Actor: I picked up attributes on the set

About 80% of the movie "Ready Player One" takes place in the virtual world, and 20% of the scenes take place in Ohio, which is set in 2045, which means that almost 80% of the scenes will be shot in the studio. Finished, the rest of the content will be filmed in Yingguo.

On the way to the crew, Lin Yuan didn't forget to read the script, even though he didn't have many roles.

In the movie, he plays Xiu, one of the top five players in Oasis. In the original book, like Dadong, they are both players from Japan, but neither Spielberg nor Warner Bros., the investor, are willing to let him go. The big cake of the Chinese film market, so I also made a lot of changes in the role of Xiu.

It's not shabby to earn money.

Just like in recent years, a little Chinese element pops up occasionally in Hollywood commercial movies, which are said to be Easter eggs, but in fact they are nothing more than staring at the money in the pockets of Chinese audiences.

After a night's drive, Lin Yuan finally arrived at the studio where the crew was located the next morning.

Since the scenes of "Ready Player One" are basically filmed in the studio, the crew also spent a lot of money to rent all the surrounding studios. When the time comes to finish filming a scene, they can go directly to another studio to continue filming the subsequent scenes. .

Almost when Lin Yuan was approaching the studio, the staff of the crew found him.

After confirming his identity, the staff of the crew took the initiative to help him carry salutes and other things, while bringing Lin Yuan to Director Spielberg.

Before the filming started, Spielberg didn't act like a world-renowned director, but called Lin Yuan to sit down and rest.

As the saying goes, a strong dragon does not overwhelm the snake.

When the time comes for "Ready Player One" to be released in the Chinese film market, he is a world-renowned director, and Lin Yuan doesn't necessarily have box office appeal. Let's take advantage of the free time to chat with each other so that we can get to know each other , at that time, let Lin Yuan do his best to promote the movie when it is released, and secondly, we can also see how this actor who is currently hot in China is capable.

After chatting a few polite words, Spielberg also turned the topic to the movie script.

There is no way, the two of them have never dealt with each other before, apart from talking about movie scripts, there is basically nothing else to talk about.

Spielberg displayed the character Xiu, which was composed by the designer, in front of Lin Yuan on a tablet, and asked very seriously: Lin, are you satisfied with the character Xiu?

Lin Yuan put his gaze on the tablet, glanced at it, then frowned and shook his head.

The image of Percival comes from rock stars in the 80s, the image of Artemis has strong punk rock elements and street racing culture, the image of Ai Qi comes from a mechanical body, and Daito is a strong Japanese-style mecha warrior.

Only Xiu's character image is a bit nondescript.

Wearing a golden ninja suit, carrying a Taoist long sword, and wearing a stereotyped money rat tail in his hairstyle.

After seeing Lin Yuan's serious expression, Spielberg also quickly explained: We originally wanted to design Xiu as a Chinese Kung Fu master, but this image is really difficult to design, unless he is designed as a character like Li Xiaolong, But you also know that if you do this, the role of Xiu will not have his own style. …

This is not wrong.

There are only a few profound characters in Asia: Indian monks, Chinese Kung Fu, Chinese Taoist priests, Japanese samurai and Japanese ninjas, etc.

Spielberg is not an expert in this field, and Xiu is still a role with few roles, so it is not worth spending so much energy on such a role in the preparatory work.

Director Spielberg, can I make some suggestions for this role? Lin Yuan said tentatively.

After hearing what Lin Yuan said, Spielberg readily agreed: Of course.

It would be great if Lin Yuan could make suggestions. After all, he knows his own domestic culture very well, and if he modifies it according to Lin Yuan's ideas, he will be able to cater to the Chinese film market at that time.

Why didn't he agree to this kind of effortless thing that could still bring benefits?

Lin Yuan smiled and said: I wonder if Director Spielberg knows that there is a dynasty in China called the Three Kingdoms.

Seeing Spielberg nodded, Lin Yuan continued: In recent years, with the Three Kingdoms as the background, many famous games have been designed, such as "Three Kingdoms", "Three Kingdoms Warriors", "Three Kingdoms Killing"...

As he said, Director Spielberg used a tablet computer to search for relevant information on the Internet.

Soon, Spielberg opened his mouth wide. Unexpectedly, games with the background of the Three Kingdoms not only have a market in China, but are also very popular in Japan.

