After the press conference, John and the crew entered Studio 25 of Universal Studios.

Most of the filming of "The Matrix" will be done in the studio, and a few scenes will be shot in Manhattan and Staunton.

It is worth mentioning that John asked the modeling team to build a miniature version of the Staten that served as the setting city for the entire story of The Matrix, with the Candle Mansion in the Wind, the Spiral Tower, the Kingdom Building, the Gherkin, the Shard, ...... These iconic buildings will all appear in the movie.

Of course, John did this for a more important reason than promoting Staunton. John knew that Staunton would never escape the murderous hands of the sluts in Hollywood. That orangutan may not squat in the Empire State Building in the future, but squatting in the spiral tower instead, Liangtang will not climb the Burj Khalifa, but climb the Candle Flame Building in the wind, the Japanese monster will not go to Manhattan to cause destruction, and Staunton will lay eggs instead, Batman and the Joker will fall in love and kill each other in Staten, Optimus Prime and Megatron will also fight the War of the Century in Staten, and the group of perverts in Marvel, the guy in DC who wears underwear backwards...... The people of Staten will be in dire straits in the future, becoming the world's most troubled people.

So, instead of letting that group of sluts do it, John decided to come first, men still care about the first time, and spent tens of billions of dollars to build so many buildings, how can they give up the first time of these buildings to the Hollywood sluts! Especially the guy who explodes Bay, who is tired of destroying all iconic buildings, is simply a disaster for Staunton.

"Knight!"

John walked into the studio and called Knight, who was talking to the props team in the distance.

"How's it going?"

"Props, costumes, lighting, actors...... It's all OK!"

"Okay, let's notify everyone that it's ready to turn on!"

"Okay!"

Natsu nodded and turned to leave.

John then called Bao Ye and the special effects supervisor over.

"Master Bao, you first watch me filming literary dramas, and after you are familiar with them, you are filming martial arts dramas. ”

Bao Ye will naturally film as an actor and director, but the shooting methods of Guangdong and Hong Kong are very different from those in North America, there are many rules, Guangdong and Hong Kong can make a movie in three weeks, which is impossible in North America, Wu Yusen will be unaccustomed to filming in North America, so John hopes that Bao Ye will watch how he shoots, and then quickly find a shooting method in North America.

"No problem!"

Bao Ye nodded, there are rules in a place, not to mention between countries, that is, the living habits and diets of northerners and southerners within a country may be different. If you want to take root in a place, you have to be familiar with the water and soil of the place.

"The special effects side supports the whole process, and we will make a section after filming, we are very short on time, and the finished film must come out in June next year, and the Super Bowl trailer must also be made this year. ”

The most wasteful time of "The Matrix" is not the pre-shooting, but the post-production of special effects, a few minutes of special effects may take several months to complete, and "The Matrix" has a lot of special effects, in order to be released on time next summer, John invited four special effects companies to produce it in one go.

"Okay!"

The VFX Supervisor nodded.

After Knight informed everyone that they were ready to turn on, the actors and crew members were busy, and John came to the monitor and sat down, and when he saw that it was ready, he shouted to turn on.

The first scene is a conversation between Neo and Morpheus in the room, because the actors are well prepared, and the acting skills of the two actors are also in place, the shooting went very smoothly, and the second time passed.

Then John filmed five more of them, and after completing today's task, he announced his disbandment.

The crew has a plan for what scenes to shoot every day, and the cost will be a little more if they are delayed for a day, so there can be no accidents during the filming, and once there is an accident, the cost will definitely be overrun, which is a disaster for the producer.

After a few days of shooting, after the crew gradually ran in, the shooting became smoother and smoother, "The Matrix" is just a commercial film, and the requirements for the actors' acting skills are not very high, as long as they are basically passable, and they don't talk about any esoteric and complex theories, just have some magic sticks, too complicated will confuse the audience, which is fatal for a commercial film, John doesn't want to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to make a mysterious philosophical film.

"Ka, okay, today's shooting mission is over!"

After more than three weeks of continuous filming and shooting, the literary drama was completed, and the next step was the martial arts, which were in charge of Bao Ye, and John would take a back seat and hand over the leadership to Bao Ye.

"Bao Ye, the crew will be handed over to you tomorrow! It's okay to be slow during filming, but you must pay attention to the safety of the actors and crew members, and use a stand-in for the strength in places that are too dangerous. ”

John told him again, martial arts is the most prone to injury, so the crew has two stand-ins for each actor, one injured and one more, but there is only one actor, once injured, especially if the bones are injured, it will be troublesome, and the muscles and bones will be injured for a hundred days, and the daylily will be cold when the injury is healed.

"Okay, understood!"

Bao Ye knows what John is worried about, in fact he is also under a lot of pressure, this is the first time he has directed a film with such a large investment, if there is an accident, it will be a disaster.

After telling the instructions, John left the studio with Hugo and returned to the Crown Studios.

"By the way, Hugo, how is your sister doing?"

In the car, John looked at the building outside the window and suddenly remembered Hugo's sister.

"Some time ago, I heard her say that she wanted to ask some female devil to help her design a mid-range residential area, and now she is probably busy with this!" Hugo replied.

"Zaha Hadid's design fee is not cheap, it adds a lot of costs, and it may not sell well as a mid-range residential area!" John said. The design fee of the female devil is 30% of the total investment, which is very expensive, and the design fee of the least 100 million US dollars in a mid-range residential area starts at least 100 million US dollars.

"My sister said that this community does not make money, just to make the company known and give a good impression to the Staten government, so that we can get more land in the future. Hugo tilted his head and looked at John.

"Your sister is quite business-minded, and the most important thing is not to be greedy. John nodded appreciatively, only those who are not greedy can go further, living a long time is the king, and it is only temporary to be short-lived.

"Of course, my sister is very smart. Hugo was very happy to see his sister's career take off. "By the way, I haven't thanked you properly, if it weren't for your help, my sister wouldn't have been able to go so well. ”

John waved his hand. "No thanks, as your boss, I should do a little favor, and besides, this is also helping myself. ”

John was never stingy with the people around him, and he also loved to help ambitious people.