Entertainment: The opening and the official announcement of the national goddess

The special effects personnel of Universal Special Effects Company only need to make Caesar and other orangutans lifelike. As for the scenes used, they are basically real scenes, and there is no need to spend a lot of time building a virtual environment.

After working for two consecutive days, Zhang Xiao left after confirming that the special effects team fully understood his request, a day earlier than he expected.

On the third day, Zhang Xiao took Yang Mi and Xiao Xinxin to play in Disneyland in New York all day, and then returned to China with his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

When he arrived at Yuzhou Airport, Zhang Xiao immediately saw Luo Shan and Wang Xia who came to pick him up.

At this time, the two were already married. Due to work reasons, Zhang Xiao was unable to attend their wedding, so he asked Yang Mi to wrap a super big red envelope of [-] yuan for the two of them.

Zhang Xiao has always been very generous towards his own people.

Soon everyone came to the parking lot.

"You are finally back."

Reba, wearing sunglasses and an OL outfit, got out of the car.

Yang Mi smiled and said: "Reba, aren't you filming, why come to pick us up when you have time?"

Reba smiled and said, "I'm here to pick up my uncle, aunt, and Xiao Xinxin. You two are not within my range of reception."

Yang Mi was very dissatisfied when she heard this and said: "Husband, it seems that we are being self-indulgent, let's go, let's take a taxi back."

"Okay!" Reba said playfully, "Leave Xiao Xinxin behind, and go take a taxi by yourself!"

It may be that as the relationship between her and Zhang Xiao's family got better and better, Reba herself became more and more mature, so her speech became much more easy-going, and she occasionally joked.

Yang Mi spat, and said, "You have a good idea."

While joking, everyone got into the car and left the airport soon.

Reba opened his arms and said, "Xiao Xinxin, come, give me a hug from my godmother."

Xiao Xinxin blinked her dark eyes, she didn't seem to recognize Reba, and plunged into Yang Mi's arms.

"Okay, you Zhang Xinyue, I haven't seen it for a few days, so I forgot about my godmother. Fortunately, I even bought you a big panda toy." Reba took out a panda toy while talking. Panda toy.

As soon as Xiao Xinxin saw the toy, she stretched out her hand and shouted, "I... want it"

Reba smiled and said, "Then you call godmother, and I'll give it to you."

"Godmother!" Xiao Xinxin called out.

"Hey~~~" Reba smiled happily and handed the panda toy to Xiao Xinxin, and then hugged her from Yang Mi's arms.

After Xiao Xinxin got the toy in her hand, she didn't resist at all, and focused all her attention on the panda toy.

Seeing this, Zhang Xiao sighed, and said: "I sold myself with a small toy, I am such a girl."

Yang Mi retorted: "You must be worse than her."

Zhang Xiao shrugged and said, "Okay, pretend I didn't say anything."

Seeing Zhang Xiao's family get along so harmoniously, Yang Mi's parents looked at each other and smiled gratifiedly.

After returning home, Zhang Xiao discovered that many relatives and friends had come to the house.

Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "There is no need to be so grand!"

Zhao Xiaoying said: "You have been away for nearly three months, and you finally came back. Of course we have to take a look. The main reason is to miss Xiao Xinxin."

"What you said is a bit offending!"

"It's okay, I'm not the only one who offended people anyway." After Zhao Xiaoying finished speaking, she looked at Xia Wanxin and the others.

Obviously, they all came for Xiao Xinxin.

Half an hour later, a large group of people got together to eat.

Zhang Xiao had a drink with his father-in-law.

Naturally, you can't drink too much with your mother-in-law.

After drinking and eating, everyone left separately.

Zhang Xiao took a hot bath and said, "Has anything important happened in the circle recently?"

Because Reba lives next door, he just helped clean up the dinner table, and replied: "Aside from the increasingly fierce competition for the box office of movies, there is no other major event."

"However, we have an ancient war film to start filming."

Zhang Xiao's heart moved, and he asked: "Which one is it, "Taste the Bravery"?"

Basically, after Zhang Xiao and Yang Mi went out to film, the company's affairs were handed over to Chen Ya and Reba, after all, these two were their confidantes.

"That's right!" Reba nodded and said, "Brother-in-law, you said earlier that the script of "Taste of Courage" can score at least 8.5 points. If the director, actors, and crew give it to you, you can make a film with a score of more than [-] points." Movies aren't out of the question, are they?"

"I did say that!" Zhang Xiao nodded, looked at the eyes of Reba and Yang Mi, and asked, "You don't want me to take pictures, do you?"

