Chapter 474 The Lord of Mysteries (6K)
"That's right, this is the successor of my mantle." Chen Linfeng boasted unceremoniously.
Feng Xiaogang choked up, "How old are you when you start looking for someone to inherit your mantle?"
"This is called having ambitions but not growing old."
Feng Xiaogang couldn't help complaining, "I said you, a great talent, use words indiscriminately."
While the two were joking with each other, Chen Linfeng was still carefully checking the footage.
Guo Fan also came to the side and stood watching.
This relatively difficult shot was not his turn to take.
But Director Chen was late before.
Then Director Feng and the rest of the crew all encouraged him to do it.
Even Leonardo and others came to join in the fun, so he just went along with the flow and started filming.
Now, it's time for testing.
Guo Fan swallowed, feeling nervous as if his homework was being checked by the teacher.
"Hmm...it looks okay. I'll add Sissy's footage later and it will be ready for use."
After all, it was Feng Xiaogang who pointed it out. Chen Linfeng read it carefully twice and found no major problems.
Guo Fan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Cheng Er patted him on the shoulder and said, "Let me tell you, the director won't care. You did a good job."
"Director Guo's level is very high." There are also people who come to join in the fun.
"That's right, I think we won't need a director next time."
"Brothers, stop praising me. If you praise me again, I will swell." Guo Fanhan almost fell down.
Can these people be more reliable? Aren't they giving me eye drops in front of Director Chen?
Chen Linfeng smiled. It seemed that Guo Fan was doing well in the crew.
It has to be said that in addition to his talent in directing, Guo Fan is also good at interpersonal relationships.
No wonder he was able to make such a big splash in his previous life.
If you want to make a heavy industry science fiction movie, you need management skills.
When it comes to management, communication with people is indispensable.
Chen Linfeng shook his head and didn't think about anything else.
Now that I'm back, I have to continue working on the crew.
But when I suddenly came back, I was so confused that I suddenly didn’t know what to do.
In my previous life, as a laborer, I would take a vacation and become stupid when I came back.
Fortunately, now that he is the leader, there are others to cooperate with him.
Chen Linfeng found the stage manager and finalized the current shooting plan.
Take some time to understand the situation and then move onto your next shot.
Most of them are experienced, and it doesn't take long for them to be seamless.
During the filming, Chen Linfeng was also chatting with Feng Xiaogang about the current situation in China.
The first big thing, especially about directors like them.
The previous selection of century-old classics in film history has now reached its second round.
In other words, 500 movies have been selected at this time, which almost represents the top 500 outstanding movies recognized by the industry.
Speaking of this, Feng Xiaogang's expression was a little complicated.
"Xiao Chen, you have a total of 4 films shortlisted, which means all of them except "Police Incident" have been shortlisted. You really surpassed everyone in our circle."
"Director Feng is so humble. You also have 4 works shortlisted. Aren't we all the same?"
"It's different, much worse!"
Feng Xiaogang said bitterly, "My family knows their own affairs. These few movies of mine are almost all shortlisted by winning the annual box office championship. There is a high probability that I will not get into the last two rounds."
"Maybe in the end, not even one of them will be in the top 200."
This was what embarrassed him the most.
He is said to be one of the most famous directors in China, but in the end, all his works may only be ranked outside the top 200.
And this kind of thing is most afraid of comparison.
Several people who are known as great directors in the Mainland, such as Zhang Yimou, Chen Linfeng, Chen Kaige, Jiang Wen, etc., are almost certain to have works in the top 100.
At that time, hundreds of works will be inspected, and no one will be embarrassed.
Now Feng Xiaogang is already feeling embarrassed just thinking about it.
I don't know where his face turned after the results came out.
Chen Linfeng felt a little uncomfortable listening to Feng Xiaogang's complaints.
This kind of thing is indeed quite uncomfortable.
Chen Linfeng said with relief, "I think it's Director Feng that you think too much. You can't say this kind of thing for sure. And you said you can't even make two hundred, which is too exaggerated.
