Chapter 24
Two days later, Qiao Yi Qiao, Xiao He, and Tu Yu came to the Huarui Entertainment building with this extremely "heretical" project proposal.
To be honest, Tu Yu had attended at least 500 project meetings and script meetings, but this was the first time he was so nervous that he kept drinking water.
Qiao Yiqiao was naturally very nervous.
But after all, he has been the boss for several years, so you can't show it on his face. He looks calm and even confident.
In fact, my big toe was digging into the ground in the shoe.
Although Xiao He had seen many storms, he also knew that he was doing something that might have never been seen in the history of Chinese cinema, and he couldn't help but clasped his hands.
Just like that, the anxious trio finally waited for Sister Wu and Mr. Qian.
Sister Wu walked into the meeting room with a relaxed look on her face, pouring coffee for the three people. "Director Qiao, it was right to find you. I've seen your segment, it's really good, very solid, and the budget is within controllable range. I think there won't be any big problems if we just move forward. I don't know why you arranged this meeting?"
At this moment, she didn't know what kind of storm she would face in the next hour.
Qiao Yiqiao encouraged himself in his heart, then cleared his throat and said, "It's like this, I have a new plan, and the previous branch may not be needed."
Sister Wu looked puzzled: "Do you think your writing is not good? Then how do you want to change it?"
Qiao Yiqiao smiled politely: "I don't mean to get rid of this branch, but all the branches."
Sister Wu still didn't understand: "What do you want? Go straight to the script stage?"
Qiao Yiqiao sighed and said, "We don't need any scripts, we just start shooting."
These words were like a bolt from the blue, exploding directly in the small conference room.
Sister Wu was so shocked that she didn't say anything for a long time. She was stunned for a long time before she half opened her mouth and said weakly: "You want to be... the King of Sunglasses?"
As we all know, the script is the basis of a play.
The only person in the entertainment industry who has achieved success by filming without a script is Sister Wu, who has only heard of The King of Sunglasses.
Thinking of the Sunglasses King, Sister Wu couldn't help but think that the man in front of her had some similarities with the Sunglasses King, such as their strong personal styles, and they were not from professional schools, etc...
But the King of Sunglasses is a legend after all.
What on earth do you think, Qiao Yiqiao?
Seeing that the conversation had come to this point and the necessary groundwork had been laid, Qiao Yiqiao stopped hiding anything and explained the entire concept of the film in detail.
First of all, this will be a movie without a script. To be more precise, it is a movie that will postpone the construction of the plot to after the shooting stage.
Secondly, they needed most of the extras, except for a small number of necessary actors, to be unaware that they were being filmed in order to retain maximum authenticity.
Finally, this is not a documentary, and the visual style of the entire film will be full of individualism.
In short, they want to build a real school where most of the students are so-called "bad boys" in work-study schools, and the protagonist will also transfer to this school, from which a series of stories will unfold freely.
The reason why it is not a documentary, in addition to the visual style, is another important reason, that is, the male protagonist will face many choices set by the director, and different choices will lead him to live different lives.
And no one knows what his final fate will be at this moment.
It can be said that this is like a combination of "Boyhood" and "The Truman Show".
All the extras will be Truman.
When Sister Wu first heard it, the sound of her mouth was o, then it became 0, and when she heard the end, it had become O.
The kind where you can see your tonsils.
Not to mention that the Chinese film market no longer exists, even if you look around the world, there is no such thing as making films!
They were about to take a road that no one had ever walked on before.
Sister Wu slumped on the back of the chair, rubbing her temples: "Wait for me to slowly..."
She couldn't keep her sanity at this moment.
Qiao Yiqiao took the opportunity to speak frantically: "In fact, this design is also based on two basic considerations. First, after a week of observation by our producers, we found that the four members of US do not have the basic qualities to be actors. If we ask them to act deliberately, it will be a thankless task. Second, in the film, we need to include important topics such as school violence and family education. If the presentation is not realistic enough, it will be counterproductive."
“But…but there’s no script. This means we don’t know how many difficulties we’ll encounter during filming. We can’t predict the response after the release. We don’t even know if we can form a story in the end! This is crazy!”
"Yes," Qiao Yiqiao was also very frank, "this is the risk we have to face. I can only say that through the early design, I will try my best to minimize the risks at these levels."
