This top guy is crazy!

Chapter 333: Resident Evil Promotion

After the filming of "Resident Evil" was completed, Cheng Cheng spent four days to complete the editing, and then handed it over to the special effects team to do the special effects.

Special effects can be roughly divided into three categories: digital special effects, physical simulation special effects, and synthetic special effects.

As the name suggests, digital special effects use computer technology to create realistic virtual scenes, characters and special effects such as explosions, flight, deformation, etc.

Physical simulation special effects are the most common content in film and television special effects, such as house collapse, big explosions, shootings, thunderstorms and strong winds, etc.

There are also special effects that use mechanical devices or special equipment to create special effects, such as creating special vehicles, robots, etc. There are also special makeup effects that use special makeup techniques and materials to create realistic bloody effects, age makeup, shaping makeup, etc.

Composite special effects are a combination of digital special effects and physical simulation special effects.

For example, motion capture and performance capture use special equipment and technology to capture the movements and expressions of actors and convert them into the movements and expressions of digital characters or scenes. Even the heroes in costume films flying in the sky with their light skills are also a kind of synthetic special effects.

The fighting part of the actors is filmed with the actors hanging on wires against a blue or green screen background, and then the blue screen and wires are removed using post-production software on the computer, leaving only the actors who are then pasted in front of the real sky.

This makes it look like the actors are fighting in the sky.

There weren't many special effects in Resident Evil 1 that needed post-production, and many of them were physical simulation and synthesis, part of which was completed during the filming process. The rest, if we worked overtime, could be completed in more than a week.

At this time, there are still more than 12 days until December 10th, so there is still enough time.

In China, the early promotion and marketing of "Resident Evil" has already begun.

Lu Zhuofeng's "The Chinese Picture" is not far behind and has already launched a publicity and promotion offensive. Especially since its configuration is so high and it brings together top resources from both China and Serbia, it has touched the hearts of a large number of people inside and outside the circle.

On November 11, Lu Zhuofeng was interviewed by the Film Channel.

In the interview, he said that the scale of "Chinese Pictures" was huge, with more than 1300 staff members from 37 different countries. The crew was equipped with hundreds of translators and more than 500 extras.

He also proudly said:

"The Chinese Picture" created two "bests": one is the completion of the largest-scale Sino-foreign cooperation, and the other is the construction of the largest-scale green screen group, like a castle.

In addition, he said that a lot of inspiration for this movie came from the traditional Tianxia culture. He believed that the Tianxia elements not only added beauty and rich levels of detail to the movie, but were also the core and foundation of the movie's story.

As soon as the report came out, the media and netizens were very excited and all looked forward to this sci-fi masterpiece co-produced by China and Serbia.

It seems that the golden age of Tianxia films is really coming, and Tianxia films are finally about to enter Hollywood!
The same is true for domestic entertainment stars:

If there is a first, there will be a second. As long as they make a good start, there will be more and more co-productions between China and Serbia in the future, and they will have more and more opportunities. Maybe they can even go international and rush to Hollywood.

That’s the temptation to make the pie bigger so everyone can have a piece of it.

In terms of structure, Cheng Cheng's "Resident Evil" is inferior.

Because "Resident Evil" is ultimately a Serbian story, integrating itself into Serbian culture, rather than a game like "The Chinese", where the two cultures collide and exchange, absorbing each other.

Some media also made a fuss about this, saying that "The Chinese" is "a grand masterpiece with a Tianxia theme, an international blockbuster belonging to the Tianxia people", and that "Resident Evil" is "a Hollywood special film starring Tianxia people".

It seems like there is a distinction between high and low.

Neon.

The set of "I'm the Big Brother".

Cheng Cheng arrived quietly.

The director saw him with a look of surprise, and was about to greet him in a "private Marseille", but Cheng Cheng reached out to stop him, pointed at the venue, and told him not to make any noise and just continue filming.

The director sat down anxiously.

Cheng Cheng came close to him and watched the images on the monitor together.

At this time, the second episode is being filmed:
Ito (male second) is looking for Mihashi (male lead) on the street and encounters Kyoko (Risa Goto) who is beating someone up. Ito thought she was no longer a bad girl, but was quite surprised to see her like that. In order to restore her image in his mind, Kyoko tries her best to cover up.

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In the alley, Risa Goto punched one person after another.

With a cigarette in his mouth and a Dio look on his face, he shouted:

"You bunch of bitches, don't underestimate Chenglan's Hayakawa Kyoko!"

"Do you want me to help you get motivated, you bastards?"

