Chapter 476 Upgraded Version Mr. Zombie

On May 5, the news that Nancy's new film Parasite had won the Palme d'Or for Best Film and Best Director at this year's Cannes Film Festival dominated the Internet for three days, and was so popular that it dominated the hot searches for three days.

Whether it is her as a director, Huang Jianzhi, or a young South Korean actress nominated for Best Actress, they are all extremely popular in the East Asian film industry and are constantly the talk of the town.

It was under such circumstances that Wang Chengguang and the crew arrived in Shanghai, awaiting the opening of this year's Shanghai International Film Festival. A leader of Shanghai brought Song Siming to the airport to greet them, and many colleagues from Shanghai Theatre Academy and Shanghai Film Studio also came to welcome them.

The atmosphere is lively!
After the big group left the airport, their first stop was the Shanghai Film Studio, where the Mandarin version of Parasite was publicly screened. After watching the film from beginning to end, a large number of viewers were immersed in the wonderful rhythm, unpredictable reversals, and ironic presentation of class confrontation topics of the film.

I was really excited by this movie and there was applause from time to time.

This is not a simple comedy story, but a drama that combines a large number of comedy segments, thriller, and suspense shots, and deeply criticizes the social system and social status quo in Seoul, South Korea.

It is an award-winning film that can attract so many devoted audiences. In addition to the good acting skills of the actors and the good filming, dubbing is also crucial.

In the original trajectory, mainland films would dub Mandarin versions of various Hollywood blockbusters, but that kind of dubbing is really hard to describe!

Many netizens and movie fans would rather watch the original English subtitled version of the movie which they don't understand, and are too lazy to click on the dubbed version.

And here, whether it is Parasite or last year's Train to Busan that shocked the world, the South Korean actors were dubbed by the intelligent split left over from Xiaohuo 7.0. The dubbing was done to the same standard as the Mandarin version in normal Chinese-language movies, and was also done with acting skills and professional emotional expression.

This is on the same level as the Mandarin dubbing done by Huang Jianzhi and Huang Zhenhua for their own characters.

Therefore, in South Korea, audiences enjoy the localized South Korean version of the film, while European and American audiences enjoy the standard English and French versions of the film.

In mainland China, it is the most standard Mandarin version.

When the 130-minute Parasite was over, there was a wave of applause. A leader sitting near Wang Chengguang applauded and laughed, and his laughter was a little timid. "Director Wang, Director Nan, congratulations on making such a successful and wonderful blockbuster again. I feel guilty about this film being selected as an exhibit at the Shanghai International Film Festival."

That’s right. There are more than a hundred films submitted to the film festival so far, but most of them stand out compared to Parasite.

There are still a few that have good reputation, quality and fame.

Before Wang Chengguang could respond, the leader sighed again, "Thank you Director Wang for inviting Director Sant and his work, as well as several other Cannes award-winning teams. Otherwise, this seventh film festival would have been getting worse and worse."

Wang Chengguang shook his head modestly, "You are too polite, leader. Shanghai's entertainment industry will definitely get better and better."

As other people came over to congratulate, everyone quickly changed the scene and began to move on to the dinner and cocktail party to celebrate.

This year is the 7th film festival. Compared with traditional festivals such as Cannes which have been held for more than half a century, its heritage is naturally much less.

But as long as there are enough high-quality films participating in the exhibition, we can still pursue it!

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A new day. Wang Chengguang had just returned to the Shanghu Hotel room from Counter-Earth when he heard a knock on the door. After the door opened, Zhou Wenwen flashed in. She was smooth-talking and groping for a few minutes before she got into work mode. "Boss, I was chatting with Rose before. She was curious and asked if our technology of face replacement for rejuvenation could make her mother Wu Yuejiang return to her twenties?"

"Is this technology feasible? Xiaohuo should be able to do it easily. Rose didn't ask any more questions. I just think that if we plan a new project, it would be interesting to show a person at different ages throughout his life."

This is indeed Zhou Wenwen's job. The rural teacher she filmed has already entered the special effects production stage and is still in the special effects stage. It has been three months now.

