Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 229 "Taken" Released in Mainland China

The time soon came to late September, and the crew of "District 9" has been in South Africa for more than a month.

The filming of "The Ninth District" is coming to an end, and the last scene is only short of finishing.

Therefore, on this day, everyone worked hard and tried to finish the filming and go home as soon as possible!
The only shot to be shot today is the chain explosion!
The stunt team has completed many successful chain explosions after designing and testing, and the filming will officially start today.

Previously, the special effects team had already arranged the layout with ease. There was a whole row of iron houses where explosives were placed in the designated locations, and pipeline equipment that could produce a large amount of gray smoke was also placed behind the iron houses.

Chen Hao sat behind the monitor and nodded to Chris.

"Everyone retreated beyond the explosion safety line according to the instructions of the special effects team, and again, everyone retreated beyond the explosion safety line!" Chris repeated with a loudspeaker.

After the surrounding personnel confirmed that they were all in the safe area, and that all departments were ready, Chris nodded to Chen Hao.

Seeing this, Chen Hao shouted: "Okay, there will be an explosion soon, everyone must pay attention to safety, let's start!"

Chris heard the words, "Attention the special effects department, the countdown to the explosion has begun, ten, nine, eight, seven..."

In addition to the behind-the-scenes personnel and the special effects team who were working at the scene, Downey and other actors, including Chen Hao, covered their ears with their hands, because everyone knew that the explosion sound was a bit shocking during the previous experiment.

At the same time, everyone's eyes were fixed on the iron house in front of them.

When everyone heard the countdown to "1", they couldn't help dubbing "Bang" in their hearts!
Boom...boom...boom...

A row of iron houses in front of them exploded suddenly, the iron sheets scattered in all directions, and the roofs shot up into the sky in an instant, and were thrown into the sky.

At the same time, a violent flame spread rapidly, and gray smoke instantly enveloped the burning ruins.

A row of tin houses were instantly engulfed in flames and thick smoke!
Chen Hao stared at the iron house on the monitor, waited for it to burn for a while, and then shouted, "Okay, it's over!"

Everyone was very happy when they heard the news, especially the special effects team, they clapped their hands and congratulated each other.

This is the highlight of today, and there are potential safety hazards. It is undoubtedly the best result to complete it now.

After reconfirming that there is no problem with the camera, Chen Hao shouted with a loudspeaker, "I announce that "The Ninth District" is finished!"

"Hahaha……"

"It's finally over, you can go back home!"

"Thank God we're going back."

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During this month, although everyone was only filming in South Africa, they saw poverty, racial discrimination, gang crime and so on.

This is a bit far away for the crew. Americans may be okay, after all, they can legally own guns, so seeing guns, robbery crimes, etc. is not unusual.

But for Chinese people like Chen Hao and Chang Hongsong, it was a little strange and scary.

Chen Hao is also thankful that he brought the security team, together with the American and local security forces, the crew has been safe and sound.

If Chen Hao had to choose, he would never want to come to Africa to film!
Therefore, Chen Hao didn't prepare for the wrap-up banquet in Johannesburg either. Everyone directly took their packed luggage and went to the airport without hesitation to leave here.

At the airport, everyone separated.

Downey and others naturally returned to the United States, while Chang Hongsong's special effects team flew to Xiangjiang, preparing to start the special effects production of "The Ninth District".

Although the tasks assigned by Haotian Special Effects are relatively simple, but this time the filming of "The Ninth District" benefited a lot from the cooperation with Weta Digital.

Now Haotian Special Effects needs to go back and digest what they have learned these days, and at the same time start the post-production of "The Ninth District".

As for Chen Hao, he flew directly to the imperial capital. In addition to editing "District [-]", he also had to help promote "Taken".

Seeing that October is coming soon, "Taken" will be released in the mainland soon!
Because "Saw" failed to pass the review, it could not be released in the mainland, so this is the first time Chen Hao has a new film released in the mainland after 17 months.

Originally, this time is not too long for a director, but it is different for "Quick Gunner" Chen Hao.

No one thought that Chen Hao would last so long!
Especially some of Chen Hao's movie fans have been waiting for him for a long time!
The previous promotions were all dominated by Gong Huang, Liam Neeson and Xiaohu. Now that Chen Hao is back, with his fame, he can give the movie a good promotion.

At the same time, the promotion and release of "Taken" in the mainland was jointly carried out by Haotian, Polyburner, Guangxian and Huaying.

The previous two relied on the influence of the national teacher and the super lineup of "Heroes" to put pressure on the theaters, and increased the box office share to 40%.

Although this is the treatment only for super blockbuster movies, other movies also follow suit. As long as they are a little bit flashy, the share ratio can reach about 37%.

And Chen Hao is as famous as the top three directors in China. In addition, "Taken" was co-produced by Huamei, and it became a big box office hit in North America and around the world.

Therefore, the final box office share of "Taken" reached 39%, which is 1 point lower than that of "Hero".

At the same time, the audio-visual copyright and CCAV6 playback rights of the film were sold for 600 million and 200 million respectively.

After Chen Hao returned to Haotian Film and Television, he didn't rush to edit the movie, but met a man directly.

He is Zhuang Liqi who just joined Haotian Film and Television!

In fact, Zhuang Liqi already had plans to leave the Huaxia International TV drama Modu Branch, and he joined Chengtian Entertainment in his previous life.

It's just that, because of Chen Hao's influence, he has now come to Haotian Film and Television.

The reason why Haotian Film and Television was able to attract Zhuang Liqi was because the company did not have experienced TV drama professionals and qualified leaders, but it produced such a hit drama series as "Golden Branch Desire".

Of course, Haotian Film and Television also showed its ambitions in the field of TV dramas, and promised to give him the position of deputy general manager and great power in TV dramas.

There is also a big green light on funding, which undoubtedly gave him the opportunity to flex his muscles.

Therefore, Zhuang Liqi, who was determined to leave, decided to join Haotian Film and Television without hesitation for too long.

Chen Hao was naturally overjoyed by this, the two had worked together in the previous life, Chen Hao naturally knew Zhuang Liqi's ability and connections.

With him in control of the company's TV drama department, Chen Hao can concentrate on movies.

It can be said that the two chatted very happily, because Chen Hao understood Zhuang Liqi's preferences, so the two chatted very speculatively.

It also allowed Zhuang Liqi to understand Chen Hao a little bit more. He was young and ambitious, but he had no arrogance, and he was calm and courageous!

Chen Hao then accepted interviews from several media to promote "Taken".

Soon the time came to October 10st, and "Taken" was officially released in the mainland!

(End of this chapter)