Chapter 814 Officially Started

Thursday, February 26th.

The weather in Xiangjiang is very good today. There is a gentle breeze during the day, the sun is not so hot, and the blue sky and white clouds look very comfortable.

The group of people gathered in the studio were all smiling, thinking this was an excellent sign, but in Yin Jun's view, it was nothing special.

The most important thing in movies is quality, rather than relying on illusory things.

For example, everyone is currently conducting a ceremony to worship gods and burn incense. There are tributes such as a roasted suckling pig and some fruits. Everyone prays for a smooth filming of the movie and a big sale. Yin Jun doesn't even catch a cold.

But as the saying goes, do as the Romans do. Seeing Yuan Kui, Huang Yuehuang and others looking serious, as the director and producer, Yin Jun could only lead them to burn incense and worship the gods.

Winston and the rest of the Americans were very interested, and they followed suit and followed suit with serious expressions. However, their movements of looking around betrayed their current thoughts.

After finishing these, it was already past 9 o'clock in the morning.

A Feng Shui master hurried over and said, "Master Jun, the auspicious time has come. We can announce the start of filming."

Yin Jun nodded helplessly.

Then he looked at the reporters who had been taking photos of such a group of crew members on the periphery. A smile appeared on his face, he turned around and clapped his hands: "Now I announce that the filming of "Speed" has officially started!"

"Pah, pah, pah..."

"Crack, click, click..."

Along with the warm applause, there was also the sound of a group of reporters quickly clicking their shutters.

Most of them focused their cameras on Yin Jun.

After all, most of the photos taken on weekdays are taken far away from Yin Jun. It cannot be said that they are not clear, but absolutely no one can walk up to ten meters in front of Yin Jun to take pictures in such an upright manner. When his bodyguard saw the reporter, he immediately rushed to the reporter. Came here to stop taking pictures.

If anyone dares to take secret photos...

hehe.

The paparazzi in Xiangjiang are not so fearless of death.

Rarely for the promotion of "Speed", the crew specially invited reporters to take photos and interviews, and of course a group of reporters swarmed in.

Not only reporters from Hong Kong, but also reporters from Baodao, Singapore, Japan and South Korea.

From this we can also see how famous Yin Jun is and how much everyone cares about this super genius's first film.

Yin Jun dislikes this kind of life where he is constantly in the spotlight. He has a reserved personality.

However, this shooting and interview was specially arranged by Le Yiling, and a ten-minute interview session was arranged for the boy. Sister Le strictly told him to be kind. After all, she knows Yin Jun's temper best. One of the people.

After the photos were taken and the tributes were removed, it was time for the reporters to conduct interviews.

The schedule is about half an hour. After this step is completed, Yin Jun can start filming the first scene.

More than 50 reporters came at once. On the one hand, it reflected Yin Jun's popularity, but on the other hand, he was surrounded by a group of reporters.

Fortunately, there were Yin Jun's bodyguards who held the reporters one meter away, so Yin Jun was not squeezed into a rice dumpling.

"Master Jun! Although the filming of your movie has only started now, I saw that a lot of preparations have been made before! And it is said that the cost of 100 million Hong Kong dollars is not enough, right?" The first "Ming Pao" reporter was almost After trying his best, he handed the recording equipment to Yin Jun.

The reporters are very smart. It was noisy and crowded at the beginning, but when someone asked a question, they immediately stopped crowding and became quiet.

Questions asked by others can also be used when writing reports.

"The budget of 100 million is just a preliminary estimate. If it is not enough, it can be increased." Yin Jun said harmoniously, "When I make a movie, the first factor is to make it well. As for the cost, that comes later. ”

"But if you do this, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to get your money back, you will suffer huge losses, and your golden brand will be ruined?" Another small reporter asked in a flash, "The one with the best box office in Hong Kong movies currently is Li Xiaolong. "Enter the Dragon", followed by "Police Academy" produced by the three major companies, are you sure you can achieve good results abroad like them?"

Good guy, it only took half a minute for him to finish this sentence in a crackling voice, but every word was pronounced clearly, and it was still standard Mandarin, which made Yin Jun listen very well.

"The global box office of "Speed" is less than 200 million US dollars, even if I lose." Yin Jun's answer was very concise, but full of confidence.

The little reporter wanted to ask one more question, but was pushed aside by a female reporter. With a red face, she said loudly: "Young Master Jun, our fans have been waiting for so long, and you are finally going to start filming a movie!" Here, do you have anything to say to the thousands of fans who are waiting eagerly for this?"

A group of reporters rolled their eyes.

Why is there such a "scum" in our team?

"Thank you for your support. I will not let you down. I look forward to your comments after watching the movie!" Yin Jun's answer suddenly became very gentle.

"Master Jun, I will definitely go and see it, come on!!"

Okay.

The female reporter still has an advantage. She said one more thing before she was pulled out by the people behind her.

"Master Jun, according to our observation, the filming this time is very complicated. I heard that a plane was going to be blown up. Is it really that exaggerated?" A reporter began to ask about the stunt.

"It's about blowing up the plane, but you won't know the details until you see it when it's released." Yin Jun's answer was quite satisfactory. He definitely wouldn't say "this is a fake plane" to create a gimmick. Whatever happens, he can do it.