Yang Mi accepted the conversation with a smile, and said, "Sister Chen has already set up the crew."

"Who is the director?" Zhang Xiao asked, "Also, who are the leading actors?"

Yang Mi replied: "The director is Zhang Yimou, the lead actor has just been confirmed, Fu Chai is played by Meng Beichen, Gou Jian is played by teacher Chen Baoguo, Wu Zixu is played by teacher Bao Guoan, Reba plays Diaochan, and I play Yayu!"

"How is it? Are you satisfied with this lineup?"

Although she just came back like Zhang Xiao, as a strong woman, she has been caring about these things in the company before, so she also understands it better.

"Well, not bad!" Zhang Xiao said: "What about the role of Gouwaer, this role is not something that ordinary actors can handle."

"We thought about it." Reba said: "In the entire entertainment industry, there is only one person who can play the role of Gouwa well."

Zhang Xiao asked curiously: "Who is it?"

Reba said: "It's so far away from the sky, so close to our eyes."

Zhang Xiao raised his finger and pointed to his nose, and said, "Let me play Gouwa?"

"Yes!" Yang Mi nodded, and said, "Husband, Reba and I both acted, you don't think you disagree?"

Zhang Xiao looked at Yang Mi and asked, "If I don't act, what will happen to you?"

Yang Mi smiled and said, "Guess?"

Seeing her smile, Zhang Xiao knew that nothing good would happen, and quickly said, "Okay, I agree."

The role of Gouwa in the movie is not much, but it is very important, and it is a test of the actor's acting skills. To be honest, Zhang Xiao is still very interested in this role.

Yang Mi snapped her fingers and said happily, "I knew my husband was the best."

Zhang Xiaodao: "Stop talking about these useless things, if you want to thank me, shouldn't you give me some favors?"

When Reba heard it, he understood the meaning in seconds, and quickly said: "It's getting late, I'm going back to sleep."

Zhang Xiao nodded in relief, this little girl is quite sensible!

After Reba left, Yang Mi gave Zhang Xiao a charming look and said, "I'm going to take a bath."

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The next day, Yang Mi notified director Zhang Yimou that Zhang Xiao was willing to play Gouwa.

When Zhang Yimou heard it, he was quite excited. The Zhang Xiao now and when he was filming "Heroes" before, there is a world of difference in terms of acting skills and fame.

From his debut to now, as long as Zhang Xiao plays in the drama, whether it is the leading role or supporting role, it is basically a classic.

If there is any actor in this world who can afford the box office, if Zhang Xiao is the second, no one would dare to admit the number one.

Now that he is willing to play the role of Gouwaer, it is enough to spread the fame of the movie "Taste of Courage" to the world, and the box office can increase by at least 50.00%.

A week later, Zhang Yimou finished the work at hand and flew back to Yuzhou from Hengdian.

That night, the director and actors of the film crew of "Taste the Bravery" gathered in a five-star hotel.

Zhang Yimou took the main seat as the director, and to the west were Bao Guoan, Chen Baoguo, Zhang Xiao, Yang Mi, Reba, Chen Kun, Meng Beichen, and Hong Jiehui.

Bao Guoan is already 72 years old this year, and Mr. Chen Baoguo is also [-] years old. These are old-timers in the film industry. Although Zhang Xiao is an investor and producer, he still sits under them.

Zhang Xiao and Mr. Chen Baoguo have met each other many times when attending various evening parties and award ceremonies, so they are no strangers to each other.

But Zhang Xiao has never seen Bao Guoan, the "Cao Cao" who has been in a semi-retired state for almost a long time.

When I saw it today, Bao Guoan gave Zhang Xiao the biggest impression that his aura was extremely strong, sitting there as stable as Mount Tai, even Mr. Chen Baoguo, one of the emperor's professional households next to him, was weaker by three points.

Such an actor will definitely bring tremendous pressure when acting, and Bao Guoan is even more familiar with Zhang Xiao, the No. 1 film industry in Huaguo and even the world.

Basically, he has watched every work of Zhang Xiao. Starting from "The Murder Chaser", almost every film of Zhang Xiao will be regarded as the footsteps of the Huaguo Drama Academy, many of which are The acting segments are simply perfect.

To be able to achieve such a huge achievement at such a young age, Bao Guoan originally thought that Zhang Xiao was a sharp-edged, domineering person.

But after this contact, Bao Guoan found that this young man was completely different from what he had imagined. Not only was he not domineering, but he was also very polite, and he spoke humorously, giving people a feeling of spring breeze.

