Chapter 97 Restart the domestic kung fu film brand
Wu Jing's eighteen-month military career has also come to an end, and he is currently preparing for the "Wolf Warrior" series that will allow him to set foot on the fire channel in the future.
"Hey, Wu Jing, how is the preparation of "Wolf Warrior"?" Jiang Bai went over with a wine glass and smiled at Wu Jing.
Wu Jing came over and touched the cup with him, took a sip, and then said: "I am still preparing, I am currently preparing the script, I went back and thought about the opinions you put forward to me last time, it is indeed very reasonable, the script of "Wolf Warrior" needs to be further improved." ”
As early as when Wu Jing was still experiencing life in the army, she had already exchanged the script of "Wolf Warrior" with Jiang Bai through the Internet.
The Wolf Warrior script he took out is undoubtedly the script of "Wolf Warrior" in his previous life.
What Jiang Bai pointed out for him was the various problems in "Wolf Warrior" in his previous life.
There is no doubt that compared to "Wolf Warrior II", "Wolf Warrior" has many flaws.
This is the reason why the box office performance of "Wolf Warrior" in the previous life was not good enough.
Of course, it's not good enough here, it's just compared to "Wolf Warrior II", in fact, even "Wolf Warrior", in the films of the same period, is also the existence of colleagues in seconds.
It has to be said that this kind of theme of rape of nationalist feelings is almost destined to succeed in a specific period.
With the improvement of China's comprehensive national strength, the national self-confidence has been significantly enhanced, and the people have begun to get tired of those films that entertain themselves and are inferior.
They need this kind of film that promotes national prestige and force.
This situation does not only exist in the film market, in fact, it was first reflected in the online text market.
It is not unreasonable to say that online literature is the upstream of the entire entertainment industry, and all trends start to become popular from online literature.
In contrast, whether it is a game, a movie, a movie, or an anime, it is necessary to be one step slower.
is like the rebirth theme that is about to become popular in the film and television industry, in fact, it has long been a badly written theme in the online literature circle.
This kind of theme of a strong country and a beating of Europe and the United States was also popular all over the online literature circle as early as 08 and 09.
In the film and television industry, "Wolf Warrior" has just been established.
In fact, when "Wolf Warrior II" is very popular in the future, this theme is no longer popular in the online literature circle.
At that time, readers were watching the invasion of the other world, and the aura was revived and flowed.
In short, despite the increase in national self-confidence, readers feel that the earth has no rivals, and simply beating Europe and the United States can no longer provide them with a sense of refreshment.
Just like many special effects blockbusters in Hollywood, only aliens and otherworldly monsters are qualified to be their enemies.
Well, let's get down to business.
The main reason why the box office of "Wolf Warrior" did not meet expectations is that, in the words of the online article, it is not cool enough.
It's not that the shooting is not cool enough, but there is a problem with the plot setting.
You said that you are a dignified special forces, standing at the pinnacle of human individual force, and you actually hold a bayonet to fight wolves hand-to-hand.
I went, and this level was pulled from the sky to the dunghill at once.
No matter how intense you shoot, is the fight still useful in real life?
There is also the issue of dealing with foreign mercenaries.
It turned out to be a small number of mercenaries who invaded, and then were surrounded and suppressed by the national special forces of the brigade.
I don't know what the editor wants to show, is it to show that the enemy will invade and fall into the vast sea of people's war?
Well, it is also possible to be considerate of the difficulties of editors and directors.
After all, due to the requirements of the superiors, foreign mercenaries cannot enter too much, and since it is a domestic battle, it is naturally that I am outnumbered.
It's just that in this way, it's really hard to set the coolness.
After all, isn't it normal to win with more and less?
On the contrary, it is a bit new to set the plot as an overseas mercenary to win.
It's just that if you really do this, it is estimated that this film will not be able to meet the audience.
Therefore, the script of "Wolf Warrior" is problematic.
However, there are no more problems, but the flaws are not hidden, as the first military special effects blockbuster that came out in China, it has still won the recognition of the audience and achieved good box office results.
But keep improving, now that Jiang Bai is remaking this film, of course, these places must be corrected one by one.
However, Jiang Bai came to Wu Jing this time, not to discuss the script of "Wolf Warrior".
Jiang Bai said with a smile: ""Wolf Warrior" can be prepared slowly, don't worry, I am looking for you today, mainly to talk to you about "Tianzun". "Zhu Xian" is finished, and "Tianzun" can be put on the agenda. I'm going to let you be the male number one, Zhang Yishan the male number two, Ying Bao female number one, Di Fat female number two, and the other supporting roles are mainly selected from your senior brothers, what do you think?"
"It's no problem for Ying Bao and Di Fat to be the first and second women, this drama is mainly a men's play, and the requirements for female characters are not high. But let Zhang Yishan play the second male lead, I don't know if he can be qualified for the drama part. Wu Jing's face became serious.
In the eyes of the outside world, the project of "Tianzun" is just a part of Jiangbai Pan Entertainment's star author plan, a money-making business that makes money without losing money.
But as Wu Jing, who has had in-depth exchanges with Jiang Bai, she deeply understands that the significance of the TV series "Tianzun" is far more than that.
Jiang Bai wants to use a large number of martial arts actors in this TV series, and then use this drama as a basis to rebuild the brand of domestic kung fu films!
Domestic kung fu films once had a rather glorious past, and were once the only cultural label in China that extended its influence to the world.
In the past, the people of all countries in the world had the greatest understanding of China as Kung Fu.
Many Americans even think that everyone here is a master of martial arts.
With the help of the influence of kung fu films, a large number of martial arts stars such as Bruce Lee, Fang Shilong, and Jet Li have gone from China to the world and become influential stars in the world.
But as history enters 10 years, the kung fu film market that the older generation of entertainment predecessors have worked hard to build is shrinking rapidly.
The only signboard of domestic movies is losing its luster in the past.
This makes all entertainment people unwilling.
But there is no way to be unwilling, the tide of the times, Shunchang is reversing, in the era of special effects blockbusters, traditional martial arts films are inevitably declining.
But it's not without its turnaround.
In the final analysis, what traditional martial arts films lack is just excellent special effects.
If there are top-level special effects, the effects presented by traditional stars must be much better than those Marvel heroes.
And special effects are Jiang Bai's advantage.
So he used this "Tianzun" TV series as a pilot to reproduce and create a martial arts film in the new era.
This theme has the foundation laid by countless predecessors of Chinese entertainment, although it is currently declining, but the tiger is still there, as long as it can produce high-quality products, it will be easier to impact foreign markets than other themes.
Jiang Bai cares about the domestic market but doesn't pay attention to it, because he is confident that he can easily occupy it.
And the foreign market is his goal!