The Birth of the Best Director

Chapter 219 The Princess of a Fallen Kingdom, the Broken Beauty Nazha Amidst Blood and Tears!
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After Lu Zhiyuan finished his phone call with Schwarzschild.

He turned around and saw Nazha grinning foolishly. He frowned slightly and asked, "Nazha, what are you laughing at?"

Can't even laugh?
Naza was stunned for a moment, then quickly stopped smiling, put on a serious face, and looked like she was ready to sacrifice herself for justice at any time.

"From now on, stop grinning like an idiot."

"I've told you many times that this is a movie filled with a somber atmosphere."

"Death, loneliness, sacrifice... people will stop at nothing to survive. This is the norm in the universe."

"In the past month, I showed you so many of Friedrich's paintings. Have you forgotten them all?"

In his daily life, Lu Zhiyuan is a very easy-going person.

But once he starts working, he becomes extremely strict with everyone.

They are almost ruthless.

"Go put on makeup."

"Let me see the final result of your makeup."

Before filming began, Gulnazar naturally had her costume fitting photos taken.

Lu Zhiyuan felt it was alright.

But sometimes, his inspiration would burst forth.

Once on set, he would adjust the actors' makeup as needed.

"Brother Yuan, I'm going right now."

After being scolded by Lu Zhiyuan, Nazha immediately became obedient, put down the apple, and ran away in a flash.

Reba and Hanikezi sat nearby, whispering to each other for a few moments.

"Honey, your teacher looks terrifying when he's angry. And that silly girl Nazha, she was grinning at him like an idiot while he was on a work call? She's got a death wish."

Dilraba knows Lu Zhiyuan very well.

Never get close to him while he's working.

Being verbally abused is the least of your worries.

"This is the first time that Sister Nazha has taken on an important role. She has no idea that when the teacher starts working, he is completely like a robot, and there is no room for the slightest mistake."

Hanikezi couldn't help but recall some painful memories.

Fortunately, she has finally made it through the tough times.

Of course, most importantly, they knew Lu Zhiyuan's mood and knew when to approach him and when to stay away.

Now that construction has just begun, there are countless tasks to be done, and Lu Zhiyuan is feeling very anxious.

Naza didn't even bother to finish her own business, yet she dared to eat in front of Lu Zhiyuan? She's got a really big heart.

"Honey, let's cheer each other on."

"This is the last film in the series. After filming, my sisters and I will go our separate ways. Who knows when we'll meet again on a film set?"

Although filming a movie may be tough, after the movie is released, they will receive plenty of glory and applause, as well as countless dollars.

Dilraba really enjoys this kind of life.

of course.

As long as Lu Zhiyuan needs her, she's willing to be his tool, even if it's just for a meager salary!

"Sister Dilraba, how much did Sister Ai negotiate for your salary for the 'Interstellar' project? Can you tell me? Are you about to make a fortune again?"

In the film "Interstellar," Hanikezi's role will be reduced and some of her scenes will be given to Gulnazar.

Even so, her salary was not reduced at all.

As Lu Zhiyuan's only beloved apprentice, although Lu Zhiyuan was very strict with her at work, he always made sure she received the best possible treatment.

For the film "Interstellar", Hanikezi received a salary of 500 million US dollars!

Her parents made a special trip to Yanjing, and their hands were trembling when they signed the contract; it felt like an unreal dream.

I work three months a year, and the rest of the time I play.

But he was able to earn $500 million!
Even after paying dividends to Yuankun Media and deducting taxes, Hanikezi would still receive approximately 1500 million RMB.

In addition, after the movie is released, she will sign several endorsement contracts, and her guaranteed annual income is now 2000 million RMB.

How can a young girl like her possibly spend all that money?
Her parents' only worry now is that Hanikezi will date a blond guy and get swindled out of all her money.

"What? If my paycheck isn't enough, as my best friend, are you going to lend me some money?"

Reba looked at Hanikezi with a smile.

Gao Yuanyuan, that scheming green tea, went to great lengths to become a mistress, even buying Lu Zhiyuan a Monet painting of water lilies.

When she heard the news, Dilraba almost went crazy with anxiety.

Fortunately, Lu Zhiyuan was not seduced by Gao Yuanyuan, that scheming woman, and remained steadfast in his convictions.

This relieved Reba.

However, Gao Yuanyuan's actions made Dilraba feel a sense of crisis.

She also wants to buy a Monet painting!
It can't be cheaper than Gao Yuanyuan's.

She has saved up a lot of money and is just waiting for the day when a Monet painting appears on the market for auction. She will do anything to acquire it.

So, during this period of time, she worked tirelessly to run business deals and sign endorsement deals, and has already saved up a lot of money.

Just waiting for an opportunity.

