If you convert all 4 billion yuan into a one-yuan coin, stack them one by one, the height is 7400km! And the orbital radius of "Shenzhou-9" is on an order of magnitude, and its mass reaches 240,000 tons!

What can 4 billion do?

4 billion can shoot 2 "Transformers", or 5 "Fast and Furious"!

4 billion can build 16 100,000-ton oil tankers, and can also build 30 "J-10" fighters!

4 billion can build 120 kilometers of highways, or 4,800 kilometers of ordinary railways!

4 billion can build 360,000 ordinary hope primary schools!

With so much money, it's just a matter of making a movie???

See what is the film with the highest foreign investment? 100 million US dollars, less than 2.1 billion yuan! And now, Lin Mu is going to make a movie that is twice as expensive??

Is Lin Mu crazy?? Or are we crazy??!!

The news is like a 10,000-ton nuclear bomb that fell to the entire Chinese country in an instant, setting off endless waves!!

Countless people were dizzy and couldn't believe it was true!!

After getting the confirmation of Hope Film and Television Group, the Internet has gone crazy again!!

Many media and filmmakers have ridiculed Lin Mu: "Recent events have made Lin Mu lose ground, 4 billion movies, I can't imagine how this movie can recover the cost." ”

"I dare predict that this is the last struggle of the trapped beast."

"He may want to re-prove himself through a big movie, but unfortunately his mind has been lost and everything is in chaos, so he will do this crazy thing."

"April Fool's Day's fool's move!"

"I bet that if this movie really invests 4 billion, I dare to swallow its movie tickets!!"

"With an investment of 4 billion, it will take at least $1.7 billion at the global box office to recoup the cost, which means that it must be at least as popular as movies such as "Transformers" and "The Lord of the Rings", but is this possible? You must know that the three movies of "Transformers" are stained with the light of the first batch of 3D movies. So, Lin Mu is absolutely crazy! Driven crazy by a bunch of stuff!! ”

"Lin Mu is crazy, Xie Tingfeng and they are also crazy, and that's not all, several foreign actors are also crazy, a whole crazy concentration camp."

Lin Mu looked at the sarcasm of those newspapers, and after contemptuous of it, he ignored it anymore-

"Brother Hua, do you have confidence in the movie "Avatar"??" Xie Tingfeng asked Liu Dehua, who was still in Hollywood, to have dinner together, and Robert Downey Jr. also made an appointment.

"Yes! I believe in him. Liu Tianwang said with a smile, revealing two unique shallow grooves on his cheeks.

"yes, I believe him too." Xie Tingfeng can also be regarded as Alexander during this time, and the box office and evaluation of "Shocking Demon Thieves" in the international film market have hit hard, so that his star road will inevitably suffer a certain blow. However, he still trusts Lin Mu to be the sharp Lin Mu.

"It's good for you, like me, a small character, led by the nose by the agent." Robert Downey Jr. was wailing again.

The three of them are already very familiar with each other because they often play roles in Lin Mu's movies.

Robert Downey Jr. is still complaining: "You don't know, when my agent heard that I was going to China to make a movie, he refused to live or die." She said that I expected to start filming "Iron Man 2" in two months, and I shouldn't go so far to affect the film plan. ”

"Your agent should be changed, doesn't she know that one of the big investors in "Iron Man 2" is the boss of Ashan?"

Donnie smiled mischievously, "Hehe, I think so too." As soon as I heard about the $400 million investment, I couldn't help but tremble all over!! ”

"Haha, so do I!" Liu Dehua's eyes also showed a strong glint of excitement.

"Quack, the protagonist is me, so the happiest should be me, wahahaha!!" Xie Tingfeng crossed his waist and laughed, triumphant.

"Cut! If it weren't for my age, I would have been the main character. Liu Dehua said with a blushing eye.

Robert Downey Jr. is also a little jealous, the world's highest-funded movie, to be its protagonist is definitely a world-class honor. Once the movie is successful, the fame is definitely a butt * stock rubbing rubbing~~ Constantly rising!!

Donnie and Liu Dehua glanced at each other, tacitly picked up their wine glasses and took turns to toast Xie Tingfeng, who was laughing in the sky.

"Congratulations!!"

"Don't drink it! Tomorrow, I have to fly back to the magic capital to gather! ”

Half an hour later......

"Come on, keep going! I'll help you tomorrow!! ”

"Don't be afraid! Come on, have another drink! ”

"Ah~~Don't~~Goo~Ah~Ya Butterfly !!"

The next day, Donnie and Liu Dehua boarded the plane in good spirits, while Xie Tingfeng was dragged onto the plane by his agent like a dead pig, and then vomited on the plane, scolding weakly while spitting.

On August 7, the crew and cast of "Avatar" were all assembled. The assistant director team recruited a total of 3 assistant directors according to Lin Mu's ideas, two foreign and one domestic, each with its own emphasis. The crew also recruited a lot, although many staff members quit the crew because of digging the wall in the past two months, but in the end they were still full.

In the morning, the main members of the crew and the main actors, about fifteen people, were gathered on the floor where the special effects department of Hope Film and Television Group was located.

Lin Mu walked in front and said, "Everyone should have read the script, the location of this movie will no longer be the earth, but a virtual planet countless light years away - Pandora. There are many, many unknown creatures inside. These creatures are very different from Earth, so most of them are synthesized by computers. ”

"Today, I am bringing you here to witness the new generation of CG technology that we hope the film and television company will develop three months ago." Through the glass corridors, Lin Mu led them to the deepest part of the special effects department, the output room of the supercomputer.

There are five 61-inch monitors, and three employees are in charge of the supercomputer.

"Bring up data number 3." Lin Mu instructed one of the staff members.

