"General Zhang, what do you think of this?" Shen Zhenghui was carefully inspecting the model of the airplane sent over with his assistant director and Zhang Juzuo.

These aircraft models are all in the movie, basically all of them are domestic standard equipment, from the actual J-8 to the final animation design J20, everything, designed according to the ratio of ten to one, and power equipment is also installed, just to make zuò These models that can be used for filming cost a lot of money, but calculated, it is still much cheaper and more real than using animation CG to make zuò.

Zhang Juzuo doesn't seem to have cultivated to the point where "dead pigs are not afraid of boiling water", he was ordered to come to cooperate with the film production, and at the same time, he will also leave the movie, but at this moment, he still seems to be a little unable to let go of the scene, and it is not yet to the point of talking.

"This, don't call me a general, I'm still a colonel." Zhang Juzuo whispered to Shen Zhenghui, "When you call me like this, I feel uncomfortable all over." ”

"Well, you're the general in our movie!" Shen Zhenghui said seriously, "You have to get used to it in advance, General." ”

Zhang Juzuo turned his face away, "You guys are quite interesting with this," he said, "Can these J-10, J-11 or something fly?" ”

"Of course you can, if not, I'll return it." Shen Zhenghui said, "Just such a batch of planes cost me millions!" ”

"This," the manager of the mold factory next to him hurriedly interjected, "It's not easy for us to open the mold, and we can't continue to do it this time." ”

That's right, but if you can't do Chinese, you can do foreign. F16, F22, Rafale and the like are not nothing, ten to one can't be sold, can't you sell one hundred to one, two hundred to one molds? Besides, domestic aircraft, as long as they can't fly, and I haven't heard that they can't be sold, don't we know what your background is, why can you do this business? I'm afraid your family is waiting for this film to sell after it hits.

The manager of the mold factory couldn't help but laugh. "This mold is too expensive. I'm afraid there won't be too many people willing to buy it. ”

It's no wonder, it's the high-end people who buy it, and it's expensive, can't it be exported? You may have signed all the contract with the Japanese.

The manager was silent.

The elite soldiers and strong generals of other domestic factories who shoot war films also look at the models at this time. Although they are good at shooting war films. But this type of film has never been shot at all. The experience passed down from the Soviet Union in shooting war films is naturally a real thing. However, the movie planned by Shen Zhenghui this time is completely beyond everyone's imagination. There were not only large-scale air battles, but also aircraft carrier formations. These directors have all watched cartoons, and they have also pondered in their hearts if they follow the plot and sub-shots of cartoons. How this film should be filmed, the conclusion is that it is not in the same way. One or two planes and state assistance are not counted, who can shoot this board with dozens or hundreds of planes? Not to mention the J-10, J-11 and other types of aircraft, plus the made-up J-20, just thinking about the camera these people are crazy. Originally, I thought that I could only make a CG animation in the end, but no one thought that there would be a trick of using a model to shoot.

Not only that, but a scale model of the aircraft carrier was also built in the studio of the Pingjing Film Studio, which was built according to the Varyag, which should have been named Liaoning according to Shen Zhenghui's bad taste, but after thinking about it, he still used the name Holland, and by the way, he gave this aircraft carrier a nickname called "Flying Dutchman". In this way, the film also has an extra stalk when it is sold to Europe and the Americas.

Once the actors have been chosen, there is still a lot of preparation to be done. The selected actors did not refuse, not only because the salary paid by Shen Zhenghui met their expectations, but more importantly, the temptation of a 300 million yuan movie was too great. This story is actually very simple, there are not too many main characters, actors are easy to shine, Shen Zhenghui does not consider top stars in the selection of actors, the result is a huge saving on the cost of salary, compared with "Hero", it sets off that the salary of "Hero" is too high, and the proportion of production costs is too low.

Of course, there is also a lot of preparation for the actors. Xu Qing plays a soldier who is far younger than herself, and the pressure is not too great. It is more important for the actors to be familiar with this story atmosphere, because this story is not a consistent main theme movie, and of course, it is not a pure idol drama. The special shooting mode and the reliance on post-production zuò also require a high level of acting skills. A group of actors have to live together, receive military training and education, familiarize themselves with their lines and backgrounds, and on the other hand, rethink their acting skills and mentality, a job that spends most of their time watching cartoons. Not only the anime of "Urakai Fortress", but also the anime and movies related to it, as well as the anime and movies related to it, works by Hayao Miyazaki, Mamoru Oshii, Yuki Tomino, Katsuhiro Otomo, Shoji Murahama, Hideaki Anno, Liu Xin, and many more are on their watchlist.

