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On the wasteland of the U.S.-Mexico border, a long convoy was stationed as a camp near the separation wall, and violently-shaped cars drove off the freight trailer. On a nearby hillside, a Mercedes-Benz E63AMG and a Dodge Challenger pulled up to the edge of the hill facing the wall, ready to start filming.

Then, Matthew and Paul Walker came up, each standing in front of the two cars.

The crew set up the set very quickly. After the camera was set up, director Justin Lin first went to the back and told Gal Gadot, who was driving a motorcycle, and then came to Matthew and Paul Walker.

"Matthew, Paul, remember to liven up the atmosphere!" Justin Lin solemnly urged, "And, Matthew, don't forget to kiss Gadot at the end."

"I know." Matthew replied.

Paul Walker nodded slightly to Justin Lin.

Justin-Lin returned to his director position, and immediately gave an order, and the filming quickly kicked off.

Matthew was sitting on the front of the Mercedes-Benz E63AMG, staring silently at Mexico on the other side of the separation wall. He could vaguely see a town. Paul Walker picked up a stone from the ground and threw it towards the separation wall.

"This wall has never stopped drugs and smuggling," Paul Walker said suddenly.

The roar of motorcycles came from down the hillside, and a rider in black tights and a black helmet drove down the road and stopped opposite the Mercedes-Benz.

The rider supported the motorcycle, took off the helmet and hung it on the handlebar, revealing Gal Gadot's tough face.

Matthew immediately greeted him and stood in front of Gal Gadot. Gal Gadot smiled, straightened his messy hair, and kept his eyes on Matthew.

"I thought you wouldn't show up," Matthew said.

"You saved my life." Gal Gadot's hair fluttered in the wind, "I want to repay your favor."

She put her hands into her trouser pockets, highlighting her advantage of thin waist and long legs, "I'll help you find Braga."

While speaking, Gal Gadot took out a note from his pocket and handed it to Matthew. Matthew took it, looked down, and said calmly, "Thank you."

Gal Gadot suddenly reached out and grabbed his arm, reminding, "Sean, you are committing suicide by going there!"

There was no change in the expression on Matthew's face, "I have no choice."

He turned to leave.

But Gal Gadot didn't let go of the hand he held, and said, "I know you were talking about me that day, but I don't want to admit that I was attracted to you."

She took a step forward and put her hands on Matthew's muscled chest, as if she was very reluctant.

Without any hesitation, Matthew hugged Gal Gadot and kissed her red lips according to the set scene.

The two kissed hard.

Afterwards, Gal Gadot took the lead in releasing Matthew, stared closely at his eyes, and said, "Come back alive, I will watch you, you must come back alive."

After saying this, she turned away, got on the motorcycle, put on her helmet, and left without looking back.

Paul Walker crossed his arms and said a line specially designed by the crew, "Make a suggestion, if we can come back alive, take it easy and don't let this girl down."

Matthew looked in the direction the motorcycle was going, and said, "This is just the beginning."

"OK!" Director Justin Lin shouted, "This scene is over, let's turn around and go to the back of the hill!"

The crew began to tidy up the equipment they were responsible for. Matthew returned to the Mercedes-Benz car, opened the door to get in the car, and found that Paul Walker on the other side was laughing so hard that he couldn't close his mouth.

"Paul..." Matthew rushed over there, "Is it so funny?"

He didn't ask, but Paul Walker still laughed secretly. When he asked, Paul Walker couldn't help but laughed out loud.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Matthew pointed at him, "What's so funny."

Paul Walker gasped, "Don't you think this line fits you well?"

Matthew shrugged slightly, "This was originally made for me."

The screenwriter designed such lines, communicated with him in advance, and got his consent.

As I said before, he doesn't care what other people think of his private life, and he can make it into an interesting scene in the movie if needed.

The crew moved very fast, and after packing up the cameras and visors and other utensils, they evacuated one after another.

Director Justin Lin reminded before getting into the car, "You two go back to the camp!" Then he instructed his assistant, "Let's go first."

Soon, Matthew and Paul Walker also got in the car and left the hillside, but the two did not return directly to the camp, but followed Justin Lin's car and went around the back of the hillside to see what would be filmed.

This scene has nothing to do with them, but Gal Gadot and Daniel Wu.

The filming continued until noon, and a group of talents returned to the convoy composed of many vehicles. For the next period of time, the crew will be stationed here to shoot the action scenes of car chases, fights and gun battles that are the climax of the film.

