Chapter 280: The eunuch who holds the pen, suddenly hears secret things

"Finished processing?"

After napping for about a quarter of an hour, Boss Lu stretched comfortably and turned his head to see Liu Liu Yifei holding the Shangxinqiao pot in her hand, rustling and flipping through the papers.

"No, you fell asleep, there are some places I want to ask you."

"What?"

Little Liu picked out a few documents with doubts: "This is the approval for the scheduling policy of the newly opened Inquiry Realm Wenjie Jiahe Cinema in the Guomao business circle."

"You wrote below to ask the data department to give the output ratio for reference."

"Just now on your OA, the data department replied, please ask the leader to give specific instructions; they seem to not know what this output ratio is?"

Boss Lu slapped his head, not paying attention to writing the concept of later generations.

"Change the scheduling output ratio to the two words of box office share and scheduling share, and they will understand."

Liu Liu Yifei followed suit, her thirst for knowledge exploding: "What does this word mean?"

"This is a core indicator used by cinema managers to measure scheduling; I forgot to say it at the last meeting."

"Then tell me first?" Little Liu raised her head coquettishly, like a curious baby.

"A very simple math problem, take *Bad Genius* as an example."

Lu Kuan took paper and pen to list the formula: "The single-day box office of *Bad Genius* on July 1st, divided by the total box office of the cinema on this day, is the box office share."

"The single-day seat number of *Bad Genius* on July 1st, divided by the total seat number of all sessions in the cinema on a single day, is the seat share."

"Then use the box office share, divided by the seat share, which is the core data used to measure scheduling; I call it the scheduling output ratio."

Liu Liu Yifei wrote and drew with paper and pen, puzzled: "I have only heard of the concept of seat occupancy rate; shouldn't it be that if the seat occupancy rate is high, it means this film is popular, so increase the scheduling, and if the seat occupancy rate is low, reduce the scheduling?"

Boss Lu shook his head with a smile: "You are talking about the kind of cinema where the specifications of a single cinema hall are similar; Inquiry Realm Wenjie Jiahe's cinema cannot be calculated like this."

"For example, the ticket price of our IMAX giant screen hall is 75-80, and the ordinary hall is 40-60; the number of seats is different, and the ticket price weight is also different; if you only refer to the seat occupancy rate, the final result is distorted."

"The output ratio obtained by this simple method is less than 1, which means supply exceeds demand; if the film's reputation is not good, the scheduling for the next day must be cut; if it is greater than 1, it is the opposite."

Liu Liu Yifei pointed at his approval for lowering the scheduling of *Cow* in disbelief: "Inquiry Realm's own film, also want to cut?"

"This has nothing to do with whose film it is; the film is a market-oriented commodity, the audience votes with their feet; I think Ning Hao is not easy, will the audience who spent money?"

"Even if it is my own film, it should be cut; you can't let the film lose money and take the cinema to lose money together, right? It's not that kind of reason."

"It's just that the films of our internal directors will be more flexible in operation, giving more buffer and reputation fermentation time."

He pointed to the reduction in the scheduling ratio he approved: "If it were someone else's film, this would not just be a matter of dropping 3%."

Little Liu stared at him for a few seconds, clicking her tongue: "You are still cruel."

Before the washing machine could figure out her insinuation, Liu Liu Yifei took out two more documents: "Then what about here?"

"An Zhijie's application for venue rental for the cinema marriage proposal, you approved it, but rejected it back to Gao Jun's level, isn't it redundant?"

Boss Lu shook his head: "An Zhijie is a management trainee who just joined the company, a reserve cadre, now familiar with work in the cinema, and his spirit is very high."

"This marketing idea of his is okay, but last night, without communicating with the supervisor, he reported directly to me in person, which is inappropriate."

"Approving it is to tell Gao Jun that he can show his talents in cinema marketing and let a hundred flowers bloom, don't be confined to old ideas and old methods."

"Adjusting the approval node back to this level for Gao Jun to approve is to tell An Zhijie that unless there are special circumstances, he must act according to the rules and don't be too jumpy."

Liu Liu Yifei tasted the sharpness in his words: "You still have more heart."

"What is cruel and has more heart; this is doing business, not playing house; if you can use rules to handle things, try not to use feelings; that is not stable."

"That..."

Little Liu wanted to take this opportunity to tell about Sun Sun Wenwen, and think of a way to excuse her, but when she heard this sentence, she was a bit discouraged.