During this time, not only Zheng Chao, Xu Qing, and Zhou Xun are young actors who have to learn the power and way of animation, but also Du Yulu and Zhang Juzuo have to watch these cartoons together, and the actors and assistant directors have to watch them, and they have to hold meetings to discuss after watching them, and many famous directors have been tortured so hard that they have to grit their teeth and endure it, because in their hearts, this is still a child's thing, and there are also many backbone assistant directors who resign and don't do it. But Shen Zhenghui doesn't care, many of these assistant directors are stuffed in the cooperative film studios, hoping to have the right to speak in the crew and take care of their own factories, they can't stay, it's definitely not Shen Zhenghui who is worried about, for Shen Zhenghui, he only needs to have enough manpower, and the main force of the assistant director is obviously Lu Yang and Miyamoto.

Zheng Chao mentioned this experience in the future, and laughed that he watched more cartoons during this time than he had seen in his life, and after watching it, he was able to discuss stories and performances with a group of senior masters, which was really beneficial. Zhang Juzuo mainly talks about it from his own professional point of view, and he is aimed at the perspective of the power and effect of weapons, so he is actually the most relaxed, and others, especially actors, have to work much harder, and many irresponsible assistant directors are actually only responsible for being a staff officer. It's hard for Teacher Du Yulu to be in her fifties, and she still follows a group of young people to watch cartoons and take notes carefully. However, because of these experiences in this film, several directors from several major factories have really changed their views on animated films.

With these preparations in place, we will have a meeting to discuss the script, set the tone for the shooting, and start shooting. A group of people thought about the shooting problem at first, but when it came to shooting, they were stunned to find that the most direct shooting process was actually not so difficult, and they couldn't help but feel a little lost. Aside from the aerial combat part of the showmanship, this story is actually a cliché love story, and many directors simply don't believe that such a bad story can get a good box office and word of mouth. But facts are facts, after all, the animated film version of "Puhai Fortress" has swiped 100 million box office in China.

Some people still think that it is stained with the light of cartoons, every year "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" such mentally handicapped cartoons can brush up to tens of millions of box office, "Puhai Fortress" animation brushed 100 million It must be because children are too ignorant and confused by the scene, and the live-action movie has directly led to the loss of the children's market, so the final box office will be miserable. Out of a "responsible" attitude towards the investment of 300 million yuan, these people who sing about the box office will naturally not say these words in front of Shen Zhenghui, but in various tabloids, there are still various experts who ridicule Shen Zhenghui's strategy, thinking that the 300 million yuan is burning money, especially the state's money. There is another big investment sponsor this time, that is, China Mobile.

It's not too obvious in the animated version and the novel, but in the end, when the protagonist returns to Puhai and receives the text message from Lin Lan after restarting the mobile computer room, this scene is obviously the best advertisement for China Mobile. Therefore, the first sponsor that the business-minded Puhai Fortress Committee sought was China Mobile. How could China Mobile, which is not short of money, not take on its own responsibilities? When the film was being prepared, it took the initiative to sponsor 100 million yuan, accounting for one-third of the investment, and the requirement was that the final scene should have a special close-up of China Mobile. The Samsung phone that displayed the China Mobile logo also sponsored a significant share. Under the toss of a group of second-generation people, there is no possibility of loss in this film at all, at most it is just a waste of sponsorship fees for several brands. This kind of commercial operation method has finally been widely learned and used after director Feng's "Big Shot".

Of course, Shen Zhenghui didn't realize it, but he himself did play a huge role in this. Many people are investing so much in advertising because he is the director and the film will be released in Japan.

At the plot discussion meeting, Zhang Juzuo raised a question, "The commander of the aircraft carrier cannot be a general, such a military rank is too high, I think the captain and political commissar of the aircraft carrier are both colonels are more reliable." He said the same reason, but it sounded more like a feeling of weakness because he played a general and didn't actually have such a rank.

"The aircraft carrier commander is, of course, a colonel, but you are the commander of the aircraft carrier fleet, so you must be a general." Shen Zhenghui said.

"Fleet? Is there any mention of an aircraft carrier fleet in the script? Zhang Juzuo was a little surprised, "Isn't this aircraft carrier possible for Puhai Airport to be attacked and used as a maritime mobile airport?" Since only airfields are provided, why let the entire formation go to sea. ”

This reason is too simple, it can be said that it is to provide anti-aircraft firepower, beware of American or Japanese submarines, prevent alien marines, etc., anyway, it is not difficult to make up a reason according to the plot.

"Why should you be wary of the United States and Japan?" Zhang Juzuo was a little strange, "Isn't everyone taking care of themselves at this time?" ”

This, we can't explicitly show the ugliness of the country, we must hint at it, so there must be a whole aircraft carrier formation at sea, in addition, there must be a Japanese observer in the movie.

"You're a bold screenwriter." Zhang Juzuo exclaimed.

After the award, your various judgments in the future are bold! (To be continued......)

PS: Sensitive words are starting to torment me again.