Of course, Matthew and others will not personally get into the car and participate in the shooting of the racing scene. Just like before, they only need to sit in the car to pose and shoot some scenes of operating the vehicle. to fulfill.

Before coming over, Gal Gadot wanted to personally participate in the scene of driving a motorcycle to fight drug dealers, but Matthew directly rejected it. The main actor still has a lot of scenes to shoot. If there is an accident, the progress of the entire crew will be greatly affected.

In the following week or so, collisions, flying cars, gunfights, rollovers, etc., all became the theme of the set. Almost every day, cars were knocked over, and the scrapped vehicles were continuously transported away by trailers.

Fortunately, cars in North America are relatively cheap, and you can get a very good car for $20,000 to $30,000. The crew's budget is quite sufficient, and crashing a dozen or twenty cars is nothing at all.

The biggest single expense of the crew is actually Matthew's remuneration. As a box-office star who is now red to purple, Matthew is of course not stupid enough to not get paid because half of his investment is in this film.

Everything is done according to the normal rules of the circle.

His salary is a base salary of $20 million, plus a 5 percent share of the global box office.

The whole crew, including David Ellison, no one can say anything, because everyone knows that this is the most normal salary for Matthew.

In contrast, other actors' pay is much lower. Although Paul Walker was paid $8.5 million in "Blue Sea Tracking", the film's poor box office caused his pay to plummet. The second $6 million salary, some of which is due to the bonus effect of the sequel film.

Jordana Brewster has almost no work in recent years, and her roles are all playing soy sauce. Especially after marrying producer Andrew Fum last year, she didn't go to work anymore. Her actual coffee position is at most a third-tier. The starlet, also with the bonus effect of the sequel, was paid only $1 million.

As for the actors in the other two important roles, Gal Gadot was paid $100,000 and Daniel Wu was paid $200,000.

The pay gap between the two is partly due to seniority and partly due to gender.

Strictly speaking, Gal Gadot has a lot more roles than Daniel Wu, but this is the reality of Hollywood, where men and women are severely unequal for equal work.

The salary of the entire crew is very healthy and is strictly controlled within 30%, which is a relatively low percentage in Hollywood.

Matthew will never allow the situation where the remuneration of the actors alone exceeds half of the investment of the crew. In that case, the normal shooting and production of the film will inevitably be affected, and the final completion will definitely be a relatively rough work.

The shooting of large-scale commercial films does not have much capital and tricks. How much money is spent on shooting and production will get the corresponding finished film.

Overall, the financial aspects of Fast and Furious 4 don't have any major issues, and new sponsorship investments are available as soon as the crew needs them.

Just before the crew came to film on the US-Mexico border, a car company from Japan took the initiative to find the crew because of Matthew's fame and appeal~www.readwn.com~ wanted to provide a batch of sponsor vehicles for the crew, especially Brian -O'Connor's car.

But after Matthew got the news, the bearded Jack directly refused.

On the one hand, the crew is neither short of cars nor money. Adding a new sponsor during the filming phase may disrupt the normal shooting plan. After all, director Justin Lin and the stunt crew have already selected vehicles and designed scenes.

On the other hand is the brand itself, and the Subaru name offends him a bit.

In any case, the help that such a sponsor brings to the crew is extremely limited, and rejection is the most appropriate choice.

The filming of the US-Mexico border has been going relatively smoothly, thanks to the well-preparedness of director Justin Lin and the stunt crew. In particular, director Justin Lin, long before he was officially determined to become the director, imagined a lot about the situation of the film. Drawing on the lessons of the failure of "Tokyo Drift", the two points of speed and passion were emphasized in the shooting.

All the action scenes of the crew are basically completed on the car, to be precise, they are completed in the process of drag racing.

Matthew also saw how powerful Hollywood stunt drivers are during the shooting. It can be said that Hollywood can shoot so many crazy and classic drag racing scenes, and these stunt groups are indispensable.

Unfortunately, these people are marginalized in Hollywood.

After half a month of filming, the scenes here gradually came to an end. The filming went smoothly, but the crew did not encounter troubles. This is a relatively desolate area on the US-Mexico border, and drug dealers and smugglers are not uncommon.

Fortunately, the crew has a sufficient number of security personnel, patrolling and protecting them 24 hours a day. Those people also know that they can't see the light and will not take the initiative to provoke such a huge crew.

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