In China, there are also people making science fiction films and 3D movies, and there are quite a few of them. But because of technical problems, there are more or less flaws, and once the two are combined, it will be even more difficult to shoot.
According to Jiang Chengyi's knowledge, Xu Zhiping's sci-fi blockbuster, which was filmed for more than a year and was not released until the summer vacation of 15 years, is China's first 3D sci-fi film that has been recognized by the world, and even in the United States, it is a popular science fiction film. Many box office can compete with the American blockbusters at that time.
At that time, he left China at the end of 2014, and finally took root abroad. He witnessed the trend of this movie abroad, and Jiang Heng also explained this science fiction movie to him in detail.
However, at the beginning of the filming of this film, it encountered a lot of troubles, the most important being the financial problem.
If Xu Zhiping was a well-known director like Li Hui Jiangheng, who also had considerable assets, then the 400 million investment needed for this movie could always be obtained by someone else. It has not reached Li Hui's level, and domestic investors are not optimistic about science fiction films, and no one can afford such a large sum of money.
At the beginning, Xu Zhiping settled for the next best thing and found many people to invest together. In the end, because the box office was so good, each of these investors made a lot of money, and each of them regretted it.
Now it's April, and Jiang Chengyi has all the money in his hands. Excluding the money invested in "Working Hard to Be a Hero" and the money returned to Jiang Heng, he still has more than 300 million in his hands. His plan is to invest alone Xu Zhiping's film. Of course, if he wants to fully invest, the money in his hands is not enough now, but there is still more than a year before the filming of that sci-fi blockbuster is completed. During this time, "Strive to Be a Hero" should have been released .
In the past, the box office of "Strive to Be a Hero" was not good, which was due to various reasons, but now, he has no endless scandals, and there is also a hilarious drama "Jia Miracle Doctor, True God" that he also cooperated with Zhu Mingye. "opened the way, it doesn't make sense that this movie will lose money, at most it will make less money.
Of course, although Jiang Chengyi has high expectations for "Strive to Be a Hero", what he values most is the sci-fi film. The two films he is shooting now may be able to get a high box office, but they definitely have no chance to win various awards. All of them are taken!
Jiang Chengyi is currently filming on location. Of course, he has no way to meet Xu Zhiping. It is just to let Feng Kun convey his intention to invest. However, regarding investment, Xu Zhiping is obviously more anxious than him. He just asked Feng Kun to convey the news , Feng Kun told him that Xu Zhiping had already rushed over to where he was.
It was already evening when Jiang Chengyi got the news from Xu Zhiping, but the other party actually planned to rush over that same day...
After finishing his work, he asked the makeup artist to remove his make-up and pick off his wig. Jiang Chengyi also thought about what he was going to do next.
Xu Zhiping's sci-fi movies are set in the future world.
On the earth after thousands of years, due to the increasingly serious environmental pollution, there is no clean river, and there is no wild environment with the fragrance of birds and flowers.
Those mammals have long been extinct in the increasingly harsh environment, and only those insects that reproduce quickly can survive. Apart from insects, there are countless highly toxic mutated plants.
In such a harsh environment, human beings rely on technology and live in steel castles. Except for the fortresses built by humans to live in, the outside is hell for humans.
There is a doctor. His dream is to restore the earth to the way it was thousands of years ago, and he has worked tirelessly on this. Unfortunately, when he was about to research something that can purify the environment, he went out to collect data once, but the doctor encountered In danger, trapped in the wild...
Jiang Chengyi still remembers the situation when he first watched this movie. At that time, the first scene of the movie was a scene where a group of ants larger than humans swarmed and captured a city inhabited by humans. ... Although there are no too bloody scenes in consideration of the audience's ability to accept, people who have seen this scene must feel numb when they encounter ants for a long time afterwards.
The main plot of this movie is to save people. Of course there are heroes and beauties in it, but the most impressive ones are those insects that are bigger than humans and are extremely realistic and terrifying. It is said that in order to be able to make this movie well, Xu Zhiping spent a lot of time collecting all kinds of insects, and he was bitten by poisonous insects and was admitted to the hospital.
Jiang Chengyi didn't know whether this was hype or real, but it was undeniable that Xu Zhiping was definitely a very responsible person for his films, otherwise he wouldn't be able to make such a film that could amaze European and American audiences.
