"Robert, why can't you listen to me?" Wang Yang shouted loudly to stop, looking at Donnie in the ruined shed in front of him, and couldn't help but feel a little helpless.

Over there, Donnie was sitting topless on the ground with his mobile phone, his body was painted by a stylist and many other places, such as his shoulders and chest, looked peeling and deformed, revealing an insect-like hard shell. Listening to Wang Yang's words, he shrugged his shoulders with a look of "I don't agree".

More than a month has passed since the start of filming of "District 9", and the crew is still staying in Vancouver, and the work during this time is basically carried out in the studio, as well as several indoor scenes such as "MNU headquarters office", "hospital", "home", etc., most of these scenes are not special effects shots, but the scenes of Victrex and Christopher Foson in and out of the MNU headquarters are enough for the animators to draw.

Some of these special effects shots require the use of small live explosions. With the professional help of the stuntmen, Wang Yang successfully completed the warm-up and tried to shoot the explosion scene in a small way. However, the shooting work is not 100% smooth, and when the design meets reality, many sub-shots need to be recalibrated on the spot, shooting techniques, and so on...... Another point is that he and Donnie have had many arguments.

It's not a matter of acting, every actor who can enter this crew can be qualified for his role, but because of some of Victrex's shaping problems, what emotions he feels in what scene, the two have some disagreements, there is actually no right or wrong in this, it's just that the understanding of the role is different. For example, like now, the content of this scene is about Victrex calling his wife, but his wife didn't trust him, and he felt extremely painful.

"Believe me, director! I can fully understand the pain of Victrex right now. Donnie stood up as he spoke, pointed to himself, and said in a calm tone: "Because I have experienced it, everyone knows what the reason is, it is really uncomfortable, remorseful, lonely, ......" He shook his head, and everyone around the crew was silent and did not speak.

"Herein lies the problem. Wang Yang frowned, said to everyone, "Take a rest first", then walked over and pulled Donnie aside, and said, "Robert, you often confuse yourself with Victrex. There are places where emotions are common. This is one of the important reasons why he chose Downey to play the leading role, and it turns out that Downey also played at the level of an Oscar-winning actor.

As he spoke, he tore another piece of Donnie's fake skin, shook it, and said, "See? Some places are different, you are a drug addict and he is deformed, one is voluntary, the other is forced." Donnie interrupted him with a pout, "I didn't take drugs voluntarily, but when you stuck to that thing, there will be a devil inside you, forcing you to do that......"

"Okay, anyway, don't touch it again in the future!" Wang Yang also interrupted him, returned to the topic just now, and explained: "The difference between the two, I think there is an extra 'unwilling' in the middle, you were abandoned by Sarah and your wife, and you yourself know that you deserve it, so you have remorse." Donnie moved his mouth as if chewing gum, "Do I have it?"

Wang Yang ignored his interjection and continued: "But Victrex is abandoned, he won't think he deserves it! Robert, the difference is too great!" He patted Donnie on the shoulder and said his request again: "Let Victrex be a little angry, either angry with his wife, or confused, angry, and unwilling...... You're going to make him look pathetic! He's struggling, not crying. ”

"Hmm......" Donnie also frowned, thought for a while, but shook his head, and said: "Young, I didn't say that he didn't struggle, but the first reaction was definitely not! When you put all your hopes on your wife, thinking that the whole world would abandon you, she wouldn't, but she immediately abandoned you!" He let out a long sigh, as if returning to the time when he was abandoned, and said: "Victrex should not have any reaction, he is depressed, desperate, and almost wants to die...... This is a very serious blow. ”

Wang Yang stared at him in silence, thinking about how to solve it. It is a normal thing for the director and the leading actor to have a dispute on the set, but in the past when filming "Ghost Shadow" and "Youth Musical", no actor had a dispute with him; in "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", Will Smith can be said to be a true performance, and occasional disagreements are easy to discuss and resolve; Natalie's perfect performance in "Juno" makes him the most worry-free, and the hip-hopping Donnie is actually very stubborn and hard-tempered, and he is not easy to be persuaded.

He thought for a while, had an idea in his heart, and said with a smile: "Brother, what's there to fight for, it's good to shoot both plans." Donnie laughed hesitantly, with an expression of "I see through you", and said, "I guess when editing, you will definitely use the one you want, right?" Wang Yang rolled his eyes noncommittally, and Downey spread his hands and said: "Yang, it's not that I don't want to act as you say, it's that I can't act! I can't get into the play of that plan, how do you let me act?"

