Chinese entertainment starts with Hong Shixian

Chapter 611 Exoskeletons, Drones? Does the country possess such high technology?
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On a rooftop in a small town outside Casablanca, Gu Shun, played by Xiao Zhang, and Li Dong, played by Bai Ke, set up sniper rifles and aimed at the street below.

Unlike the original version, Gu Shun, played by Xiao Zhang, is armed with the domestically produced high-precision CS/LR4 sniper rifle.

The one that Old Master Qi is holding.

Observer Li Dong was using the familiar Type 88 sniper rifle.

The original sniper position actually had a major problem, one of which was that the sniper himself would rest his gun on the observer.

This action is actually a bit outrageous. The area is so big, why would you put a gun on your comrade's shoulder?
Add to that the R93 sniper rifle's massive muzzle brake, and when Qi Hui watched it, he was genuinely afraid that Huang Jinyu's version of Gu Shun would smash Li Dong's face to pieces with a single shot.

Furthermore, the spotter in a sniper team is actually more experienced and more seasoned than the sniper.

In real battlefields, snipers are merely tools for spotters to pull the trigger.

Qi Hui possesses the [Sniper Mastery] skill, which gives him the confidence to say this.

Therefore, this scene could not be performed as in the original version; Qi Hui made drastic changes.

"Target: Pickup truck machine gunner, distance from Eight Turns Cave, wind direction 2-3 Cave, wind speed 3.3, light breeze level 2, no correction needed," Bai Ke said rapidly in a Shandong accent.

"Target locked!" Xiao Zhang replied.

"Prepare to fire."

boom!
A shot rang out, and the machine gunner fell.

"Damn it!" Bai Ke whispered, "Xia Yige, a low-level militant leader..."

boom!
"Damn it! Xia Yige..."

Accompanied by Shandong accents, the sniper team fired shots one after another.

The enemy, who had been firing indiscriminately, was suppressed and became wary, no longer daring to retaliate as recklessly as before.

……

Han Sanping, as the producer, was initially opposed to the use of dialect.

He believes this is detrimental to the internationalization of films and raises the barrier for foreign audiences to watch movies.

Qi Hui disagreed with this, saying he never expected his films to go overseas.

Cultural hegemony must be built on the foundation of military hegemony.

The US military hegemony has not yet receded, and its cultural hegemony remains strong. Going global with its films is simply a thankless and arduous task.

Qi Hui didn't have such grand ambitions; he just wanted to develop the domestic market well.

Besides this, Qi Hui also had another consideration: character development.

A movie that's less than two hours long has to tell a story, film fight scenes, develop characters on both the good guys and the bad guys, and also showcase naval warships...

There were too many tasks, and they were too heavy. Trying to cram all of them into a movie that's less than two hours long is a huge test of ability.

Therefore, Qi Hui used some tricks in character portrayal, using regional characteristics to shape the characters.

For example, accents, lines, and habits.

Coincidentally, all six lead actors came from different provinces.

Old Ling speaks Shaanxi dialect, which Qi Hui is familiar with. When he was at home, he would get beaten by Jing Tian every day.

Qi Hui thought for a moment, then habitually used the Tianjin dialect.

This thing is inherently funny and can help relax tense audiences.

Hmm... his character is going to sacrifice himself later on.

The more humorous the beginning, the more heartbroken the audience will be when the character dies.

As for the audience, Qi Hui is used to being stabbed.

Happiness is your own, sadness is the audience's.

The others were the same; Xiao Zhang was from Beijing and spoke the Beijing dialect, while Wang Yanlin was from Northeast China and spoke the Northeast dialect.

Yin Fang is from Hunan Province, and his familiar Hunan accent has been with everyone since the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China.

What surprised Qi Hui was that Bai Ke was actually from Tai'an, Shandong Province, just like Wang Yaowu.

So, Qi Hui made a joke here: Xia Yige, get it!
It's a pity there weren't any actors from Hainan Province in the cast, otherwise the role of the bathhouse supervisor would have been perfect.

[It's a death shower! The first group dies first, then the second group dies.]

……

"Great, cut!" After the last shot was filmed, the assistant director shouted, "Comrades, good news! We've finished filming the town street battle scene!"

