"Inception" has many successes, one of which is that it allows the audience to authentically feel the reality of each dream in the film.
Dreams are illusory, but when the real scene appears in front of the audience, the dream and reality make people even more confused.
Presumably this is one of the reasons why Nolan insisted on shooting in real scenes!
There is another director who has this idea, and that is James Cameron. In order to shoot "Avatar" in another time and space, James Cameron almost traveled all over the world to find filming locations.
After the scenes in Paris, France ended, the crew of "Inception" set off again and flew to London.
The filming in London was mainly about hotel and outdoor scenes, but the final scene where Xu Zheng lost weight in the hotel corridor needed to be completed back at the shooting base in Zhu Xinzhuang.
When the crew arrived in London, the advance team who came to arrange everything had already arrived here first, so after the crew got off the plane, a car came directly to pick them up.
"Director Wu, the hotel arrangements have been made!"
"Then let's go!" Wu Jianye smiled.
The entire crew got in the car and went directly to the hotel. After everyone arrived in the center of London, they stopped in front of a brand new luxury hotel.
The name of the hotel is: dynasty hotel.
But what Wu Jianye didn't expect was that Sun Qing was also in the hotel lobby!
"Old Wu, welcome, you are welcome to put the shooting location in our Dynasty Hotel this time!" Sun Qing said with a smile.
The Chinese name of dynasty hotel is Dynasty Hotel.
In the past two years, Sun Qing has begun to develop the business of Dynasty Hotel Group overseas. The first location determined is Europe!
This is also related to domestic development. After all, China in the 1990s is not the China after 2000. Although the development speed is very fast, it is more concentrated in the first-tier cities in the country. Nowadays, the luxury hotel brand of Dynasty Hotel Group is in
Domestic development has entered a bottleneck.
Therefore, after Sun Qing and Wu Jianye discussed it two years ago, they began to set their sights on Europe, while domestic efforts were made to develop chain economy hotels.
"Why are you here?" Wu Jianye was still a little curious about Sun Qing's appearance in London!
Sun Qing explained with a smile: "The group has a lot of business in Europe. Especially during this period, we are negotiating with an established hotel in Europe about the acquisition. I am here to take charge!"
Wu Jianye nodded and said: "I see, I have to thank you this time. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to find such a suitable hotel!"
"Don't compliment me anymore. If Director Wu wants to use a filming location, any hotel will have to open the door for you!" Sun Qingjiao said with a smile.
"Let's go, the rooms have been arranged for you." After saying that, Sun Qing turned around and took Wu Jianye and others to see the rooms!
It was the first time for Huang Xiaochu and others to meet Sun Qing. They did not know that this elegant woman was a rural woman more than ten years ago, and they did not expect that she is now the chairman of Yaoguang Group, the world's top consortium.
Zhou Tao's wife.
On the other hand, Xu Zheng, who was studying in Shanghai, couldn't believe it when he saw Sun Qing, but after rubbing his eyes to make sure, he found that she was the woman in his impression.
This is not to say that Xu Zheng knew Sun Qing. In fact, it was because Shanghai, as the most important economic center in the country, already had financial magazines at this time, and Sun Qing, as the chairman of Dynasty International Hotel Group, was also a
Women, of course, have been on the covers of financial magazines.
At the same time, there is another point. Zhao Xiaoyan’s Xiaoyan’s Date also had an exclusive interview with Sun Qing during the New Year period, which was recorded in Xiangjiang.
A legendary woman in the business world is always very topical, so the ratings of that episode were also very high, and Xu Zheng also watched it.
"What's wrong?" Huang Xiaochu asked curiously.
After getting along with each other for this period of time, several young actors have also established a good friendship. Again, there is no competition within a crew, but under the control of Wu Jianye, a powerful director, even if they are
If there is competition, there won't be any trouble.
And another point is that at this time, the entertainment industry is not so focused on fame and wealth, or it can be said that the twists and turns are not so rich.
