It's reasonable for me, a stuntman, to live a crazy life, right?

Andy Serkis.

This is an actor from the UK who graduated from the Visual Arts Department of the University of Acastle.

He was the first actor appointed by Chen Fei, and he was mainly responsible for the visual motion capture of the orangutan "Caesar".

The fundamental reason why he was chosen was the movie "King Kong" produced by Universal Pictures.

After watching "King Kong", Chen Fei became very interested in the actor who played "King Kong", and finally contacted him through Romulo from the production department of Universal Pictures.

Compared with the investment in the filming of "King Kong", the movie's box office return is not particularly ideal.

Based on this, Andy's current salary in Hollywood is not high, and he belongs to the type where Chen Fei can afford the salary.

"War for the Planet of the Apes? I need to play Caesar in it, right?"

"right."

Chen Fei nodded and explained: "Just like the "King Kong" you shot last year, a lot of CG technology will also be used in this movie. In this regard, you are professional."

"Oh! Fei, thank you for your recognition!"

Andy quickly thanked him. Although the Chinese director in front of him was not very old, he was far behind him in terms of achievements.

Golden Globes, Oscars...

These are equally sacred halls in the eyes of Hollywood actors, and the young Chinese director in front of him has dabbled in them.

What's more, he is also the winner of the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, one of the top three in Europe.

In terms of qualifications, Chen Fei is among the first-class directors in the world.

"Then let me read the script first. If nothing else happens, we may be able to work together very happily."

"good."

Chen Fei nodded, handed him the script, and then turned around to check the CG motion capture equipment with Pedro.

If you want to shoot Hollywood's A-class blockbusters, film and television animation special effects photography and post-production are indispensable abilities.

Fortunately, Chen Fei has both of these skills, and both of them have reached Lv3 level.

"Lv3" is a systematic rating method, and according to Chen Fei's past experience, this level is already considered the first-class level among CG film directors.

Level 4, which is further up, is probably the kind of shooting technology used in "Avatar".

As for the top Lv5, unfortunately, he has never reached it, so he has no idea.

CG movies refer to movies that are shot in real scenes and mainly performed by real people, but interspersed with a large number of virtual scenes and special effects.

The usual shooting technique is to apply CG technology to traditional movies and add virtual scenes, characters, things, special effects and other objects to make it difficult to distinguish true from false and enhance the visual effect.

To put it simply, all visual products (scenes, characters, objects, special effects, etc.) in horror movies are films composed of computer-generated CG animations and CG pictures.

But its visual effects are completely different from traditional 2D cartoons.

Offline rendering is generally used in the post-production of such films, which is different from DEMO and engine movies that are rendered in real time.

To give a simple example, "The Lord of the Rings" is one of the representative works in CG movies.

When it comes to CG, it can generally be divided into four main areas:

CG art and design, game software, animation, comics.

With the help of the system, Chen Fei has mastered all these, but he is only responsible for the early stage shooting, and professional people will be responsible for the later stage.

…

Natasha has never been stingy when it comes to filming equipment.

Not only are all the equipment of the post-production team state-of-the-art, but even the body-sensing cameras and optical motion capture equipment are top-notch in the industry.

Of course, this was also instructed by Chen Fei.

If you want to make a good science fiction movie, you can't be careless about special effects and shooting equipment. You must strive for excellence.

At this point, Hollywood is much stronger than China.

Except for some very well-known actors who will quote sky-high fees, most of the money in Hollywood movies is spent on equipment and special effects.

And in the country...

With the entry of Coal Boss, actors' salaries have been rising again and again, but the quality of the films has continued to decline.

Just like Huang Xiaoming, after watching the two movies "Chinese Partner" and "The Banquet", his salary will reach a level that ordinary people can't even imagine!

In Chen Fei's view, if the acting skills are good enough, it doesn't matter if the salary is higher.

But if it's just because of his high popularity and good hype that he can offer a high salary, then he really can't bear it.

When meeting this kind of actor, his choice is to pass directly!

…

Andy quickly read the script and agreed to play the role of "Caesar" without any comments.

The story of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is actually quite simple.

In short, through the perspective of "Caesar", an orangutan who was treated with drugs to improve his intelligence, the audience was shown that the orangutan, which was used as a scientific experiment, began to rebel against humans after possessing human emotions and thinking abilities. s story.

After the contract was signed, Andy took the script back.

Chen Fei will inform him before filming starts.

After the role of the orangutan "Caesar" was decided, the most important remaining characters were the male protagonist "Will Rodman" and the female protagonist "Caroline".

