Chapter 316
This movie had very high requirements for special effects.
And it needed to cooperate with 3D technology; the post-production process would be very complex, and it also required mass production of 3D glasses.
"Momo, how many 3D glasses do you think we need to produce?"
Cameron asked Chen Mo.
His estimate for the global box office was around 1 billion US dollars, so that meant at least 30 million pairs of glasses were needed.
"At least 100 million."
Chen Mo thought for a moment and reported the data.
Hearing Chen Mo's data, Cameron was stunned.
"100 million? Momo, if our box office doesn't reach the expected value, then producing so many glasses will only be a waste of costs, and they will only rot in the warehouse."
Cameron looked at Chen Mo in disbelief.
Although the technology for 3D glasses had broken through and the cost of a pair of 3D glasses wasn't much, adding so many together was a lot.
"It's fine, just produce 100 million."
Chen Mo shrugged.
He believed that the movie's box office could reach this number.
Taking a step back, even if an accident occurred halfway, causing the box office not to reach at least 3 billion, the 3D glasses could still be sold to major theater chains.
The technology for 3D film could even be sold as a patent to other crews.
You must know that the 1. billion US dollar cost from Chen Fu wasn't just buying the script for the *Avatar* movie, but also buying the related developed technologies together.
Even if they produced more 3D glasses than they expected, they would definitely not lose money.
Including the fact that in order to film *Avatar*, Cameron and several other electronic product companies researched and improved new cameras; the new filming technology could also be applied to *The Wandering Earth*.
Otherwise, Chen Mo wouldn't have started filming *The Wandering Earth* so early.
It was because he had bought the technical support used by the *Avatar* crew in advance.
Seeing that Chen Mo had already decided, Cameron had nothing to say.
After all, he was the director, and the one who truly made the final decisions was the Momo Company and Chen Mo.
Soon, *Avatar* entered post-production, and 3D glasses also began to be mass-produced.
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On the other side, China.
*The Wandering Earth* filming site.
"Xiaofeng, are you sure the filming site is here? Shouldn't the filming site for a science fiction movie be in a recording studio, wearing special devices for recording?"
Yang Mi looked at Xu Xiaofeng, who was leading them toward a building, in confusion.
"Yeah, I've seen those Hollywood blockbusters all filmed like that. Many scenes are synthesized with special effects in post-production."
Liu Yifei was also completely puzzled.
The two of them specifically took advantage of having no schedule today to come and visit Chen Mo, and by the way, see the *The Wandering Earth* crew.
The two women hadn't acted in few dramas, and they had come into contact with all kinds of film and television themes to some extent, but this was the first time they had seen *The Wandering Earth* being filmed in China.
They were very curious about what the filming site was like.
"That's right, it's here. Brother Mo is inside guiding the filming."
Xu Xiaofeng's attitude toward them was very gentle.
Following Xu Xiaofeng into the filming building, Yang Mi and Liu Yifei were shocked.
They saw that the interior scene of the building had been completely built into a small underground city.
From all kinds of daily necessities stores to entertainment stores, everything was available, including streets for people to walk on and alleys just like on the surface.
There were even traffic lights and vehicles.
Except for these scenes being set up indoors, the rest were no different from the outdoors!
At the same time, there were many extras wearing all kinds of clothes shuttling through, just like residents living here.
"Wow!"
Liu Yifei and Yang Mi looked at this large underground city and couldn't help but open their mouths wide.
It was too spectacular.
Xu Xiaofeng brought Liu Yifei and Yang Mi to Chen Mo.
"Brother Mo, Sister Mi and Sister Fei are here."
Xu Xiaofeng spoke to Chen Mo, who was looking at the camera.
"Mid-session break!"
Chen Mo gave a wink to the script supervisor, who immediately understood Chen Mo's meaning and shouted at the inner field.
"Why are you two here?"
Chen Mo stopped the action in his hands and walked to the two women.
"We missed you, so we agreed to come and see you together."
Yang Mi held Chen Mo's arm and spoke to him with a giggle.
"But Momo, aren't you filming a science fiction movie? Will there be aliens? Will there be xenomorphs?"
Liu Yifei opened her eyes wide and looked around curiously, feeling that everything here was very novel.
It was completely different from the science fiction movies she imagined.
"This movie has no aliens, no xenomorphs, only us Earthlings. It won't even involve landing on other planets, at least not in this one."
Chen Mo laughed.
Indeed, Hollywood science fiction movies were either about aliens or xenomorphs, or living in a matrix.
In short, the scenes were all very science-fiction-like.
The underground city Chen Mo set up was very life-oriented.
If it weren't for some cyberpunk elements in the scene, one basically couldn't tell this was a science fiction movie.
"Is it still a science fiction movie without these? Momo, can you tell us the plot of *The Wandering Earth*?"
Liu Yifei was surprised.
"I can't tell you yet. You'll know when the movie is released."
Chen Mo smiled mysteriously, keeping them in suspense.
Odious!
Liu Yifei pouted her little mouth.
Momo was simply too odious, actually not telling them the plot of *The Wandering Earth*, making their curiosity explode.
When the movie premiered, they would definitely book a private screening to watch *The Wandering Earth*.
"My son is here."
Just as the three were laughing and playing, Zhang Yishan, wearing an orange uniform, and Liu Shishi walked over from the side.
Liu Shishi was playing Zhang Yishan's younger sister, which was the role of Han Duoduo.
With her current pure and cute image, she was very suitable for playing this role.
The scenes in the underground city were almost all their scenes, and of course, there was also Uncle Da, the regular old partner of Zhou Xingxing.
"Your son?!"
Yang Mi and Liu Yifei were startled when they heard Chen Mo's words.
When did Chen Mo have a son?
Could it be an illegitimate child?
The two looked in the direction of Chen Mo's gaze, only to find that the son he mentioned was actually Zhang Yishan.
"Dad, are these my two moms? So beautiful."
During the time of filming, Zhang Yishan had also gotten used to calling Chen Mo "Dad," and he teased Liu Yifei and Yang Mi as soon as he opened his mouth.
It made Liu Yifei and Yang Mi blush.
Because Zhang Yishan appeared in *Home with Kids*, and his home was also in Yanjing, Liu Yifei and Yang Mi both knew him.
"Momo, what's going on? How did you manage to make Zhang Yishan willingly call you Dad?"
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