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Chapter 620: China's First IMAX 3D Movie
"Is there a script?" Feng Xiaogang was also envious, but special effects blockbusters were not the type of thing he was good at, so he was not sure about it.

However, even if you are not sure, it does not mean you cannot take the photo!
Wang Zhongjun laughed and said, "Now that the company has money, we can just spend money to buy scripts."

Feng Xiaogang thought for a moment and said, "How about we try to make the special effects of Aftershock more shocking?"

"If it's successful, will you make a special effects movie?"

"Aftershock" started filming on July 2009, 7 and was completed this month.

The film had just been completed and Feng Xiaogang returned to Beijing, just in time for the release of Pacific Rim.

Seeing Wang Zhongjun pondering, Feng Xiaogang continued: "Hollywood's 2012 is a disaster movie."

"Since we want to make a special effects blockbuster, Aftershock can be made according to this standard."

Wang Zhongjun thought for a moment: "The play 'Tangshan' is not aimed at the overseas market. If it is made into a special effects blockbuster like '2012', what will happen if the cost cannot be recovered?"

"I mean to make a blockbuster like Pacific Rim that is oriented to the international stage, not just to the domestic stage."

Feng Xiaogang replied: "I know what you mean."

"What I meant was to take the special effects of Tangshan to a higher level, not to make it into a film of the same standard as 2012."

"After we get the feedback from Tangshan, we will make a special effects blockbuster like Pacific Rim for the international stage!"

Wang Zhongjun was somewhat unhappy when he heard this. Huayi had plenty of money now, and those shareholders had too much money and had no place to use it. The step-by-step approach that Feng Xiaogang mentioned would be a long time coming.

In the past, this was necessary only if one penny was used as two pennies.

Now, there is no need to be so timid when you have money but nowhere to spend it.

So he said, "The release of Tangshan will be next year."

"When we make a special effects blockbuster, it will take at least two to three years to see the finished product."

"We are not without money to invest now, there is absolutely no need to do this."

“It’s totally possible to do both at the same time.”

"While elevating the special effects of Tangshan to a higher level, we are also looking for a script to make a special effects blockbuster."

"what do you think?"

Seeing Wang Zhongjun being so arrogant, Feng Xiaogang didn't know what to say, so he said, "If we want to take the special effects of Tangshan to the next level, some scenes should be re-shot."

“Just reshoot it.” Wang Zhongjun replied with a smile.

"Okay!" Feng Xiaogang nodded.

Ever since Huayi went public and Wang Zhongjun's net worth jumped by 100 million or 200 million yuan, Feng Xiaogang now basically follows Wang Zhongjun's lead.

He would not object to this career-oriented arrangement.

Wang Zhongjun noticed Feng Xiaogang's hesitation and asked, "If you find the script, do you have the confidence to make a special effects blockbuster?"

The two are old friends, and Feng Xiaogang did not hide it, saying directly: "Special effects blockbusters are not my forte, so I want to practice with the play "Tangshan" first."

Wang Zhongjun did not comment on this and smiled and said, "Okay."

Then he added, "In fact, in my opinion, there is nothing special about special effects blockbusters."

"It's like Wang Shu's Pacific Rim. The story is ordinary, but the special effects are gorgeous."

“A special effects blockbuster is just a movie with outstanding special effects.”

"We can definitely remake this kind of movie."

“Not only can it be replicated, but it can also be surpassed.”

"Because we can find a more profound script, and then make the special effects gorgeous and make it a special effects blockbuster!"

Feng Xiaogang responded: "The plot of Pacific Rim is indeed very ordinary, a standard Hollywood-style popcorn commercial movie."

"If the special effects blockbuster we prepare has more depth, it can indeed surpass it."

In fact, when the two of them talked about this, they had already stepped into a misunderstanding.

It is difficult to combine a special effects blockbuster with a deep plot.

Because, as long as the plot is profound, the special effects will be compressed within the limited time of a movie.

Therefore, a movie with depth is often not a cool special effects blockbuster.

A special effects blockbuster is often a movie with a popular and simple plot.

Due to the limited time of a movie, it is difficult to have the best of both worlds.

Even "Interstellar" doesn't have very cool special effects.

