Chapter 404: A Dream That Will Transform
In mid-May, a piece of news appeared unexpectedly and shook the entire film and television industry in China.
Even abroad shook more or less slightly.
That is Framestore, a top British special effects company, which was acquired by Huaxian, a Chinese film giant.
A total of $250 million was spent!
Discretionary acquisition, directly packaged by Huaxian and moved to Huaxia!
This news is not big, but in the eyes of some people in the film and television industry, it has unusual significance.
What do you want to do?
Why did Mao spend so much money to buy a special effects company?
If you save some money, you can shoot two or three commercial masterpieces with top-notch special effects!
Could it be that Hua Xian is going to make some big moves secretly?
A director: "I have a hunch that Huaxian must be brewing something." When the time comes, the Chinese film industry, and even the world film industry, will tremble!"
A production company: "Huaxian is not stupid, right? Spend so much money to buy a special effects company? You must know that special effects are a bottomless pit that burns money, and if you don't do it, you will lose a lot of money." With so much money, it's better to make a few more movies and then package them for special effects companies to produce. With Han Banxian's strength, it won't be a big sale at that time? Now that he hasn't made a movie, he will throw out more than 200 million yuan, and when the time comes, he will have to spend money to make special effects, how much box office will it take to pay off? Can he still make a Titanic?"
Some viewers also couldn't understand Han Qiu's behavior.
"What is Da Xian'er doing, moving back to such a big special effects company without making a sound. ”
"Oh my God, is Huaxian going to enter the era of special effects blockbusters in the future?"
"I just want to say, Daxian Zhennima is a local tyrant, 250 million US dollars, and he directly bought it back. ”
"I'm really convinced of this, Daxian Er is too Nima!"
"Think about it, Da Xian'er's previous movies did have few special effects, the most is the Matrix, originally Inception could be made into a special effects blockbuster, but a lot of plots Da Xian'er was stunned that he didn't use special effects. Now the great fairy can be regarded as enlightened. ”
"Suddenly I'm looking forward to it, Huaxian's movies will be full-special effects blockbusters in the future. ”
Netizens are talking a lot, and they are all looking forward to Huaxian's next big move.
After spending so much money to get a special effects company, you have to get some dazzling results, right? Otherwise, I'm sorry for such a big investment!
......
At this moment, the headquarters of the Demon Capital Huaxian.
Han Qiu's three friends and Wu Jingzheng are making do with each other, plotting the big thing in the mouths of netizens.
"Haha, with Framestore (FS), is our Huaxian also a world-class production company now?" Ye Chen laughed.
Lin Hua raised his eyebrows: "Could it be that without FS, we won't be considered world-class? You must know that some Hollywood giants don't have unique special effects companies." ”
"Hehe, that's too. Ye Chen nodded and smiled, "But, old Han, why do we want to buy FS, I think Industrial Light and Magic is not bad." ”
Han Qiu pouted: "Do you think I don't want to? Industrial Light & Magic is now owned by Disney, do you think they will sell it to us Huaxian? Besides, FS is not bad, and has made a lot of special effects blockbusters for Hollywood." ”
Wu Jing was a few years older, but he didn't interject, and watched the three of them talk happily.
Han Qiu pressed his hand: "Okay, let's not talk about this, we have spent so much money, and we haven't made any results yet, don't make some embarrassing movies when the time comes, let others complain." ”
"I'm afraid he's a bird. Ye Chen looked ambitious, "Now that we have FS, it's like a tiger with wings." If you make a movie casually, you can crush those domestic movies. ”
Han Qiu's face darkened: "Just your comedy, how many flowers can you play?"
"Don't say it! I'll shoot "Shaolin Football" in the next movie, and let FS make special effects for me, I don't believe it, when the time comes, a super gorgeous tornado shot, and the audience will not have to take out the box office obediently?"
"Well, you win. Han Qiu shrugged.
"Hehe, I'm just kidding. Ye Chen laughed, "Now that I just finished skipping school, I still want to rest for a while." ”
Han Qiu: "....."
Wu Jing suddenly said, "Director Han, I can test the water first." I've been resting for so long, it's time to get moving. ”
"Oh?" Lin Hua became interested, "Are you going to shoot Wolf Warrior 2?"
"Hmm. Wu Jing smiled slightly, "I have to thank Director Han for providing me with the script." ”
Ye Chen said with a big mouth: "You won't go abroad to do things again, right?"
Wu Jing nodded: "Yes, it's not easy to do things at home, so you can only go abroad." ”
"Where to shoot? America, Europe, or Africa?"
"Not too far this time. Wu Jing raised his hand and guided the way, "Go to Thailand." ”
Ye Chen's mouth opened into an O-shape, "Thailand, I know that there are more shemales...."
