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Chapter 1667 Image (The New Day is still eating instant noodles)

The plan was approved, and then it was up to the investors. Duanmu Huai did not make the exclusive investment this time, but he still accounted for the majority of the investment. The budget for the entire film was increased from the original 1 billion to 1.8 billion. Judging from this, the budget for the later stage might not even reach 2 billion.

But it doesn’t matter, Duanmu Huai said he is rich and willful and just wants to do it!

For most film companies, shooting a big production is a very risky thing. After all, if the cost cannot be recovered, it is a dead end. However, most of Duanmu Huaihua's money comes from himself. After all, for him, the goal of this movie is not to make a profit, but to be popular and leave an impression on the audience.

That’s right, Duanmu Huai invested 2 billion just for this, and he didn’t feel any regret at all.

The investment is confirmed, and then comes the casting.

Because this movie is essentially a sci-fi action movie with horror elements, just like Resident Evil, the requirements for actors are that they can run, jump and fight. Actors with fighting skills are naturally given priority, so Himekawa Daiki, who once worked with Duanmu Huai in Tokyo BLADE, was chosen to play the leading role, and Arima Kana and Kurokawa Akane also got two supporting roles respectively.

Even Ruby and the others were arranged by Duanmu Huai to play a minor role in the film. The plot of the film is divided into pre-disaster and post-disaster. Ruby's B Komachi can play an idol group in the world without the disaster at the beginning of the film. In the post-disaster world, they will transform into mutated monster BOSS to hinder the protagonists.

Of course, this part is mostly done with special effects.

Only Mai Sakurajima had to withdraw because she was pursuing the pure goddess route and had basically no experience in action scenes. In addition, her schedule did not match up, so she had to withdraw.

The filming location was finally chosen as Kyoto, a metropolis with both ancient monuments and modern buildings, because it was necessary to block the streets to shoot the empty city, and then use special effects to add the effects of the disaster. Although Tokyo would be a better choice to set up such an imaginary city, considering the high level of trouble in Tokyo, and Kyoto's strong invitation after learning about this, they decided to shoot in Kyoto.

Then there is the photography and lighting team.

Sound and music team.

Costume, art, and props team.

Cast.

Shooting schedule.

Issuer to be determined.

The shooting officially started.

Script reading.

Clothing fitting.

“This is my first time participating in such a big production.”

Arimaka looked around uneasily. There were several actors sitting in the conference room alone, including some famous ones. Of course, as a movie, the number of main characters was limited. Including the villains, there were no more than ten people in total.

"I heard that this movie will be released simultaneously around the world. It's a big deal."

Even Kurokawa Akane seemed a little nervous. Although it was not their first time making a movie, it was their first time shooting such a world-class movie.

"But to be honest, this is the first time I've worn a costume like this."

Arimaka looked at the clothes in silence. In the movie, they were people living in a future post-disaster world, so the clothes they wore were patched and tattered. Of course, this didn't mean they had to dress like beggars, because they still had to fight monsters in the post-disaster world, so they had to wear clothes that were easy to move around in.

It's just to make it look old, so it's naturally a little difficult for girls who love beauty to adapt to. Of course, it's just talk.

"By the way, where's Xiao Ai?"

Arimakana waved her arms to make sure her clothes did not affect her movements, then she began to look around curiously.

"I want to see what Xiao Ai's costume looks like. I remember she was playing a cyborg. This role is really new to Xiao Ai."

The killer played by Duanmu Huai is actually the hero's sister, who was captured by the villain organization and transformed into an immortal biochemical warrior. In the script, she has lost her ability to think and just instinctively kills all creatures that stand in her way. The reason she chases the protagonist is because of her subconscious attachment to her brother.

Duanmu Huai, Director Qingshui and the screenwriter discussed the plot of this character many times. Although the screenwriter thought that the plot could be played to the end where the sister regains her sanity and recognizes her brother, Duanmu Huai and Director Qingshui thought that this plot was too old-fashioned, and the theme of the movie was to show a cruel doomsday world, and it would be boring if it was made like a cartoon. So this plot was finally modified to the point that when the protagonist was knocked down by the sister and was about to be killed, the monster boss suddenly appeared to attack the heroine, and the sister looked at the hero, then looked at the monster, and then resolutely turned around and killed the monster boss.

As to whether the sister followed the program settings injected into her, or whether the sister finally recognized her brother and decided to protect the protagonist, Director Shimizu decided to let the audience decide for themselves through the language of the camera.

"Actually, I'm quite curious. I wonder what Xiao Ai would look like dressed as a Bionicle warrior."

At this point, Arima Kana was also jumping and looking around curiously. Although Kurokawa Akane was a little speechless about her reaction, she had to admit that she was also quite curious.

and……………

I don’t know if it was Kurokawa Akane’s illusion, but she felt that the role of the younger sister seemed to be tailor-made for Duanmu Huai. Duanmu Huai didn’t even have to act, he just had to be himself.

“Boom… Boom…!!”

At this moment, suddenly, the two heard heavy footsteps coming from behind them. When they turned around to look, they were startled.

Behind them, there was a figure wearing pitch-black armor walking towards them.

The figure seemed to be about the same height as the two men, with black armor covering his entire body. The heavy shoulder armor even covered most of his face, and a bright red, cold glow emanated from under the helmet painted with a skull pattern.

