You Made Me a Superstar - Chapter 415

   Chinese blockbuster.

   is a noun that is not too old.

“Investment exceeded 300 million!” “Hollywood-level special effects!” “A shocking big scene and world-class visual experience”, “International movie star joining”, “Epic sci-fi” and other propaganda terms have repeatedly appeared in the hearts of Chinese movie fans. The hearts of Chinese movie fans are so plucked…

   In their eyes, this is hope, blood, the first step for Huaxia Films to go global and compete with Hollywood blockbusters, and Huaxia’s progress.

   Once the pre-sale tickets were full overnight, word of mouth spread, and the premiere of Changhong was full, breaking the historical record…

   But gradually…

   When a few Chinese blockbusters actually came out, the Chinese fans suddenly began to be silent collectively.

Although the    special effects are not 50 cents, they are so spicy that people want to cry.

  Actors suddenly seem not to be able to perform, they have been saying all kinds of embarrassing lines and doing some illogical plots.

   The plot is not only sloppy, but it seems to be a plot made up to hold a certain rich second-generation little fresh meat to be handsome, and the little fresh meat is collectively expressionless, crying so much that people want to laugh…

  …

   All kinds of slots that subvert the cognition of fans, people can’t help but wonder why works with hundreds of millions of investment can be made so badly that people don’t know how to scold them if they want to.

   Moreover, it is not like this for one movie. Almost every year, every movie that makes a “domestic blockbuster” gimmick is like this.

   The “domestic blockbuster”, which was originally quite enthusiastic, has become a derogatory term ridiculed by netizens…

   Huaxia himself is like this.

  The filmmakers in Hollywood that year were even more exaggerated, and directly regarded China’s domestic blockbusters as a joke after a meal, especially in the Hollywood special effects circle…

   They almost regarded the producers of Huaxia as synonymous with people who are stupid and rich and rich.

   “Mr. Mark.”

“These Chinese people have been lagging behind for too long, and they are all humble in their bones, and they are poor in appearance, but they have the same shrewdness as a petty citizen. …”

   “Like those interns from Huaxia, as long as we give a little favor, they will treat us as gods…”

   “They’ll be calling us soon…”

   “After all, they need our Hollywood special effects, and they can’t do anything without our Hollywood special effects…”

  Vitas Huaxia Branch.

The assistant    looked at Mark with a smile on his face.

  Mark nodded, looked into the distance, and nodded with a smile on his face.

  …………………………

   Night.

   is deep.

   Li Qiang, who was in charge of the later stage, was still on the phone.

  Hollywood special effects never seem to mean price cuts for Chinese movies.

   If you have a good attitude, it is not easy to explain the special effects to you. Every penny will be spent on the blade. If you have a bad attitude, you simply hang up.

  The special effects of “Spider-Man” are expensive, but they will never reach the exaggerated level of the astonishing “100 million US dollars”.

  $100 million…

   Nearly 700 million RMB!

   In a Hollywood blockbuster, this kind of special effects cost may not be a big deal, but in Zhou Yang’s Huaxing, such an investment is very likely to determine the subsequent fate of a company.

  The atmosphere in the office suddenly became silent.

   “You can find other people to inject capital and share the risk…”

   “We did several projects before, and each of them was a great success. I believe there will be capital willing to invest in “Spider-Man”.”

   “Like Wanda’s young son Wang Sikai, like our several cooperative enterprises, like your fans and some friends in the industry…”

  “…”

   Wang Jing, who was busy with her work, also came to Zhou Yang’s office.

   After looking at the silent Li Qiang and Zhou Yang, she began to propose.

   After listening to Wang Jing’s words, Zhou Yang did not answer, but lay on his back on the chair, looking at the ceiling in a trance.

   is not a question of investment…

   He realized something.

   That is the special effects of Chinese blockbusters, which have almost been monopolized by “Hollywood production”.

   If China’s local films want to make good special effects blockbusters, they have to seek cooperation with Hollywood. They can only passively accept expensive amounts and reduce investment in other areas of the film.

   As if his throat was choked, he couldn’t even breathe.

   He didn’t understand special effects, but in Li Qiang’s eyes, he also knew that “Spider-Man” couldn’t have spent so much special effects in it…

   This is almost a money grab.

After being silent for a long time, Zhou Yang finally looked at Li Qiang.

   “Brother Qiang… How about our local special effects in China?”

   “Some small productions are fine, but if you really want to make a big movie… you still can’t do anything about it. I don’t know in a few years, but now there is really some gap in the technical level…”

   “Why the gap?”

“Hollywood special effects control all aspects of the Chinese blockbuster. Part of the post-processing of the film “The Grandmaster” was actually done with the help of the Hollywood team… For a student graduating from a professional college, the price of an internship given by a Hollywood special effects company is Twice as many as Huaxia Company, cutting-edge talents want to get in… The more cutting-edge talents there are, the more meticulous they make things. The more meticulous, the easier it is to harvest the Huaxia market… And those Second-rate and third-rate talents went to Huaxia special effects company. After going to Huaxia special effects company, the overall quality of employees was firstly inferior to that of overseas special effects companies, and it was difficult to gain market recognition. Naturally, there is no money to buy the computer equipment, and if you can’t keep up with the times, if you can’t keep up with the times, the vicious circle will become worse…” Li Qiang looked at Zhou Yang with a helpless expression on his face.

