Xu Ruxuan and Xingru left together, no matter what they thought in their hearts, but for Zhou Fangyuan's "order", they had no possibility of refusing.

If they endured it for various reasons at the beginning, then now they are clearly unable to leave Zhou Fangyuan. This is normal, Zhou Fangyuan's side represents a shortcut to Hollywood, although it is really not easy for Chinese people to enter Hollywood, including Zhou Fangyuan, who will inevitably be suppressed and excluded from all sides, but compared with others, Zhou Fangyuan's road is undoubtedly smoother. After all, he knows Cameron, but the relationship is quite good, with Cameron's endorsement, Zhou Fangyuan is no longer good, and it can still be done by sending a few actors over.

Such a shortcut is in front of them, neither of them will miss it, if they are not obedient now, Zhou Fangyuan only needs one sentence to let them get out of the crew directly, such a loss can not be borne by anyone who wants to be a star, so they can only obey Zhou Fangyuan's order, no matter how excessive this order is.

After the two left together, Zhou Fangyuan walked towards the filming site. Of course, after walking a few steps, he was stopped by the staff, and Zhou Fangyuan showed his pass and was able to pass smoothly.

A few steps further, another director of the crew noticed Zhou Fangyuan, and then hurriedly ran over to greet him.

"How long will it take for Cameron?"

Zhou Fangyuan asked.

"This stage of filming is almost over, and there is still half an hour left at most, Mr. Zhou, why don't you sit next to you and rest first?"

Nominally, this person is also the director of the film, but his status is completely incomparable with Cameron. But in any large crew, there will generally be multiple directors, and the division of labor of each director is not the same, such as Cameron, needless to say, the proper chief director, the core character of the crew, and the one in front of him can only be regarded as an assistant director, doing some auxiliary work that Cameron can't take care of. Of course, it is also very important, after all, his presence can save Cameron too much time and energy, but his status is not very high. Not to mention Cameron, even the male and female protagonists of the movie can not bird him.

said that he was an assistant director, but in fact it was not much different from ordinary staff.

"Okay, you remember to tell Cameron in a moment, just say that today's shooting will be over sooner, and I have something to talk to him about here. ”

"Okay, I'll tell him. ”

Of course, film shooting is not a simple thing, a really good movie, from the beginning of shooting, to post-production, plus distribution, and then until the release, it is normal to go through a year and a half or two years during the period, like some movies, the preparation time is as long as several years, and it is not uncommon. Generally speaking, the more big-budget movies are, the longer the time used, and conversely, small-budget movies must be relatively shorter.

Why is it that there is a period of time when movies in China are not very good? It's very simple, it's too rushed.

Especially in the next ten years, with the rapid growth of the domestic film market, a large amount of capital has begun to enter the entertainment industry. The emergence of a large amount of living money, of course, is good, and it is certainly good for the development of the domestic film industry. But there are advantages and disadvantages at the same time, that is, a large number of investors who do not understand movies are flooded with it. Their purpose is very simple, that is, to make quick money, these people don't talk about film art, and they don't care about the quality of movies, they just want to make money, and if they can get some unspoken rules or something, it would be better. And to make money, you still have to make quick money, what can the director do, can only speed up the shooting.

At this point, Zhou Fangyuan is different from them, although Zhou Fangyuan is also to make money, and he also has some small other ideas in his heart, but he is not just to make money, of course he also hopes to make some good movies. If there is any difference between him and other investors, then the biggest difference is that he has the ability to be a prophet. He knows which movie will be popular and which movie is better in the original time and space, so he can selectively choose the script, instead of completely blindly entering the scene.

Speaking of which, if you remove this prophetic ability, he is actually no different from those investors.

But it is precisely because of this ability that he can make up for the shortcomings of other investors.

And such a group of investors have also cultivated a relatively deformed market. Why will the traffic of Xiaoxiao Xianrou be very popular in later generations? Why are they always able to star in all kinds of big-name movies even though their acting skills are not online at all? It's very simple, because they have their own traffic, for example, if a movie invests 50 million, if all the 50 million is used to tell stories, do special effects, and play shooting, the final movie will definitely not be bad, but what will be the result? Will the box office be successful? Will the movie make money? No one knows.

This is a five-to-five thing, you may make money, you may lose money, you may succeed, you may fail.

But the traffic is different, they bring their own traffic, millions of fans, and they have their own topics, and their acting skills are explosive, which is also a selling point. Many passers-by and viewers, probably because of the overwhelming abuse on the Internet, entered the cinema with the idea of "I want to see how bad the acting skills of this product are", and then contributed valuable box office to investors.

As long as it can reach this level, investors are satisfied, they don't care whether the movie is really good or really bad, they only care about whether their movie can make money, whether it is praise or scolding, as long as it can attract the audience into the cinema, and finally the investor makes money, which is enough. Other things are no longer on their radar.

So in the next ten years, the domestic film market will be flooded with countless bad movies, and it is not unreasonable that traffic will be popular.

Someone once said that the model of rice movies is very good.

Several major film companies almost monopolize the film market, and most of the box office in North America falls into their pockets every year, and they invest and release their own films, so they don't have to care about the opinions of the so-called investors, because they don't care about the investors at all, they themselves are investors, and at the same time, in order to ensure their respective reputations and incomes, these large companies must ensure the standard of films to a certain extent. So even if it is a trick, it must be acting online, and large companies are not like those speculators who make quick money, they can't joke about their reputation.

Of course, it is one-sided, and this model itself also has various shortcomings, it can only be said that the domestic film market itself has embarked on another road, and it is really unclear which of the two models is better.

