It is said that "Cold Mountain" was popular in the United States, but why didn't anyone mention it later?

Let's look at the main content of the story, during the American Civil War, a wounded soldier felt that time was running out, and fled back to his hometown after a lot of hardships, the cold mountains of California, just to see the side of his sweetheart, and the heroine's life in his hometown and a mountain girl hugging each other.

It's not that it can't be written, and the theme is clear, this war, for southerners, is also a disservice. The heroine is barely well written, but what has become of the hero, injury, desertion......

Let's look at another real masterpiece "Gone with the Wind" in front of Zhuyu.

People also write about love, but it reflects the major changes in the society and history of the south in that era, everything familiar in the old days is gone, and there are great changes in politics, economy, morality and other aspects, it is a grand historical picture, so it has become a world masterpiece.

The small pattern of "Cold Mountain", the male protagonist is cowardly and a little childish, or let's put it this way, one is Su Dongpo's "Nian Jiaonu Chibi Nostalgia", which has been sung through the ages, and the other is Zhou Bangyan's Xiaoling, which can only be sung a few times by the prostitutes at that time.

However, the historical background of "Australian Troubled Times" is different.

Let's talk about Australia and the United States first, what they thought at the time was that Japan and China fought well, and it had nothing to do with us anyway, especially the United States. There is such a set of data:

After the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, the US Government's trade with Japan did not decrease but increased greatly, scrap iron increased by 1.7 times compared with 1936, iron and steel increased by 15.3 times, airplanes and spare parts increased by 1.5 times, lathes increased by 2.5 times, oil increased by half, gasoline increased by half, copper increased by 1.4 times, and lead increased by one-tenth; in 1938, the United States accounted for 65.6 percent of Japan's imports of military strategic materials, and machinery accounted for 67.1 percent. According to the magazine's materials, from 1937 to 1938, the United States exported more than $5.28 trillion in supplies to Japan (this five trillion yuan is calculated according to later prices, but it is also a set of transactions that pierce the sky), in addition, in the early days of the Sino-Japanese War, the trade between the United States and Japan was also very prosperous, the amount of goods exported by the United States to Japan accounted for 40% of Japan's total income, the goods exported by Japan to the United States accounted for 25% of Japan's total exports, and the raw silk exported by Japan to the United States accounted for about one-half of Japan's exports to the United States. Silver was exchanged for a billion dollars in foreign exchange.

Soong Ching Ling said in his speech to the US Congress that the United States is the murderer of Chinese indirectly!

As a matter of fact, without the various materials that the United States has supported Japan, the Japanese would not have done so much harm to China.

Modern warfare is fought in science and technology, industry, weapons, money and materials, all of which are indispensable.

As Japan's ambitions swelled, the Americans were wary of trading various resources with the Japanese, so the Japanese launched the attack on Pearl Harbor. It can also be said that in that attack, half of the Japanese planes and bombs were made of steel and copper sold to them by the Americans, and most of the gasoline used by the planes was also sold to them by the Americans.

Then go to the UK.

In May 40, Germany took advantage of the Munich agreement of the "appeasement policy" implemented by Britain and France, and commanded the fascist German army to suddenly attack the western front, occupying Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium one after another, and at the same time bypassing the "Maginot Line", sweeping through northern France, cutting the British and French forces into two sections, and the British army and part of the French army were forced to be trapped in a corner of Dunkirk, thus causing a famous historical tragedy - 340,000 British and French troops retreated from Dunkirk to the British mainland.

On June 17, French Prime Minister Pétain announced his surrender to Nazi Germany.

On July 16, the Battle of Britain began.

On 27 September, Germany and Italy accepted Japan as an Axis power.

On May 24, 41, the British Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Hood was sunk by the German ship Bismarck in the North Atlantic, and only 3 of the more than 1,000 officers and men on the ship survived.

On May 27, it was besieged by more than 60 warships of various types and several types of aircraft of the British Royal Navy, led by the battleships "King George V" and "Rodney", "Victory" and "Ark Royal".

Britain was at stake, but a turnaround came.

On May 27, Roosevelt finally realized that something was wrong and warned the people of the country that they must provide support to Britain, because the war was about to spread to the whole world, and if it was not stopped in time, even the United States itself might not be safe.

Germany and Japan made serious mistakes at the same time, and on June 22, Germany, Italy, and Romania declared war on the Soviet Union, and the main German forces turned to the Eastern European theater, completely annihilating the Soviet Southwestern Front near Kiev, and the Soviet army lost nearly 660,000 men. In September, Operation Typhoon was launched to attack Moscow. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in December.

Since the beginning of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, Britain has basically passed through the most difficult times.

Finally go to Australia.

