Chapter 159: Counterattack

"Let's not talk about distribution and promotion, we have to improve our production capacity first. Pen, fun, pavilion www.biquge.info striking iron has to be hard, and its own production ability is not good, no matter how much it is useless. Zhu Ziqing said.

"DreamWorks only has twenty or thirty people, only one shooting team, and it is still a TV drama crew. This will definitely not work, we still have to recruit people, set up a few more teams, and have a dedicated film production team. ”

"If you want to do things well, you don't just need to recruit a few more people. Recruitment also depends on the situation, the right one is needed, and the unsuitable one is better than the indiscriminate. ”

"Recruitment is only the first step, and making a movie is the most important thing. can shoot the movie well, and three or five people can form an excellent crew. If you don't shoot well, you will be blind in many people. ”

"So, I prepared two scripts, and the story is not complicated. It is suitable for running in the new team. ”

Lin Bao'er nodded and nodded, "This is the safest way." When the team is ready, I took the opportunity of cooperating with Hollywood studios to make "Harry Potter" and sent them over to learn from other people's production experience. With the experience of making blockbuster films, we can go back and make them independently. ”

"That's it." Zhu Ziqing put the girl's hand on her face and rubbed it gently, "If you want to make a blockbuster, you can't do without special effects, how are the components of our special effects company?" ”

"We acquired a special effects studio with good technology, and then transferred some people from the company and found some from the outside world, which is definitely the top in China in terms of strength.

However, there are too many domestic special effects companies, there is no technical gap between us and others, and our reputation is not as big as others, so far we haven't even done a single business. ”

Lin Baoer leaned on Zhu Ziqing, wanting to make herself lie more comfortable, but she was not satisfied after adjusting several postures, and finally simply put her legs directly on Zhu Ziqing's legs.

I don't know if it's a psychological effect or if it's really just adjusted to the right position, and she feels very comfortable in this position.

Casual home clothes are already loose, and when I was active just now, my trouser legs were a little up, revealing a white and round calf. The light shone on his calves, and the reflected light pierced Zhu Ziqing's eyes.

Zhu Ziqing is a person who 'sees things differently', and immediately let go of her soft and boneless hand. The free hands were placed on the calves, and they were gently caressed, as if they had seen a rare treasure.

"If you don't have a business, you can do it yourself, give them "My Neighbor Totoro", and let them make an animated movie to practice their skills."

"That's fine. The production technical requirements of "My Neighbor Totoro" are not high, and it is just suitable for a new team like them to do, so it can be regarded as a run-in team. ”

"Well, let's put the team together first, and when "Harry Potter" starts filming, let them go to the United States to learn other people's skills. After the filming of this drama, the technology has been learned and the reputation has been played, so there is no worry about running out of work.

Even if we don't have a job to do, we are not afraid, but we don't lack scripts for everything, and we do it ourselves if we don't have a business. I have hundreds of ideas here, and they don't take a single order of other people's business, and they can't finish my script for ten years. ”

Film special effects are derivative products of films, and they are technologies that depend on the existence of films, so the size of the film market determines the development of special effects technology.

Just imagine, the film market is sluggish, it doesn't make money, everyone stops making films, and special effects companies can make money? Only when the market is big and the movie makes money, will someone invest money to do special effects.

Why are the special effects of the United States advanced ? The reason is very simple, the movies made by others can be distributed all over the world, the money invested in special effects can be recovered, and there is the capital to develop special effects.

The special effects technology is superb, and the film produced has a stronger sense of picture, which in turn attracts more audiences to the cinema. When there are more people watching movies, movies will naturally make money, and when they make money, they can engage in special effects, which is a virtuous circle.

China is a case in point, with one of the world's largest box offices and a semi-colony of Hollywood. Every year, the United States imperialism only uses a dozen or twenty movies to steal more than half of the box office. And the remaining half is divided among thousands of domestic films.

The box office of domestic films is almost always generated domestically, and in the overseas market it is very small, so small that it is negligible. It can be said that the domestic box office is the global box office, and there are very few people who can make a lot of money abroad.

Naturally, no one dares to make blockbusters without making money, and how can special effects develop without anyone making blockbusters. Domestic special effects technology is not good, and occasionally people want to make blockbusters, and almost all of them go to foreign companies.

There are also some particularly 'thrifty' film and television companies that have come up with a five-cent special effect in order to save money. The money is saved, but the domestic market that is not regulated is also disrupted by these people.

Of course, there are also some companies that will find domestic special effects companies in order to save costs, and the results are not bad. Although there is still a certain gap with Hollywood, it is first-class in the world.

