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The information published on the official website of Luen Mei and Li Xiaole's Facebook adds up like this: "This TV series is called "The Walking Dead", it is a zombie theme, the story is unfolded in a post-apocalyptic environment, and it is based on the original comics...... and then there is no other information.

Even so, when reporting on his new work Jihua, the media gave "The Walking Dead" more space, and Stephen Curry, a famous film critic in the entertainment section of the Los Angeles Times, ridiculed "The End of Pseudo-Genius":

"Whether you admit it or not, I always think that Li Xiaole's success on the iPhone or his small achievements in movies are just accidents, and whether the iPhone is designed by Jobs or Li Xiaole, but the box office of "Life Remote Control" is a topic caused by the hype of the iPhone in the final analysis, and at least half of the box office of 200 million is water......

The acquisition of HNP and the start of filming a zombie-themed TV series undoubtedly exposed Li Xiaole's stupidity and ignorance, making this opportunist go more and more deviant...... I believe that in the near future, everyone will see what this 'little genius' really is......"

And fans also expressed great concern about this, and many fans who love "Oriental Art Style" were disappointed to leave a message on Li Xiaole's Facebook:

"When I saw the name "The Walking Dead" and the zombie apocalypse theme, I suddenly felt that Li Xiaole had changed, he was polluted by the North American market, and I bet that he must be a fan of Capcom's "Resident Evil" game, and eighty percent of them will make a film that integrates elements of Hong Kong martial arts films into this theme...... Although I can understand it, what is the meaning of this story of selling martial arts? Is it just because it's cool? ”

On the contrary, on China's Black Pearl official website and Li Xiaole's Sina Weibo, a large number of Chinese fans are looking forward to Li Xiaole's return to the TV series, and every fan still remembers the touching brought to them by "My Girl" and "Soldier Assault".

In the minds of Chinese fans, the TV series produced by Li Xiaole is a must-be-own, and what interests everyone is that special zombie theme? The first thing that can come to mind when I see this theme is that almost a name comes to everyone's mind is "I Have a Date with a Zombie", a Hong Kong TV series featuring aiqing under the zombie-themed packaging.

Think about it, the "zombies" with braces and contact lenses appear in American dramas with shots of fighting each other with various martial arts routines...... It's much cooler than "Evil Liliang", which may be really exciting.

Just when the outside world was in a uproar, as the protagonist of the controversy, Li Xiaole was bored at home, trying to write a storyboard, at this time he fell into a very big problem, his aesthetic foundation was too weak to draw the feeling of those zombies.

Traditional zombies are in an exaggerated style, bloody, disgusting, and unbearable, which makes people shudder to look at, but there are many basic frameworks that violate human aesthetics.

And what he needs is a realistic style, what he needs is that zombies look like people, zombies have their own expressions, from clothing, actions, to see that this zombie is a real person.

The most crucial aspect of The Walking Dead's success and other works of the genre is that he has a delicate grasp of the details, so that when the audience looks at the TV screen, the "Ah, this shot is too fake." thoughts.

Think about it, for example, the zombie weishenme in the recently popular "Resident Evil" will make people feel that he is just a "monster", only feels terrifying, and can't afford the idea that he is "originally an ordinary person"? That's because in the details of the depiction of zombies, those special effects makeup artists didn't put in the effort at all, or the effort was in the wrong place.

The zombie characters not only want people to look terrifying, just for disgusting, but also to see the shadow of this zombie when they were originally alive in the audience, fear, sympathy, helplessness, these emotions accumulate in the hearts of the audience little by little......

Otherwise, they will not agree with the reactions of the characters in this story, facing a group of "monsters" and facing a group of "people", the emotional factors in their hearts are completely different, which is the most critical factor for the success of this TV series.

During this time, he read a lot of information about medicine, the human body, and even bought some animal specimens for in-depth research, and then read a large number of forensic books, crime scene photos and traditional zombie legends, and learned in detail about the decay characteristics of the human body in the days, weeks, and months after death, until Zuihou came up with a general concept in his heart, of course, this is not enough, he only has the concept and does not jishu to achieve this special effect makeup.

Now, he urgently needs some people to help him, the only one in the company who is proficient in special effects makeup is Lannic, she is just a newcomer and lacks experience, and the original makeup artists of HNP are only third-rate level, "The Walking Dead" is a big scene, so he must recruit more and more special effects makeup artists.

