The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 451 Proposition composition is a headache
A hotel in the magic city.

A group of people sat around the dinner table, discussing the proposition composition explained above.

After the closing of the Shanghai Film Festival, the symposium organized by the Film Bureau came to a successful and successful conclusion.

The competent department and the leaders and directors of the National Film Group had a cordial exchange and left. The National Teacher, Chen Kaige, etc. also greeted Chen Jingxing and left with a dignified expression. Only a few members of the younger generation The director and the boss found a restaurant together to get together.

It was said to be a random gathering, but in the end not only Chen Jingxing, Guo Fan, Tian Xinye, Ning Hao, Chen Sicheng, Xu Zheng, Wu Jing, but also relevant industry insiders such as Wang Lubing, Wu Yan, Dong Sheng came to the dinner table. Almost half of the entertainment industry is gathered in this room.

Among them, Wang Lubing is the president of Bad Monkey Pictures, Wu Yan is Wu Jing's sister and the general manager of Wu Jing's company, and Dong Sheng is the operation director of Huanxi Media.

On the contrary, Chen Sicheng and Guo Fan did not call the executives of their own company. Although Tian Xinye also has his own company, it is mainly for the convenience of investing in the film projects he is in charge of. I don't have much interest in contracting artists and investing in foreign film and television.

There may not be any relationship between these directors, and it is difficult to say that this is a circle. If you have to say it is a circle, it is actually formed with Chen Jing as the core.

Guo Fan, Tian Xinye and Wu Jing are the contracted directors of DreamWorks. Chen Sicheng's "Tang Detective" series DreamWorks is one of the producers, and the first film was launched quickly with the investment of DreamWorks.

Ning Hao had a friendship with Chen Jingxing, and so did Chen Sicheng. On the contrary, Xu Zheng didn't have much contact with DreamWorks, so he was closer to Ning Hao. Huanxi Media was jointly founded by Ning Hao and Xu Zheng.

In previous years, we had met and said hello at awards ceremonies like Golden Rooster and Hundred Blossoms, but it was the first time we got together today.

"You guys retreated completely."

Chen Sicheng complained to Chen Jingxing and Guo Fan.

"What does it mean to retreat completely?" Guo Fan retorted: "In the past few years, DreamWorks has accounted for half of the main theme movies in China, such as "Mekong River", "Operation Red Sea", and Jing Ge's "Spike II". In addition to Director Chen's "Center of the Earth" and "Mars", in terms of shooting the main theme, our DreamWorks has shed blood and sweat, which shows that the people and leaders of the whole country have discerning eyes."

The righteousness of Guo Fan's words also made everyone secretly nod in their hearts. The "special treatment" of DreamWorks was really earned by him.

At the symposium, it was no surprise that the higher-ups gave the propositional essays. The 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the upcoming 70th anniversary of the Korean War will naturally produce a number of excellent cultural works with the main theme.

Among them, movies are the top priority. After all, domestic movies have performed very well in recent years, and the leaders still have relatively high hopes for this propaganda position.

Of course, this is definitely not a forced apportionment, but no one will really refuse. Everyone contributes, and it is okay to invest or attract investment. If you don’t want to invest by yourself, take out the project and invest in Guoying.

When the time comes, the Film Bureau and the National Film Bureau will also coordinate preferential treatment, and there will be tax reductions.

In a certain sense, Dreamworks can be regarded as getting half of the exemption, because the so-called trilogy of military operations in recent years-"Mekong River", "Red Sea" and "Spike II", as well as the space series-" "The Center of the Earth" and "Mars", it can be said that DreamWorks' main theme commercial blockbusters are unique.

This is merit and seniority.

Moreover, Chen Jingxing also offered "Interstellar", the last part of the space trilogy, and Guo Fan's "The Wandering Earth", both of which are sci-fi blockbusters with the main theme.

Finally, there is "Spike III" that Wu Jing is preparing, and the three main theme films have been recognized by the above.

Since DreamWorks is strong in sci-fi, filming the main theme of sci-fi can be regarded as an easy pass for DreamWorks.

Of course, it’s just passed the first hurdle, the tribute film for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China – “Interstellar” and “The Wandering Earth” are considered tributes, but DreamWorks still has to participate in the tribute to the 70th anniversary of the Korean War.

After all, in terms of production standards, popularity among young people, and even the ability to export overseas, DreamWorks is the only one in China, and it is irreplaceable.

No matter how much credit and hard work you have done in the past, this meeting has to be topped.

Chen Jingxing also had a headache about this.

To be honest, the trilogy of military operations has reached a relatively high level of such themes, and it is not easy to surpass or create new ideas.

Of course, Chen Jingxing had a headache, and the other directors had even more headaches.

"Oh, it's all the fault of your dream factory."

Ning Hao launched an attack on Chen Jingxing: "You said that you made the main theme movie like that before, are you digging a hole for us, are you digging a hole for yourself?"

Guo Fan listed DreamWorks' hard work, on the one hand, it convinced others, and on the other hand, it made everyone feel resentful.

