Chapter 216 Golden Screen

In the dim and dilapidated picture, a blond young man in police uniform hid in a bunker with a gun in hand. Before he could catch his breath, a pair of hands appeared beside him...

He ran wildly through the cages filled with zombies on both sides. The hands that stretched out from the gaps in the railings turned into countless terrifying phantoms. As the camera slowly moved upwards, a slender figure in a red dress was looking down at the chaotic scene below, and then she disappeared in a flash.

The camera returns to the man in police uniform, who is seen hurriedly getting a supply of bullets from a corner behind a door and loading them. Then, behind the door with the word "RPD" printed on it, a shadow gradually approaches.

Raise your gun and aim.

The door was slammed open from the outside, and a young girl rushed in with a gun in her hand.

After realizing that the other party was still a conscious living person like themselves, they both put down their guns, and then quickly approached and took a back-to-back fighting stance, looking at the large number of zombies that broke through the cages and swarmed out of the passage behind them...

“Cut!”

Seeing that all the necessary materials had finally been shot, Su Yun raised her hand and called for the two leading actors, Tom and Meg, to take a break, then turned her attention back to the director of this gg film, Romero.

"After this lens zooms out, freeze here..." Due to the limitation of the equipment, Su Yun reluctantly used the tip of the pen to point at the small playback screen that probably didn't even have 360P resolution, "and then type in the name of the game series and the release time in the corresponding region..."

Romero nodded. "Yes, that's what I thought. All the titles of the titles will be in English, and the small print will be re-planned according to the regional language..."

It was just a short video of less than a minute, and the two of them quickly reached a consensus.

"This subject is really interesting. If you want to make it into a movie in the future, please let me know." At the end of the discussion, Romero said this to Su Yun very seriously.

"I certainly will." Su Yun shook hands with him in a friendly manner, and then told everyone to get ready to go home.

"Oh, leave all these props to me! I'll need them in the future!" Su Yun shouted quickly when she saw the corresponding costumes of the two leading actors after removing their makeup were also put aside.

Another reason for shooting this gg film is that Su Yun plans to make a bunch of cosplay costumes to be used in next year's San Diego Comic-Con after the game "Resident Evil 2" becomes famous next year.

Whenever she had free time in recent years, she would go to the Star Wars series, and she would use her position to take advantage of other things: after obtaining permission from relevant crew members, she would take various discarded props and spare props from the crew, or related peripheral products produced by the company, play with them, and finally donate some of them to be auctioned on the stand.

Although the San Diego Comic-Con has been well organized with the sponsorship of Su Yun and others, this kind of peripheral auction is not mainly for money: in fact, it is equivalent to the organizers giving benefits to Star Wars fans in the comic-con venue, allowing them to get some specific souvenirs of this year's comic-con.

After all, Su Yun would take time out to be a guest almost every year, and the "Star Wars" series of movies also came out year after year, so it could be guaranteed to the greatest extent that she would have authentic "toys" and limited edition peripherals corresponding to the new movie every year...

When people like Lucas gave up the higher director's salary before the first Star Wars movie was released and chose to obtain the film licensing and merchandising rights, which was considered a loss of the greater for the lesser in the eyes of most people at the time, Su Yun knew that she would never have to worry about accessories when she went to comic conventions in the future...

As one of the core members of the special effects production department, Su Yun received 2% of the peripheral profit share and the trial rights of new products from Lucas: Don’t underestimate this 2% share. From 1977 when the "Star Wars" series of movies was released to the 21st century, the profit value of "Star Wars" peripheral products has exceeded 30 billion US dollars!

The reason why Fox Films, which Lucas worked with, agreed to give all the Star Wars peripheral income to Lucas alone in order to save a little on director's salary and box office share was that at that time, although there were many different ways to share the profits of a movie, the biggest source of income for a movie was still from the box office revenue.

As for the peripheral added value other than box office revenue, such as videotape revenue, television broadcast revenue or revenue from related peripheral products, it usually does not exceed 20%-30% of the total revenue.

Therefore, even science fiction movies with the highest added value of peripheral products were not taken seriously at that time when people had not yet fully realized the money-making power of the word "IP". Therefore, even though Fox Film Corporation later became envious and regretful about the money-making power of Star Wars peripheral products, it could only sigh over its own wrong actions back then.

