Chapter 531: European and American Popularity, Film Collaboration and Release

After all, the Holy Bishop's main faith is still concentrated in areas outside the Republic.

Even apart from Europe and the United States, the Holy Bishop's beliefs are still very widespread in places such as the Philippines, Malay, and Brunei in Southeast Asia, as well as South America and Latin America.

"Neon Genesis Evangelion", as a work full of religious metaphors of the Holy Bishop, is naturally more popular among the audience of the Holy Bishop's believers.

Especially in the finale, the Kabbalah tree, the Trinity metaphor of the Son, the Holy Spirit and the Father, and the purpose of the human completion plan all coincide with the biblical prophecies of the Holy Bishop.

They were excited about it and felt proud to be shouting for their beliefs.

"Oh, this is really the best animation work I have seen in recent years!"

"Oh Christ, your Son! May you guide mankind away from disaster and the turbid world."

"The finale of "EVA" implies that the Son, the Holy Spirit, and the Father finally merged into one. I didn't expect that Shinji Ikari was the Son."

"The protagonist represents the Son, Adam represents the Father, is Rei Ayanami the Holy Spirit?"

"Yes, that's right. It should be said that the protagonist and Unit-1 are both the Son of God and representatives of God."

"The protagonist's father probably plans to replace the Holy Father with Adam."

"What a crazy and terrible person. He actually wanted to replace the Holy Father. Fortunately, the Holy Spirit did not choose him in the end."

"The finale is really great. Only those who have purged themselves of original sin can be resurrected and return, and the world can be restored to purity."

"Purge yourself of the original sin? What? Doesn't that mean purging the original sin? At least I haven't seen any plot in this regard."

"Those who recreate the human form by their own strength, isn't that just cleaning away the original sin on their bodies? That's what I think anyway."

"Oh no, I don't think that the Human Completion Project is about cleansing the original sins from one's body. I just think that people accept the seven deadly sins in themselves, such as lies, anger, jealousy, etc... Just like the protagonist, he has completed the restoration Self, accept your own imperfections.”

"I think so too. Rather than washing away sins, I prefer the idea that human beings accept their own imperfections. After all, everyone is imperfect and carries original sin."

"I like this show, it's really good, especially the finale. It's really like watching a movie."

"When I saw the middle of the finale, I was really amazed. It was incredible that someone could come up with such a crazy plot."

"Because the original author of this series is Qingshan, a well-known cartoonist in the Republic. In fact, he is often called a mental patient by fans of the Republic."

"Psychopath? Is it because the plot he created is crazy?"

"Not only that, except that the plots of his works are indeed crazy, there is also the fact that he himself is a patient suffering from mental illness."

"What I know is that his father and mother were killed by his brother with a pistol, and then his brother shot himself, so he went crazy later."

"In fact, before he became a cartoonist, he was actually a good scholar and scientist. But after this incident, he stopped participating in scientific research and chose to become a cartoonist."

"It's really sad..."

"It is precisely because of this that his works are often very touching, because he always uses himself and his emotions as his creative ideas."

"The protagonist Shinji Ikari in "Neon Genesis Evangelion" was obviously created based on his own experience."

"I like "Neon Genesis Evangelion", and I am also a devout believer of the Holy Lord. What I regret is that the protagonist of such an animation that worships the Holy Lord is not us squids..."

"What???? What does this have to do with whether the protagonist is a squid?"

"Because we squids are the nation that the Holy Lord loves most! We are also the greatest nation in the world. Why can't we squids be the protagonists? There isn't even a squid scientist in it?"

"Squids are the Holy Lord's favorite nation? Then why would you kill the Holy Son?"

"What squid killed the Son? The Romans killed the Son. What does it have to do with us squids?"

"Yes, it was not the squid who instigated the Romans to kill the Holy Son, but the Romans themselves killed the Holy Son for no reason. In the future, Theodosius I made the Holy Bishop the state religion in order to express his apology."

"The squid killed the Holy Son and still claims to be the nation beloved by the Holy Lord? This is why you have not been welcomed in Europe for thousands of years!"

