Chapter 705 Scene 705 is ready to be released
At the same time, the sudden "boom" of the submarine cabin in the cockpit that fell into the water made a huge explosion, and in the lens in front of Li Xiaole, the glass burst one by one from far to near from the frame room, creating a huge wave effect, and within a few seconds, more than 30 tons of water poured into the cockpit, like an avalanche of water poured in, the stuntman nicknamed "Rubber Man" disappeared instantly, and the photographer was pushed to the wall behind him by the huge current.
In these few seconds, just like all the terrible disasters in the world world were happening in front of them, all the people who saw them couldn't help but tremble all over, and the world world in front of them was gloomy, and time seemed to be frozen in a terrible moment......
Old Fred saw that his spirit was on the verge of collapse here, and the movie he directed had been greatly overrun, and everyone told him that the possibility of making money in this movie was zero, and his movie was about to become a laughing stock in Hollywood, and the media was ridiculing it every day, looking at this terrifying moment in front of him, he said in his heart with great prostration: "Lord~ Please end this quickly~~"
I don't know how long it took, when "Lancastria" was half submerged in the sea and finally stopped sinking, the actors and photographers in the underwater cabin slowly surfaced, and all the extras stood up in their air cushions, and none of them were injured...... Everyone was looking at each other, smiling happily with their mouths open, such a complicated drama, they all passed it smoothly~~
"Alright, it's over." With Li Xiaole's voice coming from his mobile phone, several assistant directors were frantically gesturing to the more than 3,000 people in the crew.
At that moment, everyone suddenly fell into a silence, and all the staff on the shore were panting, and their hearts were all in the same voice, yes~~!!! This toughest drama is done~~! They succeeded~~!! "Life of Pi" is finished~!
The sun was setting from the horizon, everyone in the crew was sitting on the ground, smiling, cheering, prostrating, everyone felt weak after being excited, only to hear the sound of seagulls echoing in their ears, sitting on the soft sand, it felt wonderful, many people even fell asleep directly on the beach, and soon snored, everyone was so tired during this time, no cheers, no cheers, at this moment a beautiful sleep is their best reward.
"This film has become~! This film has become~! On the yacht not far away, old Fred stood up excitedly, clenched his fists and shouted.
"Oh my God...... We actually finished the film. Emma also opened her mouth, this movie is probably the most difficult work she has ever experienced in her life, even more difficult than all the Harry Potter series she has filmed combined, in the past four months, she just watched from the side, and felt that the crew really couldn't bear it a few times, so many technical problems, in such a hurry, no one in the crew except Li Xiaole thought that they could finish filming on time, but now they have done it!!
"Wow, what would it be like if this shot was shown in a movie theater......" Ha Ji Won was also stunned by the real "shipwreck" in front of him.
"That's the difference between listening to a record and watching a concert~~~" Li Xiaole raised his wine glass and smiled, it was too enjoyable to see such a shooting scene on the spot, I'm afraid this kind of scene is not a few times in any director's life.
The magic of movies is far more than what you see on the screen, but also the bits and pieces under these screens, which is why this profession makes him linger.
"It's a pity that in order to hold this concert without selling a single ticket, it cost a full 30 million US dollars." Lei Ting looked at "Lancastria" with half of the ship sunk in the Indian Ocean and shook her head and said: "Next time, we will just record a record, it's not worth holding this kind of concert." ”
"How not worth it." Li Xiaole raised his wine glass and smiled and made a celebratory gesture: "With the presence of your two important audiences, it is worth 30 million US dollars in my mind." ”
"I like to hear this~~" Although Ha Ji Yuan knew that Li Xiaole was playing tricks, he couldn't help but laugh happily when he looked at his evil smile.
Old Fred was also amused by Li Xiaole's slippery appearance, and Ha Lu laughed.
Only Lei Ting's face is still unfazed, usually she is the most shameful of this kind of man's means of coaxing an ignorant girl, but when she becomes a party, her mood is indeed very strange...... After Li Xiaole said, "The presence of your two important audiences is worth $30 million in my mind." When she was in this kind of pickling girl's famous sentence, she actually felt that she was in a good mood, even if she knew that Li Xiaole was coaxing her, she still wanted to be stupidly happy......
Emma was beside her, looking at Li Xiaole holding Ha Ji Won's hand lovingly, the two looked at each other affectionately, and suddenly there was an inexplicable sour feeling in her heart, she suddenly had a strange wish in her heart, at this moment I really hoped that Li Xiaole was holding her hand......
