The morning of the new week.

Guo Yunfan came to the company early, and as soon as he entered the company, he went straight to the 14th floor of the Chinatown Building.

There is a small part here that has just been separated, called the Ice and Fire Project Department.

It is also a project department specially established by the Tang people for the film and television development and production of Lin Bao's "A Song of Ice and Fire".

In the past, a company project was basically developed by several parts of the company.

And this time, Mr. Xiao Ke personally gave an order to transfer manpower from various departments to an independent project department. It is enough to see that the Tang people attach great importance to this project, from top to bottom.

After all, this is a project with an investment of more than half a billion.

In such an era, even in the Hollywood workshop, which is known for burning money, projects of more than 500 million yuan are rare. Not to mention domestic.

Moreover, judging from the scale of the entire project, from the preliminary preparation, to the shooting, to the final special effects production, it will never be possible in two or three years.

An independent project department is also to allow Tang people to pay more attention to it, and then focus on doing such a project.

The entire project environment is specially designed.

The interior decoration was completely redesigned half a month ago.

In a corridor outside the entrance, there is a huge poster, on which is the background of a Western fantasy world, and in front of it, there are several big characters of dragon flying and phoenix dance, "Song of Ice and Fire" project department.

The whole poster is a concept map of the world of ice and fire, in fact, this picture has been circulating on the Internet a long time ago.

When Lin Bao's book was first released, the promotional image dynamically posted on Weibo was this. Many of the elements inside, including the Great Wall, the northern snowfields, the plates of the Seven Kingdoms, and the soaring dragon, are actually the world of ice and fire described.

This also shows that the publicity plan for "A Song of Ice and Fire" that was originally taken out under the auspices of Zheng Rong was not just a temporary fantasy picture, but a well-made promotional picture that I had talked to Lin Bao about.

Don't look at such a simple promotional picture, it is enough to show that Zheng Rong or Lin Bao's studio is ambitious.

Before Lin Bao began to officially update the book, she had already begun to plan the entire "Ice and Fire" worldview.

And now, such a huge world is about to become a reality with the joint investment of Tang and other domestic companies.

"How about it, do you have any news from the foreign production teams?"

Entering the project department, Guo Yunfan called several main persons in charge into the office.

Last week, they went through various data surveys and finally identified more than a dozen foreign production teams, and then contacted them.

Although Tang Ren also wants to involve his production team in such a project, and even Tang Ren itself has a special effects team, it has to be said that in this regard, the gap between domestic and foreign countries is still very large.

"Mr. Fan, almost two-thirds of the team contacted have replied to the message. ”

The person in charge reported, "In terms of special effects, the digital field, Piondo, and Silicon Valley graphics do not have much intention to cooperate, and the other three teams have resumed and agreed to cooperate, but in terms of conditions, they are all more demanding......

"Is the digital realm outright rejected?"

Guo Yunfan asked, "What about Weta Digital?"

"They haven't replied yet...... However, according to the information we have received, Weta Digital has recently won several Hollywood blockbuster bids, so there may not be much hope. ”

The person in charge said.

Guo Yunfan couldn't help frowning.

This kind of reply was much worse than he expected.

originally thought that with a good script like "A Song of Ice and Fire", and a relationship like Mr. Xiao Ke, such as these more famous special effects teams in the digital field, how to say, even if you don't agree directly, at least you can talk about it.

Unexpectedly, the other party directly refused.

However, this is understandable.

First, these top special effects teams, in fact, are not short of work. There are so many big orders in Hollywood, and naturally there will be no worse than such a big order in the East.

In addition, in terms of film industry production and distribution, these Westerners have always looked down on the East.

"What about the director?"

"In terms of directors, the ones we talked about before are basically quite intentional, Martin, David, and Weiss...... However, in addition to the salary we planned, they proposed to add a part of the drama revenue commission......"

"Hmph, they think it's beautiful......"

Guo Yunfan sneered.

Compared with those special effects teams, the director team contacted by Tang Ren has basically produced many successful dramas before. These people are not stupid, and they must have also understood the script of the entire "A Song of Ice and Fire", so they can naturally anticipate the potential of such a film and television drama.

However, whether it is Lin Bao or Tang Ren's side, they are not ready to pull any more partners who share profits, what they want is just a professional director.

In terms of directors, there is no hurry.

Because I think it's because it's a Western background, I'm looking for a Western director.

In Hollywood, there are a lot of professional directors waiting there.

Even, a lot of them are very good, but they just don't have the opportunity to perform.

In this regard, you can grind slowly and find it slowly.

In terms of the special effects team, it is more crucial.

It is not easy to be able to make the effect that Lin Bao wants, and to be able to restore the entire world of ice and fire.

It's not that an ordinary special effects team can't do it, but it's definitely very slow, and the time cost is something Guo Yunfan can't afford to wait for.

The investment cost of 500 million yuan has been set, and such a huge cost is on him and Tang Ren, but it is a big mountain.

If you want to find it, you can only find those top teams to lead, and then lead several small special effects teams at the same time.

The special effects of the whole ice and fire are not so easy to come out.

