Naturally, Wang Yue didn't know about Li Yunlong's struggles, because when he was struggling, Wang Yue had already taken Tasha to Rome, where he was going to shoot an advertisement for the Rome series of products.
Ordinarily, it would not have been so troublesome to put it out in 1940. It would have been enough to find a few art students to draw some posters. Because there was neither television nor the Internet in this era, and limited by the limitations of printing technology, even the promotion of print advertisements was not very effective.
But Wang Yue is not afraid. Just like print advertisements, the copper plate printing technology has been very mature at this time, and the color photo technology has almost developed. The root problem that cannot be promoted is cost, but cost is not a factor at all for Wang Yue. The problem is good, he can just print a large batch here in the 21st century and ship it there.
Let’s take commercials as another example. Doesn’t he also have movies? Isn’t it normal practice to add an advertisement at the beginning and end of a movie? There are also advertisements in the film, just like "The Eight Hundred". The prominent Coca-Cola advertisement in it was changed to Roma Cola. Regardless of this, many product placements in the film were replaced.
In fact, it is not laborious. Just find a few small studios and modify it frame by frame. The cost is really nothing to Wang Yue. You have to thank the power of technological progress. If this kind of work was done in 1940, The cost is estimated to be as high as reshooting.
Considering the cost of shooting, the shooting team this time was brought from China, and digital equipment was used for shooting. This was also to facilitate later modification and rendering. After all, this thing will definitely have some problems that need to be modified. Just like the films that Wang Yue plans to "introduce", they will be blocked by the system from time to time. However, the system is very humane. This guy always cuts the film that needs to be modified directly, which can be regarded as convenient for him to modify.
As for the models, they are all high-quality but not famous models from China and the Balkans. It is not to save money, it is really unnecessary, because he does not need any stars at all, even the superstars of the 21st century. By 1940, he was just a passerby.
As for movie stars? Does it cost money? Let’s take a look at face-changing technology. Unless the Actors Studio can file a lawsuit in 1940, otherwise, it can be used however you want.
The advertising shoot went smoothly at the beginning, but things quickly began to change. At first, there was a problem with electricity. The coordinated external power supply was not moving and there was a problem. Wang Yue didn't pay much attention to this. This is Europe. A lot of the infrastructure is from a hundred years ago, the voltage is unstable, and power outages are trivial matters.
Wang Yue was also brave and bought two generator cars directly, but trouble soon came again. The actresses he brought from China disappeared inexplicably. The producer of the advertising company went to report the crime, but the local police However, the bureau refused to open a case no matter what, requiring them to prove that the person was missing instead of going on a trip to relax.
Tasha also received news from "friends" at this time. It turned out that they were targeted by the local mafia and did not take the initiative to pay the favor. She discussed this matter with Wang Yue and felt that That's all. You can't be too unsociable and have to follow the rules, so I thought I'd just pay the money and forget it.
According to "usual practice", an advertising company of their size would only pay 10,000 euros. After all, this is the same for many of the crew from Bald Eagle.
What Wang Yue and Tasha didn't expect at first was that the local mafia actually asked for one million euros. Without this price, they would have stopped filming. Maybe they wanted to put pressure on them. The crew was there that day. The hotel caught fire.
In the fire, although everyone was fine, all the equipment was destroyed, with direct losses of half a million US dollars.
Not to mention, no hotel in Rome was willing to accommodate them, even those hotels controlled by domestic capital were no exception.
Wang Yue is really angry. This is shameless. Do you really think we can't have fun without you?
Just now, a hundred luxury RVs were towed back that day. In order to prevent the mafia from continuing to take action, he did not rent a car, but bought it directly. Anyway, he had plenty of ways to transport the cars to Libby, and he did not worry about waste.
And Tasha also mobilized more than a hundred big men through the local Maozi gang, all of whom were regular bodyguards who could legally hold guns. For the missing actress, she also released a huge hidden secret of one million euros, and made it clear that , if the girl is killed or injured, the one million euros will become a reward.
I thought that the local mafia would be afraid of this, but it didn't happen. The next day, the local police station, tax bureau, immigration, customs, quarantine and other departments all showed up, taking turns looking for trouble. The filming couldn't go on at all.
How to proceed? The local cultural department doesn't even allow exterior lighting. They insist that those lights will destroy cultural relics. The damaged cultural relics are neither murals nor oil paintings. They are either granite or quartzite. It won't matter for thousands of years. I will light them. Is something going on?
Even actors were told to stop putting on makeup. They said that cosmetics are chemical ingredients and will corrode ancient buildings and cause damage over time. What a joke. According to this explanation, women all over the world would not have to go out. What a joke?
The police department went even further. On the first day, hundreds of people came to inspect the security personnel's firearms, and they took them back for inspection. As for how long the inspection took, that was confidential.
On the second day, they sent several mounted policemen to roam around the filming location. They also brought a small helicopter and flew over the filming location, causing the filming location to fly. It's impossible to shoot a dog jumping, which leaves everyone who wants to use post-processing methods to solve the shooting problem completely at a loss. But you can't do anything. People are here to protect you. What can you do?
At this time, Tasha also got the most in-depth news. It turned out that the order to cause trouble this time actually came from the top of the Mafia, and even if they really paid one million euros, it would be useless. The instructions they received were directly The reason why you are not allowed to film is very simple, that is, the oil company thinks this is a rare opportunity to cause trouble for Tasha. They just want to disgust Tasha and stop Tasha from being too arrogant.
As for taking this opportunity to kill Tasha? Don't be ridiculous, they won't dare to take action easily before they understand Tasha's methods.
