Chapter 1311: Success Depends on People
Lena Kane mentioned the story about Spartacus, which was extended from Zach Schneider whom Simon met yesterday.
When he saw the name of Zack Schneider in the project materials of this Sundance competition, Simon quickly thought of the "Spartan 300 Warriors" that made Schneider one of the first in Hollywood. This is adapted from the famous cartoonist Frank ·Miller's cartoon works, telling the story of 300 Spartan soldiers fighting against 100,000 troops of the Persian Empire at Thermopylae in the Hippo War.
The original 300 of Spartans comic, which happened to be published in 1998.
Now, because of Simon, the big butterfly, everything has changed.
It starts with Frank Miller.
This famous cartoonist has worked in comic companies such as DC and Marvel, and the famous "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" was written by him.
In the past, in the 1990s, Frank Miller, who originally cooperated with Marvel, chose to leave due to the continuous turmoil of this comic company, and joined another small dark horse comic company, and started his own career in DC and Marvel. Original works other than superheroes, successively created works such as "Sin City" and "300 Spartans", and the two series were later filmed by Robert Rodriguez and Zach Schneider respectively be successful.
However, this time, because Simon cut off Marvel very early, without the turmoil of the 1990s, Frank Miller is still in Marvel. Simon checked it in advance, and Miller is currently creating Daredevil. "series.
As for the once famous "Sin City" and "300 Spartans", they no longer exist.
At the party last night, Simon expressed his feelings and just chatted casually. Although it was a pity, he did not intend to make these two series again. Without that time, it would inevitably seem abrupt to come up with relevant ideas and ask Frank Miller to do it.
I didn't expect to be remembered by Lina, so I mentioned it again at this time.
Taking advantage of breakfast time, since Lena said this, Simon nodded: "Yes, as I said yesterday, with the Battle of Thermopylae as the background, the name is "300 Spartans". As for the script, I think it can be shown in the form of comics first. In the future, when making movies, the style should not be as realistic as "Braveheart". It has an alternative cruel and romantic feeling."
As Simon said, he also asked Carmen Kess beside him to bring a pen and paper, and quickly sketched out the classic poster of "300 Spartans" in his memory: under the gloomy sky, the Spartan warriors in capes will be Persian The soldiers rushed off the cliff like dumplings.
Then handed it to Lina, and said: "Probably this is the case. CG shooting does not require too fine rendering, nor does it need to use a large-scale extras, and the cost is well controlled. By the way, if you can sign Schneider, his cinematographic style, was just right for this movie."
Lena and Annika next to her looked at the drawing in front of them together, and with the man's explanation, they quickly understood what kind of style Simon wanted.
There are always some reference templates for Hollywood blockbusters, but with the proposal proposed by Simon, the two women couldn't think of any other movies that used the same method for a while. Thinking about it this way, it is inevitable that there will be a bit of relief. No one has done it, and it may give the audience a special viewing experience.
Freshness is the most valuable.
Secretly making up her mind, Lena couldn't wait to ask for more details, and Simon also answered all questions.
Chatting like this, until the end of breakfast, Simon set off to leave Park City.
The private jet is already waiting in Salt Lake City and will fly directly to Hangzhou, China.
At the hilltop villa in Park City, there was a group of warblers, big and small, all of a sudden.
And, "The Blair Witch", which word of mouth began to spread today.
After yesterday's premiere, according to today's film review feedback from a large number of media, the comprehensive media score of "The Blair Witch" reached 8.7 points, which is quite an excellent result.
In the evening, this year's 14th Sundance Film Festival closed. As the main competition film, "The Blair Witch" did not win the highest jury award, which was expected. However, the film also won other awards. A very symbolic award: the best audience award.
With the end of Sundance, Daenerys Entertainment also officially announced the film's schedule, and "The Blair Witch" will officially start painting on February 6.
The day of the closing ceremony is already on January 25th, and the opening of the painting on February 6th is only two weeks away.
Announced at the same time as the schedule, there is also the official trailer of the film.
Daenerys Entertainment still adopted a relatively frugal method of publicity and distribution, and only released the official trailer of the movie on the YouTube platform.
