321. Warcraft Movie Project
Beijing roast duck is famous all over the world, and the first thing many crooked nuts come to China is to eat a roast duck to satisfy their curiosity.
The roast duck in the capital is really delicious, the material is high-quality meat duck Peking duck, the fruit charcoal is grilled, the color is ruddy, the meat is fat but not greasy, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Roll a Zen-like lotus leaf cake, add shredded cucumber and green onions, and then spread some sweet noodle sauce, roll it and eat it in your mouth, a variety of delicious mixtures are definitely a taste enjoyment.
There are two major factions of roast duck in Beijing, it is said that when Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang "a daily eclipse roast duck", the imperial chefs in the court tried their best to develop a new way to eat duck to please Long Live Lord, so they also developed two kinds of fork barbecue duck and stewed oven roast duck. The fork barbecue duck is represented by "Quanjude", while the barbecue duck is most famous for the "cheap shop".
In fact, there is a saying that the roast duck in the cheap shop is more delicious, but there is a standard for this thing, after all, it depends on each person's taste, but in terms of the taste of crooked nuts, it may be that the roast duck of Quanjude is more in line with their eating habits.
So Zhou Fangyuan directly took Mike to Quanjude and asked for a duck, and the two ate it.
The master of the duck slice the duck at their table, and the duck with the belt meat is sliced into clove leaves, neatly arranged on the plate. Mike ate nearly a whole duck in one go before he stopped, his mouth full of oil.
"It's delicious, it's delicious......"
Mike burped as he said, "This kind of stuff I eat every day." ”
Then you still have to die of exhaustion?
Zhou Fangyuan thought to himself.
"I think it's delicious, in fact, our Chinese cuisine has a long history, and there are countless types of food. In the future, I will come often when I have the opportunity, and you will know if I take you to taste all kinds of delicacies. ”
Zhou Fangyuan said.
"Don't worry, boss, even if you don't say that I will come often in the future, I never thought that ducks can be so delicious, especially this skin, it is really fragrant. ”
Mike said with emotion.
This is true, Zhou Fangyuan also likes to eat the skin of roast duck, especially the subcutaneous fat is roasted and oily, the duck skin is crispy, and the oil is bubbling when you bite into it, the taste is really fragrant and fragrant.
After eating, the two rested for a while, and the soup boiled on the duck rack was also served, and one person drank a bowl, and the duck soup was also good. It is light and refreshing, with a faint aroma of duck meat in it, and the green coriander floating in the soup also gives people a feeling of removing oil and greasy.
After drinking two bowls of soup, Mike really couldn't eat anymore, Zhou Fangyuan took him out of the roast duck restaurant, and then the two took a taxi to Zhou Fangyuan's studio.
Near the studio, Zhou Fangyuan found Mike a good hotel, I don't dare to say how high-end it is, but it is better than being clean. And Zhou Fangyuan's group of friends finally saw the living crooked nuts for the first time, Li Yuechao is an ambitious one, and he came up to try to talk to Mike in English, but unfortunately his spoken language was too poor for Mike to understand. And Mike speaks English with a lot of slang and other colloquial words, and Li Yuechao can't understand it very well.
The result can only be a chicken and a duck, and at the critical moment, Zhou Fangyuan has to translate beside him.
The others also tried to say a few words correctly, but except for Lin Yueya, basically no one could say ten sentences in a row with Mike.
"Boss, your girlfriend is so good. ”
Before leaving the hotel, Mike gave Zhou Fangyuan a thumbs up.
Lin Yueya hugged Zhou Fangyuan's arm when she heard this, and her face was full of joy.
"No matter how good it is, it's my girlfriend, and it has nothing to do with you. ”
Zhou Fangyuan glanced at Mike and said.
“......”
Mike suddenly had a helpless expression on his face, "Boss, I didn't mean that......"
"Haha, I know, just kidding you. ”
Zhou Fangyuan smiled and patted Mike's shoulder.
"Okay, you can rest, but remember not to go to bed too early, and stick with it a little more to help you reverse the jet lag. ”
"I know, I fly all over the world a lot. ”
Mike nodded.
"That's good, I won't bother you for now, get a good night's sleep tonight, I'll pick you up tomorrow morning, and we'll go to Shenzhen." ”
Zhou Fangyuan said, and prepared to leave with Lin Yueya.
"Shenzhen, the city of China's reform and opening up, where to go and what to do?"
Mike asked, confused.
"It's the matter of the recruitment website, in addition to you, this time I also called Mr. Li, as well as my other two partners, one of them is the head of Tengxun, you should know. ”
"yes, I know, I remember his name was Pony, right, it's a weird name. ”
Mike said.
"Haha, it doesn't matter what the name is, the important thing is that this person is very good, his instant messaging software is currently the largest communication software in Huaxia, with tens of millions of registered users, don't underestimate him." ”
Zhou Fangyuan said with a smile.
"Of course not!"
