Gu Mojie's original intention to buy Legendary Pictures was to make Warcraft movies. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The game agency of World of Warcraft is already in his hands, and the game adaptation rights of a Blizzard IP are also in his hands.

By the way, spending tens of millions of dollars to win the movie adaptation rights of the Blizzard series of games and make a Warcraft movie by the way, it is undoubtedly a big profit to detonate the IP win-win situation.

And when Blizzard first proposed the film plan, Legendary was the highest-scoring candidate of all the program applicants - so, who would buy Legendary not buy?

It has only been a little more than a month since the purchase of Legendary Pictures, and the Chinese government has also launched a four-trillion plan. Moreover, in the field of cultural and health investment with a total scale of 150 billion yuan, the film industry has been supported by name.

In 2007, the total box office of the Chinese film market was more than 3 billion yuan, and in 2008 it barely exceeded 4 billion. Who would have known that in the next seven years, this data will continue to skyrocket at an annual rate of four or five percent?

From 2009 to 2015, 6 billion, 10 billion, 13 billion, 17 billion, 22 billion, 29 billion, 44 billion......

The tenfold increase in seven years is due to the tilt of industrial policies and the increase in anti-theft efforts. And then the historical Tengxun, Ahri, Wanda...... They all did not hesitate to enter the film industry to make money.

"The spring of an industry is coming." This was Gu Mojie's argument at the end of the meeting, and everyone thought it was true.

Now that spring is here, there's no reason not to continue digging into the mid- and long-term films that Legendary Pictures is currently planning.

Cultural and creative art topics are not suitable for talking about with people like Gu Yongjiang and Ye Weilun. Gu Mojie didn't waste time in the company.

When he returned to Zhuxi Trail after work, he asked Ye Minru for a detailed list of the assets of Legendary Pictures, and called Fei Liluo and Wen Wanqing to the house for dinner, and Gu Mojie began to discuss film issues with a group of literary and artistic girls.

In addition to the most important consideration of "what to make money", the film industry is more or less emotional. Scripts that are too routine, even if they make money, they don't bother to shoot with Gu Mojie's forced style and identity.

The theater on Zhuxi Trail is usually for the family to sing. Tidy up at this moment and use it as a place to have dinner and talk about things. Ye Minru copied the works made by Legendary Pictures in the first three years, as well as the box office data, in advance, for Gu Mojie to check at any time.

In tonight's decision-making, Fei Liluo and Lu Wenjun had a weaker voice.

Wen Wanqing, who usually has no sense of existence, quite felt Gu Mojie's dependence - after all, she is an art student, majoring in animation, and her understanding of movies must be more thorough than other women around Gu Mojie.

Wen Wanqing has been very quiet and low-key in the past few years since she followed Gu Mojie, and she has not forgotten to study while working. It's just that after her identity is sensitive, she can't go back to school to take big classes, so she can only occasionally ask professors from the Academy of Fine Arts to hold private classes to help her tutor.

In 2006, Wen Wan cleared out of class, and all other energy was devoted to the filming of "Qin Shi Mingyue", and she could only be a painter and post-production special effects artist at that time.

Later, because of the good market response of "Qin Shi Mingyue" and the high ratings, in 07 and 08 years, two additional films were filmed at the rate of one per year, each with 40 episodes - basically one episode per week during the broadcast schedule, and nine months a year.

(Note: In history, "Qin Shi Mingyue" did make many sequels, with more than 100 episodes)

These cartoons rely on the title of "high-end 3D Chinese comics", and they have also earned a lot of copyright fees for Gu Mojie, and the net profit is about 20 million yuan per piece by selling films and peripherals every year.

This amount of money is taken to Gu Mojie's other industries, which is a fraction of the indifference. But after all, Hatsune Entertainment occupies the top spot in China in the field of 3D animation. The significance of this brand is by no means measurable by tens of millions of dollars a year.

Although she is only a 21-year-old senior graduating student, after three years of "inhumane" fanatical overtime and targeted study, Wen Wanqing seems to have experienced a lot of talent.

She originally had an outstanding understanding in art, and she was a rare genius in the Animation Department of the China Academy of Art. She also has the best themes in China and the world's first-class technology for her to practice, and her progress is even faster.

In "Qin Shi Mingyue 2", Wen Wanqing was the rendering supervisor; and then to "Qin Shi Mingyue 3", she has become the post-director.

In the eyes of outsiders, this speed of promotion is naturally enviable, jealous and hateful.

If you consider that she is Gu Mojie's woman, and there is only this pursuit, in good conscience, she is already very indifferent.