"Asshole! Do you want to be punished by the Holy Lord and sent to hell for slandering our squid nation like this?!"

…

The popularity of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" on the Internet is also rising, which has made some film companies think about it.

After all... the setting of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" is really in line with Western preferences. It is a holy bishop and a science fiction style.

The only fly in the ointment is that Shinji Ikari in it is not a European or American, but a Republic person.

This is somewhat discrepant.

But...it's not like we can't adapt one like "Parasite".

But this time, don’t change the story, just change the protagonist’s nationality and race.

In fact, this is not the first time that European and American movies have done this kind of thing. In Lin Qingshan's previous life, "Ghost in the Shell", "Edge of Tomorrow", "Battle Angel Alita", etc. were all originally Japanese comics, and most of the protagonists were The Japanese were changed into European and American races in the movie.

Some of the changes were successful, such as "Edge of Tomorrow", which was not so abrupt and did not suffer a Waterloo.

But like "Ghost in the Shell"...

Obviously, the movie failed to achieve the expected effect after its release.

From this we can also see that, in addition to those popular comic works.

Like Hollywood film companies and directors in Europe and the United States, they prefer science fiction comic works.

However, "Edgewalker" has been a great success in this world because of its precedent, and "Parasyte: Gray Army" is also a great success-after all, it allowed WB Films to open up the American drama market in the Republic.

So the film companies all have expectations for Lin Qingshan.

It's just that Lin Qingshan's other works rarely have science fiction works like "Edgewalker".

As for other themes, Hollywood is a little daunted.

So among Lin Qingshan's many works later, only "Edgewalker" and "Parasyte" are valued by them.

The film copyright of "Goodbye Eri" was given to domestic film companies to shoot.

Until...

The emergence of "Neon Genesis Evangelion"!

This kind of work, which is a metaphor of the Holy Bishop and a sci-fi style, is really suitable for the Americans!

The first to act was of course WB Films. As the first Hollywood film company to take the lead in cooperating with Lin Qingshan, they are full of confidence in Lin Qingshan's work.

Especially since "Neon Genesis Evangelion" is currently very popular on the Internet!

Of course, they took action directly.

And the first person they thought of was... Nolan, the director of the movie "Edge Walker"!

Over the years, Nolan's fame has been growing.     After the movie "Edge Walker", he led the interstellar masterpiece "Interstellar".

There is no doubt that this work, because of its extremely scientific settings and high-end theories, the plot and special effects are full, and because of the extremely powerful cast attracted by Nolan's increasingly high reputation, has also achieved extremely outstanding box office results.

It is second only to historical masterpieces such as "Edge Walker", "Avatar" and "Inception", and has entered the ranks of the top ten movies in the global box office.

It is also the only non-remake, non-sequel, non-reboot or non-adapted film in the top ten global box office of the year.

This is amazing.

Later, Nolan made "Dunkirk", a historical real war film that also received rave reviews and had a very high box office. After its release, its artistic achievements surpassed "Saving Private Ryan" and "Pearl Harbor", further consolidating Nolan's position in the film industry.

Then the following year, he was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his outstanding contributions and achievements in the film industry.

And his new time-space thriller "Tenet" was just released half a year ago. Although the box office results were not as record-breaking as his masterpieces, it was both well-received and popular.

But the reputation is still very good, and the box office results are also very good.

There is no epidemic in this world, so he has not fallen out with WB Films because of the impact of the epidemic.

Both parties are still important partners with a strong relationship.

So WB Films wants to join forces again. Lin Qingshan's original work, Nolan's director, plus their company's strong capital and special effects team, can definitely create box office history again!

WB Films once again sent producer Kevin, who has worked with Nolan many times. When he came to find Nolan, Nolan was actually watching "Neon Genesis Evangelion".

He has always paid attention to Lin Qingshan. After all, in his opinion, Lin Qingshan, who can create science fiction works such as cyberpunk, has extraordinary talent.