On the other hand, on the morning of January 25th, he departed from Salt Lake City, the capital of Utah, after about 12 hours of flight, plus the time difference, Simon arrived in China. The time was already on the morning of January 26th in Asia, which happened to be New Year’s Eve. the day before.
It was still a completely undisclosed itinerary, and as for being low-key, it wasn't exactly.
Simon's identity can't be low-key if he wants to. According to Lin Su's sister Lin Lan's accidental disclosure, because it was confirmed that he would come over for the New Year, many people here had already prepared a week in advance.
The mansion on the west bank of the West Lake.
From the twenty-ninth day, to the first and second day of junior high school, it was lively for three consecutive days, and finally calmed down a little.
Time came to the third day of junior high school.
Thursday, January 29th in the Gregorian calendar.
Lin Lan and his wife drove over early in the morning. After entering the door, Lin Lan, who was in a hurry, sent her husband to go free activities. He came to the back house by himself, and soon found that accompanied by two maids, he was hugging a certain fat boy. Mother walking in the garden.
Lifting off the little guy's little hat that tightly covered his face, Lin Lan couldn't wait to ask, "Mom, where are my sister and brother-in-law?"
Mother Lin gestured towards the main room, and quickly grabbed the second daughter who was about to run over: "Don't go, I haven't gotten up yet," she said, dragging Lin Lan to the west wing, and handing the child to a A young woman with a clean and gentle temperament, the woman took over the child without being shy, and started breastfeeding the child directly.
Lin Lan chatted with the little guy's nanny for a while, then leaned into his mother's ear with a smile: "Mom, is it true that after my brother-in-law came, my sister stopped breastfeeding the baby?"
Listening to the second daughter's teasing appearance, Lin's mother couldn't help showing a little smile, and then glared at her own girl: "Don't talk nonsense, be careful that your sister is angry."
Lin Lan stuck out her tongue.
In fact, I have decided to tease my elder sister in private, well, of course I have to wait for that brother-in-law to leave.
When Mother Lin saw Lin Lan sticking out her tongue, she knew that her daughter was uneasy and well-intentioned. However, she also knew that her daughter was sensible, so she didn't say much, but asked, "What are you doing here so early in the morning?"
Feeling the disgust in her mother's tone, Lin Lan felt wronged immediately: "Mom, I'm your own daughter, can't I come and see you?"
Mother Lin thought for a while, and she didn't care about the custom of going to relatives in the third grade with her daughter. She just said, "If you have anything to do, you must tell your sister first, and don't go to Simon directly."
Lin Lan hugged her mother's relatives and shook them, and leaned into Lin's mother's ear again: "I understand, I'm fine, I just came here to show my face in front of my brother-in-law."
Upon hearing this, Mother Lin poked her daughter lightly on the head, but didn't say much.
Seeing a certain fat boy suckling until he started spitting bubbles, Lin Lan snatched her little nephew over and began to teach this little guy who could speak early to call auntie. The waiter said that the couple in the main room had already had breakfast, so he ran over with the child in his arms.
Simon and Lin Suzheng were sitting on the sofa in the study on the side of the main room, flipping through some documents.
Seeing Lin Lan coming in with the little guy in her arms, Lin Su stretched out her hand to bring the child over, but Lin Lan avoided it, sat down beside her with the child in her arms, and said with a smile, "It's fine if I come, you can continue with me." Lennon."
Lin Su stared at her younger sister in embarrassment: "What are you doing here so early?"
Lin Lan didn't hide it at all: "Putting on my brother-in-law."
Simon turned over a page of the drawing in front of him, and said with a smile, "Come on, give me another New Year's greeting, there is lucky money."
Lin Lan lifted the little guy up: "Qianshu, call Dad, I want lucky money."
The little guy who was still spitting milk foam was lifted up by his aunt, kicked and giggled immediately, and obediently called out 'Daddy'.
Then the child was snatched by Lin Su who was worried about his sister's slippery hands.
Lin Lan simply came over, squeezed next to her sister, glanced over the little guy Lin Su was laying on her lap, and glanced at the information that was just spread out in front of the two of them: "What are you looking at?"
Lin Su explained: "You have seen it before, the Wuzhen development plan."
Lin Lan was a little surprised: "Sister, don't you still want to invest in this project? It's too unreliable."
