Chapter 882

In Hollywood, not every shot prioritizes the use of CG effects.

Lu Yan He had always believed that if some magical visual effects could be achieved through practical filming, they would certainly look better than CG effects.

Up to now, even though technology had developed to this point and special effects were almost indistinguishable from reality, there were still some differences when compared side-by-side with real footage.

And in *Men in Black*, the visual effects that needed to be challenged the most were actually the alien shots.

Regarding this movie, Lu Yan He had a movie shot he still couldn't forget.

—After a person's head was cut open horizontally, inside was actually a piece of precision machinery, and two palm-sized aliens were lying in the space inside, their bodies wriggling.

That shot had an inexplicably creepy sense of realism.

And for this shot, Fu Kai's idea was also to film it practically.

He wanted to make a robot, a simulated robot, so that the head could be cut open horizontally.

Including the little aliens inside—

They would also ultimately use an electronically controlled puppet to act as an alien with self-awareness.

The research and production costs for these props were very high.

Of course, compared to the production costs of CG effects, it was much lower.

On set, Lu Yan He was particularly interested in these art and prop departments.

He himself was also one of the producers of this movie, and especially when it involved the production of the movie's content, the producers from Solon had to step aside, with Lu Yan He's opinions taking precedence.

This was the unshakable empire Lu Yan He had built for his own voice through his growth time and time again.

Therefore, when he proposed to see the prepared props in advance, including the models used for filming, etc., no one had any objections.

Hollywood's technical departments, such as art and makeup, were famously formidable.

Just like how *The Wandering Earth* specifically hired physicists to verify the feasibility of the content in the movie, ensuring from a theoretical perspective that it was a possible approach, Hollywood had been doing this for eight hundred years.

Even a sitcom like *The Big Bang Theory* specifically hired real-life physicists to confirm the correctness and rationality of the lines, physics knowledge, and so on.

There were even some formula derivations and the like that were simply designed and provided to the crew by them.

In this regard, the domestic film and television circle's connection with other industries was still in the early dating stage. It wasn't that mature, and it was as chaotic as crossing a river by feeling the stones—only after crossing the river did they remember to ask if they should have brought those shoes over, and then they had to turn back to get them.

Wasting time for no reason, repeatedly revising, and tossing about.

For this filming of *Men in Black*, Linghe had sent its own people to follow the crew and learn in every technical department.

Linghe even required each of them to write work logs. This was to facilitate organizing them into systematic things that could be used for future learning and reference.

On the third day of Lu Yan He's filming, Darren Wilson arrived.

He didn't just come alone; he also brought a very beautiful girl with a model's figure.

Darren Wilson held her hand in an intimate manner, only to be shaken off by her.

This left Lu Yan He puzzled.

He remembered that Darren had already been married for a long time.

Cheating so blatantly?

Wouldn't the news reach his wife's ears?

"This is my eldest daughter, Vanessa," Darren Wilson said, bringing her in front of Lu Yan He to introduce her.

Lu Yan He: "..."

He let out a breath.

He was glad he hadn't rushed to speak just now, otherwise he would have made a huge fool of himself.

"Hi, Vanessa," Lu Yan He greeted the young, beautiful girl.

How old was she?

This question popped up in Lu Yan He's mind.

A long, slim figure, with curves in all the right places, wearing tight jeans—she was the look of that kind of sexy girl common in American movies.

Vanessa smiled at Lu Yan He and said, "I'm your fan, so I knew my dad was coming to see you today, so I pestered him to bring me along. Otherwise, I wouldn't have allowed him to leave the house; he had no choice but to bring me."

Lu Yan He laughed.

"Welcome." He looked at Vanessa, then at Darren, still finding it hard to connect the young, beautiful girl in front of him with Darren Wilson.

Darren Wilson said to Vanessa, "Honey, since you've met him, can you give us some space now? I still have serious business to discuss with him."

Vanessa, however, stared straight at Lu Yan He and asked, "Can we have dinner together tonight? I know a very good restaurant nearby."

Darren looked helpless and reminded her, "Vanessa!"

Lu Yan He was momentarily surprised and caught off guard by Vanessa's enthusiastic demeanor, so he didn't speak.

Vanessa gave her father a slightly dissatisfied huff before turning back to Lu Yan He: "Remember to answer me. I'm going to walk around nearby first."

After saying this, she left.

Lu Yan He looked at Darren Wilson with a puzzled expression: "Darren, what's going on?"

Darren Wilson sighed, looking very helpless.

"This is my daughter from my ex-wife. Because of the divorce, she hadn't really paid much attention to me for a long time. Thank God, I don't know when she started liking you, so she started asking me some questions about you, and later she pestered me to bring her to see you. I promised her once." Darren Wilson's eyes revealed a hint of pleading; although it was faint, Lu Yan He still saw it. "Just do me a favor, help me coax her. It's not easy for her to be willing to talk to me again."

Lu Yan He looked awkward.

"She's just a fifteen-year-old girl with a bit of a temper."

Lu Yan He widened his eyes in shock.

What the hell? How old?

Fifteen?

Lu Yan He turned his head to look at Vanessa.

She had already walked far away, enthusiastically pointing at a prop model and asking the people next to her questions.

Golden sunlight spilled down.

Her appearance caused the eyes of many men on the crew to start lingering on her.

Well, maybe Westerners really do develop faster.

Lu Yan He asked Darren Wilson: "What do you want me to do?"

Darren Wilson touched his nose in some embarrassment.

"Just do anything, make her feel that because of me, you've shown her a little kindness; that's enough."

Lu Yan He: "Darren, you need to give me a more concrete idea. She's only fifteen, she can be innocent and naive, but I can't get caught up in some inexplicable scandal."

Darren Wilson: "Are you free tonight? If possible, she wants to go to that restaurant; would you accompany us?"

Lu Yan He: "... Darren, are you sure this is the right choice?"

Darren Wilson revealed a hint of sadness that Lu Yan He had never seen before.

"It's not easy, she finally called me Dad again," Darren said.

Lu Yan He looked at him for a long while, then sighed helplessly.

"Fine, I can accompany you to this dinner, but it's just a dinner," Lu Yan He said. "Darren, you have to understand, I am a Chinese person. Even if I am single right now, it is impossible for me to have any possibility of ambiguity with a fifteen-year-old girl."

Darren acted as if he had been stimulated and immediately said, "Please, do you think I would be willing to let my daughter sleep with a man ten years older than her at this age?"

Lu Yan He shrugged his shoulders, "Who knows what irrational things a father who wants to gain his daughter's forgiveness and pardon might do."

Lu Yan He specifically mentioned this matter to Chen Siqi.

Chen Siqi said: I understand your dilemma. After all, Darren has known you for so many years; just consider it helping a friend.

Lu Yan He: Aren't you jealous?

Chen Siqi: To be honest, I'm not jealous; I'm a little repulsed by Darren's behavior. He brought his trouble to you; what do his and his daughter's affairs have to do with you? But, on the other hand, I understand him. That's his daughter, and it's not easy to have a chance to ease the relationship. In this situation, no matter what, one would grab onto any straw first.

Lu Yan He: Yes, yes, I also agreed in the end because of this point.

Chen Siqi: Darren is your agent overseas. Over the years, he has done a lot of things for you, and your career development is inseparable from his help. You must agree.