Hong Kong Stubborn - Chapter 158

On January 20, “Initial D” was launched in Haruna Mountain, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.

The production budget for the entire film is 60 million Hong Kong dollars. Luo Junyan now holds the view that good steel should be used on the blade, and the stage where all spices are added to Riga has passed, and now it is the pursuit of the finishing touch.

Luo Junyan’s makeup artist was hired from Japan at a high price. With top-notch craftsmanship, no one will look at it after finishing the makeup. But the inner temperament is more important, Luo Junyan substituted his own “stubborn” personality.

The ideological core of this film, Luo Junyan summarized as self-awareness, is a condensed concept of youth and inspiration. So the requirements for his acting skills are still very high, what is “stubborn”? Naughty, stubborn, and stubborn are actually just one word-edges and corners.

Luo Junyan has very high requirements for the special effects part, which not only increases the difficulty of the design, but also greatly increases the risk invisibly. He is willing to spend money on security protection, and emphasized that “Initial D” is not a CG special effects blockbuster, but a thrilling special effects blockbuster, which is an alternative attempt and a new experience of the use of special effects.

A total of four tracks have been designed in this film, so there must be no duplication. Except for the Akinayama Circuit, the other circuits have their own characteristics and are designed in reverse in accordance with the performance of the car and the skills of the car.

Curve width, straight road, curve slope, curve inclination, curve blind area, compound curve, these are calculated by computer and then combined and arranged. Combining routing skills, cornering skills, control skills and drifting skills, to achieve a track breaking point that will never be repeated.

After a few days of trial shooting, Luo Junyan felt that it was impossible.

Although the method of using a trailer to tow the car away and mounting a camera on the trailer is the most common method, the effect is not enough. This time, all Toyota technicians were invited to the scene, and a new shooting plan had to be worked out.

After intense discussion, Luo Junyan finally decided to install the equipment.

How to use it? Refit inside the racing car, adding small devices such as camera stabilization device and CG material collection equipment.

The camera adjustment outside the car is large. Toyota needs to make two special SUVs urgently, which can carry heavy loads without affecting speed and stability. Mounted on the roof of the car is a hanging arm camera device. This set of devices costs several million and weighs more than two tons.

Bian Sicong felt that Luo Junyan was crazy, and the cost of 80 million Hong Kong dollars was unstoppable to adjust the shooting plan, and the requirements for stunt riders were extremely high. Especially on bends, ramps, and sloping roads, not only do you need to drive the car well, but also take into account the angle of the camera.

But Luo Junyan has already decided that the special effects should be meticulous, and the special effects plan should be accurate to the second when shooting key scenes. Stunt drivers who dare to play will be rewarded 2 million Hong Kong dollars after the shooting is completed.

Under the so-called reward, there must be a brave man, and this is an opportunity to become famous, and it will definitely become famous in one battle.

Bian Sicong was busy fixing the equipment, and the shooting progress could not be delayed. The literary drama part could be filmed first.

When he returned to Xiangjiang, Luo Junyan was no longer polite. No matter who he was, how valuable he was, and how famous he was, he had to be brilliant in acting, but he couldn’t pass it.

All the actors have suffered, even Hua Ge and Cui Minzhi were tossed and ruined by him. For TV series like Koo Tianle, Huang Zongze and Chi Sheng who don’t have much experience, and Fukada Kyoko and Charlene Choi who follow the idol route, they basically have to peel off their skin.

Charlene Choi was kicked, clutching her **** at the scene and squatting on the ground crying. Luo Junyan didn’t care about that set. He pulled his arms and scared her. If you don’t act well, I will kick your ass, but if you cry again, you will get out.

As for what Luo Junyan asked for? In fact, it’s also simple. When the audience is watching the film, they will put a question mark in their minds, is this person XX acting? Instead of thinking, this role was played by XX.

Is it simple? If it is not schizophrenia, it will have its own habitual actions and common thinking patterns. You can try if you are interested, how can people be uncertain that you are you.