In fact, the real difficulty for them is not that they can’t shoot the main theme works, but that the official standards are obviously not low. The proposition composition is not for them to answer casually, and this is not a composition for the college entrance examination.

Otherwise, why would domestic directors invite them?
Both the project and the script must be shown to the higher-ups in advance. If the higher-ups think that your project is not good enough, they will not recognize it, and will not let you fool around casually.

Why are the official expectations and standards so high?
Isn't that the fault of DreamWorks?
Not only military action movies with the main theme, but also sci-fi blockbusters with the main theme, and the sci-fi blockbusters with the main theme are more intense and can be exported overseas.

Netizens ridiculed that in recent years, the main theme of blockbuster movies, the Air Force is jealous of the Public Security Navy and Army, and the Public Security Navy and Army are jealous of the Space Agency.

The whole process of "Gravity" is a matter of the sky, but that's all, the National Space Administration in "The Martian" is so bright that it explodes.

CNSA's reputation has almost approached that of NASA, purely because of movies.

Although there are also blockbusters with a main theme like "Flying Eagle Attack", this can't change the fact that DreamWorks has raised the upper limit of the main theme film to a very high standard.

With such a high mountain in front of us, can it not make people feel uncomfortable?

What's more important is that everyone has their own film plans. It takes a lot of energy to make a high-quality and well-finished film, which makes people's scalp tingle just thinking about it.

"Otherwise, you can make a whole platter movie, one person will shoot a section, and invite more stars. With your appeal, the actors will definitely be fine, and there is also a commercial guarantee. The completion of a short story of ten to twenty minutes is more guaranteed. will be greatly reduced.”

Chen Jingxing came up with an idea.

Assortment movies have a long history in China, and they can even be regarded as a type of love movie. For example, Chen Sicheng's movie "Northern Love" is a assortment movie, with a total of five stories.

However, this kind of platter movie is somewhat unpopular, just like the so-called variety show movie, which is at a relatively lower position in the chain of contempt.

After all, movies are all about completion. It is not easy to make a 90-minute film that has a beginning and an end.

But the assortment of movies actually reduces the difficulty. It is not too difficult to shoot a short film with a story of a dozen, two or 10 minutes, which is interesting and interesting, or it will be much less difficult than a feature film.

For example, Chen Jingxing came up with the three animation trailers for "Matrix". These three short films are highly rated on the Internet, but if these three short films are extended and made into the length of a movie, it will be a big project. And the audience's evaluation may not be so high.

The huge amount of information and fast pace in the short film will make the audience applaud and even surprise, but once it is extended and filled to at least 90 minutes, the amount of information will be diluted, the rhythm will be slowed down, and it will easily become mediocre.

Therefore, "Black Mirror II" has a very high status in the eyes of many film critics and audiences, because the production difficulty of its feature film level is much higher than that of the first season of "Black Mirror", and the 45-minute science fiction sketch is stretched to 90 minutes. It is a test of screenwriting and production ability to maintain the standard of feature films.

"I actually thought about it before, if it doesn't work, let's use the whole platter." Ning Hao obviously thought about this problem a long time ago.

Ning Hao not only has his own Bad Monkey Films, but is also a major shareholder of Huanxi Media. It can be said that he is second only to Chen Jingxing in terms of the director's achievements in the capital market. Although these two companies are not listed, the current valuation Add up to tens of billions.

So compared to Chen Jingxing's DreamWorks department, Ning Hao is also the leader of his circle, and he is quite interested in making platter movies.

At least he has the status of a propositional composition, and he has called a group of directors. Stars are definitely flocking to them, and even the salary does not cost much. These days, actors who can catch up with the main theme of the propositional composition are also a manifestation of their status. Eighteen lines Celebrities can't find the door to get in if they want to participate.

In this way, at least it is not difficult to succeed in business, and it can be regarded as an explanation to the above.

Ning Hao also has his own movie project. He really can't spare the energy to make a high-level feature film. It's not easy to save a high-level movie script. The script has been polished for three to five years, and it's normal for a film to be shot for two months.

So Chen Jingxing's monster is not how fast he makes movies. In terms of movie shooting cycle, DreamWorks is not fast at all, but the high-level scripts are written too fast.

"I heard that "I'm Not the God of Medicine" is going to be finalized? Lao Ning, don't come with me to make a surprise attack. The success or failure of "Matrix II" depends entirely on you."

After exchanging the troubles about the proposition composition, Chen Jingxing began to care about the movie that Bad Monkey Films will release in the summer.

Wang Lubing, the president of Bad Monkey Pictures, said with a smile: "Director Chen, you don't want to embarrass us so much. We should be afraid of you. The initial intention of "The God of Medicine" is scheduled for early August, and it must be to avoid your "Matrix II" "ah."

"Eh? Wait..." Ning Hao asked: "Why do you, Director Chen, care so much about our little movie? You know that our movie just changed its name? I'm a little flattered."

(End of this chapter)