Rhapsody of Entertainment Rebirth

The Year of the Ox arrives amidst the deafening sound of firecrackers, and the entire Qiujia Village is immersed in the flavor of the New Year.

Paying New Year greetings and treating guests to dinner are the main New Year rituals in rural areas. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, starting from the in-laws and uncles, every relative has to take a turn.

Sugar packets and red paper, dried noodles and bacon are essential New Year gifts.

Shanhe was at home, so this work had to fall on his head.

From the first to the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Shanhe never had lunch or dinner at home, and Hathaway also went with Shanhe to pay New Year greetings several times.

But every time, he got drunk from the glutinous rice wine made by Shanhe's hometown, and was carried home by Shanhe.

The glutinous rice wine brewed in my hometown is very deceptive. The warm wine tastes like sugar water, warm and refreshing.

The winter in the south is wetter and colder than in the north. A bowl of steaming rice wine is very comfortable, but if you drink too much, the wine will have a lot of stamina.

Often there is nothing going on at the wine table. When they go out to use the toilet, a small breeze blows, and they feel dizzy when they come back. Many of them lie down directly.

Hathaway especially likes this kind of home-brewed rice wine. She is from M country and she doesn’t know the Chinese people’s drinking habits.

With her popularity in the village, everyone would say auspicious words and offer her a bowl of wine. When the host offered her a drink, she drank the wine in the bowl happily and honestly, and even the mountains and rivers could not hold her back. .

After a few bowls of water and wine, she was basically confused! And he didn’t have a long memory, so he was so drunk from rice wine every time that he couldn’t walk steadily.

Within two days, the news spread throughout the village that Shanhe’s M-country daughter-in-law loved to drink rice wine, and now she drank even more!

The days of the first month passed day by day in Hathaway's novelty and intoxication.

Hathaway was living happily in Qiujia Village. She was accompanied by her lover, pampered by Shanhe's family, and had Qiu Chuxi as her little friend to chat and play with. Her life was going very smoothly.

However, a call from the crew of "Wedding Battle" pulled her out of her happy New Year life.

Work is here and vacation is over!

Shanhe's family was also planning to drive back to the Magic City with her.

When leaving, the whole village came to the entrance to see off this cheerful foreign daughter-in-law. Hathaway said goodbye to everyone with red eyes.

“Shanhe’s wife, come back often in the future!”

"Hurry up and get married! We have good feng shui and come to our home to raise a baby..."

"Come back next year and I'll make you two more jars of rice wine..."

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Amidst the blessings and farewells of the villagers, Shanhe and his family embarked on the journey back to the city in their RV.

Hathaway lay in Shanhe's arms and said with red eyes: "My dear, I like your people, they are so good to me!"

Can it be bad? There is no one who doesn’t say nice things to a new daughter-in-law when she comes to visit her. Besides, you are a rare star in country M. Foreign monks are much more popular than local ones!

Shanhe complained in his heart, but responded with a smile: "Chinese people are very hospitable, especially in rural areas. You are a guest this time, but you won't be in the future. You can't enjoy this kind of treatment!"

"Don't listen to Xiaohe's nonsense. Everyone likes you. When you get married, the place will be even more lively!" Xie Meiyu interjected from the side.

Hathaway and Xie Meiyu have become completely familiar with each other in the past month, and their relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is in the honeymoon stage.

Hathaway let go of Shan He and turned around to hold Xie Meiyu's arm. "Auntie, you have to teach me your family cooking skills in the future. I love being a chef!"

Qiu Chuxi is indispensable for chatting and gossiping, "Sister-in-law, that was passed down to me, not from daughter-in-law to daughter-in-law!"

"Come on! How long have you been studying? You can cook a few home-cooked dishes well, but all your thoughts are on doing business and selling things!"

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Hathaway flew back to Los Angeles two days before the Lantern Festival, and Shanhe also returned to the capital after celebrating the Lantern Festival in Shanghai.

At this time, "Painted Skin 2" has entered its fourth week of screening.

In the first three weeks and 16 days, "Painted Skin 2" swept the domestic film market. Whether it was Andy Lau's "The Dragon and the Phoenix" or Hollywood's IMAX animated films, it was eliminated one by one!

The domestic box office of 360 million yuan set a new box office record for the Spring Festival. Unfortunately, it was only a little short of breaking the single-day and single-week box office records of "The Wind".

One and a half years later, the capacity of the Chinese film market has greatly increased. The single-day and single-week box office records of "The Wind" are still the ceiling for Chinese films. This shows how enthusiastic the movie viewing scene was at that time!