After watching the influence of the Three Kingdoms series of games, director Spielberg also understood Lin Yuan's thoughts: You want to redesign and repair this character image based on the generals of the Three Kingdoms
That's right.Lin Yuan nodded.

If it weren't for the lack of games with the background of the Ming Dynasty, Lin Yuan directly suggested that Spielberg design and repair this character based on Qi Jiguang.

This is a Hollywood movie. Lin Yuan can also accept the tribute elements such as The Shining, Iron Giant, and Jurassic Tyrannosaurus Rex in the movie, but why does Little Days have a small market share in the movie, and the scenes in the movie are not at all. Few, another Gundam, another Japanese samurai.

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Director Spielberg didn't know Lin Yuan's idea of ​​fighting against the Japanese, but he thought his proposal was quite good.

So I continued to ask: Then do you think there is anything about Xiu’s scene that needs to be revised?
Lin Yuan flipped through the script. Originally, he didn't have many roles, and the only thing he could play was the moment of the final decisive battle.

After thinking for a while, he gave his own suggestion, that is, in the final decisive battle, just like the Battle of Gondor in "The Lord of the Rings", thousands of cavalry should be made to support the battlefield through special effects. It is shocking to think about it.

After Lin Yuan gave his own suggestion, Director Spielberg couldn't help thinking.

I have to say that Lin Yuan's suggestion is very pertinent. Since it is the final decisive battle, the grander the scene, the better. The cavalry will undoubtedly have the greatest impact on the audience when the two armies confront each other. .

This is a good idea. I will talk to the screenwriter and delete and modify the scene of the final battle.Spielberg didn't care to stay and continue talking with Lin Yuan, and left happily. …

In two days.

As the crew members arrived at the crew one after another, the movie "Ready Player One" has officially entered the filming process.

When filming, the Japanese actor Morizaki Fu suddenly discovered that his scenes were not many, but after being temporarily deleted by director Spielberg, the scenes were basically only the scene of transforming into a Gundam at the moment of the final battle Yes, it made him wonder how not to.

On the contrary, Lin Yuan, who originally had fewer roles than him, suddenly gained more roles.

The most important thing is the appearance of Lin Yuan's fierce general of the Three Kingdoms, which directly throws away his image of a Japanese samurai by three blocks. Even the photographer can't help but let the lens lean towards Lin Yuan a little more, which also leads to the fact that the original one week For the scenes that could be finished, Lin Yuan had to make up for another two days in the crew.

It wasn't until the ninth day after joining the crew that Lin Yuan ended his role.

Originally, the filming time of this film was short, and it could be finished in almost a month.

What really took time was actually the production of special effects at the end of the movie. Even if the crew hired three special effects companies, Industrial Light & Magic, Digital Domain, and Frastore, it would take at least three to four months on it.

Before leaving, Director Spielberg also gave Lin Yuan his personal contact information, and hoped to cooperate with Lin Yuan again next time.

As for whether this is a polite remark, it is unknown.

Back to the crew of "Tang Detective 2", after a day's rest, Lin Yuan also re-entered the filming process non-stop.

In the end, the filming of "Tang Detective 2" ended at the end of October.

Except for Xiao Yang, the lead actor, who has nothing to do after filming the movie, Lin Yuan, Wang Baoqiang, and even Chen Sichen still have a lot of things to deal with.

Needless to say, Chen Sichen, he has to be busy with submitting the movie for review, and strive to have the movie "Tang Detective 2" released smoothly on February 16 next year, the first day of the Chinese New Year.

The things that Lin Yuan and Wang Baoqiang are busy with are similar to those of Chen Sichen. Lin Yuan is busy with the post-release announcement of the movie "I'm Not the God of Medicine", while Wang Baoqiang is preparing to advance the movie "Havoc in Tianzhu" to November when it's released.

The reason for the early release is simple.

Because Wang Baoqiang knew in his heart that his "Havoc in Tianzhu" could not compare with Huang Bo and Lin Yuan in terms of starring lineup and film investment.

Instead of releasing it on the first day of the Lunar New Year when the competition is fiercest, it is better to release it three months in advance, which can be regarded as stealing the box office cake of the Spring Festival schedule in advance.

In this way, after everyone returned to the country, they immediately devoted themselves to their own affairs.

