Started as an independent producer in 1988

Chapter 312 Cameron's Confused Thoughts
At the gate of the children's factory, the factory director and the management had been waiting at the gate for a long time.

"Director, why hasn't Mr. Chen come yet?"

"You won't regret it again, will you?"

These people are looking forward to the relief grain from the imperial court!
In the past, the higher-ups would allocate funds, but now that it has merged with China Film, they no longer give us money.

If Chen Shiping doesn't come, they will really cry to death!
Factory Director Dou Chunqi chuckled and seemed quite calm; he was also one of the vice presidents of the group.

However, he does not hold any substantial position in the group, and is mainly in charge of the children's factory.

Chen Shiping had previously told him during an internal meeting within the group that they would focus on supporting the children's factory.

So he was not worried that Chen Shiping would not come.

However, Dou Chunqi had some opinions about Chen Shiping.

Originally, he had the hope of becoming a director, and he had already communicated with Director Tong and would be nominated for a director seat by the end of this year.

But Chen Shiping rejected it, and the other directors followed suit.

Chen Shiping wanted to give this position to Han Laosan.

I feel really sorry for Han Laosan because I am the vice chairman and general manager, and my superiors had concerns and didn't give Han Laosan a seat on the board.

Otherwise the board of directors will be full of Chen Shiping’s people!
Now that it’s been stuck for a year, it’s time to promote the third brother!
At the children's factory, they waited at the door for a few more minutes before they saw Chen Shiping's car slowly approaching.

Everyone felt relieved, the relief grain from the imperial court had arrived!
It’s a pity that Director Dou has little say in the group, otherwise there would be no need to wait for Chen Shiping to distribute relief food.

Dou Chunqi was too lazy to explain to them that none of the vice presidents of China Film Group had the final say!

The chairman can't do it! Why should we ask him to do it!
Soon, the car arrived at the gate of the children's factory.

After getting off the car, Chen Shiping looked at their eager eyes and felt that they were a bit too enthusiastic!

Damn it, how many days have they been hungry?

The group has given you money, right? I guess you guys are not short of salary!

Funds have also been allocated for ten films!
Isn’t this enough to eat?
Chen Shiping felt a little numb, and looked at them and said, "Everyone is very enthusiastic!"

Director Dou smiled and said, "We are all looking forward to your coming to guide our work."

"It's not really guidance, I just come here to chat with you all." Chen Shiping said with a smile and walked inside.

A group of people followed Chen Shiping and began to visit the factory.

There was a woman in the crowd looking at Chen Shiping with a complicated look.

She is Teng Wenji's wife, and also the screenwriter and director of the Children's Factory, but she will retire soon.

She couldn't help but sigh when she thought about the fact that her husband was still being held in the Beijing Film Studio.

After graduation, my son wanted to work at the Beijing Film Studio but was not accepted, so he now goes to the Xi'an Film Studio.

Both the father and the son are not doing well, and the problem lies with Chen Shiping.

But the old vine was unwilling to admit his mistake, and the young one was afraid of being criticized if he gave in.

It's been like this for several years.

Originally, it was thought that after Chen Shiping went to China Film Group and left Beijing Film Studio, Lao Teng would be able to rise, but now there is no support from within the Beijing Film Studio for him.

Whenever he wanted to make a film, he was rejected for various reasons. When he inquired about the outside factories and investors, they all stayed away from him.

It will take another few years for Old Teng to retire, so now he can only wait for retirement at the Beijing Film Studio.

When visiting the photography workshop of the Children's Factory, Chen Shiping said with a smile: "The film "Pili Beibei" was filmed here, right? I heard about it from the old factory director."

"Yes, I filmed it with Director Weng." Director Dou turned around and looked at Weng Luming and shouted, "Director Weng, come and talk to Mr. Chen about Pili Beibei."

Weng Luming immediately stepped forward and said to Chen Shiping with a smile, "Hello, Mr. Chen, may I introduce you?"

Chen Shiping remembered who she was. She had asked Song Heng to help Teng Wenji get a backdoor.

So he smiled and nodded and said, "Okay, let's listen to the stories of you old predecessors and learn about the glorious history of the Children's Factory."

Weng Luming breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Chen Shiping was not so vindictive.

Come to think of it, it has been several years and Chen Shiping is a big leader now. He wouldn't still be holding a grudge.

After visiting several workshops, Chen Shiping and his colleagues went to the factory canteen for lunch.

The food is quite simple, but tastes good, not worse than that of Beijing Film Academy.

While eating, Weng Luming tentatively mentioned Teng Wenji, wanting to see how Chen Shiping would react.

