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After Liu Tianxian was settled, Teacher Xu went to Hong Kong.

Lao Song's Infernal Affairs has already started filming, Kung Fu is progressing smoothly, and Hero is just waiting to be released. Xu Fei received a guest in Hong Kong, a film producer from Thailand.

The second part of the pan-Asian cooperation, a low-budget action film with a budget of 4 million US dollars.

In order to be released in mainland China, he put in some thought:

Wu Jing plays a veteran who started his own business and opened a restaurant, and the business is booming. Parents died early, only one younger sister is regarded as a treasure.

The younger sister made friends online, saying that she was traveling to Hong Kong together, but suddenly disappeared.

Wu Jing entered Hong Kong alone to conduct an investigation, and met another Hong Kong policeman, Donnie Yen. The two did not know each other, they were both investigating the case and found out that it was an international criminal organization.

Involving human trafficking, drugs, organ trading, etc., the crimes are heinous, and the nest is in Thailand.

The younger sister is very beautiful, she was kidnapped and sent to Thailand, of course Wu Jing has to rescue her. When the Hong Kong police destroyed a stronghold, Donnie Yen's best brother was killed and the murderer escaped.

In order to avenge his brother, he did not hesitate to resign and go there.

Zhang Jin plays a Thai native, a gangster thug, guarding the tower with Tony Jia...

There is nothing to say about the plot. It started with Taken, then Slaying the Wolf 2, and finally the climax of going straight to the old nest became Raid.

The important thing is the motion design.

How to integrate modern martial arts concepts, so that the audience has a bright feeling. Xu Fei didn't understand and left it to Wu Zhi to worry.

He checks on political elements, such as the identity of the protagonist.

Wu Jing must not be an active soldier or policeman. First, it is untenable in legal terms. Second, some departments are afraid of causing diplomatic impact.

Yes, that's right, you have to pay attention to diplomatic influence when making movies in the Mainland.

For example, in Wolf Warrior 2, Wu Jing also went to Africa to find the murderer who killed Long Xiaoyun after he was fired from the army. Then, it happened to be involved in the war, it happened to catch up with the evacuation of overseas Chinese, and it happened that the Chinese army couldn't move, so it could only fall on him...

It’s like what kind of Interpol, agents, go to other people’s land and openly shoot and kill people-Hong Kong movies can have them, Hollywood can have them, but mainland China doesn’t exist.

In short, it is the situation of Wu Jing and Donnie Yen against Zhang Jin and Tony Jia.

Plus a vote of demons and goblins, strong men and expensive, just ask for a cool word.

Low cost, invested by Tianxia, ​​Sunshine, and Thailand, and distributed overseas, focusing on new types of action movies, there is no psychological pressure.

Lao Song only thinks it is subtle, zombies are a matter of principle, but saving his sister can be changed.

From then on, I learned a trick: when it comes to more sensitive things in mainland China, we move the scene outside and do it overseas, and Chinese actors will still act.

For example, there is a play in later generations, the remake of the Indian movie Manslaughter.

…………

After a brief stay in Hong Kong, Xu Fei went to the United States again.

San Francisco, on the set of The Hulk.

It wasn't filming, but the police were rounding up a few laughing young people, running around the set. They're all white, they can't lock their throats with their knees, and they can't shoot bullets...

Li An pinched his waist helplessly, waiting for the police to deal with him.

Those few were college students from nearby. Seeing that there was a crew here, they came to play a prank——Qiqi urinated next to them.

It was finally caught and taken away, and the crew restarted work.

Eric Bana, who plays the role of the Hulk, wears a special tights and is connected to the computer by cable, doing various movements and expressions. These forms are stored in the computer, and after post-production special effects, they will become the Invincible Hulk.

This kind of capture technology is very mature in later generations, but it is relatively rough now. It was rougher before, and the actor was covered in green makeup and was the Hulk.

After shooting for a while, we rested and had dinner.

The film has an investment of 130 million US dollars, a large production, and extremely substantial logistical support.

