Chapter 771: High Yield Like That

In the studio, Miss Luo Quan, wearing clown makeup, let out a grief-stricken roar, and amidst flying tears, pulled the trigger, shooting the host who had been provoking her.

The guest couple beside her and the audience at the scene all fled in terror.

And the clown, having done all this, revealed a smile through tears, as if she had been liberated.

"Cut!"

The assistant director suddenly shouted, while wiping the sweat from his forehead.

This one-take performance was truly too shocking; Miss Luo Quan's acting had reached the pinnacle, bringing the emotions of those outside the lens into it as well.

Sad because of her sadness, angry because of her anger.

The moment she pulled the trigger, everyone's suppressed mood seemed to be released.

Walking out of the studio, Miss Luo Quan began to check her performance just now to see if there was any room for improvement.

Although she was very confident in her acting, for this film, no amount of perfectionism was too much.

Fortunately, after watching it once, Miss Luo Quan didn't find any flaws; it was a one-take pass.

"Worthy of me; even such a tension-filled performance was perfectly completed in one go. It's simply too powerful."

Miss Luo Quan proudly put her hands on her hips, smiling quite happily.

"Director, what did you say?" The assistant director on the side didn't hear Miss Luo Quan's self-talk clearly and thought she was dissatisfied with the shot, so he hurriedly asked.

"Nothing, this scene is passed. Let's shoot the next scene later; let's try to finish filming before the day after tomorrow."

Miss Luo Quan certainly wouldn't admit that she was "selling melons," so she just found a reason to brush it off.

It had only been twenty-five days since *Joker* started filming, and Miss Luo Quan had left for a while due to some private matters, which counted as giving the employees a holiday; counting it all up, it was no more than twenty-two days.

In such a short time, she had completed most of the film's content; this speed was truly astonishing.

However, this was also in line with Miss Luo Quan's consistent efficiency, and this film was mostly solo literary scenes; as long as the protagonist's acting was up to par, many places were basically one-take passes.

And the protagonist of this film happened to be Miss Luo Quan, who was called the "actor's textbook."

Her performance had reached the point of being natural; as long as she got the script, it was as if she became the character herself.

Even if the most critical film critic were brought over, it would be impossible to pick any flaws in her acting.

It was precisely because of such outstanding acting that she was able to complete most of the film's content at an extremely fast speed.

Of course, there were still some special effects production to be added later, so the real wrap-up would be a little over a month.

This film originally didn't have any superpowers, but because the filming location was in China and the Gotham style in the film wasn't easy to find, building a "Gotham" from scratch would cost too much and take too much time, so she just used special effects to create the background.

Fortunately, most places were textures, so the workload wasn't particularly large.

Approaching the end, Miss Luo Quan also began to release her stills from the film one after another and made one of them into the movie poster for the new episode.

That was the scene where she was walking down a long staircase and dancing while walking.

The water on the stairs splashed in her joyful dance.

Her face, covered in oil paint, was full of the joy of rebirth.

This poster came out and directly made the film circle, which hadn't had any big news for a long time, boil over.

*The Lord of the Rings 3* was still filming intensely, and its release was a matter for next year.

After *Forrest Gump* had been popular for a few months, its heat finally dissipated.

For a period after this, there was no news of any major works, until the release of the new poster for Miss Luo Quan's *Joker*.

In fact, *Joker* couldn't be considered a major work in terms of production.

Standard low budget, besides Miss Luo Quan, there were no big stars with status; it belonged to a solo performance.

However, despite this, just the name Miss Luo Quan was enough to make the entire industry look forward to her performance, because her name represented quality.

And today's new poster release made the fans' expectations reach the max.

The evaluation on the internet was like this:

"Is this poster too artistic? From composition to color, to the character's body language, it makes me feel a strong artistic atmosphere. This texture is definitely not something that can be achieved by ordinary methods!"

"Undoubtedly, this is another film with extremely high quality. I have a premonition that it might bring everyone an acting feast like *The Silence of the Lambs*!"

"My movie ticket can't wait; when will it be released?!"