"Okay, you ask them to continue to keep in touch with the teams on the list, especially the special effects teams that Mr. Ke mentioned before, and always pay attention to their movements and intentions. ”

Guo Yunfan commanded.

After the members of the project department left, he first reported the current situation to Mr. Xiao Ke, and then made a phone call to Lin Bao.

"The current situation is like this, a few top ones can't make appointments, and there is no schedule. The small special effects team, although the conditions are harsh, can be regarded as agreeing, but it is definitely impossible to expect them to take the lead. ”

Guo Yunfan said, "But Brother Bao, don't worry, I just talked to Mr. Xiao Ke, he will personally go out and talk to a few companies he is more familiar with, and the entire development plan will not be a problem!"

"Well, I'm still relieved at that. There is no hurry, rather than abundance. ”

Lin Bao had talked to Zheng Rong before, and he also knew that foreign special effects teams were not easy to handle. In the past, Remote Entertainment made a special effects movie by itself, and the special effects were actually not much, tens of millions of projects, and I wanted to use a foreign team, but at that time, I begged my grandfather to tell my grandmother, and finally said that I moved a team in the goal.

However, even if there is a contract, the other party is extremely perfunctory and procrastinating, which makes the entire movie schedule delayed.

And when it comes to the East-West joint venture project that Lu Yuan participated in, Zheng Rong also understands it because of the participation of remote entertainment.

At that time, there were several excellent special effects teams competing to do it, and even completed the entire project ahead of schedule.

In this, there is still a chain of contempt.

This chain of contempt is even above making money.

That's a bit outrageous.

It is not in line with the interests of Western companies and teams.

But actually, that's it.

However, for these, Lin Bao is not in a hurry.

Originally, it was a project that had been booked for more than two years.

Keep improving, then find it slowly, grind it slowly.

Moreover, an important point now is actually in the popularity of "A Song of Ice and Fire" itself.

"A Song of Ice and Fire" is now hot in the entire East.

But in the West, such a story is not really propagated.

If "Ice and Fire" can be like "Actor's Self-cultivation", it can become popular in a short period of time and within half a year.

At that time, those special effects teams, and even the top big directors, groups, would come to them upside down.

Therefore, the excellence of "A Song of Ice and Fire" itself is Lin Bao's self-confidence.

It is also their development of such a project, which speaks to the confidence of the production team in the West.

"Come down, it's up to Hill Press. ”

Lin Bao hung up the phone and looked at Zheng Rong who was sitting opposite.

The latter also nodded and said, "In addition, we have a weight in our hands." ”

"What?"

"Oscar. ”

Zheng Rong looked at him.

"Is the nomination out?"

Lin Bao was a little surprised.

"Yes. ”

Zheng Rong smiled and handed over her mobile phone, which showed the message that had just been refreshed, "Just came out, "Farewell My Concubine" was nominated for six items, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, and Costume Design and Foreign Language Film!"

"Six?"

Lin Bao was a little surprised.

He doesn't care about the award or anything, but the participation in the award of "Farewell My Concubine" is not only an honor for him, but also an honor for the entire team and even the Eastern country.

After the movie was released, such as Xiao Yuanshan and a number of well-known professors in domestic art from the Opera Association, began to run and apply for the award of "Farewell My Concubine".

And the leaders of the domestic government, radio and television, even talked to him about this matter when Lin Bao went to Beijing before.

The award honor of such an excellent film has been pushed to a national level by professionals throughout the country, and even the general public.

Therefore, Lin Bao himself is also very concerned about this matter.

In fact, Xiao Yuanshan and others wanted to give "Farewell My Concubine" the grand prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

In the eyes of a group of old artists, Hollywood is nothing, like the three major film festivals in Cannes, because since the eighties of the last century, they have been very friendly and fair to Oriental films, and they are more focused on artistry, so this is their ultimate goal.

However, because the Cannes Awards are in May.

In May last year, "Farewell My Concubine" was still in post-production, so I missed it.

And the Oscar is in February, so the real first award application for "Farewell My Concubine" has become Hollywood.

However, I didn't expect that in an award like the Oscars, which has serious external discrimination, oriental movies like "Farewell My Concubine" could get six nominations at once.

Although, with their tonality, the best picture or something, there must be nothing like "Farewell My Concubine", at most competing for a foreign language film.

But such six nominations are already very great honors and publicity.

The list of Oscar nominees was announced, and the entire domestic network spread instantly.

"it! Six nominations! Boss Bao'er is awesome!"

"The six nominations have already set a new record for Oscar nominations in China! I just don't know if it has broken the record of non-American films?"

"To be honest, the nine Best Films nominated this time are all good. However, if you want to really talk about artistry, no one can compare to Boss Bao'er's "Farewell My Concubine"!"

"It's a pity...... Six nominations, so you can look forward to foreign language films!"

"If the Oscars give the best picture to Boss Boa this time, I won't say anything bad about their old men again!"

"Lin Bao Dashen Cowhide! The best film in my mind, whether they give it or not!"

"Support Lin Bao God!"

"Wow, Mr. Lin Bao's movie has been nominated, you must go to see it at the awards ceremony! I hope "Farewell My Concubine" can win a few more little golden men!"