As a director, she used to wait for Wang Chengguang to send her the script, but now she takes the initiative to think about new stories. It is easier to ask for a little bit of gratitude if you work hard.

Wang Chengguang was amused. "You can use your subjective initiative? That's right. This technology is not difficult to implement. It is very interesting to show a person's life, whether it is rejuvenation or showing the whole life from childhood to old age."

One of the most famous movies that shows a person growing from childhood to old age should be To Live. The symbol of rejuvenation or reverse aging is The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. This type of movie actually does not show one person, but a great era.

There is no need to mention the reputation of the former. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button grossed 3.35 million US dollars worldwide and also won to film festival awards, winning so many awards that it was almost numb.

After thinking for a while, Wang Chengguang said, "I'll come up with a rough idea and let Xiaohuo perfect the script framework. You can just shoot this project in Shanghai."

He was talking about the South Korean version of Granny Smith, a low-budget film made in the 21s without big stars. With an investment of 10 million RMB, it attracted more than 2000 million viewers in South Korea alone, based on the ticket price of six US dollars in 800.

This is equivalent to a box office of more than 4 million Hong Kong dollars in South Korea alone.

It tells a comedy story about a 70-year-old grandmother who has worked hard all her life and returns to her youth and becomes a 20-year-old girl. Although her body is youthful, her mind is still that of a 70-year-old. When she meets a young handsome man of the opposite sex, she looks at him with the loving eyes of an old grandmother looking at a little boy.

This kind of comedy will be fine as long as the acting is good enough.

Wu Yuejiang put on makeup to look like a 70-year-old, and the magical makeup technique made it easy for him to return to his 20s by simply using special effects to replace his face, and he could perfectly create Wu Yuejiang's 20-year-old body shape and appearance, just like in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

With the help of makeup and special effects, he was able to transform from an old man to a baby-level physique.

This kind of specific script is handed over to Xiaohuo to handle. He can edit all kinds of comedy segments suitable for Chinese people in various historical backgrounds including dialects. Xiaohuo is the master of big data.

Wu Yuejiang herself was not a great beauty when she was young, and was much inferior to Huang Yimei, but she was also a pretty girl, much prettier than the 20-year-old girl in "She Is Pretty". When it comes to studying comedy, it is actually not necessarily a good idea for someone who is too handsome or too pretty to perform a comedy.

Zhou Wenwen smiled and said, "That's settled then. I'll rest for three months too. In the blink of an eye, I've already reached the peak of Return to Void. It was too smooth to go through the backdoor. How about you go a little further?"

Wang Chengguang was speechless.

Again, he gets 50 experience points for the entire Nascent Soul stage, 100 million for the Spirit Transformation stage, and only 500 million for the Return to Void stage, while the full value for the Taiyi Golden Immortal stage is 10 billion.

The gap is so huge, it's like the immortal is hanging up.

Now Zhou Wenwen and Nancy have both reached the level of the Invincible Great Sage of Xiantai 6. If they break through again, they will reach the level of Quasi-Emperor, which is also the level of walking in the starry sky and universe in the flesh. But he does know that both men and women will occasionally have a more romantic time, especially during the period of love and passion.

He was still in the process of dealing with Zhou Wenwen when Nancy came over. After learning that Zhou Wenwen had taken the initiative to ask for projects to save her life, she also took the initiative... Nancy asked curiously, "Boss, the tomb sweeper Easter eggs have been paved from Infernal Affairs to Parasite. When are we going to start the mythological ghost movie?"

"With the current popularity and the appeal of 3D IMAX, we can make a few classic ghost movies without worrying about failure and losing money."

Losing money? Cannot be released in the mainland market? Then there is a question, who here is short of money?
What she said is also very right. Parasite has tomb-sweeping Easter eggs. For example, the role of the younger sister played by Huang Yimei in the Huang family of four is dead. The unemployed family forged various documents, occupied the villa of the president of the upper class, committed brutal murders, and then used self-defense and so on.

That means more than one person died.

Little Rose, a 15 or 16-year-old with a fairy face, was stabbed to death by another parasite... After all, it is not just the Huang family that wants to live as a parasite in the villa of a wealthy man. This will surely be a classic scene that will make people tear up, feel absurd and be full of irony during the theater screening period.

