There has never been a movie in Hollywood that invested US$500 million, and Jiang Cheng's effort this time can be said to be a record.
Many media helped Jiang Cheng calculate this account, but these people all calculated a huge expense, which was the expense of special effects for the movie.
Generally, a Hollywood special effects blockbuster costs tens of thousands of dollars just to produce the special effects, which often accounts for a large part of the film investment.
However, Jiang Cheng's special effects expenses are negligible. Jiang Cheng plans to leave the special effects to Lucy to imitate, and Jiang Cheng only needs to pay Lucy's electricity bill for calculations.
Jiang Cheng only needs to pay some low electricity bills to surpass the level of Hollywood in terms of special effects.
If Yan Guo has been like this, the amount of Jiang Cheng's investment has far exceeded the public's expectations.
After all, all the money saved on special effects has to be invested in filming the movie.
Calculated in this way, the amount of money the director of this film can spend may reach an unimaginable amount.
This level of investment made everyone start talking, and they began to have great expectations for this holographic movie.
After all, so much money has been invested in it. As long as the director is right, the movie will definitely not disappoint everyone.
What's more, the themes of the movies Jiang Chengkai announced at the same time, such as "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman", made everyone even more excited.
Many people have read this fairy tale novel and are quite familiar with the contents.
No one has ever seen such a blockbuster with a complete Yanguo style.
In the past, the blockbusters that everyone saw on the movie screen were all Hollywood blockbusters. No matter how beautiful these movies are, they are not their own.
Now I finally have the opportunity to see a blockbuster full of Yanguo culture on the big screen. This is something that many movie fans have been waiting for.
Soon such news attracted a lot of attention, and the directors even noticed that the director had not yet been determined.
This gives those aspiring directors a chance to prove themselves.
Jiang Cheng is planning to publicly choose a director this time and carefully choose a suitable candidate.
As long as Jiang Cheng is satisfied, even if he has no experience in making movies, he can still shoot this masterpiece.
He didn't look at the previous qualifications of these directors at all. No matter how high the box office of their previous movies was, it meant nothing to Jiang Cheng.
What Jiang Cheng values is the director's talent and amazing imagination. These are all necessary elements for a good director.
As for those veteran directors who have shot many movies, Jiang Cheng has no choice at all.
The rich experience of those well-known old directors is of no help in shooting this kind of brand-new movie.
On the contrary, the hands and feet will be constrained by previous experience. Things like holographic movies do not require that experience.
If only there was a brilliant talent and a passion full of energy.
Those old directors have been smoothed by time, and Jiang Cheng wants young people with sharp edges.
Only this kind of impulsive young man is the best director for this movie.
As soon as Jiang Cheng's public choice of director was announced, it immediately attracted the attention of the entire director circle.
Whether they are young people who are just starting out or seasoned veterans, everyone is eyeing the director's position.
The amount of filming funds that day and the title of the first holographic movie made them unable to underestimate this opportunity.
Maybe this is the only opportunity like this. As long as we can seize their future, there is no limit.
They all knew that this filming opportunity would be a turning point in their lives.
Maybe after filming this movie, the director's entire life will be completely different.
Soon a large number of directors approached Jiang Cheng and began the director selection process.
Those directors explained their thoughts on the film to Jiang Cheng, and some even envisioned their own vision.
There are even many old directors who show off their qualifications, hoping to attract Jiang Cheng's attention.
It's a pity that these old directors are just wasting their efforts. Jiang Cheng was not prepared to choose them from the beginning.
Although Jiang Cheng didn't know Director Yan Guo very well, he had seen some of the films made by these old directors.
Jiang Cheng didn't want his movies to turn into money-making projects, so he had no idea of choosing them.
Those people were all eliminated at the beginning. Basically, those who entered the later rounds of selection were all new directors who had just entered the film industry.
The oldest of these people is only in their 30s. In the director's profession, they are all too young.
Jiang Cheng's choice made those old directors very dissatisfied. They believed that young people were unreliable and only seniors like them could control this movie.
Some old directors who were eliminated openly ridiculed Jiang Cheng's choice, saying that his use of young directors would inevitably lead to the failure of the film.
It's a pity that his remarks can't affect Jiang Cheng at all. In Jiang Cheng's opinion, he is just the cry of a negative dog.
And everyone did not agree with the old director's point of view. Everyone was imitated by the Yanguo movies in recent years, and no one liked to see what they produced.
No one has any expectations for these old directors, and they all think it’s not bad to give young people a chance.
If a talented young director can be found, it will be beneficial to this Yanguo film.
After going through layers of screening, Jiang Cheng finally decided on the director of this film.
Finally, a very young director was selected by Jiang Cheng and got the opportunity to direct this blockbuster.
This director has only made two unknown movies before. He is also an unknown director among directors. Most people have never even heard of his name.
But fame is not something Jiang Cheng values. What he values is the unique special features of this young man.
His idea deeply moved Jiang Cheng, and Jiang Cheng finally chose him.
After the director has been chosen, the next step is preparation.
When the young director selected by Jiang Cheng got the news, he couldn't believe it at all.
In his opinion, Jiang Cheng could choose from countless well-known directors, but as a newcomer who had only made two movies before, he was no longer among the choices.
At that time, he chose to participate in this director selection with the attitude of giving it a try, but he did not expect that he would eventually become the director of the film.
This young and over-the-top director was so stunned by this sudden surprise that he was so happy that he forgot his last name.
While he was happy, he was also deeply moved. He knew how difficult this opportunity was for him.
(End of chapter)