my time as a director

28 billion, and once again stimulated a wave of already numb film industry.

At the same time, it also stimulates the capital inside and outside the industry, making all the capital who want to make a fortune jealous.

Major companies have announced all kinds of big plans one after another. An investment of [-] million yuan is too embarrassing to call it a big production, at least [-] million to [-] million yuan.

Ahli and Penguin, the two Internet giants, have also officially set foot in the field of film and television production. Penguin announced that it will cast the film "Tomb Raiders Notes" with an investment of [-] million yuan, and the TV series will also be produced simultaneously.

However, the most astonishing thing in each of these projects is the big bomb thrown by Ningxia Film Group and Zhenjian Films.

Yang Zhenjian, CEO of Zhenjian Pictures, announced that he will spend [-] million US dollars to shoot the fantasy blockbuster "Asura".

Opening the mouth is [-] million US dollars, like boiling water into a frying pan, and a piece of it is blown up.

The only domestic movie with an investment of [-] million US dollars is Zhang Yimou's new film "The Great Wall", which was invested by a Hollywood company.

Li Qian was somewhat impressed with this movie, it was a bad one.

However, I heard that major companies and various capitals are all interested in this project.

To be precise, it was aimed at Yang Zhenjian.

He is the marketing director of the "Painted Skin" series. At the beginning, the marketing method of this series was rated as enough to produce a book by the industry.

In the second film, Huayang Media stepped in and replaced the director, but left him as the marketing director instead of using his own company's marketing team, which can be seen.

From the preparation, origin, material selection, and script, including the formulation of the communication strategy, the planning of the details of the promotion, and the rhythm of the early, mid-term, and late-stage efforts, every event and hype is arranged by him half a year in advance. buckle.

With the achievements of this series, the new film planned by this marketing guru, since he called for an investment of [-] million US dollars, has also attracted countless capitals, wanting to get a piece of the pie.

The industry is like this, with excess capital, a lot of money can't be spent, and no one is willing to invest in films with no prospects.

After Guo Fan returned to China, he only rested for two days, and then devoted himself to the preparation work.

At the end of the month, within a month of returning to China, the special effects company, the digital field headquarters in North America and the branch in Beijing began to devote themselves to the preliminary preparations for "The Wandering Earth".

The special effects, the team, and especially the most important art team are also in the process of preparation, and the team has not been assembled in a month. After all, it is a real sci-fi blockbuster, and it is a brand new post-apocalyptic background, similar to "I Am Legend". The difference in the end of the world is huge.

However, the script has already been completed, and Guo Fan has not been idle in the past two years.

Li Qian looked at the script and found that there were less than 80 similarities with the movie, and the degree of fit was already very high. After all, the movie was not shot according to the script, and one had to look at the storyboard and storyboard.

"It's pretty good. It's enough for the most basic commercial productions to have a smooth plot and distinctive characters."

Li Qian put down the script, nodded and smiled, "Besides, the most important thing about this kind of sci-fi film is the depiction of the background. For any movie that does not have a realistic background, the most important thing is the background and the world view. Some details can be added appropriately. Show the current state of the earth and people's lives."

Now Penguin is adapting some popular networks and making them into TV series, such as "Fights Break Sphere", which has already been established, but the directors and creators obviously didn't even understand the original work, and they might not even finish it. Even the most basic worldview and background are wrong.

This is not something that can be changed by whether the actor's acting skills are good or the special effects are good. No matter how good the actor is, no matter how top-notch the special effects are, the filming is full of sense of disobedience, because it is a different world.

The setting is used, and the background of the world view is messed up. This is as awkward as filming an oriental mythology drama, but using the background of western mythology.

Guo Fan thinks it is, "It's just that the time may not be enough. I will see how to add the others except for the section of the skewer shop."

In the script, there is a section where Liu Qi and Han Duoduo came out of the classroom, went to the barbecue restaurant, and ordered two large drinks and 30 skewers.

However, the two so-called large cups are only about the size of a medium-sized test tube, and the "earthworm meat" on the 30 skewers is not as thick as a stick.

