Coquettish Rebirth

The matter of Heath Ledger has been reported first. Although he has not signed him yet, although Heath Ledger still wants to wait for the first film to be released and then decide whether to sign or not, but after all, it is basically done now. After the talk was over, Jia Hongjian felt that Heath Ledger would not be able to escape.After letting go of the Heath Ledger matter for the time being, Nolan has basically settled for supporting actors. Not surprisingly, Nolan still chose the historical "Ah Fu" and others to play them. role played.After this is basically settled, Jia Hongjian and the others will start to think about where the film will be shot.

For the filming of this film, it is unlikely to choose too many places with beautiful scenery, and it is not like Lao Mouzi filming "Heroes" has to travel all over China.Because the background of such a story mainly takes place in Gotham City, and such a virtual Gotham City is a "City of Sin" and a city that is constantly in decline. Then, according to the original background setting, Bruce Wayne's parents are constantly investing in charity to revitalize the city.And in the first episode of Nolan's version in history, isn't there a light rail in a city invested and built by Batman's parents?

So from this point of view, to find a "substitute" city for Gotham City, the main thing is to find a city that is in decline.Jia Hongjian and Nolan didn't communicate much, and they immediately thought of Detroit, Pittsburgh and other industrial cities along the Great Lakes.These American cities are in the heads of the Chinese people these days, and they are still all kinds of bullshit and all kinds of industrial capitals.But in the eyes of Americans, these two cities have already begun to decline.So relatively speaking, these two cities are more suitable for shooting "Batman".

Logically speaking, there is no city in the world that is really called Gotham, and even if there is, it is impossible to meet the design definition in the movie.If you want to shoot a movie, because there are a lot of street scenes, it is impossible to use CG for the writing shots, because that would be a waste of money.Therefore, in Jia Hongjian's plan, the macro scene of Gotham City in such a film.For example, a bird's-eye view scene can only be done with CG.But in various detailed scenes, it can be replaced by the lens shot on the spot, so it will save money perfectly, and the effect is good?

Where was the historical Batman filmed?Jia Hongjian didn't know.But in such a time and space.After they went to Detroit and Pittsburgh to investigate, they felt that Detroit was the right place.Why is Detroit suitable?Although speaking, this Pittsburgh declined earlier than Detroit, but people's transformation turned better-this Pittsburgh used to be the legendary steel capital of the world!Several super large steel plants in the United States are here in Pittsburgh!But after China's reform and opening up.With the rapid increase in steel production and the slowdown of various infrastructures in the United States, the steel plants in Pittsburgh have finally moved away, and Pittsburgh has also transformed into a city dominated by tourism and finance.But Detroit is different. Such a city that faced bankruptcy in 2012 has also declined since the mid-80s, due to the rise in oil prices caused by the oil crisis and the impact of Japanese cars.Because Japanese cars are more fuel-efficient!What's funny is that during the oil crisis, the price of oil was less than ten dollars!So in 2008, GM, headquartered in Detroit, directly applied for bankruptcy and reorganization!Then it directly caused GM's 14 workers in Detroit to lose their jobs!

Of course, Detroit isn't quite there yet, but it's moving in that direction.In the 90s, didn’t Jia Hongjian speculate on the exchange rate rise caused by the Japanese-US auto crisis?Actually that's about Detroit!It is because the car companies in Detroit are forced to die. They can only use the relationship of the US government to force Japan to open their auto market and force the yen to appreciate. They want to increase the price of Japanese cars in the United States in this way.But who knows that the Japanese is not stupid, he went directly to Zhoukai Automobile Factory, which is economically underdeveloped in the south of the United States, and the wages are lower than those in Detroit. Although the overall price has increased a bit, it is still much lower than that of American cars. !At the same time, the fuel consumption is also low and more economical, so all the Americans bought Japanese cars all of a sudden!