"According to Miss Luo Quan's habits, when this film starts marketing again, it's basically almost finished or already finished, so it shouldn't be many days until release."

"Don't be happy too early; Miss Luo Quan said before that this film's subject matter is relatively sensitive, and whether it can be released in China is still hard to say."

"Indeed, didn't *Resident Evil* almost fail the review before?"

"Don't say it; I'm really afraid that *Joker* won't pass the review now."

Seeing these comments, Miss Luo Quan also showed a helpless smile.

As many netizens guessed, the possibility of *Joker* being released in China was not high.

After all, this film's incitement was a bit high; although Miss Luo Quan added some positive guidance at the end, this couldn't change the expression of the previous content.

If watched by people with extreme mindsets, it was very likely that they would do some extreme things.

So the best way was to reduce the chance of it appearing, which was not to pass the review.

Before filming, Miss Luo Quan had already taken the script to ask relevant people.

It wouldn't survive without major changes.

But after major changes, it wouldn't be *Joker*.

However, this was a film made for Warner Bros. after all, so Miss Luo Quan could accept losing the big box office market of China.

Some things need trade-offs, and Miss Luo Quan just made a relatively correct choice.

After all, even if it couldn't be released, the omnipotent domestic netizens could still find raw or cooked resources through various channels, and then pass it on from ten to ten, ten to a hundred, a hundred to a thousand.

For fans who really want to watch it, this film is actually released; it's just that it might be delayed for a few days, and the translation might not be as accurate as the official one.

After the poster was released, Warner Bros. also began to prepare for the publicity work before the release.

Although the film's production cost wasn't large, it didn't mean Warner Bros. wasn't willing to spend money.

With Miss Luo Quan's golden signboard, no matter how big the investment, it had to be thrown in; it was equivalent to "buying a horse's bones with a thousand gold."

Unfortunately, Miss Luo Quan was too good at controlling costs; they didn't need to do this at all.

So Warner Bros. could only settle for the next best thing and spend the money on publicity.

Not long after, the internet was covered by *Joker* advertisements.

Miss Luo Quan's look in the film was quite stunning: white face, blue eyes, green mouth, red suit—the colors were quite bright and prominent, and the thick oil paint couldn't hide her beautiful face.

This also gave a group of fans who didn't particularly like watching movies the motivation to go to the cinema to support her.

The fans' thoughts were very simple: as long as the idol is beautiful, it doesn't matter if they sit in the cinema for two hours.

What's more, Miss Luo Quan's films were never "sitting in the cinema for two hours"; which one wasn't exciting and stimulating, without any "urination points"?

Therefore, although the release date hadn't been set yet, fans were already shouting for pre-sales.

Over the next few days, Miss Luo Quan also accelerated the filming speed, completely finishing the tail-end of *Joker*.

After the wrap-up dinner, a group of foreign actors and employees took planes back to their countries, with travel expenses reimbursed by Warner Bros.

Miss Luo Quan let her own Blizzard Studio use the Unreal Engine to make a few concept maps of Gotham City, and then handed the overall conception to the Warner Bros. special effects studio, letting them produce the film background according to her instructions.

In fact, Blizzard Studio could also do these jobs, and maybe even do them better.

But the studio was currently quite busy, with both *World of Warcraft* and the new game *Resident Evil*; if they added more tasks, the hair of a group of programmers would be gone.

Miss Luo Quan wasn't the kind of unscrupulous boss who liked to test the limits of her employees.

Now, the emphasis is on sustainable development.

Employees are the same; if you put high pressure on them for a long time, there will be a day when they can't hold on.

Either mental breakdown or physical breakdown.

What Miss Luo Quan herself disliked most was this kind of exploitative work and life state; "do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself," so she tried her best to avoid this situation for her employees.

After the film wrapped up, Miss Luo Quan finally had time to start a livestream, comforting the fans she hadn't seen for many days.

However, fans weren't lonely during this time, because there were constant big melons on the internet, and there was new hot news every day, which was truly lively.

