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Chapter 78 Robotic Arm and Anorectal Hospital, Bumblebee debuts
Chapter 78 Robotic Arm and Anorectal Hospital, Bumblebee debuts (13w begging for the first order!)
During the National Day, "Terminator" finally appeared on overseas theater screens.
A few days later, the word-of-mouth on overseas film review websites also came out one after another.
This domestic sci-fi movie has a 91% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Popcorn Index 86%.
At the same time, the score of "Terminator" on IMDb also has 8.0 points.
Such a reputation is quite good for a domestic commercial science fiction film.
In addition to word of mouth.
"Terminator" has also achieved a lot at the overseas box office.
On the first day of release in North America, it earned $1750 million. According to this rhythm, there should be no problem with the overseas box office exceeding $[-] million.
If the follow-up box office rhythm is stable, it is not impossible to achieve box office results of two to three hundred million US dollars.
You know, this is the first domestic film in China that can be [-]% sure to break the box office of US$[-] million after it is released overseas.
Since its popcorn movie attributes are similar to many commercial films in Hollywood, after its overseas release, Xu Nuo expected a good box office with good quality.
Before this, there has never been a commercial blockbuster in China that has achieved good results overseas. Xu Nuo's "Terminator" can be regarded as a pioneer of domestic commercial films overseas.
Of course, this is only one of the reasons why "Terminator" has been relatively successful in overseas releases.
There is another reason.
After Warner obtained the exclusive overseas distribution rights of "Terminator", it launched a large-scale publicity.
Because Warner's executives think that this Huaguo sci-fi movie "Terminator" is not bad, as long as the publicity is in place, there must be no problem in making a fortune at the box office.
It is precisely because of Warner's publicity resources that "Terminator" can have the strongest box office results of overseas domestic commercial films.
In the past, Warner also cooperated with domestic film companies, and even made joint venture films.
However, the box office results of the cooperative films in North America and other overseas regions have not been so satisfactory.
What Warner means is that it believes that the development of domestic films still has great potential, so it chose Xu Nuo's "Terminator" after thousands of choices.
And spent 1000 million US dollars to win the overseas distribution rights of "Terminator".
When Warner made a large-scale promotion and the box office data on the first day of "Terminator" was released, Warner's executives were in a good mood. After all, a movie bought for 1000 million dollars can have a box office of at least hundreds of millions. Several websites have predicted that it can exceed [-] million dollars. Knife's box office results.
This wave of Warner can be said to be profitable.
We must know that Warner has shot many movies in recent years, and the investment cost has been getting higher and higher, but the box office revenue has not been satisfactory in the end.
He was completely pressed to the ground and rubbed by Disney next door.
Moreover, after the filming of many of Warner's film projects, the reputation was not good, and the box office was not satisfactory, so they decided to restart, and the filming after the restart turned out to be even worse.
Therefore, Warner has been complained and criticized by the audience over the years.
10 month 6 day.
Inside Xu Nuo's modified garage.
"Director Xu, the overseas box office of "Terminator" seems to be pretty good."
Zhou Youqing, who had just finished discussing with Xu Nuo about the male and female protagonists of "Transformers", was hanging up a ladder and surfing the Internet. At the same time, she chatted with her classmates and friends studying in the United States about "Terminator", which is currently being screened overseas. ".
This "Terminator" is Director Xu's first commercial sci-fi film. If it can be successfully released overseas, it will have a great positive effect on the "Transformers" that is being filmed.
Zhou Youqing naturally understood this.
"How much is the box office?"
Xu Nuo is debugging the control program of the intelligent robotic arm.
Xu Nuo finally made this intelligent robotic arm after a whole National Day holiday.
It's just that it is a mechanical part processed by the machine tool of Shenji Factory, and it may be slightly lacking in overall fineness. It can be regarded as a "rough" type of the first generation of intelligent robotic arm.
Xu Nuo will definitely upgrade Daidai when there are high-end machine tools in the future.
"Sir, as of 16:9163 today, the overseas box office of "Terminator" has accumulated a total of 6 million US dollars. Today, the topic of "Terminator" overseas box office is about to exceed [-] million has also entered the sixth position on the Weibo hot search list."
Guan Ju reported the overseas real-time box office of "Terminator" to Xu Nuo.
"Yes, I read on the Internet that the box office has broken 9000 million and is heading towards the [-] million mark. It's really great."
Seeing that "Terminator" has achieved such a good overseas box office, Zhou Youqing is also happy: "Many netizens say that Director Xu's "Terminator" has opened up overseas markets for domestic films."
"not bad."
Xu Nuo showed a gratified smile on his face, and then said: "It seems that this wave of wise Warner is really going to make money."
"Then how much box office can you share, Director Xu?"
"Me? Not at all." Xu Nuo shook his head.
"Ah? Could it be that the overseas distribution rights were sold to Warner in a one-off deal?"
When Zhou Youqing heard that Director Xu didn't even get a penny from the overseas box office of "Terminator", she quickly realized that she might have sold the film's overseas distribution rights to Warner.
"Correct."
"How much did you sell?"
"One million dollars."
"Ah, Director Xu, judging from the current box office results, isn't it a loss?"
Zhou Youqing's first reaction was that it was a loss.
"It seems to be quite a loss." Xu Nuo said calmly and calmly.
After all, when ordinary people look at the box office results and think that "Terminator" was only sold to Warner for $1000 million, they will definitely think that Warner has made a lot of money, and director Xu Nuo underestimated the overseas market and lost a lot. sent.
But in fact.
Xu Nuo has already seen through this layer.
"What a pity."
Zhou Youqing said with regret: "With the current box office trend of "Terminator", it is definitely not a problem to break through the box office of [-] million US dollars. If it is based on the box office split account model, there must be a net profit of tens of millions of dollars."
"In theory, this is the case, but Warner is unwilling to sign a distribution agreement with us, so we can only take advantage of Warner's wave to lay the foundation for a domestic commercial film, and when "Transformers" is released overseas, With such a foundation, we can go to the account sharing model.”
Xu Nuo briefly explained to Zhou Youqing.
"Uh"
Zhou Youqing pondered for a while after listening to Director Xu's explanation.
After about 1 minute, she finally realized: "Yes, I was thinking too shallowly just now. If "Terminator" is not released to Warner, it will be difficult to have such a large-scale release in overseas theaters, and the box office will naturally be lower." It’s not so tall anymore, it’s still Dao Xu who can see far, Dao Xu is so smart.”
"No no."
Xu Nuo shook his head modestly. At the same time, the debugging of the control program of the intelligent robotic arm has been completed.
The next step is to prepare for the test.
I hope that the test can be successfully completed today. If the test is successful, the intelligent robotic arm can officially start working.
"Has Daidai finished?"
Zhou Youqing came forward curiously.
During this vacation, she witnessed with her own eyes that Director Xu made this intelligent robotic arm "dumbly", from the processing, assembly, installation and other processes of each component, although she didn't quite understand the principle of the robotic arm , but it looks really easy to decompress.
During Xu Nuo's installation process, Zhou Youqing exclaimed that it was amazing.
In Zhou Youqing's opinion, Director Xu's hands-on ability is really too strong.
A man with such a good manual work is simply full of attraction!
"It's almost done. It was assembled this morning. Now that the control program has been debugged, it can be tested."
Xu Nuo moved Daidai to the test field in the middle of the modified garage.
As Daidai is a mechanical arm, there is a lot of work to be done to assist Xu Nuo
For example, it needs to help the owner carry things. If it is inconvenient for Xu Nuo to carry many heavy objects, Daidai can be responsible for carrying them.
It can also assist Xu Nuo in component welding and mechanical assembly.
Therefore, the power consumption of Daidai will definitely be high, and it is obviously not suitable to use batteries. It needs to be connected to cables to provide power. In this case, it will not be very convenient to move Daidai connected to thick cables.
But fortunately, there is a solution to this. Xu Nuo made a movable and fixed multifunctional base for Daidai, so that Daidai can assist Xu Nuo with his work more conveniently.
"Director Xu, why did you name it Daidai?"
Zhou Youqing looked at the intelligent robotic arm in front of her, and asked curiously.
"Don't you think it looks dumb?"
Xu Nuo said casually.
"A little bit, but isn't it because you made it look dull?"
"Hahaha, there is no way, just the machine tool of the Shenji Factory. The parts processed can only be assembled into such a mechanical structure. After our company's machine tool technology and precision machining technology mature, we can Made a better robotic arm."
Xu Nuo explained briefly.
After all, this is only the first generation, but Xu Nuo has done his best with the knowledge of mechanical technology he currently has, and it is built like this.
