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Chapter 196: Filming Begins for "The Wandering Earth," Two Films Simultaneously Scheduled for the New Year Holiday?! (Please Subscribe)

When Guoteng Media's animation production department released the image of Nezha from "Ne Zha".

This left everyone completely bewildered.

Because in their eyes, Nezha is a child.

But it shouldn't be this kind of image.

In everyone's impression.

Nezha has a flame-like mark between his eyebrows, sometimes red, sometimes gold, which makes him look heroic and spirited.

A pair of symmetrical, round buns on the head, also known as "bun hairstyle".

A round face with a hint of squareness, reminiscent of a lucky baby.

With strands of hair flowing down his shoulders, wearing a bib, barefoot, and a lotus-patterned robe, he was a boy who looked like a dignified and intelligent little girl, and was very cute.

His usual weapons are the Universe Ring and the Fire-Tipped Spear, and he rides on a pair of Wind and Fire Wheels, allowing him to travel between heaven and earth.

When it comes to fighting, they are incredibly brave, with three heads and six arms.

Some people can still sing that song to this day: "It's him, it's him, it's him, it's him, our friend Nezha~"

This is the Nezha everyone knows.

However, the Nezha character images released by Guoteng Media are quite different from previous impressions.

This puzzled everyone.

According to the animation production department's settings.

The Nezha in the animated film has a double-bun hairstyle, panda eyes, heavy eye makeup, and a row of slightly scary teeth.

He had a red mark on his forehead, wore a Qiankun ring around his neck, dressed in red clothes and pants, and had a yellow belt. He looked like a short, unruly child.

This guy calls this Nezha.

Immediately, everyone started discussing and complaining.

"What the hell? Did Guoteng Media eat shit this time? How could they create such a Nezha character?"

"Yes, this is completely different from the Nezha I envisioned."

"What the hell? Did Director Song replace all the staff in the animation production department? Isn't this the same group that worked on 'Chang'an 30,000 Miles'?"

"I think so too. The painting style of 'Chang'an Thirty Thousand Miles' is so beautiful. How could they have made such an ugly Nezha?"

"I don't know exactly what happened, but I think Director Song would definitely review it. Does he also approve of this character portrayal?"

"It's making me almost afraid to watch."

Soon, the topic of Song Hao producing a large-scale Nezha movie became a trending topic.

#NewNezhaImage#
It ranked first on the trending search list.

Some curious onlookers also came to observe.

As a result, their first impression of Nezha was that they all complained about him:

"This thing is so ugly."

"My God, it's so ugly I don't even dare let my son see this movie."

"I originally thought that the animation department that could produce 'Chang'an 30,000 Miles' and 'That Rabbit' should have no problem with aesthetics, right? But it turned out like this."

"We strongly demand a change to Nezha's appearance."

"Yes, we'll all go to Director Song's Weibo to talk about this. We can't let such an ugly picture of Nezha ruin our image of him."

"Yes, yes, we'll all go."

Everyone assumed that the Nezha character design had not been approved by Song Hao, but was created by the animation production department themselves.

Therefore, netizens have been discussing this in the comment section of Song Hao's Weibo post.

"Director Song, you need to have the production department replace the Nezha character immediately."

"Yeah, it's really ugly."

"If I don't change it, I feel like I'll lose a lot of fans who will support me."

"That's right. You've just become the vice president, so you can't let the box office flop, or a lot of people will be waiting to see you make a fool of yourself."

Everyone already knows that Song Hao has become the vice president of the Film Association.

Everyone thinks Song Hao deserves the title.

In their view, one does not necessarily have to reach a certain age to be competent for a position.

Song Hao's achievements over the past three years are enough to prove that he is currently the most reliable director in China.

Therefore, no one wanted his first film after becoming vice president to be a flop.

Therefore, netizens hope that Song Hao can pay attention to the character of Nezha and take advantage of the fact that it is only in the early stages of design and there is still time to make changes.

At worst, we can just postpone the release date; fans are willing to wait.

The incident escalated over two days, with more and more netizens expressing their support.

They didn't want to see this character portrayal; they felt it completely overturned their positive impression of Nezha.

As a result, everyone in the animation production department was filled with anxiety.

They didn't even dare to continue designing, and all waited for Song Hao's instructions.

"What should we do, Team Leader Zhang? Should we continue with the design?"

"I'm afraid we'll be washed away."

"Yes, actually when I saw our design for Nezha, I also thought it was a little ugly."

