Chapter 479 Free Extras

The unreliability here refers to not being optimistic about the subject matter chosen by Luo Quan, but no one doubts Luo Quan's directorial level and storytelling ability.

Her directorial debut "Resident Evil", the entire film was written, directed and acted by her. It also included post-production dubbing, monster makeup guidance, and costume design, almost all of which she completed alone.

With this level of comprehensiveness, we cannot say that she is an all-rounder. She can only be described as a humanoid self-propelled movie-making machine.

It’s hard to imagine a director working on so many projects at the same time and still doing it so well.

It can only be said that Luo Quan's rich knowledge reserve and proficiency in related skills have reached a level that ordinary people cannot even imagine.

The popularity of "Resident Evil" is an excellent reflection of her talent. Now fans all over the world are waiting for her second film. It can be said that the prototype of a popular IP has been established.

But Luo Quan doesn't seem to like counting money while lying on her laurels. When she succeeds in one field, she will quickly jump out of her comfort zone and face new challenges.

At the beginning, she would still face some doubts. After all, she was least controversial in the field of music. When she got involved in other fields, she would be more or less distrusted.

But now, basically no one doubts her talent anymore.

Since Paris Fashion Week, Luo Quan's level has risen from a musical genius to an all-around genius. He used to be an Oriental Mozart, but now he should be renamed an Oriental Da Vinci, which means he can do everything.

Movies belong to a field that Luo Quan has proven. "Resident Evil" has now exceeded 100 million views on Netflix, and together with the box office of China, it has earned more than one billion US dollars.

This does not include the high copyright fees paid by horror-themed houses everywhere to obtain the right to use zombie images.

In short, in the eyes of companies in the entertainment industry, the Luoquan brand is no different from walking dollars. If you can cooperate with it, you will make money.

However, Luo Quan has always adhered to the cooperation principle of nepotism and keeping the good news from outsiders. If he can do it with familiar partners, he will usually not find anyone else.

Of course, Luoquan now has many familiar partners. Sony, Penguin, and Universal are all big names among the big names.

Who can get the cooperation depends on who moves faster.

As the saying goes, those who are near the water first get the moon. As soon as people in Luoquan posted this tweet, people from Sony came to visit.

The door of Luoquan Hotel was knocked open, and Miki appeared in front of him.

"Miki, long time no see." Luo Quan saw his old friend in front of him and smiled in surprise.

Compared with a year ago, Miki's face is tougher and more serious. This should be related to his promotion to management.

"You're back, General Manager Ishimura and I miss you every day." Miki made a disgusting joke, while also implicitly expressing his intention.

I think she is definitely not interested in her. I really want her to release a new album.

Just when Luo Quan was thinking about how to express that he had no energy to release new songs for the time being, Miki himself spoke first:

“Originally I came to see you this time, firstly to meet old friends, and secondly to ask if you have any plans to release new songs recently.

But on my way here just now, I saw your tweet. You are going to make a movie next, right? It's called "Rurouni Kenshin"? "

Luo Quan nodded: "Yes, what, do you want to participate in the production or invest in it?"

Miki said with a smile: "Of course we won't refuse if we can, but my main purpose is to get the distribution rights of this movie - if you don't have a suitable choice yet."

"You are also involved in this area?" Luo Quan only knew that Sony was very big in music and games, but it didn't seem to be very famous for movies.

Miki was a little helpless: "Anyway, Sony was also the world's largest film company at the beginning of the century. Although it can't compare with top movies like Universal and Disney recently, it is still quite powerful in Japan.

As long as you are willing to cooperate with us, the promotion and filming will definitely not be less than Toei and Toho! "

In Shangyan Shang, as a businessman, Sanmu would never talk about any friendship when discussing business with Luo Quan, but would only give promises and satisfactory treatment.

For such a sincere invitation to cooperate, and having cooperated so many times, Luo Quan didn’t know how to refuse:

"Then this matter has been settled. We will discuss the specific division later."