After taking care of himself, Jiang Chengyi went to Wei Shengnan and said that he would leave the film crew at night.
For Jiang Chengyi's request, Wei Shengnan quickly agreed, but only told Jiang Chengyi to come over early tomorrow.
Jiang Chengyi didn't choose any other place, but went to Yu Rui's hotel. The crew of "Strive to be a Hero" had a lot of things to do, so Yu Rui could only stay for two nights when he came this time. I'm leaving. Originally, for these two nights, Jiang Chengyi planned to spend good time with each other, but he didn't want to encounter such a ridiculous rape last night, but today, it was Xu Zhiping who was coming over.
Jiang Chengyi hadn't told Yu Rui about Xu Zhiping before. After all, Xu Zhiping had just started looking for investors, but at this time, he could talk about it.
Yu Rui is the screenwriter, but because there are relatively few domestic sci-fi blockbusters, he doesn't know much about it, and he has never written a similar script: "Sci-fi blockbusters are still in 3D... Cheng Yi, are you sure?" ?” There have been a lot of 3D movies in China, but even with the technology made by foreign people, after watching them, everyone still thinks that they look better without 3D special effects. Under such circumstances, hundreds of millions of Investment, if it is he really dare not make a move.
"I want to try, Ah Rui, if this movie is made well, it will be worth much more than the movies we are making now," Jiang Chengyi said, "Now my money is like falling from the sky, if I don't spend it I feel uncomfortable." The latter sentence is of course half-truth, but he really didn't want to keep putting it in the bank to get interest when he got such a sum of money all of a sudden.
Yu Rui took it seriously, and nodded, "I really didn't expect the box office of "Mr. Jia" to be so high."
"I didn't think of it before." Jiang Chengyi smiled.
"Chengyi, if you want to invest, you can invest, and treat it as a gamble." Anyway, Jiang Chengyi is still young, and there is always a chance to turn around.
Jiang Chengyi bit Yu Rui's earlobe: "That is, but I believe I will win."
Yu Rui evaded for a while because of his actions, but Jiang Chengyi remembered that Xu Zhiping was coming over, and immediately wrapped around Yu Rui, and stretched out his hand to take off Yu Rui's clothes: "A Rui, it's rare for you to come here, and we can't waste it." It's time, isn't it? How about we do it first?"
"Didn't Xu Zhiping come here already? Do you still have time to think about this?" How did he not know that Jiang Chengyi was still so capable? Obviously, I could just chat with him under the quilt before, why is it so easy for sperm to get on my head now.
"Of course I'm free, don't I have time now?" Jiang Chengyi said. He could bear it before because he didn't feel it, but it's different now. With his lover by his side, he can still be Liu Xiahui's man. Absolutely There's something wrong with it.
Yu Rui couldn't bear to reject Jiang Chengyi, so when there was a knock on the door outside, the two had just finished making love.
"Doesn't Feng Kun know how to make a phone call?" Jiang Chengyi asked helplessly, and it turned out to be a knock on the door, or such a violent knock on the door...
"Go and have a look!" Yu Rui said, and quickly put on his clothes.
Jiang Chengyi also put on his clothes in twos and twos, and after he put it on, the knocking on the door became louder and louder, and he stepped forward to open the door: "Feng Kun..." Jiang Chengyi swallowed the following words Stomach, because the person standing outside turned out to be Hong Xiu.
"I heard people say you're here." Hong Xiu said. As the actor who played Lai Ai, he also had a scene in the wild that was watched by Lu Buwei. It is reasonable to come here tomorrow. The decisiveness when people have nothing to do with him, he still couldn't sit still, he arrived here ahead of time, but he learned from Wei Shengnan that Jiang Chengyi didn't live in the crew...
When he got the news, the first thing he remembered was when he first met Feng Kun... Although he had just debuted at that time and Jiang Chengyi was already popular now, he was still worried about Feng Kun. So in a hurry, he came over.
Because of the possibility of unexpected incidents, Jiang Chengyi left the name of the hotel on the set. Hong Xiu asked his assistant to inquire, and soon found out the hotel room where the person who wore a hat and sunglasses like him lived.
"Are you waiting for Feng Kun?" Hong Xiu felt relieved. He had knocked on the door for so long before someone came to answer it. He thought someone was fooling around inside.