This is not boasting, there are many domestic special effects studios, although most of them are fraudulent money, but a small number of them have that technology. In order to save costs, many Hollywood film companies will outsource some business to domestic special effects companies, which can be seen in the level of domestic special effects production.

But at any time, there is no shortage of people from outside the foreign country, who know what the domestic special effects team can do, and they still run to the American emperor to hug other people's thighs.

The reasons for this consequence are: First, the domestic special effects market is too chaotic, and everyone has lost trust. In one is to worship foreign flattery, and when publicizing, it is emphasized that it is how many American knives were spent, and which famous special effects company of the United States is invited, and the force will go up immediately.

In a word, domestic films are not powerful, and film and television companies dare not make blockbusters, and will only make a fuss about small costs. As a result, special effects companies cannot make money, which restricts the development of domestic special effects technology. It's a vicious circle.

In the United States, there is a recent popular activity, that is, sharing videos of reading "Harry Potter" on the Internet.

The event started when a mother filmed a video of her son reading Harry Potter and posted a message: "I'm so angry, Harry Potter has stolen my love." ”

In the video, the cute little boy is sitting on the sand reading a book. His mother tried every means to get his attention, but it all ended in failure...... No wonder she made such an emotion.

The daily interaction between mother and son has attracted a lot of attention. Many mothers were also touched by this warmth, and suddenly began to upload "children's reading" videos in groups. In less than a week, more than 2,000 videos were put on the top.

Some have questioned this as hype, citing the fact that St Martin's publishing house has a criminal record, and it is not surprising that they would use such propaganda claims.

But this statement does not affect the enthusiasm of mothers in the slightest, regardless of whether he is hype or not, anyway, it is cool to do so.

Like a virus, this behavior quickly spread across the United States. For a time, mothers rushed to follow suit. I started reading Harry Potter, and later I read Seven Nights Fairy Tales. Eventually, it becomes like reading other books or doing other things. In short, this trend is completely blowing.

So is this hype or not? The answer is yes.

This is the handiwork of Thomson Press, and they did it after reaching a cooperation agreement with Tao Yingshuang. The process is very simple, find a family to stuff some money and shoot a video and put it on it. And then let people go hype.

Then look for more families to shoot videos, and look for media reports. Readers are guided before they know it.

On January 16, Oracle Data, the most authoritative company in the United States, released the previous day's statistics, including the sales of literary works.

Save the Earth 2 sold 146,000 copies that day, a statistic that no one thinks is wrong. This book is indeed enough to continue the classic of the previous one, and it is normal to have this sales.

What is really surprising is that its name appeared in the second place. Yes, half a month after its release, it was pulled off the top of the bestseller list.

What's even more surprising is that it was not other works that pulled it down, but "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", which has always been unfavorable.

The day before, Harry Potter had sold 147,000 copies, less than a thousand copies higher. But no matter how small the gap is, the first is the first, and the second is the second.

If the word of mouth improved a few days ago was a reversal, then stepping on the other party now is a proper counterattack. From not being favored, ridiculed, and insulted to trampling each other under their feet, "Harry Potter" only took half a month.

This data stunned everyone, and many people didn't want to believe that it was true, thinking that Oracle had made a mistake. A large number of people called to ask for verification, but the results they got made them even more sad.

The facts cannot be changed, and many people begin to seek self-comfort. It's just an accident, "Harry Potter" has gone out of shit luck, and tomorrow it will be dragged down from the first position by "Save the Earth 2".

But they don't know what a terrible work they are facing, and they are doomed to disappointment. No, it should be said that it is despair.

The next day, January 17, the sales of "Save the Earth 2" did not fluctuate much, and remained around 150,000 copies. What really makes people unbelievable is "Harry Potter", which sells no more and no less in a single day, and it happens to reach 200,000 copies.

This data is not to say that fans of "Save the Earth 2" can't believe it, even fans of "Harry Potter" can't believe it.

If this data appears on the first day, or within a week, everyone will be amazed that another lucky winner has appeared. But this data appeared on the sixteenth day. This is unique in the history of book publishing.

But soon no one was struggling with the problem of this data, and a topic that no one dared to imagine was placed in front of everyone. There is a real chance that Harry Potter will surpass Save the Earth 2 in sales.

Even if it was yesterday, if someone dared to say that, they would definitely be sprayed and even drenched in blood. But today, this proposition has appeared in the media in a grand manner, and it is still in the headlines. (To be continued.) )