"We've wrapped up filming!"

"Great!"

"Wuhu!" "And there's another piece of good news." The executive director continued, "This afternoon, we're packing our things and heading deep into the desert to Ouarzazate."

"Start a new filming project."

"what?"

"Isn't it?"

The moment the words were spoken, wails filled the air. You call this good news?
Casablanca, though dry and uncomfortable, with poor food and accommodation, is still a big city.

Now, heading into the Sahara Desert, I wonder how harsh the conditions will be.

in the afternoon
After the crew finished packing up, the set was handed over to the local authorities. The Operation Red Sea crew headed southwest to Ouarzazate, a city where the desert meets the barren land.

The city is located southwest of Casablanca, about two or three hundred kilometers away.

While in Casablanca, it was very dry, but also very hot compared to China.

However, it was only after arriving in Varzazate that the crew members truly understood what a tropical desert climate was.

It's so hot that there's nowhere to hide.

Forty degrees is nothing special, fifty degrees is normal, and if it could reach thirty degrees, the entire crew would be laughing all the way to the bank.

Holy crap? It can be this cool?
There was no other way but for the crew to operate the generator at full power, and the air conditioner, refrigerator, and ice maker were all turned on as well.

Provide everything that can cool you down to the photographers and actors who have nowhere to hide.

The entire production team had no complaints about this.

Otherwise, someone would probably suffer from heatstroke before two hours of filming could be completed.

If anyone suffers from heatstroke, the filming schedule will inevitably be affected.

The filming schedule has been delayed, and they'll have to stay in this awful place even longer.

This is absolutely terrible!

In this situation, the generator truck generates electricity rapidly, consuming fuel rapidly.

Han Sanping was shocked to discover that the crew's biggest consumption was not food, but rather electricity and fuel.

Fortunately, the oil price is relatively cheap here, otherwise he would have doubted whether Qi Hui's investment of 6 million RMB was enough to squander.

At least half a ton of explosives and gunpowder will be needed for filming!

……

"Gu Shun, locate the enemy sniper!" Qi Hui roared. "I'll hold them off from the front, Captain, you flank them!"

"Fire support team, retreat and prepare for fire coverage. Observer, be their eyes!"

On the battlefield where he was ambushed, Qi Hui roared angrily, raised his Type 81 rifle and fired into the distance, his body moving and flashing between the cover to attract the enemy's attention.

This scene depicts the government troops being ambushed by the enemy.

The mission of the Jiaolong Commando Unit has also changed from assisting the government forces to rescuing our citizens.

Therefore, the initial Type 07 desert camouflage was transformed into military uniforms without any markings.

The iconic Type 95 assault rifle has been replaced with a modernized version.

However, the passive exoskeleton is still there.

This thing was exhibited last July, just a month after "Wolf Warrior" finished its run in theaters.

If the passive exoskeleton in "Wolf Warrior" had a touch of science fiction, then the exoskeleton in "Operation Red Sea" was a real exoskeleton.

It perfectly matches the selling point of "Operation Red Sea": authenticity!
Real combat, real battlefield, even the exoskeleton is real.

Qi Hui had always had an idea: could the 730 secondary guns of the Linyi ship be used for interception instead of being used for interception by shipborne laser weapons?

Anyway, that thing will appear in a few years, so a little science fiction isn't a big deal, right?

"Found him!" Gu Shun glanced at the combat terminal on his arm; the drone transmitted images of the enemy sniper lying behind a rock.

He immediately fired his Type 85 sniper rifle, and three bullets hit the enemy sniper's cover.

The other party was startled, then looked up at the drone in the sky and spat viciously.

He knew this was a warning not to move around recklessly.

"Enemy mortar position: bearing 262, range 1346." Li Dong's voice came through the headset: "Fire coverage."

"Bullshit, precision strike!" Wang Yanlin from the fire support team cursed, setting up his titanium alloy mortar and firing three shells in quick succession.

Bang bang bang—

With a metallic scraping sound, the steel shell flew out of the titanium alloy barrel in an instant.

Zhou Xun watched in stunned silence: "Wait... isn't this kind of fighting a bit like science fiction?"

With exoskeletons and drones, does our country have these high-tech features?
(End of this chapter)