In the afternoon, the nameless restaurant.
Lu Zhiyao, Zhang Zuting, Lin Ruyi, Zhu Xiaoce, Huang Sibo... and the key staff of Feihuang Studio, such as the screenwriter team and the post-production team, gathered together to enjoy the food and chat about the wine.
"So I still think that President Pei's full-English dubbing is definitely far-sighted! Otherwise, how can the domestic and overseas box office double harvest? Look at the blockbusters in recent years, some of them have earned more than 10 million dollars at the overseas box office. of!"
"Yes, Mr. Pei definitely gave soul to this film!"
"All the awards this film has received from film critics, at least 50% must belong to President Pei."
"Only fifty percent?"
"I'm sorry, mine, I said less. I'll punish myself for a drink."
"Director Zhu, have you brought the trophy?"
"Bring it here, come here, everyone carefully circulate it, if you bump it, you will have to win the next year."
"Director Zhu, what you said is wrong. You are so confident, next year? What if you win the Palme d'Or next year?"
"That is, maybe this is the last jury award we won at Cannes, and we will all win the Palme d'Or in the future. This is too memorable and must be handled with care!"
"In short, I still have to thank President Pei! It's a pity that President Pei is busy with work and can't come."
"Everyone, let's have a toast to President Pei!"
"Yes, a cup to President Pei!"
Everyone raised their glasses one after another, and their faces were a little red. It was obvious that everyone had a happy event, and they all drank a little bit.
It's just that this scene doesn't know why, it's a bit like the feeling of eating and drinking in the whole village.
Lu Zhiyao also had a rare two drinks and asked Zhu Xiaoce, "Director Zhu, have you been preparing for a new movie recently?"
Zhu Xiaoce waved his hand: "Don't mention it, President Pei has given him a 'shock' long ago, and the entire department is on paid leave! But we also just took this opportunity to accumulate inspiration and lay a solid foundation."
"To be honest, I think the film "Better Tomorrow" might be better if our strength was more solid. It feels like our strength has dragged down Mr. Pei's idea, which is a pity. We have to continue to work hard and strive for The next film will never hold back President Pei!"
Lu Zhiyao nodded: "If you say that, I think my acting skills are not proficient enough in some areas, and I have to continue to work hard. Sure enough, when I work with President Pei, I will think about how to keep improving."
Zhang Zuting was eating barbecued meat and asked Huang Sibo, "What kind of work is Mr. Pei busy with? So busy that you don't even have time for a meal?"
Huang Sibo smiled: "Uncle Zhang, don't you know President Pei yet?"
"He didn't like to celebrate."
"Actually, President Pei has always been like this. It was also when he was making games before. The game became popular and made money. Everyone was happy to celebrate. President Pei immediately went to think about the next project, and never indulged in this kind of complacency. middle."
"This is really impossible to learn."
"Of course, Mr. Pei is also really busy. Take a look at the projects he has now, Internet cafes, takeaways, apartments, gyms, two games..."
Huang Sibo counted up and down, presumably because he drank alcohol, his head was not sober, and he counted clearly for a long time.
"In short, it's really busy. I think if someone else started so many projects at the same time, they would be dizzy, and the connection between various departments would have been completely messed up."
"There's no way to balance it."
"But President Pei is different. He can manage the relationship between various departments very well, and he can also make many departments cooperate with each other and advance according to his own layout. This is not something ordinary people can do."
Zhang Zuting nodded: "Indeed."
"But... Boss Pei doesn't have time to eat, so he always has time to meet and talk, right?"
"It's true that I haven't seen President Pei for a while."
"How about we visit President Pei, ask a few questions, and leave without wasting his time?"
Lu Zhiyao nodded: "Okay! But I don't think there should be too many people. Don't affect President Pei's work."
Zhu Xiaoce said: "The point is... Do you know where President Pei is? It seems a bit inappropriate to call and ask?"
Huang Sibo thought for a while: "It's really inappropriate to make a call. President Pei will definitely take it seriously when he answers the phone. If he takes time out to see us on purpose, wouldn't that disrupt his original work plan? In this way, we will arrive at Pei. I always try my luck in the places I often go to, if I meet you, say hello, if you don’t, forget it.”
"Okay!" Lu Zhiyao and others readily agreed.
…
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Tenda's game department.
Huang Sibo was a little discouraged: "If Boss Pei is not here yet, then there's really nothing to do."
After the dinner, they had already gone to the Moyu Internet Cafe Handong University Store, the managed gym, and the office of President Pei on the 16th floor of Shenhua Luxury View, but President Pei was not there.
In the end, I can only try my luck at Tenda Games. If I don't see President Pei again, I can only do it.
After all, Tenda has so many departments, it is not realistic to find them one by one.
Everyone stepped into the office area of Tenda Games, hoping to see the familiar figure of President Pei here.
At this time, Hu Xianbin was scratching his head anxiously at his workstation.
Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he saw several people entering the door.
When I looked up, I was shocked!
Zhang Zuting? Lu Zhiyao? Huang Sibo? Zhu Xiaoce
Isn't this the two leading actors and directors of "Better Tomorrow"
Hu Xianbin was overjoyed, rushed over and grabbed Huang Sibo's hand.
"Brother Huang! Do you have telepathy? How did you know that I just wanted to contact you?"
Huang Sibo was taken aback: "Contact me? Why do you contact me?"
Hu Xianbin said, "I want you to find Director Zhu and help the actors guide their acting skills!"