In this case, the situation in Detroit is of course taking a sharp turn for the worse.In the mid-to-late 90s, the Detroit city government approved the establishment of three casinos in the city center, hoping to boost the city's economy through gambling tourism.But who knows that the gambling industry also depends on the location. Detroit has a lot of poor people, and 80% of the population is black!After opening a casino in the city center... hey, people who have won money are prone to all kinds of robberies when they go out!Then, in order to snatch all kinds of economic resources centered around the casino, the gangs in Detroit fought all kinds of battles. As a result, the law and order were bad. If the law and order were bad, no one would come. If no one came, the city would be even more ruined. !For example, "Lost Myself" by Eminem, the ruffian who participated in the Oscar nomination for best song this year, is the theme song in Eminem's autobiographical film "Eight Mile".And such a film "Eight Mile" is very simple. It talks about the life and future of young people in Detroit-if a person who is not very rich lives in Detroit, even in Detroit in the 90s, there are basically only three ways, either As a rapper, you either go to the gangsters, or become a junkie, basically there is no other way out!

So this kind of Detroit is really suitable for Jia Hongjian and the others to shoot "Batman".Of course, if you are filming this scene in Detroit, you still have some concerns about security, so on the one hand, you need to establish a good relationship with the Detroit police department, and on the other hand, you have to sign a contract with the security company in the United States. Spend 200 million to hire a dozen security guards with guns to accompany the team for security and protection for a long time!However, after such a security contract is signed, it does not mean that Jia Hongjian and the others will start filming immediately, and there are other things to do next-each actor has different homework to do, such as Speaking of Bell, isn't it just to see how this buddy's fitness effect is?Don't look at the foundation of other people's fighting movements?If it doesn't work, we have to send it to China to find two masters or something to teach!It would be nice even to ask Yuen Biao and the others to be masters!On the other hand, there are also some Chinese scenes in this film-like the original "Mystery of Heroes" where I went to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to learn martial arts with ninja masters and so on.Originally Nolan was British, so it was normal to not know much about China, but now that Jia Hongjian is here, why don't we take a few good shots of China?So this time I have to go back to China to collect scenery.

When Jia Hongjian and Nolan were about to leave, they called Bell to see how Bell's fitness plan was going, but who knew that when Bell walked in, the two of them were immediately shocked!Why are you surprised?Because it's only been three weeks, and who knows that Bell's body shape has changed since he hasn't seen him for three weeks!Bell, who was originally inclined to be thinner, is now as strong as a bear!What kind of rush is this?Jia Hongjian made a quick estimate, and this Bell probably weighed 190 to [-] catties!And the whole body is full of muscle mass!How did your sister make it?Three weeks ah hello!

Not only Jia Hongjian was surprised, but Nolan was also surprised.Nolan was so surprised that he even stood up and went to Bell's side to pinch his muscles, only to find that they were genuine muscles, so he stared blankly at Bell for a long time. "You...how did your muscles grow so fast?" Nolan couldn't help asking. "Eat protein every day, and then add a lot of exercise and... some steroids..." Bell smiled and replied like this, but seeing that Jia Hongjian and Nolan didn't seem to understand what steroids were, so he again He explained, "Steroids are used to speed up the recovery and growth of human muscles. Usually, after a lot of exercise, people's muscles will be very sore. In fact, the muscle fibers are a bit torn, and the body will repair such a part of the torn fibers. And make them stronger, this is the principle of muscle growth, and it may take two to four days for ordinary people to grow thicker with slight tearing of muscle fibers, but it can be done within 24 hours after taking steroids... so a lot of training Bodybuilders take this drug..."

I go!This is high technology! "How heavy are you now? Does this thing have any side effects?" Jia Hongjian asked in surprise. "I weigh 91 pounds now, which is about 100 kilograms. My goal is to increase to [-] kilograms, so that the muscles will look very good, and they will even look like your American football players..." Bell said with a smile, "As for the side effects, I don't know for the time being. Some people say that eating this will make them grumpy, but I don't think so. Some people say that they will have a bad heart. After the play, I have to cut it..."

Oh, let me go, buddy, are you a rubber man?Why does the three-week kung fu talk about gaining muscle, and lose muscle after filming...Are all your actors monsters?Can you control your body so miraculously?Just when Jia Hongjian was surprised, he only heard Nolan say: "You don't need to practice anymore, your body... I think it's almost the same, take off your clothes and show us." Nolan said As soon as the order was given, Bell, a good young man, would definitely listen, so in the office, Bell took off all the clothes on his upper body, and turned his body to Jia Hongjian and Nolan with half-fruited muscles all over his body. look.Although Bell's muscles are very good-looking, the two old men looked at the other man's muscles, and they were half-fruited muscles. Why did Jia Hongjian feel so strange? (To be continued..)