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Chapter 334 Flood Beast "Avatar". The crew is finished!

The completion of "Inception" has a very special meaning for Luo Mo.

This film is his first mega production.

In the previous "Hangover" and "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love", even if Luo Mo invested a lot in "The Hangover", it was mainly invested in publicity, and the real cost of production was not too high. And now, Luo Mo has "Inception", although the previously claimed 700 million yuan investment of 400 million yuan in production does have water, but the pure production cost of this movie can still reach a level close to 300 million yuan.

When converted into US dollars, it is equivalent to 44 million, which can only be regarded as a small and medium-cost movie if it is placed in Hollywood...... However, this is in China after all, the investment of 44 million US dollars is a very large number, China's labor, and many materials are much cheaper than those in the United States, as long as the filmmakers are attentive and do not spend the main investment on actors, the 44 million US dollars can still be as well-made as Hollywood blockbusters with a production cost of nearly 200 million US dollars.

And now, in the midst of everyone's applause, Luo Mo also had mixed feelings in his heart.

Not only is it said that the super-large production of this movie, in fact, what "Inception" brought to Luo Mo is far from over, through this movie, Luo Mo has gained a lot of experience, and his understanding of movies can be said to be on a higher level. The production scale of "Inception" is too huge, and Luo Mo has to take care of the crew of hundreds of people alone. A huge crew, eating, drinking, and Lazar, although Luo Mo doesn't have to worry about all kinds of things, many decisions still have to be made by Luo Mo alone.

Then, in the process of filming, the use of various new techniques, a lot of ideas and specific operations, a shooting scene, presented in front of the audience will only be a few minutes, but the things paid behind the scenes, the specific operations required, are almost astronomical.

During the filming, for example, rain curtain battles, streets of Paris...... He has accumulated a lot of experience in shooting big scenes for Luo Mo, because these big scenes have a lot of things that need to be scheduled, and there will be a lot of new and old problems when shooting, almost all of which are impacted at one time...... It is by no means a simple matter to sort out a clue in some of these problems.

Therefore, during the filming process, Luo Mo encountered too many difficulties and accidents, and even broke his hand bones, but now that Luo Mo has persevered, these problems have been solved one by one. So by now, he had accumulated a huge amount of experience that he couldn't have imagined before...... If he is asked to shoot a film with a large investment and a large cost, he will not find it too difficult, but will feel that many things are handy.

The movie is finished, of course, this time there is also a dinner party, and now the crew still has most of the money leftover, and the dinner is also relatively heroic, this is the most heroic meal in Luo Mo's movie. Everyone pushed the cup and changed the lamp, and they also ate happily.

A lot of toasters came over, Luo Mo is not their director now, and he doesn't have the usual dignity that always has a straight face, he is just a friend of everyone today. Zhang Ziyi also came back today, and also came over to toast Luo Mo.

Under the brilliant light, Zhang Ziyi's face was fair and delicate, it seemed that because of drinking some wine, her face was a little ruddy, and she looked very elegant and beautiful.

Zhang Ziyi is already very beautiful, and her face is very thoughtful, not the kind of beauty that the sword goes off the rails, but a kind of symmetry and beauty that completely conforms to the aesthetic point of view. Luo Mo still admires Zhang Ziyi's appearance anyway, and she has a higher reputation abroad than Luo Mo, so she called Zhang Ziyi to join the movie crew...... Of course, after "The Hangover", Luo Mo's foreign popularity is also soaring wildly.

"Director Luo, I would like to give you a drink." Zhang Ziyi smiled: "Among all the young directors, you are the one I admire, and among all the directors I admire, you are the youngest." ”

Zhang Ziyi's words made Luo Mo, who was already drunk, a little incomprehensible, and he was in a fog when he went around, but he still smiled and said, "Okay, okay...... Three cups are fine. ”

After drinking this cup, Luo Mo felt a little spinning. After this month, Luo Mo will also completely turn 25 years old, and next year, he will turn 26 years old...... However, he still seems too young and too young for many successful directors.

At night, Luo Mo was taken back to the hotel by Yang Siyi and fell on the bed, Yang Siyi looked at Luo Mo's almost unconscious appearance, and complained to himself while preparing sobering medicine for him: "Obviously the amount of alcohol is not good...... I always drink so much, and I don't know how much I feel sorry for myself. ”

Then she began to talk to herself again: "These people are really, they all know that he can't drink, and they still pour wine on him...... This is still their director! Why is it so unreassuring? But as she spoke, she still came over to help Luo Mo, let his head rise, and fed him medicine, and after letting him take the medicine, Yang Siyi was still a little chattering: "Eh, don't you Yunnan people say that you can drink it, especially those Zhuang people, why are you so bear?" ”

Luo Mo understood this sentence: "I go back to three generations, at most there is a bit of Yi blood, no Zhuang blood, besides, what kind of people are everywhere, and people in the Northeast and Northwest are not pouring a cup......"

