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Chapter 184 "No Man's Land"

After Chen Xi and Ning Hao chatted about the development of Chinese films, what they said was like a wild horse, and they started to run wildly, and they felt like they couldn't stop.

Hearing what Chen Xi said, hearing the seemingly unbelievable number of 100 billion, Ning Hao did not refute, but just nodded: "Yes, I have always felt that the era of 100 billion is not too far away from us , now our box office is doubling too fast, and it is estimated that it will get faster and faster in the future! Not to mention that there are still so many movie theaters that are constantly being built..."

Chen Xi nodded: "That's right!"

Ning Hao said: "What kind of film is your "Embroidered Spring Knife"? I am really interested. Although there are many media reports, basically there is no specific core content. There is a little core in the middle. There are not many things involved, so what will your film look like?"

Chen Xi smiled slightly: "Actually, it's an action movie. I tried my best to improve the plot, but there are still many loopholes in the plot... It must not be comparable to your movie in terms of plot."

Ning Hao shook his head with a smile, and said, "I actually envy you the most now."

"What is there to envy!"

"Because your movies are basically completely under your control, and you can shoot whatever you want, so you can continue to shoot what you want...but it's still quite difficult for me now, so I won't say In terms of investors and film companies, even the audience’s disagreement makes me feel that now I can only try to choose a relatively safe genre, instead of taking risks and trying to develop a new genre!”

When talking about this, Ning Hao had a real sense of loss on his face. This loss is definitely not fake, and Chen Xi also remembered something. At that moment, he asked: "Then what movie do you have now? Want to shoot, but can't do it?"

Ning Hao glanced at Chen Xi, suddenly had some hope, and said, "You mean...?"

There was hope in this guy's eyes, but Chen Xi shook his head: "No matter what I say, I have to listen to what you say first."

Ning Hao had no choice but to nod, and then said: "Okay...Actually, this is a project that...is very likely to touch the line. I have mentioned it several times but have been suppressed. I don't know if I can shoot it next. That film... even in a way, I made "Crazy Racer" in the hope that that movie could also be made because of "Crazy Racer."

Chen Xi said: "What kind of movie do you want to make? Why is it so difficult?"

Ning Hao glanced at Chen Xi and said, "I want to make a movie about what happened in the no man's land of the western wilderness. I also plan to call the movie "No Man's Land", but many things involved in it are relatively different. It's dark, anyway, there are not too many people who agree with my project now."

Chen Xi nodded in her heart, it really was this movie!
In a sense, "No Man's Land" has stepped out of Ning Hao's previous cliché of narration by clues, giving his films a new form of expression and breaking through the original framework.

It's just that this film has been suppressed due to auditing reasons after it was shot, and it was not released until five years after the filming was completed. Ning Hao was also forced to re-make the shitty "Golden Heist" ", as a result, the lead between "No Man's Land" and "Golden Heist" is really not an order of magnitude.

No wonder!

No wonder Ning Hao felt that this movie was more difficult to make. In fact, from Chen Xi's point of view, he knew that this movie must be very difficult to make, and the review of this big hurdle is quite troublesome.

At the moment, Chen Xi also said: "It sounds like there are some problems in the review of such a movie... I always feel that other places can be a little looser when I make movies, but I really can't be sloppy when it comes to reviewing. Because once a movie fails the review, it is basically useless!"

Chinese movies are probably like this. If they can’t be reviewed and approved in China, it’s not easy for foreign countries to distribute and earn money back. Jia Zhangke’s is a little better. After all, after so many years, Jia Zhangke’s popularity in Europe And winning awards continuously, it is no problem for his films to be released in Europe, but for most directors, if their films fail to pass the domestic review, it basically means that they are useless and finished.

Of course, judging from the timeline in Chen Xi's head, although "No Man's Land" was finally released after being delayed for four years, the film also got a pretty good box office after it was released, which is not unlike the four years of snow. However, for these things, Chen Xi felt that she could support them even if she didn't get much economic benefits.

In Chen Xi's soul before, he knew a director, and that director's team mainly made horror films... A horror thriller probably costs about 50 yuan for shooting and editing, and then 150 million yuan After the release, they can basically get a box office of 700 million. If they are lucky, they can even exceed 1000 million, making a lot of money easily.

