Chapter 542 You're right

Wuershan's roadshow continued, and "Special Identity" also continued to be released. On May 1st, it grossed just over 40 million and easily won the championship.

On the 2nd, the box office was still close to million, which was a rather dangerous signal.

Just at this time, Hollywood imported blockbusters such as "Iron Man 3" and "Provence" were released on the May Day holiday.

This time, "Iron Man 3" did not have a midnight screening. In fact, it relied on a month of hard-earned advertising, the Hollywood creative team's visit to China to promote the film, and the good reputation accumulated from the previous two films.

It is a recognized fact in the industry that the movie made a huge box office profit during the May Day holiday.

At the same time, Zhao Yanzi, who was prompted by Guangxian's Wang Changtian, also gathered the main creative staff of "To Youth" together.

But in a meeting room of Guangguang Company, Zhao Yanzi looked at the group of actors in front of her, carefully sizing them up one by one, and secretly thought in her heart that she didn't know how many people would be unable to escape the "clutches" of this public relations.

But in just a moment, she adjusted her mood, and at the same time, a malicious thought popped up in her mind, "If you want to be a star, want to be respected in front of people, want to be famous, then don't even think about escaping the sufferings that I went through in the past."

So, Zhao Yanzi started by talking about the movie "So Young" and the difficulties it was currently facing, and then painted a big picture, saying that as long as the movie is a big hit at the box office, everyone involved will have a bright future.

On both sides of the long table, the actors nodded slightly, some expressed their approval, while others looked a little pale, as if they had vaguely thought of something.

Afterwards, seeing that the atmosphere was good, Zhao Yanzi said directly: "Everyone, this is the situation. Do you still want to be actors and leading actors of 500 million or 600 million movies?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Youting and Yang Zishan, the group of people, of course, nodded.

It has come to this, who would believe me if I say I don’t want to miss you?

"Director Zhao, if there is anything that needs to be resolved, just tell me directly."

Zhao Youting, one of the three protagonists of "The Banquet in Heaven", has been severely criticized by netizens recently, and he has also offended a large number of male stars in the mainland in terms of resources.

He has little time and choices left. Either he becomes famous with this movie, marries a beautiful and wealthy woman, and reaches the peak of his life, or he returns to Taiwan in disgrace.

But having enjoyed the spotlight for so long on and off the stage, he naturally wouldn't give up easily.

Therefore, as the leading actor of this movie, Zhao Youting immediately expressed his support for all the director's subsequent arrangements.

Zhao Yanzi was satisfied with his attitude, so she continued, "Then you all go to the public relations department, and each of you will be responsible for entertaining representatives from major theater chains.

In a word, we will do everything we can to increase the screening rate of this film.”

After saying that, Zhao Yanzi began to ask his subordinates to assign places to them.

The assigned places are also very interesting, with men and women separated. No matter if it is a pot-bellied boss or a greasy rich woman, each is responsible for the task.

Although he didn't say sleeping with me or playing with me directly, judging from the tone, that's pretty much what he meant.

Unexpectedly, after the male and female protagonists agreed, the supporting actor Jiang Shuying disagreed. Someone paid a huge price for her to join this crew, and the price has been paid, but now she has to continue to go out for social events. Isn't that like being taken advantage of for free?

No, this is absolutely not allowed.

So, under everyone's gaze, Jiang Shuying said firmly: "I'm not feeling well, I won't go."

After saying that, he started calling the financial backer in front of everyone.

In an instant, Zhao Yanzi's face turned ugly. She wanted to deal with the other person, but considering the person behind him, she could only endure it.

the other side.

Online, the news that Zhou Jielun will collaborate with director Gu Wei and may participate in his next movie has made headlines.

Jay Chou was playing games at home and his first reaction when he heard his assistant telling him about this was confusion.

"I'm going to act in a movie directed by Gu Wei, why didn't anyone tell me about this?"

The assistant said: "There is no such thing at all. It was made up by a bunch of mainland journalists who were making up headlines."

“Oh, that’s a pity. It would be fun to play a role in The Wandering Earth,” Jay Chou said with regret.

The assistant said, "That's impossible. You're going to start your global tour soon. You don't have the time!"