She was afraid that if she said it face to face, it would make him feel that he had lost face and kill Sun Sun Wenwen.

Better wait a bit longer...

"What this and that? Be careful, don't spit on my pot!"

Boss Lu looked at her holding the Shangxinqiao pot with one hand and hesitating, feeling terrified, fearing that the little girl would slip and let his collection be smashed to pieces.

"Got it, Grandet!" Liu Liu Yifei looked at him angrily and took out two more documents.

"Your tone is bad, and you are scolding people, and you still reply like this?"

"What? Let me see."

Lu Kuan leaned over to look at the approval he made when he was still angry.

Little Liu looked at the young director's stubble chin close at hand and resisted the urge to reach out and touch it.

Seeming to be used to it, Boss Lu said indifferently: "If it doesn't involve the mother, replace sensitive words with a question mark."

"If it involves the mother, two question marks."

"The handwriting on the document is deep, and the anger can be seen; two question marks plus an exclamation mark!"

Liu Liu Yifei laughed dumbfoundedly, clicked the mouse to wake up the screensaver, and applied it according to the formula he gave:

【Emphasized how many times to pay attention to details in the promotional video; have you considered the visual difference of different font color numbers in the elevator environment? Dog shit stuff, redo!】

"This should be a question mark."

【*Zhu Xian 2* prop outsourcing procurement unit stop cooperation immediately; can't you see the problem with this price yourself? I can find something better and cheaper than this by making two phone calls to Yiwu!】

"Two question marks."

The little girl flipped through it again, but unfortunately, she didn't see the approval of two question marks plus an exclamation mark this time; she really wanted to see it.

In the office, Louis XIII and his eunuch Little Liu cooperated tacitly; Lu Kuan gave oral approval, and she was responsible for typing and inputting.

Approving an application for increasing special effects budget for *Zhu Xian 2*, Liu Liu Yifei puzzled: "The painting style of this season is even more elegant than the last season; it turns out that the medicine was increased again."

Last year's first season of *Zhu Xian* successfully broke the circle, and the title sponsorship of the seasonal theater sold for as much as 70 million, and the advertising value of the front and back time slots was also considerable.

This year, with the sound expanded by the game developed in cooperation with Shanda, Boss Lu decided to increase special effects investment and truly make this IP deep and thorough.

To this end, the special effects location shooting for this season, the Bantian Film team put all their efforts into it, and successively went to Maoshan, Longhushan, Yuntaishan, Tianmenshan in Zhangjiajie, etc. to collect wind.

Finally, on the basis of Zhangjiajie, the Qingyun Sect style of winding mountains and rolling clouds was made.

There are also the Ten Thousand Mountains taken in Shennongjia, the small mountain village under the Qingyun Sect taken in Hongcun, etc.

From boutique TV dramas to movies, games, stage plays, derivatives, and even the theme park in the late stage, the money on this whole industrial chain must be eaten and eaten.

The only disadvantage of *Zhu Xian* is that it has few gains in awards, mainly because it used the name of TV movie and used some small tricks to pass the review smoothly.

The latter caused it to have no advantage in TV drama awards and film awards, and it could only make a fortune in silence.

"I see that many people on the Internet have started calling you Lu Lu Xueqi; before it was Zhao Linger, Wang Wang Yuyan."

Liu Liu Yifei nodded: "Yes, every time it is the broadcast season, I see that the Lu Lu Xueqi peripherals of *Zhu Xian* in the mall sell better than *Chinese Paladin*, which made you earn a lot of money again, right?"

"Where, just a little bit." Boss Lu smiled without saying a word.

Time was approaching twelve o'clock at noon, and the little secretary Liu Liu Yifei successfully completed a morning's work, and said to the washing machine angrily: "Where is my script?"

Boss Lu yawned: "There is a first version that I will give you later; I have been rushing these few days, or why do you think I was napping just now, I stayed up for a few nights."

Little Liu was furious: "Then why did you call me here? Just to be your secretary and work for you?"

"Without a script, how can I write a character biography, how can I experience life?"

Lu Kuan pondered for a few seconds, got up to close the office door, and turned back to look at Liu Liu Yifei solemnly.

"Calling you here is because there is an important matter to tell you face to face."

Little Liu felt his solemn expression and guessed it should be about the movie.