"But didn't President Song say before that the character of Nezha is related to the plot of the movie? Nezha is not accepted in the story, and the character of Nezha is not accepted by netizens, so we have to break their conventional thinking and break their prejudices. That is the purpose of this movie," a girl explained.

Zhang Xianfu remained silent; he was now unsure whether he should persist in portraying Nezha in this particular way.

In fact, in the past three years, none of the films that Song Hao personally directed or produced have been bad.

So this time they should continue to trust their boss.

After all, the boss is the one who pays their salaries.

While they were discussing this.

Unexpectedly, Song Hao came to the department office and said to everyone, "It's okay, just continue creating based on this character design."

One of the employees, Dapeng, was clearly a little worried.

This is their team's second film.

The fact that the first part of "Chang'an 30,000 Miles" was produced in such a short time was a pleasant surprise to everyone.

Now that they're making their second movie, the mere presence of Nezha as the main character has already generated such a huge buzz.

They don't know if what they're insisting on is right or wrong.

He then asked, "Mr. Song, are we going to stick with this Nezha character design? More and more people are starting to question our character design."

Song Hao smiled and said, "Don't worry, everything is under my control. There's no problem. Go ahead and do it. If you get scolded, it's me who will be scolded, not you."

Zhang Xianfu knew he should stand firmly with his boss at this moment. He then looked at his colleagues in the department and said, "Everyone, get back to your work right now. Do whatever General Manager Song asks us to do. We must trust General Manager Song."

"Yes, we must trust President Song."

"I'll design Shen Gongbao right now!"

"Let's all cheer each other on, and believe in each other."

"Yes, trust each other."

After a burst of self-motivational encouragement, everyone got back into the research and design phase.

Song Hao also promptly shifted the focus on Weibo.

He posted many pictures of everyone's careful design and hard work.

These images also prove that the character design of Nezha was approved by Song Hao himself.

This has left everyone quite puzzled.

"Why did Director Song create such a contrasting Nezha?"

"It seems like Director Song has gotten a bit cocky after achieving good results and has started to show off his unique personal ideas."

"Hahaha, every famous director is like that. Don't forget Director Zhang."

"They're all pretty much the same. All I can say is that in this environment, as long as Director Song doesn't make any weird or strange films, it'll be fine."

"I think I'm still looking forward to Director Song's sci-fi movies."

"I won't support this animated film for now."

"I also think so."

Time passes day by day.

Every character design created by the animation department must be reviewed by Song Hao.

A character's image needs to go through at least dozens of revisions.

Shen Gongbao, in particular, underwent even more revisions than Nezha.

During this time, Song Hao shared his thoughts: "When Shen Gongbao and Ao Bing are talking, his human face should gradually transform into a leopard face. Can you guys do that?"

At this point, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

That's quite difficult.

However, we must be brave enough to face difficulties.

Da Peng, who was in charge of designing Shen Gongbao, spent a full half month creating the special effects model.

After seeing Shen Gongbao's character design, Song Hao nodded in approval and said, "That's right, that's the feeling we need."

In this way, everyone in the department completed one goal after another.

During this period, Song Hao also contacted about 20 animation and special effects companies in China.

They were instructed to coordinate with Zhang Xianfu to produce special effects.

Despite knowing the task was daunting, these special effects companies persevered in their efforts to create a classic animated feature film.

at the same time.

Lao Yu from the space agency told Song Hao that the simulated space station had been completed.

Song Hao also immediately went to the space agency to check.

He was quite surprised when he saw the space station in front of him.

It was exactly the same as the real thing he remembered.

Moreover, in order to facilitate filming, Lao Yu even had the space station suspended, which was enough for Song Hao to shoot the highest quality outdoor scenes.

Seeing this scene, Song Hao couldn't help but ask Lao Yu, "Teacher Yu, how much does this simulated space station cost?"

"There's no need to worry about the cost. In fact, we already had a similar space station before, but we just made some modifications based on what you said," Old Yu said cheerfully.

But Song Hao knew in his heart that anything related to aerospace was a real money pit.

Old Yu didn't say much, and he didn't ask any further questions. After all, the space agency had plenty of funds, and if he were to be responsible for the entire production cost without the space agency's investment, it would increase considerably.

After the simulated space station was completed, Song Hao began preparing the actors.

This play has several important characters.

One is astronaut Liu Peiqiang, who has been performing missions on the space station.

Another one is Liu Qi, who is Liu Peiqiang's son in the play.

The character Han Ziang is Liu Qi's maternal grandfather and a senior driver of the No. 373 heavy industrial transport vehicle.

