Special effects blockbusters, it's really not something anyone can play. Since Lu Lin entered the Chinese film market with "The Return of the Great Sage", although they all know that Longlin Pictures has made a lot of money, they all want to enter this field to make a profit. But except for Longlin, no film company has really become a climate.

The reason for this situation is mainly due to the limited investment of funds, the lack of directors, the theme of the script and other reasons.

In terms of funds, because of the emergence of Lu Lin, the production cost of Chinese special effects blockbusters has reached the threshold of 100 million US dollars.

The second is the lack of directors, in today's Chinese film market, there are only a few excellent commercial blockbuster directors. Zhang Yimu is preparing for "The Great Wall", and it will take time to test the skills of the special effects blockbuster.

Chen Kaige is not invited by ordinary people, and Director Feng has lost confidence in blockbusters. Jiang Wen is a very maverick figure.

Xu Ke's special effects are playing well, but it's a pity that he can't tell stories anymore. Zheng Baorui has only filmed "Journey to the West: Havoc in the Sky", although the box office is good, but the special effects and reputation are too poor.

The ones who really say that the special effects are slippery, except for Lu Lin and Xu Ke, are the rising stars Wuershan.

As for the theme of the script, it must also rely on the themes of "Flood Wilderness", "Fengshen", and "Journey to the West".

Especially the theme of "Fengshen", firstly, there is an original work, and secondly, it can rub the traffic of "Flood Famine".

As early as March this year, Hong Kong Island Zhongxing Group announced that it would invest 300 million yuan to start filming the 3D version of "Fengshen Bang". Ye Weixin served as the film director. King Su and Daji are played by Liang Jiahui and Shu Qi respectively, Jiang Ziya is played by Li Yangzhong, and the couple Huang Xiaoming and Yang Tianbao play Erlang God and Mermaid ...... respectively.

Initially, Zhonghua Xing Group contacted Lu Lin through Li Yangzhong and wanted to ask him to direct, but he was decisively refused.

In addition, director Wu Yishan also wants to shoot "Romance of the Gods", and he has said many times before that whether it is "Painted Skin 2" or "Looking for the Dragon", to some extent, they are "practicing" for "Fengshen".

He has been obsessed with the characters in the book since he was a child, hoping to gnaw this bone well, and is willing to spend more than ten or twenty years concentrating on this field and making high-quality oriental magic blockbusters.

Many companies are really interested in this, after all, Wuershan's "Painted Skin 2" and "Dragon Quest" are considered successful. But when I talked to him, most of them gave up.

Because Wuershan plans to shoot a trilogy together, with a total investment of 3 billion, how can this average company stand it!

Song Ge also talked to Wu Ershan, after all, there are really only a few directors in the industry who can make good special effects blockbusters. But after Wuershan learned that Longlin Pictures had its own "god plan", he couldn't talk about it anymore, and the matter could only be stopped temporarily.

In addition to the directors of Zhonghua Xing Group and Wuershan, there are also special effects blockbusters in the Chinese film industry that want to make special effects blockbusters, namely Xixia Film Group and Qilan Pictures.

In the office of the CEO of Xixia Film Group, Yang Hongtao, Pang Hong, and Yang Zhenjian sat opposite each other, discussing the box office of "Nuwa Mending the Sky" and their new film plans.

These three are not ordinary people in the Chinese film industry, and they became famous with "Painted Skin" in their early years. At that time, it was still called Xixia Film Studio, and the debt of Xixia Factory reached 5 million yuan.

So they gave it a go and borrowed 10 million from Xixia Radio and Television Station to prepare for the filming of "Painted Skin". In the end, the six major partners raised a total of 80 million shooting funds, and finally won 230 million box office and became the annual box office champion.

After the success of "Painted Skin", Xixia Film Studio completed the restructuring in 09 and changed its name to Xixia Film Group.

In 10 years, Pang Hong resigned as vice president and established Qiscale Pictures. Yang Zhenjian, art director and marketing director of "Painted Skin", served as vice president, and in 12 years, the two successfully launched "Painted Skin 2".

Although because of Lu Lin, the results of "Painted Skin 2" are not as dazzling as those of another time and space. But Pang Hong and Yang Zhenjian are also well-known figures in the Chinese film industry.

It has been two years since the release of "Painted Skin 2", and these people have also been preparing for "Painted Skin 3", but now they have decided to give up.

"Wuershan is now bent on filming Fengshen, and he doesn't want to take "Painted Skin 3"!" Yang Zhenjian said with some hatred.

Yang Hongtao said regretfully: "Is there no one else who can take the position?"

Pang Hong said: "Chen Jiashang has always failed at the box office in the past two years, it is too risky to use him, Xu Ke, we can't invite him!"

Yang Hongtao said: "It would be nice if I could cooperate with Longlin Pictures!"

Pang Hong sneered, "Lu Lin's person has some skills, but he is also arrogant, I went to his company to find a few times and didn't see anyone, then Song Ge didn't look down on people!"

Yang Hongtao said: "The global box office of a movie is more than one billion dollars, the only 3 billion director in China, and a young man who is only 30 years old, how can he not be arrogant!"

Yang Zhenjian also sighed, ""Nuwa Mends the Sky" is nearly one billion in four days, how could he have imagined this a few years ago, he really dared to shoot it!"

Pang Hong said: "It's better to envy others than to shoot the film yourself, now there is no suitable director, and this "Painted Skin 3" can't be dragged on forever!"

Yang Hongtao asked, "Do you have to have these famous directors?"

Yang Zhenjian said: "The script of the third mainly talks about the nine-tailed demon fox, and it is necessary to create a demon world, and our current level is still poor." ”

"What should I do then?" Yang Hongtao was a little embarrassed, although "Painted Skin 2" had good results, but the group couldn't keep eating the old book of "Painted Skin 2", and there had to be a new work.

Yang Zhenjian suddenly said: "Actually, I have always had an idea, that is, to create a top-notch magic movie in three to five years!"

Yang Hongtao smacked his tongue, "For so long, Lu Lin is shooting fast, blockbusters one after another!"

Yang Zhenjian smiled bitterly, "Some people are geniuses, this is really incomparable!"

Yang Hongtao nodded, agreeing with his statement, and suddenly said, "By the way, what is the name of the movie you want to make!"

Yang Zhenjian and Pang Hong glanced at each other, and the former said solemnly: "Asura!"

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In Hengdian Film and Television City, in a small room on the set of "Yitian", the reporter of "Nandu Entertainment", who was allowed to come in to visit the class for interviews, asked questions about "Nuwa Mending the Sky" and "Yitian" one after another, and suddenly said: "Director Lu Lin, I don't know what kind of new film plan you will have after filming?"

Lu Lin thought for a while and said: "It may be a god, but it may also be the Yellow Emperor fighting Chiyou, I haven't thought too much about it!"

"Why not Journey to the West?" the reporter asked.

Lu Lin smiled, "The audience is too familiar with the story of 'Journey to the West', although the publicity is favorable, it is difficult to shoot new ideas!"