The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 17 The Chinese version of "Deadly ID"

"Sister Zhang, you have also read the script, and with the success of "Comet", although I am still far from the golden signs of those big directors, I dare to boast that this film is definitely a rare high-quality project. "

Chen Jingxing could see that Zhang Jingyan was already extremely moved, and he wanted to add more fire.

"Sister Zhang, I have told you about the situation of DreamWorks Studio before. The team is not enough, even if it is enough, it is still very difficult to complete a screen movie independently."

"So, if we can reach a cooperation on "Fatal Identity", it will definitely be a more in-depth cooperation. Fantasy World will definitely participate in the production of this film, and even lead the release."

"Think about it, if a big-screen movie that is produced and released by Huanshi leads the way, if it succeeds at the box office, with Huanshi's capital size, as long as this step breaks through, it will be equivalent to setting up a big shot in the film industry. Daqi, the blockade of the five major studios on you has been abolished in half, and it may even cause a chain reaction. At the same time, it has also taken the lead in the competition with the other three major platforms.

"And this is also a major benefit, isn't it? Isn't the most important thing in the stock market is the imagination space? Internet capital has finally established a dock in the Huaguo film market. With the current growth rate of the number of domestic screens, what do you think? Internet Capital will conquer another high-growth market? If Fantasy World can make a breakthrough, it will definitely be a great stimulus to the secondary market.”

At this moment, Chen Jingxing seemed to be a strategist in the Warring States Period, exaggerating the meaning of the next movie cooperation to the fantasy world.

Zhang Jingyan couldn't help laughing: "Director Chen, even if you don't become a director, you will definitely succeed in starting an Internet company."

Chen Jingxing always accepted compliments with a smile: "Sister Zhang, so you are tempted?"

"...Why are the words always weird when they come out of your mouth?"

"Hey, so, what do you think about the cooperation of the next movie, Mr. Zhang?"

"There is one thing I still don't quite understand. I wonder if Director Chen can explain it?"

Chen Jingxing thumped in his heart, wondering if he had used too much force just now.

"Miss Zhang, you ask."

"I have a strange feeling. Although you keep saying how important the next film's cooperation is to Huanshi, it seems that you also value the continued cooperation with Huanshi in the future, and are even urgent... Logically speaking, you have With such a script, coupled with the success of "Comet", you don't have to worry about finding investment, and even the five major studios will be tempted. After all, the cost of shooting "Fatal Identity" is not high... Here is what you want in Fantasy World What do you want?"

As expected of an old fritter who has invaded the film and television industry for decades, he has sufficient experience in procurement negotiations, and his sense is still very keen.

Chen Jingxing didn't hide his intentions: "I attach great importance to Huanshi's publicity ability."

"Oh?"

"I think Huanshi.com has the advantages that traditional film production and distribution companies can't match. You have big data on audiences watching film and television variety shows on the Internet, and at the same time you have the advantage of information distribution. Smartphones are now popularized at a high speed, and the mobile terminal is stronger. , your advantage over traditional distribution companies is greater.”

Chen Jingxing knows the power of Internet big data push and network virus marketing, and Fantasy World has a natural advantage as an Internet platform.

Of course, the reason why he is eager to promote a cooperative relationship with Fantasy World is because he wants to take advantage of the Internet’s expansion of territory. Traditional production and distribution companies want to make it easy for Internet upstarts to hit a wall once, but they want to keep Internet capital out of the core for a long time. It is impossible. Internet capital will carry out a profound change and transformation of the film industry. The five major studios will either surrender or accept cooperation. There is no other choice.

His DreamWorks Studio would have to wait until the Year of the Monkey if it wanted to follow the path of a traditional studio, and it would be a good shortcut to take off with Internet capital.

These selfishness is inhumane, after all, Zhang Jingyan may not have as much confidence in the fantasy world as he does.

Although the reasons given by Chen Jingxing were somewhat beyond Zhang Jingyan's expectations, they were reasonable after careful consideration, and we immediately moved on to the next topic.

"Director Chen estimates how much investment this film will require?"

Chen Jingxing had been prepared for a long time, and blurted out: "300 million is enough!"

The main scene of the original fatal id is a motel. The reason why it cost 2800 million US dollars is mainly because the actors are paid more. After all, there are 11 personalities alone.

