Strange Life of a Cat

Chapter 361: cost of production

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Seeing her father wasting her milk, Eryuan called out "Ah" and "Ah", a little anxious, too complicated to express.

Seeing Er Mao still staring at the TV, Er Yuan became unhappy, patted the small chair, and expressed his dissatisfaction with his voice.

"dad-"

Hearing Ermao's cry, Er Mao finally turned around and handed the milk in his hand to Ermao.

"Daughter, that black coal actually went to a movie!"

"Brother Hei?" Er Yuan didn't quite understand what acting in a movie was, but she knew that the "black coal" her father was talking about was Brother Hei. Like Zhuo Kitten, she and Wei Xiaopang also call Zheng Tan "Brother Hei".

"Yes, yes, it must be that guy. I knew at a glance that except for black coal, other cats can't act like that, and their eyes are wilted and wilted." Er Mao said.

Eryuan held a cup and drank milk, thinking about what her father meant by "dead, crumbling". After thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't figure it out. Forget it, I don't want it. It's important to drink milk. After learning, he said to Brother Hei, "It's bad, bad, bad."

Er Mao didn't know what her daughter was thinking at all, and was shocked by the movie trailer she just saw. He was busy taking care of his wife and children last year, and he didn't pay much attention to the black coal. Unexpectedly, everyone has already made a movie!

It's been a good day!

After thinking about it for a while, Er Mao felt that he still couldn't calm the curiosity and surprise in his heart, but he couldn't just kill him and go upstairs to ask. At this time, the cat must have been wandering outside, and he might even talk to a female cat.

If Zheng Tan knew what Er Mao was thinking now, he would definitely rush over and beat him.

Seeing the mobile phone on the table, Er Mao picked it up and saw that Er Yuan was drinking milk seriously. After she finished drinking, she put the cup aside and then played obediently for a while. If something happened, he would go to the next door to make a phone call.

The nanny was drying clothes, Ermao walked to the next room after talking to her, closed the door, flipped through the address book, and called Wei Ling directly.

Wei Ling was at the company's side, checked several shipping orders, stamped a seal, and was a little tired from looking at the orders, so he went outside to get some air. Hearing Ermao's phone call, Wei Ling wondered that Ermao was calling at this time. Well. As soon as the call was connected, Wei Ling heard Er Mao on the other end of the phone.

"Brother, did you make it? Black Coal is actually acting in a movie! It's not a pet commercial, it's a real movie. It's a big movie that is put on the big screen with a few little stars!"

Wei Ling was choked by the word "made", and it took a while to realize what he was talking about.

"Speak well!" Wei Ling said.

Ermao, since his daughter Eryuan can speak, he has often had conversations with Eryuan. Although he influenced Eryuan and made Ermao learn many words, Ermao also learned some ambiguous pronunciations and words with Eryuan. Some habits when speaking to young children, such as "eat" as "eat and eat", "sleep" as "sleep", if you just say it to the child, that's fine. Many parents do this, but Ermao is here. Everyone said the same thing when they got together, and it was mixed with some infantile and young children's terms, which directly made everyone shiver with goosebumps. A group of big men were together, and they said that, Wei Ling thought about it and wanted to punch him directly. .

However, black carbon in a movie? He seemed to have heard similar news last year. He thought it was just like shooting an advertisement at the Pet Center. He didn't take it too seriously, but now, is it true

"What's your name?"

Wei Ling walked into the office, sat next to the computer, and searched for the movie "Black Cat" according to the movie title Er Mao said. There is no cat's name on the cast list, only the introduction of a few actors and directors. However, from what I know from the propaganda, the director said to the media that the black cat who participated in it was borrowed by a friend, and it was experienced. The trained black cat, everyone calls it "Z", the breed is unknown.

Seeing this, Wei Ling smiled and said "Z", but the variety is unknown, it is obviously black charcoal. Even wearing a vest, one stage name is not enough to make a second one.

While watching, Er Mao's phone called again.

"Have you seen it, is it that black coal?" Although it is a question sentence, there is a certain meaning in it, and Er Mao does not doubt his eyesight at all.

"Well." Wei Ling was on the phone while flipping through the web page. He just watched the trailer posted on the Internet. Anyway, there is nothing else to do right now. I happened to be interested in this, and I want to see more.

"Hey, senior brother, it's not too long before the release date, why don't we form a group to watch the movie? Give more money to the black coal at the box office?" Ermao over there said expectantly. He doesn't often go to the cinema to watch movies. In fact, there are not many movies that can attract him. When he wants to watch a movie, he searches the Internet. Oh, copyright or something, it's just a word.

"Okay, let's go together then." Wei Ling was also looking forward to it. As one of the first people who knew the black cat, Wei Ling knew exactly what kind of virtue the black cat was.

"By the way, brother, can children be brought into the cinema? I haven't been in the cinema for too long, I don't know the rules." Er Mao said.

