Rebirth of Chinese Entertainment, starting with the strategy of 95 flowers to counterattack

Chapter 50: Operation Red Sea Filming in Progress
The main filming locations of "Operation Red Sea" are Morocco, including Casablanca, Rabat, the village of Ait Ben Haddou in the Sahara Desert, the Ouarzazate Castle, etc.

These locations offer scenes of deserts, urban street battles, and exotic locales.

There are not many scenes in China, mainly concentrated in a military port in Guangzhou.

After meeting up with the crew, the opening ceremony was held in the morning as usual.

After completing the process, the large group boarded the plane in the afternoon.

They set off from Yanjing Airport, arrived in Paris after a thirteen-hour flight, and then transferred to another three-hour flight to reach Casablanca.

The crew is mainly stationed at the Kasbe Ouarzazate Hotel, a hotel converted from a thousand-year-old Berber castle, just 5 kilometers from the filming location in Ait Ben Haddou Village.

However, although it is called a "hotel", it actually looks more like a "military outpost" in the desert.

The ochre-colored rammed earth building is surrounded by cacti. The room is furnished with a large carved wooden bed. When you open the window, you can see the sand dunes of the Sahara Desert, and at night you can hear the howling of wolves in the distance.

This environment scared Haiqing on the first day. Who can stand falling asleep listening to the howling of wolves?

Although "Operation Red Sea" is a large crew, it is not short of funds.

However, for safety reasons, the actors and staff are all in double rooms.

The person living with Gu Yang is Zhang Yi.

His appearance is the type that looks ordinary at first glance, but becomes more and more attractive the second time you look at him.

He is a little thin and speaks with a clear broadcasting accent.

He made his debut as an art soldier, starting out as a minor actor in the Yanjing Military Region Repertory Theatre, serving tea and water to his superiors. His comrades teased him, saying, "You must be lucky to be an actor with this look."

But it was this person who made his debut with the role of Squad Leader Shi in "Soldier Assault" and conquered everyone with his acting skills.

Later, he won both the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers awards for Best Actor for his role as Zhang Xianchen in "On the Cliff".

He is a talented actor among mainland male artists who truly makes a living by his acting skills.

Zhang Yi is from Northeast China and was quite enthusiastic when he saw Gu Yang.

Gu Yang was even more astute and immediately started chatting with the other person.

"Teacher Zhang, congratulations! He played Chen Jianghe in 'Chicken Feathers Flying to the Sky' so well! He even won the Magnolia Award for Best Actor."

"Your charisma is truly infectious. I'm so excited that I want to go to Yiwu Small Commodities Market to buy goods and start my own business!"

"You're welcome. Just call me Xiao Gu. If you need anything from now on, just tell me. Come, Teacher Zhang, have a cigarette."

"Teacher Zhang, I'll call you Brother Yi from now on. We're not that far apart in age..."

"Hey, Lao Zhang, since I don't have anything to do today, I'll go buy some beer. Let's get ready."

"..."

When Du Jiang came to visit, the two of them were already drinking in the room, looking like good brothers.

"Brother Du is here? A few days ago, I went to the recording of the variety show Running Man and ran into Teacher Zheng Kai. Brother Kai even mentioned you to me. Let's do something together..."

As a result, the atmosphere in the room became more lively.

At first the two brothers were quite polite, but as they drank more, their Northeastern nature came out.

"Come on, buddy, where are you raising fish? This cup must be finished!"

"If the feelings are deep, swallow it in one gulp; if the feelings are shallow, just lick it! You don't even lick it, do you want to break up with me?"

"Just do it, don't waste time."

Although Gu Yang has trained to be very strong, this has nothing to do with his drinking capacity!
So, on the first day he arrived in Morocco, he was drunk by two brothers from Northeast China.

Who says he is from Jiangnan? Let you, a southerner, feel the enthusiasm of us northerners.

……

The next day, when Gu Yang got up, his whole head was aching.

Because they just started drinking beer yesterday, Du Jiang later took out the Beida Cang he brought from his hometown.

Gu Yang got drunk. He really can’t drink with people from Northeast China anymore.

But then again, this drunken streak wasn't without benefit.

After a big drink, the relationship between him, Du Jiang and Zhang Yi improved by leaps and bounds, and in the end they were almost sworn brothers.

...The crew built a complete battlefield in the village of Ait Ben Haddou on the edge of the Sahara Desert, which is also the filming location for blockbusters such as "Game of Thrones" and "The Mummy".

In order to present the real ruins of war, the crew even blocked the main streets of Casablanca and Rabat and mobilized 1200 local extras to simulate war scenes.

This also made Gu Yang realize how difficult it is to shoot such a large-scale military-themed production.

Not to mention the real-scene construction, even the large-scale photographic equipment had to be transported here a month in advance and only arrived today.

Those large photographic equipment, armored vehicles, etc. were transported by sea, starting from the Port of Shanghai, passing through the Suez Canal to the Port of Casablanca, crossing the ocean.

Next, Gu Yang began his difficult filming journey, eating sand during the day and counting stars at night.

The first scene was a desert sniper scene. Gu Yang was lying on a sand dune, and the heat from the scope was about to roast him.

"click"

It was a bad start, and the first shot had to be repeated.

"Gu Yang, why are your hands shaking while holding the gun? Are you afraid that the gun is more handsome than you?"

Gu Yang cursed in his heart, how could he not tremble?
The blasting team next to him was burying explosives, less than five meters away from him!

Damn, he also saw Director Lin’s characteristics.

This director,

The pursuit of realism is almost paranoid.

Have you ever seen a director film you while pointing a real gun at you?
Director Lin demonstrated what it means to be an avid military fan.

On the set, he almost never lets go of his gun.

Because the filming site was very noisy, the actors could not hear the director's commands at all, so the director replaced all the commands with gunshots.

This is the situation on the scene.

Director Lin shouted: "Action..."

"bang bang bang"

"Kaa, that's not right!"

"bang bang bang"

"Gu Yang, can you act?"

"bang bang bang"

Gu Yang was so scared that he almost peed his pants. He was under a lot of pressure.

He was really afraid that the director would get excited and start banging at him too.

The entire film used nearly 50 types of real firearms and more than 30,000 bullets.

A lot of it was wasted by the director.

However, Director Lin's postures for holding and shooting the gun are very standard and he personally demonstrates the movements for every scene.

Everyone in the show thinks this guy is the devil.

When filming, I put life and death aside.

What impressed Gu Yang the most these days was Hai Qing's scene.

It was an explosion scene, and Hai Qing was buried in the sand. Director Lin only gave her a tube for breathing.

Remove the tube when you start shooting.

When Haiqing was dug out, his mouth was full of sand and he was almost suffocating.

I cried out of grievance after filming this segment.

She didn't expect that she would be buried alive while filming a movie.

You know, when she was buried inside and had difficulty breathing, she really felt like she was about to die.

In the end, the director apologized to her and coaxed her for a long time before he calmed her down.

The food here is even more difficult to describe.

(End of this chapter)