Huayu: Director started with art films

Chapter 105 [Young people don’t know the benefits of wolfberry, released simultaneously around the world]

It was around eight o'clock the next morning.

The crew's car arrived at Wanlingqing Bamboo Forest.

The weather today is still so hot that Li Yishu felt a little dizzy the moment she got off the car.

The assistant director came over and saw that Li Yishu looked unwell. He thought that she didn't sleep well. After all, it was hot at night these few days, and many people couldn't sleep well. He didn't care and just asked about the shooting plan in the morning: "Director Li, how do you arrange the morning scenes?"

"call--"

Li Yishu let out a long breath, looked at the sun that was already high in the sky, and said, "Continue shooting according to yesterday's plan. Go call the prop master and Director Zhao. I have an idea."

"Okay Director Li."

The assistant director nodded and immediately went to call Director Zhao and the prop master.

After the two came over, Li Yishu told them about the hovering raindrops. Although Zhao Fei was not a science and engineering guy, he was familiar with the camera and vision. After listening to Director Li's general explanation of the concept of hovering raindrops, he could immediately imagine the general effect in his mind.

That kind of effect can definitely be photographed. After all, it's the same as the tires of a car running at high speed. Zhao Fei nodded and said, "Director Li, there is no problem with my photography. It depends on when the props team can get it done."

"It will probably take several days to prepare these props."

The prop master explained, "Director Li, if you want to simulate rain, we must have a large sprinkler head, and we must also ensure that the water droplets spray out at a consistent flow rate. This will take us a lot of time to test."

"I'll give you three days."

Li Yishu raised three fingers and said, "I must see props that meet the standards in three days!"

"Okay!" The prop master thought about it and nodded in agreement. Three days would be enough.

After half an hour.

Li Yishu was lying on the director's chair, watching the crew setting up the set, and she looked a little listless.

Gong Li, who had put on makeup and changed into a female warrior costume, came over with a thermos cup and said, "Here you go."

"What's inside?"

Li Yishu took the water cup doubtfully and subconsciously looked at Gong Li. Seeing her radiant face, he wondered if this elder sister knew something about the art of replenishing yin with yang.

Gong Li snorted, "I just asked someone to make it for you. Drink it quickly before you get too excited."

Hearing this, Li Yishu was really at a loss whether to laugh or cry. How could they be the same if one exercises and the other doesn't?

I opened the lid and saw steaming small red fruits inside. They were wolfberries?
This is naked contempt!

Li Yishu looked up at the other person, only to see Gong Li looking up with her chin up and saying, "There's more in my bag. If it's not enough, come to me for more. Remember to drink more during the day."

hiss--

Li Yishu took a deep breath, looked at the steaming thermos cup, sighed, and drank slowly.

Although it's a bit hot, you still have to drink it.

Li Yishu has experienced the feeling of being unable to control one's body after the age of forty. Now that she has a new life, she naturally has to protect her kidneys well.

When I was young, I didn’t know the benefits of wolfberry, and I only regretted that I didn’t eat enough of it!

Oh, right! Li Yishu suddenly remembered that Yu Chenghui would do a set of boxing every day after coming to the crew, which seemed to be the health-preserving Five Animals Exercises.

After this scene is finished, I will go to Yu Chenghui to learn.

The old man is now over 50 years old, but he is proficient in wielding a sword and a stick. In several private competitions with Zhao Wenzhuo, he almost always crushed the opponent.

This is a great health-preserving skill that you must learn.

I don't want to be like Ip Man who can beat ten people by himself, but I just want to strengthen my kidneys and body.

It's about three o'clock in the afternoon.

"Crack!"

Li Yishu, who had taken a two-hour lunch break, was now full of energy. He said to Gong Li, "Gong Li, your eyes should be more murderous and fierce. Now you have to kill the Wheel King and avenge Jiang Asheng!"

"Okay." Gong Li nodded and began to think about how to show a murderous look.

The overall plot of "Sword Rain" has basically not changed, but the ending scene was changed by Lee Yi-su. Since Gong Li's role as the heroine is to be highlighted, Zhao Wenzhuo, who is a tool man in the movie with the heroine as the protagonist, can naturally be taken offline.

So during the battle in the bamboo forest, the Wheel-Turning King directly stabbed Jiang Asheng to death, which also aroused the murderous intent in "Zeng Jing" that had been resolved by Lu Zhu.

Once again transformed into the world's number one female killer "Xiyu".

The battle lasted from day to night.

With the method that Lu Zhu taught her, Zeng Jing solved the four flaws in the "Water-Breaking Sword Technique" that she learned from the Wheel-Turning King.

However, this Water-Bi Sword Technique was taught by the Chakravartin King. Even though Zeng Jing had solved the flaws in this sword technique, he still had no way to defeat the Chakravartin King.

Seeing that he was no match for his opponent, it began to rain heavily. In the rain, Zeng Jing realized the true mystery of the gentle sword technique, which was just like the Tai Chi concept of using softness to overcome hardness. In the end, he defeated the villain, the Chakravartin, with one sword.

