Chinese entertainment starts with Hong Shixian

Chapter 405 Smiles Gradually Cover the Firepower
"3, 2, 1, fire!" Qi Hui shouted, gripping the walkie-talkie.

At a command, the safety officer abruptly activated the detonator in his hand.

Boom! Boom! Boom...

A series of explosions suddenly erupted, and in the distant forest, bursts of flame rose one after another.

Outside the safety line, the crew members watched the towering explosion and felt utterly shocked.

The ground beneath my feet was even trembling incessantly.

The pre-set cameras captured the explosion.

In the director's studio, Qi Hui directed the filming while explaining some techniques and methods for shooting explosion scenes to Wu Jing.

Wu Jing initially took notes with a pen, but later directly took out his phone and turned on the recorder.

Qi Hui's words were excellent; they were like a clearing of the clouds, giving him a sudden and profound understanding!

Qi Hui knew the techniques for filming explosion scenes because he learned them from Michael Bay in Hollywood.

This guy is an explosion fanatic; most of his movies feature explosion scenes.

The most famous of these, besides the Transformers series, is the movie Pearl Harbor.

That explosion was really exhilarating to watch!

This is why Qi Hui was in charge of directing this explosion scene.

Of course, Wu Jing was unaware of this.

The reason he was willing to temporarily step down was because the opening scene of the bus explosion in "The Beginning" was indeed well done.

So, in order not to waste explosives... and mainly to save money, he sent Qi Hui.

He assisted Qi Hui and also observed how Qi Hui filmed the scenes.

Logically speaking, there should be no shortage of explosives in military territory.

After all, they supported the use of 107mm rockets, Type 89 heavy machine guns, a large number of rifles, and later tanks, armored vehicles, and helicopters. There's no reason why they wouldn't support some explosives, right?
But that's not actually the case.

The military's explosives are powerful and focused on lethality, so they don't look good on camera.

If you want to capture the visual impact and create that explosive, stunning feeling, you need to get up close.

But this equipment is dangerous for people, so who would dare to use it?

Therefore, the production team had to do it themselves.

The explosion the production team wanted was the kind that produced a spectacular burst of flames, but with minimal destructive power, ensuring the safety of the crew and actors.

Thanks to Qi Hui's efforts, the explosion scene was quickly brought to an end.

Because of thorough preparation, there were no problems, and we passed on the first try.

……

"I have an idea for when the heavy machine gun fires later," Qi Hui said, discussing the filming of the next scene with Wu Jing.

He won't be directing the next film.

Why does he work so hard if he's not getting extra pay?
However, I can offer a few suggestions by simply talking to them.

Anyway, it's not him who's tired.

"What are your thoughts?" Wu Jing asked.

“I think it can make the machine gunner laugh,” Qi Hui said. “It’s that kind of laugh that comes from the sheer joy of firing a heavy machine gun, that you can’t help but laugh out loud.”

It's actually the kind of smile that gradually builds up to overwhelming intensity.

Of course, there's also the exhilarating feeling of revenge.

After all, this forest chase was all about avenging his comrades.

Upon hearing this, Wu Jing thought it was a great idea and immediately found the heavy machine gun team and had a brief chat with them.

Finally, the leader of the heavy machine gun group agreed to the idea. They had a new recruit in their group who hadn't fired many live rounds, so he was the perfect candidate.

Wu Jing spoke briefly with the soldier, telling him to laugh after firing the shot, to laugh heartily.

Wu Jing only said these two sentences; saying more would be counterproductive.

After all, this soldier wasn't a professional actor.

The soldier nodded. The team leader had already told him that it was just a natural performance; he should fight the same way he fought before, and then laugh from the bottom of his heart.

Because of this, he was reprimanded several times by the squad leader, who said he shouldn't laugh, that he should stay calm on the battlefield, and that strong emotions can lead to big ups and downs, which could cause problems and affect other soldiers.

