Actor: Thank you.

"Director Lin, welcome to the Magic City."

"Oh... hello."

Justin Lin looked at Zhang Yuan with some surprise.

He didn't expect that this person would come to pick him up in person.

I felt very well entertained.

Who says foreigners have no face culture?

Besides, Justin Lin is also of Chinese descent, so when he saw this, he spoke more politely.

According to the shooting plan given by Universal.

The crew will shoot in Shanghai for a week.

In fact, it’s less than 5 minutes long and has only a few scenes in total.

But they are from a Hollywood crew.

Employees' work and rest schedules must also follow North American standards.

We shot for eight hours a day.

And because the scenes were shot at night.

Universal Studios came forward and, with China Film as the intermediary, communicated with the local authorities in Shanghai and decided to close the road for 4 hours a day, from 1:5 to :, for a week.

Why do we have to shoot night scenes in the early morning?
Because Hollywood has a big heart.

Now that I’m here, of course I have to take pictures of the most distinctive places.

Universal Pictures said right away that they would shoot a car racing scene on the Bund...

If the imperial capital is to be changed, the local government must have a say.

"Why don't you go to Tiananmen Square and show off?"

But Shanghai does not have such strong administrative attributes, although the Bund is a nationally renowned tourist attraction.

Every National Day and Chinese New Year, there are huge crowds of people.

There was even a "human movable fence", which was a weird thing where police and special police stood in a row and opened and closed back and forth like a wall to organize traffic.

This is all viewed as a spectacle.

However, there just happens to be a need for publicity in Shanghai.

Because 10 is the Shanghai World Expo.

Just like the Olympic Games in Beijing, the Shanghai World Expo was not unprecedented, but it has basically achieved the goal of never being surpassed.

Except for the weird mascot of the Osaka World Expo in later generations...it's the same Cthulhu monster image that was fished out of Fukushima.

Another 2 million yen was spent on repairing toilets. It was said to be the largest Hayabusa structure building in the world, but the load-bearing model failed completely. In the end, it had to be reinforced with steel nails and angle irons. As a result, it collapsed and leaked before it was even used.

The island country always wants to use some things to prove that it is the authentic inheritor of Chinese culture.

But it always embarrasses the eyes.

He even became famous because of the scandal.

Not many people even know about the other World Expos held between Shanghai and Osaka.

Just like a movie, it’s not scary if people criticize it, what’s scary is if no one watches it and no one knows about it.

The Magic City agreed to filming on the Bund, and also wanted to use it to promote the movie.

But the brand of "Fast and Furious" is still not loud enough.

When Mission Impossible 3 came to Shanghai for filming a few years ago, they closed the Huangpu River Tunnel and the Jinmao Tower in Lujiazui for the other party's use in broad daylight.

Tom Cruise is an international superstar after all. Not to mention Zhang Yuan, even Vin Diesel is just a little brother in front of him.

However, this "Mission Impossible" has also deepened foreigners' stereotypes about China to some extent.

I don’t know if it’s because of the plot design or the editing.

Tom Cruise was running around in the city, and then he came to the ancient town of Xitang from Shanghai... It seemed as if, except for the urban area, Shanghai was filled with farmers from the ancient town wearing straw hats and raincoats.

Zhang Yuan had read the script of "Fast & Furious 4" in advance and was relieved to see that this kind of "weird" situation did not occur.

Justin Lin designed this added segment to be a scene of car racing on the shore of Shanghai and eventually a car crash.

And it was deliberately made to be the opposite of "Fast and Furious 3".

In "Fast and Furious 3", Han was racing on the street and was hit by a Mercedes-Benz that loves to climb trees. He was thrown over and eventually died in a sea of ​​fire.

The plot here is designed to be that Han hits someone, causing the other person to die in the fire, and then flees China.

He killed people like this before, and was killed like this later.

There was also retribution, which made it feel like fate.

Of course, later on, in order to continue making money, the story was changed to that it was Jason Statham who hit Han, and Han also faked his death and was saved by Mr. Doe.

This kind of plot of faking death and resurrecting is quite cliché, but audiences love to watch it.

As long as it can be sold for money, it is useful.

This is the case. At the beginning, the "mistress of the house" Lady died on the spot. The way she died was not much different from Han in the third part.

So the tone of revenge in the film suddenly emerged, and it fits the theme of "family".

After all, it is revenge for "family".

Moreover, Justin Lin was very far-sighted and discussed with the screenwriter that if the fourth film performed well and there was a next film, he would still like to use the role of Leddy.

So an easter egg was designed in the script, where the heroine of the second part appears and gives O'Connor the information about Lady's "resurrection".

It's like burying a button.

Because I didn't intend to kill Lady.

It's just because Michelle, the actor who plays Leddy, is not available.

