How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 1 It's 1995

1995 years.

Disney 3D animation film department, [Toy Story] project office.

"The box office on the first day is out!"

Chuck, the manager in charge of Disney's 3D animation film department, hung up the phone with the representative of Disney theaters, and all the employees in the same department who participated in the production of "Toy Story" reported the news loudly.

Among them, the director of [Toy Story] was the most eager, hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How much? How much is the box office?"

"2100 million dollars." Chuck replied directly.

Hearing this number, the director of [Toy Story] breathed a sigh of relief and sat back in his seat.

As the director of "Toy Story", the box office of the film is related to his current director status and future career.

The box office revenue of 2100 million yuan on the first day is not outstanding, but for the first 3D animation film in film history, this is already a qualified and excellent result.

"Director, the box office is a hit!!!"

After the director of [Toy Story] sat down, he suddenly heard an excited voice, his emotions were even greater than his director, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look over.

I found out that I am Asian, and I am a little confused?
Is this guy an artist or a technician for Toy Story?

No, even painters and technicians shouldn't be more excited than him as a director.

"you are?"

Hearing the question, the Asian said without hesitation, "Director, I am the dubbing artist for Mr. Egghead in the movie. My name is Zhang Nan. Congratulations on your movie box office success."

Being congratulated so enthusiastically, the director of [Toy Story] could only nod in agreement, but he couldn't help but mutter in his heart.

What's wrong, he seems to be the director, more excited than me.

After a warm celebration, Zhang Nan, who was only a voice actor, slowly exited the office of [Toy Story], and was about to go to the voice-over department when someone stopped him.

"Zhang, what are you doing here?"

The one who called Zhang Nan was a colleague from Disney's dubbing department.

"[Toy Story] hit the box office on the first day, I have a dubbing in it, come and celebrate." Zhang Nan responded as it should.

"..."

The colleague was stunned for a moment, and then he was puzzled: "But what does it have to do with us, we are just voice actors. Let's go, the manager is calling you."

Zhang Nan glanced at the other party, didn't speak, just followed the other party's pace and walked back.

Even if the box office of the animated movie explodes after its release, it doesn't matter much to the voice actors in the movie.

But Zhang Nan...he is not an ordinary voice actor, he has golden fingers.

Goldfinger?
Yes, Zhang Nan is a reborn.

He was reborn into a Chinese named Zhang Nan who came to North America from the mainland to study.

At the beginning, Zhang Nan came to North America to major in classical literature.

This major can’t be said to be useless after returning to China, or it can be regarded as useless. Zhang Nan immediately had the idea of ​​changing majors.

Originally, Zhang Nan wanted to switch to an Internet-related major. After all, Zhang Nan, who was reborn, knew too well how profitable the Internet would be in the future.

But God obviously didn't intend to let him go this way, because the golden finger given to him was about the film industry.

Gold Finger: For any movie that the host participates in, the host can get 50.00% of the box office appeal of the movie box office. The box office appeal can be used in any movie, and the effect is to increase the movie box office by the corresponding value.

With such a golden finger, Zhang Nan turned his attention from the Internet to the entertainment industry.

When Zhang Nangang was reborn, it was 1990.

In this era, returning to China to join the mainland entertainment industry can be directly ruled out.

Xiangjiang is a good choice.

But he is a mainlander, and he is currently in North America, so this choice is obviously not suitable.

And Xiangjiang is now at the end of the golden age.

In a few years, people in Xiangjiang's entertainment industry will either come to Hollywood or go north to the mainland.

So Zhang Nan finally set his sights on Hollywood.

But Hollywood is not a good place to be, it is very exclusive.

Let's put it this way, well-known European actors have a hard time after they come to Hollywood, not to mention Zhang Nan, there are not many crews who are willing to play tricks.

But there is no unparalleled road, Zhang Nan finally found a way from the perspective of future generations and his own advantages after some final thought.

Be a voice actor.

If it is said that in the circle of actors, it is film actors who despise TV actors.

Then the voice actor is so miserable that he doesn't even have the qualifications to be despised.

But it was precisely because of this that Zhang Nan was given a chance.

The competition for voice actors in Hollywood is still relatively small, and few of them have professional backgrounds, and they are all half-way monks.