Box office revenue in other Asian countries is also good.

Neon's box office in three weeks exceeded 2.5 billion yen, and nearly 500,000 people in the country were attracted to the theater.

It has also topped the box office rankings in various countries in Southeast Asia.

For the first time, Chuhe Film and Television has reaped the benefits of a hit sequel, and who doesn’t like a guaranteed profit deal?

The filming planning of "Painted Skin 3" has been placed on Zhong Lifeng's desk.

In the past two months, Zhong Lifeng has not been idle. China's earliest video website "Tudou" has fallen into a trough due to the marriage dispute of its founder.

Zhong Lifeng keenly saw the opportunity to intervene, and not only had many contacts with the founder Wang Wei, but also had considerable communication with his wife.

In the last life, he was in trouble because of the husband and wife's divorce and property disputes.

In this life, with the intervention of a third party, Zhong Lifeng, things seemed to have changed subtly.

Two days before Shanhe returned to Beijing, Chuhe Film and Television and "Tudou" formed a strategic partnership.

Chuhe Film and Television Group is already squatting aside, eyeing "Potato" with covetous eyes and salivating!

The second Chuhe Film and Television New Year Celebration Party is the first cooperation project between Chuhe Film and Television and Tudou.

Because of the Internet fire last year, this year’s New Year’s party was held in a more detailed manner.

There are more categories of prizes, several more prizes have been added based on last year, and basic red envelopes have been added, so that every employee who participates will not leave empty-handed.

Shanhe also attended this company-wide party to celebrate the success, and the joyful party appeared on the homepage of Tudou the next day.

Shanhe, Zeng Li, Hu Ge, Wang Baoqiang, Huang Bo, etc. all appeared in the video. The presentation of various awards, the generous lottery draws and various attractions made the public watch.

Tudou benefited from the first wave of cooperation with Chuhe Film and Television. The exclusive publishing rights of a company party brought a large wave of traffic to the website.

After attending the Lantern Festival party of Chuhe Film and Television, Shanhe devoted his energy to preparations for the filming of "Gravity".

The entire BLUEBOX xR Studios virtual shooting studio has been built and is waiting for the crew to put it into use.

This nearly 1,000-square-meter studio is undoubtedly a new starting point for the domestic application of xR virtual shooting technology.

It is comparable to the most advanced studios in Hollywood and fully adopts the latest equipment and technology.

It is possible to conduct full green screen shooting, 3D virtual shooting, underwater simulated space and other special shooting methods here.

Ninety percent of the film shots for "Gravity" will be completed in this studio.

The pre-designed six-meter long, wide and high cube LED screen cabin has also been built.

The cabin is composed of one hundred and ninety-six LED display panels, each of which contains more than 4,000 individually controllable light points.

When these LED screens display images of space, people standing inside feel as if they are immersed in it. As the images on the screen continue to change, the actors' positions and postures will also change accordingly.

As long as the actors are well trained, the camera can ensure that the astronauts' work and unexpected scenes in space can be shown from any angle.

Shanhe plans to use IMAX cameras to shoot at the beginning and several important space scenes. The value of IMAX cameras is very high, usually in the weekly rental range of 10,000 to 15,000 US dollars, and the selling price is 50,000 US dollars. More than ten thousand US dollars.

Currently, there are only five units in the world, and they are only for rent and not for sale!

Why is it so expensive? IMAX camera is a camera that uses 70 mm film. It is currently the highest resolution camera in the world.

The screen resolution it projects is more than ten times higher than that of ordinary film. Using an IMAX camera to project it on an IMAX screen, the audience can see 40% more content than an ordinary screen, and the display effect of the screen is also better. , the picture will be more vivid and the details will be richer.

Its expensiveness lies not only in its own price, but also in its film consumables. A roll of 15perf-65mm film with a thousand feet can only shoot for three minutes, and you have to shell out about two to three thousand US dollars, equivalent to RMB. Nearly 20,000 yuan,

Even Hollywood A-level blockbusters will not be shot entirely with this kind of camera, it is too expensive!

But Shanhe doesn't care about this. He doesn't care how much money he spends. IMAX cameras can shoot space scenes more realistically, making the audience even more addicted to the grandeur and splendor of space.

He has signed a rental contract with IMAX Company. Starting from March, two IMAX cameras will stay at Chuhe Studio for at least two months.

The filming of "Gravity" has entered the final preparation period, and various wires, robotic arms and underwater shooting equipment have begun to be installed and debugged.

Just waiting for the special effects background production to be completed, the shooting can officially start. Before starting again, the two male and female protagonists will train in this studio for a month.