Gu Tianle’s habitual short run, frowning, and glance down, were all pulled over by Luo Junyan. Chen Xiaochun was even asked to learn Japanese etiquette, not for you to perform Japanese etiquette, but you have to substitute the inherent characteristics of the Japanese, and you don’t know what the film is like?

To be more demanding of others and more demanding to yourself, the morale can only be brought out by taking the lead.

Luo Junyan’s eyes were focused and introverted throughout the entire process, and they were still kept out of the camera. This look was not lazy but rebellious. The slightest changes in sight can make people feel the ups and downs of mental state and the entanglement of thinking.

Hua Ge thinks that Luo Junyan’s acting control is really praise. This is the talent of acting. Luo Junyan not only knows how to observe others, but he can also split himself easily. And Hua Ge can only do this when the role fits his mood.

In this way, Fukada Kyoko would not be able to act, it is called Mazhaoer in popular terms.

But the Japanese actor has this advantage, she definitely does not cry. Kyoko Fukada bowed to Luo Junyan again and again to ask what kind of image he should create to meet Luo Junyan’s requirements.

Luo Junyan didn’t go to tell her the drama again, only told Kyoko Fukada, try to figure it out for yourself. But there is a requirement, this role should not let the audience love you or hate you, just let the audience sympathize with you.

When the audience can’t praise or scold the image you have created, you are considered successful.

In fact, this applies to all actors. If the audience remembers your appearance, body or voice, then you can only be regarded as an artist. The audience only remembers your shadow, then congratulations, you have been upgraded to an actor.

The shadow is the reflection of the actor on the screen. You are you, but you are not you. The gods have the shape but are unpredictable. You are painting the presence of the character.

Under Luo Junyan’s strict requirements and strong supervision, the literary and opera part ended in more than 20 days. Every actor seemed to go to a high-temperature sauna, which was unbearable at the time, and afterwards he felt comfortable.

Bian Sicong’s feet were swollen, so he hurriedly changed the situation and barely met the conditions for shooting.

The main event came on, and the four-stage fast-paced car was filmed. Actors whose scenes like Hua Ge have all ended can leave, after all, there are still other tasks to be done.

After the shooting of the stunt scene, the parts inside the car, such as heeling, turning, gear shifting, and the effect of centripetal force on the posture, can be well filmed. But follow-up shooting outside the car is troublesome. Although many scenes need to be completed with special effects, the difficulty of actual shooting is still super high.

All in all, Luo Junyan was worried all the time. In order to pursue the visual effect, he made the highest standard requirements, but he was also in a hurry, for fear of poke a big basket.

The characteristics of the four tracks are the blind zone of narrow sections, small-angle corners with slope, sloping S-curves, and compound corners plus right-angle corners. The straight line and cornering techniques used in each track are different, the thrilling scenes are never repeated, and the effects of drift are also different.

The psychological pressure of the stuntman is self-evident, and the spirit is highly nervous. This kind of real-life shooting requires high speeds and turns to test your real ability, but after all, they are not really top racers, and the car may crash or die just a little bit.

In order to ensure the personal safety of the stunt performers, Luo Junyan set up multiple cameras in the corners, and used more special effects to make up for the continuity of the car’s cornering scenes. Such stunt scenes can be considered extremely difficult in Hollywood. Few stunt companies will take orders, and Americans have no concept of fighting for their lives.

Luo Junyan was filming cautiously in Qiu Mingshan, and the listing of Xiangjiang’s company has already come to fruition. Snowman Century Entertainment has also absorbed a part of “DC Finance” stocks from the circulation market, and its share of the stocks in its hands has reached 70%, and it has already divested the assets and liabilities of “DC Finance”.

At this point, it is necessary to choose an opportunity to inject the assets of the parent company Snowman Century Entertainment, and apply for equity changes. After the application is approved, the stock can be renamed, and Snowman Century Entertainment will become one of the listed companies on the Hong Kong Main Board.

The assets of the parent company are placed for financing, so most people choose to wait for the right time. But Luo Junyan doesn’t care about this. Now he is not short of money. Going public is to be prepared. In the future, he will go to the stock market when he is short of money to film, so he decided to immediately inject the assets of the parent company.

