Chapter 1026: Challenge
Cheng Xiaoyu was in Monterey, a small town on California's west coast, when Cheng Xiaoyu replied to Peter Kopla's provocation, and he and his makeshift team were looking for a suitable location on the west coast to build a set. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Cheng Xiaoyu thinks a lot about this "400 million US dollars" movie, and remembers that the filming location of this movie is in Mexico, and the studio was completely dismantled after filming, which is a huge waste in Cheng Xiaoyu's opinion, and the money from selling scrap iron completely wastes the huge value left behind.
Of course, no one could have imagined that this movie could be such a big success, but Cheng Xiaoyu knows that as long as he can meticulously restore this great movie, success is inevitable.....
He chose the filming location in California, rather than Mexico, where the cost is lower, to consider relying on this great movie to build his own "Xichu Film City", so that the budget of 400 million US dollars is definitely not enough.
Cheng Xiaoyu doesn't have a headache for the time being, what keeps Cheng Xiaoyu awake these days and nights is that about his production team, it is not that he can find the candidate in his mind if he has money.
Of the seven master-level behind-the-scenes workers currently contacted, only two-time Oscar-nominated Hollywood props master Tony Sweet and one-time Oscar-nominated and two-time Oscar-nominated model and set master Mark Frett said they would be willing to join the most expensive film in global history as long as the price is right and there is no conflict in the schedule.
Also in contact are Deborah L. Scott, who specializes in classical costume design, and Tina Earnshaw, a makeup artist who specializes in 19th-century makeup, both of whom Cheng Xiaoyu invited. The duo's work includes "Hamlet," "Othello," "Jefferson in Paris," and "Emma," and they are the go-to choice for costume designers and makeup artists for Hollywood court dramas.
In addition, he also invited Ken Marshall, whose works have been featured in Time magazine and National Geographic magazine, as the art director, but Ken Marshall still has some concerns and has not yet agreed to Cheng Xiaoyu's invitation.
In addition, Cheng Xiaoyu also invited Peter Lamont, the royal production designer of Staven Bell, who has won three Oscars and four Oscar nominations, including Staven Bell's "Alien", "Atlantis" and "The Storm" by Alan Eastwood, who is very good at the production of large-scale equipment props and scenes.
But Peter Ramon belongs to the golden sign of Universal Film Productions, and if he wants to join Cheng Xiaoyu's "$400 Million Dream" behind-the-scenes team, not only does he have to agree, but also "Universal" agrees.
The other five people Cheng Xiaoyu fancied have not yet responded, after all, for these masters, although it is important to make money, it is more important who to cooperate with, and they don't want the movies they participated in the production to fail at the box office, which is also a huge impact on their reputation.
Almost all masters are only willing to participate in the works of great directors, which is also a guarantee for them, simply put, Cheng Xiaoyu's reputation is far from enough, and it does not meet the requirements of masters who are willing to participate in his films.
But Cheng Xiaoyu doesn't want to wait anymore, the key is that he can't afford to wait, he must use this movie to build a huge reputation and harvest a large amount of dollars to complete his plan.
10,000 years is too long.
The establishment of the set is clueless, the establishment of the epic team is also difficult, and the current things are piled up on Cheng Xiaoyu, and he is about to lose his breath, shooting a large-scale A-level film is a thorny thing for Cheng Xiaoyu and his small company "Xichu", and many things are too simple for Cheng Xiaoyu to think.
However, as long as this movie can be completed, Cheng Xiaoyu and "Xichu" will usher in a gorgeous transformation.
It's not without good news, at the end of January, "Death is Coming" also ended the second week of the North American market campaign, it still firmly occupies the first position, IMDB scores and bad reviews from the media have not affected its box office at all, for the first week, the box office has also increased slightly, reaching 46.7 million US dollars.
Last week's second "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4" was squeezed to third place, giving up the second place to the new movie "Mars Wars 2", a $180 million sci-fi film produced by aliens and earthlings competing for Mars, only received 38 million box office in the first week, and its poor reputation made its future journey not optimistic
Disney's animation "Cat and Mouse Family", which is also a new film, performed well, ranking fourth, earning 31 million in the first week, and its production fee is only half of that of "Mars Wars 2......
In general, the top ten movies can be described as a few happy and a few sad, not a good position, just make money, whenever this happens, the filmmakers who lose money will be so envious of the small-budget films that create commercial miracles, all the film companies staring at the number one "Death is Coming" can only shake their heads and sigh, good luck once again stood by the arrogant Chinese side.
But fortunately, this lucky kid made the craziest decision, which made all Hollywood film practitioners feel a little comforted in their hearts, two small-budget movies that add up to less than 50 million have harvested one billion dollars around the world, and he should also be inflated.
