The Dai wedding can last for three days and three nights.

But the Mekong filming schedule was too tight.

The day after Zhou Ye's wedding ceremony, Gu Cheng and Su Qi returned to the crew with Zhao Chong.

Gu Cheng is the producer and screenwriter of "Operation Mekong", and in addition to following up the filming progress normally, the most important thing for him to come to the crew this time is to learn from Director Lin.

Grandpa Deng said that whether it is a black cat or a white cat, the one that can catch mice is a good cat!

Although he is not a director, he actually has a dream of directing in his heart.

Gu's father likes to watch movies, and often took him to watch open-air movies when Gu Cheng was young.

From black and white to color, Gu Cheng has always been full of curiosity about movies.

Later, although he chose the music industry, his passion for movies did not change, and after entering the industry, he also made guest appearances in several film and television dramas, and also won the best supporting role.

"Acting and directing" is not a new thing in the circle.

In recent years, cross-border directors have emerged in an endless stream, and many excellent works have been produced, so the cross-border army is also expanding.

Not only actors, but also some people who are involved in the entertainment industry are also involved.

Director's bowl of rice, why do so many people want to eat it?

It is the director's freedom and right to present various life insights and wonderful stories to the audience in the way he likes.

The director can shoot the movie according to his own will, sift through the script, select the actors, find the production team, and is the commander of the entire movie.

The reason why many people cross over to become directors is generally because their acting careers have entered a bottleneck period.

or the career has passed its peak, and the career of a person is not up to the top when he reaches middle age, plus it is difficult to find a good script and a good role, so he began to try to be a director to seek a new way out.

And Gu Cheng is now popular in the world, and there is no such thing as being out of fashion in the next three or even ten years.

The reason why he crossed over to become a director is that in addition to wanting to bring over the excellent film and television dramas of Blue Star, he is also inseparable from his own advantages today.

First of all, Gu Cheng is now in the Chinese music scene, and his popularity is already at the ceiling level, although he does not have many contacts in the circle, he is not in contact with the top resources in the circle without exception.

has its own super high national degree plus mutual praise in the circle, as well as the support of fans.

It can be said that Gu Cheng crosses borders to be a director, which has more advantages than a newly debuted young director.

Everyone wants fame and fortune.

The results of being a cross-border director are also very different.

Investing in filming is a big risk because of factors such as high costs.

When W Jing was filming "Wolf Warrior 2", it can be said that he made a lot of money, and even mortgaged his house.

And like "Wolf Warrior 2" and "Hello Li Huanying", this kind of win-win film that has both the will of the people and the will of God is in the minority.

It doesn't matter if it's in a past life or in this world.

Although it seems to be worldwide, there is the phenomenon that Chinese non-director majors have achieved the most cross-border success.

But a big reason for the success of Chinese cross-border directors is that they bring their fame in other fields to influence the audience, and most of them are smart enough to promote their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.

Their success is understandable, because they are not flukes, but have a reason to follow.

For example, Han ~ Han is in the text, especially in the creation of various golden sentences, and director Xu ~ Zheng is fully scheduled in the rhythm of the performance.

The quality of the film itself, the level of the actors, the director's creative ideas, the audience's tastes, and the number of theater screenings, etc.

Each one can affect the box office as well as word of mouth.

In short, we must be cautious across borders!

Everyone with a wealth of professional knowledge can be a director, and those who don't understand anything can only be called a ticket.

And Gu Cheng is a person who does not do it, and he does it perfectly.

He plans to start now and end next year, and seize all the spare time to learn directing knowledge.

Following the explosion of the game "Zhu Xian" in China and the bumper harvest of word-of-mouth, related film and television dramas and animation IPs have also been put on the agenda.

Zhang Zhongtian discussed with Gu Cheng a while ago, wanting to take advantage of the popularity of "Dream Zhu Xian" to let the TV series of "Zhu Xian" be put on the shelves first.

Now the investors have basically done it, and the actors have entered the audition stage.

If it goes well, it will be able to start smoothly early next year, and strive to be released at the end of the year.

This year, Gu Cheng had an excellent opportunity to learn and observe.

For example, now Director Lin is Gu Cheng's best learning object.

Director Lin is an expert in firearms and tactics, and he is also a director who likes to "move".

He understands men and knows how to shoot men.

In addition to the action scenes, he also shot the delicate literary drama very well.

In just a few days.

Gu Cheng followed Director Lin and learned a lot of practical shooting skills.

For example, what I just learned from Director Lin is how to use the complexity of the scene to make the action have a rising level.

Gu Cheng couldn't help but sigh.

"Director Lin, I dare to say that in the field of action movies in China, if you dare to say second, no one dares to say first!"

"I'm already old, and the Chinese film industry will still depend on your younger generation in the future."

"Director Lin, you are in the prime of life, where are you old?"

