Expedition to Europe

As a religious person, Auerbach actually understands the role of propaganda better.

Some time ago, Auerbach returned to the Vatican headquarters to report on his work, so he missed the war between Lan Fang and Japan.

When Auerbach came back, Lan Fang had signed the "Coconut City Agreement" with Japan, and the dust had settled, so Auerbach had not been particularly present in Lan Fang during this period of time.

Well, in fact, Auerbach's presence in Lan Fang has not been very strong all along.

It is estimated that the Vatican has also noticed this problem, so there was Auerbach's previous report.

According to convention, Auerbach, who has been in Lan Fang for less than a year, has not yet reached the stage of summarizing his work, and that will be at least three or four years later.

Auerbach, who returned to the Vatican to listen to Benedict XV's teachings, was obviously enlightened. He moved his home to Penglai Island as soon as he returned to Lan Fang. Even though the church on Penglai Island had not been built yet, Auerbach refused to return to the well-equipped Coconut City Holy Light Cathedral.

The Cathedral of Holy Light has become the first church in the Far East because of the visit of Benedict XV and the ceremony of Qin Zhiyuan's coronation. Although the Cathedral of Light under construction on Penglai Island is more magnificent, the Cathedral of Holy Light is undoubtedly more valuable.

Before this, Orbach had always used the Cathedral of Holy Light as his base camp. Obviously, Orbach now understands the focus of Lan Fang.

The focus of Lan Fang has never been the Prime Minister's Mansion in Coconut City, but the Royal Palace on Penglai Island.

In other words, the center of Lan Fang is Qin Zhiyuan. Where Qin Zhiyuan is, there is the center of Lan Fang.

After understanding this, Orbach's work immediately became clear in terms of priorities.

Spread the doctrine?

Go to hell, deepening the relationship with Qin Zhiyuan is the focus of Orbach's work.

Especially after the release of "Champagne Chalons", Orbach keenly felt that film should be the best tool to reshape the image of Catholicism.

And the carrier of this tool is Lan Fang Royal Pictures.

Look, Qin Zhiyuan is still unavoidable.

So Auerbach visited Qin Zhiyuan more often these days.

"Good day, Your Majesty." Auerbach bowed and greeted Qin Zhiyuan, respectful but not vulgar.

"Good day, Ryder, it's been a long time since we last met. Let me count, it's been more than ten hours, right?" Qin Zhiyuan was not very happy.

"Your Majesty, please don't be offended. I'm really busy with official business." Ryder Auerbach was serious, as if he didn't hear Qin Zhiyuan's ridicule.

"Ha, Ryder, you came at the right time. Didn't you say you wanted to make a movie yesterday? Let me introduce you. This is Mr. Ren Shizhen, the general manager, chief photographer, and first director of Lanfang Royal Pictures. He can meet your wishes." Qin Zhiyuan shifted the blame.

After the introduction, Qin Zhiyuan suddenly felt something was wrong, as if there was some possibility that he had not expected.

Sure enough, Ren Shizhen and Ryder Auerbach, who had just met, had a good chat.

"I want to make a movie. The Vatican can bear all the expenses and we will pay the corresponding remuneration. You just need to provide a list of the amount you need. Whether it is Lanfang yuan, pounds, or gold, we can pay it in full." Orbach took on a lot of things, showing the wealth of the Vatican at a glance.

"What do you want?" Ren Shizhen was unmoved.

Just kidding, no matter how much money the movie makes, it has nothing to do with Ren Shizhen. Ren Shizhen eats "royal food".

The previous film industry was far from being industrialized. Movies were not a profit-making tool, and people didn't even have the habit of going to the cinema.

But after the release of "Châlons en Champagne", the situation seemed to have changed. Movies are no longer dispensable, but gradually become important. It seems that a new industry is taking shape.

Of course, the final market feedback will definitely take a process to influence Ren Shizhen and other behind-the-scenes workers. It may be one or two years, or five or six years. No one can say.

"My request is very simple. In the film, I want to add Catholic elements, more Catholic elements, and Catholic elements everywhere. I want people who watch the movie to be able to see the Catholic cross as soon as they look up." Orbach has a good idea.

It cannot be said that Orbach's ambition is too big. According to the words of the 21st century, he is an investor and still has enough say. It is just a drizzle to insert some advertisements.

"That would be simple. I can go to shoot churches and cemeteries, and I guarantee that there will be a cross as soon as you look up." Ren Shizhen's joke is a bit too much.

Well, this is not the era of market economy. As a director with decision-making power, Ren Shizhen has the right to decide what his movie will be like.

