The design of makeup effects is a very complex process that requires collecting information about the creatures involved, and then drawing a rough sketch to outline the general body structure. And there must be more than one monster designed.,Generally, you have to draw more than a dozen.,Let the director choose.,If the director thinks it's not good.,Then you can only continue to modify.。

Generally speaking, it takes months to design the perfect monster. Liankai's idol H.R. Giger designed a special-shaped, and it took more than half a year to revise it repeatedly from the initial design to the final draft.

Of course, Cheng Peng didn't want to wait for more than half a year, so he conveyed some information about the original monster to Lian Kai, hoping to improve the speed of his design.

Because the Spring Festival is getting closer and closer, and the design of the monster sketch can be completed anywhere, Lian Kai stayed in the capital for two days and then went back to Xiangjiang.

However, he and Cheng Peng agreed that if there is any new idea or new idea, everyone will exchange opinions directly on the Internet.

Seeing off Lian Kai, Cheng Peng also began to prepare to go home for the New Year.

A few months ago, he left home with a resolute decision in the gloom and gloom, and now he has a ticket to the Berlin Film Festival, and a trip home can be regarded as a return home.

When he went home, he definitely had to buy some gifts for his mother and sister, but what to buy was a headache, so he pulled Tong Liyu and asked her to be his counselor.

At noon, the two sat in the restaurant of the mall to eat with the gifts they had bought.

Looking at the guests coming and going in the restaurant, Cheng Peng suddenly remembered the situation when he and Tong Liyu observed life here, and said, "Yaya, do you remember here?" We've been here to observe before! ”

Tong Liyu covered her mouth and smiled: "I remember, there was a woman wearing sunglasses that day, you said that there are four kinds of people who wear sunglasses when eating in a restaurant during the day, one is blind; the second is to pretend to be cool; the third is the star; Fourth, I fell out of love, because I didn't want others to see that I had cried. As a result, the woman really fell out of love, and in the middle of the meal, she lay on the table and cried. ”

Cheng Peng smiled: "Yes, do you think she is pretending to be cool, at that time you just learned to act, and you didn't know how to observe the characters, but now you are acting decently." ”

Tong Liyu sighed a little: "Yes, time flies so fast, it's been half a year in a blink of an eye, and there are still more than 20 days before the exams of the film academy and Chinese opera will start!" ”

Cheng Peng asked: "Do you want to take the test?" ”

Tong Liyu raised her head, her dark eyes looked directly at Cheng Peng, she really wanted to hear Cheng Peng's advice: "Which one do you think I should go to?" ”

"I want you to go to Chinese opera!"

If you think about it from the perspective of the company's boss, Cheng Peng must hope that Tong Liyu will go to the film academy, because the management of the film school is relatively relaxed, while the Chinese opera is much stricter. The freshman and sophomore years of Chinese opera are not allowed to take on the play, which means that Tong Liyu can only be a student in the first two years of Chinese opera, and cannot bring income to the company, but Cheng Peng's answer is still Chinese opera, because he is sure that it is more beneficial to Tong Liyu's development.

Tong Liyu asked, "Why?"

Cheng Peng didn't answer, but asked: "Yaya, do you know the four most popular actresses in China, Zhang Ziyi, Zhao Wei, Zhou Xun, and Xu Jinglei, what is their positioning and what route they take?" “

Tong Liyu never thought about this question, shook his head and said, "I don't know, what route are they?" ”

Cheng Peng analyzed: "Zhang Ziyi is positioned as an international superstar, taking the international route, she never acts in TV series; Zhao Wei's positioning is a national idol, she takes the people-friendly route, she has acted in many TV series, and the TV series are the most people-friendly; Zhou Xun's positioning is an acting star, taking the acting school route, and there are more literary films; Xu Jinglei is positioned as a talented woman, she is touted by the literati, she mingles with the literati, plays blogs, and makes her own movies. Why are they the ones who are called the Four Little Flowers, and not the others? Because the four of them took four different routes, and they were the best of their respective routes, they became representative figures. ”

Tong Liyu thought about it, and it was really like this: "Then what is my position?" ”

"I want you to go the route of acting stardom, because this is the longest and farthest road. I have trained you for so long, I am full of confidence in your acting talent, I think this is the most suitable path for you, I hope you will receive systematic acting training, and the training of the basic skills of actors in Chinese opera is the strongest. ”

"I understand, I will definitely be admitted to Chinese opera and become a real acting star!"

After lunch, the two had just come out of the restaurant when a familiar voice sounded, and then a man walked straight towards Cheng Peng.

"Haha, Xiaopeng didn't expect to meet you!

