The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 82 "Black Hole Frequency" renamed "Signal"

When Zhang Jingyan heard Chen Jingxing say that he relied on the support of his peers, he felt a little complicated, and quickly said: "Okay, Director Chen is the best, what about the script? I'll go back and report to President Ren soon after I finish it."

She came to read the script today. As long as there are no major problems with the script, Huanshiwang.com has made up her mind to invest money in it with her eyes closed.

It has been half a month since the Spring Festival stalls started, and the cumulative box office of "Le Man Ren Jian" is less than 2 million, and the lineup of "Le Man Ren Jian" is the fastest among the four giants in the Spring Festival stalls. I'm afraid I won't even receive 5000 million in a month.

Although Huanshi.com can still recover the cost, and even make some money, but everything is afraid of comparison. Compared with the nearly 10 times income of "Fatal Identity", there is simply a gap between heaven and earth.

You must know that "Le Man Renren" is a Spring Festival movie, and it has to compete with the other three blockbuster movies on the same stage, and the publicity and distribution costs are thrown out like running water.

The cost of 5000 million is water injection in "Fatal Identity", but it is a real figure in "Le Man Renren". It is not uncommon for the cost of publicity and distribution to be higher than the cost of production, which is not uncommon in Spring Festival movies.

This made Huanshi.com pay more attention to DreamWorks' next movie. Huanshi.com has urged DreamWorks several times before, asking when the next project of DreamWorks will be approved, but it keeps saying that it is not ready. As a result, Chen Jingxing just revealed Zhang Jingyan rushed over in a hurry.

Zhang Jingyan watched as Chen Jingxing took out two scripts from the drawer... Uh, two?
To the question in Zhang Jingyan's eyes, Chen Jingxing gave an affirmative answer: "There are two scripts. To be precise, these two projects will start at about the same time."

"Do you want to shoot at the same time? Or do you want to shoot one of the scripts for other directors?"

Chen Jingxing shook his head: "One of the films may require more preparatory work, so although they start at about the same time, they can be filmed successively. After the previous film is finished, I will seamlessly join another crew. "

Zhang Jingyan's expression was a little surprised. No matter how the filming was done, Chen Jingxing put the two scripts on the table at the same time, which meant that Huanshiwang was given the opportunity to invest in two consecutive films. Zhang Jingyan didn't consider whether the quality of the scripts would be unsatisfactory. However, since Comet has been cooperating with Chen Jingxing, Zhang Jingyan's confidence in Chen Jingxing is inexplicably firm.

Zhang Jingyan took over two scripts, one with "Signal" written on it, and one with "Source Code" written on it.

Good guy, the sense of sci-fi is coming!

Chen Jingxing looked at Zhang Jingyan who was already immersed in the script and smiled. The two films he was going to make next were called "Black Hole Frequency" and "Source Code" in his previous life.

When Sinicizing "Black Hole Frequency", Chen Jingxing thought for a long time and decided to change the name to "Signal".

The translated name "Black Hole Frequency" itself is quite confusing, because the film has nothing to do with black holes at all, and the translation into "Sunspot Frequency" is similar.

The other translated title "Frequency of Life and Death" is not bad, but I still think it is not as concise as "Signal", and it is more in line with some changes he made to the movie.

"Black Hole Frequency" was a movie made in 2000 in the previous life plane, which created a genre, and many classic film and television dramas were born under its influence.

For example, the Hong Kong drama "Chasing the Murder"

British film "Caller"

Korean drama "Signal"

Spanish film "Mirage"

and many more.

If you watch "Black Hole Frequency" and then watch the above film and television dramas, you will definitely have a strong sense of déjà vu.

The difference is that "Black Hole Frequency" is a radio station, "Chasing the Murder" and "Call from Time and Space" are telephone calls, "Signal" is a radio walkie-talkie, and "Mirage" is a TV.

When Chen Jingxing tried to move the story of "Black Hole Frequency" to Huaguo, he found that the key core of transmitting information across time and space-the short-wave radio station was quite inconsistent.

The HAM circle in Europe and the United States has experienced a process from budding and mature peak to recession.

But in China, it is declining before it flourishes, not to mention that the original story is from 20 to 69. There were no mobile phones in 99, and mobile phones were not popular in 69. There were not so many electronic equipment interference, and the electromagnetic environment was still clean. .

As for Chen Jingxing's Chinese version, the time and space background is from 98 to 15. In 98, it was okay, and there were not many electronic devices, but the electromagnetic environment in 2015 was much worse. It was only LCD monitors and electric car charging. The harmonic interference caused by the spectrum leakage of the receiver can make the 40-meter wave basically impossible to receive anything. If there is an electric cat in the community, there will be no living space for amateur radio enthusiasts.

Moreover, amateur radio in China is strictly controlled, and operators must pass an examination and obtain a license to use radio stations.

Various considerations forced Chen Jingxing to give up the setting of the radio station.

The phone doesn't work either. In 15, how can there be a landline besides the work unit?This is a bit of a violation, and of course the mobile phone is no longer good. It is impossible to have a mobile phone that has been used from 98 to 15 years.

The TV is not bad, for example, the old TV is not thrown away, it is put in a locker, etc., but once the father and son meet across time and space through the TV, don’t they immediately know each other’s identity?There will be no dramatic process of the film from the initial stranger to suspicion to anger and then to father and son recognition.

Then only the portable wireless walkie-talkie is left.

And this is also a choice with relatively little sense of disobedience. My father is a firefighter, so it is quite reasonable to have a wireless walkie-talkie. After my father died in the fire to save people, his family kept the walkie-talkie that he left behind. This is also very reasonable. .

After a long time, Zhang Jingyan put down the script in her hand.

She just finished watching "Signal", and she hasn't read "Source Code". The script of the movie is actually not thick, and she can finish it in less than an hour.

Even though Zhang Jingyan had great confidence in Chen Jingxing, she was still amazed by the script of "Signal". In terms of story and creativity, it was no worse than "Fatal Identity", and the good news is that the commercial degree is obviously higher.

Chen Jingxing asked with a smile: "How is it?"

"The box office of this movie will definitely exceed Fatal Status!" Zhang Jingyan praised firmly.

Hearing what Zhang Jingyan said, Chen Jingxing and Xu Wenshen smiled at each other.

Although Chen Jingxing also felt that the script of "Signal" was more friendly to the audience than "Fatal Identity", but he was very excited to hear the affirmation of Zhang Jingyan, a senior film and television drama procurement manager who had "read countless movies".

In the interview and the premiere, Chen Jingxing said that the future of Chinese-language genre films is bright, and that suspense films also have spring and other scenes.

But he knows that the box office ceiling of suspense movies in China is really not high. Maybe in four or five years, "Fatal Identity" will still be the box office champion of serious suspense movies in China. Comedy elements break through this shackles.

Suspense movie?The future is bleak.

Comedy suspense films are really promising.

History has proved that only suspense films with comedy love or family affection elements can win a bigger market.

(End of this chapter)