For the male protagonist, Chen Fei chose to use the actor from the original play.

James Franco.

It's quite interesting to say that this actor actually knew Chen Fei.

When Chen Fei went to Hollywood to help design the high-altitude tightrope walking action for "Spider-Man 2", he was also there, and he played Harry Osborn, Peter Parker's good brother in the film.

Even later when the crew was promoting the movie in China, Chen Fei led a group of them around the capital.

~

In the afternoon, Chen Fei met James Franco in the company.

As soon as they met, the two gave each other a warm hug!

"Fei, I'm so happy to see you again. Director Sam has said before that you will definitely become famous in Hollywood in the future and become an action star like Jackie Chan.

His vision is indeed forward-looking. You really succeeded and became a great director! "

In fact, after filming Spider-Man, James returned to school, pursued his studies, and began to accumulate energy.

He also has his own movie dream and also wants to become an excellent director!

However, after receiving a call from Chen Fei, he still agreed to the audition invitation and arrived at Walton Pictures in time.

Up to now, with Chen Fei's cooperation with Universal Pictures and Columbia Pictures, coupled with the previous series of horror thriller operations, he has completely made a name for himself in Hollywood.

Being on good terms with him is also beneficial to future development, not to mention that this is a Class A science fiction production with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Even in Hollywood, there are not many movies that are willing to spend so much money on filming.

James Franco expressed his great longing for being able to serve as the male protagonist.

"Haha, I haven't seen you for a long time, but you are still so handsome."

Chen Fei did not hesitate to praise him.

"Oh! Fei! You too!"

James Franco smiles happily.

After chatting for a while, Chen Fei handed him the script of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and indicated that he could read the script first.

In this movie, he plays a scientist who is committed to developing a drug that can treat Alzheimer's disease, but has been unsuccessful.

After adopting Caesar, he regarded him as his real family and gave Caesar a lot of love and respect.

"Ok." James Franco nodded and walked aside.

At this moment, the door was pushed open, and Bruce led a man in.

"Fei, I brought the person you wanted for you."

"Okay, thank you."

Chen Fei nodded and looked behind him, only to see Wang Luodan walking in timidly, with a trace of nervousness on his face.

It wasn't until she saw Chen Fei that she relaxed a little.

"Chen Fei."

After shouting, Wang Luodan walked over quickly. Looking at the considering eyes around her, she unconsciously became nervous again.

This is the first time she has come to Los Angeles since she has grown up. Everything here is unfamiliar to her. The furthest she went before was following Chen Fei to the Berlin International Film Festival.

"Senior, long time no see."

Chen Fei greeted her with a smile and introduced her to other people in the room.

When they heard that this Chinese female turned out to be Chen Fei's "senior sister", a group of people greeted her and acted very friendly.

Discrimination does not exist among these people present. No matter who he cooperates with, Chen Fei's first request is to reject discrimination!

And he is qualified to make this request.

The reason why Wang Luodan was called here this time was also very simple, which was to let her play the kind-hearted biologist who respects the laws of nature in the film.

The route to Hollywood has been successfully opened. As the captain of the "cruise ship", transporting actors is naturally his unavoidable responsibility.

And Wang Luodan, recognized as the first "flying girl" by domestic entertainment, naturally became the first Chinese actress he "transported".

She has both acting skills and good looks, and Chen Fei still values ​​her very much.

Therefore, Wang Luodan naturally became his first choice in the [Internal Entertainment Talent Introduction Plan].

~

After getting acquainted with everyone, Wang Luodan also relaxed a lot.

The moment she got the script, an expression of excitement appeared on her face unconsciously, and her eyes were filled with gratitude to Chen Fei.

Although this biologist doesn't have many roles and is a vase-type character, this is a Hollywood blockbuster!

Even if she only plays a supporting role, there are countless actresses in the country who have to fight for their heads, but this opportunity fell to her.

"There is no way to repay the kindness of support!"

These eight words are the truest thoughts in Wang Luodan's heart.

"This is James Franco. He will play the male protagonist. The two of you will have many scenes opposite each other and can communicate more."

"Hello Mr. James, you can call me May. This is my English name. Nice to meet you."

Wang Luodan's English level is quite good. She has worked hard in this area and has absolutely no problems with daily oral communication and lines.

This is also a plus.

"Nice to meet you."

James Franco responded with a smile and actively invited Wang Luodan to study the script together.

…

"Fei, how are you going to shoot this scene about the Golden Gate Bridge?"