After the movie was negotiated, Miki didn't stay in Luoquan for long and hurried back to the company to make detailed arrangements.

After returning to the room, Junko lay on the bed and read "An Actor's Self-cultivation" that Luo Quan gave her.

This year, many members of Girls' Generation have taken on roles, mainly in TV series, and most of them have female protagonists. Some are popular and some are popular.

But for this group of girls who have never studied acting, whatever the filming looks like is expected.

There must be a lot of complaints about them on the Internet, but fortunately the girls are young, highly motivated and motivated, and are constantly learning and improving their acting skills.

However, for Junko and Yoona, they have not yet filmed movies or TV series, and they are basically focusing on the above variety shows.

so. Although Junko has learned a lot of theoretical knowledge on her own, she has not yet practiced it in practice.

And this time it is a big production with an investment of over 3 billion yen, and she has a lot of roles. She plays the second female lead and has quite a lot of opposite roles with the lead female lead Izumi-chan.

With such a heavy task, Junko was still quite nervous.

Although she was born into a kendo family, and her grandfather was one of the four great sword masters in Japan, she was actually not interested in kendo, so she didn't work particularly hard to learn it.

As a result, when it is really needed now, it suddenly seems to be stretched thin.

The only good news is that in this kendo-themed action movie, she doesn't need to show off her unlearned swordsmanship, which is what makes her most at ease.

It's quite ironic to say that as a descendant of the Yagyu family, she didn't even have the opportunity to show off her swordsmanship. I don't know if Izumi-chan knew that she wasn't good at learning, so she made such a design.

"Izumi-chan, will we have an emotional scene in this movie?" Junko put down her book on the bed and asked suddenly.

Luo Quanzi, who was typing on his notebook, was stunned, then looked up at her and said with a smile: "Why, you also want to have a wave of orange power, okay?"

"That's not what I meant." Junko blushed immediately and quickly explained: "I just wanted to understand the relationship between the two of us in the play, so that I could figure out the tone and look of the characters when they get along."

Speaking of which, the protagonist of the original work was originally a male, but now that she is playing the role, the protagonist naturally becomes a woman, and the plot has also been modified accordingly.

But speaking of it, in the main line of the original movie, there are not many emotional scenes between the male and female protagonists. It is more about friendship, protection, and bonding. Even the combination of the female protagonist and the female supporting role does not seem particularly inconsistent. and.

Moreover, there are currently more girls than boys in Japan, and there are so many girls' colleges and universities that the yuri style is quite popular, and the animation industry has produced quite a few yuri works, such as Qingyin, Dragon Maid, and Super Cannon.

There is such a culture here, so two female protagonists in a movie cannot be considered non-mainstream.

Besides, the main attraction of "Rurouni Kenshin" is the fighting scenes after all, and Luo Quan certainly won't put much emphasis on emotions.

Then, Luo Quan told Junzi about his arrangements and asked her to think about it based on the script, while Luo Quan continued to formulate the filming plan for the movie.

Compared with "Resident Evil", "Rurouni Kenshin" undoubtedly has more shooting scenes and the cost is higher.

However, there aren’t that many special effects that cost money. Most of them are mainly in the service and scenes.

The second is the extras. In addition to those street gangsters with no skills, she also needs a large number of extras with a certain foundation in swordsmanship.

But she had made arrangements for this from the beginning.

Junko's family runs a kendo gym, so why bother looking for something far away?

But I just don’t know what Junko’s grandfather, Mr. Yagyu Yansai, is thinking right now.

This sword master has always disliked her granddaughter abandoning her studies and family secrets to become an idol star. She took Junko away from the Yagyu Kendo Hall and had a great sparring session with the old man, which was a big waste of time.

This time when I visit again, I have to face Junko's father. I don't know what kind of problems he will face then.

However, no matter how many problems there are, they will need to be solved sooner or later.

Although Luoquan is a salty person, he never delays the planned itinerary.

In the evening, after signing the distribution contract for "Rurouni Kenshin" with Sony, Luoquan and Junko took the train to the Yagyu Kendo Gym at the foot of Mount Fuji.

