It's reasonable for me, a stuntman, to live a crazy life, right?

Chapter 169 After receiving the filming permit in Qiu Mingshan, Romulo: "Next time I won’t be a producer again..."

When Chen Fei proposed that he would like to invite some Chinese to participate in the filming of Super 3, Romulo made a lot of guesses.

He believes that Chen Fei will definitely choose some close friends to enhance their international reputation, such as Liu Yifei, Hu Ge, and Liu Shishi.

However……

When Chen Long, Li Lianlian, and Zhou Xingchi appeared on the set of Super 3, he was stunned!

"Fei...are the guest actors you are talking about Jackie Chen, Jet Li, and Stephen Chow?"

"yes."

Chen Fei nodded and walked towards Chen Long and the other two people who were tightly surrounded by all members of the Super 3 crew with a smile.

The arrival of these three international superstars not only shocked Romulo beyond measure, but also made the entire Super 3 crew excited!

Hollywood actors are also star-chasing, and their way of chasing stars is even more fanatical!

The three of them were directly surrounded in the middle of the crowd, taking photos continuously, and could not get away for a while.

Liu Yifei, Hu Ge, and Liu Shishi were directly isolated to the side, and no one paid attention to them anymore.

This is the difference between international superstars and ordinary actors.

While envious, it also lit up the eyes of the three people with blazing fire!

It’s unthinkable to reach their current heights, even half of them would be enough!

…

Li Lianjie was acquired by Chen Fei through his guest appearance in "Fearless", but Chen Long and Stephen Chow didn't have that much trouble. He just made a phone call and the two agreed to guest star.

Seeing Chen Fei chatting with the three actors from China, Romulo's expression completely fell.

He was calculating how much money the crew had left, and the net worth of these three people was completely beyond his imagination!

Even if it was just one of them, Universal Pictures would have to think about it for a long time before they even dared to send an invitation, let alone three people coming together!

"Kung Fu Emperor" Li Lianlian's influence in Hollywood has declined slightly in recent years, but his salary can still reach at least US$30 million.

Chen Long is a bit exaggerated. With the popularity of "Rush Hour", his current salary bonus in Hollywood can reach at least 45 million US dollars.

Although Zhou Xingchi has never made a movie in Hollywood, his "Kung Fu" caused a huge sensation in North America and gained countless fans once it was broadcast.

Many Hollywood superstars have even spoken publicly, expressing their great love for the King of Comedy in China!

Taken together, his salary is at least around US$15 million.

Even if it's just a cameo, according to Hollywood prices, the combined salary of these three people will cost at least 15 million US dollars.

It takes so much money to get the chance for them to appear!

So how much available funds does Super 3 have now?

Romulo did some crazy calculations in his mind and finally came up with the figure of $35 million.

In other words, after these three guest appearances, the crew's available funds will be cut in half!

“WTF???”

When he thought of this, Romulo suddenly felt bad.

Not enough money to spend!

There are many shots of car crashes and explosions later on, all of which require real money to produce.

If all the money is spent in advance, wouldn't the crew declare bankruptcy?

Scratching his head in frustration, Romulo took out his cell phone and was about to call Arnold.

No, he couldn't bear it anymore, so three international superstars came directly. If this horse didn't ask the headquarters for money, the crew would have to stop filming in a few days!

However, at this moment, Chen Fei's voice suddenly sounded in his ears, "Mr. Romulo, there is no need to frown. They are all here for guest appearances and do not need to be paid."

"ah?!"

Romulo raised his head in surprise, his face full of disbelief.

Starring for 0 pay?

real or fake?

Before he could react, Chen Fei added with a smile: "Of course, the travel expenses still need to be reimbursed by the crew."

"Ok! Fei, don't worry! There is absolutely no problem with this! I will go and arrange rooms for three friends who have come from afar!"

After saying that, he turned around and ran away.

This is not a trivial matter and must be reported to the headquarters.

And when Arnold, who was far away in Los Angeles, received the call, he was completely confused.

"Romulo? Are you sure you're not talking nonsense? Did Fei really invite Jackie Chen, Jet Li, and Stephen Chow to the shooting set in Tokyo?"

