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Chapter 224 The Strange Director
"Hey, I really don't want to move." In the hotel, Xu Chuan stared blankly ahead.

"Brother Chuan, it's time to put on makeup. The event is about to start." A girl said, this girl is Xu Chuan's personal makeup artist.

In addition to this makeup artist, Xu Chuan also has a personal stylist.When he reaches his position, people in these two positions cannot be spared.

"I can't sit still. Can I just lie down?" Xu Chuan slumped on the chair and asked.

After saying this, Xu Chuan did not wait for the makeup artist to reply, but went to the sofa and lay down on his own.

The makeup artist was dumbfounded when he saw this. He took something and started applying makeup to Xu Chuan who was lying down.

It is now October 10th, 10 days since the large-scale screening of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" began.

After being released for such a long time, the box office of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" has reached more than 28 billion. It can be said that it is a sure thing to be close to reaching the estimated target of 30 billion.

Of course, the current box office potential is basically exhausted. It is not a big problem to reach 30 billion, but the possibility of exceeding too much is almost zero.

But it doesn’t matter, this movie has already made a lot of money.When the movie is released at the end of this month, we can also sell a wave of online broadcast rights and broadcast rights through other channels, which will be another income by then.

Therefore, the promotion of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" has been much reduced, and offline road shows have also been stopped.At this point, spending money to promote it will not have much effect. There is really no need to waste too much money.

However, only one-third of the time for the release has passed. It is definitely not possible to not promote it at all. You still have to participate in some activities.

For example, Xu Chuan is going to accept an exclusive interview arranged by Station D today and talk to some well-known UP owners.Similar activities will be arranged later, but not too many.

"Why are you lying down?" Cai Meng's voice rang in the room. She had just been working outside. When she entered the door and saw Xu Chuan lying there being put on makeup by the makeup artist, her expression couldn't help but become weird.

"Brother Chuan said he was a little tired." The stylist whispered, because Xu Chuan was lying down with his eyes closed and she couldn't speak loudly.

But, with this makeup on, Xu Chuan, lying there, felt something was wrong.

Lie down, close your eyes, and put on makeup.

There is nothing wrong with these keywords alone.

But why are they so weird when put together?

Thinking of this, Xu Chuan opened his eyes, stood up and said, "No, you can't put on makeup lying down, it's like arranging your remains."

"Pfft~ Hehehehehehe..." As soon as Xu Chuan said these words, everyone in the room couldn't hold back at all.

The makeup artist was shaking so hard with laughter that he could no longer hold the brush in his hand.In fact, she felt a little strange just now, but she didn't know where it was.

"Brother Chuan, are you going to Huawei's new product launch conference on the 15th?" After Xu Chuan sat back in his chair, Cai Meng also pulled up a chair and sat next to him to discuss the schedule. This is what the two of them do every day. Things to do.

"Is Yi Cheng going to open the show?" Xu Chuan asked after hearing this.

"Yes, their press conference started with the promotional song and MV we made for them. The news of Mr. Orange's global endorsement of the P series will also be officially announced at the same time." Cai Meng nodded.

"I'd better not go. If anyone in the studio wants to go, give them the invitation." Xu Chuan thought for a while and then said.

"Okay." Cai Meng heard this and took the tablet in his hand to record it.

"By the way, how is the filming of the "Photo from Space" commercial going?" Xu Chuan then asked.

Whether it is the MV for "Dream it possible" or "A Photo from Space", Futokawa was responsible for it.

Of course, the responsibility lies with the professional team from another company to actually perform the shooting. Shuangmichuan does not have the shooting capabilities for this kind of project.

Hearing Xu Chuan's question, Cai Meng turned on her phone to check the progress of the project and said: "We just finished setting up the scenes. The main thing is that the real-life props for the space station and the lunar lander are more troublesome to make. Shooting should start now."

"Do I have any important arrangements tomorrow? If not, we will go to the site tomorrow to see."

To be honest, Xu Chuan is quite interested in how this kind of commercial with a bit of "sci-fi" flavor was shot.

This is an area that he has not been exposed to but will definitely be exposed to in the future.

