Chapter 1012 "Shu Mountain" (14)

Chen Xi briefly introduced Reba in case Ah Mou didn’t recognize her.

Ah really didn’t know him.

You can’t blame him. Many people say it’s because of the information cocoon room...

Really not, the information cocoon refers to 'the information fields that people pay attention to will be habitually guided by their own interests'. For example: rich and powerful people cannot understand ordinary people because of their contact with fields and classes. Less than ordinary people, it can be said that "low-income people can do some side jobs, such as renting out idle houses, or driving online for ride-hailing when they have nothing to do. This is a source of income." 'Such words...

Don’t know the new stars…

Mainly due to changes in the star-making model - just gather a few young people to launch a group, and it will have a lot of fans just after it is launched. In fact, in the beginning, you first spend money to buy a lot of fans, and then hire a lot of people. Jun praised them all over the Internet, and spent some money and connections to let them participate in some activities, evening parties, variety shows and so on to appear frequently.

Where did you meet such a person?

A Mou doesn't know Reba, mainly because she...is not very popular!

Just introduce them to each other. After all, Reba is still very recognizable...

After chatting for a while, Ning Hao, Guo Fan, Lu Yang, Han Yan and Xu Ke also came...

So he joined in and chatted for a while. Yan Fei, Peng Damo, Wu Jing and Huang Jianxin entered the room...

Shen Xudong signaled the waiter to close the door, then picked up the wine glass: "Come, let's congratulate Director Zhang on his honorable return to China!"

"…good!"

A group of people stood up...

…

"Because the script of "Earthfire" is very complete, we first completed the concept design and storyboard manuscript... Yes, together with the special effects company and people from the coal mining group..."

Guo Fan was chatting with Tsui Hark about "Earth Fire", and Tsui Hark then asked: "Coal Mining Group?"

"The gasified coal in "Earth Fire" has actually been tried in reality... When we communicated with people in the coal mine, we learned that this technology is under research... Therefore, our conceptual design is very realistic..."

"In the later stage, in terms of special effects..."

"Fortunately, Mr. Shen personally negotiated the process and integrated seven special effects companies..."

Zhang Yimou interjected: "Didn't you find a foreign special effects company?"

Shen Xudong responded to this question: "I have looked for it. In fact, I have looked for them during the production of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", but Chinese-language films are considered third-rate projects in their eyes, and it is impossible for them to provide us with first-class technical support. I might as well dig them up." I started my own special effects company. If there were not enough people, I would bring other special effects companies over..."

"The level of our special effects..."

"It's still pretty high. If you want to judge the level of our special effects, don't watch the movie..."

"Then what are you looking at?"

"Playing games... Our game special effects are also among the best in the world..."

Guo Fan nodded: "We have done very well in the special effects of big scenes such as the collapse of the earth, tsunamis, and thousands of troops. The application of digital scenes is also OK, but now we are missing the biological special effects!"

"It's okay. I have hired a team from Weta Digital to make a fantasy film...Lu Yang, tell me!"

Lu Yang nodded: "It's called "Assassination Novelist". There is a red-haired ghost in it... He has four hands and two feet, and his bones are different from ordinary people. If the bones are designed properly, his movement ability will be in line with the basics of human beings." Common sense. Including whether the spine is one or two, whether there are four shoulder blades or two? How are the arms long? We have made humanoid characters like this before, and we have been trying, overturning, and groping."

"Don't rush, take your time, finish shooting the big scenes first...it will be released in 2017..."

Hearing this, Lu Yang grimaced: "Boss, I haven't had a break in the past five years. Look at my hair..."

"Who told you not to delegate power to the assistant director? Find a few more young people to learn from you. After you finish learning, you can become the producer of the next film. Wouldn't it be a lot easier?"

Tsui Hark also interjected: "That's right, when I made "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", didn't you just follow suit?"

"...Are you all planning to make big sci-fi and fantasy movies?"

"That's impossible. At any time, dramas and comedies will account for more than 50% of the market..." Shen Xudong waved his hand: "With our current market capacity, it would be good to launch two or three major productions a year!"

After a pause, Shen Xudong continued: "At this stage, our market not only lacks large-scale productions, but also has a huge gap in quality genre films... At the beginning of the year, I originally planned to make a year-end inventory of 20 good theater movies. I found that apart from our company’s movies, there are very few movies of good quality on the market..."

Hearing this, Ning Hao said: "Yes, I went to see "Havoc in Heaven" the day before yesterday, and it was so eye-catching..."

"Eye-searing?"

"I won't talk about the plot. It's too late. The picture alone makes me feel uncomfortable..."

"Yes, the picture is too fake...and it is obviously an Eastern myth, but it uses special effects based on Western templates..."

"Save money. How expensive is it to develop a new template? The most important thing is time-consuming... Applying a template saves at least half a year..."

What Zhang Yimou remembered: "Speaking of special effects, I heard Gong Li say that the special effects expenditure of "Three Kingdoms" accounted for 30% of the total investment. Is it true?"

"Well...the first season didn't have any special effects, but the second season of "Yellow Turban" is different..."

The filming of the second part has already started, and actors are easy to recruit. "Three Kingdoms", China's "Game of Thrones", is broadcast throughout Asia. What kind of actors can't be found?

The total investment in the second season is still US$40 million, but this time the total salary of the actors is less than US$3 million, and special effects expenditures account for 50%...

"Where is Director Xu? What are you planning to do for your next movie?"

Tsui Hark glanced at Shen Xudong, and then said: ""The Legend of Shushan Swordsman"!"

Shen Xudong also nodded: "Yes, "Shu Mountain"..."

Several people present, including Lao Mouzi, opened their mouths...

Chen Xi was the first to speak: "Is it that "Shu Mountain"?"

"Nonsense, of course it's "Shu Mountain"!"

"How did you come up with the idea of ​​filming "Shu Mountain"?"

Tsui Hark smiled: "It was Xudong who found me and asked me if I was interested in filming "Shu Mountain" again. Of course I am interested~!"

…

Tsui Hark has a complex about "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman". In 1982, when he was still in New Art City, Golden Harvest invested 15 million Hong Kong dollars and he made "New Shushan Swordsman", starring Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Cheng Shaoqiu and Brigitte Lin. The special effects team of "Star Wars" was invited to produce the visual effects, and the Hong family was responsible for designing the movements. Together with the star cast, the film was very attractive from every angle.

However, the truth is cruel. Although it achieved good results of 15.87 million in Hong Kong, compared with the extremely high investment and the bleak overseas market, it ended up at a loss;

In 2000, he filmed "The Legend of Shushan" again, inviting the three popular actors Ekin Cheng, Louis Koo, and Cecilia Cheung to star, and paid a sky-high price of 100 million...

This reboot almost copies the original version, with huge investment, super cast, dazzling graphics, a big company release, and the background of a mainland company. Of course, this movie also replicates the ending of the previous film, which failed miserably at the box office.

Unfortunately, the investment of nearly 100 million Hong Kong dollars only returned less than half of the investment.

After that, Tsui Hark's energy was greatly reduced, and he no longer dared to make such pure visual effects blockbusters...