What kind of bad thoughts can the director have?

Chapter 187 Why Not Shoot

The box office of the first part of "Warrior" has reached 46 billion, Luo Xue is happy but also very upset.

I am happy because as one of the investors, I can get at least 1 million investment income, which is 10 times the investment income.

To her annoyance, after ending Tianjun, she was eager to get rid of all business activities, and transferred Tiange to Yangshu early.

Luo Xue underestimated the box office value of "Warrior". When Tiange released "Warrior", the negotiated box office share was 13%, so now it can be divided into almost 6 million. After deducting the distribution costs and taxes, the net profit is 5 million .

This does not include the box office after the second extension, let alone the box office share of the lower part, and the final loss may reach 10 billion.

This is not a small amount, and now it has been included in Yang Shu's pocket, and it has nothing to do with her.

However, it's useless to be upset, this is a business, and there is no way to turn it over and over again. Besides, Yang Shu is good to her, and it is trivial to pay a few hundred million every time we meet.

Apart from the loss of money, what annoys her most is that she seriously misjudged the market, which is really inappropriate.

After all, she has a master's degree in cognitive psychology from Stanford University, and cognitive psychology is not as simple as counseling patients with brain problems or catching liars. Consumer psychology is also a major research topic, and market research is even a wider and more important work. This time, the judgment was completely wrong, and the professional player was actually defeated by Wang Baquan.

Although she finally invested in "Warrior" out of trust in Yang Shu's ability, she was the only investor who was not very optimistic about this project, and even poured cold water on it after the filming started.

In fact, Luo Xue's analysis is also well-founded, and it is precisely because she is too expert that she suffers from a well-founded loss.

Especially the analysis and judgment of the situation is a bit too dogmatic, and factors such as study abroad experience have affected objective thinking.

Over the past year, people on the other side of the ocean have been shouting all day long about tearing down whoever they want to tear down. It is undeniable that passive fear of war is everywhere in the domestic public opinion field, and quite a few people advocate avoiding war and seeking peace.

It's not that Luo Xue's ass is crooked, but that she overestimated the power of these public opinions and the breadth of the people they represent. Professionally speaking, her market research sampling went wrong, and she listened to too much coaxing.

In fact, the nature of the elite group and the fan group are very similar. These people do not account for a large proportion of the society, but they occupy more public resources, and the volume is so loud that it is easy to be misjudged as these people. Represents the silent majority.

The silent majority does not need to be represented by anyone. Everyone silently used their own money to buy tickets and enter the venue to show their attitude. They are all real people.

This is not obvious in the first part of "Warrior", but it is almost overwhelming in "Wolf Warrior 2".

China Film Group is still keen in this regard. It was no accident that the filming of "War of Mine" was launched, but it was also thorough. Luo Xue ignored the quality of the film itself, and naturally drew wrong conclusions.

But the book is not for nothing, and the speed of U-turn is also very fast. Although I still hold a pessimistic conclusion about the prospects, the general trend has been spotted.

So three days before the release of the second part of "Warrior", Luo Xue visited Feihongxuan, and after some tenderness, he gave Yang Shu a proposal worth billions: "I know you plan to start filming the web drama "The Devil's End is Coming" next year." ", but there is no further plan for the film, if you still want to continue to make war themes, stop engaging in anti-Japanese wars, and continue to resist the United States after the second part of "Warrior."

A gentle return of several billion, which is ten times the return on investment, but Yang Shu doesn't really need her to suggest this, and he understands what he said: "You suggest that I make "The Battle of Changjin Lake"? Ok?"

After all, they were still worried about someone breaking in suddenly, so the two of them got dressed and went back to Feihongxuan to sit down and discuss, "Why not? Are you worried that Feng Xiaogang will be unhappy?"

"I don't have any contact with him, and I don't care who is high or not, but I just think it's a bit of a joke, or even picking up the leak."

The subject of Changjin Lake is indeed cold food. It was brought up seven years ago, and it is still being talked about until now.

In 2010, Eric Brevig of Hollywood set up a film project called "Seventeen Days of Frost", intending to unite with South Korea to bring the Battle of Changjin Lake to the screen. The total production cost is as high as 1.3 million US dollars. It will be released worldwide in the second half of the year.

This Eric Brevig is no ordinary person, he is a well-known visual producer in Hollywood, the visual effects director of "Men in Black", "The Day After Tomorrow", "Pearl Harbor", and the 3D version of "Journey to the Center of the Earth".

"Seventeen Days of Frost" is about the famous Battle of Changjin Lake, but the U.S. military clearly suffered a loss in this battle, so why did they make this movie?
This is more complicated. The values ​​of the two sides are different, and the angles of viewing this battle are different. Both sides think they have won.

