Chapter 1058 Fame and Fortune

"Zhi Ning returned to his hometown?"

Wen Xia looked at Luo Quan with a surprised expression.

This assistant had not lived here for a few days, so why did she suddenly return to her hometown? It felt like she had not completed any work while she was with Luo Quan, and I saw her running into the house often.

"It's an urgent matter at home that needs to be dealt with for a while." Luo Quan nodded, "I don't have much work here anyway, so I asked her to go back first."

"That's it." Wen Xia learned about Ye Zhining's whereabouts and didn't ask any more questions. "Speaking of which, I'm going to the capital in a few days to film a movie."

After a few days of rest during the Spring Festival, Wen Xia was not idle, but took on a movie for herself.

However, she is not the heroine, but a fourth female lead who does not have too many roles. She is regarded as a friendly star.

The reason why I acted in this drama was that on the one hand, the crew gave me a lot of money, and on the other hand, the cast and script were both good, and it had the potential to become a hit.

Although she didn't get the female lead position, even if she was only the fourth female lead, as long as she performed well enough and left a deep impression on the audience, it would be quite successful.

In fact, she had not thought about this drama originally because she had made an appointment with Luo Quan to return to Yuzhou to film "Into the Dust" after the beginning of the new year.

But now the plan has changed. Luo Quan has to make a few suspense films first to prove to netizens that what he said is not a lie, so "Into the Dust" will have to be postponed for a while.

In addition, Luo Quan said that the few movies she was going to shoot didn't have many roles for girls, so she had nothing to do, so she took on a movie that didn't take too much time.

By the time I finish filming here, Luo Quan may have just finished filming the first film.

Then I'll go to Hengdian and see if I can get a bit part or something.

This is Wen Xia's plan. He discussed it with Luo Quan when he took the role the day before yesterday, and it was finally decided today.

"Then bring more clothes, it's a bit cold in the capital right now."

Luo Quan's physical fitness has become insensitive to the temperature in the midwinter and twelfth lunar month, but the warm summer is still at this point, so he gave a reminder.

"I know, every time I go away you have to nag me a few words, and I'm almost turning into an old woman." Wen Xia waved her hands, thinking that she was already in her twenties, so why didn't she know how to spend more time on clothes?

"Yes, when I grow up, I start to feel like I am nagging my mother." Luo Quan lowered his head in despair, like an old mother who was abandoned by her children.

"Get out of here." Wen Xia raised his leg and kicked Luo Quan from the side, hitting Luo Quan's round butt. It felt like he had kicked a piece of jelly.

After the fight, Luo Quan asked Wen Xia again: "How far have you practiced martial arts recently? You are quite powerful."

"It's almost level six, how are you?" Wen Xia was a little proud when he spoke.

After practicing for less than a year, she has almost reached the level of a middle-level warrior. This is indeed an achievement worth being proud of.

Of course, compared with Cheng Nuo, who was about to reach level four, Wen Xia was still far behind.

But she was a rare martial arts genius, and Wen Xia never intended to compare with her from the beginning to the end.

"It's indeed pretty fast." Luo Quan praised lightly, "But it's not enough. You still have a long way to go. It's not a good sign to be complacent now."

"I know -" Wen Xia drawled, then turned around and went back to the room, not sure if he was playing on his phone or practicing.

Luo Quan arrived in Hengdian by plane the next day. He originally thought that the place would be a little deserted during the Chinese New Year, but he could still see extras in various costumes in the film and television city.

These people are here to pursue their dreams. If they want to earn a living, there are better jobs than being an extra.

Until their dreams come true, most people will choose to stay here.

In other words, they are too embarrassed to go back to see their parents before they can look like themselves.

Of course, most people can only waste their time here, after all, there are too few counterattack miracles like Bao Qiang.

The good news is that because of these people with dreams, Luo Quan can easily recruit a large number of extras to meet the requirements of the new play.

After the extras are found, the scene must be carefully arranged.

The original version of the movie takes place in India, and the remake is set in Thailand. Compared to the former, the background of the latter is simpler.

And although they are both in Asia, Indians and Thais still look different.

On the premise that most of the extras are Chinese, Thailand must be more reasonable, so it doesn't seem too inconsistent.

