The launch of Operation Mekong.

Not only did many domestic media come today, affected by Gu Wei's landing in Bangkok yesterday, but some entertainment media from Thailand also came to the scene for interviews.

The crew held a worship ceremony under the leadership of director Lin Chaoxian.

Everyone present appeared to be very religious, praying for the success of the filming and blessings for the victims of the Mekong River.

To be honest, the filming of the movie "Operation Mekong" actually has a certain amount of danger.

Because it is changed from the real event "10.5 Mekong River Massacre".

The villain boss "Nuo Ka" in the movie is real, and he was once a powerful drug lord Nuo Kang in the Golden Triangle.

He was also the mastermind behind the Mekong River tragedy, and the real culprit behind the killing of 13 crew members of the Chinese merchant ships "Huaping" and "Yuxing 8".

Although after the incident on October 5, 2011, the Chinese police attached great importance to it and sent a special team to arrest the main culprit of the Mekong River tragedy, Nuo Kham, and escort him back to China for trial and execution.

But in this place in the Golden Triangle, no one can guarantee whether there will be the remnants of Nuo Kang.

Director Lin Chaoxian also took this into account, for the safety of the crew and the smooth shooting of the film, after various on-site inspections and comparisons, he arranged the scenes in the city to be filmed in Bangkok, and the final scene of the arrest of "Nuoka" was filmed in Cameron Highlands, which is located at an altitude of 1,500 meters in central Malaysia.

After the worship ceremony, the main creators of the crew began to be interviewed by the media.

After Yu Dong and Lin Chaoxian finished speaking separately, the media also focused on Gu Wei.

Some domestic reporters asked Gu Wei very directly, why did he take this main theme movie, aren't he afraid that it will affect his box office results?

Gu Wei glanced at Yu Dong after hearing this, and said with a smile:

"First of all, I don't think the main theme movie has to be bad.

Bona's previous red classic "Outwitting Tiger Mountain" has also been a huge success, so I am also very confident in "Operation Mekong", a film about the public security police defending the people.

Secondly, our film has the authorization and support of the Ministry of Public Security in China, and the huge investment of Dong Dong, and the crew has achieved the ultimate in all aspects.

Finally, director Lin Chaoxian is a very good director, and many of his previous movies [Guild Wars] and "Breaking the Wind" must have been seen by many people.

Director Lin spent more than two years preparing for the filming of the film, and the script was changed more than 20 times, and the communication with relevant departments was carried out many times.

In order to shoot [Mekong Operation], Director Lin paid great effort.

With such superior conditions and such an excellent crew, I don't know why the movie will be badly made.

I think that [Operation Mekong] will definitely set a new box office record for the main theme film in the future, and become a milestone film in the history of Chinese cinema! ”

After Gu Wei finished speaking, before the reporters on the periphery could react, the crew members on the stage began to laugh and applaud one by one.

Especially director Lin Chaoxian, looking at Gu Wei's eyes more and more appreciative.

After the launch conference, the film also officially started filming.

Although I have read the script many times before, and Gu Wei has also seen the original movie, this kind of police and bandit shootout movie Gu Wei is still very fresh.

Since he started his career, he has filmed four TV series, two ancient costumes and two modern ones, but they all essentially belong to the category of idol dramas.

Even the external propaganda of [Langya Bang] is a real drama, in essence, it is selling his and Wang Kai's faces, which has the nature of some ancient puppets.

In terms of movies, only [Embroidered Spring Knife] involves action and fighting, and it is only a cold weapon, and it is the first time he has shot a modern gunfight film.

However, the first scenes were all filmed in Bangkok, and literary dramas still accounted for a large part.

Even so, Gu Wei's work is not easy at all.

This movie involves a lot of hand-to-hand combat and firearm shooting scenes.

For the sake of the authenticity of the movie, the director specially invited the bodyguards of the King of Thailand to join the group to train the actors in fighting and firearms.

Gu Wei, Zhang Hanyu and other leading actors had to receive corresponding training between filming.

Fortunately, the actors found in [Operation Mekong] are all real tough guys, including the older Zhang Hanyu, although everyone shoots and trains very hard every day, no one shouts that they are difficult or tired, and everyone can grit their teeth and persevere for the sake of the movie.

This experience is also a new experience for Gu Wei.

Not to mention professional skills, in terms of physique alone, he is definitely the best of all actors.

Even the coaches who came to train them were not as good as Gu Wei just in terms of physical fitness, so he was very quick to get started with these training skills.

In terms of fighting, Gu Wei already had the martial arts skills left by practicing the routines when he was shooting [Embroidered Spring Knife], and the practice of modern martial arts is very fast.

He's not bad at guns and shooting.

As a boy, he has a natural love for firearms and shooting, but he has never had the opportunity to contact it before, this time in order to make a movie, he can play and practice in an open and honest way, Gu Wei quickly got started with various types of firearms, and played decently.

"Gao Gang"

"Fang Xinwu"

Gu Wei and Zhang Hanyu, two powerful hands clasped tightly together.

"After receiving your information for so many years, this time I finally saw the real person!"

