Hollywood Lover

"Smith, I think you'd better go to Australia yourself!" Adaman said solemnly. "The Matrix 2 is very important to us!"

"I understand!" Zhang Dongcheng nodded and said, "Buy me a plane ticket to Australia tomorrow!"

"OK!" Adaman nodded, and then thought of the reason why he came here this time, handed over the document in his hand, and said, "Smith, the first episode of the prison escape TV series has been produced in advance, do you want to come?" take a look?"

"No need!" The matter of Michelle Yeoh's injury really upset Zhang Dongcheng, what kind of movies do he have time to watch.

"Oh, yes, there is another thing, Mr. Blaise has already produced the first episode of A Thousand Ways to Die. He is going to broadcast it on Sunday night next week." Adaman opened another copy the document said.

"Next Sunday?" Zhang Dongcheng pondered for a moment. Next Sunday is May 17th. Zhang Dongcheng has no opinion on this. The production of A Thousand Ways to Die is relatively simple and fast. For the time being, it should be enough to ensure the normal operation of ZDC TV Station.

"Tell him, I have no objection to this point. Let him figure it out." Zhang Dongcheng nodded, indicating that he knew.

When A Thousand Ways to Die was about to start broadcasting and the filming of Dark War was about to be completed, Zhang Dongcheng had to put down all his work and went to Australia.

At Sydney International Airport in Australia, Brother Larry and Yuan Heping, members of The Matrix 2 crew, are waiting anxiously in the waiting room.

Michelle Yeoh's injury this time was so sudden that the entire crew was at a loss.

After taxiing for a certain distance on the runway, the plane landed smoothly.

After getting off the plane, as soon as he walked to the waiting room, Zhang Dongcheng saw Yuan Heping and others who were waiting for him.

"Larry, Andy! Baye!" Zhang Dongcheng walked over quickly and asked, "How is Michelle now?"

Yuan Heping replied: "Don't worry so much, boss. The doctor said that Ms. Yang's physical fitness is good. Although the injury was serious this time, it shouldn't be that troublesome to recover. She will be able to resume normal activities in about two months!"

Only then did Zhang Dongcheng heave a sigh of relief. Michelle Yeoh's body will not allow her to continue filming for a short period of time, but The Matrix 2 has already been filmed for less than half, Dongcheng Pictures really cannot afford to stop filming and wait for Michelle Yeoh to recover.

In order to film The Matrix 2, the crew hired more than 3,000 extras. The funds spent on the preparatory work alone exceeded 30 million. Once it is suspended now, not to mention that the previous efforts will be for naught. These losses alone will hurt the newly emerging Dongcheng Pictures.

If you take too many steps, you will easily fall apart! This is exactly the case with Dongcheng Pictures now.

"Can the crew just stop?" Zhang Dongcheng asked Andy beside him.

"Yes!" Ender nodded with a wry smile, and said, "Miss Michelle is the heroine of this play. Without him, the production team simply cannot go on!"

Zhang Dongcheng was a little dizzy, and said: "Okay, let's take me to the hospital to see Miss Michelle first, if there is anything, let's talk on the way!"

On the way to the hospital, Zhang Dongcheng said to the Wachowski brothers: "If you shoot the scenes without Michelle first, how long will it take?"

"Those shots are not many. And some of them have already been filmed before. Even if those shots are shot first, the progress of the movie will be delayed!" Larry responded.

Things seemed to be at an impasse. Without Michelle Yeoh, the movie could not be filmed, but now Michelle Yeoh is seriously injured and hospitalized, so she cannot participate at all. Changing the heroine is a loss that Dongcheng Films simply cannot bear. For a while, even Zhang Dongcheng felt a little desperate.

Along the way, everyone in the car was silent. The atmosphere was terribly oppressive.

After Michelle Yeoh was injured, she was sent to Sydney Hospital by the crew for treatment. At this moment, Zhang Dongcheng was standing outside the gate of Sydney Hospital.

Under the leadership of Yuan Heping, Zhang Dongcheng finally came to Michelle Yeoh's ward.

"Mr. Zhang!" Michelle Yeoh, who was lying on the bed, turned her head when she heard the door opening, and when she found out that it was Zhang Dongcheng, she immediately struggled to sit up.

"Miss Yang, don't move!" Zhang Dongcheng knows that now is not the time to be polite, if Michelle Yeoh's movements are too big, causing her body to be injured again, and the injury will add to the injury, the matter will become even more difficult to deal with!

Hearing this, Michelle Yeoh was not polite, and lay back obediently. With a bit of regret in his tone, he said: "I'm really sorry, Mr. Zhang. My injury caused the movie to be delayed!"

Zhang Dongcheng's expression was serious, and he pretended to be angry and said, "Miss Yang, what are you talking about? It's like I'm a boss who oppresses employees and has no humanity!"