Because literary drama will squeeze out the time spent on special effects in a play.

Wang Zhongjun laughed and said, "I don't know anything about making movies, as long as you have confidence."

When Feng Xiaogang saw that Pacific Rim grossed 8038 million in a single day, he was actually envious and wanted to try his hand at making a special effects blockbuster.

It's just that since this type of movie is not what he is good at, he is a little hesitant.

Thinking about the fact that "Night Banquet" was not the type of film he was good at, but it was still successfully filmed, he regained confidence.

In addition, Wang Zhongjun's attitude of not being short of money made him even more excited.

The two of them then talked about the matter in detail, and the conversation lasted for a long time before it ended.

the other side.

Chen Hong glanced at Director Chen who was in the study and said suddenly, "The box office of Pacific Rim came out yesterday. It took in 8038 million yuan in a single day."

"What? Say it again?" Director Chen was studying the script of "The Orphan of Zhao" further. When he heard this, he immediately looked up and asked in disbelief.

"Pacific Rim made 8038 million at the box office yesterday," Chen Hong continued.

Director Chen was a little confused and didn't want to believe the news.

Looking at domestic Chinese-language films, many movies have difficulty breaking the 8000 million box office from the time they are released to the time they are taken off the screen. How about "Pacific Rim" making 8038 million in a single day?

How can this be? !
"A cumulative total of 8038?" Director Chen looked like he was hard of hearing.

Chen Hong was somewhat speechless: "It's not cumulative, but yesterday alone, we made 8038W in box office revenue in a single day!"

"How is this possible?!" Director Chen stood up quickly.

Seeing this, Chen Hong said quietly, "What's impossible?"

"The box office data has been released, I'm not making it up."

Upon hearing this, Director Chen slumped back in his seat, feeling that the script of "The Orphan of Zhao" in front of him was not appealing at all.

8038W in a single day!
There are only a handful of Chinese-language films that have made over 8038 million yuan in a year, but Wang Shu's Pacific Rim made million yuan in a single day?!
Director Chen opened his mouth, but something stuck in his throat and he ultimately didn't say it.

Unexpectedly, that kid succeeded again this time!
Whenever he saw Wang Shu becoming famous, he felt uncomfortable.

After a moment of silence, he asked weakly, "Is the news true?"

"It has spread throughout the circle and beyond. How could it be true?" Chen Hong responded.

After hearing this, Director Chen fell silent.

Seeing that Director Chen was silent, Chen Hong asked, "How much do you think Pacific Rim will earn when it is released after making 8038 million in a single day?"

"As far as I know, Pacific Rim premiered at 18pm on Friday, the 6th, and it grossed 6 million yuan in just 3000 hours on the day of its premiere."

"The next day, Saturday, 5000W."

"Yesterday, Sunday, 8000W."

"In just two and a half days, it has already achieved a box office of 1.6 million."

"According to this trend, what do you think the box office of Pacific Rim will eventually be?"

Director Chen was already upset about the 8038 million box office revenue of Pacific Rim in a single day. Now he was even more upset when he heard that it had already achieved 1.6 million at the box office in just two and a half days.

But even though he felt uncomfortable, since Chen Hong asked, he still answered in a low voice: "5 million."

"5 million?" Chen Hong was incredulous. "It's already 1.6 million in two and a half days. It's guaranteed to break 2 million after today." "It's broken 2 million in three days. How can it only be 5 million after the movie is over?"

Director Chen also felt that it was unlikely, but he felt uncomfortable just thinking that Pacific Rim might create a higher box office record.

Then he said, "6 million at most."

Seeing Chen Hong thinking, he continued: "The plot of Pacific Rim is very ordinary. The current box office is high mainly because of the gimmick of the monster special effects blockbuster."

“When this craze is over, Pacific Rim’s box office will plummet.”

"Don't think that it has already reached 1.6 million now. By the time it's released, it will only reach 6 million at most."

After hearing Chen Kaige's analysis, Chen Hong also felt that there was some truth in it, but she still supported Wang Shu and said, "I think it can be 700 million or 800 million."

She originally wanted to say it would exceed 10 billion, but then she felt that was too outrageous.