Yang Siyi laughed to herself when she heard this...... She is Luo Mo's personal assistant, and over time, she has slowly regarded Luo Mo as a very special existence, almost as if he was one of her relatives. Everyone has been with each other for too long, and many things have become familiar with each other's existence.

"What do you think of Zhang Ziyi?" Yang Siyi wanted to stay here and wait for Luo Mo to get better before leaving, she was a little bored, so she said without words: "I see that you can drink some of other people's wine, and you have drunk it with her." ”

Luo Mo showed a smile that only a drunk person has: "Then can she be worth the same as others?" ”

"Cut." Yang Siyi said: "You just have a good impression of her, otherwise when you are looking for someone to play the heroine, why don't you look for Zhou Xun?" That's your good friend. Yang Siyi couldn't usually say these words, so it was easier today, and Luo Mo was also drunk, so he just told him.

"Zhou Xun ......" Luo Mo shook his head slightly: "She has good acting skills and is also my friend...... But in "Inception", I asked her to play with that Yankee, and fools know that I want to hit the North American box office...... Weekly News has no appeal in North America. But then I prepared a character for her...... It's a film that's almost entirely about a woman. ”

said that Luo Mo was indeed a lot more sober in the movie, and his speech began to be organized, and he did prepare a role like that for Zhou Xun...... However, it may take some time for the film to start filming.

"That's right." Yang Siyi said: "You dare to say that you are not moved by Zhang Ziyi at all? ”

"What are you tempting?" Luo Mo shook his head and said: "I admire her a lot, if I can have some kind of special relationship, then of course I won't refuse, but when it comes to being tempted to be together, then you think too much." ”

"Poof!" Yang Siyi didn't expect Luo Mo to be drunk so big, and laughed all of a sudden, it seems that this guy really has some ideas in his heart. It's just that Yang Siyi thought of herself, and couldn't help but feel a little unsure of what to think. It seems that there is some loss, and there are other emotions lingering in my heart.

"Inception" was officially completed, and the news was quickly known to the outside world, and then, on the Chinese mainland, everyone who pays attention to the film industry is excited, and this movie, which Luo Mo has put a lot of effort into, is finally finished...... It's just, can this movie be as good as he said? Can he continue or even surpass the glory of "The Hangover" once again like the ambition he expected?

All this is unknown, but now that "Inception" has been completed, it should definitely be able to catch up with the release next year, and then it will be able to witness the rise and fall of Luo Mo again.

After the filming of "Inception", it was immediately put into post-production, and the post-production basically had to be sent to the United States for processing, China did not have so much professional equipment, and some special effects studios in China also participated in the special effects production of "Inception", but those were some corners that the special effects staff in the United States gave them evenly, and the competition for special effects work in China was very fierce, so even these were competing in many places. Luo Mo also wants to support domestic production, but "Inception" involves 3D special effects, and he can't hand it over to China.

Special effects production, film editing has been vigorously launched, this task is estimated to be completed by January next year, by that time, "Inception" will officially have a finished film, this first real 3D movie in the history of Chinese cinema will be born.

Luo Mo has been busy with the editing and follow-up of "Inception" recently, and he didn't pay too much attention to the dynamics of the world, until December 18, "Avatar" was released in the United States, and it was also released simultaneously in Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and many other countries and regions. Then a movie storm that swept the world came!

When Luo Mo began to pay attention to "Avatar", the film had already swept the super first-day box office of $27 million in the United States, and it was swept up in three days2. $300 million at the global box office...... On December 28, the North American box office of "Avatar" exceeded $200 million, and the overseas box office reached $400 million...... once again refreshed the world film record originally held by Cameron himself, and in just ten days, the film earned 600 million US dollars.

According to the current exchange rate, this is equivalent to 4 billion yuan!

The global box office of "The Hangover" so far is 2.1 billion yuan, which is equivalent to 3. 1.2 billion US dollars, but "Avatar" only took three or four days to catch up with the box office of this movie that created a Chinese box office miracle and threw it behind. Although Luo Mo's "Hangover" and "Avatar" are indeed incomparable, in the impact of this movie like a flood beast, everyone can see the fragility of other movies, and also see that movies like "The Hangover", which originally created myths, are still vulnerable in front of "Avatar".

"Avatar" has made countries and regions around the world that have not been released look forward to it, and Chinese mainland is even more imminent, and the news of the completion of "Inception" is basically drowned out by the news of the release of "Avatar".

And at this time, a crazy history of movie box office plundering is still going on.