Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Shock of the Warship
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As soon as the Kyoto University Student Film Festival ended, the relevant reports of the major online media came out, because of the limited influence of the University Student Film Festival, the media exposure was not too large.
Among them, the most eye-catching is Lin Yuquan and the young director Lu Chuan, this film festival "Huo Yuanjia" has a total of seven nominations, all of the winners are Lin Yuquan, he won the best actor award in the six individual nominations, the best debut female film award, the best newcomer award, the most popular director award for college students, and the most popular actor award for college students, becoming the biggest winner of last night's film festival.
Lu Chuan, on the other hand, won the Best Director and Jury Awards at the College Student Film Festival after the Young Director Award of the Film Directors Association at the beginning of the year, making his name shine exceptionally, and with the successive success of the two films "Looking for a Gun" and "Ke Ke Xili", he has become a favorite of major film companies.
At the same time, Lin Yuquan's first acceptance speech at the award ceremony once again became one of the few hot topics of discussion at this year's college student film festival, and there were mixed opinions about what he said about considering giving up making movies, some thought that grandstanding was purely hype, some thought it was just to enliven the atmosphere, and said it casually, of course, there were also a lot of people who felt that it was a matter of fact, after all, with Lin Yuquan's net worth, even if he didn't make movies, he could live a chic life, in short, the opinions were very complicated.
However, after the live video of the award ceremony came out, the situation changed instantly, and many people were moved to see the laughing and shocking figure in the video, and no one thought he was joking.
Although they didn't know what was going on in front of them, many people were relieved to hear Lin Yuquan say that he would continue to make movies.
Especially those who originally liked Lin Yuquan, they regarded him as an idol.
And Lin Yuquan, the person concerned, did not stay in Kyoto for a long time, and drove back to the crew early the next morning and started filming in full swing.
Because of the change of mentality at the film festival, Lin Yuquan now only wants to complete the filming of "Red Cliff" as much as possible, and then no longer be bound by the restrictions of the historical background, and truly shoot a wonderful film according to the memories of cultivators, instead of thinking about how to modify the pictures and scenes involved in the film, so as to conform to people's logical thinking, and cannot completely let go of his hands and feet.
Of course, speed is speed, it does not mean sloppy and ambiguous, Lin Yuquan just invested more energy and time into shooting to speed up the completion speed.
After completing the battlefield battle scene on land, the crew started the scene of the warship, which is also the most exciting scene on the red cliff, and the scene of the grass boat borrowing arrows and burning the red cliff almost all happened on it.
When seeing the warship built by Lin Yuquan at great expense, the crew and the actors involved were all amazed, only to see that on the sparkling water, 5 giant warships with a length of more than 60 meters and a height of more than 10 meters, with five floors lying on it, imitated the real warships of ancient times, the warships are all made of wood half a foot thick, which is extremely strong, and next to the 5 giants, there are 20 small and medium-sized warships with a slightly smaller size, and the whole scene looks very grand.
"Yuquan, although I knew that the warship you were talking about must be extraordinary, the scene still looks quite shocking." Xiao Yang stroked the hull of the boat, his expression full of admiration.
"Do you think 20 million is for nothing? Investing in such nature requires such an effect. Lin Yuquan said with a smile, but the effect of Cheng DΓΉ can only be regarded as just qualified, if it is not that the time is too tight, and the funds on hand are not too abundant, he also wants to build a larger warship and a larger number, even so, the cost of props for the warship plus armor, costumes, weapons and other scenes built has reached nearly 50 million.
Xiao Yang participated in the meeting of Shuguang Film Company, of course, he knew the relevant expenses, and Liu Yifei, who was curiously looking at the warship next to the two, suddenly exclaimed when he heard this number, now the total investment of many TV dramas is only one or two million?
"Are these ships really going to burn up during filming?" The thought of burning the ship costing 20 million yuan with a fire, Xiao Yang felt a lot of pain, 20 million yuan, how much can be done, and it doesn't cost so much money to buy a villa like Yifei's family, and it is really too much to burn it like this.
"Of course, if you don't burn it, how can the shocking effect of burning Chibi come out, James. Cameron spent $75 million to build a model ship and then sink it, I can't afford it at the moment, it doesn't matter if it's just 20 million yuan, instead of spending a lot of money to ask Hollywood to do it with special effects, let's burn the warship to make the effect more realistic, and then we can also leak the news to the media and use this to publicize. Lin Yuquan said heroically.
"You're amazing." Xiao Yang gave a thumbs up, muttering calmly and calmly in his heart, according to Lin Yuquan's style, he had a hunch that this guy would definitely have more amazing skills in the future, if he couldn't even accept this, what would his little heart do in the future? And Yuquan is right, such an effect will indeed be more shocking, and it can also attract attention and expand the publicity effect.
"But when the time comes, someone will say that you are extravagant and wasteful."
"Yes, Brother Yuquan, you are too wasteful, the 20 million you burned can be used to make a good TV series and movie." Liu Yifei looked at Lin Yuquan's expression like a monster, didn't he? Many family-type TV dramas, often the investment of the entire drama series is only a few million, and the current domestic film and television dramas that can reach 20 million are definitely considered large-scale productions.
