On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Leng Qingqiu came to the Jin Mansion and asked Zhou Zhen to bring a letter to Ouyang.

That night, Zhou Zhen carefully opened the letter and discovered a fact.

That is, without his involvement as Jin Yanxi, Leng Qingqiu didn't like Ouyang either, at most he only had some good feelings.

In a fashionable saying, Ouyang treats her as a goddess, and she treats Ouyang as a spare tire.

Ouyang was a licking dog in front of her, she enjoyed this feeling, hanging Ouyang.

After resealing the letter, Zhou Zhen thought about it with a sigh: If Leng Qingqiu threw herself into the net, he would accept her "so as not to be embarrassed".

The people who should be visited in the capital have been visited, and he spent 100,000 silver dollars, which can be regarded as maintaining the relationship of the upper layer.

Now that he is worth a lot, Jin Quan is worried about his safety, so he specially transferred a whole team of ten people to go to the magic capital with him to protect his safety.

On the day of leaving, none of the former fox friends and dog friends came, but a few upper-class sons and daughters came to see them off.

Sun Lutang also sent Li Yulin and his son to see them off, but they were blocked by the guards.

It was Zhou Zhen who said what he said before he let them go, and introduced them to these people. If there is fate, maybe you can find an idle errand in front of these sons.

It was another four-day journey before arriving in the magic capital from the capital.

At this time, the movie "The Legend of the West Chamber" has been produced.

Zhou Zhen didn't rest, so he went to the company to watch this movie. At first glance, I was very disappointed.

This film does not have his supervision, and the director accepts his influence less, although there are some improvements, but it is still not much different from the movies of this era, which can be called shoddy.

However, the cost of the movie is not high, and if you want to protect your capital and make a little money, it is not a big problem.

Zhou Zhen summoned all the people in the film company who were at home, all came to the company, and spent a day analyzing the gap between the two movies.

From the framing, lighting, costumes, props, the gap in lens language, and even the makeup, all the comments were reviewed.

Every time a shot is played, Zhou Zhen will pause and then start telling.

He is not from a professional background, and he does not have much knowledge of acting and directing.

But he had the experience of filming later generations of films, which people of this era simply could not imagine.

Although everyone didn't boast, they could see from their eyes that they regarded themselves as a master.

In one day, after Zhou Zhen analyzed the two films, he asked everyone to write a work change report according to their positions.

Before coming over this time, he also asked Sun Lutang for his opinion and planned to make a movie based on him.

Moreover, it is his second son Sun Cun Zhou to play himself.

This movie starts with the death of Sun Lutang's father, his mother's serious illness, and his suicide and rescue.

It mainly tells his experience of learning martial arts with different people, and returned to Baoding in 1888 to open a martial arts gym, and then clashed with the local martial arts gym, and the fight between one person against nearly twenty people ended.

There are three superb places in the middle, showing the essence of various martial arts from the beginning.

Zhou Zhen promised that he would be paid 1,000 yuan for a movie based on him, and if he made it in the future, his children and grandchildren would be able to get the copyright fee.

He was amazed by this mode of cooperation, and not only eagerly agreed, but also offered to invite the right role as long as he was paid.

Even if people at home are not interested in this movie, people abroad will be interested.

The cultural output of martial arts films starts from now.

Sun Cun is handsome, although he is taciturn, but this is originally a silent movie. Zhou Zhen is confident that he will become a kung fu superstar in this world.

He was a little reluctant at first, but he was convinced by Zhou Zhen.

Zhou Zhen promised to teach him martial arts, Tan Legs, and offered him a high price of 200 yuan for a movie.

At this time, it was useless for him to object, if he didn't come, Sun Lutang could break his leg.

This old man is the best name, and now he is making a movie to promote him, and he is very excited. If it weren't for his age, he would still want to make this movie himself.

And this movie is the first part of Zhou Zhen's plan, the first part is to fight with domestic people, the second part is to fight with the Chinese people, and the third part is to fight with Dongying people.

In terms of plot, there are many movies that can be used for reference, and Zhou Zhen is not afraid that it will not look good at all.

Nowadays, people have very low requirements for movies, as long as they can tell a story in its entirety on a silent screen, someone will watch it.

What acting, what special effects, no one understands at all.

As long as the play is exciting, the audience will like it.

Zhou Zhen used the experience of later generations to teach these filmmakers a complete lesson, and the main focus was on collecting money.

The road angel was released nationwide, and the bank at this time was not as convenient as in later generations, and 10% of the handling fee was charged for remote storage.

It's not hundreds, thousands of silver dollars, hundreds of thousands of silver dollars alone will cost tens of thousands, it's better to transport them yourself.

