Entertainment: God-level director

At 9:30 in the evening, after the Hundred Flowers Award Ceremony, Lin Ran met at a hot pot restaurant with Xu Zheng, Huang Bo, and Wu Jing, whom he had a good relationship with.

In the private room, after ordering the food and sending the waiter away, several people started chatting while eating.

The topic of conversation was naturally about Lin Ran’s new film.

“Ranzi, tell me about the specific story?”

After drinking a glass of beer together, Huang Bo asked straight to the point.

Xu Zheng and Wu Jing also put down their chopsticks. They were also very interested in Lin Ran’s new film.

“The content of the new film is roughly about that in the not-too-distant future, with the deterioration of the earth’s natural environment, human beings are facing the threat of being unable to survive. At this time, scientists discovered a wormhole near Saturn in the solar system, through which human beings can break through. ability limitations, and go to more distant outer space to find opportunities to extend the hope of life.

An exploration team traveled outside the solar system through this wormhole. Their goal was to find a planet suitable for human immigration.

However, after passing through the wormhole, they discovered that one hour the spacecraft was on the planet was equivalent to seven years on the earth. Even if the expedition team’s mission could be completed, their salvation would be too late for the people still alive on the earth. , the protagonist must make a choice between reuniting with his children and saving the future of humanity.”

Lin Ran gave a general introduction to the content of”Interstellar”

“This theme is a bit grand, not just a popcorn movie.”

Xu Zheng commented after hearing this

“Yes, according to Ting Ranzi’s description, this movie not only tells about the exploration of the universe, but also considers the intimate emotions between humans. It is very difficult to shoot well, and it can easily lead to an imbalance in the plot structure.”

Huang Bo also expressed his opinion.

Although he is still a rookie in directing, he still has a deep understanding of the content of the movie.

“It’s up to you young people to have ideas. I can’t make this kind of science fiction blockbuster anyway, it’s too hard on my head.”

Wu Jing simply shook her head.

“It is very difficult, but no matter how difficult it is, you have to overcome it. What Chinese-language movies currently lack most is this kind of hard science fiction blockbusters to open up foreign markets. Lin

Ran smiled and said

“Even though tens of thousands of people are coming to me, it’s well done, and we’ll give you a toast.”Xu Zheng raised his glass and said

“Haha, Brother Zheng deserves the prize. Lin

Ran laughed and clinked glasses with everyone.

“However, are there any characters in the movie that suit us?”

After drinking, Huang Bo asked

“To be honest, I’m not very sure yet before I start writing the script.

But I promise that if there is a suitable role for you, I will definitely look for you first. Lin

Ran said truthfully

“The quality of the movie is the most important. This involves hundreds of millions of investments, so don’t be emotional. Xu

Zheng reminded.

Lin Ran nodded. He naturally knew the importance and would definitely choose the actor who was most suitable for the role. He drank until early in the morning before the party ended.

Lin Ran returned to the capital in the morning the next day, and in the afternoon I went to the National Space Administration with Wang Ziwen.

Wang Ziwen had already contacted them in advance. When they arrived, a staff member from the National Space Administration was already waiting for them at the door.

This staff member was not very old, only 26 or 27 years old. He looked a little excited when he saw Lin Ran. He was obviously a fan of Lin Ran.

“Director Lin, Mr. Wang, please come with me. Director Wu is already waiting for you in the office.”

“sorry to bother you”

“No trouble, no trouble.”

The staff was a little flattered.

Under her leadership, Lin Ran and Wang Ziwen entered the space agency, and finally came to an office with the nameplate of the deputy director.

“Director Wu, Director Lin and Mr. Wang have arrived.”

The staff knocked on the door and then led Lin Ran in.

“Director Wu, I’m sorry to bother you. I’m Lin Ran, and this is Wang Ziwen, the president of Ranmeng Pictures.”

“Director Lin, it’s nice to meet you. I really liked your film”The Wandering Earth” and I even went to the cinema to watch it.”

Wu Yanhua stood up, shook hands with Lin Ran, and said kindly

“Director Wu also went to the cinema to watch”The Wandering Earth”》？”

Lin Ran was a little surprised

“Don’t think of me as an antique. Not only me, but also many comrades in our space agency have gone to see it.”

Wu Yanhua laughed.

Although he is now the deputy director of the space agency and mainly does administrative work, he is a scientist, graduated from Capital University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and is an academician of the International Academy of Astronautics. The old man’s mentality is still very young.

“Director Lin, in what aspects do you want the space agency to help?”

After greetings, Wu Yanhua asked straight to the point.

“Director Wu, in order to increase the realism of the film, I need the space agency to help me improve the theory of impulse and time travel, such as providing some formula derivation processes that professors will use in class, as well as renderings of wormhole time travel. some type of.”

Lin Ran first briefly told the content of the story, and then made his request.

“Unexpectedly, Director Lin knew something about wormholes and time travel.”

After Wu Yanhua heard this, he became even more fond of Lin Ran, secretly thinking that it was no wonder he could film”The Wandering Earth”.》

“Director Wu, the original idea for my story came from Caltech physicist Kip Thorne.

One day, I accidentally saw his introduction to theoretical wormhole and time travel research on the Internet, and it suddenly occurred to me that I might be able to make a movie about this. Lin

Ran smiled and made up a reasonable reason.

“Haha, it turns out that the idea came from here. I have also read Thorne’s research article.”

Wu Yanhua laughed,”Director Lin, on behalf of the space agency, I can promise to help you develop theories in this area, but I can’t guarantee that these theories are correct. After all, research in this area is still very weak in the world.”

“It doesn’t have to be correct. My film is not a scientific documentary, it’s just to increase the sense of reality. Lin

Ran said with a smile.

“That’s no problem.”Wu Yanhua agreed.

“Thank you very much, Director Wu.”

Lin Ran quickly expressed his thanks.

“Haha, you’re welcome. China’s strength in aerospace is no longer weak. It’s time for a science fiction blockbuster to show our country’s scientific and technological strength. We can’t always let the United States save the earth.

Making more science fiction blockbusters will also help our country’s children develop an interest in science from an early age.”

Wu Yanhua said with a smile.

After chatting with the old man for more than an hour, Lin Ran and Wang Ziwen went back

“What’s the approximate budget?”

On the way back, Wang Ziwen asked

“About $130 million.”

Lin Ran thought for a while and gave a rough number.

The budget of”Interstellar” in the previous life reached 165 million US dollars, but the starring role in the previous life was Matthew McConaughey, and Anne Hayes, who had just won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, Movie stars such as Servi and Jessica Chastain, the salary alone is a huge sum.

Now it is mainly filmed in China, and the labor cost will be reduced a lot. The main roles are also Chinese actors, so the cost will naturally be reduced a lot..

However, the production cost alone reached 130 million US dollars, which is about 910 million yuan, which is definitely a super-large production in domestic movies.

Nowadays, many domestic movies frequently promote the production cost as 500 million, 700 million, or even 1 billion. Yes, in fact, most of them are just for publicity and hype. In fact, there are not that many at all. Just look at Lao Mouzi’s”The Great Wall”. There are so many superstars joining the movie and the investment is only 900 million!

“The budget of 130 million US dollars is yours. If it were any other director, I would definitely not dare to invest.”

Wang Ziwen joked

“Don’t worry, you won’t lose anything!”

Lin Ran looked confident.