"What's this, isn't it just that all blockbusters are piled up with money?" Lin Yuquan turned a blind eye to Liu Yifei's strange eyes, he knocked on the plank of the hull, felt the solidity of the boat, and said calmly: "Of course, I admit that this time for the effect of the movie, it is indeed a waste, you think I am not distressed, but all I burned was my own hard-earned money, if my parents saw the report, with the temper of the second elder, I still don't know how to criticize me, but this is not a special situation, next time it will not be, I will make the best use of it." β
Of course, Lin Yuquan thought about it, but finally made up his mind, in fact, 20 million to build a scene is not much, compared with the TV series invested by CCTV and some directors, it is really a small thing, for example, the Three Kingdoms scene he filmed in Zhuozhou Film and Television City was specially built by CCTV for the filming of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", 02 years Zhang Jizhong filmed "Tianlong Babu" spent 110 million to build Dali Tianlong Babu Film and Television City in Dali, Yunnan, Hengdian Film and Television City successively in order to cooperate with Xie Jin to shoot "Opium * War", Chen Kaige filmed " Jing Ke Assassinates the King of Qin" to build the Guangzhou Street Scenic Area and the Qin Palace Scenic Area.
Compared with them, "Red Cliff" is just a small fight at the moment, but after their scenes are built, they have become a filming base and tourist attraction, which has good economic benefits and reuse value, unlike their own 20 million burned, which seems to be a waste of losers in this regard.
And as he said, his next movie will consider operating like Zhang Jizhong and Chen Kaige.
"Yuquan, your boat is very beautiful, I heard the staff say that these boats will be burned in the end, is it true?" Zhou Xun asked when he visited Lin Yuquan's side.
"Hmm." Lin Yuquan nodded.
Zhou Xun immediately covered her mouth and stared at him in disbelief, although she had made a lot of movies, but there was no one as crazy as Lin Yuquan.
"Is "If Love" finished filming?" Lin Yuquan looked at the slightly tired Zhou Xun and said, "If Love" directed by Chen Kexin was launched at the end of January, and it partially collided with Lin Yuquan's "Red Cliff", because Zhou Xun did not have many scenes in "Red Cliff", so most of the time she stayed in the crew of "If Love", and now she was also allowed to come back because of the filming of the warship and her role.
"Not yet, according to Director Chen, the filming will be completed at the beginning of next month." Zhou Xun seemed embarrassed, it was a very rare opportunity for her to participate in the performance of "Red Cliff", and she was also very grateful to Lin Yuquan for giving her this opportunity, but she has always been busy in the crew of "If Love".
"I finished filming at about that time, but Director Chen's filming took more than four months, and it seems that this well-crafted film must be extraordinary." Lin Yuquan praised, and then said: "Then you rest first, recuperate your spirits, I will shoot your role tomorrow, I hope you can devote yourself to the filming in a 100% state, I don't want to be able to shoot your scene tomorrow for a day, then Director Chen will definitely say that I will detain his heroine, he can't shoot there, if I am asked to compensate for the loss of delaying the filming progress, I can't afford to pay ......"
Because of the weekly schedule, he and Chen Kexin have negotiated and communicated, and both of them have very good attitudes, so they have a good impression of each other.
"Thank you, Yuquan!" Zhou Xun said gratefully.
"We should be friends now, do we need to say thank you to each other? Go back and rest, to be honest, you really need a good rest, looking tired. Lin Yuquan said with concern.
"Hmm." Zhou Xun's heart warmed, but if she wants to have a good rest, it is impossible to see it in a short time, she is now on the rise, so the schedule is very busy, and the agent has already taken over the film "Walking Nana" by Hong Kong new director Ou Xueer for her, and she will shoot after the filming of "Red Cliff" and "If Love".
"Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief, Brother Yuquan, do you have any thoughts about Sister Xun?" As soon as Zhou Xun left, Liu Yifei muttered.
"What are you thinking about, I'm like a pervert, besides, I'm very good to you, Dandan, and Yanzi, do I have thoughts about you, I just have a better personality, Xiao Yang, don't you say?" Lin Yuquan knocked Liu Yifei twice on the head.
"I don't know, but you do treat girls better than us big men, especially me, who often punch and kick me." Xiao Yang shook his head very facelessly and said.
"Haven't you heard a saying? Beating is kissing and scolding is love, which just proves that we have a good relationship, otherwise why would I only take special care of you alone? Lin Yuquan smiled very thiefly.
Liu Yifei covered her mouth and snickered: "By the way, Brother Yuquan, Sister Xun has been asking me about the brokerage company recently." β
Is Zhouxun going to change jobs? Lin Yuquan and Xiao Yang glanced at each other and thought of it in unison.
This is not impossible, although Zhou Xun's agent Li Wan is very capable and has the full support of director Li Shaohong, but what Zhou Xun urgently needs is the development of the big screen, and in terms of the big screen, Li Shaohong is making literary films, although Zhou Xun can win awards, just like the best actress of this year's Director's Annual Awards, but she can't be noticed by the public.
If Zhou Xun wants to go further, then only commercial films can meet her needs, and it is best to make large-scale commercial films such as "Red Cliff".
"Rain Spring, what are we going to do?" Xiao Yang asked with a little excitement.
"Wait and see what happens, so as not to settle down, and the current operation of our Shuguang Agency is not completely on the right track, so it is not suitable to absorb a large number of artists for the time being." Lin Yuquan said with a deep groan.
After that, Liang Chaowei, Liu Dehua, Chen Daoming, Zhou Xun, Fan Binbin, Zhen Zidan, and Lin Yuquan met almost everyone would praise him in front of him, and after knowing that the ship would be burned, the expression on his face was even more wonderful.
After everyone visited the set and delayed a little, the crew quickly mobilized and began the filming of the warship.