On March 28, Lin Juan received a call from Li Lan.
"The Monkey King has just been released in North America. Have you not paid attention to the box office of The Monkey King?"
"Uh... I'm a little busy." Lin Juan said awkwardly.
"You..." Li Lan said funny, but she also knew that he had such a personality.
"Aunt Lan, how much is the box office?" Lin Juan asked.
From February 5th to yesterday, fifty-one days, how much box office did you get?
"There are a total of 4.32 billion in the country, 46 million in South Korea, 150 million in Japan, and 430 million in North America. We still have some blessings from Tobona. Many people think this is their mythical universe.
one."
"The total global box office has just exceeded 5 billion yuan. Congratulations to you, Lin Juan, you are the first director in China to have a box office of over 10 billion yuan." Li Lan's voice was full of joy and pride.
This billionaire director was discovered through her hands, and now it only took Lin Jian two and a half years to make three movies, and his brilliance attracted the attention of the world.
The title of a billionaire director is very valuable and has made Lin Juan famous again. Now Lin Juan’s Weibo followers have exceeded 5 million.
This is because there are only two Weibo posts on it...
I don’t know how many people are ‘whipping corpses’ on Lin Juan’s Weibo every day.
"I don't even post a single Weibo post to promote the movie. It's so real..."
"Today is the 300th day since Lin Juan was posted on the blog. I miss him..."
"Hello? Is anyone here..."
"..."
There are tens of thousands of comments like this, and there are also some venting their excitement after watching the movie, urging the movie, and swearing...
All kinds.
"Ten billions?" Lin Juan was stunned. He really didn't care about this.
But now that he has achieved this achievement, it would be false to say that he is unhappy, but to say he is too happy...
It seems there isn't either.
Set a small goal first.
Ten billion dollars, maybe.
…
"Well, it's tens of billions. The company wants to hold a celebration party for you. Do you want to take the time to come back during this period?" Li Lan asked.
"Forget it Aunt Lan, there's no need to go to such trouble, I still have to film." Lin Juan refused with a smile. That kind of occasion meant nothing to him.
"Well, that's okay." Li Lan agreed regretfully and was not surprised.
To be honest, if it were a director like Feng Dapao with Lin Juan's achievements, he would have been praised to the sky a long time ago, and his reputation would be much higher than that of Lin Juan now.
But Lin Juan just doesn't make any hype, just keeps making movies, and goes back to his hometown to stay whenever he has free time, which makes people helpless.
"When will your movie be finished?"
"If everything goes well, it will be late April." Lin Juan said with a smile. The filming will be completed in April. The special effects started as early as September last year. There is no problem in releasing the movie in August.
After chatting for a few more words and then hanging up the phone, Downey asked from the side: "Your girlfriend? She smiles so happily."
Lin Jian glanced at him speechlessly, "What the hell?"
"Okay, rest time is over, it's time for you to work."
After driving Downey to the set, Lin Juan put his chin in his hands and thought about the plot behind it. This was a big project.
…
The progress is improving day by day, and the time has entered April.
News about Lin Juan's new drama has begun to spread. From time to time, Chen Guang's official Weibo will upload some interesting things from Lin Juan's set to promote it in advance.
For example, Downey and others were wearing clothes made of white plastic templates, acting awkwardly on a green screen, and they laughed from time to time.
To be honest, when making a science fiction film like this, you just have to treat yourself like a lunatic. Don't worry about whether it's embarrassing or not, the acting is over.
And the audience's reaction is also very exciting.
"The male protagonist is really a foreigner? So Lin Juan's next superhero is American?"
"I feel that Lin Juan is playing a big game..."
"I just want to know what this movie is like? What is the hero's superpower? Can it be compared with Monkey Brother?"
"Oh my God, what kind of idea does Lin Juan have about the competition between the foreign superheroes, Brother Monkey, and the captain?"
"Ah ah ah! Lin Juan, hurry up and finish the photo!! I will reward you 50 cents on Weibo!"
"Looking for foreigners to film? Let me put it this way, this movie will definitely fail!"
"It's neither fish nor fowl. Instead of making good Chinese movies, make English movies. Do you really want to lick foreigners?"
"Pink turns black."
"..."
There were a lot of discussions on the Internet, some good and some bad, but none of them affected Lin Jian because he basically never read news online.
In fact, he is also afraid that his mentality will be affected if he reads too much, both good and bad, so it is better not to read it at all.
…
"How long will I have to hang?"
Downey shouted breathlessly in the air. At this time, his hands and feet were wearing mechanical gloves and shoes, and on his head was a wire device like a clothes hanger.
Maintaining balance like this is extremely tiring, but he has been hanging for almost two hours.
Repeatedly filmed the scene where he tested the Mark 2.
"Until you learn it, keep going." Lin Juan said without raising his head. During the morning shooting process, he couldn't pass it because he couldn't keep his balance well. If he only relied on his hands and feet, he would accidentally end up in the sky.
Spread out in large characters.
Uncomfortable...
"I've learned it!" Danny shouted loudly, wanting to grab Lin Juan and hang him up like this.
Maintaining balance while dangling in the sky consumes too much physical energy.
Lin Juan took a look and saw that it seemed to be pretty good. Although it was wobbly, Iron Man was not very stable when he tested it for the first time.
"Costume, the legs of this Mark II are falling apart!! Does anyone care about it!!"
"Where's the bottle of wine here? Who drank it secretly?! Damn it, you all eat expired bananas?"
"..."
The daily life of the crew.
Downey's physical strength is not enough to sustain high-intensity filming, so in fact, many of the scenes in Mark Armor are completed by martial arts stunt doubles. He wears Mark II and hangs in the sky for a day, while Downey is responsible for filling in the shots.
Now, I can also find time to film other dramas.
As time goes by, Downey's Chinese is getting better and better, and he can now understand many daily expressions used by the crew, such as grass mud horse, sand sculpture, hurry up, put the meal, start, etc. He is very diligent in learning.
, and also told Lin Juan that Stark should be able to speak Chinese. After all, he is a genius. He thought that when he co-produced with Chinese heroes in the future, he would have to say a few lines in Chinese, and he would definitely be very popular in China.
, practice early.
Of course Lin Juan was happy with his attitude.
The scenes were shot one by one, and by mid-April only the final battle was left to be shot.
This final battle is not in New York like in the original novel.
The reasons for fighting are somewhat different from those of your opponents.
In fact, Lin Juan felt that the plot of the original work was stiff in some places, but it didn't matter, Lin Juan had changed everything anyway.
On April 18, Lin Juan inspected the studio and returned to the monitor. He held the walkie-talkie in his hand and said in a deep voice: "Turn on the camera."