"It seems that there are no restrictions. Do you want to take Eryuan to the cinema? Eryuan is too young, only one and a half years old, and the sound in the cinema is loud, the air is poor, and the screen is flickering, I am afraid that it will affect the children's hearing and eyes. Influence." Wei Ling remembered what his wife had said before and relayed it to Er Mao.

"Is that so, I'll ask when the time comes." Er Mao actually wanted to take his daughter to the movies together. If the child's mother hasn't come back by then, will he go to see it by himself? Even with his senior brothers and the others, Er Mao still hopes to bring his daughter. Besides, this is a movie played by Hei Coal. The binary black brother, why don't you go to the cinema to support him? But the environment of the cinema is really not very good.

So, for the rest of the time, Er Mao pondered how to reduce the impact of the cinema on children.

The Jiao family also knew the news that the movie was about to be released. They downloaded the trailer and watched it several times. Unfortunately, the trailer was too short. I just hope that the release date will come soon.

Before the release, all parties were busy with publicity, the actors were not big names, and there were many newcomers. In terms of actors, apart from the small effects brought by the idol stars, there was nothing else. .

director? He is also not well-known. Compared with the well-known directors, everyone is still relatively unfamiliar with Kong Han. However, with the new elements included this time, the new attraction for many people will be greater.

The plot is not novel, but you can watch cats!

Since the trailer was released, many people have analyzed how the film will fare at the box office.

Some people satirized the scenes in the trailer, saying that the movie did not know how much money was spent to make such an effect.

As we all know, most of the special effects of domestic movies are unbearable to look at. Why is the production cost of foreign blockbusters at the level of tens of millions of dollars and hundreds of millions of dollars, while the domestic production is much lower? The computer effects of the former start at US$10,000 per second, while the domestic special effects films are only a few hundred to several thousand RMB per second. The cost gap also shows up.

They say you get what you pay for, and that makes sense.

There are many "professionals" in the movie-related forums analyzing, how can such special effects cost tens of millions of dollars

"The production cost of some animal movies such as "Cats and Dogs", "Pig Baby" and so on was tens of millions of dollars. In China, you spend tens of millions of dollars to make an animal movie? What about killing it? It's a waste No money?"

"Although animal movies are very popular, because the production cost is too high, basically no one in China wants to do it. I didn't expect Kong Han to make it this time. I have to say that the director is still too young."

"The production cost of tens of millions of dollars, you must go and have a look when the time comes, the cat inside is very real, especially the scene in the trailer where he stands up and walks, it's so natural, how much does it cost for computer stunts! "This is someone who loves watching big-budget movies. Small films they would find too rough. It belongs to the category of only buying expensive and not buying the right one.

Some people go for the production cost and computer stunts, and some people go for the "cat" element.

"I don't know Wei Wen, I haven't heard of Shi Xiaotian, I just want to see the cat inside."

"Anyway, there are not many movies to watch. It is rare to make a cat movie in China. If you support domestic production, it will not cost you a few dollars."

"Hey, that cat looks like my briquettes!" There is a big picture behind it, there are pictures and the truth.

Not to mention, the cat in the photo is indeed quite similar to Zheng Tan, but there are plenty of similar-looking domestic cats in China.

In addition to this netizen, there will be some other netizens who raise black cats one after another.

Before the release, various computer stunt professionals sprayed each other on the Internet, waiting to see the overall effect after the release, and then do follow-up analysis to see who is right and who is wrong. If there is no behind-the-scenes driving force here, Zheng Tan doesn't believe it either. However, movies, like this, have to be promoted and operated before they are released.

What made Zheng Tan funny the most was that someone took out Yang Yi to make fun of him.

"I heard that Yixing Culture invested tens of millions of dollars to make a movie this time. Who knows the details?"

"Tens of millions of dollars? Nonsense, how many movies can be made in China with tens of millions of dollars! Only you believe in those rumors, hype, absolutely hype!"

"Maybe, I think those computer special effects are very well done, maybe it's true, who made Yang Yi rich, willing to spend money."

"Who is Yang Yi?"

"You don't even know about Yang Yi upstairs? The big boss of Yixing Culture, Mr.

"Kneel down to Lord Yang!"

23rd floor: "However, how did I hear that the production cost of this film is only a few million, and it's still RMB."

24th floor: "The idiot upstairs doesn't explain, don't say that you are in the same technical forum as me."

25th floor: "23rd floor idiot."

26th floor: "23rd floor fool +1."

Zheng Tan is amused when he sees those people's posts. He doesn't know much about the production cost, but he once heard Kong Han say that the production cost of this movie is not high, and it is relatively low-cost production. . If Kong Han's words are true, then those people in the so-called technical forums are all monkeys.

No one believed that those scenes were all performed by Zheng Tan himself, especially those movements, eyes, and micro-expression scenes. There was no computer special effects, and there was no so-called avatar robot. The avatar cats found by Kong Han were not sent at all. On the other hand, he gained a lot of weight.

However, in any case, the movie "Black Cat" was really fired because of the production cost before it was released, and even Yang Yi, Kong Han, various actors and post-production teams were picked up again. Yixing culture is also known by many people.

The propaganda effect was achieved.