If Zhang Nan changes his major to dubbing, he will definitely be able to join the crew after graduation.

Then you can participate in the movie through dubbing, and get that 50.00% of the box office appeal.

Zhang Nan did this, and the result was as he expected, and even better than he thought.

In this era when most voice actors are Ye Luzi's debut, Zhang Nan, who is a voice professional, is like a high-quality talent with a Qingbei graduation certificate in the talent recruitment market in the county, which belongs to the existence of looting by all parties.

After Zhang Nan thought about it again, he finally chose Disney, and he could only choose Disney.

Because in Hollywood live-action movies of this era, there is little demand for voice actors, or even none.

Because the actor's line skills are still passable, the voices of the actors are all in the movie.

But animated movies are different. They can only be dubbed by voice actors. After all, paper people can't really speak.

As for the situation of Hollywood animated films, Disney is currently the only one, and Zhang Nan has no choice.

Zhang Nan graduated in 94. After joining Hollywood that year, he was very lucky to participate in the dubbing of "Toy Story".

The office of [Toy Story] is not far from the office of the dubbing department, and Zhang Nan arrived with his colleagues after a while.

"Manager, are you looking for me?" Zhang Nan asked politely.

Old Luke, the manager of the dubbing department, is an old man in the Disney film department. His old line of work is actually making movies.

The director, producer, and screenwriter have all done it, but they have never done dubbing.

The reason why he was sent to work as a manager in the unpopular dubbing department was because this guy hadn't made a name for himself over the years, and it cost Disney a lot of money.

If it weren't for the relatively hard quality of his nepotism-there is a brother-in-law of a Disney vice president.

Based on the money he lost, Disney not only fired him a long time ago, but also sent a lawyer's letter asking Old Luke to compensate for the loss-the Disney legal department didn't blow it out.

"Is that so, I heard that you are of Chinese descent?" Old Luke asked straight to the point.

It's really not necessary to hear that, are your two eyes long for venting, and you can't see for yourself?

No wonder you have made movies all these years, but there is no box office box office, no word-of-mouth reputation.

You don't even have the power of observation at all. It would be strange if you succeeded.

"I'm not Chinese, I'm an authentic Chinese."

Upon hearing Zhang Nan's answer, Old Luke smiled.

"Then...do you know Jack Cheng?"

Zhang Nan: "..."

Knowing is knowing, but maybe not the kind of knowing you think.

It belongs to people who I know, but people don't know me!

Zhang Nan shook his head silently.

Old Luke was a little disappointed, but he quickly shook off the disappointment on his face, and continued to say, "Then...do you know kung fu, the kind that Jack did?"

After speaking, his body still twisted in a vague way, and he hummed and haha ​​demonstrated.

Ok?
Zhang Nan was dumbfounded by the question, but his mind was spinning rapidly, because Zhang Nan realized that this might be his chance.

Old Luke would not ask him if he knows kung fu for no reason. As an old loser in the film industry, he must have seen his big brother Chenglong's [Red Fan District] succeed in North America. Jumped, want to follow suit (plagiarism).

Later generations will compare eldest brother Chenglong and Kung Fu Emperor Li Lian in Hollywood.

But in fact, the status of the eldest brother Chenglong in Hollywood is better than that of Kung Fu Emperor Li Lianhe.

On the one hand, it is because the eldest brother Chenglong was the first Chinese movie star to successfully land in Hollywood more than [-] years after Li Xiaolong's death.

On the other hand, it is because the eldest brother Chenglong has created a comedy action movie with a strong personal style, which can be regarded as the originator of Kung Fu comedy action movies.

Let's put it this way, until 2023, in the action movies starring Hollywood action superstars, most of the fighting scenes are influenced by the big brother Chenglong.

In the era of 1995, after the eldest brother Chenglong successfully landed in Hollywood with a "Red Fan District", it also set off a wave of action kung fu movies.

The eight Hollywood giants specially purchased Chenglong's previous years' movies and re-screened them in theaters, and they all reaped a lot of box office.

You know, it's a movie that has already been released.

"I can do it. If you don't believe me, you can ask my colleagues. I exercise every morning. Many people can testify." Zhang Nan didn't directly answer whether he would be able to work hard, but changed to a person who was easy to let people know. Misunderstood statement.