"Robert, are you acting?" Wang Yang took a deep breath, and a wave of anger rushed out inexplicably. Donnie suddenly became serious and said, "No, even if you kill me, you can't." Wang Yang frowned and said, "This sentence can't be said nonsense. Donnie also realized that something was wrong, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry. ”

Now you can't just make a joke about "killing", not because of the fierce war in Afghanistan, but because not long ago, there was a bloody incident in the film industry, because the long-accumulated contradictions broke out, and Nathan Powell, the producer of the crew of "Fire Dancer", brutally killed director Jawell Vassell. This incident shocked the whole of Hollywood, and no one wanted this to happen again, so the quarrels between producers and directors, directors and actors, all converged for the time being.

"I think I'm influenced by Victrex's emotions. Donnie shrugged helplessly, and sighed again: "Back then, I played "Passion Under Zero", and after the performance, my drug addiction became even deeper, damn it!"

Wang Yang couldn't help but nod when he heard this, he has also been a little "too deep in the play" recently, and his temper has become much bigger. Thinking of this, the inexplicable anger suddenly disappeared, he gradually calmed down, and thought to himself: "Do I have some ego, Robert also has his truth in what he said, Victrex is sad and desperate, and then unwilling to ......"

He thought for a while, and suddenly said in confusion: "Why do we have to convince each other until then? This question is not opposite, can't it be fused together? I think the answer is yes!" Donnie's eyes blinked, and he asked, "How to fuse?"

"Well, you first hold your phone tightly and cry quietly, very desperate and pitiful. But then, you slam your phone out. Wang Yang looked at him, designed the picture, and said: "You started scolding, you started crying, struggling in pain, and kept going crazy!" Donnie nodded again and again, with a look of interest on his face, and said: "It sounds good, we have the effect we want, try it!"

Wang Yang smiled, walked back to the film crew with Donnie, and said: "Man, next time we will continue to follow this line of thought, think about the possibility of fusion first, don't quarrel all day long!" Donnie laughed and praised: "Man, I'm glad to see that you are not the kind of ** director who engages in dictatorship, nor is it a dynamite barrel!, what a good young man, love-you!" Wang Yang gave him the middle finger and said, "**-you!"

Soon, there was a satisfying "cut!" on the set, next shot!"

When the blue sky of Vancouver was replaced by the beautiful scenery of dusk, the crew also ended the day's work, but Wang Yang's work was not over, and after returning to the hotel for dinner, he began to accept today's shooting results, and asked the relevant assistants to send those satisfactory special effects shots to the image engine tomorrow. After that, he discussed tomorrow's footage with Vary-Pfister and the others, and it was late and tired when he returned to his room.

After taking a hot bath, Wang Yang came to the desk in a nightgown, turned on the computer and typed to update a log, and uploaded a photo of his work on the set, of course, this photo is the type that will not reveal anything, just a photo with the crew.

In the wake of 911, bloggers suddenly caught the eye, and everyone could easily set up their own personal website to share information with friends and strangers...... This made it so popular during the 911 incident, and thanks to its excellent publicity and beautiful redesigned layout, the number of registered users has continued to rise, and now it has exceeded 3 million users, and more and more people are becoming bloggers.

The first viral marketing site for District 9, Mystery Visitor, was launched as early as mid-October, with a bounty target of 50,000 people around the world each publishing a blogger post mentioning District 9. Now there are only a few hundred articles left to reach 50,000, and I believe it will not take a few days to reach it.

Wang Yang finished updating his blog, and then browsed the situation of his friends, Jessica's was not updated, and the latest one was still ""Sweetheart" is finished a few days ago!" During this time, he went back to Los Angeles every other week or so to supervise the production for a day, and more work was to review the storyboards that Anne Fletcher was going to shoot next week once a week and give some advice.

Now that "Sweetheart" has finished filming and moved on to post-production, he will review and supervise the production when Anne Fletcher and Margaret Goodspeed, who is the editor, have finished cutting the first cut.

"It's really unlucky today!" Looking at Natalie's updated log this night, Wang Yang couldn't help laughing, according to her, she was walking on the road to school in the morning, suddenly fell, and unluckily sprained her left foot......; But Natalie actually ...... He smiled and sent a greeting text message to the past, "Walk carefully." He opened Tom Welling's latest journal and read: "Good news! Jamie and I will have a wedding in January next year......

After reading the blog and reading the current news for a while, he went to bed and officially ended the day.

Two days later, all 50,000 blogger "District 9" logs were completed, and to the cheers of fans, the "Mystery Guest" website immediately reacted by publishing more than a dozen pictures. Fans were excited and surprised to find that these pictures were all ugly and characteristic 3D monsters, or rather, ...... Alien!