"......." a few black lines popped up on Wu Jing's head, "It's going to the Mekong River.... Do you still remember one year, when two of our Chinese merchant ships were attacked on the Mekong River? At that time, 13 Chinese crew members on the two ships were killed, and one of them was missing. Later, our Huaxia police confirmed that it was a few soldiers from the Third Military Region of Thailand who did it, and finally arrested the person and shot him in Yunlan. The script that Director Han gave me was adapted from this. ”
Ye Chen nodded as if he didn't understand: "When you say that, I have a little impression, I heard that there was quite a big fuss at that time." ”
Han Qiu continued: "Well, this matter is indeed quite a problem, after all, it involves the diplomacy of the two countries. "Han Qiu's script is indeed adapted from this, but the leader of the special operations team is replaced by Leng Feng of the wolf warrior team.
These small changes have little impact, and the movie is already out of touch with reality, as long as it is not crooked.
In Africa, the prestige of China was promoted once, and the location of this promotion of national prestige was changed to Southeast Asia!
Hearing this, Lin Hua said: "Then this movie has a head, the theme is very good, and maybe it can inspire a wave of patriotic feelings from the audience." ”
"Yes, yes, yes, but it's a bit difficult to reach the level of Wolf Warrior 1. Wu Jing sighed, he also knew that the success of his last movie implied too many accidental factors, this kind of thing that would not happen for many years, he would be satisfied once he encountered it.
After discussing the matter of the wolf warrior, several people focused the spearhead on Han Qiu's head again.
"Old Han, what about you, the audience has high expectations for you, aren't you going to make a special effects blockbuster that shocks the world and cries ghosts?" Ye Chen asked.
"I'm not in a hurry here, let's wait for Wu Jing to finish filming Wolf Warrior 2. Han Qiu smiled, "I have to deal with the FS matter first." ”
"That's right, what are you going to do?"
Speaking of this, Han Qiu had to show Huaxian's local tyrant temperament again, "I'm going to build a movie base!"
Movie base?
The three of them were stunned, this sounded.... It's kind of scary.
"What kind of film base, film and television city?" Lin Hua asked.
"It's not just the studio. Han Qiu waved his hand, "Hollywood knows where it is, right? I'm going to build an Oriental Hollywood in Huaxia too! When the time comes, FS's new home will be there!"
As soon as these words came out, the three of them were completely dumbfounded.
Grandma's, Oriental Hollywood?
That's enough!
......
What kind of result a few people conspired to come up with in the end, no one else knows except them.
But if outsiders find out, they will be dumbfounded.
However, the audience didn't have time to inquire about it, because June 1st is coming soon, and Huaxian's first anime series is about to be born!
Transformers!
[On June 1st, Huaxian Animation's latest masterpiece "Transformers" will land on CCTV Children's Satellite TV, so stay tuned!]
This time, Han Qiu played a little big and directly got the Transformers to CCTV. CCTV Children's Satellite TV saw that it was Huaxian's animation work, and after reviewing it, it was directly included in the command without saying a word.
The current domestic animation is too young, and there are few sci-fi animations that are so explosive. It attracts not only children, but also teenagers and even adults.
Without him, the setting of Transformers is too great, the grand story background, cool character modeling, and the fact that robots can transform directly make many people on CCTV surrender to them.
In the previous life, Transformers can be described as the ancestor of the mecha transformation, and later Huaxia didn't know how many anime were affected by it.
However, in this life, Han Qiu first threw out this setting, which can be said to have earned people's attention all of a sudden.
Anyway, before the arrival of June 1st, CCTV cooperated with Huaxian to make Transformers advertisements all over the sky. CCTV's many channels pop up from time to time with advertisements for Transformers.
Under this offensive, many children and teenagers know that there will be a robot anime on June 1st.
"Xiao Ming, have you heard of Transformers? ”
"Of course, I've heard that when I watch cartoons these days, I often see commercials for them. But it looks so powerful, robots that can transform, do you see, those cars and planes can be transformed!"
"That's it, wow, it's really cool, I never thought cars were robots, and they could shoot bullets biubiubiu. ”
"Mmmm, that's amazing, I want to see it now. ”
"Hehe, come to my house tomorrow and watch it together?"
"Okay, I'll go to you when I'm done with my homework. ”
Such conventions abound in China, and innocent children and hot-blooded teenagers are looking forward to Transformers.
It would be great if one day I could own a car that could be transformed.
With enthusiasm and dreams, the teenagers quietly waited for the arrival of June 1st.....
(PS: FS was indeed acquired by the Chinese for $187 million.) "Avatar" was made by this company, and I think that is enough. )