If you want something better, you have to wait for the movie project "Transformers" to be rewarded with advanced mechanical manufacturing technology.
"Guan Ju, let's prepare the dull control program and multi-function test, please pay attention to record the data."
Xu Nuo reminded Guan Ju.
"Ok sir."
"Come on, start the load-bearing test, with a weight of 1.5 tons."
Since the intelligent robotic arm made by Xu Nuo is an assistant type with a small size, it is not a relatively large robotic arm, so the load-bearing capacity for handling will definitely not be too high.
If it can lift 1.5 tons smoothly, it will be barely enough for the time being in the laboratory of my Nanshan villa in the future.
"Come on, Daidai, pick up this reinforced wooden box in front of you."
Xu Nuo directed the intelligent robotic arm blankly, and had already replaced it with mechanical claws specially used for carrying heavy objects.
zizi~
I saw the arm of the machine bent down, then swayed from side to side, and finally confirmed that the thing in Xu Nuo's natural language command was the wooden box in front of him, which contained 1.5 tons of various metals. ,Alloy materials.
kaz~
Buzz~~~
The mechanical arm slowly descended. After looking at the big wooden box again and again, it grabbed the wooden box with the mechanical claws, and then the fixing device of the mechanical claws stabilized the wooden box.
kaz~
Soon, the mechanical arm began to exert force, successfully lifted the wooden box, and slowly moved to face Xu Nuo, as if asking Xu Nuo where to put it after lifting it.
"Sir, Daidai's handling capacity is 1.5 tons, the test is successful, and the data has been recorded."
Guan Ju's voice sounded.
"OK, dumbfounded, put it down."
boom!
The mechanical claws were suddenly released, and the 1.5-ton wooden box fell to the ground in mid-air. The entire wooden box instantly fell apart, and various metals and alloy materials inside were also scattered all over the place.
"Stay!"
Xu Nuo was furious in an instant, and everyone was numb: "Can't you handle it with care?"
"puff"
Zhou Youqing on the side let out a snort.
But do you think it would be impolite to laugh out loud?
So she wanted to hold back.
but.
"Pfft, hahahahaha, you deserve to be dumb!"
Finally, Zhou Youqing couldn't bear it anymore.
"Sir, it seems that Daidai is indeed a bit dull. Its control program still needs to be optimized, but its load-bearing test has been successfully completed."
Guan Ju also teased Dazed.
"It's too late to optimize today. I can only optimize it when I get some free time later. Come on, let's move on to the next test."
Xu Nuo shook his head, the National Day holiday is coming to an end, and starting tomorrow, the crew of "Transformers" will be summoned again to start filming the urban part of the plot in Yuzhou City.
So try to finish the control program and multi-function test of the intelligent robotic arm today.
Guan Ju: "The next item is the welding test."
Xu Nuo moved a table, and then placed a mechanical component that needs to be welded on the table. This thing is small in size, and the position that needs to be welded is also a very high test for welding skills.
Then, Xu Nuo replaced the dull end with a small welding torch.
I have to say that the multi-functional screw interface at the end designed at the beginning is really practical. It can be replaced with different tools for Daidai, and its functionality has also increased a lot.
Just now, the mechanical claws can be used to carry things. Now, after replacing with welding torches, they can assist Xu Nuo in welding parts.
"Dadai, weld this mechanical part, and it must meet the first-class standard."
After Xu Nuo changed the welding torch for Daidai, he gave instructions for Daidai to start the operation.
"Hmm~"
After receiving Xu Nuo's natural language instructions, the mechanical arm reads and judges the things in front of it just like it did during the load-bearing test.
After confirming that the thing in front of him was to be welded, Daidai approached slowly, and then started the welding torch to start the operation.
Zhou Youqing on the side moved a little closer, also wanting to see how Daidai operated.
"Look blankly, this welding looks very good."
Although Zhou Youqing didn't understand it very well, it can be seen from the place where Daidai finished welding that it was completely seamless.
Nourishing~
After the mechanical arm completed the welding, it carefully retreated a certain distance, and then turned towards Xu Nuo, as if waiting for Xu Nuo's evaluation.
"The molding is accurate, there is no air hole and slag inclusion, the weld seam is beautiful, no spatter, and the seal is reliable. Guan Ju, this should meet the first-class standard, right?"
Xu Nuo really commented on the dull welding finished product.
"Yes, sir, Daidai's welding operation this time has successfully reached the first-level standard in the welding quality classification standard. Congratulations to Daidai for completing the welding technology test."
Guan Ju replied.
Zhou Youqing watched it with gusto. She thought this intelligent robotic arm was really interesting. Everything Director Xu made in this modified garage was very interesting. He is indeed a genius.
"The next item is the fire test."
"Next, the torque test."
"Next item, location accuracy test."
Xu Nuo conducted all functional tests on Daidai, and after some tests, it is definitely impossible to be perfect.
After all, this is Xu Nuo's first-generation intelligent robotic arm manufactured by relying on the mechanical technology currently mastered, and it is the first test. It is normal that some places are not satisfactory.
But generally speaking, Daidai is already a pretty good intelligent robotic arm.
You only need to give it a natural language instruction, then it can execute within the scope of its functions, and the execution success rate is also very high, but it is a bit fraught.
The next thing Xu Nuo has to do is to optimize it and solve all kinds of small problems that appeared in the test, and then he can go to work and work for Xu Nuo.
With Daida, Xu Nuo will be much more convenient and worry-free when manufacturing various mechanical products in the future.
After completing the dull test, it was already eight o'clock in the evening.
"Xiao Qing, it's getting late. The production crew will be gathering tomorrow, and then they're going to start filming. Why don't we go back tonight and have an early rest?"
After Xu Nuo moved the intelligent robotic arm for a while, he turned around and said to Zhou Youqing.
Gollum~
Zhou Youqing stood there, touched her stomach without a trace of fat, and then looked at Xu Nuo as if she was starving with hunger.
"Okay, let's cook first, what do you want to eat?"
Xu Nuo shook his head, and was going to take Zhou Youqing to have a meal first.
"hot pot!"
Zhou Youqing smiled on the road, and said expectantly: "I have been in Yuzhou for seven or eight days, and I haven't even had a meal of hot pot!"
If you come to Yuzhou and don't have a hot pot meal, isn't that the same as coming for nothing?
In the past seven or eight days, Zhou Youqing and Xu Nuo basically didn't go out much, because the outside was full of traffic and crowds, not to mention the famous hot pot restaurants, it was common from morning to afternoon.
"Today is the last day of the holiday. I don't know if there are still queues for those well-known hot pot restaurants."
Xu Nuo muttered.
"Unfortunately, sir, the high-rated hot pot restaurants within ten kilometers from you are still at the peak of the queue."
At this time, Guan Ju obtained the corresponding information from Meituan and other food-related software, and then informed Xu Nuo.
"Oh." Xu Nuo spread his hands.
"Aww!!! It's so hard to have a hot pot meal."
When Zhou Youqing heard that today was already the last night of the holiday, but the hot pot restaurant was still queuing up, she was so angry that she looked up to the sky.
"Actually, the hot pot in Yuzhou is not only delicious in those well-known hot pot restaurants. I know there is an old hot pot in the old street. Come, I will take you there."
Without saying a word, Xu Nuo pulled Zhou Youqing and set off.
"Is it like a fly shop?"
Zhou Youqing was pulled by Xu Nuo to the front of the car, and then asked.
"almost."
Soon, Xu Nuo drove Zhou Youqing to an old street. Compared with other places in Yuzhou, there were not many tourists on this street, but in the hot pot restaurant named "Xu's Old Hot Pot", it seemed It looked like it was almost full.
It seems that Xu Nuo is not the only one who knows the background of this old hot pot restaurant.
"Xu's old hot pot?"
When Zhou Youqing saw the name of the store, she was immediately curious, and couldn't help asking: "Director Xu, is it yours?"
"How is that possible? It just happens that the boss has the same surname as me."
While explaining, Xu Nuo rushed into the hot pot restaurant, and luckily found an empty table: "Come on, there's still room."
A handsome man and a beautiful woman walked into Xu's old hot pot restaurant, which would definitely attract attention.
At this moment, the customers at several tables all looked at Xu Nuo and Zhou Youqing.
One of the young men looked at Xu Nuo a little more uncertainly, why did he feel that this handsome guy looked familiar?
It looks very much like Xu Nuo, the director I like very much recently.
Isn't he filming "Transformers"?
OK, Director Xu, is the filming of "Transformers" finished?Has post-production started yet?Has the official trailer been released?Have you picked a date for the show yet?You just leave it here and take your sister to eat hot pot, how can you eat it?
