Chapter 201 "Exterminating Hu" starts shooting
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When it comes to such record sales, Chu Yue was still a little frustrated, especially when facing Zhang Xueyou’s praise: “Brother Xueyou, don’t play tricks on me. Your record sales in 1993 exceeded 10 million, and there is still a gap with you now!”
Zhang Xueyou was happy on the spot. In 1993, his record sales did exceed 10 million, but that was the result of four records. Chu Yue waved his hand to him: "The environment like that back then could sell so many. If it were now, it would be easy for you to sell a "Kiss Goodbye" to exceed 10 million copies!"
"Then you are the Asian sales champion now..." When talking about his past events, Zhang Xueyou was still quite proud, especially when he was praised by Chu Yue, who was even more proud.
Alas, there is still a gap between me and snow friends! Chu Yue still understands how far the snow friends' songs were sung back then. If it were now, even if the terrifying "Kiss Goodbye" was sold for 30 to 40 million yuan, he would not have any doubts...
With the sales volume of 97 million people that shocked the world, Chu Yue's musical performance is unquestionable. After each round of his record release, new changes will occur, and this time is no exception! First of all, the surge in the official website fans. It exceeded 100,000 for the first time, which is simply an unimaginable number! Every singer has many fans of his own, but nine out of 100,000 fans will not become official fans. 100,000, which is simply incredible. Based on this number, Chu Yue's registered fans around the world have reached at least 1.5 million.
Unlike the increase in fan numbers, what best reflects Chu Yue’s popularity lies in product endorsement, etc. Pepsi regretted it so much that their teeth were almost lost - I would have known that I would have agreed last time. This time I placed a heavy bet, which increased the price by 30%, but was still blocked from the fatal condition!
With the release of this record that sets Asian sales record, Chu Yue's position in the music industry is as stable as a rock, forming a dominant scene! If you don't want to say arrogantly, it's okay for him to walk sideways in the Asian music industry now!
At this moment, his advertising endorsement rewards have risen to the level of top Asian superstars in one fell swoop. There is no longer a phenomenon of being dragged down by the film industry's achievements - if you don't want to talk about TV advertisements, you won't talk about 15 million in less, even if you have print advertisements, you can't talk about 10 million in less. However, there is no big improvement in commercial activities. It's not that Lin Ling doesn't want to mention it, but that he can't raise it anymore. Who would be so stupid that he gets hundreds of thousands to invite a star to participate in an event? Even if he is Chu Yue, it's definitely not worth it!
The only thing that made Lin Ling depressed was that Chu Yue's pay had not improved much, and she mentioned 10 million. However, there was basically no film company that dared to come to Chu Yue to film - the music industry was only the music industry, and the film industry had poor results, and nothing was useful to say!
In terms of advertising endorsement, Japan's Honda spent 30 million Hong Kong dollars, hoping to ask Chu Yue to endorse Honda Motor in Asia! To be honest, this price is indeed good. But Lin Ling still refused without hesitation - kidding, if Chu Yue really endorses, he would probably be abandoned by many nationalist fans!
However, there are several domestic auto manufacturers who want to invite Chu Yue to endorse, among which Chery is the one with the highest bid and the most sincere intention. However, Chery really wants to get Chu Yue's Asian endorsement, but it can only cost 20 million. Lin Ling asked his subordinates for a look and found that this manufacturer is good and is the only authentic domestic automobile manufacturer in China.
However, the price of 20 million is too small, which will destroy Chu Yue's market. Secondly, Chery itself is not strong enough, and it is not enough in the level of the car itself! For this reason, Lin Ling talked with Chery and decided to let Chu Yue take advertisements for Chery's latest car that has been released from the factory so far!
It just so happened that Chu Yue took the crew to the mainland to prepare for the specific shooting of "Destroy Hu". Under Lin Ling's dispatch, with an absolute professional level, he completed the advertising shooting in just one day and put 12 million into his pocket! It was too profitable, he made 12 million in a day, and he couldn't blame those celebrities for being willing to shoot advertisements!
The music is completed, and now it is finally the movie's turn! Chu Yue was so excited when he saw that he was about to be the director again...
The preliminary preparations for "Destroying Hu" were absolutely done very well. After Lin Ling acquired Light and Shadow, he dug up some professional talents from Hollywood. In the preliminary preparations, it was through these professionals that he was able to proceed quickly and perfectly.
The media moved when they heard the news and quickly followed like a fly that smelled a feces. How could they not come to meet a video with an investment of up to 800 million Hong Kong dollars (in a promotional fee)?
Chu Yue also ignored the media and just told the crew members not to disclose the plot. There is no problem with the stills, but the plot must not be disclosed, otherwise the film will have no selling points!
On this day, before the filming officially started, Chu Yue convened the main creators of the crew, trying to sort out the ideas clearly before the filming started. This roundtable meeting came in a timely manner. Although these main creators talked with Chu Yue, they undoubtedly still didn't know his ideas very well. It was too timely to collide before the filming started.
"Everyone has appreciated the script, and you should know what kind of film I want to shoot and what kind of ideas do you have?" Chu Yue looked around for a week and was quite like a commander of the three armies. Although he was not murderous, he was full of power. With his martial arts, no one in the crew dared to challenge him or be arrogant.
The first thing to express the question is photography director A Hai. A Hai has taken on many shows in recent years and has been shortlisted for the best photography several times, making him a famous photographer. But his prestige is not enough to convince the photographers. For this reason, Chu Yue had to invite Huang Yongheng as a consultant. A Hai's question is very simple: "Director Chu, please tell everyone directly about your ideas!"