Under the operation of the staff, one of the large monitors quickly lit up and then showed a video.

A forest, dark and quiet, but it is not a common flower, shrub, but a very peculiar plant. There are peacock tail leaves, elephant ear leaves, coral tentacle leaves...... There are all kinds of strange foliage plants, and they all emit a charming and colorful light in the dark night, green, blue, purple, orange, cyan, intertwined, gorgeous, not dazzling.

Fluorescent flying insects flew around the jungle with a rhythm.

The sound of running water, the chirping of insects, and the chirping of some night owls. The whole jungle is filled with a strange beauty.

And at this very moment. A six-legged monster with long tentacles near its ears appeared, with dark skin, green eyes, and a large mouth with cold teeth. Elongated and lanky body. Paddle-like tail. Primate paws ......

It streaked silently through the jungle, silently, like a ghostly assassin. Looking for a target to hunt.

In the minutes that followed, they saw the Hammerhead Thunder Beast, the Heavy Armored Horse, the Death Beast, and the Mother Goddess Tree......

The film was cut for 10 minutes, and after watching it, everyone couldn't help but be shocked by the magnificence of the video clips while seeing the alien creatures depicted in the script.

What they don't know is that the computer-generated images are all at the highest resolution of any movie, and they are still crystal clear at 10 times magnification.

"Let me explain to you here that the 4 billion expenses are really spent on shooting and remuneration of no more than 800 million yuan, and most of the other funds will be invested in special effects and post-production."

For the next three days, the 15 people stayed in the special effects studio, some became students of the special effects artist, learning humbly behind the special effects artist, and some watched with interest as the special effects artist skillfully built the creatures in "Avatar" one by one. There are also people who are very interested in the new generation of 'expression capture technology' in the special effects department.

At noon the day before the start of filming on August 10, they finally reluctantly left the special effects department.

This time, they knew the filming of "Avatar" in their hearts, and they were also full of confidence in "Avatar". And that's exactly what Lin Mu brought them here for.

On August 10th, the crew of Hope Film and Television secretly came to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Xiangnan Province, and dozens of buses lined up from the highway to the interior of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park and walked into the deep paradise.

The location of "Avatar" was not told to anyone, let alone any media, Lin Mu just wanted to do it in a low-key manner.

The reason why the start-up location is in Zhangjiajie is that, on the one hand, most of the scenery in "Avatar" will come from this mysterious and beautiful scenic spot, and on the other hand, the auspicious place for the start-up set by the 'Feng Shui master' is here.

The person in charge of the scenic spot was happily waiting at the scheduled parking place early in the morning, and this time "Avatar" was able to put a wide range of filming in Zhangjiajie, which made him very happy. Regardless of whether "Avatar" is successful or not, as long as the beautiful scenery in the movie spreads all over the world, the family will earn it.

Therefore, for the arrival of "Avatar", the person in charge of the scenic spot and the entire leadership team are 100 in favor of raising their feet!

Seeing Lin Mu get out of the car, he hurriedly greeted him, with a smile like a chrysanthemum: "Warmly welcome Hope Film and Television to come to guide the work...... Oh no, it's the tour guide......"

It took nearly three hours for the bus to come to the Echo Valley, the place where the worship was started, under the driver of the scenic spot.

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Although the crew wanted to keep it as secret as possible, they were still followed all the way to Xiangnan and Zhangjiajie by reporters with a keen sense of smell. However, by the time they found the starting point, Lin Mu had already dragged their tired bodies out of Echo Valley, and they pounced.

After the news came out, with an investment of 4 billion yuan, it attracted a lot of tourists to Zhangjiajie at once.

In the days that followed, the tourists did not see the so-called crew or international superstars, but they did see helicopters flying in the sky for several days.

Soon, a professional filmmaker gave an analysis: "This is the crew of "Avatar" grabbing the scenic spots, just like the battlefield magic capital in "Transformers", using computer technology to realize the seamless connection of scenic spots on the computer. Looking at its aerial shooting posture for several days, it should be to put the home of "Avatar" in Zhangjiajie. ”

This ensued various discussions, such as what 'Avatar' meant and whether the movie meant fighting aliens......

And what about the woods? At this time, I was on a helicopter, discussing with several assistant directors the selection of the corresponding shooting spots in the script.

As for the rest of the crew, a large studio the size of two football fields is being built near the exit of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park near the city. And those international superstars are not idle, they are working hard to discuss the script with others.

Everything is in full swing.

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is a cinematographer of Hanhai Pictures, and he finished a movie in July, so he took advantage of this time to travel with his family. Yesterday, when his family was still playing in Yuanjiajie, he heard that the crew of "Avatar" was in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, not far away, and was in a kind of psychology of seeing peers, so ****** took the family to adjust their goals and went straight to Zhangjiajie Forest Park.

Sure enough, not long after he got on the Bailong Sky Ladder, he heard the huge roar of the helicopter from a distance, and in the upper right corner, he set up his professional camera to point at the helicopter and clicked and filmed. The camera's professional focusing allows him to see the helicopter in the distance clearly.

He saw Lin Mu, and also saw two other foreign directors who were a bit kind.

But soon something different caught his eye.

"Hey, this camera ......" The professional sensitivity made him find the camera fixed to the side of the helicopter a little strange.

The camera was so big that it was three times larger than ****** professional cameras for filming, and it was dual-lensed.

"It's 3D, but why is it so big?" He is a camera enthusiast, and he thinks he is familiar with all kinds of professional cameras at home and abroad, and he can report the data of any camera.

But this camera, ****** have never seen before!

"Do you want a new type of camera developed by Film and Television??" I'm so excited to think ****** this!! Hurriedly focused the camera on the huge weird camera, adjusted the focus and clicked to shoot quickly. (To be continued.) )