Nolan has always been a comic book reader, otherwise he would not have been the director of the "Daredevil" (Batman) series of movies.

In addition to "The Tao Weird Immortal", which is difficult to understand European and American culture, he has always watched Lin Qingshan's other works.

Among them, he also likes works such as "Flame Fist", "Chainsaw Man" and "Fate Zero".

But these works did not make him have a strong urge to direct like "Edgewalker".

In order to direct and produce "EdgeWalker", he actually put aside his original idea and started to contact the Nobel Prize winner in Physics for the script of "Interstellar".

He just felt that the cyberpunk-style science fiction comic "EdgeWalker" was too much for his taste and too attractive!

He really couldn't control his fanatical love for this setting and this script.

He also prefers science fiction. From "Inception", "Interstellar" and "Tenet", we can see that he has a kind of obsessive obsession with science fiction themes.

Now he heard that "Neon Genesis Evangelion" is very popular and even has a reputation as a masterpiece, so he took a look.

To be honest, the beginning of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" is a bit bland...

After all, in Lin Qingshan's previous life, it was a work of the last century, and in this world it is equivalent to a work of thirty years ago...

Any creation is of the times.

For example, if a love epic movie like "Titanic" is released twenty years later, people will probably only evaluate it as a good work, not a masterpiece in film history.

Also, if "Star Wars" was released thirty years later, it would be regarded as an ordinary interstellar opera with full special effects.

The same is true for comics, novels, and other works. Not to mention thirty years ago, even works from ten years ago will give people a clear sense of disconnection if they are put into ten years later.

For example, if old romance novels are put into the present, readers will probably complain constantly - what era is it still writing such a silly and sweet Mary Sue heroine.

Like the old martial arts novel routines, such as the plot in "The Return of the Condor Heroes", it will probably be criticized to death in modern times...

As for other plots, people will also feel that they are too old-fashioned.

The same is true for "Neon Genesis Evangelion". The routines of thirty years ago seem a bit old-fashioned in this era when the comics and animation industry are extremely prosperous.

So its popularity in the past has not been as good as "Fate Stay Night", which was also produced by Lin Qingshan but has a newer style.

Until... the finale.

It can be said that although the beginning is a bit old-fashioned, the finale of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" is really excellent and classic.

Good works may have old plots and routines, but the most exciting plots will never be outdated.

That’s how Nolan finished watching the finale of Neon Genesis Evangelion, and then he became a little interested.

“How is it? Chris, what do you think after watching it?”

At this time, Kevin came to him and asked with a smile.

“Very good…if you only look at the setting and the finale.”

Nolan said without disguising, “Although the cyberpunk setting is much worse than Edgewalker, the work is still very good.”

After all, Edgewalker is the pioneer of the cyberpunk theme in this world, so it is unique in Nolan’s heart, so he would say that.

“It just so happens that the company asked me to ask you if you want to adapt this work?”

Kevin asked directly, “Now it seems that you have decided?”

“Yes, I have no problem.”

Nolan did not hesitate at all and said, “This theme is quite interesting, and the work of Mr. Aoyama should have a high box office after the movie is released.”

Originally, he did not have any good scripts next, and one of his ideas was to return to the reality theme and create an anti-war movie based on Oppenheimer, the father of the nuclear bomb in history.

But this was just one of his ideas. After all, Oppenheimer was from Ami, and it was not a historical event of Great Britain like Dunkirk.

So his desire to direct was not that strong.

It was just a backup plan.

On the contrary, the sci-fi animation "Neon Genesis Evangelion"... looked pretty good, which made him a little excited.

At least it was a sci-fi movie, and he would feel more.

"I'll talk to Mr. Aoyama again this time. When will we go to the Republic?"

After making up his mind, Nolan asked Kevin.

However...

"No, it's not necessary."

Kevin said with a smile, "Because the cartoonist Aoyama will fly to us with his fiancee in half a month."

"Oh? They are coming to us?"

Nolan asked curiously.

"Because his fiancee's company will be listed on the Xinxiang Nasdaq Electronic Trading Market."