Started as an independent producer in 1988

Chapter 319

"Take a look at these pictures and give me some suggestions."

In the office, Zhang Yimou pushed a few drawings in front of Chen Shiping and said.

Chen Shiping raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm just a producer. I'll ask Xu Ke to show it to you."

"He's busy promoting The Bourne Supremacy." Zhang Yimou sighed, "It will probably take a few days before he can join the crew."

Chen Shiping smiled and said, "I think we'll be able to join the crew tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. The Bourne Supremacy has been out for a week."

"Thank God." Zhang Yimou couldn't help but sigh, feeling like he was almost dying of exhaustion.

Uncharted was indeed difficult to film, and Zhang Yimou said that he was tortured mainly because he was a picky person.

Of course, it’s more because the first one was directed by Chen Shiping.

It was the idea of ​​the entire crew to surpass the first film.

Surpassing Chen Shiping is Zhang Yimou’s biggest thought now!

By this calculation, Lao Zhang is more promising than Cheng Kaige.

Chen Shiping likes his enthusiasm! It would be great if he could surpass himself!

Uncharted 2 will directly make a billion dollars at the box office!
Zhang Yimou doesn't want to pay attention to Chen Shiping anymore, why don't you mention 2 billion!

But his goal is indeed to surpass the first Uncharted movie!
Uncharted 1 earned over million in the Asian market and over million in the European and American markets, totaling over million US dollars!
Uncharted 2 just needs to make over million!

I hope that in two years, the Asian market will be stronger, otherwise Zhang Yimou has no confidence that he can surpass the first film by relying on the European and American markets.

Zhang Yimou was actually quite helpless. He couldn't understand why Chen Shiping asked him to shoot the second part!
He has not made any blockbuster movies so far. In terms of box office performance, not to mention Xu Ke who has made several blockbusters, even Xia Gang can't compare to him!

Xia Gang is also a director with box office revenue of over 100 million in China!
There is another issue that Zhang Yimou is worried about. The exchange rate between Southeast Asian countries and the US dollar is getting lower and lower, which is very disadvantageous!
The big ship suffered this loss!
Isn’t this the same problem with several movies released now? The box office revenue has obviously increased, but when converted into US dollars, it is not as high as before.

This is a big disadvantage in terms of box office data!

Logically speaking, ticket prices should increase as the exchange rate drops, but no one dares to do so.

The worse the economy gets, the sluggish the consumption becomes. Movies are entertainment consumption, which is dispensable in itself.

It's good enough to be able to retain the audience, why raise the price? Even if we do, we dare not raise the price too much, anyway, it cannot keep up with the exchange rate.

I think it will be almost recovered after two years.

I hope that by the end of 1999, the economy will recover and the Asian market will expand again!
Zhang Yimou turned his head and looked at Chen Shiping and said, "You have to work hard to make the market bigger. Try your best!"

Chen Shiping: "You, you, you are the opposite of Tian Gang!"

Zhang Yimou laughed loudly, looked at everyone in the office, and shouted: "Everyone, don't be nervous. If the box office is not good, just say that Mr. Chen's distribution is not good!"

"Haha, let's find Mr. Chen to take the blame in advance!"

"Mr. Chen, you have to publish it well for us!"

"That's right, but we can't stop releasing the product just because we're afraid of being surpassed."

Chen Shiping was very sad. All of them were rebelling against Tiangang!

He was just calling him Director Chen, but now he’s called him Mr. Chen!

Bah! Deduct all of your wages!

Chen Shiping snorted and said, "Okay, okay, I was planning to give you a raise, but now it seems that's not necessary!"

"Director Chen! I was wrong! Have you forgotten that you praised me for my good props last time?"

"Director Chen, I've been with you for so many years, don't you know my personality?"

Chen Shiping was too lazy to pay attention to them, and they all turned against Tiangang!

After chatting for a while, Chen Shiping started working with them.

After all, he is still the producer and the director of the first film, so many of his ideas and opinions are still crucial.

Although the two films were shot by two people, the overall style should not be too different.

Otherwise, the audience will not be able to accept it after watching it. Even now, many viewers are skeptical about this.

Is Chen Shiping doing the director's work under the name of producer, or is he really asking Zhang Yimou to shoot the film?

If it is the latter, the audience really has to question it.

Isn’t Zhang Yimou good at making films about literary suffering? He made a good film called An Hong, I Miss You, but it’s too disconnected from Uncharted Waters!

Most of the audience were very hesitant about the second part.

Many people have made up their minds that when the movie is released, they will let others go and check it out first, and if it’s good, they will go themselves!

If you can save five dollars, it’s five dollars!
The first Uncharted movie was Daughter of the Dragon and the second was Wrath of the Dragon.