"Oh no! I swear! I definitely didn't lie! Fei was chatting very happily with the three of them, and they all agreed to make a cameo for free."

After thinking for a long time, Arnold replied: "I must thank the three Chinese friends who came from afar for me. Also, remember to ask reporters to report this matter. This will be a great publicity."

After hanging up the phone, Arnold looked at the contract in his hand and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

This is a brand new share allocation supplementary contract. In addition to the name of Universal Pictures, it also has the names of Chen Fei and China Film Group.

Universal Pictures' executives attach great importance to this cooperation and require him to make sure there are no mistakes.

Since the 1990s, Hollywood has set its sights on this land of China.

Businessmen are always more discerning than ordinary people. They have analyzed that China's economy is recovering and the film and television industry is also in a stage of vigorous development.

Although Japan is still the number one vote bank in Asia so far, it may not be long before China will catch up!

By then, Universal Pictures, which has the closest cooperation with China, will surely enjoy a wave of great dividends.

Therefore, all three parties attach great importance to this cooperation.

What's more, the script "Get Out" focuses on the current national conditions of the United States, and may also have a good harvest in terms of awards.

While he was thinking about it, Arnold suddenly realized that he still seemed to underestimate this young director from China.

There seems to be a very large community of interests behind him!

If you want to give this group a loud name.

Then it should be called...

China! ?

…

At the same time, in the hotel lobby, Chen Fei was still chatting with several people.

"This producer is quite interesting."

Chen Long had a smile on his face. They had noticed when they were chatting just now that the gringo's face kept changing, just like a face-changing actor.

You don't need to guess, you must have been frightened by their sudden arrival.

"Haha." Chen Fei smiled, "This guy is quite reliable and very efficient, but he is a bit timid."

timid?

The three of them looked surprised.

Gringos are usually very courageous, and they are also good at making death. It is rare to hear of someone who is particularly timid, not to mention that the other person is the producer of Fast and Furious.

However, when they saw the filming scene of Super 3 at night, they immediately understood why Chen Fei said Romulo was timid.

Mazda Rx7, Mitsubishi EVO8, Nissan 350z...

A total of five supercars were drifting crazily on the unsealed streets of Tokyo, and were filmed at the same time...

This scene is simply terrifying!

Especially when they saw Chen Fei driving a Mazda Rx7, constantly drifting, accelerating, and cornering at right angles on the road, the three of them were completely confused!

"Slow down, slow down!"

Romulo held a walkie-talkie in his hand and kept shouting into several people's headsets.

At this time, there were beads of sweat on his forehead. This was not caused by excitement, but by being scared!

Except for Chen Fei, all the other vehicles were driven by drivers from the orange team.

They seemed to have the idea of ​​​​competing with Chen Fei, and they drove more crazily than the other, apparently treating the streets of Tokyo as their drifting arena.

For a time, the streets of Tokyo were filled with crazy screams!

Patrol officers soon showed up at the shooting scene with their siren lights on.

Just when Chen Long, Li Lianjie, and Zhou Xingchi thought that tonight's filming was about to end, a scene that shocked them even more appeared!

An Asian man suddenly walked out of the crowd. He obediently accepted the ticket issued by the patrol officer and was then taken into a police car.

And then, after the two patrolmen disappeared at the end of the road, the crew immediately changed to a different street and the filming continued...

"I'm going? Is this still possible?"

Zhou Xingchi was completely shocked!

Romulo smiled bitterly on the side, "After two consecutive days of filming, the crew has lost eleven people, and a total of 3 million US dollars in penalties have been received."

Li Lianjie was a little curious, "Why don't you apply for a filming permit?"

"It can't be done. The procedures here are very complicated."

Romulo was very depressed. If the filming permit could be obtained, he wouldn't need to be so worried.

Listening to his answer, Chen Long and the other two looked at each other, secretly shocked in their hearts!

This kind of shooting method is simply unheard of!

Let alone China, not even in the whole of Hollywood, or even in the world, this kind of shooting method has never been seen before!

…

The screaming continued all night again, and eight "directors" were arrested tonight!

