Chapter 330 Green Lights All the Way, How Bold Is That?
Bang, bang, bang!
Old Americans, shooting range.
After Lu Pingan finished shooting the bullets in his hand, he finally felt the power of modern weapons and took off his earmuffs.
Hu Qingquan on the side asked with a smile: "Did you enjoy shooting?"
"Not enough!"
"Then shoot a few more rounds."
"No, save it for the movie."
Lu Pingan picked his ears and asked, "Are you sure you can pass?"
"Be more confident. If you are not allowed to shoot, who else can shoot? This time, I let you go over and talk about the result."
"Okay, let's go back. Time is very tight."
Then he shook hands with the shooting range coach and left.
It is now August 27th. The scenes of "Peak 3" in the United States were shot yesterday. In the end, there are only some special effects scenes left. Lu Pingan decided to shoot it in his own studio.
After returning, he will also start preparing for the movie he mentioned a few days ago.
Lu Pingan finally decided to make a movie on the same subject.
Not for any reason, just simply unhappy.
Being threatened with a gun pointed at his head, and it was a small life, as a Chinese man, a passionate young man, how could he not fight back?
To put it in a bigger way, as a leading figure in the domestic film industry, his motherland suffered humiliation, if he didn't go, who would go?
So this time, even if it was extremely difficult and time was tight, he had to shoot it.
It would be best if it could catch up with next year's Berlin Film Festival and Oscars!
But Lu Ping'an also knew that this was difficult.
Because the deadline for submitting films to the Oscars and Berlin is early December, it is almost impossible to catch up in more than three months.
It doesn't matter if you really can't catch up, just put it aside for the Oscars next year, but if you can, you still have to try. Anyway, shoot it first, and then talk about it. Since the Olympics next year, there will be no time.
As for the American side, things have been arranged.
The scene construction of "Batman 2" is still going on, which just gives Lu Ping'an time to prepare for other movies.
Projects such as "The Purge", "Saw 4" and "Death Day 2" are proceeding step by step. Lu Ping'an produces scripts and storyboards, and Watzberg manages it well.
The American version of "Wonderful Night 1" is about to complete post-production and is scheduled to be released during the Christmas season.
Nolan's movie is not a big problem either.
After Hollywood is all right, Lu Ping'an can return to China with peace of mind.
On the 28th, the crew of "Peak 3" moved to the Xingchen Production Base in China. In the next two weeks, the final special effects scenes will be shot here, and then the film can be wrapped up. The rest is about half a year of post-production, and it is expected to be released during the summer vacation next year.
On the day of returning to China, Lu Ping'an went directly to the confidential place in Beijing.
After Lu Ping'an had an idea, Hu Qingquan took the script back to China for review as soon as possible.
Lu Ping'an and Lu Tailang's qualifications are definitely different, so it is a green light all the way, but whether it can be filmed in the end still needs to be discussed in person, which is similar to the process that Lu Tailang experienced in the original time and space.
There are many serious and powerless real problems involved.
Take Lu Chuan's experience in the original time and space as an example. At that time, Mr. He's daughter came to the crew and said to Lu Chuan:
In China, it is not that if you want to work for the country, you will be smooth, successful or supported as a matter of course. Sometimes it is often the opposite. People who don't have any ideas often live a comfortable life, while people with ideas are very miserable and depressed.
She said: "Only if you insist, many people who are willing to help you will stand up."
Now in 2006, the timing is actually very sensitive.
In the original time and space, "Nanjing Nanjing" wanted to get a filming license. Because of the subject matter, in addition to the Film Bureau, it had to go through several departments such as the Central Propaganda Department and the Foreign Affairs Department.
At this time, there were four or five movies waiting for review in the original time and space. If they were all approved, there would be four or five Nanjing-themed movies to be approved by the end of the year, which might cause dissatisfaction in the Foreign Affairs Department - this was the original words disclosed later.
So who shoots first actually still involves a competitive relationship. At that time, Lu Chuan's first reply was: It's better to stop first. You won't get your turn according to seniority.
Later, Lu Chuan got an interview with a key figure through his connections. Lu Chuan told him: We didn't want to cause trouble. I have read other scripts, and they were all complaining. It was our script that didn't complain. There are no Chinese in the history that everyone knows. In the textbooks, Chinese were killed, and the only one who entered the public memory was the German John Rabe. In the end, our children remembered that only one German saved 200,000 Chinese, while we are talking about what happened to the Chinese.
Finally, after the Neon Department of the Asian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs approved it first, the Film Bureau approved the filming license.
You can imagine how difficult it is to succeed.
Fortunately, Lu Ping'an is different this time.
First, he plans to let Hollywood Summit Company intervene, in addition to being able to hit more awards, it can also increase certain chips.
Secondly, his script is also not complaining that the scar on my head was caused by you, but another form of expression. At the same time, like Lu Chuan, it shows the Chinese.
Another point is that the death threats received earlier became a more important reason.
It can be said that the reason why the project was able to get the green light all the way was that Xiaoshi helped a lot.
It was just that the external department gave the advice not to publicize the matter in the short term.
Lu Pingan did not refuse, he knew that he could not act willfully at this time, and the higher-ups would definitely use this as an excuse to do something else.
In addition to the above, of course there is another key point, that is the reason of the film industry.
Using technical flow to shoot the theme of the Holocaust to hit international awards.
It can also speak out internationally, and it is a relatively gentle voice, but it does not lose strength.
It can also contribute to the domestic film industry. This reason is something that others can't think of or do.
So the matter went smoothly.
After coming out of the confidential place, Lu Ping'an felt relaxed and had a sense of mission in his heart.
You dare not mess up if the higher-ups support you so much.
So you have to be serious next.
Then Lu Ping'an went to the Film Bureau, and soon he got the filming permit.
Then he went to China Film.
Han Sanpin had already known that Lu Ping'an was going to do such a project, and of course he supported it ten thousand times.
He was the one who made the connection between the units and venues required for this filming.
Of course, he also had concerns: "Can such a difficult movie be made?"
"I don't know." Lu Pingan shook his head, and then said, "But if we can't do it at Xingchen, no one can do it."
After that, Lu Pingan directly issued the Xingchen assembly call.
And all the staff of Xingchen departments knew immediately that the boss was going to do something big!
At the same time, Zhang Songwen and Zhou Yiwei, the two old brothers, and Huang Bo and Baoqiang, the two contracted artists, were also summoned.
The four knew Lu Pingan's temperament, and when the assembly call was blown, they knew that something big was going to happen.
So Zhang Songwen came out of school directly, Zhou Yiwei threw Tong Lei off his body, Huang Bo and Baoqiang also interrupted their work and rushed to the company, and Ning Hao stopped the preparation of the crew and rushed to Xingchen.
In the afternoon, after the scenes of "Peak Peak 3" were finished today, Lu Pingan came to the company, and the company was already fully staffed.
More than a dozen departments such as costumes, art, music, special effects, etc. gathered.
At a glance, the troops are strong and the horses are strong.
There is no other film team like this in China.
Several department heads and deputy directors from Beijing Film Academy also came.
This includes the editing department that Beijing Film Academy will set up in the second half of the year.
After Lu Pingan met with everyone, he started the meeting without any nonsense.
The relevant materials of the film project were distributed and everyone had already read them.
Lu Pingan asked everyone with eyes full of surprise, excitement, suspicion and other emotions:
"I just want to ask you, is this movie very bold?"
Some sensitive words have been changed, but it's enough to know the meaning.