The Birth of the Best Director

Chapter 25 Damn! This scene is so beautiful!
……

Seeing Lu Zhiyuan, he easily copied Guy Ritchie's visual style... It's not just a simple imitation, but a copy like the Sharingan!

Almost, indistinguishable from the real thing.

Xin Yukun's heart was broken once again.

Moreover, this time it was shattered into powder.

Because Lu Zhiyuan is more handsome, younger, and more talented than him. This makes him feel that his life is a failure!
"Look at paragraph 2 again."

Damn [Guy Ritchie], this is Ning Hao's absurd humor.

However, it also indirectly shows that netizens are not wrong to call Ning Hao the Chinese Guy Ritchie.

Lu Zhiyuan did not explain and played the second segment.

For the second clip, Lu Zhiyuan used the warm tones that he is good at, combined with the backlit and soft focus style.

The picture uses high saturation and bright colors to capture the moment of light and shadow, injecting its own emotions into it, leaving behind an amazing landscape painting.

His visual style transforms this remote mountain village into a paradise with beautiful scenery and quiet time.

Full of romantic and magnificent atmosphere.

——The director of "The Lord of the Rings", [Peter Jackson] is the pinnacle of this visual style!
……

"This...is this the village outside?"

"Ayuan, if you keep this visual style and shoot a tourism promotional video, how much would it cost? Just name your price! I want to customize one for my hometown!"

Zhao Shanshan just came from the village entrance.

It was a mess there, with no scenery at all.

It's just a remote and poor place.

In Lu Zhiyuan's video materials, this small mountain village has become a paradise.

At this moment, she was completely shocked.

At the same time, she had some understanding of how great a great photographer could be.

It's so real!
How many people can be attracted to travel with a tourism promotional video shot at this level?

How much can it boost the local economy?

She couldn't sit still anymore and wanted to go out and make a phone call to inform the boss that she had struck gold!

"Mr. Zhao, what you are doing is fraud!"

Xin Yukun grabbed his hair randomly, looking a little crazy.

Is this still "The Labyrinth of the Heart" shot with this visual style?

After the filming, this place won’t become a tourist attraction, right?

Xin Yukun doesn’t know whether the movie will be popular.

However, the local cultural and tourism bureau will probably cut out some clips from the movie and use them as a promotional video for the local scenic spot.

but……

damn it.

This picture is so beautifully shot.

Ayuan's talent is really enviable!
……

"Look at paragraph 3 again."

Although both of them gave an astonished reaction, this was not the result Lu Zhiyuan wanted, so he silently released the third paragraph.

The third paragraph of material is unremarkable.

There is no absurd and cold tone, nor brightly colored visual shock... It is too ordinary, just like the sunrise every morning, plain and dull.

However, it makes people feel comfortable.

As natural as flowing water.

"This is a bit ordinary... Like, is everything here just like this?"

Zhao Shanshan thought for a moment and said.

She is not easy to comment on.

Because the first two clips made her feel emotional.

In particular, Lu Zhiyuan shot visual blockbusters in the style he is good at.

She had never seen such a beautiful visual feast in her country... No need to ask, it must have been Lu Zhiyuan who used his post-production skills to adjust the colors.

Color adjustment...

In this era, there are no professional colorists in the post-production of domestic films, only all-purpose editors!

genius!

There is no doubt that Lu Zhiyuan is a super genius!
"Brother Kun, what do you think?"

Zhao Shanshan suppressed her inner excitement and turned to look at Xin Yukun.

The second material has a romantic and magnificent visual style, and it looks very expensive at first glance.

But at this moment, she couldn't help but want to place an order!

Because it is so beautiful.

On the other side, Xin Yukun pinched his chin, frowned tightly, and was in a dilemma.

After a long pause, he said with difficulty, "Although the second picture is gorgeous and visually impactful, I think the third one is better. At first glance, it seems plain and simple, but the aftertaste is long-lasting." "Yes, I think so too."

Lu Zhiyuan glanced at Brother Kun with satisfaction and nodded in agreement, "This week, I've been hesitating about which photography style to use."

"The first style will make the film full of absurdity and have a stronger dramatic effect. With some suitable music, it should do well at the box office."

"The second style is what I like and what I'm good at. However, this style is more suitable for creating a romantic atmosphere or a fantastical adventure. If it is used to shoot a suspense film, the tone will not match and it will affect the theme of the entire film."

Xin Yukun felt that he understood Lu Zhiyuan's subtext and was immediately filled with admiration.