The position doesn't mean much to Wen Wanqing, she just hopes that she can express her talent more unhindered.

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Legendary Pictures' biggest historical precipitation IP is the "Batman" series.

"Batman 1: The Mystery of the Shadow" in '05 and "Batman 2: The Dark Knight" in '08 earned $350 million and $1 billion at the box office respectively. "The Dark Knight" is the fourth film in global history to surpass $1 billion at the box office.

Both films are produced by the company's chief director, the Englishman Christopher Brown. Nolan took it.

If you want to make quick money, the first choice is, of course, to continue to make a sequel and get Batman 3.

But after reading the information left by Legendary Pictures, Batman 3 is not prepared at all - after all, Batman 2 was just released in July this year and was only recently released. If the sequels are too close, the audience will definitely be aesthetically fatigued.

If it's not "Transformers", don't take on the job of "one a year".

"Slap~", Gu Mojie cut off the projection content on the wallscape TV, "Batman is out of action for the time being, let's discuss the next one." ”

"Well, the filming of "Watchmen" and "Home of the Beast" has been completed, and it is currently in post-production, so there is nothing to do. "Ninja Assassin" has now started production, and it is expected to complete filming in March next year and complete post-production and release in September. ”

Wen Wanqing took the planning list of Legendary Pictures and went down one by one,

"At present, the masterpieces that have been planned and have not yet started are "Clash of the Gods", "Inception" and "Thieves in the City". It is expected to be launched in 09 and released in 10 years. Looking at director Nolan's investment plan and expected schedule, "Inception" is the top priority-

"War of the Gods" is scheduled to be released in the spring of '10, and "Thieves in the City" is scheduled for September. Only "Inception" is the hottest summer file. And with a budget of $150 million, it is far more important than other small productions under $50 million. ”

Gu Mojie had never taken care of the accounts of Legendary Pictures, and when he heard the figures reported by Wen Wanqing, he was immediately shocked.

"You've already invested 150 million to go down?"

Wen Wanqing asked for help blankly, but fortunately, Ye Minru on the side took the question just right: "No, before we bought Legend, we prepared 100 million US dollars, and the budget of 50 million yuan has not yet arrived." ”

Gu Mojie nodded: "Then take a good look at this film and strive to make a name for us." How much money to make is secondary, we must first flag Hatsune's position as a leader in the domestic film industry. ”

Ye Minru immediately cut the content on the screen to the audition record of "Inception". Wen Wanqing gave Gu Mojie the script, casting opinions and preparation memorandum.

After reading the script, Gu Mojie realized that for this film, Nolan has worked hard to make milk - he has been preparing for "Inception" since he finished filming his first famous work "Memory Fragments" in 2000, and has been preparing for eight years one after another, and there are more than 30 drafts of the revised script.

However, this film is also really difficult to deliver.

Because of his excellence, Nolan is not afraid of waiting at all, and there is no best option, so he would rather not shoot and continue to wait.

It can be said that in terms of investing in feelings, "Inception" is much more favored than the "Batman" trilogy.

"Judging from the plot, "Inception" is not a top-level brain-burner. But from the perspective of the combination of brain-burning rhythm and commercialization, it is definitely a perfect work of meticulous crafting.

'Every time you go deeper into a dream, the speed of time is increased by 20 times', 'If you are killed in a dream in a dream, you will jump back to the previous dream', 'If you are killed in a dream under the effect of a powerful tranquilizer, you will sink into a lost realm', 'No matter how deep you sleep, as long as you feel weightless, you will definitely wake up', 'When the previous dream is in a falling environment, the next dream cannot be weightless twice', 'The dream owner who has been trained in anti-inception will form a dream guard to fight back against the dream invader'.

These settings are not only strict and self-consistent; Moreover, it can fully mobilize the sense of hierarchy and rhythm of the film; Adversariality is also ensured; It has even formed the stickiness of the concept of 'infinite stream' that has just become popular - it is definitely an Oscar-level masterpiece when it is filmed. ”

Wen Wanqing said gently, her interpretation of the script is obviously more professional than Gu Mojie. In just a few paragraphs, Gu Mojie saw the potential of this film.

Although Gu Mojie doesn't understand movies, he is engaged in the Internet and media, and when it comes to the convergence of brain circuits, I am afraid that no one on the earth can beat it.

After listening to Wen Wanqing's semi-professional analysis, Gu Mojie suddenly thought of a lot of constructive divergence.