On the other side, watching the busy film crew and seeing all the weapons and equipment, several foreigners couldn't help but gasp and tremble. "Hey, Qi..." Scott Adkins asked in a low voice, "Is this the level of firepower for your entire squad?"

Chris Collins, who was standing to the side, also turned his gaze towards them.

The sight of rocket launchers, rockets, and heavy machine guns scattered all over the place was truly...frightening.

Unlike others, he is a genuine U.S. Marine Corps veteran.

Even the U.S. Marine Corps doesn't have this level of individual firepower!

Who would assign a 12.7mm heavy machine gun to a combat team?

And it's one thing to decentralize heavy machine guns, but why are all the soldiers carrying two rocket launchers?
It's understandable that the fourth-ranking officers in the U.S. Marine Corps are used to being poor and don't have this kind of behavior, but even the elite Rangers in the U.S. military don't behave like this!

This is outrageous! This is insane!
Has this army been subjected to any kind of provocation?

"Ahem...guys, you're overthinking it." Meeting their gazes, Qi Hui coughed lightly and said:
"This is a movie shoot; it's exaggerated, and it involves artistic expression."

"Real soldiers, and real firepower configurations, are definitely not like this."

The actual firepower configuration is probably even more terrifying than this... Qi Hui thought to himself, but did not say it aloud.

After all, robot dogs and drones didn't appear on set.

what?
Do you think this only happened more than ten years later?

You're overthinking it. Our country has always followed a system of putting one generation into service, developing another, conducting preliminary research on another, and exploring yet another in terms of weaponry and equipment.

Who knows how advanced the military's equipment has become?

It's too outdated. We've seen all the things that can be shown before.

“Real soldiers…” Scott Adkins and the others looked at Qi Hui, then at the soldiers in the distance frantically unleashing ammunition, and were speechless.
Isn't this just like a real soldier?

What soldier is more real than an active-duty soldier?
……

A few days later, the forest chase scene was filmed, and all the foreigners finished their scenes.

Wu Jing threw a small farewell party to send these people off.

Meanwhile, Xiao Yang called to say that the script for "The Vanished She" had not passed the review.

The reason is that it involves real country names, which could easily have political or other impacts.

"..."

Qi Hui was somewhat speechless. What about "Lost in Thailand"?
So it doesn't involve real country names and won't cause any impact?
What about "Detective Chinatown"? And "SPL 2: A Time for Consequences"?

Although he was angry, Qi Hui had no choice but to change his mind.

Of course, it's not difficult to change; just press Ctrl+F to bring up the document replacement interface.

Then you can simply replace the entire text with one click.

Change the name of Thailand in the script, and set it as a Southeast Asian island nation.

Hopefully this won't cause any further problems.

This matter was rather upsetting, and Qi Hui's mood became very unpleasant.

However, there were also things that made him happy.

The movie "The Breakup Guru" was recently taken off the screens, with a box office of over 300 million yuan, just shy of 400 million.

It's a bit tragic, not as good as Qi Hui's "Love is Not Blind" (33 Days of Heartbreak).

Moreover, it received extremely poor reviews, with audiences and netizens criticizing it, saying it was a movie that tickled people's armpits and tried to force them to laugh.

The result was not funny at all, but rather disgusting.

However, the movie made a profit overall, albeit a small one.

Although the audience was full of criticism of Deng Chao, investment companies in the industry did not think so.

Making money is a good thing, who cares about reputation?
Besides the poor box office performance of "The Breakup Guru," "Transformers 4" also performed poorly at the box office.

The total was 19.4 billion, which is less than the 20 billion that those who fawn over foreigners predicted.

The 20 billion yuan mark for Chinese-language films has not been broken by this foreign film.

At the same time, Lu Yang's "Brotherhood of Blades" also began its promotional campaign.

The video of Qi Hui kicking the knife has quietly circulated online.

(End of this chapter)