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Chapter 766 Visiting the Set of The Martian

As soon as November began, Sun Yi took Liu Yifei on his own Xiaobai to fly to Dunhuang, starting this visit to the set.

He said he was going to Mars for a trip, but in fact he was just visiting the crew of "The Martian".

Speaking of "The Martian", the project was actually launched a long time ago.

Around the middle of the year, Sun Yi decided that Guo Fan would be in charge of the film, which was considered as fulfilling his original promise when he recruited him.

As an IMAX 3D movie, and a space science fiction movie, the preliminary preparations for this movie were quite complicated.

In order to build a Mars base, spacecraft and various future equipment, such as astronauts' space suits and Mars planetary landers, all need to be designed, modeled and manufactured early.

Some people may say that "Gravity" has just been completed, so these things are ready-made.

There are some that can be exploited, but to be honest, not a lot.

The story of "The Martian" follows "Gravity", with the protagonists both being Chinese aerospace, but Sun Yi pushed the overall timeline of the script back 10 years.

In other words, the various equipment used in "The Martian" can be used in "Gravity", but it must be 10 years more advanced.

After all, technology is developing rapidly.

If the audience sees that the movie is still using old equipment from the "Gravity" era, wouldn't it be a mistake?

Therefore, over the past six months, Guo Fan and his team have been mainly preparing things in this regard.

At present, the construction of more than 20 scenes has been completed, and the craftsmanship has been improved.

When shooting the entire film, Guo Fan did not use large-scale special effects CG synthesis technology like he did in "Gravity", but chose the relatively difficult but more cost-effective real-life shooting.

Of course, one of the main reasons was that Star Digital was fully focused on the production of "Gravity" during that period and had no time to devote more technical resources to "The Martian".

After all, Gravity takes place in space, where there are no real locations to be found, whereas The Martian can be found.

According to Sun Yi's memory, this movie in the previous life was shot in Wadi Rum, the Rose Desert in Jordan.

The desert there is very different. The sand is not the golden yellow of ordinary deserts, but a rusty red similar to cinnabar, which is very close to the color of the surface of Mars.

However, although we in China do not have deserts of this color, our Yadan landform is also one of the places on Earth that is most similar to Mars.

Even Mars has the same Yardang landform belt, but its color is reddish.

This is not a problem at all for movie shooting, just adjust the color tone.

The Qaidam Basin is the longest Yardang landform belt in my country and even on the earth, and this is where Guo Fan chose to shoot.

Specifically, it is located in Oboliang Yadan, 60 kilometers west of Lenghu Town, Ximeng Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, my country. The famous Lenghu Mars Travel Practice Education Base in later generations is here.

Sun Yi and Liu Yifei first flew to Dunhuang. After a night's rest, they drove more than 270 kilometers under the guidance of a local guide and arrived at the crew.

Guo Fan, Zhang Yi and other crew members had been waiting at the door for a long time.

"Mr. Sun." "Boss~." "Yifei."

"Thank you for your hard work, everyone."

"Hello everyone~"

Sun Yi and Liu Yifei greeted everyone enthusiastically.

"Oh, our chief producer is finally here."

Ahaha, who dares to tease me in such a wicked way?

Sun Yi looked into the crowd in the direction of the voice and saw a woman in a dark blue one-piece space suit standing in the middle of the crowd. She had her arms folded across her chest, her long hair draped over her shoulders, her eyebrows were as dark as black, and a cunning light flashed in her deep eyes.

Sun Yi felt embarrassed, wondering how could he have forgotten about this sister.

"Haha. Hello, senior sister." Liu Yifei beside her also saw it, smiled sweetly, and greeted her crisply.

"Sister Yu~"

"Here I come, Sissi~"

Who else could it be if not Yu Feihong?

Sun Yi even forgot that this sister was the leading actress in the movie, playing the female captain of the Mars mission.

Originally, Zhou Xun was chosen for this role, but plans cannot keep up with changes.

The movie "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate" filmed by Zhou Xun is about to be released. Xu Ke attaches great importance to this movie and hopes that Zhou Xun can follow the crew and participate in the promotion of the movie throughout the whole process.

This will conflict with the filming schedule of "The Martian".

Although this role does not have many lines, it is a connecting role in the entire movie, so Guo Fan thought of Sister Yu and personally invited her to play the role.

Sun Yi also knew about this at the time, but he was so busy during that period that he simply forgot about it.

Fortunately, Yu Feihong was just joking.

After all, we haven't seen each other for a long time.

Everyone laughed for a while, then walked into the set together.

In order to welcome the boss and his wife, the entire crew took half a day off today, so everyone was very happy.

Guo Fan took on the role of a guide and introduced the stage setting to Sun Yi as they walked.

As this was his first time directing alone, he was very eager for Sun Yi's guidance.

"Director, this is our customized Mars base, built completely according to the 1:1 real scene in the script. There are five cabins in total. This is the living area, this is the equipment area. This is the experimental area, and it is also the vegetable garden where Brother Yi will grow potatoes in the future."

"Not bad, not bad, very good, the details are well done."

Sun Yi walked and looked around. The entire base had a strong sense of technology and was a level higher than the space station in "Gravity".

The planetary landing vehicle is also real, converted from an engineering vehicle and capable of meeting various tasks in the film. Guo Fan said that the cost of modifying this vehicle alone cost more than 200 million yuan.

“Don’t be afraid to spend more money, as long as it is spent in the right place and can truly meet the needs of the film, then it is spent wisely. This is the sense of reality we want.”

Sun Yi never showed favoritism to his own people. He was not afraid of spending money to achieve the best results when making movies, and he treated his subordinates equally.

Besides, this movie also has investments from other companies, so it’s not worth saving the money here, and it won’t go into my own pocket.

"Sister Yu, how does it feel to play an astronaut?"

"Not bad, quite fresh, but this is an outdoor scenic area, so we can't take photos of weightlessness. I heard that taking photos of this is quite painful?"

Over there, Liu Xiaozhi had already started whispering to Sister Yu Yu and sharing their experiences.

"Yeah, it's really painful. I have to hang several steel wires on my body, and I have to be suspended all the time to do the movements. Or I have to be on a robotic arm, which will swing me around for a whole day. I feel top-heavy and it's really uncomfortable."

"Oh, Sun Yi didn't tell you to take more rest. Doesn't he feel sorry for you at all?"

"Why feel sorry for him? He's a completely different person when he starts filming a movie. What a pig."

Sun Yi in front was asking Guo Fan about the filming progress of the crew. While he was speaking, he suddenly sneezed.

Who scolded me!

"Goose, Goose, Goose, Goose."

(End of this chapter)