At this time, Ito appeared, his voice distorted, and he shouted incredulously: "Kyoko-chan?"

Risa Goto suddenly turned around and saw Ito, at a loss as to what to do.

Ito walked closer with small steps, looked at the mess in the alley, and said hesitantly: "Kyoko-chan? Didn't you say you would turn over a new leaf in the future?"

Goto Risa twisted her hands together and said:
"Ah, I have already changed my ways a long time ago~"

The actor who plays Mingmei said, "Sister Kyoko! What are you doing? Get rid of them all quickly! Brother Ito, can you please stop getting in the way here?"

Goto Risa pushed her away:

"Mingmei, what's wrong with you? Why are you speaking so rudely?"

As she spoke, Risa Goto smiled sweetly.

Ito: "Kyoko-chan, cigarettes?"

Goto Risa realized what she had in her mouth, took it out quickly, and said, "This——"

"It's chocolate," she opened it.

Mingmei next to him had an incredulous expression.

"It's a small prop~"

"Little props~", Ito.

Risa Goto explained: “We are performing a play.”

After Ito left, Goto Risa said to Mingmei:

"Mingmei, don't you consider the occasion when you speak? Occasion!"

"Cut!", the director called for a stop.

When Risa Goto was feeling proud of her performance, she suddenly saw the director respectfully asking a man next to her whether this scene was acceptable.

When Goto Risa saw this, she was stunned:
In other words, my brother saw my entire performance just now? ! ! !
At night, in the house bought by Risa Goto.

Goto Risa blinked her big cute eyes, pouted her lips, and acted cute:
"Brother, I'm only like that when I'm acting. I'm actually very cute normally. If you don't believe me, just look at me. I never make that kind of expression normally. I'm really well behaved."

Cheng Cheng looked at her and expressed his doubt:
"But the director said that you seem to be very good at playing a bad girl?"

Goto Risa: “He’s just talking nonsense!”

Cheng Cheng: “Really??”

Goto Risa nodded: "Really!!"

As she spoke, she took off her clothes skillfully and helped Cheng Cheng untie his belt: "I'm a good student~" "Such a good student?" Cheng Cheng picked her up.

Goto Risa put her arms around Cheng Cheng's neck:

"Very good student~ I will listen to the teacher, teacher, please teach me~"

Cheng Cheng said: "Then I will teach by example."

After a while, erotic music was heard from the bedroom.

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After staying in Neon for three or four days, discussing some cooperation and making a series of plans, Cheng Cheng returned to China. He was also needed in China to take charge of the overall situation. He first went to the crew of "Underground Traffic Station" and then to the crew of "The Sound of the Wind".

The crew of "The Sound of Wind" was formed just a week ago, everything has just gotten on track, and the official shooting has only been a few days.

Cheng Cheng chatted with director Xiaoyi, Wen Lian and Yan Gou'er, and then continued to be a hands-off boss.

In addition, "Love Apartment 2" was also released.

Compared with the first season, the protagonists of "Love Apartment" have made great progress when the second season was broadcast.

Hu Yifei - Wen Lian became the best actress at the Cannes Film Festival; Zeng Xiaoxian - Zhang Zijie filmed "Who's the Detective" I and II, and became a top variety show star; Lu Zhanbo - Jiang Jun filmed "The Rumored Chen Qianqian", and has now also become a top star; not to mention Chen Meijia - Wang Hong, who just won the Best Actress award at the Golden Treasure Awards.

However, the status of Lin Wanyu-Lin Yin, Lu Ziqiao-Qi Hao, and Zhang Wei-Meng Cai has not been improved so obviously, but their movies are also being filmed.

As for Guan Gu Shenqi - Wen Xiao, he is not an artist under Shinhwa. But the role of Guan Gu Shenqi also brought him into the public eye.

It can be said that judging from the current lineup, the configuration of "Love Apartment" is simply maxed out.

Two movie queens, two top stars!
If this were to happen in other TV series, it would be a lineup that is simply unimaginable.

Therefore, "Love Apartment 2" attracted much attention as soon as it was broadcast, and its first broadcast achieved a viewership rating of 2.74%.

After the first two episodes were released, the reviews were good.

All major media outlets have given it the evaluation of "a comedic return".

"Awesome, the second season is really good, the actors are getting better and better."

"As expected of the king of urban romantic sitcoms! Congratulations on your return!"

“Brother Zeng!!!”

"I'm laughing so hard that I'm about to vomit blood!"

"Is this Tang Youyou the new protagonist? She looks so beautiful!"

