In the shot, the 'pipe' is moving slowly while Andy Lau slides down from the pipe.

“cut！”

Lin Feihong stood up and said to the four 'black men' under the pipe: "You have to hold on, you can't let the pipe move, it will be over in less than a minute, everyone work hard, do it again!" ”

The effect of the sound is very good, this time the 'pipe' did not move, it did not move for half a minute, Andy Lau stretched his hands forward like swimming and slipped down from the 'pipe', and naturally fell into the water.

He swam half a lap in the water and stood up, and continued to run forward, which was not easy, for he still had a bag of things hanging from his feet.

The four 'blacks' were liberated, because the camera switched to Andy Lau and the surrounding river, Lin Hui carried the camera all the way to follow Andy Lau, after traveling a distance of about 100 meters, Andy Lau ran to the shore while undressing from the water, when he took off his clothes and was shirtless, he also stopped, looked up to the sky, and embraced nature and the blue sky with his hands, which is a kind of venting for freedom, and the feeling of joy after being free.

There was no rain during the shooting, so some rain was sprinkled around Andy Lau as rain, which fell on his chest and face, but this effect was not very good, there was no lightning and thunder around, and this had to be added in the later stage.

“cut！”

Lin Feihong stood up from his seat, took a loudspeaker and said to everyone: "Everyone has worked hard, now we have finished filming the process of Andy's escape from prison, and all that is left is some small shots, which are also nearing the end, and it should be possible to complete all the shooting plans after two more days, brothers, everyone will work hard for two more days, and everyone will be able to play in two days, everyone will be as free as Andy, let's work together for two more days." ”

The power of encouragement is no less than the power of loud sounds, and after Lin Feihong's encouragement, everyone's interest is also very high, and it didn't take long to clean up all the props.

In the next two days, the shooting went relatively smoothly, and the remaining part of the footage was filmed as originally planned. On the day of filming, the whole crew had a dinner, and on the spot, Lin Feihong agreed to let the crew go on vacation to play according to the promise made two days ago, but the regulations were not too far, this is not the finale, whether it is finished or not has to wait for the post-film editing to be completed, and there is no need to reshoot the clips before it is completed.

The crew dispersed, and everyone else basically went to the carnival, but Lin Feihong still had things to do in the later stage, and originally wanted to ask Leslie Cheung for help, but was pulled away by Su Yawen, and they didn't see each other much for more than two months, so they had to get together and be intimate. Andy Lau, who finished filming, didn't seem to be tired, and he stuck with Fan Binbin all day long, and this kid's physical strength was good enough.

Lin Feihong was not in a hurry to do the editing work in the later stage, he first asked Feng Qingyang to find a more professional special effects artist, there are more places for special effects combinations in the later stage of this movie, especially at the stage of prison break, the previous special effects artist Zhang Te did not do it very well, Lin Feihong wanted to fire him for a long time, but he couldn't find a suitable candidate for a while, so he kept it first, it doesn't make a difference if he is there or not, many things have to be done by himself, some places are not as good as himself, and now he can't take everything on himself, In this way, people will be tired, the body is the capital of life, and it is more meaningful and fun to spend energy on setting the plot of the movie.

Wang Rong's belly was a little bigger, and the first thing she did when she went home was to accompany Wang Rong, not doing anything, simply accompanying Wang Rong for a walk, shopping, and basking in the sun.

But Lin Feihong didn't have so much time to accompany Wang Rong, and now Feng Qingyang called and said that he had found a foreign special effects artist, and since the special effects artist had found it, he had to start work, and now it's September 10, and he has to speed up and let "The Shawshank Redemption" be released as soon as possible.

The place of work is in Qihong Film and Television Company, and only at this time will I go to the company every year, and some trivial matters are handled by Feng Qingyang, and I still have to deal with the movie myself, Feng Qingyang does not have this ability, and I can handle it by myself.

The special effects artist invited by Feng Qingyang is an American, now living in S City, China, has a Chinese name, Lin Wenqing, Lin Feihong felt that the phrase 'people are as their name' was used by the ancients to deceive modern people, full of beard, no different from ape man, Wen Qing is not applicable to him at all. However, those dark blue eyes were still quite bright, adding a little brilliance to his appearance.

Lin Wenqing has been engaged in film special effects, TV series special effects for more than five years, and has basically been doing special effects for Hollywood blockbusters for the past five years, so he has a lot of experience, after coming to China, Qihong Film and Television is the first company he applied for, Feng Qingyang gave him high-tech in order to retain this high-quality student, with an annual salary of 1.5 million.

Lin Feihong doesn't have much opinion on this kind of approach, Qihong Film and Television still has the ability to raise one more person, as long as this person plays a great role, it is worth spending no amount of money.

"Director, as long as you tell me the requirements, I'll do it for you one by one, you just sit and drink coffee and wait for the result." Lin Wenqing's Chinese is quite fluent, and he doesn't sound embarrassed.

