Chapter XXII Funding Issues
Film censorship, in fact, the dragon mark is not the key, what really matters is the technical review certificate at the end of the film, and only two certificates can be released. Because most viewers will not sit until the end of the credits, they only have an impression of the dragon mark.
But in fact, the first round of dragon mark review only confirmed that there was no problem with the general direction of the film's content. More detailed and rigorous scrutiny is in the second round of technical review.
Because of the long review process, many foreign blockbusters that want to be released simultaneously in China are often not done well in the later stage, so they are submitted for review first, and the censors see that the green screen and blue screen Weiya have not removed the hair clippings.
After the first round of review and the dragon mark is obtained, it means that there is no problem with the film "in principle", and the filmmaker can take the dragon mark to make the master disk of the digital projection medium.
The technical review looks at the finished version of the film, without WIA and green screen, and it can only be finally released after it is passed.
The 36-member film censorship committee, which decides whether a film can pass the censorship, is not all radio and television officials, but comes from all walks of life. Among them are professors from film academies and ordinary universities, as well as veteran film directors, and officials from other departments and levels. You don't have to be there every time you review the film, as long as most of them come.
And distribution giants such as China Film, Huayi, Bona, and Guangxian are more or less always connected with the review committee, so "The Return of the Great Sage" will cause such a big repercussion after it has passed the review.
In the 3D projection room of Bona, when the end credits are finished and the lights in the room are turned on, everyone is still in a shocking feeling.
Of course, in terms of grand scenes and fantastic magnificence, "The Return of the Great Sage" is still more than a step worse than "Avatar", after all, the story and characters are there, but this is already amazing.
Chinese movies are not without 3D blockbusters, in 10 years, "Su Qier", which claimed to create the Chinese "fine film" genre, and the big bad movie "The Legend of the Devil: Don Quixote" have been released successively, and the latter was jointly released by Bo Na behind China Film.
The so-called no comparison, no harm, after feeling the 3D picture of "Avatar", after experiencing the devastation of "Su Qier" and "The Legend of the Demon Heroes: Don Quixote", but any filmmaker with a little vision, who can't see the preciousness of "The Return of the Great Sage"?
It's no wonder that some people on the censorship committee cried on the spot, saying that the rise of Chinese films is promising!
Although Yu Dong didn't think it was so profound, he also felt that what the friend who called was true, so he took the lead in standing up and applauding: "Director Lu's film has opened our eyes!"
Lu Lin got up and smiled: "It's a good achievement!"
Yu Dong smiled: "Let's talk about the details in another place!"
Lu Lin had no objection, took the hard drive and put it away, and followed Yu Dong and the others to a conference room. After the guests and hosts sat down, Yu Dong was a little puzzled, "Director Lu, I read the production information on the film, only the Longlin Studio under your name?
Lu Lin didn't have a good reputation in the past, and he was worse than his senior brother Wu Jing, even if he worked hard to make some money a few years ago, he thought that there would be two or three million. And to watch the special effects scenes of "The Return of the Great Sage", it will cost at least 100 million. When it was announced, it was no problem to blow it to 200 million.
Look at the effect of the haunting heavenly palace at the beginning, the tall and mighty spirit god, like the fierce aura of a prehistoric giant beast, the real texture of the skin, expression, is completely the level of Hollywood!
No, Hollywood is afraid that it is not at this level at the moment, and I used to think that the Hulk in "The Incredible Hulk" was good. can be compared with the giant spirit god in "The Return of the Great Sage", it seems a little fake.
Seeing Yu Dong ask about investment, Lu Lin smiled and said: "The shooting costs in the early stage of the film are indeed borne by Longlin Studio. As for the production cost of the special effects in the later stage, it was funded by a friend!"
Huang Minfang, the secretary of the board of directors, said with a smile: "Oh, I can't imagine that Director Lu still has such a friend, and he doesn't leave his name when he pays for it?"
Lu Lin smiled, "It's really low-key!"
Yu Dong said with a smile: "Director Lu, if we cooperate with each other, we must be open and honest, your source of funds is a mystery, if there is any risk in the future, let us know the bottom of our hearts, right?
Lu Lin said with a smile: "Mr. Yu is right to be worried, but you can rest assured that the source of investment is definitely not illegal funds." It's just that there are some personal reasons that are inconvenient to disclose to the outside world. If it's hard to make a decision, it's okay to give me an answer later!" said in his heart: "You can't find out if you're tired, because there is no one at all!"
When Yu Dong heard this, it became more and more difficult to make a decision in his heart. "The Return of the Great Sage" is a good film, and if the publicity is good, it will definitely be a box office hit. But the problem is that no matter how you look at this thing, it is weird, so that people can't figure it out, and if something is abnormal, it must be a demon!
"Okay, Mr. Lu sit here for a while, let us have a meeting, how about giving you an answer in twenty minutes?" Yu Dong glanced at his watch and said, he didn't dare to let Lu Lin go, if Lu Lin was robbed by Guang Xian or Hua Yi, and he would be released smoothly and make a lot of money, his name Yu Dong would be planted!
Lu Lin smiled: "Okay, you discuss, I'm not in a hurry!"
Yu Dong and other executives went out to the president's office, and Huang Minfang, the secretary of the board of directors, called the beautiful woman at the front desk and asked her to send Lu Lin some fruit drinks and talk with her. That is, its artists are filming in other places, otherwise they will definitely call a little star to accompany them!
The little girl at the front desk had already heard the rumor that the young man who was waiting for her to fill out the form and wait for the reception seemed to be very powerful, and he was quite fancy. Busy stepping on high heels, he took the fruit plate coffee to the conference room.
Lu Lin saw that it was the little beauty at the front desk, and smiled indifferently and said thank you. Seeing that she put down her things and didn't leave, she didn't have the intention of provoking, so she picked up her coffee and drank it quietly.
The girl at the front desk was very curious about Lu Lin, her eyes kept wandering, and she stopped talking.
"Lu ......!" the girl only said one sentence, but it happened that Lu Lin's mobile phone rang, so she could only swallow the words back.
"Hey, sister, what, can't you come up downstairs in Bona? Oh, okay, then I'll tell them, if it's really not good, I'll go out. After hanging up the phone, Lu Lin got up and said, "By the way, can you find the leader who called you over, I have something to tell her?"
The girl at the front desk didn't know how to deal with this kind of thing, so she panicked for a moment, and hurriedly got up and said, "Mr. Lu, you wait...... Wait a minute, I'm going to find the leader!" said he walked out in a panic, and almost broke his foot.
Huang Minfang naturally knew from Jiang Haisheng that the glamorous person was stopped downstairs, and if it was usual, it would definitely be fine, and he resolutely couldn't let people come up. When the project grabbed the company, it was too unreasonable to take Bo Na seriously.
But now Mr. Yu is entangled in the source of funding for the filming of "The Return of the Great Sage", but he can consider whether to pull on the glamour and jointly distribute it.