Shuguang Film and Television Base in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which has been filmed for nearly four months, is about to enter the closing stage, as the highest peak of Gulong's martial arts novel creation, this martial arts masterpiece that brings together Liu Yifei, Luo Jin, Jiang Yan and other Yuquan family artists is a major drama of this year's Shuguang Film Company, due to the length of the series, it is also a TV series with the highest investment amount this year, and the production cost has reached an astonishing 50 million, striving to create the best audio-visual effect of the current domestic martial arts dramas. ∈ ♀ top novel,

"Cut, okay, call it a day." With Huang Jianzhong's voice coming out through the loudspeaker, the atmosphere of the entire crew suddenly changed, and the original solemn face was replaced by a smile.

"Oh, I'm tired, I'm finally done, I just want to go back and take a comfortable bath now." A smile appeared at the corner of Jiang Yan's mouth, and Qianqianyu's hand gently wiped the sweat on her forehead, the temperature in mid-September did not have any downward trend, and she couldn't stop sweating when she moved.

"Haha, so am I." Liu Yifei, who was next to her, showed a sweet smile.

"Yuquan's "Wild Story" will be launched in China tomorrow, I don't know how much sales will be by then?" Jiang Yan said with a smile.

"It will definitely be very good, Brother Yuquan's books are selling super well in the United States, selling more than 400,000 copies in two weeks, who in our country can compare, and Guo Jingming's novels have sold millions of copies, Brother Yuquan is not better than him in any aspect, he can sell millions of copies, Brother Yuquan's is needless to say." Liu Yifei said with a bright face, with an incomparably sweet smile on her face.

"Well, your brother Yuquan is the most powerful, invincible in the world. How can Guo Jingming, who only writes youth romance novels, be an opponent. Jiang Yan's eyes were full of smiles.

"Ahh Sister Swallow. Keep your voice quiet and beware of being heard. Liu Yifei glanced around in a panic, and said in shock, seeing that no one seemed to notice their conversation, he tilted his face slightly, pouted his cute lips and said, "Brother Yuquan is already powerful, isn't it?" ”

"Of course, don't I just say he's great? It's still the best one. Jiang Yan smiled like a flower.

Liu Yifei glanced at Jiang Yan angrily. She also knew that she must not be able to talk about Sister Yanzi, who has always had a lot of ghost ideas and tricky words, at this time, the assistant agent of the two had already come to their side, handed them towels and mineral water, wiped their sweat, and drank saliva, and the two got into the same black nanny car.

"Sister Yanzi, when are you going to buy "Wild Story"?" After the car started, Liu Yifei asked softly.

"I don't know if there are any bookstores selling in Hengdian Film and Television City, you can go and see it tomorrow after filming. If not, wait for "The End of the Sky Moon Knife" to go back to Kyoto and buy it again or ask someone to buy it. What about you, Yifei? Jiang Yan, who was looking out the car window and couldn't help but look backwards, turned her head and said to Liu Yifei.

"Hehe, I'm going to buy it directly on Taobao, it seems that after 12 o'clock tonight, Taobao will put "Wild Story" on the shelves!" Liu Yifei said with a smile.

"Really? I didn't pay attention to this, but if that's the case, I'll do it too, and I also want to see as soon as possible what kind of book "Savage Tales" can sell in the United States, and whether it is as mysterious as the American report reprinted by the media. Jiang Yan smiled.

"Of course it's good-looking, although it's not the same type of book I usually read, but it's really good-looking, especially Brother Yuquan's words, sometimes gorgeous and elegant, sometimes enthusiastic, much better than Guo Jingming, Han Han or something." Liu Yifei's delicate face raised slightly, and he said with a bright face.

"Ha, I know, I know, you've seen it, haven't you? Of course I believe in Yifei's appreciative eye, but what you just said, if it is heard by Guo Jingming and Han Han's fans, it will be miserable, by the way, no one in our car is a fan of the two! Jiang Yanqiao said with a smile.

