Chapter 23: On the Eve of the Screening (Part I)

For a science fiction film with changeable shooting scenes and grand scenes, it is difficult to come up with a finished film within half a year.

However, the filming of "Little Wrecking Ball" was completed on the thirty-ninth day after the start of filming, and it was only three more days before Song Xiaoxuan's role was completed.

On the one hand, it is because the crew has a strong budget, several shifts work day and night, and generous benefits such as overtime pay greatly encourage everyone's enthusiasm for work.

On the other hand, because Ren He has enough budget for post-special effects, not only two top special effects teams work together 24 hours a day, but in order to provide them with enough computing power for some of their projects, Ren He even spent money to rent the largest supercomputer in southwest China for them to use.

Because of this reason, the progress of post-production special effects has always maintained a terrifying efficiency that keeps up with the shooting schedule.

Of course, there is one of the most important reasons.

If "Little Wrecking Ball" can be submitted for review within a month and a half, and released within two months, Sun Yan can get an extra 10 million.

This 10 million also directly made Sun Yan the most ruthless person in the crew, not leaving the set for 24 hours, squatting on the camera for 18 hours, and trotting forward to the toilet, which is Sun Yan's daily operation during this time.

It is precisely because he is ruthless enough that the other cast and crew are so ruthless when they look at the director, and everyone is also ruthless to themselves.

In short, there are many reasons why "Little Wrecking Ball" has such an amazing shooting efficiency.

But whatever the reason, in the final analysis, it's because there is enough money.

The money given to Sun Yan, the money given to the cast and crew, and the money given to the special effects team, no matter what aspect, Ren He is spending money like dirt with a posture of "money is paper".

If you don't have money, you can't even ride a shared bike, but if you have money, you can not only ride a bike, you can even ride a plane, and you can even ride a bike in an airplane.

That's the truth.

On this day, after Sun Yan informed the news that the film would be released in the early morning three days later, Ren He stayed alone in the river-view villa he bought casually and did not go out.

He was lying on a recliner on the balcony on the second floor, and he was muttering words.

"From the start of the film to the release, it is a total of 50 days...... Sun Yan's efficiency is indeed good. ”

"In the past month or so, although there is no club, I went to Tokyo and Paris to Turkey, which is not romantic at all, and I have had enough......

"Ahem......"

Just as he was chattering casually, Ren He suddenly coughed.

It took him a long time before he stopped coughing, and the look on his face darkened.

"I've been coughing a lot this week...... I always feel stuffy in my chest when I wake up in the morning, and I often feel dizzy......"

"I guess I'm going to be soon. ”

When thinking like this, Ren He took out his mobile phone.

"In addition to the cost of making this film, and the cost of all my failures during this time, I still have ...... Ahem...... I count ......"

He glanced at the money he had left in his bank account.

That's a vast array of zeros.

[Current balance: 639.7 million ......]

"......"

After spending a long time trying to figure out how many zeros there were, Ren He scolded.

After a while, he muttered to himself sluggishly.

"I've been working hard to spend money, it's a charter flight to go out, the landing must be a five-star hotel, and the food must be the most expensive ...... in the local area."

"Uh...... Actually, it didn't cost a lot of money, so the reason why I didn't spend a few dollars to go out this month is probably because I didn't buy a plane, I didn't buy a hotel, and I didn't buy a restaurant......"

"You can buy it, it's just not necessary. ”

Muttering such a sentence, Ren He coughed a few more times.

"I don't know how long I'll live...... I won't drive a plane if I buy a hotel, I don't expect it to make money......"

"With the rest of the money, I'd better leave a little for Xiaoxuan, Fatty, and other friends I care about, and donate the rest to charity......

"People are going to die, what's the point of having so much money? I guess the second uncle thought so before he died, that's why he gave me such an inheritance, right?"

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

After another violent cough, Ren He got up from the recliner.

Perhaps because he got up too quickly, his body was slightly tilted, and if he hadn't held on to the handle of the recliner in time, he would probably have fallen over.

"Hopefully I'll make it to the box office results of the movie for a week......"

Ren He, who clearly knew his current physical condition, sighed slightly, and was about to go back to the room when his mobile phone rang.

Sun Yan, who had just hung up the phone, called again.

"What's the matter?" asked Ren He.

"Although you specifically instructed us to press ahead and wait for the first day of the movie's release to see the situation and then allocate funds to promote it, Mr. Ren, I thought about it, let's hold a press conference before the premiere?"

"So what do you mean by calling me?"

"Yes, of course...... You, as the manager, should be there......"

"I'm not going. ”

"Why?"

"I like ......to keep a low profile," Ren He finished speaking, paused, and added: "If you want to get it, you can get it, but don't notify too many media ......"

"Don't worry, I'm not prepared to inform the media at all. Sun Yan laughed on the phone.

Ren He was a little stunned when he heard this: "What do you mean?"

"I'm the kind of director who is said to have his own heat...... Because in the first half of the year, didn't my film smash up? The shooting of the small wrecking ball was terrifyingly fast, so as soon as I announced the news that the new film was about to be released, there would definitely be a bunch of people crowded to the press conference to watch the excitement. ”

Ren He thought about it for a while, it was really what Sun Yan said.

After all, before the movie in the first half of the year, Sun Yan belonged to the type of director with a good reputation, because the movie in the first half of the year pounced, so it is reasonable that the new film has a high degree of attention.

Although Ren He wanted to reject Sun Yan's proposal and omit such a press conference that would bring a certain amount of heat to "Little Wrecking Ball", he had already agreed just now, and it was not good to backtrack.

"Okay, you set a time. ”

"Okay, Mr. Ren. ”

……

A day later, the premiere press conference of "Little Wrecking Ball" was successfully held, as Sun Yan said on the phone before, there was an endless stream of various media who came to attend the press conference.

After the press conference, the relevant information about Sun Yan's new film began to spread rapidly on the Internet.

However, this kind of spread did not last long, and the relevant keywords on the hot search rankings almost just appeared, and then disappeared.

Both Sun Yan and other relevant persons in charge are quite puzzled about this matter, because with their experience, after such a press conference, it is impossible for the heat to subside so quickly.

But the truth is that the press conference seems to have only made a small splash on the water, and did not cause a big wave.

On the morning of the second day after the press conference, Ren He was on the phone with He Xiaotao.

"The hot searches have all been removed, right?"

"It's all withdrawn, but Mr. Ren, why do we have to do this?" He Xiaotao's puzzled voice sounded in the earpiece.

Ren He pursed his lips, and when he was about to reply with a formulaic "I like to be low-key", he suddenly coughed violently.

"Mr. Ren?"

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

"Mr. Ren, what's wrong with you, why are you coughing so badly?"

"Mr. Ren?"

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P.S. Second Hair Niang, he'll make it up.