Chapter 928 "The Matrix" Starts Up!

Before 2001, the Minghu culture spread money and enclose land everywhere.

At that time, the land price and housing price in Shuntian Prefecture had already started to skyrocket. At that time, many ordinary people, even many professionals believed that the price had almost risen, and that it was impossible to rise any further, and would only fall in the future.

Li Qian didn't care about that, he personally, and Minghu Culture, took out the idle funds in his hands to enclose land - of course, he didn't plan to change his career to become a real estate developer, taking advantage of this wave of real estate price increases to make a fortune, Every piece of land he buys has a purpose.

Near the Fourth Ring Road, the transportation is convenient, and the land price is relatively expensive, so I took a few yuan on a small scale to build courtyards one by one, and invested them in several research institutes and research institutes jointly established with various universities led by myself.

Going out of the Fourth Ring Road, the more you go, the cheaper it gets, so choose a place with cheap land, convenient transportation, and a suitable geographical location, buy two large plots of land, and build a studio!

Nowadays, the domestic film and television industry continues to prosper, and all parts of the country are frantically building film and television cities, especially ancient film and television cities, such as Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Mingshun, these popular dynasties, you can have whatever scene you want.

But Minghu Culture still wants to build a film and television city by itself.

It's just that their film and television city is by no means a themed building, but a large number of temporary sets similar to Hollywood studios.

The next film will be filming "The Matrix", what scenes are needed, and the blueprints are drawn, and the staff will quickly arrange the empty studio into the look you want, which is so real that it cannot be truer.

After shooting, remove it immediately.

To shoot the next play, build the special set it needs for the next play.

When this construction plan was first proposed, some people in the company questioned that it was too wasteful, but Li Qian pushed back with one sentence: Don't think that the audience is all idiots! This movie or that TV series of yours uses the same set as someone else’s movie or TV series, and no one notices it once or twice. If there are too many times, the audience will not feel it? What is hard work? You don't even set up special sets for your own movies, you just make do with them everywhere. When the movie is released in the future, everyone will walk into the movie theater to see it. It's full of familiarity, so what's the point?

Besides, they are all temporary sets, and it is not a ten thousand year building. How much money do you think will be wasted?

As a result, the resolution was passed unanimously.

Of course, fixed sets are also necessary-especially the interior sets of historical dramas.

The vast majority of TV dramas and movies in China like to shoot indoor scenes, because indoor scenes are convenient and easy to shoot, but in fact, if you think about it, indoor scenes are convenient to shoot, and you don’t need to go to the film and television city outside Go, take the high venue fee to shoot! It's over if you don't spend your own money to build it!

There are many scenes in the indoor scene, and the cost of building the set is small, so build the set yourself. Only the big exterior scenes that require architectural complexes will go to that kind of large film and television city to shoot, and you will save a lot of money!

What's more, for the current Minghu Culture Film and Television Department, the sets needed for a series of productions in the future cannot be satisfied by the various film and television cities in China.

So as early as 2000, in the DX area outside the planned sixth ring road, Li Qian made a decision, and Minghu Culture won a large land covering an area of ​​200 to 300 mu. After the last two years of construction, , as the base for filming film and television dramas after Minghu Culture, the basic facilities are already complete.

In addition to all the necessary facilities, five large studios have already been built there, and seven more are planned to be built.

And the first work that will start filming there is Li Qian's own "The Matrix". A large number of films, such as "Shaolin Temple" in the follow-up plan, and the third part of "Once Upon a Time", will mainly be shot in their own film and television studio.

Specifically, the set of the current "The Matrix" has been making models and building sets since last year. As long as Li Qian doesn't go out, he will come to see it every few days, and change it if it doesn't suit him. Today, more than half a year has passed, and everything is finally ready here.

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August 13th, morning, sunny.

In Studio No. 1 of Minghu Film and Television City.

Li Qian kept walking around, checking various sets, especially when he came to a street set, he patted the phone booth, turned his head to look at the person in charge of the construction, and the person quickly explained: "It's covered! This time it's really all covered. It’s on! All of them are custom-made foam, if you don’t believe me try it, as long as you don’t use too much force and can knock down the phone booth with one punch, it will basically not hurt too much!”

