Chapter 670

The author's tendonitis has recurred, and I spent the day at the hospital on an IV drip. I'm typing with one finger, and the speed is really too slow, so today's update is late.

Future updates will probably also be late. Typing while enduring pain is indeed uncomfortable. I apologize for the inconvenience caused to the fans.

Main text:

No matter what industry to engage in next, the movie at hand is the focus of work and the most important thing.

As the progress is completed bit by bit, the movie has also reached the final stage.

Although the scenes in the second installment are much grander than the first, there actually aren't many special effects scenes; most of it still relies on the makeup team and the demolition team working together.

It's also fortunate that this isn't a wild sci-fi blockbuster like Marvel, where many places are okay once filmed and don't need to be made with computer special effects outside.

If filming a movie with explosive visual effects like Frozen, the production time would become quite long.

And Resident Evil 2 will be able to meet the fans not long after it wraps up.

As filming nears its end, Miss Luo Quan's work has also become easier.

A while ago, she was both the director and the lead actress, busy to the point of exhaustion. After filming, she still had to edit the footage when she went back. Every day, besides work, it was rest, and she didn't even have any time for entertainment.

It was precisely because of such hard work that the filming progress of Resident Evil 2 was so fast. There wasn't a single employee in the crew who didn't marvel at their director's work enthusiasm.

You could almost never see her resting; she was either guiding everyone in filming or sitting in front of the computer. She was truly too dedicated.

With hurried efforts, Resident Evil 2 finally wrapped up in mid-March.

Counting the time, it took exactly one month to film, and the release date can also coincide with Miss Luo Quan's twenty-first birthday.

Yes, in half a month, Miss Luo Quan will welcome her twenty-first birthday.

When she turned twenty last year, Wen Xia was sighing for her about how time flies, entering a new stage of life in the blink of an eye.

Now that a year has passed in the new stage, everything seems to have no major changes.

She is still the most beautiful in the world, and her beauty is even greater than before.

"For this twenty-first birthday, there's no need to hold it grandly. Just have a simple meal, and don't make the birthday gifts too expensive."

Before the birthday arrived, Miss Luo Quan was already reminding her friends and family.

Having held grand celebrations for three consecutive years, to be honest, there's no need to continue.

Celebrating a birthday, the most important thing is for the whole family to be together in one piece.

"You call that grand?" Seifert laughed after hearing this. "When Gao Liang turned sixteen, the Queen invited the entire European royal family to celebrate, and celebrities from all walks of life gathered. The scale was directly maxed out."

"With your current influence, you could absolutely explode a birthday banquet of this scale. No one would not show up."

"Forget it, I don't like that kind of occasion."

Miss Luo Quan waved her hand, feeling some resistance in her heart.

It was mainly because the experience of being urged to drink at the last banquet left her with a quite bad impression of such gatherings. She always felt that once there were many people, she would be kidnapped by the atmosphere and do things she didn't like.

And this is also what she hates most.

"My sister is like this; she doesn't like the hustle and bustle. Let our family be plain and simple."

Gao Liang hugged Mia and laughed.

Having experienced the nourishment of love, he now looks much more mature.

At Mia's suggestion, Gao Liang is now growing a beard, saying it's best to grow it into the style of Baggio; Gao Liang is very suitable for the melancholy prince style.

However, Miss Luo Quan didn't tell him that when the movie starts filming, the beard and such will all need to be shaved off.

By then, the beard he worked so hard to grow will be gone, and Gao Liang will probably be truly melancholy.

As filming ends and post-production editing begins, the trailer and theme song have also begun production in full swing.

There's nothing much to say about the trailer; the action scenes filmed for Resident Evil 2 are all burning, explosive, famous scenes when cut out, belonging to natural eye-catching material for short videos.

As for the theme song, the song from the first installment is actually quite good and also very classic, but if there's only one, you'll get tired of it after listening for a long time.

So Miss Luo Quan added another one based on the original song, titled "Promise" (original composer: Akira Yamaoka).

This is actually also a piece of pure music from a very classic horror game. The beginning is resentful and gentle, then gradually becomes intense and manic. It has distinct layers and a catchy melody, belonging to a quite excellent work.