"The subject matter of the massacre is special; to be honest, I am very worried about your psychological endurance."

Liu Liu Yifei said blankly: "What do you mean?"

"You should have heard of PTSD; the preparatory work you are going to experience life and do for the filming of the movie is basically a low-intensity experience of the tragedy back then."

"Those with slightly weaker psychological endurance and mental strength are very easy to be like PTSD, insomnia, impulsive, depressed."

PTSD, that is, post-traumatic stress disorder, is a psychological problem that may occur after a person experiences or witnesses serious traumatic events, such as war, violence, disaster.

The reason why Ms. Zhang died in later generations was mainly due to two aspects.

First, the threats and harassment of the scum caused great psychological pressure on Ms. Zhang Zhang Chunru, and her spirit was in a state of tension for a long time.

But at the root, it was the bloody historical materials and the painful memories of the survivors that made the empathetic Zhang Zhang Chunru deeply trapped in it, immersed in huge mental pain and unable to walk out.

Fortunately, the tragedy did not happen again in this life; Lu Kuan couldn't take these examples to warn Liu Liu Yifei, so he could only take another great woman in the massacre as an example.

"Know Wittlin?"

"Um, the principal of the women's university, protected many nationals and refugees at that time."

Liu Liu Yifei has started to read relevant historical materials to prepare for the movie, so she must be familiar with such famous figures.

Speaking of which, Wittlin and Zhang Zhang Chunru are from the same vein, both great women who came out of Illinois.

Wittlin graduated from the University of Illinois in 1907 and arrived in Hefei, Xiao Anhui Province in 1912 to found the Sanqing Girls' Middle School.

She became the principal of Ginling Women's University in 1919, established a safety zone in the school after the fall in 1937, successively accommodated 8,000 refugees, and insisted on writing a diary to expose the crimes of the beasts.

"In 1940, the Wang puppet regime condoned the *Zijinshan Evening News* to slander her as a human trafficker and traitor, framing the atrocities of the devils on her."

"Coupled with the evil and tragedy witnessed during the war, in 1941, Wittlin suffered from depression and returned home for treatment, and committed suicide shortly after."

Liu Liu Yifei was horrified.

She had just begun to come into contact with the truth of that history, and only then did she know why the young director said it so solemnly.

"I understand what you mean; I will be careful."

Boss Lu was silent; Liu Liu Yifei's physical and mental health and the success of the film are a very contradictory problem.

If the film wants to be filmed well, play the role of exposing the truth and warning education, and cause a sensation in the world like Zhang Zhang Chunru's best-selling book *The Rape of Nanking*, Liu Liu Yifei's performance is the key.

But the more she invests, the more she empathizes, the more she acts or lives into another Zhang Zhang Chunru, the greater the mental pressure she suffers.

And after the film is truly successful, perhaps she cannot avoid the treatment Zhang Zhang Chunru received back then.

A film spread on a world scale is much more influential than the textbooks in the North American market!

It is said that after Gao Gao Yuanyuan finished filming *City of Life and Death*, she also suffered from mild depression.

Lu Kuan doesn't know if Liu Liu Yifei, who is less than twenty years old, can bear these unbearable weights in life.

But from an objective director's perspective, using Liu Liu Yifei as the heroine naturally has many benefits.

For example, her face shape, outline, etc. are relatively similar to Zhang Zhang Chunru's youth;

For example, her professionalism, which only excellent actors like Feng Feng Yuanzheng and Li Li Xuejian can do in the current entertainment industry;

For example, her Chinese and English levels are qualified, and she only needs to imitate and learn Zhang Zhang Chunru's accent;

For example, her phenomenal popularity among the vast number of teenagers can attract more appropriate-age people to enter the cinema to receive history and patriotic education.

Liu Liu Yifei had *Zhu Xian* scenes in the afternoon, so she left without eating with Boss Lu.

Lu Kuan stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, looking at Little Liu's slender back, feeling a bit worried.

With his life experience added up in two lives, he would have nightmares and insomnia when seeing those inhumane materials.

Can such a girl who is not even twenty years old and hasn't experienced any setbacks do it?

Sun Sun Wenwen's extension line called in: "President Lu, it's time to go to the restaurant."

"Oh, okay."

Boss Lu just came back to his senses, picked up his coat from the chair, and habitually wanted to find the Shangxinqiao pot to take a sip of tea.

