Chapter 438: Finalization of "Mekong River"

After confirming the project of "Flying Tiger", Brother Chen Kai was in high spirits, toasted to Shanhe frequently, and recalled a lot of past, with regrets, shame, and anger.

A person's life is short, but also long, simple, but also complicated. Everyone has past events that are unbearable to look back on, and regrets that are difficult to make up for.

Shanhe understood this very well, and he would not simply deny others. Most of the time, everyone is very complicated, requiring a lot from others, but treating themselves very little. No one can be perfect!

He quietly became a qualified listener beside Brother Chen Kai, without commenting or agreeing.

That night, Director Chen drank until his face was red, and when his wife Chen Hong came to pick him up, he was already seven or eight points drunk.

When he was helped out by his wife, he was still mumbling:

"I'm not drunk, Shanhe, go to my house and continue drinking, I'm so happy today!"

"Really, you're slurring your words, but you're not drunk yet!"

Chen Hong and her eldest son helped Brother Chen Kai together, and turned to Shanhe and said,

"Shanhe, don't be surprised, Old Chen rarely drinks like this!"

Shanhe was also a little drunk, but he was very conscious,

"Sister-in-law, I had a great time chatting with my senior brother today, and I drank a little too much without realizing it!"

"Yuang, call me uncle!"

Brother Chen Kai hugged his son, full of alcohol, and said,

"If you can be half as good as Shanhe in the future, your mother and I will wake up laughing in our dreams. !"

The eldest son of the Chen family is already a young man. It is the first time for him to see Shanhe, the role model that his parents always talk about. He is curious and embarrassed. He turned his head to look at Shanhe, then looked at his mother, and whispered:

"Uncle Qiu!"

Shanhe couldn't help but smile when he heard it. It was the first time for him to hear a young man call him uncle.

"Hello, Yu'ang, come to our house with your dad when you are free!"

"Okay, thank you!"

"This kid is smart, but he is not self-disciplined enough. He has never suffered and doesn't know how to cherish!"

…

After a while, Hathaway also drove over. The two families said goodbye in front of the tavern and left.

Hathaway has been much busier than Shanhe recently. She rested at home for a day and flew to Country M on the "Little Flying Bear". A few days later, she will depart from Country M to Canada to meet up with the crew of "Room".

"Interstellar" is about to start filming, and "Wonder Woman" is also in the works. As the most appealing actress in the two films, Hathaway has to take on more work than ordinary actors!

Shanhe did not go to the United States with his wife. He also had a lot of work on his hands. Not only did he have the unfinished movie "Room", but he also had the preparations for "Operation Mekong", plus the "Flying Tiger" that he had just agreed with Chen Kai. He had to worry about it.

This is the original working state of actors and directors. More than two years after the birth of their son, the couple returned to their previous work rhythm.

However, Xiao Xiong got on the plane with his mother. Gerald and Kate missed their grandson so much that they had asked their daughter to bring their grandson to New York to live with them for a while.

There was no way. Hathaway's brothers did not let the old couple worry. The elder brother Michael had a serious "gay" tendency, and the younger brother Thomas had a constant girlfriend, but unfortunately he had no interest in getting married and having children for the time being.

The situation is the same all over the world. The older people get, the greater their expectations for grandchildren are. Gerald and Kate love their grandson, Little Bear, as much as the Qiu family.

Hathaway discussed with her family. Although the elders of the Qiu family were reluctant to part with their children, they all agreed to Hathaway's proposal. It is a proper thing in Chinese etiquette for the granddaughter-in-law to take the child back to her parents' home!

As for the little brat Little Bear, he did not make a scene at the last minute. He honestly kissed the elders in his mother's arms and then waved goodbye.

Qiu Yanche, who is already three years old, already has his own understanding of the surroundings and can communicate with others fluently.

As soon as he got on the plane, he asked a lot of questions.

"Mom, why don't grandpa and grandma come with us?"

"Because you are going to grandpa and grandma's house, grandpa and grandma need to take care of our own home!"

"Isn't grandpa and grandma's house our home?"

"Isn't it mom's house?"

"Isn't mom's house our home?"

"..."

Hathaway was confused by her son's questions. She couldn't explain the difference between the two families to him.

"Okay, they are all our family, but grandpa and grandma have their own things to do!"

"Oh! I see, they have to take care of the chicks, ducklings and fish!"

"Yes!"

"But why don't we take Doudou with us?"

"Doudou is old, it's not suitable for flying, it has to accompany grandpa and grandma for Bernier baby, grandpa and grandma!"

"Oh, what about dad?"

"Dad needs to complete his work, and mom needs it too. Bernier will have his own job when he grows up!"