"Why did Mr. Hong come here?" Jiang Chengyi frowned slightly, allowing Li Bachou's people to easily get the hotel where the surveillance records were recorded. Sure enough, the secrecy measures are also very poor... But this time, the outdoor scene I chose a small place, so it would be strange if this hotel could be as professional as a five-star hotel.
"I'm looking for Feng Kun." Hong Xiu smiled and became a handsome young man again.
"Sorry, my manager isn't here now." Jiang Chengyi said, he didn't intend to let Hong Xiu in when Hong Xiu had some hostility towards him.
"I'm the one who should say sorry for bothering you." Hong Xiu didn't intend to go in and left immediately, but just as he was about to leave, Feng Kun brought Xu Zhiping over.
Seeing Hong Xiu standing at the door, Feng Kun smiled apologetically at Jiang Chengyi, and then turned his head to look at Hong Xiu.
Hong Xiu, who was approaching aggressively at the beginning, met Feng Kun's gaze at this moment, and his face changed again and again. After a while, he finally managed to say: "Are we still friends? I'll come and see you. "
"Of course, thank you for your concern. But now I have something to do." Feng Kun said.
"Then I'll come back later." Hong Xiu said immediately, as if someone was chasing him, and walked away without looking back.
Everyone waited at the door for a while, Yu Rui had already tidied up the room, after Jiang Chengyi brought people in, he immediately made tea and brought it up.
"Director Jiang, I have admired your name for a long time!" After entering the room, Xu Zhiping smiled and extended his hand to Jiang Chengyi.
"I should be the one to say that." Jiang Chengyi smiled. Although he knew some director knowledge, he was definitely not as good as someone like Xu Zhiping who had directed many movies.
After shaking hands, the two sat down, Xu Zhiping asked straight to the point: "Director Jiang, I heard you want to invest in my movie?" Some senior directors have to work for a few years to earn hard money. Even if they are lucky enough to be able to direct their own movies, those low-cost movies made by ordinary directors will lose more and earn less. As a director, of course, you can’t get much money... And someone like Jiang Chengyi who can become an instant hit, he is worth seeing one. However, because of Jiang Chengyi's instant popularity, he should have a lot of money in the hands of the other party.
"That's right, I have such a plan." Jiang Chengyi nodded with a very enthusiastic attitude.
"However, we still have to read your script first, as well as your filming plan, what actors you plan to use, etc. We also have to study it." Feng Kun said from the side, he always felt that Jiang Chengyi was too eager One point, after all, it is such a large investment, so be careful.
Jiang Chengyi also noticed this, and immediately smiled: "That's right, I want to read the script." What he wants to see is whether Xu Zhiping's current script is the same as the original one. The script of "Strive to be a Hero" written by Yu Rui is different from the original one. He thinks the script is better now, so he has no objection, but Xu Zhiping's script is different. After the success of Xu Zhiping's sci-fi blockbuster, some people in China followed suit, but after all, no one can do the same as Xu Zhiping's. That movie is completely a classic that cannot be copied. Under such circumstances, he certainly does not want the script to be different. change.
"Here is the script." Xu Zhiping said, he was fully prepared, and of course the script was brought.
Jiang Chengyi read the script very seriously. This script is not much different from the original movie, and the changes in those details are most likely changed during the filming process, so there is no need to talk about it.
However, what Jiang Chengyi didn't expect was that when he asked Xu Zhiping's favorite actor, the other party directly said that he could watch Jiang Chengyi.
In China, there are unspoken rules, of course, but generally this kind of good fortune is not enjoyed by the director. If those stars really want to get a good role, it is much more useful to find investors than to find a director, so Xu Zhiping would say that, but rather There is also a reason.
"I'm afraid I can't make any comments, but I think it is necessary to consider the overseas market for such a movie. The aesthetics of European and American audiences are also somewhat different from those in China." Jiang Chengyi smiled. He remembered that at the time The heroine is an actress who is not particularly beautiful in the eyes of Chinese people, but European and American audiences like her very much. And the male actor... the male actor Xu Zhiping chose had a fierce look on his face. It is said that he used to be a stand-in for martial arts. mean.
However, if he is free in the future, maybe he can find a cameo in the play who just shows his face
Xu Zhiping was indeed planning to do something big. He originally thought that Jiang Chengyi would have his own opinions on the choice of actors or would directly plan to play the leading role, but he didn't expect Jiang Chengyi to let go completely.
