Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 643: Learning to Share
In "Charlotte's Troubles", only Shen Teng is okay, as he had previously starred in "Lost in Thailand". The others are not famous and cannot be compared with "Lost in Hong Kong".

So there is no need to pay attention to "Lost in Hong Kong".

Moreover, the film promoters are attacking and criticizing each other, and there is suspicion that they are using each other's criticism to create hype, that is, to create topics.

This is a very common thing. If your own movie hasn't been released and there's no topic of its own, then if you want to increase popularity, you have to drag your competitors over for comparison and step on them to elevate yourself.

This is basically how it works, so generally, well-known movies are ignored.

There is competition in every schedule, and everyone will say that their movies have been squeezed out by their competitors or have fewer screenings, putting themselves in a disadvantaged group and gaining sympathy.

The domestic film market has entered a period of intense competition, and the foreign film "Inside Out" will also be released globally on October 10.

It will land in batches, first in North America, and then in Australia and other European countries.

This movie, Jade Rabbit, only had the English name of the producer, and then a branch was set up in the United States to co-produce it, and the distribution was fully handed over to Universal.

If you don’t set up branches abroad, the taxes will be too high, which is what happened in the previous movie “Big Hero 6”.

上映两个月的《捉妖记》也正式下映，从7月16日到9月16日，整整24.36亿票房。

Although it did not surpass the previous "Gravity", it is still the second in the history of Chinese-language films, surpassing the previous "Transformers 4".

In fact, this does not prove anything. The only thing it proves is the rise of domestic films. In this year, the rise of Chinese-language films has overwhelmed Hollywood, which is something worth celebrating.

As for whether it made money, Fang Hong asked Jiang Zhiqiang when he came to see the filming situation here: "Did your Monster Hunt really make money?"

"I've already made money." Jiang Zhiqiang said.

"What do you mean?" Fang Hong asked.

"Half of the shares for Monster Hunt 2 have been sold," Jiang Zhiqiang said with a smile.

This old fox is also using financial means with the movie, using this movie to build up his reputation, IP, and influence, and then formulate plans for the next filming.

Then, the next step is to use the shares as financial products and sell them to those capitals.

When those investors saw such high box office, some offered tens of millions and others offered tens of millions to buy shares. If they could find ten of them, they could make hundreds of millions.

Later, this film actually had more than a dozen producers.

In this way, the money lost by "Monster Hunt 1" has really been made back, and the film is not really a loss, as most of the box office revenue is real.

There are also copyrights, peripherals, game authorizations, etc.

But investors are not stupid. Who knows whether your movie can really have such a high box office and make that much money?

Therefore, this involves either gambling or a guarantee, that is, there is capital willing to guarantee the release and bear the possible losses of the film.

"Is there someone who guarantees you a minimum wage?" Fang Hong guessed that there must be someone who guarantees you a minimum wage.

"Yes, we have started the development of the next IP, and the distribution in Hengdian will have a guaranteed profit of 9 million." Jiang Zhiqiang did not hide it, because the principal was a big shot at the same level as him and was not an ordinary person.

The minimum guarantee is 9 million yuan. If calculated based on a 40% profit sharing ratio, the distributor needs to pay 3.6 million yuan to the producer in advance, which is equivalent to giving the cost to the producer, so the producer does not lose money.

This process does not involve film taxes, film development funds, etc., because it will not be released in theaters, so the proportion will be higher.

Hengdian is essentially gambling that if Monster Hunt 2 grosses over 9 million yuan, it can get 60% of the profits.

The minimum guarantee, which is the excess part, will be distributed to the party that issues the minimum guarantee at 60%.

前世这部电影22亿左右票房，那分账的时候就是22减去之前的9亿，也就是13亿，这13亿横店可以分60%。

It is equivalent to 7.8 million yuan, excluding other taxes and theater shares. This is roughly the logic.

As a giant, Hengdian can keep the share of theater profits very low, and they also make 40% of the investment money and the money from distribution, which is equivalent to betting on a successful project.

Only giants and big capital can afford to play this game. Few of them can come up with hundreds of millions of dollars at once to guarantee the bottom line for the producers.

Anyway, after such continuous financial operations, "Monster Hunt" will definitely not lose money and will definitely make a profit.

As for who loses, it is of course the audience, who contribute to the box office topic.

"In fact, Principal, you can also play this way. You have such a good eye and have never failed." Jiang Zhiqiang said.

"As for me, I'm afraid I might make a mistake." Fang Hong said.

Of course he knew that as a reborn person, he would win easily by playing like this, and he didn't have to put in so much effort to film.

Let others take the photos, and he can buy them and make money.