So District 9 is really a science fiction movie! And with these aliens! So what kind of science fiction genre is it? Does the story take place on Earth or another planet?

The "cracking" of the first viral marketing website made the fans excited, and each participant felt a sense of accomplishment when they looked at the dozen or so pictures of aliens, which also made them interested, both for "District 9" and its promotional activities. However, in the face of the second round of viral marketing websites that Fire Movies immediately launched, they knew that the challenges had just begun.

The direct continuation of the "Mystery Visitor" website is the "Alien Research Center" website, and the bounty of this website is to unlock some information and characteristics of this alien race, including their names, temperaments, etc., which will directly reveal the role of aliens in the movie!

However, this time, the goal of the bounty has suddenly increased, participants have to dress up as an alien in their minds, whether they can wear an alternative outfit and a Santa hat, or they can casually smear their faces in green and blue, and then take a photo at a local attraction and upload it to the website, as long as the number of participants in more than 15 countries and regions around the world reaches 1 million, the goal will be achieved!

And as long as you leave the real address information when uploading the picture, no matter where you are in the corner of the earth, you will get an internal document "Top Secret File" of the "United Nations Secret Research Alien Organization", which also contains some information about this alien race, and some secrets about phenomena such as crop circles, and the Roswell incident!

"It's a big challenge!" Flame Movie played a slogan that made fans even more excited, and kindly reminded them to call their friends and family to do it together: "Let's work together to create a miracle!"

At the same time, there is also a blogger created by the alien Christopher Fauson, which now has only a mysterious journal on it: "Hello earthlings, I want to tell you some secrets......"

If you want Christopher to update his blogger, you'll have to play through a few puzzle mini-games from another viral marketing site, "Alien Secrets", and another game event that extends to reality.

The flame movie has hidden more than 60 English letters with a sequence in some universities and high schools in major cities across the United States, and the content of those letters is Christopher's biggest secret, and it will also be a major clue to the content of "District 9"! So follow the clues provided on the website to find it, each letter has a different hiding place, it may be sandwiched between a book in the library, or it may be in the toilet tank in the bathroom...... The distribution departments of many film companies have always paid attention to the promotion of Flame Movie and how Wang Yang will engage in this film with a "production cost of 100 million" and "contrary to the market", and now they are very surprised to see these new viral marketing!

There's no denying the power of viral marketing, it's been proven many times, and if played well, it's more powerful than a Super Bowl trailer. However, at present, except for Flame Movies, most of the other companies have ended up playing smash, and there are no successful examples, so now the promotional package of a movie is still hard advertising, TV shows, and some realistic activities.

But now "District 9" has completely stretched out the hand of viral marketing on the Internet and entered the reality, with millions of people taking photos and campuses all over the United States looking for letters...... It's fucking crazy! The question is, will anyone participate? What effect will this kind of propaganda have? The film companies are waiting and watching, and there are companies like 20th Century Fox that are looking forward to seeing the flame movies and Wang Yang's big jokes, such as "District 9," which can't even recoup the cost.

And the fact that "District 9" is really a science fiction movie has also attracted the attention and reports of the media, cult + science fiction, weird + big production...... What exactly does it have to be filmed to get an Oscar nomination? The review of Yahoo Movies bluntly said: "Amazing Young can always bring us surprises and miracles, but this time, I'm afraid that the Oscar piece of chocolate is not in the box at all." ”

Time passed day by day, and in a blink of an eye, it was the Thanksgiving holiday, and with the completion of the filming of the studio and those indoor scenes in Vancouver, the crew of "District 9" also announced that they would temporarily disband, and they would gather for South Africa after the Thanksgiving holiday.

The streets of Beverly Hills, the shops on both sides are full of Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations, Wang Yang and Jessica strolled with smiles on their faces, walking to the movie theater to watch a movie, today is the third anniversary of their relationship, on this happy day, both of them feel special sweet.

Wang Yang looked at her, thinking that he would be separated from her for another month in a few days, and couldn't help but sigh: "I'm going to Africa soon." Jessica snorted, but her eyebrows wrinkled slightly, and said, "Yang, actually, I don't want you to go......" She said and stopped, turned her head to look at him, and smiled: "It's nothing, it's nothing! You didn't hear me just now, did you?"

"Baby. Wang Yang hugged her with a smile, and comforted her as he walked: "I really don't need to worry, you know that there are almost more bodyguards hired by our crew than the employees, and they are ......" He waved his fist and smiled: "Don't forget that I know kung fu!" Jessica laughed and nodded: "I'm not worried, I just don't want you to go." ”

(To be continued)