China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

"The Lu Ping An TV series ended last night"

"Fan Binbin: I just feel that time flies too fast, and I regret not getting to know Director Lu earlier."

"New male lead Zhu Yilong: He was almost fired in the first scene"

"The crew's final photo [picture] [picture]"

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The next morning, news about the completion of Lu Ping An's new drama began to appear online.

Lu Ping'an looked around and expressed satisfaction.

The popularity of the completion news is average.

After all, it’s just finalizing, there’s no need to promote it too much.

Mainly because Xingchen has a promotion plan for the show.

Because it involves multiple industries and a weekly broadcast model.

Therefore, we have to act in a unified manner and wait until the next year for another wave to be publicized on a large scale.

With Lu Ping An's reputation, it is easy to do this.

There is another reason, that is, Lu Ping'an doesn't want to help International Chapter bear the thunder.

At this moment, the International Chapter is in the whirlpool of the "Splash Ink Gate".

This matter was a big deal, and seemed to involve various dark histories such as fraudulent donations and fraud.

I can’t tell if it’s true or false.

There is a great deal of discussion in society.

At this time, Lu Ping An would have made the news of the finalization a hot topic.

It is inevitable that people will think that they are using their warmth to help share the pressure.

Of course Lu Ping An would not do this.

Of course, on the other hand, Lu Ping'an's new drama has been completed and the popularity is mediocre.

This may also make some people feel that Luping has had a bad start.

But this is exactly what Lu Pingan hopes to see.

Before any work is released, it is routine for him to suppress expectations.

Because of this, Lu Pingan didn't even think about dealing with the previous reports that speculated that the plot of his new drama would be cliché.

It's better to be misunderstood.

If only you had great expectations from the beginning.

After the work is released, it may not be as powerful as it should be.

"Hmm~"

At this time there was movement on the bed behind him.

Little Fatty Fan woke up leisurely, stretched out, and found nothing around him.

So he immediately complained: "We agreed to have breakfast together? Are you leaving now? What a scumbag!"

After scolding, there was no movement on the bed, and then a hand quickly reached out from the quilt, groped around for a while, found the phone, and put it back into the quilt.

Then another scolding came from the quilt: "I didn't even leave a text message. I only touch you once a year and leave after eating. You really don't miss me at all. It's a shame that I served you so well last night! What a scumbag! What a scumbag." Man!! Go to hell!!”

Then the quilt was lifted, and his face was covered with messy hair. Only the hair around his mouth was moving and jumping out. He looked very angry.

Three seconds later, she took out her phone and clicked.

A ding-dong sound.

A text message sounded in the room.

Fan Xiaopang raised his head and looked over.

Only then did he see Lu Pingan sitting in front of the computer with his mobile phone, reading out word by word: "Director Lu, when will the dubbing start?"

After reading, Lu Pingan looked at the disheveled Fan Xiaopang: "Just now I called him a scumbag, and now I have become Lu Dao again. His face has changed very quickly."

Fan Xiaopang got back under the quilt, but a second later, he lifted the quilt again and walked towards Lu Ping'an naked.

Lu Ping'an: "What are you doing?"

Fan Xiaopang: "You have to eat the breakfast you promised!"

“…”

It was already afternoon when we returned to the capital.

Huang Bo picked him up at the airport and drove a Land Rover.

Lu Ping'an walked around the car and joked to Huang Bo with a smile: "It's different after winning the Best Actor. You can drive luxury cars. It's very chic."

In early December, Huang Bo won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor for "Bullfighting" and he also reached the peak of his life.

However, Lu Ping'an didn't like this mentality very much.

Huang Bo was keenly aware that Lu Ping'an's tone was a bit subtle, so when the words "the car cost more than 2 million" came to his lips, he said: "No, no, I also gave this to a friend."

"What kind of friend is this? Why don't you give me a car if you are so rich?"

"I'll tell him later and he'll be happy to do it."

"Yeah, call now, hurry up."

Lu Pingping clicked and threw out the phone.

Huang Bo stopped pretending at all: "Brother, it's my fault. I'll change to a more normal one later."

"Isn't it a gift from a friend?"

"No, no, I bought it myself. Oh brother, please forgive me. I know I was wrong."

Lu Pingan said nothing, opened the door, and got into the driver's seat. Huang Bo quickly got into the passenger seat.

The car started, and Lu Pingan said to him: "At least for three years, you and Baoqiang will still have to stay the same. Do you know why?"

