Ning Hao distributed the printed script to Zhang Ran and the three of them, he is now the contracted director of the peak of the century, and knows that the script must be nodded by the three bosses before it can be started. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Film companies have standards and processes for project review, like the six major Hollywood film companies, which can only be officially launched after passing the green light system. The film project passed the green light review, and it was not that several bigwigs sat together to discuss and made up their minds at the last lap of the thigh, but that there was a rigorous analytical logic behind it.

The six major companies have their own green light systems, and the general content is similar, and the content of their evaluation involves all aspects such as issuance revenue, production budget, business development, etc., and if there is a problem in any link, it is impossible to start the project. After all, the movies of the Big Six are often tens of millions of dollars, and the failure of any movie is a heavy loss.

Most small and medium-sized companies do not have a green light system, and in order to ensure the safety of the project, they often hire a specialized company to conduct the project evaluation. Although it costs a lot of money, the data provided by professional companies can be evaluated to avoid many potential risks.

There is no professional film research company in China, and there is no specific data for analysis, and the film launch is basically the company's senior management sitting together for discussion, and everyone thinks that the movie script is good, and the project will be launched if it can make money.

Zhang Ran hopes that one day his company will be able to establish its own green light system, which can ensure the safety of the project to the greatest extent, but that will be a long time later. Now they can only honestly solve the problem of project initiation by meeting and discussing.

Zhang Ran looked at the name of the script and was slightly stunned, it was not a crazy stone, but "Mind Transmission". He thought it was very strange and immediately flipped through the script.

After reading a few lines, Zhang Ran stopped and asked, "This is an adaptation of the novel "The World of Three Colors", right? Why did you think of filming this story? Why didn't you shoot "Crazy Stone"?"

Ning Hao knew that Zhang Ran was a die-hard fan of "Science Fiction World" and knew that "Three-Color World" was normal, and explained: "It is adapted from "Three-Color World". Recently, science fiction has become more popular, and this story is particularly exciting, so I want to shoot this story. Comedies are not very good except for Feng Xiaogang now, "Crazy Stone" I want to put it on for a while, and wait for the market to be better before filming!"

Zhang Ran felt that Ning Hao was not taken into the ditch by himself, the comedy is not that there is no market, but that there is no good comedy, but he is not in a hurry to express his opinion: "When they finish reading the script, we will discuss it together!"

After speaking, Zhang Ran continued to read the script, "The World of Three Colors" is a good story. In the process of studying the ability of telepathy, a group of scientists led by Jiang Zhili discovered that there is a natural law of "racism" in the world, and only Oriental people have the ability to telepathize, and white people do not have this ability. This caused panic among white scientists, except for Jiang Zhili, who escaped by chance, all the other yellow people who participated in the experiment were exterminated, and then they launched a hunt for Jiang Zhili.

The story is of course fake, and in the end it is also a happy ending, and there is no natural law of "racism". But this story makes one wonder if there really is such a natural law, will those white elites who claim to be equal and fraternity become racists? No matter what others think, Zhang Ran believes that they will.

"The World of Three Colors" is a novella, and the story is relatively simple. Ning Hao had major surgery on the story, added a lot of content, and made a lot of adjustments to the structure to make the story more beautiful. Now Ning Hao has a very good grasp of the structure of Hollywood commercial films!

Zhang Ran read the original book, read the script relatively quickly, and quickly finished reading it, and chatted with Ning Hao in a whisper.

Half an hour later, Wu Ruide and Qiu Yuanxu also finished reading, Qiu Yuanxu's eyes flashed with fine light, and he looked very excited, Wu Ruide couldn't see his expression. Zhang Ran opened his mouth and asked, "What do you think?"

Qiu Yuanxu said excitedly: "It's really exciting, and it's very meaningful, this movie can definitely be made!"

Wu Ruide shook his head and said: "The story is a good story, but I am against making it into a movie." There are two problems, the first is the cost, this film needs to be filmed in the United States, a large number of American actors are needed, the scene is relatively large, and the cost is very high. To recover costs, one can only count overseas. The second problem is that this film is likely to be labeled racist overseas, which is very risky!"

Ning Hao immediately retorted: "This story is anti-racist, and in the end, everyone will find that there is no law of racism, and white people can also obtain this transmission ability, and the whole movie is a mockery of racism!"

Wu Ruide explained: "I know this, but it is quite sensitive to involve racism abroad, and if it is Chinese, it is even more sensitive!"

Ning Hao no longer paid attention to Wu Ruide, and set his eyes on Zhang Ran, among all of them, he only obeyed Zhang Ran.

Zhang Ran nodded, Zhang Yimou's "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" has been labeled as nationalist by some people in the United States, and this story is likely to be labeled as racist when filmed, so he said: "Actually, I considered filming this story, but finally gave up." That's what Lao Wu said. If the film is only distributed in East Asia, it is not a big problem, but it is easy to have problems in the West. Because after reading this story, everyone will think that the racist law in the movie is just a misunderstanding in the end, but what if there is such a racist law? I'm not saying that you can't shoot it. The main reason is that the cost is relatively high, and if you can't sell the copyright in Europe and the United States, you can't recover the cost. I suggest it's better to put it out and make this story in '08!"

Ning Hao scratched his head and said: "What I want to shoot most is "Country Teacher", filming this story is to accumulate some experience in big productions!