This lady currently holds the top American TV drama IP "Lost" and is also filming "Avatar".

I really don’t have time to make this “low-budget” movie.

Compared to "Avatar", "Fast and Furious" is just a low-budget movie.

"So, I won't be able to see Michelle during the entire filming?"

"Yes, not only you can't see it, but the other leading actors can't see it either."

"We will find a separate time to shoot her scenes."

Zhang Yuan nodded. In terms of this kind of planning, Hollywood is indeed more mature than China.

Justin Lin also knows how to save money. If he doesn’t have time, they can just not shoot together.

In order to save money, most of the scenes shot in North America were night scenes.

There was no other choice but to shoot in the middle of the night, and all crew members had to pay double the wages.

When he arrived in North America, Justin Lin shot scenes during the day and at night to save money, relying entirely on post-production adjustments.

This way you don't have to pay overtime.

The Performers' Union at Lighthouse is quite powerful, and the crew will use all their brains to play tricks on them.

A total of more than a dozen vehicles will be used for the shoot, all of which are airlifted in from overseas.

Zhang Yuan is still driving Han's iconic RX7, but with a different paint job.

The remaining few cars are also from Japanese countries such as Subaru and Mitsubishi.

Four cars require four drivers.

Zhang Yuan found an opportunity and used the power at his disposal to take care of his own people.

"boss!"

Treat people first when you arrive at the place.

After entering the restaurant near the Bund, Zhu Yawen was already waiting inside.

So excited!

You can tell how excited he is by looking at his state.

The whole person is like a living monkey.

Can you not be excited?

My boss is going to take me to a Hollywood blockbuster!

I haven’t even arrived in Shanghai yet, but I’ve already boasted about how awesome I am.

A few male classmates had a party before and gave him a compliment.

No one can be so arrogant anymore.

Of course there are those who envy me.

Luo Jin's eyes turned red and he sighed while holding the wine glass.

When Zhang Yuan came to the school to watch their graduation ceremony, he invited more than just Zhu Yawen.

He was invited too.

Now my old classmate has gone there, and I see that he not only attended the Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan, but also got to star in a Hollywood blockbuster!

No matter whether you are the protagonist or the supporting role, it is already a great achievement to be able to be on the show!
How many female classmates were secretly jealous that Xixi was able to star in "The Forbidden Kingdom".

Human nature.

Not to mention Zhu Yawen was excited, Yang Siwei also came specially to join in the reception.

He said he wanted to show his importance, but in fact he also wanted to see the world.

The foreigner really gave her face and said she was beautiful.

Zhang Yuan: …

Who says foreigners don’t understand the ways of the world?

You guys also love to eat greasy food.

After dinner, I didn’t drink any alcohol and started working directly in the middle of the night.

Zhu Yawen plays the role of the drag racer who was killed by him.

This way you can have more shots.

Boss Zhang is also very concerned about the progress of his employees.

"Zhang, you are good at racing, right?" the action director asked.

Although the action director from the Cheng family team was introduced, the boss was still a white man.

One of the major drawbacks of the Hollywood producer responsibility system is that there will be many directors on the scene.

Each sub-project will have a separate person in charge, whose status is not much lower than that of the chief director.

As soon as this person asked the question, he saw Justin Lin nodding frantically.

Yeah!
I have experienced it myself.

"It's okay, what's wrong?"

"If you are good at racing, we can use fewer doubles so that it is not easy to be exposed."

"OK."

There is only one kind of stunt car in this field.

Anyway, the dangerous car crash will be done by the stunt double.

He would do the rest of the running in a straight line, which was less difficult, by himself.

"Boss, do you have a driver's license?" Zhu Yawen came to the car and asked nervously.

"Yes, I have."

It was the driver's license that Zhao Benshan bought for him in Northeast China...

Zhu Yawen took the driving test in college and can drive.

But when it came to this juncture, I was so nervous that I couldn't even coordinate the accelerator and clutch properly.

When I see foreigners, I feel inferior, but I also think that I cannot bring shame to the Chinese people.

I put myself under a lot of pressure for no reason.

"Don't panic, we'll just have to deal with it later."

"Come on, 3, 2, 1!"

"go!"

After a while, the crew tried out a starting scene.

Everything was going smoothly until Zhu Yawen died...

"When I was filming Initial D, I also stumbled a lot in the first scene and kept stalling."

"This is the only way, it's okay."

Zhang Yuan was still comforting her.

"Hello, are you Zhang Yuan?"

He was chatting with Zhu Yawen when a female voice floated over from outside the fence set up by the crew not far away.

"It's me, hello." Zhang Yuan turned around and put on a smile.

"Wow, it's really you!" The girl excitedly covered her mouth and jumped a few times.

