Chapter 22 Boot Launch
In a blink of an eye, it was the thirteenth day of the first month of 2005, and the Spring Festival stalls at this time had already been white-hot, and "Hero" directed by Zhang Yimou was unbeatable, with a cumulative box office of 760 million.
Many media said that Zhang Yimou's sword is not old, and "Hero" is about to surpass Chen Yongren's "Looking for the Dragon", Jiang is still old and spicy.
And today is also the launch conference of "The Grim Reaper", and the media who received the invitation also came early, the launch conference of "The Grim Reaper is Coming" was held in a five-star hotel in the magic capital, and "The Grim Reaper is Coming" will complete all the filming in the magic capital.
At half past ten in the morning of the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, the launch conference of "The Grim Reaper" was launched, and after the host introduced them one by one, the main actors and directors of the film appeared one by one, and the press conference officially began.
After the moderator finished speaking, he went into the reporter's question session.
The reporters in the audience raised their hands to ask questions, and the host randomly clicked on Wang Kai, a reporter from "Starlight Daily", Wang Kai stood up very happily and asked Chen Yongren: "Hello Director Chen, I am Wang Kai, a reporter from Starlight Daily." I've interviewed you before, I don't know if you remember, and then I want to ask you that you didn't answer my two questions last time. How much does this film cost to make? And what kind of genre is this movie? Thank you."
Chen Yongren looked at Wang Kai and replied with a smile: "Wang Kai, I haven't forgotten you." First of all, to answer your question first, the production cost of this film is not high, the budget is 55 million, and the investment in this film is done by Longteng Studio alone. The film is a thriller, a thriller that is different from the horror films of the bloody violence. There will be no bloody scenes such as violent killings in it, and it will even be a little fresh, but it will be a horror movie like no other. And then the question about you has been answered, if you still have questions, you have to raise your hand, don't be like last time" This time the film investment of "The Grim Reaper is Coming", at first Chen Yongren wanted to pull several other companies to invest together, but after they heard that it was a thriller, they hesitated, and finally decided not to vote, because a horror thriller without violent and bloody scenes, they are really a little unoptimistic...
Wang Kai looked at Chen Yongren and smiled awkwardly, but soon no one paid attention to him, because the host had already ordered another reporter to get up and ask questions.
"Hello Director Chen, I am Yang Mei, a reporter from "Modu Daily", this movie was filmed in Modu, will it go back to your alma mater, Modu Drama Academy for filming? And then what do you think about the box office of the movie "Hero" directed by Zhang Yimou has exceeded 700 million?" A reporter from Modu Daily asked.
"The filming of "Death is Coming" was placed in the magic capital this time because the school had called me back many times before, so I took the opportunity to make this movie to go back to the school and take a look at some cooperation by the way. Then, Director Zhang's movie "Hero" is being released, and the box office is also very hot, I hope that more and more directors will make more excellent movies for the audience to see, and I also congratulate Director Zhang Yimou on the success of "Hero". Chen Yongren replied with a smile.
"Hello Yuanyuan, I am a reporter from Nanfang Daily, this is the second time you and Director Chen have cooperated, how do you feel compared to the first time?" asked Gao Yuanyuan by a reporter from Nanfang Daily.
"Director Chen Yongren is a very good director, it is a pleasure to work with him, I feel very happy to work with him again this time, and we will try our best to bring a classic movie to the audience again" Gao Yuanyuan glanced at Chen Yongren and replied to the reporter with a smile.
"Hello Hu Ge, the TV series you starred in is on the air, and this movie is also your first time in a movie, the first time you played the role of the movie male lead, or a movie directed by Chen Yongren, will you feel a lot of pressure?" a reporter asked Hu Ge.
"There is definitely pressure, but there is pressure to be motivated, I am very happy to be able to cooperate with Director Chen, I believe that our cooperation will be very pleasant. Hugg replied with a smile.
Next, after asking some questions to Chen Yongren and several other leading actors, the press conference, which lasted for an hour and a half, ended.
"The Grim Reaper is Coming" was on the thirteenth day of the first month, and after the start-up ceremony was held at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the film officially started filming.
Soon after the filming began, Chen Yongren asked Wang Yu to buy a scrapped aircraft for film shooting.
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Modu Airlines, today welcomed a different guest, not to visit, but to buy a plane, or a scrapped plane... This request made the staff of Modu Airlines look confused, thinking that they were here to make trouble.
However, he saw that he was dressed extraordinary, so he reported it layer by layer, and then the vice president of Modu Airlines came down directly to greet him.
"Haha, Mr. Zhang, I haven't seen you for a long time!" Wang Yu said to the vice president of Modu Airlines.
