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Chapter 1666 Script (I am still seventeen years old this year!)

There was silence in the dim room.

As if the storm just now had never existed, Duanmu Huai lay on the bed, looking at the ceiling in front of him. And Kurokawa Akane was beside him, his eyes blurred, as if he was still immersed in the afterglow.

"Ugh..."

After a while, Kurokawa Akane hummed softly and came back to his senses.

"Xiao Ai is really amazing..."

"Just average."

"You've also harmed other girls, right?"

“Not yet.”

Duanmu Huai didn't lie.

"What about Miss Mai?"

"She, I think she should be different from you, right?"

Facing Kurokawa Akane's slightly dissatisfied inquiry, Duanmu Huai thought for a while and gave an answer. He was not a fool, and of course he understood that Kurokawa Akane and Sakurajima Mai were fundamentally different. And Sakurajima Mai's feelings for him might not be as complicated as Kurokawa Akane's... No, it might be even more complicated?

"I'm so thirsty, I want to drink some water..."

As he spoke, Kurokawa Akane got up and walked to the refrigerator to heat up a bottle of mineral water.

"Who told you to be so loud just now? Didn't the neighbors hear it?"

"Don't worry, my room has been soundproofed, so it's no problem."

Kurokawa Akane seemed quite confident. He had said it so many times without being exposed, which showed that the sound insulation was indeed good.

"Xiao Ai, do you want it?"

"Give me a Coke."

"Ok."

Kurokawa Akane walked to the bed with a Coke and handed it to him. Duanmu Huai also sat up, took the Coke, opened it, and drank it all in one breath.

"That's right, Xiao Ai."

"Ok?"

"You know what? I heard that Warhammer Films seems to be planning to make an international movie."

"Oh, I know."

Warhammer Films is the film company under Duanmu Huai. The name was of course changed by Duanmu Huai, and the reason... is self-evident.

"Everyone is looking forward to it, and they don't know if they will be invited to participate."

"Is this a big deal?"

"Of course, this is a good opportunity to go overseas."

Duanmu Huai was a little surprised to hear what Kurokawa Akane said, but after thinking about it, it was not that surprising.

After that, Duanmu Huai gave an order to several screenwriters in his company through his assistant, saying that the company would shoot a big production next year, an international film, and asked them to write a script. Once selected, the company would do its best to make it, and it was said that at least 1 billion yen would be invested, which could be considered a big production.

The Japanese film industry is not large to begin with, and news spreads very quickly, especially among insiders like directors and actors.

Since Kurokawa Akane knows it, then Magana and Sakurajima Mai should also know it.

If it were other companies, people might not believe it, but the news released by Duanmu Huai's Warhammer Films is basically correct. The reason is very simple, that is, Warhammer Films itself is a company that often distributes movies overseas.

This was also Duanmu Huai's previous decision. The Japanese are both inferior and arrogant by nature. For example, it is rare to see them send their films to international film festivals or participate in film awards. Not only that, even if they want to participate in exhibitions, Japan's tradition of seniority requires those respected and famous directors to go first. If an unknown director goes to participate, it would be fine if he wins an award, but if he doesn't, he will be criticized. First, it is said that he is disrespectful to his predecessors, and second, it is said that he brings shame to the Japanese. Anyway, for Japanese directors, this is a thankless task and the risks far outweigh the benefits.

After all, if he fails, he will be completely finished in the film industry.

However, Duanmu Huai also has a way to deal with these unspoken rules, which is to ask to participate in the name of the investor instead of the director, with the reason being that he wants to advertise at the film festival. Do you want to follow him?

As for the Japanese, as long as the responsibility is not on them, then nothing matters. Moreover, in the film industry, the power of investors is quite large. When people hear that it is the investors who want to participate in the film festival, at most they will say that they are stupid and have a lot of money, but they will not think that those directors are acting on their own, disrespecting their elders, and being arrogant.

So Duanmu Huai asked his company to take a few films to various overseas film festivals and selections every year. Duanmu Huai's idea was simple, to try his best, and of course to improve his status. After all, the Japanese still worship foreign things, and if he could get a nomination or award at an overseas film festival, it would also help consolidate his position in the Japanese film industry.

Facts have proved that Duanmu Huai's idea is correct. Warhammer Films sends one or two films to film festivals every year, some of which are nominated and occasionally guaranteed to win awards. Duanmu Huai has also won the Best Supporting Actor award, which has made him famous in the Japanese film industry. Moreover, these participating films will be noticed by overseas film distribution companies for various reasons, and then screened in other countries. Therefore, Warhammer Films also has a relatively stable overseas distribution and screening channel.

Therefore, after so many years, Warhammer Films can be regarded as a big player in the Japanese film industry, and many directors and actors are looking forward to working with Warhammer Films. Of course, since Warhammer Films takes a different approach and does not compete with other film companies for the mainstream market, it has a good relationship with other companies.

This time, Warhammer Films announced that it would make a big-budget movie for the international market, and domestic directors and actors were all excited as if they were injected with chicken blood.

Who doesn’t want to be part of a big-budget movie and become an international hit?

Ordinary people may still wait until the movie is released before they can watch the show, but for people in the industry, it will be too late by then!

Director, screenwriter, actors, sound, costumes, props, special effects... everyone hopes to be able to join!