"It's all good!" Chu Yue did not hesitate, pondered for a moment, sorted out his thoughts, looked up and glanced at him for a week, everyone was looking at him: ""Destroying Hu" is the story of Ran Min. On the surface, he is the unique protagonist. But the protagonist is still his subordinate general! What I want is a real cold weapon war, a war film that can make everyone tremble. To have a broad vision and a majestic demeanor, these are all necessary!"
"Is Ran Min a butcher or a hero? This is the theme of the film." Chu Yue shrugged, his face a little heavy. Everyone will not be relaxed after reading Ran Min's feature film: "About this point, I don't want my own position, just bring such thoughts to the audience."
"The third angle is a bit difficult..." Ah Hai thought hard and the director decided to do this drama from the perspective of the bystander, which was a bit of a headache. Strictly speaking, the angle of the bystander is quite difficult. The most typical one is Xu Anhua's "Jade Guanyin" was filmed from the perspective of the bystander. Without emotions and without positions, this is a very difficult test for photography!
"Yes, the third angle, the sidelines. Never enter your own position and attitude. This is something that everyone must pay attention to when doing things!" Chu Yue smiled a little. He had been preparing for this drama for so long, and of course his thoughts were complete: "I want the coldest, the coldest and most ruthless shot. The coldest and most ruthless art guide, without any emotion in it, everything presented must be cold and ruthless!"
This is a big test, and it is the same for everyone, including Chu Yue! After thinking about it, Chu Yue added: "Is it a butcher or a hero? This will be left to the audience to judge for themselves. We only need to express the most intuitive side to everyone and perfectly present everything in history, that's enough!"
"Director Chu, do you want to express pacifism, or something else?" This time the speech was Awen, the distributor himself, who is closest to the director in terms of his position, and his ideas are particularly active: "Just like "Save Soldier Ryan", use war to express the thoughts of peace and war?"
"No, that has nothing to do with what I think. We don't need to pay attention to anything like war and peace, nor do we want to accuse whether it is correct to use massacre to control massacres, or whether it is correct to do so, whether it is in line with democracy, freedom, human rights, etc. I just want the reappearance of history, and the most cruel picture of this person who is buried in history!" Chu Yue immediately rejected it. He didn't want to convey too much, which would disrupt the theme.
The scene was silent for a while, and everyone was thinking about how to do their jobs to cooperate best. The first person to speak was Chu Yue’s direct descendant Ah Hai. He hesitated for a moment, glanced at Huang Yongheng, and gave the answer decisively: "Director Chu, this time I used such a huge photography team, I may need to get through in the early stage!"
Chu Yue nodded and turned his eyes to another direct lineman. The editing master Awen thought about it, quickly conceived these scenes in his mind, and nodded: "Our editing team is not a problem. As long as you want, we can give it to you!"
He nodded with satisfaction. Awen and Ah Hai are both direct descendants trained by black and white films. They know each other's foundation in this regard, and they are familiar with each other's style, so their work is much easier!
Seeing Chu Yue's eyes turned to him, Zhao Jinsheng, the guy who took over the soundtrack of this drama, waved his hand repeatedly: "Don't look at me, as long as you can do it, we can do the best!" Chu Yue decided to do the soundtrack of this drama in person and cooperate with Zhao Jinsheng. However, in terms of movie songs, Lin Rui filled out the lyrics after seeing the script, and was filled out the lyrics in a thrilling mood, and now only the song has not yet come out.
Most of the people who can come here are Chu and Heibai's direct descendants. Everyone is excited when taking on such a big show. At this time, of course, after measuring himself, he was sure that he could do it. In the end, Chu Yue finally turned his attention to the makeup group. This group of people is very important: "Amo, how are you?"
"No problem, I have found a lot of experts this time, I guarantee it's okay!" Amo is Chu Yue's oldest direct descendant, and he is still his old subordinate who used to be a makeup artist; "Even Ah Hao was dragged by me to do makeup!" Ah Hao next to him was amused and crying...
"In terms of special effects, Mr. Vinson, are you sure you can cooperate with us to the greatest extent?" Chu Yue was very satisfied. He was different from other directors. He had the advantages of the British side and could have the most direct communication with the special effects director instead of causing any misunderstandings. Now, it was really wonderful to learn fluent English in the United States back then!
"Of course, I firmly believe that Director Chu can make a classic film with our cooperation. I swear to God that the top special effects staff in our company are doing preparations for your drama!" Vinson blinked and gave a swearing answer. In fact, he was quite depressed at first and was sent to Dongfang to work. Unexpectedly, after coming, he found out that this drama had caused such a big sensation. After understanding the script, he was also shocked and full of expectations for this drama!
"That's great. This time, let all of us work together sincerely to make a classic, a war film that really shocked the whole world!" Chu Yue waved his fist fiercely: "Jingqu was born in our hands!"
The film started filming, and at first it was the running-in period for the crew. The filming of less important scenes was planned at this time! In this drama, Chu Yue had his own thoughts. If another director had done this drama, he would definitely choose a brave one in terms of the character's image!
But he did the opposite and ordered the producer to invite those mass concerts that must be of good professional standards. He did not want to see himself killing himself in the camera, while the extras were waving their swords weakly and slashing each other! In addition, they had to choose thinner ones! For this reason, the producer and his subordinates were so busy that they collapsed. After signing contracts with several extra companies in succession, they got several professional actors from them!
Why should we be thinner? Chu Yue's consideration was too simple. What kind of era was the Five Barbarians and Invasion of China? Chaos can only be described in such words. It was almost impossible for people to have enough food at that time. At that time, the Hu army used the Han people as military rations. From this standpoint, thinness was inevitable!
Chapter completed!