In terms of the plot, one is to uncover the hidden life experience of the male protagonist, and the other is to reverse the identity of the princess, but at most it will be placed at the end of the movie, leaving suspense to pave the way for the third part.

The second part begins with a super naval battle, in which the Celestial Empire fleet wipes out the pirates gathered on the Misty Island.

However, several large pirate groups still escaped.

The princess ordered a manhunt, and while the pirates were fleeing, they were also plotting for clues to the treasure in the princess's hands.

The Celestial Empire’s fleet was too powerful for the pirates to defeat, so they could only find a way to steal!
While resupplying on an island, the pirates sent their men to steal the golden apple, the clue to the treasure!
Then all kinds of mystical things will be shown. These pirates are strange in appearance and are not normal human beings.

They sneaked in secretly and showed their magical powers, but were defeated one by one by the princess and the hero. The golden apple was saved, but the snake girl Uesugi Rumi was rescued.

Since the pirates could not get any clues by forceful attack, they had to turn their attention to the male protagonist.

The male protagonist used to be a member of the Black Octopus. The pirates conspired with the old captain of the Black Octopus to get the handle on the mystery of the male protagonist's life experience. Uesugi Rumi secretly met with the male protagonist and threatened him to steal the golden apple.

However, they didn't expect that their conversation was known to the princess. She planned to take advantage of the situation and release the golden apple to lure out the hiding pirates so that they could be captured in one fell swoop!
Later, the hero gave the pirates the secret route of the golden apple. The hero continued to stay with the princess, and they chased the pirates along the treasure route.
The second part is mainly about fighting, but also brings in more mystery.

Show the mystery of the sea, sea monsters, mysticism and other special effects scenes.

Of course, there is also the emotional entanglement between the male and female protagonists, an emotional warming process from misunderstanding to helping each other resolve misunderstandings.

At the same time, a new character will be introduced. The captain of the ghost ship will become one of the important supporting characters of the film and will be the one who slips away from the Celestial Fleet every time.

In the end, they found the treasure and then fought a fierce battle. The Black Octopus was deceived by several pirate groups and became the main target of the Celestial Fleet. The Black Octopus was the most powerful pirate in this sea.

There is a huge octopus hidden under the Black Octopus, which will also be the final boss of this film.

The Celestial Fleet battles sea monsters!
This time the plot structure is very simple and clear, and the foreshadowing of the previous part is almost complete.

The main purpose is to show special effects, battles and so on.

As long as the special effects and big scenes don't fail, the movie will not fail.

Chen Shiping and Zhang Yimou carefully discussed the plot for a long time and also roughly finalized some design plans for special effects.

Otherwise, if Zhang Yimou tortured the special effects engineer like this, Chen Shiping would be worried that Zhang Yimou would go bald before him.

The special effects engineers are so happy. It’s still less troublesome to work with Chen Shiping!

No inkling, and able to say exactly what you want.

Unlike Zhang Yimou, who changes every three days!
After Chen Shiping determined the general direction, he said to Zhang Yimou: "The rest will be handled by Xu Ke joining the team. You take care of the other aspects."

Zhang Yimou nodded and said, "Okay, this way I can take a break." It was much easier for him since he didn't have to worry about it.

Chen Shiping stayed at the Beijing Film Studio for an afternoon and solved a lot of problems before leaving.

Take good pictures!
With a production cost of 70 million U.S. dollars and a shooting time of one and a half years, I hope Zhang Yimou can surpass the first film!
Six hundred million RMB!
If Zhang Yimou ruins Chen Shiping in the film, he will be hung on the gate of China Film Group!
When returning to China Film Studio from Beijing Film Studio, Chen Shiping took one look at the gate and felt it was a bit short.

It’s difficult for Zhang Yimou to walk after being hung up there!
Come back and be more stylish!
After spending more than an hour in the company and signing several documents, Chen Shiping went home after get off work.

When they got home, Tao Huimin was packing her things, and Guan Zhilin was beside her, holding little Xiulin and teasing her.

Little Xiulin was also very supportive, babbling and calling her godmother.

Guan Zhilin was so excited that he didn't want to let go of the baby.

When Chen Shiping went over to hug his daughter, Guan Zhilin kicked him away.

Chen Shiping came to the bedroom and saw Tao Huimin packing up her things and couldn't help asking, "What are you doing?"

Tao Huimin looked up at him and said, "Let's go out and play. Yitian has prepared everything. Zhang Da Huzi is watching. I'm going to Hong Kong to play for a few days."

"what about me?"

"You have to go to the hospital. We'll make room for you."

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Chen Shiping quietly left the bedroom and turned around to see Guan Zhilin rolling his eyes at him.

"You shouldn't have done that!" Guan Zhilin just found out today that Chen Hong was pregnant and couldn't help but complain to Chen Shiping.

