The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 256 Dispelled Sense of Expectation
"What is your DreamWorks plan for this year?"

Qin Zhonghe is also a person who is used to strong winds and waves. Now that the matter has come to an end, it is unlikely that he will escape now. At that time, "meeting on a narrow road and fighting with bayonets" will do. He still has confidence in the quality of "The Mekong River", so he turned to Asked about Chen Jingxing's schedule for this year.

Chen Jingxing was very straightforward: "I will follow your old arrangement. If you point east, I will face east."

"Haha..." Qin Zhonghe, who is used to being complimented, is not the kind of person who is easy to please, but it still depends on the identity of the flatterer, such as Chen Jingxing, a famous director at home and abroad and the boss of DreamWorks. It is a lie to say that you are not comfortable with the compliment of a person of this status.

"I think you are holding back all your energy to make a big disturbance in the Heavenly Palace!" Qin Zhonghe smiled, and said meaningfully: "I watched "Gravity" yesterday, and it was still with the director of the aerospace department. Watching it together, you have made a big face to our film industry!"

"Gravity" has been basically completed after nearly a year of special effects production. Although there are still some shots that need to be processed, the effect of the finished film is almost the same.

So Chen Jingxing asked the producer to send the first-cut version to Guoying quickly, so that Qin Zhonghe, who had asked many times, could have a sneak peek.

Of course, apart from Guoying, the second largest producer, Penguin Video and Huanshiwang, which are investors, also sent the first cut version.

Qin Zhonghe came to the studio today, in addition to watching his filming progress, "Gravity" is also an important reason.

"Director Ren was full of praise in less than 10 minutes of the film, and after watching it, he even praised it for a full 5 minutes, saying that this year's Tiangong-[-] launch will invite you to the launch base to watch the ceremony!"

"Aren't you trying to comfort me? I'm still worried that the leader will criticize the unscientific parts of the movie and say that I made it up." Although Chen Jingxing was happy, he was still humble as usual.

"Hey, do you think that the leader is an online 'stalker'? Science fiction movies, not documentaries. Although Director Ren is a scientist, he also studied in the former Soviet Union and the United States. It's not that he doesn't know how to appreciate movies. , These old intellectuals are actually quite high in art appreciation.”

Qin Zhonghe looked at Chen Jingxing with the eyes of "the mother-in-law looks at the son-in-law" and said, "Not only did I not criticize you, but I also praised that your film is quite rigorous and well-founded. It is not only imaginative, but also very logical and humanistic." Caring is much better than many American movies he has seen, and it is also top-notch in the world!"

Chen Jingxing was also a little flattered: "Good guy, you really deserve to be a leader, you can even boast so much."

Qin Zhonghe's excitement was beyond words: "To be honest, this movie has actually exceeded my expectations. Although I have read the script earlier, the effect is indeed..." He seemed to be unable to find a suitable movie for a while. Adjectives: "Stunning! Amazing! All aspects are beyond my imagination! Director Ren also asked me how to shoot such a realistic effect?

I heard that I invited the legacy special effects studio under Universal. Director Ren was puzzled and asked, this American special effects company is so strong, why can't they make such a movie by themselves?It made me speechless for a moment... Haha, the value of these 8 million flowers is very worth it! "

"Summer file!" Qin Zhonghe stated his arrangement neatly: "Let's put it in the summer file! This year's summer file box office will depend on you!"

"I also plan to release "Matrix" in the summer." Chen Jingxing hit the snake with a stick: "How about one first half and one second half?"

What Chen Jingxing means is that "Gravity" will be released in July, and "Matrix" will be released in August, to dominate the world.

"Are you treating the summer vacation as your back garden?" Qin Zhonghe said angrily.

Guoying owns the distribution rights of its own domestic films and imported blockbusters, so Qin Zhonghe can be regarded as half the steward of the Huaguo film market. He is required to coordinate the schedule of heavyweight works of major companies, and will only be released after consultation. Fixed file.

It's not that Qin Zhonghe has the unique right to specify the schedule, but that even if you don't talk about Guoying's own movies, just the blockbuster in his hands prevents all film companies from ignoring Guoying's schedule and setting their own release dates.

Otherwise, if you don’t coordinate and communicate well with others, wouldn’t it be extremely wronged if the movie’s release collides head-on with Hollywood blockbusters?

Of course, Qin Zhonghe is also obliged to coordinate with the major film companies, try his best to ensure that the domestic heavyweight films can obtain the maximum box office revenue and arrange as comfortable a schedule as possible. On this premise, he will arrange the schedule of the blockbuster films.

This special right to speak does not come from a certain position bestowed in black and white, but a long-formed unspoken rule in the industry, which is a spontaneous normative model.

From Qin Zhonghe's tone, Chen Jingxing could hear that he was not very in favor of Dreamworks' two heavyweight blockbusters being "squeezed" into the summer file.

The summer file may not be as explosive as the Spring Festival and National Day files, but the depth and breadth of this pool of water are not comparable to other time slots.

Qin Zhonghe was not willing to release two big fish from a company called DreamWorks to harvest this schedule.

After discussion, the chairman of the two companies finally reached a consensus that "Gravity" will be in the first half of the summer file, and "Matrix" will be in the National Day file.

