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Chapter 199 A Bold Idea
Lu Pingan was aiming at "Pacific Rim".

Mech vs Monster movie.

There have been many such subjects before.

Neon even has a comic of the same name, which came out in 1990.

But the film was originally written by Hollywood screenwriter Travis, who conceived the central elements of the story on the California coastline of the Pacific Rim.

This movie is pretty good and has many fans all over the world.

The plot of the movie itself is not bad, and the visual effects are also very strong. The oppressive feeling of the giant is very bursting.

Isn't that what you watch in monster mecha movies?

If you use 3DIMAX and top-level sound effects, it will be so cool in this era.

Compared with the small 3D test of "Wonderful Night", "Pacific Rim" is a small nuclear bomb.

Of course, there must be a certain gap with the visual effects of "Avatar".

But that was the original film, too.

Now that Lu Pingan is doing it, many scenes can be upgraded.

In a word: under the premise of ensuring the refreshing feeling of the plot, the visual effect should be full.

I believe the mainland box office will not be bad by then.

From an economic point of view.

Actually this movie is not a good choice.

The original movie was released in 2013. The investment in this movie was as high as 1.9 million US dollars, and the global box office was over 4 million, of which the North American box office was only over 1 million. The income did not even exceed the cost. This is the rhythm of losing pants, but Fortunately, the main scene of the movie is in Xiangjiang, which made Chinese audiences buy it and saved this Hollywood blockbuster that was almost hit the street, allowing the sequel to continue.

Strictly speaking, according to this data, it is more risky to choose this movie.

After all, the domestic box office is not big now, and it cannot reach the box office record of 1.2 million U.S. dollars in the mainland of the original time and space. In this way, it will lose money.

But Ping An has a great advantage.

Special effects, photography technology, etc., can greatly reduce the cost.

In addition, if the movie is released before 06, it will also have a great "future sense" advantage.

The audience will buy it even more.

Furthermore, Yi Luping's current size.

He is no longer just making a fuss about movies when he makes commercial movies.

Technology, copyright, peripherals, advertising, distribution, etc. are all profit points.

In addition, the film can also officially try to co-produce China and the United States.

This is to prepare for better entry into the North American and international markets.

Not only that, but this movie can also be used as an example for the so-called co-productions in the future.

Let them see how the co-production should be done.

The above are the main reasons why Lu Pingan chose "Pacific Rim".

In fact, he had another bold idea.

That is to engage in a wave of linkage development.

The original time and space "Pacific Rim 2" was not very good, which ruined the series to a certain extent.

Lu Pingan was thinking, since the first film was filmed, "Pacific Rim 2" must be changed if it is to be filmed, so why not just make a big one.

Like, I mean like.

For example, "Pacific Rim 1" tells that a parallel universe "breakthrough point" appeared in the depths of the seabed in the Pacific Rim region, and then, a huge monster creature rose from the "ocean".

According to the chronicle of the original "Pacific Rim", this kind of monster came to the earth as early as [-] million years ago. At that time, the invasion was abandoned because the earth's environment was not suitable for the survival of the "pioneer".

When the earth entered the industrialized society of human beings and the environment changed drastically, the "pioneers" discovered that the opportunity had come, and then there was the story of "Pacific Rim 1".

But what if the "pioneers" escaped Earth [-] million years ago?

For example, the overlord of the earth at that time was a monster that looked like a snake.

Chinese civilization called it: Dragon.

After driving away the "pioneer", the dragon has become a fantasy creature in mythology in the long-term changes.

Until the "Pioneer" appeared again, human beings used mechas to fight against the Pioneer.

The wormhole was destroyed by the protagonist, and human beings finally eliminated the hidden dangers and ushered in peace.

In the end, the mech technology was sealed. Many years later, the evil organization used the corpse gene of the "pioneer" to combine with the earth's creatures, and finally synthesized a substance called "god gene", and created a "humanoid" Harbinger" stronger biological weapons.

But this kind of creature is not controlled by humans. The moment it was born, the monsters were out of control.

One of the creatures rushed to the Mariana Trench, and the ancient creature "dragon" was awakened. The weak "dragon" took the opportunity to devour the creature, obtained the god gene, and recovered.

But if you want to get back to peak form, you have to keep hunting.

By the way, drive these offal out of your own territory.

Just like hundreds of millions of years ago.

So the plot of the second part is the story of "dragon" hunting.

Therefore, the plot of "Pacific Rim 2" can be seamlessly grafted into "Godzilla 2014" in 1, a story of hunting and anti-hunting between unknown giants and man-made giants. The sense of oppression overflows the screen. The sense of insignificance in front of this mysterious mighty force must be very textured.

The subsequent "Pacific Rim 3" can incorporate the plot of "Godzilla 2, King of the Monsters".

The dragon defeated the opponent, but dozens of man-made new monsters that got out of control at the beginning were also devouring each other, and finally a dozen more powerful monsters appeared. Under the rule of an ancient alien creature, these monsters challenged the dragon , the dragon who is the master of the earth, started another round of hunting.

In the end, with the help of righteous humans, the dragon completed evolution again, or completed a further "return to ancestors", and finally became the king of monsters.

In the next movie after that, the dragon defeated more enemies and absorbed more genes. The real dragon in myths and legends is back.
. . . . . .

This is just an idea and has not been adapted yet.

If you really want to adapt it, maybe you won't use "dragon". The strange beasts in "Shan Hai Jing" may be more suitable.

In terms of plot, on the basis of copying "Godzilla 1" and "Godzilla 2 King of the Monsters", it can also incorporate more features of excellent monster movies.

In short, if you really want to shoot, it’s not that early, and you don’t have to.

There are too many excellent movies, and they can't be squeezed out. There is no need to make originals so early.

So the immediate task is to start the "Pacific Rim 1" project first.

And for this kind of commercial blockbuster involving big special effects, big peripherals, and big industry, the preparation work is not so simple.

Fortunately, Xingchen Film and Television currently has a strong army and rich experience.

The group of 7 screenwriters earned an average of [-] yuan after "Wonderful Night", and they were able to keep up with the rhythm of Lu Pingan's unconstrained script.

In addition to getting the general plot of "Pacific Rim" this time, "Wonderful Night 2" will also start to enter the adaptation stage, which is to prepare for the future.

The rest of the team also knows how to run the film industry more reasonably.

Many of them followed Lu Pingan to Hollywood for advanced training. After doing these things, it can be said that they are now the number one team in Asia.

Give them enough time and treatment, the problem will not be big.

"Do you understand?"

Five or six hours later, Lu Pingan and the management asked after the project meeting.

"understood."

With excitement, the management of each department broke up the meeting and started to work.

"Pacific Rim 1", the countdown begins.
The preparation and production of the film is initially expected to take at least half a year.

Wait until it's released, at least next year.

This is perfectly acceptable.

What's more, the later the time, the more favorable it is.

Give the mainland ticket warehouse a little time to grow, don't worry.

(End of this chapter)