This director needs to apologize

Chapter 351 Reverse Version Behavior

Compared with the previous "1951" and "Mulan", "The Thirteenth Floor" is the most relaxing movie that Chen Yiming has shot. In terms of his workload as a director alone, after "Holiday" Down.

There are many reasons for this. In addition to the obvious factors such as abundant funds, improved cast, and higher execution ability of the crew, the film's low positioning also plays an important role.

Chen Yiming regards this project more as a social experiment, a reverse version of behavior that goes against the experience of two generations.

In 2014, China's cinemas are still dominated by special effects blockbusters and comedy films. Genre films and B-level films that operate according to the rules of the Hollywood secondary market can only be said to be a small win, and can be called exceptions, or Either Xiaoboda's youth pain film, or two cross-border bosses who brought in tens of millions of traffic.

Therefore, Chen Yiming designed the Earl's genre film plan to run at a small pace. The first project "The Usual Suspects" strictly controlled the budget scale. Even according to China's industry standards, this was a mid- to low-cost production with a box office If you spend more than 2 million, you can protect your capital, if you spend more than million, you can make a lot of money.

According to the market estimates of Lao Jia's team, with the current popularity of "The Usual Suspects", it is a high probability that it will exceed 100 million in the first week. In other words, although Wang Wei is a new director, his smooth start can only be grasped by hand. .

The next project approved, "500 Days of Summer Solstice", is a small expansion of the auspicious comfort zone, and it also uses the cast of "Love Letter". Therefore, although the budget has doubled, the risk is still not high.

As a person who fills the schedule for these two genre films, Chen Yiming chose the high-risk science fiction film "The Thirteenth Floor". He did not take the chance to turn a bicycle into a motorcycle, simply because if he still wanted to Be willful, now is the best and possibly the only time.

He now has a box office championship, a double gold trophy in awards, and is already at the top of the director world. But only he knows how many people outside are looking forward to the moment when he collapses.

There is no way, the public psychology is like this, the marginal pleasure of likes is definitely not as high as the dislikes.

There is no director in this world who is always on the upswing. Even if Chen Yiming's self-conscious ability has improved, he will definitely lag far behind the outside world's expectations of him. This is inevitable, and it will not make any difference just because he is a time traveler.

The examples in his previous life have given him a sufficient preview. If he wants to continue to perpetuate the box office myth, he must either work hard like a certain industrial director for N years, or play with traffic and use off-market means. The former he is not willing to do, and the latter he Disdain for it.

Chen Yiming would rather be more comfortable and be a happy story porter, lest history repeat itself in a few years, and Chinese movie fans who have developed movie-watching habits can only pinch their noses and choose a less disgusting one among several. Come to krypton.

He doesn't care about the film industry. He only thinks that the good stories from his previous life are worthy of being seen by movie fans who really like movies.

This was the original intention of the project of "The Thirteenth Floor". Rather than Chen Yiming digging a hole for himself, it is better to say that he overdrafted his reputation in advance, which will be damaged in the future, and gave the science fiction film branch a chance to get on board.

Chen Yiming made it very clear at the project establishment meeting that the choice to film "The Thirteenth Floor" was more of a willful move on his part and a kind of counter-version. The final box office would not have exceeded 10 billion, let alone over 5 million. There is suspicion of popularity fraud.

Therefore, the overall budget of this movie is not high, and the total budget is less than 2 million. A domestic box office of million will ensure the return of the money.

Despite this, the investment plate was still put together in a short period of time. Not only did it have several more investors, but it was too late to grab them. This kind of irrational appeal made Chen Yiming dumbfounded.

Since the crew moved to the Magic Film Studio for filming, there has been an endless stream of visitors. Every time Chen Yiming meets with the bosses who come to have dinner, he will bring up the past and tell them not to have too high expectations for the box office, even if it is released during the Spring Festival. Same.

However, judging from the other party's reaction, Chen Yiming's words were regarded as his words of self-effacement, and I don't know where their confidence comes from.

Chen Yiming is sitting behind the monitor these days, and a question has been circling in his mind. After the movie is released, and the bosses find that they are not making as much money as they imagined, can they still remember Chen Yiming's words?
This movie was shot by Chen Yiming in a worry-free way. The degree of magic modification is not too big, and some subtractions have been made. Compared with the three-layer nesting of the original work, there is one less branch line.

The added running segment is not so much catering to the market as it is his bad taste. It is basically a meal of dumplings made for Yu Cheng's vinegar. Even so, it was Mr. Xie and his martial arts team who worked hard during the filming. Chen Yiming was a producer watching the whole process because he handed over all the responsibilities he had given to Xie Tianfang.

The actors were all selected with great talent, and all of them had amazing brain-feeding skills, especially Chen Kun and Pan Yueming. At one point, they didn't even need to shout "click", and people would ask to do it all over again. In the end, Chen Yiming had to force the work to end at 7pm to prevent those crazy actors from exhausting himself.

