Chapter 141: Could it be the box office in Africa?
"That's good. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" Tina drained half a glass of beer in one gulp and sighed comfortably: "Practice brings out the truth, no matter how much you learn in college, it can't compare to actual practice and participation." ”
"That's what I said." Zhou Yu smiled: "But theoretical knowledge is also essential, isn't it?" ”
Tina shrugged.
"Honey, it's actually hard for me to understand that you suddenly have such a huge interest in movies." Tina revealed the previous topic and said: "Historical war films, in particular, are no longer popular. ”
"It's not that it's not popular." Zhou Yu has different opinions: "The main reason is that the commercialization of films is getting deeper and deeper, and the investment in shooting this kind of film is large, time-consuming, and the requirements are more rigorous, which is not cost-effective compared to other types of movies, so there are so few or even nothing." As long as you are willing to invest, it is not impossible to make brilliant masterpieces. ”
"Mmmm, I think what Brother Yu said makes sense." Qu Jing and Fang Tingting echoed on the side.
"Well, I'm not interested in any of that anyway." Tina spread her hands.
"So, as soon as you get on the plane, you go to the gym?" Zhou Yu said with a smile.
"Why not?" Tina stood up after drinking her beer: "I need to go take a shower, honey, together?" ”
Qu Jing and Fang Tingting immediately flushed.
Zhou Yu smiled and repeated Tina's words: "Why not? ”
...
Arriving in Los Angeles, when the group got off the plane, Claire was already waiting with Paramount's people.
The convoy then headed for Paramount's headquarters on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood.
Then, at Paramount headquarters, meet Peter Jackson.
After that, there is basically no need for Zhou Yu to participate in person. He just needs to pay and that's it.
The next day, Zhou Yu returned to the farm with Tina. Matters related to the movie are naturally handled by Claire and Paramount, as well as Xu Ke and others.
As for Qu Jing and Fang Tingting, they officially joined the crew to prepare for the start of filming.
Preparing to make a movie is not as simple as words.
The crew was formed, and first of all, they had to consider the script. cooperated with three experts, plus Jiang Wen and Peter, two assistant directors, to make final revisions to the script.
After the script is completed, it is necessary to contact the actors, contact the venue, and so on.
When these are almost done, it is the boot conference.
Then filming will officially begin.
In the meantime, some hazy news related to this film has also begun to circulate on the Internet and in the media. On the side of the United States and the Great Xia, it began to heat up almost simultaneously.
""Emperor Han" is coming, are you looking forward to it?"
"Historical blockbusters, unlimited investment."
"Mu Weihuo, a wealthy Chinese man, fought the Huns with thousands of troops and horses."
"Famous directors Xu Ke, Jiang Wen, Peter Jackson, three directors have joined forces to create the strongest epic war blockbuster in history!"
"Cheng Long, Zheng Zhidan, Tang Guoqiang, Gong Li, Fan Binbin and other superstars work together to play the iron-blooded tenderness and restore the style of the Han family."
"It is rumored that Qu Jing, a national beautiful girl who entered USC for further study at the beginning of the year, will play the role."
... And so on and so forth. As soon as it was exposed, it immediately occupied the headline position and caused a lot of discussion.
"Historical blockbusters? Outdated, right? ”
"Now it's sci-fi, fantasy blockbusters, and historical blockbusters, I'm afraid there is no future. But since it's the champion Hou as the protagonist, I have to watch it ten times when I smash the pot and sell iron! ”
"I love Huo Biyao the most! Top top top top top! ”
"Kill, kill, seal the wolf!"
"Ride your horse and whip, kill the Huns, look at my hussar general!"
For this historical blockbuster that is about to be filmed, netizens in Daxia have the most enthusiastic reaction. But there are concerns.
"I'm skeptical, I'm scared. I'm afraid that this film will make my big Sima Hussar General Champion Hou Huo get sick beyond recognition! ”
"yes, I'm scared too. Now these people who are engaged in movies are messy and tidy, and they don't respect the original book or historical facts at all. It's like the previous one who was a god, what a Tang Dynasty, what a thing, disgusting! ”
"Champion Hou, the hero in my mind, must not be black, not black, not black!"
And so the rebuttal came.
"Upstairs blind, right? Didn't you see that you hired a historian as a consultant? ”
"The official website of Yiyuan Media has released a new message, and the crew specially invited three Taishan Beidou in the domestic historical circles, trying to restore the scene at that time, from the living habits, speaking methods, and even etiquette and clothing, etc., to show the original Han style!"
...
Compared with the voice of anticipation in Great Xia, the United States has many doubts.
Many media feel that historical war films are no longer popular, and even sang about this movie at the beginning. Some media, even early, made estimates for the box office of this movie.
In particular, Fox TV, a subsidiary of News Corporation, even asserted that the box office of the film would not exceed 80 million.
Of course, there are also expectations.
Many ordinary people in the United States are looking forward to seeing the scenes of the ancient wars of the historic Great Xia.