As a result, he looked for a long time...

"Where the hell is my pot?!"

Going down to the basement and getting into the Bentley Arnage, Lu Kuan hurriedly dialed Liu Liu Yifei.

"We learn to meow together~~~ meow meow meow meow meow~~~"

She meowed seven or eight times, almost putting the driving A Fei to sleep, but no one answered.

Boss Lu put his phone in his pocket helplessly; the case was solved.

His revolutionary weapon Little Liu stole his other revolutionary weapon.

There was still a twenty-minute drive to the dining location, so Boss Lu simply closed his eyes to rest and thought of the purpose of Wu Lu Tianmin's trip.

Yesterday, Tian Tian Zhuangzhuang made it clear on the phone that Wu Lu Tianmin, as the chairman of the July Shanghai International Film Festival, came here to invite him to attend and take up a position.

If possible, he also wanted to use his connections in Hollywood to invite more big names; don't you see that the three major European film festivals are all superficially Hollywood-izing to attract traffic for themselves?

The country naturally cannot be exempt from vulgarity.

The filming of *Tangshan Earthquake* and the Olympic opening ceremony bidding work were already tight, and now he had to take time to improve the script of the massacre film; he couldn't spare time to attend these film festivals at all.

But *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* should still be registered, otherwise it would seem too unsociable, as if he looked down on domestic awards.

It's just that after he politely refused twice, film festival chairman Wu Lu Tianmin invited him in person, and brought out Old Tian and Old Old Mouzi, who had a close relationship with him, so it was a bit difficult to refuse.

Wu Lu Tianmin is an important figure in the history of Chinese cinema.

Ten years later, all walks of life in the country were short of talent, and the policy of vigorously promoting young cadres began to be implemented.

The film and television production industry, which belonged entirely to state-run at that time, was naturally no exception.

In 1982, benefiting from the wave of rejuvenation of cadres, Wu Lu Tianmin, who was in his early 40s, was directly promoted from director of the Western Film Studio to factory director.

In the same year, the Fifth Generation of the 78th class graduated and were assigned to work in major state-run factories.

Under the reform of the factory director responsibility system, Wu Lu Tianmin of the Western Film Studio and Wei Bida of the Guangxi Factory were the two leaders with the most courage.

With their support and help, young directors like Chen Kaige, Zhang Zhang Yimou, and Zhang Junzhao contributed masterpieces such as *One and Eight*, *Yellow Earth*, and *Red Sorghum*.

This includes Old Tian, who was assigned to the Beijing Film Studio; although he was in Beiping, it was the Western Film Studio that helped him film *The Horse Thief*.

These Fifth Generation directors began to rise collectively, won all domestic and international awards, and became the leaders of the domestic film scene.

And Wu Lu Tianmin, who asked Tian Tian Zhuangzhuang and Zhang Zhang Yimou to invite Lu Kuan to dinner today, was respected as the old leader and leading brother by this group of Fifth Generation directors back then, and his status was transcendent.

Walking into the private room, the three "old men" were already chatting and shouting with tea.

"Three teachers, I'm late, I'm very sorry." Boss Lu arched his hands with a smile and asked A Fei to bring the prepared tea leaves.

Tian Tian Zhuangzhuang was about to tease him for being busy with noble affairs, but didn't expect to be blocked by Lu Kuan with tea leaves.

"I still have to explain the reason for being late; this is the new tea just sent from Sichuan Province, I hurriedly prepared it for the three of you!"

Zhang Zhang Yimou laughed loudly: "It's still Principal Lu who knows how to do things; this is bribing his teacher Tian, and we are following suit."

"Let me see what good tea it is?"

Old Old Mouzi is close to Lu Kuan, so he doesn't pay attention to any etiquette, checking the tea bags and tea cakes with simple packaging.

"Water-milled black tea, Wuchuan red, Chuxiu Lingya, Chuxiu Xuecui, all are not bad; taste which one is good, I will buy it there."

Boss Lu joked with the two old acquaintances and smiled and shook hands with Wu Lu Tianmin: "Factory Wu Dao, long admired."

"Eh, I am the one who has long admired; I always hear Tian Zhuangzhuang and Zhang Yimou talk about you, but I never had the chance to meet."

"This time I just happened to come to Beiping to run the procedures for the film festival, thinking of disturbing you once."

The old factory director said that there is a way, and this began to pave the way for the topic.

