Chapter 444 Turning the situation around
Zhongying
Before Han Sanping finds herself, Zhang Chen comes to Zhongying first.
The office was filled with mist, and neither of them spoke, smoking silently.
After a while, Han Sanping said, "The concept of advocating foreign countries and fawning on foreign countries cannot be changed in a short period of time.
Speaking of electrical appliances, everyone knows the good things about Japan, and when it comes to machinery, everyone knows the good things about Germany, and when it comes to movies, it is undoubtedly Hollywood. This thing has been deeply rooted in people's hearts and cannot be changed by just a few words. "
Indeed, when it comes to driving skills, Shandong Lanxiang is definitely the first choice.
Zhang Chen bounced the cigarette on the edge of the ashtray, and the lengthy ash was broken into two pieces: "I know, I don't expect that a few words in the newspaper can change all this.
I just want to buy time for Pacific Rim.
Their purpose is very obvious, which is to force Zhongying and Shanghai Film and Television to withdraw their investment by creating public opinion.
China Film and Shanghai Film and Television withdrew its investment in the name of protecting national property.
Because I have promised that I will give priority to the investment of Star Entertainment, and we will only use other investors after spending our own investment.
If Zhongying and Shanghai Film now withdraw their investment, there will be no loss in terms of funds, but I will suffer a huge loss.
It's not just money, but the project is mostly out of insurance.
This will cause a chain reaction, and it is difficult to find someone who takes over. And even if someone takes over, if China Film Academy is missing, Warner will definitely not continue to cooperate.
Then "Pacific Rim" will definitely have a miscarriage.
So I plan to create another low-cost science fiction film in the second half of this year, and use this work to give everyone confidence, at least to allow them to last until the release of "Pacific Rim" next year. ”
“Can you make science fiction movies at a low cost? "Han Sanping asked back.
Zhang Chen nodded and spit out a smoke ring: "Yes, it mainly depends on the concept~"
Zhang Chen told the story of "Moon" in detail:
The hero signed a three-year contract with Moon Heavy Industry Group, and all he needs to do is to mine the original energy source in the lunar soil - helium-3, on the surface of the moon.
This is an extremely lonely job for the protagonist, because the satellite used to communicate with the earth in real time has been broken for a long time. He is the only living person on the entire moon base, and there is only one intelligent robot that assists his work to communicate.
The too quiet environment makes time even harder, but fortunately the three-year contract period is about to end, and he is going to return to Earth to reunite with his wife and daughter.
But three years of lunar work have made his body worse and worse, and he often has hallucinations, which has caused him to be unable to concentrate while working, and a serious accident occurred while driving the lunar rover.
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This story is not complicated, and it won't take long to tell it in detail.
After listening to the story, Han Sanping's eyes lit up and he clapped his hands and said, "You boy, this story is more exciting than 90% of the stories in "Science Fiction World". How long does your head grow and how can you think of any story? Clones, tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk t
The concept of time reincarnation is still too niche.
Zhang Chen was not sure if it could play its due role, so he chose the safer "Moon".
"Moon" is a science fiction film, but it doesn't require much investment.
This story mainly sells concepts, should clones have emotions?
"You have thought about how to break the deadlock, so I won't worry about it~"
Seeing that the story Zhang Chen gave out is so wonderful, Han Sanping finally felt relieved. "No, I have to call Lao Ren to notify him. He is almost annoyed in this lifetime, and he has been reminding me not to bother you..."
It turned out that the two of them were not without pressure, but they had just been silently enduring it.
They don't want to pass on the pressure to Zhang Chen.
A few days later, Han Sanping was interviewed by the media in his office.
"Recently, the media has been discussing the investment in "Pacific Rim" by China Film and Shanghai Film Group. Many people think that it is inappropriate to invest up to 300 million state-owned assets in a movie..."
Han Sanping nodded: "I have also seen some related comments. I am very confused. Why do they think it is inappropriate?"
The reporter did his homework in advance and immediately said: "They think that although Zhang Chen is a well-known director, he has not yet filmed science fiction films, and no one in China has even made science fiction films.
Zhang Chen used 800 million to practice as soon as he came up, which is irresponsible to state-owned assets..."
Han Sanping looked serious: "The large investment of 800 million is indeed unprecedented in China.
Investors are not only Shanghai Film and China Film, Star Entertainment itself, other investment institutions, and Warner Bros. in Hollywood have investments.
Why don't you think about it? The risk is so high, why do other institutions still need to invest?
I can tell you the responsibility because he has the possibility of success.
As old film companies, China Film and Shanghai Film and Television have a social responsibility to promote the progress of China's film industry in addition to normal investment behavior.
In the science fiction track, Chinese movies have always been blank.
Now there are people who are willing to explore in this direction, so we certainly need to support it.
As for what everyone said, Zhang Chen has no successful experience in science fiction films, and he has to practice with 800 million yuan. This is actually inaccurate.
In fact, before "Pacific Rim", another science fiction film will be released, which is considered the pioneer of "Pacific Rim"~
"
"Is it a prequel to "Pacific Rim"? "
"No, it's a low-cost science fiction film called "Moon"~"
Big news~
Definitely important news!
The reporter is very sure that no media has reported Zhang Chen's new project at present, but unexpectedly it was confirmed from Han Sanping.
"Does Mr. Han reveal more information about "Moon"? The audience must be looking forward to it..."
Han Sanping smiled and said, "It's not appropriate to have more. It's suspected of leaking secrets. I can only say that I have read the script and the story is very exciting.
When Zhang Chen and I communicated privately, he himself said that this movie was made to hit Harvey Wienstein in the face. As a young man, he was a little angry and could not stand the slander..."
The grudge between Harvey and Zhang Chen has been circulating in the past two days, and the reporter knows very much.
"Then what is your attitude?"
"I support him."
I didn't expect Han Sanping would not avoid this question at all: "Harvey Wienstein is not friendly to Chinese films and Chinese filmmakers.
If you know his life, you will know that this person has a deep bond with Chinese films.
He represented Zhang Yimou's movies such as "Jupou" and "Hero", as well as Hong Kong's "Two Dragons Club", "Swordsman 2: The Oriental Unbeaten" and "Chongqing Forest".
At that time, his company was called Miramax, and "Hero" was the foreign film with the highest profits of Miramax.
He made money from Chinese movies, but he was extremely mean to Chinese movies.
He has cheated on Huayi Brothers and the new scenes.
At that time, he bought "Hero" not to appreciate "Hero", but to clear obstacles for another movie he bought, so "Hero" was released abroad two years later than in China.
If it were two years earlier, the popularity of Chinese costume blockbusters might have arrived earlier and the influence might have been greater.
But whether it is released or not is the right of others and is within a reasonable range.
Treat Huayi Brothers is completely a fraud. "Night Banquet" released this month, Harvey bought out the North American copyright at the festival for $5 million, but only paid a deposit of $200,000.
When the film festival ended, and other film merchants left, he immediately changed his mind and threatened Huayi. Either he sold "Night Banquet" to him for $500,000, or he broke the contract.
The Huayi brothers were angry and wanted to sell them to others, but found that the other film merchants had left and didn't know who to sell them to~
Isn't this just a pure hooligan?
The key is that this is not the first time he has done this. The last one who has encountered the same experience was "Wuji".
After "Night Banquet", we have notified the relevant film and television companies to be careful of this person.
This person has officially been on the blacklist of Chinese movies.
He is not a cultural businessman, he is a cultural hooligan~
Now, after bullying Huayi and the new scenes, this cultural hooligan has put his ideas on Xingchen Entertainment. He wants to catch several of the most famous film and television companies in China one by one, but the people in China do not know the truth and are still attacking Zhang Chen with the help of evil..."
The reporters don't know how to write today's press release. Han Sanping's position was very clear, clearly showing the support of Zhang Chen.
But he figured out how to proceed with the subsequent reports. Of course, he was searching for Harvey Wienstein's black materials and reporting on how he cheated the mainland film and television companies in detail.
That night, the interview was broadcast on CCTV Sixth Princess, and immediately caused an uproar.
No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!
It's really story-like!
There is such a bastard who has been cheating on our film and television industry.
First there is a new picture, then Huayi, and now it has become Xingchen Entertainment~
So Zhang Chen is a tough guy, fighting with the other party to the end, and claiming to shoot a small-budget science fiction film to slap the other party in the face.
The plot that only appears in the movie is actually released.
Support Zhang Chen~
Zhang Chen is completely fighting a self-defense counterattack.
The Internet is full of support for Zhang Chen.
At first I thought what they said was quite reasonable, but now I suddenly realized that I have been helping the evildoer~
Support upstairs, Zhang Chen, you have to stand up and slap him in the face~
I'm very curious about what kind of science fiction movie is a small-cost science fiction movie, but I swear, even if you shoot a piece of shit, I will pay money to support it, and don't fight for steamed buns~
Support Zhang Chen, Zhang Chen, you're so stupid, I want to see Harvey kneeling on the ground and singing conquest~
It's not my conspiracy theory. I just found out that this guy seems to have a good relationship with the zipper door couple. He has been engaged in Chinese movies. Could it be that he was instructed by the other party?
The air defense alarm sounded, and the enemy had thirty seconds to reach the battlefield~
This guy is really a scumbag. I just found out that a director made a movie for him. This guy actually owed him no salary for two years, and finally went to court.
Who can tell me what his relationship with 007's "Mrs. M" is, why the other party tattooed his name on his butt, it really ruined his childhood. He will never be a fan of James Bond again...
When it comes to it, has anyone ever thought about why so many "herd dogs" bite Zhang Chen, it must be the instructor behind this~
Zhang Chen resisted the United States, a national hero~
For a time, the discussions about "herd dogs" and Harvey were noisy, and conspiracy theories surged.
At this moment, Zhang Chen was having a video conference with Han Sanping and Ren Zhonglun.
"Public opinion has finally reversed~"
"This is thanks to the strong support of the two big guys~"
"It depends on you, how is the preparations for "Moon"?"
"It's almost done, and it will be powered on soon."
"I heard that the protagonist is going to use a foreign actor?"
"Yes, because the story background is not very good, so don't put it in China~"
"Well, you're thinking very comprehensively, just because you're afraid that those guys who admire foreign countries will not give up~"
"This concept cannot be reversed in one go, so you can only take it slowly. For example, if "Moon" is successful, they will feel that we can also make science fiction films.
When "Pacific Rim" succeeds again, they will think that our science fiction films are not worse than those in Hollywood.
After doing this a few more times, everyone will get used to it.
To put it bluntly, the real "herd dog" is only a few, and most people still love their own country, but our previous film market was not strong. When they truly saw the hope of success, the more they admired foreign countries, the more patriotic they would be..."
Zhang Chen said this because this is really the case in later generations.
The 1.2 billion box office of "Lost in Thailand" completely awakened many people.
Only everyone realized that our film market was already so big.
Then the film and television industry was like crazy, with box office growing rapidly ~
2 billion, 3 billion, 4 billion, 5 billion...
At that time, where were there people worshipping foreign countries?
Hollywood movies have become a disadvantaged group.
After the offense and defense were offensive, American Yilin appeared~
The floor of the Chinese station is so clean that it can be licked with your tongue~
A computer scientist in the United States said that American children play TikTok and are addicted to mental opium and cannot extricate themselves;
Chinese students go to TikTok to learn, and they are destined to distance themselves from American children.
There is no need to change when you are strong enough, it will disappear by itself.
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Doudou~
The sound of knocking on the door came from the door.
"Please come in~"
After the voice fell, the office door was pushed open, and Wu Shixian and Guo Fan entered together.
Guo Fan was the first to speak: "Director Zhang, the chronicle of "Pacific Rim" has been roughly completed. Do you want to read it..."
The chronicle was created by Zhang Chen in imitating "Avatar".
Original time and space, Cameron not only created a chronicle for "Avatar", but also created a language.
Foreigners like to do these things very much.
The author of "The Demon Realm" only created a few elves for "The Demon Realm", and Cameron simply found a few linguists to create a new language for Namei.
To put it bluntly, these are all types of publicity.
Of course, "Pacific Rim" cannot be lagging behind, and no one can promote the box office can be left behind.
Not only are chronicles, comics, and novels, all of them are arranged.
And these will be released before the movie is released, which can be regarded as a promotional process.
If people are interested in this kind of background setting, they will definitely go to the cinema to support it when the movie is released.
"Okay, put it here, I'll take a look later~"
Seeing that Guo Fan had no other problems, Zhang Chen looked at Wu Shixian.
Wu Shixian began to report: "Mr. Jason Statham arrived in the capital today and has arranged for him to stay in the hotel. According to our progress, we will be in the group tomorrow~
China Film Studio has been in contact. According to your requirements, it has been rented for 25 days, and the relevant props have been prepared. At most, it will be all in two days..."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work during this period. You will be the deputy director of "Moon"..."
Then he said to Guo Fan: "You have to work hard on "Pacific Rim". In the past, Shixian was preparing with you, but Shixian is now going to work with me on "Moon", so you can only rely on yourself..."
"No problem."
"Don't worry, Director Zhang, I can."
Seeing the active working conditions of the two, Zhang Chen nodded with satisfaction and made a promise: "I see all the efforts of everyone during this period. After finishing this period, I will start a separate show for you, so come on~"
(End of this chapter)