In the left hand of this armored warrior, he held a tower shield that was almost as big as he was, and in front of the shield was a skull with its hands clasped together, as if praying. In his right hand, he held a huge, heavy war hammer, and just by standing there, he gave off a cold, mighty aura.

“Wow! Xiao-Xiao Ai?”

Hearing Maganai's shout, the latter put down his hammer and took off his helmet.

"Yes, what do you think? Isn't this look cool?"

“It’s really cool.”

Seeing that it was Duanmu Huai, Arima Kana breathed a sigh of relief, walked to Duanmu Huai, and curiously reached out to touch the armor on Duanmu Huai.

"Wait, why is it so hard? Is it made of iron?"

"Of course, since we are going to do it, we must do the best." Duanmu Huai nodded without hesitation. Power armor is definitely not available in this era, but after all, it is a prop, so there is no need for real power armor. Although generally speaking, such props are made of some special materials, Duanmu Huai thinks it is not necessary to go through so much trouble. It is enough to just use steel to cast a similar force feedback armor shell!

By the way, this set of equipment is the uniform of the War Nun, and it would not be a bad idea for Duanmu Huai to use it.

Director Shimizu was full of praise for this design, so it was decided.

"Don't you feel heavy, love?"

At this moment, Kurokawa Akane also came over and asked. After all, Duanmu Huai was wearing heavy armor and holding a tower shield and a sledgehammer, so he looked very heavy.

"It's okay. It's definitely heavy, but it's no problem for me."

Considering the texture, Duanmu Huai used almost all real stuff. Most people can't even move when wearing this suit, let alone walk. But for Duanmu Huai, this little weight is nothing. He can still win the championship even if he wears this to run in the Chrysanthemum Appreciation.

Moreover, Duanmu Huai also plans to wear this to go to the subspace.

"By the way, what's with the skull on this shield?"

"Ah, that's the protagonist's mother."

Duanmu Huai knocked on the skull inlaid on the shield. At this moment, the skull had its hands clasped together and was completely trapped on the shield.

"According to the setting, the protagonist and his sister's mother was captured by an evil organization because she wanted to help her sister escape. She was then tied to this shield, and the sister, who had been transformed into a cyborg, took her mother to hunt monsters everywhere. The mother kept trying to wake her daughter up. But unfortunately, she was unable to do so until she died."

"Wow..."

After hearing Duanmu Huai's explanation, You Ma Ganai looked horrified.

"This is too scary, isn't it? So the younger sister has been fighting with her mother's corpse? If the protagonist knew about this, wouldn't he go crazy?"

"The protagonist doesn't need to know, it's enough for the audience to know."

Duanmu Huai put down his shield with a clang and shrugged his shoulders.

"By the way, what is that on this armor? Scripture?"

Kurokawa Akane curiously approached Duanmu Huai's armor and looked at the note stuck on it.

"Go forward bravely and purify the impurities. Eradicate heresy and destroy foreign enemies."

Duanmu Huai said this with a light snort.

"It's nothing, really. Just pick a few words that look like something similar and put them on top to make it look like this."

"…………………"

Kurokawa Akane did not answer. She blinked and stared at the armor in front of her. Although the style was different, Kurokawa Akane was very sure that she had seen a similar style somewhere before - yes, in a dream.

That horrible, terrible nightmare.

She still remembered that the tall man was wearing such a set of armor. Although the size was slightly different, other than that they were very similar... Thinking of this, Kurokawa Akane looked at the girl in front of him again.

However, at this moment, her eyes suddenly flashed.

The girl who was standing there disappeared, and the one who appeared in front of Kurokawa Akane was a tall, ferocious-looking bald man. He was more than two meters tall, and Kurokawa Akane looked like a child in front of him. He was wearing heavy, black armor, on which you could clearly see the skull and the golden double-headed eagle ornament. The heavy shoulder armor was high, making him feel an unprecedented sense of oppression.

who are you?

Kurokawa Akane stared at the man in front of him.

who are you?

She had never seen the other person before, but she instinctively felt that he was very familiar, as if she had already known who this man was.

But who are you?

"…………………"

The man didn't say anything, he just lowered his head and looked at Kurokawa Akane. His eyes showed no joy or sadness, no fluctuations, calm and indifferent.

This look...is very similar to Xiao Ai.

That's right.

Kurokawa Akane understood the source of this familiarity because she had been observing Xiao Ai. She knew that no matter what the occasion or what kind of relationship Xiao Ai was in, she would always look calm and indifferent.

The only exception is when fighting.

She still remembered what happened at that time. Facing those "evil spirits", Xiao Ai, who usually seemed indifferent to everything, suddenly burst into incomparable anger and hatred like ignited gasoline. At that moment, her whole body turned into a blazing flame, as if she would devour and burn all those who dared to approach her...

"Red Sound?"

Arima Kana's voice came from her ear, causing Kurokawa Akane to tremble suddenly. When she came to her senses, she found that the illusion that originally appeared in front of her had disappeared without a trace. Arima Kana was staring at her curiously.

"What are you doing? The second part of the script reading is about to begin."

"Ah, um... I see."

Kurokawa Akane restrained her inner emotions and nodded. At this moment, Duanmu Huai was no longer in front of her. Maybe he had something to do and left.

What happened just now?

At least now, Kurokawa Akane does not think that it is just an illusion.

(End of this chapter)