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Chapter 542 Three Thousand Universes (4200+ chapters, please subscribe~)

Looking at the trajectory of Hollywood films in the global market, in the 90s, Hollywood opened up the global film market with its own sci-fi film "Jurassic Park", followed by action films with various big scenes. Similar to Schwarzenegger and Stallone's style of movies, as the main force, there are also some funny films, romance films as the assault force, such as the "Home Alone" series and Wu Jianye's "Human Ghost" that is going to be filmed "And Cameron's big ship.

After 2000, with the development of film technology getting better and better, Hollywood superhero movies began to show their brilliance, and finally became a unified IP series of movies!

There is also an alternative "Fast and Furious" series of movies. In fact, to put it bluntly, in the end, the "Fast and Furious" series also followed the path of superheroes, and the abilities of several leading actors were comparable to superheroes.

Simply put, they created their own cinematic universe!
So why can't Chinese-language movies create their own movie universe?

In fact, Chinese film practitioners in later generations have already done this, and the most successful ones are actually "Tang Tan Universe" and "Fengshen Universe"!
Among them, "Fengshen Universe" is also an animation series.
Thinking of this, Wu Jianye sat up on the bed. Gong Xi looked at Wu Jianye curiously and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, I have some ideas, I have to write them out, you can rest by yourself, I guess I don't have time here!" Wu Jianye replied.

Although Gong Xi was a little strange, she nodded obediently, "Then remember to rest early."

Wu Jianye: "Yes!"

Just two steps away, Wu Jianye heard Gong Xi's voice from behind: "Smoking less!"

"Okay, I'll eat the white rabbit!" Wu Jianye waved his hand and came to his study.

After sitting down, Wu Jianye took out a brand new notebook from the drawer.

First of all, on the first page, Wu Jianye wrote "Fengshen Universe" in big characters.

If we only talk about the novel that has the most far-reaching influence in the Chinese mythology system, then "Fengshen Bang" is second, and no one dares to admit that it is the first. There are hundreds of mythical characters appearing in it.

Even the achievements of "Journey to the West" in the mythology system cannot be compared with "Feng Shen Bang".

The later animated version of "Fengshen Universe" also proved its strength with its huge box office, but what worried Wu Jianye was that almost all of the live-action versions of the "Fengshen Universe" hit the street, and the worst of them was The Fengshen movie that the Xiangs and his wife made to flatter their own lives.

The degree of rushing to the street even surpassed that of Tsui Hark's "Shushan" during the Huaxia star period!
Fortunately, he was his own son. If it were an ordinary actor, that movie alone would be enough to put his entertainment career to death.

At the same time, there is another hidden danger in this series, that is, the copyright issue. "Feng Shen Bang" came from the Ming Dynasty, and there is no so-called copyright ownership for a long time. In the case of this movie universe, then it is very likely that there will be movies in the whole country that are from the Conferred Gods universe.

In fact, there are already signs of this kind of thing in later generations, the animated version of "Fengshen Universe", Wu Ershan's "Fengshen Trilogy".
These are all so, and Wu Jianye even thought that if it simply happened in the ancient mythical universe, then it would be a huge challenge for the film to be welcomed by European and American audiences
Thinking of this, Wu Jianye reluctantly drew an X on the word 'Fengshen Universe'.

Then there is Journey to the West. The comprehensive influence of "Journey to the West" must exceed that of "Feng Shen Bang", which can also be reflected in the film adaptation.

For example, the film adaptation of "Journey to the West" in later generations has more success than "Fengshen Bang". Made a good movie box office.

But "Journey to the West" faces even more problems than "Fengshenbang", so there is no need to talk about copyright issues. At the same time, the main characters of "Journey to the West" are actually four Tang monks, masters and apprentices, and most of the rest are monsters, and It belongs to a type of travel novel, that is to say, there are relatively few solo movies that can be adapted in it.

It can be tried as a small universe, but there is no way to support a movie that is so huge that various characters appear one after another, and the big universe is united.

In this regard, the most successful thing to do is the Marvel Universe. Relying on the large platform of hundreds of superheroes in Marvel Comics, the Marvel Universe can launch a single movie of a certain superhero at any time, and then at the same time Marvel In the comics, there are many superhero alliances similar to the Avengers.