"I just saw the leading actor in the movie. He is of mixed race and is from Treasure Island. The second leading actor is Eddie Murphy. The leading actor like you is not from Xiangjiang. Do you think the actors in Xiangjiang are not good enough? , can't meet your requirements?" The reporter wearing the "Oriental Daily" brand asked a very pointed question.

As "Kilin Daily" and "Pear News" continue to conquer the city, paid newspapers are now retreating.

Take "Oriental Daily", one of the three major newspapers in the past, for example. Its sales have gone from a peak of about 150,000 copies to only 100,000 copies at most, which is basically a reduction of one-third. This is a huge problem for them. Big blow.

So "Oriental Daily" doesn't have a good impression of Yin Jun, which is reasonable.

Yin Jun was not angry, but said calmly: "I only choose the most suitable actors for filming. Fei Xiang is definitely not as good as Zhou Runfa, Wu Weiguo, and Zheng Shaoqiu now, but no matter from which aspect, he is the most suitable candidate for the male lead. , I believe you will not be disappointed after watching the movie. As for the casting of Eddie Murphy, I think it is understandable. Hong Kong is an international city, why can't we use black actors?"

The reporter was speechless.

He can't say that black actors are not as good as Hong Kong actors. This is a very bad statement.

Besides, Yin Jun has already said that Fei Xiang is the most suitable male protagonist. Whether it can work or not depends on watching the movie. How many people will believe it if he complains before filming starts?

…

Next, Yin Jun answered several questions one after another, and the bodyguard next to him knew the time correctly.

As soon as the 10 minutes were up, they immediately called their companions outside and escorted Yin Jun back to the filming location. There were more security personnel here and reporters could not come in.

Although the reporters are unwilling to do so, Yin Jun is not a celebrity who comes to ask them to report and expose him. There is no way they can threaten to block Yin Jun, let alone any smear reports, otherwise you will have to wait for the Qilin Security Team. Man, let me hang around your downstairs all day long.

For journalists who are not members of the club, they won't hit you, but they will make your life difficult.

Fortunately, there were still a group of heroes and heroines and supporting actors who had been ignored just now, waiting for interviews. The reporters had no time to complain, so they immediately changed their positions and surrounded them.

Sitting on the chair, Yin Jun began to look up at the location where the first scene was about to be filmed.

This is a newly built building in Kowloon. It has been rented for less than half a year. There are still many vacancies inside, but the equipment and decoration are already complete.

The temporarily rented yellow tower crane is also very conspicuously erected in front of the building. This important prop to save the falling elevator must not be ignored.

In fact, when it comes to the density of buildings and the bustling areas of the city, Sheung Wan and Central are the best.

But there are company headquarters everywhere. If you are rich or have status, how can you possibly ruin your own building just to cooperate with Yin Jun's filming?

Although this is only the shooting of the exterior and some external scenes, the shooting of the interior of the elevator shaft will be completed in a set-up studio, but it also takes time and energy, and requires various security inspections, crowd evacuation, etc. This doesn't fit with their company's positioning.

Only in Yau Tsim Mong, which has just developed, will there be a more suitable choice.

But this is also somewhat different from the original work. The elevator in the original work went down from the 43rd floor. Soon after, the cable on one side was blown off and it landed around the 29th floor.

Currently, the tallest building in Hong Kong, the Hopewell Center on Queen's Road East in Wan Chai, is 66 storeys, Hongkong Land's Connaught Building is 52 storeys, and the rest are below 40 storeys, and they are generally older.

With no other choice, Yin Jun could only make some changes. He started falling from the 35th floor and stopped at the 22nd floor. This design was more in line with the facts.

The first scene I shot today was about some shots of the exterior of the building.

If everything goes well, we can change our position tomorrow and go to the elevator shaft built by Winston to shoot some of the most thrilling shots of the first explosion.

Many people may not know that making movies is definitely not in the same order as you would in a movie theater.

In fact, the shots for filming movies are very scattered. Sometimes in order to save money, sometimes due to the needs of the season and weather, we have to focus on shooting a scene.

Moreover, there has never been a director's movie that was released for 120 minutes, but the footage was only 120 minutes long.

Under normal circumstances, the minimum is more than 100 hours, and the number can be more than 300 to 500 hours.

Correspondingly, a large amount of film is consumed.

The King of Sunglasses is a famous example of wasting film. If he doesn’t give you five or six hundred hours of footage, he won’t feel at ease.

The most devastating thing is that he can throw away a lot of wonderful scenes that he worked so hard to shoot without hesitation... For example, Dehua, who is most afraid of mice, shot the scene in a room full of mice; such as Leslie Cheung being killed There is a scene where a helicopter is hanging and flying over a bridge...and so on.

No more gossip.

Although Yin Jun is a director for the first time, what makes him better than other directors is that he has already gone through the finished film in his mind several times.

Especially in the past few days, combined with the most detailed shot drawings that he has written down one after another, Yin Jun can restore 90% of the original movie, which is an extraordinary thing!

This means that no matter how bad this drama is, it will still have 90% of the original work.

Coupled with Yin Jun's understanding of action movies in the next few decades, if "Speed" cannot surpass its predecessor, it will really be a failure!