Zhang Hanyu was wearing a pair of black sunglasses and shaved his hair short, he looked very energetic, looked at Gu Wei and said with a smile.

"Each other, each other!"

Gu Wei's attitude was equally gentle, he had a fake beard on his face and a camouflage bandana wrapped around his head, looking a little ruffian.

"Click! This shot is over, ready to transition! ”

Lin Chaoxian's voice came from the loudspeaker.

"Brother Han Yu, will you go to the shooting range after filming today's scene?

Let's go and compete again? ”

After filming this scene, Gu Wei put his arm around Zhang Hanyu's shoulders and asked.

The two met when they were filming "The Great Wall", and after the start of "Operation Mekong", they filmed and trained together, and the relationship quickly became familiar.

Zhang Hanyu turned his head to look at Gu Wei.

"No, your kid is too talented in shooting, and it's completely masochistic compared to you.

It's also enough to train for a while to make a movie.

I won't go there anymore. ”

Gu Wei looked regretful.

The recent training has made him obsessed with shooting sports, but shooting targets alone is still a bit boring, so he asked Zhang Hanyu to join him whenever he had time.

Now it seems that I will only be able to play alone in the future.

took the water handed over by the assistant and raised his head and took a sip, the weather here in Thailand has been very hot, and after more than half a month of start-up, Gu Wei was tanned.

However, this is also in line with the image of "Fang Xinwu" in the movie, and it takes a lot of effort when applying makeup.

"Boss, phone~"

Yang Chaoyue handed over Gu Wei's private mobile phone, which displayed the three words Da Mi Mi.

Gu Wei picked up the phone.

"Hey, Mi Sister?

Haha, I'm definitely missing you, it's not like you've been too busy at work lately!

Well, I'm in Thailand, filming a cop movie.

No way, I really can't go back, I'm sorry.

I wish Sister Mi a big box office hit!

Say hello to the fawn for me."

Listening to Gu Wei's voice on the phone, the little assistant Yang Chaoyue pursed his lips and silently spit out the word "scumbag".

She is already a little numb to the boss's various Sea King behaviors.

When she was in Shanghai, she saw the big star Ni Ni go home with Gu Wei, and the next day she went to buy Ni Ni's clothes.

Now the person who called, she thought with her ass and knew that it must be Yang Mi, and listening to the tone of the boss, the relationship between the two must not be ordinary.

Sure enough, the entertainment industry is really messy!

Gu Wei, who hung up the phone, didn't know how the little assistant standing beside him had changed in his heart.

Just now, Yang Mi called and invited him to attend the premiere of the movie "I Am a Witness".

It's a pity that Gu Wei is now in Thailand, so it's really inconvenient, so he can only refuse.

This movie "I Am a Witness" is produced and filmed by [Jiaxing Media], adapted from the Korean movie "Blind Evidence", directed by Korean director Ahn Sang-hoon, and starring Yang Mi, Lu Han, Zhu Yawen and others.

When the film was first prepared, Yang Mi also invited Gu Wei to participate, but he refused on the grounds that there was no schedule.

Gu Wei remembered that [I am a witness] should have achieved a box office score of a little more than 200 million, and the Douban score was above 6 points.

It is a movie that has passed by the box office reputation.

After the movie was released, it had some good impact on the further development of Yang Mi and Lu Han in the film industry, but this achievement was completely chicken for Gu Wei.

October passed quickly, and the filming of Operation Mekong went more and more smoothly.

In addition to modern fighting techniques, Gu Wei is becoming more and more proficient in the use of various light and heavy weapons.

From Type 92 pistols, Browning M1911 and M1935 pistols to Micro-Uzi miniature submachine guns, JS 9mm submachine guns, and T-5000 sniper rifles, although they were all prop guns when shooting, Gu Wei used real guys in order to become more familiar with the weapons they used in the movie when practicing at the shooting range.

After nearly a month of shooting practice, Gu Wei is particularly familiar with these weapons, and his shooting accuracy has also improved a lot.

At noon that day, after Gu Wei finished filming, when he returned to the rest area, he saw Wu Jing waiting for him with a smile on his face.

"Brother Jing, you're here!"

Gu Wei stepped forward to greet with a smile.

"My brother came all the way to visit you abroad, was he moved?"

Wu Jing smiled and stepped forward to pat him on the shoulder.

"I'm afraid you'll pour me wine tonight, and I won't dare to move at all!"

Gu Wei said jokingly.

"Hahaha~ It's okay if you're not moved, but you have to drink the wine!"

Wu Jing came to visit the class today to greet Gu Wei in advance.

What is he doing here, Gu Wei also knows in his heart.

Since meeting at Huang Xiaoming's wedding in early October, Wu Jing mentioned to him that he was invited to participate in [Wolf Warrior 2], and it has been more than a month now.

At that time, Gu Wei refused, but Wu Jing kept emphasizing that Gu Wei should read the script before deciding, so he didn't say it so deadly.

Wu Jing came over today, it seems that he brought a script to Gu Wei, and then confirmed with him whether he could participate in [Wolf Warrior 2].

In fact, Wu Jing was also more anxious about this matter.

