This star is going to the moon

Chapter 349: Civil Aviation Airport Opens for Filming; Lu Yun's Influence is Effective Even in the Aerospace Industry

An Fangfei usually appears in public with long hair, though she does have short hair, but not often.

However, An Fangfei doesn't care about hairstyles, after all, she is naturally beautiful and can pull off any hairstyle.

Just like her usual style of dressing.

The emphasis is on casual mixing and matching, whatever you want.

And once she finds clothes she likes, she'll wear them all the time, like her maroon down jacket.

In "The Wandering Earth 2", An Fangfei plays "Han Duoduo", an astronaut in the military, a near-Earth orbit medical personnel, and has fighting skills that are no less than "Liu Peiqiang". Therefore, she is portrayed as a heroic and decisive character with short hair.

Previously, the art design team had already set up the image of "Han Duoduo" based on An Fangfei's photos and the needs of the plot, so when she joined the crew, she could simply cut her hair and style it according to the set image.

Of course, there are differences between the real person and the photo, so some things need to be slightly adjusted.

Lu Yun's look was simple. He usually has short hair, so he didn't need to change his hairstyle. He just needed to make his makeup look similar to Wu Jing's.

If Wu Jing were to play the role again, as in the previous life, his aged face would need special processing, and then post-production would have to digitally recreate his youthful appearance, which would be extremely troublesome.

Lu Yun is in his early twenties, so playing the role of Liu Peiqiang, an astronaut in his early twenties, would be no problem at all.

Lu Yunzhen has even been to space, which, according to Blue Star Aerospace Company's definition, makes him an astronaut!

After all, Lu Yun specially designed the "professional spacesuit style" commercial spacesuit for this purpose.

They're wearing spacesuits and participating in "new manned spaceflight test missions"—aren't they astronauts?

An Fangfei is the same; she has also been to space, so playing a medical worker in near-Earth orbit would be no problem for her.

Uh……

To be precise, "Han Duoduo's" "near-Earth orbit medical profession" is just a background setting; what she demonstrates most in the film is her fighting skills.

The most memorable scene is when the robotic arm performs the "Rising Dragon Fist" during a fight scene in the space elevator.

Coincidentally, An Fangfei has stopped being an "action star" in recent years. She used to have filmed many martial arts movies and TV series, and she was very agile.

She didn't have many action scenes in "The Wandering Earth 2". She could have just followed the action director's instructions and learned a little bit, because after the space elevator battle, there was a short transition before she appeared again in the bed scene.

A play about a cancer patient lying in bed.

While Lu Yun and An Fangfei were waiting for the costume department to bring over the clothes after their makeup test, An Fangfei's cousin's assistant came over and said, "Teacher Li Xuejian is here. You two go out and greet him."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yun and An Fangfei both got up and left the dressing room, with Lu Yun's assistant Yan Xinxin quickly following behind.

Yes, Lu Yun has started making movies, so Yan Xinxin has "work" again.

The previous filming of the TV series "Meritorious Service" doesn't count; that was a national mission, so most celebrities didn't bring assistants to avoid being seen as "acting like divas."

Moreover, it's better not to bring an assistant. If you are accidentally photographed by some self-media, you can market it as "low-key", "focused on filming", "unpretentious", etc.

Of course, many of these "accidental" photos are exaggerated.

It wasn't an accident.

The main filming location for "The Wandering Earth 2" was still Qingdao, and most of the scenes were built in the studios of Oriental Movie Metropolis.

Furthermore, some scenes of astronaut selection and the space elevator ground station were filmed at an airport—Jiaodong Airport.

Yes, Lu Yun has once again exerted his influence, and the timeline of "The Wandering Earth 2" has changed again.

The two scenes in the previous "The Wandering Earth 2" were filmed at the old Liuting Airport, but that was in 2021, a year later than now.

At that time, Liuting Airport had been completely shut down, and all flights had been transferred to the new Jiaodong Airport. In this life, the filming of "The Wandering Earth 2" started a year earlier due to Lu Yun's influence. Liuting Airport was still in operation, so the film crew couldn't build sets on its tarmac and runway.

Even if it doesn't occupy important locations at the airport, setting up scenes only on the periphery is not acceptable. After all, other movies and TV shows with airport scenes only involve a few people seeing off or picking up passengers, which doesn't affect the normal operation of the airport.

The Wandering Earth 2 film crew will have to put hundreds of people at the airport to film for several months, which will have a huge impact on the airport's operations.

After all, even some celebrities' airport pick-up events can disrupt the normal operation of the airport, let alone a film crew.

So Lu Yun set his sights on the newly built but not yet operational Jiaodong Airport.

According to the schedule, Jiaodong Airport will conduct test flights of civil aircraft at the end of January next year, undergo acceptance testing in March, carry out large-scale comprehensive drills in April, and officially open to traffic in August.

The filming plan for "The Wandering Earth 2" is to complete the scenes of astronaut selection and the space elevator crash within two months, which means filming will continue until mid-December this year. This will not affect the use of Jiaodong Airport much.

Of course, even if it doesn't have much of an impact, most film crews certainly wouldn't have the face to do that.

Even if "The Wandering Earth" is the top domestic science fiction film and shoulders the responsibility of film industrialization, it has nothing to do with aviation and airports.

Even with coordination from various departments, it would probably still be a long and drawn-out process.

But Lu Yun has that kind of influence!

Although Lu Yun is just a name in the aerospace industry, the fact that "aerospace" and "aviation" are often mentioned together in daily life clearly indicates a strong connection.

Given Lu Yun's extensive connections at higher levels, coupled with the influence of "The Wandering Earth" itself, Jiaodong Airport readily agreed.

In addition to allowing the crew to use the helipad to build sets, the production team was also given access to the office and living areas. The crew could hold meetings in the office area, stay in the living area, and cook and eat in the canteen.

This can be considered a preliminary inspection of these places.

So now the crew's offices are all located near Jiaodong Airport, saving them the trouble of renting a hotel.

When Lu Yun and An Fangfei saw Li Xuejian, he was already almost at the makeup area, with most of the crew's executives accompanying him.

After all, Li Xuejian's status and acting skills are beyond question; he's a veteran artist invited by the production team to maintain the show's prestige.

"Hello, Teacher Li!"

Lu Yun and An Fangfei greeted Li Xuejian politely.

"Alright, alright, you guys too. Lu Yun, your acting is superb!"

Li Xuejian shook hands with Lu Yun in a hoarse voice and said, "With such an excellent young actor as you, the film and television industry will have no worries about its development."

"I wasn't sure what to do before I came here because I've never filmed a sci-fi movie before. But when I found out you were going to continue playing the lead role, I immediately felt relieved."

"Because you have acting skills, you have technology, and you've actually been to space, you're perfect for making science fiction films."

"And An Fangfei, your acting skills have improved a lot, and you've also been to space."

"Great, all of that is good. It is precisely because our country has such a technological and national strength foundation that the science fiction movies we produce are getting better and better, and are able to occupy a place in the world."

"The Americans, Hollywood, have been number one in the world film and television industry, especially in the science fiction field, for too long. They've become increasingly domineering. We have to teach them a lesson!"

Hearing Li Xuejian say this, Lu Yun couldn't help but recall his line from the movie "The Birth of a Warrior".

"NO, fuck you!"

So Lu Yun shook Li Xuejian's hand vigorously and said, "Don't worry, Teacher Li, we guarantee we'll complete the mission!"

(End of this chapter)