The Australian Prime Minister Menzies in '39 was still an appeaser, but his host Britain was thrown into the war, and he had no choice but to go to war. At that time, the total population of Australia was only 7.2 million, but nearly a million people were mobilized into the battlefield, and nearly 100,000 people were killed and wounded.

In 41, the Australian army entered the battlefield and lost more than 1,000 people and more than 5,000 captured in the Greek battlefield. In 42, Australia withdrew to the Pacific theater, and in the defense of Singapore, many people were killed, and 15,000 became prisoners of war of the Japanese army. Along with it, the Japanese air raided the port of Darwin.

This is a big time.

It's impossible to stuff a lot of things into a 140-minute movie, and if you don't stuff it well, you will blow up the movie.

But it doesn't matter.

You can use a chapter first, after the retreat from Dunkirk, London was attacked again, and the heroine's father and new husband went to Australia first, preparing to take the heroine to Australia to escape the war after settling down in Australia. Then Li Mo can send someone to collect information about this period, and by the way, describe the living conditions of the people of London during this time, and their panic.

The second chapter enters the main theme, the main German force enters the Eastern European theater, the serious crisis in Britain is temporarily lifted, because the United States has stopped supplying Japanese resources, Japan has formed an alliance with Germany and Italy, and the heroine hears a rumor that the Japanese are preparing to attack Australia. But because of the war and the lack of news, the heroine went to Australia in person, planning to persuade her husband and father to sell the Australian ranch, after all, Australia seems to be large, the actual population is small, and the force is weak, so it can't stop the Japanese attack at all.

What was the situation in Australia at that time?

In 41, although Australia sent some troops to the battlefield, they still believed that their homeland was safe, and they sang and danced.

Relying on the background of this grand era, it may not follow the plot of the movie, more characters and more conflicts can be inserted, so a book with hundreds of pages and nearly 200,000 words can be written.

The theme is not to reflect on war, but to be prepared for danger in times of peace.

Many American war blockbusters after the new century are about reflecting on war.

So many people say that it is a war movie.

Li Mo only wants to say three words about these public knowledge: ***!

Why is it that after entering the new century, many American war films are reflecting on war and watching the sins done by the United States.

Several wars have been fought, 20 trillion dollars have been spent, not to mention the damage to the US economy and industry, and at least millions of civilians have died in the wars because of the United States.

So some people reflect on the war.

But what about China?

Words on the People's Monument, since 1840...... In the past 100 years, people have bullied China, including several wars after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and they were forced to fight back when they could no longer bear it.

But the crisis has not yet been resolved.

Why do the sticks hate China? The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea defeated the southern DPRK and the UN forces and undermined their dream of reunification. As for the United Nations troops, who have already killed many civilians in northeastern China, they do not care what impact the United States will have on China if they help them reunify them. Even in their minds, Northeast China is theirs. North China is also theirs, China's Shaanxi Province is still theirs, and if you look at the map they draw, the north of the Yangtze River is full of sticks.

The same is true of Wai Meng, who is bent on Nei Meng, and wants to take over the whole of China like the Yuan Dynasty and include the Han people in the wanton slavery of the lowest class people. Southeast Asian countries want the South China Sea. India's Ah San wants Zang Province, and even Turkey, which has no touch on the border, wants China's Xinjiang Province! Vietnam wants Liangguang, south of the Yangtze River, and this is what they draw on their map!

The United States is bent on dismembering China.

Europeans look down on the Chinese from the bottom of their hearts.

Next door to the East China Sea, there is a group of united, fierce and cruel races who want to go ashore, another group of frogs, who want to be independent, want to counterattack, want to blow up the Three Gorges Dam, even if Burma is so poor that they have nothing, they dare to throw shells at the Chinese border again and again......

In this case, it's too late to cheer up. China is already humiliated and cowardly enough, it is almost comparable to the Southern Song Dynasty and the late Qing Dynasty, and it also reflects on the war and your mother!

Far East, Waimeng, Tangnu Ulianghai, Wakhan Pamir and other outer northwest territories, Jiangxinpo, Bailongwei Island, no matter who lost them, but they turned out to be the places of the Chinese!

I don't want to think about this, as long as one day China will drive the Vietnamese army, the Philippine army, and the Indian army on the South China Sea Islands back to their country, take back Zang Nan, and cross the bay to the east with a large army, this is not too much to ask.

At that time, China can also come to a war reflection......

But right now, reflecting on war is not the mainstream in the United States.

There is another reason that makes Li Mo excited, the last two series, must have delicate writing, if this movie is written, although the requirements for delicate writing are not too strict, and the writing needs to be delicate, then it is just right to use it to practice writing.

To write or not to write?

This is not writing an online article, after writing about once, many mistakes, and typos have not been checked, so they are uploaded.

In addition, he was short of time, so he could only spare some free time to write, and even if he used computer codewords, he couldn't write this book well in a year.