The four newcomers were all dizzy: "Acting skills? What acting skills? Tenda is making a movie again recently?"
Hu Xianbin hurriedly explained: "It's the acting skills of motion capture actors! President Pei's new game, "Struggle"!"
While explaining, he pulled out the script of "Struggle" from the side and handed it to Zhang Zuting and Lu Zhiyao.
Zhang Zuting took the script, and the more he looked at it, the more exaggerated his expression became.
After roughly reading the outline of the first two pages of the story, Zhang Zuting slapped his thigh: "Why doesn't Mr. Pei have such a good book and make it into a movie? It's hard to say how the box office is with such a profound subject matter, but he will definitely win an award! "
Huang Sibo has a different opinion: "Uncle Zhang, this game is divided into two versions, the poor version and the rich version. There should be some special meaning here, and it is difficult to deal with changing it into a movie."
"What's so hard to deal with, it's better to find a way to integrate it! The subject of exposing the gap between the rich and the poor has a high ceiling!" Zhang Zuting still felt that it would be better to make a movie.
Zhu Xiaoce smoothed things out: "It's okay, Uncle Zhang, if the game is really popular, you can still consider adapting it into a movie. I believe President Pei must have some arrangements."
He turned to look at Hu Xianbin: "So, you just said you wanted to point out director skills? What's going on?"
Hu Xianbin said: "I'm having a headache over this matter."
"In our game this time, all scenes were captured with live action, and we strive to restore every detail of the actor's expression."
"Moreover, according to President Pei's request, the art style of our game is relatively exaggerated, highlighting the facial features of these characters as much as possible."
"But in this way, the performance requirements of the actors have also increased, because the masked roles require more exaggerated acting skills, and these motion capture actors are basically trick actors, and they have little experience in this area..."
Zhang Zuting immediately understood: "This is easy to say, why don't I go for a trip to guide me? I have played a lot of poor people, and I have played a lot of rich people. I can also perform exaggerated acting skills. I will leave this to me!"
Hu Xianbin said in surprise: "Really? Thank you so much! But... Will this affect your original itinerary... "
Zhang Zuting waved his hand: "It's not in the way, Mr. Pei has helped me so much, I will give him a favor, just to point out some acting problems, it's just a little effort."
Hu Xianbin was overjoyed: "Thank you so much, Mr. Zhang!"
Zhang Zuting couldn't help but smile.
Although I didn't see President Pei, I helped out by accident, which is not bad!
…
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Wednesday, June 22.
Jingzhou old industrial zone.
Pei Qian felt an inexplicable feeling of melancholy in his heart as he looked at the fast-paced construction of the Horror Hostel and the surrounding facilities.
The project is progressing too fast!
Pei Qian wished to cover it slower, but no one could hear his voice.
In the past two days, Pei Qian has been here twice, mainly to find out the current situation of the Horror Hostel and prevent it from being caught off guard.
But after looking at it, I realized that the situation is really not very optimistic!
The original Horror Hostel is just a lonely haunted house in the old industrial area. There are basically no other supporting facilities around, which is very inconspicuous.
But now, Mr. Li and other investors are building restaurants and hotels here, and even the ground of the square outside has been renovated, plus the fountain in the center, it looks too much like that!
Although they were all renovated from the original factory buildings in the old industrial area, after everyone cleaned up the surrounding environment, the accumulated construction waste was gone, and the lush weeds were gone, and they became serious in an instant.
Although the golden labyrinth is still under intense decoration, it is almost the same every day. Seeing that all kinds of intricate structures have come out, Pei Qian panics even more.
Fortunately, there are still several issues that have not been resolved, such as how to publicize this place so that tourists from all over the country know about this place, how to deal with the traffic from the urban area to the old industrial area, and so on.
Pei Qian walked around the Fright Hostel two more times, planning to run away.
However, just as he was about to leave, he heard a surprised voice.
"Mr. Pei? I knew you said you were going to lose money here, but in fact, you attach great importance to this place, and you can still find time to come and see it during your busy schedule!"
The corner of Pei Qian's mouth twitched slightly, and he didn't need to look back to know that it was President Li.
The past two days have been secretly coming, just like being a thief, because I am afraid that there will be an unnecessary drama when I meet President Li.
As a result, I was afraid of what to do, but I still ran into it!
Pei Qian sighed silently, turned around and smiled, "Mr. Li, good afternoon."
There was a smile on Mr. Li's face: "Pei always came here specially because he knew that I was going to call investors today to discuss the promotion of the Horror Hostel? Mr. Pei must have great ideas about publicity!"
Pei Qian: "?"
Nothing, you totally misunderstood!
Obviously, Mr. Li and the investors also know that the current state of the hotel is not profitable, let alone recovering the cost, it is difficult to maintain the daily expenses.
Because there is not enough traffic.
Such a large-scale amusement park is definitely not enough to rely on the local people in Jingzhou, and it needs tourists from all over the country and even from all over the world.
But how to advertise the Thriller Hostel is a problem.
The topic of "The Great American Jingzhou" done by the National Review website before will definitely have a certain effect, but it is obviously not enough.
Pei Qian chuckled: "Sorry, Mr. Li, I have to leave beforehand, so you can talk slowly."
After that, Pei Qian got into the car and drove away.
Li Shi stood in a daze, a little puzzled by the elusive President Pei.
But there was nothing to do, so I could only sigh helplessly, and silently went back to discuss the propaganda with the investors.