Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 140 Released in North America
At the finale banquet of "Chain Saw", Chen Hao had a good meal with everyone.

Especially Downey, he insisted on having a good drink with Chen Hao, and wanted to thank him for his support. Chen Hao would not refuse anyone, because the alcohol content in the United States was not as good as that in China, so Chen Hao had an extraordinary capacity for alcohol.

On the contrary, Downey drank a little too much, and then he grabbed Chen Hao and told about his difficulties for more than a year, and he choked up at the end.

Chen Hao looked at Donnie who was relieved after venting, smiled and patted him, "Don't worry, everything will be fine, you are Iron Man!"

"What?" Downey raised his brows and muttered.

"It's nothing." Chen Hao smiled, "I hope we can continue to cooperate in the future!"

"Don't worry, Director, I'll be there whenever you need me in the future." Downey said, patted his chest.

Chen Hao just smiled when he heard the words, "There will be a chance."

Just after dealing with Downey here, Chen Hao met the good friends Wen Ziren and Rayner.

"Director, I would like to offer you a toast, thank you for your support and help." Wen Ziren said respectfully.

"Me too!" Ravenal said, meaning me too!

"It's also because you have talents in this area, otherwise the opportunity would not come easily." Chen Hao said.

The good friends looked at each other embarrassedly and smiled.

"By the way, after I finished producing "Saw", I should return to China, and I just wanted to talk to you about the direction of script creation." Chen Hao said.

The two nodded solemnly.

"In my vision, I hope to turn "Saw" into a long-lasting series of thrillers." Chen Hao said, "I hope it can make 10 films, or even more."

"10?" The two of them were surprised when they heard the words. It is very rare for a film to be able to make ten series.

In addition to the famous "007", there are only a few series such as "Star Trek".

Of course, there are still quite a few restarted films in the United States, such as "Spiderman", "Batman", etc., which will be restarted a few years after the series ends.

"However, series of movies generally have a drawback, that is repetition." Chen Hao said.

The two nodded unconsciously.

Take the horror series as an example, whether it is the "Black Friday" series or the "Em Street" series, it is repeated and repeated to let the protagonist get up from where he is knocked down, and the cycle continues until it is boring.

Therefore, many series of movies are generally kept at three, which is already a continuation of the dog's tail. If there are more, the food will be too ugly, and the reputation will be completely ruined.

"The reason why the series of movies fall into a cycle of repetition is because they cannot do without the dependence on the soul character." Chen Hao said, "So, what we have to do is to make the film independent but maintain the originality even if the soul character is stripped off. connect."

"Strip off the soul character? That is to write the vertical data to death?" Ravenal directly wondered.

"That's right." Chen Hao nodded.

"Then how do we keep in touch with the vertical data in the next series?" Wen Ziren asked.

"The method is also simple, one is to "fill in the gaps" between the plots by constantly flashing back to the previous work, which is enough to promote the development of the series of stories.

The second is to explain that Jigsaw has left a lot of "data", and we can use these "data" to mine new plots infinitely, so as to maintain a strong vitality and provide more space for the development of the series. " Chen Hao said.

"This idea is wonderful. It avoids the aesthetic fatigue caused by always surrounding the vertical data, and always keeps in touch with the vertical data." Ravenal laughed.

"That's right, so when you write the script, you write around these two themes, you know?" Chen Hao said.

"Understood, I understand, we will definitely do it." Wen Ziren nodded quickly, "After finishing writing, we will also ask for your permission before we talk about it."

"Then come on! Happy cooperation!" Chen Hao raised his glass.

"Happy cooperation!" Wen Ziren and Ravenal clinked glasses and laughed.

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The next day, Chen Hao bid farewell to Ning Hao and returned home.

After the movie was finished, Ning Hao had nothing to do in the United States, so he decided to go back to China first. After finishing his script, he planned to start shooting his third movie at the end of the year or next year.

Afterwards, Chen Hao came to the editing room that Davis helped to contact, and started the post-production of "Saw".

Because he had the full version in his mind for reference, and this B-grade film was not too difficult, Chen Hao's editing speed was very fast.

It only took Chen Hao 5 days to complete the film, and it was August 2002, 8.

After the editing of "Saw" was finished, Chen Hao contacted Davis.

After watching the finished film, Davis was very satisfied and even a little surprised.

Although this is only a B-grade film with an investment of 120 million, it is not just blood plasma.

Instead, enough suspense is maintained throughout the whole process to keep you guessing who is the real evidence until the final mystery is revealed. I believe many people will not guess it.

This ending can be called a surprise, and it will definitely make people shout surprise but secretly call it wonderful.

Judging from Davis' many years of film reading experience, "Saw" is much better than most of the American B-level films.

So, after watching it, Davis contacted Columbia to discuss a distribution plan for the film.

"Uh, can I say my opinion first?" Chen Hao said first.

Davis nodded when he heard the words, and the staff in charge of publishing in Columbia saw this and naturally would not refute.

"First point, I want "Saw" to be released on Halloween." Chen Hao said.

Halloween is a traditional western festival, that is, children will dress up as ghosts and knock on the door, and trick or treat.

Because it is related to ghosts and there are holidays, many film companies will release horror movies on Halloween.

It's like putting a romantic movie on Valentine's Day.

The success of "Chain Saw" in the previous life is not only the endless and refurbished killing methods, but also the extremely clever distribution strategy of the publishing company.

Use the same series to firmly rule the same schedule every year until the entire market forms a movie-watching habit.

The most successful case of this distribution strategy should be the "Lord of the Rings" series. The three series of the series have killed the same release schedule for three consecutive years, and successfully created an inertial audience who look back at the previous one and look forward to the next one.

In contrast, the "Harry Potter" series is not very popular. The lack of overall overall planning of the series has caused the series to fluctuate between the summer and Christmas schedules. After finally setting the summer vacation as the base camp, the series has already advanced to the penultimate department.

Chen Hao is naturally planning to let the "Chain Saw" series dominate the Halloween schedule, so that North America will think of "Chain Saw" when it comes to Halloween.

Even watch "Chain Saw" as one of the Halloween programs, so it's hard for "Chain Saw" to fail.

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