In addition, if you want to write this book, you have to go to the ranch to read it. It's not a big problem, you don't have to go to Australia, the United States has similar terrain and more pastures. Sales will not be worried, as long as the writing is not bad, with his fame, millions of copies are easy to sell.

The key is that if you want to write, you must cooperate with the movie, so before the movie is released, it must not only be published, but also be able to ensure that there are translations in several languages published, so that the time is even tighter.

Li Mo thought for a while, and then didn't care.

He began to write this detailed outline, which began with the heroine getting off the ship, just as a group of recruits went on an expedition and saw the beautiful heroine, some whistling, and some saying flirtatious foul language. This shows the mentality of Australians at that time, even if they went on an expedition, not many people felt that war was coming. It just echoes the Japanese bombing in the back, otherwise the big drama in front is to drive cattle, and then it is bombing, and the whole plot still gives people an abrupt feeling.

After writing the outline, let Warner send someone to pick it up.

It's also a balance, just like this year's Oscars, both films are wonderful, so let "The Silence of the Lambs" take away three important awards, and let "Dances with Wolves" take more awards, but most of them are small awards.

This movie has changed Li Mo beyond recognition, and the production cost is very high, Li Mo is not sure how much box office he can get, and the money is Warner's, and he can't blame me for losing it. With a "Forrest Gump", even if you lose a little, it is not a big problem.

Li Mo edited "Spy Shadow" again, and also urged Paramount.

Then discuss "Jurassic Park 2" with Lao Si and Lao Lu.

Because of Li Mo's promotion, this "Jurassic Park 2" obviously has two differences.

The first is the duration, according to the preliminary estimate of the two, the duration is about 165-170 minutes, no way, without this length, the story cannot be understood.

But this length of time made the two of them confused.

One is income, so long, a screen (a venue) on average, a safe and prosperous metropolis dares to row five shows a day, late at night, remote ones are only three at most, on average, four shows a day is not enough.

But a 90-100 minute movie, if it is popular, can easily schedule six shows a day...... There is also a misunderstanding here, because throughout the nineties, movie ticket prices in North America rose very slowly, and the average price was basically around $5, and with the emergence of new technologies such as 3D, movie tickets slowly rose to an average of $7 or $8.

Therefore, when calculating the number of audiences, it is often rudely divided by five, such as the Titanic, which has a box office of more than 600 million in North America and 120 million viewers.

This algorithm is extremely inaccurate.

Each movie has its own movie ticket price, and movie ticket prices vary depending on the cinema facilities, geographical location, and screening time.

Just refer to China in the future, and most of the reform of China's film system is based on the American system.

However, Titanic is not like other blockbuster movies, at the beginning of the release, I couldn't even buy a ticket, and a month or two later, it was released.

Titanic did not form a big hit at first, only $28 million in the first week, and with its production cost and publicity costs, after the box office came out in the first week, it almost forced Fox executives to jump off the building. But it has stepped out of a long line that is rare in a century, with a box office top for fifteen consecutive weeks, and it is still hanging in the top ten for the twenty-sixth week.

No one in North America grabbed movie tickets, but this long trick dragged down, and the box office must have been fierce.

Because of this kind of box office, although it is long, the ticket price is not set high, probably the average price is 5.5 US dollars, and the actual number of moviegoers in North America that year was about 110 million.

This is Titanic, and if you want to accurately calculate the number of moviegoers in Jurassic Park in North America, you can't divide it by five, you have to divide it by six.

Most of them are bad movies, with low pricing, plus various disguised discounts, they can't be divided by five, they have to be divided by four......

It's not that the length is nearly doubled, the ticket price can be doubled, the most luxurious movie theater in the bustling metropolis can sell it for the top ticket price, which is 8 dollars, and it is good that remote places can guarantee that there is no discount, and the actual average ticket price will not exceed 6 dollars. If there is a similar episode, the average ticket price can still reach $5.2-5.3 if it is 90-100 minutes long.

The maximum revenue per single seat of each venue is only about 22 US dollars, and the latter can reach 31.5 US dollars.

Of course, these blockbusters can't be compressed to less than 100 minutes, and the best length is the Star Wars trilogy (124, 127, 134), with a maximum of how many rows, but the ticket prices have kept up, and there is not much difference in single-seat income between the two, and the audience will not feel fatigued.

Especially in the prime time of the movie, from 6 to 9 o'clock in the evening, it can contribute almost half of the box office, and it turns out that it can grab two prime segments, which is so long, you can only grab one, and the loss is immeasurable.

The second problem is that I am worried about this fatigue, not every movie is "Gone with the Wind" (238 minutes), many films are too long, such as "Cleopatra" (251 minutes) and Heaven's Gate (216 minutes, and then a 149-minute cut version was made, but the audience has completely lost interest in it).