What are the characteristics of Thailand?

Luo Quan feels that in addition to the various tropical rainforest trees growing in the city, there are also Buddhist buildings and objects that can be seen everywhere. Of course, Muay Thai is also essential.

By grasping these details, you can still capture the feeling of Thailand even if you are not in Thailand.

Of course, there is still a gap between the overall atmosphere and the on-site shooting.

But this is not to control costs.

If it weren't for the fact that the villain in the movie was a police officer, she wouldn't have had to take off her pants and fart and set the scene in a foreign country. She could just make it a domestic movie and everything would be solved.

But I will definitely not pass the review if I take photos like this.

In fact, there is no need to explicitly state that this is in Thailand. It just doesn’t matter if it’s not in China. It just needs to create an atmosphere of a foreign country and let the audience know that this is a foreign country. It doesn’t matter whether it’s Thailand or not.

On the day he agreed to meet with Xiao Yang, the plane he called arrived at Hengdian at eight o'clock in the morning.

Seeing him in person for the first time, Luo Quan found that Xiao Yang was more lively than he looked on the computer screen.

My figure is not bad, quite strong, but my face is round and big, which makes me look a little fat.

"I have been acting during this period and have no time to control my body shape." Xiao Yang may have realized the problems in body management, so he explained immediately.

Luo Quan smiled and waved his hand: "With such an ordinary body shape, eight-pack abs like Director Wu Jin are rare. Talents that are closer to the public are more likely to be liked by the public."

Xiao Yang also laughed, but for some reason, it felt like Director Luo was still complaining about him.

"By the way, has anyone ever said that you look like a professional League of Legends player?" Luo Quan looked at Xiao Yang's appearance and finally couldn't help but ask.

"Rookie, right?" Xiao Yang smiled helplessly, "The whole world is saying that we look very similar, we are almost half brothers. When he won the championship before, I even followed him. It’s a hot search.”

Luo Quan burst out laughing. This own incident really made a lot of people laugh at the time.

After making a joke, Luo Quan called the director's assistant on the crew: "Bring the chicken first, no... Lao Xiao, go to the hotel and take a rest. Filming will officially start tomorrow."

Under Xiao Yang's resentful eyes, Luo Quan went to meet the other leading actors.

Since this was basically the first time we worked together, there was no greeting after the meeting, it was all about work.

Everyone behaved very professionally and were very excited when they heard that work would start tomorrow.

Although it is a low-budget work, the director is Luo Quan, a legend in the mainland film and television industry!

There are many people in China who have won awards from the three major international film festivals, but she is the only one who has won both international film festivals and Oscars.

And what she has won are all the most important awards.

Best Director, Best Actor, Best Film, Best Screenplay...

Almost everything I can think of is covered.

Working with such a film and television legend, even a small-budget film means endless possibilities.

Is the investment in "Farewell My Concubine" high? It’s less than 100 million, but it’s the highest score for a domestic film on Douban.com, sweeping all major domestic awards and winning the crown at the Cannes Film Festival.

What Director Luo is filming this time may not necessarily be "Farewell My Concubine", but with her ability, it can't be any worse.

After the movie is released, this movie will also become a shining point in the resume of these little transparent people.

Therefore, the actors all cherished this opportunity and memorized the lines by heart as soon as they got the script, and then began to figure out the psychology of the characters.

Of course, these are things an actor should do.

However, in domestic entertainment where even actors can be praised for reciting their lines, the dedicated performance of these actors seems so professional.

It would be hard work for someone with a low traffic profile. As a director, Luo Quan would have to come out to be interviewed by the media and praise them for how hard they worked.

Fortunately, there are no young people in the crew, so Luo Quan naturally doesn't need to arrange a sedan chair for everyone to carry when he is being interviewed by reporters.

Before the movie officially started shooting, Luo Quan held a movie press conference as usual.

The reputation is here, and no matter how small the investment is, there are still a large number of reporters willing to cover it.

"Luo Quan, what is your investment budget for this movie?"

The reporter from Weibo Entertainment was the first to ask the question. This should also be the question that netizens are most concerned about now.