The arrangement that big fish eat meat and small fish can also drink soup is what Qin Zhonghe would like to see.

"DreamWorks may release a medium-budget sci-fi film and two animation films this year." Chen Jingxing added.

"Signal II: Mirage" directed by Tian Xinye, "Your Name" and "The Return of the Great Sage" produced by Mo are all likely to be released within this year.

"Can't you decide this yourself? Does this also need to be coordinated? I'm not the director of the scheduling committee." Qin Zhonghe scolded with a smile.

Although DreamWorks stirred up the situation in the animation industry last year and made a lot of noise, they were all animation series, and the sensation they caused was based on word of mouth, and the commercial benefits were not seen by Qin Zhonghe. in the eyes.

The animated films that Chen Jingxing talked about did not make much noise in his eyes, or the "movement" of animated films was nothing to him. Usually, if the box office exceeds [-] million, it is considered a "success" in the media. Two to three billion would be even more serious.

At the very least, Qin Zhonghe needs to coordinate the schedules of heavyweight works that are expected to hit one billion at the box office. The production companies of other films can decide on their own. There is plenty of room for smaller fish too.

This is what you said...

Chen Jingxing murmured in his heart.

After setting the schedule for the DreamWorks blockbuster, the two bigwigs began to discuss future cooperation.

Unlike other film companies that are sitting on pins and needles for the rise of DreamWorks, they have the only designated distribution rights for split films, and can also collect "national film tax" (the digital film development company under the national film company will collect 1%~3% of the net box office As a distribution agency fee), the National Film Studio did not generate a threatened negative reaction.

And Qin Zhonghe himself is more willing to support talented domestic filmmakers, and Qin Zhonghe values ​​​​Chen Jingxing even more.

Therefore, Qin Zhonghe not only did not regard DreamWorks as a threat, but also wanted to continue to deepen cooperation with DreamWorks.

Chen Jingxing is naturally also willing to get closer to Guoying. Sometimes the role of Guoying cannot be replaced by other film companies, especially in some film themes that require the cooperation or review of special departments, as well as domestic film distribution, etc. In DreamWorks Now that its wings are gradually growing, Guoying, a partner with irreplaceable functions, is even more high-quality.

After "The Mekong River" and "Gravity", including Wu Jing's "Spike II", the script "Operation Red Sea" that DreamWorks has prepared, and even some film projects after Chen Jingxing need the partner of Guoying.

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Wu Heng took a movie ticket for "Operation Mekong" from the automatic ticket machine. Seeing the 3D words on it, he couldn't help but raised his hand and rubbed his ear.

On the first day of the new year, the waiting hall of the movie theater was crowded with people like a vegetable market. It was still after three o'clock in the afternoon.

From time to time, people cast curious glances at Wu Heng. After all, people like him who come to the cinema alone to watch movies are quite rare. One can see that they are either a family group, or a group of students and friends or young people, and occasionally there are some couples. , A single-handed man like him can't find another person for a while.

It's not that Wu Heng has no relatives, friends, or date, but that his coming to the cinema in the afternoon is entirely out of work.

Wu Heng's name on the Internet is somewhat famous, called "Lycra Starman". He has accumulated more than 200 million fans on station C in less than half a year as an up host. He has accumulated unimaginable wealth for his peers, and he quit his job to concentrate on managing his account.

As an up master who is increasing his fan base, he doesn't even plan to rest during the Spring Festival. He has already planned to start the "2016 Spring Festival Movie Reviews and Demining" series at the latest in the third day of the junior high school. One movie a day, so he has to be in time for the first three days of junior high school. One has to finish all the blockbuster movies.

Once any consumer behavior is related to work, it will be very different. Pirate recording is not allowed in the theater, and the produced video cannot use other movie screens except for trailers. This requires him to transfer the content of the movie And the details must be mastered as thoroughly as possible in order to be meaningful, so he chose to watch it alone to avoid distraction.

Wu Heng has watched three movies since morning. Except for "The Mekong" which will be released later, he has already finished watching the other three blockbuster movies. Leaving aside the quality, his ears can't take it anymore.

Several movies during the Spring Festival can be called a 3D party. Special effects and action blockbusters like "The Mekong River" and "Lion and Camel Kingdom" are 3D, and even comedies like "The Mermaid" are 3D.

Maybe his ears are a bit big, and the 3D glasses frame put a heavy burden on his upper auricle, and he was dizzy.

In addition to his rebellious attitude towards 3D movies, his enthusiasm for watching movies has also been exhausted. Perhaps the word-of-mouth marketing of the Spring Festival competition is a bit too much. "Mermaid", "Lion and Camel Kingdom" and "Casino "Feng Yun III" made his movie-watching expectations completely disappoint, and it actually stretched his hips more than one film after another.

This made him have some doubts about "The Mekong". Even the name of DreamWorks as the producer could not restrain his sense of anticipation that quickly dissipated.

Wu Heng rubbed his temples to relieve the dizziness from watching three movies in a row. He must not let go of the movie later. His attention has already begun to stop watching "Mermaid" in the second half of "Casino III". "It's so concentrated, it's not okay, even if you spray it in the video, you won't be able to say something meaningful.

He cheered secretly in his heart: "The last one, this is work, and the work must be serious and responsible."

(End of this chapter)