On May 27, "Supernatural" was basically released, with a national box office of 1.902 billion.
As a film that only cost a little over 100 million, it delivered a satisfactory answer.
With a score of 1.9 billion, it has also become the temporary annual champion of domestic films since the beginning of the year.
Although this champion may be replaced in a month, people inside and outside the circle have a new understanding of Qin Xiaobao and Kiwi.
In normal times, or if another director's movie is a hit, the next step is to take a good rest.
Qin Xiaobao also thought that running a roadshow was really not an easy job, especially if it lasted for more than fifty days, which was enough time to make another movie.
A life of hard work, no time for leisure.
There will be a lot more work to do, which will be left to the company.
He immediately boarded a flight to Beijing and went to Huairou Baihe Scenic Area.
As I said before, there is no train in Guangdong that Qin Xiaobao wants. If everything is prepared by the crew, it will cost too much, so just change it somewhere.
The reason why I came to Beijing to shoot first was because of the inertia of the weather.
It will still be summer. By the time it ends in Guangdong, it will probably be winter. There is a chance of snow in Beijing, but the timeline is wrong.
On the contrary, there is actually not much difference between Huairou in June and Guangdong in December, and no flaws can be seen.
Qin Xiaobao has been to Baihe several times before and was very satisfied after seeing it.
Even if it is a scenic spot, there are not many tourists. The natural scenery is well preserved. As far as you can see, there are very few wire poles and base stations. Secondly, the mountains here are steep and the vegetation is lush, giving it a desolate feel like a traditional western movie.
This time I came here mainly to see the trains and horses.
The scenery is there and will not change, the props are the highlight.
When he came "in front of the train", he realized that he had been deceived by the producer.
What Lao Zhou told him was that the train he found was definitely an antique from that time. From the photos and videos sent, Qin Xiaobao didn't see any problems.
But after standing in front of these two carriages and observing carefully, I still saw flaws.
"Lao Zhou, your train is impure." Qin Xiaobao patted the car body, good guy, with a bang: "It's just a layer of iron!"
Lao Zhou didn't smile: "Director Qin, please tell me first whether the talisman meets the requirements."
"It's not bad, have you run away?" Qin Xiaobao squatted down and looked at the site, and it seemed like this: "Don't fall apart by then, or the problem will be big."
"No!" Lao Zhou assured, patting his chest: "It's just talk without practicing the fake moves, let's just go up and experience it!"
A group of people got into the car. Qin Xiaobao looked left and right, then looked around, touching here and touching there.
The decorations inside the train have been finished, and they are exactly as he requested, especially the hot pot, which is amazingly restored.
After a few people sat down, Lao Zhou asked the driver to drive. After shaking, the train slowly moved forward.
"The car was modified from a car chassis, the rails were laid, and the car's original motor was used, but the power was a bit insufficient."
In fact, Mr. Zhou didn't need to say it, Qin Xiaobao could feel that the speed was quite slow, probably only thirty miles.
There were more than a dozen people in the actual filming vehicle, and with various machines, it would definitely be slower.
This is good news.
If you can't run fast, you won't be in danger if you use a horse to pull you.
When filming, especially action scenes, the most important thing to pay attention to is personal safety.
Everyone in the crew has purchased insurance, and insurance company personnel will accompany you throughout the entire process, and will even join in the plot discussion. If it is too dangerous, they will come out to stop it, and they will either not be able to shoot or sign an agreement that we will not insure this shot.
This is not uncommon in film shooting, it happens all the time.
"The white smoke prop you asked for has been prepared. I'm not here today, so I can't demonstrate it."
Qin Xiaobao nodded, said nothing, and stuck his head out of the car window. He had a lot of work.
The fat director came over in advance and booked dozens of camera seats in advance. He had to walk around and take a look at them all.
Horse-drawn carriages have many vistas, panoramic scenes, things that need to be studied, and there is still a lot of preparation work.
The track is three kilometers in total and it took 19 minutes from start to finish, which is not very fast at all.
After getting off the car, Qin Xiaobao patted the locomotive with satisfaction: "How much did this thing cost?"
"More than 400,000 yuan, plus more than 2 million yuan for the railway tracks." Seeing that he did not raise any objections, Lao Zhou felt relieved: "Dozens of people worked together to study, and many things are made by hand."
He actually looked for it and found that the train model Qin Xiaobao requested was available, but it was in the museum and it was impossible to lend it out.
If you completely build a new train, the cost is unimaginable. As a producer, your main responsibility is to save money without affecting the filming. After pulling the props and scenery, and professional staff studied for a long time, they came up with this
Plan, car modification.
"In addition, we also made a one-to-one model of the carriage, which has been transported to the warehouse. Because it only has iron sheets, we haven't taken it over yet for fear of being damaged."
Seeing that Lao Zhou had finished talking, the fat director came over with a notebook and introduced the group while walking.
Just like that, the whole morning passed.
Qin Xiaobao spent most of the time watching and listening. If he had any questions, he would write them down and not be in a hurry to ask questions.
After finding a random place to have some lunch, the crew arrived at a racecourse more than a hundred kilometers away.
Looking at Lao Zhou who looked sad, Qin Xiaobao felt a little apologetic.
I didn't expect it to be so expensive.
The salary of a groom alone is 15,000 yuan a month, not counting the cost of renting horses, transportation, and daily consumption.
"Director Qin, you don't know that it took a lot of effort to find ten big white horses. Their cost per day is more expensive than our staff." As a professional producer, Lao Zhou has long been accustomed to finding every opportunity.
Complained to the director: "You mentioned in the script that you wanted ten horses, but they have to be about the same appearance. Is there any special intention?"
"Prince Charming." Qin Xiaobao smiled: "Think about it, Jiang Wen and his brothers behind him rode in a row at the gate of Goose City on a big white horse. How impressive it is. If you really want to say the meaning, haha, you can think
It was the October Revolution that brought Marxism-Leninism from Russia.”
Lao Zhou was speechless, as he said the same thing: "Then using a horse-drawn train, will there be any drama?"
"Don't worry, I checked the information, and there is indeed a precedent in history." Qin Xiaobao gently touched the mane of the big white horse. It was quite well-behaved, not noisy, and well-trained: "Also, why you chose the white horse is also a metaphor.
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The assistant directors and screenwriters gathered around.
Many times, they really don’t know the director’s intentions.
"Zhang Muzhi and his brothers had transportation. Dark horse. What I want to express here is that their status in society at that time was that they were gangsters and belonged to the dark forces. After talking with Master Tang, they had a new idea.
I wanted to clear my name, so I brought the horse back.
After being a bandit for a long time, Zhang Muzhi is actually not as resolute as before, so he wanted to ask Baima to emphasize it. It can be said that he has a guilty conscience and is afraid that others will not believe him."