Lin Sudao: "Just to show Simon, and the planner put a lot of thought into it, I actually think it's pretty good."
"What's the use of a good plan?" Lin Lan disagreed. Seeing Simon looking over, she passed her sister and said to Simon, "Brother-in-law, this is a trap. I went to Wuzhen to see it. It is dilapidated, and there is not much value for restoration at all, and even if the restoration is completed, there will be no other attractions that can attract tourists except Mao Dun's former residence."
Simon said: "Isn't the ancient town itself a resource to attract tourists if it is done well?"
Lin Lan raised her eyebrows slightly, nodded slightly, and then said again: "Maybe so, but brother-in-law, if you really want to invest, there are too many better ancient towns to choose from in Zhejiang, such as Nanxun, then The area is very large, and there are a bunch of more outstanding scenic spots. In addition, there is Yanguan Town, where Qianlong stayed in Yanguan Town during his six trips to the south of the Yangtze River, and you can see the tide of Qiantang there. Then there is Puyuan Town, Legend has it that it is the hometown of Xi Shi and Fan Li who lived in seclusion, and these are better than Wuzhen."
Simon smiled and listened to Lin Lanbalabala, and he was also moved.
In my memory, there are hundreds of restored or man-made ancient towns all over China, all over the north and south of the Yangtze River, and the investment of hundreds of millions and billions is often invested. The foundation of many ancient towns is much better than Wuzhen. However, the hardware conditions in all aspects are poor. Wuzhen, which is not outstanding, has suddenly emerged among them and has become a leader among Chinese ancient town attractions. There are really too many things to think about.
As for Simon himself, the biggest emotion is that success depends on people.
The literal meaning of success depends on people.
Just like the rise of Hengdian once had a backbone, the prosperity of Wuzhen also has a backbone. It is the tireless work of these people that has created a series of business and human miracles. In comparison, many projects that are purely throwing money, whether it is a few billion or tens of billions, often have unsatisfactory results.
Besides, the Wuzhen development plan in front of him, the reason why Simon is interested is because the planner signed Liang Zhiyu on the plan.
Once happened to have some impressions.
Instead of arguing with Lin Lan, Simon told Lin Su that
: "The first phase only needs an investment of 60 million RMB. It's okay to try to develop a small community. However, investing in similar projects has a high probability of failure. Even if it succeeds, I don't want to think about recovering the cost in the short term. Even if you want to scale up, you must continue to invest more. In short, in my opinion, it is possible to invest, but not to invest.”
Lin Su asked the restless little guy to sit facing his father, and said, "Then I'll invest, as a contribution to my hometown. Oh, speaking of it, I've also watched those YouTube videos, and I've seen those Thank you, Qingtai." Mentioning a certain girl's name, Lin Su's eyes were tentative, seeing that the man was indifferent and didn't go into it, and continued: "Anyway, tourists are not allowed to see the video on the Internet, it is so beautiful, Came to the field but was dilapidated, and returned disappointed.”
Simon smiled, but didn't say much.
Although it is the same person, but this time, whether they can succeed or not depends on luck.
And the odds are low.
After all, in the past, hundreds of ancient Chinese towns that could be called blooming everywhere burned countless funds, and few succeeded.
Therefore, this investment can only be regarded as feelings, making money, etc., so don't think too much about it.
Lin Lan heard that the two people next to him had finalized a 60 million investment project lightly, and couldn't help sticking out her tongue: "You are so rich, 60 million, if you say it's a waste of money, it's a waste of time."
Simon is leaving tomorrow, and Lin Su still cherishes the opportunity for the two of them to be alone, so she is no longer so polite to her doting sister, and looks at the light bulb: "Xiao Lan, what's the matter with you, don't tell me If not, maybe there is no chance this year?"
"Okay, okay." Lin Lan also understood that she had turned on the light bulb, raised her hands, and finally said: "That's right, I went to the leader's house to pay a New Year's greeting last night, and they talked with me over there, saying that they can transfer me to Beijing, sister , brother-in-law, do you think I should go?"
Lin Su looked directly at Simon.
Simon teased the little guy in Lin Su's arms, and shook his head directly when he heard the words: "If you insist on being in politics all the time, staying honestly and laying a foundation in the local area is the right way. Don't even think about joining in the fun in Beijing."