Chapter 215 Auspicious Day
Chapter 215 Auspicious Day
After receiving a new round of financing, Youtube's development entered the fast lane.
An American actress posted a video of an intimate date with her boyfriend on it. After the news was exposed by the media, it quickly attracted a wave of traffic, with the video being played more than 590 million times in a single day.
I can only say that a good platform is indeed a good platform.
Not only Fan Wumian had a keen eye for talent, but others also began to pay attention to the potential of Youtube.
There was even a wealthy Russian businessman who, through a consulting company, told him that he was willing to buy his shares for $350 million.
Seeing that the opportunity is about to come, this company will rise accordingly. At this time, only a fool would sell it.
So Fan Wumian politely declined directly, leaving no room for negotiation.
Judging from recent developments, the global Internet industry seems to have finally shaken off the shadow of the bubble of previous years and is heading towards a new round of rapid rise.
under these circumstances.
Fan Wumian finally notified Tudou.com and asked them to hurry up and prepare, and set the official launch date on August 8st.
The level of technological development cannot keep up for the time being, and throwing money at it now will only yield half the result with twice the effort, so he only gave a budget of 100 million RMB, hoping to start with areas that young people are interested in, such as promoting animation, games, funny videos, etc.
As for many forums, they are almost scrapped. They gather countless public intellectuals, and when they have a cold or diarrhea, they always complain about air pollution and excessive pesticides, which are not as strict as the standards abroad.
If we can make these people lose interest in Tudou.com, it will be a success in a sense, as it will prevent bad money from driving out good money.
After experiencing the feeling of making a profit of 1 million Hong Kong dollars in a single day without actually doing anything, Fan Wumian began to feel a little numb.
I should have been very happy.
However, he found that the quality of life had not changed much.
Instead, he devoted himself to the preparations for the new crew. He was busy from morning to night every day with trivial matters such as personnel arrangements, venue decoration, and script adjustments, which made him feel very fulfilled and nourished.
After selling the overseas distribution rights of "A Quiet Place 1", he made a lot of money and started investing in properties everywhere. At first, the outside world was quite interested in him.
The problem is that after doing it many times, they start to get numb and some people start to feel resistance.
Clearly aware of this, Fan Wumian decisively chose to dive underwater. At the same time, the public relations department has kept a low profile recently, focusing on its contracted artists. At the same time, he has also prepared himself not to make any external statements in the short term except for necessary publicity.
With his current fame, basically all the young people who should know him already know him.
As for many middle-aged and elderly people, it is very likely that they have never bought an album or gone to the cinema to watch a movie in their entire lives, so they are not the marketing targets that he needs to pay attention to.
So there is no need to maintain a high exposure, just show your face occasionally and don't let your fans forget you.
I looked up the almanac myself and set the opening ceremony on July 7th.
As the news came out, it attracted countless reporters. The atmosphere on the scene was several times more lively than when the first "A Quiet Place" started filming. Many foreign reporters also came to join in the fun.
Fan Wumian attended the event in a low-key manner wearing a baseball cap, leaving the task of accepting interviews to the producer and assistant director Lu Hao. He briefly introduced the investment budget, expected release date and so on.
Because Fan Wumian died in the first part.
When some media saw that Fan Wumian was unwilling to be interviewed, they began to speculate whether he was trying to avoid answering the sensitive question of whether he would continue to play the leading role.
The preparations had been going on for a long enough time. As soon as the opening ceremony ended, the extras at the Lion Rock Park Baseball Field had already found their positions as they had rehearsed.
Follow the script.
The beginning of the second part, "A Quiet Place", describes the story before the disaster.
As a couple, Fan Wumian and Zhuang Muxi, accompanied by their parents, came to participate in a baseball game held by their younger brother and sister's school.
There are white, black and Latino faces among the extras. If you ignore the traditional Chinese characters around them, people would believe that it was filmed in the United States.
Fan Wumian deliberately blurred the background of the story, making it easier for European and American audiences to accept.
no way.
The people from Party A's financial sponsor emphasized this point. They hope that the whole drama will have some oriental characteristics, but they don't want it to be too distinctive so that some viewers will lose interest.
Thinking that good things should be kept within the family, the actors who play Zhuang Muxi's parents are really her biological parents.
The plot is nothing more than Zhuang Muxi's father patting Fan Wumian on the shoulder and saying that they want to discuss the wedding date as soon as possible. In just half a minute of footage, they were paid 10,000 yuan each.
As for the actor who plays Fan Wumian's father, it was Eason Chen who made a cameo appearance.
During the lively school baseball game, a huge fireball appeared in the sky, suggesting that the monsters that chased sounds and hunted creatures were actually aliens from outer space.
The fireball needed to be produced using computer special effects. Due to the lack of real objects, Fan Wumian needed to personally explain to dozens of people in the audience, telling them where they should look and what expressions they should make.
Having directed and starred in two films, Fan Wumian is more familiar with this. However, since this movie is a real special effects movie, he still drew a lot of storyboards a few days ago to ensure that there would be no mistakes that would affect the special effects production in the later stage.
