Chapter 420: Pyrotechnician

Most of Feng Xuan's previous films were anti-war films—of course, there were absolutely no so-called anti-war dramas, and a small number of urban police and gangster films, and he had never made a film with animals as the protagonist.

Now that he has taken over this film, he wants to make it well, so he sent his assistant to collect some animal movies and dramas with good reputation in recent years, "Wolf Totem" is also among them, and it is an important reference object for him.

Wolves are untamable animals - the theme of this "Wolf Totem" itself is nonsense. Wolves are the easiest animals to be tamed. They were tamed by different races around the world as early as 15,000 years ago. Otherwise, how could they be Come so many kinds of dogs? Compared with the desert wild cats that were only tamed by the Egyptians between 5,000 and 10,000 years ago, the difficulty of domesticating wolves is so simple.

Dogs and wolves have many similarities, such as living in groups, having a strict hierarchy within the group, having a high IQ, and so on. Living in groups means that they know how to cooperate, hunt and defend against foreign enemies together; the hierarchy makes them know how to obey the strong; their higher IQ makes them understand human orders... These are the basis for their easy domestication.

Feng Xuan watched the film "Wolf Totem" several times, and found some behind-the-scenes footage from friends in the film and television circle, and systematically analyzed the filming process of this film thoroughly.

While dissecting, he noticed a person. The man's name is Andrew Simpson, a British man who is a professional wolf trainer and played an indispensable role in the filming of "Wolf Totem".

Feng Xuan checked Andrew Simpson's resume again, hey, it's amazing!

This wolf tamer is not only a professional wolf tamer hired by the crew of "Wolf Totem", but also took his wolves to participate in the filming of "Game of Thrones" and "The Revenant", and even made a big splash in "Operation Mekong" The police dog "Shoutian" was also trained by him.

In the early stages of filming "Dogs of War", Feng Xuan also considered inviting this person to train police dogs for the crew, but there were two problems that prevented him from doing so - the first is the schedule issue, Andrew Simpson is currently working on another In a crew, there is no time to get away; secondly, it takes some time to invite him to train the dog. The filming cycle of "War Dogs" is already short, and there is no extra time for dog training, so Feng Xuan is more inclined to find a dog that can become an instant dog. A fighting dog.

Feng Xuan looked at Femas again. He placed great expectations on this dog, because it was impeccable in terms of comprehension, execution and acting skills. Nie Yuan has nothing to say - because the better the dog's acting skills are, the less money will be spent on post-production editing and special effects, which will save the producer money.

The only thing that worries Feng Xuan is how brave is this dog? No matter how good the acting skills are, if you run away as soon as you see the flames and hear the loud explosion, you can't become the protagonist of this action movie. Of course, it's okay to act in some family dramas. If he ever hears that any of his director friends are going to make a family drama with dogs, he will definitely recommend Phimas.

Feng Xuan's eyes fell on Zhang Zian again.

He was actually more interested in Zhang Zian, who could train a Femas, than a Femas. After all, if he could train a Femas, he could train more. He looked at the young man's back silently, and an inexplicable thought arose in his heart—this young man can not only tame dogs, but he can also tame cats. If he is willing to develop in the film and television industry for a long time, his future is simply limitless!

He sincerely hopes that Zhang Zian can become his Andrew Simpson and China's Andrew Simpson.

"Director Feng, can we start?" the assistant walked to his side and reminded him in a low voice.

Feng Xuan hummed, turned his head and looked around, but couldn't find the person he was looking for.

"Where's Guan Biao? Where did Guan Biao go?" He asked with a frown.

"Did you go to the toilet?" The assistant didn't see Guan Biao's figure, and hurriedly shouted: "Guan Biao! Master Guan! Where are you?"

When the assistant yelled for the third time,

Only then did Guan Biao appear from a sheltered corner in the courtyard.

"Come, come!" Guan Biao ran over with a red face.

Guan Biao is nearly forty years old and has a beer belly, but his movements are quite flexible. He used to do mine blasting, because he got to know Feng Xuan by chance, he is one of Feng Xuan's old team members, every time there is an explosion scene in a movie, Feng Xuan always calls him, and this time is no exception.

Having said that, Feng Xuan doesn't like Guan Biao very much, because he is lazy and likes to take advantage of small things, especially occasionally greedy for drinks-as a pyrotechnician, greedy for drinks is simply intolerable. He didn't drink alcohol during filming, so although Feng Xuan didn't like him, he still took him with him.

In fact, Feng Xuan has no choice. A pyrotechnician is a high-risk profession. He does not earn much, but the danger is great. There are fewer and fewer young people in China who are willing to take up this profession. Many production crews even have to hire pyrotechnicians from the United States with high salaries. It is much more reliable to let Guan Biao do it than to let those folk pyrotechnicians do it.

"Master Guan, what did you do? Let the auditioner wait here." Feng Xuan asked sternly, he was very embarrassed to hear the conversation between Sheng Ke and the two young police officers.

"Director Feng, it's not my fault!" Guan Biao argued, "The film and television city stipulates that whenever props such as blasting, burning, and fire-breathing are needed, it must be reported to the film and television city three days in advance. The time for my report is in the morning. It's 11 o'clock, isn't it still time? I just went to avoid the wind."

What Guan Biao said seemed to be well-founded, and Feng Xuan couldn't refute it. He had no choice but to hold back other accusations and said: "Then you should prepare quickly, it will be 11 o'clock soon. This is the last batch of auditions. After you're done, you can rest for a few days."

"Okay!" Guan Biao ran away shaking his stomach to make the final preparations before the blast.

At this time, Feng Xuan noticed that another person came out from the corner where Guan Biao was just now. He knew this person, Yuan Fei, the chief dog trainer sent by Fanxing Group.

With a cigarette between his fingers, Yuan Fei walked slowly back to the side of cage No. 1, glanced inadvertently, and then turned away. In the No. 1 cage is the German Shepherd "Neptune" sent by Fanxing Group. Neptune's appearance is tall and mighty, with pure bloodlines and high overall quality. Before the appearance of Feimas, Neptune was Feng Xuan and Nie Yuan's most promising choice for the protagonist.

Feng Xuan felt a little uncomfortable. What did Guan Biao and Yuan Fei say and do in that secluded corner?