This director lacks vision.

Chapter 167 Breakup
Upon hearing Battul's challenge, Wu Jing gritted her teeth and prepared to accept the match.

After all, you can't lose face, at least not in terms of morale.

But Jiang Yifeng said, "We can have a competition, but we won't compete in strength or hand-to-hand combat, or we'll get injured."

Fortunately, the crew had prepared several sets of "armor," so everyone put them on and ran around a few laps to try them out.

"Since Wu Jing is so enthusiastic, you can go first."

Pacific Rim is a web series. The first season has 14 episodes, which is many times longer than the movie. Naturally, the plot cannot be as rushed as the movie and needs to be expanded.

The main storyline of Pacific Rim revolves around Sido's various actions in order to regain his memories, ultimately uncovering the ultimate secret of the alien invasion of the human world.

This storyline can be stretched out very long, and many subplots can be inserted. It could easily be expanded into a web series with more than ten seasons.

The plot of the first season of Pacific Rim revolves around Sito trying to regain his memories by joining the Jaeger Training Team in Zhonghai City.

Qin Feng and Wang Xiaoqiang also participated in the selection along with Si Teng.

Because the Zhonghai Mech Training Team suddenly expanded its recruitment, the two of them also managed to sneak into the Mech Training Team.

After joining the team, they discovered that not all mechs were colossal creatures hundreds of meters tall; some were miniature mechs only two or three meters tall.

In the training team, all members first pilot miniature mechs that are two or three meters tall to get used to various operations and to strengthen their mental fortitude.

Only those who are proficient in piloting miniature mechs and pass multiple selection processes have the opportunity to be selected by the national training team and get to work with real large mechs.

Within the official mecha development team, two different opinions have emerged.

One view advocates continuing the research and development of micro mechs, enhancing their performance in all aspects, so that they can effectively conduct special operations within cities;

Another approach is to conserve the materials from the alien beasts' corpses and focus on developing large mechs, because only large mechs can fight off the alien beast invasion.

The original research and development strategy focused on large-scale mechs had an absolute advantage.

However, during this period, the pace of the alien invasion slowed down, and calls for increased investment in the research and development of miniature mechs gradually grew louder.

The research team holding this view also put forward a very tempting reason—improving the various performance aspects of the miniature mechs would allow them to gather a group of daredevils to infiltrate the alien beast world through the black hole at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean to collect various intelligence.

This is a reason that the authorities cannot refuse.

Without knowing the situation in the world of alien beasts, you'll always be left only to be passively attacked.

This is also the reason why the Zhonghai City Mech Training Team expanded its recruitment.

With Si Teng and Qin Feng joining the team, they are candidates for the suicide squad.

Instead of being afraid, Si Teng was particularly excited about this situation, feeling that the world of alien beasts might hold clues to her memories.

Qin Feng and Wang Xiaoqiang also joined the suicide squad for Si Teng's sake.

Unfortunately, the team encountered the Beast Lake not long after they infiltrated the Beast World.

Not only did the team of 30 people die, leaving only 5, but Shuhu also chased them to the human world and engaged in a fierce battle with two Fish-Dragon Transformation Mechs.

After the great battle, the two Fish-Dragon Transformation Mechs were completely destroyed, and China obtained the corpse of the alien beast Shuhu.

A new mech model has entered the research and development cycle.

The information and materials brought back by the suicide squad greatly excited the research team. The authorities were preparing to assemble the next batch of suicide squads, while Si Teng recalled some scenes and discovered that there might be a traitor within the research team.

The first season has come to an end.

Therefore, in Jiang Yifeng's filming, in addition to large mecha, filming miniature mecha is also very important.

Initially, the production team planned to use a "binding" method, similar to filming large mechs, to combine special effects capture with real-world footage to film miniature mechs.

Later they realized it wouldn't work; the workload was too great.

Pacific Rim Season 1 consists of 14 episodes, with a total runtime of approximately 600 minutes. The total runtime of the large mechs is only about 28 minutes.

There are also some static images in this collection.

Don't think it's short; Jiang Yifeng has already put in a lot of effort to improve the system's rating.

Miniature mechas appear frequently throughout the series.

If miniature mechs were filmed like large mechs, adjusting parameters and creating frame-by-frame effects would be an enormous workload.

