Chapter 1305: Monsters and beauties are the selling points of the movie!!

Having agreed to go to the Ruri-ko-in for a vacation, Akina packed her luggage after finishing her work in Tokyo and brought her daughter to Kyoto.

A bit different from an international city like Tokyo, Kyoto gives people a feeling of more history, and the pace of life is slower.

Especially in this season of falling red leaves, temple fairs and tourists fill the city, making people feel the liveliness while also feeling a touch of human warmth~

Akina came by Shinkansen; she didn't like taking planes like her husband. Even though Ma Sai said that compared to land transportation, the accident rate of air transportation is lower, taking a helicopter with her daughter still makes people a bit scared...

After changing to the car that came to pick her up at Kyoto Station, and after more than half an hour, she finally came to the foot of the mountain of Ruri-ko-in~

Seeing the vaguely visible place where green and red meet, Akina lowered her head and said to her daughter who was sleeping a bit dizzily:

"Hua Jiang, we finally arrived!"

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Little Xia Hua naturally had no impression of Ruri-ko-in; when she came last time, she was only a few months old, and her vision hadn't even developed well yet~

After the car stopped, the villa management staff who had been waiting for a long time hurriedly came up to greet:

"Mrs. Ma Sai, welcome to Ruri-ko-in..."

"Arigato~"

Akina watched the management staff help move the luggage and such down, and together with Mari Nonaka, holding little Xia Hua, walked towards the courtyard.

As the steps progressed, exotic flowers and strange grasses, jagged rocks, and red leaves swirling in the flowing water, mixed with koi fish like lifelike red fish...

Walking in a bit more, by the mountain and water, the very characteristic red and white main hall appeared in the field of vision, and the winding pavilions extended to the center of the small lake~

"Every time I come to Ruri-ko-in, I feel very different!"

Mari Nonaka, who was carrying the baby basket to the side, sighed,

"This Ruri-ko-in built by Ma Sai San is even more beautiful than the Ruri-ko-in!"

Actually, the Ruri-ko-in on the mountain is very small; the famous check-in spot is just a small room anyway!

If it were really opened to the public, maybe this Ruri-ko-in could attract more tourists~

"Ma Sai San spent a lot of thought on it back then!"

Akina looked at the plaque on the main hall; the small seal script "Xiangrui Yumen" had a special sense of history,

"This plaque seems to be an ancient Chinese saying!"

Mari Nonaka nodded in praise, while little Xia Hua looked up, looking at the patterns above, not knowing what her mother was talking about...

After putting down the luggage in the bedroom, Akina communicated with the villa management staff about the situation of food and supplies, and also asked about the helipad on the small mountain, which was the position where Ma Sai would land later.

"Mrs. Ma Sai, the helipad construction is complete!"

Villa management company's Katsuhide Nagano said hurriedly,

"It can be used completely!"

For rich people, building a small helipad is naturally extremely fast. Even with all auxiliary functions installed, it only took a few phone calls.

"That's good..."

Akina nodded,

"We will probably stay here for a week or two... sorry to trouble you during this time!"

"Yes, this is what I should do!"

Katsuhide Nagano nodded repeatedly. This villa management company of theirs had at least one-fifth of its business supported by Ma Sai, so naturally, they had to serve the big client well!

After Katsuhide Nagano left, Akina put little Xia Hua down:

"Hua Jiang, you can play in the room, don't go to the pond outside to play..."

"Okay~~"

After promising, the little one started to bravely explore the new world!

And Akina walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, quietly enjoying the beautiful scenery of red leaves flying and sparkling water outside. Here, it seemed that all the disturbances of the outside world were far away~

At the same time, Ma Sai on Jurassic Island...

"Run properly for me!!!"

Ma Sai roared at a group of actors with a megaphone,

"Need to embody the feeling of urgency! Terror! Panic and running for your life!!!"

"Are you guys on an outing now?!"

"All departments reset, prepare to film another take!"

"If you can't run well this time, then keep running!!!"

"..."

Actually, sometimes it's very normal for a director to get angry on set. After all, when filming a certain shot, it's very likely that the effect he wants isn't achieved...

Just like this time, because of the dinosaur's pursuit, many people had to flee desperately...

However, because the Tyrannosaurus Rex needed to be made with post-production special effects, a stunt actor wearing green clothes was used, which looked a bit funny, making the actors fail to enter the urgent and panicked state of fleeing for their lives several times.

This made Ma Sai roar...

Seeing the actors become more serious after being roared at once, Ma Sai nodded slightly with satisfaction.

Sure enough, people are all cheap-skinned, occasionally needing to be whipped!

"Positions... ready..."

Ma Sai looked left and right at the crew's preparation work, and then shouted loudly,

"Action!"

Only to see a group of actors, chased by a green-clothed stunt actor, fleeing in panic on the set...