Therefore, many experts have studied this problem, thinking that the best length of a movie is 90-100 minutes, the time is short, the story cannot be told, and the time is long, the audience is prone to fatigue, of course, if a movie is wonderful, it can also be extended by 140 minutes, but it is best not to exceed 140 minutes, which has almost become the golden rule of Hollywood in the future.

Li Mo was also pondering.

There are still long and successful ones, such as The Godfather 175 minutes, Titanic 194 minutes, Avatar 162 minutes, the Lord of the Rings trilogy reached 560 minutes, and the Blu-ray version was 683 minutes long, and the Blu-ray extended version was 726 minutes.

But in general, once the length reaches more than 160 minutes, it is somewhat of a risky move. The third part was longer, but it didn't have a headache at that time, because in Li Mo's plan, it would be divided into two parts, and the length of 289 minutes was enough to accommodate the third movie. But this is not a circle of money, if it is not divided into two parts, it will save the audience money, but it will increase more costs and risks.

There is also a problem, because it is adapted from Li Mo's revised "Jurassic Park 2", the scene is larger and there are more dinosaurs, and the production cost may be seriously overrun, according to Lucas's estimate, the production cost will reach 130 million, and the more may be close to 140 million. This is more than 100 million US dollars in 91, and when converted into the monetary value of the 10th generation, it is almost equivalent to the production cost of 250 million to 300 million.

But the production cost is exactly what the four investors (Universal, Paramount, and Limer's Io Studios, and Lucas's Lucasfilm) are the least considered, because the insertion of advertisements and peripherals will bring the film at least $70 million in net revenue. Is the production cost of 50 million to 70 million still too much, even if the publicity and distribution costs are included, it is only about 100 million US dollars. The four investors don't believe it grossed less than $250 million.

Li Mo thought for a while and said, "It's really not good, delete some dinosaur scenes." ”

The audience may suspect that its selling point is dinosaurs...... But Lao Lu and Lao Si nodded.

The selling point is dinosaurs, which can be dinosaurs from beginning to end, and they are so long that it has become the most worrying place for several people, and the audience has a sense of fatigue. It's not about watching a video at home, it's about taking a pause.

If you do, you can control the time to 160 minutes, which is still a bit longer, but it is much better than the original possibility of 170 minutes, and in addition, it also saves some of the cost of special effects production later.

With this line of thought, the three of them edited together.

In fact, the investment is too big, and Lao Si has to be cautious.

But after clarifying the main idea, the two masters joined forces, and there was no big problem without Li Mo helping on the side.

And the theme of the trilogy is the same, genes are God's forbidden area, and it is better not to let it come out without good verification. Therefore, the laboratory of the first part, the participation of the military in the second part, and the direct opening of the park to tourists in the third part all suffered a tragic end.

This is also in line with the mainstream mentality of Westerners. In fact, Yifu has spent a lot of money in recent years, and there is really not much money in Huang County, even if the research and development of feed pesticides and fertilizers, the funds are not too huge, and the main cost is the research and development of seeds, seedlings, and genes, in recent years, more than 3,000 gene patents have been applied for.

A few days later, the two brought back the samples.

What is a blockbuster, it is a blockbuster in the early nineties.

From now on, the two film companies have begun to promote it, which has made countless dinosaur fans look forward to it.

There is no network, otherwise the comments on major websites would have been blown up long ago.

Li Mo was going to visit the ranch for two days...... That's when he took a call from Brooke Smalls.

Say yes, ask me to dinner.

Li Mo had already hooked up with Le Yijuan, and there was no way to come to his second "home".

Le Yijuan naturally didn't know what he was doing these days.

When he saw Li Mo, he said, "Brother, you haven't gone back yet?"

"I'm dealing with the movie, I have to wait for the release of a product from Qualcomm, and several domestic companies are also rectifying and firing some lazy and disobedient workers...... So stay in the United States. ”

Le Yijuan didn't understand these for the time being, she said: "Brother, I want to raise a dog." ”

There are a few dogs in the house, but the procedures for animals to enter and exit customs are too troublesome. In the future, the development zone will import a large number of rare birds and fish, as well as some precious flowers and trees, but in addition to the domestic ones, the state has relaxed its policies, and abroad, Wang Weiguo is taking the road of smuggling.

Li Mo couldn't afford to transport a few dogs around, and he could raise them if he wanted, but Li Mo suddenly had an idea and said, "Little Juan, do you want to raise two giant pandas?"

"Brother, stop kidding. Le Yijuan said seriously, she has always been this character, and there is almost no laughing. And this is a giant panda Alas, not to mention private, even if other countries want to lease it from China, it is no less difficult than climbing to the sky.

"You wait. ”

Li Mo said and went out, and after a while, he came back, but Le Yijuan looked at Li Mo's arms and was stupid: "Big, giant panda, two giant pandas." ”