After leaving Commander Xiang’s house, Wang Hao was practically floating on air as he walked.
Walking down the road, he was laughing joyfully!
"Hehe...hahaha..." Wang Hao strolled along, drooling: "Six 59D tanks! And three armored vehicles! Plus three 055 destroyers with about twenty shipboard missiles, and the 001A aircraft carrier, the 039B improved submarines, the 082II minesweeper and minehunter vessels, the 071D dock landing ships, the 072A new medium-sized landing ships, the 055 large missile destroyers and the 054A frigates, and also the shipboard fighter jets... Hehe... an entire aircraft carrier group..."
This time, the bounty was huge!
Not to mention, when filming with all these real military devices, imagine how staggering that scene would be?!
By the time he got back to the hotel by car, Wang Hao was still in a state of extreme excitement.
Without a hint of exaggeration, he had basically paved the way with the military this time!
With their affirmation, there wouldn’t be any problems with whatever he shot in the future!
"Brother Hao," Zhao Zhenhao poked Wang Hao, who was still giggling foolishly, and said, "Don’t get too happy, look at how joyful you are... But, seriously, we did haul in a great catch this time."
"Really?" Wang Hao wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth, still laughing goofily, "This time, my film won’t have a single problem. Hey, Zhao, how should I shoot the aircraft carrier group? I could easily use a full day!"
The aircraft carrier group was the thing that thrilled Wang Hao the most this time.
In the original War Wolf 2 film, the aircraft carrier group scenes weren’t very clear—quite blurry, in fact. It was said that maybe because there was no approval at the time, only a clip could be used from the video.
This was one of the biggest regrets in War Wolf 2.
But now, in Wang Hao’s hands, there were no such problems—an entire day could be spent filming it! Of course, he couldn’t ask them to do anything, but just for filming, this was epoch-making!
"How else to shoot it?" Zhao Zhenhao was also incredibly excited, "Of course, shoot it for the whole day! We’ll shoot the front and shoot the back, shoot above and shoot below!"
"Right, right, right, just like that!" Wang Hao laughed heartily, "Let’s go! Let’s finish shooting the domestic scenes first!"
Back at the hotel, Ren Xing and the others had been waiting for a while.
As soon as they saw Wang Hao and Zhao Zhenhao, they crowded around them.
"Brother Hao, how did it go? Did you make a deal?"
"Can we start shooting our movie? They’ve been waiting over there for several days now!"
"How did it go? Shouldn’t be any problems, right?"
Wang Hao looked at everyone’s concerned faces, cleared his throat, and then suddenly erupted into laughter: "Hahaha! It’s a deal! Not only did the commander agree to resolve the review issues, but he also lent us a lot of military equipment!"
"Military equipment! For real?!" Fang Wenbin, a car enthusiast and military fanatic, lit up when he heard Wang Hao’s words: "What kind? Are there tanks?!"
"Not just tanks," Wang Hao counted on his fingers for him, "Six 59D tanks! Plus three armored vehicles! And three 055 destroyers, with about twenty shipboard missiles, the 001A aircraft carrier, the 039B improved submarines, the 082II minesweeper and minehunter vessels, the 071D dock landing ships, the 072A new medium-sized landing ships, the 055 large missile destroyers, and the 054A frigates, and there are even shipboard fighter jets! An entire aircraft carrier group!"
An entire aircraft carrier group!
Everyone there was stunned by the news!
To be able to borrow an entire aircraft carrier group—how significant was that?!
"Brother Hao, you’re incredible!" Fang Wenbin gave a big thumbs-up, "When filming begins, you’ve got to let me catch a glimpse and satisfy my craving! I haven’t even seen an aircraft carrier with my own eyes!"
The rest all chimed in, "Yes, yes, yes, neither have we!"
Wang Hao nodded, "Hahaha, no problem! When the time comes, we’ll go up and take a look, but remember, just look—don’t run around!"
Everyone nodded in agreement, "Understood!"
In the days that followed, Wang went to a small village to start filming the opening scene about a forced demolition.
Brother Dao had been waiting there with a gang of hoodlums for several days.
He had no choice; he could snub anyone, but he had to give face to Wang Hao—after all, he was a powerful figure backed by three major families, and going against him would be blatantly asking for trouble!
"Brother Hao, how do you find my team?" Brother Dao stood beside Wang Hao, respectfully saying, "They’re all our own people, totally obedient! Whatever you order, we’ll do." Then he pointed to the excavators not far away: "I had a hard time getting these guys here; they’re all certified graduates from Lanxiang, trained in excavator operation. You can ask them to pick up a beer bottle with the excavator and they’d do it without a hitch!"
"Not bad, not bad," Wang Hao nodded with satisfaction, then he looked at Brother Dao and said, "Brother Dao, I’ll spare the small talk. Whenever a movie becomes a hit, audiences tend to only remember the stars in the film and often overlook the minor characters. However, in fact, every character in a movie is extremely important. The person you’re playing today is a local bully, you remembered all the lines, right? The more despicable you can be, the better!"
"Understood! Definitely understood!" Brother Dao quickly nodded: "Shall we start then?"
Thereupon, Wang Hao directed the film crew, "Get ready to start!"
This scene was simple: a solider had sacrificed himself, and his family was now facing a forced demolition, a scene that was incredibly heart-wrenching.
The excavator started slowly, everything was going smoothly.
But when it got to Brother Dao’s shot, they hit a snag.
"Brother Dao, remember to act more detestable, how are you speaking?!" Wang Hao shouted at Brother Dao, "You’re a demolition gangster, a local bully, why are you talking like a timid little lamb?!"
Brother Dao: "I’m scared..."
A tough guy from the streets getting scared?! Who would believe that if it got out?!
"Bring out that commanding presence of yours!" Wang Hao roared, "Scared my ass! Just imagine I’m the guy who owes you five million!"
Brother Dao: "Alright!"
The shooting started again...
And it was a failure.
Wang Hao: "Be tougher! You weren’t forceful enough just now!"
Brother Dao: "Still not good, huh? I’ll be tougher..."
They took that shot a whole sixteen times.
Everyone on set was utterly exhausted, but when the sixteenth take was over, everyone was stunned!
Under Wang Hao’s tutelage, Brother Dao’s portrayal of the bully, despite not having many scenes or lines, had been played so despicably with just a line or two, that it made everyone’s skin crawl with hatred!
A short performance of less than a minute, a single shot conveying body language, instantly inciting rage!
"You can’t be here forever, can you? Wait till you’re gone, I’ll see how I kill them!"
A simple line, but paired with that kick from Wang Hao, it was incredibly satisfying!
"Perfect! Director Wang’s directing is unbeatable!"
"Yeah! That kick is definitely a highlight of the film!"
"I got goosebumps just watching it!"
People praised one after another, everyone cheering for Wang Hao!
Although Wang Hao hadn’t made a movie before, just from today’s short few minutes of footage alone, it was clear: Director Wang was simply a genius!
"Director Wang!" But unexpectedly, just as everyone was in awe, suddenly a crew member came running over, shouting loudly, "Bad news! Lots of media reporters have caught wind and are coming over!"