Preparations for the movie are about to begin, but the script has not yet been decided.

Whether Gu Wei participates in the show is related to which version of the script Wu Jing will use for filming, so it can be decided early before the official preparation of the crew can begin.

During the break, Gu Wei introduced Wu Jing to director Lin Chaoxian and Zhang Hanyu and other main actors.

Wu Jing didn't come empty-handed, of course he had to buy some small gifts.

He brought some fruit and coffee to the crew, one for each person.

Everyone welcomed his arrival.

In the evening, when Gu Wei got off the play, the two came to a local specialty restaurant together.

After entering the private room, Gu Wei skillfully ordered some food and asked for a case of local Singha beer.

"Tsk~ Awesome, look at your proficiency in ordering and fluent Thai, I don't know if I think you're a native of Thailand."

Wu Jing said.

"I was here for more than two months when I first filmed [Detective Chinatown], and now I am here again, of course, I am not as completely unfamiliar as last time, and some things are relatively familiar."

Gu Wei smiled and explained.

"Everything else is easy to say, when did you learn this Thai language and become so proficient?"

"Haha, Brother Jing, you just think I have a talent for learning languages, not only Thai, but also several other languages!"

Gu Wei said with a smile.

"Awesome, awesome~"

Wu Jing sighed, then took out a white script from the bag beside him and handed it to Gu Wei.

"Come here this time, you must know the reason, the script of [Wolf Warrior 2] that I told you last time has been written."

Gu Wei was not surprised, took it with both hands, and began to look through it.

After a while, the dishes and beers he had just ordered were served one after another, and Gu Wei frowned slightly and was still looking at the script seriously.

Wu Jing didn't speak next to him, picked up the chopsticks and began to eat the vegetables, and he didn't have to pay too much attention to his relationship with Gu Wei.

After a long while, Gu Wei finished reading the entire story of [Wolf Warrior 2].

He looked at Wu Jing with a wry smile.

"Brother Jing, you really gave me a big problem."

Originally, Gu Wei thought that he would just translate the meaning, after all, he was a person who had seen the movie.

But the more I watched it, the more I felt that something was wrong, the version of the script that Wu Jing showed him was very different from the [Wolf Warrior 2] he had read.

The male protagonist has changed from "Leng Feng" to two, and there is also a character called "Lin Wei", who looks like the character of the original "Zhuo Yifan", but it is completely different in terms of roles, it is not a supporting role at all, but two male protagonists!

"You don't even have a name called 'Lin Wei', don't change it."

"Haha~ This is not important, the main thing is that it is not too suitable, so it saves trouble."

Wu Jing smiled and said.

Gu Wei thought for a moment and asked:

"Brother Jing, how did you come up with the idea of making [Wolf Warrior 2] into a model with two male protagonists, after all, the first part is completely a one-man show of "Leng Feng". ”

"Brother, what you said is not right, in addition to "Leng Feng" and his comrades-in-arms in the first part, it is not a one-man show.

And in my heart, the [Wolf Warrior] series is an action military film that shows the strength of the Chinese, not a movie of one person.

The addition of the role of "Lin Wei" in the second part was also well thought out.

You see, the current model of Hollywood action blockbusters is slowly transitioning from individual heroism to cooperation to victory, and the era of fighting alone has passed.

So I also tried to add a new character in the movie, so that he could cooperate with "Leng Feng" to defeat the villain together.

In this way, the audience will also have a sense of freshness when watching, and they will not feel bored because they always watch a protagonist. ”

Wu Jing said a lot, it seems to be very reasonable, of course, the most important reason in his heart is that if Gu Wei can participate, then there is no need to worry about the box office, and it will definitely attract many people to the cinema to watch the movie.

"Brother Jing, what is the budget of [Wolf Warrior 2], and what is my proportion?"

The brother settled the accounts, and Gu Wei didn't say whether he would agree or not, so he first asked about Wu Jing's investment.

"There will be some big scenes in the second part, and I expect to invest a little more than the first part, with a total investment of about 150 million.

Originally, I discussed with Lao Lu that each of us would have 50 million, each accounting for one-third of the investment.

But if you can take this role, brother, the two of us will take a step back and let you monopolize 40% to become the largest investor, and Lao Lu and I will each have 30%. ”

After speaking, Wu Jing looked at Gu Wei expectantly.

The old Lu in his mouth is Lu Jianmin, the boss of [Spring and Autumn Times Pictures], and he is also a good friend of Wu Jing, and [Wolf Warrior 1] was filmed with his support.

Gu Wei lowered his head and thought for a few seconds, and the room was unusually quiet.

Then he raised his head with a smile on his face and stretched out his hand to Wu Jing.

"Brother Jing, happy cooperation!"

Wu Jing clasped Gu Wei's hands with both hands, looking a little excited, and then bent down to open a few bottles of beer and pour them for Gu Wei.

"Brother, let's not get drunk tonight!"

"I hope that the movie we will work together together in the future will be a big hit!"

"Must be a big seller!"

Gu Wei raised his glass and drank it all with Wu Jing.

(End of chapter)