Ayuan, you are really far-sighted!
Take one step and look three steps ahead.

At this moment, he deliberately showed Zhao Shanshan his super skills, making her drool.

Next, even if "Maze of the Heart" flopped, Zhao Shanshan would probably think that it was all because of too little investment, which affected Lu Zhiyuan's normal performance.

In this way, Lu Zhiyuan was equivalent to getting a resurrection coin in advance!

can.

I learned this trick!
At this point, Lu Zhiyuan continued, "As for the third style, I weighed it for a long time and ultimately decided it was the most suitable tone for the film 'Labyrinth of the Heart.' It's natural and pure, without any gimmicks or techniques, like thunder in the silence."

"However, this style has a huge weakness. It cannot grab the audience's attention at first sight like most suspense films, which may lead to poor box office performance."

The box office is not high, which means there is a chance of failure.

Xin Yukun didn't say anything.

He now thinks that it doesn't matter if the movie "The Heart Labyrinth" fails at the box office, as long as the word of mouth does not collapse, then the mission will be successfully completed.

Because Lu Zhiyuan once again showed off his genius skills and successfully attracted Zhao Shanshan's interest.

Next time, Zhao Shanshan will probably increase her investment and let Lu Zhiyuan shoot the visual blockbuster he wants... and then send Jing Tian over to be the heroine!

"Ayuan, just go for it! The fact that this subject matter wouldn't have high box office success is within our expectations."

Zhao Shanshan didn't care at all.

Anyway, even if the box office fails, the loss won’t be that much.

The cost is 300 million. The [Young Directors Support Fund] has already asked for 50 yuan, and Canon has also received 50 yuan in sponsorship fees.

After obtaining the dragon mark, it can be sold to the Sixth Princess, and it is estimated that the copyright fee can be sold for 100 million.

Even if there is no box office revenue, the worst that can be achieved is a loss of 100 million.

Among this, Lu Zhiyuan and Xin Yukun received 30 yuan as director's fees.

All in all... the loss was only 70.

Is this considered money?

Jing Tian’s MV was a big hit and the boss was very happy.

It's just a small amount of money, so if you lose it, it's just a drop in the bucket, it's nothing at all.

It would be better to let Lu Zhiyuan do it freely and see how many surprises he can bring to himself!

However, Lu Zhiyuan was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "According to the third style, although the box office won't be high, there's a high probability of winning an award."

"After winning the award, the media will naturally help us promote it for free, and we can also sell the copyright in Europe and the United States. Even if we don't win the grand prize in the end, as long as we are shortlisted, we shouldn't lose money."

In fact, as long as he continued to shoot in the absurd style of "Crazy Racing" and relied on Ning Hao's A-level talent, Lu Zhiyuan believed that he would not fail.

but……

Just like Liu Shishi doesn't like others calling her "Little Liu Yifei".

Lu Zhiyuan naturally didn't want to become the next Ning Hao.

Ning Hao's hole card is an A, which he has already seen.

Although he only has a bunch of small cards in his hand for now, maybe these small cards can form a straight flush at some point?
No one knows the answer until the cards are revealed!

"Ayuan, I understand what you mean. Are you trying to convince the two of us to give up our priority on box office and support you in competing for the award?"

After listening for a while, Zhao Shanshan understood.

Regarding Lu Zhiyuan's great ambition, or rather, his reckless thinking.

Of course she does... unconditionally support it!

"I thought something big was bothering you for a week? Turns out it's this."

Zhao Shanshan suddenly laughed: "I've said it before, you're the director, everything on the crew is up to you! I'm just signing the bills!"

"Besides...how much money can it make at the domestic box office?"

"If you can really win an international award... I will charter a private jet and take you to France to enjoy flowers and applause!"

As expected of a rich woman!
Be generous!

"Thank you, Mr. Zhao, for your support."

After finishing the serious business, Lu Zhiyuan turned around and left to look for shooting inspiration outside.

"Ayuan is not good at speaking, please forgive me, Mr. Zhao."

Xin Yukun was afraid of offending the rich woman Zhao Shanshan, so he apologized in a low voice.

Zhao Shanshan said nonchalantly, "Geniuses are usually aloof and aloof. On the contrary, I find him very charming this way."

"Oh, right, give me a copy of the second segment. I want to take it away."

When she saw Zhao Shanshan, she looked at Lu Zhiyuan as if he were her idol, her eyes reluctant to leave.

In Xin Yukun's heart, he was completely impressed by Lu Zhiyuan!

A Yuan's resurrection coin plan was successful again!
(End of this chapter)