Tian Tian Zhuangzhuang was helpless: "Don't be polite, sit down and talk, eat and chat."

The three drank a few cups, and Wu Lu Tianmin was a straight person: "Director Lu, the purpose of my old man coming today is very simple..."

Boss Lu interrupted him with a smile: "Factory Wu Dao, you call me Little Lu; I can't afford this Director Lu, Teacher Tian will scold me."

Everyone laughed, and Wu Lu Tianmin saw that his expression was not fake, so he was respectful: "Comrade Little Lu, my trip is mainly to represent the Shanghai International Film Festival official, inviting you to serve as a judge and award guest."

"Factory Wu Dao, before, the company replied to the film festival official on my behalf; my time..."

"Hey, this year is the centenary of Chinese cinema; our generation is old; seeing the rapid advance of domestic films in the past two years, I feel comfortable."

"Last year, your sci-fi film *Foreign Land* sold well globally; I remember that it was close to the end of the screening, and it was still a little bit away from breaking the record of *Titanic*."

"A little girl named Liu Liu Yifei posted a photo on the Internet, holding a white paper, writing Chinese cinema come on, *Foreign Land* come on, I was very moved."

Wu Lu Tianmin said with some difficulty: "Comrade Little Lu, the Shanghai Film Festival is the only A-class film festival in our country; this year's year is special, and the scene really cannot be too desolate."

"You know many Hollywood stars and big names; if you can help invite one or two... hey, the film festival still needs us to unite and support!"

Tian Tian Zhuangzhuang smiled intentionally or unintentionally: "Old Factory Director, people go to Cannes as the chairman of the jury."

"This Shanghai Film Festival asks people for help, but only gives a judge and award guest, isn't it a bit shabby?"

Old Tian has always wanted to seek more benefits for this cheap student of his.

These big and small titles don't look like much, but accumulated over time, they can also become a ladder of progress.

Who can predict the future? It is always good to accumulate some qualifications and prestige for yourself.

This is the old Tian who was banned from directing, the well rope in his heart all along.

Zhang Zhang Yimou glanced at Tian Tian Zhuangzhuang and shook his head at him imperceptibly.

Tian Tian Zhuangzhuang is relatively dismissive of this phenomenon of seniority.

If Wu Lu Tianmin hadn't given this group of young people a chance back then, where would the Fifth Generation have anything to do?

"Hey, if I could decide, I would rather give this seat to someone else to do, as long as the film festival can be done well."

It is an international A-class film festival anyway; there are countless people in the industry waiting to mix qualifications and connections, which is really a case of too many monks and too little porridge.

Lu Kuan pondered for a few seconds: "Factory Wu Dao, I understand what you mean."

"How about this, there are only twenty days left before the opening, I will contact them urgently."

"American director Nolan is a teacher at our Pan-Asia Film Academy; his *Batman Begins* will be released ten days after the film festival."

"Nolan in the crew, Morgan Freeman who just won the Hollywood Best Supporting Actor, Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman, I all know, and can call them over to support."

"In addition, there are Leonardo, Tom Cruise, etc., but the schedules of these top stars are extremely full, so I dare not guarantee it now."

Before the words were finished, Wu Lu Tianmin shook his hand excitedly and hurriedly picked up the wine glass: "Thank you so much!"

Immediately after, he couldn't help but sigh: "Just now you didn't come, I was also scolding the film festival with the two of them, making it like stinky dog shit, a group of old stubborn people who are in their positions and don't seek to do things."

"But there is no way, it is the centenary of the film anyway, even if the donkey shit egg surface is bright, it must be bright!"

Boss Lu smiled: "Factory Wu Dao, I don't need any position, nor do I care about these false names, but waste time and energy."

"I will come over a day in advance to receive these foreign friends, and you don't have to worry about anything else."

"Good! Good!"

Zhang Zhang Yimou also picked up the wine glass: "I'll accompany one; I saw it the first day I met Little Lu, this pattern is here!"

"Director Zhang, in that Olympic team of mine, I still lack someone who can play with fireworks; why don't you... Master Cai Guoqiang in your team..."

"Drink, drink, don't talk about state affairs!"

Everyone laughed.

Lu Kuan lowered his cup slightly and drank with everyone; Zhang Zhang Yimou was pulled back to the high-spirited eighties by Wu Lu Tianmin's words just now.

"The old factory director really gave us a chance back then."

