The events at the boot party have passed, but there are a lot of jokes left, but it doesn't matter.

Anyway, the people on the American team think it's fun, it's completely different from their party, they have two kinds of parties, one is very well-dressed and polite. One is the kind that just drinks alcohol without food, and then smokes marijuana and around.

Each has its own merits, the wine table culture here in China is humane, the life atmosphere is stronger, and everyone is more down-to-earth.

Of course, there are also foreigners who don't like it, this is normal, this thing can't force foreigners to like our culture and customs.

Fortunately, none of the people who recruited this time had any other bad habits, and they would not say that they would smoke some marijuana every day, or that they would go to prostitution once every ten days and half a month.

When recruiting people, it was very clear that it was illegal to do these things in China.

However, some Americans have found a new way to pass the time in Changsha, that is, to go shopping, eat, wash their feet, massage and sing K.

On October 5th, it was still National Day, but the Chinese crew had no holidays, and the American team did not know about Chinese holidays, and the contract they signed had already indicated that there were no holidays in China, and they would have to work 12 hours a day, but the cost would be calculated according to the weekends and overtime wages in the United States.

Don't think that none of them want to work overtime, in fact, there are still many people who want to make money.

People who don't want to make money have long refused to come to China, and those who come are all trying to make money.

The newly renovated media center of the Lake Film Group Film and Television City, "Pacific Rim" is holding a start-up press conference.

"Okay, I've finished introducing what should be introduced, and then, the media are free to ask questions. This, Mr. Robertson of Hollywood Film Reporter magazine, please ask. ”

Zhang Qian pointed to the American reporters who were sitting in the front row.

"OK, I read the synopsis of the story, I want to ask the director, is this a story about Chinese saving the earth?" Are you sure that in 2019 the world will go to the three poles? ”

Americans are very sensitive to people trying to compete for their position as the world leader, so they have this question that has been negotiated.

It's a question of who will answer it.

"First of all, it's science fiction, it's not real. Could it be that there will really be a monster invasion on the earth in 2019? Of course not. Therefore, at that time, the United States was still the boss in the world, and China could not fight. ”

"Secondly, the theme of the whole story is not that Chinese save the world, but that people all over the world save the world together, because with the cooperation of China, the United States and Russia have succeeded in saving the world." I am sure that the global audience will enjoy this theme. ”

Although He Fang is very disgusted by this kind of American-style problem in his heart, he must tell American audiences or Western audiences in advance through the media that "Pacific Rim" is a film in which humans work together to stop the invasion of monsters.

If you don't say it in advance, the Western audience will think that the Chinese are floating, and they will save the world when they become the second oldest in the world, and they will focus on the hegemonic position.

And no one will go to watch a movie where the second child saves the world, just like people in the city will think it's a joke when they see that the countryman is going to build an airplane, and think that going to watch such a movie is an insult to IQ.

Once Western audiences have this mentality, when "Pacific Rim" is released in North America, will American audiences go to the cinema to watch it? If you go to see it, people will say, 'You also go to see that kind of movie about the country's artificial airplanes, are you daydreaming like them?' ’

It's like asking Chinese consumers to buy porcelain made in African countries, and consumers are born with a sense of resistance and distrust, 'Who better than a country that has been making porcelain for thousands of years?' So consumers will not give you the opportunity to correct their concepts with quality in a short period of time, because they don't look at it, what's the use of your quality being good?

As long as this kind of public opinion and atmosphere is formed, then "Pacific Rim" will fail in the Western box office market.

Therefore, the entire propaganda department of "Pacific Rim" finally developed a set of propaganda methods, that is, from the beginning of the filming, it continued to instill an idea to audiences in the West and around the world.

That is, 'This is a science fiction movie in which all mankind works together to defend against foreign enemies, and it embodies the unity of all mankind. Such an idea, when this kind of thinking goes from the start-up, to the filming footage, to the actors' appearances, to the global publicity, and the repeated bombardment of the trailer, and finally the way of on-demand screening, which is praised by some Western audiences on the spot.

After such a process, I believe that some people's concepts can be changed, and they will enter the cinema.

In particular, to do a good job of screening in North America, only when the praise of North American audiences after watching the movie is cut into a video and released to other parts of the world to promote, audiences in other countries will say, 'Look, even the audience in the country of blockbusters says that this movie is good, and it must be really good.' ’

In other words, the global audience needs the North American audience to endorse them.

Alas, what can be done to make it so complicated?

Your national strength is not strong, your culture has no right to speak, and your country has not had relevant successful works in the world before......

Then, if you want the global audience to accept your film, you have to help the audience build confidence in Chinese science fiction films step by step.

That's the reality.

Before researching this plan, in fact, He Fang was also a little taken for granted, he thought that if he made "Pacific Rim" and then opened up the publicity and distribution of the global release, he would be able to sell high box office.

In fact, this is not the case.

……

After answering this question, a reporter from The Hollywood Reporter then asked.