Golden Velvet sent hundreds of his subordinates to collect money everywhere in the country, although it seemed to cost a lot, but in fact it could save more than half of the cost.

And this movie was also released abroad, and as soon as it was released, it caused a national sensation.

Rich oriental style, exquisite scenes, beautiful actors, and a moving story like a lady of the Camellias.

Coupled with the prosperous background of the magic capital, the luxurious stage of the big world has set off a wave of oriental fever.

Zhou Zhen's film is commercially promoted through the consulate, and the consulate has to give the consulate a 10% commission, but there is an advantage, that is, with their supervision, everything can be done in accordance with formal business procedures.

Those foreign businessmen will not risk the interests of a film to offend the people in the officialdom, and even if there is some difference in the box office figures, it will not be too excessive.

Every day, telegrams from various countries will reach the magic capital, and seeing the benefits of this movie, not to mention the golden velvet, even Huang Chujiu is envious.

Dozens of people have been busy for less than two months, the cost is less than 30,000 silver dollars, and now the box office has exceeded 10 million.

In the United States alone, supported by a large number of copies, the box office reached two million dollars, second only to the box office records of several stars such as Chaplin.

Many people start out just looking for curiosity to see what kind of movies can be made in the far East.

As a result, they saw a beautifully made film that none of the films they shot could match.

The shooting techniques, the costumes, and the actors' acting skills are all excellent, and every shot seems to be a textbook.

In France, there are even media reports that "excellent films are in the East, and French films need to be reformed".

A story of a dancer and an artist from the East, and an Oriental "La Traviata", caused a sensation in Europe far more than in the United States.

Zhou Zhen's hand in collecting money is soft, and the media is full of praise.

Newspapers of all sizes have continuously published the news that the road angel has caused a sensation in Europe and the United States, and for Huaxia, which has been bent over, the movies that have conquered Europe and the United States can be said to strengthen the national prestige of China.

A movie has made a social phenomenon.

Since the movie was released in Europe and the United States before the Spring Festival, causing a sensation, the magic capital has added hundreds of film companies in just two months.

Countless people have the idea of becoming famous in one fell swoop, and want to make another movie that shocks the world.

Zhou Zhen did not criticize this phenomenon, did not support it, and stayed out of it.

Hundreds of thousands of silver dollars were received in the pocket again, and the martial artists from the south also gathered in the magic capital, Zhou Zhen arranged acting training, but left the magic capital and went to Hebei and the capital.

The most important thing in the shooting of a movie is not the process of shooting, but the process of preparation.

Each shot includes a series of complex compositions such as the characters' facial expressions, costumes, makeup props, camera angles, lighting, and background behind.

The same group of actors, almost the same props and costumes, can shoot diametrically opposed "East Evil and West Poison" and "East Becomes West".

Any film, even if there is already a version, it is impossible for the same director to restore the original lens language, let alone others.

Zhou Zhen currently has only a simple plot idea, and came to Hebei with a group of subordinates to survey the filming environment while improving the script.

The writing of the script should be based on the real environment, how to show the language of each shot, and the preparatory work in the early stage is more complicated than the shooting.

The environment in which each scene is to be displayed, from which angle to shoot, the processing of light, and the processing of expressions are all very complex system fusions.

This is even more important in today's age of silent films.

The reason why Chaplin became the only superstar of the silent film era is because he grasped this very well.

Zhou Zhen wants to make a cross-era work, and this work is also his last work planned.

After making this movie, he will be able to enjoy the rest of the good time with peace of mind.

So he wanted to shoot a work that was more perfect than the Angel of the Road, as his mark in this time and space.

In Hebei, he inspected several counties, selected several filming locations in Baoding, and then left personnel for the set.

Subsequently, he returned to the capital, and used his identity to get permission to shoot in the Forbidden City.

He took three teams of photographers to make a wooden movable tower more than ten meters high.

On the tower, not only booms were made, but also delicate slides.

He wanted to record the Forbidden City of this era and show the brilliant civilization of ancient China to people abroad.

Martial arts films are just a carrier, and cultural propaganda is the most important.

After inspecting the shooting angle and plot, Zhou Zhen planned to wait for the filming to take out 50,000 silver dollars to buy film.

From all angles, the majestic and majestic Forbidden City is recorded.

During this period, Zhou Zhen took out 300,000 silver dollars and handed them over to his father, allowing him to entrap several warlords and become his own power.

This money must be spent, and even if they don't spend it themselves, someone will come to fight the autumn breeze.

Therefore, if you first encircle a few warlords, you will form a more effective support.

At the end of March, Zhou Zhen returned to the magic capital, and at this time, the script had been written, and all the actors were already in place and were being trained intensively.

On the first day of April, in the studio of the magic world, the first movie named "The Growth of Kung Fu" officially started filming.

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