"I remember after the factory director responsibility system was implemented, an old director was bad, and he knelt in Wu's office, saying Factory Wu Dao, please allocate some funds to support the old director?"

"Think about it, if this matter spreads, how can Wu's head not be buckled with the name of disrespecting the elders and being arrogant."

Boss Lu smiled: "I heard this from Teacher Tian; at that time, Wu Dao also knelt to that old guy, and the old man grinded for a long time and asked for trouble, and walked away gray-faced."

Wu Lu Tianmin laughed loudly, with a vicissitudes of life on his face, and then looked at Lu Kuan with appreciation.

"I won't say anything else, Old Wu; I also know that you are giving my old man face to take on this bitter errand."

"I ask myself that I still have some connections in the country, especially in the Western Film Studio; if you need help in the future, just mention it!"

Lu Kuan smiled and held the cup, just waiting for this sentence; the Western Film Studio is a big treasure house.

For example, the remaining equity of Inquiry Realm Western Film Distribution Company, for example, the establishment of troupe leaders and deputy troupe leaders.

Including the penetration and channel laying of Inquiry Realm Wenjie Jiahe Cinema and distribution in Jin and Shaanxi, the Western Film Studio can help a lot.

"Old Factory Director, let's not toast each other, let's have a drink together, and wish Chinese cinema a better tomorrow!"

"Good! Cheers!"

After the meal, A Fei drove the boss directly to the Tangshan film set; Lu Kuan received a call from Chen Chen Shijun in the car.

"Lu! Our video is on fire! Miss Liu's video is on fire!"

Boss Lu checked his watch: "It's 10:00 PM there, right? How is the video data?"

A week ago, Liu Liu Yifei's first issue of *Tea Art* was uploaded to a personal account named 【crystal】 on Mytube; the account profile only had a few words of introduction.

Liu Liu Yifei, crystal, Chinese actor, food lover.

"The click volume within 24 hours was very low, even with our official push, it was not ideal, only less than 100,000."

"But Leonardo mentioned it through a reporter from *The Washington Post* when he went to attend the celebration of Lucas's *Star Wars: Episode III* yesterday, and then the data became gradually considerable."

"As of yesterday, the click volume in 6 days has almost broken through one million; such a speed can also rank in the top ten in our main station video!"

Mytube was founded for half a year; in addition to acquiring some film and television works as high-quality playback content, personal creators have become an important source of video content provision.

For example, Michelle Phan, who specializes in beauty tutorials, and lonelygirl15, who became popular in the form of relaxed and interesting video diaries.

The next step is to continue to cultivate and excavate more grassroots bloggers, and at the same time gradually introduce WWE live broadcasts, children's programs, and Indian language programs that fit the American public.

Among them, the decision on Indian language-related programs is what Chen Chen Shijun, Huang Anna, and others are puzzled about.

But from the data of later generations, Ah San is the second largest market for YouTube, with a huge number of netizens and many computer elites, and is jokingly called the head of the YouTube Five Constants.

The most famous is the T-Series channel that has long dominated the top of YouTube.

The channel is mainly in Hindi, with more than 28 sub-channels, of which 1 channel has more than 20 million subscribers, and 2 channels have more than 10 million subscribers, and the drainage effect is significant.

In the afternoon, Boss Lu, who returned to the hotel, personally hung up the proxy to check the popularity of YouTube; it was indeed as Chen Chen Shijun said, it could be

Boss Lu was also moved; however, such emotional brewing was about to reach its peak; if the filming went smoothly, the brilliance of this scene could be foreseen!

Every extra could show a level comparable to professional actors, or even surpass professional actors!

Therefore, they were not acting at all!

Everyone was in place, and Lu Kuan checked the makeup, props, and details again.

The dirt and scars of the close-up actors and special close-up actors were more realistic; other extras couldn't be perfect due to time, but it didn't have much impact on the final output.

He called the production manager and instructed them to prepare dry towels and hot water to remove makeup and wipe mud for the Tangshan folks who volunteered to be extras later.

Lu Kuan sat behind the monitor, stretched out his hand to feel the frequency of the raindrops, and everyone was waiting for his instructions.

The heavy rain after the earthquake has a scientific basis, because the energy accumulated in the earth's crust is suddenly released, and the high heat evaporates the water vapor in the air, which naturally falls as rain after meeting the cold.

