After a day of binge, John returned to Crown Studios in Los Angeles with the crew, although the film has been filmed, but for a movie, this is only half the completion, and then the film needs to be developed, screen editing, sound effects editing, dubbing, rating, distribution, and finally release.

So as soon as John returned to Crown Studios, he immediately arranged for Zack Schneider to send the film for development, while he stayed at Crown Studios to organize post-production meetings.

"The film has been filmed, and the next step is post-production, and the editing of the picture is in charge of Lee Smith, with Zack Snyder assisting. Lee: Is there a problem?" John asked, looking at Lee Smith.

"Leave it to me, boss....... Lee Smith replied.

"Good ......!"

John nodded, he was supposed to participate in the editing, but there were too many things, and it was impossible for him to stay in the editing room with Lee Smith, so he could only hand it over to Lee Smith and Zack Snyder, so that they could exercise themselves, and if something really happened, it would not be too late for John to save the scene.

"As for the sound editing, Richard King was in charge. After arranging the cuts, John followed up with the editing of the sounds.

"No problem, boss!" Richard King patted his chest.

"Good ......!"

"As for the rating of the movie, I'll leave it to Nancy, is there a problem with Nancy?"

There are no big scissors in the United States, only movie ratings, and the film association is formed by the eight major Hollywood film companies to rate the films, and as long as there are distribution companies willing to release them after the rating, theaters are willing to schedule them to be released, so this is a blessing for investors, producers and distributors!

This thing is equivalent to a game, set the rules, everyone plays according to the rules of the game, if there are no rules, everything is said by someone, then this game will make people speechless.

"No problem...... Nancy nodded. Although she didn't like John, she still had to do the work.

After seeing Nancy nod, John said again: "Emmanuel, from today onwards, ICM will find a job for you, whether it is shooting commercials or TV series, I hope you will work hard to improve your photography skills, if your photography level is still the same after a year and a half, then you may not be able to get a new project, because the new project has very high requirements for photography." ”

"New project!"

When the crew heard it, they immediately whispered, they didn't expect that before "Stealing Love" was completed, John had a new project.

"John, do you have a new project? What is the movie ? Not only the crew, but also Nancy, the agent, had never heard of it, so she was a little surprised when she heard about the new project.

"The name of the new project is "F", and it is a big-budget film with an investment of more than $55 million, and it is also the work that I plan to use for the Olympics, so I will talk about the ugly words first, if anyone loses the chain and the technology is not at home, then he does not have to participate. ”

Before the official project is established, the movie will not have a name, but will be replaced by letters.

This "F" film project, John has been preparing since 1986, originally wanted to be the first movie in his life, but John was afraid of inexperience and ruined the movie, so he chose to shoot "Stealing Love" to accumulate experience and practice his skills.

And John's words undoubtedly played a role, a $55 million film, in the early 90s, was considered a big-budget movie, and it was also a work ready to be used for the Olympics, so the attraction of these rookies was fatal.

"Boss, don't worry, I'll be working hard to improve my photography skills this year. Emmanuel decided to sleep with the camera for a year and a half, for a rookie like him, how many big-budget movies can be encountered in a lifetime, and how many Olympic works can be encountered, so when the opportunity comes, he must firmly seize it.

"Hmm!" John nodded, "In the past year and a half, you have practiced more in sports shots, such as pulling, shifting, panning, following, pushing, as well as long shots and long shots, and the film used by you in private can be reimbursed by the company, and you can use as much as you want, but the premise is that it can't be wasted." ”

The sharpshooter who wears a hundred steps is not only a talent factor, but also fed by bullets, and the same is true for photographers, if you want to be a good photographer, you must be fed with film.

After Emmanuel's problem was solved, John looked at Barry Wilkinson and said, "Barry, your props team is going to be working on the new project "F" from now on, remember, you only have 20 months to make props, you can't work overtime, you can't cut corners, if you can't finish it, be careful that I will deduct your bonus for a whole year. ”

It may sound hard to believe that it took up to 20 months to prepare the props, but it's true.

It's not uncommon for movies to take a year or two to prepare in Hollywood, "The Lord of the Rings" took three years to prepare, "Titanic" took six years to make, and almost made the high-level executives of 20th Century Fox and Paramount jump en masse.

So John took 20 months to prepare, which is really nothing, but it took two years to prepare for this movie in his previous life, so now that Barry is given 20 months, John is a little worried that they will not be able to complete the task.

The reason why it takes so long is because there are many and complex props involved in this movie, and because the plot time is decades ago, many things have become extinct, and they must not be collected by collecting, and many props must be made from a new factory, so it will take a lot of time.

"Boss! Barry Wilkinson is also out of the way at the moment, thinking to himself why he will play with his life if it's a big deal!

"Good ......!"

John is very satisfied with Barry Wilkinson's attitude, and as a group leader, he has to be responsible.

"Boss!

"And me!"

Before John could speak, Peter the stuntman and Jack the pyrotechnician on the side asked impatiently, and they saw that Barry Wilkinson's props team had already started working on the new project, and they were naturally a little envious.

John smiled: "As for you, ICM will find a project for you, like Emmanuel, to improve your skills and return to the crew when the film starts. ”

"Okay boss......!" the two replied in unison.

"But Peter, when you go out to work for other crews, be honest, don't make trouble for me, otherwise you know......" John looked at Peter and raised his eyebrows, in the entire crew, his biggest headache was Peter, this guy has nothing to say technically, but his personality is too hot, he looks like Lao Tzu is the best in the world, and he has to PK with others at every turn.

Everyone laughed when they heard John's words, and the whole crew knew that Peter had been cleaned up by John for three days in a row.

And Peter's mouth couldn't help but grin when he heard John's words, and he remembered the painful experience vividly: "Boss, don't worry, I will promise not to cause trouble when I go out." ”

"Hmmm......"

John nodded, and continued to get to work: "Larry, the set for the new project is going to start now, you're going to plant trees on the set, and I need the whole town to be planted with American red maple. ”

For the sake of the aesthetics of the picture, it is necessary to create a scene, and John plans to plant tens of thousands of American red maples on the filming site. By the time I went to shoot a year later, the trees were basically alive, and the sight was absolutely fascinating.

Some people may think that it is too much time for John to plant tens of thousands of red maples for a few shots of a movie.

But as a good director, you must have high requirements for yourself and the film, although sometimes this requirement seems to be more like an extreme cleanliness habit.

But who has not had a habit of cleanliness in the film, when Zhang Yimou filmed "The City Full of Golden Armor" in his previous life, he didn't get millions of chrysanthemums for a few shots, not to mention the big ship built by James Cameron for "Titanic".

So John pales in comparison to them.

After arranging the set, John looked at his lawyer, Will Louis, and said, "Will, you will be responsible for the legal aspects of the new project, especially the use of the venue and the tax refund, which must be negotiated with the local government. ”

For such a headache as dealing with government departments, it is best to leave it to a law firm, because they have plenty of time to slowly grind with the government.