However, one thing is certain, domestic films will get better and better, and there are indeed a group of filmmakers who have always adhered to their own ideas, and are not completely influenced by investors, and while accepting investment, they will also try their best to ensure the quality of the film, which is why there are still some good movies that can appear every year. And even if it's on the side of the United States, aren't there a large number of bad movies every year? Speculators are everywhere, and it is impossible for those bad Chinese people to know at all, and what can be known by the Chinese people is basically movies that have passed the market test, so it gives people the feeling that the United States is a good movie, and this feeling is actually wrong, even if a big manufacturer like the United States monopolizes the market, there will still be countless bad movies every year.

It's just that the current rice film market is really the largest film market in the world, so the number of finished films is huge, which ensures the number of good films, which can't say that there are no bad movies, it's just that you can't see bad movies at all.

Gossip is far away, in short, making movies is not simple, if you are not familiar with the future development, Zhou Fangyuan will definitely not casually enter the pit, the film industry is particularly money-burning, and it is possible to make all the money that you have been fortunate to have earned for a long time if you fail to make an investment.

Sitting on the edge of the crew, holding a glass of water, watching Cameron control the whole scene and constantly shooting various shots, Zhou Fangyuan felt that he had gained a lot.

But it's just a gain, he is no longer ready to make a movie, or rather, he is not ready to go straight to the scene.

"The Shining" was just a work he used to make money, and if he hadn't wanted to make money at the time, he wouldn't have been able to make movies.

After waiting for almost an hour, Cameron completed the shooting plan in his hand and walked towards Zhou Fangyuan accompanied by several celebrities.

Those who can follow him are, of course, some small stars, or actors who are not famous, and they want to get more attention from Cameron, so they can only find ways to follow Cameron. is already famous like Xiao Lizi, and he doesn't need to chase Cameron all day long.

When they saw Zhou Fangyuan, these little stars were obviously stunned, they didn't know Zhou Fangyuan very well, although Zhou Fangyuan has been promoted for a long time in the United States, and there are also his photos flowing into the market, but when Westerners look at Easterners, they are like Easterners looking at Westerners, basically it is impossible to accurately judge a person's appearance characteristics, and it is easy to get confused. So they couldn't recognize Zhou Fangyuan at all, so they could only guess his identity in their hearts.

"Finished shooting?"

"Almost, today's mission is over. ”

"That's a good speed. ”

"If it weren't for you saying something, I wouldn't have stopped working so soon. ”

"Haha, okay, okay, my big director, there is plenty of time for filming, don't be in a hurry, I just need your help with something here, it's very important, so I can only disturb your time." ”

"I know without you saying it...... Okay, you all go about your own business, remember, read more scripts when you go back, figure out your role well, if tomorrow's shooting is still like this, I won't be as good at talking as I am today!"

Cameron waved his hand to drive away the little stars around him, and then left the studio with Zhou Fangyuan.

The two of them came out, found a place to sit down, ordered lunch, and began to wait for the food to be served.

It's already 10 noon, and according to the original plan, Cameron won't come out, he will have a boxed lunch in the studio, and then the shooting continues.

But now that Zhou Fangyuan is here, and it is said that there are still very important things, Cameron can't turn a blind eye, but fortunately, as Zhou Fangyuan said, there is still plenty of time for filming.

The film plan is currently three, and others don't know how likely it is to succeed, but Zhou Fangyuan is still clear.

Cameron's directing level is there first, and it will not be bad in itself, which is one of them.

When the game World of Warcraft was first launched, it caused a global sensation, and he knew very well that as long as he could take advantage of this momentum, the movie could not fail.

At an average rate of one and a half years for an expansion, the release of the third film will be at least four years later. Of course, if it is at the speed of the national server, it may go back for a long time. In the original time and space, Wrath of the Lich King in the national server was launched nearly two years later than in other places, so that it was obviously the pinnacle of the plot, but domestic players did not get a good experience. It is at this stage that the number of domestic players has begun to lose, but at that time, Warcraft was still the best game in China, so even if it was two years longer than others, the number of domestic players was still not small.

Needless to say, the specific reason is nothing more than the problem of the agency.

This doesn't exist in this plane, because Blizzard won't choose any other agency other than Far Away Games, that's for sure, unless Mike doesn't want to do it.

Therefore, the game version will definitely be updated smoothly, so if nothing else, Wrath of the Lich King in this life will be launched at the scheduled and correct time, so this time will be about four years later. The time is calculated like this, the game itself, it will not be launched until next year at the earliest, and it will be a year to get the end of next year, which will be a year, and then a year and a half, and the Burning Crusade version will be updated, and in another year and a half, it will be the version of the Lich King, which adds up to exactly four years.

It is not easy to produce three movies in four years in theory, and with the temperament of Cameron, the king of ticket jumping, there is still the possibility of ticket jumping at that time.

But then again, the movie is originally a supplement to the game, and it doesn't matter if it's late, so Zhou Fangyuan dared to say that he was not in a hurry, and asked Cameron not to get too stuck in time.

After waiting for a while, the food came up, and the two began to eat, and when they were almost finished, Cameron finally began to ask Zhou Fangyuan about the purpose of coming to the United States this time.

Zhou Fangyuan didn't hide anything, and told him about the situation he was encountering now, Tom wanted to join the filming of Iron Man, which was actually not a big problem, but from Marvel to find fault all the time, and in the end he couldn't find fault and leave, and Tom appeared when he turned around, Zhou Fangyuan still felt that something was wrong from inside, because the time difference between them was too small, basically the degree of the front and rear feet, although it did not cause actual losses to the crew, but it affected the filming of the crew. Zhou Fangyuan didn't have any evidence, but he didn't need evidence for this kind of thing, he felt that there was a problem, so he had to figure out these things.

So he found Cameron, and he felt that if this kind of thing was Cameron, he would definitely be able to figure out the door inside.

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