Chen Shiping glanced at the bedroom secretly and whispered, "Do you want it?"

Guan Zhilin was stunned for a moment, and a trace of struggle flashed through his mind.

"What are you doing~" Xiao Xiulin suddenly grabbed Guan Zhilin's hair and shouted.

Guan Zhilin came back to his senses and shook his head at Chen Shiping, then smiled and pinched Xiao Xiulin's little face and said, "Godmother is here, baby, do you want to go out and play?"

Guan Zhilin said this and went out with Xiao Xiulin in his arms.

In the yard, Tao Ma and I watched Xiao Xiulin playing, and the two of us were chatting about some of Xiao Xiulin’s embarrassing stories.

Chen Shiping looked at Tao Huimin in the bedroom, then at Guan Zhilin in the yard, and couldn't help but sigh.

Why do people become more and more sensitive as they get older?

How daring it was when we were young! We were full of energy every day!

The next day, Tao Huimin took her whole family out for a trip.

I am also planning to travel to Singapore with Guan Zhilin.

I guess I won’t be able to come back for half a month.

Chen Shiping went to see Chen Hong.

Chen Hong's due date is approaching, and she will go to the hospital in two days.

The appointment was made at a private hospital. China began allowing the establishment of private hospitals in 1995, and several high-end private hospitals immediately emerged in Beijing.

However, Chen Shiping couldn't go with them. Even if it was a private matter, he couldn't show up in person.

Chen Shiping stayed with Chen Hong for two days, and Chen Hong still regretted that she should have gone abroad to give birth to the child.

Originally, Chen Hong planned to go to the United States to give birth to her child, but Chen Shiping did not agree.

Go to Chicken Feather America!
If Chen Shiping hadn't seen that Chen Hong was about to give birth, he would have taught her a lesson!
However, Chen Hong hopes that Chen Shiping can teach her a lesson!

During this period, every time she came over, she would pester him for a long time, so Chen Shiping didn't dare to do that.

Chen Hong's belly is quite big, and the baby in her belly is conservatively estimated to weigh at least 8 kilograms.

Chen Shiping really didn't dare to touch Chen Hong and could only use his hands to comfort her.

Just wait a month!
I'll satisfy Chen Hong's craving when the time comes!

Three days later, Chen Shiping received a call from Mei Juan while he was at work.

"Master! It's born!" Mei Juan said stealthily on the other end of the phone.

Chen Shiping's eyes flickered with a trace of fluctuation, but he calmed down and asked, "How's the situation? Was the project successfully implemented? There were no accidents, right?"

"The project is very safe, with 82 million in assets! Investors are very happy! We estimate that we will be able to return in the evening."

Chen Shiping couldn't help but twitch his lips. He was playing dumb because he was in the company. Why was Mei Juan playing dumb?

But as long as mother and child are safe, there is no need to worry when I go home at night because there is a private doctor taking care of them.

After chatting with Mei Juan for a few words, Chen Shiping hung up the phone.

I couldn't help but imagine what this kid would look like, and whether he would take several days to open his eyes like his sister.

Would it be wrinkled like a little mouse? But at a little over 8 kilograms, it should be plump.

Chen Shiping really wanted to take a look at this boy as soon as possible.

I hope it will thrive in the future!
Just don't let your father down, I don't ask for anything else.

In fact, after having children, Chen Shiping began to understand the second generation a little bit.

The father works hard all his life, just to help his son avoid taking detours.

To ordinary people, many of their conveniences do seem unfair, but from their fathers' perspective, they seem very fair.

Is there anything wrong with me earning money for my son?

However, after careful consideration, Chen Shiping still felt that there was something wrong!
There's nothing wrong with giving your son your money to spend, but your son cannot put other people's money into his own pocket!
However, if his son and daughter grew up and wanted to be stars, and came to Chen Shiping for help, he would not be able to resist.

This is human nature, there's nothing you can do about it.

Xiao Xiulin climbed up and down the study every day and smashed several pens, but Chen Shiping never said a harsh word to him.

Xiao Xiulin just smiled and Chen Shiping was speechless.

There's nothing I can do about it. This is what being a father is like. Maybe I will really arrange all kinds of resources for my children in the future.

Chen Shiping sighed. He used to hate this kind of person, and now he has become this kind of person.

Now that I think about it, what I hated before was just that I didn’t have any privileges.

Once you really have the privilege, how can you resist not using it?

hateful!

Finally I became the person I hate.

After get off work in the evening, Chen Shiping couldn't wait to get off work.

Go back and see if that brat has inherited his and his mother’s good genes!
You must be handsome when you grow up!
How can you not be handsome!

There is no ugly person in the Chen family!
(I've been unlucky these past two days. I've been busy as hell because someone has clicked on me. There's one more chapter that will be published later.)
(End of this chapter)