"Wow! Mom !!"

On the set of "Latent", with a burst of crying, the filming process was forced to stop.

It turned out that the young actor Sonny, who played the son of the male lead, was frightened by the actor with "ghost makeup".

Lu Ping'an was helpless, this was already the 4th time, and he didn't think much about it, and directly released Wen Ziren: "Xiao Wen."

"Understood!"

Wen Ziren immediately ran forward and performed the Warm Man Dafa.

After a while, the little actor came back, and the whole crew was relieved.

In Hollywood, child actors are troublesome.

You can't shoot more than 3 hours a day, and if you're a horror movie, you must have psychologically related medical equipment, and you can't die in the plot, etc.

So little Sonny was scared like this, and now he is coaxed, if there is still a problem with the mental inquiry for a while, the crew may have a lot of trouble, losing money, lawsuits, etc., which is very troublesome.

Fortunately, Wen Ziren is obviously more powerful than ordinary psychotherapists, and even better than Little Sonny's mother.

Coax, hug, three or two sentences, the problem is solved.

Even a week has passed since the filming of the film, Lu Ping'an suspects that Little Sonny deliberately wants to do this, and then let Wen Ziren "play" with him.

Speaking of which, Wen Ziren is really easy to use.

is a native English speaker, and his sense of smell for horror movies is extremely sensitive, so he can completely keep up with Lu Ping'an's train of thought, so that when Lu Ping'an needs the actor to show what kind of effect he can't express clearly, Wen Ziren, who understands in seconds, can help communicate well.

This also made the filming process go very smoothly.

Now that it took a week to shoot, the progress of the film is about 60% complete, which is three days faster than expected.

It's not bad, Lu Ping'an thinks that this little brother is quite worthwhile.

In the afternoon, I got off work at the end of the day, and after finishing the work, Wen Ziren and Lu Ping'an went home together, then had dinner, and then began to summarize today's problems and discuss others.

Lu Ping'an also does his role as a "master".

Those who come up with the answer should be taught well, and those who are not easy to answer should be said, "You have to understand it yourself in practice."

Overall, the number of times the above answers are not answered is very small.

Because Wen Ziren is indeed not so strong now, he has very little practical experience.

But Lu Ping'an can also see that with his talent, it will not be long before he surpasses an ordinary person like Lu Ping'an in horror movies.

The next day, Jimmy *** came to make a cameo, and Lu Ping'an handed over the first batch of exorcists to him to play, which was a pair of exorcists.

In order to echo "David's Late Show", Lu Ping'an and Jimmy *** made a cameo appearance, which was just fun, and it was quite interesting.

During the cameo, Jimmy *** recorded a follow-up report, which will be broadcast when "Latent" begins to be released.

Combined with talk shows, the publicity effect will be good.

During the filming, the box office of "Death Day" was released in the third week, with 16 million, and the total box office in North America also came to 56 million, which also made Lu Ping'an once again one of the focuses of Hollywood media.

After "Chainsaw 1" succeeded again, Lu Ping'an basically gained a firm foothold in Hollywood, and the market price of the director's salary also completely stood firm at $3 million!

At the same time, the rest of the regions have also begun to be launched one after another, and the box office is expected to exceed 20 million this week.

Regardless of the rest of the regions, Lu Ping An only looks at the North American account, and the profit after deducting the cost and publicity will be about 22 million.

Nice, but will be used soon.

Watzberg has already contacted several cinema companies, and next year's task is to establish its own distribution channel and the first cinema chain.

The rest was left behind for future film projects.

The summit future has to be both legs.

One is a small-budget horror film, and the other is an award-winning movie.

The low-budget horror film is currently developing step by step, and after "Latent" is completed, it will be scheduled to be released in March next year.

followed by "Death Day 2", "Chainsaw 2", "Latent 2", etc., all of which are films with good profits, but Lu Ping'an only participates in the screenwriting of these movies, and the director does not participate.

