China Entertainment started from cutting off the Hu in 1995

In March, Wu Yuchen also did something and found an agency to help him register a film and television entertainment media company. Now it has been completed, called Miracle Pictures for short.

These early small film and television companies were basically leather companies. Wu Yuchen just found a cheap office building, rented a small room, set up a desk, and hired a financial officer.

In the future, everything in the film and television industry can be handled through the company, and he can also slowly build his reputation. He will inevitably win awards in the future.

"The Night the Comet Came" was still shot using 16mm film. This movie does not need to pursue a clear picture, it mainly relies on the science fiction setting and suspense plot to win.

On the night of April 30, in a rented villa, the crew of "Comet" officially started shooting.

After Jiang Qinqin walked into the room, she greeted her friends who had already arrived. When she saw a lot of prepared dishes on the table, she praised them repeatedly.

After Liu Mintao saw Jiang Qinqin, he hesitated to speak. After pursing his lips, he walked to Jiang Qinqin who was taking off his windbreaker and reminded him: "Amy, Wei Wei is coming over tonight. If you can't control yourself, I'm here There’s a tranquilizer.”

Jiang Qinqin was stunned for a moment, then quickly smiled and said that it was not the case. The relationship between her and Wei Wei's love rivals was in the past and there would be no more conflicts.

Next, the remaining friends arrived, including Chen Shasha, who was dressed sexy in a red dress. She was Jiang Qinqin's former love rival.

She looked at everyone dressed casually and covered her mouth in surprise, "Am I dressed too formally?"

One look at her pretentious look and he knew that she was here to stir up trouble.

"Passed! Very good. This time everyone's character characteristics are in place. Keep it up."

Wu Yuchen praised it, but it took a while at the beginning, mainly to let them find the character state. Everyone was well prepared, and even Chen Shasha, who he was a little worried about, did a good job playing the sexy and pretentious girl in the red dress.

The camera was turned on at 7 p.m., and when the filming ended at 12:30, Wu Yuchen saw someone yawning and felt that the day was about the same.

"I'll be here today. Everyone adjusts their schedules. We may be filming even later tomorrow night."

All the scenes took place in and near the villa, so the filming was completely done in sequence. Today we shot the first 15 minutes of the scene. At this rate, it can be completed in about 6 days. But Wu Yuchen feels that after the actors are fully in the state, it should be smoother.

The next night.

Sun Honglei was wearing glasses and had an injury on his face. He had a band-aid on his face. He raised his hands to express his helplessness and said:

“It’s not that I don’t want to say it, I’m afraid that no one will believe me if I say it.

When I approached the house just now, there was an identical table, wine glasses, candles and dishes, and there were 8 of us around the table! Eight people who looked exactly like us were chatting and laughing! "

"What?!"

"Are you kidding me?"

"Is Li Weiqi dazzled?"

"Levi, did you two just walk around our house in the dark without knowing the way?"

Everyone expressed disbelief.

“We are sure and certain that we are not spinning in circles!

There is no need for us to make such a joke, the box was brought back from there! "Sun Honglei also said with some emotion.

"Go! Prepare for the next scene!"

The scene just now revealed to the audience and confirmed the existence of parallel time and space.

Sure enough, as Wu Yuchen expected, on the second day, everyone had adjusted their schedule and state in place. Today's shooting went more smoothly, and some even passed it in one or two takes.

Regarding the lines in this movie, except for the one about "Schrödinger's Cat" which was introduced through reading a book, most of the lines are actually very life-like.

Therefore, Wu Yuchen did not pay too much attention to details this time, as long as he expressed the meaning in place, so some actors were in good condition and even said the lines casually with more feeling than the original script lines.

In fact, most of the scenes were shot in one room, which is a bit like a drama. After a few people get a feel for it on the stage, they will get better and better.

For the next three days, I shot from 7pm to 2am every night. After Wu Yuchen finished shooting at night, he sent the film to be developed during the day.

On the fifth night, in the camera, Sun Honglei held up a piece of paper in his hand, his face turned red, and he shouted emotionally to Fu Dalong:

"Tell me, what is this?! You left a fucking message telling me that you had sex with my girlfriend!"

Fu Dalong looked like a lost dog. This was a letter written by himself in another parallel time and space to Sun Honglei, revealing his secret.

