Huayu started as a lecturer at Beijing Film Academy

Gu Zhongyu saw Guo Fan's anxiety and took the initiative to pat his shoulder to comfort him.

"Don't worry! Don't put so much pressure on yourself. If you can't finish shooting tonight, wait until tomorrow. I don't care about this little money."

Fortunately, he had already prepared for the special effects team. With Xiantao Digital, the top special effects company in China, in hand, although the director Guo Fan and the special effects team did not have a long time to get along, I believe that this little difficulty will not be difficult for our sci-fi Daji.

"Director, the lightning model has been set up, and we can start shooting." Ding Yan, the special effects artist of the crew, reminded.

"What is that glass ball for?" At this time, Yang Mi, who had already put on makeup, came to the set and saw a transparent round ball hanging in the sky at this time, and asked curiously.

"This is our ball lightning!"

"Isn't it CG effects?"

"Pure CG effects are expensive, and the effect may not meet our requirements, so we made a large crystal ball to use as a model."

"This crystal ball can emit light, and the effect will be realistic after rendering and CG synthesis in the later stage! And when shooting, it can also increase our sense of substitution." Gu Zhongyu patiently explained to Yang Mi.

"Okay! I know you like to save money, but I didn't expect you to be so stingy when making a movie. You really saved your wife's money!" Yang Mi mocked.

"This is not cheap! It cost more than one million to customize this crystal ball, plus the special effects rendering in the later stage. The one-minute appearance of the ball lightning alone can cost us several million in production funds."

"Wow! It turns out that shooting such a blockbuster is the most expensive. In just a short time, the investment of a small-to-medium-cost movie has been squandered."

The movie with the largest investment that Yang Mi has shot in all these years is the Sino-US co-production "The Mermaid Empire", which is known as the world's first underwater magic 3D blockbuster with a budget of more than 100 million US dollars. It is the highest-specification 3D movie in recent years.

Moreover, they boasted loudly that the director was Irvin Kirshner, the director of Star Wars 2;

The special effects were handled by the Avatar team;

The script was written by Frank Landy, the screenwriter of Titanic;

A news report in 2009 also revealed that the heroine would be Italian beauty Monica Bellucci or French sexy goddess Sophie Marceau...

Before the filming, Yang Mi was very happy for a long time, thinking that she had finally become a wife and could enter Hollywood.

But after joining the crew, she found that this "Mermaid Empire" was a complete scam!

The Hollywood superstars originally scheduled were gone, and the foreign actors became a bunch of white faces that could not even be named, the kind that Baidu Encyclopedia did not even have!

The heroine became an unknown actress—Shi Yanfei, who was said to be the girlfriend of the investor Mr. Jiang.

Then they invited a bunch of domestic artists, including Hu Jun as the "East Sea Dragon King", Su Youpeng as a mermaid, and Yang Mi herself as the "Island Master of Minotaur Island..."

The behind-the-scenes team was also pieced together, and many people had never been involved in movies before.

At this point, even an idiot can see what kind of quality this movie is!

Soon, the film company was short of funds, the director changed four times, the wages of the technicians could not be paid, and many computers were taken away by employees for their own use.

Even Yang Mi herself did not get her full salary, but she was too lazy to care about it. Now she has a headache when she hears the four words "Mermaid Empire"!

This movie was originally scheduled to be released in 2013, but now! It's so suspenseful no matter how you look at it!

(As of today, when I finished coding this chapter, this Mermaid Empire has not been released. Douban says it will be released in 2028, which is five years away. Let's wait and see!)

Although Yang Mi has not been in the crew for a long time, she has carefully observed all aspects of the team and found that Gu Zhongyu's crew is really serious about making movies. The persistent director, professional producer, and special effects artists who have been in the industry for many years, no one is perfunctory.

There are also many strange models and equipment that she has never seen before. It seems that this is really a rigorous science fiction film

...

In the thunderstorm environment created by artificial wind turbines, sound simulators, artificial rainfall and other equipment, the male and female protagonists began the first scene of their first meeting.

The male protagonist Chen Guang met Lin Yun who came out for a walk in the weather station.

Gu Zhongyu saw Yang Mi standing outside the corridor, letting the strong wind blow her short hair, motionless in the thrilling thunder.

"You'd better stand inside. It's not safe here. Besides, you're soaked!" Gu Zhongyu shouted to her from behind.

"Thank you," Yang Mi turned her head and looked at him, smiling charmingly, "You may not believe it, only at this moment, I feel a moment of peace."

Then, the two learned during the chat that everyone came to Yuhuangding to pursue ball lightning.

"Study the lightning generation process... for artificial lightning elimination?" Gu Zhongyu asked curiously.

"No, it is to artificially create lightning." Yang Mi smiled mysteriously when she said this.

"Create... lightning? What for? Use lightning as a new energy source, or use it to make nitrogen fertilizer?"

"What is it for? It can't be to kill people with lightning, right?"

Yang Mi nodded and then introduced herself. Her name is Lin Yun, a doctoral student at the National Defense University, majoring in air defense weapon systems...

"Okay! Now, it's time for ball lightning to appear!" Guo Fan shouted excitedly while holding the walkie-talkie.

Then the staff pulled the "ball lightning" slowly approached from a distance, and then after descending to a certain height, began to move quickly!

The huge crystal ball emitted a dazzling light, which looked gorgeous and dazzling, and the staff below could hardly open their eyes.

Gu Zhongyu and Yang Mi looked at the spectacular scene in front of them, and then immediately followed up to pursue the traces of lightning.

The pursuit of the two was doomed to be futile, but it was a pleasant surprise to be able to witness the ball lightning with their own eyes on this trip to Mount Tai.

The highlight of Mount Tai was basically filmed here. Guo Fan asked everyone to go back to the hotel to rest after work, and they could almost go down the mountain after filming more tomorrow.

After filming this scene, it was almost three o'clock in the evening. Everyone was very sleepy, especially Gu Zhongyu. After filming a whole day, he felt a dull pain in his lumbar spine.

It was also God's face. As soon as they finished filming, it started to rain, and then it got heavier and heavier, accompanied by thunder!

"Bai Lu, come and help me apply some medicinal wine." Gu Zhongyu went to the bed after returning to the room and started calling the assistant.

But after calling for a long time, the little girl did not appear.

She was going to rebel! She even dared to ignore the words of her boss!

Then Gu Zhongyu looked at Dun Dun, who was lying on the bed and licking his fur: "I have raised a cat for a thousand days, but I only use it for a moment. It's your turn to be filial, Dun Dun!"

Kittens like to step on milk. If Dun Dun's paws are dipped in medicinal wine and step on my back for a while, the effect should be similar to massage, right?

Dun Dun: Meow meow meow! (Are you crazy?)

Unfortunately, when Dun Dun, the rebellious son, saw Gu Zhongyu was about to dip his paws in medicinal wine, he ran off the bed and ran to Bai Lu's room.

Just when Gu Zhongyu was about to get up and teach both the cat a lesson, Yang Mi, wearing pajamas, appeared in front of him with a medicinal wine towel and a bowl of Chinese medicine.

"Why are you yelling? It's so late. I asked her to go to rest. Today, your ancestors' graves are smoking. I'll take care of you."

You're coming?

Then you can't just wipe my waist to get rid of me.

Don't use that broken towel. Use your own sponge instead!

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