"You two, what kind of pot do you want?"
The boss came forward and greeted Xu Nuo: "It's Xiao Xu."
Zhou Youqing saw that the boss knew Xu Nuo, it seems that Xu Nuo is a regular customer of this hot pot restaurant, so the taste of this restaurant should not be bad.
"Mandarin duck pot."
Xu Nuo raised his head and glanced at Zhou Youqing. Originally, he planned to order an extra spicy red soup, but considering that Zhou Youqing was not a local, he should not be so ruthless.
"No, I want spicy red soup!"
When Zhou Youqing heard this, she was not happy.
Xu Nuo froze for a moment, then asked, "Spicy red soup, are you sure?"
"Of course!"
Zhou Youqing crossed her waist for a while, and said confidently: "No, no, I won't guide you, a Yuzhou native, to eat hot pot or mandarin duck pot, right?"
Good guy.
After this girl got acquainted with him, she was able to start the teasing mode of yin and yang.
well.
In this state, Xu Nuo didn't have to worry about embarrassment at all when filming the scenes of the two in "Transformers".
"Boss, then spicy red soup."
Xu Nuo said to the boss, and then looked at Zhou Youqing: "You'd better not delay the shooting because you have to go to the anorectal hospital tomorrow."
hiss!
As soon as these words came out, Zhou Youqing suddenly felt tense!
"Boss, wait a moment."
She hurriedly stopped the boss, but finally compromised: "Let's go to the mandarin duck pot."
The boss laughed after hearing this, and nodded immediately: "Yes, table number 6, mandarin duck pot."
At this time, the young man who had looked at Xu Nuo many times just now came over, and after looking at Xu Nuo a few more times, he asked cautiously, "Xu, are you Director Xu?"
Xu Nuo was surprised when someone called him Director Xu. It seemed that he was recognized by others.
Are you so hot now?
I just came out to eat a hot pot, and I still met fans!
Speaking of which, I am not a big star, just a director with a little reputation.
"Hello."
Xu Nuo looked at the young man in front of him, and greeted him generously.
"It's really Director Xu. I can't believe it. I can still see Director Xu here. I really like your "Terminator". "I also like it very much, and I also participated in the crowdfunding of Transformers!"
The young man suddenly said with some excitement.
Good guy, it seems that he is really a fan.
"Thank you very much for your support of my film and television works, how about we take a photo together?" Xu Nuo offered.
Anyway, if I don't mention it myself, this fan will definitely mention it.
"Okay, okay!"
The young man immediately raised his phone, already ready to take a photo with Director Xu.
Xu Nuo very cooperatively took a photo with the young man in the same frame, and made a thumbs up gesture with him.
After taking the group photo, the young man was still in a very excited state, and was planning to chat with Director Xu for a few more words.
But after looking at the beautiful woman that director Xu was with him, he returned to his table wisely.
This light bulb is no good.
"Director Xu, I didn't expect you to be so popular. It seems that "Terminator" and "Transformers", which is still in production, have attracted countless fans for you."
Zhou Youqing had a premonition.
The young and promising director in front of him will definitely become the backbone of domestic films in the future!
"After you finish filming "Transformers", you will also have such an experience. Of course, the premise is that you have to perform well enough in the film to impress the audience."
Xu Nuo smiled and said to Zhou Youqing.
"I will do my best."
Zhou Youqing held a cup of tea towards Xu Nuo.
Xu Nuo naturally understood, and raised the tea cup to touch Zhou Youqing: "Okay, go all out."
I and her, one playing the hero and the other playing the heroine, don't we have to go all out.
Otherwise, there will not be many main human characters in "Transformers". Other Autobots and Decepticons will either use real cars or special effects. If they don't perform well, the comparison will be obvious. But it will be sprayed by the audience.
The audience is relentless in their criticism these days.
In fact, Xu Nuo has been constantly honing his acting skills. For example, when he met Colonel Luo Wei and the three for the first time, Xu Nuo performed a wave.
Later, when filming "Terminator", Xu Nuo will often go on stage to guide and perform in person.
Although there is still a long way to go before acting at the actor level, it is basically no problem to handle a commercial popcorn movie like "Transformers".
But it is only limited to acting in movies like "Transformers", Xu Nuo is still very self-aware like the next film "I'm Not the God of Medicine".
For this movie, Xu Nuo will all have to find powerful acting schools in the film and television industry. After all, ordinary actors really can't support the acting skills required for this movie.
The two got along calmly while chatting about the scene of "Transformers" while eating hot pot.
"Director Xu, this hot pot is the best I've ever eaten, even better than the internet celebrity hot pot restaurant I ate in Yuzhou last time!"
After eating this hot pot, Zhou Youqing gave a very high evaluation.
That's right, it was the best she had ever eaten!
none of them!
Perhaps the hot pot in Yuzhou is really just like what Director Xu said. Those well-known Internet celebrity restaurants may indeed have a guaranteed taste, but the real essence of Yuzhou hot pot is the inconspicuous old hot pot scattered in the old streets and alleys. shop.
After the meal, Xu Nuo drove Zhou Youqing back to the hotel.
The next day, November 10.
The first working day after the National Day holiday.
Today is also the day when the crew of "Transformers" returns.
It's time to assemble and start shooting again.
The gathering place is the new office building of Xu Nuo Company.
Of course, not all the hundreds of people from the production team will come to assemble. For example, the staff of the costume and props makeup team, the set designer team, and the crew of the scene. After they return to work today, they will go directly to the production team. Various venues are getting ready for filming.
The persons in charge of the various departments and groups wanted to come and gather together, because Xu Nuo wanted to explain some overall arrangements for the filming work.
The Antarctic shooting team led by He Feiyang also came to the real media technology company to gather today.
After all, they were going to Antarctica, so Xu Nuo definitely wanted to see them off at the company.
The company also specially prepared a big red banner to congratulate the Antarctic filming team led by Feiyang for successfully completing the filming in advance.
"A Fei, is your Antarctic filming team all here?"
Xu Nuo found He Feiyang in the crowd and hurriedly asked.
"I checked it just now. Including the actors, there are 37 people in total. All of them are here."
He Feiyang replied.
"Okay, this trip has worked hard for you, you must bring more logistics support, and remember that our Antarctic scientific research station in Huaguo needs to take more bird's-eye shots."
Xu Nuo specifically reminded He Feiyang.
The scene he was going to shoot on his trip to the South Pole was the scene set by Xu Nuo in which the hero’s grandfather accidentally found Megatron’s fallen spaceship in Antarctica. At first, Xu Nuo considered whether to go to this scene in winter Just shoot in the Northeast.
But obviously this is a part that must be filmed on the spot. The setting in the script is that the Megatron spacecraft crashed into the South Pole, so we had to go to the South Pole for real filming.
And if Xu Nuo set the place where Megatron fell to the earth not at the South Pole, but in the northeast of China, then there would be a bug.
That is, Megatron and his spacecraft will always be covered by ice and snow in Antarctica, so they will not be discovered by humans for a long time. In the end, they were accidentally discovered by the scientific expedition team where the hero's grandfather is.
The hero's grandfather accidentally fell down and came into Megatron's spaceship, accidentally triggering the spark coordinates to be marked on his glasses.
If it is set in the northeast, after the snow in the northeast melts, wouldn't it have been discovered by humans long ago?
You know, Megatron came to the earth a long time ago, but he was in a state of sleep because of the crash of the spaceship.
Therefore, many movies will set alien creatures or spaceships that have descended on the earth in prehistoric or ancient times to crash in the Antarctic. This is simply a magic formula.
For example, the Kryptonian spacecraft in "Superman: Man of Steel" is the same.
So Xu Nuo also had to set the location where Megatron fell to the earth at the South Pole, and according to the principle of the system, the crew could only go to the South Pole for real shooting.
"Old Xu, don't worry, I promise to lead the team to complete the task!" He Feiyang said with high spirits for a while.
But when he thought of boarding the Xuelong polar scientific research ship and sailing across the sea for a long time, he immediately let out a lot of anger.
"Brothers and sisters of the Antarctic filming team, this trip has worked hard for you. When you come back, I will hold a celebration banquet for you and give you bonuses."
Xu Nuo encouraged everyone in the Antarctic filming team with the most practical things.
Suddenly, it was like a shot of chicken blood for the Antarctic photographer!
"Alright Director Xu."
"Director Xu's atmosphere!"
"Our crew, no matter how difficult it is, can overcome it!"
"As long as the funds are in place, let alone Antarctica, it is no problem to shoot in the Sahara Desert!"
