"Click!"

On the set, Lu Ping'an, who was wearing a peaked cap, shouted out the 17th click of this article.

This made the whole set stop and look at Rachel, and Rachel was embarrassed and almost crying.

Lu Ping'an was a little helpless.

Rachel's rating in the simulated world is 9.8 points, a very high score, which proves that she has great potential, but why does Rachel in the real world pull her hips so much?

Lu Ping'an felt that he had to communicate with her.

See how you can unleash her potential.

"Take a 15-minute break, Rachel, come here!"

Hearing this, Rachel took a deep breath and walked over.

Three days after filming started, the entire set already knew Lu Ping'an's habits.

It's fast, and it's super strict.

And you can't fight him yet, because he's in charge of the whole project.

The key is that what people say is reasonable, and the acting effect according to his requirements will be really good.

But the problem is that not everyone can live up to the standards of a director, such as Rachel.

Watching Rachel being called over by the director, some actors were already wondering if Rachel was going to be replaced.

That's what Rachel thinks too.

I sucked myself and messed up everything!

However, when she arrived in front of Lu Ping'an, Lu Ping'an's first sentence was to ask her: "Why are you so nervous, you have so much potential, why are you not confident at all?" ”

Rachel looked surprised, didn't she want to scold me?

"I was just a little nervous...

Lu Ping'an's face was full of encouragement: "Why be nervous? It's not easy to get the main character, but you stand out from more than 200 people, do you know how good you are? ”

"I..."

"Now you haven't even played half of your potential, Rachel, show your true skills and prove to them, you're okay, okay?"

"Good director."

"Rest first, drink water when you're thirsty, eat when you're hungry, and when you're ready, give me this one!"

"No problem, director!"

Rachel's confidence was quickly boosted.

On the set just now, she had never seen an Asian director filming so crisp, fast-paced, and strictly messy.

The Asian rattlesnake is a true name.

Fast and poisonous!

But it also put more pressure on her.

I'm afraid that if I don't act well, the protagonist will be gone.

Coupled with some minor physical problems, the result is that it is getting tighter and tighter, so that the whole person has no idea what he is doing in this scene just now.

Fortunately, although the director is not easy to talk during filming, he is so warm in private.

Rachel suddenly felt the pressure gone, and the whole person was much lighter.

What she didn't know was that Lu Ping'an really couldn't master any cursing English.

He is also too lazy to waste his energy with foreigners.

So directly turn on the "Kwa Kua Group" mode.

In his previous life, he had entered this kind of group, and he was pulled into it by his classmates.

It's called a sweet one!

Let him flutter for hours.

I feel that I have the strength to do anything, and I have the confidence to solve no matter how big the problem is.

It's called encouragement!

Now it looks really good.

Lu Ping'an suddenly came to a contrast, from extremely strict to extremely warm, which made Rachel's confidence soar.

Continuing to shoot, Rachel's state is obviously much better this time, and it will be over twice.

The next shooting was the same, Rachel's state became more and more relaxed, and the whole shooting process officially entered the fast lane.

After 16 days of filming, Lu Ping'an took out his notebook and calculated it carefully, with an average score of 97%.

Putting down the notebook, Lu Ping'an sighed slightly.

He knows that if he doesn't revise some plots, it will be useless to achieve transcendence after filming in the next two days.

The current 97% is still the result of modifying some small loopholes, such as the shape of the mask killer is filled with some settings.

After all, there is a difference between the body shape of women and men, so in the killer suit, Lu Ping'an deliberately added some pads.

This brought the shot straight to 102% at that time.

But these few words do not affect the overall situation in the end.

Because the rest of the plot is not very easy to modify.

It's a comedy thriller, the logic is smooth, and the cost and shooting time are just that.

It is a little inappropriate to refine it.

Lu Ping'an felt that it was all right.

At least this first attempt to surpass has also allowed him to learn some experience, and he will be more sure next time.

Two days later, "Happy Death Day" was completed.

[98% Completion, Reward: Deep Sleep]

Accepting the reward, Lu Ping'an's eyes lit up.

Deep sleep, as the name suggests, can greatly improve the quality of his sleep, because the quality of improvement can also reduce his sleep time to about 4 hours, and at the same time, the spirit during the day will be better than before.

As long as you sleep 4 hours a day, it's not as good as He Yu, but it's powerful enough, especially for the profession of director.

Lu Ping'an is very satisfied.

"Okay, hard work, don't be late tonight!"

As Lu Ping'an announced the end of the shooting, everyone cheered.

After finishing work, before the finale party, Xiang Guoqiang came to report about the IP of "Batman" for the third time.

After chatting with Warner, Xiang Guoqiang went to negotiate.

Now that I have finished talking about it for the third time, I have actually gone there four times.

The first time they ignored it, and the second time they heard what Henry said, the other party was sure that it was true.

Then in the three long negotiations and tug-of-war, from a resolute refusal, to a negotiable, and finally the third end, Xiang Guoqiang said: "Don't sell." ”

After hearing this, Lu Ping'an felt a little regretful, but there were not too many surprises.

This IP is now basically dead.

But there are still a lot of fan groups, and all kinds of peripherals are still very popular.

Warner reboots Batman, even without Nolan, it is estimated that it is only a matter of time.

But at this time, Xiang Guoqiang added: "But you can rent." ”

“。。。 You can't finish it all at once? ”

"I didn't pause for long."

"Okay." Lu Ping'an asked directly, "What kind of lease law?" ”

"$2 million a year, up to eight years, with a lump sum payment, but only the rights to shoot the film and part of the distribution rights are leased, and there are many other details."