So after the final discussion, Jiang Yifeng decided to film the static scenes of the miniature mecha in the same way as the large mecha, while the dynamic scenes would be filmed by actors wearing special equipment and using green screen technology.

Finally, the green screen material and model material are used to fill in the complementary elements to create the final visual effect.

However, Jiang Yifeng didn't want the miniature mecha to look too fake, so the equipment worn by the actors was very heavy.

When the staff brought out the "armor," everyone stared at it intently.

Wu Jing was very excited and couldn't wait to put on the thick "armor" and start running around the field. However, he was out of breath after running for a short while and wanted to lie down on the ground to rest, but was helped up by two staff members.

Staff began to help Wu Jing remove her armor. Jiang Yifeng explained, "This equipment is made of alloy and has many electronic sensors on it. When using it, please be careful and do not sit or lie down casually."

Batel asked with great interest, "How heavy is this? I thought Wu Jing was quite strong, but I didn't expect her to be so weak so quickly."

Jiang Yifeng said, "The men's size is around 130 jin (65 catties), and the women's size is around 80 jin (40 catties). There will be differences depending on the size."

Special forces soldiers often do long marches carrying 100 pounds of weight. With more training, carrying this equipment won't be too difficult for you.

"..."

There was silence.

Jiang Yifeng didn't explain further, but said, "In the Rim of the Pacific, I will play the role of the ace instructor of the Zhonghai training team."

Now I will demonstrate to you how to properly use this wearable device.

Jiang Yifeng's cameo role was mainly to better experiment with filming methods.

In fact, there are often no conventional methods to follow when shooting these kinds of special effects films; the crew members need to use their own brains to come up with solutions.

Jiang Yifeng also needs to experience it firsthand in order to summarize more suitable shooting techniques.

He introduced the equipment while putting it on, then went in front of the green screen and began to perform various actions.

The camera system captured Jiang Yifeng's movements and generated the captured footage on the terminal display.

A 3-meter-tall mecha can be seen running, jumping, firing cannons, or moving forward at high speed on the monitor.

Although the footage is a bit blurry, it's still incredibly impressive.

Adding more details and optimizing special effects will then be enough to create a fairly good visual effect.

Jiang Yifeng explained and demonstrated at the same time, giving a demonstration that lasted for more than ten minutes.

After he took off the equipment, he was only slightly out of breath and didn't seem tired at all.

Compared to Wu Jing's disheveled state just now, the difference in their performances was immediately apparent.

Wu Jing immediately clasped her hands in a fist and said, "I'm impressed, Director Jiang, your physique is truly worthy of a man who can take down an Avatar!"

This remark elicited a burst of laughter from the audience.

Jiang Yifeng said, "Next, you will need to work out and shape your bodies, and also familiarize yourselves with the use of wearable devices."

The training period lasts 30 days; I only care about the results.

If the training still doesn't meet my expectations, I'll immediately replace the person.

After saying this, Jiang Yifeng left. He still needed to discuss the filming parameters and many details for the large mecha with his team. To be honest, Jiang Yifeng had some regrets after the Pacific Rim project started.

It's really not worth the price.

This project started in July and has been going on for almost four months now, and it's still in the preparation stage.

If all goes well, filming is expected to begin in early December.

The filming period will take at least two months, and there will be a huge amount of post-production special effects work after filming is completed.

Filming a web series takes more than a year, and the final reward is probably similar to that of Dark Glory.

If it's not filmed well, it might not even be as good as Dark Glory.

With that kind of time, Jiang Yifeng could have filmed two or three seasons of Dark Glory.

Therefore, one should not be too ambitious; if you want to play big, you have to pay the corresponding price.

Of course, Jiang Yifeng also gained something.

Creating a movie or TV series about mechs battling monsters is a fun and rewarding experience.

And Jing Tian was also very touched.

She felt that Jiang Yifeng had put in a lot of effort to promote her, so she became even gentler towards him.

Besides the Pacific Rim, Fengxing Media's other projects are also progressing steadily.

On October 28th, the second season of Dark Glory premiered.

With the success of the first season, Dark Glory Season 2 was highly anticipated even before its release.

This time, the video search was well-prepared, and there were no server outages.

The show garnered over 10 million views in just two hours after its premiere, breaking the record set by Sisters Who Make Waves not long ago.

It became an instant hit as soon as it premiered.

