Chapter 681 Arrival in the United States

Many people laugh at the Huayi Brothers’ strategy of de-filming, thinking that they are not doing their job properly. A company that started out by making movies actually de-films?

In fact, from a capital perspective, there is nothing wrong with this strategy.

The de-filmization strategy was proposed in 2014. At that time, the film market was 29.6 billion, and Hollywood imported films accounted for half...

The most ideal idea is that the market will increase by 20% annually...

Then by 2018, it can rise to 60 billion.

However, according to the "China-U.S. Film Memorandum", there will be renegotiations after February 2017, and there is a high probability that the quota for imported films will continue to be expanded.

In other words, the upper limit for Chinese-language movies is only 30 billion!

According to Huang Zhongjun: Half of this plate belongs to American blockbusters, and the remaining half is divided by so many domestic film companies. So we have to transform. Just talking about a few movies is meaningless.

Then, in 2015, the market value of Huayi Brothers once approached 100 billion!

It shows that the secondary market is also optimistic about Huang Zhongjun's strategy.

However, no one expected that the Chinese film market would grow rapidly, approaching 45 billion in 2015 and exceeding 60 billion in 2018...

The box office of a single film can reach 5 billion!

It won’t be that easy for the Huayi Brothers to regain their leading position in movies!

Shen Xudong’s idea is very simple: to make movies and TV series, and if possible, build PPTV into one of the growing video platforms.

He never thought about doing other things.

Oh, games don’t count…

The "Wulin Gaiden" game brought more than 200 million in revenue to the company;

Later, they jointly developed the "Zhao Zilong" game... which was launched last year. Not counting the hits, the monthly revenue was around 20 million;

By the way, there is also "Three Kingdoms". "Three Kingdoms" is produced by a game development company affiliated to the company and distributed through PPTV...

Web game!

PPTV has 10 million registered users and attracts traffic through the video platform.

At present, the company has not interfered with the development of PPTV. Anyway, it has purchased the exclusive rights to broadcast thousands of episodes of film and television dramas, and the copyright fees distributed are enough to operate PPTV for several years.

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"You can do whatever you want, but the quality must pass the test. After all, "Wulin Gaiden" is the sentiment of many viewers... I suggest joining Liu Zhixian..."

"That's Lou Zhixian..."

"Where can you find a famous person named Lou?"

At the airport, Shen Xudong received a call from Chen Xi, who wanted to make a movie version of "Wulin Gaiden"...

In fact, it’s not that she wants to do it, it’s the audience’s enthusiastic request.

Then gather the original cast and make one!

"Big star Liu? Liu Dehua?"

"Can't Liu Qingyun do it? Can't Liu Ye do it?"

Speaking of this, Shen Xudong thought of something: "Let Ning Caishen be the producer, director..."

"The director should use Shang Jing... He has been quite embarrassed in recent years."

Well, Shang Jing has indeed encountered a career bottleneck in the past few years...

It's not a bottleneck, but the subsequent works include "Behind the House", "Wonderful Fantasy", "The Story of the Cooking Class 3", "Six People in the City", "The Story of the Health Team", "The Invincible Three-Legged Cat"...

All received mediocre responses.

Therefore, letting him direct the movie version of "Wulin Gaiden" is an opportunity for him to prove himself.

But... in the original time and space, the movie version of "Wulin Gaiden" was quite a failure...

In the original movie "Wulin Gaiden", it can be seen that the director was a little selfish and put too much energy on the performance of martial arts scenes and camera skills.

It feels like director Shang Jing is not trying to amuse everyone, but to show that he is capable of making movies...

The film begins with a dazzling aerial parkour that lasts 4 minutes!

In fact, it's not necessary. It's neither novel nor good-looking. It would be easier to create funny scenes if you run on the street instead.

"Don't show off your skills, just make it a sitcom. Also, don't change the tone..."

"Change the color tone?"

"Just convey it to the crew as I say!"

This thing is also what Shen Xudong hates in his memory...

In the movie version, the colors become brighter, the scenery is richer, and a panoramic view of the town appears, but the pace is too fast, so fast that people forget that this is a drama that should be slow and leisurely...

To be honest, is it better to shoot a pure fighting scene than Xu Ke?

Can you compare to Zhang Yimou in terms of setting?

Using one's shortcomings to attack the other's strengths, why bother?

In fact, "Wulin Gaiden" is naturally not suitable for being made into a movie!

Because movies cannot throw away the baggage as frequently as soap operas. The movie has to tell a complete story, but the charm of "Wulin Gaiden" lies in constantly throwing away the baggage...

It is originally a slow-paced leisurely piece, but if it is not accelerated and turned into a fast-paced sketch, it will be impossible to play. The most important art and charm will be lost, and it will feel nondescript.

But...again, as long as the quality is up to standard, the box office can easily exceed 200 million!

Feelings are very valuable!

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Brad Peyton is a director recommended by Dwayne Johnson, and most of his previous works were TV series.

I have also made films, mostly independent productions.

At first, I wanted to make a name for myself with horror films, and in 2002 I filmed "Evelyn, the Evil Ghost Girl". Unfortunately, this film didn't succeed!

But it also won him the opportunity to intern in Hollywood and entered the Warner studio, serving as an assistant director on various crews...

I also met a lot of people!

It was at this time that I met Dwayne Johnson.

The core character of "The Bad Guys" is the gangster played by Dwayne Johnson. He is also one of the producers and of course has the right to recommend the director.

Mark Wahlberg volunteered...

According to Joseph, Dwayne Johnson took Mark Zuckerberg to watch the original version of "The Bad Guys", and Mark Wahlberg had great ideas about the detective codenamed "Mad Dog"...

As a result, the behind-the-scenes team was formed!

So... who will play the serial murderer?

The most reasonable choice is of course Kevin Spacey, he looks like a perverted murderer!

But he is very expensive, and...he is an Oscar-winning actor, a first-line star, and let others act in such roles?

How about playing?

Joseph Drake recommended Jesse Eisenberg, the leading actor of "The Fault in Our Stars"...

The starring cast was assembled, a director was appointed, and the early preparations went smoothly. Filming was originally scheduled to start in March, but then the investment company disappeared...

It’s not gone, New Line’s logo is still retained, but the investment in “Evil Man” is gone. Fortunately, Wonderful Studio has filled the gap.

Dwayne Johnson and Brad Payton have very conflicting views on Shen Xudong...

On the one hand, we know that he is very powerful. In just two years, he successfully planted his flag in Hollywood with Wonder Studio and became an independent film company that cannot be underestimated;

on the other hand…

Worry about his strong personality.

Previously, Wonder Studios was only a co-producer. Although Joseph was also a producer, he was more of a co-producer and did not interfere in the filming...

It's different now. Wonderful Studio has become an independent film of "The Legend of Evil", and Shen Xudong has exclusive power. He is qualified to transform "The Legend of Evil".

If there are different opinions, whose opinion will the crew listen to?

It can only be said that they were overthinking it. After Shen Xudong arrived in the United States, he first reminisced with Christine and Amanda Seyfried for a week, and then met with Susan Collins to discuss "The Hunger Games" of creation.

On April 18, he also attended the US premiere of "Kung Fu King"...

I didn't even go to the filming set of "The Bad Guys".