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Chapter 1093 Shooting

Although the media was stopped outside the base by security guards and could not take pictures of the opening ceremony, almost all domestic media still reported the opening ceremony of "Angel of Justice" in the form of front page headlines.

"In order to shoot a new movie, Zhang Ran invested hundreds of millions of yuan to cultivate a film and television base covering an area of ​​nearly 4 square kilometers. Today's opening ceremony also made Nanjing media mobilize all the people, but it was completely lost. In order to film "Angel of Justice", some colleagues braved the cold weather and sneaked into the base, but the cunning Zhang Ran was strictly guarding against it."

"Zhang Ran has always been a flamboyant movie, but this time he filmed "Angel of Justice" and played a low-key and mysterious game. A lot of confidentiality agreements were signed to prevent the shooting scenes and actors from being exposed by the media. Today's opening ceremony held a simple opening ceremony, announcing the official start-up, and no media interviews were not allowed."

"The crew's defense is all directed at the reporters, and there are no taboos for other staff members. A young female reporter tried every means to talk to the staff, saying that she was a fan of Zhang Ran and lived nearby. When she heard that Zhang Ran was coming, she wanted to go in and take a look at her idol. A security guard was very enthusiastic about leading the reporter in. The location was good and she could see the panoramic view, but she just couldn't take a photo. She could only use the phone to pretend to make a phone call, but she was actually taking a secret photo. That's it, and it was quickly discovered and the reporter was kicked out immediately."

In fact, Zhang Ran chose to start the film in a low-key manner this time because he did not want to keep it mysterious, but the content involved in this movie was too serious and he did not want to leave a hype impression. Movies like "The Angel of Justice" are indeed not suitable for hype, otherwise they would easily be labeled as a national tragedy. Therefore, Zhang Ran made clear requirements for the crew and the staff of the base, and must do a good job of confidentiality.

However, a few days later, the crew was filming a scene when Rabe persuaded Chinese soldiers who wanted to flee to the refugee camp to put down their weapons, but they were still secretly photographed by paparazzi. Tucker wore a safety zone logo and the photos of conversations with the soldiers quickly appeared on the front page of many domestic media, with almost all titles "Zhang Ran's new film, the male lead exposed."

Tucker has acted in "Rabe Diary", and the photos exposed this time are almost the same as his style in the movie "Rabe Diary". This aroused the curiosity of the media and many movie fans. The filing and public announcement of the General Administration said that it was filming how Zhang Chunru wrote the book "Nanjing Massacre"? Why did Rabe come out?

Zhang Ran was very surprised when he saw the photos taken secretly. The security work of the drama can be said to have been strictly guarded, but unexpectedly it was exposed. Zhang Ran looked at the shooting angle of the photos carefully and felt that it was taken secretly from the church in "The Flowers of War", so he asked someone to check it. As a result, the staff went upstairs and found that there were cans and discarded military coats. The secret photography should have been squatting upstairs for three or four days before waiting for the opportunity to take secret photography. Zhang Ran didn't know what to say, these paparazzi are really hard-working.

However, the exposure of the actors and actors' styles was not a big deal and did not have any impact on the drama "Angel of Justice". The crew's shooting was progressing in an orderly manner, and the entire shooting was going very smoothly.

That morning, Zhang Ran came to the set early. At this time, the extras were already putting on makeup and waiting there, and the crew members were also working in an orderly manner.

Today, this scene is about Rabe and his friends driving through the city, seeing the people being beaten to death by the Japanese army, and the Japanese army organized the looting of shops along the street. This scene is adapted from the records of "Rabe Diary" on December 14.

Zhang Ran was not particularly satisfied with many movies involving the Nanjing Massacre, including "The Flowers of War" and "Nanjing Nanjing". He felt that these movies had problems with the portrayal of the Japanese soldiers. Take "The Flowers of War" as an example. After the Japanese soldiers entered the church, they just searched and did not loot the church and did not take the church's things, which seemed a bit false.

After entering Nanjing, the real Japanese soldiers completely regarded the entire city as a spoil and carried out crazy looting. This robbery was not the personal behavior of soldiers, but was carried out in an organized manner. Before entering Nanjing, the Japanese army issued an order to "expropriate on the spot" to the soldiers, which to put it bluntly, to let the soldiers rob. After entering Nanjing, every place in the city that could be robbed was basically plundered like "washing", and some houses were even "catched" six or seven times a day. Dr. Bates once wrote in his memoir that the only thing the refugees placed in the Japanese soldiers in the houses in the safe area were stolen, and even the remaining 1 yuan could not escape the palm of the intruders.

Not only refugees were robbed, but also foreigners' residences were details of the Japanese army many times. From December 27 to 30, Spelin and the Japanese Consulate police officer Gao Yu took a car to inspect 40 German residences and found that most of them were robbed by the Japanese army. Spelin's own residence was also robbed, wooden boxes and suitcases were forcibly pried open, and clothing and daily necessities were stolen. The Rabe family was also robbed several times. Once, several Japanese soldiers wanted to drive away Rabe's car, but Han Xianglin could not stop them, so she said that you could drive away, but you had to leave a note. Several Japanese soldiers wrote a note: "Thank you for your gift! Japanese Imperial Army, k. Sato."

Today's scene is a long shot, and a large number of extras will be used. In order to shoot this long shot, the crew had been rehearsing for a day yesterday, and the cooperation between the actors was very tacit.