Zhang Yuan hooked his finger at his assistant, who took out a pen and paper.

Zhang Yuan signed one in a flamboyant manner and handed the paper to the other party.

"Thank you!" The girl held the paper in her palm as if she had found a treasure, and then listed a lot of the dramas and roles that Zhang Yuan had played.

He had had this kind of conversation no less than a hundred times and was very familiar with it.

Smile, show your gratitude, and be sincere.

“Are you filming a scene?”

"I'm working." Zhang Yuan answered directly without lying.

After saying goodbye to his fans, he turned around and found Justin Lin.

"Director, I remembered something."

"The crew had better prepare some security personnel."

"What's wrong? Is even the devil not safe?" He suddenly became nervous.

Because of the information cocoon and Western media propaganda, China is a living hell in the eyes of many foreigners.

The quality of citizens is extremely poor, they are either robbers or hooligans.

As soon as Justin Lin and the crew got off the plane, they were actually shocked by the grandeur of Pudong Airport.

This, this, this is much bigger than the Los Angeles airport, and much cleaner.

I felt a little relieved, but I was still uneasy deep down.

Now that Zhang Yuan mentioned it, he was afraid that it was a local who reminded him.

Although Justin Lin has not been there much, he has heard that other directors have to prepare a large number of armed security guards when filming in places like Brazil and Mexico.

In their eyes, there is no difference between China, Mexico, and Brazil...

Therefore, the 144-hour visa-free plan proposed and passed by the eldest son of the Huo family at the th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was really a good idea.

You have to make it convenient for people to come so that they can see it with their own eyes and dispel the rumors.

However, although this plan was proposed by the eldest son of the Huo family, it was not his original idea.

Someone said it a few years ago.

But it was easy to pass because it was initiated by the Huo family and under the name of strengthening the construction of the Greater Bay Area.

Zhang Yuan looked helpless.

But you can only suppress your anger and talk to the other person nicely.

Your place is the most dangerous... I don't dare walk on the road after 8 o'clock.

"No, China is the safest place in the world."

When faced with his answer, Justin Lin showed an expression that said, "Really? I don't believe it."

"You have to know that we are not allowed to carry guns here."

"It's unsafe because we can't carry guns. How can we protect ourselves without guns?" The white director at the side also responded.

"If they don't have guns, then they don't need protection."

"But the police and the army have guns. How can we protect ourselves from them?"

These words confused Zhang Yuan.

How to protect yourself from your own police and military.

Hiss... Don't tell me, don't tell me, the Chinese people have never thought about this question in their lives.

As expected, what "Zhiyin" wrote is correct. The Chinese are too dogmatic, and the people of the Lighthouse Country are good at thinking.

"Let's not talk about that for now. What I mean is that we need to arrange personnel to maintain the filming."

"Otherwise there will be too many onlookers or fans, which could be dangerous."

"Ah?" Justin Lin and the white director looked at each other.

"You mean, your fans?"

"Yes, is there anyone else?" Zhang Yuan just thought of this when he was signing.

Justin Lin looked around and saw only two or three kittens. How could they be fans?
This isn't Hollywood, and it's the middle of the night.

Zhang Yuan did not deliberately inform fans of his schedule like some of the little stars in later generations, pretending to be very popular.

We just came today, so it's normal that there are only a few people.

But what about tomorrow?

What about the day after tomorrow?
I have to stay here for a week.

If one person tells ten people, and ten people tell a hundred people, how can there be less people?

Zhang Yuan once underestimated his own popularity.

I also underestimated my own charm.

Just a few days ago, a girl took the initiative to throw herself into my arms.

Men need to be more confident.

But his confidence was seen as showing off in Lin Yibin's eyes.

Although they had roughly studied his acting experience, they believed that Zhang Yuan was just a slightly famous but wealthy actor.

"Oh, I see. You want to show off."

After all, he was one of the financial sponsors, so Director Lin did not refuse.

He readily agreed.

The next day, the crew hired a dozen security guards and arrived on time.

And then…the number of security guards is, most of the time, greater than the number of fans.

Look, that’s what I said… Justin Lin took one look and was sure that he was just showing off.

There is no Tik Tok or Xiaohongshu these days.

"Family members, who understands? I saw a crew filming on the Bund!"

There won't be such a thing that becomes known to the whole world through a short video.

Zhang Yuan looked around and found that there were actually a lot more people than yesterday.

Many old men and women also came, they must live nearby.

Are there people living near the Bund?
There is a courtyard house next to Tiananmen Square.

But the living conditions of those who live near the Bund should be quite poor, probably even worse than the house rented by Li Jinming.

Most of them are elderly people waiting for relocation.

"Come on, be steady today." Zhang Yuan patted Zhu Yawen on the shoulder before getting into the car.

