Huayu has been doing one good deed a day since 2001

Chapter 9: Must Perform an On-Site Explosion
Li Wenyu clearly remembers that the first "Crime City" sold 1 million tickets in South Korea. At $680 a ticket, that would equate to nearly $3000 million at the box office, with a global total of over $5000 million. The second film saw 1269 million viewers in South Korea, and the third "Crime City" saw 3 million viewers there. The trilogy, including the fourth installment, performed well.

The male lead? If Hong Shubao gained some weight and bulked up, and played the police protagonist with some of Wang Bao's temperament, it would be more exciting than the original. Triad police and criminals have always been the strongest point of Hong Kong film industry, but if we use the mainland actor's words, Lu Shuming would also be very powerful even if he gained weight and worked out.

If this is the choice, Li Wenyu would definitely prefer to work with Lu Shuming, who is cheap and has acting skills, rather than Lao Hong, who is basically hiring a big shot who is expensive and arrogant.

It's not bad for a veteran movie adaptation.

There is also the English film Slumdog Millionaire. The original author was inspired to write the book when he heard two pieces of news in London in 2003. The film was then adapted into a movie in 07. It was released in North America in 2008 and grossed 1.41 million US dollars. The strange thing is that it was defined as an R-rated movie because of the tense tone of the whole film.

The box office revenue in the United States alone was 1.41 million US dollars, and the global box office revenue was 3.78 million US dollars. It must have won so many awards that its hands were tired.

This award-winning film had a greater impact than the original version of "Tsuen Wan by the Sea", and won the real Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

It just so happened that in May 2001, ATV introduced the educational variety show "Millionaire" from Yinglun. Since its broadcast, the ratings in Hong Kong have been off the charts, which scared TVB and made them quickly copy it and prepare a series of similar programs of their own.

If the main plot of the movie is based on answering questions in a millionaire variety show to win prizes, and an exciting plot is developed, it can also echo the popular variety show.

Li Wenyu has too many choices!!

Of course, his 62-point directing ability was not enough for him to plan and film Slumdog Millionaire. Fortunately, he had plenty of time, and it would be enough for him to accumulate a dozen points in directing skills during the next few days of filming The Shallows.

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It's about nine o'clock in the morning.

On the sea outside a beach on an outlying island, Pang Bing was wearing a one-piece swimsuit and riding astride a surfboard, speaking lines and making facial expressions to someone not far away, as if there were other people on the water not far away.

There was no response or speech from someone not far away. She was performing and shouting lines at her own pace.

Li Wenyu, sitting on the yacht, shouted "Cut," and it was time to take a ten-minute break. Pang Bing slipped and fell into the water, looking a little embarrassed. Amid the exclamations of Wang Jinghua and Li Bingbing, Li Wenyu, who was also wearing a swimsuit, jumped into the water. In less than ten seconds, he swam to Pang Bing, picked her up, and laid her lying on the surfboard.

Then push the surfboard back to the yacht.

The other behind-the-scenes staff were all used to it. When Fat Bing reached the boat, she quickly got back on board and grabbed her digital camera to watch her own performance. As she watched, she shared with Sister Hua and the other Bingbing, "Sister Hua, this is the scene where I'm about to act opposite Brother Hua and Sister Xian, and they're making cameo appearances."

"I've already filmed it digitally twenty times. If I really wait until they have time to make a cameo appearance, I shouldn't be beaten too hard."

Sister Hua instantly understood the sentiment behind the drowning scene. It was a deliberate display of affection and affection. She didn't pay attention to the small details and asked curiously, "Do you rehearse so much for each scene?"

This is not just rehearsal, but also the digital camera can produce results quickly, and I can compare my different performances before and after, and then look at the script...

Li Bingbing was still a little dizzy. Just now, Pang Bing fell into the water and seemed to need first aid. She was still a little worried. Why did they start discussing acting so quickly?
Just then, the assistant director on the yacht came over, holding a satellite phone. "Director Li, Brother Hua and Sister Xian said they can come over for a guest appearance today. The water conditions and weather are good, shall we?"