Chen Shiping's expression didn't change. He smiled and responded with a few words before stopping.

I want to admit my mistake and let Tengwen come!

Chen Shiping gets annoyed whenever he thinks of him. When he first implemented the producer-centered system, Teng Wenji was so jumpy!

It’s good enough that I didn’t make her sweep the toilet!

Teng Wenji is damn lacking in courage. If it were someone else, they would probably have resigned.

He refused to stay in the factory and just eat and wait for death.

After dinner, Chen Shiping went to a meeting with the leadership team of the Children's Factory.

I'm here today to arrange work!

In the conference room, Chen Shiping coughed lightly and said, "I understand the situation at the factory. The movies are all good. The main problem everyone reflects is that there is a lack of channels and markets."

"In fact, children's films are very important, and the group also attaches great importance to the development of children's films, but everyone's creative ideas need to be changed."

"We need to think about why there is a lack of channels and a lack of market. Children's movies are for children to watch, but children don't have money to go to the cinema. Parents need two tickets to take their children to the cinema."

"So, when developing children's films, we also need to take into account the factors of adults, so that parents can also watch them with relish."

Everyone in the office frowned, considering whether this could still be considered a children's movie for adults?
Chen Shiping coughed lightly and said, "Everyone has watched Journey to the West, right? Everyone has watched Havoc in Heaven, right? Both the elderly and children love to watch them. We should seize this point to create our work."

"Children's-oriented does not mean childish. Children watch spiritual and fun stories! Adults also have such needs, there is no contradiction!"

"It's not that a children's movie must be about children. Children will also watch adult stories. There is an obvious misunderstanding in the development of Chinese fairy tales. All the protagonists are children. This is wrong."

"Adults also need fairy tales. Who doesn't have a fairy tale dream? Men dream of being heroes, and women dream of being princesses. Children also love to watch heroes and princesses!"

After Chen Shiping talked on for a long time, he finally waved to his secretary.

Secretary Xiao Li immediately came over and handed a script to everyone in the meeting room.

"This is a key project I prepared for the factory. It will be promoted globally! Take a look."

Director Dou raised his eyebrows slightly as he looked at the word Mulan written on the cover of the script.

Is there a market for promoting Mulan globally?
But Mulan's story is indeed widely circulated!

Chen Shiping looked at them and said, "Half a year! Can you finish the filming in half a year?"

Director Dou couldn't help but cough and said, "How much is the budget?"

"The production cost is 20 million!" Chen Shiping looked at them and said, "Do you have confidence?!"

"Have!"

He has never fought such a rich war!
Chen Shiping looked at Director Dou and asked, "Is there a suitable director in the factory? If not, I'll find one for you."

Director Dou: “.” Since you asked, there is definitely no answer!

But you can’t ask in private. Everyone in the factory is watching me, so how can I answer?

Several directors in the conference room immediately raised their hands to compete for the right to direct the film. Chen Shiping ignored them and stared at Director Dou.

This is a token of your loyalty! We can forgive you for what you did to Mr. Tong before!

Director Dou also knew what Chen Shiping meant. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "The factory does not have experience in shooting large-scale productions. If the group wants to promote it globally, it is better to be cautious."

Several directors in the conference room turned to look at Director Dou. Why was there still someone pushing him out?

How do you become a factory manager?

Chen Shiping nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, I'll find the director, you guys go ahead and make the preparations first."

After the meeting, Chen Shiping left the Children's Factory.

The focus of the Children's Factory's future development will gradually change. Song Heng is now leading people to study at the Shanghai Animation Studio. When he comes back, the Children's Factory will also start developing feature-length animation.

It would actually be most appropriate to go directly to the American factory, but Shanghai will not give up the American factory.

Chen Shiping could only develop on his own and then transfer people from the Shangmei Factory.

It’s difficult. There is a big conflict between China Film Group and Shanghai Film Group now.

They still make a fuss about the rights of imported films every other day.

Shanghai Film Group is now basically run by returnees, and their development ideas are different from those of domestic film studios.

The development of Shanghai Film Group is actually quite unique.

Oh, it’s so difficult!

In the Children's Factory, Director Dou looked at the directors in the factory and couldn't help but say, "Why are you looking at me like that? Can't you tell what Chen Shiping means?"

"I can't hear it. Director, if you can fight for it, why don't you try?"

Director Dou also knew that he had not fulfilled his responsibilities as a director, so he said, "Let's fight for a co-director spot, but there can only be one. You guys can see who will come. Chen Shiping will definitely find a big director. This is a good opportunity."

