Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 79
During the "Moon" crew reading, Chen Hao was watching Gao Yuanyuan read the script, but suddenly felt a pain in his toe, and couldn't help grinning.

"Isn't it beautiful? Huh?"

Chen Hao couldn't help but smile when a jealous voice came from his ear.

"I just think that Gao Yuanyuan's reading is too peaceful, and her emotions are not enough!" Chen Hao explained with a smile, "I'm not as spiritual as you!"

"Hmph! Of course!" Xiaohu's lips turned up when he heard the words, but his face changed immediately, "You are lying to a ghost, I only have two or three lines of lines, and I can see the aura of a ghost!"

Chen Hao heard the words and said calmly, "The person you are interested in is born different from ordinary people. Even if you don't speak, you can become everyone's focus."

Xiaohu immediately brought it in when he heard the words, nodded slowly, and said with a smile, "That's right, there are indeed such people in the world, hahaha..."

Looking at Xiaohu's complacent expression, Chen Hao really wanted to pat her head to death. At this time, the little goblin is not as sleek and sophisticated as the later generations. Now she is more straightforward and lively, which makes people feel cute!
Of course, it should be even cuter if it wears cat ears and a fox tail!

However, with so many people now, Chen Hao resisted the urge to do something.

However, the movement of their conversation still attracted the attention of others.

Gao Yuanyuan asked with some embarrassment, "Director, is there any question?"

"Your emotions are not devoted enough. Although Xu Shanzheng is already the No. 5 clone, but when you recorded the video, you were facing Xu Shanzheng himself, not the clone, so the emotion is real. You still Find the feeling!" Chen Hao said.

"I see, director!" Gao Yuanyuan nodded upon hearing this.

While the script reading was in progress, the production of the props needed for the film was also underway. Chen Hao and Chang Hongsong went together to check in person to ensure that both of them were satisfied.

Chen Hao's satisfaction is to ensure that the props conform to the settings of his movie, while Chang Hongsong's satisfaction is to facilitate his own post-production special effects.

A few days later, the location, that is, the props outside the workstation, the lunar rover, mining vehicle, signal tower, signal jammer and other props have been completed and can be used for shooting.

The workstations, medical cabins, tunnels, and clone dormant cabins have not yet been completed, and it will take a few days.

After Chen Hao heard the news, he asked Chang Hongsong whether the setting outside the lunar workstation in the studio had been completed.

After getting an affirmative answer, Chen Hao was ready to start shooting.

First move the scenes where the props have not been made, and shoot the location first. After the location is finished, the estimated time should be almost the same.

Therefore, Chen Hao decided to officially start filming "Moon" on February 2002, 2!
However, before starting the machine, Chen Hao received a call from Davis!
"Chen! Why don't you keep your word? Didn't you say you want to cooperate with us? But when I know the news, your movie will start shooting?" Davis seemed to be full of anger.

"Sorry, Davis, I didn't expect the film investment to come so smoothly. The Huaying family gave the money very happily. Before I had time to find you, all the funds were already in place." Chen Hao said nonsense.

Chen Hao can't always say that if Colombia invests, then when selling the copyright, the big head will be taken away by Colombia, so how can he make money from the exchange rate difference!

"Chen, you should go to Columbia first, our family's investment is enough for you to shoot." Davis seemed to calm down a little after hearing this.

"I didn't expect to be so popular now." Chen Hao smiled, "How about this, after the film is shot, if you see the quality is okay, can you help me run and participate in the North American film festival?"

"Do you want your film to participate in American film festivals?" Davis was taken aback when he heard this.

"That's right, to participate in the film festival is to be gilded. If you can win an award, it will definitely benefit the film's box office." Chen Hao said.

Davis changed his mind after hearing this. If Chen Hao's second film can really maintain the standard, then maybe he can really win an award if he participates in the American film festival.

Of course it can't be the Golden Globes and Oscars.

Because after Columbia bought the copyright of "Comet", it wanted to directly fill the film library, but seeing that "Comet" actually won tens of millions of box office in China, this made Columbia tempted.

But after all, it is a Chinese sci-fi film, and it is a sci-fi film with a very low cost, so Columbia adopts the point-and-shoot mode.

There is no doubt that film critics have given good reviews to the movie "Comet", with an overall score of 8.1 points, which makes Columbia a little excited.

As a result, Columbia expanded the screening scale, but it is a pity that there is a big difference between the audience's ratings and the box office.

The score of "Comet" on IMDB reached 7.1 points, and it directly entered the top250 list!

But its box office is only a pitiful $168877!

Although there are very few films scheduled because they are on-demand, but more of them are Americans' prosopagnosia and habit of not liking to read subtitles, and the film is a bit brain-intensive.

It is estimated that many Americans have to think while watching the subtitles, which leads to their thinking unable to keep up, and they are completely confused.

And at this stage, Americans may be more interested in Chinese kung fu and martial arts movies. As for Chinese science fiction?
There is no concept at all, so many people will not go to the cinema to watch it, so this miserable box office will appear!
Therefore, after the screening of "Comet" is finished, the drawing is directly downloaded!
But things turned around. "Comet", which failed disastrously at the box office, caused a wave of enthusiasm in the disc sales and rental market.

Obviously, the high ratings of film critics and the 7.1 points of IMDB played a key role. People who especially like this kind of sci-fi suspense films fell in love with this film.

And unlike in theaters, movies are played once, but DVDs can be paused, replayed, and even watched multiple times to find details!This is undoubtedly the favorite way for fans of this type of film.

In just one month, "Comet" sold 60 US dollars in the disc sales and rental market, which has exceeded the price for buying the copyright of "Comet".

This was still the first month, so it was conceivable that Davis had made a very good deal, which made Davis attach more importance to Chen Hao.

However, what Davis wants now is to lower the price and make more profits.

"When will your film be finished?" Davis asked.

"It should be completed by the end of April at the earliest, and mid-May at the latest." Chen Hao thought for a while and said.

Because "Moon" is more of a one-man show by the male protagonist alone, it is estimated that the filming can be completed in one month, mainly because the post-production special effects will take time.

But now that the special effects can be carried out at the same time as the shooting, the time should be shortened a lot.

"It's a coincidence that there are really no influential film festivals in the United States in May." Davis said with a smile.

Now, Davis doesn't want Chen Hao's film to participate in the film festival, lest he become famous and spend a lot of money to buy the copyright.

"If it really doesn't work, then you can only sign up for Cannes." Chen Hao said with a smile.

"Cannes?" Davis frowned upon hearing this.

Although Hollywood may not take it very seriously for the Big Three in Europe, the influence of the Big Three in Europe is undoubtedly world-class.

Unlike Venice, which prefers avant-garde and unique film characteristics, and Berlin, which prefers ideology, Cannes is both literary and commercial, and it is the largest film trading market in the world.

However, if you think about it, Cannes is not a regional award like the Busan International Film Festival or the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, but an arena where outstanding films from all over the world compete together. Chen Hao's hope of standing out from it is too slim .

"Then I wish you the best of luck, and I will definitely go to congratulate you in person!" Davis said with a smile.

Chen Hao didn't seem to hear the smile in Davis' words, and said indifferently, "Thank you!"

(End of this chapter)