China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 557: The Fortress of the Demon City

Since the first day of the release of "Ready Player One", the box office performance has been quite strong.

In just one week, the box office exceeded 10 billion.

However, what followed was a decline in box office sales.

After a full week of release, the real-time single-day box office is no longer as strong as before.

Despite this, the film still attracted the attention of many people in the industry.

Guo Fan and the current head of China Film Group are definitely the happiest two people in the industry.

They hope that "Ready Player One" will become a huge hit.

Because they also have a movie called "The Wandering Earth" in preparation.

The worldview of "The Wandering Earth" is too vast. After the money is in place, the script still needs to be perfected before filming can officially begin.

From last year to now, Guo Fan and the screenwriters have been working on the script and composition.

The success of "Ready Player One" is a great thing for them and it makes them more confident.

The success of "Ready Player One" proves that audiences will buy into good domestic science fiction films.

Plus, they got a great bargain.

Thanks to excellent special effects blockbusters such as Li Yu's "Ready Player One" and "The Great Wall", and Guo Shi's "Fengshen" and so on.

The special effects of these special effects blockbusters must have been made by domestic special effects companies.

Because of these movies, some special effects companies with excellent technology were born in China.

These companies were very helpful to "The Wandering Earth".

Don't underestimate this point, it is very difficult to start everything from scratch.

It was because of the movie "The Wandering Earth" that a group of excellent special effects talents and special effects companies were cultivated in China.

In order to make the special effects of "The Wandering Earth" perfect, the special effects team spent much more time and energy than they expected.

They encountered many difficulties in the process.

The special effects team themselves admitted that foreigners have been working on special effects for decades and have rich experience. Compared with foreigners, they are like kindergarten children and college students.

They also said that the special effects presented in "The Wandering Earth" did not achieve the results they wanted.

They could have done better if they had more time to prepare.

With Li Yu and the national master working on special effects in the front, domestic special effects companies are no longer just at the kindergarten level.

From this perspective, Guo Fan and his team have taken advantage, which is the latecomer advantage.

The predecessors have already paved the way ahead, and they, the descendants, will definitely be able to move faster and more steadily.

If nothing unexpected happens, a "The Wandering Earth" with better special effects than the original will come into being.

At almost the same time...

Huayi.

Mr. Wang and directors Feng Xiaogang and Teng Huatao are discussing Li Yu's "Ready Player One".

It's not surprising that they studied Li Yu's "Ready Player One".

Huayi also wants to expand into many fields, and they also want to make science fiction films.

Teng Huatao's famous "Magic City Fortress" is a super masterpiece that took five years to polish.

It’s so amazing that it can almost be paired with Director Bi’s “Chasing Dreams in Entertainment Circle”.

After finishing the filming of "Love Is Not Blind", Teng Huatao had the idea of ​​doing something big.

You can't blame him for being so arrogant and daring to challenge himself to make a sci-fi blockbuster.

当年他的《失恋33天》凭借900万都不到的成本斩获超3亿元的票房。要知道那可是2011年的3亿，那个时候的3亿票房是非常有排面的。

"Love Is Not Blind" has become a classic example of a low-budget comeback.

However, many people have this problem: it is easy to become complacent after achieving success.

After becoming arrogant, he feels that he is so awesome, he is the best in the world and he can succeed in anything.

Teng Huatao has a bit of this feeling, and his family dramas and romance dramas are very good.

He has produced some good works such as "Naked Marriage", "Dwelling Narrowness", "Wang Gui and Anna" and "Lost".

But his problem was that he insisted on challenging himself with a science fiction genre that he had never been exposed to before.

There is nothing wrong with challenging your weaknesses and making things a little more difficult for yourself.

Someone has to step up and innovate.

But the movie "The Fortress of Devil City" proved that Teng Huatao's understanding of science fiction movies was very superficial.

It is obviously a science fiction action film with the theme of fighting aliens, and the selling point is definitely the exciting battles and special effects.

In this regard, the film performs very poorly, just firing missiles wildly and exploding continuously, with a serious lack of presentation of wonderful details.

He doesn't even understand the science fiction genre, but he is very ambitious and even incorporated elements of action and romance into it, wanting to make a science fiction romance action film.

The result is a weird fusion, the love scenes are bloated and awkward, the hero and heroine lack a sense of CP, and even the dubbing and lip movements don't match.

In short, there are countless flaws in this movie, and only "Dreaming of Show Business" can compete with it.

"Director Feng, Director Teng, what do you think of Li Yu's "Ready Player One"?" Xiao Wang always wanted to hear what Feng Xiaogang and Teng Huatao thought.

They are professional directors and they definitely understand movies better than his boss.

"This guy really has something. He can always bring something new to people. The script and special effects technology of "Ready Player One" have reached Hollywood standards. Even if it is not among the top ones, it can definitely be put in the excellent column." Feng Xiaogang was the first to express his opinion.

Although he had a feud with Li Yu, as a director, he still had integrity towards movies.

He would not lie and denigrate a good movie into a bad one just because he hates someone.

He has criticized Li Yu himself, but has never criticized Li Yu's films.

Because he sincerely believes that Li Yu's movies are good movies.

It’s just that Li Yu took away his position, which made him a little unhappy.

Of course, after Li Yu won the Palme d'Or, he gave up competing with Li Yu.

Can't compare, really can't compare.

"Director Li is indeed a very good director. I watched this movie in the cinema twice.

I think he has the ability, but he is a bit too cautious and doesn't dare to make a big move.

Ready Player One has a strong science fiction element. But strictly speaking, this is a movie that succeeds by combining people's feelings with games.

To me, this feels more like a gaming movie.

Real science fiction must have a grand scale. Why do we need to make a game about the future? Isn't it better to have the protagonist fight against aliens and then defend the earth?
This is how foreign science fiction films are shot. If I were to shoot one, I would definitely shoot a science fiction film of this scale.”

Teng Huatao only had one point to make, that Li Yu was capable and his films were good, but his pattern and vision were too narrow.

In the field of science fiction, there is a big gap between Li Yu and him.

If he does, he will definitely be able to make a real science fiction blockbuster, shock everyone, and tell the Chinese what kind of movie is a real science fiction movie.

If Li Yu was present, he would definitely not be able to hold it in.

Because this joke is really funny.

(End of this chapter)