According to the setting of the hot-blooded anime, the heroine dies, and the hero explodes, but it is still not enough to kill the villain. Later, because of something, he suddenly realizes a stronger power and kills the villain in one second with one sword.

Failure, explosion, failure again, understanding failure, and finally surpassing the opponent.

"Crack!"

"Crack!"

"Gong Li, can you do this?"

For several times in a row, Gong Li's performance made Li Yishu very dissatisfied, but the next second Gong Li looked at her sharply, her eyes full of murderous intent, as if saying: Just wait for me, and see how I kill you tonight.

“Yes, yes, that’s the look!” Li Yishu didn’t have time to think about it and hurriedly shouted, “Keep shooting, keep that look, that’s the look I want!”

When Gong Li heard this, she laughed out of anger and thought to herself, okay, then I will keep this look.

Until the evening when we finish work and return to the county town.

Li Yishu could feel the murderous intent in Gong Li's eyes, which made him a little uneasy.

Wait until night comes.

It was hot outside and the summer cicadas began to chirp.

The house was filled with heat again, wave after wave.

Gong Li said with a flushed face: "What do you think? My eyes are murderous enough, aren't they?"

"Yes, full of murderous intent."

Li Yishu wiped the sweat from his forehead. It was really like hoeing in the hot sun, with sweat dripping down to the ground.

"Pity the Peasants" written by the Tang poet Li Shen is an ancient poem that is very familiar to the public.

But before this, Li Yishu had never experienced farming himself, so even though he knew that farmers had hard work, he didn't know how hard farming was.

Now Li Yishu has come to some realization that cultivating the land and planting crops is really tiring, not to mention working for several consecutive days.

Fortunately, Li Yishu is young and recovered well.

But since we are young, we should pay more attention to health preservation.

He has decided to buy some wolfberries and practice the Five Animal Exercises every day.

Mid-August.

"Sword Rain", which took a full two and a half months to shoot, has finally been completed.

This was something Li Yishu had not expected. According to his original plan, the filming would only take more than a month, no more than 50 days.

I didn’t expect that the 80-day shoot would last a full month longer than expected.

In addition, we have to go to a special effects company in Hong Kong for production in the later stage.

The originally scheduled release date can only be postponed indefinitely.

Because I don’t know when the special effects company will be able to finish the production.

The other party said that those important special effects shots could be completed in a month, but Li Yishu was skeptical.

Yanjing.

Inside a hotel open to the public.

Xu Su calculated the time and said, "Director Li, if we calculate it this way, it will probably only be released during Hong Kong's Christmas or Lunar New Year period."

The Hong Kong Lunar New Year season starts in the first half of the month before the Spring Festival every year, and the Christmas season, as the name suggests, is the half month before and after Christmas.

Although it is only mid-August now, the film post-production + special effects production will probably take at least a month and a half, which would be October by then.

Coupled with advance publicity, the Christmas season may be the best time, but the Lunar New Year season is also acceptable.

Moreover, Hong Kong's Lunar New Year period has already formed a movie-watching scale, just like the mainland's New Year period, which can generate a total box office of billions every year.

Li Yishu said, "Why don't we wait until after the Cannes Film Festival next year to release it?"

“After Cannes?”

Xu Su was surprised and said, "That's still more than half a year away, and by that time, May and June, Hong Kong only has the best summer vacation period, so do we have to delay it until July?"

"this…"

Li Yishu hesitated and said, "It's been a while. How is the box office in Hong Kong during the Lunar New Year holiday?"

"Very good, this year's Lunar New Year movie All's Well, Ends Well earned HK$4899 million at the local box office."

"What about the Christmas season?"

"The box office during the Christmas season last year was also very good. Dances with the Dragon took in more than 2000 million yuan, and The Gambler took in 4034 million yuan the year before."

"Then let's do it during the Christmas season, which will coincide with the release in Japan."

After some thought, Li Yishu decided to release the film during the Christmas season.

Because he will go to Japan to shoot a commercial for Canon Group next. At that time, he will directly suggest to Canon Group to set the release time of this commercial around Christmas. The emergence of bullet time will probably bring a lot of popularity to the movie.

Moreover, the Canon Group is not only large in Japan, their cameras also have a considerable market share in Europe and the United States. Christmas is a common grand festival in the West.

Running this advertisement during the Christmas season will not only earn Canon Group huge traffic and attention, but will also improve the box office performance of "Sword Rain".

Xu Su nodded: "Okay, what about the mainland?"

"It's about this time. New Year's Day happens to be a few days after Christmas. People in China don't celebrate Christmas, but they do celebrate New Year's Day."

At this point, Li Yishu paused and said, "As for Taiwan, please ask Sister Xu to contact Mr. Qiu to see if the film can be released at this time. I will try to contact the film distributors in Europe and the United States to see if it can be released simultaneously around the world."

"Released simultaneously around the world?" Xu Suo was slightly stunned.

"Yes, the first Chinese martial arts masterpiece, released simultaneously in dozens of countries around the world, should be quite a gimmick, right?"

Li Yishu smiled. This saying is not popular now, but he doesn't mind being the first.

(End of this chapter)