It's just that the filming of rain scenes is very difficult, especially for a director with high requirements like Boss Lu; only by making full preparations in advance can they start filming at any time.

Such order and discipline can only be achieved by the direct crew he strictly trained and cultivated.

Another five minutes passed, Lu Kuan looked at the sky, knowing he couldn't wait any longer, and decisively picked up the intercom to start the final deployment:

"Reflectors and soft lights in place, adjust the light ratio to 7 to 1, LED light panels as the main auxiliary light!"

"Yes!"

The light ratio is the intensity ratio of the main light to the auxiliary light.

For example, if the intensity of the main light is 4 times the intensity of the auxiliary light, then the light ratio is 4:1.

The light ratio determines the contrast of the picture; when filming high-key pictures, such as bright indoor scenes or fresh portraits, a smaller light ratio is usually used;

While when filming low-key pictures, such as dark suspense scenes, a larger light ratio is used, and the auxiliary light intensity is relatively lower.

Boss Lu did it himself and walked behind the industrial fan: "The rain intensity at the low place is enough, but the spray intensity of the high-pressure water gun is not enough."

"Old Zhang, hurry up and find someone to drive the crane from the side of the blasting site just now, and find a way to tie the high-pressure water gun to the top to expand the spray range of the rain!"

"Okay, I'm going now."

Bald Old Zhang turned and ran, tripped over a gravel block, climbed up, and continued to run without looking back.

Taking advantage of the time for the crane to be in place, Lu Kuan walked among the hundreds of extras and personally explained the scenes to the close-up and special close-up extras.

He didn't use the professional ideas and rhetoric he used for Liu Liu Yifei and Song Jia, but just deliberately guided their emotions and provided a performance paradigm that could be imitated.

The central idea remained unchanged, and the natural interpretation of the extras would be more moving and realistic.

Another 5 minutes ended.

At this moment, everything was ready; with artificial rain, the east wind was no longer needed, and Lu Kuan walked back to the side of the monitor.

"Lighting engineer?"

"Director, in place!"

"Actors?"

"In place!", "Ready!", "No problem!"

Not to mention young actors like Song Jia and Wang Wang Baoqiang, even old hands like Hu Jun and Zhou Xun were a bit excited at this moment.

A crew professional to the extreme, an atmosphere created to the extreme, a director detailed to the extreme.

Everyone longed to integrate themselves into this tragic scroll of the era and use their own living roles to compose a dirge of that year.

"Ten-second countdown, recording and camera start, prop group give rain."

"Start counting down!"

Yu Yu Feihong picked up the megaphone and reported the numbers steadily; with the start of the last sentence, the rain suddenly became heavy!

The extras who had rehearsed for a long time on the scene changed from faint sobbing to shrill crying and desperate screaming, and the whole crew entered the filming state!

The rocker arm was equipped with a camera to film from a high-altitude bird's-eye view, and three camera assistants wearing rain capes followed the close-up actors to film with handheld cameras.

Handheld photography is a common filming method for documentaries, mockumentaries, and horror films, which can enhance the sense of reality and presence, and capture dynamic moments more flexibly than large cameras.

Especially in the creation of subjective emotions and atmosphere rendering, it has a unique role.

Just like the crowd collapsing and scattering in the earthquake, the shaking of the handheld camera screen and the left and right exploration following the protagonist's perspective can express the extreme panic of the parties involved without a line of dialogue.

The scene seemed to be reproducing the hellish scene thirty years ago; the growing raindrops flowed down from everyone's head, and the dark red blood flowed across their dirty cheeks.

A close-up face of a round-faced female extra appeared on the screen.

Red water marks kept seeping out on her face, her big eyes with a look of confusion and panic gradually lost focus, her body trembled slightly, and after a moment, she fled to the east of the family building.

Under the dirty makeup, Lu Kuan couldn't see her appearance clearly, but felt a bit familiar.

"Yu Feihong, did you recruit this extra just now?"

"Yes, she came to the crew to sign up when you went to Cannes."

She lowered her head and flipped through the roster: "Zhao Zhao Liying, from Langfang, Hebei Province, graduated from the Aviation Service major of Langfang Electronic Information School."

"No acting experience, but her appearance is relatively prominent among the extras, especially in this rain scene, her eyes are big, which is relatively easy to interpret."

Tangshan and Langfang are very close, so Zhao Zhao Liying is equivalent to debuting in advance.