"Why does everyone have to work? Is it fun?"

"Of course, you have to find something you like and turn it into a job!"

"But I like people to play with me!"

"..."

Hathaway was confused by her son's answer.

"Well, you went to your grandparents' house, and your grandparents and two uncles were with you!"

"But I don't remember what your grandparents and uncles look like!"

"Don't you remember? They called the baby yesterday!"

Hathaway hugged the kid in her arms, opened the laptop on the table, pointed to the pictures on the screen and told the little bear about her family.

…

After Shanhe sent his wife and children on the plane, he turned around and came to the company. After months of changes and reviews, the script of "Operation Mekong" is finally finalized.

Compared with the original film, the plot of Shanhe's version of "Operation Mekong" has been changed a lot.

The original director, Dante Lam, is a Hong Kong director who shoots commercial police and gangster films. Hong Kong directors are very familiar with the original film. It is indeed very popular, with various gunfights, fights, racing and explosions.

But Hong Kong directors generally have a shortcoming. Perhaps because they grew up in a colonial environment and lack the concept of the country, their films are always a little petty and lack a sense of openness and patriotism.

The original film of "Operation Mekong" is like this. This is an action by the Chinese police to rectify the chaos and seek justice for the Chinese people abroad. Its significance is quite significant!

The citizens of a great country need to be respected, and the dignity of the Chinese people cannot be violated. Those who offend China will be punished even if they are far away!

It is full of passion and pride for the rise of a great country!

But the original film describes very little about these things. The script of the Shanhe version of "Operation Mekong" maintains the commercial rhythm of the original film, and on this basis, adds a lot of patriotism and national pride.

Shanhe attempts to give "Operation Mekong" more meaning, and appropriately adds the heaviness and catharsis of reality to the commercial rhythm.

For example, at the beginning of the movie, the original film reproduced the real events too smoothly and lacked emotional involvement, but Shanhe reproduced the real events in the script in a rather depressing and heavy way.

Shanhe needs to create more ups and downs in the rhythm of the movie, so that the audience can fully experience the depression and anger, and lay enough emotional foundation for the subsequent outbreak of the plot, so that the Chinese audience can finally achieve emotional resonance.

Not only that, Shanhe also made some changes in the shooting of large scenes. Not only are there regular fights, gunfights and explosions, he also added many classic scenes of Hollywood movies in later generations.

In Shanhe's memory, there are many such scenes. Tanks can fly in the sky, and driving on cliffs is just a routine operation.

As soon as Golden Shield Films handed over the script of the Shanhe version of Operation Mekong to the relevant national ministries, many high-level officials were amazed.

"This script is so inspiring. Shanhe is really good at it. He has a great power dignity. I like it!"

"Look, this is what a main theme blockbuster should look like. It makes my blood boil. I wish I was the protagonist Gao Gang in the script!"

"Don't tell me, when Lao Hao was young, he really had some of Gao Gang's stubbornness in the script!"

"Haha... I asked you to come here mainly for review, not flattery. See if there is anything wrong with the script!"

"I don't think there is anything wrong with it. This is adapted from a real event. There is nothing wrong with it being a little bit real. Our Chinese police need to tell the world that Chinese people are not Don't allow slander and defamation!"

"I agree with Lao Hao's opinion. We should say what we should say directly. There is no need to hide it!"

"That's right. We are not the same as before!"

...

"Okay, since no one has any objections, let's do it. In addition, as you have seen, the filming scenes of the movie are not small. We have to support Shanhe's filming. We have to arrange helicopters, explosion-proof tanks, and water patrol boats!"

"Leave it to me. Shanhe has included all these in the filming costs. It's not in vain. We can make some extra money if we pay for it!"

"Haha..."

Soon, the news that Shanhe made a wonderful police and gangster theme blockbuster spread within the police force. The entire police force was looking forward to "Operation Mekong"!

Lin Chaoxian, who joined the creative team in depth, admired Shanhe even more. The imagination of the big scenes in the script made him, a veteran of Hong Kong police and gangster films, feel ashamed.

It turns out that flying cars can really fly into the sky, and helicopters can be pulled by cars. It's so cool. Even Hollywood movies can't make these scenes!

The script has been finalized. The first thing Shanhe needs to consider is the formation of the crew and the selection of locations.

Shanhe plans to use the Chuhe Film and Television Production Team and the Hong Kong Island Team as the basis, and then add China's top fireworks team, and also hire a professional large-scale filming team from Hollywood.

The entire "Operation Mekong" crew will eventually form a large filming team, which is also the first time in Shanhe's filming career!

