After a month of busy work, Han Fei has completed all the procedures for the offshore company, and the office that Chris helped rent has been tidied up, at least it has a place to stay.
In addition, domestic Jiang Qinghou and others have also completed the exit procedures. As for the shooting equipment, there is no need to worry. In Hollywood, as long as it is related to the movie, you can find it here from the rental company.
Jiang Qinghou and his party boarded the flight to the United States with excitement. They were so excited on the plane that they couldn't sleep. When they got off the plane, they all started yawning.
After the group of people picked up their luggage, Han Fei was already waiting for them at the exit. It was funny to see Jiang Qinghou and the others looking so depressed.
The crew and technicians from "Tiangong" totaled more than fifty people. Han Fei called a tour bus to pick them all up. On the first day, he would definitely be jet lagged, so Han Fei directly
Take them to the hotel.
Although Jiang Qinghou and the others were clamoring to go to Hollywood, they fell asleep as soon as they entered the room and got on the bed.
After a while, Han Fei started to take this group of people to visit Los Angeles. They have come here, so they have to let people go around, right? Otherwise, when I go back and be asked to go to the United States, I just stay on the set. How boring?
Three days later, work officially started. Since the background is in the United States, many American actors are naturally needed. Fortunately, finding actors in the United States does not have to be as troublesome as in China. You can go directly to the Screen Actors Guild to find the detailed information of most actors.
It’s as convenient as finding extras in Hengdian.
Of course, Hollywood actors are prohibitively expensive even for extras. However, after learning from the lessons of "The Wandering Earth", Han Fei hired an A-list star named "Frank" to play the male lead. I originally heard that the boss was Chinese.
, this person didn’t want to take this film, but after taking a look at the pay, he finally accepted it. From this point of view, Han Fei still likes this straightforward business model. If he wants to hire some big-name stars in China, he must not only have
Money has to be related.
The day of the opening ceremony was a bit deserted. There were very few domestic media. Most of the local American media came here for "Frank". In their eyes, the success of "The Wandering Earth" was just for the Chinese to amuse themselves, without the Chinese language.
Han Fei cannot succeed in the aura of the movie, because this is Hollywood.
Of course, Han Fei didn't care what the American media thought of him. All his attention was on the special effects artists hired from Weta Studio.
The technicians of "Tiangong" are already at the top level in China, but compared with the special effects production staff of Weta Studio, there is still a gap, so this time Han Fei spent a lot of money to directly invite a special effects team to come over, just to make
"Tiangong" technicians can completely learn their three-dimensional motion capture system.
At this time, translation plays a very important role. The technicians of "Tiangong" are all nerds. It's okay for them to read English publications, but their spoken language is really poor.
In fact, the shooting difficulty of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is not high. The main reason is that the three-dimensional motion capture system is relatively complicated. The actor playing the orangutan needs to wear clothes with sensors installed all over the body. At the same time, the structure of the human body is different from that of orangutans, especially
The length of both hands, so both hands also need to wear special mechanical extension arms.
In fact, these difficulties are nothing. What really makes Han Fei uncomfortable is that these Americans are not willing to work overtime, and they are not willing to pay them. There are even people from the Screen Actors Guild interfering.
Now Han Fei finally understood why, the production cost of Hollywood movies is so high. If anyone in China dares to say that he will get off work in eight hours, he will not have to eat a bowl of rice, and will be directly banned by all the crew.
Fortunately, the crew brought from China were more conscious. Since the foreigners were away and unable to shoot, they began to sort out the shooting situation during the day. Especially the technicians of "Tiangong" took advantage of the night to digest the knowledge points they learned during the day.
It must be admitted that the hard work of the Chinese nation is the fundamental reason why we can transform from a backward country into a world power in just a few decades.
During this period, Li Yanan was not idle either. She didn't need to translate when she was working overtime, but she still helped with the back office work, which made Jiang Qinghou and the others wink at Han Fei.
Filming abroad is in full swing, and there is no idle time at home. First, "Frozen Planet" was released. Although it was not as shocking as when "The Wandering Earth" was released, the realistic special effects also won the summer box office championship, with a total box office of 3.6 billion.
Although the investment is not low, it is still a solid step for Xingyi Media.
The success of "Frozen Planet" has also made many film and television companies in the industry see the prospects of science fiction blockbusters. A number of science fiction films that are not high-quality, but are still above the standard have been released. At the same time, it has also ignited the domestic audience's interest in science fiction films.
of enthusiasm.
Of course, many viewers said that these science fiction films cannot be compared with "The Wandering Earth" at all, and they are more concerned about when Han Fei's new film will be released.
So I waited from the summer holiday to the eleventh holiday, and then from the eleventh holiday to the Lunar New Year holiday, but there was still no news.
In fact, Han Fei was also very anxious. This was in the United States. If nothing else, the cost of having such a crew was not a small sum, not to mention that all the shooting equipment was rented.
Fortunately, before Christmas, there is only one last scene left, and that is the final decisive battle on the Golden Gate Bridge.
The Golden Gate Bridge is the hub connecting the two cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco, so the application for filming was submitted very early. This is also thanks to Hollywood. If ordinary cities follow the procedures, according to the efficiency of the United States, it is estimated that Han Fei can wait until his hair turns gray.
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This scene is the climax of the whole play. All the orangutans, led by their leader Caesar, showed extremely high ability to obey. In fact, once the orangutans gain intelligence, their combat effectiveness is no better than that of humans with guns.
Difference.
Several strong men who played the role of superstar orangutans crashed into a bus. In fact, this was a scrapped bus. The engine inside had been removed long ago, and only the surface was restored.
As the strong men roared in unison, with the help of the crane, the bus fell down and slowly moved forward for several meters, as if it was really pushed by them.
"Click~~~" Jiang Qinghou gave the order, which also heralded the end of the ten-month filming of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes".
Han Fei finally breathed a sigh of relief. The North American box office share of "The Wandering Earth" of US$130 million was only left at US$30 million.
"Damn it, I'll never make a movie in the United States again." Han Fei secretly made a decision.