The First Marine Division of the U.S. Marine Corps is the oldest and largest active-duty unit in the U.S. Marine Corps, with nearly 2 troops.

In the Pacific War in 1942, the unprecedented brutal battle for Guadalcanal Island was fought by this unit. With the sacrifice of 7000 people, nearly 2 Japanese soldiers were killed.

The battle for Guadalcanal was very important. Together with the Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Alamein in the same period, it became the beginning of the Allies' strategic counter-offensive.

However, a few years later, this force was surrounded by volunteers at Changjin Lake, together with 8000 members of the US Tenth Army, and fell into a bitter battle for [-] days.

The First Marine Division of the U.S. Army finally relied on its equipment advantages. Although 500 people were wiped out, it was not completely wiped out after all. The large force still broke through the layers of siege of the Volunteers and successfully escaped.

Therefore, in the eyes of the United States, this is a victory similar to Dunkirk, and the escape is just going in a different direction.

Coincidentally, the second part of "Warrior", which will be released on September 9, is on the same schedule as Nolan's "Dunkirk".

It has been almost 70 years since the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. Over the years, especially in the past 20 years, the two sides seem to have some kind of tacit understanding, and the war is not mentioned much. After all, the atmosphere is relatively friendly, and business is more important than anything else.

However, the atmosphere has been changing. Hollywood first broke the silence, and South Korea responded positively, even wanting to start filming Changjin Lake.

When the news spread to China, one stone caused a thousand waves. The Bayi Factory proposed to shoot Changjin Lake at the highest level meeting of the country.

At that time, Feng Xiaogang had just finished filming "Assembly", and he also cooperated with South Korea. Although it was impossible to cooperate with Bangzi on the theme of Changjin Lake, he said on the spot: I have practiced making war films, so I will take this job.

But he didn't start it right away. Seven years have passed, and before the filming of "Fang Hua" started last year, he was still saying: I will shoot "The Battle of Changjin Lake" right away.

During this period, South Korea withdrew funding from "Seventeen Days of Frost" for some reason, and the project was eventually aborted, and it was not released globally in 2013.

However, our side has not given up on the theme of Changjin Lake because of this. It is precisely because of the provocation of "Seventeen Days of Frost" that many people know about the history of more than 60 years ago and show strong interest.

At the beginning of this year, there was a list listing the most anticipated movies in the next three years, including "The Battle of Changjin Lake", "Detective Chinatown 2", "Kung Fu 2", and "Mermaid 2".

However, most of them are painted cakes, and only "Detective Chinatown 2" has fulfilled its promise.

A few days ago when "Youth" finished filming, Director Feng said again: "Next year I will cooperate with Bingbing to film "Mobile 2". After filming, I will film "Battle of Changjin Lake".

However, Yang Shu knew that Sister Bingbing was banned from "Mobile Phone 2" because of a tax overturn. After that, Director Feng basically didn't make any serious works.

Afterwards, the theme was changed around. 2020 is the [-]th anniversary of the war in North Korea. Zhang Yimou, Liu Weiqiang and others have claimed to shoot before, but no one took it. So it took three months to catch up on the [-]th anniversary. I improvised a gift from "King Kong River", but the effect was not very good.

After many years of waiting and watching by many directors, Kai Ge finally confirmed that this is a business opportunity, and "Changjin Lake" will be released in 2021.

Also in the same year, he let his son quit the American citizenship and join the Chinese nationality.

Luo Xue finally showed her professional wisdom: "Domestic directors are unlikely to make this subject matter. Seven years have passed, and if they want to make a film, they will be filmed long ago. You can't expect someone who has a house and a family in the United States to make a war film against the United States. "

This knowledge is still limited by the times, and it also underestimates the ability of some people to have both sides.

Yang Shu didn't really want to accept the suggestion. The second part of "Warrior" was filming the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and his enthusiasm for this aspect had already been released a lot.

But he believes that if he shoots himself, he will be able to shoot better.

If Director Feng had filmed it back then, he should have done better than Brother Kai. The two have different ways of telling stories. Director Feng is better at mobilizing emotions and is more restrained.

Later works also proved this point. Although "Changjin Lake" was as popular at the box office as "Wolf Warrior 2", in fact, the number of channels is similar, and the emotions are too high and there are few dry goods.

Even the Doubanjiang score is the same as 7.1, which is regarded as a good product.

Yang Shu was a little uninterested: "I have already filmed "Warrior" to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and I don't really want to continue filming similar themes."

Luo Xue neither talked about feelings nor emotions, but only looked at the market: "This is the market demand, it is the audience's demand. Everyone has been looking forward to Changjin Lake for seven years, why not make a film?"

(End of this chapter)