Chapter 55: My Sci-Fi Blockbuster
From 1995 to the present, it has been the most difficult time for Chinese films, there is almost no future in sight, large-scale losses, large losses, and the media almost disdain Chinese films, and then the Chinese film industry has turned around, filmmakers have gone to make TV series, studios have become warehouses, movie theaters have been converted into dance halls, and the male and female actors of the film have acted in TV series.
In this case, there is the legendary rise of a poor student in Chinese opera, like a comet rising into the sky, which attracts all attention at once.
Not only did the domestic reaction be very strong, but Hong Kong and Taiwan Island, which are separated by a body of water, were very concerned.
"The Sixth Sense" has been screened in these two regions, and the box office may not be as good as some local films, but the quality of the film is there, and the acting skills of the actors are there, all of which are impeccable. Compared with the movie, the Hong Kong media is more keen to report the news that Chen Tiandu made half a billion dollars from the movie. According to the exchange rate at this time, Chen Tiandu has jumped from a poor student in the mainland to a billionaire worth hundreds of millions.
In 97~98 years, Hong Kong people are setting off a war to defend the Hong Kong dollar, and have been patronized by international currency speculators, and Hong Kong has become an "ATM" for international speculators, but through the efforts of the Hong Kong government, the exchange rate is still maintained at the level of 1 US dollar to 7.8 Hong Kong dollars. The agent is in turmoil, and Hong Kong films are showing stricter this year. 1998 was also the year when piracy reached its peak, and the current box office champion "Fengyun" was more than 4oo different from last year's "A Good Man", and so far there are still less than ten films with a box office of more than 10 million in Hong Kong. It's totally a trough within a trough.
And Chen Tiandu's "Sixth Sense" grossed US$663.98 million worldwide, or about HK$5.1 billion, which is higher than the total box office in Hong Kong in two years.
A kind of psychology of not eating grapes and saying that grapes are sour arises spontaneously.
"Maybe it's a fluke, he doesn't have a second movie." Some Hong Kong media outlets are not friendly and bluntly say they are not optimistic about his future.
However, as soon as the news that Chen Tiandu's second film was about to start filming came out, he immediately responded to their report like a slap in the face.
"Chen Tian is going to make a second movie, not only with an investment of over 100 million, but also a science fiction movie that few people care about in China, and even Spielberg has to escort it personally."
As soon as the news came out, the Hong Kong and Taiwan regions fell into a wave of discussion, and everything was said.
Then Director Yuan Heping also released the news that he had agreed to Chen Tiandu's invitation to serve as the action director of this film.
Hong Kong media flocked to interview director Yuan Heping, he declared, "This movie is still written, directed and acted by Chen Tiandu, unlike traditional science fiction films, it will use a lot of action design, and the director also promised to give me great autonomy to design kung fu movements, and I can't say much about the rest." "The news is a bit small, but it's hype enough.
Chen Tiandu is completely ignorant of any of this, and he doesn't like to read newspapers much lately, because Americans are even less friendly.
In addition to the "Los Angeles Times" entertainment section was the first to report on the movie, he also accepted an exclusive interview with the "New York Times", and the first question asked by reporter Lukin Posey was straight to the point, saying: "Do you think you can make a science fiction movie with such a big investment?" IMHO, horror films and sci-fi films are a very different span. ”
Chen Tiandu said: "I think DreamWorks and Warner will think more about this issue. But they still invested in me, which shows that I am still trustworthy. ”
"How did you come up with the idea of filming "The Sixth Sense" and then making a sci-fi blockbuster. What is special about it that makes you decide to shoot it? Lukin Posey will not dispel his doubts and continue to ask.
"The idea of the film was already in place, and it was not a hasty decision."
Chen Tiandu said: "My grandmother is French, and my mother is also a Christian. I read many stories of Western mythology when I was a child. When I first came into contact with movies, like most people, I was shocked by the grandeur of Hollywood sci-fi blockbusters. But at this point, in fact, the definition of sci-fi blockbusters in the audience's minds is also a little narrow. I forgot to see it, and I didn't have much aftertaste. In this film, I will try to combine some philosophical propositions with science fiction films. There are not only pleasing scenes, but also will make you think deeply after watching them. I'm confident that even if this film is placed twenty years from now, people will vote for the greatest sci-fi movie, and it will have a place. ”
"Sounds great, can you talk about the story of this movie?"