"Cell Phone" and "Big Bowl" are both pretty good, especially "Party A and Party B". This is the movie that launched the concept of New Year's films. In terms of status alone, it cannot be underestimated. ”
"Hey, don't mention it."
Feng Xiaogang was a little happy when he heard Xiao Chen praise his movie, but when he thought that others might not recognize his words, he became frustrated again.
"Hey, it's so difficult for me."
After a long sigh.
Feng Xiaogang's eyes flickered and he said in a joking tone, "Xiao Chen, in the next two rounds of voting, you have to be firm in your thoughts and don't forget what you just said."
Yes, it turns out we are here to canvass votes.
Chen Linfeng understood instantly, and he said with a half-smile, "Director Feng came prepared today."
Feng Xiaogang laughed, but he did not deny it after all.
This is the disadvantage of announcing the judges, as it is easy for private collusion to solicit votes.
Feng Xiao just said it was pitiful, but with the energy of Beijing Circle, if it helps him operate.
It’s not a big problem to push one into the top 100.
But this is just like the Oscars, everyone is operating, and quality will prevail in the end.
Chen Linfeng didn't talk nonsense just now.
As the mainland's counterpart to Hong Kong's Zhou comedy, Feng's comedy has indeed occupied a very important position in the past 20 years.
It is normal for one or two works to be on the list.
The problem with Feng Xiaogang is that his works are generally above excellent, and there is not much difference between them.
There are very few films that are outstanding.
In this case, even if you want to push, you don’t know which one to choose for a while.
Maybe in the end, we can only judge it based on its historical status and influence, and then choose "Party A and Party B".
With this thought in mind, Chen Linfeng said, "I will definitely not forget Director Feng, don't worry."
Feng Xiaogang was overjoyed, "You are so considerate, Xiao Chen."
Although the Beijing circle has great influence and there are many people appointed as judges this time, everyone has their own works that they want to recommend.
In the end, everyone can only rely on their own abilities and help maintain a lower limit at most.
Feng Xiaogang patted his chest and said that he would definitely vote for Xiao Chen when the time comes, and then wrote down the favor,
This is hard to say.
It's the same as voting for the other party's work, and as a result, someone will owe you a favor.
There is no way, Chen Linfeng's "Sunset" is definitely a work that will enter the top 100.
If it weren't for the time being too close, the influence would not be spread enough.
Maybe it can beat "Farewell My Concubine", after all, there is a big gap in awards.
In addition, "Crackling Drummer" won the Venice Golden Lion.
"Your Name" is the first domestic movie to cross 1 billion and 2 billion. It has outstanding special effects, high ratings, and huge influence.
It has recently been regarded by the industry as a benchmark for genre films.
Both of these are guaranteed to be in the top 200 and have a probability of being in the top 100.
Only "Taken" will probably stop there. After all, apart from the box office, this film has basically no nutrition.
With or without Feng Xiaogang's vote, the result would be the same.
In fact, for many of the works that are candidates, everyone can roughly tell which level a certain work belongs to at a glance.
Historical status and influence, awards, box office, and ratings, based on these considerations, you will basically have a good idea of it quickly.
Especially online, most of the reviews on various classic works are very accurate.
None of the judges are old guys who don’t use the Internet. Even if they don’t use the Internet, there are still newspapers.
There has been a lot of discussion in the media recently on related topics.
So it’s hard not to be affected.
In addition to my own works, there are also some tickets for favors.
Few people can understand all the works from other regions and even from other eras.
Furthermore, some works were extremely influential at the time, and those who did not live in that era may not understand them well.
In the end, you have to follow the crowd and look at public and professional reviews to understand the situation.
After filming for the day, I returned to my residence.
Chen Linfeng turned on his computer and logged into the V station. The first thing he saw was the voting option for a century-old classic in film history.
That's right, he left the voting matter to Station V.
Netizens can also vote. Although it is not less effective, it can also be used as a reference.
The judges have special accounts, and professional votes are cast through another channel.
For someone like Chen Linfeng, it is directly bound to his own V station account, and the effect is the same.