If you want to win the award, the most recent one is "Brokeback Mountain" that Lu Ping'an bought before.

The specific shooting time will be in the second half of 04, impacting Venice in 05 and Oscar in 06.

There are profits, there are awards, and after a wave, the summit can stand in the first echelon of Hollywood independent film companies.

During the period in the United States, news also came from the mainland.

The Bashu team has completed the filming of "Kung Fu Panda" and is currently moving back to the capital, Wu Guohua has rented a larger office space, and the next work will only be arranged when Lu Ping'an returns after finishing his work.

During the period, Wanwan also called, there was a Golden Horse Awards ceremony on December 13th, and the other party invited him, but Lu Ping'an was not available, and he had to follow up the later stage after filming "Latent", and at the same time, Wen Ziren's movie also had to watch a little bit, and he didn't have any works shortlisted for this Golden Horse, so he simply didn't go.

The original owner's sister-in-law also called here to remind him not to forget the day.

December 18th is the marriage of the original owner's sister-in-law and his boyfriend who is a policeman, of course, Lu Ping'an will not forget, because that day is also a good day and auspicious, it is appropriate to get married, pray for blessings, and sacrifice.

Lu Ping'an had already decided to set the day for the opening of the masterpiece.

On December 11th, "Latent" was completed.

[97% completion]

[Reward: The face does not change color]

The structure of the work is complete, there is basically no room for improvement in Lu Ping'an, and Wen Ziren, who was brought in to help, is still a rookie, so it is expected that he failed to surpass.

Looking at the reward again, Lu Ping'an found that this was a psychologically related skill.

The so-called face does not change color, that is, when you see some scenes that can cause negative emotions such as disgusting and terrifying, there will be no physiological reaction.

This skill is very suitable for forensics!

Lu Ping'an thought for the first time.

However, Lu Ping'an was still very satisfied, because he did gag when he saw some exciting pictures.

Now when I think of some pictures, such as the small video of northern Myanmar that I saw in my previous life, it was like watching an ordinary movie, I didn't feel anything, and I even felt a little bit of food...

Not bad, this at least fills in one of my own psychological weaknesses.

Accepting the reward, Lu Ping'an beckoned everyone to call it a day, and then had a party in the evening.

This time, the actors of "Latent" are all newcomers.

Rachel became popular and joined the new crew, and David was the same.

In fact, even if they are free, Lu Ping'an will not let them act, it is not suitable, and it is more expensive.

Now these new actors are good, with a total salary of less than 90,000.

It took 12 days to shoot, and the total cost was only 770,000.

Of course, Lu Ping'an's own director's salary is expensive, and the director's salary this time is paid according to 2 million, and this money should still be taken.

In addition to this there is a share, 50%.

The film was a big hit, and he was still the biggest winner.

Several shareholders also have no opinions, without Lu Ping'an Company would not have such a lucrative project, and they are very content.

"Latent" is finished, and the next step is the post-work.

Wen Ziren is still learning at this stage.

At the same time, the news that "Death Day" exploded three weeks after its release in North America was transmitted back to China, causing a shock in the domestic industry for the first time.

At this time, the country happened to be a window for the marketing of "Ambush on All Sides".

On the same day, "Ambush on All Sides" released stills, Andy and Takeshi Kaneshiro's Jinyiwei's costumes, the gorgeous costumes and dance postures of the international chapter, as well as Song Dandan's styling and Zhuhai on the movie set.

Several stills, exquisite and beautiful.

In addition, "Ambush on All Sides" also released more advertorials about the plot story.

Lao Mouzi focused on martial arts this time, saying that his favorite martial arts author is Gu Long.

The new film "Ambush on All Sides" will also be different from "Hero", adding more special effects

, as well as more visually striking martial arts action.

In short, a meal of marketing has made many fans interested enough in "Ambush on All Sides".

Zhang Weiping deliberately read the comments on the Internet, and everyone basically had the same meaning.

That is, "Hero" should be scolded or scolded, but Lao Mouzi is still recognized.