Tu Yu added at the right time: "Sister Wu, you also know that our budget is so low. If we want to stand out, we can only take unconventional approaches. Fortunately, Xiao Qiao is a director who likes to take unconventional approaches. If we can't make it into a movie in the end, at least we can make a variety show or a short video, right? One million and a half will at least give you something to look forward to."
Sister Wu fell into deep thought.
She didn't understand why she was tempted by this trick.
"Besides, don't you think that this filming method alone is enough to attract attention?" Xiao He continued to use his producer's signature skills and continued to deceive. "Although Leopard Eye Entertainment used the publicity and promotion fees to offset their share, how much publicity and promotion resources can they provide? 5 million? 10 million? You are also in the industry. You know that in a market as big as China, 30 million publicity and promotion fees are only enough to lay the most basic foundation, at most to the extent of checking the existence of this film. Without 100 million, it will not have much effect at all. Can they give 100 million? How much money can we save with our own gimmicks?"
"Yes..." Sister Wu was already a little uneasy after being talked into submission by the three big liars. She looked at Mr. Qian for help.
Unexpectedly, the vice president who had been silent all this time suddenly smiled and said, "Actually, this is a shooting method that is between a movie, a social experiment, and a variety show, right?"
Faced with such a powerful summary, Qiao Yiqiao nodded: "Yes."
"My request is very simple. As long as the 1.5 million is spent, it will have a greater effect than this." Mr. Qian took a sip of tea. "Business is a bit of a gamble anyway. Compared with other methods, I would rather gamble with your plan."
After listening to what Mr. Qian said, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
Huarui Entertainment should be willing to board this pirate ship of theirs.
"But I want to sign a bet agreement," Mr. Qian's glasses flashed a shrewd light, "If our share is less than 1.5 million in the end, you, Sunshine City Entertainment, will make up for it. If it is more than 1.5 million, I will give you an additional share ratio based on the profit gradient. This way, neither of us will lose money. How do you think?"
A businessman is one who does business as business.
"One more thing, if there is any negative impact on our company and artists during the project, all risks will be compensated by you."
Mr. Qian’s words are concise and to the point.
Tu Yu thought for a moment and said, "Deal."
After receiving the affirmation from her vice president, Sister Wu's pounding heart gradually calmed down, and rationality returned to her brain, prompting her to ask this question.
"Although this plan sounds interesting, how to implement it specifically? How to shoot it, how to invite those students, how to set up the plot... I think this is really an impossible task."
"We will discuss it bit by bit," Xiao He said, "Give us two weeks and give you a more specific plan."
"Okay," Sister Wu thought for a moment and asked again, "So you obviously don't want to use all of our US people."
"Yes." Qiao Yiqiao replied, "We only need Ming Ziqin. We only need him."
"Does he need to know that he is the protagonist? Does he need to know about this social experiment?" Sister Wu asked again.
Qiao Yiqiao really hasn't thought about this question yet.
If it is the most extreme case, it is best not to let him know.
But Ming Ziqin has suffered a lot.
It is obviously inhumane to artificially design pain for him.
Qiao Yiqiao was unwilling to do this.
So I'm still struggling.
…
After reaching an agreement with Huarui Entertainment, Qiao Yiqiao brought Xiao He to a work-study high school in the suburbs.
They are going to find the principal here to discuss the next difficult task.
Principal's office.
"What?" Principal Wan's beard stood up, "You want our children to make a movie?"
Qiao Yiqiao patiently explained: "We are not asking them to make a movie, but to take two months of cram school. However, we will make a movie out of their performance. They will not know about it during these two months. I will sign an agreement with them, so there will be no problem."
After listening to this, Principal Wan paced around the principal's office.
Seeing this, Qiao Yiqiao asked Principal Wan a question: "Do you believe that 'man is inherently good'?"
Principal Wan stopped and looked at Qiao Yiqiao: "Why do you ask?"
"The essence of education, is it to let them return to their nature, or to change their nature? I think you have always been curious about this, right?" Qiao Yiqiao said softly, "On my way here, I saw all kinds of activities you have organized before hanging everywhere in the corridor, such as the orchestra, the sports training team, the national flag class, etc. You have tried them all, how are the results?"
Principal Wan smiled bitterly: "It's useless. I can never tell them that the kind of life they yearn for is not good."