While talking, he even thumped the rain cover of the phone booth, and then said: "There are also walls, all the walls here are wrapped with this special custom-made foam, even if they really hit it , it won't hurt too much, and it won't be too easy to get hurt."

Li Qian nodded. This guy has been trained several times by himself just because of the material problem, and he is probably a little scared of being trained. In fact, Li Qian just touched it with his hand just now, and even the prop phone seemed a little soft. .

"The Matrix" is said to be thoughtful and connotative, but in fact, to put it bluntly, this is a full-fledged entertaining action movie! It's just that compared to other ordinary action movies, it has some brain holes and some philosophical thinking in it, so it's packaged into a very connotative look.

And since it's an action movie, of course there are fighting scenes.

So, in order to protect the actors, let them be injured as little as possible, so as to minimize the impact on the shooting cycle-well, in fact, it is mainly to protect He Yingyu!

Whether it’s the leading actor or the computer antivirus software Smith, although they have a lot of action scenes, Zhou Baoshan really has kung fu, and Smith’s actor also deliberately chose an actor who usually has boxing and taekwondo. Of course they are not afraid of professionally trained actors!

There is only one He Yingyu, she has no background, even after a few months of training, she is still skinny and tender. If she bumps into her, it will most likely affect the filming of the movie.

After checking the props and sets for the last time, Li Qian was completely relieved, and then turned to the actor's lounge, knocked on the door one by one, and followed Zhou Baoshan, He Yingyu, Michael Modi, Yu Yu who were still in makeup. Guo Aiding and the others exchanged a few words one by one before exiting the door.

Really everything is ready.

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Ten thirty-eight in the morning.

Li Qian looked down at his watch, raised his head, took the megaphone handed over by the girl next to him, and said loudly: "Attention everyone, attention everyone, the filming of "The Matrix" will start soon! Clear the scene!"

Two minutes later, he was sitting in the director's chair, the board in front of him dropped, and the scene director shouted: ""The Matrix", scene one, scene one, start!"

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Thinking about watching "The Matrix" as an audience, what impressed you the most?

One word: cool!

Black windbreaker and black sunglasses are cool, the thin and handsome Keanu Reeves is cool, the overall style of the movie, from light and dark to photography to editing, cool, action fighting, cool, bullet time, cool, thinking, cool !

Then when I come to shoot this film, of course I have to inherit all the essence of the word "cool"!

However, the first shot stuck.

Li Qian shouted to stop, got up and walked over, and said to Zhou Baoshan: "Put Huang Feihong down, you are not a great master, I don't want your graceful and unhurried manner, put your face up, cool? Do you understand? Less, no expression, not necessarily cool, but it is the premise of being cool! In addition..."

He turned his head to look at Fu Xuelong, "Turn up the camera angle for him!"

Fu Xuelong understood in seconds.

Zhou Baoshan's height is 175 to 176. It is said that among the action actors, especially the real kung fu actors with real knives and guns, he is considered to be above average in height, but in "The Matrix" In the setting of the leading actor, the actor is required to be a little taller, preferably in his early 1.8 meters.

Thin, tall, with neat movements, once wearing a long windbreaker, sunglasses, and expressionless face, he naturally becomes cool. But Zhou Baoshan is so tall, even if the soles of his shoes can be raised, he is still not tall enough, what should he do?

Adjust the camera angle for him!

The studio took a five-minute break to give Zhou Baoshan some time to think and prepare, but Li Qian walked over to He Yingyu who was waiting on the sidelines, and said, "You should also pay attention, remind me again, keep your expression down, and be cold." Yan, you can even be cold, in this drama, I don’t need any charm from you! I don’t even need any performance from you, just be cold to me, okay?”

He Yingyu nodded seriously.

Then Li Qian walked back, and when the time was almost up, he shouted, "Everyone is ready! Do it again!"

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The Forbidden City in China is so beautiful.

Accompanied by a secretary of Minghu Culture, Elizabeth McCullough spent a day wandering around the Forbidden City Museum, holding her camera and taking pictures all the way.

When she was going out, she brought her sixteenth birthday present and a dozen rolls of film, which she thought would be enough for a long time, but unexpectedly, more than half of the film was used up after visiting the Forbidden City.