Reshooting is cheap, but special effects are expensive, and every second wasted is money. It was summer and the weather was too hot.
After rehearsing twice, Fan Wumian sat under the awning, unscrewed the bottle cap and drank ice water, and asked Ma Yingjie, "How is it? Will my hairstyle be exposed?"
When he was filming "Those Years" some time ago, he really shaved his hair short because of the scene where he made a bet with Zuo Ziyan.
It has grown a little lately, but not to its previous length.
Assistant Director Lu Hao smiled and replied:
"This part of the story is about before the disaster happened, which is three or four months away from the timeline of the first film. There are no faults in the details. Mr. Fan is really dedicated and strives for perfection."
"Speak nicely. We don't need that kind of thing between us."
Fan Wumian wiped his sweat off his face, stood next to the electric fan and blew it vigorously, then changed the subject and asked:
"I'm thinking about a question."
"From a probabilistic point of view, there may be many planets with life in the universe, but both movies and literary works are always talking about how powerful aliens are."
"Is it possible that, although there are many alien creatures, humans are the first intelligent life to be born? That's why we haven't been able to find any clues about alien civilizations?"
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I really don't understand why Fan Wumian's thoughts jump so much.
Lu Hao, who once again served as assistant director, thought for a moment and replied:
"It is indeed possible, but if it is true, it would be too scary. People have always fantasized that through the development of each generation, they will eventually enter the era of interstellar navigation like aliens. However, if there are some barriers that cannot be crossed, it means that humans may be trapped in the solar system forever until they are completely extinct."
Assistant Pu Jiajing interrupted and said:
"Those things are too far away and have nothing to do with us. I am thankful that I can live to be 70. The black people from Africa are almost suffering from heat stroke. Is today really an auspicious day?"
Fan Wumian said with a firm tone:
"The almanac says today is a good day to pray for blessings and open a business. How could it be false? I asked a fortune teller to calculate and I'll need to give a red envelope of 10,000 or 20,000 yuan. Wouldn't it be nice to use it to treat the crew to a meal?"
Zhuang Muxi was also feeling very hot, with sweat dripping down his chin onto his chest.
Seeing this scene clearly made assistant Pu Jiajing shed tears. She thought that it was no wonder that fans were always so excited to scream when they saw Zhuang Muxi. Even she, a woman, felt moved when she saw it.
Zuo Ziyan left for London yesterday. We will probably meet again during the National Day. However, the technology of online video calls is very mature. As long as you are willing to spend money to become a member and arrange a high-definition line, the calls are said to be clearer and smoother.
Take a short break, wait for the production and stage management to finish their work, and then continue filming.
According to Fan Wumian's idea, they had to shoot about 5 minutes of scenes today, starting with the moment he drove away from the baseball field with Zhuang Muxi and his younger brothers and sisters.
The car is also sponsored, the latest model of Land Rover Range Rover.
With the super high box office of the first "A Quiet Place", the sponsors were willing to spend money on advertising placement. For example, this Range Rover and the Mercedes-Benz S55AMG driven by Eason Chan are both sponsored by manufacturers and registered under the Hong Kong City Bandit King Media.
Before that, Zhuang Muxi handed Fan Wumian a bottle of Coco Tree brand coconut juice.
For just a few seconds of camera placement, the Coco Tree brand gave 80 RMB in sponsorship fees.
Even the little actress who played Zhuang Muxi's sister, who wore a Red Star Erke sportswear and a white baseball cap, received extra sponsorship fees.
Some bystanders may be jealous of the rich, but the advertising sponsors who have worked with Fan Wumian generally think that it is a very wise decision to ask him to endorse and promote their products.
It took about two hours to capture the chaotic feeling that Fan Wumian wanted.
at first.
When people inadvertently saw the fireball falling from the sky, they talked about it with a curious attitude, speculating whether it was a meteorite or something like that.
But a small meteorite hit the nearby woods, causing a gust of wind and shaking the earth.
Followed by.
People fled in a hurry. Fan Wumian hurriedly pulled Zhuang Muxi and his younger brother and sister into the car. Soon they saw monsters rushing out of the woods, breaking through the fence of the baseball field, and killing people at the scene.
According to the plot, until this point, people didn't know that they couldn't make any sound.
So some people who were afraid and screamed were quickly slaughtered by the monster.
Fan Wumian sometimes acted as an actor and sometimes as a director. He thought of saving as much as possible and focused more shots on extras, trying to compress the scenes related to monsters as much as possible.
Not long after they appeared, Zhuang Muxi's parents were killed prematurely and were chopped off by the monster.
Fan Wumian was worried that she was too involved and didn't entertain the guests well enough, so she only let director Lu Hao take charge of the scenes involving her parents.
Since it was a big event, it couldn’t be said to be very smooth.
I continued shooting until the evening, but failed to achieve my goal. The outdoor lighting was no longer suitable, so I have to continue tomorrow.
The others were off work, and Fan Wumian took Lu Hao to check for omissions and discuss which shots needed to be reshot tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)