“Sister Reba, if you buy a painting for the teacher, you can become my teacher’s wife. I will definitely support you. But I’m afraid that no matter how hard you try, it will all be for nothing.”

Hanikezi sighed.

As Lu Zhiyuan's only beloved apprentice, she knew Lu Zhiyuan very well.

Under normal circumstances, even if Lu Zhiyuan developed feelings for a girl, he wouldn't cheat on Jing Tian behind her back.

This person's moral character is as high as his artistic achievements.

Sister Dilraba, if you want to be her teacher's wife, you're probably in for a tough time.

"Honey, you don't understand. Your teacher doesn't like owing favors to others. Sister Tian Tian helped him a lot at the beginning of his career."

"So, Sister Tian Tian has become our sister-in-law."

"However, as long as I put in enough effort, I am sure I can catch up and surpass others."

Dilraba also knows Lu Zhiyuan very well.

After all these years together, how could she not know what Lu Zhiyuan was thinking?
She knows one thing very well.

Faith will move mountains to open.

These words might not have any effect on others... but for Lu Zhiyuan, as long as he feels his sincerity and keeps owing him favors.

He will always remember it.

In this way, he thought of himself every day.

In the long run, wouldn't it just be... hehehe!

"Sister Dilraba, you can do it! I'm going to get my makeup done now. Otherwise, after the teacher finishes scolding Sister Nazha, she'll scold me too."

Hanikezi felt that Reba's chances of becoming her teacher's wife were very slim.

But as a good friend, she didn't pour cold water on her.

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shooting scene.

For this film, Lu Zhiyuan plans to use a lot of special effects.

On-location shooting only accounts for a small part.

The creation of all the realistic scenes was mainly to create a sense of loneliness under the vast universe for each of the main characters.

"Xiao Su, Brother Kun, come and take a look."

What do you think of Nazha's makeup and styling?

Naza finally finished her styling, and Lu Zhiyuan called everyone over to discuss it together.

Although he already had some ideas in mind, he still wanted to hear other people's opinions, hoping that a collision of inspirations might lead him to better ideas.

"I think it's very sexy and unforgettable."

Su Lun was the first to speak up, strongly supporting Nazha: "Nazha is already tall, and after wearing this black tight-fitting combat suit, she looks even more sexy and alluring."

"This designer is top-notch in the industry, and I think he meets the required standards."

After praising her, Su Lun frowned slightly, hesitated for a moment, and said, "However, her black tight-fitting combat suit makes her look too sexy, not like the kind of dignified and imposing figure."

"She certainly doesn't look like an alien queen."

Lu Zhiyuan stroked his chin, looked Nazha over, pondered for a moment, and said, "Then let's change the setting. The queen is dead; she is the last royal princess of this race."

"If she also dies, this race will have no royal family... The royal family represents the knowledge inheritance of their race and is the key to their continuation in the universe."

This is the background setting that Lu Zhiyuan made for the character Nazha.

However, in the movie, Naza's character has very few scenes, only having a collision with the Earth expeditionary force on a planet in the constellation Perseus.

Then they were destroyed.

In a sense, Naza is the first boss the Earth Expeditionary Force encountered after entering the Perseus!

……

When they encountered Nazha's race, the Earth Expeditionary Force excitedly believed that they had found an extraterrestrial civilization and wanted to communicate and cooperate.

Little did anyone know, Naza's race had just suffered a devastating blow and was in a state of extreme fear.

In the distant starry sky, the stars that were swallowed up were their former home.

Even stars cannot escape being swallowed by black holes, so naturally, the planets they inhabit are not spared either.

They went to great lengths to reach this planet and spent enormous effort to modify it, but soon realized that the modification was simply impossible.

Because the gravity of a black hole is simply too strong.

Before long, this planet will also be sucked into the black hole and become its food.

The immense gravity makes the planet's tidal forces exceptionally strong; waves thousands of meters high crash down, and even apostle monsters might not be able to withstand them.

Therefore, almost all the apostle monsters on this planet are dead.

This poor alien race not only had to fight against the Apostle monsters, but also had to face this vicious environment, so naturally they suffered heavy casualties.

Under these circumstances, the arrival of the Earth Expeditionary Force... Naturally, Naza's tribe chose to take advantage of the Earth Expeditionary Force's unstable foothold and start a war directly!
Friendly negotiations only take place when neither side can gain the upper hand.

Besides, the universe is a naked law of the jungle!

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In the movie Interstellar, Lu Zhiyuan designed several battle scenes.

The first battle scene is a great battle between the apostle monsters after traversing a time wormhole.

Clear the passage!

The second battle scene is when the human expeditionary force dispatches a small detachment to land on the flood planet where Naza's race lives.

Here, they killed some lone apostle monsters.