After he clicked in, he looked for the second round, and the names of 500 works were listed, sorted by the first letter of the work.
There are also options to choose from, such as sorting by age, sorting by the current number of public/judge votes, sorting by director category, etc.
For specific works, click to open the detailed introduction. There will also be relevant introductions and comments from various netizens.
It even provides a scoring system for netizens.
The whole thing looks complete and convenient, and it looks like programmers have made customized choices.
Chen Linfeng was quite satisfied.
After the voting ends, V station will move this page to the film and television area.
Coupled with other film and television works, the content continues to be filled, and it serves as a review page for various works such as film and television, animation, etc.
It's a bit like grabbing a certain business.
But after all, the opportunity is so rare that it’s hard not to take advantage of it.
This matter has become a hot topic recently, so many new users have come here.
There are still some celebrities who have not left after voting. They are using their official accounts and wandering around the film and television area.
The daily activity of the entire film and television area has greatly increased. During this period, many video uploaders are crazy about making videos just to attract traffic.
The film and television area of V station is a bit revitalized.
Chen Rui was very happy about this.
Chen Linfeng voted roughly first. Anyway, he gave it more than half a month and had plenty of opportunities to make changes.
Then he wandered around the film and television area.
Some of the ghost and beast videos in film and television are very well done, and Chen Linfeng will comment and praise them below.
This lasted for several days, which made the video uploaders and v-friends very excited.
"Touch in the front row."
"Master Ball."
"Holy shit, is this a real person?"
"There is a certification mark, it is a real person, Fengshen, I am your idol!"
"Is it wrong what I said upstairs? Are you so excited? Brother Feng, you watched me grow up!"
"..."
Chen Linfeng fully enjoyed the pleasure of pretending, teasing netizens from time to time, and lived a very happy life.
The weekend is over and it’s Monday again.
The North American box office is out for the new week.
"Green Lantern" took in $52.7 million at the box office in its first three days, ranking second on the box office list and lower than expected.
The most important thing is that the reputation is relatively poor, and it can be expected that the subsequent box office may collapse.
Forecasting agencies have lowered their box office expectations, and the media is not optimistic.
"Infinite World" forms a clear contrast to this.
In the second week of seven days, it took in a box office of US$160 million.
So far, "Infinite World" has received a total box office of 310 million U.S. dollars. In the most critical second weekend, "Green Lantern" put no pressure at all.
On the contrary, because of the poor reputation, many people chose to watch "Infinite World", which indirectly pushed up the box office.
Chen Linfeng was a little excited.
Not only because the box office performance exceeded expectations, but also because Liu Qianqian also returned to China today.
"Xiao Feng, I'm back!"
Since she was at home, Liu Qianqian had no intention of being reserved at all and rushed directly into her boyfriend's arms.
Chen Linfeng held her upright hips and directly lifted her into the air.
This made Xiao Yunmiao, who was about to welcome the hostess, look stunned.
"Why are you so enthusiastic this time?"
"There's no enthusiasm. I've always been like this." Liu Qianqian still had a tough mouth.
But his body was very soft, and Chen Linfeng could clearly feel it.
Then, there is the process of using his methods, from hard to soft.
Of course, it was not suitable for children during this period, so Little Cloud Cat was excluded.
Xiaoyunmiao:?
That night, Liu Qianqian was tired and sleepy. She fell asleep without saying a few words.
They met again on the set at noon the next day.
"Sissi, do you want some of the braised chicken I ordered?"
"I won't eat heavy oil and salt," Liu Qianqian fanned repeatedly to prevent the smell from entering her nose.
She said with envy and jealousy, "We all have to keep in shape, how come you can eat whatever you want, while I have all kinds of taboos."
It smelled delicious at first sight, and she wanted to eat it too.
But there is no other way. In order not to become the "Fat Qian" in the other person's mouth, I can only endure it.
"Maybe it's because I consume too much when doing exercise?"
"Bah, don't think I don't know you're talking about porn." Liu Qianqian spat with a red face.
