From collapsed house idol to entertainment superstar

"Operation Red Sea" is adapted from the real "Yemen Evacuation" incident.

Of course, it is impossible for their crew to set the filming location in chaotic Yemen just for the sake of authenticity.

On the contrary, the most important filming location of this drama is Morocco in North Africa.

The background of the story is also set in the "Republic of Yinvia" in North Africa.

This is also a small fictional North African country created to avoid controversy.

Their must-visit shooting location, Morocco, is an Arab country like Yemen, but it has a stable political situation and the country is vigorously developing the film industry. It has even won the favor of many Hollywood movies because of it. Many exotic scenes are

This location has even given Morocco the reputation of "Hollywood in North Africa".

The filming of "Operation Red Sea" received strong support from the Maritime Television Art Center. In addition to providing strong support in military production, it also provided conveniences that cannot be ignored in many aspects, such as the sea mushroom recipe.

With the endorsement, the crew can be said to have a green light in all aspects of Morocco.

It was more than a month ago that Ding Zhi and his team followed the crew from the end of military training to the airport to the filming location for the official start of filming.

At this time, Morocco is in the spring of April, and the temperature is not too hot yet. However, because it is located in a desert climate zone, the temperature difference between day and night is huge. Not long after staying here, many people in the crew became uncomfortable.

I got used to it and caught a cold.

"Ha~ha abandon!"

Among the actors, the first to suffer was not the actresses, but Wang Yutian, who looked the tallest and strongest.

"How's it going?"

Faced with Ding Zhi's slightly concerned inquiry, Wang Yutian shook her head and said it was okay.

"Okay, then you should pay more attention. I said you are the tallest one, but in the end, you are the weakest one!"

Ding Zhi complained angrily.

What responded to him was Wang Yutian's somewhat honest smile.

Ding Zhi and Zhang Yi, one of the many actors, are old friends themselves. This is a reunion of old friends, so the relationship is naturally the closest.

As for Ding Zhi, he also gets along quite harmoniously with the other main actors.

Especially after a period of military training, everyone became familiar with each other, and Ding Zhi did not put on any airs of being a big shot with them, so the relationship naturally became much closer.

Especially Jiang Luxia and Wang Yutian, maybe because they were both selected by Ding Zhi to a certain extent. To exaggerate, they are considered "favors of support".

So even though both of them are older than Ding Zhi, they always talk about Brother Zhi when it comes to Ding Zhi.

Because Morocco is eight time zones different from China, and we traveled to nearly ten areas for shooting, many of the big scenes were shot in remote desert no-man’s land.

Therefore, in addition to the climate incompatibility, there are even more difficulties waiting for them to overcome.

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"Hey! Brother Yi, how is your food?"

When Ding Zhi finished washing and passed by a room with an open door, he saw Zhang Yi tinkering with his "small vegetable basin."

Because Morocco is an Arab country, the pork that is common in the country is impossible to see here, and near this desert area, let alone fresh vegetables.

Although it had only been more than a month, in addition to climate factors, the irreconcilable differences in living habits and even diet were what made them most uncomfortable.

Not to mention that everyone was a little greedy for the meat, but the fact that there were no fresh vegetables made them scratch their heads.

But after Zhang Yi finished his intense and busy shooting schedule, he suddenly said that he wanted to grow his own vegetables and be self-sufficient.

Under the somewhat suspicious eyes of Ding Zhi and others, he boasted about Haikou, saying that he had planted 28 plates of vegetables now, and when the harvest comes, there would be an endless supply of vegetables.

He even said that he would be able to make hot pot frequently, because his side would definitely have an endless supply of delicious food.

However, Morocco is very windy and sandy, and the windows are sometimes closed at night. When you wake up the next day, you will find that the quilt is full of sand. In addition, the temperature difference between day and night is large. The vegetable seedlings that Zhang Yi got from who knows where have now started to grow gradually after more than half a month.

There are no signs of...

"Hey! I said, brother, just wait! Next month, next month we will definitely be able to eat this juicy dish!"

Zhang Yi didn't even look back, his tone was full of confidence.

However, Ding Zhi turned his head and took a look and discovered that there were only 19 pots of vegetables left in Zhang Yi's room out of the original 28 pots. He couldn't help but curled his lips.

In addition to the "good family man" Zhang Yi, there is also another person who is obsessed with eating, and that is the lead female lead in this drama Huang Yi.

She was recently thinking about how to make dumplings for a few of them in the desert of Africa.

However, the local flour is not the same as the domestic flour at all, so it is difficult to make dumpling wrappers. Now that she is free on the set, she is basically thinking about how to make the dumpling wrappers.

This eldest sister may be a bit unreasonable at times, but despite her inexplicable way of treating herself like an old eldest sister, with her somewhat "girly" demeanor, at least during the time she joined the group, she and

Ding Zhi and the others still get along quite well.

Some time ago, they even said that it was too easy to get angry in this desert area, so I wanted to give them cupping and acupuncture.

He is also a wonderful person.

As for her dedication to work, Ding Zhi also quite recognized her.

In addition to the difficult shooting conditions here, even staying in a hotel is uneasy. Especially now that it is spring and summer in Morocco, mosquitoes are rampant. Huang Yi was so unlucky that the right side of her face was bitten by bed bugs.

However, she just applied some medicine and continued filming without any special effects makeup.

A few days ago, she was directly thrown away by the shock wave of the explosion because of a live-action explosion scene. After she patted her butt, she got back into filming.

Ding Zhi had to admire this. The eldest sister's skill in serving this bowl of rice was indeed much better than that of many others.

As for the real chefs in the crew, they are not the two who are obsessed with "eating".

Ding Zhi is the only one who can really perform "extreme operations" to create domestic flavors with extremely limited and bizarre ingredients, like a magic trick.

The little dishes he makes are basically the ones that many actors are good at.

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In this way, in this difficult environment, the filming progress of "Operation Red Sea" was actually not too fast.

When Lin Chaoxian entered the state of directing, he was different from his previous state of being all-rounded. To be precise, he should be one of those "tyrants on the set".

He was very strict about taking pictures, and all the actors, including Ding Zhi, were tortured by him.

Of course, this director is also very cruel to himself. Many times he personally demonstrates, moves, and even debugs the machines, and the injuries suffered are not much less than those of the actors.

When Zhang Yi secretly threw away a dead vegetable seedling and Huang Yi finally figured out a solution for dumpling wrappers, "Operation Red Sea" finally ushered in their first major scene since they started filming.

It was a scene in which the Jiaolong commando team encountered a terrorist attack in the desert and fought back.