"Then leave them to me," Qiao Yiqiao said firmly, "I will show them the real life. As for what they will choose in the end, we will wait and see."
Principal Wan stared at Qiao Yiqiao for a long while, and finally asked the question that had been lingering in his mind since he first met him: "Mr. Qiao, what is your background? I originally thought you were... a gangster, but why are you making movies now? And you still want to make these kids better?"
Qiao Yiqiao looked at Xiao He beside him and smiled: "Maybe it's because I've taken care of too many children."
"Okay, I'm willing to let you try," Principal Wan sighed, "but how can I trick them into coming?"
"Don't fool me," Qiao Yiqiao said sincerely, "I will invite some great teachers. Just tell them that it's a closed-door tutoring course for two months. They will provide accommodation but not food. I think their parents will be willing to let them come. As for the grade, freshman year will be fine. I will need about 80 to 100 students. I also hope that when you invite students, please invite... the worst ones."
"Okay, if you provide accommodation, then we will prepare meals in the cafeteria," Principal Wan nodded, "You don't have to worry about the students, I will definitely invite the most troublesome ones."
…
After finishing the two most important parts of external relations, Qiao Yiqiao finally had time to go home.
He first spent five days to finish writing the script, and this script had no other use except to report it to the Film Bureau and obtain a filming permit.
As for whether the filming will be different from the script...
That will be explained later.
Then, he and Xiao He began to discuss the specific human and material resources needed for this shooting.
And most importantly, money.
First, they need to renovate the three small buildings they purchased.
But there is no need to renovate the entire thing. Just one floor, the dormitory building, the facade and the playground will be enough. In this regard, you can ask Producer Hao to help contact the set design team.
This not only allows them to renovate one-third of their office building, but also uses the money to make the set for the film project, so they don't have to pay for it themselves, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
They thought about the issue of video and audio for a long time.
No matter how you look at it, they need a huge number of hidden cameras.
If you want to buy it, it may cost more than a million.
This matter held them up for three full days. No matter how they designed it, the number of hidden cameras was enormous.
Moreover, in order to meet the needs of the film, the shooting quality of these cameras cannot be low.
The minimum expenditure is several hundred thousand.
It is obviously not feasible to spend all the offline production costs on this.
Just when Qiao Yi Qiao was thinking about giving up, Zhou Rong called him.
Zhou Rong was going abroad. Before leaving, he invited several friends in the circle and his students to have a small gathering.
The several gigabytes of diary that Zhou Rong left for him did benefit Qiao Yi Qiao a lot. Both the film techniques and the way of conception left a deep impression on him. It can even be said that the creativity of this shooting was influenced by Zhou Rong.
With this favor, Qiao Yiqiao gladly accepted the invitation.
By the way, he also wanted to change his mind.
The party was held in a private club in Heng City. Qiao Yiqiao knew that Zhou Rong was not very popular in the circle, but he didn't expect it to be so bad.
There were only three people here, Qin Duo, Qiao Yiqiao himself, and a girl with short hair.
Zhou Rong was also a frequent latecomer, so the three of them started chatting first.
The girl with short hair is named Yao. She is Zhou Rong’s current student and the only student this year.
When she saw Qiao Yi Qiao, her eyes lit up.
"You are Qiao Yiqiao, right?" she said happily.
Qiao Yiqiao nodded: "It's me, who are you?"
"My name is Yao Yuan, you can just call me Xiao Yao," Yao Yuan said, "Do you still remember the time you beat up that guy who was filming secretly? I was the one who forwarded that video to Director Zhou."
In fact, Qiao Yiqiao had always wanted to ask about this, so he asked, "How did you see that video?"
Yao Yuan immediately opened up: "I wanted to shoot a topic related to candid photography, so I looked up a lot of information on the Internet, and then I found out about the group on a forum on the Internet, and I joined it."
"When I found that group, I actually called the police right away. But because it was a foreign chat app after all, the people in the group hid their information very well, so there was only so much our police could do. There was no good solution."
Qiao Yiqiao was deeply touched by this point: "Yes, in many matters, there are limits to what the government can do."
"But there's you. Did you know that after you posted the video of beating that guy, many people left the group, and no one posted videos in that group anymore," Yao Yuan smiled. "To be honest, it's all thanks to you."