The Illuminati consists of Mister Fantastic, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Professor X, Black Bolt, Neptune Namor, Black Panther, Beast, Hulk and others.

Midnight Sons composed of Blade Warrior, Ghost Rider, Hannibal Gold and others.

Mutant X-Men.

Judge, Searcher, Eradicator, Collector, Measurer, Analyzer, Calculator, Explorer, Prosecutor, Tester, etc. The Celestial Group of Outer Spacemen.

There are even Chinese Eight Immortals involving Chinese superheroes
Each of these superheroes has their own old enemies, and the organizations they form also have their own old enemies. It is undeniable that this form of expression is easier to be adapted into movies and easier to be accepted by the audience.

If Wu Jianye really wants to create his own, or a super IP that belongs to Huaxia Movies, then this form is the best way to express it!

Since the existing Conferred Gods Universe and Journey to the West Universe are not suitable for the movie universe that Wu Jianye has in mind, is it possible to create a movie universe?

Prehistoric universe, mythical universe, fairy tale universe, fantasy universe, high martial arts universe, low martial arts universe, technological universe, real universe.
Slowly, Wu Jianye wrote more and more movie universes in his notebook. The ability to think of these universes also benefited from the fact that Wu Jianye, who was in another time and space, was particularly obsessed with online novels for a while.

In the end, Wu Jianye wrote a 'Three Thousand Universes'!
However, it will be an extremely complicated matter to unite these universes to form a huge dignified cultural film universe, and it will not happen overnight at all.

And there is another issue that Wu Jianye must pay attention to, that is, the issue of the power system. Why does the DC universe in later generations always feel a little worse than the Marvel universe?

One of the most important issues is the reason for the existence of the invincible superhero Superman in the DC universe. His appearance has caused the power system of the entire DC movie universe to become a mess.

Although the power system of Marvel movies is a bit chaotic, it is infinitely better than that of the DC universe.

As for why Wu Jianye wrote Three Thousand Universes in the end, the biggest reason is that in Wu Jianye’s conception, the beginning of all stories must appear in the real universe, which can give the audience the greatest sense of substitution !
These universes exist as individuals. According to later Internet literature, they are stories that take place in different planes.

And the real universe is the origin of all plane universes. When the real universe is gone, other universes will also be gone, but the crossing of planes will greatly reduce the superhero's ability, so that the balance of the power system can be maintained. up.

To complete such a huge movie universe, Wu Jianye's ability alone is definitely not enough. This is something that can only be accomplished by a huge creative team.

And there are two other issues that Wu Jianye attaches the most importance to.

The reason why Marvel movies and DC movies can be successful is because the comics of the same name have been serialized in North America for decades, and they have already laid a solid audience base.

After the film technology matures, it will become a matter of course to adapt the film. Wu Jianye is almost going to completely restart a brand new universe now, so first of all, the audience's acceptance level cannot reach the height of Marvel DC.

This requires the assistance of novels and comics.

Moreover, it is impossible for Wu Jianye's plan to cover the whole country in Xiangjiang alone. At the same time, due to domestic policy reasons, if you want to make this happen, you must get the help of domestic high-level officials.

Another problem is technical issues. Special effects production has always been a shortcoming of domestic films. Even in the next 30 years, domestic special effects companies are still many years behind Hollywood.

This is not to say that there are no such talents in China and Xiangjiang. More importantly, there is no such soil at all. Xiangjiang's movies do not need so-called sci-fi movies now. Xiangjiang's current mainstream movies are enough to support the entire Xiangjiang film industry. , This is also the reason why Xiangjiang movies are too small.

The volume of domestic films is quite large, but the current domestic film environment, not to mention science fiction films and drama films, is almost unable to develop. If you want to make a science fiction film in China in the 90s, it is tantamount to courting death, but if If we do not develop special effects for domestic movies, we will catch up with Hollywood after 2000, and the lagging time will be longer and longer.

Later generations after 2010, domestic filmmakers always liked to invite the special effects production team of "Avatar" as a publicity, and domestic audiences were very excited at the beginning, but as a result, most of what they saw was Fifty cents special effects.

