The Spring Festival has passed, and for the Chinese, this is the beginning of a new year. For Xiao Ran, the Asian distribution and sales network in his mind only lacks the most important link - South Korea. The company had a cinema chain in Korea, and through initial acquisitions and mergers, it gradually became the first cinema chain in Korea to be regularized.

It's just that having a theater doesn't mean controlling Korean movies. Xiao Ran wanted more, such as Xijie, South Korea's largest publishing company......

In fact, at this time, the Korean film industry was still very chaotic and young, although some excellent filmmakers had emerged, but they lacked sufficient funds. Xiao Ran didn't think about supporting this Korean movie, but it was necessary to suppress it. The so-called suppression is to attract all Korean audiences to Hong Kong films with excellent works, so that it is difficult for Korean films to have any great development.

In fact, Xiao Ran knows very well that no matter how big Phantom is, it will be difficult to form a complete monopoly in the film market. Every country knows how to protect its own film industry, so his goal is only to replace Hollywood as the mainstream of the world. It's like a Hollywood film more than a decade later, and it can be seen anywhere in the world.

At present, he has no plans to attract foreign filmmakers on a large scale, after all, Hong Kong does not yet have the qualifications to become the center of Asian cinema. This qualification can only be obtained after at least the support of the mainland market, coupled with its own huge technology and talents, so that it has the real qualification to challenge Hollywood.

At present, the Phantom's liquidity has reached an unprecedentedly terrifying number, which is fully 20 billion. Don't mention the Phantom, I'm afraid even Cheung Kong doesn't have that much liquidity. And the money for the movie is originally very mobile, and basically the phantom doesn't need to worry about it at all in terms of funds.

However, it is not a good thing to put such a sum of money in the bank, and after Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling researched it, they decided to increase their large-scale investment in Mingxuan Real Estate. After announcing the Phantom's entry into the real estate world, several pieces of land controlled by the Phantom became red, and the surrounding land became hot.

At this time, Xiao Ran suddenly realized that Mo Huaien had calculated this. However, he had to admit that Mo Huaien was extremely right. Land is gold, and with the rapid growth of the Phantom, sooner or later it will encounter real estate. It's just that Mo Huaien calculated very accurately, and it is expected that Xiao Ran will soon invest in Mingxuan.

Xiao Ran touched his lips, and the mustache grew up again, and as soon as his mind turned, he immediately thought of a way. Just instructed Power Investment to "accidentally" leak the Phantom's idea of investing in a mall on that land, and the surrounding land quickly rose in price a lot.

This is also a grievance, large enterprises like Phantom and Cheung Kong have exemplary roles in the industry. Take Sun Hung Kai as an example, if it has its eye on a certain piece of land, as long as it is done properly, it may soon cause a real estate fever, after all, many people are staring at a large group company like them to make money.

The merger of East Germany and West Germany made billions for Phantom, and also made hundreds of millions for Fang Xiaoqiang himself, although he was tired enough to run all over the world, but this satisfaction was indescribable. And Xiao Ran is thinking about the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union, and maybe he can get a vote on oil at that time.

However, Xiao Ran is not too anxious about this. Ah Biao has now set up branches in the mainland and the Soviet Union, and is also a subsidiary of the Phantom. When the time comes, if Ah Biao makes a move, and then sends two capable people over, it will obviously not be a big problem.

In terms of ATV, because of Xiao Ran's creativity, a lot of good programs have been released, and they have won the confrontation with wireless in an all-round way. With the Phantom's huge amount of money as the backing, the wireless people either jumped ship one after another, or were willing to be hidden after negotiating with ATV. Because everyone knows that ATV has the backing of the Phantom, as long as you are lucky, you are likely to make a name for yourself in the film industry, but wireless lacks such a link.

On this day, Xiao Ran was in Shenzhen, Guangdong, where the crew of "Terminator 2" was filming exterior locations. The starring role of this film is Su Renyao, and the actor who plays the liquid metal man is another relatively thin and good seedling Zhang Wenle who was discovered during the filming of "Dark Flower". As for the heroine, she is an actress from a theater troupe in Guangdong, which is very suitable for acting in action movies.

I have to mention that Su Renyao is currently one of the first-line stars of Phantom. However, he is also a big star in the crew, Zhang Wenle and the heroine Miao Liyun are not very famous. Today's filming is the ditch chase battle, which is difficult to find a filming location in Hong Kong, so producer Liu Mei simply chose to shoot in the mainland.

Liu Mei has already joined the Phantom, but she has only made one experimental work, so she decided to hone it first, so she took the initiative to ask to start with the production. Originally, Xiao Ran didn't approve of Liu Mei's work, because this is an extremely masculine film, and women are the producers, so I'm afraid they will be very feminine.