There is a dining car on the set, where you can order food, and a booth will be set up for outdoor shooting. There are all kinds of snacks, drinks, barbecue, and ice cream. Of course, there are also different levels, each with its own dining venue.

Li An invited Xu Fei to come over and sit at a table.

Your film will be launched in March, why are you still nervous?

After delaying and delaying, it is now expected to be completed in October.

Wouldn't that be 8 months?

well……

Li An shook his head and said: Actually, I regret accepting this drama, the physical pressure is fine, and I feel quite nervous.

yes!

You're out of luck!

Of course Xu Fei has seen The Incredible Hulk, but he can't say it's bad, it's just boring. The audience watched superheroes because they wanted to have fun, but you, Barabara, talked about human nature...

Li Eucalyptus doesn't have commercial flair, and the delicate emotions between people are his forte.

I'm sorry, I'm too busy and don't have time to accompany you around.

It doesn't matter, I'm here as an investigation, just to see the current top special effects level and production process in Hollywood.

Um?

Li An was taken aback when he heard this, and asked, What do you mean?

I want to try to make a big movie.

Which type?

Science fiction, war, fairy tales, fantasy...haven't decided yet, and the intention of science fiction is relatively large at present.

Then you have to prepare as soon as possible, the preliminary work is very cumbersome.

Yeah, so I'll take a look.

Li An admired him very much. He had read the five-year plan including Virus. The intention is obvious, to build a mature film industry system, and to grow from actual combat.

Xu Fei visited the film as a mainland filmmaker and the producer of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Li An helped introduce the special effects of Hulk, Industrial Light and Magic.

After the Hulk transforms, it is completely produced by special effects, not a real person.

From a technical point of view, this is currently the most advanced and expensive in Hollywood.

The staff of Industrial Light \u0026 Magic was very enthusiastic, and explained in a simple way: there are more than one hundred layers of light skin, skin color, blood vessels, scars, mud, sweat, spots, and hair. Each element uses at least ten layers. Only by expressing can the Hulk come to life blah blah blah blah blah blah blah...

Xu Fei didn't quite understand, so he just remembered the hard standard: a total of 183 people were serving the special effects!

130 million, nearly half of the budget was spent on special effects.

The secondary technology is not so expensive. The cost of The Matrix 1 is only more than 60 million US dollars. Of course, the second part soared to 150 million.

Although domestic costs in various aspects are lower than those in Hollywood, but the special effects fee is what you pay for, and the total cost is still high.

With the current box office volume in mainland China, it can be paid for.

That's why Xu Fei is extra cautious. To ensure quality, risks must be kept down.

…………

Oh, Mr. Xu!

Oh, Fat Jerry!

If you can, I would like you to not add some adjectives.

After bidding farewell to Li Eucalyptus, Xu Fei came to Cactus Company.

Jerry's face was full of red, his heart was wider and his body was fatter. He gave him a bear hug: It's been a long time since I saw you. I miss the magical oriental magic.

Didn't I give you the book of prophecy?

You said Mist and Prada? It's not enough. I will be completely at ease when I see your real existence.

Xu Fei chatted with him for a while, and said with a smile: There is nothing serious or idle this time. I need a copy of the service items and quotations of all special effects companies in Hollywood, and I will visit them one by one.

OK!

As well as the cost of all the special effects movies in the past two years, it's good to disclose the cost. I don't ask you to be agents.

That's fine.

How about Virus?

As expected, $2 million is considered a success.

Fine.

Xu Fei nestled on the sofa, opened a candy casually—it was obviously Jerry's snack, and asked, Is there any news that I would be interested in, and you know what it is.

As usual, Chinese kung fu is very popular with the trend brought about by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Zhou Runfa has made a film called Bulletproof Monk, which will be released next year.

Um.

Xu Fei nodded, bad movie.

I heard that Disney wants to mix it up, combine Western fairy tales with Chinese Kung Fu, and call it Snow White and the Seven Samurai Monks.

puff!

Teacher Xu stared, what kind of movie title is this?

It's easy to think about it.