Lao Mouzi's blood is thick after all, he is the top director in China at the moment, and he is good in business and art, so even if the reputation of "Hero" in 02 is torn, most people still recognize Lao Mouzi, and feel that "Hero" is just a small mistake by him, and it will be fine later.

Zhang Weiping is very happy, he feels that everything is under control.

Movies rely on publicity.

At this point, he couldn't help but think of Lu Ping'an.

Now Lu Ping'an's new work "9527" is still tightly covered, which is very effective, everyone is very curious, and there is a lot of pressure on Zhang Weiping, but he still feels that Lu Ping'an's Xingchen Film and Television is far inferior to him in terms of marketing.

This is still soft power, in terms of hard power, the lineup of "9527" is average, the director's reputation is not as good as Lao Mouzi, and the investment is even less than that of "Yuan".

So for now, it seems that the advantage is still mine!

However, at this time, the news of Lu Ping'an suddenly broke out on the Internet.

"Lu Ping'an is successful again in Hollywood..."

Zhang Weiping shuddered suddenly, clicked on it and looked carefully.

The media portrayed it vividly.

said that Lu Ping'an's first Hollywood movie only got an investment of $1 million, and it turned out to be a big hit and create a miracle.

In the second part, it was originally common sense to get at least $30 million in investment, but in the end it was still less than $5 million, and the investor felt that Lu Ping'an's first success was luck.

But Lu Ping'an is angry, only this little money, and he still relies on his strength to give you amazing results.

$4 million, $56 million at the box office! And it's only been three weeks, and the global box office will still exceed 100 million in the future!

This achievement is a miracle in Hollywood!

The media also reprinted the comments of many old American media, celebrities, and people.

"Lu is the most talented Chinese director I've ever met."

"Lu's films are really good, and he made me realize the strength of Chinese directors."

"Lu is so surprising, he will become a real great director."

"Because of Lu, I became very interested in Chinese films..."

The news finally said: After this time, Lu Ping'an will completely gain a firm foothold in Hollywood, and become another successful Chinese director in Hollywood after Li An, John Woo and others!

In these years, anyone who gets involved with Lao Mei can attract widespread attention.

What's more, Lu Ping'an still strives for glory, and it is still for great glory!

Moreover, in this era when commercial films are gradually accepted by mainland filmmakers, it is no longer difficult to talk about the box office publicly.

Lu Ping'an's commercial success in Hollywood may bring him a bit more than the short film Oscar and the Grand Slam.

So this news quickly became a hot topic today, directly crushing "Ambush on All Sides" in the film industry, and even directly out of the circle, to a certain extent, it has become social news.

And after the general public saw it, they were excited.

To say that the news narration of the previous story will be moderate, it can only make domestic netizens have a small climax.

But when I saw the foreigner's comments reprinted later, I saw that they all said that they admired it, and the sense of climax was raised by a few degrees.

A group of netizens commented in the forum.

"Lu Ping'an Cow Pen!"

"What kind of movie is it, and where can I watch it?"

"I want to know if it can be released in China."

"I've seen all of Lu Ping'an's movies, and they're all very interesting."

"If you want to talk about the storytelling of the movie, Lu Ping'an dumps Lao Mouzi on the street!"

"I feel the same way, but if Lu Ping'an can have Lao Mouzidian

The picture in the film is even better."

"People are in Laomei, I watched "Chainsaw", and I can only say that Lu Ping is safe! The new movie "Happy Death Day" is not as good as "Chainsaw", but it is still good!"

"Upstairs doesn't sell discs, buy them at a high price."

"I just want to know what kind of movie 9527 is."

"Inside information, '9527' is a comedy!"

"There's all the upstairs..."

Then various news about Lu Ping'an's new Hollywood movie also became the focus of attention.

Everyone is curious, what kind of film can conquer Lao Mei?

The sense of curiosity that escaped also flocked to Lu Ping'an's new film "9527" in the mainland.