Unexpectedly, Liu Mei really had a bit of a boyish taste, and soon arranged everything properly, which made director Chen Musheng full of praise. In fact, the ditch in front of them is a ditch that has not yet been completed in Shenzhen, because the filming of this episode will definitely cause considerable damage, so it will cost a lot of money in this regard.

The film is set in Hong Kong, and there is no choice but to choose this place, but fortunately, it can be edited to make up for this shortcoming. In order to give the scene the urban charm of Hong Kong, Liu Mei even spent a lot of money to arrange around this ditch in the early stage of preparation.

In this way, there are basically no flaws, and this scene has been filmed in the past two days, and now only the explosion scene has not been filmed. Liu Mei's plan for this explosion scene was to play a real explosion, so he also invited someone from the Public Security Bureau to supervise it to avoid leaks.

As long as he thinks of the chase scene in Chen Musheng's "Stormtrooper's Fury Street", Xiao Ran is full of confidence in this scene. Just kidding, there are very few people who can shoot that kind of completely classic chase scene with a low production fee, and Chen Musheng is one of them, and I am afraid that he can also be called the first in Hong Kong.

Even though Wu Yusen is good at gunfight scenes, he may not be good at such chase scenes. The most typical is the sea chase in "Changing Face", which is just an ordinary chase battle in the eyes of the Chinese, but it is extremely fierce in the eyes of Westerners.

In this scene, Su Renyao sat on the motorcycle with a cold face and shot at the big truck, blowing the car up. What made Chen Musheng difficult was how to shoot this scene. He can't really get Zhang Wenle into the car and let the explosion come, but if this is not the case, he can only use editing methods to complete the effect, which will lack the intuitive thrilling feeling.

Xiao Ran was also slightly surprised, he didn't expect Chen Musheng to realize this, it seems that the changes brought about by his appearance are really huge. You must know that in this era, if you shoot panoramic shots such as explosion scenes, you must use prop people instead of real people, so many shots look unusually fake later.

Chen Musheng should have been one of them, but when he thought of this, it can be said that it has changed greatly. Xiao Ran is very happy that the sophisticated ideas he brought have been conveyed to the Hong Kong film industry, which means that Hong Kong films are gradually undergoing qualitative changes.

What explosion scene is the most thrilling? The explosion shot of the panorama is the most thrilling, and the visual effect is the most intense. Normally, it is a far-reaching panorama from near and far, and the explosion scene is completely included in the lens.

But Chen Musheng didn't want to do this, he liked the techniques used by Xiao Ran in "Spy Change". It is no exaggeration to say that although more than a year has passed, the scene in "Spy" is still the most thrilling explosion scene in the history of Asian cinema. To be able to maintain this honor, it is by no means a blind explosion of how huge it is, the key lies in the scheduling of the scene and the use of lenses.

Chen Musheng wanted to use this technique, but the problem of this prop man made him very embarrassed. When he mentioned it to Xiao Ran, Xiao Ran was only slightly stunned for a moment and then laughed, called Zhong Zhixing, the head of the special effects team with the crew, and threw this question to Zhong Zhixing.

Zhong Zhixing thought about it, conceived it in his mind, and quickly gave an answer: "Mr. Xiao, it's no problem in theory, we can move him over by computer means." ”

Xiao Ran suddenly remembered "The Heroes of the Storm", which was the first film in Hong Kong to truly use computer special effects on a large scale, and also announced the birth of Hong Kong special effects. In that film, the special effects makers took care of the reflection and light of every drop of water with an extremely delicate attitude, which is what is needed.

"In this way, have you ever considered ......" Xiao Ran chuckled and said, "the attack on the character caused by the flames or other objects during the explosion, and the impact of the flames and other objects on the character." For example, the light and shadows, and the projection of the flames, I think these are all things that need to be done in order to be able to keep them exposed! ”

Zhong Zhixing and Chen Musheng opened their mouths wide and stared at Xiao Ran, Xiao Ran's mention was too exaggerated, and it was done so carefully, how much time and money would it take! After a long time, Zhong Zhixing looked at Xiao Ran with a wry smile and said, "But I'm afraid it will take a lot of time, you know, we still need to calculate according to the picture, so that we can be so detailed!" ”

"I want perfection, whether it's this film or future films, I want perfection." Xiao Ran waved his hand lightly, and said in a very relaxed tone: "At present, there are more than 100 staff members in the special effects department, and I will divide you from the animation department after a while, and then you will need strong skills and attitudes." ”

Chen Musheng and Zhong Zhixing discussed for a moment on the side, and then came to Xiao Ran and said, "Brother Ran, I want to use the technique of floor explosion in "Spy Change", what do you think?" ”