Time has not only proved that Lucas is the big winner of this game, but the peripheral products of the Star Wars series have also successfully set off a sensation in the collection circle.

During this period, Su Yun, who had witnessed a series of related industries triggered by super IPs such as the Star Wars series, the Lord of the Rings series, and the HP series, and had also become a cultural symbol, naturally did not want to be left behind and took the opportunity to get a share of the spoils.

Of course, in addition to the money, taking this opportunity to collect two "real" lightsabers is also one of the dreams of a former otaku like Su Yun: she actually relied on persistence and managed to get a blue-bladed lightsaber from the crew...

Perhaps only those fans who truly love this virtual yet real thing will shed tears and feel that "this life is worth it" when looking at a prop lightsaber.

Therefore, while it is still early, Su Yun has already decided that if she has the chance in the future, she will get the "real stuff" such as the prop rings from The Lord of the Rings, the prop wands from the HP series, etc. - oh, it makes her excited just thinking about it.

Not only do we need to make other people's authentic products, but we also need to make some authentic products of our own: then, the "Resident Evil" series that has been planned for many years was officially put on the agenda.

As televisions, game consoles, personal computers and the global economy were all in a critical period of rapid development, the game series took the lead in letting the completely innovative yet particularly addictive horror craze sweep the world.

While thinking about the future prosperity of this horror IP created by her own hands, Su Yun packed up the documents in her hands and took out the newspaper provided on the plane.

After she finished filming the gg movie with Romero, she handed over all the post-production work to Romero and Industrial Light & Magic. She didn't even spend much time reuniting with Tom and Meg, whom she hadn't seen for several months, but hurriedly boarded a plane to Japan.

Because a few days ago, Su Yun received a long-distance call from Yamaguchi Baihui.

On the phone, Yamaguchi Baihui, a super-hot rising star whose career was at its peak, told Su Yun that she was about to get married, and her partner was her long-time boyfriend Miura Tomokazu.

To this end, she will set up a golden screen, a prop traditionally used in Japan to announce good news, at a press conference in the near future, and announce her decision to retire for the sake of her family.

Although the two have been recognized as an off-screen couple by the Japanese public since they announced their intention to get married at the end of 1989, and with the memory of future generations as a precaution, Su Yun knew that Yamaguchi Momoe would choose to retire and return to her family at the peak of her career for the sake of her lover...but because of Su Yun's butterfly wings, Yamaguchi Momoe had more work, which led to her not announcing her marriage last year as originally planned.

Unfortunately, no matter how high her career reached, Yamaguchi Baihui, who valued her family, still chose her lover and family after trying her best to finish her current work for a year.

"Since you think so, I can only wish you the best." Fortunately, Miura Tomokazu is a good man. After expressing his feelings, Su Yun generously blessed Yamaguchi Momoe.

Afterwards, after quickly finishing the work at hand, Su Yun boarded a plane to Japan to attend the press conference with the golden screen.

In Japan, golden folding screens are a very important prop for decorating a scene - because, according to custom, if a golden folding screen is placed at a press conference, it means that the artist holding the press conference is going to officially announce the good news of his or her marriage.

As a rule of thumb... that's usually the case.

The only exception is the "Golden Screen Incident" caused by a certain scumbag.

Su Yun smiled and walked forward to congratulate Yamaguchi and Momoe, who had just announced the good news. Afterwards, she couldn't help but glance at Kondo Shinhiko, who was standing next to Nakamori Akina with a smile on his face.

"How did Mingcai get together with this guy?" Su Yun asked in a low voice to Zhao Liying who was standing next to her.

Su Yun's friends in Japan, Yamaguchi Baihui and Matsuda Seiko, have both signed contracts with other companies, and one of them has found a good partner and the other has established herself, so Su Yun is very confident in them.

The only person she signed was Akina Nakamori, whose family background held her back and whose personality was very soft and easy to manipulate, so that Zhao Liying could guide her while he was still in charge of the Japanese game cooperation business.

