This director only makes bad movies.

Chapter 278 Pacific Rim and Atlantic Rim

Two days later, Xu Nan was thinking about his next movie plan at the company, when he suddenly received a call from Lin Ziyi.

"I'm asking you seriously, how long does it take to make a copycat Porcelain film." There was a hint of anger in Lin Ziyi's voice, as if she was offended by someone.

"One day, give me one day, give me a mobile phone, and I'll take care of it for you." Xu Nan vowed.

Lin Ziyi couldn't help but rolled her eyes, why is this guy so dishonest.

She is not in a good mood now, and she is too lazy to entangle with Xu Nan, so she directly asked: "How long will it take to get the same quality as "The Age of the Hobbit"?"

"Seven days, count from now, and I will keep the film for you when the time comes." Xu Nan replied.

Lin Ziyi pondered for a while: "Actually, it doesn't have to be so fast, there is still time, you can polish it slowly to improve the quality."

"It's not necessary, what quality do you need for a knock-off tile? The general quality is fine. Improving the quality will cost more money, and the pressure to pay back will increase. There is really no need for that." Xu Nan resisted.

Lin Ziyi was stunned.

She felt that her and Xu Nan's personalities were reversed.

Under normal circumstances, it is the director who keeps improving the quality of the film and strives to be the best. For this goal, they will try their best to increase the filming expenses of the film and find out the quality person to ask for money.

In contrast, producers and producers are more concerned about whether the film can be profitable, and the quality of the film is not the most important thing. What they want is to make the most money with the lowest cost.

There used to be such a story in Hollywood. It is said that when Cameron was filming the Titanic, he asked to redo a prop on the ship that could only be seen in the movie for a few seconds, and it cost millions of dollars for this.

The producer immediately became anxious and said that if you really do this, then I will jump off the boat.

But Cameron persisted, and then the producers literally jumped off the boat.

But in the end, Cameron still spent millions of dollars to redo a prop on the ship that could only appear in the movie for a few seconds, because he has extremely high requirements for the quality of the movie and does not allow a single flaw.

Most of the directors are similar to Cameron. In order to improve the quality of the movie, they will do everything they can, without considering how much money they need to spend or whether they can get back the cost.

But in Xu Nan's case, it was the other way around. Lin Ziyi was willing to pay more money to improve the quality of the film, but Xu Nan, the director, was not happy.

It's rare.

As a director, don't you have any artistic pursuits?

"I think it's better for the quality of the movie to be higher. After all, it's for the audience to watch. If it's too bad, the reputation will be easily damaged." For the first time, Lin Ziyi said something that was impossible to say before.

Xu Nan laughed at that time: "I'm all copycats, but I still care about this. 20 US dollars is the limit. If it's domestic, [-] US dollars is enough."

"It's not about making blockbuster movies. There's no need to have such high requirements. Even if the requirements are high, the audience won't buy it. If that's the case, why not show it badly."

"Okay." Lin Ziyi could only nod.

What Xu Nan said was quite reasonable.

They have already made up their minds to imitate others, why do they care so much.

I have done everything, there is no need to set up a memorial archway.

"Tell me, what movie do you want me to touch?" Xu Nan asked, hearing Lin Ziyi's tone, he knew that this time there was going to be a blockbuster movie.

""Pacific Rim", have you heard of it?" Lin Ziyi replied.

"Of course I've heard of it."

Xu Nan's eyes lit up. He had seen this movie in his previous life. It was a very good movie, especially the scene of the battle between monsters and mechs. It was a visual feast.

After coming to the United States, he often watched the news of the film industry, and knowing that the film had been produced, he waited for the release date.

This movie was originally in his Shanzhai Pengci plan, but he didn't know the definite release time, so he didn't have time to copy it.

"Is this movie coming out soon?" Xu Nan asked.

"That's right, it's coming soon, the schedule is almost confirmed, and it will definitely be released within a month." Lin Ziyi replied.

She is the president of the cinema, and she knows when the movie will be released.

"Then don't worry, there is definitely enough time. It can be done in seven days. One month is too much time."

Xu Nan laughed, not to mention a month, even a week is enough, the director of the quick shooter is not joking.

Looking at the world, his filmmaking speed is also at the peak, and few people can compare.

"Is it because Fang Warner, the producer of "Pacific Rim", didn't give you a share of the movie?" Xu Nan asked suddenly.

"Yes." Lin Ziyi nodded. If it wasn't for this, she wouldn't have taken the initiative to let Xu Nan shoot the knock-off tiles for "Pacific Rim".

"This is too much. Warner doesn't even care about theaters. It's lawless." Xu Nanyi was filled with indignation: "Ziyi, don't worry, I will definitely help you out."

