The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 107 Exhausted talents?

"Mr. Zhang, many people say that the hot money in the film industry is pouring in. The capital in power doesn't respect the creators. They only want to make money, which leads to an endless stream of bad movies. What do you think?"

Zhang Weiping restrained his smile, and made a heartbroken expression: "In recent years, the film industry has indeed become more chaotic than before. Like you, many people have followed the trend and set up projects to make science fiction films. This is the result of many people in the industry who are short-sighted and only know how to kill the chicken to get the egg." .”

The reporter sensitively sensed the big news, and quickly asked: "Are you not optimistic about the future development of science fiction films in Huaguo?"

"It's not that I'm not optimistic, but this is the law of the market. In the final analysis, science fiction has always been a niche theme in my country. This fact is not changed by the fact that a so-called science fiction film has achieved success in the market by chance.

Moreover, the movie "Fatal Identity" is a bit far-fetched to say that he is a sci-fi theme. The three most important labels on this movie are actually suspense, murder, and police and robbers.

Its success does not mean that the Huaguo film industry has the ability to produce sci-fi films. Sci-fi films are real industrial films, and cannot be supported by these small ideas alone.

In particular, DreamWorks has recently approved two sci-fi films at the same time, and one of them has an investment of [-] million. This is obviously a real sci-fi production. I think they were dazzled by the success of "Fatal Identity" mind. "

The reporter keenly grasped the key points of the big news, and couldn't hide his excitement and asked: "Mr. Zhang, you mean you don't think "Fatal Identity" is a real science fiction film?"

Zhang Weiping put on the face of an industry expert: "What is a sci-fi movie? Among the movies imported by our country every year, the one that earns the most box office is sci-fi movies. Superhero movies are typical sci-fi blockbusters, which require a mature film industry. Only the back supports can be photographed.

Your industry has not developed to that level, and you rush to make a sci-fi blockbuster, which is just to spoil the seedlings. "Fatal Identity" is at best a sci-fi sketch with a little bit of sci-fi elements. It is far from a real sci-fi movie. Far. "

The reporter continued to ask: "So you don't like the next two movies of DreamWorks? I remember you said on Weibo that you don't like the performance of "Fatal Identity" in North America, but this movie has indeed achieved extraordinary success. success."

Zhang Weiping shook his head and said: "It's not a question of whether I like it or not, I said that it is very difficult to achieve continuous success in science fiction movies just by relying on some clever ideas.

You can see that the production costs of these two new projects of DreamWorks have been greatly increased. They are no longer the kind of low-cost films that rely on creativity to win. They want to make real industrial films. This shows that Director Chen Jingxing himself may Can't think of more ideas.

This is actually very normal. A person may not be able to think of one truly amazing idea in his lifetime. Director Chen Jingxing can come up with two amazing ideas, and they can also be made into movies. It is also very good to realize that the only way out is to make real industrial films, but industrial films are not so easy to make, and it is okay for young people to pay tuition fees, but spending [-] to [-] million to pay tuition fees is indeed a bit too high. "

Zhang Weiping's remarks in the interview were quickly posted on the Internet under the shocking headline of the media.

"Shocked! The big bosses in the industry bluntly said that the ghost director has run out of talents!"

"A well-known filmmaker pointed out that the movie "Fatal Identity" cannot be regarded as a science fiction movie."

"The genius director started shooting a sci-fi blockbuster, and the gold medal producer admitted that he was not optimistic about it."

Chen Jingxing's fans naturally refuted this directly, and even went to Zhang Weiping's Weibo to mock and criticize directly.

However, Zhang Weiping's seemingly well-founded speech has confused many people.

On Zhihu, under the question "How do you think Zhang Weiping thinks that DreamWorks is aggressive in launching two science fiction films at the same time", many people feel that what Zhang Weiping said is not completely unreasonable.

[I hope that fans of Chen Jingxing can let go of their emotional expressions. I personally like watching director Chen’s movies, but as far as I know, among the next two films of DreamWorks, the production cost of "Source Code" is as high as 5000 million. The production cost of "Signal" has also reached [-] million. Obviously, the production cost is much higher than that of the previous "Fatal Identity", and it is no longer a small-cost creative film.

I'm not saying that director Chen Jingxing can't make good movies, but I think he is a director with a strong personal style.

If the next movie he will make is still a small-budget movie like "Comet" and "Fatal Identity", I will definitely maintain high expectations. Production, that is really another field, as Zhang Weiping said, it needs a mature film industry as the foundation.

There are really not many people in the world who are all-rounders. For example, Ang Lee, his "Wedding Banquet" and "Eating and Drinking Men and Women" are classic enough to be included in the annals of Chinese-language movies, but Hollywood can't think of letting him make superhero blockbusters, but he has become Ang Lee's most famous movie. Bad movie.

In fact, what I am most worried about is not whether director Chen Jingxing can control the big production, but whether the kind of imagination that brings surprises will leave the fans? ]

Although the text is gentle and steady, it expresses two meanings throughout:
Can Chen Jingxing manage big productions?

And after Chen Jingxing made two low-cost mind-blowing movies, did he run out of talents?

Chen Jingxing rolled his eyes after reading this article on his mobile phone.

Tang Xin, his girlfriend who was lying next to him, was also swiping his phone: "Who is this Zhang Weiping? Why does he keep getting in trouble with you?"

Chen Jingxing snorted: "A movie he produced, "The White-haired Witch" will be released this year, so don't hurry up and hype it."

"It doesn't make sense to keep pulling you alone?" Tang Xin was a little annoyed.

Chen Jingxing thought for a while: "I'm not the only victim. Guo Xiaosi's "Little Times 2" was also criticized by him in public. Oh, and poor Guo Fan, his "You at the Same Table" " has just been screened in theaters, and he has criticized it in a mess, but the media doesn't seem to report much?" After all, there are too many critics of "Little Times 2" and "You at the Same Table", and there is no shortage of Zhang Weiping.

As he said that, he shivered again: "I can't help it. Who told you that your boyfriend is a genius director, so that he can attract attention? Only when you touch me, the media will report intensively."

Tang Xin didn't know which comment she saw again, so she suddenly laughed: "Haha, I didn't expect some netizens to question your failure."

"...What's wrong?"

"You say you're exhausted, great director, you're not really exhausted, are you? Is there not a single drop left?"

Chen Jingxing turned over and said, "...Hmph, it was just an intermission just now. I have more talents than you can imagine. It's only been two times. It's too early for me to do my best!"

(End of this chapter)