"The structure of this film reminds me of a person." Gu Mojie took champagne and paced back and forth a few steps. Suddenly turned to Feliro and asked with emotion, "Xiaoluo, do you remember the public welfare Internet education institution we invested in two years ago - Salman. Khan's 'Khan Academy'. ”

"Of course I remember," Feryllo immediately interjected at the mention of Khan Academy, "Khan said that with the advancement of the Internet, human concentration is obviously declining. Therefore, his 15~20-minute class, with the optional listening branch, is better than the 45-minute math class at the University of Pennsylvania, and there are more students who see it from beginning to end. This is an era of fragmented reading and fragmented video viewing. ”

"That's what I want!" Gu Mojie put on an expression like 'you have successfully attracted my attention', stretched out two fingers, and pointed at Feliro highly,

"Times have changed, but most Hollywood films are still stuck in the 'traditional three-stage' structure: first roll out the plot idea, then deepen the conflict, and finally climactic showdown. It still takes two hours for a film to complete a complete set of 'audience psychological fluctuation mobilization cycle'.

I read the script of "Inception", although there is still a three-part shadow, but at least a little breakthrough has been made. Because of the setting of 'Layer of Dreams', multiple small climaxes can be inserted before the big climax, and each layer of dreams has a small climax.

Why is the 'infinite stream' of online literature gradually emerging? In fact, it is the same as Salman Khan said, "the limit of human attention and patience is declining".

It turns out that readers/viewers who watched early online literature/online dramas could endure a small climax of 100,000 words and a big climax of 200,000 words.

Now they 'smoke too much' and 'increase their drug resistance', and the same frequency and the same amount can't make them feel good.

At this time, the dose can only be increased.

How to increase the dose? An online novel should be 2 million words, and it must be 2 million words, and the total length cannot be reduced. At this time, the only way to do this is to cut the 'big story of 2 million words' into 'a small story of 400,000 words and a total of 5 stories', and then the frequency of all small climaxes and big climaxes has increased fivefold. It's like Khan, who brought back students who didn't have the patience to listen to Penn math classes. ”

Fei Liluo, Lu Wenjun and Wen Wanqing were all eye-catching.

Gu Mojie's statement is too high-level.

Although Gu Mojie doesn't know much about movies, his knowledge has made his thinking reach the realm of "grass, trees, bamboos and stones can be swords". All inspiration can make him touch the analogy, and often say the big truth that people who focus on one field can't say.

Wen Wanqing asked in a trembling voice: "Are you saying that 'Inception' has the potential to become a cross-era work that is 'dressed in the classic Hollywood three-stage' and actually creates a box office myth through high-frequency high-tide stimulation?" ”

Gu Mojie was also a little excited, grabbed Wen Wanqing's shoulders, and his eyes flashed with fanaticism: "If the shooting is good, I think it's possible." And most importantly, in doing so, we have not lost our compulsion -- those who write infinite streams will be despised by those who write traditional literature. But the script of "Inception", and then adjust it according to the ideas I said, it is entirely possible to achieve the perfect effect of 'reaping the benefits of selling and killing and dying, but not bearing the notoriety of selling and killing and dying'. The traditional syllogism is incapable of criticizing it at all. ”

The highest level of appreciation of elegance and vulgarity is to reap the benefits of the vulgar without damaging the reputation of elegance.

It perfectly fits Gu Mojie's own core values.

Just as why he admires musicians like Jerry Chow and Kwon Boa. These people are all originals and have also created a new era of style. Zhou Jielun created a sentimental Chinese style in a bunch of glamour voices and hurt men; Among a bunch of sexy and bewitching and resentful women, Quan Baoer created a hearty style of a heroic and energetic girl.

What's more, these people created the style, and they didn't lose the market, and they didn't suffer in the ivory tower. Rather, it really pushes social aesthetics one step forward.

Gu Mojie wants to make a movie, of course, he also wants to make this kind of fame and fortune that has the significance of the progress of the times and can make money.

He decided to invest in Nolan and fulfill this wish.

"The company's 2009~2010 film focus is on "Inception" first. Wait until 10 years of Inception enters the late stage, we will shoot "Warcraft", and then "Batman 3" will be launched in 11 years. The main vein of the film market is spread out like this, and other small productions under 50 million dollars are interspersed according to the schedule and the degree of idle personnel - do you think there is a problem with this plan? No problem, I'll take it to Hatsune Entertainment tomorrow to discuss it. ”

The girls said that there was no problem, and it was estimated that even if it was discussed, the people below would not say anything.

"Then it's decided, let's continue to watch director Nolan's casting." (To be continued.) )