So it is really necessary to go and see it on site.

"Not tomorrow, Brother Chuan, you can go the day after tomorrow." Cai Meng shook his head and said.

"The day after tomorrow? In this way, we will go directly after participating in the activities at station D later." Xu Chuan said after looking at the time.

"also."

After talking about this matter, the two began to communicate about other work.

About an hour later, Xu Chuan and his party were ready to go out.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Chuan and his team, who were almost busy, went directly to the shooting site of "A Photo from Space".

Hearing that Xu Chuan was coming, the director of the commercial immediately ran over to greet him.

"Director Hu, thank you for your hard work." Xu Chuan took the initiative to greet the director after seeing him.

The director's name is Huan Ze, and he should be 34 years old this year.The production team of this commercial was from Xingtang, so Huan Ze was also recommended to Xu Chuan by Xingtang.

However, although the company recommended was Xingtang, Huan Ze was not a contracted director with Xingtang. He had his own studio.

"Hello, Mr. Xu. I have wanted to invite you to come over to guide me for a long time, but I was afraid that you would be too busy to bother me. I feel much more at ease when I see you here today." Huan Ze held Xu Chuan's hand. Hand, there was a flattering output immediately.

Faced with this flattery, Xu Chuan could only follow the nonsense.

Just like this, a group of people entered the studio under the leadership of Huan Ze.

As soon as we entered, we immediately saw two eye-catching things.

One is the space station section, and the other is the lunar lander and the restored lunar surface environment.

"Mr. Xu, we reconstructed this one-to-one based on public information." Huan Ze saw Xu Chuan staring at the space station, so he took the initiative to introduce it.

Before Xu Chuan could speak, he heard him continue to say: "But this thing is actually an empty shell with nothing inside. According to your advertising plan, we only need to use Exterior."

Xu Chuan nodded when he heard this and said, "It's not easy to make an empty shell look so beautiful."

After saying that, he walked towards the space station props.After getting closer, he raised his head and looked at it carefully.

What is surprising and unexpected is that the texture produced by this space station is really good.

Just looking at this real scene, it looks more exquisite than the processed similar scenes in many movies.If this scene is processed in post-production, the quality may be improved a lot. "Who set up this scene? Is it also Xingtang's team?" Xu Chuan looked at it for a while and then turned to Huan Ze and asked.

"That's not true. Xingtang's budget for this scene is too high. I found another team, and Fu Wanwan and President Fu confirmed this in advance." Huanze immediately replied after hearing this.

"It feels pretty good." Xu Chuan said and reached out to touch it again.

"Mr. Xu, you don't know that when setting up this scene, Director Hu had to personally watch every detail here. This is how we created such a good texture." At this time, the assistant director next to him suddenly laughed. .

"Tsk...this is what we should do. What are you doing?" Then, Huan Ze's voice was heard lecturing the assistant director.

When Xu Chuan heard this, he looked at the two of them funnyly.

He didn't know whether Huan Ze was claiming credit himself, or whether the assistant director was flattering Huan Ze and helping him claim credit.But it doesn't matter if things are done well, Xu Chuan doesn't dislike this kind of behavior.

Who stipulates that people who do good things have to wait silently for their superiors to discover the results of their work?

There are many blind superiors, but don't be stupid like this.If you have merit, you have to find a way to let the people above know about it.

Thinking of this, Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Director Hu. If this advertisement is effective, I believe there will be many opportunities for Mr. Fu to cooperate with you in the future."

"Look at what you said, it's all within your bounds." Huan Ze said with his big white teeth.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Chuan went to look at the moon scene again, and then sat down in Huan Ze's monitor area to watch him shoot the commercial.

As a contestant who has filmed two TV series and one movie.Xu Chuan can still tell whether a director is capable or not.

And Huanze's methodical appearance proved that he had good control over the scene.

This made Xu Chuan couldn't help but curiously asked during the break: "Has Director Hu ever shot similar advertising works before?"

"That's not true. Don't be ridiculous. This is the first commercial I've shot." Huan Ze said quickly after hearing this. He had nothing to hide. Fu Wanwan had the information.