Zhang Ran said with a smile: "This story should be filmed, so that those spiritual Caucasian people understand that some things can't be changed." If you want to be free from discrimination, only the state and the nation are strong enough. But now the time is not ripe, I think you'd better shoot "Crazy Stone" first!"

Ning Hao had already changed the script of "Crazy Stone", and when he heard Zhang Ran say this, he used a USB drive to copy the script to Wu Ruide and Qiu Yuanxu's computers.

Wu Ruide and Qiu Yuanxu didn't say much, quickly opened the file, and looked seriously. The story of "Crazy Stone" is not too complicated, but the structure is very clever, especially the countless black humor in it, which makes the two laugh out loud.

After reading the script, Wu Ruide said with emotion: "Ning Hao, I didn't expect you to be so talented in comedy, this story is even more coke than Feng Xiaogang's movie!"

Qiu Yuanxu also likes this story: "This script is worth filming!"

Seeing that everyone was not suspicious, Zhang Ran asked, "How much investment do you need?"

Ning Hao groaned: "I don't have the budget to do "Crazy Stone", I don't dare to say how much it is, I estimate that there are 8 million that can shoot good results!"

In the previous life, Ning Hao only used 3.5 million to complete the filming of "Crazy Stone", 8 million seems to be a bit much, but the current situation is different from the situation in memory, the current Ning Hao is no longer a rookie director, his "Heartbreaker" box office is more than 90 million, and now it is impossible to shrink back from filming, the production will definitely be more sophisticated, the actors may be bigger, and the cost will naturally increase significantly.

However, in the last life, "Crazy Stone" had almost no publicity, and the box office achieved more than 20 million, this time Ning Hao's fame has been hit, coupled with strong publicity, the box office will definitely be much better, and 8 million will definitely not lose!

Zhang Ran nodded: "Then you make a detailed budget as soon as possible." Do you have any role considerations?"

"The role of Heipi has long been told to Huang Bo, let him play it, Mike I want to ask Liang Jiahui to play it, he is very good at acting in comedy!" Speaking of this, Ning Hao glanced at Zhang Ran and said with a smile, "In addition, I want Jingchu to play Jingjing, and you to play Xie Xiaomeng!"

Wu Ruide and Qiu Yuanxu were stunned when they heard this, and then laughed. Zhang Jing's first appearance as Jingjing is nothing, Zhang Ran is too different from the Xie Xiaomeng in the script. They made up for it, and Zhang Ran operated a picture of playing cheap with a Hong Kong and Taiwan accent, and there was a burst of laughter.

Zhang Ran stood up, coughed, and said in a Hong Kong and Taiwan accent: "God is so unfair to me, I cross the river by cableway every day, and I have never seen you." Maybe I'm paying too much attention to the scenery of the city, who called me a photographer. Oh, my name is Xie Xiaomeng, call me Charles. ”

This time, not only Wu Ruide and Qiu Yuanxu, but even Ning Hao couldn't help laughing: "Teacher Zhang, this role really belongs to you!"

Zhang Ran smiled and waved his hand: "Your film should start filming at the beginning of next year, right? The beginning of the year is my busiest time, and the graduation drama will be performed." There is an art examination to enroll, and this time I hope to enroll according to my preferences. "Three Fools" is going to start shooting in March, it's like a war, you see how can I have time to shoot!"

Ning Hao felt that Zhang Ran and Zhang Jing would be a highlight of the movie when they first came to play Xie Xiaomeng and Jingjing, and now when he heard Zhang Ran's resignation, he immediately said: "Xie Xiaomeng doesn't have many scenes, I will focus on filming your scenes, at most seven days, no, I can finish filming in five days!

Qiu Yuanxu persuaded with a smile: "The film invests 8 million, and it takes more than 20 million to recover the cost." The risk is quite large, if you and Jingchu participate, the whole movie will have an important selling point!"

Wu Ruide also echoed: "This is our company's first main film, and we must get off to a good start." You are the big boss, you don't contribute, who contributes!"

Although Zhang Ran can flicker, he can't deal with the three mouths, and he raised his hand to surrender: "Okay, okay, I'll act, I'll act!"

This matter was decided, Ning Hao began the preparation of the crew, surveying the scene, making budgets, and drawing storyboards, and Zhang Ran also began to run for the promotion of "The Aviator".

Zhang Ran didn't have much expectations for the box office of "The Aviator", and if the movie could be made, his greatest wish would be fulfilled. However, as a director, he still hopes that his film can be accepted by the audience and that as many audiences as possible can see the film, so he has put a lot of effort into film marketing.

The most important publicity point in the entire marketing plan is the theme song "Dream Chasing Pure Heart", Zhang Ran plans to bombard major websites with the theme song before the movie is released, and cooperate with the movie clips in the MV to attract the audience in advance. A good song may have tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of listeners, and when they finish listening to the song, they may become interested in the movie, which is a very perfect marketing method.

Of course, I want to market it through songs, and the songs must be good. If the song is not good, it is difficult to have a marketing effect. At this point, Zhang Ran has enough confidence, because "Dream Chasing Pure Heart" is a very good song. As long as it is promoted properly, it will definitely be popular.

However, it takes time for the song to become popular, and "The Aviator" is only 2 months old, and it is impossible to produce a popular effect naturally. Therefore, the crew of "Aviator" specially prepared a movie theme song press conference to promote the song.

The major media received the invitation letter from China Film, and they were a little confused after knowing that they were invited to participate in the theme song press conference of the movie. )