"Yu Mo is also very beautiful."

"Ahhh, this is great. The main characters have developed in real life. I really feel like they are growing up. But back in the show, they are still best friends and lovers. I hope they can restrain themselves and continue filming! Love Apartment! I love it so much!"

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Mythology, Inc.

"This quarter, the company has 211 artists, who received 98 business deals, with a total business income of 13976 million yuan, of which the company received 8385 million yuan. Among them, endorsements, commercial performances, and brand activities accounted for the majority, with three short-term commercial authorizations and five Taobao and Douyin live streaming sales. Another 87 artists received 128 notices, with program and film remuneration income of 6528 million yuan, of which 2651 million yuan has not been received, and the company has temporarily received 2326 million yuan."

In the office, Li Zhuo was reporting on his work.

Cheng Cheng listened and nodded repeatedly.

Just halfway through this quarter, or one and a half months, the company has already made a net profit of 100 million.

And this is just the income from business and film remuneration, which is the smallest of the small.

The copyrights of songs, TV series, movies, and advertising revenues from TV series and movies are not included, and this is the big part.

If this part is included, this quarter, Myth Company has earned 1.5 billion yuan, most of which came from "The Three-Body Problem".

Last year, Shinhwa Company made a total profit of 76 billion.

It should be able to exceed 10 billion this year.

This is not considered very high in the entire capital market. It can beat Douyin, Pinduoduo, Xiaomi, Baidu, and Mixue Bingcheng. But in the entertainment industry, it is too scary!
Take Huayi as an example. Huayi’s total revenue last year was only over 1 billion yuan, and its total profit was a loss of several hundred million yuan.

The profit level of Shinhwa Company is already the highest in the industry.

"The 189th volume of Gintama sold 20 million copies in Japan last month, a 73% increase compared to the 5th volume; 287 copies were sold in Japan, a 16% increase; and million copies were sold in China, a % increase. There is a strong demand for the anime version of Gintama in various countries."

"The Little Prince Children's Care Fund donated a total of 976 million this quarter, helping 87 families, 15 non-profit organizations, and 1663 children."

"Serbia Branch"

Cheng Cheng really likes listening to Li Zhuo’s work reports, as it feels like reviewing memorials to the emperor.

"Also, we received a notice from Serbia that Director Li Pei hopes we can rush there to organize a screening as soon as possible and finalize the screening schedule before December 12th."

On November 11, the special effects of "Resident Evil" were completely completed.

The next step is to discuss the release arrangements.

He wanted to take the finished film to negotiate good terms with the major distributors in Serbia.

Cheng Cheng said: "Tell Director Li Pei that I will go to Saiguo the day after tomorrow."

Li Zhuo: "Okay, Mr. Cheng."

At the same time, Lu Zhuofeng was also busy with "Chinese Pictures", but he didn't have to worry about the screening rate, because he had Tianying Group and Hollywood giants to protect him.

After finishing an interview with a media outlet, Lu Zhuofeng returned to the car and wiped his face with a hot towel.

Zhao Wenliang sneered:

"It's ridiculous that Cheng Cheng actually scheduled the release date for the year-end holiday period. Judging from the information revealed so far, there will be three Hollywood blockbusters released during the year-end holiday period, with a conservative estimate of $7 million in size. Cheng Cheng is a nobody in Serbia, and without the support of our forces, what can he use to compete? He wanted to compete with us, but this time he misjudged the situation."

Lu Zhuofeng disagrees:
"Compared to those Hollywood blockbusters, what I fear the most is Cheng Cheng."

Zhao Wenliang was puzzled:
"Why? Zhuo Feng, you don't think Cheng Cheng's movies are better than Hollywood blockbusters, right? What's his reason? Look at the movies he made, are there any blockbusters? Zhuo Feng, don't you think too highly of Cheng Cheng?"

There was deep worry in Lu Zhuofeng's eyes:

"Wenliang, think about it, we lost to those Serbian blockbusters, but that's fine. After all, this is our first attempt, and we can also find excuses for not being able to adapt to the local environment. But what if we can't even beat Cheng Cheng's movie? Can we still use this excuse?!"

Zhao Wenliang also realized this, and said with trembling lips:

"No, it's impossible, right?"

Lu Zhuofeng: "How is it impossible? Do you think it's impossible?"

In fact, in Lu Zhuofeng's heart, he had a more obscure worry:
He was afraid that after the movie was released, his reputation would be ruined and his reputation would be ruined.

(End of this chapter)