Some even fell because the ground was slippery, but Ma Sai didn't shout cut, instead watching them hurriedly climb up and continue to flee for their lives...

Until everyone fled out of the camera range, Ma Sai raised the megaphone:

"Cut!!!"

"This take is not bad... but for safety, let's do another take!!"

"Rest for five minutes!"

"Yes~~~" XN

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ma Sai also hurriedly took a bottle of water to drink. Long-term roaring is indeed a bit hard on the throat.

At this time, Xiao Sen Xiaoshen Zhengxiao walked to his side:

"Ma Sai San, after this segment, it's the scene where the Tyrannosaurus Rex chases the off-road vehicle on the road. We need to go to the studio to film."

"Hmm, I know..."

Ma Sai nodded, suddenly remembered something,

"Xiaoshen Zhengxiao, let the prop team move the Tyrannosaurus Rex model in, and the lighting and scenes in the studio, make them all a bit darker..."

Originally it should be a performance without objects, but for the smooth progress of filming, Ma Sai still felt that he had to create a bit of atmosphere for the actors...

"Also, didn't we synthesize the roar of the Tyrannosaurus Rex before? Let the prop team install it inside the Tyrannosaurus Rex, to make it more realistic..."

"Uh... yes!"

Xiao Sen Xiaoshen Zhengxiao originally wanted to say that the lead actors were all professional, and performance without objects would definitely be fine.

But thinking of the filming just now, he didn't say much more.

"I'll go inform the prop team first..."

"Hmm~"

Continuing to drink water and rest, Ma Sai couldn't help but feel a bit emotional. The filming of this kind of movie with many special effects is very different from the movies he directed before.

Like "A Scene at the Sea" or "Kikujiro", they are all realistic filming; both the background and props are real, and only the actors need to be adjusted.

Even "Ghost", there were only a few shots with special effects~

But sci-fi movies with large-scale special effects like "Jurassic Park" need to consider the effect after special effects production when filming, and the director needs to explain the play in detail to the actors, and even let them imagine the virtual scene together with the director... This is very troublesome!

"American movies and Nihon movies are really very different!"

Ma Sai recalled the memory of "Jurassic Park". Many scenes in it need to exclude the image of dinosaurs to see the filmed shots... for the current filming, it can only be used as a reference...

If it were to reach the further future, relying entirely on computer special effects, just filming a Marvel superhero movie in a green screen hall, that would be even more abstract!

Under the reminder of the crew staff, Ma Sai discovered that the rest time had passed, so he started to continue filming:

"Alright, all units prepare..."

"Ready... Action!"

"..."

Time passed in a flash. After filming the group fleeing scene, Ma Sai and the lead actors came to the studio set up as a rainforest road.

After the preparation of the prop team, behind the original off-road vehicle, the huge and realistic Tyrannosaurus Rex model was already in place, and was shaking its head and tail with the operation, emitting a roar... as if it had come alive~

"Harrison... Yuko-san!"

Ma Sai called over the two lead actors,

"Later you guys will perform the scene of being chased by the Tyrannosaurus Rex on the off-road vehicle!"

He looked at Tian Zhongyuzi:

"Yuko-san, this scene is very important for you, because you need to show the panicked side... Harrison needs to be a bit calmer... he is driving..."

"Yes!"

Tian Zhongyuzi nodded to indicate she understood. On set, she would never be casual just because she was familiar with Ma Sai,

"Let me adjust my emotions a bit..."

"Hmm..."

However, at this time, Ma Sai looked up and down at Tian Zhongyuzi. The pure and desirable beauty's face had sweat beads from before, and messy hair stuck to her forehead, looking a bit embarrassed...

"Yuko-san's makeup needs to be touched up..."

"Because it's night in the film, need to add a bit of white, making you more conspicuous..."

"??" Tian Zhongyuzi was surprised, "But shouldn't it be embarrassed? We are running away!"

"Yuko-san... in a thriller horror monster movie, the makeup of the female character cannot be messed up..."

Ma Sai wasn't saying Tian Zhongyuzi was a vase~

But in this kind of movie, if the monster is fierce, domineering, and ugly, the heroine needs to show a feeling different from the monster, such as weak, beautiful... to balance the whole movie~

The most classic is "Jin Gang", the scene where the heroine falls into Jin Gang's hands, in the black giant palm is the dazzlingly white heroine, that kind of impactful feeling has always remained in the audience's hearts!

Monsters and beauties are always an inseparable element in movies, they are the selling points of the movie!

"Let the audience see the fierceness of the monster, and also see the beauty of the beauty!"

"..."

Tian Zhongyuzi was speechless, but still listen to the director...

So after touching up her makeup, Tian Zhongyuzi sat on the off-road vehicle to prepare for filming.