Before, Notre Dame de Paris caught fire, making a large group of people in China jump around, rushing to donate money.

After being accused, they still wanted the Chinese people to reflect on their narrow-mindedness.

It was simply ridiculous.

After Miss Luo Quan stood up and said a few fair words, the situation got much better.

What is gratifying is that the poor families she announced at the time all received help afterward.

Many times, it's not that netizens don't want to help, but mainly because there is no way to help, or they are afraid that the money they donate won't reach the people who need help.

Although the proportion of rich people in China is not high, there are still many people.

If everyone donates five or ten yuan, it is also a considerable figure, which can solve the urgent needs of many families.

So Miss Luo Quan felt that her greatest merit that day was not hitting those who were shouting to donate to Notre Dame de Paris.

It was through this method that those poor families got help.

And afterward, the group of people calling for donations calmed down a lot.

On the one hand, they were publicly scolded by Miss Luo Quan, and on the other hand, Paris also made quite a lot of jokes.

After Notre Dame de Paris was burned down, the French President quickly held a press conference, announcing the bad news to the world with a painful mood.

At the same time, he called on all walks of life, and even the whole world, to contribute a heart for the restoration of Notre Dame de Paris.

The first to respond were some capital consortiums in France, each donating hundreds of millions of francs, which was called generosity.

Then there were the donations from the general French public, as well as the charitable donations from the people of other countries.

Together, there were probably several hundred million dollars, let alone restoration; it was enough to rebuild one directly.

Then a dramatic scene came: when the money was almost collected, these companies that donated money took back some of the money they had paid out for various reasons.

This scene directly made the people of the world not know what to do, thinking, "Is there really such an operation?"

And Chinese netizens immediately thought of a line from a movie:

"When the county magistrate takes office, he must cleverly establish a name, win over the gentry, and pay taxes and donations. Only when they pay can the people follow suit and pay money. After getting the money, the gentry's money is returned in full. The people's money is split three-seven."

At this moment, it is exactly like this moment; it can be said to be every word is a pearl, deafening.

The lines in *Let the Bullets Fly* are truly too classic; almost every sentence can find a portrayal in reality.

And these new hot news can also find similar plots or lines in the movie.

This is no wonder netizens would urgently call for *Let the Bullets Fly* to apply for heritage, because the memes in this movie are so many that they are almost becoming intangible cultural heritage.

Of course, this is just a tease.

However, the meaning of the lines is still quite reliable.

It is also quite appropriate to use it in this incident of French companies taking back donations.

Even if these companies didn't think about sharing the spoils, a name of "reputation fraud" is definitely impossible to shake off.

Sometimes Miss Luo Quan really couldn't guess what these capitalists were thinking.

If you can't bear to part with the money, you can just not donate it; why do you have to make a fool of yourself in this way?

This answer is destined to be unknown to anyone.

Just like the real culprit of the Notre Dame de Paris fire.

The official statement is that when Notre Dame was undergoing maintenance, the staff operated improperly, which led to the fire, and it has nothing to do with the rumors of refugee retaliation.

But netizens don't believe in such an ordinary and absurd statement; they only believe what they are willing to believe, which is the refugee arson theory.

Mainly because there are many suspicious points in this fire.

It didn't burn early or late, but it burned not long after the conflict broke out; is the timing too coincidental?

In addition, many collections in Notre Dame de Paris that were too late to be transferred, even if they were destroyed by the fire, shouldn't there be no wreckage left?

According to many reporters at the scene, many collections didn't even leave wreckage, as if they disappeared out of thin air, which is really suspicious.

In short, it is estimated that the truth of the incident is unlikely to be excavated.

Because the reconstruction of Notre Dame de Paris has been put on the agenda.

In a few years, when the brand-new Notre Dame de Paris returns, everything will be as beautiful and peaceful as if there had been no fire.

And the reason why it takes a few years.

It is because the work efficiency abroad is really too slow; if it were China, it would be done in a few months, so why drag it for so long.

Moreover, if it really starts to drag, it is really not certain that it can be repaired in two or three years. ===== CHAPTER 772 =====