Chapter 117: Using Comics to Fool the CIA
The question of how the Soviet-style fighter came to be temporarily confused, although the two excuses that Ling Shizhe found were very bad, but after discussion, everyone still unanimously decided that the Soviet-style fighter was designed by Ling Shizhe, as for why he was able to design the Soviet-style fighter, these paintings are the best proof, as for more reasons, there will be a special team to make up, as long as the CIA can be fooled.
Foster told everyone that if you want to fool the CIA, it is not as difficult as everyone thinks, and the method he proposed is to first register the Soviet-style fighter shape design patent in Europe and the United States, and at the same time launch a toy model related to this, and find a group of screenwriters in Hollywood to write a comic book series with the theme of the war between the United States and the Soviet Union, anyway, in the end, the United States defeated the Soviet Union, and freedom defeated the dictatorship. Anyway, it's fooling the CIA, and it's like a failure in the development of a commercial toy.
The development of the "Su-35" fighter is even more of a no-trace thing, even if it is 10 years from the beginning of development now to the final launch, who will take what happened ten years ago seriously? Anyway, it was just a toy at the beginning, but it was found that the aerodynamic structure of this toy was very in line with the characteristics of modern third-generation fighters, so we turned this toy into a real thing, and as for the Soviet Union, it is better to explain that it was they who copied our design.
This plan is the most reliable plan after everyone has discussed several unreliable plans, and it is also the most reasonable and operational plan, everyone agrees, but Ling Shizhe has different opinions and asks: "Is it that in order to fulfill this lie, do we still have to buy a toy factory?" ”
Foster replied: "This is not a boss, we can find these toy factories OEM, there is no need to build a toy factory, you must know that the planes produced by Boeing, Lockheed, and McDonnell Douglas have launched their own aircraft toy models, and they are all looking for special toy manufacturers to OEM, and the market response is quite good, although these profits cannot catch up with the profits of selling a real aircraft, but it is also a good pocket money for these aircraft giants, although this money is small, But it's quite lucrative for our new aircraft company. ”
That's right, anyway, the aircraft company does not have the slightest profit project, and the profit from selling toys is enough to feed the newly born aircraft company at present.
"However, toys must be particularly popular with the market, just like Barbie, and they must be combined with film and television and comics and animation to maximize profits, otherwise a single toy will not make much money, you must know that we are not a big company like Boeing and McDonnell Douglas that have been famous for a long time, and the toy models of Soviet fighters we launched will not be as popular as their market." Grove reminded.
"That's why I asked why I wanted to find a bunch of Hollywood screenwriters," Forster explained, "Let them make up a story about the Soviet plane designed by our boss, a story about the air battle between the United States and the Soviet Union, the Soviet-style aircraft is there, but we still lack a heavy American fighter, we can try it with McDonnell Douglas, aren't they developing the F-15 fighter, take it over, and let these two planes compete in the comics, I think this kind of cartoon will definitely have a market, McDonnell Douglas will definitely not object, It's good to advertise their new generation of fighters, and maybe we can even bring in Lockheed, Grumman's YF-16 and F-14 to compete with our Soviet-designed fighters. ”
Nien said: "Let's contact McDonnell Dalwellall first, and several other companies will not contact for the time being, you must know that this company is a bunch of vampires, and we can't guarantee the legitimate interests of our company if McDonnell Douglas is unwilling, we will contact other companies to see." ”
"What is the main line and background of the story?" Mark asks the key question.
Ling Shizhe thought for a while and said: "These planes are a new generation of fighters, and the various functions on the fighters are full of science fiction, so the background is better in the 21st century, the two superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union are replaced by alphabetic symbols, so as to avoid unnecessary trouble, Lockheed's YF-16 is still forgotten, they are now competing with McDonnell Douglas for a new generation of single-engine light fighters, we don't need to get involved in the competition between the two large companies, and take the "Gripen" fighter I designed as the protagonist, On behalf of the righteous side, "Phoenix" as a representative of the Soviet Union is the evil side, in the cartoon two fighters to the death. ”
"But the "Gripen" fighter is a single-engine light fighter, let him compete with a twin-engine heavy fighter like the "Phoenix", he is not an opponent, right? ”
"That's why we have to pull McDonnell Douglas, F-15 with Gripen and "Phoenix" Soviet-style fighters to the death, can withstand the enemy's attack, the enemy design is stronger can make the story more watchable, so that we can also publicize our "Phoenix" fighter strength is very strong, so that we can make the comics into a series, just like Weiman's superhero comics, but our superhero is an airplane, if we do a good job, maybe we can make a movie, animated movie or something, You know, I just bought a cinema from my second brother. Ling Shizhe added.
Everyone laughed and agreed very much with Ling Shizhe's opinion, so that he not only avoided the entanglement of the CIA, but also made a sum of money, and also advertised his plane, so why not do it in one fell swoop.
You CIA grabbed me and said why did you design a Soviet-style fighter? Please, everyone knows that our cartoon is a cartoon of the air battle between the United States and the Soviet Union, and it is a matter of course to design a fighter full of Soviet style for the enemy, and the CIA can't say anything.