This was his second visit, and he still wanted to ask for something. Naturally, Luo Quan would not go empty-handed.

I learned from Junko that Mr. Yagyu Yansai was also proficient in tea ceremony and liked to taste tea. Before coming to Japan, Luo Quan specially bought several famous Chinese teas in China, such as Longjing, Tieguanyin, Dahongpao and so on.

She didn't know much about tea. Anyway, she bought it from the most expensive and famous one, and she usually wouldn't go wrong.

"Grandpa, I'm back!" After returning home, Junko walked into the lobby of her kendo gym.

Outside, she is a gentle and lovely energy idol, but at home, her personality is like a runaway husky.

Mainly because she grew up among men. Her mother did not live in the kendo hall. She often practiced swordsmanship with a group of boys, so her personality inevitably became like a man.

Of course, he only behaves like a man at home. In front of Luo Quan and Wen Xia, Junzi is still as good as a kitten.

"Back." Yagyu Yansai already knew that his granddaughter was coming back, so he had been waiting in the lobby since this morning.

Just like the last time they met, there was an exquisite tea set in front of him, and the tea inside was steaming and fragrant.

"Hello, Grandpa Yagyu." Luo Quan stepped forward to say hello to the sword master, and then handed him a box: "These are some tea leaves I brought from China. It's not respectful to be careful."

"Well, thank you." Mr. Yagyu took the box and put it aside. "Speaking of which, you are here with Junko this time. You must have something to do, right?"

Yagyu Yanzhai still understands the principle of not going to the Three Treasures Hall for anything, not to mention that Luo Quan even gave a sincere gift when he came up, so there is no way he doesn't have other requests.

Luo Quan chuckled: "There is indeed one thing... I am preparing to shoot an action movie with a kendo theme, and Junko is the second female lead in this movie.

Now the movie needs some actors with a foundation in swordsmanship. You happen to be opening a kendo gym here, so I wanted to come and have a look..."

Mr. Yagyu was quite easy to talk to this time and nodded lightly: "This is not a big problem. You can just explain your intention to these disciples directly later. It's not like no crew has come here to recruit extras before."

"By the way, do you have any disciples here who are skilled in swordsmanship? There is a character in the movie who is a master." Luo Quan continued to ask while things were going smoothly.

"The swordsmanship is relatively superb... Apart from me, Junko's father is the only one." Mr. Yagyu said, turning to the inner hall and shouting: "Kouta, come out!"

Soon, a tall man of 1.8 meters came out from the inner hall. Junko went up and shouted happily, "Father."

"Hello, Uncle Yagyu." Luo Quan said hello immediately upon seeing this.

The last time I came here, I didn't see Junko's father.

However, she still learned a lot about her father from Junko.

Junko's father is named Yagyu Kouta. His swordsmanship is truly legendary. He won quite a few championships in national swordsmanship competitions when he was young. He is known as the "Sword Master of the New Era" and is much better than Junko, who is a dabbler.

Of course, the title is just a title, and the actual level is definitely not as good as that of a sword master like Yagyu Yansai, but it is definitely enough for making a movie.

After greetings, Luo Quan explained the purpose of his visit to this gentle-looking uncle.

When Kouta Yagyu heard that this was his daughter's first movie, he took it very seriously.

Compared with his rigid father, Kouta Yagyu is very open-minded and has always been very supportive of his daughter's career.

Now Junko's idol career is booming, and she can often be seen on TV and in the news. As a father, he is quite proud of his daughter.

But now, his daughter wants to make a movie, and as a father, he will definitely help if he can. Besides, the help he needs is from a professional counterpart, so there is no problem.

After the problem of important supporting roles was resolved, Luo Quan went to the gym where the disciples practiced and put forward his request to recruit extras. A large number of boys responded immediately and signed up enthusiastically.

Things went very smoothly! Luo Quan was overjoyed.

The corner of Mr. Yagyu's mouth twitched as he watched: This little girl talks to her disciples better than she, the master!