Xu Zheng said in a low voice: "I finally discovered that Director Wu's power in the country has definitely been seriously underestimated!"
Huang Xiaochu was a little confused and asked: "Why do you say that?"
Xu Zheng asked: "Let me ask you, in China, how do people position Director Wu?"
"The best director, an excellent actor, a top singer, the boss of the largest film and television company, and by the way, a novelist!" Huang Xiaochu said with his fingers.
Xu Zheng nodded and said: "That's right, but after all the things we experienced when we came out of the country, is Director Wu such a simple person?"
Huang Xiaochu recalled it, shook his head, and said: "I don't know anything else, just the time we were in Haojiang, it was He Hongshen. Although I didn't understand what they were talking about, I took a look.
Those chips are worth several zeros."
Xu Zheng said: "That's not all, you have forgotten what Su Cheng said when we were in Paris!"
Huang Xiaochu said with some disbelief: "It's impossible. I've heard about that too, but I think it's all fake. How could Director Wu be the boss behind Phantom Media? Besides, foreigners don't know.
You and I don’t know yet, how can Director Wu and Teacher Zhu have a daughter!”
In Paris, when Su Cheng wanted to show Mr. Zhou that he knew Wu Jianye's background, Mr. Zhou was called away by Wu Jianye to take photos. However, the matter did not end just like that. In the evening, several young people gathered together.
When we were chatting together, we still talked about this matter.
But they don't really believe Su Cheng's description!
It's not that they doubt Su Cheng, it's that what Su Cheng said is too scary and cannot be believed!
What is Phantom Media?
It is the largest media company in the world, with a market value of tens of billions of dollars. How could Wu Jianye be the boss behind Phantom Media?
However, not all of them don’t believe it, some do believe it. For example, the author of "Harry Potter" is Wu Jianye. There is no need to hide this kind of thing. Besides, there are "Alive", "The Last Emperor", "
Based on the premises of the three novels "Jurassic Park", there is nothing wrong with Wu Jianye writing another "Harry Potter".
Xu Zheng said: "I didn't believe it at first, but if you think about it, if Director Wu was really just a director, even if Tangting Culture was now the best film company in the country, it would still be different from He Hongshen of Haojiang and Dynasty International Hotel Group.
There is still a big gap in comparison, but look at it, not only in Haojiang, but also just now, He Hongshen and Sun Qing were so polite to Director Wu..."
Huang Xiaochu suddenly interrupted Xu Zheng and said: "By the way, when I was in Paris before, when I was in school, I heard about Gaumont Film Company, which is one of the largest film companies in France. Otherwise, their extras
It’s impossible for him to dare to shout in front of our crew, but Director Wu gave him a call and the other party gave in..."
After saying this, the two looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.
Both of them are extremely smart people, and Chef Huang is known as the old fox.
They didn't believe what Su Cheng said before because it seemed impossible at the time. But after they analyzed their experiences during this period, a feeling suddenly appeared in their hearts that it seemed that maybe Su Cheng
It’s a real idea!
"What are you talking about?" Mr. Zhou asked curiously when he saw the two of them muttering.
"Nothing!" the two said quickly.
The two of them were just guessing about this kind of thing. The key is that there is another very important thing in it, that is, in China, Wu Jianye's wife Zhu Jie only gave birth to a son for Wu Jianye, but they have never heard of it.
I told you about Wu Jianye, Zhu Xian and their daughter.
Who knows if Director Wu wants others to know about this?
So the two just looked at each other and decided not to tell anyone else about this matter.
Sometimes, just like this, when you have doubts in your heart, you will discover many things that you usually don't notice.
The crew did not have many scenes in London, and more of them were concentrated in the second level of dreamland. At the same time, except for the corridor scene, which had to be completed at the Zhu Xinzhuang shooting base, other scenes still had to be done here.
taking pictures.
Wu Jianye did not waste too much time. When he knew that the vanguard who had arrived in advance had arranged everything, he gave the order and the crew started filming.