Lin Feihong nodded and asked him, "Don't you rush to do it first, are you familiar with the script?" ”

Lin Wenqing didn't answer, Feng Qingyang on the side had already answered for him: "As soon as he was accepted by us and started his official work today, I gave him the script to be familiar with, and the important regulations of our company have also been explained to him, and the most important point is confidentiality, I have emphasized this many times during the induction training, so you can rest assured, he is now a fully qualified official member of Qihong Film and Television." ”

"Yes, director, I have been doing this business for many years, I know this industry very well, confidentiality is our most basic obligation and responsibility as a special effects artist, so you should rest assured, I have also read the script, and now I know it, as long as you tell me the requirements, I will know how to do it, you just need to watch the effect on the side." Lin Wenqing nodded very seriously, looking at his expression very reverently.

"Okay, I'm going to connect this hole to the pipe over here, and you'll see how you get it." Crawled Andy Lau out of the hole in the prison, reached forward and brought up the two scenes in the sewer pipe from the computer, and let Lin Wenqing put it together.

To believe in newcomers, especially talented people, if you believe in him, he will feel reused, and he will not be depressed, even if he will not meet talents, but job hopping is the most basic thing. This kind of thinking is the best spiritual guarantee for migrant workers, and with such a large society, there are more choices. Therefore, you must trust the newcomer in front of you, and maybe the result of 'reciprocating with peach and profit' will appear in you.

Lin Wenqing carefully compared the combination in front of the computer, and when he had nothing to do, he chatted with Feng Qingyang about some recent things in the company.

"A large part of the company's business is taken over by you, are you too busy, do you want to recruit a few more people." I blew on the coffee I had just brewed, it was too hot to eat.

Feng Qingyang sighed lightly, that expression was as if he had suffered the biggest grievance in the world, Lin Feihong was a little unbearable, and after a while, he said slowly: "It's not so simple to recruit someone, you see, if it's a college student who has just graduated, recruit in, and have no experience, do you want to give them time to accumulate experience?" This has to be expensive and laborious, at the beginning of the low salary to them, maybe they did a year or two and then jumped ship, and finally cultivated to learn things and the wings were hard to fly, isn't this in vain, the country's contracts are to protect the people, the choice of occupation is their right, we as an enterprise can not give them personal restrictions, force them to stay in the company.

People with a certain amount of experience, they don't do it if the salary is low, and there is not much left of our company's profits, think about it, now our company only serves your film and television works, all sources of funds have to rely on your movies to make money, funds are relatively scarce, although it is said that when the capital turnover can not come, there is singularity network or Shengda support, but this is not a long-term solution, self-sufficiency is the last word, now it is so difficult to run only for you, if you recruit a few more people, the whole system may be paralyzed.

So it's unrealistic to recruit people, alas, forget it, I'd better do more and be tired. ”

Looking at Feng Qingyang shaking his head and sighing, Lin Feihong felt funny, although he did not stay in the company, but the specific situation of the company is still very well understood, and a second shareholder is naturally more aware of the company's current situation.

Greed is the real surname of people, if you take out a part of his share, it is better to kill him, although his share is small, but he can still get millions of dollars a year, this is many times higher than his salary when he is the head of the Singularity Network Affairs Department, he naturally will not share the profits with others, of course, to get so much salary, the workload is still quite large, almost all the things in the company he has taken over, and he has asked him to do everything, he is also quite miserable, he has been scolded by himself I don't know how many times, there is no way, I am also a person who is in a hurry, and I will still be angry at people who have not done good things to explain.

Having said that, Feng Qingyang's current situation of the company is not completely unreasonable, now the company's main business is only its own part, and has not involved other aspects, so for the long-term development of the company, we must develop more projects, so that the capital turnover may be much more flexible, no longer need to apply for funds from Shengda, Singularity, not only to see the face of the leader, but also too troublesome, each application must prepare sufficient information, reasonable reasons, and then sign by yourself, and then go through layers of review, More than half a year has passed, and the funds have not yet arrived, and it will take seven months to approve them at the earliest.

"Qingyang, now the company's business is indeed relatively simple, and the capital turnover is also more difficult, so for the long-term development of the company, I think it is better to develop some projects, you give this opinion to the board of directors, let them figure out my opinion, if allowed, convene the board of directors to discuss what project to develop, you go and arrange it." Without the greedy idea of harming the wind and the clear air, the company's business is still more important.

Feng Qingyang nodded seriously, and wrote down this matter, there are too many things he has to handle, and it is easy to forget it if he uses his brain to memorize it, so he has a small notebook that he carries with him, and the notebook is very organized to write down the things that have not been done, and the things that have been done have been torn off by him, otherwise it will be confused.

"Director Lin, the special effects have been done, come and see how the effect is."

When looking at the notebook with a clear wind, Lin Wenqing in the inner room had already made a combination of special effects.