Using it in Resident Evil 2 is not considered out of place.

Moreover, for this song, Miss Luo Quan also added some elements from the game source "Silent Hill" in the movie.

If you want to talk about which character in Silent Hill is most impressive?

Many people might choose the boss Pyramid Head; that monster with a huge metal pyramid embedded in its brain is a childhood nightmare for many people.

However, what impressed Miss Luo Quan most were those female nurses whose faces couldn't be seen clearly.

It's just that these aren't childhood nightmares, but there's definitely no problem with them being unforgettable for a long time.

Actually, Miss Luo Quan has rarely had ideas like these various classic horror movie crossovers.

It's a pity that many horror characters in this world don't exist, and she reckons the effect won't be very good after the crossover.

Therefore, unless starting a separate IP, Resident Evil must definitely still be zombie-based.

Speaking of zombies, the Resident Evil series, whether it's movies or games, is something that cannot be bypassed, and it's also the focus of what she is currently producing.

And besides that, there are also many classic works related to zombie themes.

For example, World War Z, The Walking Dead, Train to Busan, etc.

These can actually be appropriately adapted and then all integrated into one worldview.

Just like Marvel.

Multiple heroes first film their own independent superhero movies, and finally come to the Avengers for an Avengers Assemble.

This is one of the most successful cases of commercial movies in the last decade or so, earning Disney an unknown amount of box office.

Before Titanic came out, every new installment of the Avengers was the highest-grossing movie in the world.

The fame of the Marvel Universe can be considered to have been established, although with the conclusion of Avengers 4, the first phase of the Marvel Universe also ended.

The newly opened phase currently seems to be lacking in stamina.

But it is undeniable that it still has an extremely large and loyal fan base worldwide.

Even if a few more bad movies are released, it is estimated that it can still make quite a lot of easy money.

The zombie universe Miss Luo Quan wants to build definitely cannot reach this level yet, but she is currently working hard in this direction.

The Resident Evil 2 IP can be considered to have established a foothold for now.

Whether it can completely explode depends on Resident Evil 2 and the planned The Walking Dead.

The performance of these two can be said to be quite critical.

But Miss Luo Quan has actually always been very confident; after all, these are excellent works that have already been tested.

Under the arrangement of Universal Pictures, the promotion for Resident Evil 2 has also begun.

First is the subway stations, which have already been replaced with character posters of the leads of Resident Evil.

Although it's an ensemble, Alice in the red robe, as the undisputed protagonist, naturally occupies the largest area of the poster.

Unlike her holding a gun in each hand in the first installment, this time she is dual-wielding Desert Eagles, her eyes sharp, as if she has completely adapted to the identity of Nemesis.

As for another major highlight of this film—zombies—because their images are too scary and they are afraid of scaring children, they were not put on the poster.

Don't wait until the movie hasn't been released yet, only to be sued by parents; that would be a headache.

This time with Universal helping with promotion, the dilemma Resident Evil 1 faced is gone forever.

Back then, not many people were optimistic about this low-cost violent slasher film, and it was Netflix that helped take over, which allowed it to explode worldwide.

And this time, no one doubts the strength of Miss Luo Quan and Resident Evil anymore. Just as the movie wrapped up, she received emails from various theater chains wanting to cooperate.

Miss Luo Quan pushed them all globally to Seifert to handle, while she herself focused on post-production.

During this period, the theme song of Resident Evil 2, "Promise," also became a big hit.

The two-minute trailer, with various scenes of passionate zombie killing, looks really satisfying.

The scenes of several beauties showing their long legs and bellies are also really pleasing to the eye.

But after watching the footage over and over again, you will still get tired of it.

But the song at the end of the trailer, after getting hooked, you won't get tired of looping it for a day.

This song felt a bit fresh at the beginning, but then the style suddenly changed to heavy metal as it played.

The dull and wild atmosphere of a zombie movie suddenly rushed toward you.

It always gives people a feeling of a wild ride on a dead-end road.

Listening to this song when getting on the highway, it couldn't be more hyped.

Coincidentally, in the past few days, the new car "Passion" from Nikola Company has already been delivered, and many users on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok who grabbed this car have started showing off their driving experience.