"In order to impact the listing of A-shares on the main board?"

"Wrong!" Lu Ping'an glared at him and said, "You two are from grassroots backgrounds. This is your basic base, and it will still be the case in the next few years!"

Huang Bo had a cold sweat on his forehead, and now he finally understood: "I was wrong, brother, I will withdraw when I turn around."

"No need to return it. Isn't it a waste of money to return it after buying it? Just don't show it off all the time in the future. When people ask, just tell me about the reward I gave you."

".Thank you bro!"

Huang Bo's eyes were full of gratitude, but in the next second, Lu Ping'an made a sudden move and said with disdain: "It can't drift either."

Huang Bo immediately covered his chest: "Brother, why don't I drive it?"

Back in the office, Wu Guohua came to report on his work.

After finishing a bunch of things for more than an hour, Lu Ping'an rushed directly to the Star Photography Base. The filming of "Source Code 2" had already started, so he had to go and see it.

When we arrived at the location, Liu Qianqian and Guorong happened to be filming.

At this time, Guorong was wearing a mechanical exoskeleton and was performing movements with pressure.

Liu Qianqian is dressed in sportswear, and one look at her figure shows that this should be her lowest body fat rate so far.

It is said that it has been reduced to 15%, which is exaggeratedly low by female standards.

But there is no way, the role requires it, so it has to be like this.

This time "Source Code 2" uses the template of the original space-time "Edge of Tomorrow".

The original version of Tom Cruise's "Edge of Tomorrow" was also adapted from the 2004 Neon light novel "All You Need Is Kill".

This time, Lu Pingan had already created the novel and comic "All You Need Is Kill" when "Source Code 1" came out in 2002, and published it on Neon.

In other words, the script of "Source Code 2" has actually been revised long ago, and there are no copyright issues at all.

As for why "Edge of Tomorrow" was chosen, it is because the "time loop" and "saving the world" cores of "Edge of Tomorrow", supplemented by certain plot changes and optimizations, and the addition of the concept of parallel universes, can perfectly be used in "Source Code 1" On the basis of this, the story of the second and even subsequent parts will be expanded.

Of course, Lu Pingan can't think of any other movie that is more suitable to connect "Source Code 1" than "Edge of Tomorrow".

Moreover, "Edge of Tomorrow" is neither too white nor too thin.

The original cost of the movie was 180 million U.S. dollars, and Tom Cruise joined the cast. In the end, the global box office was only 370 million U.S. dollars, basically losing money.

So it was really unnecessary for Lu Ping'an to shoot it alone.

It would be a pity to leave it alone.

Simply use it to graft "Source Code 1".

Now that the film has become domestically produced, the total cost has been reduced from 180 million US dollars to 120 million yuan. This is the cost calculated internally by Xingchen. The film salary has been saved by tens of millions of dollars, and the special effects cost is only one-eighth of the cost in the United States. Around that, coupled with the strong manufacturing capabilities that support prop production, overall it saves a lot of money compared to the United States.

Of course, it will definitely not be this price when it is reported to the outside world.

Generally speaking, it should not be a big problem to make money by relying solely on the domestic market.

You can also use this to hit another target.

That is to use an all-Chinese science fiction movie to hit the global market.

You know, even if it is a movie directed by Lu Pingan, no Chinese live-action movie has so far achieved a global box office of more than 200 million US dollars.

At present, the highest overseas performance is "Wonderful Night 2" with US$143 million, half of which is from Asia.

So obviously the domestic version of the "Wonderful Night" series is still not going global in the true sense.

According to this standard, Xingchen has never had a Chinese-language blockbuster go global and achieve great success.

But that's not necessarily the case this time.

"Source Code 1" has a certain fan base around the world. The film earned more than 50 million US dollars in North America at the time. Fans have extremely high expectations for the second part.

Now "Source Code 2" uses the structure of Hollywood's universal blockbusters, and is blessed by Lu Ping'an.

Even if there is no Tom Cruise this time, Lu Pingan feels that it should be possible to hit the overseas box office of US$200 million.

If it can be done, it will mean that all Chinese-language films and Chinese actors can truly succeed overseas, which is of great significance!

It's okay if you really can't do it, as long as the fundamentals are stable.

Taking a step back, it's okay even if you lose money. Lu Ping'an has a lot of blood and the Xingchen family has a great business. It's only more than 100 million, so it's not a big problem. (End of chapter)