Here, Chef Huang's role has become more numerous.
During the high-intensity shooting process, they no longer had the time to speculate about those things. At the same time, the shooting in London went very smoothly, and they did not encounter the troublesome things that happened in Paris.
So the filming progress was very fast.
When the crew reached the last day of filming, the entire crew suddenly discovered that there was an extra British man in the crew.
As students in acting schools, they have naturally seen more foreign movies than ordinary people, especially some old European movies. In some movies, you can always see some European aristocrats, and they discovered the majesty of this British man.
Just like the European nobles they saw, their temperament is even more noble than those in the movie!
Wearing a tuxedo, a white shirt with a bow, meticulous blond hair, and the exquisitely crafted cane in his hand, he is really dressed like a European aristocrat.
Everyone was very curious about the other person's identity, but today was their last day of filming in London. No one dared to relax at all. Wu Jianye didn't introduce this person to everyone, so they had to put their curiosity aside.
In my heart.
It wasn't until the end of the filming that everyone saw the aristocratic man walking up to Wu Jianye and speaking in English.
This makes those curious people very happy. After all, everyone can still understand some English, unlike the previous French, which was not understood at all.
"Wu, I'm very happy to see you in London, but you are so uninteresting that you didn't even call me, an old friend, when you came to London!" Although there was some complaint in his tone, it also showed that Wu Jianye had a very close relationship with this person.
That's right, otherwise the other party wouldn't have said that.
"David, I'm here to shoot a movie, not to travel, so I'm embarrassed to bother you!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.
This old man is, of course, David Wallop.
Wallop smiled and said: "So I came here uninvited. I held a banquet at my home today, and I specially invited Wu and your crew!"
If it had been before the Phantom incident, Wallop would definitely have invited Wu Jianye after he learned that Wu Jianye had arrived in London, but more often it would have been by phone call, and even if he invited Wu Jianye, he would not have invited Wu Jianye.
The entire crew of "Inception" might have been invited, but as the Phantom incident was reported by European media.
Wallop's attitude towards Wu Jianye also changed fundamentally.
Although David Wallop is a veteran British aristocrat, compared with Phantom Media, which has a market value of tens of billions, it is still not enough. Especially David Wallop also knows some things about Wu Jianye in Hong Kong, so at this time
David Wallop has already listed Wu Jianye as the partner he should make the most!
After learning that the crew of Wu Jianye's "Inception" came to London, David Wallop has already prepared for tonight's dinner!
In terms of wealth, although Wu Jianye has left behind David Wallop by several blocks, Wu Jianye's business in Europe and Hong Kong actually still use David Wallop in many places.
, in Wu Jianye’s mind, David Wallop is a top broker.
His influence in Europe, especially England, can help him save a lot of trouble.
Therefore, Wu Jianye did not refuse David Wallop's invitation.
"Haha, I know Wu, you will not refuse my invitation. Let's go. I have prepared the car. There will be a special car to take your people to my manor!" David Wallop was also very happy.
I am happy that Wu Jianye can happily agree to his invitation.
So that night, when the crew came to David Wallop's manor and experienced the dinner party of Europe's top aristocrats, you can imagine the shock in their hearts.
Especially Huang Xiaochu and Xu Zheng, who were already suspicious.
However, Duan Yihong did not think about this, but thought that after experiencing this banquet, he would be able to better understand the life of European aristocrats when filming dramas in China in the future.
At this time, David Wallop also learned that Zhu Xian was Wu Jianye's legal wife.
"Wu, I have to say that Ms. Zhu is a very noble woman. You are so lucky!" David Wallop said with a smile.
Then he asked his servants to bring him a gift, which was a necklace from a nobleman in the 15th century, and gave it to Zhu Xie as a meeting gift.
Zhu Xian glanced at Wu Jianye.
Wu Jianye smiled and said: "Take it, David Wallop is my best friend in Europe!"