Zhang Pu didn't stay on the crew of "My Sassy Girlfriend" for long.

This film, his name as a producer, is just a name.

Almost all of the films he wrote were like this.

Zhang Pu is still quite confident in Wang Bo's directing ability.

Before the filming of this film, Wang Bo had discussed it with him many times, and basically hollowed out some of his understanding of this film.

In this way, if he can't make this film well, then he really doesn't have the talent to be a director.

Is he talented?

Although "Three Lives, Three Worlds and Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms" is only a TV series, it can also show Wang Bo's directing skills.

After "My Sassy Girlfriend" was launched, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern 2" also entered the publicity stage.

This film, adapted from Zhang Pu's original book, directed by Xu Ming, and starring Chen Huatao, Huang Ye, Tang Rui and other original characters of "Looking for the Dragon", is undoubtedly the most anticipated film by fans on New Year's Day and Christmas.

In this film, Zhang Pu is naturally also a nominal producer.

"Looking for the Dragon" once topped the domestic box office list and was also the first film to break 2 billion.

As the second installment in this series, the box office of this film has naturally attracted much attention.

"This film, if it doesn't have a box office of 2 billion, it won't be a success. Jiang Xingwen said.

His expectations for this film are quite high.

"If the box office of this film breaks 600 million, it seems that it will be able to return to its original cost, right?" Zhang Pu said with a smile.

The investment in this film is less than 200 million.

Of course, this is not counting the remuneration of Chen Huatao, Huang Ye, and Tang Rui and others.

They don't get paid, they get dividends.

If this is included, the investment is obviously much larger than the first part.

This is not only because the special effects scenes in it are bigger, but also because the market is different.

Prices are rising.

"What about the first 2.4 billion box office? I didn't say 3 billion is already good. Jiang Xingwen said with a smile, "What's more, it's really not what I said." ”

The goal of two billion is naturally directly related to the box office of the first part.

If the box office does not reach 2 billion, it is a failure.

This is indeed not what Jiang Xingwen said, almost everyone said so, including the film's director Xu Ming.

"What, you don't have confidence in the box office of this film?" Jiang Xingwen looked at Zhang Pu and asked.

Zhang Pu's estimated box office, if you zoom in, it is actually very accurate.

"It's useless for me to be confident!" Zhang Pu shook his head and said.

Does it make sense to estimate the box office?

That's up to everyone.

Of course, estimating the box office is a habit for many filmmakers.

This may be of great use in exercising the vision of the film market.

Zhang Pu also has the habit of estimating the box office.

It's just not as accurate.

"Two billion box office, it should be no problem!" Zhang Pu saw Jiang Xingwen looking at him, and then said with a smile.

After all, there is a foundation for the first part, as long as the quality of the film is not bad, even if the box office is not as good as the first one, it will not be too bad.

And how about the film, Zhang Pu has seen it before.

is not blowing or black, it is not worse than "Looking for the Dragon" directed by him, and even in terms of special effects, it has been improved.

Of course you, this doesn't mean that Xu Ming is more powerful than Zhang Pu.

This is not unrelated to the improvement of special effects technology.

"Have you ever thought about creating another series of movies like "Ghost Blowing the Lantern"?" Jiang Xingwen suddenly asked.

"Isn't "Journey to the West" been?" Zhang Pu was stunned for a moment, and then said.

"Journey to the West" ...... It seems to be true.

Even to some extent, it is more "perfect" than the series of movies.

After all, this series, in addition to movies, has also created TV series, cartoons, and peripheral products.

"You have left me speechless. Jiang Xingwen shook his head and said.

The series of movies he wants to create again is obviously not like "Journey to the West".

"I'll think about it!" Zhang Pu thought for a moment and said.

Zhang Pu actually understood what Jiang Xingwen was referring to.

Department of movies?

Is there anything in Zhang Pu's mind?

There must be.

For example, the domestic "Detective Chinatown" series, "Monster Hunt" series, etc.

These are not bad at the box office.

As for foreign ones, it's even more.

For example, Wen Hao's "Jurassic Park" and so on.

Of course, if you want to take this series of movies to the extreme, it must be Marvel movies.

He has gone beyond the scope of a series of movies and directly built a "Marvel Universe" movie.

Imitate "Marvel" and create a "Xianxia" movie world, or a "fantasy" movie series?

That's a lot of difficulty.

Rather than this, it is better to go directly to Hollywood, buy a film and television company, and then directly get the Marvel universe out.

Hey?

Thinking of this, Zhang Pu suddenly felt a little moved.

This seems to be a promising thing!

Marvel came back to life with a "Iron Man", and then swept the global box office, and even squeezed "Avatar" off the global box office list.

This is a golden rooster that lays eggs!

Zhang Pu's heart suddenly became hot.

However, it seems too early to talk about this.

Let's shoot "Transformers" first!

"How?"