"I'm not wrong. Just like last night, you said you were too sleepy. It was all me..."
"Say it again!"
Liu Qianqian was so angry that she wanted to hit someone.
No matter what his situation is, why would he dare to say anything in public?
She quickly looked around and breathed a sigh of relief when she found that no one was nearby.
I don't know if it's a matter of personality, but she always can't stand this kind of teasing.
Therefore, Chen Linfeng liked to "bully" her in this aspect even more.
"By the way, when I came back, Sister Mei told me some news and asked me to convey it."
Liu Qianqian changed the topic directly.
"Well, what's the matter?" Chen Linfeng handed the yogurt next to his plate to his girlfriend.
Eat less meat that is high in oil and fat. Fruits and yogurt are still acceptable.
He habitually guessed in his mind that it shouldn't be anything important.
Otherwise, Sister Mei would have called directly to tell her.
Sure enough, Liu Qianqian recalled it and said, "One is about the box office of "Your Name" at Neon."
"Your Name" has been released on Neon since April, and it has been 2 months since then.
It took almost 9 weeks to go back and forth.
To this day, the box office can still win the weekly championship from time to time. In the past two weeks, because there are no blockbusters released, it has always been the box office champion.
The total box office data also reached 16.6 billion yen.
It has far surpassed what "Red Cliff" created, and is the best result of a Chinese film in Neon.
Neon predicts that the final box office may reach around 20 billion yen.
Then it entered the top ten in Neon movie box office history.
Liu Qianqian learned to describe it. Although she was here to inform the news, she still narrated it with a stupefied expression.
Not to mention how surprised she was when she heard what Sister Mei said in Los Angeles.
After hearing this, Chen Linfeng was quite surprised.
If nothing else, this number is really big enough.
In the past month, I haven’t paid much attention to neon news, but I didn’t expect it to reach 16.6 billion.
It is said that I am paying attention to "Infinite World" now, and I can also hear the box office news of "Your Name", which is a bit strange.
These are all movies during the Chinese New Year.
But speaking of which, Neon’s movie has a really long running time.
Chen Linfeng recalled the information from his previous life. The box office of "Your Name" at Neon seemed to be 25 billion yen.
Okay, it embarrasses the original work.
But there's nothing we can do about it, the people over there in Neon are a bit weird.
Animated movies always have higher box office than live-action movies.
There are a few movies that are masterpieces with huge influence around the world.
"Titanic", "Harry Potter", "Avatar", "Avengers", etc.
The box office of these movies is mostly around 20 billion yen.
The fact that "Your Name" can reach the order of 20 billion has already shown the Neon people's love for this movie.
The two sighed about this matter.
After all, this is a joint work between the two of them, and it is a romance film with similar scenes.
The meaning to them is naturally different from other movies.
Finally, Liu Qianqian said, "Sister Mei, let me ask you, do you want to publicize the results now, or wait until the movie is finished, or when the box office reaches 20 billion."
Chen Linfeng pondered for a moment, "Let's just settle for 20 billion yen. We won't talk until we don't get there."
"Oh, I will call Sister Mei and tell her about this."
The second thing is about the sales of the novel "Infinite World".
Since the release of the movie, sales of the entire series of novels have skyrocketed.
The total sales volume before was close to 60 million, but the sales were somewhat stagnant.
I can only spend more than ten or two hundred thousand per month.
When Liu Qianqian said this, her expression was a little tense.
If you put it on others, the total sales volume would be more than ten or two hundred thousand, and they would be happy for a while.
He still feels that this monthly data is not good.
"This should be the Versailles." Liu Qianqian thought to herself.
"Now in half a month, the monthly sales of the novel have exceeded one million, and it has great stamina. Sister Mei said that it is almost the same as when the novel was first released."
"That's really good news."
Chen Linfeng felt that this news was better than the previous one.
He has never given up on the idea of selling hundreds of millions of books in a single novel series.
The sales volume of his career works has exceeded 100 million, which Chen Linfeng has already achieved, and it is no longer uncommon now.