As soon as these words came out, Xu Chuan was a little surprised. He only knew that there was such a director coming to shoot, but his understanding of Huan Ze was basically his basic information.

"Brother Chuan, Director Hu used to be a film director." Cai Meng did some homework on Huan Ze's resume on the way here, so he interrupted at this time to remind him.

"This makes you laugh. It's true that I made two movies, but neither of them did well at the box office. Compared to your "The Richest Man in Xihong City", it's not worth mentioning." When Huan Ze heard this, he immediately scratched his head in embarrassment. He scratched his head and said.

Hearing this, Xu Chuan was a little confused again.

Although it is said that if an advertising director does well, his ability to make money is not as good as that of directors at the upper levels of the pyramid, but he is completely comparable to most directors, and may even earn more than them.

But in the director circle, commercial film directors can be said to be at the bottom of the contempt chain.

Huanze, a person who has made two movies, even if he is "degenerate", he should "degenerate" in a place like the Internet University.

How come you are now filming a commercial after masturbating to the end?
But it was really hard for Xu Chuan to ask this question, so he could only open his mouth and say: "The film market is like this. No one can guarantee that he will succeed. I am just lucky. I believe you will have this luck in the future." .”

"Thank you for your kind words." Huan Ze smiled upon hearing this.

At the same time, he could also feel the doubts in Xu Chuan's heart, so he took the initiative to explain: "Actually, I didn't plan to shoot this advertisement.

But first of all, I really like your advertising plan.Secondly, it’s because I wanted to shoot this kind of short film with science fiction scenes to get a sense of it. "

"Brother Chuan, Director Hu's last movie was a science fiction film." Cai Meng added in a timely manner.

"Low-cost science fiction." Huanze himself added.

"Oh, that's right." Xu Chuan nodded thoughtfully after hearing this, "It's good. I'm actually also interested in science fiction-themed movies."

"Really? That's great. If you have time, I hope to communicate with you." Huan Ze said immediately after hearing this.

"Okay." Xu Chuan smiled when he heard this.

The two of them stopped talking about this topic at this point. There were still shooting tasks at the scene, so it was impossible to keep chatting.

Soon, about an hour later, Xu Chuan led people out of the shooting scene.

After getting on the bus, Xu Chuan immediately said to Cai Meng, "Bring out Huan Ze's information and show it to me."

"I have already sent you my mobile phone number," Cai Meng replied.

After Xu Chuan and Huan Ze finished chatting, she guessed that Xu Chuan would read Huan Ze's information, so she sent it to Xu Chuan's mobile phone in advance.

When Xu Chuan heard this, he immediately turned on his phone, then found Huan Ze's information and started reading it.

After reading it, he couldn't help but frown.

He realized that he still underestimated Huan Ze.

This guy made two movies, the first one was a romantic literary film, and he won awards in Tokyo and Berlin respectively.

Xu Chuan has actually seen the second film called "Out of Time". This film is indeed a low-budget science fiction film.

But that doesn't mean the film is cheap.On the contrary, the quality of the photos is actually very good.

How to describe it, it's like a science fiction movie called "The Night the Comet Came" on Earth.There is not even a single special effects scene in the entire film, the main scene is inside a house.

But it clearly tells a story about the intersection of parallel worlds.

"He was recommended by Xingtang, right?" Xu Chuan continued to confirm to Cai Meng.

"Correct."

"That's strange. With his achievements, he won't be reduced to shooting commercials."

"Didn't he just explain... No, Brother Chuan, did he do it on purpose? The purpose of making the commercial was to get in touch with you," Cai Meng analyzed.

"If it was pushed over by Xingtang, it's really possible. Doesn't this kid want to attract investment from me? After all, I had just taken over the Pioneer Fund at that time. Others don't know about this, but Xingtang must Know."

"I asked why it's so strange. Brother Chuan, I think his wish is about to come true. Now we have discovered it."

"What nonsense are you talking about? If he really has the ability to make good science fiction movies, I will invest in him." Xu Chuan said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)