Ultimately, however, the artificial intelligence of this place used the planet's advanced technology to freeze and seal them away.

Behind this advanced technology lies the alien race led by Nazha.

This group of ordinary aliens are quite grotesque in appearance, wearing thick armor like ninja turtles, and wearing octopus-like masks on their heads.

In short, it's ugly.

However, these extras don't need to show their faces.

Only Nazha, as the minor boss, needs to make an appearance.

Furthermore, to showcase Nazha's figure and beauty, Lu Zhiyuan deliberately designed a black, form-fitting combat suit for her, reminiscent of Catwoman. It was sure to amaze audiences worldwide at first glance.

"It's beautiful, but doesn't it feel like something's missing?"

Although Nazha's appearance and styling are very stunning and she looks beautiful at first glance, for some reason, Lu Zhiyuan is still not satisfied.

coming!

He's here again!

What exactly is missing?
Brother, just say it!

Every time we start filming, the makeup and styling are all done, you watch for a while, and then you start to complain again... It's driving me crazy!

At that moment, Su Lun and Xin Yukun exchanged a glance, wishing they could hug each other and cry.

Working with Brother Yuan is great in every way, except for this one thing.

Every day I live in fear, afraid that he'll say something like, "Something doesn't feel right," and then the whole crew will probably have to start all over again.

It will drive many people crazy.

"Didn't you notice? There's no emotion in Nazha's eyes!"

The thing Lu Zhiyuan feared most still happened.

As a princess of a fallen kingdom... no, she should be described as someone whose home planet was swallowed by a black hole, who lost her homeland and all her relatives, and who is the last bloodline inheritor of the royal family, Nazha's character should naturally be proud and strong.

His eyes were filled with unwavering conviction, a tenacious flame burning within them.

But look at Nazha's eyes...

She was empty-handed.

“Brother Yuan, this is indeed a problem.”

Although Lu Zhiyuan is a freak who keeps saying things that feel wrong, others have to admit that what Lu Zhiyuan says makes a lot of sense.

Each time, he always manages to discover a surprising number of flaws in the character.

Naza is beautiful, no doubt.

However, there was no emotion in his eyes.

Like an empty-headed idiot.

Her empty gaze is so convincing that even TV viewers can't be fooled, let alone on an IMAX screen!
"Sigh, I knew it would end like this..."

Reba and Hanikezi stood far away, afraid of being caught in the crossfire.

This film marks Nazha's first appearance in a Lu Zhiyuan project, where she plays an important role.

To this day, Lu Zhiyuan maintains a record of having a crush on all these actresses.

No one could escape Lu Zhiyuan's attack.

Dilraba couldn't block it.

Needless to say, Hanikezi almost became depressed because of Lu Zhiyuan.

Liu Shishi disappeared after being stabbed. I wonder if she has any role in this movie, Interstellar?

Now, it's finally Nazha's turn.

As for Miss Jing Tian...

Although Lu Zhiyuan didn't say it, he must have complained a hundred times in his heart. Otherwise, how could he not even give Jing Tian a close-up shot?
"That's fine..."

After much deliberation, Xin Yukun concluded that it was an impossible task to significantly improve Nazha's acting skills in a short period of time.

At this moment, he came up with a terrible idea.

"Bro, whenever you need Nazha to show emotion in her eyes, I'll go up and slap her hard. I guarantee her eyes will be full of emotion, and she might even have blood at the corner of her mouth!"

what?
When Nazha heard this, her eyes widened in surprise.

You're something else, Kun Ge.

You promised to take care of me like a younger sister, and this is how you treat me?
Fighting whenever you want is also a form of love, right?

"Children won't amount to anything without discipline. I brought her into this world, so I have to be responsible for her future. No matter what, I absolutely will not allow all our hard work to be ruined because of her."

As Xin Yukun spoke, he had someone prepare hand sanitizer.

Before slapping her, he disinfected his hands to avoid disfiguring Nazha's pretty face.

"Brother Kun, it's not that bad."

Lu Zhiyuan told Xin Yukun to go further away and not to come up with bad ideas here.

Naza's face will be useful later.

It's not like we're only shooting one shot.

If someone gets slapped and their face is swollen, how can they film the rest of the movie?
At this moment, Lu Zhiyuan circled around Nazha a few times, looking her up and down.

"There is."

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he pointed to Nazha's ears: "Change these gold earrings."

"Change to blood-red earrings."

"I want an irregular chalcedony earring, like a drop of blood, just one, to wear on my left ear."

"It should give people a feeling of blood and tears that are about to fall but haven't yet."

The character of Nazha needs to have a stubbornness, an indomitable spirit, and a warrior-like quality that would never surrender even if her entire clan were wiped out.