This little detail shows how difficult supplies are in the dungeon. Don't make it so big that you still eat meat and drink too much, no matter how good the performance is, it will be useless.

It's like in some TV dramas, the widow is watching in the mourning hall, the makeup is still very gorgeous, and she wears a big red dress. If you don't know it, you think it's some indescribable movie. Next, a husband will commit crimes or something. .

The general direction of the background is very important, and the details are also indispensable.

Talking about the idea of ​​the movie, Li Qian has asked someone to transfer [-] million to the account of the preparatory team of "The Wandering Earth", and the movie will be officially launched.

If the total production cost goes well, it should be controlled at about 4 million yuan, which is actually a medium-investment film in Hollywood.

With a cost of [-] million yuan and a cycle of three to four years, it is considered a huge risk in China.

"If the market hadn't become bigger and bigger now, I wouldn't dare to shoot." Guo Fan was also full of emotion. Even if he made half of the four hundred million three or four years later, he would not make much money. It is far better to use it for other things. of.

"It seems that I heard that a company wants to invest [-] million US dollars to make a blockbuster movie. Now the market can accommodate movies of this size."

Li Qian said with a smile, "[-] million US dollars is not yet in sight, it's just a concept put forward by a marketing person, let alone [-] million US dollars, it is estimated that he can't even come up with [-] million yuan now, just put forward a concept to attract others to invest. "

"Venture investment?" Guo Fan was a little stunned, can he do this when making movies?

"It's about the same. It's quite useful. It seems that the raccoon and the penguin have been contacted. There are also several funds, real estate companies, and the boss of the Shenzhen Red Diamonds. Now there is too much capital in the periphery."

"Red Diamonds? Isn't it that they can't even pay their wages? Are they in arrears of 1000 million wages and still have the money to invest in a big production worth [-] million dollars?"

Guo Fan occasionally watches football. It just so happened that some time ago all the players of the Red Diamonds protested against the club's salary arrears and there was a lot of trouble.

The 1000 million salary can't be paid, and you still want to mix in a [-] million dollar movie?

"What's so strange about this." Li Qian shook his head and said with a light smile, "Arrears of wages doesn't mean that you don't have money. One side owes 1000 million, and the other loses [-] million. It's perfectly normal. Capitalists are not like that. "

"That's right." Guo Fan recalled that back then, when he was taking odd jobs on the production team, the production team invested tens of millions and even hundreds of 1000 yuan in remuneration had to delay for a few days, as if it was uncomfortable not to procrastinate.

"Don't worry about others. A film of this size is still a fantasy blockbuster. It's not that easy to make. It's almost time. Go to the hotel. The reporter is still waiting."

Although preparations for "The Wandering Earth" have just begun, as the first film in China, it is also a large-scale production that guides the general direction of domestic science fiction. Li Qian still needs to be more high-profile. The audience will also spontaneously help promote it.

At the hotel press conference, two to three hundred reporters from all over the country were already waiting, surrounded by three sides of a catwalk.

The reporters present were also very puzzled by the invitation issued by Future Films. There was already a lot of discussion before the owner came.

"Is there any news from Lao Wang? Is Li Qian going to announce a new movie?"

"I don't know, don't you have a relationship in the future film industry?"

"It looks like it should be announcing something, the table is set up."

"It should be Li Qian's new film. In previous years, the connection was almost seamless, but the past two years have been a bit delayed."

"This is also Li Qian, please come and don't talk about the situation."

According to the guesswork of the reporters, Li Qiancai came late, and came onto the stage with a smile in the face of the flashing lights and clicking sounds.

"Sorry for keeping everyone from the media waiting for a long time. Please come here today to miss a new film from our future film industry."

No nonsense, Li Qian went straight to the topic, and as expected by the reporter, they cheered up and listened carefully.

It's rare that Li Qian has become diligent again!

The crowd was overwhelmed with emotion.

"The company is preparing a sci-fi film "The Wandering Earth" based on the same name of Liu, with an initial investment of [-] million yuan. The film will be directed by Guo Fan."