my time as a director

The biggest reason for the failure was that the original work of "Waiting for the Wind" was too poor in terms of storytelling? And Teng Huatao himself had no original work to learn from, so he couldn't tell a 90-minute story.

The reason? Many people can see it, but no one can tell the whole story? They will only tell Teng Huatao? The failure is all because of the original work.

As for the comments of some professionals on the Internet? Teng Huatao can see it, but it is ignored. Everyone is unwilling to believe that it is their own problem, and the fault can only be others.

Huang Zhongjun understands the many professional analyzes in the company, and this time he also read the original book of "Magic City Fortress". Won't be a bestseller anymore.

As for the lack of sci-fi elements, it is a good thing, otherwise he was worried about whether Teng Huatao could make a good film, which would be too difficult.

Coupled with the original book and many fans of Jiang Nan, it is no worse than Guo Jinming and Han Han.

Adapted movies continue to sell well, and sci-fi + love is also a good theme. The best-selling proves that this story is good among young people, and it makes up for the shortcomings of Teng Huatao's poor storytelling, and young people are the main moviegoers.

It is precisely because of these benefits that Huang Zhongjun wants to invest even if Li Qian, who has a unique vision, is not optimistic about it.

At least Teng Huatao has proved his ability!

Seeing Huang Zhongjun, he almost patted his chest and handed over the check. Compared with Li Qian's attitude, Teng Huatao was also very moved.

He vaguely saw 15 years ago, when Huayang Media was still Huayang Taihe Film and Television, and it was the first time he invested in his TV series "Eternal Lover". The young Huang Zhongjun also patted his chest and draped his shoulders, calling him a brother .

Huang Zhongjun's loyalty touched Teng Huatao who had just been injured, and he immediately said, "Don't worry, Huang Dong, this time "Magic City Fortress" will definitely be a success!"

"Haha, that's for sure!"

Huang Zhongjun laughed, raised his glass and clinked a glass with Teng Huatao, and drank it down in one gulp.

After Teng Huatao left with confidence, the smiles on the faces of the two brothers faded slightly.

"Brother, 3 million, how much should we pay?" Huang Zhonglei asked.

[-] million investment with a three-year period, of course it is impossible to pay all the money, it is a fool's job.

The cycle is too long, and the payback is too slow. Unless it sells for 20 billion at the box office, it is better to buy a house in Beijing with 20 million to be safe. With the increase in house prices in the past few years, the rent in three years and the money sold in three years are all No less than [-] billion at the box office.

Of course, the income is not limited to the box office. Otherwise, when the market was not so big a few years ago, it would not be able to make much money. It would be better to be a charter company.

"15 million, at least it must be in the leading position." Huang Zhongjun said, "Zhonglei, go find Penguin and Ah Li, they should be interested, but don't give them all, at least give me [-] investors. "

Some time ago, "Asura", which was only a gimmick with an investment of [-] million US dollars, was invested by two big players, Penguin and Ah Li, and it was not short of money at all.

However, they can't be allowed to pay too much. We must find a dozen or so companies to share the remaining [-] million yuan to ensure Huayang Media's dominant position.

Teng Huatao, the famous director, "Magic City Fortress" is a best-seller again. The sci-fi genre "The Wandering Earth" has been announced before the project, which has already attracted the audience's attention to domestic sci-fi. Soon, Huayang Media first cooperated with Penguin, Ah Li has reached an investment intention.

The two companies each contribute 6000 million yuan, no more and no less, to ensure that they will do their best to support them and not overwhelm the host.

After the two companies finalized the cooperation, Huang Zhongjun held a press conference and announced the official approval of the sci-fi masterpiece "Magic City Fortress".

The domestic sci-fi blockbuster, the gimmick alone has attracted reporters, and the liveliness of the press conference is no less than that of "The Wandering Earth".

Facing the eyes of hundreds of people, even Teng Huatao, who has already become famous, couldn't hide his excitement, and talked about his lofty ambitions in high spirits.

""Magic City Fortress" is the first domestic film to combine science fiction and war, the first time to present a frontal confrontation with alien civilization, and the first time that future wars will take place in Huaguo and Magic City. An enrichment of themes is a new challenge

"The film will present the concept of a 'community with a shared future for mankind'. The concept of family and country is actually something Chinese people attach great importance to, and it is also the feeling that domestic science fiction should have."