"But will this work? They will still take secret photos, but they won't share them here," Qiao Yiqiao shook his head. "All I can do is to convince that person, that's all."
He knew that what he could do was ultimately limited.
Yao Yuan was not disappointed: "It's good enough to defeat one person. Next, you have to believe in the power of movies. I firmly believe that after my movie is released, more people will realize this problem, and the situation will get better and better."
The power of movies.
This was the first time Qiao Yiqiao heard this word.
So does his work also have this kind of power?
Forget it, I am too weak to think about such a huge proposition.
It would be nice to be able to take a picture first.
Yao Yuan added with a smile: "Of course, this is the most optimistic view. I can only maintain this most optimistic view. Otherwise, there are so many dark corners. What else can we do as filmmakers?"
Thinking that the future of his project was still rather dim, Qiao Yiqiao nodded glumly, "Yes."
Seeing that Qiao Yiqiao was not in high spirits, Yao Yuan asked with a smile: "What project are you working on recently? Have you encountered any difficulties?"
Qiao Yiqiao has always been deeply influenced by the idea of "don't talk about it before it's done", and he was unwilling to talk about something he hadn't done yet, so he just said: "We are short of one million. Or, we are short of more than a thousand high-quality hidden cameras."
"I can't help you with one million. After all, it's the same amount that I make for a film myself," Yao Yuan thought for a moment. "Although I don't know what you need so many hidden cameras for, when I was doing research, I met a police officer who specializes in women and children's cases. They have handled a lot of cases of voyeurism and confiscated tons of cameras..."
Qiao Yiqiao's eyes lit up: "What's the name of that police officer?"
Yao Yuan told Qiao Yiqiao a name, and then asked in confusion: "But I don't know what they will do with the things they confiscate."
Qiao Yiqiao knows this too well.
According to national regulations, confiscated crime tools, if valuable, need to be auctioned or sold publicly, and the proceeds will be turned over to the state treasury. Those that are worthless or of little value will be destroyed!
Yao Yuan didn't expect that her casual words would make Qiao Yiqiao so excited.
This state of excitement lasted until the end of dinner. After Qiao Yi Qiao walked out of the club, he immediately made a phone call and found out the whereabouts of the extremely large number of hidden cameras through his father and grandfather's connections.
Sure enough, these items will be packaged and auctioned.
Most pinhole cameras are actually illegal products, their manufacturers will be held accountable, and the related items will be destroyed. Only a small number of them have practical uses, such as driving radars, miniature cameras and other hidden cameras that are used by criminals and can be auctioned off.
Court auctions often attract little attention. Before the auction of this batch of supplies, Qiao Yiqiao prayed sincerely to the Party Constitution.
And this time, goddess of luck was finally on his side.
There were only three people participating in the online auction. Qiao Yi Qiao guessed that the other two people were probably engaged in the recycling of electronic products. After he bid 200,000 yuan, which was far more than the actual value of these cameras, the other two withdrew from the bidding.
Therefore, Qiao Yi Qiao spent 200,000 yuan to buy nearly 10,000 extremely sinful cameras.
After receiving the goods, what surprised him even more was that the former voyeurists had made some modifications to the cameras in order to improve the shooting quality.
In fact, Qiao Yiqiao was very angry.
I don't know how many victims these people have caused in this way.
I am also angry that they obviously have the ability, but they don’t use this technology in the right way.
What makes me most angry is that I don’t know how many other people have done the same thing besides these people.
But when I thought about the fact that these people had been executed on the spot, I felt a little better.
Moreover, he finally found his filming equipment.
And his use can also put these devices to good use.
If cameras have souls, then he is doing a salvation for them.
Qiao Yiqiao spent another two whole nights, together with Xiao He, Jenny, Bulbasaur, and Pipi, selecting the usable cameras and debugging them one by one.
The decoration is already being carried out simultaneously. Qiao Yiqiao has also negotiated with the set design team brought by Producer Hao and installed these cameras in different corners of all classrooms, playgrounds and even the washrooms, so as to achieve coverage without blind spots as much as possible.
Different cameras have different shooting formats, and some images do not meet Qiao Yi Qiao's requirements, but this is the best solution, and the rest can only be left to post-production.
After arranging the filming, Qiao Yiqiao should finalize the highlight of this shoot.