There are a lot of tricks here. Taking Cameron's "Avatar" as an example, the special effects company he hired was not a special effects company at all. In order to complete the shooting of "Avatar", James Cameron almost hired To all the top special effects companies in the United States, and these special effects companies are responsible for the fields they are best at.

This is how the top-level audio-visual effects of "Avatar" came to be. As for domestic films that claim to have hired the special effects team of "Avatar", they just hired one of the special effects companies.

And this is not over yet, in order to fulfill Cameron's request, those special effects companies dispatched almost all the elites of the company. After all, the shooting of "Avatar" is like the martial arts conference in Chinese martial arts novels. In order to stand out in this conference, the special effects company almost worked hard.

And when it came time to produce special effects for Huaxia movies, what was filmed was only my own intern team, and with the difference in production costs, it was naturally impossible for the other party to do special effects for you properly.

So the last thing that comes out can only be Wumao special effects.

Although Wu Jianye could choose to hire a Hollywood production team when making this type of film later, and Wu Jianye was willing to spend money, he hired the real whole team.

However, the gap between Eastern and Western cultures will still allow these foreigners to produce special effects that do not have the essence of China. This is also a lesson, such as the huge pit "Asura" in later generations.
If you are not in the middle, but you are not in the outside, it will be strange if you don't hit the street.

Special effects talents are urgently needed!
This type of talent is not achieved overnight, but requires a long period of practical training to be successful. Thinking of this, Wu Jianye started to have a headache again, because Xiangjiang may still find a few such talents, but if he wants to It is really difficult to find in China!

But soon, Wu Jianye thought of Yanjing Film Academy, his alma mater. There is absolutely no shortage of film talents, but there is also a difficulty, that is, it is impossible for him to let the film academy open a new special effects department, so let’s not talk about the procedures. No matter how troublesome it is, even if you want to recruit students, it is an extremely troublesome thing.

The most important thing is that there is no need for such talents in the country now, that is to say, even if these students graduate, they may face the possibility of unemployment. Even Wu Jianye cannot accept them all, so the establishment of a separate department It is impossible.

But that doesn't mean there isn't room for action.

Thinking of this, Wu Jianye raised his head and found that the sun was already shining outside. Looking at the time, it was past ten o'clock.

Stretching and groaning, Wu Jianye walked out of the study, where Gong Xie was hugging Wu Qichen to coax the child.

"Is it over?" Gong Xi asked distressedly after seeing Wu Jianye.

Wu Jianye smiled: "It's okay, I'm very energetic."

Gong Xi nodded and said, "Then I'll ask my servants to prepare breakfast for you!"

Wu Jianye said: "No need, I have something to do and need to go back to Yanjing."

Gong Xi immediately showed a trace of disappointment, "Didn't you say you can stay until June and July?"

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm just going back, and I'll be back in about two or three days!"

When Gong Xi heard what Wu Jianye said, he smiled: "Alright then, I'll help you pack your luggage!"

"By the way, do you want to ask Dai Zhen and Chen Le to go back with you?" Gong Xi asked.

"I'll go and call them!" Wu Jianye said after thinking for a while, and then went to make a call.

Not long after, Dai Zhen and Chen Le arrived at the villa. They heard that they were going back to Yanjing for a few days, but they didn't say anything. After Gong Xi finished packing Wu Jianye's luggage, the three of them rushed to the airport. As for the air tickets, of course Someone is in charge.

However, Yaoguang Group has always been responsible for such matters. Wu Jianye decided to find a full-time secretary in China or Xiangjiang. Xia Xiaohong needs to be in charge of the domestic situation, and he also needs a full-time secretary by his side.

Gong Xi waited for Wu Jianye to leave before he came to Wu Jianye's study, looked at Wu Jianye's desk full of cigarette butts in an ashtray, showed a wry smile, but still helped Wu Jianye carefully Ye cleaned up, and then put two boxes of cigars in the drawer where Wu Jianye was used to holding cigarettes.
I heard that cigars are not as harmful to the human body as smoking.

(End of this chapter)