What is happiness?

Happiness is when cats eat fish, dogs eat meat, and Ultraman fights small monsters.

Zhang Chu feels that he is quite happy now.

He sat on the plane heading to Los Angeles, leaning in his arms, helping it gently knead its shoulders with both hands, and becoming a qualified shoveler!

When I came to Los Angeles again, I seemed to have a different state of mind.

The last time I came was during the summer vacation, I was invited by David Nate to participate in the script writing work of "Boys Pi".

Now it's winter vacation, the crew completed the preliminary preparations around November and started filming for more than two months.

To be honest, it is not too slow to shoot a Hollywood blockbuster with this kind of speed.

Many videos take one or two years from project establishment to shooting!

"Next year, no, it feels like four movies will be released together this year. It feels too dense. If only it can be separated."

Zhang Chu calculated with his fingers that the four movies have basically completed the scheduled work, and they are all out of intense shooting.

"Farewell My Concubine" was probably the first to be released. It will participate in this year's Cannes Film Festival. If it is released, it depends on how far it can go in Cannes!

Another Chinese film "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Ancient City of Jingjue" is scheduled to be released during the summer season, and is currently scheduled for the protection period of domestic films on August 1st.

But the premise of release as scheduled is that the movie can be successfully completed and post-production is done, otherwise it will only be delayed.

"Boyant Pi" is preparing to premiere at the Toronto Film Festival and then be released worldwide in October. Warner Bros. is thinking of both box office and word of mouth, and is ready to win the Oscars!

Disney's schedule for "Da Vinci Code" is released before Christmas, catching up with the last wave of popular schedules.

Judging from the current form, these four videos are not released in the same time period.

As long as they don’t kill each other, Zhang Chu will not have much feeling. He definitely hopes that all these movies can perform well.

Those who pursue box office can have high box office, and those who pursue word of mouth can have good reputation!

Just as I was thinking, the plane was pounding and landing.

Frank, who had met before, appeared at the pick-up gate again. Last time he was responsible for receiving Zhang Chu, and this time the same was true.

"I'm glad to see you again, you are one of the few people I know in this city."

Frank looked at the matcha that was placed in the cage and said curiously: "This cat is very beautiful, it doesn't seem to want to stay in it anymore!"

"We'll put it out after getting in the car. Now there are a lot of people at the airport. If it's gone, it's a little bit harder."

"Okay. Now Director Li An is filming at an abandoned airport not far away. Should we go directly to the crew or go to the hotel first?"

Zhang Chu thought about it and made a decision, "Then go to the crew directly. Anyway, it's still early, so put your luggage in the trunk."

I came to Los Angeles from thousands of miles to visit the set. Otherwise, he would be lying happily on the sofa and reading books and TV. Why bother running around!

Frank helped him put his suitcase on. At this time, a bunch of reporters took photos of pedestrians coming over there, looking at the posture that seemed to be a star.

The airport in Los Angeles will never lack the figure of stars. You can see stars of all sizes every day when you stay here, probably a paradise for star-chasing people.

A huge studio was built in an abandoned airport in the suburbs. When I approached, I realized that it was a large sink!

This shooting is impossible to take it seriously on the ocean. The young Pi and the tiger float on the sea surface reflecting the sunset, without a trace of wind, the sea surface is like a mirror.

Such a charming picture may not be found in any sea area in the real world!

Li An, wearing a jacket, was squatting behind the camera, while the white wooden boat was placed on a hydraulic device.

This device can change direction and simulate a picture of a boat undulating in a storm, while opposite the boat is a huge nozzle to simulate a storm.

The entire crew was preparing in an orderly manner. Even if someone noticed that Zhang Chu, the Asian face, came in, they were not surprised. They thought this was Li An's relative.

"It seems like you guys are encountering a storm in a shooting class?"

"Yes, in fact, we spent 77 days shooting important shipwreck scenes before, and now we are starting to shoot alone drifting." Frank has a thorough understanding of the crew's progress, "The director has very high requirements for the film."

Zhang Chu agreed and said: "I can see that. Now the camera has to demonstrate in person any angle of shooting. This will definitely be an excellent movie."

While talking, Li An got off the boat and saw Zhang Chu standing by the pool at a glance.

The oriental's implicitness made it impossible for him to hug him with his arms like Frank. Instead, he walked up and patted Zhang Chu on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "You are here!"

"Uncle Yan, how is the shooting going now?"

Li An replied: "It's not bad. We are shooting a water scene. The sink in front of us can hold more than 600 cubic meters of water and can create waves. For our shooting, it is crucial to be able to control the two elements of weather and waves!"

Professionals were calculating the big waves and small waves, and even paid attention to the rhythm and the shape of the waves, and the simulation was exactly the same as the ocean.

Without strong financial support, the scenarios depicted in this cannot be realized!

Zhang Chu pointed to the orange-red laughing points on the blue wall of the sink and asked curiously: "What are those points used for?"

"That's the reason for allowing the computer to accurately identify the locations that need to be removed during synthesis. It is a common method for later lenses."

Zhang Chu watched the finished film of "Bird Pi" in his previous life, but he didn't expect that those shots were shot like this.

Sometimes he thought the crew had found a real outdoor shooting, but he didn't expect that most of them were completed in the studio!

“It’s really not easy to shoot.”

"Our ultimate goal is to make the audience feel that we did nothing, that is the most natural and shocking special effect!"

Zhang Chu really wanted to say to them that he did it in a parallel world!

The staff are laying out the waterproof long rocker camera and the photography equipment floating on the water, so Li Yan has a lot of time.

He sat on the director's chair and quipped: "I have read your article "Artificial Intelligence" recently, and it is very well written. If I hadn't finished filming a movie for a few years, maybe I would have been willing to adapt this script!"

As a Chinese, Li An does not need to read the English version of "The New Yorker" that has not been released yet. He can read Chinese smoothly.

Zhang Chu shrugged and said, "If you are willing to shoot, I can leave it to you and not hand it over to the rest of the companies!"

Four movies are released in a year, two of which are invested in and filmed by China and the United States. Zhang Chu's works are indeed popular.

Once the English version of "Artificial Intelligence" is released, it will naturally enter the sight of many entertainment companies, producers, directors and screenwriters.

After hearing Zhang Chu say this, Li An's eyes glow slightly: "Really?"

"It's true!"

The Oscar-best director's ability is here, and the fame of them is increased, so there is no need to worry about not being able to find an investor at that time.
Chapter completed!