But this is too hollow, just like the Americans, who are hollow and have no manufacturing capabilities.

He still seeks truth from facts and wants complete manufacturing.

"Yeah, everyone makes mistakes sometimes. At least you know what the movie will look like when you make it yourself." Jiang Zhiqiang smiled.

Many investors have no idea what a movie is like, they just look at who brings in the box office, and use this project as a gimmick to deceive other peripheral investors.

That is, those old men and women.

At this time, the crew was filming the scene where Liu Tianxian planted potatoes, which means they had to find a way to survive on Mars.

The plot goes like this: after Liu Tianxian treated the wound on her abdomen and recuperated for three days, since the food at the base was limited, she had to think about how she could live longer.

On the one hand, I would try my best to contact the space agency or let them know that I am still alive so that they can carry out rescue work.

On the other hand, after this wave of space exploration, there will be the next wave of Mars exploration in four years.

In other words, even if the space agency cannot discover that she is still alive, it has to hold on for four years and wait for the next wave of Mars exploration.

But it is not easy to last for 4 years.

The previous material plan was for six people to stay for 6 days, so the space agency prepared 31 days of rations for them, and the evacuation plan was on the 68th day on Mars.

That is to say, the base still has 50 days' worth of food rations for six people. If he eats alone, it can last for 6 days. If he saves a little, it should be no problem to have 300 days.

But the gap between 400 days and 4 years is a bit big.

Now Liu Tianxian is worried about how to get enough food for the remaining three years, and happens to find that the space agency has prepared potatoes for them.

When she was pulling up her pants in the toilet, she glanced at the gift crab in the toilet bowl and an idea came to her.

Isn’t this the best fertilizer?

This toilet scene didn't reveal anything, it just showed the action of pulling up pants, and the camera was not aimed at the toilet, so there was actually nothing inside.

It just gave the audience a hint.

So, Liu Tianxian put on a space suit, went to the feces pool outside, and transported the "feces" back to the base.

The feces in the manure pool are all vacuum-packed. It is not like the manure pools on Earth, where the feces are packed with a vacuum adsorption system every time they are defecated.

Because the environment and gravity on Mars are different from those on Earth, if vacuum packaging is not used, the environment will kill the microorganisms and they cannot be recycled. All possibilities of going into space have been taken into consideration.

In addition, in order to avoid polluting the limited space, you should know that the atmosphere on Mars is very thin and the air is not circulated, which will prevent the smell from spreading.

Then there is the issue of soil. We must use Martian soil. Martian soil plus feces is nutrient-rich soil.

So Liu Tianxian took a shovel and dug the soil one shovel at a time while wearing a space suit. After digging, she put the soil in a basket and transported it to the base.

By the time she was done with all this, she was already out of breath. After taking a big gulp of water, she couldn't help but say, "Fuck you, Mars!"

This is what Fang Hong taught her. Ordinary people would curse when encountering such a thing.

It also highlights the character's true nature and down-to-earthness.

At this time, Liu Tianxian had paper towels stuffed in her nostrils and was wearing gloves. She poured bags of feces into an iron bucket and then stirred it with a wooden bucket.

"Ugh!" Liu Tianxian felt nauseous.

"Goddess, this is unreal. You should feel like vomiting." Shen Ao said behind the monitor.

"Okay, director, I'll do it again." Liu Tianxian would decide whoever was sitting in that place, and he would be the director, regardless of who was the deputy or the principal.

The filming was controlled by Shen Ao, and Fang Hong just watched.

Liu Tianxian adjusted his state, thought about the reaction of vomiting, and made another "Ugh!" gesture.

When she did this, she seemed to feel nauseous. She bent over, covered her chest, and vomited repeatedly as if she was about to vomit. She felt extremely sick.

"This is a bit too much!" Shen Ao looked at Fang Hong.

"It's a bit too much." Fang Hong nodded. He also felt that it was an overreaction. It was natural to just make a vomiting gesture to feel nauseous.

"Goddess, this has been played before."

“I’m sorry, director.”

Before he finished bidding for the Olympic Games, Liu Tianxian waved her hand and hurriedly ran towards the bathroom not far away.

This is the temporary bathroom built by the crew. It's quite clean.

Seeing Liu Tianxian running away, the crew members also stopped working.

Fang Hong was very puzzled. He walked to the iron bucket and looked inside. He asked, "Is the feces real?"

"It's fake, made from special materials. It has no odor, so it doesn't look very good." The prop master explained.

Then he continued, "Sister Yifei must be uncomfortable with the color. Why don't we change it?"

"No need. If we change it, the lens won't be able to take pictures." Fang Hong said.

There is a fleeting shot in the barrel, which won't cause people any discomfort on the big screen, because it's just a glance and it's probably hard to see clearly.