Mike immediately said with a serious expression, "With tens of millions of users, this company is not as bad as Blizzard, how could I underestimate such a person." Don't worry, boss, I'm not that shallow yet. ”
"Of course, I know you're not that kind of person," Zhou Fangyuan nodded, "The other person I'm going to take you to meet is the president of the Ari Group, have you heard of it?"
"I've heard of it, I don't know his name, but I know that his website is also for e-commerce, similar to Amazon. ”
Mike said.
"It's not exactly the same, but it's pretty much the same, he is now also working on making his website the strongest e-commerce website in China, this person is also very good, and his English is very good, you will be more relaxed to communicate with him." ”
Zhou Fangyuan said.
"Actually, boss, your English is very good, among the Chinese people I know, there are not many people who can speak better English than you. ”
Mike complimented.
Zhou Fangyuan waved his hand, "Don't praise me, I know best what level I have, and my English is average." Okay, don't talk about it, you rest first, I'll come to you tomorrow morning, remember to leave your phone alone, I won't look for you when I can. ”
This mobile phone refers to the mobile phone that Zhou Fangyuan gave to Mike.
When Mike comes to Huaxia, he naturally has to use Huaxia's mobile phone and signal card, otherwise making a call is an international long-distance call, and the phone signal must be transferred to the other side of the ocean and then turned back, how troublesome it is, it is better to prepare a Huaxia mobile phone number for him directly, so that it is convenient for everyone.
It doesn't cost much anyway.
"I understand. ”
Mike nodded.
Then Zhou Fangyuan left the hotel with Lin Yueya, Duan Xiao and Li Yuechao were already waiting impatiently outside.
The group went out to play all afternoon and had dinner, and then after Zhou Fangyuan sent Duan Xiao and them back, he took Lin Yueya to the hotel.
There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, Zhou Fangyuan got up, cleaned himself up, and after talking to Lin Yueya, he left the hotel to pick up Mike.
The plane was at one o'clock in the afternoon, and they still had some time, Zhou Fangyuan took Mike to a media company, met with Sun Jing, and introduced the identities of both parties, Zhou Fangyuan explained his future plan with Sun Jing and Mike in the conference room.
"Movies?"
Mike's eyes widened.
"Yes, don't you want to make a movie about Warcraft?"
Zhou Fangyuan said with a smile.
"This ...... Can it be done?"
"Why not? Game IP adaptation of movies is nothing new, don't you feel a bit wasteful if you don't make good use of such a high-quality IP as Warcraft?"
Zhou Fangyuan said with a smile.
Regarding the Warcraft movie, he is really full of resentment. Before he was reborn, it was only two years after the first Warcraft movie was released, but the response was very poor. At that time, it was said that the vast majority of the film's main box office came from China, then Germany and Russia, but it was the European and American markets that should theoretically be better, but the response was mediocre. Why is this happening? Zhou Fangyuan has read a lot of analysis posts, not to mention the quality of the movie, regardless of the plot, the first and most important point is the question of time.
The Warcraft movie was not released in the most popular years of Warcraft, but was released when the Warcraft game had begun to decline, and Blizzard's idea should be to use the movie to save the city and give the game a boost.
Such an idea is not wrong, but how to say it, it has been too long, many people have been AFK for many years, and that little bit of affection in their hearts has been almost worn out. And there are too many high-quality games in Europe and the United States, Warcraft is just one of them, when it was the most prosperous, it did not occupy a crushing market share in the European and American online game markets, and as a result, the movie was released after so many years, and the shooting was still very average, and it was a hell of a situation if the results could improve.
And to be honest, the movie can't be said to be bad, but it's still not very friendly to ordinary moviegoers.
There are too many things that have not been introduced, the plot jumps faster, and even changes a lot of plots...... In short, whether it is a Warcraft player or an ordinary audience, the evaluation cannot be described as very good, anyway, the expression of what you like is not bad, and if you don't like it, you will be scolded directly.
So in this life, Zhou Fangyuan thought, would he be able to get the movie out earlier?
It doesn't matter if Blizzard doesn't have the energy, it can provide assistance on its own side, the crew, investment, shooting, and distribution, and they can all help on their own side, and Blizzard is responsible for providing the script and technical support, and it will definitely be able to make a lot of money in the early years, and in the most prosperous years of the game.
And to be honest, the circle of money is still secondary, the world view of Warcraft is very grand, and the depth of the plot is enough, as long as you shoot carefully, don't say much, the plot of Warcraft 1 can be filmed in a trilogy, and there is no problem in making twenty movies in the main plot. Coupled with the biography, side plots, character biographies, etc., it is not an exaggeration to say that if everything goes well, there is no pressure to make dozens of movies.
But the premise is that it must be filmed well, the plot must be strictly controlled, and the release time must be grasped well, and the first step must be solid, otherwise if one is not done well, the entire series of IP may be destroyed, so he will call Mike over and discuss this matter with him in person.