The film work plan of "Xichu" is densely formulated, and the relationship with "Universal" is in the honeymoon period, the two companies will cooperate in the production of "Horror Movie 2" and "Death is Coming 2", Cheng Xiaoyu will not be the director, he has no interest in shooting a sequel, but he will take on a more important role as a producer.
The reason why he doesn't "Xichu" to shoot a sequel that will definitely make money is also because there is not enough manpower at all, except for Cheng Xiaoyu, Yi Yunfei, and Philip Durst, who are choosing a location, everyone else is preparing for an upcoming R-rated comedy in Hollywood, David Jill and Wang Ou are casting as abbots, the film will start shooting in mid-February and is expected to be completed in May.
Cheng Xiaoyu opened the hotel window, he stayed in the Monterey Bay Hotel, he could see the endless Pacific Ocean when he pushed the window, the window curtains of the cool and humid sea breeze fluttered, he made a cup of coffee, sat on the rocking chair next to the bed, and took the iPad to browse some information he needed.
The reason why he responded to Peter Copla for the first time was also a temporary idea, wanting to use him and Peter Coprah to make the fight between "Death Come" and "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4" The heat has not subsided, and he is consuming attention, making some money and gaining popularity.
Although he has nearly $1.5 billion in savings with the proceeds of his previous deposits "Xichu" and "Voice of Rain", it is still too little for him to do, and the acquisition of "Baidai" is imperative......
Even if his savings are still increasing at an exaggerated rate, in the face of the upcoming money-burning plan, it is just a drop in the bucket, he must seize every opportunity to make money, so Cheng Xiaoyu decided to brutally beat Peter Kopla into the dust, so that he understands that some people can step on it, can borrow strength, but some people will have to pay the price if he provokes them.
Therefore, after Cheng Xiaoyu didn't post a "whisper" for almost two years, the first "whisper" was a domineering challenge, no matter whether Peter Koprah accepted it or not, he had to take advantage of this opportunity to complete a low-budget horror film within a week and make a lot of money in the circle.
If the time limit is too long, the enthusiasm of the followers will be exhausted, and the publicity effect will not be achieved, and for others, there may not be anything good to shoot in a week, but Cheng Xiaoyu has a wealth of material in his mind.
This time Cheng Xiaoyu is eyeing the "pseudo-documentary", nothing can be bigger than the "pseudo-documentary", "Blair the Witch", which invested 60,000 US dollars in Cheng Xiaoyu's memory, won more than 200 million US dollars worldwide, and "Smart, Ghost Shadow" with an investment of 10,000 US dollars, won 150 million box office worldwide.
Cheng Xiaoyu believes that with his current reputation and strength, he can easily roll away 200 million yuan in the novel form of "pseudo-documentary", and there should be no problem, there are also "pseudo-documentary" movies in this time and space, but there are no phenomenal "pseudo-documentary" movies such as "Blair the Witch" and "Smart Ghost Shadow".
In fact, in Cheng Xiaoyu's view, "Blair the Witch" and "Smart Ghost Shadow" can only be said to have an average level of filming, mainly thanks to the blessing of viral marketing, and now Cheng Xiaoyu has released the best partner of "viral marketing", a pseudo-documentary propaganda method, I believe that it will not be long before a phenomenal pseudo-documentary will appear.
Rather than cheapen others, it is better to make money yourself, so Cheng Xiaoyu plans to use Peter Copla to complete the "viral marketing" that he doesn't need to spend a penny.
Cheng Xiaoyu searched for several pseudo-documentaries of this era on the Internet, but the number is not very many, and none of them can be on the big screen, and there is no classification of "pseudo-documentary" on video websites.
Cheng Xiaoyu can only find some movies of this type by searching for "Bing", he took a look at the most clicked on YouTube, most of them are about aliens, of which the highest click-through rate is a pseudo-documentary called "Looking for UFO", and the second most clicked is called "Ghost", which is also a pseudo-documentary about aliens.
Of course, there are also supernatural themes, the one with a relatively high number of clicks is called "Magic Talisman", Cheng Xiaoyu opened it and watched it for a while, it is a supernatural movie about the curse theme, it was originally a good theme, but unfortunately the shooting is a bit boring, the pace is too slow, the dull time is too long, and the ending of the mystery is not enough to make people feel shocked or unfinished.
Cheng Xiaoyu closed his eyes and thought about it for a while, and decided how to shoot his pseudo-documentary, the investment will not exceed 100,000 US dollars, and the time is enough for four or five days, maybe if you don't want it in four or five days, you can circle hundreds of millions of US dollars........
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