But here's the problem, he doesn't know those haode special effects makeup artists at all, let alone recruit so many at one time, think about it, Mina still has to start in this regard, this girl's mother is the president of the West Coast special effects makeup artists union, and it must be no problem for her to come forward, but Li Xiaole is thinking about how to let this little girl help herself?

Directly said that her temper will definitely not be willing, for those who pursue money and interests, it is enough to throw money, and for a young person like Mina who is honest and has a strong sense of social responsibility, interests are useless, and talking about interests with her will make her feel insulted, and she must change her way.

Li Xiaole called Mina and asked her to come to her own office, and five minutes later, Mina, who was wearing blue overalls, was late.

"Boss, what do you command?" Mina scratched at her curls with an unhappy look.

"Sit down, you can take a look at this first." Li Xiaole handed her the script of "The Walking Dead".

"What is this?" Mina took the script unapprehended, she knew that the company was going to make a new series, and the whole company was in an uproar, and everyone thought the boss was crazy...... dared to shoot a zombie-themed drama without a single successful precedent......

Mina just wanted to be perfunctory at first, but she was stunned when she opened the first character concept draft behind the script outline, and then looked up at Li Xiaole in surprise and asked directly, "This is what you draw?" ”

"Yes." Li Xiaole smiled.

"Impossible, you just came to the United States, how can you be so clear about the characters, backgrounds, costumes, and all aspects of the setting in the American drama, which is better than those concept group veterans in our production team, and there is no such information in the original comics?" Mina looked at him in disbelief, her speculation was reasonable, regardless of the level of director Li Xiaole, but the character concept draft relied on experience and experience, and there would be no such details in the script, and it was completely up to the concept designer himself to improve the character details.

Mina felt that Li Xiaole must have invited an outside movie-level concept designer.

"Keep watching." Li Xiaole didn't bother to explain, and said with a pout.

Mina lowered her head and continued to read, every time she flipped through a piece of paper, she was amazed in her heart, although the concept draft of this script is very simple, it is not a first-class sketch, but it is extremely exquisite in design, just looking at the pictures and simple text introduction can already see the general context of this story.

And that's not all...... What really surprised Mina was the storyboards on her back, where she saw the helicopter parked in front of the desolate building, and saw the main character, Rick, riding through the city, passing through dozens of cars, being chased by hundreds of zombies, and hiding in tanks......

Oh my God, is he going to shoot all these big scenes? How much budget does this cost? Ordinary American dramas are only at the level of $2 million per episode...... Is he really a movie-maker?

"What do you think? Is it difficult? Li Xiaole smiled and asked, then looked at Mina and said slowly: "I plan to invest $10 million in the production cost of each of the first two episodes, but I don't know much about the filming process of American dramas, I think you are more experienced, do you think this amount is enough?" ”

"10 million~!?" Mina covered her mouth and exclaimed, oh my God, this madman actually spent $10 million on a TV episode? Did he really think he was Spielberg? A TV station like Pirate Channel, which has never had a rating of more than 100,000 people, will never be able to recoup its investment by advertising dollars!

She just reminded Li Xiaole, but immediately felt that it was wrong, it was not right, she wanted to think about Li Xiaole? He invested so much money, no matter how much he lost, it was good for the employees of the TV station~ At least everyone has one more work of good quality~! Thinking of this, Mina quickly pretended to be calm, and said with a sigh:

"Okay...... However, I look at the scale of this series, and the first two episodes should reach the specification of 12 million...... The effect will be better. Mina wanted to try to seduce Li Xiaole to see if he would be fooled, and after saying this, she felt her heart beat faster...... Her face turned red involuntarily, this was the first time she had deceived the other party in front of others.

"Well, then do as you say, 12 million." Li Xiaole nodded without hesitation, looked at her and sighed: "But I'm just worried that it's too difficult to make such a big film...... I'm afraid the risk is too high. ”

Mina couldn't close her mouth at all on the spot, and looked at Li Xiaole stupidly, is he really stupid or fake, he believes everything I say? That's a $4 million budget!? Mina touched the belt of her suspenders, and discussed the struggle with reason in her mind, and finally she decided to pit Li Xiaole for the benefit of the majority of employees in the TV station...... It turns out that this bastard turned out to be just a rice bucket......