However, compared to the "Wandering Earth" press conference, the reporters here are not so easy to talk about.

"Director Teng, you have only made two romance movies in the past, do you think you can make a good science fiction movie, and are you not afraid of ruining the original work?"

Teng Huatao is also a director who has been filming for more than ten years, and he is still able to handle it with ease. He smiled and said, "When I was filming "33 Days of Broken Love" a few years ago, someone asked me the same question, 'A filmmaker Director of a TV series, who gave you the courage to make a film?', I think our generation of filmmakers have the responsibility to step out of their comfort zone and develop towards a more industrialized direction!"

Using his own success history, he perfectly countered the reporter's doubts, and at the same time described his actions as the responsibility of contemporary filmmakers.

Immediately afterwards, Teng Huatao said very sincerely, "Huaguo science fiction has just started, and this is a necessary process. I think it is worthwhile to accumulate some experience for domestic science fiction. I am also willing to be this pioneer, for future generations Overcoming obstacles and finding a path that belongs to Huaguo's science fiction, no matter whether it succeeds or not, it will not hesitate!

The road to domestic sci-fi is long and difficult. Our film industry has just started. I hope everyone can support us and accompany us to bring domestic films to a higher technical level and open the door to domestic sci-fi! "

"Clap clap clap clap!!!"

The speech was met with applause from the reporters.

But the applause is the applause, and we must continue to make things difficult, after all, reporters rely on this to make money.

I want to eat!

"But Director Teng, Director Guo Fan studied and studied in Hollywood for more than two years before filming "The Wandering Earth" before he dared to shoot a sci-fi blockbuster, and "Magic City Fortress" did not plan to rush to establish a project. Dare to invest in the production of a sci-fi blockbuster, and completely kill the domestic sci-fi door that just revealed a crack in the door?"

As soon as these words came out, Teng Huatao's face became a little ugly.

It's fine to question him, but to compare it with "The Wandering Earth", so what about going to Hollywood for two years of further study?

However, just as he was about to speak, Huang Zhongjun spoke first.

"I understand this friend's concern very well. We also take science fiction blockbusters most seriously. In addition to hiring top Hollywood teams, Director Teng will also be invited to Hollywood to observe and learn."

At this time, low-key modesty is the truth.

Huang Zhongjun is also afraid that he will be tempered by the stabbing film."

Without blushing, Huang Zhongjun made up a story for Teng Huatao. The young director was deeply saddened to see Hollywood blockbusters killing all directions in China, and determined to revive the domestic science fiction story.

So, I planned to shoot a few years ago, and I am preparing for it. Isn't it the first domestic sci-fi blockbuster?

The reporters have changed their minds about Teng Huatao, thinking that Huayang Media and Teng Huatao followed the trend of "The Wandering Earth".

At the moment, the reporters who originally wanted to ask whether they were following suit also gave up their minds.

However, Teng Huatao blushed a little, which made him feel like he was making up a miserable life experience for himself on a talent show.

However, in the face of many eyes and lenses in the audience, he still accepts it calmly.

Huang Zhongjun saw that the effect was so good, and he said impassionedly, "I know that many people are not optimistic about domestic science fiction, because the last failure is not optimistic for Director Teng, and because of the performance of the past two years, Huayang Media is also not optimistic.

But starting today, we want to take back all of this, take back that damned respect, respect for Director Teng, respect for domestic science fiction and domestic films! "

Take back that damn respect!

As soon as these words came out, Huayang Media and Teng Huatao seemed to be representatives of domestic films and domestic science fiction.

For some reason, it may be that many people on the Internet have used Hollywood or even Japanese and Korean movies to belittle domestic movies for a long time. These remarks made the reporters who have been reporting movie news in the audience suddenly feel excited. After all, they are also film practitioners. .

"Take back that damned respect!"

At the end of the press conference, Teng Huatao was still repeating these words silently in his heart.

The failure of "Waiting for the Wind", he suffered too many doubts, too many people said that he should stop making movies, go back and make your TV series.