"By the way, since Warner Bros. is so shameless, why don't you just give all the filming to my copycat film? I've already thought of the name of the movie, and I'll call it "Atlantic Rim", which is specially designed to compete with Warner's "Pacific Rim". How about it? "

"This name is pretty good, and it should be able to lure more audiences into the theater." Lin Ziyi smiled: "As for the filming, I won't let you suffer."

"Don't forget, you own 30.00% of our company." Xu Nan reminded.

"Don't worry, you won't suffer in terms of filming, but you don't have to think about all the filming. "Pacific Rim" is a large-scale boutique movie that Warner spent a lot of money to create, costing hundreds of millions of dollars."

"Such a blockbuster will greatly stimulate the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies and bring a large number of people to the theaters. Therefore, I can't give you all the movies, at most I will give you a part."

Lin Ziyi explained seriously.

Although Warner's move of not giving the share made her very angry, Lin Ziyi did not lose her mind.

The relationship between theaters and film and television companies is delicate. Although theaters are at the top of the food chain, film and television companies are not easy to mess with.

It is impossible for her not to schedule the movie, otherwise the movie will be a big hit, and the audience will go to other theaters to see this wonderful movie when they find that the theaters under the Emperor Cinemas cannot see this wonderful movie.

This is tantamount to actively pushing the audience to other theaters. Lin Ziyi will definitely not do this kind of thing.

But that doesn't mean Lin Ziyi can't do anything.

She didn't dare to do such things as not showing movies, but it was okay to deliberately reduce the number of movie screenings and schedule movies.

Since you don't want to give me a share, I'll make up for the loss with counterfeit films and see who can't bear it in the end.

The theaters are still afraid that you, a film and television company, will fail.

"Okay." Xu Nan nodded.

He would be satisfied if he could get a part of the film guarantee. The upper limit of counterfeit films is there, and the box office cannot be too high. It is already good that Lin Ziyi can give him this guarantee.

This is still due to the 30.00% shares held by Emperor Cinemas in Nanhai Film and Television. If there is no share, the movie will not be shown to you.

Next, Lin Ziyi told Xu Nan all the information she knew about "Pacific Rim", and told him to make the movie as much as possible, and to fight this movie when "Pacific Rim" was released.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Nan started searching the Internet for news about the movie "Pacific Rim".

On the Internet, there is a lot of news about the movie "Pacific Rim". This is a big-budget film carefully created by Warner. The early publicity can be said to be very good. There are waves of related news from time to time. It is guaranteed that as many audiences as possible can know about this movie. .

This also made it easier for Xu Nan to collect the information he wanted.

The trailer of the movie has not been released, but the introduction of the movie can be found on the Internet, as well as media interviews with the film director, as well as the male and female protagonists.

There are also some makeup photos and tidbits released by the crew.

Through these, Xu Nan has enough understanding of the film.

"Pacific Rim" is a mecha monster movie, a proper big production, the director is the famous director Benjamin, with a brilliant record, the actors are also first-line actors, and there is an actor among them.

Back and forth, for this big production, Warner invested hundreds of millions of dollars, which can be called a movie piled up with dollars.

After seeing the film production cost and the behind-the-scenes team, Xu Nan was on fire at that time.

Big production is good, the bigger the production, the better.

A big-budget movie like this has a big reputation, and the movie producer will do everything possible to promote it to ensure that enough audiences enter the movie theater.

This kind of movie is only interesting when it touches porcelain.

The essence of Shanzhai Pengci is that the other party is famous. If you make Pengci an ordinary movie, the audience will not buy it.

After reading the information about "Pacific Rim" on the Internet, Xu Nan was overwhelmed with inspiration.

He started writing screenplays.

Isn't it just mechs fighting monsters? It's really too simple. I can think of a hundred of such a book in a minute.

One night passed, and Xu Nan's script was finished.

It's a rough script, but it's okay, it's good enough.

Again.

There is such a high requirement for knockoff tiles in the cottage, just do it together.

After the script is finalized, the next step is to find someone to shoot.

This step is also very simple.

Xu Nan is no longer a newcomer in the United States. He has the experience of making a film once, and the basic contacts have been established.

Of course, this network is very weak, and it is barely enough to make a movie, and the finished movie is probably the kind that I can't bear to look at directly.

But still the same.

If you touch the tiles in the cottage, you can make a living.

But just as Xu Nan was starting to prepare for the crew, Lin Ziyi called.

"Accompany me to a movie screening." Lin Ziyi said, "It's Warner Bros.' "Pacific Rim."

(End of this chapter)