Zhou Jielun: “…”

...

Hollywood.

Warner Corporation headquarters.

Although the movie "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" has not yet been officially launched, Warner Bros. has already arranged for many people to familiarize themselves with the equipment and environment in advance.

In the original time and space, when the blockbuster "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" started filming, although the investment was huge, there were not many people involved.

The crew even used only 8 motion capture actors to portray the entire ape tribe.

This sounds like a good idea, but it is quite troublesome to shoot.

When there are dozens of cameras on set, every reflective dot on the actor’s motion capture suit will be in a different position for each camera.

The parameters of each camera need to be corrected, which is a very complicated process and usually takes three to four hours. If it is touched at all during this period, everything needs to be recalibrated again.

Although optical motion capture technology is mature and accurate, the cost of manufacturing and using the entire set of equipment is very high, and debugging before use is also extremely troublesome.

In the original time and space, in 2018, Penguin and its partners launched a digital human named Siren.

This digital human is completely rendered in real time by the Unreal Engine with an explosive level of detail.

You can clearly see the details of the character's skin, the movement of his eyes, and the way he speaks. Whether it's the texture of his skin or his every smile and frown, it's just like a real person.

Moreover, this high-precision virtual character was scanned based on a real person and then driven in real time by another person wearing a motion capture suit.

Most importantly, Siren can scan anyone based on their appearance.

If this technology is popularized and widely used in film production, perhaps in the near future, a new type of stand-in job will be born, that is, "expression stand-in".

Can the young handsome guys and popular girls only have expressionless faces, stare and pout?
Don’t worry, by using the Siren digital human driver, the “acting masters” can lend their faces to perform, and fans no longer have to worry about their “idols’” acting skills!
If that really happens, I don’t know whether it will be a blessing or a misfortune for the entertainment industry!
In our current time and space, Warner Bros. has taken the lead in developing this technology, although it is not yet able to achieve real-time motion capture rendering.

However, we can first build a 3D data model of the character, then shoot the motion capture data and facial expression data. Then we can use the motion capture data to drive the model to make the character move, and then render and synthesize it.

Modeling, rendering and synthesis are all done on computers, which is a super boring process.

The main task of the Warner team at present is to collect motion data and facial expression data, first produce the shots that require special effects, and then wait for Gu Wei to finish filming "The Revenant" before going to the studio to shoot the real scenes.

………Lu Chuan’s remarks on the Internet completely angered several actors of “So Young”.

Before director Zhao Yanzi launched a counterattack, Zhao Youting, Han Geng and others started firing directly online.

Zhao Youting, in particular, was busy promoting the movie during the day and entertaining middle-aged women at night. He was in an extremely depressed state of mind and was filled with anger.

The same is true for Han Geng. Since returning to China, he seems to have a halo on his head and is full of vigor and vitality.

But after seeing the comments from netizens online, he immediately lost his temper. When had he ever suffered such humiliation before, especially at the hands of someone like Lu Chuan?

So when he was interviewed by a reporter, he directly responded to Lu Chuan's remarks: "At least for this movie, no one will question whether it was directed by Zhao, no one will say he plagiarized, and he didn't hire Internet trolls."

The media were extremely excited when they heard Han Geng’s attack.

"Keep going, don't stop. Whether you can get the bonus depends on you."

Wow, people in the circle called it wow, and this refers to the three movies "Looking for the Gun", "Kekexili" and "The Banquet".

After Han Geng finished speaking, Zheng Kai couldn't help but said, "Han Geng is right."

Zhao paused and looked, you guys are really strong, add me in, so he also said: "Han Geng is right."

When several actors' remarks came out, Zhao Yanzi was confused.

"What are these people doing? Are they crazy? Do they think I'm not working hard and want to add more pressure on me?"

During the interview, Zhao Yanzi's shocked expression was directly photographed by the reporter and then posted online.

...

The person who was most embarrassed by Lu Chuan's remarks was not Zhao Yanzi, but her alma mater, Beijing Film Academy. You should know that this movie was Zhao Yanzi's master's graduation work.

Now this master of arts graduation work has been criticized as worthless by its own outstanding graduates.