As for "Ambush on All Sides"?

Attention is still someone who cares.

It's just that Zhang Weiping knows that this wave of marketing is 108,000 miles away from the effect he wants.

However, he is not panicking, because "Hero" will be released in Lao Mei in a few months.

I believe that when the time comes, we will be able to get back to the field!

Lu Ping'an has achieved another success in Hollywood, which has also made many people in the industry ready to move.

Countless people are thinking, Lu Ping'an has succeeded in Hollywood, so can he follow his relationship and act in Hollywood movies in the future?

Of course, the industry bigwigs are relatively calm about this matter.

Because they all know what kind of role a director is in Hollywood.

Whether the project can participate or not is not up to the director, and this is not a co-production, but a pure Hollywood film, how simple is it to participate in the investment.

However, it is still necessary to keep an eye on it, so they have politely sent their blessings, congratulations and wishes Lu Ping'an a further career.

But there are also people who will not be so secure.

When Zhang Weiping was asked by a reporter about Lu Ping'an, he sang the opposite.

"Horror films are niche films in Lao Mei, and they are not in the stream, so what's the use of high box office, let's talk about it when he participates in big-budget projects and succeeds."

With that, he turned and left.

He's been tired of the news these days.

And with Zhang Weiping coming out to sing down.

There are also more voices in the market.

Some people think that Lu Ping'an is very stupid, he went to Hollywood to make money for others, and he made so much money and didn't have any share in you, which is similar to being wronged.

Some people think that Zhang Weiping is right, horror movies are not mainstream anywhere, and Lu Ping'an's success is nothing to brag about.

Others say that Lu Pingan is transmitting stereotypes to the West, making them think that Chinese can only make horror movies...

All kinds of voices came around, good and bad.

But one thing is for sure.

That is, Lu Ping'an's directorial personality is indeed a lot higher.

After all, it is Hollywood, and it is the circle of the current film and television industry that despises the ceiling level of the chain.

For the Hong Kong and Taiwan film and television circles, practitioners in the mainland have sharpened their heads and drilled in, and Hollywood is even more so.

Therefore, whether Lu Ping'an is the mainstream in Hollywood, and now that he has achieved great success, he has directly become the most fragrant bait among mainland and even Chinese directors.

Countless actors began to fantasize that if only they could be valued by Lu Ping'an, it would be a Hollywood movie!

Lu Ping'an, as a director, is it not a hand to enter the group?

So find a way to get out of the relationship!

Those who hold this view are basically people who are half-aware of Hollywood.

They don't look at things that highly, so they are naturally much naïve.

Zhang Songwen, Ning Hao and other friends who are close to Lu Ping'an are always asked like this these days.

Zhang Songwen was even said that you told the road guide that as long as you can go to Hollywood movies to make an appearance, money is not a problem.

But there are no answers to such questions.

Chance, can it be given to you?

Say it's not machined

Yes, you don't believe it, and you offend people.

So the answer is very unanimous: I'll go back and ask...

Liu Xiaoli also took the initiative to ask Liu Qianqian, "Have you been in contact with Ping An recently?"

"Of course."

Liu Qianqian was a little impatient.

She didn't like her mother's snobbish questioning.

But for the matter itself, she is still very happy.

Because her relationship with Lu Ping'an has always been good, she always goes to his courtyard, when Lu Ping'an is at home, she occasionally goes over for a meal, and she can also go into Lu Ping'an's study! She bought all the koi fish in his water tank, but she didn't know if she was dead now, so she decided to find Zhang Songwen tomorrow to get the key and go to see it.

You see, this is much better than a lot of actors who have a hard time seeing him.

"That's good." Liu Xiaoli was relieved after hearing this, but still instructed, "Ask him when he will come back when he is free."

"No, there's no reason for it."

Liu Qianqian still felt that the purpose was too obvious, and she didn't like it.

Liu Xiaoli shook her head: "Give him the script of the next play."

"You don't need to."