"Of course." Chen Tian is happy to talk about this.
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"A new work by a Chinese director, a billionaire science fiction movie, The Matrix! The young director declared that this was a new proposition in philosophical science fiction...... "The New York Times reported on the interview, and the news of the new film took up two-thirds of the page. There is also a part of the report on how Chen Tiandu came to the United States to make movies and how he gradually became successful. Because in the eyes of some media, he is still a representative figure of the American dream. Of course, there is also Chen Tiandu's private life.
Chen Tian has no experience in this area at all, and he said everything as soon as the reporter asked. Including the fact that it was not easy for him to chase Kate, he chased for several months before he succeeded, and Kate was his first love. Afterwards, when he saw the report, he felt remorseful and wanted to hit his head against the wall.
Shortly after the New York Times issue went public, the interview appeared on the Internet and was quickly reprinted. There are too many people in the United States who have watched "The Sixth Sense", and they are finally familiar with Chen Tiandu's face.
"The harvest of this lucky Oriental boy's last movie is enough to make people jealous." "Will this sci-fi be just as exciting, or Waterloo?" No matter what the mentality is, netizens have a heated discussion.
After all, "The Sixth Sense" has not yet been painted in North America, and it is still the only movie in North America this year with a box office of more than 300 million.
Anyway, the people who are paying attention to Chen Tiandu now know the news, he is going to shoot a science fiction film called "The Matrix", the content of which is a new story of philosophical science fiction.
By the way, in order to make this movie, he also acquired a special effects company with no future and a small film company, I don't know what the name is, it's a small company anyway.
However, the focus of the media is not his film company, there is nothing surprising about the acquisition of a small company with a net worth of tens of millions, and Los Angeles has never lacked film companies; The media is focused on the movie, his second film, a sci-fi blockbuster?!
Do Chinese make science fiction, their kung fu films and police and gangster films are not bad, such as John Wu's "True Colors of Heroes" and so on.
However, is there a science fiction movie in China?
Is there a science fiction movie that can be used not only in China, but also in the whole of Asia?
Sci-fi blockbusters, Americans have long regarded them as Hollywood's specialty.
Although the entertainment media have not had time to comment, the discussion of the news is already going on on the Internet.
"Truth be told, this movie is worrying. His horror films are not bad, and they shouldn't be too ambitious. He will quickly spend tens of millions of dollars, and then fall a big heel and roll back to China. ”
The words of this comment are already polite, and many comments are directly sarcastic: "Probably he is over-inflated, a Chinese who can only live in a rental house, suddenly has thousands of dollars, it will indeed be overwhelming." ”
"The Matrix? Listening to the name of the movie, it seems to tell the story of hackers. But does that Chinese kid know how to play with computers? The day before yesterday, I saw a report that politicians in their country are still boycotting computers, believing that computers are tumors, psychotropic drugs, and should be banned from being disseminated. Oh my God, what a horrible red country. Can people from such a country make good science fiction movies? ”
Chen Tiandu scoffed when he saw this comment.
Perhaps there are some similar voices in Chinese mainland. Because the country is developing too fast, laws and regulations cannot keep up, and there is no sound legal system, children are addicted to games and hide in Internet cafes all day long. In addition, there is no anti-virus software, Trojan horses and random small websites are rampant, and often when you turn on the computer, a row of clutter will appear on the toolbar. In this environment, pornography cannot be banned. Island country films are also some ways to pass guò, which began to be introduced into the eyes of thousands of Chinese teenagers, and began to become popular with a group of Japanese female artists. Then there will be some bricks who can't see the reality clearly, and they will start to make a lot of nonsense......
In this era, most netizens are simple.
They can even play just one kind of spider solitaire computer-built mini-game and never get bored, and it's a very fashionable thing to have a sister send an email to someone else. The author of the article on the website under the banyan tree is also very simple-minded, and the content is also very literate.
The computer level of netizens is generally not high, but hackers are not an unfamiliar word to the majority of Chinese netizens.
He'll prove to these nobody/arrogant guys what "my sci-fi blockbuster" is!
(In the last week, I rushed to the list, asked for votes, asked for collections, and asked for rewards)
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