Xiao Ran was stunned for a moment, and immediately felt proud, and he didn't expect that even Chen Musheng would have to learn his techniques. However, after a cursory look at the environment, he immediately came to a conclusion: "That treatment is not suitable for this place, you should try something else!" ”

In Chen Musheng's confused eyes, Xiao Ran smiled and pointed to the surrounding environment and explained: "This is a ditch, and it was a building at the beginning. The space in the ditch is narrow, but the building is wide, and the sense of space and distance is completely different, so you should also ask the photographer to pay attention to the difference in distance and space when making sound effects in post-production. ”

Chen Musheng suddenly realized, of course he wouldn't be unaware of this problem, but he liked the explosion scene very much, so he was eager to come once, but he ignored it for a while. When Xiao Ran woke up, he realized that because it was in the air, it was quite three-dimensional, but it must not be handled like this here.

Xiao Ran himself was also thinking about how he would deal with this scene if it was him. In fact, the previous chase scenes are all great, the key is here, filming the chase scene is actually a cumulative process of momentum and emotion, just like a bow, the process will strain the audience's nerves, and it needs to be properly subdued to make people get the accumulated pleasure.

If you have to explain it clearly, the last scene of this chase scene is actually like the moment when the ** surnamed love comes, and the enjoyment is the most enjoyable. Therefore, if this shot is not handled well enough, it means that the chase scene basically fails.

After observing the environment, Xiao Ran's heart moved. The explosion scene is three-dimensional and audio-visual, and the position of the camera is extremely important. Xiao Ran smiled slightly, he thought that he had a way.

Chen Musheng was quite depressed, and now the whole crew was waiting for him to give a specific concept, but his previous idea had been completely overturned by Xiao Ran. It's a little embarrassing to think of other ways to deal with it, which is quite ordinary.

"Since I'm the producer, why don't you give an opinion!" Xiao Ran is the producer of this film, and in terms of the control of such a large-scale action movie, both Wu Yusen and Adu are ashamed of themselves, so he is the only producer: "If in this scene, let this heavy truck explode and flip countless heels, and then with absolutely strong post-production sound effects, as long as the camera position is not bad, the effect will definitely be good." ”

"What do you mean......" Chen Musheng's eyes suddenly lit up, this is a good way to deal with it, but in terms of specific work, it seems that there is still a certain degree of difficulty.

Xiao Ran smiled, he already had a full detailed idea of this scene. He beckoned to the field and motioned for him to find a piece of paper and a pen. Then he explained while drawing on the paper: "We can try to do this, let's think about the picture." First, Su Renyao blew up the car, and at the same time, for other reasons, the car somersaulted into the air and crossed Su Renyao's position, which I need to be at least three meters high. Use the camera to zoom in to create a sense of oppression for the behemoth as it passes through the air. ”

"And there happens to be a bridge pier there, which is very important when it comes to the specific distance, the distance the car lands cannot be more or less, it needs to be just enough to bounce a few times." Xiao Ran's mind was completely immersed in it, like a director more than a rich man: "After bouncing a few times, it happened to hit the bridge pier, what do you think of the effect?" ”

Chen Musheng closed his eyes and reorganized such a picture in his mind, adjusted the angle of the picture, and still felt that the power of this scene was absolutely sufficient. It's just that something very strange seems to be missing...... Suddenly, he thought that it was the lens, and there was a lack of power from the lens.

As soon as Xiao Ran saw Chen Musheng's expression, he guessed what he was thinking, chuckled and threw away the paper, and walked a few steps forward to the middle of the ditch. Dotted at Su Renyao's predetermined role position, and pointed his finger upward: "A machine is needed here, I think you understand!" ”

Chen Musheng understood that this was the camera position that Xiao Ran had just mentioned to create a sense of oppression, and when he saw Xiao Ran again, he took a few steps forward to a point: "Assuming that the point in front is the point where the car fell, then a lens is needed to shoot here." ”

"And the bouncing part can be done by a camera......" Xiao Ran pointed up before coming to the position of the bridge pier: "The flame should be strong, you need a machine to shoot from the top to shoot the part of the flame rolled up, and you also need a machine to take in the shot of the car hitting the bridge pier." In this way, I believe that it is almost there! ”

Chen Musheng meditated for a moment again, and found that in this way, there were indeed too many angles and lenses, and they were extremely smooth, just when he was about to speak. saw the secretary An Yuxuan hurriedly walked towards Xiao Ran and said softly: "Mr. Xiao, something happened!" ”

Xiao Ran frowned slightly, and instructed Chen Musheng: "These principles of bouncing and leaping, let Liu Mei go to the professor of mechanics for advice!" Then he drifted away, leaving Chen Musheng to confuse what happened in Hong Kong......

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