The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 355 Director Draft
Inside a high-end hotel in Beijing.

Yin Fang, the leading actor in "The Walking Dead", who was also selected as the second male lead in "Operation Red Sea", could also be called the third male lead, blushed a little, held a cup of tea, and drank it down in front of Chen Jingxing: "Director Chen, I will never forget your kindness of supporting and supporting me. I won't say anything extra. I know you don't drink, so I will offer you a glass of tea instead of wine."

Chen Jingxing took a symbolic sip of water, and as soon as he sat down, Qin Zhonghe, who was sitting next to him, joked, "What's the point of drinking plain water instead of a Coke?"

Everyone in the spacious box laughed along with Qin Zhonghe's teasing.

Regarding the "run" by Big Boss Qin, Chen Jingxing also followed suit and made someone pour a glass of Coke.

There is Qin Zhonghe, mainly because this gathering is the first dinner for the main creators of "OPERATION RED SEA".

As a blockbuster military action film co-produced by China National Film and DreamWorks, after the cast was finalized, a huge press conference was held, and then the big guys were called together for a dinner. The two producers, Chen Jingxing and Qin Zhonghe, and Let's get to know each other, and it's also a way for the actors and crew executives to get acquainted with each other.

The reason why Yin Fang came to Chen Jingxing three times to "toast" was because his role in "Operation Red Sea" was recommended by Chen Jingxing. Of course, no one would object to Chen Jingxing's recommendation.

On the one hand, Chen Jingxing is quite satisfied with Yin Fang's performance in "The Walking Dead". Although his acting skills are not outstanding, he does not stretch his hips, and it is his first time acting in a TV series. In Chen Jingxing's opinion, this is enough.

The most important thing is that Chen Jingxing is very satisfied with the action scenes. Although he hastily chose Yin Fang as the leading actor because he was a dancer, but the skills shown in the shooting still surprised the directors Tian Xinye and Chen Jingxing. If you can do it yourself, the substitute is basically paid for nothing.

There is nothing to say about such an actor who does not stretch his hips, is willing to endure hardships, and is willing to work hard.

The second is that Yin Fang actually starred in "Operation Red Sea" in Chen Jingxing's previous life, and Chen Jingxing's impression of him also came from this, and this plane followed suit and gave him this opportunity. Of course, the role was changed, and it was replaced by a role The more sniper, just in terms of roles, can be regarded as the second or third male.

However, for Yin Fang, this kindness is huge. It is said that Chen Jingxing finally finalized the choice of the leading actor in "The Walking Dead". Fang was probably the second Lu Hongzhe.

Of course, for the outside world, especially for other star actors who fought for "Operation Red Sea", this is another lucky one who got lucky.

However, although Qin Zhonghe teased Chen Jingxing for not drinking, and there was not a drop of wine on the table, and even said that it was the most special dinner he had attended, in the end Qin Zhonghe did not order wine either.

It can be seen that Chen Jingxing's status is already at the level that big bosses like Qin Zhonghe must always maintain respect.

After eating and drinking enough, Chen Jingxing and Qin Zhonghe encouraged and appeased everyone, because all the actors will have military training in the future. Although "Operation Red Sea" is not a kung fu action movie, it is more difficult to shoot this kind of military blockbuster harder.

Kung fu movies are really routines. It is not difficult for actors with martial arts or dance skills to master, but military training moves are not fancy fists and legs. These seem simple, but they may not be able to be put together after two or three months of training. Qualified shelf.

Many actors in Wu Jing's "Spike II" are veterans of "Spike". As a senior action actor, he has also filmed many military-themed dramas, and he also has contacts in this area, which is simple.

Most of the actors in "Operation Red Sea" have no experience in filming military-themed works, so military training may take a long time.

In addition, "Operation Red Sea" is the same as "Spike II", it needs to go to Africa for on-site filming, and it needs to mobilize the actors and crew executives. Fortunately, with "Spike II" opening the way, DreamWorks has accumulated a lot. less experience.

Early the next morning, Chen Jingxing called Guo Fan, Tian Xinye and a group of executives to a meeting in the company.

"Except for Station C, both Penguin Video and Huanshi.com are unacceptable to our proposed online movie pay-on-demand plan for "Black Mirror." Zheng Hong, who was in charge of marketing and publicity, threw out bad news at the beginning.

Everyone at the scene frowned, but they were not surprised. Obviously, the reaction of the streaming media was something that DreamWorks executives could have imagined beforehand.

The response to the first season of "Black Mirror" was so good that it almost set off a phenomenon-level topic discussion on the Internet. When DreamWorks released the news that it was preparing for the second season, almost all major video platforms came to talk about it. Obviously Everyone wants to get this drama, preferably the exclusive copyright.

However, DreamWorks required paid on-demand broadcasting in accordance with the model of online movies, which brought the two parties' contact to a deadlock.

Of course the video platform didn’t want to agree. Isn’t the reason why they are scrambling to grab “Black Mirror” is that they want to use high-quality works to convert members?For them, the conversion of members brought about by DreamWorks' film and television works is the core benefit.

Non-members only need to pay to watch "Black Mirror" on demand, so there must be many viewers who will not become members.