The only drawback is that the topic didn't generate a particularly high level of discussion.

The first two episodes had some exciting moments, but also a lot of setup, and the overall pace was a bit slower than the first season.

Because the first season had no existing audience, it had to be amplified from the start.

With more confidence, the second season focused on telling the story more seriously, so the emotional impact wasn't immediately overwhelming, but rather built up gradually.

Overall, the audience's feedback was very positive.

However, the show "Sisters Who Make Waves" aired at the same time, and the show stole the spotlight.

On October 29th in particular, the "Sisters Who Make Waves" contest dominated the Weibo trending topics list.

Because in this episode, the "Irresistible" duo, who originally had great chemistry, suddenly broke up.

Liu Yifei is a fun-loving person. She has repeatedly stated publicly in the group that her biggest enemy is Shu Chang's group, and that she wants to defeat Shu Chang and Liu Xiaoli.

Anyone with a normal sense would understand that Liu Yifei was joking.

But Yuan Li is no ordinary person; she actually believed Liu Yifei's idea and regarded Shu Chang's group as their number one rival.

As a result, the show frequently targeted Shu Chang's group, subjecting them to various sarcastic remarks.

During the scoring process, they disregarded the facts and insisted on giving Shu Chang's group a low score.

This angered Liu Xiaoli, and she started arguing with Yuan Li.

“You neither know how to sing nor how to dance. The judging should be left to Teacher He Saifei. It’s not your place to interrupt.”

"Why do some people believe in God? Is it because they have committed all sorts of evil deeds, such as stealing and robbing, and want to buy indulgences from God to forgive their sins?"

"Don't shout so loudly, I didn't say anything to you."

I simply threw a stone into the doghouse; the dog that barked the loudest was the one I hit!

This was Liu Xiaoli's first public feud on the show "Sisters Who Make Waves".

They don't make a move unless they're absolutely sure of it, but when they do, they unleash their full power.

Yuan Li was so angry that she trembled all over. Finally, she made a desperate counterattack: "What do you think you are? You just gave birth to a good daughter."

But you didn't give her a complete home, forcing her to live a life of hardship and displacement! You even subjected her to a barrage of insults and abuse. You are not a good mother!

These are Yuan Li's true feelings.

Although she has some mental issues, she is still quite sincere towards people and gets along very well with Liu Yifei.

Yuan Li said that because she genuinely felt sorry for Liu Yifei.

Upon hearing this, Liu Xiaoli became genuinely angry. She coldly replied, "It's none of your business to comment on how I raise my children."

I raised Sisi very well. As for you, you can't even raise a dog properly, what right do you have to criticize me?

In the end, Shu Chang and Liu Yifei stepped in and quelled the feud.

Liu Yifei's group did not adopt Yuan Li's suggestion and gave Shu Chang's group a high score.

Moreover, after returning to the group, Liu Yifei apologized first, saying that her previous words had caused Yuan Li to misunderstand, and asked Yuan Li not to talk about these private matters in the future.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Li felt that her sincere feelings had been wasted and that she had been betrayed by Liu Yifei. She immediately exploded and said that she would leave the "Soaring to the Sky" group and go to the free market.

Liu Yifei did not try to stop her.

The "Irresistible" duo has now broken up.

Yuan Li also posted a Weibo post.

Whether a person is happy or not does not depend on how famous they are, but on whether their heart is at peace and content.

It's obvious that Liu Yifei is a girl who is warm on the outside but cold on the inside.

She wrapped all her sorrow in a neurotic happiness!

Seeing this, Liu Yifei didn't know how to respond.

She thought Yuan Li was a good person and didn't want to hurt her, but she didn't want to hurt her mother even more.

So Liu Yifei sought help from Jiang Yifeng.

Jiang Yifeng had Shu Chang retweet Yuan Li's Weibo post, adding the caption: "Everyone is like this, using happiness to wrap their sorrow."

I care more about whether I am materially well-off than whether I am spiritually fulfilled.

Aunt Liu gave Xixi a starting point that already surpassed that of 99.99% of ordinary people in the world.

Sister Yuan Li, if you really have so much free time, you should spend more time caring for your dog!

What if your dog gets stolen?

As soon as Shu Chang posted this Weibo post, Yuan Li immediately started arguing with her.

The focus has been successfully shifted.

(End of this chapter)