"Sorry! I didn't mean that. Don't get me wrong, Mr. Zhang." Michelle Yeoh smiled. apologized.

"During this time, you can rest easy and recuperate! We will find a way to deal with the crew!" Zhang Dongcheng comforted.

Michelle Yeoh was also silent. Her body is very clear, it is impossible to return to the crew to continue acting in a short time. Such a serious injury cannot be resolved by willpower at all.

"Actually, we don't have other options! It's just a little troublesome!" Yuan Heping, who accompanied Zhang Dongcheng in, suddenly said.

Zhang Dongcheng's eyes lit up, but he knew that Hong Kong filmmakers had countless fantastic ideas in this regard.

For example, he vaguely remembered that there was a celebrity in Hong Kong and Taiwan because of his popularity. As long as the movie has his name on it, it will sell well.

At the peak of his popularity, he took over the filming of such a movie, which is very interesting.

It is about the old routine of the protagonist practicing kung fu for revenge. The main character was murdered and his whole family was killed, so he revenged the movie. The protagonist swears that he will not reveal his face before taking revenge, so in the whole play, he is masked for more than 90% of the time, and this actor only shows his face at the beginning of the movie and after the revenge , and the rest of the shots are all done by stand-ins.

And it seems that the box office of this movie was pretty good at the time.

The specific Zhang Dongcheng did not remember very clearly. Anyway, when he saw the news for the first time, Zhang Dongcheng admitted that he was indeed shocked. He never knew that movies could be made like this!

Right now, Yuan Heping might not be able to give himself a good idea!

"Ba Ye, if you have any ideas, just tell us! Anyway, we are all at a loss now, even if your idea is not good, it is more or less the same idea!" Zhang Dongcheng was very interested in Yuan Heping's idea.

"It's very simple, we can cut all the scenes where Ms. Yang appears!" Yuan Heping suggested: "If you can avoid showing your face, change the angle of all the shots and find a substitute to complete it. Ms. Yang recovers and then shoots. Boss, what do you think of my idea?"

Yuan Heping's idea does have some possibility of success. Although very low, it is at least a practical solution.

However, this idea also has limitations, that is, the double must have a certain degree of similarity with Michelle Yeoh, at least the audience must not be able to tell at a glance that it is performed by two people! Otherwise it would be a joke!

After pondering for a moment, Zhang Dongcheng asked Michelle Yeoh on the hospital bed: "Miss Yang, what do you think?"

"I think this method is okay!" Michelle Yeoh nodded, and added: "At least it's worth a try."

"Well, let's have a try!" Zhang Dongcheng stood up and said, "Miss Yang, pay attention to rest. Let's go out first!"

Michelle Yeoh knew that Zhang Dongcheng was preparing for the drama crew to discuss the feasibility of Yuan Heping's approach. She was very polite with Zhang Dongcheng, and watched him leave the ward.

Except behind the door of the ward, Zhang Dongcheng said: "Ba Ye, call the main personnel of the crew, let's discuss the feasibility of this method!"

This method has many flaws, but in the current situation of not wanting to give up The Matrix 2, it is also a good method.

After some discussions, both the Wachowski brothers and Keanu Reeves and others felt that the idea proposed by Yuan Heping was indeed feasible.

Then the next step is to find a woman who looks very similar to Michelle Yeoh as a substitute.

In the choice of this woman, there are more requirements!

First, she must be able to fight. Not to mention being comparable to Michelle Yeoh, at least it can meet the minimum requirements of the film in this regard. The second is that some acting skills are needed. It doesn't need to be superb, because she basically won't have the opportunity to show her face, but acting skills are a must! You can't find someone who doesn't know anything to join in.

After less than two hours of discussion, Zhang Dongcheng finally made a decision to find a substitute for Michelle Yeoh! !

"Boss, we actually don't need to find any substitutes at all!" Yuan Heping said suddenly: "Now there is a girl in the crew who can complete this job!"

"Oh?" Zhang Dongcheng was a little surprised. Could it be that he wanted something?

"There is a girl named Nuonuo in the crew, she is Miss Yang's stand-in. She can complete this task!" Yuan Heping said.

"Bring her here and let me have a look! If possible, then try to shoot according to the plan we discussed and see how it works!" Zhang Dongcheng ordered.

Although the plan proposed by Yuan Heping is very feasible, it still needs to be filmed to know whether it is feasible.

But looking at his confident appearance, I believe this girl will not let me down!

After Yuan Heping brought this girl named Nuonuo over, Zhang Dongcheng had to admit that she did look somewhat similar to Michelle Yeoh, of course, the similarity refers to the figure, face shape and hairstyle. As for the appearance, there is still a big difference.

But that's enough. After all, there will be no close-ups of the face in the shots that require her to complete. As long as the makeup skills are good, I believe Yuan Heping and the Wachowski brothers can do all this well.