From Infernal Affairs, Train to Busan, to Wandering, and then to Parasite.

When will the underworld universe be opened? ?

Wang Chengguang nodded after thinking about it. "You are right. After bombarding the theaters for a year or two, including the European and American markets, we can make a ghost movie to test the waters."

If the film cannot be released in mainland China, then we can give up the cinema market and watch it directly on the Internet. The mainland Internet is still in an era when pirated videos are everywhere. At this stage, the project of Director Wang Chengguang's studio, that is, Lao Wang, is still stuck with "Chang'e Flying to the Moon" and cannot shoot it.

Waiting for Huang Yimei's release date.

As for the strange girl that Zhou Wenwen opened? That was the role for Huang Yimei's mother.

After some consideration, he decided to make a robot puppet that looked like Uncle Jiu, and then use a Hengdian extra as a background board to play the role of Mr. Zombie.

Of course, Hong Kong Island in this dimension has also had ghost, zombie and fairy tale movies, but without benchmark figures like Uncle Jiu, there would be no great classics. Wang Chengguang has seen many people and masters who are more upright than Uncle Jiu.

Whether it is the Jade Emperor or the founder of Maoshan, etc., they can all be found in the Heavenly Palace in Journey to the West.

But is it just for ordinary fans of the Rose Plane? ? Uncle Jiu's robot puppet is paired with Mr. Zombie, One-Eyebrow Taoist Priest and other films, which are enough. Even if the original trajectory is until 2024, when it comes to this type of film, Uncle Jiu's taste is still the most authentic.

Mr. Zombie, One-Eyebrow Taoist Priest, plus 3D IMAX movie watching? This will be popular in East Asia, and then in Europe and the United States. It may not create a wandering-level movie watching craze, but it will definitely be as good as Final Destination or Saw.

This is left to Nancy to shoot.

As for leaving Uncle Jiu, the absolute protagonist, behind the ghost puppet, who else should we cast in Mr. Vampire? That's just a small matter. As long as we can invite the ghost to take over, anyone's skills and acting skills are not bad.

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June 6nd is getting closer to the opening of the Shanghai International Film Festival, and the promotion of Parasite on the Internet has officially started.

This movie is going to be screened in China and South Korea after the film festival closes, which can be regarded as a warm-up for the summer season... The trailer has been cut early.

Wang Chengguang walked out of the door of the guest room, casually sensed the surroundings and raised his eyebrows, feeling that what a coincidence. He dodged and got on a moving train. The riding experience of the green train was not very good, and it was crowded.

In a restaurant carriage, two middle-aged people, a man and a woman, were eating at their seats.

This is Uncle Li with hair and the female thief Xiao Ye. Of course, there is no wild couple Wang Bo and Wang Li, and no Sha Gen on this train.

Wang Chengguang suddenly remembered that Shagen's image is also a bit likable and silly when playing Wencai in Mr. Zombie. Is his acting not good enough? Then let Yinbing teacher fill in the gap.

When he reached Uncle Li and the other man, he pushed Uncle Li from the aisle to the window, and he sat down as well. "It's not easy to find talents like you. Uncle Li, Xiao Ye, are you guys interested in changing careers with me?"

After finding the protagonist of A World Without Thieves, he remembered that there were still a lot of talented people here, even the robbery team was full of talented people!!

Uncle Li looked depressed as he spoke, and a gloomy aura flashed in his elegant glasses. The female thief Xiao Ye raised her eyebrows and said, "Boy, don't think you can take advantage of me just because you are handsome. Since you called out Uncle Li's last name, aren't you afraid that Uncle Li will get angry?"

Uncle Li also asked in a threatening tone, "Young man, when you are out in the open, you are so old and you don't understand that the mouth can cause trouble? You are slandering me."

Wang Chengguang took out his business card and gave it to the two of them. "You must have heard of my name. Do you want to make a cameo appearance in my new movie? With your qualifications, Lao Li, it won't be a problem for you to be a landlord in the Republic of China period. Xiao Ye also has some of the temperament of a cold and beautiful female ghost."

