The day after tomorrow will start filming "Witch Elisa", the film will be edited early, the version will be determined, and it will enter post-production, so that Zhou Chen can make a new movie without distraction.

The witch changed from 'Blair' to 'Alyssa' after Zhou Chen came to the United States to investigate, and readjusted the background of the story.

First of all, the witch 'Blair' is not a person, but a place name, and it is only a legend, not a real one.

But according to the fact that every such legend has a source, it is indeed possible that this thing is true.

But there is no Maryland town of Zizville (formerly Blair Town) in this world, so naturally there is no legend of witches, so the original witch movie naturally cannot be made.

Moreover, Maryland is far away on the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast of the United States, Zhou Chen is in Los Angeles, on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, and they have to cross the entire United States to get there, so it is really not suitable to choose as a filming location.

Zhou Chen finally chose to shoot in Mono Town, a small town in northern California, in the eastern Sierra Nevada.

Nearby there is a valley, covered in tall bushes, about four kilometers from the famous gold rush ghost town of 'Bodi', named after Lake Mono.

Most importantly, there is a legend of the witch Elsa!

Although it was a legend related to gold mining more than a hundred years ago, it was a little distant from now, but since there were witches, it was better than anything else.

At this point, it is very easy for Zhou Chen, who is good at creation, to operate.

You could add to the story that someone goes missing every few decades to continue the witch legend, and that's not a problem to get down to now.

And the movie "Blair the Witch" never reveals what the existence of the 'witch' is all about.

The witch did not appear from beginning to end, and the movie created a suspenseful and terrifying atmosphere by mystifying the witch, giving the audience higher expectations and attracting people to watch the movie.

This point Zhou Chen naturally won't destroy, and now this town of Mono, which has the witch 'Alyssa' and is not too far from Los Angeles, is simply suitable.

The identities of the three students in the movie have also changed from Maryland Film University to USCLA, and the setting is set four years ago in 2004.

In addition to modifying the story background of the movie, in terms of some plots and suspense creation, Zhou Chen decided to use several good changes in his virtual shooting in the system to improve the level of the whole movie.

This movie is not difficult to shoot, but Zhou Chen didn't dare to carry anything.

Compared with the 30,000 US dollars he invested in "This Man is from Earth", he invested all his net worth in this movie.

Just because they have now established the official website of the movie, made the poster of the missing person, and carried out pre-marketing on the Internet, they have invested 20,000 US dollars.

For the next actors and filming costs, Zhou Chen will invest another 50,000 US dollars, half of which is security costs.

After all, it is likely that it will not be safe to go to a remote area to shoot a movie abroad, so in order to avoid accidents, he asked four security personnel to help with things.

Counting some publicity expenses in the later stage, Zhou Chen will invest a total of up to 200,000 US dollars.

In this way, Zhou Chen's income from selling scripts, script networks, and the 100,000 yuan given by his father were basically spent.

So he had to borrow 1 million from Qiao Fei and keep a reserve fund of 150,000 US dollars in case of emergency.

This will also be more conducive to his next negotiation with the 'Witch Film Company' on the issue of publicity.

Putting these aside for the time being, Zhou Chen returned to the editing room after the finale banquet to continue working.

Before that, after the shooting at 6 o'clock every night, he had completed the rough cut, integrated and edited all the previous shooting materials.

What I have to do today is to cut out today's shooting, and then re-edit and edit it, and add and continue the relevant parts.

For such a movie with a simple plot, no special effects, and a flat and straightforward narrative, the shooting is also shot in the order of the plot, so the editing work is also very convenient, that is, to make trade-offs, leave the useful, and discard the useless.

Zhou Chen will be able to get everything done tonight, and review it a few more times to make sure that the final version is ready for post-production tomorrow.

"Brother, are you really not going to apply for international students here, Professor Ram is willing to give you a full scholarship. ”

Looking at Zhou Chen, who was sitting in front of the computer and preparing to start work, Zhang Kejia asked with some expectation.

Although he and Zhou Chen were not in the same dormitory when they were in college, they both liked to create, so they often discussed some related things such as drama arrangement, lines and characters, and the relationship was also very good.

This time, Zhou Chen came to the United States to cooperate with him in two movies, which made him feel very happy, and he wanted to pull Zhou Chen to develop in Hollywood in the future.

"Thank you, you also know my situation, my father and Xiao Jiao are in China, so I can't come here. Moreover, everything is quite good in the country now. Zhou Chen said with some regret.

Studying at USC Los Angeles on a full scholarship was also a great temptation for him.

But compared to family and love, these can be given up, and he doesn't want to continue to live in the ivory tower, he wants to practice more in society and make real movies.

"Hehe, that's right, Xiao Jiao is such a good girl, it's really worth it. Unlike me, a single dog, my family wishes I could go out and learn more. ”

"It's not easy, bring a blonde and blue-eyed beauty back in the future, and your parents will definitely be happy when the time comes, and they won't be so strict with you. ”

"That's not necessarily, and where can I bring it, except for very good people like Professor Ram, many people in the United States actually discriminate against Chinese Americans, let alone us?"

"It's okay, those are just people looking at you with colored glasses, with your talent will definitely attract beautiful American girls, I think the photographer Mira seems to be interesting to you. ”

"yes, you think so, too? But she's Korean. ”

"Well, what do you mean, you have a good personality and are very beautiful, isn't that enough?" Zhou Chen said speechlessly.

"No, I always felt like she had a knife. ”

"Hehe, you're going too far, people are obviously natural. Besides, it's not like you're going to get married right away, so why don't you care about that now?

When Zhou Chen said this, he felt a chill, and couldn't help but think of the disgusting paper balls in the paper basket when he first came to the United States and stayed in Zhang Kejia's single apartment.

"Hehe, brother, what you said is true, but you are still so conservative abroad, I think Meghan is very interesting to you, anyway, Xiao Jiao doesn't know in China, I will keep it secret for you, you should also let it go." ”

", I'm not so......"

Zhou Chen was just halfway through his sentence when a familiar mobile phone rang.

"If you forgot to turn the clock and forgot to take something with you, would you still stop on the day you said you loved me......"

This is the exclusive ringtone set by Gu Xiaojiao with his mobile phone, and Zhou Chen quickly connected it.

"Hey, Xiao Jiao, good morning, it's one o'clock in the afternoon over there, what are you busy with, has the new drama started filming?"

"Well, yes, good evening, my new drama starts filming tomorrow, is your movie finished today?"

"Well, it's done, but you know, I'm going to spend ten days or so making a horror movie. ”

"Can you come back on time?"

"Haha, do you miss me so much, then you just let me hug me when you saw me off, and you didn't give me a kiss. Zhou Chen said with deep resentment.

"I haven't agreed to do it yet, how can I be so casual. ”

"Alright, alright, my teeth are all sore. Zhou Chen, now Xiao Jiao has something to tell you, a good news, a bad news, you have to listen to that first?"

Zhou Chen was going to ask Gu Xiaojiao again if he had thought about it, but he heard Qiao Fei's voice suddenly ringing on the other side of the phone.

PS: Updated, there's another chapter in the evening, so it's been updated.