"What about the fact that this movie is based on Chinese characters? Or is it a Russian character? Or is it an American character who plays the main role? ”

This question is also asked for Western audiences.

"Of course, everyone is the protagonist, and if you don't believe it, you will know if I am lying when I go to the cinema to watch the finished film. Everyone's roles are similar, the focus is similar, and the role paid for fighting monsters is also similar. ”

"Of course, if you want to say who plays a bigger role in the process of fighting monsters, maybe the role of the American team is a little bigger, because they are the main attack team to fight monsters."

This is also a plan negotiated by the team, and you have to emphasize to the Western audience that you need to highlight the dominance of the American team in a generally fair way.

Do you want to answer that? Want to make a movie like this? Of course not, who doesn't want to be all Chinese dominant?

However, the current Chinese market cannot support a blockbuster like "Pacific Rim", and the global market must support it, so he must rely on Western audiences.

After answering these two important questions, the other questions are more general and easy to answer.

"Who is the director, I am a reporter from Zalang Entertainment, may I ask the crew of "Pacific Rim" who went to talk about Cameron as the producer and Leonardo as the starring actor, why didn't they sign it?"

He Fang spread his hands very innocently, "No, we didn't even think about finding Cameron as an executive producer and Leonardo as a starring role." Our actors were drawn up in January this year, and they were all negotiated in April. ”

"From beginning to end, I didn't say that I wanted to punch in Mellon as the producer, and Leonardo as the starring role."

He Fang's answer made domestic media reporters immediately post instant news.

"Director He, there are many actors in China, how did you choose actors such as Wu Jing, Fan Bingbing and Hou Yong as the leading actors? Why haven't I heard the wind before, you have auditions? ”

He Fang nodded, "It's actually very simple, because the movie "Pacific Rim" needs domestic actors with military temperament and kung fu, as well as English and internationalization. ”

"So many conditions are screened, and the number of qualified people is very limited, I can only choose Wu Jing as a male driver, and to play the role of the Chinese commander, Mr. Hou Yong is the best teacher."

"As for Teacher Fan Bingbing, because she is not only internationally famous, but also has good English, I saw that her makeup in uniform also meets the requirements."

"Therefore, the three of them were finally decided to lead as Chinese actors, and this is the reason."

As soon as He Fang finished speaking, a reporter asked.

"Director He, you said that there may not be many international actors in China, but there are still international actresses, isn't Zhang Ziyi an international actor who can speak English and has acting skills?"

He Fang was stunned, why is there such a reporter who can't speak, since there is no her here, she must not be chosen, isn't it superfluous to ask this person a question?

"Maybe next time, but I just collaborated on two movies with Mr. Fan Bingbing, and her conditions are the same, so under the same conditions, let's use practice instead of raw."

After answering the question, without waiting for the reporter to ask again, other reporters immediately began to ask questions to the Hollywood stars.

"Mr. Jason, I heard that you only finished a movie with Director He Fang in June, did you negotiate the last movie with this movie a long time ago?"

"My role in Pacific Rim was talked about with Invasion of Wall Street, so I didn't have the role of a mech pilot at that time, I had to be a commander, but there was no less drama, just not that enjoyable. Haha...... "Jason Statham is a very cheerful person.

"And how much do you get paid?"

"This has to be kept secret, I can't say it." Jason hurriedly waved his hand.

"Are you still used to the food and life here when you come to China?"

"Of course, it's great, I like it very much, I like to go shopping, eat food, and wash my feet every day after work, wow, it's very comfortable to wash my feet."

"Haha......"

……

"Mr. Chris Hemsworth, may I ask ......"

Interviews with actors are like this, and for the Chinese media, it's about asking them why they want to join the crew, and then asking them how they feel when they come to China and so on.

The American media asked what they thought of the characters, whether there were any interesting points worth watching in the script, whether they would challenge their performances, and so on.

The whole press conference lasted two and a half hours, and there were too many actors and too many questions to ask.

So after the press conference, everyone went to dinner, and they would also take the media reporters to have a good meal, and by the way, give them some interview fees and interview gifts.

"Wow, the Chinese crew is so generous." When the reporters from the United States got the gifts, they were overjoyed.

In addition to the interview fee of nearly 10,000 US dollars, the gift is a MacBook Pro 13-inch notebook, and of course, a set of 7-day travel packages worth 5,000 yuan in Zhangjiajie, Xiangxi Phoenix and Furong Town.

Eat me, take mine, and you won't say a few more good words to me when you go back?

Putting these aside for the time being, at half past one in the afternoon, all the crew of "Pacific Rim" gathered in the main studio.

The first shot is a picture of the U.S. fleet driving on the sea, without lines, as long as they stand up and swing in the water according to the software-like driving state.

"Okay, all departments are ready, the camera is turned on, the recording is turned on, the scene is quiet, and the scene is recorded and boarded." He Fang shouted with a walkie-talkie.

"Pacific Rim Scene 1, Shot 1, Shot 1, Begin!"

(End of chapter)