However, for a long time, the director was also very uneasy, so after making several such films, he would try his best to shoot even if it was a literary film without any economic benefits, hoping to neutralize it.It is obvious that not everyone is willing to let go of all their integrity.

In fact, this has something in common with Chen Xi's mentality...Chen Xi is doing plagiarism now. Although it is said that this is plagiarizing the future and will not be known by others, the problem is that this kind of thing has been done too much , the guilt in his heart will indeed appear, and he also needs to find something to neutralize it.

Anyway, he feels that if he can support some movies with good reputation but poor box office, it can be regarded as a little neutral. Chen Xi is also doing his best to do this, and he even asks the company to directly shoot some truly valuable literary films. , and "No Man's Land" can fit this feeling, in fact, there is no movie that loses money, Chen Xi is still very willing.

Of course, if you really invest in this movie, you won't be able to get back the investment in a short period of time. This makes Chen Xi feel that she must be cautious.

At that moment, Chen Xi said to Ning Hao: "Well, if you have a script for your film, you can show it to me. If I think it's good, we, Deep Space Film and Television, can also be responsible for a part of the investment!" Ning Hao Hearing this, I knew that I had really been pleasantly surprised.

Before, he just talked to Chen Xiyi, but he didn't expect that Chen Xi would really promise himself and be willing to provide himself with these things.

"Great! Thank you so much!" Ning Hao suddenly became a little excited. As for the question of the script... Of course he knew that Chen Xi would not be able to do something so obvious and easily exposed as stealing the script. In terms of things, not to mention, Ning Hao is now considered to be a member of China Film Group, and the book is also owned by China Film Group, Chen Xi is not so courageous.

For this movie, when it comes to investment, I am more worried that I will lose all my money. If Chen Xi is really willing to inject capital, it will be a great thing for Ning Hao.

Chen Xi smiled and shook her head: "I still have to read the script and whatnot, and the funds I can provide are very limited. After all, our company doesn't have much money now."

"That's enough!" Ning Hao was really happy!
Chen Xi then talked with Ning Hao about a lot of things. After the previous thing, Ning Hao is really much more enthusiastic now.

However, Chen Xi is also making sure that she will not delay Ning Hao's shooting time too much.

After coming out from here, Chen Xi also continued to negotiate with the people of the company in Xiamen. The negotiation was still about the issue of film copyright. After finishing these things, Chen Xi returned to Zhong Hai without stopping, and then he was ready After finishing most of the work, and arranged the work of some companies, and then flew directly to the capital, where "A Big Man Should Get Married" was filmed!
Chen Xi's idea for "A Big Man Should Get Married" is to hope that the film can be launched in the autumn and winter schedule. The TV dramas in this schedule are generally high-quality dramas, which is also the general rule of domestic TV dramas.

And compared to "Latent", the preparation time for "A Big Man Should Be Married" is not too short. The filming will start from now, and the filming will be completed by the beginning of August, and it will definitely be cut in mid-August. After September It can be launched online, and there is really no problem in catching up with the autumn and winter boutiques.

Now that Chen Xi is so well-known, a press conference will definitely be held before the filming of "A Big Man Should Get Married", and there will be a lot of reporters who can come to the scene. Everyone's enthusiasm for Chen Xi's attention is still quite high. .

The launch conference of "Big Man Should Get Married" will be officially held in the capital on June 6th. Many media who got the news are already ready to move, gearing up, wishing to arrive at the scene as soon as possible to watch the news conference.

Before the press conference of "A Big Man Should Get Married", Chen Xi finally got a piece of news that should be regarded as good news: "The Raid" has already won the admission ticket of the Toronto International Film Festival, and has been shortlisted for the "Midnight Crazy Unit" The competition list, this finalist, finally gave "Raid" a chance to be displayed in front of everyone!Although this opportunity may not be successful, at any rate, there is already a brick to step on.

After "Raid" had such a shortlist, the next thing became a pure show of the film's impact!

Although Chen Xi and the others spent a lot of money in order to get this spot, at any rate, "Raid" already has a platform to showcase themselves. The next thing Chen Xi and the others have to do is to wait for "Raid" to be held in Toronto. The day of the official screening of the film festival.

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