Heading north along the interstate to the north of Burbank near the San Fernando Valley, Ronan got out of the car and into an old warehouse that wasn't too big.

Since the warehouse has just been rented and has not yet been renovated, the garbage from the cleaning in many places has piled up and has not yet been shipped out.

"Wait!

Wen Ziren's shout came from the front, and he said loudly to several workers: "Don't dismantle the water pipes and toilets in the toilet! Don't clean this toilet, just keep it as it is! It's okay, it's no problem if it's dirty! You open that window to ventilate and dissipate the smell." ”

Ronan could see that Wen Ziren had entered the state.

On the other side, Ray Warner was relatively silent, walking around the warehouse with a pen and paper, constantly writing and drawing, and only saying hello when he met Ronan.

Ronan knows very well that the combination of Wen Ziren and Ray Warner is completely dominated by Wen Ziren.

After Wen Ziren finished explaining his work, Ronan walked over, and Wen Ziren hurriedly came over to shake Ronan's hand: "Good afternoon, Mr. Anderson." ”

Ronan said: "James, you're welcome, just call me Ronan." ”

He was just about to shake hands with Wen Ziren, but Wen Ziren found that his hands were full of ashes, so he quickly withdrew his hand and said embarrassedly: "My hands are too dirty." ”

Ronan didn't care either, and asked, "Is it going well?"

Wen Ziren said: "The warehouse has just been rented, and it is not a big problem to clean it up." ”

In fact, everything is easy to do with money.

Ronan said, "I'll leave this project to you. ”

"Thank you. Wen Ziren was a little moved: "Ronan, thank you for your trust." ”

Ronan smiled and said, "James, I believe in your abilities. ”

The entire project invested 1.5 million US dollars, which can be said to be a veritable low-cost production in today's Shahai Entertainment.

Wen Ziren took Ronan around the warehouse, talking about the future shooting plan according to the script as he turned.

This is also to reassure Ronan, the producer.

For such a small production, Ronan also dared to let go of the director to play himself appropriately, to put it mildly, if the $1.5 million investment was messed up, Wen Ziren's directorial future would basically be over, but Relativity Entertainment did not have much impact.

Relativity Entertainment now has such capital.

Entering the management office of the warehouse, Ronan immediately stopped and stood in front of a couch to take a closer look.

On the sofa sat a puppet, wearing a black suit and a red bow tie, and its white and gloomy face seemed to be stained with blood, and there was an evil aura all over its body.

Maybe it's because I've watched "Chainsaw" before, and Ronan thinks this puppet is super charming, evil charm!

Ronan pointed to the puppet and asked, "James, did you do this?"

Wen Ziren smiled embarrassedly and said, "It's called Billy, and I made it." ”

Ronan nodded, the puppet Billy was once a famous figure, and in countless online posts and Internet works, he could be called a movie character who was as mythical as Uncle Nine.

"Not bad. Ronan glanced at Billy again, "It looks scary." ”

Wen Ziren said simply: "This puppet, in fact, I borrowed from the famous Italian horror movie master Dario Argento's work "Blood Red in the Night", and transformed it into this puppet according to the setting of the murderer. ”

Ronan asked with concern, "There won't be a copyright problem, right?"

"No, it won't. Wen Ziren is very confident in this: "I just borrowed from the setting, and the external image is completely different." ”

Ronan nodded and asked, "Do you have any ideas on the actors?"

Wen Ziren smiled and said, "Ray and I have not been in Hollywood for a long time, and we are not very familiar with the circle, so I have to trouble you in this regard......"

"Hmm. Ronan said directly: "I'll ask Shahai Entertainment to make an announcement to recruit actors." ”

Tobin Bell should be an old actor, such a person is easy to find in the circle, and let people inquire about it when they go back.

"Oh, yes. Wen Ziren seemed to remember something and said: "Lei wants to play one of the roles, and he doesn't need extra pay." ”

Ronan was unequivocal: "Yes, you can discuss this with Ray." ”

Shahai Entertainment signed long-term film contracts with Wen Ziren and Ray Warner, and this "Chainsaw" is also paid according to industry practice, with a total of $50,000 for the two.

As for Wen Ziren's concern about the risk of increasing investment, it is not a matter in Ronan's eyes.

Wen Ziren is a veritable rookie director in Hollywood, and he has to coordinate all aspects, such as buying ketchup to make prop plasma, and the pig's intestine that serves as human intestines.

Gory and brutality are also one of the selling points of this film.

In Wen Ziren's words, it is to interpret human nature with blood.