It's not expensive!

The rights to Batman were originally super expensive.

It's just that now people have got the IP to the end, so they are willing to rent.

But this price is still a bit high according to the market price.

However, considering the overall time of Nolan's trilogy in the future, it will take less than 9 years from production to the release of the last part, and the box office will be about $2.4 billion.

Lu Ping'an feels that some important matters, such as a series of details such as film release obstacles, can be started if they can be guaranteed.

He is not short of money now, it is now the end of August, and NetEase's stock price will reach the highest price of this stage next month.

His assets in the stock market have been calculated to be about 250 million US dollars, and it is not a big problem to spend 16 million to rent it, and it is not a big problem to spend more than 100 million yuan to shoot the first part in the future.

The rest of the money can also completely deal with some distribution layouts in China and Golden Harvest, and even some theaters in Laomei are enough.

However, Lu Ping'an will not use all the money to lay out physical assets for the time being, but will only take out a part of it, and the rest will continue to maximize the benefits of liver stocks.

So even if all the money used to shoot Batman is lost now, he still doesn't have to worry about the layout without money.

In addition, about the detailed rules, in fact, it is probably possible to adapt but not to make up randomly, such as turning Batman into a Chinese, which is definitely not allowed.

After reading it, Lu Ping'an directly told Xiang Guoqiang: "This condition is okay, but if you can talk about it, let's talk about it again, and the precautions in it must be well grasped." ”

"Understood."

Xiang Guoqiang took the order and left, and he was also talking with the summit Watzberg.

Watzberg and Warner have a bit of a relationship and know each other, so it's easy to talk about.

Watzberg actually did not support Lu Ping'an's desire to test the copyright of Batman, but Lu Ping'an said that if he really wanted to shoot, he would pay most of the money himself.

Watzberg was already rich, but only now did he begin to wonder if Lu Ping'an was richer than he was.

He calculated Lu Ping'an's box office account, and his assets were still twice as many as him, but now it seems that Lu Ping'an has a lot of hidden assets.

So since Lu Ping'an said so, he no longer objected, so he helped talk.

Batman's advance was put aside, and Lu Ping'an went to a party with the crew that night.

After working with the crew of the summit twice, everyone is familiar with it now.

In the future, Lu Ping An will become a shareholder at the peak, and these people are their own people.

Everyone had a great time at the party.

Lao Mei is like this, she can be very happy if she doesn't engage in prohibition.

At half past five in the morning the next day, Lu Ping'an gently pulled Rachel's arm away and got up to get dressed.

After getting a deep sleep, his spirit was very good, and he seemed to be better with the amount of alcohol, even if he was also drunk for 8 points, he could still be more sober than the usual 8 points drunk.

So last night, I watched a group of demons dancing around.

Rachel used the strength of the wine to talk a lot to Lu Ping'an, thanking this and thanking that, and then said that Lu Ping'an was very handsome, the most handsome Asian she had ever seen, and finally talked to the bed.

Lu Ping'an experienced free-spiritedness.

The next day, Rachel called and said that she was back to Maple Leaf Country for a vacation, and there was no shyness about last night in her tone, but she said, "Last night was great, thank you, Lu." ”

Lu Ping'an likes this kind of crispness and crispness.

After following the local customs, I have to continue to work.

It's August 22nd.

When Lu Ping'an was stepping up his post-production work, news came from Venice that "Dinner for the Few" was shortlisted for the short film unit.

For this result, Lu Ping'an was not surprised at all.

"Dinner for the Few" later won dozens of international awards and was shortlisted for an Oscar.

At the same time, it is a work made after 2010, so it will have some advantages now.

So the shortlisting is not a big problem, and the suspense is whether you can win the award.

Propaganda has already begun in the country.

At this Venice Film Festival, Lu Ping'an has become the only seedling of mainland filmmakers.

In the entire film festival, only two feature films of Xiangjiang director Li Miaoxue's "The Scenery of Love" and Malaysian director Cai Mingming's Wanwan film "Not Scattered" were shortlisted.

In addition, this time Lu Ping'an is still the moment to hit the world's four major short story grand slams.

Therefore, at the window of the Venice Film Festival, Lu Ping'an's attention in China has risen again.

It's just that it's not easy for them to find people.

Lu Ping'an was not prepared to pay much attention to the Grand Slam.

The three major in Europe, luck-based, normal heart.

On September 5th, Lu Ping'an completed the editing of "Happy Death Day", and the rest only took about a week to get done, on the same day, he received a call from Hu Qingquan, and the short film received a call from the award ceremony, asking if he wanted to go to Venice tomorrow.

If you go, you still have to go, and if it's really a grand slam, it's also a historical moment.

After calling back Hu Qingquan, Lu Ping'an arranged things and listened to Xiang Guoqiang's report before leaving.

15 million in 8 years, the condition is to start filming within one year, otherwise it will be recovered, the money will not be returned, and the distribution rights will be shared with Warner, that is, Warner will participate in distribution outside China, and if the film does not perform well, the shooting rights will be withdrawn, if the series is made, if the first one has good results, the subsequent series will have to account for a share, not less than 40%.

Warner played a good game.

If the disk is alive, they will continue to eat, and if the disk is not alive, they can also stop the loss.

Big studios really aren't stupid.

So do you still want to do it?

Absolutely!

If you hesitate any longer, Nolan will be out of the way.

"That's it, sign the contract as soon as possible, and the liquidated damages will be higher."

"Okay."

On September 6, Lu landed in Venice safely

(End of chapter)