Director Lin shook his head and smiled: "I didn't think it before, but this time when I joined the group to shoot, my physical strength was obviously unable to keep up with the filming progress, and I couldn't shoot anymore!" ”

Speaking of this, Gu Cheng was a little puzzled.

"Director Lin, since you love filming so much, why did you retire so early?"

Director Lin sighed: "My last action movie was several years ago, and after filming, I felt that my body was hollowed out. ”

"Later, Hong Kong films gradually declined, and the market response to the things filmed was not very good, and there was no suitable script, so I had to retire."

"It wasn't until you found me that I finally had a backdrop to make an action movie out of Minato, and I wanted to challenge it when I got the script."

In the end, Director Lin sighed with emotion: "I just hope my choice is right, if this comeback work can't be a blockbuster, then there will be no more dramas to find me in the future!" ”

Gu Cheng said bluntly: "Director Lin can rest assured of this! ”

"When this film is released, it will definitely have a good reputation at the box office, and Director Lin's career will reach new heights!"

How hard Director Lin worked in filming this film, Gu Cheng has always seen it in his eyes.

If the director is a practice, then the leader pours all the cultivation skills of the upper body into this movie.

In order to make this film well, Director Lin and the special forces in the army visited the Mekong River many times, and even personally surveyed the D trafficker village.

His demands on this film are as high as those of himself.

Similarly, he also put such high requirements on all the actors who participated.

The crew, as well as all the actors, were miserable.

What made Gu Cheng relieved was that everyone persevered with willpower.

In fact, it is not impossible to pile up tense and exciting action movies.

But in such a forbidden D theme that has killed so many Chinese people, the theme of this action blockbuster and its value concept are actually linked to the concept of nation.

During the filming, Gu Cheng occasionally spent time following the anti-D policemen to discuss various details of the anti-D, and he also heard many distressing secrets during the process.

In this parallel world, Operation Mekong is fictional, but similar cases are real in this area.

In special circumstances, Huaxia J Cha will also carry out overseas law enforcement.

Although there are occasional reports of state forces involved in the arrest of criminals outside the country, they often only have causes and effects.

However, such as luring criminals out, how to arrest them, and the difficulties they faced on the way, the process of arresting them in the middle is completely unpresented.

Whoever kills my fellow man, he will pay with blood!

"Operation Mekong" is simply an action movie with a shootout, but in fact, it is still about human nature, about how each character faces life and work in this case.

How much life, even life, do they have to sacrifice in order to maintain the balance of justice and justice!

Because the real anti-D police are far more difficult than they endure!

So the entire crew, from the director to the actors to the staff, is doing their best to make this film.

And the filming of action movies is far more difficult than ordinary people imagine.

Basically, every day is spent overcoming difficulties.

Because Director Lin has mostly shot action movies since he started his career, he knows a lot about action movies.

But Gu Cheng is just an outsider, so he has to do a lot of homework in his spare time to learn to shoot.

For example, training CQB, which is also known as indoor hand-to-hand combat, and so on.

And for a deeper understanding of action movies.

Gu Cheng would also wear Zhou Yi and Zhao Chong's clothes, carry their bags and guns, and experience the hardships they endured during filming.

It's really heavy to be honest!

Carrying dozens of pounds of bags and climbing mountains and wading through water, it is self-evident how hard it is during the period.

Even in the winter when the temperature is in the tens of degrees.

But Gu Cheng is in a state of sweat every day in the crew, and he has to drink large bottles of electrolyte water every two or three hours.

Gu Cheng will also personally go into battle to experience dangerous shots.

For example, there is no hanging Weiya jumping down from a high place, etc.

Because Gu Cheng and Director Lin both like textured lenses.

I think the scene shot in this way has a sense of reality.

In order to pursue reality, all the filming from the beginning of the film requires the actors to jump, roll, and fly by themselves.

Fortunately, Gu Cheng had foresight.

As early as before the start-up, I applied to my superiors for special training for the actors, teaching some particularly practical fighting skills, and subduing the opponent in a few moves in an instant, and the actions set in the play are also very close to the characters.

But even so.

Due to the very high action density of this film, there are many scenes in the play that require actors to jump, be bombed, fly around, etc., but none of the crew are professional action actors, and the actors will inevitably suffer from various work traumas, resulting in a short interruption in filming.

In addition to hard work, there are dangers.

The biggest problem with the filming of this film is the safety issue!

In addition to the dangers of explosions, guns, and other actions brought about by the filming itself, there are also various hidden dangers of overseas shooting.

There is a threat of guns in D-Village, and there are all kinds of poisonous insects and snakes.

To ensure the safety of all personnel.

The crew's requirements for safety are far more important than their guidance, and they even did not hesitate to invite local professional field safety instructors, and would rather delay the progress than risk filming without ensuring safety.

Originally, Gu Cheng planned to stay in the crew for a week and return to the imperial capital to participate in the Golden Melody Awards ceremony on Treasure Island.

But just the day before the return trip.

The unexpected happened......