Actors.
According to his initial plan, the actors were divided into five categories in total.
The first category is the protagonist, which is naturally Ming Ziqin. This one does not require any thought.
The second category is student extras. A large part of them are from work-study schools. Qiao Yiqiao has spent five days communicating with them one by one. On the one hand, he confirmed that they all have various "difficulties". On the other hand, he also explained to them that this make-up class may involve recording.
But if you don’t want to, you can ask for it later and their lenses will not be used.
Of course, when talking about this matter, Qiao Yi Qiao's communication style was quite obscure, and most students did not take it seriously. After all, they did not intend to attend the class seriously, so nothing went wrong.
The other part was made up of members of his gang who were of the right age. They only knew that they were going to perform a play for the students in the work-study school, but they didn't know that they were shooting a movie. Moreover, they would be tested after two months, so they had to study hard.
The third category is teachers. Qiao Yiqiao plans to recruit all of them from the gang, since there are several college students in the gang. However, he only tells them that this is a job to earn extra money, and does not tell them that he has been "resurrected" or about his plans for the movie.
The fourth category is the gangsters, which includes Li Wei, A'mo, Pipi, Bulbasaur, Johnny and their younger brothers. They will be an important part of this filming. It can be said that they play the role of TroubleMaker in traditional dramas, and many events will be caused by them.
The fifth category, Qiao Yiqiao thought for a long time and thought that there still needed to be some unique students. These students would probably surround the protagonist Ming Ziqin. Some of them would be his friends in case he couldn't make any friends, which was fine, but the other type needed to be people who could make him think.
Their existence was purely to prevent Ming Ziqin from not contacting anyone and thus causing failure.
Moreover, they also need to lead and guide Ming Ziqin to speak and reveal his inner thoughts.
These people also had to come from his gang, after all, there was really no money to hire other actors.
It's okay to be his friend, but people who might make him think...
Qiao Yi Qiao was sure that he didn't want Ming Ziqin to face any difficult situation again, and at most he could only be a bystander of school bullying.
Then the person who could cause him to think was most likely the one that Qiao Yi Qiao wanted to set up to bully others.
Of course, it’s also the actors who are bullied.
Qiao Yi Qiao just wanted to have such a villain appear among his characters, that is, the pure villain of this work, but who could take on this important task?
Qiao Yi Qiao thought about it for a long time.
…
Su Lang has been having trouble sleeping lately.
In other words, he has not been able to sleep well since he learned that his eldest brother might die more than half a year ago.
Even after his second brother found him and he lived in a villa instead of sleeping on the streets, he still had trouble falling asleep.
The reason is simple, because he knows that he is a burden.
Everyone in the Xi Cui Gang has their own special talents and the ability to make a living, except him, who has nothing.
It couldn’t be more ordinary.
He used to be a member of a gang, but he didn't dare to fight, let alone use a knife to attack people, and was eventually expelled from the gang.
He hated himself for being so cowardly that he couldn't even do the simplest thing in society.
So, after being fired, he wanted to commit suicide.
That day he was already standing on the overpass, and when he was about to leap, he was suddenly hugged by someone around the waist.
"Don't die on my territory. My homicide rate has been zero in the past two years. It would be so embarrassing if you jumped like that."
This was the first sentence the boss said to him.
From then on, he followed the boss.
And the boss is excellent.
He was never asked to hit anyone or do anything, he just had to stay quietly in the gang.
So his presence has always been low.
It wasn't until the gang won a big victory that the boss patted him on the face and asked him, "Why are you always unhappy?"
In fact, even Su Lang himself couldn’t explain it.
Was he unhappy only after he dropped out of high school?
Or had he been unhappy for a long time before that?
When he was in school, he was seen as a thorn in the eyes of all the boys in the class because he was not good-looking and always liked to play with girls.
The things the boys did to him included, but were not limited to, isolating him, taking off his pants in public, posting insulting notes on him, spreading rumors that he didn't have a penis, and making him drink toilet water.
The most outrageous time was when they forced him into a toilet cubicle and made him masturbate in front of them.
It was also at that time that he swung his fist for the first time, but he was the one who was knocked to the ground with injuries all over his body.
So he was expelled from school.
His parents were ashamed of him. After they had their second brother, they no longer cared about him and would beat him severely whenever he made a mistake.