Zhang Nan does exercise every morning, but it's not practicing kung fu, but doing radio gymnastics. After being reborn, he knows very well how important a good body is.

And although he doesn't know kung fu, he may have problems making movies with his big brother Chenglong.

But to fool old Luke, a 'professional' who hasn't made his mark in decades, is still a matter of hand.

More importantly, Zhang Nan has something to do, even if he is fooling old Luke, but in the end he will not let old Luke suffer.

He has now caught up with [Toy Story], and if there is no accident, [Toy Story] will earn 3.94 million US dollars in box office worldwide.

And relying on the effect of the golden finger, he can also gain close to [-] million US dollars in box office appeal.

When the film is finished, Zhang Nan will put all the box office appeal of the [-] million US dollars, and the film will become a success.

Old Luke deserves to be a person who relied on his nepotism and struggled in the film and television industry for many years. He has always stumbled and never succeeded.

Old Luke didn't hear the distortion of the facts in Zhang Nan's answer at all, but felt that he had found an action actor who was at the same level as Cheng Long. He was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth with joy. Zhang Nan could see this .

"That's great, Zhang, I have a plan, you must be interested."

Old Luke happily described his plan to Zhang Nan, and described the plan as extravagant and beautiful.

It has to be said that although old Luke has been in the film industry these years, he wants box office but not box office, and word of mouth but not word of mouth, but the technique of painting cakes has been tempered.

Just a lot of unimportant, unimportant things.

The point is that nothing was said.

But it gives the effect that he said a lot of key issues.

Sure enough, being able to make movies in Disney for so many years has not been dismissed. Although there is a reason for his vice president's brother-in-law, old Luke's own words are definitely an important factor.

"Manager, after talking so much, do we have a script for this drama? I want to find out first." Zhang Nan asked the question while Old Luke was talking dry.

When old Luke heard it, his hand holding the cup paused.

Ok!

Seeing Old Luke's reaction, Zhang Nan knew about Old Luke's plan. At present, there should be no script, no director yet, and the starring role is undecided... He is the only actor who has been fooled.

For others, this situation is a disaster.After all, this is just a grass-roots team, and it's not set up properly, not even a framework.

But in the eyes of Zhang Nan, who has a golden finger and a film box office of at least [-] million US dollars, this situation is simply amazing.

What we want is this state of waiting to be done. The more there is nothing, the more positions and rights Zhang Nan can plan and control. After the movie is released with great success, Zhang Nan will also be able to get more Achievement.

"Manager, it doesn't matter if you don't have a script. I can write scripts, and I'm very good at writing scripts, especially kung fu movie scripts. I grew up watching kung fu movies."

Seeing that Old Luke was a little embarrassed by his question, Zhang Nan quickly showed Old Luke his ability and enthusiasm for this project.

It doesn't matter if you don't have a script. Not only can I know kung fu and act, but I grew up watching kung fu movies. I can also write scripts.Old Luke, this time, you can be regarded as having a discerning eye and a talent, and you have found a treasure.

At this time, Zhang Nan was afraid that Old Luke would retreat in the face of difficulties.As long as old Luke can persevere, even if there is nothing in the current plan, he can carry out the plan.

"You still write scripts?"

Sure enough, old Luke also felt that he had a good eye for talent and picked up a treasure.

Zhang Nanman nodded confidently: "I graduated from Southern University."

The school that Zhang Nan studied abroad was USC, and he also transferred from the Department of Classical Literature to the Department of Dubbing.

Southern California is the cradle of stars and directors in the North American film and television industry.

Many actors and directors in Hollywood graduated from here, and their status in Hollywood is equivalent to the three major film and television academies in the mainland.

"But aren't you from the dubbing department?" Old Luke was able to call Zhang Nan, and he had done some research on Zhang Nan's resume.

But what happened to the dubbing department?
The dubbing department can't write the script?
James Cameron is a truck driver and can make movies. Zhang Guoshi graduated from the photography department and can make movies. Huang Bo’s dubbing department can write, direct and act by himself.
The future development trend of the film and television industry is cross-department!

old luke.

(End of this chapter)