China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 76 Feng Xiaogang: Beware of Americans' Scams
In the next two days, He Fang and Wang Tiejun accompanied Cameron and his party to visit Zhangjiajie. When Cameron came to the real "Hallelujah Mountain", he shook his head in amazement, or told him to come to the sacred place in his movie dream. The real version of the earth made him sigh.

After visiting Zhangjiajie for two days, and taking the time to read He Fang's "Pacific Rim" script, Cameron is very interested in this mech-style movie, and the two also discussed the production of plot and special effects along the way.

After a series of discussions, Cameron became more convinced of the feasibility of this script, and the total investment of 9000 million to [-] million US dollars is also feasible.

The producers Jon Landau and Josh McLaren around him also received Cameron's approval, because when He Fang proposed to announce the cooperation, then this is not a problem.

For Fox, receiving announcements is a matter of accepting business and making money. Is there any reason to shirk it?As long as it is a movie recognized by everyone, and it is a big production, there is no problem at all.

Therefore, the two groups discussed the cooperation framework agreement while visiting Zhangjiajie. In fact, the "Pacific Rim" project gave Fox money, not only buying a large amount of hardware and software for post-production special effects, but also buying 3D cameras and other photography. Equipment, etc., will also purchase their technical services.

This set alone costs a lot of money, and He Fang also asked for cooperation in publicity and distribution. Unfortunately, the initial global publicity budget given by He Fang is only 3000 million US dollars, which is a bit small. The global publicity and distribution of many Hollywood blockbusters is one $3000 million base.However, no matter how small $3000 million is, it is meat. Many Hollywood movies have a total profit of less than $[-] million.

Equipment, technical cooperation and publicity and distribution cooperation, I came to visit Zhangjiajie and signed an order of nearly [-] million US dollars, isn't it good?

No wonder Cameron is willing to postpone the Asian premiere of "Avatar" in the island country, and also wants to come and meet He Fang.

On the 26th, the Cameron team finished their tour of Zhangjiajie and rushed back to Changsha. After a short rest, they attended a welcome dinner jointly organized by Huying Group and Changsha Tuanhuo Culture in the evening.

There are more than a dozen tables in Huatian Hotel.

There are videos from Mango Channel, interviews by reporters, and the company of many celebrities.

Among them, Li Bingbing, Fan Bingbing, and the actors of the first two films were all present, and even the actors of "On the Journey" were also present.

It’s just that Cameron’s group photos are a bit too many, with each actor, and some hosts who have a good relationship with He Fang, Guo Zhaosheng, the leader of Huying Group, the leader of Radio and Television...

After signing an order of nearly [-] million US dollars, Cameron is also very face-saving.

He even kept praising He Fang in front of the media that he considered the most promising director in China.

As soon as this high hat was worn, the media became excited.

He Fang was very calm, he didn't feel complacent because of this, he knew that this was all business flattery.

After the dinner party, He Fang was almost torn to pieces by several actresses. In the end, he didn't go anywhere and went home to sleep.

Seeing that there was no other way, the actresses had to fly away early on the 27th.

On the morning of the 27th, Lake Film Group formally signed a cooperation framework agreement with Cameron and Fox, which includes helping Lake Film Group build a film post-production special effects processing center, two sets of 3D photography equipment, and personnel training cooperation wait.

The most important thing is that Fox and Changsha Tuanhuo Culture signed a cooperation contract for the promotion and distribution of a sci-fi blockbuster "Pacific Rim".

But it was Cameron and the others who got on the plane and left Changsha, and then this series of cooperation was disclosed, and the public opinion in the whole country immediately exploded.

"I'll go, we Chinese want to make a sci-fi blockbuster that will be released around the world? How can a new director have this ability?"

"Isn't it cheating attention and subsidy? Are you making an international joke? Chinese people make this kind of movie?"

"Crazy, is Huying Group and Changsha Tuanhuo just a gimmick or is it really going to be done? Now there are not many Chinese movies that can cost more than [-] million yuan to produce. Why don't you just make a sci-fi blockbuster and distribute it globally?"

"I don't believe it, I really don't believe it. This is definitely a gimmick. Some hateful people use the name of Cameron and Hollywood to consume Chinese people and deceive the country."

"Yes, it must be like this. I don't believe that even Zhang Yimou and the others, even so many big directors in Hong Kong, and even so many top directors in Japan and South Korea can't do it. How can he be able to do it. This is a scam……"

"Feng Xiaogang: Beware of American Scams"

Suddenly an interview appeared on the Internet. It was a reporter who interviewed Feng Xiaogang and asked him what he thought of making a sci-fi blockbuster.

This is what Feng Xiaogang said in an interview on the set of "Tangshan Earthquake".

"I don't know how much the production cost of Director He's "Pacific Rim" is, but when I shoot "Tangshan Earthquake" now, I feel the horror of burning money for blockbuster movies, and I feel China's backwardness in some technologies. Now our foundation It’s not weak, it’s not. How to make a Hollywood blockbuster without technology? This is to be careful of the scams of the Americans. Americans are not good people, and I was deceived.”

With Feng Xiaogang's speech, netizens discussed more intensely.

"That's right, we don't even have the technology to make blockbuster movies. Why are we talking about making Hollywood blockbusters? Isn't this a scam?"

"We must strictly investigate Huying Group's random loss of state-owned assets, and even corruption of ink."

"Yes, this is a big scam. It not only deceives the people of the country, but also defrauds state-owned assets..."

……

It's over, the public opinion is completely blown up.

When He Fang was out with the main creators the next day, he used his free time to watch the public opinion helplessly smile, alas, it is difficult to do things in China.

Sometimes what you face is not only people from outside digging holes for you, but also beware of your own people sniping at you and putting pressure on you.

Just like the situation a few years later, foreign scholars and experts are studying how to target us, and domestic experts and scholars are also studying how to target us...

This is so painful that I can't describe it.

"Director He, the employees of Lake Film Studio are making trouble." At this time, an employee of Tuanhuo Culture rushed over to inform him.

"Trouble? What's the trouble?" He Fang asked.

"The employees of the Lake Film Factory said that the group leader and Tuanhuo Culture used the cooperation with Cameron to embezzle the group's property, demanded to stop the cooperation with Cameron, and demanded a thorough investigation of whether the transaction with Tuanhuo Culture was the group leader's fraudulent property."

"..." He Fang was stunned for a moment. He knew there was a risk. At that time, he had vaguely felt this way if he didn't join the Huying Group, but after being taught a lesson by his father, he couldn't give up 30% of the money. shares.

Well, here comes the risk.

"Okay, Guan Producer, you guys need to confirm the scene first, I don't have much opinion, I have to go back to the group now."

After arranging the scene, He Fang hurriedly drove to the group.

At the same time, he also called his father.

(End of this chapter)