On the computer screen, there is a picture of Andy Lau crawling out of the hole and reaching out to grab the pipe

"Show me the whole thing." Seeing Andy Lau's hand touching the pipe, Lin Feihong became excited, and he wanted to see how the overall effect was.

After Lin Wenqing clicked the play button, the screen showed that Andy Lau was crawling forward in the cave, panting, and when he climbed to the entrance of the cave, he used a flashlight to shine on the surrounding scenery, which was actually a combination of the alley where the sewer pipe was located and the outer wall of the prison.

It's amazing! I don't know this technology yet, at most I will only have a simple lens combination, which is a difficult lens combination, otherwise how can it be called a special effects combination.

Continuing to look down, you can see Andy Lau slowly stretching his hand forward, naturally touching the pipe, and then the camera turns to the scene of Andy Lau slowly coming down from the pipe.

There is no superfluous artificiality, everything is so natural, so satisfied, it seems that this money has not been spent in vain.

Looking at each other and smiling at Feng Qingyang, he also has this feeling of choosing the right person.

"Very good, Wenqing, continue to work hard, sure enough, as you said, as long as I tell you the requirements, you can do a good job, you don't break your promise, you are really a talent, work hard, hard work always pays off." patted Lin Wenqing on the shoulder, giving him the greatest affirmation of his talent, the power of encouragement is far better than contempt, this is Lin Feihong's way of treating people all along.

Lin Wenqing smiled very confidently and said to Lin Feihong: "Director Lin, it's my honor for you to believe me, I'm very happy to work for you, you appreciate me so much, I will finish the work well, now you have any other requirements to tell me, and you can watch the effect when I'm done." ”

Lin Feihong nodded, pointed to the picture that had been paused, and said to Lin Wenqing: "You add thunderstorms, lightning, and thunder to this picture now, you must know that the scene here is a thunderstorm night after reading the script, you can see the situation yourself, how fierce the thunderstorm will be, you design it according to the description of the script, and play freely." ”

After the instructions, he came to the outhouse to drink coffee, Feng Qingyang was grinding coffee, and as soon as he sat down, Feng Qingyang asked himself: "Feihong, because of your previous "The Gift of Room No. 7", your results in "The Gift of Room No. 7" were not very satisfactory, and you said that this time you should apply to be shortlisted for the Academy Awards, Cannes Palme d'Or and other international awards." ”

"Yes, of course, there is no problem with the quality of "The Gift of Room No. 7" itself, and it has deep practical significance, father's love, no matter where in the world, father's love has always existed, why not participate in such a film with profound thematic significance, participate in a few more awards, as long as you have the opportunity, don't miss it, whether you can win the award is one thing, the emphasis is on participation, and the greater the probability of participating in one more award.

Many international awards such as the Oscar and the Palme d'Or will not be based entirely on the box office, they pay more attention to the quality and meaning of the film, the era of success or failure at the box office is over, and now it is by quality that speaks, a good movie does not necessarily have a good box office, but the quality of a good movie must not be bad.

Hurry up and apply, remember that before applying for the Oscars, you must have been in Los Angeles or other theaters for more than half a year, which is the most basic condition for being eligible for the Oscars, you should not have forgotten, right? ”

Lin Feihong's words, Feng Qingyang didn't seem to listen to them, hehe smiled, dodging Lin Feihong, as if he was afraid that Lin Feihong would slap him.

"What are you laughing at, I'm telling you serious things." Lin Feihong was a little annoyed, and his voice became a little louder.

Feng Qingyang moved his seat and sat down far away from Lin Feihong before he said with a smile: "I haven't moved "The Gift of Room No. 7" overseas to be released."

"What?" Lin Feihong jumped up, pointed at Feng Qingyang and yelled: "At the end of June, "The Gift of Room No. 7" has been offline in China, and now more than two months have passed, you haven't been released overseas yet, is your brain in the water, usually I will take the initiative to arrange overseas projects when I see you, why am I angry now." ”

It's not okay to beat him, he is in his thirties, and beating him is an insult to him, so he sits helplessly in a chair and sulks, so he can only drink coffee to relieve his hatred.

"Actually, I've thought about it, but I didn't do much overseas if I didn't see the results were unsatisfactory, you think about it, in the past, our films were ranked in the front or the top three at least, but now "The Gift of Room No. 7" is ranked outside the fifth, only in the sixth, although the box office is more than 1.3 billion, even more than "Farewell My Concubine", but the box office of others is also very high, Lu Lijun's "Thunder and Thunder" was also released for eight weeks, and the box office exceeded the 1.5 billion mark, reaching the highest in history, exceeding us by more than 200 million, This disparity has never been seen before.

So I thought, I can't compare to others in China, not even the top three, it's not too self-conscious to think of foreign mixes, there are a lot of foreign blockbusters, and everyone is in the country, and there are more foreigners who support the locals, if this kind of achievement is now developed overseas, it is not good to say that there is no return, and the cost is estimated to be unable to be recovered, so I have no plan to move "The Gift of Room No. 7" to be released overseas. (To be continued.) )