This made Bao Guoan have a very good impression of him.

After drinking three rounds and eating five flavors, Zhang Yimou chatted about the filming of "Taste the Bravery".

"Director Zhang, don't you have any idea of ​​being a co-director?"

When everyone heard this, they all set their eyes on Zhang Xiao.

How could Zhang Xiao not understand Zhang Yimou's thoughts?Said: "Director Zhang, every director has a different style. "Taste the Bravery" is not some other drama, just find a few clips and compose it."

"This film is consistent from beginning to end. There can only be one director, and it must be one, otherwise problems may arise."

"I know that you have some scruples about filming with me. Here I can assure you that I am quietly just an actor in the crew of "Taste of Courage" and will never interfere with your work as a director."

Zhang Yimou said with a smile, "Mr. Zhang, to be honest, I'm really under a lot of pressure to be filming in front of a great director like you."

Yang Mi said: "Director Zhang, you don't need to think of him as some great big shot, he's just a small supporting role who doesn't have as many roles as us, and the filming will be finished in a week at most."

"At that time, if you think he is an eyesore, you can just drive him away, you are welcome."

Hearing Yang Mi's words, Zhang Xiao glanced at her and said, "Outside, can't you save me some face?"

"Hahahaha!" Everyone laughed loudly.

The laughter faded away, and Zhang Yimou said, "There is one more thing I need to discuss with you."

"Director Zhang, if you have anything to say, just say it." Zhang Xiao said.

Zhang Yimou nodded, and said: ""Taste of Courage" involves several relatively large wars. In order to achieve the best results, I hope to ask them to participate in the art troupe, preferably soldiers, because only they can It is truly prohibited.”

"How many people are needed?" Zhang Xiao asked.

After Zhang Yimou thought about it for a while, he said, "At least 8000 people will take one and a half months to finish filming this war scene."

Thirty years ago, the National Film Channel used tens of thousands of soldiers to film "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Later, with the development of special effects technology, whether it is a movie or a TV series, when shooting a war scene, it is usually done with a hundred or eighty group actors.

But there is still a big gap between the special effects and the real shots.

The most important thing is the lack of realism. The special effects screen can only use long-range shots, not close-up shots, and it is difficult to resonate with the audience.

The reason why Zhang Yimou wanted so many people was obviously to restore the real battlefield in ancient times. If so, the crew would have to spend a lot of money.

The barefoot problem of 8000 people for a month and a half will cost at least 300 million yuan based on [-] yuan per person per day.

In addition to props such as armor and weapons, Zhang Yimou's request may cost 2000 million yuan. If special effects are used, with the technical level of Taishan Special Effects Company, at most [-] million yuan will be able to handle it.

This shows how big the gap between the two is.

Yang Mi asked: "Director Zhang, do we have to do this?"

Zhang Yimou nodded, and said, "I hope that the war in "Taste of Courage" can make movie fans feel as if it happened in front of their own eyes, and this kind of effect cannot be achieved by special effects technology."

"If you think there are too many people and the cost is too high, 5000 people are also acceptable."

Yang Mi fell silent, and turned to look at Zhang Xiao.

Zhang Xiaodao: "Mimi, didn't we set up a security company last year, what's the situation now?"

Yang Mi's eyes lit up when she heard the words, and said: "We have cooperated with the three major military regions of the capital, the southeast, and the frontier, and recruited [-] veterans."

"Among them, more than 7000 people are working as security guards in Sunny Cinemas in the Mainland, Hong Kong Island, and overseas. Another 2000 people are receiving training from security instructors and will work as drivers, assistants or bodyguards in the future."

"Husband, do you mean to let them come out to film?"

"That's right!" Zhang Xiao nodded, and said, "We can transfer our predecessors from Sunny Cinema, plus the more than 2000 bodyguards who are undergoing training, the total will be 6000."

"If the number of people is not enough, you can also find group performances. With more than 6000 soldiers leading them, I believe those group performances will definitely not lose the chain."

"At that time, let alone 8000 people, even 1 people can handle it."

Zhang Yimou slapped his thigh after hearing this, and said happily, "If that's the case, that would be great."

Yang Mi thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll be in charge of mobilizing this matter."

Zhang Xiaodao: "Remember, don't let them suffer, but for all the staff who come to participate in the filming, in addition to the normal salary, everyone will give them an extra 100 yuan a day as a subsidy."

"Also, after pulling them out of the theater, the workload of other security guards will definitely increase, which can increase their bonus by 50.00%."