So he ran away from home and mixed up in society.
I didn't expect that I would end up in such a mess after getting into society.
He is a person who can't do anything well.
Since he was a child, his parents have been educating him through beating, scolding and insulting him.
He knew that he knew nothing, and even though he studied very hard, his grades were still mediocre.
Therefore, he was bullied because he was not good enough.
The three years he spent with the boss were the happiest time of his life.
It was a utopian little group, and the best thing was, no one bullied him.
But now he only regrets that he did not seize those three years to learn some skills.
As a result, he is still a waste now.
He had no doubt that if he re-entered society at this time, he would return to being bullied.
Maybe, this is his fate.
He is someone who should be treated badly because he has no shining points at all.
If the boss also dies, should he continue to live?
He doesn't know.
The night breeze was blowing, and he began to walk around outside.
Why is life always so bitter?
However, he suddenly saw a figure he had been thinking about day and night.
The man was tall and thin, dressed in black. He stood in the dark, his clothes rustling in the wind.
The cigarette butt flickered, illuminating his face.
His boss is back.
Qiao Yiqiao waved to Su Lang who was out for a night run: "After all these years, you still can't sleep well?"
Su Lang burst into tears: "Boss, is it really you?"
Qiao Yiqiao hugged Su Lang gently and said, "It's me."
Su Lang couldn't hold it in any longer. The night wind made his crying intermittent, like a little animal that had been wronged.
It took a long time before Su Lang stopped crying.
Qiao Yi Qiao told Su Lang what he had done recently.
Su Lang was fascinated by what he heard.
As expected of his boss, he does everything well.
Not like him.
Nothing works.
But he didn't expect that the boss actually stared at him seriously and asked him: "I want you to act, are you willing?"
Su Lang hesitated: "Can I do it? I can't."
Qiao Yiqiao smiled and said, "Your face is enough. Besides, you are also familiar with the role I want you to play."
Su Lang has a very well-behaved face, big eyes and fair skin, like an exquisite porcelain doll.
But he always had no expression, was cold and seemed a little indifferent.
This is a very complex temperament and very rare.
Su Lang had been bullied for years by the boys in his class because of his appearance, and he didn't think he had any special qualities, but he still asked, "What role does the boss want me to play?"
"You bully our protagonist just as those people bullied you before," Qiao Yiqiao looked at him, "Don't you always think that being bullied is your fault? Don't you want to know what a bully really thinks?"
Su Lang was stunned.
Qiao Yi Qiao had tried to persuade him, but no matter how he advised, Su Lang always believed that it was because he did not do well enough that these bad things happened.
Just when he was thinking about who could play the villain in this play, he suddenly thought, what if Su Lang played the role?
No one knows the behavior of a bully better than him.
But no one understands the heart of a bully better than him.
…
A week later, Sister Wu received the news that everything was ready and they could start filming.
And what she was going to perform was this first scene.
US's dormitory had already arranged cameras in advance while they were not paying attention.
Even Sister Wu had a portable camera hidden on her body.
Sister Wu took a deep breath and came to US's dormitory.
"Ming Ziqin," Sister Wu's tone was unusually serious, "Let's terminate the contract. You really can't meet our company's standards for being an idol."
This news was like a bolt from the blue, and Ming Ziqin was stunned.
"But I have found a way out for you. Go back to school and get at least a high school diploma," Sister Wu left a document. "Don't say that all the artists who leave our company are illiterate. This is a cram school. You should study hard for a while and we'll see. The company has done its best for you."
After saying that, Sister Wu left.
Ming Ziqin was still in shock and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
Instead, it was Xiao Du who reacted first and sneered, "Oh, schools in the suburbs are much better than those in the countryside."
Dafeng and the others echoed: "Yeah, you're not suitable to be an idol. You're just okay at singing, so let's not do this job."
"Our group will be better off without you," Xiao Du patted Ming Ziqin on the shoulder, "Get out of here, you rubbish who can't do anything right."
"When the brothers become famous, they will send you concert tickets. I heard your mother is sick, right? If you want to borrow money, just tell us. We will give you a lower interest rate, haha."
Ming Ziqin did not answer, but just tightly grasped the document, bit his lip, and silently packed his luggage.
The whole time, not a word was spoken. !
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