"I designed a lot of bloody shots. Wen Ziren handed Ronan the storyboard he had drawn, and said: "For example, in order to get out of the leg and cut off his leg, the steel cracked jaw helmet split the human head in half from the mouth......"

He explained: "Such cruel scenes directly test people's psychological endurance, and it makes people feel that human life and flesh are so fragile, and produce an infinite fear from the depths of the heart, and the fear is followed by the despair of life." ”

Ronan carefully flipped through the storyboard artwork, and changed to other directors, if he wanted to achieve the goal that Wen Ziren said, the $1.5 million budget was simply not enough.

But Wen Ziren shouldn't be a big problem.

A famous person once said that Wen Ziren has two attributes: the horror master aura and the special effect amplification aura.

The former can add 50 percent to his horror films, while the latter can add 20 percent to the special effects of the film for the same amount of money.

In this respect, Wen Ziren is similar to Michael Bay, who can make a lot of money for the film company while also saving a lot of money on production.

Such a director is a good director in the eyes of Hollywood studios.

Art masters like David Lynch and Woody Allen are really weak for film companies in front of Wen Ziren and Michael Bay.

Plasma and pig intestines are easy to get and are not a problem for Hollywood studios.

Ronan will make people prepare in advance, the first part of "Saw Horror" is okay, and more and more plasma will be needed later.

Bloodiness and violence are necessarily the biggest selling points of this series.

When it comes to blood and horror, Wen Ziren seems to have palpitations, and the words he utters are unbelievable: "I am actually very timid, when I watch other horror movies, when I see the passages of blood splattering and flesh flying, I am blindfolded with fright. ”

Ronan smiled and said, "James, you have to train your guts." ”

Will this be the case, the timid director is born to be a wizard of horror films, and as a result, he is scared to death by the horror films he makes......

I remember when I was in school, there was a ghost story on the radio, and many people rumored that he was scared to death.

Perhaps, after Wen Ziren's creative process like this, those things that once frightened him will no longer frighten him.

Before Ronan left, he advised: "James, there is one thing you need to pay attention to, you must give the movie enough suspense, so that it can be separated from the horror areas that are purely bloody and cruel in the past, so that the audience feels that this horror film is different." ”

Wen Ziren said solemnly: "I will pay more attention to this aspect. ”

Ronan added: "But it can't be complicated and obscure. ”

"I understand. "Wen Ziren is obviously a person who understands.

Ronan didn't say anything more, and then took his leave.

In addition to the bloody cruelty and trick killing, the suspense of "Chainsaw" is also the best in the series.

Appropriately increase the suspense, so that the audience can watch it with great interest.

Alfred Hitchcock once said that if several people are talking about baseball around a table, if the audience knows in advance that there is a bomb under the table that will explode in 5 minutes, then this hint will create a strong suspense and make the audience very concerned about the baseball talking scene.

But if the audience doesn't know that there is such a thing as a bomb, then the people talk for five minutes, and then the bomb suddenly explodes and blows people to pieces, and the audience is just shocked. And for the five minutes that these people talk about baseball, it feels a little dull.

Wen Ziren has undoubtedly done a very good job.

For example, at the end of the movie, the corpse slowly stood up and said in a contemptuous and sincere gesture: Many people don't know how to cherish, but it's not you, it's not you anymore.

The suspenseful story and the depth of human nature are there, but the director makes the heart that has tended to ease beat violently again, which makes people lose some puzzles again while being shocked. For example, whether the person with the broken leg survives, whether the person who is imprisoned is dead or alive, what will the jigsaw do after leaving, and this kind of suspenseful and open-ended ending makes it difficult for people to get out of it for a while.

The classic thing about Chainsaw One is that the content is richer and more in-depth, not only the story itself is full of suspense, but the director also uses a lot of suspense techniques in the chapters, but it is not obscure and complex in structure.

For commercial films, obscurity and complexity are simply the natural enemies of the audience, and they are also a weapon to drive away profits.

In fact, one of the most hated movies for ordinary audiences is to play tricks.

Perhaps the trickery will make many critics appear to be artistic, complacent that ordinary people can't understand it, but for commercial films, it's too bad.

After leaving the warehouse set, Ronan didn't go to the office again, and returned directly to Beverly Hills, where Christmas was approaching and the manor was a little deserted.

Nikia, the housekeeper, and a few workers were also to be reunited with their families, and there were few people in the huge estate.

After dinner, Ronan walked around the garden, returned to the study, read books and dealt with emails as usual, and when it was close to ten o'clock, he suddenly received a phone call.

"Ronan, it's me, Avril, you're in Beverly Hills, are you? Do you have time? I'm at the Beverly Club. ”