The two assistant agents shook their heads, and the eyes of the four looked at the flat-headed young man who was driving, and the young man who noticed this situation in the rearview mirror hurriedly said: "I'm not ha, I'm a fan of the boss." ”

"That's right, if you work at Yuquan Family, there will be people who are other people's fans, it's really weird." Jiang Yan smiled: "By the way, whether you three can buy "Wild Story" or not."

"Sister Yanzi, of course we will buy it too, as long as it is related to the boss, everyone will definitely fully support it." Jiang Yan's agent assistant, a young girl, swore solemnly.

"Really? Yifei, I'm going to buy five copies first, what about you? Jiang Yan asked Liu Yifei.

"Then I'll buy five copies first, and I'll buy a few more when I get back to Kyoto." Liu Yifei said quite calmly.

"What about you?"

"Of course I'm five volumes."

"Five volumes, it must be five volumes."

"That's right, how can you say that you support the boss without five volumes?"

Jiang Yan had a smile on her face, she could be regarded as helping that guy in Yuquan increase the sales of his novels!

"Sister Yanzi, do you know how Sister Dandan planned it? Would you like to call and ask them? Liu Yifei asked inquiringly.

The smile on Jiang Yan's face suddenly froze, okay, Yifei, this girl is the one who is most active in helping Yuquan!

Compared with the major offline bookstores and retail bookstores, online is almost open 24 hours a day, so when the arrow of the time hand arrives at 12 o'clock, the novel "Wild Story" is immediately hung on Taobao, and the entrance with an eye-catching title is directly displayed on the homepage of Taobao.com. ".

On Taobao, there has never been a novel on the shelves that can get such treatment, but for "Wild Story", this is normal, because its author is Lin Yuquan, such a simple matter, Alibaba is naturally unanimous and fully supportive.

Generally speaking, the sales of domestic books are mainly concentrated in book stores, retail bookstores and Amazon websites, there are not many transactions on Taobao, and few friends who like to read will set their eyes here, but this time it is different, as early as a week ago. The first is Taobao. Then there is Dawning.com, Dawning Cinemas, Dawning Publishing House, and major media have carried out a lot of publicity about this. There is only one ultimate goal, to let people who care about Lin Yuquan's situation, especially Lin Yuquan's first published novel "Wild Story", know that Taobao is selling "Wild Story", and it is the first to open a sales channel.

As a result, when the bell rang on September 15, a scene that began to become silent after 12 o'clock in the evening also happened on Taobao, and a large amount of traffic poured into Taobao, and finally clicked into the same page.

"Oh. Oh my God, it's going crazy. Song Qian looked at the computer screen in front of him dumbfounded, he is a staff member of Taobao, he likes Lin Yuquan's movies very much, and he usually likes to read books, unlike many young people who like to read e-books now, he prefers the texture of reading with a book, so a certain percentage of his monthly salary is used to search for physical books that he is interested in, as a novel written by an idol, the listing of "Wild Story". How could he not support it?

He has been waiting for "Wild Story" to be put on Taobao at home, after the channel for "Wild Story" to be put on the shelves was opened. Immediately clicked in, he originally thought that his movements were fast enough, but he didn't expect to be dazzled by the number "123" as soon as he came in, and then he was stunned to see the number of purchases and sales rising rapidly, which is as crazy as the limited-time special price of some sought-after goods, but the problem is that there is no need to grab it at all to buy "Wild Story" now!

Sure enough, he is worthy of being my idol, writing a novel can make people so crazy, and with emotion, Song Qian immediately clicked to buy.

