Huayu started as a lecturer at Beijing Film Academy

Chapter 13 Science Fiction Daji—Guo Fan

"Long time no see, Director Guo!" In the living room, Gu Zhongyu shook hands with Guo Fan enthusiastically. Jiang Shuying looked at the two of them in surprise. The boss almost fell asleep after hearing so much good news just now. Why? Are you so happy when you hear that this person is coming?

Seeing Gu Zhongyu's eager eyes looking at Guo Fan and his hands that were holding on tightly, if she didn't know her old version of XP thoroughly, she would have almost suspected that Gu Zhongyu had awakened some special hobby!

"Ah! I don't dare, I don't dare. I have only directed a small-budget movie. I can't afford to be called Teacher Gu." Guo Fan was flattered. He didn't expect that a veteran in the entertainment industry like Gu Zhongyu would be so polite to him.

In fact, both of them are from Nortel, but Guo Fan is a graduate student in the Department of Management and doesn't have much time to go back to school. Gu Zhongyu is just a visiting teacher and doesn't have many courses. The two of them have little overlap in their majors, so there are very few opportunities to meet. few.

Looking at Guo Fan, who was just in his early thirties, Gu Zhongyu sighed in his heart. He never imagined that in a few years, this male banker in front of him would almost single-handedly open the door to domestic heavy industry science fiction movies!

The success of the two-part series "The Wandering Earth" not only opened the door to domestic science fiction movies, but also made Guo Fan's name synonymous with "doing bad things, being lazy and greedy"!

Doing bad things means that the films you produce are at least 10 years ahead of the Chinese film industry and reach the top level of Hollywood. How can you let those mediocre directors have the face to survive?

Lazy and greedy. I mean I made two movies for the price of one ticket. Isn’t this bullying?

Lazy means that "The Wandering Earth 2" has been released for several months, and "The Wandering Earth 3" has not premiered yet. It has not even released a trailer. The production team doesn't dare to rest like this!

Greedy, I have never played Guoshi in the domestic market, but I dare to look forward to the overseas market. There is no announcement overseas, but YouTube and Facebook are still applauding it.

Slip, find excellent actors, do solid basic skills, spend your money wisely, make good movies, and truly understand what the public thinks. Obviously you should find young people to gain traffic, but you have to break the rules and rely on making movies that the audience likes. movie to please the audience, with great cunning!

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"Come, sit down and talk, you're welcome." Gu Zhongyu pulled Guo Fan to sit on the sofa, and at the same time told Jiang Shuying that if there are other plans for meetings, discussions, or meetings, postpone them all.

Seeing that Gu Zhongyu attached so much importance to the conversation with him, Guo Fan, who was already cautious, immediately straightened his back to 90 degrees! I am afraid that the other party will think that I am not serious enough.

"I watched "The Adventures of Li Xianji" that you directed previously through internal channels. It was quite good, for a new director."

Guo Fan smiled sheepishly. He still appreciated the praise from a well-known actor and film and television company owner like Gu Zhongyu.

"No! Because the plot of the movie is a bit obscure and the leading actor's acting skills are average. In addition, domestic science fiction themes have never been popular, so I'm afraid the box office will be a hit!" Gu Zhongyu told the truth, as the animation of the same name Although the adaptation of "The Adventures of Li Xianji" is not a bad movie, in today's film market, there is no hope of making money.

In the end, the movie with an investment of 15 million only recovered less than 10 million at the box office. It was a disastrous failure!

Of course, the investors simply failed to grasp the focus of the promotion and the charm of the original work itself, and they deserved to die! This movie was originally intended to praise the Dragon Prince, who is a typical example of someone who can't hold up the wall even though it's muddy.

Guo Fan was doused with cold water in front of him, but his expression did not change. He thought for a moment and then said: "Actually, the box office of "The Adventures of Li Xianji" was not ideal, and I had expected it. The original work was really a pretty good one. Excellent science fiction animation, but during the filming, I had a conflict of ideas with another director Li Yang. Coupled with some opinions and arrangements from the investors, the final effect was very different from what I originally thought? "

"Well, don't you feel a bit pity? After all, this is the first movie you directed, but you failed to achieve success."

"It's not bad! I'm a newcomer, and I'm flattered that someone thinks highly of me and asks me to direct a theatrical movie! I have many director friends, and until now they can only make short films, commercials, etc. Compared with them, I I'm very lucky. I didn't do it well this time. Just learn from it and try harder next time!" It must be said that Guo Fan's mentality is still very good, which is why he was able to film "The Wandering Earth". Come.

Guo Fan, who was in the original time and space, signed a contract with Wanda Pictures after filming "The Adventures of Li Xianji". Unfortunately, it was a useless place for heroes and he stayed quiet for a while. Then in 2013, he terminated his contract with Wanda, and in the same year he began to direct the youth love movie "My Deskmate". The film earned 450 million in box office, which was considered a success. Guo Fan himself also won some capital from the film and television industry. favor.

It was at this time that Guo Fan began to put the production of the movie "The Wandering Earth" on the agenda.

Guo Fan has shown his interest in science fiction themes very early and is a die-hard fan of Liu Cixin. I have always dreamed of turning these novels into reality. At that time, when people around heard that Guo Fan was going to make "The Wandering Earth", they thought it was too difficult, because in those few years, the production team of the "Three-Body" movie had been disbanded, and Chinese science fiction genre films were already being blown away before they even took off. Everything is in disarray, and no one dares to touch Liu’s novels anymore.

But Guo Fan still took on the huge pressure and started filming "The Wandering Earth". Because there was no precedent for domestic science fiction films to sell well, Guo Fan's box office expectation for the first part of "The Wandering Earth" was that as long as it didn't lose money, it would be fine!

He also said that if "The Wandering Earth" really lost too much money, he would go back and shoot "My Deskmate 2"! Then learn from the lesson, continue to save money and talents, and re-shoot science fiction films until the Chinese people's own science fiction masterpiece is made!

From the observation of Guo Fan, he can really do such a thing!

"I heard that you have always been very interested in science fiction themes and want to make science fiction films of the same level as Hollywood?" Gu Zhongyu began to get to the point. He had considered this movie for a long time and Guo Fan was the only one!

"Very interested! Because this is my ideal! I especially like Liu Cixin's science fiction novels. I don't know if you have read the novel "The Three-Body Problem". The wild imagination and various settings in it really shocked me! I dream of having a second chance to direct a science fiction movie in the future!" When talking about science fiction, Guo Fan became excited.

"Then I think we can have a second chance now." Gu Zhongyu liked Guo Fan's mentality and persistence, so he took out the things he had prepared and placed them on the mahogany desk in front of him.

Guo Fan leaned forward and saw that it was a book, with a movie script and production plan next to it. There were four big words written on the book - "Ball Lightning"!

The previous one was swallowed, wait and release it