"They had a film and television cooperation some time ago. I've been busy with the game cooperation business recently, so I haven't paid much attention to her." After nearly three years of filming the "Thousand Faces Girl" trilogy, Zhao Liying regarded Akina Nakamori, a girl from an unfortunate but very tenacious family, as his own descendant. He usually helped her avoid a lot of trouble from the blood-sucking family. "I checked the assistant who was with her. The assistant thought that the two of them had a good thing in the scandal, so I fired him."

Although Zhao Liying himself was a foolishly filial son, after there were no elders in Japan who could suppress him, he worked very steadily, without any obsessive thoughts at all.

Therefore, it was also seen early on that the scumbag wanted to use his artists to get ahead.

It was obvious that the assistant was bribed. If she had not been replaced sooner or later, Akina Nakamori would have been coaxed by this scumbag into officially announcing their relationship.

Especially with the good example of Yamaguchi Momoe and Miura Tomokazu, the scumbag is good at talking and flattering the powerful and bullying the weak. If the inexperienced Nakamori Akina continues to fall into this trap, she will sooner or later be tricked by the scumbag.

As the reception ended, people in the venue gradually left. Seeing that there were fewer and fewer people in the venue, Kondo Shinhiko quietly started talking to Akina Nakamori, and his words were full of suggestions to officially announce the news of their relationship.

Although she was touched by Kondo Shinhiko's gentleness and consideration for her during this period, Akina Nakamori has been led by Zhao Liying for a long time in the past few years and has a certain understanding of the business in the circle: At present, she feels that the relationship between them is not deep, and they are all newcomers in the development stage. If they are officially announced, it seems not a good thing...

"It's okay. For you, I'm not afraid of any obstacles." Kondo Shinhiko looked at her tenderly, and then put his hand on the golden screen again. "Don't you like Yamaguchi Baihui very much? While this golden screen has not been taken back, tomorrow - tomorrow, we will also announce our news here and share their joy, okay?"

Perhaps girls of this age can never resist a lover who is willing to sacrifice for her. After some hesitation, Akina Nakamori nodded timidly.

"Great... Wait a moment, I have a call, you go wait for me outside, we still have to go our separate ways today." Kondo Shinhiko instructed.

The sweetness in her heart suppressed the slight abnormalities in her heart, and Akina Nakamori walked out briskly for a distance. But when she was about to push the door and go downstairs, she remembered that she had left a small notebook in the venue.

By the way, when she took it out just now to write down some emotional and inspiring short sentences, she casually put it on the chair!

Thinking that these small notebooks would serve as material for her future creations, Akina Nakamori turned around in a hurry.

Before entering the venue at the door, Kondo Shinhiko's low laughter could be heard. Akina Nakamori couldn't help but laugh silently as well, and then walked forward quietly.

The golden screen of the townhouse separated the two people. Before Akina Nakamori could go around it, she suddenly stopped because of something wrong in the words.

"Yes, that's right..."

"Akina's younger sister, Akina, has always been dissatisfied with her older sister and always wanted to surpass her sister and realize her dream of becoming a big star... I have already handed over the matter to both sides. She is also willing to take large-scale photos to gain popularity. After all, her sister is now one of the two hottest newcomers..."

"Are you afraid that Akina's reputation will be affected if I do this?"

"It does have some effect, but if I don't do this, she won't rely on me wholeheartedly - I spent so much time pursuing her, but she was always lukewarm..."

"That damned Mary Sue must have left Zhao Liying to look after her even when she wasn't here. Otherwise, I would have succeeded long ago!"

"You mean Marie Sue? She came here—"

"What? No wonder...it turns out that the Venice Award she won was also obtained by some trickery..."

"She caused you to lose a lot of money in the off-site market? You want to teach her a lesson? It would be best if you could take the opportunity to 'expose' her prize buying tomorrow?"

"This is very dangerous. Strictly speaking, what she did was reasonable and legal—"

"I only need to be in charge of breaking the news, and you will handle the rest? Well, I have to think about it. After all, this is very dangerous. Marilyn Sue is backed by the Zhao family of Hong Kong, which is a big family. If anything goes wrong, I will be a shield for those of you hiding in the dark..."

"As for the price, please come up with a figure first..."

At this moment, he was negotiating the price with the person on the other end of the phone and didn't notice at all the pair of bright almond eyes behind the golden screen that showed expressions ranging from gentleness and sweetness to extreme anger.