In terms of the choice of locations, Shanhe discussed with Lin Chaoxian and others and decided to use real-life shooting on a large scale.

The location scouts of Chuhe Film and Television Production Department have already started the preliminary work. They are divided into several groups, looking for suitable locations for filming in Southeast Asia and China according to the requirements of the script, and finally put them together for the director and crew to choose.

Then there is the choice of actors. This is a police and gangster action film. The actors must start training and adapting in advance. The sooner the main roles are determined, the better.

There are many roles in the script, but Shanhe only focuses on two main roles, the anti-drug captain Gao Gang and the undercover police officer Fang Xinwu.

After recommendation and discussion, the team gave alternative actors. The actors who play Gao Gang are Zhang Hanyu and Sun Honglei, and the actors who play Fang Xinwu are Liu Ye and Peng Yuyan.

Among them, Zhang Hanyu and Peng Yuyan are both actors in the original film.

For the anti-drug captain Gao Gang, Shanhe is more optimistic about Sun Honglei compared with the memory in his mind.

In Shanhe's script, this is a special police captain who does not play by the rules. He is stubborn and decisive, but occasionally a little off-line and funny. Zhang Hanyu is too mature and serious, but Sun Honglei is very suitable.

As for undercover police officer Fang Xinwu, Peng Yuyan is definitely not suitable. He does not have the temperament of a Chinese policeman. Although his Taiwanese accent is much less than other Taiwanese actors, it is still very obvious. At the beginning, Shanhe was distracted by Fang Xinwu played by Peng Yuyan several times.

Liu Ye is an old acquaintance of Shanhe. She starred in his debut work "Hot Girls" and is very popular in China. His acting skills and image are suitable in all aspects. Shanhe gave the role of Fang Xinwu to Liu Ye without hesitation.

Of course, this is just an internal discussion, and the result will depend on the overall audition effect next month.

However, the final selection still depends on Shanhe.

After three days of discussion, the preparatory work for "Operation Mekong" has been arranged one by one.

Shanhe threw the matter to the production team and took the "Room" crew to Vancouver, Canada. Shanhe plans to shoot the exterior shots of "Room" in half a month.

After more than ten hours of flight, Shanhe and his party walked out of the Vancouver Airport. In addition to the omnipresent reporters from various countries, Shanhe also met the old rogue Bruckheimer who came to greet them.

After dealing with the chattering reporters, Bruckheimer gave Shanhe a close hug as usual,

"Haha... Dear Qiu, no matter how many times I see you, I am always excited and grateful. Oh my God, how could I have such a good vision and luck to discover a genius like you more than ten years ago!"

Shanhe glanced at the old rogue with disdain, and then responded:

"Me too, no matter how many times I see you, I am not used to the exaggerated style of you M people!"

"You Chinese are too reserved!"

Bruckheimer pulled Shanhe out without caring,

"Qiu, the box office of "Young Yi" in North America has exceeded 100 million in the third week , the cumulative box office in North America is 560 million US dollars, and it is certain to break 600 million in the end. The global box office has exceeded 1.4 billion US dollars. Fuck, do you know what Hollywood calls you now? "

Shanhe didn't even turn his head, his eyes slanted at the old rogue, and he responded casually:

"What do you call me?"

"Box office ruler, business emperor, Caesar from China! How about it, it's impressive enough!"

"Not so good, they are all shocking names. When did the Hollywood media change to the neon style!"

"Really?"

Bruckheimer laughed and teased,

"This is simple, I will ask someone to change the style and continue to blow it, what do you think of the literary master, How about the movie Legend? "

Shanhe was amused by Bruckheimer,

"No more nonsense with you, have the location and other actors of "Room" been arranged?"

"Your question is a bit redundant, you don't know my working style, I have already prepared it, but Anne's schedule is not within my arrangement!"

"She called me, she will arrive on time in two days!"

Shanhe put the luggage into the trunk with the help of Bruckheimer, and asked casually,

"Why does she seem to be busier than me in Hollywood?"

Bruckheimer opened the car door and replied with a smile:

"Annie is now a guest of Warner, "Interstellar" With Wonder Woman, two big casts, Anne's voice in Warner is not low. You two are so good at working together. One works closely with Disney, and the other is the publicity leader of Warner. Both sides have to be good!" Shanhe opened the door from the other side, got in the car, fastened his seat belt and sat firmly. "This is Anne's choice. I support it. No one can guarantee the future. I don't trust anyone in Hollywood except you. It's not a bad thing to have one more way!" "Haha... You are such a wise chess player!" Bruckheimer laughed and gave Shanhe a thumbs up. "Qiu, you are the smartest young man I have ever seen!"