Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 118: Upgrading to a New Artillery (Additional chapter, thanks to the readers who gave me rewards, please give me monthly tickets and rewards)

"Bad Genius" continues filming!
Since there was not much content left to shoot, the crew was working hard to catch up, and the team also knew who they had offended.

Otherwise, why would there still be hooligans causing trouble in this era and paying protection fees?

This time, the filming was of the fourth exam, which is also the last SAT U.S. college entrance examination.

This cheating plot is the longest. Li Xian also joined in, and the male and female protagonists cooperated. However, Li Xian was caught later, and Liu Tianxian had to complete the entire cheating alone.

As for why Li Xian wanted to join, besides the fact that he was poor, Liu Tianxian also gave him a heavy blow.

“Even if you are honest, life is still deceiving you.”

The character of Li Xian was originally a very upright person, and he also exposed the cheating of Liu Tianxian and others.

But later he took the blame and was retaliated by the rich second generation. He was miserable, so he turned evil. If a good person is bullied, then he will become a bad person.

It's a bit distorted, but that's the reality!
The entire cheating process was directed by Liu Tianxian, who even thought of a good statement to make after being caught, and made sure it was consistent.

A rehearsal was also conducted for this purpose.

It can be said that a top student is a top student, and a genius is a genius. They have thought of everything, no matter how big or small!
This is why Fang Hong told Liu Tianxian not to act but to just display her own aura.

Because you can't act out the role of a genius, and you don't know what a genius looks like. You can only pretend to be a genius and show off your full aura.

This time, the cheating exam started in Australia four hours earlier than in Asia.

That is, for the same set of test papers, due to the time difference, the test is taken first in Australia and four hours later in Asia.

So Liu Tianxian and Li Xian had to go to Australia to take the exam, write down all the answers, and send them back to Asia to complete the exam.

There are three SAT exams, and you have to write down the answers for each one. Of course, the process is not that simple and there will definitely be many unexpected things.

For example, in the last exam, Li Xian was arrested, and Liu Tianxian had to complete the exam alone and send out the answers.

How to send it out?

They could only resort to self-harm, because candidates were not allowed to leave the examination room during the exam, so they could only leave by self-harm and then send the answers via their mobile phones.

"Ugh, vomit, vomit!"

At the shooting site, Liu Tianxian dug her throat with her fingers and vomited out everything she had eaten in pain.

Fang Hong felt very distressed watching this. This was the eighth time she had dug her throat. Previously, she always felt uncomfortable and nothing came out. This time, she ate a little too much and vomited something.

Vomiting creates a visual effect, allowing the audience to feel how difficult this character is and deepen their sympathy.

However, no matter how uncomfortable Liu Tianxian was, Fang Hong did not call for a stop and asked the extras to cooperate in the performance.

After the filming was finished, he hurried forward and handed over a bottle of water.

Liu Tianxian lowered his head and patted his chest. He saw a bottle of water in front of him and looked up at the man.

Fang Hong said nothing and handed it forward again.

"Thank you!" Liu Tianxian took it.

After she drank some water, Fang Hong handed her a tissue.

Liu Tianxian took it anyway, wiped her mouth, and felt much better.

Fang Hong didn't say anything during the whole process. Seeing that she was fine, he continued to work.

In this atmosphere, "Bad Genius" progressed very quickly, with only the last few parts left.

After filming these, the play is basically over.

What is being filmed now is Liu Tianxian dodging the pursuit of the invigilator while sending the answers back to Asia with her mobile phone.

There are still no dialogues in this scene, and it's just thrilling, just like watching Mission Impossible.

This drama has two endings. One ending is that the hero invites the heroine to continue cheating to make money, and the plot ends here.

That is an open ending, leaving people guessing!
Another ending is that the heroine turns herself in, which is great and glorious. This is of course to deal with the trial.

Of these two endings, people tend to prefer the first one, while the second one is a bit bullshit.

When submitting for review, take the first one first. If that doesn’t work, take the second one.

"Bad Genius" was completed in early June, and after the filming, the crew members went north one after another.

Only Lu Dabao was left here. He was still waiting for an opportunity, but there was no opportunity.

People on the Internet and in newspapers talk about how close and low-key Chow is, and how he doesn't put on airs when he goes out to buy groceries or take the bus. But he has been watching for several days and has not seen Chow go out to buy groceries or take the bus.

Instead, I see that they are always driven by luxury cars and nannies when going in and out. They are so luxurious!

He said how could there be people in this world who don’t enjoy their money after making it, it’s simply nonsense and anti-human nature.

You can’t believe the personalities created by those stars, especially Hong Kong stars. They market themselves every day about how low-key they are, how charitable they are, and how noble their character is. It’s all nonsense.

Being low-key either means being poor or it is just packaging and marketing of the overall environment.

Hong Kong stars are good at packaging themselves, and they all surprisingly consistently create a low-key, modest, and approachable persona, and they are always compared with mainland stars.

To be honest, compared with stars of the same age, mainland stars are much more noble than them.

Li Xuejian, Chen Baoguo, Wang Zhiwen, Li Youbin, Li Baotian, who is not more low-key and good at dealing with people than them?
It's a sick thing to always talk about young handsome men!
Even though Lu Dabao complained in his heart, he still had to complete the task assigned by the principal.

Fang Hong originally wanted to talk to Liu Tianxian to see what her attitude was, but she just left without saying a word, so he let it go.

He was very disappointed about this. Why didn't she listen to advice? Would he harm her?
Liu Tianxian went to Dunhuang to film "The Legend of the Hongmen Banquet".

There was a very interesting quarrel online recently: Huo Siyan and Huang Yi were swearing at each other on Weibo.

How can I describe the scene? It was quite exciting and attracted a large number of netizens to watch.