The two had met before, so they weren't too polite, so Wang Yu went straight to the point: "Take me to see it now"
Then he got in the car and set off, and Mr. Zhang of Modu Airlines asked Wang Yu: "What are you buying a rotten plane for? If it is a decoration, I have a good one, there is no need to buy a scrapped rotten plane."
Zhang Yongzheng also asked with a puzzled face, but if people want to buy it, there is no reason why they should not sell it, and it will be moldy when they are put away.
Soon the two of them came to the large flat where the scrapped aircraft were stored.
As one of the top ten airlines in China, Modu Airlines has a lot of scrapped aircraft, and there are thirty or forty scrapped planes parked here.
Wang Yu looked at it, and Mr. Zhang said: "I want the kind of passenger plane with no damage to the appearance, the cheapest, more than 120 seats, as long as the shape remains intact, and there is no problem with disassembling some devices inside..."
"If it's intact, and cheap, I'll ask someone to show you. Xiao Li, you take us to find a few planes in this condition. Mr. Zhang said to Chen Yongren and Xiao Li next to him.
Xiao Li is in charge of this side, so he is also very familiar with the situation here, and he directly led them to the parking points of several targets without looking at the information.
Wang Yu and Mr. Zhang talked and laughed along the way, and soon under the leadership of Xiao Li, they looked at several planes, and after comparing them, Wang Yu chose a large passenger plane. Although the contents are almost hollowed out, they are not bad in appearance.
Mr. Zhang said to Wang Yu: "Mr. Wang, we are also old acquaintances, so what do you think of the friendship price of 1.8 million yuan sold to you?"
Wang Yu thought for a while, this time the budget is five million, this price is really low, so he said to Mr. Zhang: "Okay, only 1.8 million, but I still have one condition, that is, to help me repaint the plane, brush it like a new plane, and then help me lift the plane to the suburbs, the address will be given to you, of course, we will pay these expenses, what do you think?"
"Yes, I will arrange for the staff to paint as soon as possible, and then help you transport it to the suburbs," Mr. Zhang replied, and then the two sides reached an agreement and signed the contract.
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Chen Yongren bought this plane to shoot the explosion, and in his previous life, "Death is Coming 1" used the airline's aircraft explosion video as a movie clip, but Chen Yongren's version must be refined and will never be roughly made, so not long after the movie started, Wang Yu was asked to buy a plane.
The movie has been filming for more than a month before I know it.
On March 29th, a scrapped aircraft was parked on an empty field on the outskirts of the magic capital, and Chen Yongren had already commanded the camera and was preparing at this time.
Chen Yongren bought this scrapped plane to make a live explosion, and then used a good camera to shoot all the explosion scenes, and then used post-production special effects to make the appearance of an aerial explosion.
Therefore, for this shooting, Chen Yongren specially rented several high-end cameras from Hollywood, and the shooting quality is clearer and brighter, the particles are fuller, and the light sensitivity is better.
On March 25th, the official website of Longteng Studio issued an announcement: On March 28th, the plane explosion scene of "Death is Coming" will be filmed in the suburbs of the magic capital, but you need to cooperate with the arrangement of the staff, and you must not move around at will, otherwise you will bear the consequences!
Now, the whole network is crazy, there is no news after "The Grim Reaper is Coming" is turned on, the whole crew is in a closed shooting state, this is suddenly going to blow up the plane, and you can still go to watch, who the fuck can stand this? No one can stop me! The consequence of countless netizens going crazy is that Weibo was directly paralyzed for five hours...
Countless fans have taken leave in advance to go to the magic capital, and countless media have also gone out! It can be said that "The Grim Reaper" does not say what the movie will do in the end, but it is invincible in publicity!
At 3 a.m. on March 28, it was already pitch dark, and the location where the plane was filming was brightly lit.
The crew of "Death is Coming" and the hired security company are extremely busy at this time, preparing the shooting plan in six hours.
Although there were still six hours before the shooting of the plane explosion scene, the surrounding area was already crowded, so in order to be able to watch from a vantage point, they all rushed here overnight to occupy a good position.
At half past eight in the morning, Chen Yongren was also shocked when he saw the scene, it was really crowded, and he was also shocked by these enthusiastic fans, and at the same time arranged to strengthen supervision and strictly prevent accidents!
At the beginning, Chen Yongren thought of opening this plane explosion scene for everyone to watch, just to promote the movie, and now the whole country knows about it, and it feels so high.
"Welcome to the filming site of the plane explosion scene of "The Grim Reaper", let me briefly explain the situation at the scene. Chen Yongren said to the people at the scene with a microphone.