"Ha." Director Chen sneered and said, "If you don't believe me, just wait and see. It will be no more than 6 million!"

Chen Hong left Director Chen's study, took out her cell phone and sent a text message to Wang Shu.

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"Congratulations, the single-day box office reached 8038W." Chen Hong.

Wang Shu saw the text message and replied: "After all, it is the first monster movie in China, and the audience is still quite enthusiastic about watching it."

"Isn't Director Chen preparing for The Orphan of Zhao? It's probably not bad."

When Chen Hong saw the words "The Orphan of Zhao" in the text message, she curled her lips.

She is the producer of this drama, and even she herself did not think that "The Orphan of Zhao" could achieve a single-day box office of 8038W.

Chen Hong didn't want to talk about this topic, and then asked: "How much do you think Pacific Rim will eventually get at the box office?"

Wang Shu replied: "The goal is 10 billion, but I don't know if it can be achieved."

"One billion? You really dare to think about it!" Chen Hong complained.

"If the subsequent box office growth can maintain the current trend, 10 billion is not impossible." Wang Shu replied, "Besides, just because others can't do it doesn't mean I can't do it!"

When Chen Hong saw this message, she replied with a slightly raised corner of her mouth: "You are the best, right?"

Many women admire strong men. The more brilliant Wang Shu is, the more Chen Hong admires him.

"Haha, I'm just asking you whether you believe it or not?" Wang Shu.

"Yes!" Chen Hong replied with a smile on her face.

"When are we going to Hollywood?" Chen Hong asked immediately.

"Today." Wang Shu replied.

"Are you in such a hurry?" Chen Hong was a little reluctant.

"Pacific Rim is also being released in North America, and I'm the director and need to go there." Wang Shu.

Chen Hong suddenly realized something when she saw the message, but at the same time she wondered how could she have forgotten such a simple thing?

"Pacific Rim" was released in North America, and as a director, Wang Shu must have gone there, but he actually asked such nonsense!

After complaining to himself for a while, he asked again, "When will you be back?"

"That's not certain. It depends on the subsequent itinerary." Wang Shu.

"Okay." Chen Hong felt a little depressed when she saw the text message Wang Shu sent back.

That afternoon, Wang Shu flew to the United States.

In fact, long before he left, Chen Long had already arrived in the United States to promote "Pacific Rim".

Compared to him as a director behind the scenes, Chen Long is more well-known both in the United States and globally. In addition, he is the male lead, so it is much better for him to appear in North America to promote the movie than for Wang Shu to appear.

Not to mention, under normal circumstances, promoting a movie is a process that the leading actors and actresses have to go through.

Although the director will show up, he appears relatively little.

It’s just that Wang Shu is the director of "Pacific Rim" after all. If he never shows up in North America, it will give off a feeling of disrespect for the North American market and lack of sincerity.

And this may affect the box office of the movie.

To avoid this from happening, he needs to go to America!

The purpose of this trip is to allow the North American audience to see the attitude of the entire crew and to ensure the viewing mood in a more perfect way.

At the same time, reviews praising "Pacific Rim" continue to appear one after another on the domestic Internet.

For example, some newspapers published reviews of "Pacific Rim" by well-known film critics.

He said: "Pacific Rim is indeed epoch-making, but the focus is not on technology, but on aesthetics and, more terrifyingly, the experience of human senses. Pacific Rim is the first film that can truly achieve an immersive dreamlike feeling through IMAX 3D rather than somatosensory control, holographic images or neural connections, or interactive entertainment artwork. It is a great work that truly combines visual art forms (i.e. movies) based on modern computer graphics and optical imaging technologies with traditional physical visual arts (such as painting, sculpture, architecture, and installation art)."

“In comparison, artistic creation at the textual level is no longer important.”

“Pacific Rim is closer to painting and sculpture than to literature.”

"Coming out of the IMAX theater, the extraordinary experience of watching Pacific Rim in the front row made me feel for the first time the immersive feeling of a 1:1 scale object at the IMAX size. This is also the most realistic 3D experience I have ever had."