At this time, someone wanted to come up and persuade Sun Honglei to calm down, but Sun Honglei suddenly yelled:

"Who else knows about this?!"

Everyone was silent.

Sun Honglei turned to Gong Beibi who was nearest and asked: "Li Na, do you know?"

Gong Beibi nodded weakly.

"Amy, Rod, do you know?"

Jiang Qinqin and Huang Haibing opened their mouths and were speechless, but Sun Honglei knew at a glance that they knew. He swept away the others and said angrily: "You all know about their affair, and you just hide it from me?!"

Liu Mintao looked horrified, and Fu Dalong was a little embarrassed by Sun Honglei's accusation, so he spread his hands and said:

“Levi, I’m not your girlfriend!

Haven't you figured it out yet? We don't even belong here, you, me, her, this room full of people, don't even belong to the same world! "

Fu Dalong simply told the truth that he had already guessed.

"You've fallen in love with my girlfriend, and what the hell are you talking to me about?!" Sun Honglei was still furious.

"Don't believe it? If you don't believe it, take out your phone and show it to everyone!" Fu Dalong also shouted.

Sun Honglei took out an intact mobile phone, but everyone's eyes changed when they came, because the mobile phones were all broken when they came.

At this time Fu Dalong said again: "Each of us initially took out an item from the box. What is yours?"

"paper napkin."

"Gloves."

"pingpong."

When the results are reported in a circle, everyone's results are different, which shows that everyone is not from the same world.

But Sun Honglei was still angry and didn't understand the situation:

"What the hell does this have to do with you having sex with my girlfriend?!"

Fu Dalong was also anxious, waved his hands and shouted:

"Don't you understand? You are not Levi in ​​this world, she is not your girlfriend Anna, and the Mike who slept with your girlfriend is not me! We are not from the same world at all, you are so angry at me Why are you so angry?"

Everyone was silent. Sun Honglei took a few quick breaths and his chest heaved. He understood now.

But he understood one more thing. No matter which world he was in, he had been cuckolded by this stupid Mike. Thinking of this, his eyes flashed red, and after yelling, he rushed up and gave Fu Dalong a blow. Fist, the two struggled with each other.

…

The scene was chaotic for a while. Chen Shasha, a girl in a red dress, fell next to Huang Haibing and acted pitifully to seduce him. Huang Haibing also hugged Chen Shasha and asked her if she was hurt.

Jiang Qinqin saw all this in her eyes and was extremely disappointed with the reality of this world. Her eyes suddenly became gloomy but firm, and she opened the door silently and walked out. She wants to go through the black area leading to other worlds, find a world that satisfies her among so many parallel worlds, with a boyfriend who loves her, friends who support each other, and kill that person to replace her!

"Pass!"

At this point, basically all the group scenes have been filmed, leaving only a one-man show in which Jiang Qinqin kills herself.

In fact, it is just to find an actress wearing the same wig as hers. In any scene where the two women share a picture, they will choose an angle or borrow props to block only one person's face.

After the scene where Jiang Qinqin smashed herself to death in the bathroom was finished filming, the crew also ushered in the completion of filming.

Wu Yuchen checked the time, it was 11 o'clock in the evening, but maybe because everyone had been active at night in the past few days, everyone was in a very excited state.

Wu Yuchen directly raised his hand and shouted: "The banquet is over, let's have a midnight snack!"

Everyone booed and cheered.

At the dinner table, Fu Dalong suddenly asked:

"Director Wu, do you believe that human nature is inherently evil?"

"Um?"

"I think your "Che 44" is a satire on human nature. Although the setting of "Comet" is very novel, the core is still a satire on people's selfishness, so I feel that you are very interested in this subject matter. .”

Wu Yuchen himself had never considered this issue. When Fu Dalong said this, he thought that if his first feature film was not "Donkey Gets Water", he would have shot "Car 44", "Comet" and " With these three movies, "The Donkey Gets Water", he is probably labeled as a person who loves to satirize human nature.

"Haha, Senior Brother Dalong, do I believe that one's nature is inherently good and that one's nature is inherently evil? No matter what kind of person is born, he will definitely be contaminated by good and evil when he walks in this world. In the end, it all depends on his own practice.

