a shrewd media discovered Wang Shang's situation, and as a result, he stabbed the matter 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.

"Wang Shang, did you do this?" When things got bigger and bigger, Wang Shang received a call from Principal An, and his voice was very serious, even stern.

"What's the matter?" Wang Shang was stunned, he had never seen Principal An so stern.

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

After Wang Shang 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." ”

"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 An'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." ”

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

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

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

Subsequently, Wang Shang could only keep a low profile and dare not speak out about anything.

On the contrary to Wang Shang, 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, 2005, 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 Wang Shang saw this document, he breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the turmoil had passed, and "Fast and Furious" could also be re-filmed.

At this time, Wang Shang received a call from Principal An; "Originally, it was quite mysterious, but it turned out that the No. 1 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. ”

Wang Shang was surprised, he didn't expect this matter to have such an inside story, and he didn't expect that it would be alarmed to the No. 1 chief.

Principal An continued: "In the back, Chief No. 1 said again, 'That young man is good! I don't mean anyone, but I don't say it's you. ”

"Referring to me?" Wang Shang's heart was pounding uncontrollably, he didn't expect that he was named, and he was the No. 1 leader, some were excited, some were apprehensive, and some were afraid.

"I don't know if I have checked my ancestors for three generations, it seems that this convention has been mentioned in movies and novels......" At this time, Wang Shang suddenly thought of this a little second-heartedly.

Principal An naturally didn't know that Wang Shang was distracted, 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 still makes the No. 1 leader realize your name, which can be regarded as a blessing in disguise." ”

Later, Principal An talked to Wang Shang 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 2005, there will be a lot of cow ghosts, snakes, and god movies.

The Nanhai Provincial Government also reacted very quickly, and hurriedly called over to invite Wang Shang to come over for filming. In their opinion, the number one chief said, 'This young man is good!' "Well, if you don't support it, aren't you questioning the number one leader?"

Soon Wang Shang led people over to sign 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 locations were confirmed, Wang Shang and the delegation began to go to other areas to find the filming locations of the section of "barricade and prison robbery" and the section of "train carjacking" at the beginning of the shooting. In the end, they all succeeded in finding a suitable location in Nanhai Province.

After the filming location was decided, Wang Shang began to look for actors for the film.

If you want to enter the international market, you must combine European and American styles, and at the same time, it is best to use European and American actors to strengthen the sense of substitution of European and American audiences. So in addition to picking a few actors in China, Wang Shang also needs to pick a few actors in Hollywood.

Wang Shang gave this to Paramount. At present, Tianwang Studio and Paramount are in the honeymoon period of cooperation, and "Death is Coming 2" will be released by it, with the foundation of the first part, the second part will definitely be a hit. And on "Fast and Furious", Paramount has also contacted Wang Shang and obtained its European and American distribution rights.

So when Wang Shang said that he wanted Paramount to help select actors, Paramount agreed without hesitation.

Anyway, there are so many actors in Hollywood, they grab a lot of them, and Wang Shang doesn't ask too much, just say that he can be on camera and have better driving skills, and he doesn't ask for big stars.

(To be continued......)

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