"Director Xu, see you in a few months."
"It doesn't matter if it's money or not, the main reason is that I like difficult shooting!"
Everyone in the Antarctic shooting team responded to director Xu Nuo and bid farewell to director Xu.
After all, it will probably be a few months before I return from this trip.
"Okay, brothers, the car is already waiting for us downstairs, let's go to the airport." He Feiyang greeted the Antarctic film crew he led.
They have to go to the airport to take a plane to the coastal city, and then take the logistics resources to board the polar research ship Xuelong to go to the Antarctic. Of course, there is also a polar scientific expedition team from Huaguo.
Xu Nuo spent a lot of money renting the Xuelong polar research ship and the Antarctic scientific research station this time.
"Bon voyage, Ah Fei."
Xu Nuo watched as He Feiyang left the company with the Antarctic crew.
After the Antarctic shooting team left, Xu Nuo began to carefully assign various shooting tasks that he had already planned to the heads of other teams.
Although the plot of the urban part of "Transformers" does not require the mobilization of a large number of military weapons, equipment, fighter jets and other resources like bases and deserts, it also needs to be set in various places in the city.
Xu Nuo's plan is to divide the huge team of more than [-] people, except for the Antarctic filming group that He Feiyang took away, into several groups, and start to set up sets in various locations to be filmed one after another.
Then according to the level of difficulty of the set, to arrange the progress of the shooting.
For example, some scenes that do not require large-scale scene layout can be started to shoot in the past few days, and urban scenes with more complex scenes, such as the ruins of wars caused by battles, and the large base that freezes Megatron, these scenes can be shot. While Xu Nuo was shooting the simple shots ahead, he was making intensive preparations.
Such a scientific shooting arrangement and reasonable planning of time can effectively speed up the shooting progress.
"Director Xu, if we want to set up scenes in the streets and alleys, we won't be able to start construction without the approval from the city government building."
A person in charge said suddenly.
"It doesn't matter. All the filing and approval documents from the city government building have already come down. I asked my assistant Xiaowen to pick them up."
Xu Nuo said calmly.
Before "Transformers" started, Xu Nuo had already prepared various materials, and sent a filing application to the city government building according to the city shooting plan and scene layout needed in the script.
According to the normal process, the filing and approval can be issued one after another without accident, but it will definitely take a certain amount of time under normal circumstances.
But didn't Xu Nuo meet City Lord Li at the Yuzhou City Science and Technology Expo before the holiday, and even chatted with Director Zhang of the Cultural and Propaganda Department of Yuzhou.
The city government building strongly supports the "Transformers" movie project.
Therefore, the various filing and approval documents required for this wave of filming in Yuzhou, the city government building has almost come down.
No, this morning Xu Nuo received a call from Director Zhang of the Cultural and Propaganda Department.
It was said that Xu Nuo sent someone to pick up the filing and approval documents for the application of "Transformers".
So Xu Nuo asked his assistant Wen Ruohan to do the job.
With these filing and approval documents.
Xu Nuo's crew will then be able to shoot movies unimpeded in the various streets and scenic spots in Yuzhou that are planned in the script.
At that time, the local streets, police stations and other grassroots will also assist the crew as much as possible.
You must know that when filming "Terminator", it was not so fast to get these filing and approval documents, and it took a lot of time to get them all.
Sure enough, when you have a certain reputation and the full support of the city hall, these things can be done much more smoothly.
After Xu Nuo explained all aspects of the shooting tasks to the big guys, he went to a shooting location to start shooting the first scene in the urban plot.
That is, my first encounter with the bumblebee.
In Xu Nuo's version of "Transformers", it is set that the hero played by himself is after the college entrance examination, and he got into a good university, so his father promised to buy himself a car.
Then in the second-hand car market, the male protagonist bought an old Changan Automobile disguised as a Bumblebee, and then started a wonderful journey between the male protagonist and the Autobots.
afternoon.
The shooting site of Yuzhou Auto Expo City.
A home-made mobility vehicle was strolling around the Auto Expo City, and passed by a BMW 4S store in a short while.
"Dad, I was admitted to the University of Science and Technology and got my driver's license. Have you thought about any rewards for me?"
In the passenger seat, Xu Nuo naturally asked the middle-aged man who was driving expectantly.
The middle-aged man driving the car is an old actor in the film and television industry who often plays the role of "father" in family film and television dramas. His name is Zhang Guangde.
"Son, I have a surprise for you."
Just at this moment, Zhang Guangde drove slowly towards the BMW 4S shop in front of him.
"Fuck! BMW! Dad, you must be joking with me. Are you planning to buy me a BMW? My favorite BMW!" Xu Nuo looked at the BMW 4S store in front of him and said excitedly.
"That's right, I was just joking with you, hahahaha, do you think your father and I look like someone who can afford a BMW? Your mother just gave me 8000 yuan."
Zhang Guangde laughed and said, then drove the car, turned the steering wheel to the right at the entrance of the BMW 4S shop, and drove towards a second-hand car market not far away.
He plays the role of a cheerful father who has a good relationship with his son, but is an ear-splitting father at home.
This is in line with the characteristics of men in Yuzhou.
"Uh... Dad, this isn't funny at all." Xu Nuo's face suddenly fell down, and the whole person's disappointed mood can be said to be vividly expressed.
The car turned right at the entrance of the BMW 4S store and stopped for a short time.
The fourth take of this segment.
Xu Nuo and Zhang Guangde's performances were in place throughout the whole process. Xu Nuo expressed and transformed the emotions of first surprise and then disappointment very naturally.
There is nothing to say about Zhang Guangde's acting skills, he is an old actor.
"Mr. Zhang, what do you think of me this time?"
After Xu Nuo got out of the car, he asked Teacher Zhang Guangde very modestly.
"Director Xu, you adjusted your state really quickly. In the three times we filmed just now, the dialogue was a bit stiff, so the emotional change was a bit abrupt, but this time it was much more natural. question."
Zhang Guangde is very satisfied with Xu Nuo this time.
After Xu Nuo heard what he said, he came to the monitor screen and played back the segment he just filmed.
In the previous three times, every time I watched it, I could clearly feel the stiffness and abruptness.
But this time, the whole scene is very natural. Xu Nuo and Zhang Guangde have shown the close relationship between father and son and the feeling of being able to joke with each other, and it is quite silky, just like a real father and son.
"OK, go through this section for the fourth time and prepare for the next shot."
After the filming of this section, the next shot is the hero and his father driving to the second-hand car market, followed by a Bumblebee.
This is Bumblebee's first appearance in a movie.
At this time, the Bumblebee was still an old car sponsored by Changan Automobile.
Dressed in yellow and full of old texture, Bumblebee quietly entered the second-hand car market with the car driven by the hero’s father, and then waited to sell itself to the hero and start a wonderful thrilling story .
In fact, there is another scene in the second-hand car market that can be regarded as a big scene.
That is, Bumblebee deliberately shattered all the second-hand car windows in the entire second-hand car market in order to let himself be successfully bought by the male protagonist.
This scene can be regarded as a small shocking plot point.
For this purpose, the prop team specially ordered special glass from a glass factory, and then used precise small-scale fixed-point blasting to blow up the glass of the car in the second-hand car market at the same time to complete the actual shooting of this shot.
When Xu Nuo came to the shooting location of the second-hand car market, the staff of the crew were busy preparing.
The actor who plays the boss of the second-hand car market is called Wang Yang. After seeing the director, he came over to chat with Xu Nuo and Zhang Guangde, because they will have a rivalry scene of buying and selling second-hand cars here.
Originally, when filming this scene, several second-hand car apps wanted to find Xu Nuo to advertise in the plot of "Transformers".
But was rejected by Xu Nuo.
Automobile companies sponsor advertisements because the characters of Autobots and Decepticons in "Transformers" are the characters incarnated into cars, and even the advertisements are very natural and smooth.
But if you want to add a second-hand car APP advertisement to this plot of buying and selling second-hand cars, it will be somewhat abrupt.
If there are too many such unnaturally integrated advertisements, it will not be a good thing for the word-of-mouth evaluation of the movie.
Xu Nuo didn't want his first "Transformers" to appear in an advertisement that felt disconnected from the movie, so he rejected the advertising sponsorship of the second-hand car app.
"Mr. Zhang, talk to Wang Yang first, and I'll answer the phone."
When Xu Nuo was discussing the script with Zhang Guangde and Wang Yang, he suddenly received a call on his mobile phone. It was Colonel Luo Wei from the Military Equipment Department.
This call has to be answered, maybe something good will happen: "Hey, Lao Luo, what's the matter?"
