On the wasteland on the US-Mexico border, a long convoy stationed in a camp near the isolation wall. Furious cars drove off the freight trailer. The crew began to make a busy arrangement. A small team went up to the nearby hillside, a Mercedes-Benz e3ag and a Dodge Challenger drove to the edge of the hillside opposite the isolation wall, preparing to start shooting.

Then, Matthew and Paul Walker walked up and stood in front of two cars.

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

"Matthew, Paul, remember to make the atmosphere more active!" Justin Lam solemnly reminded, "And, Matthew, don't forget to kiss Gadot in the end."

"I know." Matthew replied.

Paul Walker nodded slightly to Justin Lin.

Justin Lin returned to his directorship position, and then gave the order, the shooting quickly kicked off.

Matthew sat on the front of the Mercedes-Benz e3ag, staring silently at Mexico on the other side of the barrier wall. He could vaguely see a town. Paul Walker picked up a stone from the ground and threw it hard towards the barrier wall.

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

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

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

Matthew immediately met and stood in front of Gal Gadot. Gal Gadot smiled, tidied up his scattered hair, and his eyes were staring at Matthew.

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

"You saved my life." Gal Gadot's hair was fluttering with the wind, "I want to repay you with my favor."

She put her hands into her pants pockets, highlighting the advantages of thin waist and long legs. "I will 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 him, "Shawn, you're going there to commit suicide!"

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

He turned around and was about to leave.

But Gal Gadot's hand was not released and said, "I know you were talking about me that day, but I don't want to admit to being attracted to you."

She took a step forward and placed her hands on Matthew's bulging chest, as if she was very reluctant to leave.

Matthew did not hesitate at all. According to the set scene, he hugged Gal Gadot and kissed him on both red lips.

The two kissed each other hard.

Then, Gal Gadot let go of Matthew, stared in his eyes, and said, "Come back alive, I will look at you, and I must come back alive."

After saying this, she turned around, stepped onto the motorcycle, put on her helmet, and left without looking back.

Paul Walker put his hands on his chest and said a line specially designed by the crew, "I would like to give me a suggestion. If we can come back alive, please calm down and don't let this girl down."

Matthew looked at the direction of the motorcycle going away and said, "This is just the beginning."

"k!" director Justin Lin shouted, "This game is over, let's turn around and go to the back of the hill!"

The crew began to busy packing up the equipment they were responsible for. Matthew returned to the Mercedes-Benz sedan, opened the door and prepared to get on the car. He found that Paul Walker on the other side was laughing, and he almost couldn't close his mouth.

"Paul..." Matthew said to the other side, "Is it that funny?"

He didn't ask, but Paul Walker still laughed secretly. Paul Walker couldn't help but laugh loudly when he asked.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

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

Paul Walker gasped, "Don't you think this line is particularly suitable for you?"

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

The screenwriter communicated with him in advance for designing such lines and obtained his consent.

As I said before, he never minds how others view his private life, and if necessary, it can be made into interesting scenes in the movie.

The crew members moved very quickly and evacuated the cameras and light-shading tools.

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

Soon, Matthew and Paul Walker got in the car and left the hillside, but the two did not return to the camp directly, but followed Justin Lin's car and walked around the back of the hillside to see what they could do.

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

The filming lasted until noon, and the group returned to a convoy of many vehicles. For the next period of time, the crew would be stationed here to shoot the action scenes of car chases, fighting and gunfighting that were the climax of the film.

Of course, Matthew and others will not get on the car and participate in the shooting of racing scenes. Just like before, they only need to sit in the car and pose for some shots of operating the vehicle. In post-production, they can be fully realized through editing.

Before coming here, the scene where Gal Gadot wanted to personally participate in the battle between driving a motorcycle and drug dealers was directly rejected by Matthew. The main actors still have many scenes to shoot next. Once an accident occurs, the progress of the entire crew will be greatly affected.

In the following week, collisions, speeding cars, gunfights, overturns, etc. have become the themes of the set. Cars will be knocked over almost every day, and scrapped vehicles will be continuously transported away by tow trucks.

Fortunately, cars in North America are relatively cheap, and you can get a very good car with 20,000 or 30,000 US dollars. The crew has sufficient funds and crashing more than 10,000 cars is nothing.

The biggest single expenditure of the crew is actually Matthew's pay. As a box office star who is so popular now, Matthew will certainly not be stupid because he doesn't have to pay for half of his investment in this film.

Everything is done according to normal rules in the circle.

His pay is $20 million in base pay, plus a 5% share of the global box office.

No one can say anything in the entire crew, including David Ellison, because everyone knows that this is the most normal pay for Matthew.

In contrast, the pay of other actors is much lower. Although Paul Walker received a $8.5 million salary in "The Sea Track", the poor box office of this film caused his subsequent pay to plummet. This time, the $1 million salary was partly due to the bonus effect of the sequel movie.

Jordanna Brewster has almost no works in recent years, and his characters are all just playing soybeans, especially after marrying producer Andrew Furm last year, she has never worked anymore. In fact, she is at most a third-tier star. With the effect of the sequel movie bonus, her pay is only one million US dollars.

As for the actors of the other two important roles, Gal Gadot's pay is $100,000 and Daniel Wu's $200,000.

The difference in the two’s pay comes from qualifications, while the other part is due to gender.

Strictly speaking, Gal Gadot has much more scenes than Daniel Wu, but this is the reality in Hollywood, with serious equal pay for men and women.

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

Matthew will never allow the actors to pay more than half of the crew's investment. 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.

There is not much money to make in shooting large-scale commercial films. If you spend a lot of money on shooting and production, you will get the corresponding film.

Overall, there are no major issues with Fast and Furious 4's financial side, and you can get a new sponsorship investment immediately if the crew needs it.

Just before the crew came to the US-Mexico border to shoot, a Japanese car company took the initiative to come to the crew because of Matthew's fame and appeal, hoping to provide the crew with a batch of sponsored vehicles, especially Brian O'Connor's car.

But after Matthew received the news, he made Jack, the bearded man, refuse directly.

On the one hand, the crew is now neither short of cars nor money. Adding a new sponsor during the shooting stage may disrupt the normal shooting plan. After all, director Justin Lin and the stunt team have selected the vehicle and designed the scene.

On the other hand, the brand itself is a bit offensive to him by Subaru's name.

No matter what, such a sponsor has extremely limited help to the crew, and rejection is the most suitable choice.

The filming of the US-Mexico border has been going smoothly, thanks to director Justin Lin and the stunt team being well prepared. In particular, director Justin Lin, who had imagined a lot of situations about the film long before he was officially confirmed to become a director. He learned from the lessons learned from the failure of "Tokyo Drift" and emphasized the two points of speed and passion during the filming.

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

Matthew also saw how powerful Hollywood stunt drivers are during the filming. It can be said that Hollywood can shoot so many crazy and classic racing scenes, and these stunt groups make a big contribution.

Unfortunately, these people's status in Hollywood is very marginal.

After half a month of continuous shooting, the scenes here gradually came to an end. The filming went smoothly, but the crew had encountered trouble. This is a relatively deserted area on the border between the United States and Mexico, and drug dealers and smugglers are not uncommon.
Chapter completed!