Lu Kuan nodded and continued to watch the live shots in the monitor.

The main camera at the parallel height swung horizontally to the right, placing the embarrassment and panic of the main street in the center of the screen; it seemed to have become a hell on earth:

Those who fell and broke their heads, those who were ruthlessly trampled by passers-by fleeing and crying for help, those who cried bitterly while holding the bodies of their families, those who continued to rummage through the rubble for their relatives regardless of their bleeding fingers...

The young director's throat rolled; in his mind, the primary school in Shuimo Town appeared, the red flag that was a bit faded but still flying high, and Duoji with a dark face but eyes like lacquer.

He couldn't imagine how sad and tragic the scene of that paradise being destroyed would be.

Boss Lu habitually touched the scar on his forehead that had long since recovered, feeling extremely fortunate that he had made such a decision a month ago.

Otherwise, seeing such a scene again, he would definitely collapse.

Suddenly, Xiaonan's figure appeared in the lens.

The main camera and the handheld camera followed at the same time; the little girl cried and ran around looking for her mother; on her dirty little face, mud mixed with tears kept flowing down.

She stood helplessly on the ruins, clutching a piece of floral cloth torn from her mother's body, crying desperately at the thundering and lightning sky: "Mom! Mom!"

The close-up screen here did a weakened sound processing, equivalent to a simple version of a multi-part montage.

On the actual output screen, the audience could only faintly hear the little girl's heart-piercing crying, and more of the chicks' mourning and sadness would be drowned in the whistling wind and rain.

Looking at her clearly recognizable lip shape, that "mama" that all mankind can understand and hear, but cannot hear or hear clearly, will destroy the tear glands of all audiences.

This is the only scene in the whole film that is relatively "selling misery," using points to bring out the whole, leaving a bloodstain deep into the bones in the hearts of the viewers.

Scheduling scenes has always been Lu Kuan's weakness; today's big scene with hundreds of extras is not to be said to be difficult.

The disaster scene is grand, and elements such as collapsed buildings, broken roads, and displaced crowds are difficult to organize and arrange effectively;

And for the extras, the emotional mobilization and regulation, and the planning of complex action routes need careful rehearsal and positioning.

Just like now, the young director realized a very serious problem.

The extras are too immersed!

They cried too devotedly, too realistically!

But according to Liu Heng's investigation and the memories of almost all survivors, on the night of the earthquake, the common people who suddenly encountered a disaster were not in this state!

There were also many who were numb, slow, and firmly transferred and started to save people.

When the real disaster came, except for children like Xiaonan who suddenly encountered bad luck and were separated from their families, more adults were not collapsing like in the screen now.

It's just that most of these extras were survivors and descendants of survivors from back then; facing such a realistic scene and play, their emotions were out of control for a while.

Seeing that the trend was a bit wrong, Boss Lu hurriedly picked up the megaphone: "Close-up actors control your emotions! Control your emotions! Don't be overly exaggerated!"

In fact, such a scene of heaven and earth mourning together and hundreds of people crying together is extremely lethal in the cinema.

But what Lu Kuan wants to film is far from this idea of destroying beauty for people to see to arouse sympathy and tears.

What he wants to express through the film is the magnificent composure of flowers blooming in the ruins, and the beautiful home rebuilt by the people with strong and unyielding blood and tears. 【293】 As for selling misery, the scene arrangement of an extra Xiaonan is enough.

She thought for a moment and sent a message to the nanny at the Sihe Academy, asking her to find a cleaner to hurry over and tidy up; she decided to let her parents bring her younger brother to stay at the Sihe Academy.

His thinking is different from Kuzi; Kuzi has already arranged for his wife Xu Fan to cry and shout in front of the camera at this time:

"God! You bastard!"

The close-up and special close-up actors were carefully trained and quickly understood the director's intention; the whole scheduling scene proceeded in an orderly manner according to the rehearsal process in advance.

In the final shot, the rocker arm rose rapidly into the air.

First, a panoramic bird's-eye view brought strong visual shock to the audience, followed by various perspectives of saving people, seeking help, calling for help, and fleeing.

"Cut!"

Except for the noise of the machine gradually fading, only the heavy breathing of the actors after running remained on the scene.

The "unrecognizable" actors, whether extras or professional actors, all stared blankly at the young director who scanned from beginning to end behind the monitor.