On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Leng Qingqiu came to Jin Mansion and asked Zhou Zhen to bring a letter to Ouyang.

That night, Zhou Zhen carefully opened the letter and discovered a fact.

That is, without the intervention of Jin Yanxi, Leng Qingqiu didn't like Ouyang either, at most he had a good impression of him.

In a fashionable saying, Ouyang treats her as a goddess, and she treats Ouyang as a spare tire.

Ouyang was a dog licking in front of her, and she just enjoyed this feeling, hanging Ouyang.

After re-sealing the letter, Zhou Zhen considered proudly: If Leng Qingqiu fell into the trap, she would "do not accept it for the difficulties".

Everyone who should visit the capital had visited was visited, and he spent 100,000 silver dollars to maintain the above relationship.

His value has increased significantly now. Jin Quan was worried about his safety, so he specially transferred a whole team of ten people to the Magic City with him to protect his safety.

On the day of leaving, no one of the former friends came, but instead a few upper-level young men came to see him off.

Sun Lutang also sent Li Yulin and his son to see him off, but was blocked by the guards.

Zhou Zhen said it before letting go and introduced them to these people. If he was destined to be together, he might be able to find a leisurely job in front of these young men.

It was another four-day journey before we arrived at the Magic City from the capital.

At this time, the movie "The West Chamber" had been completed.

Zhou Zhen went to the company to watch this movie without rest. He was very disappointed when he saw it.

This movie has no supervision from him, and the director has received less influence from him. Although it has improved a little, it is still not much different from the movies of this era, and it can be said to be crude and messy.

However, the cost of movies is not high, and if you want to make a small profit, it is not a big problem.

Zhou Zhen gathered all the people at home in the film company and came to the company. It took a day to analyze the gap between the two movies.

All comments were made from the gap in view, lighting, clothing, props, lens language, and even makeup.

Every time a shot is played, Zhou Zhen will pause and then start the story.

He is not a professional and does not accumulate much knowledge about acting and director.

But he had experience in filming movies from later generations, which were simply unimaginable to people of this era.

Although everyone did not praise it, it was obvious from their eyes that they regarded themselves as a master.

In one day, after Zhou Zhen analyzed the two movies, he asked everyone to write a job change report based on their positions.

Before coming this time, he also sought Sun Lutang's advice and prepared to make a movie based on him.

Moreover, his second son Sun Cun Zhou Lai plays him.

This movie begins with Sun Lutang's father's death, his mother was seriously ill, and he committed suicide and was rescued.

It mainly tells the story of his experience of learning martial arts from different people. In 1888, he returned to Baoding to open a martial arts hall, and then had a conflict with the local martial arts hall. The fight against nearly twenty people alone ended.

There are three superb arrangements in the middle, showing the essence of various martial arts from the very beginning.

Zhou Zhen promised that the movie based on him would be rewarded with him for 1,000 yuan, and that if he was filmed in the future, his descendants would receive copyright fees.

This cooperation model surprised him extremely. Not only did he agree eagerly, but he also offered to invite the right role as long as he gave the money.

Even if people from China are not interested in this movie, people from abroad will also be interested in it.

The cultural output of martial arts films starts from now on.

Sun Cun Zhou is handsome and taciturn, but this is originally a silent film. Zhou Zhen is confident that he will become a kung fu superstar in this world.

He was still a little unwilling at first, but he was defeated by Zhou Zhen.

Zhou Zhen promised to teach him how to fight and Tan Le, and offered him a high price of 200 yuan for a movie.

At this time, it was useless for him to object. If he didn't come, Sun Lutang would break his leg.

This old man is the best-known one. Now he is very excited to make movies to promote him. If he hadn't been old, he would have wanted to make this movie by himself.

This movie is the first part of Zhou Zhen’s plan. The first part is to fight with domestic people first, the second part is to fight with Chinese people, and the third part is to fight with Japanese people.

In terms of plot, there are many movies that can be learned from, and Zhou Zhen is not afraid of being bad.

People nowadays have very low requirements for movies. As long as they can tell a story in full on a silent screen, someone will watch it.

No one understands what acting skills and special effects are.

As long as the game is exciting, the audience will like it.

Zhou Zhen used his later experience to teach these filmmakers a complete lesson, and his main energy was to collect money.

Road Angels are released nationwide. At this time, banks are not as convenient as later generations. There is a 10% handling fee for storage in other places.

This is not a few hundred or thousands of silver dollars, or hundreds of thousands of silver dollars alone, so it is better to transport it yourself.

Golden Velvet sent hundreds of subordinates to collect money from all over the country. Although it seemed to cost a lot, it actually saved more than half of the cost.