In The Shallows, Pang Bing plays the female lead, who, while surfing on an unfamiliar island, encounters two locals on the water, asking them about the basic water conditions. There are individual conversations, as well as shots of the three of them together, swimming and surfing beneath the waves amidst the beautiful seascape. The film features a variety of underwater and underwater activities, and the overall editing is impressive. From the moment Hua Ge and Xian Jie exit the screen to their final "departure," several minutes pass, but the footage of Hua Ge alone hardly exceeds two minutes.

Li Wenyu nodded. "Then wait for the two seniors to come over. Bingbing, hurry up and get ready. I'll take you for a few laps of swimming and surfing."

Her swimming skill is still good now, and her surfing skill is also good... She has been practicing again and again, and her level has reached 52 from 60 points. This is not because Li Wenyu helps her. The two of them often go to the sea to play in the past week, and their level has increased as they play.

Surfing is just a type of water sport like basketball, football, volleyball and other sports. As long as you are not afraid of water, interested in it, and have a healthy body, it is not a big deal to reach the 60-point mark.

Pang Bing's swimming skills are at the provincial level, and he is an amateur master in his 70s, so there is no problem at all.

The two of them took to the water with their surfboards, gliding across the boundless, beautiful seascape. Atop the blue sky, white clouds, and emerald waves, a large yacht steadily followed, keeping a distance. Li Bingbing watched with a dazed look, "This project of hers is so much fun! It's like a vacation, and there are superstars like Brother Rong and Brother Hua supporting the show and making guest appearances..."

"And why do I feel like her makeup and styling, her face is still the same, and her hairstyle hasn't changed much, but she looks so much more fashionable than me?"

In the early 21st century, many popular young actors and actresses in mainland China also incorporated the Shamatte style into their makeup and styling. If a group of people had a Shamatte style, it would be "fashionable"... However, Li Wenyu gave some visual suggestions, and Pang Bing, created by makeup artists and stylists, had the kind of beautiful and domineering style of the 10s.

The heroine in the early stage is cool and sassy, ​​which also echoes her courage and bravery in fighting the shark alone in the later part.

Wang Jinghua watched the two figures on the sea gliding and breaking through the waves, and said speechlessly, "You can't envy this. Director Li took out the script and got Brother Rong to invest, so he tried her out for the female lead."

Li Bingbing felt very bitter, but had nothing to say. The script of The Shallows in the early 21st century was not a dream opportunity for mainland actresses, but it was actually not far off. Zhang Guorong, Liu Dehua and Joey Wong played supporting roles and guest appearances, which was also a dream arrangement.

In a 90-minute movie, it is outrageous that a female character carries the banner for more than 80% of the movie.

The weight of Pang Bing in this movie and its box office impact were a dimensionality reduction blow to the mainland film industry in 2001.

Even Zhang Ziyi, one of the four actresses and two ice queens, was only playing supporting roles in the film to enhance Azhi's reputation. This was Zhang Ziyi, who had starred in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Even if she joined the crew of Zhang Guoshi's Hero, she would still be playing a supporting role when filming started.

Although she was speechless, she watched him and Li Wenyu teaching Pang Bing how to surf on the yacht. They were laughing and playing, and there were all kinds of things... Li Bingbing suddenly felt like others were showing off their affection, and she was so stimulated by the dog food that she felt stabbed in the back.

It was not until Andy Lau and Joey Wong also arrived in this area by yacht that the small crew, which had been doing well, became active again. The people behind the scenes were all closely supporting Andy Lau. Andy Lau is famous for having a lot of work to do, and the people behind the scenes still had to worry about the next project after filming The Shallows.

Not to mention Li Bingbing, she had to wait until 03 before she finally got the resources for "Happiness for All Time", "The Mouse Loves the Cat", and "A World Without Thieves" through the operation of Wang Jinghua and Huayi.

I have just joined Huayi and am currently observing and struggling with how to make various choices and the difficult period.

Seeing King Liu come to play supporting role for Pang Bing was so sour!

The only thing that made her feel lucky was that she was from the Shanghai Theatre Academy instead of the Beijing Film Academy. If two of the four actresses and two ice-girls from the Beijing Film Academy were here, they would definitely explode on the spot with their performance.

(End of this chapter)