"Come on, let’s do it again!" Wang Hao called out to the crew members.
This time he was truly risking everything.
After all, "War Wolf 2" in that world was arguably the highest-level film domestically, and he absolutely wouldn’t allow such a masterpiece to be ruined in his own hands.
Every aspect had to be better than the original: bigger scenes and definitely not worse!
He even used real cruise missiles for the final missile launch scene!
It could be said that almost all the money in the entire film was poured into these "props"! If the actors’ salaries were a hundred, then the cost of props alone was a whopping ten thousand!
"Director Wang is really risking his life, there was an explosion and he’s fine!"
"Shh, that’s a superhuman, I sneaked a peek just now, his clothes were blasted to shreds, but not even the outer layer of his skin was breached!"
"He must be on some immortal-stuff, badass!"
While everyone was discussing, the people from the Bablu Tribe came over, herding a few lions.
"Look, lions!" someone from the crew shouted loudly, "Is Director Wang going to use real lions?! Oh my God, according to the script, the people are very close to the lions, is that even possible?"
Even Zhang Muqing was somewhat afraid, "Brother Hao, is this going to be alright?"
"Don’t worry, it’s fine," Wang Hao walked straight towards the lions, and since the lion was a male with very strong aggressiveness, it stood up and roared as Wang Hao approached: "Roar—!!!"
"There there, easy does it, buddy," Wang Hao went up and gave it a kick, and the lion, weighing several hundred pounds, was sent flying four meters away by Wang Hao’s kick and crashed into the corner of the cage, completely subdued: "Meow..."
The unsuspecting rest of the crowd: "..."
"Holy shit, what just happened?!" Everyone was dumbfounded! Was Director Wang’s kick just now not a bit too exaggerated?
That’s a lion we’re talking about! A lion! A male lion! Kicked four meters away?!
The entire Bablu Tribe knelt down, "Divine Envoy is mighty!" "Divine Envoy is invincible!"
"Alright, come on," Wang Hao beckoned and laughed, "Our film is almost finished, let’s put in a bit more effort today, and then we’ll be ready to wrap up!"
"Yay!" As soon as they heard they were wrapping up, everyone on set cheered—they’d had enough of this godforsaken place!
They didn’t want to spend another day here!
The American playing Da Xiong swallowed nervously as he looked at Wang Hao, "Director Wang, how are we supposed to...fight later?"
After all, this was the man who had kicked a lion flying. He figured if they were really going to fight, he’d better start writing his will...
"How to fight? Of course we fight for real," Wang Hao said matter-of-factly, "You hit me for real, and I’ll try to go easier on you."
"Oh..." Da Xiong nervously uttered, then threw a hard punch at Wang Hao’s chest...
"Ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch!" Wang Hao was unphased, but Da Xiong, shaking his fist in pain, said, "Did you attach a steel plate to your chest, Director Wang? It’s so hard! How am I supposed to fight with you?!"
Damn, it seems my physical condition is even more robust than I thought, hmmph, okay then, let’s step it up a notch!
"Alright then, let’s get a good combination going," Wang Hao wasn’t unwilling to go all out, but he feared that if he did, he’d be fine while Da Xiong might get hurt...
But this was actually better, as all he had to do was to take a beating, since he couldn’t die from that...
So just like that, Da Xiong’s role was now mainly to throw punches, and everyone saw Wang Hao getting tossed around like a sandbag, banging and crashing. Not to speak of experiencing it firsthand, even just watching made their teeth ache, it was so terrifying!
"Director Zhang, how’s the effect?" Wang Hao, dirty and disheveled from the falls, got up as though nothing had happened and asked, "Does it look good?"
"See for yourself," Director Zhang shrugged helplessly, "if that doesn’t look good, I’m going to fight someone for real!"
Everyone crowded around the monitor and saw on the screen that the fight between Wang Hao and Da Xiong was nothing short of breathtaking. Such scenes, they thought, hadn’t been seen in any movie, not in domestic production or Hollywood’s entire history!
Punches that really hit home!
Falls that were shockingly realistic!
Even a blind man could tell that this was a real fight!
It was a zillion times better than the kind of scenes where punches stop half a foot away from the face and still knock people over!
"Director Wang, this is really," everyone exclaimed in admiration, "incredible! To fight like that and still be jumping around..."
Da Xiong roared on the side, "WHAT THE FUCK! I’m lucky to be alive, who the hell should you be worried about!"
"No, no, not good, let’s do it again!"
"Still not good, one more time!"
The filming progressed continuously, and time flew by, another month passed in the blink of an eye.
That morning, Wang Hao gathered everyone bright and early!
Zhao Zhenhao, Fang Wenbin, Ren Xing, and everyone else came, and they all watched Wang Hao with great excitement.
Wang Hao looked at everyone present.
Over these months, they had all grown close as brothers, forming deep bonds of friendship with one another.
And now, War Wolf was finally about to wrap up!
"I announce," Wang Hao took a deep breath, "War Wolf, wrapped!"
"Hahaha! Fantastic! It’s finally wrapped!"
"Awesome! So freaking awesome! We’ve wrapped! We can finally go back home!"
"Months and months, I really don’t want to stay here another day!"
"Let’s go, brothers! We’re heading home!"
Zhao Zhenhao gave Wang Hao’s shoulder a hearty slap and exclaimed, "Brother Hao, I’m truly impressed. I’ve seen people put their all into something, but I’ve never seen anyone as badass as you before!"
"Yeah," agreed Fang Wenbin with a nod, "Brother Hao, no question about it; with this much energy, the film’s performance will definitely not disappoint!"
"It’s finally over, we’re preparing to leave now," Wang Hao chuckled and then said, "Next up is the promotional work, and that’s all on you guys, I won’t be much help."
"No problem, that’s the easy part." Zhao Zhenhao nodded and then added, "By the way, Brother Hao, when is our movie scheduled for release? I’ve heard from back home that Hong Tianjun is also making speedy progress, not far behind us."
"We have to give them time for post-production and special effects," Wang Hao stroked his chin and said, "Let’s set it for a month from now! January 28th, that’s the day!"