But if you see it too much, it will still make people feel disgusted, after all, the color is like shit.

Shen Ao also listened to the situation but didn't say anything. After understanding the situation, Fang Hong asked the crew members not to move and went to find Liu Tianxian. He saw her wiping her mouth with a tissue under the care of her assistant, obviously she had vomited.

Fang Hong stepped forward and asked, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay, I just suddenly feel nauseous." Liu Tianxian drank a sip of water handed to her by her assistant and suppressed the nausea and discomfort.

"What's the reason? Did you see that thing?" Fang Hong was referring to "Oli Gei"!
"No, I know it's not that. There's no smell. I can overcome it mentally, but my body reacts by making me feel nauseous and want to vomit." Liu Tianxian patted his chest.

"Did you eat something bad? Do you want to see a doctor?" Fang Hong patted her back.

"It's okay, I feel much better and can continue filming. So many people are waiting here, it would be bad to delay." Liu Tianxian gestured to go filming.

Seeing that her face looked normal, Fang Hong nodded and said, "Okay!"

After all, this crew only has Liu Tianxian's scenes throughout the whole process, and there are no scenes for other people. If she doesn't shoot, the work will have to be stopped.

The two walked to the filming site, and Liu Tianxian said to Shen Ao: "Continue filming, I'm fine."

"Okay!" No objection to bidding for the Olympic Games.

So the crew returned to their positions again. Liu Tianxian recalled the nausea she had just felt and restrainedly vomited without overdoing it.

This time it was much better and I passed it in one go.

Liu Tianxian was fine during the following shoot. She didn't feel any discomfort and continued shooting as usual.

The plot is that after the potatoes are planted, the shooting scene will change to the style of greenhouse vegetables, with a transparent film around them.

The protagonist also faces new problems, because growing potatoes requires a lot of water, and it is unrealistic to dig it on Mars, so he can only make it himself.

The chemical elements of water are very simple. Water can be made by adding hydrogen and oxygen.

The problem of oxygen is easy to solve. The oxygenation function of the Mars base can continuously convert oxygen from the Martian atmosphere.

But hydrogen is difficult to get, so the protagonist thought of using hydrazine fuel to separate a large amount of hydrogen. With hydrogen and oxygen, water can be produced.

Now that we have hydrogen and oxygen, we need fuel.

The most feared thing in space exploration is fire, and the Mars base is also fire-proof. Liu Tianxian remembered that his teammates brought a wooden rack, which is flammable.

The next step was to light the fire, and there was an explosion scene, which blew Liu Tianxian away.

This requires setting up the scene for shooting. First, shoot other details of life, and then shoot this scene.

A day's shooting was completed, with basically no need for overtime. We could just clean up and finish the work as planned.

There aren't many night scenes, and the night on Mars is still very dangerous.

At night, Fang Hong was lying on the bed looking at the shooting plan. When he had almost finished looking at it, he didn't see Liu Tianxian come back for a long time. He felt a little strange, so he walked to the toilet door.

He knocked on the toilet door and shouted, "You've been in there for several hours, what are you doing?"

"Squeak!" Liu Tianxian opened the door and walked out, staring at him with a meaningful look.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Fang Hong wondered.

Liu Tianxian still didn't say anything and handed him something that looked like a thermometer.

"What's this?" Fang Hong was very confused.

"Are you stupid? See that? Two bars." Liu Tianxian pointed at the thing.

Fang Hong looked at the thing in his hand again, and seemed to realize something. His pupils widened and he looked at her in disbelief.

Liu Tianxian, who was originally serious, gradually smiled, and the more she smiled, the gentler she seemed.

"Wa hahaha!"

Fang Hong suddenly laughed, excitedly picked her up and lifted her high up, and spun her around several times in excitement.

"Oh, put me down. I feel dizzy." Liu Tianxian was happy to see the man happy.

However, she had been in the bathroom for so long that she had already gotten over her excitement and joy and was now relatively calm.

"Yes, I can't hurt you."

Fang Hong was too excited, so he quickly put her down again and asked carefully, "I'm going to be a father?"

"Correct!"

Liu Tianxian raised the corners of her mouth and smiled.

She had been paying attention to her body. She was vomiting during the day, and she hadn't had her period during this period, so it was almost certain.

After all, information is developed nowadays, and she often reads books about pregnancy and searches for related information.

If you are mentally prepared, you will pay attention to information in this regard.

Hearing this affirmative answer, Fang Hong was so excited that he couldn't calm down. He rubbed his hands vigorously, wanting to do something, but took two steps and turned back, not knowing what to do.