In order to ensure that the shooting can be completed smoothly, after the preparations for each group were completed, Zhang Ran asked the actors to practice twice, and the filming of the movie did not officially begin until ten o'clock in the morning.

As Zhang Ran's command to "start" sounded, a black car slowly moved forward along the street. The car looked strange, with a huge silver device on the roof, making the whole car look a bit like a Transformer. Because there were five people sitting in the car and space was limited, it was difficult to shoot with ordinary photography devices. Therefore, the special effects team modified the car and developed a new shooting system for shooting this scene.

In the monitor, the camera's image slowly moves forward along the street. The streets are filled with various abandoned debris. Every 100 meters they drive, several corpses will be encountered. These corpses are all wearing civilian costumes and shot into the back. They are all killed by Japanese soldiers while running away.

The car was driving, and a man was carrying a box and running towards the camera. When he was thirty or forty meters away from the camera, a gunshot sounded, and the man fell down straight like a cut down wood. Then three Japanese soldiers carried guns and ran towards the man who was hit. They dragged the man's body away, opened his box, and checked the things in the box. One of the soldiers pulled off the ring on the man's hand and hung it on his waist. Japanese soldiers saw Rabe and their car, but did not make things difficult for them because there were ** signs on the car and signs in the safety zone.

When passing by with a few Japanese soldiers, Smith murmured: "Our leaflets have been sent out, asking people not to stay outside, but they have not all been delivered to people."

Rabe sighed and said, "We don't have enough staff to notify everyone."

The car drove for another period. When Zhang Ran saw that the drone had arrived, he held the intercom and shouted: "Spread the flyer!"

The drone operator immediately pressed the start button and sprinkled colorful flyers from the sky like snowflakes, scattered all over the sky. These thrown flyers were notices to the people, with various propaganda slogans on it.

According to the requirements of the movie plot, Smith would reach out to take a leaflet from the window, take a look at the contents, and then say, "I really can't see that so many people were beaten to death in the street, Japanese soldiers treat the Chinese people as friends." Unfortunately, the actor who played Smith did not catch the leaflet falling from the sky, and this shot was invalid and could only be shot again.

Fifteen minutes later, the filming started again, but Smith's actor still failed to catch the flyer, so the filming could only pause again.

The content of the flyer is very important in the camera. It not only shows that the Japanese are hypocritical, but also for the Japanese people behind blocking Nanjing City. They sent reporters to take photos of soldiers sending candy to children in refugee areas, and documentaries about "China-Japan Goodwill" to create a "peaceful" scene in Nanjing, and leave a foreshadowing. At the same time, this is also the fundamental reason why Zhang Chunru wrote "Nanjing Massacre" decades later. Decades ago, the Japanese tried to cover up the truth of the Massacre, and decades later they also tried to distort history and make the whole world forget the massacre.

Until the fourth time, Smith's actor finally grabbed the flyer, and the content of the flyer also appeared in the camera. The flyer was painted with a Japanese soldier holding a Chinese child with a smile on his face and giving a bucket of rice to the child's parents. The upper right corner reads: "Go back to your hometown! Come and eat for you! Trust in the Japanese army! You can get help!"

The cars were moving forward. When they drove to Zhongshan Road, teams of Japanese soldiers and more than a dozen teams were smashing the doors and windows of each store, dragging boxes of items away, and looting the shops. Many soldiers carried various things on their shoulders, and many soldiers had silver bracelets, watches and rings on their belts. Some soldiers were pushing bicycles with various items on them, some rickshaws dragging rickshaws and pulling cargoes in the carriages, and some even used children's carts to ship items.

Two Japanese soldiers walked towards the camera, shouting and pushing a thin man in front of him with a butt. The man pushed a wheelbarrow with a steel ring with large wooden wheels. The car was filled with robberies they had stolen, a pile of dried salted fish, a bundle of vermicelli, a can of salted duck eggs, a wall clock, and a tied sheep bleated at the camera.

Smith couldn't help but curse: "These robbers! They really rob everything!"

At this moment, Rabe saw a shop with a German flag, which was the Kisling Pastry Shop. The door was already open and two Japanese soldiers were moving things outside. The gate of the Northern Hotel, which also had a German flag, was relatively strong. It had not been opened yet. Several Japanese soldiers were smashing the door wildly. With a bang, the door of the hotel was finally knocked open. The Japanese soldiers were like wild beasts seeing prey, howling and rushing into the hotel.

Even the German shops were looted. Foster, who was sitting behind, couldn't help but worry about his residence and proposed to go to St. Paul's Anglican Church on Taiping Road. This is where he served and the prototype of the church where the movie "The Flowers of War" is located.

When the car drove to the church door, several Japanese soldiers were walking out with a smile. Their hands were filled with the spoils obtained by looting the church. One of the soldiers pushed Foster's bicycle and tied a large bag of things on the back of the bicycle. Foster was so angry that he came out of the car and cursed: "You damn robbers, you robbed the church's things!"

The Japanese soldiers saw the Westerners Rabe and the others, as well as the ** sign in the car, were stunned for a moment, and left their things and slipped away.

Zhang Ran, behind the monitor, breathed a sigh of relief and shouted loudly: "Stop! Everyone cooperated well this time! Let's have another one!"
Chapter completed!
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