   “Huaxia actually has talents, doesn’t it?”

   “Yes, there are talents, but all talents have been poached…”

  “…”

  The office fell silent again.

   Zhou Yang silently looked at the darkness outside the window, and began to feel a sense of powerlessness in his heart.

   At this moment, he found himself unable to do anything.

   After a long time, he looked at Wang Jing.

“Sister Jing, let’s talk about it, let’s talk to the cooperating business unit and say that we want to make a blockbuster with an investment of hundreds of millions… Let’s see if anyone is willing to cooperate in the filming, if there is, we are willing to accept the other party’s investment, just say The investment in “Spider-Man”, um, the investment is tentatively set at about 400 million yuan, it may be a little more, it may be a little less…”

   “Well, good!” Wang Jing nodded: “I’ll contact you now.”

  When Wang Jing left with her mobile phone, only Zhou Yang and Li Qiang were left in the office.

   “Brother Qiang…”

   “Well, yes.”

“Do you guys know any local special effects staff in China? These days, you’d better run a run for me. It’s best to form a team, not to do special effects, but to help me get a detailed budget for “Spider-Man”, I Wondering how much investment it would take for the shots I wanted to show…”

“OK.”

  Li Qiang nodded.

   took over the information on “Spider-Man” and left the office silently.

   After Li Qiang left, Zhou Yang continued to look down at the script of “Spider-Man”.

   After looking at it for a while, he picked up the phone and called Huang Jiacheng.

“Hey……”

   “Director Huang, I want to talk to you about something…”

   “Xiao Zhou, I just wanted to chat with you. I heard just now that you want to invest 400 million to make a Chinese special effects blockbuster, right?”

“right!”

“Xiao Zhou, don’t be impulsive, don’t be impulsive, you must be calm, in this industry, after I have seen too many directors become popular, they began to irrationally want to make Huaxia special effects blockbusters, and the investment is often hundreds of millions. 200 million… Zhou Yilin’s “The Price of Gold in the City”, invested more than 300 million, and only made a small profit after receiving numerous advertisements…

   “Director Huang, I think “Spider-Man” can…”

“Xiao Zhou, listen to me first, Chen Kai, Director Chen’s “Tianji”, do you know? The investment is close to 300 million, and now the reputation is smashed, and now he is still wondering whether his “Tianji” is a bad movie. Justifying it… Director Chen Kai, who can make such a famous movie in the film circle as “The Overlord”, is he amazing? His talent and artistic concept are not inferior to you, right? His position in the film circle is much better than you before, he This is the end of the game, let alone you… I don’t trust you, but I hope you don’t be impulsive and calm down…”

  “…”

“I don’t really doubt your ability and keen understanding of the market, but the risk is too great. If you invest 400 million yuan, even if it is 300 million yuan, you can only make a return with a global box office of 1 billion yuan. Hollywood is in an embarrassing situation, like a joke, it’s really hard to compare to a Hollywood blockbuster…”

   On the phone.

   Huang Jiacheng spoke a series of words very anxiously, and gave Zhou Yang an example of many Chinese directors.

   “China blockbuster”, he is too sensitive.

  The countless directors of Huaxia are talented and have explosive commercial sensitivity. They can move forward steadily and steadily, but when they are filming, their brains suddenly become hot. What special effects blockbusters are they shooting…

   Then not only did the bottoms get torn, but even the word-of-mouth of the follow-up movie “exploded” directly, and it was immediately stagnant.

  Chen Kai is the most vivid example!

   When he heard that Zhou Yang suddenly wanted to make such a blockbuster, and the investment budget was going to exceed 400 million, Huang Jiacheng first felt that he was another “Chen Kai”.

   Zhou Yang felt a little warmth in his heart when he heard Huang Jiacheng dissuade him from all aspects, and there was a deep concern in his voice.

   When Huang Jiacheng finished speaking, Zhou Yang sighed.

   “Director Huang, but I still want to try…”

  ”…” There was silence on the other end of the phone, and no words were spoken for a long time.

   “Director Huang, I would like to borrow the special effects team of our “Grandmaster”. If you have time, it would be better. You can help guide some traditional martial arts fighting movements in “Spider-Man”…”

  ”…” The other end of the phone remained silent.

   “Director Huang?”

   “Have you really decided?” Huang Jiacheng asked again.

“Decided.”

   “Okay, there’s nothing wrong with this, how long did you shoot “Spider-Man”, and how long did I lead the team with your crew, but I still hope you think about it carefully and don’t be so impulsive…”

   “Director Huang, trust me.”

   “When did I never trust you? But, this time, forget it! I’ll put in 10 million too…”

“what!”

   “The book of “The Master 2″ can help me think about it together.”

“it is good!”

   Zhou Yang hung up the phone.

   looked at the script.

   He changed the character of “Spider-Man”.

Peter Parker was designed as a little guy who worships Chinese Kung Fu and learned a little Chinese Kung Fu according to the comics, but because of the innate reasons of his body since childhood, he relied on Chinese medicine to continue his life, but he was always bullied and despised by others. Later, Bitten by a spider, the body has been strengthened, and the congenital hidden disease has subsided…