Although Bingbing's looks are not in his aesthetic taste, it doesn't matter if she plays a gorgeous or coquettish role, and she can have a certain charm and style. And the movie he mentioned?

Uncle Li looked at the business card and was stunned. Even the female thief Xiaoye was confused. Xiaoye grabbed the business card and looked left and right. She also stared at Wang Chengguang's face for more than ten seconds before rubbing her forehead and complaining to Uncle Li, "Uncle Li, I think it's a bit exaggerated, like a dream, but I really think he looks familiar? Familiar, is it that Director Wang? "

The Wandering Earth 1 grossed 6.3 million RMB in the mainland. Even thieves have time for leisure and entertainment. The sensational special effects were created by more than 2000 large black-tech LCD screens in China and South Korea that played many short special effects videos of "Foolish Old Man Moving Mountains" to the public for free, which created a lot of momentum.

Even though Wang Chengguang seldom attended any events in the past and basically turned down all interviews, his face was not too low-key because he was secretly photographed from a distance and appeared in various entertainment news.

There's no way around it. He's been living off rich women and making billions from a series of movies. The enthusiasm of the crowd can't be suppressed at all.

Director Wang, who earns hundreds of millions from any movie, has set his sights on this pair of thieves?
How many years have they been stealing just from any random movie from the other party?

Uncle Li also began to take off his glasses, laughing awkwardly, "Are you really Director Wang? I think I have some confidence in my ability to recognize people with these eyes... The more I look at you, the more you look like you. But how can someone like us, whom you consider to be a thief, work in the film industry?"

"I heard that you really like to discover talents from all walks of life. Policemen play the leading roles in new films, and architects, professors, and bridge designers also play the leading roles. The salaries of these people now start at three to five million, and the highest salary for a movie is 2000 million."

"2000 million for a movie..."

As he spoke, he wasn't just laughing awkwardly, but was almost going crazy with greed!
It is well known in the industry that the great director Wang Chengguang likes to look for the male and female protagonists of the project from the elite circles of various industries, digging out ordinary people and signing big contracts with them, and making them famous and turning them into new money-making machines.

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Is this good luck to Lao Li? He is indeed an elite in the business of thief! But if his profession is exposed, he will go to jail.

Wang Chengguang nodded. "You may not have good acting skills right now, and you may not be used to the filming mode, but as long as you join and sign a ten-film contract with my studio, you don't have to worry about filming problems. You will definitely make much more money than stealing."

When a cup of tea suddenly appeared in his hand, and Uncle Li and Xiao Ye were so scared that they were looking at each other frantically, Wang Chengguang asked curiously, "Uncle Li, Xiao Ye, is it convenient for me to ask you a very magical question?"

Uncle Li was in high spirits. "Wang, where did you get this cup of tea? Please feel free to ask me any questions to satisfy my curiosity."

What did a thief like him, who had been thieves for many years, rely on to travel the world? A pair of eyes and a pair of hands. He swore that this cup of tea that appeared out of thin air was not a magic trick.

Wang Chengguang took a sip of tea and said, "If stealing and robbing really leads to punishment in the oil pan hell after death, then you who have been stealing for many years, do you want to be imprisoned and tried in the human world, or go to the oil pan hell after death?"

This is a good question!

Some concepts advocate that those who sow discord, slander and harm others, and are smooth-talking will go to the hell of tongue-pulling after death, and those who go out to drift, steal, rob, or even eat animal meat will go to the hell of oil pans. This is really outrageous.

Regardless of the specific karma value of the sin, it is ridiculous to go to hell for eating animal meat.

But Uncle Li has been stealing for most of his life? ? He has killed more than one person, so he will definitely spend a few years in the frying pan hell.

A question, Uncle Li and Xiao Ye were dumbfounded again, they all recalled the tomb-sweeper Easter egg universe, the tomb-sweeping chat and complaints about good deeds being rewarded and evil deeds being punished.

There are Easter eggs in every one of those classic movies?
Without waiting for the two to answer, Wang Chengguang grabbed the teacup and walked out, "When you've made up your mind, call me in Shanghai and I'll make the details for you."