During this period, Chen Yiming, a director, actually lived a regular life of going to bed at 11 o'clock every day, which was healthier than his habit during vacation.

Even though Chen Kun and others still have unfulfilled expectations, Chen Yiming still ruthlessly announced the completion of "The Thirteenth Floor" before November, and the film officially entered the post-production stage.

According to Jushishi Workshop’s assessment, the post-production special effects will take about five to six weeks. During this time, the editing, soundtrack and other work can be completed. There are no sensitive elements in this film. The investment of both Demon Film and Imperial Film has been reviewed and approved. OK, so it can be announced that the Spring Festival release is confirmed.

But before that, Chen Yiming still has to fulfill his responsibilities as a planner and producer, and is scheduled to release "The Usual Suspects" on November 11.

As the pioneering work of the Chinatown universe, and also the real first shot of Platinum's genre film plan, the release of "The Usual Suspects" is naturally Platinum's top priority in the near future. Chairman Ma, who had not appeared in Platinum Jue for almost half a year, is back. However, he was kicked out by Xiaomei before he even said a few words when he entered the company. He is still working in his old line of work, National Institute of Technology. The line runs around.

Da Zhuang has been focusing on the idol draft project for the past six months. The specific process was full of twists and turns, but he was still able to get it done anyway. It is expected to officially land on the Dolphin Channel in March or April next year.

Chen Yiming was also assigned a face-scanning task by Lao Jia. He picked an old acquaintance from a bunch of interview invitations, and that was Sister Lan Yu from the movie channel.

As soon as Bo Jue, the boss, sent the confirmation email, Lan Yu led the film crew to the Magic City the next day, which was very efficient.

That's the only thing this sister is good about. She only bothers herself and will never cause any trouble to the interviewee.

The interview took place in the conference room next to the editing room of Phantom Factory. The two of them were very familiar with each other. After a few brief greetings, they went straight to the topic.

Lan Yu finished recording his self-introduction very formally, and the two of them relaxed and leaned on the back of the sofa in a chatting atmosphere.

"It's been a long time, Director Chen. I have to say thank you first for giving me this precious interview opportunity."

"You're digging a hole for me right now, as if I'm aloof. Besides, we haven't seen each other for a long time, haven't we talked face to face over the years?"

Lan Yu covered his mouth and smiled, "You said it yourself, I didn't accuse you wrongly. Netizens say that Chen Yiming has no sense of being a public figure. Unless the movie is on, he will never show his face. What do you think of this? "

Chen Yiming shrugged and said, "I think this is the greatest compliment for a director. Director, if his name is not connected with the movie, but with other things that have nothing to do with the movie, that would be too embarrassing."

Lan Yu smiled and interjected, "Are the irrelevant things you mentioned referring to some rumors about you and An Xixi on the Internet a while ago?"

Chen Yiming slapped his forehead speechlessly, "You said it was just a rumor. I don't think there is any need to discuss it."

Lan Yu smiled knowingly, but Chen Yiming chose to avoid talking about it instead of denying it. For Lan Yu, this was tantamount to self-inflicted trouble.

So she changed the topic at the right time, "Let's talk about "The Usual Suspects". This time, just like "Love Letter", you are the screenwriter and producer. What did you think about it? Why is it not the director?"

"Actually, just let nature take its course. After the filming of "Mulan", our director team often eats together and chats, that is, telling each other stories. If there is anything we like, we will expand it into a script or even a project book.

This is how "The Usual Suspects" came about. At that time, I proposed an extreme situation. When there was only one suspect, whether one could get away with it just by talking.

This is a classic drama structure that aroused everyone's strong interest. As various conditions and backgrounds were added to the discussion, the prototype of "The Usual Suspects" was gradually formed.

Wang Wei made the greatest contribution in this process. He also took the lead in completing the subsequent project books, scripts and storyboards. He was naturally the best choice for the director. "

Of course, Chen Yiming couldn't tell the outside world that Wang Wei was appointed by him. That would be too arrogant.

Lan Yu continued to ask, "The week after "The Usual Suspects" is released, it will face "Transformers 4." What expectations do Bo Jue and you have for the box office of this movie?"

Of course, Chen Yiming knew that he would not be able to do the change 4, but in the face of the media, he must be tough when facing the media.

"The two movies are not in the same genre at all, and they are not antagonistic from beginning to end. The booming film market is good for all movies in the same period.

We are confident that we will occupy a mid- to upper-middle position in the Lunar New Year market. For a feature film, this is a reasonable expectation. "

After Lan Yu asked two questions about "The Usual Suspects", as if he had fulfilled his obligation, the topic immediately turned back to Chen Yiming.

(End of this chapter)