The filming lasted until four in the morning. As the Mazda Rx7 driven by Chen Fei was severely knocked over by the sports car driven by Jason Statham, the scene about the Tokyo street chase was finally coming to an end.

Chen Fei, who was wearing a full set of protective clothing, escaped from the car with the help of the crew, and the blasters followed closely and carried out the detonation.

"boom!"

Fiery flames soared into the sky, and auto parts crackled outside the surrounding shops. "Han" finally bid farewell to this world.

The camera finally focused on "Sean"'s face. At this moment, the young boy finally ushered in his growth!

"Cut!"

As the assistant director called a timeout, the fire extinguisher that had been prepared sprayed towards the explosion site.

The subsequent steps have nothing to do with Chen Fei. Someone will clean up the scene, and someone will compensate for the trouble and losses caused.

This is the excellence of the Hollywood industry. The director only needs to control the shots and images, and the subsequent trivial matters will naturally be handled by the producer.

"Don't ever be a producer on the Fast and Furious series again, it's so painful!"

Looking at the messy scene, Romulo felt bad.

When he remembered that he was still worried that Chen Fei would not be able to spend all the investment, he wanted to slap himself a few times!

One brand new supercar after another was crashed, countless buildings were damaged...

Just venue compensation and losses during filming already account for a large part of the total.

Fortunately, there are only two big scenes left in the follow-up, otherwise Romulo would even be a little worried. Will the remaining funds be enough for Chen Fei to squander?

…

In order to welcome guest appearances by Li Lianjie, Jason Statham, Chen Long, Zhou Xingchi and others, Romulo ordered a table of dishes even though it was already late at night.

I prefer sushi, sashimi, etc. here, and they taste pretty good.

During the dinner, Chen Fei specially expressed his gratitude to Tsuchiya Keiichi, who is known as the "King of Japanese Drift", and Xiong Jiubo, the captain of the "Orange Team".

Regarding this shot of Tokyo Drift, these people in front of him gave him a lot of help.

If they hadn't put in their best efforts, it would have been impossible for Chen Fei alone to complete the filming in just two days.

Tsuchiya Kuiichi stood up and clinked wine glasses with Chen Fei, smiling modestly: "Director Chen has such excellent driving skills at a young age, and he will definitely become famous in the racing world in the future!"

The former Tokyo Drift King is now over 50 years old, and he announced his retirement from the car industry in 2003.

The crew put a lot of effort into inviting him here this time, treating him as a "drift consultant."

Although he can no longer reproduce the glory of the Akina Mountains, his experience in "drifting" has not diminished at all. After cooperating with the Orange Racing Team, he provided a lot of suggestions for the filming of Super 3.

"Jingle Bell!"

The sudden ringing of the phone attracted everyone's attention.

Everyone turned their heads subconsciously and fixed their sights on Romulo.

Seeing his face gradually becoming happy, everyone couldn't help but be curious.

After filming all day, this was the first time they saw this guy smiling so happily. Could it be that his ex-wife, who had been separated for 13 months, was pregnant again?

While everyone was guessing, they saw Romulo put down his mobile phone and shouted excitedly: "Fei, the filming permit for Qiu Mingshan has been issued!

They were willing to give us a whole night to film and close the mountain road. They also promised that police officers would be arranged to cooperate. "

Obviously, the person in charge in Tokyo couldn't handle it.

If they don't get a filming permit, the whole of Tokyo will become their drifting venue!

Arresting the director has no effect at all. Now a total of 18 people who claim to be the directors of Susan have been arrested, but the filming has not stopped yet.

Clearly, they were being played.

It feels very uncomfortable to be played with, so the higher-ups decided to cooperate fully and send these plague gods away as soon as possible!

After hearing Romulo's words, Chen Fei's eyes lit up and he hurriedly asked: "When is the time set?"

"Tomorrow night."

"Haha, great!"

Chen Fei immediately stood up and looked at Xiong Jiu to report the news, "Captain Xiong Jiu, I have to leave it to you tomorrow night. How about the two of us doing a lap of Qiu Ming Mountain?"

"OK!"

Xiong Jiu reported that Xin Zhong was quite excited and picked up the wine glass.