Another one is Han Duoduo, an orphan whose parents died in the tsunami and who was adopted by Liu Qi's maternal grandfather, Han Zi'ang.

Having grown up in an underground city, I have no memory of the outside world anymore.

She didn't believe in hope because she didn't even have a memory of the sun.

Duoduo grew up with her grandfather and brother, who were connected to the underground city, while her parents were connected to the outside world. So Duoduo really wanted to go out and see the world.

Song Hao had already decided on Wu Jing to play the role of Liu Peiqiang.

As for Han Zi'ang's scenes, he also contacted Wu Mengshu in advance.

Although Wu Mengshu has now retired, he knows that he still wants to continue acting and leave more works in everyone's hearts.

One day, when people look back at this movie, they will remember him.

So Wu Mengshu readily agreed.

Liu Qi, as Liu Peiqiang's son, has a lot of screen time.

As the representative of the younger generation in the entire series, he is impulsive, reckless, but responsible, characteristics that are quite hard to find among some actors.

So he found a young actor named Wu Lei.

When Wu Lei learned that Song Hao wanted him to play the lead role in a science fiction movie...

Very excited.

He immediately nodded and agreed, "No problem, Director Song, I'll do whatever you ask me to do."

Director Song said with a smile, "Don't worry, as long as you read the script, you will be able to use your own ideas to portray the character of Liu Qi."

The only role missing now is Han Duoduo.

At first, Song Hao wanted to choose from the five beauties under the company.

Jin Chen, Ni Ni, Liu Shuangshi, Li Qinqin, and Zhang Tianai.

However, they are all a bit older, and if they were to play Liu Qi's younger sister, Han Duoduo, the audience might find it a little jarring.

In addition, Song Hao secured a lot of resources for them that year.

They are all currently filming dramas.

It's not necessarily possible to find the time.

Therefore, Song Hao plans to cultivate a new Song Girl.

After all, there are still many young actresses.

He also went to the film academy to publicly recruit female leads.

But after looking around, there were no suitable candidates.

Even some female film students, upon learning that Song Hao was going to choose the female lead, did not want to miss such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Some even proactively gave their contact information to Song Hao's assistant.

She expressed her hope that Song Hao could give her a chance.

Faced with such shameless attempts to climb the ladder, Song Hao felt that these actresses had no real light in their eyes.

Therefore, Song Hao went to the drama academy, intending to find other types of female college students.

Sure enough, while making his selections, he suddenly noticed a girl whose resume stated that she had played the role of Ling Meiqi in Balala the Fairies.

Upon seeing the name Zhao Jinmai, Song Hao had his assistant contact her.

The moment Song Hao saw Zhao Jinmai's face, he knew that this was the person he was looking for.

He then asked Zhao Jinmai, "Would you like to join my Guoteng Media? I guarantee you'll have plenty of resources coming your way."

Zhao Jinmai naturally knew that among the many directors in China today, Song Hao was definitely a top-notch one.

She immediately nodded and said, "I do."

Although she is only a freshman, such an opportunity is rare and she must make the most of it.

Seeing how young Zhao Jinmai was, Song Hao was also very pleased.

Now, his company has gained some fresh blood.

And so, Zhao Jinmai successfully joined the cast of "The Wandering Earth".

Three days later, Song Hao invited everyone together to study the script in detail.

Wu Jing looked at Uncle Meng with great surprise, then turned to Song Hao and said, "Good heavens, you actually managed to invite Uncle Meng here! That's wonderful."

“We definitely need a veteran actor to anchor our production,” Song Hao said with a smile.

Uncle Meng was very modest. He smiled and said repeatedly, "I'm already retired. I'm very grateful to Director Song for not minding me and for specially inviting me to film this movie."

As a newcomer who had just debuted, Zhao Jinmai was somewhat at a loss when she saw so many well-known actors.

Song Hao said, "Don't worry, everyone in my crew is like a friend, so don't feel any pressure."

Zhao Jinmai nodded, her psychological dependence shifting slightly towards Song Hao.

Then, Song Hao handed the script to them.

The rest of the day was spent studying it.

Since Uncle Meng was indeed quite old, Song Hao was very considerate and allowed him to rest for a while every half hour. He even arranged a VIP room for him to lie down and take a nap.

Uncle Meng was naturally very moved by this arrangement.

After all, for a veteran actor like him, to be specially invited and arranged by a famous director is already quite remarkable.

He was also thinking that he must give it his all and perform this role well.

It wasn't just Uncle Meng; everyone else was the same.

They also felt valued by Song Hao.