"Silly girl!"

Liu Xiaoli began to mention, "If the relationship is good now, can it continue to be good in the future?"

「。。。 Okay."

Liu Qianqian looked helpless, but Liu Xiaoli's words did make her feel a sense of crisis.

Lu Ping'an is so good in Hollywood, the higher he flies, the busier he gets, the fewer opportunities he will have to go to his house to eat in the future, and the relationship will become farther and farther away, thinking about it this way, I really feel a little lost.

So she quickly took her mother's advice.

After the text message was sent, Liu Qianqian felt a little inexplicably nervous.

Fortunately, Lu Ping'an quickly replied: "Wait until I return to China in a few days."

A text message, Liu Qianqian's entire sky seems to be lit up, oh no, it has never been cloudy, only my mother is thinking about it!

Similar text messages have been received by Lu Ping'an.

Everyone wants to enhance their relationship with Lu Ping'an.

Even Yan Danchen was not exempt from vulgarity, and when he called, he could hear a sense of crisis in his tone.

Lu Ping'an couldn't help but sigh that he had won so many awards before, and the domestic box office had exploded several times, but none of them had a great impact on his success in Hollywood.

Yankee, this foreign monk, is really good at chanting!

He felt a little too much.

It's really not going to happen.

But it can't be changed.

That's how it was in those days.

Just thinking about it, the phone rang again, and it was Han Sanpin who called to congratulate him.

"Peace, congratulations!"

"It's nothing, it's just a small achievement."

"Then try to make bigger achievements next time!"

"I do my best."

After congratulating him, Han Sanpin continued: "I know that you are only a director now, and you can't make decisions about many things, but if there is an opportunity for Sino-US cooperation, you still have to consider it, but don't worry too much, that's what I said, it's okay if you don't have a chance."

He didn't know Lu Ping'an's status at the top, so this was just a mouthful.

Lu Ping'an probably also heard that Han Sanpin might be under some pressure at the moment, otherwise he wouldn't have mentioned it.

"Okay Uncle Han, I'll fight for it."

In fact, "Batman 1" is actually okay, and there are several scenes in it that involve the mainland.

It's just that "Batman 1" is still in the prop production stage, and the official start of filming will not be until next year, so there is no rush.

Han Sanpin then asked, "When will you return to China?"

"I'll be back on the 18th, for the wedding."

"That's just right, maybe the 18th or the 19th, the boss will have a meeting with you, about the Olympics, I should call you tomorrow, you pay attention..."

Han Sanpin said that Lu Ping'an's great achievements in Hollywood this time indirectly affected his status in the eyes of the superiors.

Lu Ping'an's tone was flat, saying that he wouldn't think about it after he knew.

It's a pit, he doesn't jump, not to mention that people may not really jump for you, there is an old man in front of him.

Han Sanpin continued: "Ambush on All Sides was blocked by you in the air..."

Lu Ping'an laughed on the spot after hearing this.

It was a surprise, but it was pleasant to listen to.

Han Sanpin: "Zhang Weiping is very unconvinced, saying that you are not in the stream."

"No matter what he says, no matter how nice things he says, I'll keep an eye on him!"

Lu Ping'an didn't feel anything at all.

It is not him who enters the stream or not, and Zhang Weiping has the final say.

What's more, if you really want to say that horror movies don't enter the stream, for him, it is a matter of minutes if he wants to enter the stream.

It's just that it all has to go according to plan.

Now he has attracted so much attention in the mainland just by relying on the success of two small cost.

If it is replaced by a direct big production and succeeds, it must not explode.

To the next level, let them know that they are also capital in Hollywood.

Well, the days are not idle.

Lu Ping'an didn't think that he would get to that point so soon.

Take your time.

Hide what you can.

Now, he just wants to be a "non-stream" little director.

For the rest, you can make a fortune in a muffled voice.

After the phone call, Lu Ping'an continued to reply to a few close text messages, then ignored the mobile phone and continued to do the later stage.