It would be fine if it was other big directors who criticized her, whether it was Zhang Yimou, Chen Kai, or Gu Wei. After all, these people have fame, status, awards, and representative works, even if they only said a few words about Zhao Yanzi.

People in the circle also think that it is the big director who has high requirements, rather than thinking that Zhao Yanzi is rubbish.

But now it was Lu Chuan who took the lead. You should know that those who supported Zhao Yanzi in Beijing Film Academy were roughly the same group of people who supported Lu Chuan.

For a moment, everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Originally, people were no longer interested in this film, and many people in first- and second-tier cities found it shameful to watch such films.

Even if there are viewers who have seen the movie, when they tell their friends about it, their friends will look disgusted and say directly: "You watch a movie that even Lu Chuan doesn't like." They will just criticize them to death.

This is also a trend, but in the opposite direction.

The herd mentality is sometimes so terrible.

Now, even after the theaters increased the number of screenings, the box office continued to fall.

I'm sorry, no one can resist money, so the best solution is to reduce the screening schedule and leave the theaters for other movies.

As for the benefits gained by eating, taking, carding, or asking for, sorry, once you get in, you naturally can’t get out.

Anyway, we have already played everything we should play. If you feel you are at a disadvantage, then come and play with us once...

At the same time, the reputation of this movie was also attacked by a large number of water armies.

"The movie is over two hours long and too boring. This is not what a youth film should be like."

"29-year-old Zhao Youting plays a college student. His side-parted hairstyle and plain style make him look rustic and old. If you say he is a teacher, some people will believe him. But he is a college student, haha..."

"Han Geng's role as Lin Jing has too few scenes in the film, but even with such a small role, you can tell that his acting is terrible."

"The second half of the movie lacks control over the fate of the characters and seems to be done in a hurry. The director is still too young and cannot grasp many plots..."

.........

Suddenly, a piece of news came from outside on the Internet.

Spielberg, who serves as the chairman of the jury at this year's Cannes Film Festival, said in an interview with reporters that he had previously invited Zhang Yimou's "Parasite" to compete in Cannes.

"I feel very sorry that because of the editing problem of this film, I was unable to wait for Zhang to arrive in Cannes until the registration deadline..."

So far, hundreds of films participating in this year's Cannes Film Festival have all been reviewed.

As soon as the news came out, the media naturally found the "protagonist" Zhang Yimou first and asked about the authenticity of the news.

"Yes, it's a pity this time. I hope I can bring my works there in the future."

Zhang Yimou's answer firstly confirmed the previous rumors, and secondly made many people in the mainland exclaim that it was a pity.

In this world, some people seem smart, but they always complicate simple problems, and end up being outsmarted by their own cleverness.

Some people seem to have simple minds, but they can often simplify complex problems. As a result, they can always solve seemingly unsolvable problems and make their life path wider and wider.

Just like the actors in "So Young", after they counterattacked Lu Chuan's remarks, they felt relieved, but the box office of this movie was completely ruined.

Throughout the May Day period, "Iron Man 3" ranked first. On the day of its release, the box office exceeded million, and then exceeded million in two days, and exceeded million in four days.

Other people in the circle couldn't help but feel suffocated, because this box office data was achieved when other domestic films were crushed.

However, "Special Identity" surprised everyone. It started from just over 1.5 million when it was released, and later surpassed the box office to earn million during the entire May Day period.

On the 4th, it directly counterattacked "So Young".

But at this moment, the entire film industry, including Star Film and Television Company, was attracted by the announcements issued by several companies including China Film.

"Jointly produced by China Film Group, Pony.com, Huayi Brothers, LeTV and other companies, and directed by Hong Kong director Wu Yusen, the epic blockbuster "The Crossing" has completed its casting and the film will officially start shooting in the middle of the year."

"Star artists such as Zhang Ziyi, Jin Chengwu, Huang Xiaoming, Song Huiqiao, and Tong Dawei have confirmed that they will be joining the film."

My goodness, this news is unfamiliar to most actors in the film and television industry.

Because this movie did not announce the casting and audition to the public at all, it was decided internally, and all the cast members were people with connections and relationships, without any outsiders.

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(End of this chapter)