"must."

No matter what you do, you can't embarrass your boss.

He gripped the steering wheel tightly, ready for action.

It’s still the scene of getting off to a good start.

Four cars side by side, ready to go.

"Get ready... go!"

The assistant director in the distance waved a signal flag, and several people released the clutch and stepped on the accelerator at the same time.

Suddenly, gray-white dust rose up from the ground.

"GO."

"GO."

"continue……"

The cameraman nearby rode on a track machine and moved forward quickly, filming side by side.

"what!"

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted.

I don’t know whether he was excited to see the filming or he was drunk and deliberately making trouble.

I saw a few people staggering and trying to climb over the railing.

There's nothing to say about drunkards; they can do anything.

Security personnel rushed forward to stop them.

No matter what you do, you need experience.

Mature actors are generally much calmer than young actors.

I also know better how to deal with emergencies.

Just this loud roar scared the already nervous Zhu Yawen.

Before filming began, my whole body was as stiff as if I was covered in plaster.

My hands on the steering wheel were as tight as a vice.

Now his whole body was shaking and he panicked, and his arms moved, which led to the steering wheel.

With a whoosh, his blue Subaru Impreza veered off the road.

Zhu Yawen plays the protagonist who fights a life-and-death battle with Zhang Yuan in this scene.

On his left hand side.

The crew filmed the track car on the far right.

Although he was panicked, he reacted quickly.

As soon as I saw the steering wheel turn to the right, I realized that the cameraman's track car was not far away.

This is not possible!

The camera crew must not be harmed.

He was kind-hearted and quickly turned left and directed the direction.

He took care of the camera crew, but he didn't take care of Zhang Yuan!
Bang!
Zhang Yuan was stopped in a standard American manner.

"Crash, Crash!"

The action director yelled into the intercom, and the crew ran forward.

It took several big white men working together to pull open the door of Zhang Yuan's car.

All deformed.

The director team didn't expect that a straight-line acceleration would cause a crash.

"Oh!"

"Bump!"

"Okay!"

At this moment, the group of drunkards who were stopped were still shouting excitedly.

His plan succeeded, and he seemed to be happier than winning 500 million.

"Boss, are you okay?"

After Zhu Yawen got off the car, her legs were shaking.

"Are you planning to usurp the throne?" Zhang Yuan patted his shoulder hard after getting out of the car.

"Are you okay?" The foreigner prepared medical care and rushed to the front.

Zhang Yuan glanced at the person who was making a fuss, shook his head, and replied loudly: "It's okay."

When they saw that he was fine, the drunks' interest immediately died down.

It would be best if one or two of them died on the spot.

There were police officers sent from Shanghai stationed near the set, who quickly began to maintain order and even asked if they wanted to call a tow truck.

Seeing that the car was still able to move, he used the intercom to call his colleagues over and detained the drunkards on charges of provoking trouble.

Let you watch again!

Find a professional place to sober you up.

If you dare to mess with the foreign crew, you don’t want to live anymore.

When it comes to foreign affairs, domestic police always strike fast and hard.

The crew had prepared a backup vehicle and went up to ask him if he could continue filming.

Zhang Yuan nodded and said it was okay.

By the time they finished work at 5 a.m., the crew had basically completed the expected progress for the day, which was relatively smooth.

"call!"

"Boss, you scared me to death before."

"Luckily you're okay."

On the way back to the hotel.

The hotel the crew booked was the Waldorf Astoria on the Bund...

Zhang Yuan finally understood why these Hollywood crews spent so much money.

The locals in Shanghai all think that those who come here are wronged.

Zhu Yawen said angrily.

Zhang Yuan had a gloomy face. He pulled up his sleeves and extended his left arm in front of him.

When Zhu Yawen raised his eyes, he was stunned!
The entire outer side of my boss's forearm was covered in bruises!
It's like a big half-ripe eggplant.

"Boss, you..."

"Stop talking nonsense, you'll pay for the medical expenses!" Zhang Yuan raised his hand and slapped him on the back of the head.

He used his uninjured arm.

"Then why didn't you say it just now?" Zhu Yawen was flustered but confused.

"The drunks are getting excited. If I get hurt, they won't stop."

"Also, we are both Chinese."

"It's only been less than two days since we started filming and there's already an accident that injured someone."

"Aren't you going to embarrass Chinese actors?"

"You don't have any shame, but I still have it."

"Another thing, you are my man and I have to protect you." Zhang Yuan said unhappily.

Not only did it delay the filming, it also wasted money.

The crew’s funds are all... my money!

When Zhu Yawen heard these words, she was moved.

It turns out that the boss is just considering my face!
This minor shooting accident was reported on the news of Shanghai TV the next day... (End of this chapter)