In his opinion, the threshold for a world-class best-selling author is when the sales volume of a single series exceeds 100 million.
For now, "Infinite World" is the most likely to achieve it.
Like several other series, most of them increase by tens of thousands or tens of thousands per month, and the difference is even further.
"Infinite World" may not necessarily be of the best quality, but it is the work with the widest distribution and the most channels globally.
It’s somewhat of a victory for the channel.
Nowadays, due to the influence of the movie adaptation, sales have increased significantly, which can be regarded as a victory in publicity and promotion.
There is no way, the right path will not work, we can only take the evil path.
When future generations make historical evaluations, they don’t look at how you won, only whether you did it.
Seeing that he was happy, Liu Qianqian probably knew what he was thinking and was also happy for him.
Even sucking yogurt tastes better.
By this time, Chen Linfeng had finished his meal, and the two of them were talking as they returned to the set.
The third thing is the negotiation with Warner.
In the past few days, there have been new breakthroughs.
"Green Lantern" flopped at the box office, and DC's entire movie plan suffered a heavy blow.
The "The Dark Knight" trilogy, which Nolan has been collaborating with before, will be the last one released next year.
By then, Nolan will no longer collaborate on superhero movies with Warner Bros.
"Harry Potter" ends the series again this summer.
The two major gold mines were facing depletion at the same time, and the new gold mine that was planned to be opened turned into a waste mine, and even suffered a lot of losses.
Warner's demand for new series is even more urgent.
Therefore, concessions were made on many conditions.
Chen Linfeng actually heard the news from Sister Mei. After all, many of the conditions for negotiation required more communication with him.
However, Sissi said these things in a small voice, which he found very pleasant and had no intention of interrupting.
After Liu Qianqian briefly told the story, she saw that Chen Linfeng had no reaction, so she asked.
"Xiao Feng, what novel are you planning to write next? What theme is it about?"
She was really concerned about this, after all, she was a real book fan for ten years.
"Western Cthulhu theme."
If you are a friend who travels frequently, you may be able to tell which one you want to copy right away.
——"The Lord of Mysteries"
Liu Qianqian looked confused. She didn't even know what Cthulhu was.
"What kind of subject is this? And the gram you are talking about...gram..."
"Cthulhu is a mythological system created by a writer in the last world, Ailiken."
Chen Linfeng explained related concepts to her.
"Oh~ That's it."
Liu Qianqian seemed to understand.
"When I write it, you will know after you read it. The story is still written in a good-looking direction, but the style is more unique."
"Hmm, I've been waiting for you to write a new book."
Liu Qianqian nodded repeatedly, "By the way, when will you start writing?"
“Actually, we are already building an outline.”
The original novel is actually relatively perfect, but the later stages seemed a little rushed and the time span was tight.
Chen Linfeng first listed the outline, just to make some slight adjustments in time and rhythm.
Moreover, before writing this book, the subsequent film and television adaptation must be planned.
Some plots and characters, including private goods, must be planned in advance.
In his previous life, Chen Linfeng read "Lord of the Mysteries" at least twice, and read many copies with others.
There is basically no need to worry about memorizing the original work.
What he wants is to strive for excellence as much as possible on this basis.
Under the premise that the original work is already a classic, if it can go further, it will be worthy of his time travel.
In addition, physical publishing and online writing are very different.
Every novel needs to consider carefully where it ends.
For example, in "Infinite World", where the novel breaks off, it is very difficult to adapt it into a film and television, and it will take a lot of effort later.
Moreover, the original work is a serialized online novel after all, and a large number of updates must be ensured every day.
Many times, it may not necessarily be considered perfect.
Some small places, including wording, sentences, and some story settings, can be further adjusted.
Chen Linfeng has placed great hopes on "Lord of the Mysteries".
Therefore, all his experience in writing novels for many years was used in it.
Even though there was an original work, he still put a lot of effort into it.
Even if it is just some decoration work, he is willing to spend time carving it.
Chen Linfeng hopes that this novel will become his "Three-Body Problem" and a masterpiece.
(End of chapter)