Moreover, this movie was released abroad, and as soon as it was released, it caused a sensation among the whole nation.

The rich oriental style, exquisite scenes, beautiful actors, and a touching story like a camellia girl.

Coupled with the prosperous background of the Magic City, the luxurious stage of the Great World has set off an oriental craze.

Zhou Zhen's movies are commercially promoted through the consulate, and the consulate needs to charge 10% commission, but one advantage is that they have their supervision and everything can be followed in accordance with regular commercial procedures.

Those foreign businessmen will not risk the interests of a movie to offend people in the officialdom. Even if there are some missed box office data, they will not be too much.

Every day, telegrams from all over the world will be transmitted to the Magic City. When seeing the benefits of this movie, even Huang Chujiu is envious of it.

Dozens of people have been busy for less than two months, and the cost is less than 30,000 silver dollars. The box office they have created has now exceeded 10 million.

In the United States alone, the box office reached 2 million US dollars with the support of a large number of copies, second only to the box office records of several stars such as Chaplin.

Many people were just curious at the beginning, wanting to see what kind of movies can be made in the distant East.

As a result, they saw a beautifully made movie that was not as beautiful as the ones they made.

All the shooting techniques, costumes and makeup, and actors are excellent in acting, and every shot seems to be a textbook.

In France, some media even published reports that "Excellent movies are in the East, French movies need reform."

A story about dancers and artists from the East, and an Oriental "The Girl of Camellia", caused a sensation in Europe far exceeding that of the United States.

Zhou Zhen was ruthless in collecting money, and there was also praise in the media.

Newspapers of all sizes have continuously published news that the road angels caused sensation in Europe and the United States. For China, which has been bent over, the films that conquered Europe and the United States can be said to have strengthened the prestige of China.

A movie creates a social phenomenon.

Since the movie was released in Europe and the United States before the Spring Festival and caused a sensation, the Magic City has added hundreds of new film companies in just two months.

Countless people wanted to make another movie that shocked the whole world with the idea of ​​becoming famous.

Zhou Zhen did not criticize or support this phenomenon, and stayed out of it.

Hundreds of thousands of silver dollars were received again, and martial artists from the south also gathered in the Demon City. Zhou Zhen arranged the acting training, but left the Demon City and went to Hebei and Beijing.

The most important thing in filming is not the shooting process, but the preparation process.

The shooting of each shot includes a series of complex compositions such as the characters' movements, clothing and makeup props, camera angles, light, background behind them, etc.

The same group of actors, almost the same props and costumes, can shoot the completely opposite "East Evil and West Poison" and "East and West Make the West".

Even if any movie has a version, the same director cannot restore the original shooting language, let alone other people.

Zhou Zhen currently has only one simple plot concept. He brought a group of subordinates to Hebei, and while surveying the shooting environment, he also improved the script.

When writing scripts, how to show the lens language according to the actual environment, the preliminary preparations are more complicated than shooting.

In which environment each scene should be displayed, from which angle the shooting, the processing of light, and the processing of expressions are all very complex systems.

This is even more important, especially in today's era of silent films.

The reason why Chaplin became the only superstar in the silent film era is because he grasped this very well.

Zhou Zhen wanted to make a cross-age work, which was also his last work he planned.

After making this movie, he can enjoy the remaining good times with peace of mind.

So he wants to shoot a work that is more perfect than the road angel, as his imprint in this time and space.

In Hebei, he visited several county towns, selected several shooting locations in Baoding, and left behind personnel to set the scenes.

Afterwards, he returned to the capital and used his identity to obtain permission to shoot in the Forbidden City.

He led three teams of photographers to specially create a wooden movable tower more than ten meters high.

On the tower, not only the booms were made, but also the exquisite slide rails were made.

He wants to record the Forbidden City of this era and show the brilliant civilization of the ancient China to foreigners.

Martial arts films are just a carrier, and cultural publicity is the most important thing.

After examining the shooting angle and plot reflection, Zhou Zhen planned to shoot the film, he took out 50,000 silver dollars to buy film.

From all angles, the majestic Forbidden City was recorded.

During this period, Zhou Zhen took out 300,000 silver dollars and handed it to his father, allowing him to win over several warlords and become his own power.

This money must be spent. Even if they don’t spend it themselves, someone will come to fight for the autumn wind.

Therefore, if you first win over a few warlords, you will have more effective support.

At the end of March, Zhou Zhen returned to the Magic City. At this time, the script had been written, and all the actors were in full swing and under intense training.

On the first day of April, in the studio of the Great World of Magic City, the first movie named "Kung Fu: Growth" was officially launched.
Chapter completed!