Jiang Bin asked Zhang Pu.

In the preparation of "Transformers", he seems to be more attentive and thorough than Zhang Pu.

And Zhang Pu is more just grasping a general direction.

"Very good!"

Zhang Pu looked up at the Transformers in front of him.

The Autobot model in the film naturally cannot rely on special effects, and it also needs to be built.

Moreover, the model is still built in a one-to-one scale.

Zhang Pu had to look up to see the face of "Bumblebee".

"When will the rest be done. Zhang Pu then asked.

"It's definitely no problem at the end of the year. Jiang Bin said.

Zhang Pu nodded.

In the preparation of the film, props are only one of the aspects.

"When is the film going to start?" Jiang Bin asked curiously.

He couldn't wait.

With the deepening of preparations, he is more and more optimistic about this film entering the international market.

"Early next year!" Zhang Pu thought for a while, and then said with a smile, "By the way, when Brother Jiang Bin was in Hollywood, he seemed to have made a low-budget zombie movie?"

"Yes!"

Jiang Bin nodded, but looked at Zhang Pu with some confusion.

He did make a small-budget zombie movie, and the box office was not bad.

That is also Jiang Bin's most masterful film.

It's just that why did Zhang Pu suddenly mention it today?

"Then let's take some time to talk?" Zhang Pu said with a smile.

"Okay!" Jiang Bin smiled and said.

It seems that the company is preparing itself to "practice" a zombie movie.

Domestic zombie films...... Are you sure it's not a zombie movie?

Foreign zombie films, that belong to the category of science fiction films.

The domestic zombie films belong to the category of gods and demons films, which are naturally different.

However, the box office of this kind of film in China is just like that.

"See?"

Back in the office, Zhang Pu handed the script to Jiang Bin and said.

"Two scripts?" Jiang Bin said with some surprise.

"A department, this is just the script of the first two parts. As for the back, it hasn't been written yet. Zhang Pu said with a smile, "As for whether you still write it or not, then let's talk about it." ”

If the first part hits the street at the box office, let alone the back, it is a question whether the second part will be filmed.

Jiang Bin nodded, but did not dwell on this issue.

"Before, Lao Jiang approached me and wanted to make a big heroine movie, and he seemed to be more optimistic about the market for this kind of movie. Therefore, the movies in this series are the heroine C position. Zhang Pu continued.

Jiang Bin was a little surprised.

It's not uncommon for Hollywood movies with female protagonists in the C position.

However, it is not very common in China.

Is there a market for this type of film?

Absolutely!

It's just that relatively speaking, the risk is greater, and there are probably not many people who are willing to invest.

"I'm also quite optimistic about the market for this type of film. Jiang Bin said with a smile.

Not only in the international market, but also in the domestic film market.

This can actually be seen from the increasing number of domestic heroine C TV series.

Zhang Pu and the two didn't say anything more, and Jiang Bin looked through the script.

"Resident Evil"?

The plot of the first part is not complicated, telling the story of the supercomputer "Red Queen" out of control and becoming a huge threat to mankind, and after scientists are infected with a virus and come back to life as zombies, a special task force launches a rescue operation.

This film belongs to the thriller sci-fi genre, and of course, there are some action elements.

The plot of the second part continues from the first part, the film tells the story of the survivor heroine in the first part who wakes up to find that she is being used as the latest biochemical test by the umbrella company, with super strength, perception and sensitivity, and her mission is to find survivors of the accident.

In order to complete the mission, she and her team must fight their way through the zombie-infested city as fast as possible, or else there is nothing but death waiting for them......

Compared with the first part, the scene of the second part is undoubtedly larger, there are more special effects, and the investment is naturally much larger.

Of course, even if it is the first part, there is no location shooting, and the investment is not small.

At least it's much bigger than any of his previous films.

This film may not be a big production in Hollywood, but it is definitely considered in China.

Of course, even if it is the second part, it is estimated that the investment is not as good as "Transformers"!

"I'll take it back and study it first. Jiang Bin watched the two films at the beginning, and then said to Zhang Pu.

"This film is not in a hurry. Zhang Pu nodded and said with a smile.

Jiang Bin also needs to serve as the assistant director of "Transformers".

This film, even if it is to start preparation, will have to wait for "Transformers" to be completed.

The reason why he was given in advance was nothing more than that the preparations for "Transformers" were nearing the end, and it didn't take much effort for him to start thinking about his own film in advance.

"Resident Evil" is a series, there are several in total, and the reputation is different, but they are all extremely good.

Of course, if the box office is poor, it won't be able to shoot so much.

In addition, in this series, in addition to movies, there are also anime and games. Whether there will be cartoons or not, Zhang Pu has not decided for the time being, but there will be game development.

"Jumanji" was a global hit at the box office, but Zhang Pu made more money from the game.

Zhang Pu, who tasted the sweetness, how could he not get the game out?