Even though Zhao Jinmai wasn't quick to understand the script, she was trying her best to catch up with everyone else.

Song Hao was also instructing them from the side.

With the personnel confirmed.

The Wandering Earth is about to start filming.

The project has also been successfully approved by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.

After everything was ready, Song Hao chose an auspicious day.

A launch ceremony was held.

At the press conference for the start of filming, many reporters asked Song Hao: "Director Song, you have always been a prolific filmmaker. While others need half a year to shoot, you only need one or two months. Even with so many war scenes, 'Operation Red Sea' only took a little over two months to shoot. So how long will it take to shoot this movie?"

Song Hao took the microphone and said, "This film, 'The Wandering Earth,' is different from the past, and even more different from the previous film, '2012.' If '2012' was the first science fiction film, then this film, 'The Wandering Earth,' will open a new chapter for Chinese science fiction. The filming time may be a bit long, about half a year."

"If the filming takes about six months, how long will it take to produce the finished film? When will it be released?" the reporter asked again.

Song Hao then said, "If everything goes smoothly, it should be released nine months later during the Chinese New Year, which means it will be released during the Lunar New Year holiday."

Hearing this, everyone became excited.

At the same time, a reporter asked: "This time I noticed that there are veteran actors like Uncle Meng, well-known actors like Wu Jing, and also newcomers like Zhao Jinmai and Wu Lei. I would like to ask Director Song what criteria he used to select the actors?"

"Actually, when all the characters in the script came out, I immediately had similar images in my mind, so I searched for them one by one according to the images in my mind. As for the new actors, you will see their wonderful performances in the movie later."

Then a reporter asked Zhao Jinmai: "Jinmai, you previously filmed Balala the Fairies. What are your expectations for this large-scale science fiction movie with Director Song?"

"To be honest, I never expected Director Song to choose me. I'm still very touched. I've always been a slow reader of scripts, and he guided me step by step. I'm very grateful." Zhao Jinmai blushed and became shy after saying this.

Seeing this, the reporter, not wanting to miss out on the fun, continued to ask: "In the past, the leading actresses in Director Song's films were always called 'Song Girls,' such as Ni Ni, Jin Chen, and Liu Shuangshi. Do you have any hope of becoming the next Song Girl this time?"

Zhao Jinmai hesitated, unsure of how to answer.

Song Hao then came to her rescue, saying, "She's still a child. Why do you always make things difficult for her?"

This remark drew laughter from everyone.

Zhao Jinmai smiled happily as she looked at Song Hao, who had come to her rescue.

As the press conference was about to end, the reporters naturally wanted to get more information.

Especially the Nezha animated film, which is currently being produced on two separate fronts.

A reporter asked curiously, "Director Song, in which animated film did you get permission to use the image of Nezha, which was quite unexpected?"

Song Hao nodded: "That large-scale animated film, all the characters and all the designs were done with my permission. Of course, the Nezha you see now is indeed hard to accept in terms of appearance, but after watching the movie, you will understand why it was designed and arranged this way."

This sentence is also a hook.

That's enough to pique everyone's curiosity.

Sure enough, after the media posted the interview reports online, everyone was very curious.

"Wow, this movie is called 'The Wandering Earth,' what an awesome name."

"Is Earth about to leave? Otherwise, why would it be called 'wandering'?"

"I think that makes sense. Didn't they say before that the sun would explode? So Earth needs to leave the solar system."

"This is hilarious. A bunch of middle school students who haven't studied physics, right? How could Earth possibly escape the gravity of the solar system? Let alone leave and wander? That's laughable. I think it's just a gimmick."

"Looking forward to Director Song's works!"

At the same time, some people are also paying attention to Song Hao's animated film.

"It seems that the ugly Nezha image was approved by Director Song."

"I'm very curious why Director Song likes this kind of Nezha."

"It is indeed quite ugly. I hope the story is interesting and won't affect the visual experience."

"Song Hao was filming 'The Wandering Earth' while also producing an animated film. It must have been exhausting."

"By the way, when will the animated movie be released?"

"Could it be released at the same time as The Wandering Earth? As a Lunar New Year film?"

"Yes, yes, yes, it's a Lunar New Year film!!"

More and more fans are eagerly anticipating the simultaneous release of two films by the same director during the Lunar New Year holiday season—what a spectacle that would be!
Song Hao also received feedback from his fans.

He also replied to one of the netizens' comments: "If possible, both 'The Wandering Earth' and 'Ne Zha' would be released during the Lunar New Year holiday to satisfy everyone!"

This reply was instantly shared countless times!

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