"Ha, that's a good idea." Orbach seemed not to have heard Ren Shizhen's sarcasm. He leaned a little on the chair, leaning on the armrest, and leaning to Ren Shizhen's side: "I don't know if you have heard of your Majesty's nickname 'Angel'. Do you know where it came from? I heard that you want to make a documentary about your Majesty, but your Majesty doesn't seem to cooperate. If you agree, our Vatican can cover the production costs, even including the future distribution costs."

Production costs and distribution costs, this is almost the entire cost of the film. There is no need to talk about production costs, because most of the materials are already available, and it won't cost too much, but the distribution costs are different, which account for the vast majority of the costs.

Take Lanfang's release of "Salon Champagne" as an example. The cost of promotion is really not much, because the current film market is in an extremely hungry state. "Salon Champagne" is also the first sound film, and it is quite beautifully produced. , so there is no need to worry about promotion costs, but accordingly, due to the use of patented film, which requires a large cost, the cost of making copies is an astronomical figure.

However, Lanfang spared no effort in promoting it and made thousands of copies. You can imagine the cost.

It is precisely because the cost is too high that without Qin Zhiyuan's consent, even if Ren Shizhen had the information and ideas, he would not be able to turn them into reality.

Now that the Holy See is footing the bill, it sounds good, well, it does sound good.

"If, I mean if, some shots need to be reshot, can you also bear the cost?" Ren Shizhen was interested.

"Hey, hey, hey, in my office, it's a bit rude for you to be so unobtrusive." Qin Zhiyuan expressed his dissatisfaction.

Well, Qin Zhiyuan finally understood what was wrong.

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Ren Shizhen and Auerbach, one is talented, the other is rich, but both of them have enough enthusiasm, which is very troublesome. If they are asked to defend and shoot, Qin Zhiyuan feels that these two can create a An 80-episode TV series.

"Ah, haha, I'm sorry, Your Majesty." Ren Shizhen laughed.

"Uh-huh, I'm sorry Qin, I think if there's nothing else, I'll leave first." Auerbach gave Ren Shizhen a "you understand" look.

Living in Lanfang, Auerbach certainly had to learn Chinese. I don’t know what the mentality of Auerbach’s Chinese teacher was. He actually taught the Buddhist term “poor monk” to Auerbach, a standard Christian. This is really outrageous. It's ridiculous.

Qin Zhiyuan resisted the urge to yell "Don't leave the bald donkey!" and pointed at Ren Shizhen and issued a death order: "First finish "Lance" and "Fernanda de Noir", and then talk about other things. of."

No matter what it is, the word "procrastination" is definitely a panacea. Time can dilute everything. Maybe one time will make these two guys forget about it.

"Your Majesty, "Lance" and "Fernanda de Noir" will be completed within a week... Please rest assured, Your Majesty, nothing will be missed." Ren Shizhen vowed.

"Humph, okay, as long as you can't make a mistake." Qin Zhiyuan smiled maliciously, and then turned his eyes to Auerbach: "But you have to be prepared for bloodletting. I had originally planned to shoot "Cappy". But there is no information from that time. If you want to film it, you have to prepare a film and television city to completely restore every plant and tree in the Kapi area. This is not something you can buy for one or two million. "

If we want to film the process of Qin Zhiyuan getting the nickname "Angel", we have to recreate the scene in the Kapi area. At that time, Qin Zhiyuan had just joined the Foreign Legion. The Foreign Legion had not yet established a propaganda department and there was no relevant information at all. We wanted to recreate it. That process is not simple.

"It doesn't matter, I'll pay 10 million dollars!" Auerbach is indeed wealthy.

Ten million US dollars, if converted into Lan Fang Yuan, is about 40 million. Well, this investment is large enough. If it is used to shoot movies like "Lance" and "Fernanda de Noir", it can be made. 100 movies, even if the post-publication and distribution costs are included, there will be no problem in making 20 movies.

"Okay, you have money, now you can go find relevant insiders to understand the situation." Qin Zhiyuan admitted defeat.

Since there is no video data, the scene at that time can only be reconstructed through "oral narration by the parties involved."

This is not easy. Several years have passed. Those workers at that time are now either senior officials of Lanfang, senior technicians, or leaders of various factories. It is not easy to find them.

"No, no, no, no need to bother looking, we have a very suitable candidate." Auerbach was very happy.

Qin Zhiyuan suddenly felt bad.

Before Qin Zhiyuan could react, Auerbach suddenly stood up and came to Misha's desk, who was working behind Qin Zhiyuan: "Miss Misha, can you accept an interview from us? In order to express our gratitude, I will give Your blessing from the Lord…how about a hundred thousand dollars?”

Is this a blessing from the Lord?

Well, Auerbach, a charlatan, has completely gone astray.

In fact, Misha has been listening to the exchanges between these people. When it comes to understanding of that period, Misha really has a say. Moreover, if there can be a scene where Misha and Qin Zhiyuan met in the film...

This is really a deer bumping into each other!