As the most famous drift team in Japan, he has been fascinated by Akina Mountain for a long time, but unfortunately he never has the opportunity to run freely.

Now that the crew of Fast 3 actually got the opportunity to "close the mountain", he can finally run around happily.

…

Although the dinner ended a little late, the filming progress for the next day did not fall behind.

Everyone was very excited, and their minds were full of longing for tonight's Akina Mountain Racing Race.

During this period, Chen Fei's driving skills impressed many people at the scene. Even the members of the Orange Team were full of praise for him.

So far, only Xiong Jiuban Nobushige has never had a real match with him.

Therefore, in addition to normal filming, tonight will also be a fun and exciting fast and furious race!

Mount Akina is one of the three Kamimo mountains in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. It is a dual volcano consisting of Mount Myogi, Mount Akagi and Mount Kamimo.

The terrain here can be said to be full of twists and turns, the most thrilling and exciting of which are the four thrilling and steep five consecutive hairpin turns!

The risk of tail drifting in five consecutive hairpin turns is higher than that of ordinary sharp turns, because when the car passes, it must be a sharp turn followed by a straight, so it must continuously accelerate and decelerate during the driving process.

Moreover, the drift range is much greater when passing through five consecutive hairpin turns. If you are not careful, you may even cause a car crash and death!

Therefore, this game also carries a certain degree of danger.

…

The guest scenes of Li Lianjie, Chen Long and Zhou Xingchi were completed in just one day.

But the three of them did not leave. Instead, they followed the Super 3 crew to Qiu Ming Mountain in great excitement, preparing to watch this drag racing competition.

A delay of a day or two will have no impact on them at all, but if they miss this drag racing race, it will be a lifelong regret!

Liu’s mother also came to the filming set of Super 3 in the afternoon.

After all, she still couldn't worry about her daughter, so she rushed over by plane as soon as the scene of "Unfortunately" ended.

However, she had just arrived at the scene and before she had time to take a break, she was directly frightened by the scenes at the scene!

Chen Long, Li Lianlian, Zhou Xingchi, Jason Statham, Vin Diesel, Citibank CEO, Tsuchiya Kuiichi, Orange Racing Team...

Good guy!

What staffing is this?

Is this a Hollywood blockbuster?

It’s a bit too scary!

"This...these people were invited by Chen Fei?" Liu Xiaoli was secretly surprised.

At the same time, she suddenly discovered that it seemed that every time she saw Chen Fei, this young man could give her a different shock!

Liu Yifei nodded lightly, "Half of it is Fei Chen's connections, and the rest is guest appearances invited by Universal Pictures."

After being stunned for a while, Liu Xiaoli asked in a low voice: "It's almost dark, isn't it time to end? Why are there still so many people gathered here?"

Liu Yifei never took her eyes off Chen Fei. Listening to her mother's question, she responded in a low voice: "Chen Fei is going to compete with the captain of the orange team, Xiong Jiu Xinzhong, on Qiu Ming Mountain."

Chen Fei?

Xiong Jiu’s message is serious?

Qiu Mingshan?

Racing?

"Doesn't he have a driver's license?"

"His driving skills are great. Although he doesn't have a driver's license, he..."

boom! ! !

The roar of an engine directly interrupted the mother and daughter's conversation, and the noise at the scene instantly stopped.

Everyone looked towards the foot of the mountain and saw two black super cars speeding towards them!

Xiong Jiuzhenzhong is DK's stand-in. He drives a Nissan 350Z. This car uses a 3.5L V6 engine with a maximum power of 280 horsepower and 0-100 in 5.3 seconds.

Chen Fei replaced Shane and drove a hand-assembled Ford Mustang.

This car is equipped with a 2.6L inline six-cylinder twin-turbocharged engine. All parts of the body including the interior were installed by Chen Fei and several engineers.

Every good driver is a top car mechanic.

It is no exaggeration to say that this car was almost assembled by Chen Fei himself, so he is very familiar with every part of this "steel beast"!

And tonight, he will drive this big guy to break the drift record set by "Tokyo Drift King" Tsuchiya Keiichi in Akina Mountain!