Zhou Yu couldn't help but laugh when he saw these declining comments.
Eighty million?
He was absolutely sure that it was definitely more than 80 million!
"Is it the box office in Africa that Murdoch is talking about?" Zhou Yu spoke on his Facebook account.
Zhou Yu can't be sure whether this movie is a loss or a profit, but the global box office of 80 million looks down on him Zhou Yu too much.
If nothing else, just talking about the box office market in Daxia, there may be more than that.
In recent years, the box office market of Daxia movies has exploded, and some movies can reach a box office harvest of 12 billion Daxia coins. And 80 million dollars is only a lot? It's only 500 million Daxia coins.
Perhaps, the box office in the United States may have this number.
Subsequently, Viacom's media began to fight with News Corporation.
Their own bosses despise Murdoch, and as the mouthpiece of the boss, Viacom's online and TV media must immediately follow suit.
The mouthpieces under Zhou Yu are in contact with the media under News Corporation, and they are fighting for each other, and the movie that has not yet been filmed is almost as hot as a volcano.
At the same time, at the behest of Zhou Yu, the mouthpieces began to dig up and report on the history of Zhuxia, the Han dynasty, the war against the Xiongnu during the period of Emperor Wu, and related figures.
According to Zhou Yu's meaning, when the movie is released, let the people of the United States, at least know who Huo Quai's illness is, and what Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is capable of, and not let them break into the movie theater in a daze.
And from this direction, it already has the meaning of cultural transmission.
As far as the United States is concerned, neither the people nor the government care. After all, this film does not deal with sensitive topics related to the United States.
But on the side of Great Xia, there are some sensitive areas that need to be dealt with.
The current Great Xia is different from the ancient times. Stressing that 'one hundred and ten nationalities are one family' is one family, it is necessary to completely put an end to people's remarks in this regard, and to avoid the so-called national problems that may occur.
But in fact, when they were doing this, they had already foreshadowed that this problem would not be solved.
Why do those minority nationalities have such and such preferential treatment?
Why do you mention 'one hundred and ten nationalities'?
Since it is divided into nationalities, it cannot be one. Emphasizing this would be counterproductive. The Zhuxia and Han ethnic groups were dissatisfied, and the minority ethnic groups felt that this was a form of discrimination.
However, in history, after the various dynasties conquered the surrounding barbarians in their heyday, the concept of nation was not mentioned at all, so in a very short time, those who were annexed would quickly merge into each other, regardless of each other.
Therefore, Zhou Yu believes that the so-called national policy of Daxia is not appropriate.
Of course, that's none of his business.
But it's about the movie.
Since the movie is talking about the historical facts of the war between the Emperor and the Han Dynasty to break the Huns, then it involves the so-called national issue - today's Great Xia is trying its best to avoid it in this regard, and even let and instigate some scum to whitewash those tainted characters in history, and touch those Han heroes in history to the black!
For example, Grandpa Yue!
Zhou Yu is very unaccustomed to it.
And this movie involves such a problem.
Jian Lin mentioned to him that maybe when it was released in Great Xia, he would be blocked by some obstacles.
But Zhou Yu is confident - in this regard, he has a way to solve it!
As for what to do, it's not urgent, not now.
Back on the farm, while leisurely and paying attention to the filming process of "Emperor Han", Zhou Yu had another idea.
To spread the civilization and culture of Great Xia, it is impossible for him to make historical blockbusters every time he makes a movie. Even if the audience is not tired of watching crooked, he himself is tired of crookedness.
The civilization and culture of Zhuxia are not only reflected in the thick history.
Some mysterious wild histories and novels are fine.
He set his sights on a certain fiction website.
"You think it would be interesting if I made some of the fine works on this website into film and television works?"
Tina's chin rested on Zhou Yu's shoulder, and she looked at Zhou Yu boringly looking through the webpage, and snorted when she heard the words, which meant to follow Zhou Yu's convenience.
"Okay, I know you can't read it." Zhou Yu stretched out his fingers with his backhand, propped up Tina's white chin, and kissed her sideways: "But Tina, I think you still have to learn Chinese well." Otherwise, it's a pity that you can't understand such a wonderful text. ”
"Don't learn." Tina snorted.
Zhou Yu shrugged.
"Are you going to buy this website?" Tina said suddenly.
"Why do you ask?" Zhou Yu couldn't help grinning.
"Because that's how you came." Tina folded her hands and counted, "For example, Paramount, honey, you want to play a movie, so you bought the whole of Viacom." I think if it were possible, Lockheed or Northrop, you wouldn't let it go. ”
"The parents who gave birth to me, and Tina who knows me!" Zhou Yu laughed: "Yes, I'm just going to buy this website." You see, many of these good novels can actually be converted into film and television works. It seems that in the country of Great Xia, it has begun to prevail. But what the hell are those shots! Reluctant to invest, completely blind to these wonderful words. (To be continued.) )