Used to become familiar with and adapt to this special shooting method.

Shortly after the year, Gong Li's role in "Manslaughter" was completed, and she immediately joined the crew of "Gravity" and began filming training.

Daniel Day-Lewis also arrived in Beijing two days later and began a month-long adaptation training with Gong Li.

The movie will use three different methods to show everything they have in space, wire, underwater simulation shooting and shooting in an LED cabin.

For two actors who have never had any experience in science fiction blockbusters, it is a big challenge.

Of course, "Gravity" poses an even greater challenge to Shanhe!

He and the entire filming team began to break down the work of each scene. Not only the actors needed training, but the entire crew needed training.

Among them, Shanhe, Bai Yuxia and Hollywood photographer Lubezki have the heaviest tasks!

They kept experimenting with the combination of lighting and space background. There are three light sources in different directions in the movie, namely sun illumination, earth reflection and moon reflection.

They need to perfectly simulate these three light sources and constantly change the position of the light sources to maintain the variability of light and shadow and add dramatic tension.

At the same time, they also had to experiment with adding light fixtures near the actors’ heads and operating them with a crane to maintain the direction of the sunlight, so as to strictly control the direction and position of the light source in the picture.

The heavy preparations for the filming of "Gravity" made Shanhe completely put down the writing of "The Life of Yi".

The film is about to start filming, and his first priority is to make this transformative film.

In mid-February, the space background CG production was completed. When the entire LED screen cabin was filled with space images, the entire crew knew that Shanhe's vision and the crew's plan could become a reality.

To be honest, before this, even Shanhe could not guarantee that this plan would be feasible, but the effect of the LED screen made the entire crew applaud for this moment.

Because their preparation and training this month have not been in vain, the filming of the movie will start soon. According to their plans and assumptions, "Gravity" will definitely shock the world!

Bai Yuxia and Shanhe even hugged each other, and the famous Hollywood photographer Lubezki also gave the two thumbs up to express their admiration.

This will be a groundbreaking shooting experience, and perhaps many directors and photographers will imitate their approach in the future.

For this creative shoot alone, they will go down in film history.

On February 18, the two IMAX cameras were ready, Gong Li and Lewis had basically completed their training, and "Gravity" was officially launched.

Shanhe still didn’t hold any launch press conference or launch ceremony.

In the most expensive film studio at Chuhe Studio, Shanhe gave an order and the entire crew began to operate according to the training process.

The first shot is of Gong Li floating weightlessly in the spacecraft. The crew used twelve steel cables to hang Gong Li up like a marionette.

Let her perform gravity-defying actions such as rolling, hanging upside down, and even "lying flat" in the air against a full green screen background.

This requires extremely fine action guidance, and this is what Chinese-language films are good at. This is the least of Shanhe's worries.

Due to the popularity of martial arts movies, domestic action directors are among the best in the world. This time, Shanhe invited Cheng Xiaodong from Hong Kong.

Gong Li was wearing a tight tank top and shorts, and her graceful body curves appeared in the camera.

The reason why Shanhe chose Gong Li as the protagonist is one because of her age, race and acting skills, and another very important reason is her body curves.

Movies are visual art. A movie with a female protagonist must give full play to the charm of women, and body curves are one of the biggest weapons for women.

At the beginning of the filming, Gong Li did not perform well. Her past filming has always been based on realistic themes, relying on her acting skills and understanding of the role. She has almost no experience in shooting action movies.

It was a difficult action shooting right from the beginning. Although she had trained, she was still very uncomfortable.

Shanhe was not in a hurry, he knew that the crew's adaptation and adjustment were essential.

More than half an hour later, he looked at Gong Li who was sweating on her forehead and shouted: "Ka! Sister Li, please come down and rest for a while. Brother Dong, we are not in a hurry, take your time!"

Gong Li took off her wire equipment, walked to Shan He and looked at the footage she had just taken.

"Shanhe, I'm afraid I still need some time. I'm being pulled by a dozen steel wires. I can't feel anything. It's as if my body is not my own!"

Shanhe nodded, "You will be in a weightless state during most of the shooting. There will definitely be differences between training and actual shooting. Li Ning will have to adapt to a gymnastics lift for a while. These are Brother Dong's specialties. I believe you are very good at it." You’ll find your groove soon!”

Cheng Xiaodong said from the side: "There is no other way to adapt to Diaowei Ya, except constant repetition. Gong Li, you have no experience in this area, so you must be prepared to endure hardship!"

"I'm OK!"

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