Pedro was in charge of the post-production special effects for Rise of the Planet of the Apes, so he is also considered half a producer. He led the team to build and debug the on-site equipment.

In the final stage of the film, there will be a clip of "Caesar" leading hundreds of orangutans across the Golden Gate Bridge and returning to nature.

This is the most "burning" scene in the whole play, and it is also the most difficult scene to shoot!

It is definitely impossible to use the real Golden Gate Bridge, and the governor will never agree.

However, when the script first came out, Chen Fei made plans for the filming of this clip.

"I'm going to build a 1:1 Golden Gate Bridge, with green screens all around, and the sea will be synthesized in post-production..."

Chen Fei expressed his thoughts in great detail.

As for the filming location, he has already made arrangements with Universal Pictures and will use one of their studios in the suburbs of Los Angeles.

And the paving there started very early, and the construction of the prototype frame has been completed. Now only the final process of concrete pouring is left.

At that time, you only need to install the CG equipment before shooting, and you can start shooting normally.

This link is also the most expensive part. Part of the US$100 million investment was spent here.

And this is only a framework. If it is really built on the sea, I am afraid that ten or one hundred million US dollars will not be enough!

After listening to Chen Fei's method, Pedro didn't say much, but silently gave a thumbs up.

He approved of this method.

…

The preliminary preparations were carried out in an orderly manner, and there was no lag in funding.

After discussing with Natasha, the other party readily agreed to the investment share from mainland China.

China Film, Shanghai Film, Wanda...

These three companies are the mainland partners Chen Fei chose for himself.

Each company contributes US$5 million and is responsible for the distribution business in the entire Asian region and the promotion work in the mainland.

After the contract was signed, at Han Sanping's request, three mainland companies released the news at the same time.

The popularity of "The Promise" is quite long-lasting. In order to suppress the black material on the Internet and stabilize his position within the company, the Third Master is eager to give him more confidence.

The man above was about to retreat, and he was extremely anxious.

This cooperation with Chen Fei comes at the right time!

"Sina reported: According to China Film, Shanghai Film and Television, and Wanda, they have reached a cooperation with Volton Pictures, a Hollywood independent film production and distribution company, on "Rise of the Planet of the Apes". All three parties will enjoy an investment share of US$5 million..."

"Sohu.com reports: After receiving multiple Oscar nominations, Chen Fei's new Hollywood film has been announced! A science fiction blockbuster! Class A production! Investment up to US$100 million!"

"NetEase Entertainment reported: "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", the new film directed by Chen Fei, is a Hollywood science fiction blockbuster. The cast has been revealed, and "Flying Girl" Wang Luodan is among them!"

"Chinese Film Report: Director Chen Fei sets sail, the first shot of 2006 has been fired..."

"..."

Just when everyone was still immersed in the New Year atmosphere, the news was completely exposed.

For a time, the entire film and television industry was completely excited!

"China Film? Shanghai Film? Wanda? What's the situation? Why haven't we even received any news?"

Huayi's two brothers looked at each other in astonishment, their eyes full of shock.

"Didn't he just finish filming "Source Code"? And he also cooperated with so many independent film production companies to produce ten horror films some time ago. Why is he starting a new film?"

"This guy is simply more productive than a sow!"

The two brothers talked nonchalantly, their eyes full of envy, but they were helpless.

The sky is high and the emperor is far away. Things in Hollywood are not under their control at all. Let alone the slightest disturbance, even earthquakes and tsunamis are difficult for them to detect.

The same scene also happened in other film and television companies.

Many film and television companies such as Enlight, Bona, Emperor, and Starlight all called Chen Fei. Unfortunately, all they received were rejections.

"Mr. Lu, this matter is not something I can decide personally. I am just a part-time worker. What's more, there will be many opportunities for cooperation in the future. I also have a company in China..."

After finding a random reason to send Lu Zheng away, Chen Fei turned off his cell phone and officially devoted himself to the preparation and pre-shooting of the movie.

On the contrary, Wang Luodan's phone kept ringing with people asking for news.

"A US$100 million investment? A Hollywood science fiction blockbuster, or a heroine?"

The eyes of many domestic actresses turned red instantly!

"Where does she, Wang Luo Dan, get her qualifications?"

I don’t know who said this, but it spread throughout the entertainment industry in less than a day, and all the actresses felt a little angry!

But they had no choice. Who made Wang Luodan and Chen Fei know each other the earliest and cooperate the most closely.