The cause was because of a man. According to relevant sources, Huang Yilao told others at an event that Huo Siyan was a mistress.

This naturally reached Huo Siyan's ears. This woman was not a pushover either. She publicly scolded Huang Yi on Weibo as a "shrew-like actress". Huang Yi, of course, rebuked her and even sued her!

Anyway, the two sides are hurling insults at each other, and netizens like to stir up trouble, making the situation very lively.

Not only this couple was cursing and quarreling, Jiang Kun was also scolding Lao Guo: "You have moral problems."

Lao Guo scolded him: "A eunuch going to a brothel."

The verbal battles among intellectuals are more profound and not as direct as those between the two female stars. Most people cannot understand them.

"Annabelle" had a small-scale preview for a week before May 5, and the response was very good.

On May 5, the film was released in 27 theaters in North America and simultaneously in 3185 countries around the world.

When the film was first released on the weekend, it grossed $3720 million in North America, with a single-theater box office of more than $1.16.

It ranked second on the North American box office list, after "The Hangover 2".

Warner's level of distribution is really amazing. It can coordinate the release of the film in more than 53 theaters in North America and simultaneously in countries around the world.

If it is a normal small-scale release, it will take at least a month of trial screening to make sure there are no problems before coordinating with so many theaters.

There is nothing else to say, everyone wants to get the 9:1 profit-sharing algorithm. If you are not absolutely sure and not strong enough, no one would dare to gamble.

So we have test screenings to see the audience’s reaction. The longer the test screening time, the more we can see the market potential. If there are no problems, we can sign a contract with the theater and make money right away!

If there is a problem, we can coordinate with fewer theaters and let the theaters take some responsibility to reduce the risk.

It can be said that "Annabelle" received a very good response in its first week of release. Apart from North America, the best performing countries were Mexico and Brazil.

It was a dream start in Mexico, contributing $1170 million in the first week, which broke the historical opening record for horror films in the local area.

With Mexico as an example, Brazil and the entire South America also contributed $2000 million in box office revenue in the first week.

These two places have a special fondness for horror movies and are big box office destinations for horror movies.

Other regions including France, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Malaysia and Australia all performed very well.

However, except for European and American countries, the copyrights of other countries are not very strict. In other words, the box office in Mexico and South America will soon drop sharply due to piracy, including Southeast Asia.

The copyright management in these places is not even as good as ours.

But it won’t be that fast, it takes time.

The current box office is over 5.6 million dollars, equivalent to million.

If it is divided at 25%, it can be divided into 2 million dollars, which is almost 1.4 million.

However, Warner got a larger share. The film was just released at the peak of its distribution period. If I'm not mistaken, it's estimated to be 65%, which is about 5200 million US dollars.

They have done the advertising and spent a lot of money, and the channels are also theirs. Fang Hong doesn't have to worry about anything, it's their turn to make so much money.

The box office settlement in the United States is done on a weekly basis, so after just one week, the money will be transferred to Yutu’s account in the United States.

There is no such thing as overdue payments, and you don't deserve others breaking the rules for you.

If they don't follow the rules, who would dare to find someone who doesn't follow the rules to issue? There are already many competitors, and it's not a monopoly by any one person.

Yu Xian was also overjoyed. He didn't expect that horror movies could be so good. His confidence increased all of a sudden. With full confidence, he worked even harder.

"The Purge" has also entered its later stages, and this movie is also very simple.

Fang Hong gave him one million dollars to fulfill his promise and asked him to open the music channel of English Rose.

This money was equivalent to his film remuneration, because there was no signed agreement at the time and no mention of how much he would get, it was just a verbal promise.

It's just a makeshift team, that's what it is.

But Yu Xian was also very satisfied. One million dollars was a huge sum of money for him, enough for him to live a carefree life in the United States. If it was not enough, he would give him another one million dollars after the movie was released.

The money from the United States did not return to the country, but was spent overseas. Yutu started to upgrade its equipment.

As the saying goes, photography will make you poor for three generations. Professional movie cameras can cost hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions.

He spent 10 million dollars to order a batch of top-notch filming equipment from the United States, Japan, and Germany.

Of course it was made in batches. With such a huge amount of money invested, it was impossible to have it available at the time. Many professional equipments had to be ordered first and then made.

That is, it is made immediately after purchase and cannot be returned.

Because it is too expensive to make, what if you don’t want it if someone else makes it?
All good things are like this.

With this batch of shooting equipment, Yutu no longer needs to rent equipment from other manufacturers, but can use its own, which is quite advanced.

These devices can improve Yutu's overall film-making capabilities by one or two levels.

But no matter how good the equipment is, it still needs people to use it. Fang Hong invited experts from major manufacturers to come to China to provide systematic training to the behind-the-scenes staff of Jade Rabbit Pictures.

Of course we select people. It is not possible for everyone to have the opportunity to receive training. We selected 30 people for a one-month training.

Among those being trained are Wang Ran, Liu Yin, Li Anran and others.

The training courses include five categories: photography system, audio system, lighting system, broadcasting system, and auxiliary equipment.

These can only be learned from school textbooks, there is no real practical experience.

Some things you can’t even learn from textbooks!
This is Yutu’s first training model, which aims to enable its own troops to grow as quickly as possible.

This month's training is also free for all students, their salaries are paid as usual, and all expenses are covered by Yutu, which is quite generous!

No domestic film and television company dares to do what he does, spending 10 million dollars just to buy equipment and hire experts to train staff.

Domestic film and television companies prefer to use ready-made things, whether it is talent or equipment, they use ready-made ones.

That is to say, you rent it once when you shoot a movie, and you don't need it when you are not shooting. These things also need maintenance, and it would be a waste if you don't shoot.

(End of this chapter)