In this way, she still had a look of unfinished thoughts, and she drove back all the way, and told her tour guide Barabara halfway, it seemed that she was full of emotion.

After all, she is still a little girl after all, and China, the mysterious Chinese food, clothing, housing, transportation, utensils, culture and play, almost everything can make her particularly interested.

Coupled with the special escort, special driver and special car pick-up, she can go wherever she wants to play and eat whatever she wants. For a little girl who is on vacation at the age of sixteen, such days This level of treatment is simply not too exciting!

Like today, after visiting the Forbidden City for a full day, she felt extremely fulfilled!

The only regret is probably that it was not Li himself who was the tour guide for himself.

Come to think of it, a talented person like him would act as a tour guide for himself. Facing such a splendid and magnificent ancient palace, he would definitely be able to give many special and profound interpretations like his father.

That's the coolest travel ever!

Thinking of Li Qian, she stretched out her hand to grab the front seat, looked at the lady tour guide in front of her, and asked, "I've been playing for several days, why didn't I see Qian? Is he busy?"

The young lady smiled when she heard the words, and replied very standardly: "Yes, Mr. Li is very busy."

Elizabeth was a little unhappy. She tilted her head and thought for a while, then suddenly asked: "I've read some reports that it is said that Qian has several wives and more lovers. Is it true?"

The little sister looked embarrassed and smiled awkwardly, "Well... you and Li are always friends, it's better to ask him in person. I don't know much about the specific situation."

Elizabeth raised her eyebrows, understanding.

So she shrank back to the back seat, but after thinking about it, she leaned over the seat again and asked, "Qian's new movie has started shooting, right? Can I visit the scene?"

The young lady was also in a dilemma. After thinking about it, she said, "Mr. Li's studio does not allow unrelated people to enter easily. He has very strict requirements on the studio. If you want to go, I think you can call him yourself." Phone, this is the most convenient. Otherwise, I can help you apply, but it will take several detours, and it may take several days before there will be any news."

Elizabeth nodded and said, "It's a common problem in big companies."

During the past few days of wandering around in Shuntian Mansion, such as the Great Wall, the Temple of Heaven, the Forbidden City, etc., while playing, she casually inquired about some things, some things that were originally vague, now gradually began to become clear—— ——Li Qian is no longer just a young singer, director and actor like a solitary specimen. It turns out that he is in charge of China's largest large-scale cultural and entertainment group integrating film and television, music, performances, etc., and he is also China's largest The largest shareholder of an Internet company, and his first wife is currently serving as the executive director of that Internet company.

Therefore, Qian is not a person who is crazy about art. If you peel off the artist side of him, you will find that he is still an absolute benchmark of success in this era.

A person who is only in his twenties is considered to have personal assets of more than 20 billion Chinese yuan, which is equivalent to more than 10 billion U.S. dollars!

This of course made the unique and charming color on his body fade a lot, making him no longer look so artistic and attractive.

However, I have to say that for such a person who has achieved such a high artistic achievement at a young age, he is also good at investment, the Internet and other things, but on the other hand, he seems to be full of many obstacles. The mist makes him feel mysterious and sexy.

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Although Elizabeth was only a little over sixteen years old, she would be more easily attracted by something she was interested in, but she was definitely not an ordinary sixteen-year-old girl.

For a few days, she ate, drank, played, and went shopping. Slowly, she came back to it.

When I got back to the hotel, the young lady who was arranged by Li Qian to accompany her to eat, drink and have fun went down to the lobby area to wait for her, asked her to rest for a while and put on her makeup before taking her to have dinner together. After she put down her things, but He picked up the hotel phone and called Li Qian's cell phone.

She knew what Li Qian was doing and what Li Qian meant. Such days were indeed very comfortable, with personal escorts, high-end hotels, eating, drinking and playing, and everything made people dizzy and dazzled.

However, these are not what she wants.

The phone was connected, and Elizabeth said: "Hey, Qian, I know you are trying to get addicted to the game, and you are avoiding me! But you can't do this, you should at least give me a chance!"

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I don't know if there will be a double for the National Day this time, so I dare not ask for tickets!