It was agreed that RMB 500 million would be used to make three movies. If the first movie was lavish, it would be quite controversial.

"I set the budget for the first part within 100 million."

Luo Quan slowly took out a form from his briefcase: "This is the current expenditure list. The rental cost for actors and filming equipment is the bulk, totaling over 30 million."

The reporters immediately raised their cameras, zoomed in, and clicked the shutter.

Very few production crews will disclose detailed bills to them, and some will only give them a general investment amount. There are not many honest people like Luo Quan.

"So how long do you expect the shooting to take?" Another reporter soon asked.

"Twenty days." Luo Quan put his hands on the table, "Isn't it very bold to finish the movie in twenty days?

What I told everyone was that the scene would be shot in twenty days. All the actors and photographers were very excited when they found out, because the time was so tight, so it couldn’t be wrong at all. Only by passing the shots over and over again could we keep up with the progress. "

Having said this, Luo Quan grinned again: "But in the end I gave up. Twenty days was indeed too urgent. In the end, I adjusted it to thirty days. I hope it can be completed within the scheduled time."

Finishing a movie in a month is indeed quite a challenge.

Lao Mouzi's "Empty River Blue" was criticized for being extremely careless and insincere, and it took more than two months to shoot.

But Luo Quan is even more ruthless, he doesn't even need a month, he can get it done in twenty days.

Of course, she finally gave a conservative statement that she hoped it would be over within a month, but this was also an exaggeration.

In fact, Luo Quan said these words just to make fun of him, but none of the reporters present heard it.

Recently, there was an interview video with Lao Mouzi on Station B that became very popular. It was said that he originally planned to shoot the entire movie "Empty River Blue" in one shot.

After talking about a lot of things, I finally said I gave up.

This is as funny as a second-level student who said he wanted to take the Tsinghua University entrance examination, but gave up in the end.

What’s even funnier is that netizens have compiled many versions based on Lao Mouzi’s interview.

The most outrageous one is "I originally wanted to fly a fighter jet to go to school." This second creation even has more clicks than the original video.

After Luo Quan saw it, he also wanted to imitate the whole thing.

But I didn’t expect that none of the reporters could get it. It may be that the self-entertainment of Bilibili netizens did not arouse the popularity of the entire network.

"Maybe my imitation is too abstract." Luo Quan laughed at himself and didn't take it too seriously.

The duration of the interview was relatively short. Because it was a suspense movie, there was quite a lot of content that needed to be hidden.

In most trailers of suspense films, sometimes you don’t even know who the protagonist is or what the main content is. Only after you get it in the theater can you get a full picture.

Luo Quan, who likes to reveal gossip to fans, also chose to keep it secret during the live broadcast in the evening:

“Don’t ask, you’ll find out if you go to the cinema in a month.

If you really don’t want to spend money, you can watch the movie on Station B after it is released. You only need to open a big membership.

For ten yuan, you can’t buy it, you can’t buy it, you can’t buy it, you can’t buy it, you can’t be fooled. "

Fans don’t really buy into such remarks:

"It's not a question of whether I'll get the better of it, but I really want to know more about it before spending money."

"I am a free member, but I still plan to go to the cinema to see it."

"It would be great if Luo Bao starred in it."

"That's right, Luo Bao, it seems like you haven't been a leading actor for a while."

"Shocked! The two-time Oscar winner has been reduced to having nothing to film!"

"Haha, the UC Title Department wants you to go to work tomorrow."

………………

Luo Quan saw the fans' needs, she smiled slightly and said: "I know everyone wants to watch the movie I star in.

Don't worry, aren't we going to make three movies this time? I can tell you clearly that one of them will be starring me.

And I still act in this movie from beginning to end, so you can watch it to your heart’s content! "

When fans heard this, they looked forward to it:

"Ah, is it a one-man show?"

"One person shot it from beginning to end. It's such a familiar type."

"Aren't there any male actors to cooperate?"

"Well...there's something wrong with you."

"This is not the time to drive, asshole!"

"It seems that Luo Bao is trying a very new way of shooting."

"Then I wish Luo Bao will gain both fame and fortune this time."

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Luo Quan looked at the barrage, and a smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth.