Chapter 330 Year-End Inventory
As for Zhang Chen, he doesn't think that small companies can't produce "Twilight".
The original Sora Summit Entertainment is not a big company. It was only established in 1993, but "Twilight" is the second most adapted movie after Warner's "Harry Potter".
Summit Entertainment can do it, why can’t I?
By the way, when I think of "Twilight", I think of another successful work of Pinnacle - "The Hurt Locker".
"The Hurt Locker" is also a seriously underestimated film, and it can be missed.
Forget it, let’s talk about this later.
The car soon arrived at this film and television production company called 'Cube'.
Diane had contacted ahead of time, so they met Tommy, the head of the company.
Tommy is an old man in his sixties. His hair is all white, but he looks very healthy.
"Hello Zhang, Diane should have told me all about my situation. To be honest, if I hadn't been in a hurry for money, I wouldn't have sold my company."
Tommy should be a person who pursues movies. It can be seen that he does not just make movies to make money.
Tommy took Zhang Chen around the company and enjoyed the attention ceremony.
Everyone knows that the boss wants to sell the company, and everyone knows that this person is here to buy the company. They don’t know what kind of person the future boss is and whether he is easy to get along with.
Zhang Chen took a quick look and found that there were not many people in the company, only about forty or fifty, but they had all the necessary equipment.
Diane is right, this is a film company, not just a studio.
Zhang Chen chatted with the people in the technical department and found that their technology was pretty good and their staff was fairly stable.
I looked at their past works and found that they are not bad. They are not famous because there are too many companies like them.
After saying goodbye, he followed Diane to another two houses.
After watching all three houses, the two got back in the car. Diane said, "How about it, boss? Do you have any that you think are good? If not, I can keep looking..."
Zhang Chen paused and finally said: "Let's just check the 'Cube'. Check their debt situation and personnel situation. If there are no problems, we will buy it."
Diane looked very excited, especially when she noticed that Zhang Chen just said 'we' instead of 'I'.
"Okay boss, I will focus on checking this 'Cube' in the next two days..."
Zhang Chen once told her that the focus of his career is in China.
Although I don’t understand why the boss doesn’t come to the more advanced Hollywood to develop, but insists on sticking to the small market in China, this is not a bad thing after all.
Zhang Chen is nominally the boss, but he is beyond his reach. The American company must have the final say here.
Since leaving DreamWorks, she never imagined being able to run a company on her own.
"By the way, remember to register these scripts for me. These are the works I prepared to make our company famous."
Zhang Chen also handed over a document bag, and Diane took it in his hand. He had never felt that this thing was so important as at this moment.
In the next few days, Zhang Chen appeared on the set of "A Quiet Place" and also met Fan Binbin and Jason.
"Thank God, it's finally starting~"
Jason came up and gave Zhang Chen a hug. This was not the first time for everyone to work together, and they were very familiar with each other.
After Jason left, Fan Binbin also came up to hug him while staring at Zhang Chen with his beautiful eyes.
She had heard that Zhang Chen had given Gao Yuanyuan a role during this period.
After only a few days of watching, a new woman appeared next to me.
"A Quiet Place" starts~
The filming of this movie is actually very simple. There are only a few scenes in total, and there are not many actors.
The cost of the entire show is very low compared to Hollywood.
Except for a few special effects shots of monsters, basically nothing was spent.
In fact, strictly speaking, the plot of "A Quiet Place" is a bit too thin and cannot sustain a 90-minute movie.
But the reason why you can’t see it in the original work is because the director grasped the atmosphere very well.
There are no lines in the whole film, and it is basically silent and suppressed, which makes it easy for people to become involved.
It is said that when watching movies in later generations, people did not even dare to eat popcorn for fear of making any noise.
This shows how well the atmosphere is set off.
Zhang Chen is not prepared to change this aspect. The expression, atmosphere, and soundtrack will all be as per the original work.
The only difference is that Zhang Chen has further paved the way for some points that have been criticized in the original work.
The first thing to bear the brunt is the heroine's pregnancy.
Many viewers are confused, given this situation, why can't they control themselves and insist on getting pregnant?
Is there no place to buy condoms?
Or will you die if you don't do that?
Really, I will love you even if I die~
Really, I will love you even if I die~
Zhang Chen specially added a description here to explain that the heroine was pregnant before the monster invaded, so it makes sense. The second issue is about the armor of monsters.
Many viewers are confused, since the monster can be killed with one shot, how could it almost wipe out the human race?
This original work actually expresses it, but it is not so thorough.
The monster's shell is so hard that ordinary bullets cannot break through it.
The reason why the heroine in the movie can kill the monster so easily with one shot is because after the monster is attacked by the frequency of the hearing aid, the armor on the ear opens, which is equivalent to directly exposing the most vulnerable brain to the outside.
In this case, it would make sense for the protagonist to kill the monster with one shot.
As for normal times, the monster moves quickly and it is difficult to aim. It is even more difficult to accurately hit the ear under the armor.
The last flaw is that since the sound of water can cover up human voices, why don't the protagonist's family move to live near the waterfall.
This is actually easy to explain.
Although the sound of water can cover up human voices, it is actually more likely to attract monsters. Compared with the house where they live, monsters are more likely to appear near the waterfall.
There was a waterfall in the original work, but it was not explained, which led to many viewers complaining and feeling that the screenwriter was a bad writer.
Zhang Chen specifically added this explanation to the waterfall scene, I believe there won’t be so many people complaining about it.
After doing all this, I feel like his version of "A Quiet Place" should be much better.
……
In the blink of an eye, November has arrived, and the domestic promotion of "The Promise" has begun.
The saddest thing is Chen Kexin. He accepted Zhang Chen's suggestion and wanted to move "If Love" to release in November to avoid "The Promise".
But I don’t know why China Film didn’t agree.
Adjusting the schedule is not something that can be done just by asking. It requires approval. In theory, China Film Group must agree to it.
Chen Kexin tried to use connections everywhere to switch gears, but ultimately failed.
It's still the same month as "The Promise".
……
At the same time, at the end of the year, the media also began to take stock.
In their mouths, 2005 is called the "first year of film and television songs".
In terms of movies, there are "Manslaughter", "Seven Swords", "The Myth", "Hurricane", Zhang Yimou's "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles" in November, and "If Love" and "The Promise" in December.
There are more TV series:
"Emperor Wu of Han" is CCTV's opening drama in 2005. It was launched on CCTV 1 on January 2. It reached a ratings of 4.49% when it first aired, and reached a maximum of 7%.
"Bright Sword" was a drama dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in 2005. It became an unprecedented hit when it first aired, with ratings exceeding 8% in two weeks and reaching a peak of 11.42%.
After "Family with Children" was launched in 2005, it has achieved extremely high ratings on local stations everywhere, almost always ranking among the top three.
"Legend of Sword and Fairy" is the first and almost the pinnacle of mainland fairy-tale dramas.
It first premiered in Taiwan Province and was introduced to Chongqing Channel and Shanghai Channel a few days later. In just a few days, it reached an average ratings of 11.3%.
"The Judge of the Song Dynasty" was launched on CCTV in May 2005. In just two weeks, the average ratings reached 7.85%. What is the concept? "News Network", which dominates the screen, only has 6.18%.
"Baolian Lantern" achieved the effect of dominating the screen as soon as it was launched on CCTV 8 in October 2005. The average ratings were 5.4% and the highest was 9.1%. It was the ratings champion that year.
Music is even more like a fight between gods:
Han Hong's "Heavenly Road" brings the natural sounds from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. In KTV, the only one that can compete with it in KTV is "I Will Love Even If I Die" by Xin Band.
JJ Lin tells a science fiction love story that "spans time and space" with his song "A Thousand Years Later". The following year, JJ made his debut on the Spring Festival Gala, and this song was also voted the champion of the "Most Popular Singing Program" by people across the country.
Guangliang transformed into the angel in "Fairy Tale" and brought a divine song that dominated the charts for a year.
Pan Shuai is still singing "Have to Love". It is said that this song was originally a duet between Chunchun and Pan Shuai. Later, considering that Chunchun's voice was not suitable for singing a love song, he found a string.
Jay Chou, who liked drinking milk tea but not singing, played Chopin's "Nocturne" that year.
"R&B Godfather" Tao Zhe's "Just Love You" occupies the major charts, and his mouth is filled with the iconic "Tao's affectionate".
The Godfather of Love Songs" Zhou Chuanxiong also brought one of his masterpieces "Lonely Sandbank Cold" that year.
Unpopular singer Stefanie Sun brought her perfect "First Day", a song co-written by Mayday and Feier Band.
That year, Ella had not yet grown her long hair, Selina was still a sweet and lovely princess, and Hebe was shy and reserved. The three girls sang everyone's common wish: "I don't want to grow up."
Eason also released the song "Exaggerated" that could drive people crazy.
What's more, there is "Super Girl" which became a hit all over the country, and the six songs provided by Zhang Chen are also on the list.
(End of chapter)