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On November 11, "Havoc in Tianzhu" was officially released in China.

It was supposed to be the pioneer of the Lunar New Year file and the most important blockbuster before December, but "Havoc in Tianzhu" did not cause any huge sensation as the investors and Wang Baoqiang expected when it was first released.

It's not that Wang Baoqiang's popularity is not good, but that the promotion of the film is not in place.

The most popular movies at the moment are "Thor 3" and "Justice League". The former is the sequel of Marvel Thor and the biggest dark horse of Marvel movies this year, while the latter, as a DC superhero movie, has a large audience. The movie can be said to have stolen the limelight from "Havoc in Tianzhu". …

Two days after "Havoc in Tianzhu" was released, Wang Baoqiang, Lin Yuan, Huang Bo, Chen Sichen, Feng Xiaogang and many other stars from the film industry attended together, and held a grand film conference for "Havoc in Tianzhu", presenting "Havoc in Tianzhu" The topic of the movie Tianzhu became popular, and it directly rushed to the top of the list of hot topics.

The movie box office has also risen, and it has begun to show a trend of three pillars, gradually catching up with the box office of "Thor 3" and "Justice League".

Fortunately, a week later, when the approximate box office statistics came out in the early morning of the 22nd, all investors, publishers, and Wang Baoqiang breathed a sigh of relief.

One week after its release, 47% of the films were scheduled in theaters, and the cumulative box office of the film has reached [-] million.

You must know that the investment in this movie is only about [-] million yuan. Based on the current results, there must be no loss. Wang Baoqiang really didn't know what to say when he saw the data in his hand.

He knew very well in his heart that the real score of "Havoc in Tianzhu" must be worse than [-] million. It is not even an exaggeration to say that judging from the word-of-mouth reviews of netizens, even when the movie is released, it may not be guaranteed. Can get [-] million box office.

The reason for such achievements is not only the hard work of friends in the circle such as Huang Bo, Lin Yuan, and Chen Sichen, but also the tragic marketing of the movie.

In August 2016, a series of incidents such as the breakdown of his and his wife’s marriage swept the Internet, and private incidents rose to the public platform. Until now, it has been a topic of discussion among netizens in the market. Now that "Havoc in Tianzhu" has been released, it has become a popular source of support for it. The best opportunity to shout and cheer.

Relying on the sympathy and support of netizens and fans, the movie box office can achieve such high results.

On the one hand, the audience's complaints, on the other hand, the audience's support, which made Wang Baoqiang feel mixed feelings, but he needs the performance of this movie to prove himself. Only when the box office performance is good, capital will be willing to invest in him.

And Wang Baoqiang's "Havoc in Tianzhu" made [-] million box office in the first week, which also gave Lin Yuan and Huang Bo a shot in the arm.

You must know that the three films "Havoc in Tianzhu", "A Good Show" and "I'm Not the God of Medicine" are all the first works they directed and acted in themselves. It is impossible to say that they don't care about the box office of the movies. of.

Now Wang Baoqiang's "Havoc in Tianzhu" has an ordinary cast, insufficient publicity in the early stage, and collapse of word of mouth.

However, it was able to achieve a box office of [-] million in the first week, which shows that there is still a lot of room for manipulation in the film market during the Spring Festival.

Judging from this result, it is no problem for the two films "A Good Show" and "I'm Not the God of Medicine" to surpass the box office results of "Havoc in Tianzhu" when the pre-publicity work is in place.

While "Havoc in Tianzhu" opened the curtain of the Spring Festival schedule in mid-November, other films during the Spring Festival schedule are also intensively carrying out publicity work, such as the crew of "Monster Hunt 11" opened a national roadshow; Huang Bo participated in " During the recording of the program "Extreme Challenge", the whole man helped him promote the movie "A Good Show"; Director Tang Jili began to release the trailer of "Kung Fu Yoga"; Wanda Pictures began to operate the movie topic of "Tang Detective 2"...

Lin Yuan is also not to be outdone, and is going to contact Xu Zheng and Ning Hao to start promoting the movie "I'm Not the God of Medicine".

With the crazy publicity of major movies, the attention of netizens has naturally been attracted. This year's Spring Festival is now known to have five movies with big selling potential. The competition is unprecedentedly fierce. There will be a dull Spring Festival stall! ——

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