Just thinking like this, I suddenly saw Lei Ting's cold gaze, and couldn't help but be stunned, seeing the contemptuous smile on the corner of her mouth, Emma immediately realized that she saw her thoughts, and what she wanted to show to herself, and immediately grimaced at her, which means, Director Li is from your family, is it your turn to take care of this idle matter?
When Fred saw this scene, he couldn't help but shake his head secretly, alas, this Li Xiaole is good at everything, but he can't suppress his edge, this 30 million "fireworks show" is said to be for two women, but the third one is involved...... I really don't know how many emotional debts this young man has borne along the way......
That night, after the completion of "Life of Pi", the filming crew was disbanded on the spot, and Li Xiaole finally returned to Los Angeles with the film and began to work intensively on editing and post-production.
Since the CG was filmed at the same time, although the workload was huge, Black Sails Studio had already confirmed that it could complete the production of this difficult film on time, and "Life of Pi" was sure to complete all the post-production work by December.
Black Pearl Company officially announced through its official website that "Life of Pi" will be released in December, competing for the Christmas schedule with major blockbusters.
As soon as the news was announced, it immediately caused a sensation, 5 months ago, Li Xiaole's long-prepared movie suddenly died, and Sony snatched the copyright, and in just 5 months, he actually came back with a new movie, and it is also an Indian-themed movie, and he has to compete with his favorite work "Slumdog Millionaire" ~~ This is too dramatic.
Obviously everyone guessed Li Xiaole's idea, yes, he desperately rushed at the end of the year, just to get the qualification for this year's Oscars, and wanted to beat Sony to the ground at the awards ceremony.
Everyone admires his tenacity, but everyone understands that now that Black Pearl Company has internal and external troubles, what is needed most is to calm down and make movies well, without being vindictive......
From the preparation to the completion of the shooting, it only took 5 months after the final~? Looking at the investment ...... Wow...... The production cost of 250 million has already passed......!?
Whether it is in the eyes of fans who don't like Li Xiaole's film critics, or his fans, Li Xiaole has done a stupid thing this time, and he has lost his mind because of the struggle of interests!
Even the Century Alliance Cinemas, which have always supported Black Pearl as an ally, are only willing to give "Youth Pi" the first round of 1,000 screens this time, which is pitiful compared to the investment of 250 million yuan in "Youth Pi", you must know that "Batman, The Dark Knight" and "I Am Legend" in the same period have a full 6,000 screens......
All public opinion seems to be extremely unfavorable to the Black Pearl Company, but there is one person who does not think so.
Li Xiaole has been editing for the past few days, and he is thinking about how to market and build momentum alone.
Yes, Black Pearl really doesn't have any funds now, and now they have no way to compete with the films of the six major studios in the publicity offensive, whether it is Warner, Sony, Fox, their single film promotion funds are more than 50 million US dollars, "I Am Legend" and "The Dark Knight" even exceeded 80 million, and their own side only took out 20 million publicity fees because of production overspending......
Even if he tried his best, he couldn't change the fact that "Life of Pi" was made a big bad movie......
But he thought about it deeply, in fact, now it is because of the deliberate smear of competitors, in fact, the popularity of "Youth Pi" is already very high, and without even any publicity from him, the movie has become "notorious".
This seems to others to be an absolutely unfavorable factor, but in his mind Li Xiaole, it is the opposite...... If "Youth Pi" is really a bad movie, then this time he may not even be able to pass the box office of 100 million, and he will accompany him to the bottom, but now he does know that "Youth Pi" is a real box office bomb, so the current desperate situation is a huge advantage......
Thinking of this, Li Xiaole couldn't help but get excited, isn't the current situation the same as when "Titanic" was released in 1997? The same singing and declining, the same slander everywhere, how similar he was to the position James Cameron was in.
James Cameron, who finished filming "Terminator 2" and "True Lies", and now he has finished filming "Iron Man", are similar commercial blockbuster directors in the minds of the audience, but they are far from the top level of Spielberg and George Lucas, and this movie can indeed bring them huge surprises.
No...... There is also a little difference, James Cameron also experienced the failure of "The Abyss" back then, so people thought that he could only make commercial blockbusters, and they had lower expectations for him, and he is still a legendary director who is "undefeated at the box office", and a considerable number of people expect him to stage a Jedi ****, which is where he is not as good as James Cameron back then.
Therefore, now is not to promote yourself in a high-profile manner and save the image of "Life of Pi", but to continue to lower everyone's expectations...... Only by lowering the audience's expectations to the bottom, then the power of surprise is the greatest~
It's like a line in "Let the Bullets Fly", what is a surprise!? It's called a surprise!!