He walked away easily and casually, and the female thief Xiaoye hurriedly got up and chased after him, "Director Wang, Director, can I ask you a few words?"

After Wang Chengguang stopped, Xiao Ye whispered with a pale face, "I haven't entered the industry too deep or committed too many sins. This oil pan hell is too creepy. What if those ancient mythological systems really exist? Do I have a chance to make up for it?"

The preparation of the underworld universe did not take long, only one or two years... But how many years have the concepts of the underworld and the eighteen levels of hell been circulating in the Eastern world? This is the traditional view of ghosts and gods.

Wang Chengguang smiled and said, "Do more good deeds to reduce your bad karma. Maybe sometimes you don't steal much, such as a few hundred yuan from a passenger, but if the loss of these few hundred yuan affects your exam prospects, affects whether you can get timely medical treatment, etc., then this time it will be like the butterfly's wings flapping and causing subsequent bad consequences."

"It's like stealing hundreds of yuan on the train. I won't say much about Lao Li's situation. Your situation can still be remedied..."

"Donate a little more money or manpower to crack down on the kidnapping gangs, or do more heroic deeds. The merits can offset your demerits and wash away your bad karma."

Xiao Ye felt relieved after listening to this. She felt that she had indeed committed fewer sins than Uncle Li.

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On June 6, the Shanghai International Film Festival officially opened. Wang Chengguang, Nancy, Zhou Wenwen, including the four members of the Huang family, Pan Wanli, Ma Haowen, Ling Jing...

South Korean stars who appeared in films like Train to Busan, The Wandering Earth, and Parasite, as well as some white and black actors, also attended the event to show their support.

Before starring in blockbusters like Train to Busan and The Wanderer, they were minions. But the explosion of The Wanderer shocked the global film industry. Now those minions are also big names, not to mention a certain rich wife actress in Parasite, who was nominated for Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival.

The opening ceremony of this year's film festival was much more sensational than the previous ones, and it was even more star-studded than last year's Tokyo International Film Festival.

After the opening ceremony, Wang Chengguang, Nancy and others just returned to the hotel and saw some people sitting in the waiting area of ​​the lobby on the first floor. They were waiting nervously and stiffly. They stood up suddenly when they saw him. These were Uncle Li, Xiao Ye and Sha Gen.

The 21-year-old Sha Gen is still very simple, and his youthful face reveals a sense of innocence from beginning to end.

Wang Chengguang walked towards the waiting area, while Nancy followed him and smiled, "Boss, in the script you set, Wencai is a funny and likable character, and he is quite similar to Shagen in the previous episode."

"But who should we choose to play Little Dress Tingting? Why Huang Yimei? She can't change her schedule. Even now, Chang'e Flying to the Moon is on hiatus because of her."

The main cast of Mr. Vampire has been almost decided. Uncle Nine is the ghost puppet with Lam Ching-ying's face, and Ma Fei, the son of Ma Haowen, will play Qiu Sheng. In 2001, he went to invite Ma Haowen when he was still in the first semester of his sophomore year. This year is the college entrance examination season, so it will be his graduation season when filming starts.

Compared with the original version, Ma Fei is not bad in terms of height and appearance, and he is not afraid of the ghost soldiers because of his skills.

The important supporting role Captain Awei, who needed a lot of comedy, was played by the fat robber Lao Fan. Because Lao Fan's brain was not so bright, when Wang Chengguang came to him, he briefly mentioned the underworld universe easter eggs and that robbers on earth would go to hell after death...

He was so scared that he ran to turn himself in and told the police about the robbery he had committed before and was not caught, and then he was imprisoned.

When Wang Chengguang and other projects started filming, they had to contact the police to ask for leave for Lao Fan so that he could film the movie while in custody on the crew. If he were not so famous and influential, this kind of communication would not be possible.

But you have to admit that it is not easy to find the right talent to play the classic supporting role of Awei. Lao Fan’s accomplice Lao Feng is also that kind of talent. He plays the role of Taoist Simu, and he has already been waiting for the role.