"Director Xu, I have good news for you."
(End of this chapter)
During the National Day, "Terminator" finally appeared on overseas theater screens.
A few days later, the word-of-mouth on overseas film review websites also came out one after another.
This domestic sci-fi movie has a 91% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Popcorn Index 86%.
At the same time, the score of "Terminator" on IMDb also has 8.0 points.
Such a reputation is quite good for a domestic commercial science fiction film.
In addition to word of mouth.
"Terminator" has also achieved a lot at the overseas box office.
On the first day of release in North America, it earned $1750 million. According to this rhythm, there should be no problem with the overseas box office exceeding $[-] million.
If the follow-up box office rhythm is stable, it is not impossible to achieve box office results of two to three hundred million US dollars.
You know, this is the first domestic film in China that can be [-]% sure to break the box office of US$[-] million after it is released overseas.
Since its popcorn movie attributes are similar to many commercial films in Hollywood, after its overseas release, Xu Nuo expected a good box office with good quality.
Before this, there has never been a commercial blockbuster in China that has achieved good results overseas. Xu Nuo's "Terminator" can be regarded as a pioneer of domestic commercial films overseas.
Of course, this is only one of the reasons why "Terminator" has been relatively successful in overseas releases.
There is another reason.
After Warner obtained the exclusive overseas distribution rights of "Terminator", it launched a large-scale publicity.
Because Warner's executives think that this Huaguo sci-fi movie "Terminator" is not bad, as long as the publicity is in place, there must be no problem in making a fortune at the box office.
It is precisely because of Warner's publicity resources that "Terminator" can have the strongest box office results of overseas domestic commercial films.
In the past, Warner also cooperated with domestic film companies, and even made joint venture films.
However, the box office results of the cooperative films in North America and other overseas regions have not been so satisfactory.
What Warner means is that it believes that the development of domestic films still has great potential, so it chose Xu Nuo's "Terminator" after thousands of choices.
And spent 1000 million US dollars to win the overseas distribution rights of "Terminator".
When Warner made a large-scale promotion and the box office data on the first day of "Terminator" was released, Warner's executives were in a good mood. After all, a movie bought for 1000 million dollars can have a box office of at least hundreds of millions. Several websites have predicted that it can exceed [-] million dollars. Knife's box office results.
This wave of Warner can be said to be profitable.
We must know that Warner has shot many movies in recent years, and the investment cost has been getting higher and higher, but the box office revenue has not been satisfactory in the end.
He was completely pressed to the ground and rubbed by Disney next door.
Moreover, after the filming of many of Warner's film projects, the reputation was not good, and the box office was not satisfactory, so they decided to restart, and the filming after the restart turned out to be even worse.
Therefore, Warner has been complained and criticized by the audience over the years.
10 month 6 day.
Inside Xu Nuo's modified garage.
"Director Xu, the overseas box office of "Terminator" seems to be pretty good."
Zhou Youqing, who had just finished discussing with Xu Nuo about the male and female protagonists of "Transformers", was hanging up a ladder and surfing the Internet. At the same time, she chatted with her classmates and friends studying in the United States about "Terminator", which is currently being screened overseas. ".
This "Terminator" is Director Xu's first commercial sci-fi film. If it can be successfully released overseas, it will have a great positive effect on the "Transformers" that is being filmed.
Zhou Youqing naturally understood this.
"How much is the box office?"
Xu Nuo is debugging the control program of the intelligent robotic arm.
Xu Nuo finally made this intelligent robotic arm after a whole National Day holiday.
It's just that it is a mechanical part processed by the machine tool of Shenji Factory, and it may be slightly lacking in overall fineness. It can be regarded as a "rough" type of the first generation of intelligent robotic arm.
Xu Nuo will definitely upgrade Daidai when there are high-end machine tools in the future.
"Sir, as of 16:9163 today, the overseas box office of "Terminator" has accumulated a total of 6 million US dollars. Today, the topic of "Terminator" overseas box office is about to exceed [-] million has also entered the sixth position on the Weibo hot search list."
Guan Ju reported the overseas real-time box office of "Terminator" to Xu Nuo.
"Yes, I read on the Internet that the box office has broken 9000 million and is heading towards the [-] million mark. It's really great."
Seeing that "Terminator" has achieved such a good overseas box office, Zhou Youqing is also happy: "Many netizens say that Director Xu's "Terminator" has opened up overseas markets for domestic films."
"not bad."
Xu Nuo showed a gratified smile on his face, and then said: "It seems that this wave of wise Warner is really going to make money."
"Then how much box office can you share, Director Xu?"
"Me? Not at all." Xu Nuo shook his head.
"Ah? Could it be that the overseas distribution rights were sold to Warner in a one-off deal?"
When Zhou Youqing heard that Director Xu didn't even get a penny from the overseas box office of "Terminator", she quickly realized that she might have sold the film's overseas distribution rights to Warner.
"Correct."
"How much did you sell?"
"One million dollars."
"Ah, Director Xu, judging from the current box office results, isn't it a loss?"
Zhou Youqing's first reaction was that it was a loss.
"It seems to be quite a loss." Xu Nuo said calmly and calmly.
After all, when ordinary people look at the box office results and think that "Terminator" was only sold to Warner for $1000 million, they will definitely think that Warner has made a lot of money, and director Xu Nuo underestimated the overseas market and lost a lot. sent.
But in fact.
Xu Nuo has already seen through this layer.
"What a pity."
Zhou Youqing said with regret: "With the current box office trend of "Terminator", it is definitely not a problem to break through the box office of [-] million US dollars. If it is based on the box office split account model, there must be a net profit of tens of millions of dollars."
"In theory, this is the case, but Warner is unwilling to sign a distribution agreement with us, so we can only take advantage of Warner's wave to lay the foundation for a domestic commercial film, and when "Transformers" is released overseas, With such a foundation, we can go to the account sharing model.”
Xu Nuo briefly explained to Zhou Youqing.
"Uh"
Zhou Youqing pondered for a while after listening to Director Xu's explanation.
After about 1 minute, she finally realized: "Yes, I was thinking too shallowly just now. If "Terminator" is not released to Warner, it will be difficult to have such a large-scale release in overseas theaters, and the box office will naturally be lower." It’s not so tall anymore, it’s still Dao Xu who can see far, Dao Xu is so smart.”
"No no."
Xu Nuo shook his head modestly. At the same time, the debugging of the control program of the intelligent robotic arm has been completed.
The next step is to prepare for the test.
I hope that the test can be successfully completed today. If the test is successful, the intelligent robotic arm can officially start working.
"Has Daidai finished?"
Zhou Youqing came forward curiously.
During this vacation, she witnessed with her own eyes that Director Xu made this intelligent robotic arm "dumbly", from the processing, assembly, installation and other processes of each component, although she didn't quite understand the principle of the robotic arm , but it looks really easy to decompress.
During Xu Nuo's installation process, Zhou Youqing exclaimed that it was amazing.
In Zhou Youqing's opinion, Director Xu's hands-on ability is really too strong.
A man with such a good manual work is simply full of attraction!
"It's almost done. It was assembled this morning. Now that the control program has been debugged, it can be tested."
Xu Nuo moved Daidai to the test field in the middle of the modified garage.
As Daidai is a mechanical arm, there is a lot of work to be done to assist Xu Nuo
For example, it needs to help the owner carry things. If it is inconvenient for Xu Nuo to carry many heavy objects, Daidai can be responsible for carrying them.
It can also assist Xu Nuo in component welding and mechanical assembly.
Therefore, the power consumption of Daidai will definitely be high, and it is obviously not suitable to use batteries. It needs to be connected to cables to provide power. In this case, it will not be very convenient to move Daidai connected to thick cables.
But fortunately, there is a solution to this. Xu Nuo made a movable and fixed multifunctional base for Daidai, so that Daidai can assist Xu Nuo with his work more conveniently.
"Director Xu, why did you name it Daidai?"
Zhou Youqing looked at the intelligent robotic arm in front of her, and asked curiously.
"Don't you think it looks dumb?"
Xu Nuo said casually.
"A little bit, but isn't it because you made it look dull?"
"Hahaha, there is no way, just the machine tool of the Shenji Factory. The parts processed can only be assembled into such a mechanical structure. After our company's machine tool technology and precision machining technology mature, we can Made a better robotic arm."
Xu Nuo explained briefly.
After all, this is only the first generation, but Xu Nuo has done his best with the knowledge of mechanical technology he currently has, and it is built like this.
If you want something better, you have to wait for the movie project "Transformers" to be rewarded with advanced mechanical manufacturing technology.