For this version that Chen Jingxing was going to shoot, the actors still tended to invite teachers from Wuyi Theater. After all, the cooperation in "Comet" was quite pleasant, and with word of mouth, it would not be difficult to recruit a few more people.

It stands to reason that the salary expenditure will not be very high, and it can be resolved between 200 million and 300 million. After all, the shooting time this time will also exceed "Comet".

But the real big head is in the shooting scene.

The original fatal id has several points that are difficult to Sinicize.

The biggest problem is the setting of the whole story.

The background of the story of Deadly ID is that the defender of a brutal murderer, in order to persuade the judge to save the criminal with schizophrenia from the death penalty, invited a psychiatrist to prescribe a drug for the criminal, which has 11 personalities They met each other, and then killed each other, so that the good personality won the final victory, and then the execution was avoided on the grounds that "the evil personality who committed the cruel crime is dead, and the good personality and his body are innocent".

Undoubtedly, the background of this story must be changed. Not only is it a matter of review, but it is also difficult for the people of Huaguo to accept this kind of defense.

How to change it?

Chen Jingxing changed the background of the story to a police film.

A murderer with schizophrenia who committed serial murders, the police gradually uncovered the unfortunate childhood and encounters of this "abnormal" in the process of chasing him (these have hurt him or helped him in his life) His person is the archetype of his many split personalities).

In order to prevent other personalities from waking up and interfering with him during the escape, the evil personality leading the murderer consulted a psychiatrist to see if there was a way to solve the other personalities. The psychiatrist prescribed a medicine for him, saying that it could solve the split personality question.

The murderer dominated by the evil personality then kidnapped the psychiatrist and fled together. First, to prevent the doctor from deceiving him. If the medicine doesn’t work, he can force him to ask the psychiatrist if there is any other way; second, to prevent the police from following his trail to find the psychiatrist. , Knowing that he suffers from schizophrenia, it is easier to design and arrest him for his symptoms; third, if he is really found and rounded up, the psychologist can be used as a hostage.

The murderer kidnapped the psychiatrist to an unfinished building, tied the doctor with a rope to restrict his ability to move, took the medicine, and started a personality battle royale. On the way, the kind personality awakened and understood the truth under the doctor's prompt. , made up his mind to get rid of the evil personality, and after dying together with the evil personality, only one female good personality escaped from the clutches and gained the dominance of the body.

At the same time, the police also chased after the unfinished building. The female kind personality broke free from the shackles of the psychiatrist. Just when the psychiatrist thought she had escaped from birth and walked towards the police, the real evil personality boss in the murderer's mind behind him Kill the female kind personality, dominate the body, and then the film ends.

So far, the background and map of the deadly id in Chen Jingxing's version are more complicated than the original version. In addition to the character battle royale scene, there are unfinished buildings, as well as the police chase and investigation.

In addition, there is another problem with the original fatal id. The scene of the personality battle is a motel. Choosing a motel as the place where the plot takes place is in line with the national conditions of the United States, but it does not conform to the national conditions of China.

In fact, the "Battle Royale of Personality" in Fatal id is a typical story of Blizzard Villa mode.

As long as this is figured out, it is not difficult to make localized adaptations.

Chen Jingxing immediately thought of "No Man's Land" from the plane of his previous life.

Inspired by this, Chen Jingxing planned to change the map of the battle royale from a motel to a service station by a certain national road in the northwest of Huaguo, to be more precise, it was a guest house of the service station.

The mountain was blocked by heavy snow, and a section of a certain national highway in the northwest was blocked, so the 11 people who were trapped came to the simple guest house next to the service station.

The suspenseful crime story happened in a guest house beside the national highway in the west of Huaguo in the heavy snow. .

Even the map background of the police investigation in the movie, Chen Jingxing plans to set it in winter in the northwest.

The police investigated the case in the heavy snow in a small town in the northwest, and the battle royale in the mind of the murderer was also beside the inaccessible national highway in the northwest with heavy snow.

This will also effectively induce the audience, making the audience think that the personality battle is something in the real world, and combined with the police investigation and pursuit of the murder case, it will form a perfect match between the police and robber mode and the suspenseful crime mode of Blizzard Mountain Villa.

In the first half of the movie, the audience will consciously think that the murderer being chased by the police is one of the 11 people who were trapped in the guest house next to the national highway by the heavy snow. Different personalities kill each other, and it's all about curing schizophrenia.

(End of this chapter)