Also, my other unfinished movie celebrates truth, goodness and beauty! "

Everyone laughed when they heard this: "Oh, Director Wu, we are really looking forward to what kind of movie you will make praising truth, goodness and beauty."

Seeing that everyone was chatting, Jiang Wu asked inadvertently: "Director Wu, I would like to ask you what your future plans are for the film?"

Wu Yuchen laughed and didn't hide it: "Take it to the film festival for screening."

Jiang Wu nodded, now he understood some of his doubts.

The movie "Comet" was filmed in a villa area, and several of the people had cars. This made Jiang Wu feel that the film was a little out of touch with the current living standards of the Chinese people. But it wouldn’t be surprising if it was exhibited at a foreign film festival. The living standards of foreigners are much higher than those in China now, so it wouldn’t be surprising.

Jiang Wu doesn't think that Wu Yuchen has any admiration for foreigners. After all, everyone is doing this now, including his brother Jiang Wen's "Sunny Days", which only had to win an award to sell high box office. Otherwise, the movie would be directly released in theaters and cost the box office. Throw him to death.

After the late night snack, Jiang Qinqin generously took Wu Yuchen's arm and walked into a hotel. She was filming so late every day these days. She would definitely not be able to go back to the dormitory, and she would live outside with Wu Yuchen.

Jiang Qinqin is no longer as shy as she was a few months ago, and girls can grow up too!

…

Wu Yuchen decided on the strategy for "The Night the Comet Came" from the very beginning, which was to participate in the film festival. And not one, but multiple.

The three major European film festivals have an unspoken rule that you can only participate in one of them by default, but the relatively smaller film festivals below do not have this rule. As long as you have time and can be selected, you are welcome to participate.

In terms of subject matter, the movie "Comet" is most suitable to participate in the three major international fantasy film festivals. The original version of the previous life won the award at the Sitges Film Festival.

But Sitges has to wait until October, which is nearly half a year away, so Wu Yuchen plans to send a copy to several suitable film festivals in the second half of the year to increase the probability of finding a suitable buyer.

In fact, this is the normal operating model for small-budget independent films. For example, "Xiao Wu" participated in more than double-digit film festivals of various sizes a year. Ning Hao also sent 10 film festivals when he made "Incense", and he went to attend 3 of them himself. These internationally certified film festivals will provide you with travel expenses and accommodation, otherwise Ning Hao himself would not have the money to stay abroad. It took two or three months.

In mid-June, Wu Yuchen had just finished his final exam at Beijing Film Academy and got on a flight to Australia.

The Sydney International Film Festival was established in 1954 and has a long history. It is the most influential film festival in Australia and is held every year in June.

Wu Yuchen and Jiang Qinqin were walking on the streets of Sydney, followed by a young man.

This person's name is Tang Yu, a graduating senior from the film team, majoring in film production management. Wu Yuchen planned to recruit him into the company. In the future, his films will inevitably participate in various film festivals. From now on, the company will always need someone to communicate with the outside world. He cannot participate in some small film festivals alone. Many times he is a producer. People go. Taking him abroad to participate in the film festival this time is to cultivate him.

Tang Yu looked at the crowds of people around him who were constantly busy as if they were celebrating a festival, and couldn't help but sigh:

“I’ve never heard of a film festival in China before, but I didn’t expect it to look so big.”

Wu Yuchen smiled and introduced:

“Although the Sydney Film Festival is not well-known in China, its screenings attract nearly 100,000 viewers every year.

And it is different from the three major awards. It will select the 10 best films from the participating films. These 10 best films will attract the attention of film producers from the United Kingdom and the United States, and there are often films that are big hits in the United Kingdom and the United States. "

If Wu Yuchen remembers correctly, one of the films participating this year, "Shining Style", will be a big hit, and it will receive 7 nominations at next year's Oscars, winning the Oscar in one fell swoop.

This is also the purpose of Wu Yuchen coming to the Sydney Film Festival. After all, we have to admit that British and American film companies are the richest.

After hearing this, Tang Yu silently took note of Wu Yuchen's words in his mind. A lot of information was unavailable in school before, and he gained a lot of experience this time.

Jiang Qinqin looked at Wu Yuchen with bright eyes. Her boyfriend was really well-informed!