However, judging from her appearance, she must be fragile, and she needs to convey a sense of pain.

After all, it is the broken beauty that can evoke heartache in the audience.

But how could Nazha, that idiot, possibly act out such complex emotions?
There was no other way, so Lu Zhiyuan could only resort to the old method and use a prop from Nazha's body as a stand-in to convey that emotion to the audience.

Just like when Liu Shishi bit her headband to tie her hair.

If you can't portray Nazha in a static close-up, then capture the beauty of movement.

"In addition, we need a prop to convey her inner grief and longing for her home planet."

The character Nazha represents not only herself.

It also represents the future of humanity in this movie.

Having lost their home planet, they wandered the universe and finally found a habitable planet, but it was about to be destroyed.

On the planet, there are also all sorts of monsters.

Even more surprisingly, alien forces suddenly appeared and came to attack.

In short, it was a heart-wrenching experience for viewers.

It's easy to imagine that the future of Earth will be the same.

If viewers can sympathize with Nazha's character, Nazha herself will definitely become popular.

"Brother Yuan, let's use the broken crown. Ideally, the crown should have some special energy crystal or store some special knowledge that can only be activated with royal blood."

Seeing that Lu Zhiyuan remained silent, Su Lun offered a small suggestion.

"can."

"This crown prop will be a backup option for now."

Lu Zhiyuan thought about it and agreed with Su Lun's suggestion.

After making final adjustments to Nazha's makeup and styling, Lu Zhiyuan gave the order: "Have all units prepare. We will officially begin filming the first scene, shot one hour from now!"

In special effects blockbusters, most actors don't need to film on location.

All you need to do is film some facial movements against a green screen, and the rest can be composited using CGI technology in post-production.

"Nazha is such a strange person."

"She is very beautiful, especially her eyes, which are as beautiful as pomegranate flowers. However, once she appears on camera, it is always easy to notice that the thoughts in her eyes are empty."

"Like a wooden puppet."

After the event ended, Su Lun couldn't help but mutter to himself.

At this moment, she even felt some sympathy for Lu Zhiyuan.

Every actress they cast is flawless in appearance, but all sorts of problems always arise...

Let alone Lu Zhiyuan, even Nazha, this little idiot, is driving her crazy!
When she was filming "How Long Will I Love U", she met Yang Mi, who has a stoic expression... Looking back now, thankfully, she wasn't as demanding as Lu Zhiyuan, nor did she have any obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Otherwise, this movie probably wouldn't even need to be made!

She'd be depressed to death first.

But yes.

She earned 1.5 million yuan at the box office and was ecstatic for several days.

Lu Zhiyuan's goal is to start with 10 billion, and that's in US dollars... The box office requirement is almost 40 times different. Can the requirements for the actors be the same?

"Teacher, you must be tired. Let me get you a glass of water."

After making a minor adjustment for Nazha, Lu Zhiyuan held a drawing board and was quickly sketching something on it.

Hanikezi's eyes widened as he went up to take a look.

This is a painting.

The person in the painting is Gulnazar.

She was kneeling on the ground, and it seemed like someone was pointing a gun at her head from behind.

At this moment, Nazha had clearly reached a dead end.

The background of the painting is a vast expanse of sky and earth, with lonely, desolate mountain peaks in the distance.

On a protruding rock face, Nazha raised her three-dimensional profile, her eyes stubbornly and arrogantly glancing at the camera.

On her left ear was a scarlet jade earring, like a drop of blood about to fall, swaying in front of her profile.

At that moment, as the blood jade earring swayed, it seemed as if mottled blood-red marks appeared on Nazha's cheeks.

It brought her an extreme kind of broken beauty.

Oh!
Oh my God!

The sun is setting...

The warm orange sunset fell on Nazha's face, complemented by this close-up shot and the transitions between close-ups, medium shots, and long shots...

I must say, these paintings are absolutely stunning!

Seeing this, Hanikezi couldn't help but feel a little jealous of Nazha.

At least in Lu Zhiyuan's paintings, you can't tell at all that Nazha is an idiot, has no acting skills, an empty head, and a wooden gaze.

On the contrary, Gulnazar's acting skills are full of layers.

The emotions were overwhelming.

Damn!

The teacher is a genius!
"Honey, there's always been a question from the teacher... Ugh, never mind, I'd better not ask."

Lu Zhiyuan couldn't help but want to ask Hanikezi, when the heavens showered down wisdom, did you dance students all carry umbrellas?
Liu Shishi was like that.

You are the same way.

Naza is the most impressive; she didn't shed a single drop of wisdom.

However, there are exceptions.

Dilraba is an exception.

They are very clever and quick-witted; they learn quickly.

Therefore, Lu Zhiyuan did not voice this question.

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(End of this chapter)