"Guan Ju, let's prepare the dull control program and multi-function test, please pay attention to record the data."
Xu Nuo reminded Guan Ju.
"Ok sir."
"Come on, start the load-bearing test, with a weight of 1.5 tons."
Since the intelligent robotic arm made by Xu Nuo is an assistant type with a small size, it is not a relatively large robotic arm, so the load-bearing capacity for handling will definitely not be too high.
If it can lift 1.5 tons smoothly, it will be barely enough for the time being in the laboratory of my Nanshan villa in the future.
"Come on, Daidai, pick up this reinforced wooden box in front of you."
Xu Nuo directed the intelligent robotic arm blankly, and had already replaced it with mechanical claws specially used for carrying heavy objects.
zizi~
I saw the arm of the machine bent down, then swayed from side to side, and finally confirmed that the thing in Xu Nuo's natural language command was the wooden box in front of him, which contained 1.5 tons of various metals. ,Alloy materials.
kaz~
Buzz~~~
The mechanical arm slowly descended. After looking at the big wooden box again and again, it grabbed the wooden box with the mechanical claws, and then the fixing device of the mechanical claws stabilized the wooden box.
kaz~
Soon, the mechanical arm began to exert force, successfully lifted the wooden box, and slowly moved to face Xu Nuo, as if asking Xu Nuo where to put it after lifting it.
"Sir, Daidai's handling capacity is 1.5 tons, the test is successful, and the data has been recorded."
Guan Ju's voice sounded.
"OK, dumbfounded, put it down."
boom!
The mechanical claws were suddenly released, and the 1.5-ton wooden box fell to the ground in mid-air. The entire wooden box instantly fell apart, and various metals and alloy materials inside were also scattered all over the place.
"Stay!"
Xu Nuo was furious in an instant, and everyone was numb: "Can't you handle it with care?"
"puff"
Zhou Youqing on the side let out a snort.
But do you think it would be impolite to laugh out loud?
So she wanted to hold back.
but.
"Pfft, hahahahaha, you deserve to be dumb!"
Finally, Zhou Youqing couldn't bear it anymore.
"Sir, it seems that Daidai is indeed a bit dull. Its control program still needs to be optimized, but its load-bearing test has been successfully completed."
Guan Ju also teased Dazed.
"It's too late to optimize today. I can only optimize it when I get some free time later. Come on, let's move on to the next test."
Xu Nuo shook his head, the National Day holiday is coming to an end, and starting tomorrow, the crew of "Transformers" will be summoned again to start filming the urban part of the plot in Yuzhou City.
So try to finish the control program and multi-function test of the intelligent robotic arm today.
Guan Ju: "The next item is the welding test."
Xu Nuo moved a table, and then placed a mechanical component that needs to be welded on the table. This thing is small in size, and the position that needs to be welded is also a very high test for welding skills.
Then, Xu Nuo replaced the dull end with a small welding torch.
I have to say that the multi-functional screw interface at the end designed at the beginning is really practical. It can be replaced with different tools for Daidai, and its functionality has also increased a lot.
Just now, the mechanical claws can be used to carry things. Now, after replacing with welding torches, they can assist Xu Nuo in welding parts.
"Dadai, weld this mechanical part, and it must meet the first-class standard."
After Xu Nuo changed the welding torch for Daidai, he gave instructions for Daidai to start the operation.
"Hmm~"
After receiving Xu Nuo's natural language instructions, the mechanical arm reads and judges the things in front of it just like it did during the load-bearing test.
After confirming that the thing in front of him was to be welded, Daidai approached slowly, and then started the welding torch to start the operation.
Zhou Youqing on the side moved a little closer, also wanting to see how Daidai operated.
"Look blankly, this welding looks very good."
Although Zhou Youqing didn't understand it very well, it can be seen from the place where Daidai finished welding that it was completely seamless.
Nourishing~
After the mechanical arm completed the welding, it carefully retreated a certain distance, and then turned towards Xu Nuo, as if waiting for Xu Nuo's evaluation.
"The molding is accurate, there is no air hole and slag inclusion, the weld seam is beautiful, no spatter, and the seal is reliable. Guan Ju, this should meet the first-class standard, right?"
Xu Nuo really commented on the dull welding finished product.
"Yes, sir, Daidai's welding operation this time has successfully reached the first-level standard in the welding quality classification standard. Congratulations to Daidai for completing the welding technology test."
Guan Ju replied.
Zhou Youqing watched it with gusto. She thought this intelligent robotic arm was really interesting. Everything Director Xu made in this modified garage was very interesting. He is indeed a genius.
"The next item is the fire test."
"Next, the torque test."
"Next item, location accuracy test."
Xu Nuo conducted all functional tests on Daidai, and after some tests, it is definitely impossible to be perfect.
After all, this is Xu Nuo's first-generation intelligent robotic arm manufactured by relying on the mechanical technology currently mastered, and it is the first test. It is normal that some places are not satisfactory.
But generally speaking, Daidai is already a pretty good intelligent robotic arm.
You only need to give it a natural language instruction, then it can execute within the scope of its functions, and the execution success rate is also very high, but it is a bit fraught.
The next thing Xu Nuo has to do is to optimize it and solve all kinds of small problems that appeared in the test, and then he can go to work and work for Xu Nuo.
With Daida, Xu Nuo will be much more convenient and worry-free when manufacturing various mechanical products in the future.
After completing the dull test, it was already eight o'clock in the evening.
"Xiao Qing, it's getting late. The production crew will be gathering tomorrow, and then they're going to start filming. Why don't we go back tonight and have an early rest?"
After Xu Nuo moved the intelligent robotic arm for a while, he turned around and said to Zhou Youqing.
Gollum~
Zhou Youqing stood there, touched her stomach without a trace of fat, and then looked at Xu Nuo as if she was starving with hunger.
"Okay, let's cook first, what do you want to eat?"
Xu Nuo shook his head, and was going to take Zhou Youqing to have a meal first.
"hot pot!"
Zhou Youqing smiled on the road, and said expectantly: "I have been in Yuzhou for seven or eight days, and I haven't even had a meal of hot pot!"
If you come to Yuzhou and don't have a hot pot meal, isn't that the same as coming for nothing?
In the past seven or eight days, Zhou Youqing and Xu Nuo basically didn't go out much, because the outside was full of traffic and crowds, not to mention the famous hot pot restaurants, it was common from morning to afternoon.
"Today is the last day of the holiday. I don't know if there are still queues for those well-known hot pot restaurants."
Xu Nuo muttered.
"Unfortunately, sir, the high-rated hot pot restaurants within ten kilometers from you are still at the peak of the queue."
At this time, Guan Ju obtained the corresponding information from Meituan and other food-related software, and then informed Xu Nuo.
"Oh." Xu Nuo spread his hands.
"Aww!!! It's so hard to have a hot pot meal."
When Zhou Youqing heard that today was already the last night of the holiday, but the hot pot restaurant was still queuing up, she was so angry that she looked up to the sky.
"Actually, the hot pot in Yuzhou is not only delicious in those well-known hot pot restaurants. I know there is an old hot pot in the old street. Come, I will take you there."
Without saying a word, Xu Nuo pulled Zhou Youqing and set off.
"Is it like a fly shop?"
Zhou Youqing was pulled by Xu Nuo to the front of the car, and then asked.
"almost."
Soon, Xu Nuo drove Zhou Youqing to an old street. Compared with other places in Yuzhou, there were not many tourists on this street, but in the hot pot restaurant named "Xu's Old Hot Pot", it seemed It looked like it was almost full.
It seems that Xu Nuo is not the only one who knows the background of this old hot pot restaurant.
"Xu's old hot pot?"
When Zhou Youqing saw the name of the store, she was immediately curious, and couldn't help asking: "Director Xu, is it yours?"
"How is that possible? It just happens that the boss has the same surname as me."
While explaining, Xu Nuo rushed into the hot pot restaurant, and luckily found an empty table: "Come on, there's still room."
A handsome man and a beautiful woman walked into Xu's old hot pot restaurant, which would definitely attract attention.
At this moment, the customers at several tables all looked at Xu Nuo and Zhou Youqing.
One of the young men looked at Xu Nuo a little more uncertainly, why did he feel that this handsome guy looked familiar?
It looks very much like Xu Nuo, the director I like very much recently.
Isn't he filming "Transformers"?
OK, Director Xu, is the filming of "Transformers" finished?Has post-production started yet?Has the official trailer been released?Have you picked a date for the show yet?You just leave it here and take your sister to eat hot pot, how can you eat it?