"Crazy, really crazy!" Zhou Xuewen looked at the sales page of "Wild Story" on the computer screen in front of him in shock, he is the editor-in-chief of Shuguang Publishing House, as the editor-in-chief, he is naturally very concerned about the first big move after the publishing house was acquired, not to mention that Lin Yuquan is still his boss, therefore, he was anxiously waiting for the first sale of "Wild Story" on Taobao after 12 o'clock all night, Lin Yuquan's influence in China is needless to say, he is also very confident in the sales of "Wild Story", but he didn't expect this to start selling on Taobao.com, The sales momentum of Wild Stories will be so terrifying.

After the shock, Zhou Xuewen immediately showed an excited smile on his face, for him, isn't it the best? At the same time, there is endless expectation in his eyes, he knows the wonderful Cheng dù of "Wild Story", and now the sales volume is so terrifying just by virtue of Lin Yuquan's influence, so what about after people are immersed in the excitement of "Wild Story" itself?

Of course, this is all later, the most important thing at the moment is to pay attention to the sales on Taobao, what kind of numbers can be achieved? Zhou Xuewen's gaze continued to fall on the computer screen.

As the minutes passed, the darkness of the night was gradually replaced by light.

"Whew." Zhou Xuewen let out a long breath, withdrew his gaze from the computer screen, turned his head to look out the window, his eyes were bloodshot, but the whole person did not look tired at all, there was just high morale and excitement, 91457, just one night, the sales of "The Wild Age" exceeded 90,000 copies, what an amazing number, and the first day of the "Wild Record" was on the market, this has just kicked off, and the sales it can finally reach, how can it not be expected.

As the dawn came, countless bookstores and retail stores that opened their doors put the book of "Savage Tales" in the most conspicuous position for the first time, so that customers who entered the store could see and find it for the first time, and at the same time, the 10 cinemas currently open for the Shuguang Cinema Line have also opened up special areas, so that people who enter the theater can clearly see it.

"Boss, do you have "Savage" here?" Xiao Nan is a sophomore student in Rongcheng, his usual favorite is Lin Yuquan, Lin Yuquan, who is also from Rongcheng, is the idol of him and his classmates, for Lin Yuquan's popular "Wild Story" in North America, he has been waiting for a long time, although Taobao also sells it, but Taobao's delivery takes two or three days to get the book, he doesn't want to wait so long, so when he gets up in the morning, he comes to the bookstore where he usually buys books.

"Of course there is, this is the hottest book in recent times, if I don't even have this novel, I don't have to open a bookstore, in the front row of the bookshelf, you can read it yourself, it's just on the shelves." The bookstore owner said with a smile.

"Okay, boss." Xiao Nan walked quickly to the bookshelf, and saw the words "Savage Record" at a glance, at this time, the entire bookshelf was almost occupied by "Wild Story", just like the bookstore owner said, this is the hottest book at present. Its sales are certainly not ordinary. Shrewd, he naturally made a lot of progress in one go.

"Oh. It's too domineering. As soon as he saw the cover of the novel, Xiao Nan was suddenly shocked, the cover of the novel is an orangutan like an optimus pillar standing on the ground full of fierce beasts, looking up at the sky, unwilling to roar, although the current cover of the novel is generally beautiful, but none of them can be like "Wild Story", through the cover seems to make people feel the unwilling and domineering love of the orangutan in the picture. It is a kind of immortal spirit that has been carried away by thousands of people.

And when he opened the book, when the introduction on the title page jumped into view, Xiao Nan was shocked again.

"What is the enemy? Just cut it open and you're good to go! No one can imprison the freedom of our race, even if it is the fate of heaven and earth and the underworld, and anyone who stands in the way of our freedom should perish, this is a story about the ape race of the ancient savage continent. ”

"Is that what the great ape believes?" Xiao Nan's heart stirred, and he looked back at the cover of the book.

"Boss, I want five copies."

"Five volumes, why are you buying so many by yourself!" The bookstore owner gave him a strange look, could it be Lin Yuquan's crazy movie fan.

"I brought it for my friends in the dorm. What's the boss, is there a person who is limited to buying one book. Can't you buy more? Xiao Nan seemed to be smiling.