In fact, Snowman Century Entertainment has no assets, the most valuable is Luo Junyan himself and the copyright of the previous films. That “DC Finance” also has two broken warehouses. Although the price has fallen to the level of jumping off the building, at least there is something in it.

Therefore, choosing to inject the assets of the parent company and change its name at this time is not good for Snowman Century Entertainment. The shareholders who hold shares may not agree with the value of Snowman Century Entertainment. Disagreement means selling, and there is a long way to go to get out of the ranks of penny stocks.

Hearing Luo Junyan’s decision, Chen Guoqiang sighed in his heart. How did you become a billionaire? Is there any reason? You don’t talk about any rules, you don’t know any concepts, you don’t have any plans, and you spend hundreds of millions of dollars to sell your status as a listed company?

Chen Guoqiang decided to immediately throw away all the shares of “DC Finance” in his hands. What a mess, I wanted to take a ride, but ended up in a funeral company’s special vehicle.

For Luo Junyan’s decision, it is difficult for the Hong Kong Securities Regulatory Commission to pass it. After so many years, I finally met a second fool who used listing financing as stock trading to make a difference.

On March 12, “DC Finance” officially changed its name to “Snowman Century”. With the green light all the way, Snowman Century Entertainment has become a listed company, but the China Securities Regulatory Commission is also keeping an eye on it. If you want to do other things, don’t think about it.

The controlling shareholder of “Snowman Century”, a listed company on Hong Kong Main Board, is XJ International Entertainment Media Group, which holds 70.12% of the shares. Bian Sicong obtained 3.52% of the equity through equity swaps. When he increased capital and expanded shares to prepare for the acquisition, he also paid 9 million Hong Kong dollars.

This is almost the limit of shareholding. According to the requirements, the Hong Kong listed company must ensure that there are 25% of the circulating shares in the market. Luo Junyan is not distressed by spending money to acquire listed companies, but he is distressed to distribute profits to shareholders, so he should try to control as many stocks as possible.

On the day of the re-listing, the market did not react much. It is estimated that all of them have a wait-and-see attitude towards Snowman Century Entertainment, and are reluctant to sell them. Luo Junyan’s popularity in Xiangjiang is so high.

The stock price stayed at around HK$0.43. I sewed clothes there. The total number of shares was 213.9 million, and the total market value was only more than HK$92 million.

These Luo Junyan didn’t take it seriously, so let’s just throw it away. The only thing he was a little uncomfortable about was that Chen Guoqiang made a lot of money this time, and 180 million cash was exchanged for a market value of more than 60 million.

The people of Xiangjiang have become accustomed to Luo Junyan’s wonderful work. On the day the company went public, no one from the management was there, so I don’t know what they were doing.

But the more so, the less stockholders dared to sell, just in case Luo Junyan is holding back any big moves. Luo Junyan didn’t do this kind of thing less, the people of Xiangjiang love and hate him, and everyone will not be upset until he comes out.

The filming of “Initial D” made Toyota feel Luo Junyan’s professionalism, and the support was considerable. Let’s just talk about how many cars crashed, minor injuries can be repaired, and major injuries have to be replaced with new ones.

It took nearly four and a half months, and in early June, the live shooting was finally done.

Thanks to the heavens and earth, there were no fatal mistakes during the shooting, and the major accident rate was zero. This result is inseparable from Luo Junyan’s meticulous preparation work.

All relevant personnel moved to South Korea to continue the indoor special effects shooting. The workload of special effects shooting is not large, and the main thing is to check the gaps and make up for the leaks. In addition, Luo Junyan will do the post-production at the Korean base.

At this point, Bian Sicong, the producer of “Initial D”, breathed a sigh of relief. He was convinced by his brother-in-law, he was too much to toss, and he couldn’t help him if he had a bad heart.

In addition, the budget for “Initial D” has been revised, and the production cost is 75 million Hong Kong dollars, which is the largest investment in Luo Junyan’s film career.