Several directors were instantly diverted!
Director Dou took the script and left with a sigh. He wished Chen Shiping was so easy to fool.

The news that China Film Group invested in the Children's Film Studio to shoot Mulan spread quickly.

There was no reaction in China, but Hollywood has been paying attention to whether Chen Shiping would make any big move.

I found this news quite interesting.

Disney is also promoting the Mulan animated film.

It's really interesting when animation meets real people.

At 20th Century Fox, Cameron was also chatting with several producers.

“Is Chen angry that Disney stole their story?”

Cameron smiled and shook his head and said, "No, he wants Disney to pave the way for his own live-action movies."

"It's possible! If the animated film is successful, the live-action film will also be popular!"

Cameron felt that Chen Shiping was a person who was very good at finding opportunities.

The release of large ships in Asia reflects this!

This is a very interesting opponent!

Cameron is looking forward to breaking Chen Shiping’s record in the Asian market in the future!
The big ship swept the world except for the Asian market where it failed!

This made Cameron feel a little uncomfortable. In Chinese, this is called unclear thoughts!

He is preparing to declare himself the king of the world at the Oscars in two months!
The king of the world lost in Asia, and its value has been greatly reduced!

Cameron is so miserable!

I feel really bad if I don’t beat Chen Shiping once and break his Asian box office record!

The king of the world must not lose!
Chen Shiping also knew that Cameron must be thinking about him!
But he still has ten years to come!

Avatar!

This is the movie that truly makes the whole world despair!

Chen Shiping still remembers that when he watched Avatar for the first time, he was completely stunned.

I didn’t expect there are such realistic special effects in the world, and they are 3D!
Who wouldn’t be confused after watching this?
At that time, many younger viewers believed that Avatars really existed in the universe.

But it is too early to consider this issue now.

What Chen Shiping wants is a big market, not a super awesome movie.

Let Cameron tinker with it.

Chen Shiping still has to tinker with the princess!
At Zheng Yuanjie's house, he looked at Chen Shiping and couldn't help but smile and said, "I thought you were going to buy my copyright to make a movie. I got excited for nothing."

Chen Shiping smiled and said, "If there is a chance in the future, I still hope you can help me write a few fairy tales."

“I don’t really like propositional creation, and putting old things in new bottles.”

"This is for the development of the fairy tale industry. Combining stories with film and television is the future direction of development. If Chinese fairy tales want to go global, we must find a way."

Zheng Yuanjie was still not happy, and looked at Chen Shiping and said, "It's mainly because I don't have time."

Chen Shiping's face gradually became serious. He looked at him and said, "I have contacted several foreign fairy tale writers. I hope you can work together. The creation task is not difficult. Teacher Zheng, please help me!"

"Okay, let's stop talking. What else can I say now that you've said that?" Zheng Yuanjie smiled bitterly.

Chen Shiping immediately smiled and said, "After the story is finished, I will contact the best publishing house to help you publish it, and I will definitely let the story go abroad!"

Zheng Yuanjie's eyes lit up slightly, and she said with a smile: "Then I will definitely write well!"

"Thank you very much!" Chen Shiping said with a smile.

It’s troublesome to create your own IP, and it’s even more troublesome to promote your IP!

It is not easy to create an IP for Chinese classical mythology, mainly because it is difficult to promote it.

The background is too grand, and it is difficult to promote it and make people understand it.

Marvel's IP is much simpler, and anyone can get involved.

Captain America, the skinny little soldier was injected with serum and then frozen. There is no difficulty in understanding it at all.

It would be difficult to promote it if you replaced it with heroic characters from Chinese mythology.

Yang Jian, Erlang of Guanjiangkou, who is his mother, who is his father, who is his uncle, who is his nephew, who is his master, what kind of skills does he practice, what weapons does he use, who taught him.
Foreigners who don’t understand Chinese mythology won’t understand it!
The sense of immersion is too bad!

In comparison, foreign myths are much simpler.

Thor, the god of thunder, son of Odin, can swing a sledgehammer.

That’s enough. Just know that he is Thor, can play with a hammer, and that the hammer can discharge electricity.

The audience will understand it very quickly without having to think at all.

There is a huge gap between bloodline inheritance and one's own cultivation.

This is also the reason why the Chinese mythology system is difficult to promote.

It is difficult to empathize with something because it is too complicated, and it is also mixed with a lot of religious culture.

Many filmmakers have also cut out character backgrounds, such as the abysmal Forbidden Kingdom.

Then it was filmed like a bunch of defense. Foreign audiences didn't like it very much either!

(It’s late. I slept late last night and didn’t get up today, haha.)
(End of this chapter)