"Oh, of course not." The bookstore owner shook his head with a smile, how can a businessman think that customers buy too much.

As soon as the payment was finished, Xiao Nan returned to the dormitory anxiously with the book, he couldn't wait to read the story of the ape tribe in the Wild Continent, and in the book cities and bookstores across the country, there were many people who went to buy "The Wild Story".

The cover is the façade of a book, and there are also many people who are interested in "Wild Stories" because of the domineering cover and introduction on this day.

Time passes minute by minute, and every minute passes, the sales of "Savage Story" are changing invisibly, and at the same time, there are too many people in Shuguang Publishing House and media reporters who are affected by the changing sales figures at this moment.

Of course, Lin Yuquan also cares about the sales of "Wild Story" on the first day of its release in China, but because the time difference in New Zealand at this time is four hours earlier than that in China, when "Wild Record" began to sell nationwide during the day on September 15, he and the crew of "Wild Wild" have already started the first scene of the movie.

is different from the previous "Hurricane Rescue", the opening ceremony of "Wild Wild" this time was particularly low-key, and no media reporters were invited to participate, not only because there were no shots of big-name actors showing their faces in the whole movie of "Wild Wild", but also because Lin Yuquan wanted to shoot with peace of mind, and at the same time create a sense of mystery to the outside world.

In the Stone Street studio in Miramar City, Andy . Serkis wore a head-mounted motion-capture camera that looked at their faces, and was dressed in a characteristic costume for motion-capture shooting, a black corset covered with small white dots of light that were optical reflections that allowed his body movements to be captured by the camera.

The ceiling of the studio is covered with nearly 100 black and white surveillance cameras, which are used to capture Andy. Every movement of Serkis and embedding these dynamics into the digital scene.

In Andy. Serkis was surrounded by the crew of "Wild Days", assistant directors, cinematographers, gaffers, set crew, and other actors.

Thanks to Andy. Serkis is the most skilled in motion capture performance among the cast and crew, so Lin Yuquan naturally ranked his role in the first scene, and at the same time used actual shooting for other actors to learn.

"Lin, the equipment for motion capture shooting has been put on and carefully checked, and it is ready to shoot." Weta Digital sent special effects technician Evan Brown to assist in the shooting. Turner walked over to Lin Yuquan and said.

"Okay, thank you Evan." Lin Yuquan nodded and came to Andy. In front of Serkis, he smiled and said, "Yes, this motion capture suit looks very handsome on you." ”

"It looks handsome, but it's uncomfortable to wear, so you can try it yourself later." Andy. Serkis shrugged.

"That's a good idea, but let's finish our shooting task first, you've read the script, I believe you also have your own experience, let me talk about my requirements, what kind of state I need you to show in the performance." Lin Yuquan smiled, followed by a look of expression, and began to give Andy. Serkis speaks.

The first scene is filmed of Caesar being locked up in a dungeon by the old-fashioned and timid ape elders for insulting the giants. Although the original intention of the ape elders was to worry that Caesar's actions would incur the displeasure of the giants. Thus bringing disaster to the ape race. Thus Caesar was punished, but the young and vigorous Caesar did not know this! It only felt that the ape elders were too timid and afraid of things, and were willing to submit to the rule of the giant clan, so they cursed in the dungeon.

Here we want to show Caesar's rebellious spirit of daring to challenge and youthful vigor.

"Okay, Lin, I know, give me five minutes, I'll brew some feelings." Andy. Serkis said.

“ok。 You're ready to gesture to me, we're shooting on the first day today, don't worry about the urgency of time or anything, the key is to be in the best shape. Lin Yuquan said with a smile.

"Understood."

About 6-7 minutes later, Andy. Serkis took a deep breath and nodded at Lin Yuquan.

Lin Yuquan made an OK gesture to him, sat down in front of the viewfinder, and the voice instantly spread throughout the set: "Everyone is in place, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, go." action!”

