Chapter 539 539, What Happened?

Time is like the fine sand on your fingertips, passing by inadvertently and quietly, and it is early May in a blink of an eye.

"Fast and Furious" has been filming for three consecutive months. The crew has traveled to almost the entire northern hemisphere, from Los Angeles, Colorado, Atlanta to Dubai, Tokyo, China, Taipei...

When Sun Hao led the crew to Abu Dhabi, the filming of the entire movie was basically in the countdown.

May 3, 2001

Sun Hao just came out of the terminal of Abu Dhabi International Airport and ran into Xu Jinglei in a black business suit.

"Director Sun Hao, have a nice trip!"

"Teacher Xu, you've worked hard!"

Since the end of last year, Xu Jinglei has been serving as the deputy director of the "Fast and Furious" crew. When Sun Hao was filming in Colorado, Xu Jinglei led her team to scout locations in Los Angeles, sign venue rental agreements with relevant parties, and provide technical support for the subsequent crew's scene construction.

When Sun Hao went to Los Angeles, Xu Jinglei had already arrived in Atlanta; when Sun Hao arrived in Atlanta, Xu Jinglei went to Rotterdam, the Netherlands...

In a word, although the two of them kept calling each other every day, they had never met. Now, there were only a few scenes left in the whole movie, and Xu Jinglei's small team had completed its mission. The two sides had the opportunity to meet in Abu Dhabi.

"Hard work?"

Xu Jinglei, whose skin was not very fair, looked at Sun Hao and blinked.

"Director Sun Hao, since I'm so hard, then..., how should you thank me?"

"Not now, wait until June, when I return to Beijing, we will subscribe to Lijiacai for a month, and you can eat whenever you want, how about it?"

"Tsk, I miss it!"

Raising her hand, Xu Jinglei laughed.

Abu Dhabi and Dubai belong to the United Arab Emirates, so Abu Dhabi is also half of Prince Hamdan's home court.

Therefore, the motorcade that came to greet Sun Hao this time was more luxurious than the last time the crew went to Jordan to shoot "The Martian".

Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Volkswagen and other ordinary high-end car brands were not seen. All that came were super sports cars produced by car manufacturers such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, Rolls-Royce, etc. Some of the vehicles were even global limited editions. Well..., the global limited edition here means that there is only one in the world!

Awesome, isn't it?

Hamdan is awesome!

…

Super sports cars are basically two-seaters, with the driver's seat and the co-pilot's seat, and Sun Hao was going to chat with Xu Jinglei, so he wanted to find a bigger sports car to squeeze in.

At this time, Xu Jinglei tugged at his sleeve, and then pointed to a "unremarkable" Mercedes-Benz G500 that had been parked at the exit of the airport terminal.

"Let's go, I came here in this car."

"Well..."

Sun Hao hesitated a little.

Before coming, Hamdan had already said hello, saying that since we were in the UAE, everyone would follow his arrangements and have a one-stop service for food, drink and entertainment.

At this time, as a film director, he suddenly ran into a very "ordinary" Mercedes-Benz and sat in it. Shouldn't he say hello to the "landlord" Hamdan?

Thinking of this, Sun Hao immediately took out his mobile phone, but before he could find Hamdan's number to call, the phone was pressed by Xu Jinglei.

"Sun Hao, take a look at the license plate?"

What's so good about the license plate?

But just as this sentence was about to come out of his mouth, an Arabic numeral [1] came into Sun Hao's eyes.

Damn, is it so awesome?

As if knowing what Sun Hao was thinking, Xu Jinglei smiled and nodded.

"There is only one car in the world with a single digit [1] as the license plate. Someone estimated that this license plate alone is worth 96 million RMB.

So, this car is Hamdan's favorite."

After saying this, Xu Jinglei got into the car with Sun Hao.

………

In the car, Xu Jinglei had prepared everything very well. As soon as Sun Hao sat down, she piled a large stack of newspapers in his hands.

"The night before yesterday, the Hong Kong film "The Departed" directed by you was officially released. According to reports from many domestic and foreign media, tickets were hard to come by in both Hong Kong Island and Taiwan Province!

In addition, as soon as this film was released, South Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Indonesia, and Singapore all tried their best to introduce the film.

It just so happened that Lao Wang came from Hong Kong Island yesterday. I know you like to watch these and the reaction of public opinion to the films you directed, so I asked him to bring a copy of each newspaper.

Hurry up and take a look..."

[Ming Pao: "The Departed" is a classic that has not been seen for a century, a milestone in Hong Kong films! ]

[Oriental Daily News; Sun Hao is awesome, and the reason why he is awesome is that through the play "The Departed", he made all the actors reach the peak! ]

[Next Weekly: On the evening of April 30, 2001, the movie "The Departed" was released.

In Hong Kong Island alone, on May 1, International Labor Day, the film earned more than 6.1 million Hong Kong dollars in box office, creating a myth of Hong Kong Island's film industry going against the market trend, and was hailed as a life-saving straw for Hong Kong films that were at a historical low.

Cai Lan, a famous film and television critic, wrote directly in the newspaper that "The Departed" will have a far-reaching impact on Chinese-language films. In addition to setting off a craze for undercover, spy-themed police and gangster films in Chinese-language films, it may also affect the direction of Hong Kong films in the next decade.

But it's a pity that before Sun Hao, no one had a keen eye for talent...】

[Movie Fans World:

With the guidance of Hollywood-level director Sun Hao, brother Zhang Guorong has made further progress in his acting, and he is melancholy, deep and cautious.

Andy Lau is different. He gives me a feeling of being full of vigor. Perhaps because Andy Lau plays more positive characters, I have a strange feeling when I see him playing a villain... It feels very refreshing, and I feel that he is a cunning character.

Well, to be more specific, Andy Lau's acting throughout the whole process gave me the feeling of Leslie Cheung's smile on the rooftop at the end...】

…

Like before, Sun Hao read it seriously, and studied several newspapers over and over again. After reading all the news about the movie "The Departed", Sun Hao sighed.

"It's still a bit unsatisfying!"

"Oh, what do you mean?" Xu Jinglei was curious.

"This movie can't be shown in the mainland!"

"Uh~, it's true!"

"Forget it, let's not talk about it. In a few days, when we go to the streets of Hong Kong to shoot, I will book the theater and let everyone go to watch." Sun Hao waved his hand, and then talked about business.

"Teacher Xu..."

"Hmm?"

"I heard that director Kaige's magical masterpiece "The Promise" has been officially approved by the film regulatory department?"

"Yes!"

Although she was not in China during this period, Xu Jinglei knew a lot about the domestic circle.

"I don't know who spread it, but China Film and Bona were not optimistic about "The Promise" under your suggestion, so Director Chen Kaige was able to find another way and directly find non-traditional film investors.

For example, the boss of Jin Province, the textile king of Shandong Province, and the old man Liu of Lianxiang..."

Huh...

When he heard the name of old man Liu, Sun Hao's eyes were a little puzzled. What's going on? It seems that Lianxiang didn't invest in steamed buns in his previous life! ?