"You two, what kind of pot do you want?"
The boss came forward and greeted Xu Nuo: "It's Xiao Xu."
Zhou Youqing saw that the boss knew Xu Nuo, it seems that Xu Nuo is a regular customer of this hot pot restaurant, so the taste of this restaurant should not be bad.
"Mandarin duck pot."
Xu Nuo raised his head and glanced at Zhou Youqing. Originally, he planned to order an extra spicy red soup, but considering that Zhou Youqing was not a local, he should not be so ruthless.
"No, I want spicy red soup!"
When Zhou Youqing heard this, she was not happy.
Xu Nuo froze for a moment, then asked, "Spicy red soup, are you sure?"
"Of course!"
Zhou Youqing crossed her waist for a while, and said confidently: "No, no, I won't guide you, a Yuzhou native, to eat hot pot or mandarin duck pot, right?"
Good guy.
After this girl got acquainted with him, she was able to start the teasing mode of yin and yang.
well.
In this state, Xu Nuo didn't have to worry about embarrassment at all when filming the scenes of the two in "Transformers".
"Boss, then spicy red soup."
Xu Nuo said to the boss, and then looked at Zhou Youqing: "You'd better not delay the shooting because you have to go to the anorectal hospital tomorrow."
hiss!
As soon as these words came out, Zhou Youqing suddenly felt tense!
"Boss, wait a moment."
She hurriedly stopped the boss, but finally compromised: "Let's go to the mandarin duck pot."
The boss laughed after hearing this, and nodded immediately: "Yes, table number 6, mandarin duck pot."
At this time, the young man who had looked at Xu Nuo many times just now came over, and after looking at Xu Nuo a few more times, he asked cautiously, "Xu, are you Director Xu?"
Xu Nuo was surprised when someone called him Director Xu. It seemed that he was recognized by others.
Are you so hot now?
I just came out to eat a hot pot, and I still met fans!
Speaking of which, I am not a big star, just a director with a little reputation.
"Hello."
Xu Nuo looked at the young man in front of him, and greeted him generously.
"It's really Director Xu. I can't believe it. I can still see Director Xu here. I really like your "Terminator". "I also like it very much, and I also participated in the crowdfunding of Transformers!"
The young man suddenly said with some excitement.
Good guy, it seems that he is really a fan.
"Thank you very much for your support of my film and television works, how about we take a photo together?" Xu Nuo offered.
Anyway, if I don't mention it myself, this fan will definitely mention it.
"Okay, okay!"
The young man immediately raised his phone, already ready to take a photo with Director Xu.
Xu Nuo very cooperatively took a photo with the young man in the same frame, and made a thumbs up gesture with him.
After taking the group photo, the young man was still in a very excited state, and was planning to chat with Director Xu for a few more words.
But after looking at the beautiful woman that director Xu was with him, he returned to his table wisely.
This light bulb is no good.
"Director Xu, I didn't expect you to be so popular. It seems that "Terminator" and "Transformers", which is still in production, have attracted countless fans for you."
Zhou Youqing had a premonition.
The young and promising director in front of him will definitely become the backbone of domestic films in the future!
"After you finish filming "Transformers", you will also have such an experience. Of course, the premise is that you have to perform well enough in the film to impress the audience."
Xu Nuo smiled and said to Zhou Youqing.
"I will do my best."
Zhou Youqing held a cup of tea towards Xu Nuo.
Xu Nuo naturally understood, and raised the tea cup to touch Zhou Youqing: "Okay, go all out."
I and her, one playing the hero and the other playing the heroine, don't we have to go all out.
Otherwise, there will not be many main human characters in "Transformers". Other Autobots and Decepticons will either use real cars or special effects. If they don't perform well, the comparison will be obvious. But it will be sprayed by the audience.
The audience is relentless in their criticism these days.
In fact, Xu Nuo has been constantly honing his acting skills. For example, when he met Colonel Luo Wei and the three for the first time, Xu Nuo performed a wave.
Later, when filming "Terminator", Xu Nuo will often go on stage to guide and perform in person.
Although there is still a long way to go before acting at the actor level, it is basically no problem to handle a commercial popcorn movie like "Transformers".
But it is only limited to acting in movies like "Transformers", Xu Nuo is still very self-aware like the next film "I'm Not the God of Medicine".
For this movie, Xu Nuo will all have to find powerful acting schools in the film and television industry. After all, ordinary actors really can't support the acting skills required for this movie.
The two got along calmly while chatting about the scene of "Transformers" while eating hot pot.
"Director Xu, this hot pot is the best I've ever eaten, even better than the internet celebrity hot pot restaurant I ate in Yuzhou last time!"
After eating this hot pot, Zhou Youqing gave a very high evaluation.
That's right, it was the best she had ever eaten!
none of them!
Perhaps the hot pot in Yuzhou is really just like what Director Xu said. Those well-known Internet celebrity restaurants may indeed have a guaranteed taste, but the real essence of Yuzhou hot pot is the inconspicuous old hot pot scattered in the old streets and alleys. shop.
After the meal, Xu Nuo drove Zhou Youqing back to the hotel.
The next day, November 10.
The first working day after the National Day holiday.
Today is also the day when the crew of "Transformers" returns.
It's time to assemble and start shooting again.
The gathering place is the new office building of Xu Nuo Company.
Of course, not all the hundreds of people from the production team will come to assemble. For example, the staff of the costume and props makeup team, the set designer team, and the crew of the scene. After they return to work today, they will go directly to the production team. Various venues are getting ready for filming.
The persons in charge of the various departments and groups wanted to come and gather together, because Xu Nuo wanted to explain some overall arrangements for the filming work.
The Antarctic shooting team led by He Feiyang also came to the real media technology company to gather today.
After all, they were going to Antarctica, so Xu Nuo definitely wanted to see them off at the company.
The company also specially prepared a big red banner to congratulate the Antarctic filming team led by Feiyang for successfully completing the filming in advance.
"A Fei, is your Antarctic filming team all here?"
Xu Nuo found He Feiyang in the crowd and hurriedly asked.
"I checked it just now. Including the actors, there are 37 people in total. All of them are here."
He Feiyang replied.
"Okay, this trip has worked hard for you, you must bring more logistics support, and remember that our Antarctic scientific research station in Huaguo needs to take more bird's-eye shots."
Xu Nuo specifically reminded He Feiyang.
The scene he was going to shoot on his trip to the South Pole was the scene set by Xu Nuo in which the hero’s grandfather accidentally found Megatron’s fallen spaceship in Antarctica. At first, Xu Nuo considered whether to go to this scene in winter Just shoot in the Northeast.
But obviously this is a part that must be filmed on the spot. The setting in the script is that the Megatron spacecraft crashed into the South Pole, so we had to go to the South Pole for real filming.
And if Xu Nuo set the place where Megatron fell to the earth not at the South Pole, but in the northeast of China, then there would be a bug.
That is, Megatron and his spacecraft will always be covered by ice and snow in Antarctica, so they will not be discovered by humans for a long time. In the end, they were accidentally discovered by the scientific expedition team where the hero's grandfather is.
The hero's grandfather accidentally fell down and came into Megatron's spaceship, accidentally triggering the spark coordinates to be marked on his glasses.
If it is set in the northeast, after the snow in the northeast melts, wouldn't it have been discovered by humans long ago?
You know, Megatron came to the earth a long time ago, but he was in a state of sleep because of the crash of the spaceship.
Therefore, many movies will set alien creatures or spaceships that have descended on the earth in prehistoric or ancient times to crash in the Antarctic. This is simply a magic formula.
For example, the Kryptonian spacecraft in "Superman: Man of Steel" is the same.
So Xu Nuo also had to set the location where Megatron fell to the earth at the South Pole, and according to the principle of the system, the crew could only go to the South Pole for real shooting.
"Old Xu, don't worry, I promise to lead the team to complete the task!" He Feiyang said with high spirits for a while.
But when he thought of boarding the Xuelong polar scientific research ship and sailing across the sea for a long time, he immediately let out a lot of anger.
"Brothers and sisters of the Antarctic filming team, this trip has worked hard for you. When you come back, I will hold a celebration banquet for you and give you bonuses."
Xu Nuo encouraged everyone in the Antarctic filming team with the most practical things.
Suddenly, it was like a shot of chicken blood for the Antarctic photographer!
"Alright Director Xu."
"Director Xu's atmosphere!"
"Our crew, no matter how difficult it is, can overcome it!"
"As long as the funds are in place, let alone Antarctica, it is no problem to shoot in the Sahara Desert!"
"Director Xu, see you in a few months."