Lao Feng is smarter than Lao Fan, but he was defeated by Lao Fan.

At this point, the only person left in the entire Mr. Zombie crew was Tingting in a little dress.

This is the main creative team. When the filming really starts, the various set props and fighting actions will definitely be much more enhanced than the original, and the 3DIMAX viewing experience will also be much higher quality than the original.

Wang Chengguang smiled and said, "It depends on the situation. If we can find a suitable one, we won't need Rose. She has filmed so many movies in a row, so she should take a break and rest."

The classic shot of the person in the story of A World Without Thieves having a hard time lifting up a little dress is Guo Haizao in the story of an apartment snail. Compared with the original Tingting, she lacks the taste and temperament.

Then there are Jiang Xueqiong and Su Gengsheng. You can't say that these two are bad. It's just that they have better charm and temperament as they get older. On the contrary, when they were 18 or 19 years old and had young faces, they were not that outstanding.

The two of them walked up to Uncle Li, Sha Gen and the others while communicating with each other. Sha Gen bowed with a silly smile on his face, "Hello, Director. I'm grateful for the chance to be noticed. I'll leave my life to you."

Sha Gen is just a rural kid in his early twenties who graduated from high school and went out to work. He is a really simple man who works hard year after year to earn money just to go home and build a house and marry a wife.

He is determined to hold on to the golden thigh of this general!

Wang Chengguang smiled and nodded, "Let's go, I'll take you to sign the contract, and after signing, we can start the special training."

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After half an hour.

Wang Chengguang stood on the rooftop of the hotel and said to Xiao Ye, who was wearing a fashionable summer outfit, "Xiao Ye, your acting teacher is here. You will play a female ghost in the new play, and you will be able to fly, hide, walk through walls, and so on. Let the teacher take you flying."

The three Xiaoyes looked at Lao Wang, then at Nancy and Zhou Wenwen. There were no outsiders here? ? Xiaoye was still at a loss when a beautiful girl with long transparent hair appeared out of thin air and floated on the rooftop. "Hello, Xiaoye. Finally, I have the chance to experience the various tastes of life in a living body."

"From today on, we are good sisters and family."

Xiao Ye jumped up in shock, and the female teacher immediately entered Xiao Ye's body and took over, saying, "With my palace-level strength, flying will consume a certain amount of cultivation. Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty..."

She was already flying up as she spoke, floating like a ghost.

Sha Gen was stunned, but not scared. He just stared at the female teacher carrying Xiao Ye away. Uncle Li collapsed on the ground in fright. He was not scared by the existence of the female teacher, but was he wondering if this thing really existed?
Shit, Uncle Li was so scared that he peed when he thought about the frying pan hell. Not only was he a habitual thief, he had also murdered someone, so he peed.

The female teacher floated and floated, circling back and forth between several different rooftops before flying back again. Wang Chengguang threw her a cup of spiritual tea, which could really consolidate the female teacher's cultivation strength. In this purely spiritual world, any spiritual tea they consumed would be gone.

After the female teacher thanked him again and drank some tea to recover her health, Xiao Ye also regained control of her body. She knelt on the ground and asked, "Director? This teacher really won't harm me?"

Wang Chengguang was amused. "You should think like this. If you were killed by the female teacher now, your soul would go to the oil pan hell... How many years would you be scraped off the oil first?"

Sha Gen said cheerfully, "Yes, Sister Ye, you have done nothing wrong in your life, so you are not afraid of being knocked on the door in the middle of the night. The teacher the director found must be a good one."

Xiao Ye, "..."

She was disheveled in the sea breeze. It was June, and the hotel where everyone was staying was not only not far from the sea, but it was also the rainy season in Shanghai.

Amid the chaos, a plum rain began to pour down, and she began to communicate with the female teacher in her mind.

When Sha Gen took the initiative to ask the teacher for help, he found it much easier to accept this acting training model than Xiao Ye and Lao Li, and was not afraid at all.

To be more precise, Shagen had a lot of fun communicating with the male teachers, whether he was experiencing flying or going out to eat and drink and sharing the delicious pleasure with the teachers, the more he played, the more fun he had.

(End of this chapter)