Beginning with "Crazy Stone" and then continuing with "Car Race," "No Man's Land," and "The Chinese Partner," she has appeared in all of these movies.

In last year's "Source Code", when the heroine was replaced by Liu Yifei, many people thought that the second "Flying Girl" was about to appear and the first one should retire.

But he never expected that Wang Luo Dan would be dragged to Hollywood by Chen Fei!

The level 01 QQ group has completely exploded.

Jia Nailiang directly circled Wang Luodan and typed a long string of words.

"Sister Dan, you are so awesome! This row of noodles is so cool! It's a big Hollywood production, oh, I'm so jealous of us."

Yao Lan also echoed the message.

"I'm envious. I'm so envious. She's worthy of being a flying girl. She's already gone to Hollywood to make blockbusters."

Bian smiled and said: "Sister Dan, you must not forget us old classmates. Think of us if you have any chance."

"..."

News in the group kept popping up. Wang Luodan was sitting on the sofa in the villa, covering his mouth and giggling.

She also felt that she was so lucky.

Not only could she come to Hollywood to film, but she could also live in the villa Chen Fei bought in Beverly Hills. She even wondered if there was smoke coming out of her ancestral grave.

"Actually, it's not that exaggerated. The character I played doesn't have much of a role, and it doesn't really shine in the film. It just serves as a foil..."

Wang Luodan was replying to everyone's messages in the group.

What she said was indeed true, but even so, this "vase" is not something that anyone can become if they want to.

Hollywood!

How many female stars dream of this holy place!

"Jingle Bell……"

The sudden ringing of the phone interrupted Wang Luodan's reply. Looking at the three words "Huang Shengyi" displayed on the screen, she frowned slightly.

What is this person calling for?

Since the termination of his contract with Xinghui Company, Huang Shengyi's development in the film and television industry has fallen into a period of stagnation. Although he participated in a Hong Kong film "The Raptor" last year, the response was far less than that of "Kung Fu".

At the end of the year, she even announced that she would join the music industry, and she seemed to be quitting the film and television industry completely...

Zhou Xingchi’s energy cannot be underestimated.

Somewhat curious, she answered the phone. Before Wang Luodan could speak, she heard the other party say: "Dandan, congratulations. You are lucky enough to be selected by Director Chen to participate in a Hollywood blockbuster."

Dandan?

This title made Wang Luodan feel somewhat alienated. The friendship between female celebrities is not that indestructible, not to mention that the two of them are not particularly familiar with each other.

Since Huang Shengyi was selected to participate in Kung Fu and became the new star girl, she directly cut off contact with the "ordinary" classmates in the class and behaved very coldly.

And the sudden call today was probably more than just a congratulations!

"It's just better luck."

Wang Luodan smiled and did not continue. She was waiting for Huang Shengyi to take the initiative to reveal his purpose.

Sure enough, after a few words of greeting, the other person couldn't wait to say: "Dandan, can you please contact Director Chen and ask him if there is a role suitable for me in the movie?"

"Aren't you going to sing instead of filming?"

"Oh, it's not that we don't want to film, it's that we can't film. Zhou Xingchi not only exploited me, but also sued me and refused to let me film..."

On the other end of the phone, Huang Shengyi vented her bitterness and complained about all the injustices Zhou Xingchi had done to her.

On the phone side, at Chen Fei's instruction, Wang Luodan specifically turned on the speakerphone and broadcast the voice to the public.

The more he listened, the stronger the sarcasm on Chen Fei's face became.

This woman looks weak and weak, but she is quite capable of confusing right and wrong.

And Zhou Xingchi blocked her?

Let’s not talk about whether Mr. Xing did this or not. It was clearly your breach of contract first. Are you still not allowed to respond?

After listening for a while, Chen Fei stretched out, stood up from the sofa, and said casually: "Just hang up. I don't have a suitable role for her here. I want to let him go to Star Master for filming."

He doesn't like to work with someone who scolds his mother after eating.

Chen Fei's words were not deliberately concealed. Huang Shengyi on the other end of the phone heard them clearly, and the voice that was still chattering suddenly stopped.

"Dandan, let's talk again when we have a chance..."

Before Wang Luodan could say anything else, she hurriedly hung up the phone.

Looking at the cut off call, Wang Luodan couldn't help but burst out laughing.

The image of Huang Shengyi with red cheeks and shame had even appeared in her mind.

This man never used his brain.

Speak ill of Master Xing in front of Chen Fei?

Isn’t this asking for trouble?