Following the "Action" shouted by Ma Sai, the lights in the studio dimmed, the Tyrannosaurus Rex immediately opened its mouth wide, roaring out... the off-road vehicle in front stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, and the several protagonists on the car all looked back in panic...

Especially Tian Zhongyuzi, the appearance of screaming in panic made people feel the fear in the character's heart... in the dim light, the pale and panicked heroine and the fierce Tyrannosaurus Rex behind showed a surprising contrast!

"Cut! Very good!!"

Evening.

The fire clouds in the sky and the red maples of Ruri-ko-in seemed to connect into one piece, making people unable to distinguish the boundary for a while.

Following a burst of propeller roaring, a helicopter landed slowly on the top of the small mountain of Ruri-ko-in... a yellow helipad had already been built here, and a circle of indicator lights around it lit up, prompting the pilot of the landing position...

After the helicopter stopped steadily, Ma Sai jumped down from the back seat, waving to the pilot to thank him:

"Suda-san, thank you..."

"Haha, this is my job!" Suda Kazuteru nodded to indicate, "I will come over to pick you up tomorrow morning!"

"Good!"

After the two finished communicating, the helicopter's propellers roared again, the helicopter rose slowly, and headed towards the nearest airport.

And Ma Sai, first went to the Jizo temple beside, and offered a stick of incense to the Jizo Bodhisattva:

"Bodhisattva, sorry for the disturbance during this time... please don't take offense!"

Only then did he walk down the mountain along the slender torii shrine path~

When he came to the bedroom, Akina was already welcoming him holding little Xia Hua:

"Ma Sai San... welcome back!"

"Hmm, I'm back~"

Ma Sai stretched his head and kissed his own wife, then reached out and held the little one and kissed her,

"Hua Jiang, did you miss Daddy?"

"Yes!"

Little Xia Hua was already very good at pleasing people now, reaching out to hold her old father, and leaned her soft body on Ma Sai's neck and started acting like a spoiled child:

"Dad~dad~"

"Hmm~"

"Daddy~"

"Eh~"

"..."

The old father was firmly held by the little one. If Xia Hua made any request at this time, it would definitely be fully satisfied!

After walking into the bedroom, Akina looked at this father-daughter deep affection, and couldn't help but feel a bit jealous...

"Ma Sai San, don't be fooled by Hua Jiang! She ran around playing everywhere after coming to Ruri-ko-in, where did she have the time to miss you!"

"In the afternoon, she even thought to ask why she didn't see Wang Wang, and didn't ask about you!"

"....... uh......"

Ma Sai looked like he had lost his soul, looking at Akina helplessly,

"Akina... why do you want to break the old father's beautiful fantasy!"

But only got a side-eye from Akina~

Holding little Xia Hua in front of his eyes, Ma Sai asked unwillingly:

"Did Hua Jiang not think to ask about me in the afternoon?"

"....."

Little Xia Hua's eyes wandered, pretending to be clueless...

"....... sigh......"

Looks like it's true!

At this time, the tempting aroma hit... the food in the restaurant was already prepared; it was the chef invited by the villa management company who came to cook, and every dish was delicious.

"Forget it, let's eat first~"

The old father who had been busy all day was already hungry!

After dinner, Ma Sai was reading a storybook to little Xia Hua in front of the crackling fireplace.

At this time Akina walked over:

"Ma Sai San... the sheet music was sent to Otomo-san's side in the morning!"

"Hmm... did Otomo-san say anything?"

"He said..."

Akina revealed a smile, and then performed vividly,

"Ma Sai San really has songs we don't know about... haven't seen this 'Soba ni Iru ne (Stay by My Side)' before!"

"Sure enough, still need to dig more into Ma Sai San's little treasury!"

Whether it was expression or tone, Akina performed vividly, completely showing Otomo Yoshimura's demeanor!

"......" Ma Sai curled his lips, "This Otomo-san... tsk tsk~"

"Haha, Ma Sai San and Otomo-san have a really good relationship!"

Akina laughed,

"Do you usually joke like this?"

"Hmm... Otomo-san is old but young at heart, a bad friend~"

Ma Sai nodded. He was very grateful to Otomo Yoshimura. With such a big business in the Shu You Group, if it weren't for Otomo-san, he wouldn't be so relaxed!

"Ah right... Akina clapped her hands, "Otomo-san also said, when Ma Sai San is free, Shuichi-san has something to tell you!"

"??"

Now there are mobile phones, is there anything that can't be said on the phone?

"Fine... in two days it's the reporter visit day, can finish early, then go to Shu You for a trip..."

Ma Sai muttered,

"Just happen to be able to see if the computer for special effects is installed..."

Just at this time, little Xia Hua was a bit dissatisfied, patting her old father's arm:

"Story!"

"Alright alright... next, is a little pig who built a brick house..." ===== CHAPTER 1306 =====