Many people use this song as background music for driving.

It can be said that a dream crossover has arrived.

Now, whether it's the heat of the car or the heat of Resident Evil, both have been brought to new heights by this crossover.

Many people even asked Nikola Company to make an Alice-branded sports car, printing Alice directly on the car, etc.

It's just that I don't know if many fans will buy it. Nikola is actually quite tempted after hearing it; it's a pity not to take advantage of the free heat, so he plans to do a questionnaire survey after the movie is released.

If there are really that many people, then he will make a few limited-edition branded models.

This kind of thing needs to be done with hunger marketing. Releasing it without limits will instead make everyone feel it's not rare.

But if it's limited to a certain number worldwide, then the fans will have to buy, buy, buy.

On the car side, Nikola is busy with gimmicks and marketing.

And on Miss Luo Quan's side, the movie has already been produced and submitted for review.

The release date has also finally been determined, on March 30th, the day before her birthday.

After one task was concluded, Miss Luo Quan comfortably opened her phone, enjoying the long-lost salted fish time.

Working hard for the past month really tired her out, and she didn't open the live stream much.

So as soon as Miss Luo Quan opened the camera, the comments were filled with tears.

"Luo Bao, you're finally back."

"Do you know how hard these nights without you have been?"

"Nothing else to do next, right? Live stream hard and make up for everything you owed before!"

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Not seeing the comments she wanted to see, Miss Luo Quan felt a little lost inside; it was clearly only a few days away.

Just then, a colorful high-level comment suddenly floated across the top of the screen:

"Luo Bao, your birthday is coming up soon, what gift do you want?"

"That's right, the 31st is Luo Bao's birthday!"

"Damn, how did I even forget this."

"I actually always remembered it; I originally wanted to give her a surprise."

"Doesn't everyone know Luo Bao's habits? Shiny gems, especially diamonds, she must like them."

"It's beyond my ability, but if it's to marry her, I can still afford a diamond ring. (shy)"

"I think you're ugly and thinking too beautifully!"

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Soon, the comments started discussing what kind of birthday gift to give Miss Luo Quan.

To be honest, although many of these comments were just being cheeky, there were not a few who sincerely congratulated her.

This feeling actually made her quite satisfied, and her heart felt quite warm, so she said seriously:

"Thank you all for caring so much about my birthday, but you only need to say a blessing. Diamond rings, necklaces, etc., are completely unnecessary. Having this heart is enough."

"I'm not very good at talking, so I wish you paper every time you go to the bathroom in the future, okay."

"Pfft!"

"Haha, what a talent."

"Shouldn't this be a permanent ban?"

"Fortunately, today isn't your birthday, otherwise no one could save you."

"A hellish blessing, right? I'll beat you to death next time."

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Originally she was quite moved, but as a result, a bunch of cheeky netizens left her speechless again.

Sure enough, these people can switch freely between revealing true feelings and being cheeky and funny.

"Nothing else to say, if you really have the heart to give me a gift, just go to the cinema and watch Resident Evil. Beauties killing zombies, pleasing to the eye and exciting!"

After going around in circles, Miss Luo Quan finally got to the point.

"What?"

"Don't say the word, civilization is you, me, and him."

"Just say it, civilization QTM!"

"By the way, do you have any nude scenes this time? (dog head)"

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"It's as if I had any before." Miss Luo Quan selectively chose comments to reply to.

"There really were, it's just that it wasn't truly nude, but this situation of 'half-hidden behind a lute' actually counts."

"Yes, the beginning of the first one was quite good, I suggest adding more."

"If there really is, I'll definitely buy a ticket."

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Miss Luo Quan smiled mysteriously: "Since you say so, I can only say the movie hasn't been released yet; whether there is or not, you'll know once you go watch it."

"Challenging me, right? I'll definitely buy one to see what medicine you're selling in your gourd."

"Don't hold too much hope for a movie that can pass the review."

"Reasonably speaking, Resident Evil is still worth watching. After all, we didn't spend much money on the first one."

"One thing to say, it's true."

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Amidst laughter and joy, Miss Luo Quan finished advertising to the fans.