Duanmu Huai only heard this much of Kurokawa Akane's words. When he went to school the next day, he received a call from his assistant.

"Boss, this is bad! Many people are calling us to ask about the production of that movie... and many famous directors and screenwriters hope to cooperate with us..."

"Is it so exaggerated......"

Duanmu Huai was speechless when he heard the assistant almost crying on the other end of the phone.

"How about this? You spread the news that our company specializes in fighting and horror movies, and this time we are targeting these two areas."

The combat level in Japanese movies is average, but in the horror genre, Warhammer Films is basically the leader, so this should be able to screen out a lot of guys who try to fish in troubled waters.

But no matter what, after that, producers would come to Warhammer Films with film projects from time to time. On the surface, it seemed to be just a simple business contact, but judging from the number of times, it was clear that they were obviously also going for this big production.

Facts have proved that quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

As long as you draw enough cards, you will always get five stars.

"Um……………"

Sitting at the desk, looking at the script in his hand, Duanmu Huai fell into thought.

This is a script submitted by a screenwriter of my film company. The story is actually quite simple. The protagonist is an ordinary person. One day, he went home to sleep, but when he woke up again, he found himself lying in a garbage dump. The overwhelmed protagonist crawled out of the garbage dump and was surprised to find that the familiar city had become a ruin, and in the ruins of the city, there were many strange and deformed monsters wandering around.

Why did your city become like this? What happened? What happened to you?

The doubtful protagonist began to avoid monsters in this ruined city while searching for the truth. During the journey, the protagonist encountered a monster, and was rescued by a girl when he was almost killed. The latter used her physical fitness far beyond that of ordinary people to kill the monster that attacked the protagonist in a few moves. During the conversation with the girl, the protagonist learned that this is the world a hundred years later!

So instead of making things clear, they became even more bizarre. The protagonist only remembered that he had just gotten off work and went home to sleep the night before, so how come when he woke up, it was already a hundred years later?

After that, the protagonist and the girl came to the gathering place of contemporary humans, and everyone was surprised to learn that the protagonist came from a hundred years ago. The elders of the gathering place saw the protagonist's advantage of having knowledge from a hundred years ago, and hoped that he could help find the legendary land. In order to figure it all out, the protagonist and the girl formed a team and went to the "legendary land". After a series of difficult and arduous battles and casualties, the survivors came to the legendary land. Only then did the protagonist discover that the so-called legendary land was actually a scientific research institution, and here, he finally discovered the secrets related to his past and the true status quo of this world...

Well, the plot is quite simple, and the whole process looks very exciting and intense. If I have to say, this script has very high requirements for special effects and is very expensive. Duanmu Huai is also very satisfied with this script. After all, he only said that he wanted to enter the overseas market, and did not say that he wanted to win an award.

In Duanmu Huai's opinion, this movie script is just like "Resident Evil". It may be a global hit, but it is impossible to win an Oscar. However, what Duanmu Huai wants is to be a hit!

It doesn’t matter whether you win an award or not, as long as you’re famous, that’s all!

Duanmu Huai was interested in two characters in this script.

One is a girl of this era who accompanies the protagonist. The other is a murderous demon. Her role is a bit like the Triangle Head in Silent Hill or the Tyrant in Resident Evil, chasing the protagonist and others all the way. Later it is revealed that her identity is actually somewhat related to the protagonist...

So which one should I play?

Duanmu Huai stared at the script and thought for a long time.

The female lead was definitely a good choice, but the part where the female lead had to fall in love with the male lead was too much for Duanmu Huai to handle. So after thinking it over again and again, he finally decided to play the murderer.

After all, whether it is Pyramid Head or Tyrant, in the audience's impression, they are both indestructible and unstoppable terrifying existences. Since Duanmu Huai is going to kill into the subspace, this impression is obviously more vivid and important.

"this one."

Finally, Duanmu Huai made a decision. He took out his seal and stamped the plan.

"Leave this role to me, now you can start recruiting people."

Following Duanmu Huai's order, the entire company immediately started to operate.

First of all, the director. This film has many battle scenes, and they are very exciting, so it naturally needs an experienced and famous director. In the end, Duanmu Huai chose Director Qingshui - after all, they have worked together many times and it was a pleasant collaboration.

The next most important thing is the special effects and props. Duanmu Huai decided to find a professional Hollywood studio for this part. He is not shooting Ultraman vs. Godzilla, and it would be really unbearable to make a suit.

As for the heroine, Duanmu Huai originally thought that Mai Sakurajima and the others were also good, but unfortunately, the Japanese aesthetic of childishness is not universal in foreign countries. Although in Asia, Mai Sakurajima, Magana Yumakawa and Akane Kurokawa are all considered high school girls. But in foreign countries, people feel that they are loli. So if they were to play the heroine in this movie, it would be like the hero in love with a little girl in the eyes of foreigners, and it would obviously be NG.

So Duanmu Huai recommended Katayose Yura, who was caught in the crossfire when he was dealing with Shenmu Guang, and had just recovered recently. Giving her this chance was also an apology.

After doing all this, Duanmu Huai also breathed a sigh of relief.

As the saying goes, food must be prepared before troops move. How effective the cleanup of the subspace will be this time depends on how well this film is made.

(End of this chapter)