"You can see that there are ten ten-meter-high iron frames around the plane, and there are ten cameras on these shelves, all of which are high-definition cameras, and these ten cameras surround the blasting point, and shoot at 360 degrees without dead ends, in addition to the cameras, there are also recording equipment, and some other equipment..."
At nine o'clock, after all the inspections were correct, the explosives were also placed, and after the surrounding area was cleared, all the reporters and spectators were waiting at the best viewing point.
After all the equipment was ready, Chen Yongren picked up the microphone and shouted, "The blasting is about to begin!"
"Everyone stay safe, take care to avoid, ten, nine, eight, seven...... Three, two, one, detonate!"
Under Chen Yongren's order, the blaster pressed the detonation device.
At the same time, the ground shook and everyone felt the shaking of the ground, and those who didn't know thought that there was an earthquake, and at this time, the audience at the scene were staring wide-eyed, looking directly at the large passenger plane that was being torn to pieces by the raging flames!
The whole explosion lasted about a minute, but everyone was still shocked by the huge explosion scene and had not yet recovered.
Then after sobering up, the applause was thunderous!!
"Mom, that's shocking"
"Just for this face, I'm sure of "Death is Coming"
"Holy! What just happened? Why is it gone?"
"Director Chen's !!"
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The explosion scene of "The Grim Reaper is Coming" won unanimous praise and affirmation from the audience and the media, and after "The Grim Reaper is Coming" finished filming the plane explosion scene, it switched to shoot something else, and at this time, there were countless pictures and some videos of the plane explosion scene on the Internet, which caused countless netizens who failed to come to watch.
"What's the situation? There are so many people, is this a fight?"
"This plane looks pretty cool, where is this park, I'll have time to see it another day"
"I'm damned, if you say it's going to be bombed, if you can't do it, give me a cup of '82 Sprite to suppress the shock" At this time, the topic of the plane explosion scene has reached hundreds of millions.
Soon, the official website of Longteng Studio also released a clip video of the live explosion, which was immediately forwarded by countless netizens!
At the same time, countless media who watched the explosion scene quickly wrote their own opinions and analyses and posted them on the Internet, rubbing a wave of popularity, and the popularity of "Death is Coming" is really known to the people of the whole country!
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On April 5th, "The Grim Reaper is Coming" officially completed all the filming tasks and officially finished!
This time, the production cost of "The Grim Reaper" is as high as more than 50 million, and the production of special effects is as high as 30 million.
This time, Chen Yongren found that the special effects of the movie "Death is Coming" were produced by a Hollywood special effects company, so after the film was completed on April 5, Chen Yongren also returned to the Beijing studio, and the three special effects artists from Hollywood have also arrived, "The Grim Reaper is Coming" has officially entered post-production, and the promotion of the film has also begun.
""The Grim Reaper is Coming" spent a huge amount of eight million to buy an airplane to shoot the plane explosion scene!"
"The special effects of "The Grim Reaper" have produced more than 30 million, Chen Yongren claims to be playing with the heartbeat, and the heartbeat will accelerate when watching the movie, this is a thriller movie that makes people feel the fear of death!!"
After the news about "The Grim Reaper is Coming" was released, countless fans and netizens who had watched the plane explosion scene at the scene immediately climaxed, and they ran to Chen Yongren's Weibo to leave messages.
"My mom asked me why I was crying, and I said I was so excited..."
"The conscience of the industry, Chen Zhuo's products, must be high-quality products"
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At the same time, Feng Dacang, who was filming a new film, learned that after "Death is Coming" was completed, he was so angry that his blood pressure soared, since the Spring Festival of the year before last, he filmed "Love Like a Dream", after the box office was defeated by Chen Yongren, who had just made a movie and his hair had not grown, Feng Dacang has been haunted by this, so he has been always ready and wants to face Chen Yongren again, but he didn't expect Chen Yongren to finish so quickly, and he turned his head and thought again, "This kid must have swelled, this film is estimated to be a big bad movie" , and then continued to make his own movies, Zhang Yimou has proven himself, and I, Feng Dacang, am not vegetarian! Feng Dacang, who was busy making movies during this time, did not pay attention to the news, and I didn't know that "Death is Coming" has become a well-known movie in the whole country in the past few days!
And "The Grim Reaper is Coming" is also in post-production, and Longteng Studio has also started waves of movie promotion.
Since there are studio professionals in the later stage of "Death is Coming", Chen Yongren has not followed up in post-production, but he has to decide some problems, and he will see if there are any problems to improve after editing.
At half past nine in the morning of April 6th, Chen Yongren took Huang Huishan and several people from the studio to be invited back to his alma mater, the Magic Capital Drama Academy, to participate in some exchange activities, and by the way, they visited the campus.