"It's hard to organize the words. The realism of watching Pacific Rim in the first row of IMAX is not only the overflow of 3D effects, but also the immersive feeling of proportional objects. In other words, if you put yourself into the scene, the mechas, people and monsters are almost 1:1. This is completely different from the unreal imaging effect produced by the optically magnified and reduced images received by the eyes when watching all the movies in the past."

"Usually, the viewing experience of watching a movie emphasizes maximizing the field of vision, that is, the upper, lower, left and right edges of the field of vision are just occupied by the screen, ensuring that the image information in the picture is accommodated within the acceptance range of the visual nerves while minimizing the reception of real visual information outside the screen (that is, the walls of the theater, the audience in the next seat, etc.)."

"But there is still a gap between this and the real world, especially close-up shots and full-body shots of objects, which always feel unreal."

"In fact, our visual nerves do not work in two dimensions but in three dimensions. Therefore, even if you sit in the first row, the movies you watch usually have a sense of flatness. This is not to say that the effect is bad, but that the objects in the picture are over-magnified, which does not conform to the optical zoom imaging of the volume of real objects by the human eye. Especially for close-ups of faces, the front row is too big, and the back row cannot fill the field of vision. In short, it is too far from the dream."

"Movies have been developed for more than a hundred years, but they have not actually been able to achieve the sense of immersion at the theatrical level."

"The current big-screen and small-screen experience is that small objects on the big screen are so huge that they are distorted, and large objects on the small screen are so severely reduced that they lack the sense of shock."

“When we visit an art exhibition, we need to be at an appropriate distance to understand the artist’s vision when he was creating the work, and this is the problem with film screenings.”

“Pacific Rim relies on a super-giant aircraft (about dozens of stories high) combined with groundbreaking CG lighting, especially the amazing perspective effect and camera language, to achieve the first immersive dreamlike dynamic visual art creation.”

"It's really hard to describe this immersive experience. To be honest, when it comes to humans' subjective description of their sensory experience, language is very powerless."

"For example, when it comes to sexual pleasure, we can only describe it as numbness and tingling all over the body. When we see wonders like the Great Wall or Niagara Falls, we can only say WOW instead."

"Believe me, give up the traditional panoramic view and watch Pacific Rim up close, you will be WOW."

As a special effects blockbuster, "Pacific Rim" was released in three formats: 2D, 3D, and IMAX3D.

In the original timeline, the release of "Avatar" ushered in the era of IMAX3D special effects blockbusters in China.

Now that "Pacific Rim" and "Avatar" are released one after another, it can be said that they have taken advantage of this favorable trend and opened the IMAX 3D era in advance in theaters that meet the requirements of IMAX 3D theaters.

Nowadays, it is no longer "Avatar" that opens the domestic IMAX3D era, but "Pacific Rim".

Instead, it was the movie directed by Wang Shu that opened this era!

Why do some people praise "Pacific Rim" as a domestic special effects blockbuster?

Why would anyone be proud of this?

It is because "Pacific Rim" is not only the first special effects blockbuster in China, but also the first special effects blockbuster in China to create the IMAX3D era!
As the first film, it is full of gimmicks.

It is undeniable that the United States had IMAX 1985D theaters and IMAX 3D movies as early as 3.

But in the country, this is the first one!
Various gimmicks, various boasts, various soft articles, plus the viewing emotions generated by other factors, made "Pacific Rim" earn 1.6 million yuan at the box office in just two and a half days of release.

Wang Shu knew that "Avatar" had broken the 1 billion mark in the original time, so he was quite calm about this result.

In contrast, Han Sanping, Ye Lin, Wang Changtian, as well as people in and out of the domestic circle, were all restless.

Especially Wang Changtian. Ever since Huayi went public, he had been struggling with the transaction of Guangxian shares with Wang Shu.

The box office revenue of 1.6 million in two and a half days immediately made him no longer worried.

"I don't know if I will have a chance to be involved in the next play?" Wang Changtian stood in front of the window of the company's office, smoking and looking into the distance.

He now completely understood that he could just invest money in Wang Shu's project without thinking, and he would surely make a profit.

However, Wang Shu has been cooperating with China Film Group, and Han Sanping has a big appetite and is overbearing, so it is not easy to invest.
(End of this chapter)