I didn't want to be an actor

Shen Liang made this suggestion because he had read a report before, ‘The mechanical exoskeleton design of The Wandering Earth 2 is manufactured by ULS Robotics! ’

ULS Robotics, Aosha Intelligent, is a company that specializes in making exoskeleton robots…

At first, the mechanical exoskeleton of The Wandering Earth 2 was the same as that of The Wandering Earth. After the people from Aosha Intelligent joined the group, they raised a lot of unreasonable issues. Guo Fan simply let them contract the mechanical exoskeleton design work of The Wandering Earth 2…

The click rate of this report is not high, but it has caused a great response in the circle.

Because the film circle is actually very small. Generally speaking, the props and art of a movie must be made by people in the circle - money cannot flow to outsiders!

You find a company outside the circle to make props for the movie...

What about the traditional prop makers in the circle?

And... if you find people outside the circle, won’t the price and cost be leaked?

In The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity, Guo Jingming said, ‘Just one bow cost 700,000, and the bow and arrow props required for the movie cost a total of 3 million. ’

It looks awesome!

It is indeed awesome, because the world's most sophisticated crossbow, the sniper Leica crossbow, only costs 300,000 yuan when fully equipped. The top luxury bow brand "Heiwei" is fully hand-customized, extremely luxurious, and costs about 10,000 US dollars per bow...

We don't know how "The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity" advertised calmly that "a bow alone cost 700,000 yuan, and the bow and arrow props required for the movie cost a total of 3 million yuan...'

Maybe they really didn't take ordinary people seriously.

"Man Jiang Hong" is also the same - it is said to cost 500 million yuan!

The props are far inferior to "The Longest Day in Chang'an"...

So, "The Wandering Earth 2" was ignored by the Golden Rooster Awards...

In fact, the movies that mainstream mainland filmmakers appreciate are actually movies like "Farewell My Concubine" and "Devils on the Doorstep"...

The requirements for the works are more about "humanity" and narrative.

The classic movies they think have one feature: the scene stage is generally small, most of the portrayals are in the central area of ​​indoor or open scenes, and in most cases the camera does not move.

In this way, the main workload of film production lies in how the screenwriter designs a beautiful literary drama, and how the actors find ways to show the corresponding characters in the story at the moment.

For this group of people, let alone the domestic "The Wandering Earth", "Wolf Warrior" series, including "Operation Red Sea", they are all disgusted!

To put it bluntly, they are also naturally disgusted with Hollywood blockbusters. They think that all these movies that focus on action performance and large-scale landscape are simple and childish...

Shen Liang is worried that Guo Fan is afraid of offending people...

So, after the proposal, he said: "Professional matters should be left to professionals..."

Guo Fan shook his head: "I... am worried about the crew's expenses..."

Shen Liang was puzzled: "Didn't you say that the peripheral authorization is mortgaged!"

Guo Fan explained: "... "The Wandering Earth" is not a big IP, and the peripheral authorization is mortgaged..."

He didn't say the rest...

Probably just think it's unreliable!

It's normal to have such thoughts, and it's indeed unreliable.

Domestic movie peripherals rarely involve toys...

Generally, some light peripherals with low development costs are launched, such as postcards, standees, pendants, bookmarks, etc., but they are also easier to be iterated in the market.

And if "heavy peripherals" such as figures and toys that require design and development need to be involved, third-party professional toy companies are more needed.

But it is difficult for toy companies to participate...

On the one hand, the cycle is difficult to match - there are various uncertainties in the release time of the movie;

In addition, a prerequisite for toy companies to join is to first predict whether the work can be accepted by the market. Once the prediction is wrong, it will also bear greater risks.

This thing is difficult to judge!

Take the movie "The Great Wall" as an example. Half a year before its release, Wanda and Time.com began to lay out derivative licensing, but the box office failure of "The Great Wall" also made these investments go down the drain...

"...Everything depends on human effort. I'll say it in the live broadcast room. It's not a big deal!

I've read a book, "The Alchemist", and there is a sentence in it that I think makes a lot of sense, 'When you really want something, the whole universe will work together to help you realize your wish.'

And, Director Guo, I always think that Chinese people still have a kind of romance in their bones... When Chinese people encounter young people who have dropped out of school, especially those who are eager to learn, they will help them within their ability...

The premise is that you can guarantee that "The Wandering Earth" It's a good movie!"

"Of course I have confidence..." Guo Fan sighed: "But Wanda is not optimistic and is ready to withdraw investment..."

"This means that Wanda is not the same as us... They are not the only company in China willing to invest in movies. If he is unwilling, we will change an investor!"

"It's not that simple... The investment circle of movies is very small. Wanda is not optimistic. Once this matter spreads..."

"When the boat reaches the wall, it will naturally straighten... First shoot the ground line, cut out a little, and take the finished product to attract investment. I believe there will be people of insight!"

"That's the only way..."

The two chatted for a while, and Guo Fan left. After all, the crew of "The Wandering Earth" couldn't do without him...

Shen Liang...continue to shoot the MV!

...

In fact, Guo Fan was a little nervous...

Think about it, "The Wandering Earth" was originally going to invite foreign aid to shoot, but after inviting a bunch of big guys, they failed, so they had to use domestic directors. Among domestic directors, Guo Fan was not actually the first choice. Thanks to Director Guo's own biography, he paid for the sample film and sent it to the producer, and won the director position.

The outside world is not optimistic about him!

Look at his resume, "The Adventures of Li Xianji" and "My Deskmate".

Such a person directed Liu's work?

Pitfalls!

As for Wanda's pessimism, so it withdrew its investment...

It can be understood!

After all, no one thought that Guo Fan could actually shoot "The Wandering Earth"...

Guo Fan has not evolved into a begging master yet...

This is normal, no one is a born MLM master!

Everyone needs experience.

At the end of the day, Shen Liang said goodbye to the staff and returned to the hotel...

Ruth returned to her own room-she also needed to rest, after all, she shot all night.

Even if she didn't rest, Shen Liang also needed to rest...

He took a quick shower and prepared to eat something.

He didn't go downstairs, but asked Chen Jiadong to buy some food. While eating, Shen Liang suddenly thought... Maybe Guo Fan came here to complain about being poor...

After all, Shen Liang's 10 million investment hadn't arrived yet.

Thinking of this, he called Gong Geer and found out that there were only more than 16 million left in the account...

No wonder...

"Brother Gong, tell the director that my money will be in the account within a week at the latest!"