Jiang Chengyi didn't have any unacceptable conditions, and Xu Zhiping was eager to invest now, so the two sides talked very well, and there was a verbal agreement. When Feng Kun drew up the contract tomorrow, the two parties should be able to sign it.
During the period, Xu Zhiping also mentioned Jiang Heng. Such a film may not be able to be produced by domestic technical personnel alone. Although Xu Zhiping has also contacted relevant people abroad, he has no way to contact the top talents, but Jiang Heng is different. .
Of course, Jiang Chengyi quickly agreed to this point. Although Xu Zhiping's film was made very well at the beginning, he can still strive for perfection, can't he
However, Jiang Chengyi couldn't help feeling a little bit embarrassed when he thought that a top-notch film in China should seek foreign technical talents. Now the most precious award in the film industry is Mosca. If there is an award in China that may be sought after by the world alright!
In the early morning of the next day, Yu Rui went back, and in the next few days, apart from acting, Jiang Chengyi spent the day negotiating contract details with Feng Kun, and then spent the night negotiating with Xu Zhiping .
At the end of the location, the investment contract was fully finalized, and Jiang Chengyi watched with his own eyes half of the money in his account disappear at once, which was only a small part of the investment.
Because of the finalization of the contract, Jiang Chengyi's mood became very good. On the last day of filming the location, he specially invited Feng Kun and Xu Zhiping to have a meal.
Tang Chengping was the only agent that Jiang Chengyi had contacted before. When Tang Chengping betrayed him, because of the matter with Mo Yuting, he seldom went to Chenguang and rarely received programs. He just concentrated on filming "Strive to be a hero" found fault with Han Tian by the way, so I never knew that an agent would know so many things!
Not to mention that Feng Kun made great efforts when he formed the crew of "Strive to Be a Hero" before, and this time the contract was all drawn up by him, which maximized the benefits for Jiang Chengyi. According to Jiang Chengyi's estimation, if the box office remains the same, If so, he will at least gain an extra 100 million because of Feng Kun's help.
Feng Kun's wrist is really good, so the little side effects he brought can be ignored.
During the few days of filming, Hong Xiu didn't bother Jiang Chengyi, and made friends with him. Jiang Chengyi could see that Hong Xiu's goal was Feng Kun, and obviously Hong Xiu didn't want Feng Kun to be his manager again, but hoped that Feng Kun could be his lover.
Faced with such a situation, Jiang Chengyi found helplessly that in fact, all he needed to do was to put aside his relationship with Feng Kun. Of course, he had no other relationship with Feng Kun other than work. This point, Hong Xiu must be very clear now, otherwise he would not have come to make friends with him.
Back home again, because the crew of "The Wind and Cloud of the Qin Emperor" will mainly shoot the scenes of Lao Ai and Lu Buwei, Jiang Chengyi got three days off. Of course, he is destined to spend these three days in other places. It's a crew.
Now that he has come back, Jiang Chengyi of course inquired about Han Tian and Mo Yuting, and he was looking for the person who met Li Baqiu in the hotel a few days ago.
I heard that these days, Mo Yuting is very peaceful and doesn't make trouble at all, but what she got in return for her concession was not the love of her parents-in-law, but the intensified toss.
Han Tian's parents, in addition to their feudal thinking, are somewhat bullying and fearful. When Mo Yuting made troubles all day long, and Han Tian supported them, they were afraid that their son would be unhappy or that their neighbors would gossip. It's just a nice word, at least help Mo Yuting clean the house, do laundry and cook. But now that Mo Yuting had softened, they felt that the daughter-in-law had finally been trained, and began to tease Mo Yuting.
As for the fact that Mo Yuting is a pregnant woman... Han Tian's mother said that the day she gave birth to Han Tian, she was still cultivating land, and she went home only after feeling a stomachache. Go to the hospital and spend money! Where is it so expensive like Mo Yuting? Moreover, Mo Yuting has been pregnant for more than four months now, and the dangerous period has passed, so what are you afraid of just doing some housework
Of course, it would be fine if Mo Yuting was only asked to do housework. There are quite a few pregnant women who do housework and even go to work, so it's not too serious. But Han Tian's mother even called all Han Tian's cousin and his childhood sweethearts, saying that they came here for a trip, but no one knew what it was for.