Chen Jingxing wanted to use "Black Mirror" as an online movie to snatch the online box office, which is already very impressive, and the cake will become bigger and bigger in the future. Obviously, there was a conflict with the Internet platform.

The current online movies are basically invested by major video platforms, and the online box office generated is also taken away by the video platforms themselves. DreamWorks wants to get a share, who would be happy?

Chen Jingxing seems to have been prepared for this: "Then promise to sell the copyright of the exclusive broadcast, and we can also give away a talent show variety show."

"Draft?"

"Variety show?"

Xu Wenshen was caught off guard by Chen Jingxing's sudden attack. Could it be that the boss wanted DreamWorks to enter the variety show field?This is not impossible, movies make more money, and variety shows make more money, but movies and variety shows are two dimensions, and it is not possible to make good movies and make good variety shows.

"Choose a director."

Chen Jingxing began to explain the confusion: "Each episode of the second season of "Black Mirror" is basically a movie. Isn't it difficult to choose a director? Then hold a director audition, and finally select five directors. The bonus is that one person is in charge of one episode. Production, this does not wrong them, it means that everyone can make a movie.

As for the judges, just me, Lao Guo, Lao Tian, ​​and Director Ning, four people are enough. "

Tian Xinye has just finished filming "The Walking Dead" and currently has no projects in hand. Although Guo Fan is going to film "Operation Red Sea", the cast has just been formed. It will take at least two or three months of military training before filming can start, and there will be time available .

Ning Weiqiang, the director of "Suspect Tracker", is preparing for the filming of the second season, so he can spare time.

It can be said that the three directors signed by DreamWorks currently have schedules.

Chen Jingxing's "The Martian" has also finished filming, and is currently preparing the script for "Inception", and "Matrix II" is not in a hurry to shoot, and naturally there is time.

As for the rules of the competition, it is also very simple. For every director who enters the official competition, Chen Jingxing will give them production funds, whether it is 100 million or 200 million, to shoot a 10-minute short film.

Actors. This time, in order to select actors for "Black Mirror", the actors who registered at the Central Opera and Beijing Film Festival set up registration points. Of course, actors from other entertainment circles wanted to participate, and Chen Jingxing did not refuse.

Then Chen Jingxing waited for four judges to judge, and finally picked the best five.

Naturally, Chen Jingxing came up with this idea from the actor and director competition variety shows in his previous life. This kind of show has not yet started in this plane, so Chen Jingxing may be considered the first.

However, unlike the reality show in the previous life, which was mainly based on performance and drama, this one that Chen Jingxing wants to organize is more pragmatic.

Variety shows naturally need gimmicks and conflicts. Chen Jingxing is looking for a director for the "Black Mirror" project this time, so naturally there is no need for public movie viewing groups or professional movie appraisal groups to vote. If the votes are high, Chen Jingxing will let him To be a director?

Similarly, it is natural not to invite some controversial people who come to pursue exposure at first glance, or to create drama contradictions to participate in the competition.

Although Chen Jingxing naturally had commercial considerations for this director's audition variety show, he still understood what was fundamental and what was final.

After listening to Chen Jingxing's description, although the executives were still a little dubious, Xu Wenshen had already taken the lead in cheering.

"Wonderful, let's not talk about anything else, this can be regarded as the promotion of the second season of "Black Mirror". "When it is played, it will naturally gather all the previous enthusiasm.

For the movies made by the directors selected by the draft, even audiences who are not very interested in "Black Mirror" will want to see how their movies are. "

In the past year, Xu Wenshen has obviously tasted the sweetness of DreamWorks' "ghost promotion" in different film and television works. Three animations started the announcement of "Matrix", and used an unprecedented variety show as the second season of "Black Mirror". The trailer for The Return of the King is not bad either.

Is the cost a bit high?

However, some people are still worried: "The key is can the content of this variety show arouse the interest of the audience?"

Huaguo had auditions for singers and idols before, and there were auditions for projects like "New Red Mansion", but do audiences like variety shows like directors?

This is indeed a type of variety show that has never been seen before.

Even Chen Jingxing's "excellent military exploits" can't make everyone feel at ease, after all, the gap between film and television dramas and variety shows is a bit big.

"There's no need to think so much. We don't do variety shows for the sake of variety shows. "Black Mirror" really needs directors, DreamWorks also needs fresh blood, and the film and television industry also needs backup forces. We can spend some money to select real potential talents. I think it's worth it for a director with high level and talent."

Chen Jingxing was also unsure whether such a "director's talent show" program could achieve commercial success. After all, variety shows of actors and directors in the previous life included show elements, and it could be said that many program effects were also scripts.

Chen Jingxing really wanted to pick out talented directors this time. Naturally, it is impossible to deliberately create gimmicks and contradictions for the effect of the program. Without blood and contradictions, the audience may not really like to watch it.

But he doesn't care if it can be popular or not. It's a means, not an end. Chen Jingxing's status is getting higher and higher now, and he is willing to support and discover outstanding filmmakers. The emergence of directors is also beneficial to the entire Huaguo film and television industry.

(End of this chapter)