Cheng Peng smiled as soon as he saw people: "Brother Song, what a coincidence!" ”

Song Ke patted Cheng Peng on the shoulder, and then looked at Tong Liyu with a smile: "I said that I haven't seen anyone recently, I still offended you somewhere, and deliberately avoided me, it turned out that I was secretly dating Yaya!" ”

Tong Liyu was very shy, her face was a little red, she glared at Song Ke, and said, "Brother Song, don't talk nonsense, we didn't date secretly!" ”

Song Ke laughed and said, "Yes, yes, you see that I really can't speak, of course you are dating in the open!" ”

Tong Liyu's face blushed even more, I just accompanied him to buy New Year's gifts, and I didn't have a date at all!

Cheng Peng smiled bitterly: "Brother Song, don't make trouble, if you make trouble again, I won't pay back!" ”

The budget for "The Two of Us" was originally 2.4 million, but because of the use of green screens, the construction of interior scenes in the studio, and the use of a digital intermediate film system, the shooting cost of the film increased dramatically from 2.4 million to 4.5 million.

Although "Mythology" brought an income of nearly 5 million, there were too many places to use the money, and it was not enough to spend at all, so he received 1 million from Song Ke, and now he is a veritable big loser.

Song Ke said with a smile: "Don't take that money to heart." But it's true that you owe me a new song, I've been waiting, and there hasn't been any movement until now, don't you want to pay the bill? ”

Cheng Peng is busy with movies now, how can he have time to record songs, and said helplessly: "I've been busy with some preliminary things in the new film recently, and I don't have time at all, but I will record it as soon as possible!" ”

His new film requires a cost of 20 million, and it is difficult to say how much money can be sold overseas, he has to raise some money through other channels, and the song is undoubtedly the fastest and best way, he really plans to record a song.

"You kid, you really don't pay attention to the song at all, this is your song, listening to your tone is like talking about someone else's song!"

"No way, movies are my true love, and the songs are at most juniors, and they are used to make money, of course, true love is important!"

Song Ke was amused when he heard this, let out a hearty laugh, and said: "This is not a place to talk, there is a good tea house nearby, how about we go there and talk?" ”

"That's good, let's go!"

Twenty minutes later, Cheng Peng and the three of them came to Song Kekou's tea house.

After walking in, there are carved corridors and painted buildings, water pavilion corridors, winding paths, and a bit of Jiangnan garden feeling.

The tea was quickly served, and there was a faint smell of tea wafting in the air.

Song Ke asked about the movie, so he brought the topic up and said, "Xiaopeng, what is the name of the song you wrote, and what is the theme of the performance?" ”

"The name of the song is "Fairy Tale", of course, the content is love, the main users of CRBT are mainly young people, love is an eternal topic for young people, and it is easier to sell!"

Tong Liyu heard that Cheng Peng was preparing to record "Fairy Tale", and her eyes flashed with a strange look, and the situation that Cheng Peng sang for herself on the day of her birth appeared.

This song has a special meaning to her, very, very special.

Song Ke drank tea with a smile on his face: "There are too few songs, if you don't have a few more, how about we release an album?" Now many people are looking forward to your album, if you release an album, it will definitely be popular. ”

Cheng Peng shook his head and said, "It's such a waste of time, I don't have time at all." Not to mention anything else, even the camera is a problem, the next movie we are going to shoot takes place in a cave, there is no light in the cave, it can't be lit normally, and the light is too dark and the camera can't shoot a lot of details, it's very troublesome! ”

"I'm really convinced. The song is also your junior, and it's a little better for the junior! You're also a big director now, it's too shabby to only post songs, why do you have to make a MV! "Myth" is so successful, countless people are waiting for Cheng Peng's new song, since it is a new song, it should be shiny, Song Ke thinks so.

Money is Cheng Peng's bitter hand, waving his hand and saying with a wry smile: "I still owe you a debt, where will I get the money to shoot the MV?" ”

"I'll pay for it, let's hurry up and shoot it, and when you return from Berlin, we'll send a song, and the two-pronged approach will definitely create a sensation!"

"No problem, but it takes a lot of time to shoot the MV idea, storyboard, and shooting, and I really don't have time. But don't worry, I think Zhang Meng is quite suitable, he studied stage art design, his art skills are very good, the visual effects are very good, and his directing level is also good, so it is suitable for him to shoot. ”

It's easy to shoot a MV, but it's not easy to shoot well. The MV is actually a short film, and it is a short film of the proposition, and the creator must use the content of the MV according to the content and emotions conveyed by the song, which is a great test of the director's skills. At home and abroad, many well-known directors started from filming MVs, such as Michael Bay, David Fincher, etc., Cheng Peng asked Zhang Meng to shoot it, all to train him.

Song Ke also knew Zhang Meng and knew that he was Cheng Peng's assistant director, since Cheng Peng ordered Zhang Meng's general, he had no reason to refuse: "Okay, the person you fancy must be fine, let him shoot boldly, as long as the shooting is good, how much money is not a problem!" ”

"Okay, I'll call Zhang Meng at that time and ask him to take out the storyboard during the Spring Festival. After the Chinese New Year, we filmed the MV and went to Berlin! ”

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