Seeing him at a loss, Liu Tianxian grabbed him and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"I don't know what I should do. I really want to do something right now, but I don't know what." Fang Hong's words were a bit confusing, but his mind was indeed in a mess. He really wanted to tell someone the news, but he didn't know who to tell. He was confused.

"What you should do now is to tell our mother the news. You should learn to share, right?" Liu Tianxian coquettishly tried to find something to do for him.

"Yep."

Fang Hong clapped his hands and hurried back to the bedside to get his cell phone. Then he seemed to remember something and turned around again.

This turn almost bumped into Liu Tianxian, who was following him.

"Should I tell your mother or tell my mother?" Fang Hong seemed to have no idea what to do.

"Tell your mother first, and then tell my mother." Liu Tianxian replied that her husband just needed guidance now.

When Fang Hong heard the affirmative answer, he really took out his phone and called Xu Liyun. The call was quickly connected, and he only said, "Mom."

"Son, why are you calling me so late?" Xu Liyun had already laid down on the other side.

"I... I have news to tell you." Fang Hong seemed to be stuttering a little. It was obvious that he was very excited and had not yet calmed down.

"What news? Tell me slowly." Xu Liyun felt nervous when she heard her son's abnormal tone.

Afraid of hearing bad news.

"Xixi is pregnant." Fang Hong said it all in one breath this time.

Liu Tianxian was standing next to him, also with a smile on her face.

"Really?" Xu Liyun sat up from the bed very nimbly.

"It's true, that's what Xixi said." Fang Hong said.

"That's good, that's good." When Xu Liyun heard the news, she threw off the quilt and got out of bed, pacing back and forth in the room. She was very surprised and excited.

"Where's Sissi? Is she next to you? Let me talk to her." Her voice trembled a little, and she was obviously very excited.

Fang Hong put the phone next to Liu Tianxian's ear.

"I'm here, Mom." Liu Tianxian said.

"Xixi, are you okay now? Take care of yourself, don't do strenuous exercise, and don't overwork." Xu Liyun was concerned. She didn't know what to say, it seemed that she could only say these words.

"I know, Mom. I'm fine. You don't have to worry." Liu Tianxian said.

"I'm worried. Why don't we stop filming and let Hong Hong take care of the role while you come back to take care of the baby." Although Xu Liyun was excited, she was also a little worried.

"This is not good. If we don't shoot it, the efforts of thousands of crew members will be wasted, and the previous shooting work will be useless. It will delay the construction schedule and waste a lot of money." Liu Tianxian explained.

If she stops filming, all the footage shot before will be unusable.

"But you are pregnant, and it is important to take care of the fetus. Let Honghong handle these things. We don't lack the money." Xu Liyun was the most generous person in her life!
This put Liu Tianxian in a difficult position. She had no shortage of money, but this was the job she loved, and she couldn't refuse too decisively, after all, she was not her biological mother.

She turned her gaze to Fang Hong, wanting him to persuade her.

"It's not like you can't move just because you're pregnant. It's the work of so many people, how can you just say it's all in vain?" Fang Hong came to his senses a little. This matter was difficult to explain, so he directly and forcefully refused.

No matter how you explain it, the grandson is important and nothing else matters. If the explanation doesn't make sense, he has to be the bad guy.

Of course, in his heart, he was on her side and wanted Liu Tianxian to go back to take care of her pregnancy, but he knew very well that Liu Tianxian loved this career and she had to finish filming the show so that she could stay here well.

Besides, Liu Tianxian is very lively now, so it is basically impossible to ask her to go back to take care of the baby. The most she can do is to pay attention.

"What are you talking about, kid? Having children is more important than filming." Xu Liyun blamed.

"Mom, this play will be finished in one or two months. It won't be delayed. I have assistants to serve me. It's okay." Liu Tianxian asked her mother-in-law to calm down. She also knew that Fang Hong was worried about her and deliberately played the bad guy.

This is also the reason why the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has always been good. At least Fang Hong always supports her and cares about her in everything.

Of course, this is not a matter of principle. She is not showing her pregnancy, so there is no reason why she cannot be photographed.

When I became pregnant, the filming of the play had been completed. It was all planned.

"How can I feel at ease if someone else takes care of you? How about I come and take care of you tomorrow?" Xu Liyun had to compromise and the subject was changed.

"We are so far away, I'm afraid it would be too tiring for you to come here." Liu Tianxian said tactfully. It would not be good to refuse decisively.

Of course it’s not impossible for her mother-in-law to come over, she just needs to drink more soup every day, and her living conditions will definitely be much better.

It’s just that there are too many people in the crew, and everyone knows that she is pregnant, so it would be bad if the filming was delayed.

(End of this chapter)