"It doesn't matter if it's money or not, the main reason is that I like difficult shooting!"
Everyone in the Antarctic shooting team responded to director Xu Nuo and bid farewell to director Xu.
After all, it will probably be a few months before I return from this trip.
"Okay, brothers, the car is already waiting for us downstairs, let's go to the airport." He Feiyang greeted the Antarctic film crew he led.
They have to go to the airport to take a plane to the coastal city, and then take the logistics resources to board the polar research ship Xuelong to go to the Antarctic. Of course, there is also a polar scientific expedition team from Huaguo.
Xu Nuo spent a lot of money renting the Xuelong polar research ship and the Antarctic scientific research station this time.
"Bon voyage, Ah Fei."
Xu Nuo watched as He Feiyang left the company with the Antarctic crew.
After the Antarctic shooting team left, Xu Nuo began to carefully assign various shooting tasks that he had already planned to the heads of other teams.
Although the plot of the urban part of "Transformers" does not require the mobilization of a large number of military weapons, equipment, fighter jets and other resources like bases and deserts, it also needs to be set in various places in the city.
Xu Nuo's plan is to divide the huge team of more than [-] people, except for the Antarctic filming group that He Feiyang took away, into several groups, and start to set up sets in various locations to be filmed one after another.
Then according to the level of difficulty of the set, to arrange the progress of the shooting.
For example, some scenes that do not require large-scale scene layout can be started to shoot in the past few days, and urban scenes with more complex scenes, such as the ruins of wars caused by battles, and the large base that freezes Megatron, these scenes can be shot. While Xu Nuo was shooting the simple shots ahead, he was making intensive preparations.
Such a scientific shooting arrangement and reasonable planning of time can effectively speed up the shooting progress.
"Director Xu, if we want to set up scenes in the streets and alleys, we won't be able to start construction without the approval from the city government building."
A person in charge said suddenly.
"It doesn't matter. All the filing and approval documents from the city government building have already come down. I asked my assistant Xiaowen to pick them up."
Xu Nuo said calmly.
Before "Transformers" started, Xu Nuo had already prepared various materials, and sent a filing application to the city government building according to the city shooting plan and scene layout needed in the script.
According to the normal process, the filing and approval can be issued one after another without accident, but it will definitely take a certain amount of time under normal circumstances.
But didn't Xu Nuo meet City Lord Li at the Yuzhou City Science and Technology Expo before the holiday, and even chatted with Director Zhang of the Cultural and Propaganda Department of Yuzhou.
The city government building strongly supports the "Transformers" movie project.
Therefore, the various filing and approval documents required for this wave of filming in Yuzhou, the city government building has almost come down.
No, this morning Xu Nuo received a call from Director Zhang of the Cultural and Propaganda Department.
It was said that Xu Nuo sent someone to pick up the filing and approval documents for the application of "Transformers".
So Xu Nuo asked his assistant Wen Ruohan to do the job.
With these filing and approval documents.
Xu Nuo's crew will then be able to shoot movies unimpeded in the various streets and scenic spots in Yuzhou that are planned in the script.
At that time, the local streets, police stations and other grassroots will also assist the crew as much as possible.
You must know that when filming "Terminator", it was not so fast to get these filing and approval documents, and it took a lot of time to get them all.
Sure enough, when you have a certain reputation and the full support of the city hall, these things can be done much more smoothly.
After Xu Nuo explained all aspects of the shooting tasks to the big guys, he went to a shooting location to start shooting the first scene in the urban plot.
That is, my first encounter with the bumblebee.
In Xu Nuo's version of "Transformers", it is set that the hero played by himself is after the college entrance examination, and he got into a good university, so his father promised to buy himself a car.
Then in the second-hand car market, the male protagonist bought an old Changan Automobile disguised as a Bumblebee, and then started a wonderful journey between the male protagonist and the Autobots.
afternoon.
The shooting site of Yuzhou Auto Expo City.
A home-made mobility vehicle was strolling around the Auto Expo City, and passed by a BMW 4S store in a short while.
"Dad, I was admitted to the University of Science and Technology and got my driver's license. Have you thought about any rewards for me?"
In the passenger seat, Xu Nuo naturally asked the middle-aged man who was driving expectantly.
The middle-aged man driving the car is an old actor in the film and television industry who often plays the role of "father" in family film and television dramas. His name is Zhang Guangde.
"Son, I have a surprise for you."
Just at this moment, Zhang Guangde drove slowly towards the BMW 4S shop in front of him.
"Fuck! BMW! Dad, you must be joking with me. Are you planning to buy me a BMW? My favorite BMW!" Xu Nuo looked at the BMW 4S store in front of him and said excitedly.
"That's right, I was just joking with you, hahahaha, do you think your father and I look like someone who can afford a BMW? Your mother just gave me 8000 yuan."
Zhang Guangde laughed and said, then drove the car, turned the steering wheel to the right at the entrance of the BMW 4S shop, and drove towards a second-hand car market not far away.
He plays the role of a cheerful father who has a good relationship with his son, but is an ear-splitting father at home.
This is in line with the characteristics of men in Yuzhou.
"Uh... Dad, this isn't funny at all." Xu Nuo's face suddenly fell down, and the whole person's disappointed mood can be said to be vividly expressed.
The car turned right at the entrance of the BMW 4S store and stopped for a short time.
The fourth take of this segment.
Xu Nuo and Zhang Guangde's performances were in place throughout the whole process. Xu Nuo expressed and transformed the emotions of first surprise and then disappointment very naturally.
There is nothing to say about Zhang Guangde's acting skills, he is an old actor.
"Mr. Zhang, what do you think of me this time?"
After Xu Nuo got out of the car, he asked Teacher Zhang Guangde very modestly.
"Director Xu, you adjusted your state really quickly. In the three times we filmed just now, the dialogue was a bit stiff, so the emotional change was a bit abrupt, but this time it was much more natural. question."
Zhang Guangde is very satisfied with Xu Nuo this time.
After Xu Nuo heard what he said, he came to the monitor screen and played back the segment he just filmed.
In the previous three times, every time I watched it, I could clearly feel the stiffness and abruptness.
But this time, the whole scene is very natural. Xu Nuo and Zhang Guangde have shown the close relationship between father and son and the feeling of being able to joke with each other, and it is quite silky, just like a real father and son.
"OK, go through this section for the fourth time and prepare for the next shot."
After the filming of this section, the next shot is the hero and his father driving to the second-hand car market, followed by a Bumblebee.
This is Bumblebee's first appearance in a movie.
At this time, the Bumblebee was still an old car sponsored by Changan Automobile.
Dressed in yellow and full of old texture, Bumblebee quietly entered the second-hand car market with the car driven by the hero’s father, and then waited to sell itself to the hero and start a wonderful thrilling story .
In fact, there is another scene in the second-hand car market that can be regarded as a big scene.
That is, Bumblebee deliberately shattered all the second-hand car windows in the entire second-hand car market in order to let himself be successfully bought by the male protagonist.
This scene can be regarded as a small shocking plot point.
For this purpose, the prop team specially ordered special glass from a glass factory, and then used precise small-scale fixed-point blasting to blow up the glass of the car in the second-hand car market at the same time to complete the actual shooting of this shot.
When Xu Nuo came to the shooting location of the second-hand car market, the staff of the crew were busy preparing.
The actor who plays the boss of the second-hand car market is called Wang Yang. After seeing the director, he came over to chat with Xu Nuo and Zhang Guangde, because they will have a rivalry scene of buying and selling second-hand cars here.
Originally, when filming this scene, several second-hand car apps wanted to find Xu Nuo to advertise in the plot of "Transformers".
But was rejected by Xu Nuo.
Automobile companies sponsor advertisements because the characters of Autobots and Decepticons in "Transformers" are the characters incarnated into cars, and even the advertisements are very natural and smooth.
But if you want to add a second-hand car APP advertisement to this plot of buying and selling second-hand cars, it will be somewhat abrupt.
If there are too many such unnaturally integrated advertisements, it will not be a good thing for the word-of-mouth evaluation of the movie.
Xu Nuo didn't want his first "Transformers" to appear in an advertisement that felt disconnected from the movie, so he rejected the advertising sponsorship of the second-hand car app.
"Mr. Zhang, talk to Wang Yang first, and I'll answer the phone."
When Xu Nuo was discussing the script with Zhang Guangde and Wang Yang, he suddenly received a call on his mobile phone. It was Colonel Luo Wei from the Military Equipment Department.
This call has to be answered, maybe something good will happen: "Hey, Lao Luo, what's the matter?"
"Director Xu, I have good news for you."
(End of this chapter)
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