As Lin Yuquan's words fell, Andy. Serkis's entire body and demeanor suddenly changed. At this moment, he was not disturbed by the performance capture equipment in the slightest, and completely turned into the indignant Caesar who was locked in the dungeon.

People who haven't seen a motion capture show don't know exactly what a motion capture show is, but they haven't seen Andy. Serkis's motion capture performers would never have been able to imagine how this unassuming man could have breathed emotion and life into the CG character through his guò performance.

With Andy. Serkis's performance, even the slightest changes in his face and body are captured by the head-mounted camera and the camera on the ceiling, and turned into a set of jù, which are then uploaded to a dozen computers in the studio, and these jù will be combined with the movements of the CGI characters, and finally transmitted to the viewfinder in front of Lin Yuquan's eyes along with the virtual scene.

Lin Yuquan stared intently at the viewfinder in front of him. Serkis no longer exists, but instead becomes Caesar, an ape who curses in the dungeon.

When Caesar smashed the incomparably hard wall, as if he was tired of scolding, and sat on the ground with his ass, Lin Yuquan, who was staring at the viewfinder, smiled at the corner of his mouth, waved his arm hard, and then the voice spread throughout the set: "Cut, perfect, hard work, everyone, rest for five minutes, and then prepare for the next shooting." ”

Overall, the first day of filming was extremely smooth, experienced and fully performed Andy. Serkis basically went over once or twice, only once and three times, and there was a lot of body language in that scene, so it was not easy to perform.

After filming and dinner, Lin Yuquan returned to his room, and after taking a shower and changing clothes, his mobile phone also came one after another with text messages or phone calls from friends, because everyone knew that he was on the movie today, so no one bothered him during the day, knowing that he should come back from filming, so he called and sent text messages.

"Brother Yuquan, congratulations on launching another movie!"

"Thank you, Yifei! Did the crew call it a day so early? Lin Yuquan asked suspiciously, Wellington is now 9 o'clock in the evening, and in China, it is only 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and the crew usually doesn't end filming so early.

"My drama was finished in the morning, and I went to Hengdian Film and Television City with Sister Yanzi in the afternoon, and I also bought Brother Yuquan's "Wild Story"!" Liu Yifei said playfully.

"Really? Sure enough, I was a friend and knew how to support me. Lin Yuquan smiled, in addition to that incident, he enjoyed chatting with Yifei very much, every time he chatted with Nan Nizi, listening to her sweet and lovely voice, it made him feel relaxed and happy.

Liu Yifei snorted unhappily, obviously dissatisfied with Lin Yuquan's use of this way to define the relationship between the two, and then said: "Originally, Sister Yanzi and I first bought five copies each on Taobao last night, but after going to Hengdian Film and Television City just now, I found that the bookstore there was also selling "Wild Stories", and one of them bought one volume."

Hanging up the phone with a smile on his face, Lin Yuquan looked at the bright moonlight outside the window, and couldn't help muttering with a wry smile and sigh: "Why are you so stupid? ”

At 4 o'clock in the morning, Lin Yuquan received a call from Zhou Xuewen very helplessly, but when he heard the sales figures of "Wild Story" that Zhou Xuewen said, he suddenly fell asleep.

Taobao sold 190,000 copies on the first day, 250,000 copies in bookstores and retail stores across the country, and 9,000 copies in Shuguang Cinemas, and the sales of "Wild Legends" alone reached an astonishing 450,000 copies on the first day of listing.

Well, Lin Yuquan originally expected that the sales of his novels would be very good, but he didn't expect it to be so high, and the sales on the first day would be equivalent to his sales in the United States for two weeks, but China is his home base, and the population is much larger than that of the United States, so it is not surprising that such sales figures.

The first week is mainly due to the power of fans, and the second week depends on the quality of the novel itself.

And the next day, when Lin Yuquan was energetic and devoted himself to filming, a storm of "Wild Story" finally broke out completely in China. (To be continued......)