"How do you set the style of the comics? As for the characters, the fighter plane must be piloted, how to set the main story line? ”
Ling Shizhe turned to Mark and said, "Mark, you used to be a Hollywood screenwriter, how do you think we should set these up?" ”
"Boss, that's a long time ago, I only worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood for a year, I'm a very lame screenwriter, and the stories I make up are not as good as Hollywood companies, so I only worked for a year and left."
"It doesn't matter, you're the only one of us who has experience in making up stories, we don't ask you to make up a complete story, we need your experience to define the style of the story." Ling Shizhe encouraged.
"Why don't you go to Li Hanxiang, I remember that he is a very good Chinese film director, and he is much better than me in directing and writing."
"No, no, no, Chen Bosen just contacted him, he has not agreed to cooperate with us yet, the two sides are still bargaining, and it will take a while for him to join, just now you also said that Li Hanxiang is a Chinese director, and making Chinese movies is his strength, engaging in comics, especially this kind of comics for European and American audiences, the subject matter is a science fiction theme about the air war between the United States and the Soviet Union, Li Hanxiang is not suitable for him to do this. We don't need you to be the producer of the comics, we just want you to give your opinion so that we can determine the style of our comics, and as for the specific story content, we can leave it to the professional screenwriters in Hollywood. ”
"Okay, I'll think about it." Mark saw that he couldn't shirk it, so he had to bite the bullet Next, after half a ring, Mark said: "The style of science fiction comics is generally based on the style of live-action comics, I think we still use live-action style, but we have to draw a little more beautiful, to be honest, American comics are very rough, it's okay to draw tough characters, and it's not okay to draw others, especially our kind of air combat comics, comics that pay special attention to details, I think I still have to find Japanese cartoonists to draw, and the story can be made up by Hollywood, Since modern air combat is a systematic operation, I don't think we can just have one protagonist, but several more protagonists.
I don't know if you've seen a very popular comic called "Oolong Police Station" in Japan recently, the main comic characters in it are five people, and these five people have their own distinct personalities, I think we can refer to it, okay, that's all I can think of. ”
Mark's words reminded Ling Shizhe that the previous comics, whether they were American superheroes or Japanese comics, were based on individual heroes, such as "Captain America", "Astro Boy" and so on were all masterpieces of that period, and "Oolong Police Station" is a very representative comic, he is different from the previous comics, he pioneered the practice of replacing the previous individual heroes by team combinations.
Japan's manga industry is extremely developed, and in the long-term creation of manga, they have summed up a successful business experience - the royal road.
The so-called royal road is the three elements of blood, friendship, and hard work, that is, by building a team, all three elements are displayed.
Generally speaking, as a Japanese comic, the protagonist needs to be single-celled, the supporting role needs to be a handsome guy, and the three-person person plus a hot-blooded part-time funny teenager - such a four-person group, this is what the Japanese call the royal combination.
Such four people can be hot-blooded, can work hard, and can brush each other's favorability, among these people, some people are cool, some are cute, some are funny, and there are beautiful characters to attract popularity. At the critical moment, the handsome guy is in trouble, and the hot-blooded protagonist comes to the rescue, full of basic feelings...... Oh no, friendship. Because it's easy to use, so this model is spread across multiple universes, and the foursome may be a man who dreams of becoming the king of the pirates, a great ninja with a mouth, or a high school student or a superpower who plays basketball, but such a fixed combination model will generally not change - so this is the so-called royal road, blood, friendship, plus handsome, cool, funny and other elements, which is enough for comics.
This is a new model of comic development, and in addition to the four protagonists, the comic "Oolong Police Station" also has an old and prudent director to lead these four people, which makes the comic content richer and the watchability is greatly enhanced.
As for the market, there is no need to worry at all, the description of the team is marketable, and the description of a character cannot please all the audience, and the protagonist is developed into a team combination of multiple people, so that the problems that were originally concentrated on one person are scattered among multiple people, which can be better close to reality. If the assignment work is done well, it can be done so that each character has their own charm, so that each of them has an attractive brilliance, which is the so-called royal way.
How do you write a team that appeals to everyone? It's actually very simple: highlight a certain trait of each person, and then downplay the other trait, so that several people form a team, and you can form a good team.
At least until the 90s, Hollywood did not have established rules for this kind of creation. Japan was just beginning to flourish in the 80s, and although "Oolong Police Station" was launched in the 60s, the protagonist of this manga is still with Ryotsu Kanyoshi as the protagonist, and everyone else is a supporting role, and the concept of team characters, they don't have it yet.
Although Mark is not a good screenwriter, he looks at things very old-fashioned, and he immediately saw the key to the comic "Oolong Police Station" - the team.
It's easy to figure out the key inside, there is no set of rules for any story, as long as you grasp the core, even if the story is completely different, it will be welcomed by the audience, and then everyone preliminarily agreed on five story characters, an experienced air force commander, four rookie pilots who have just graduated, the stronghold is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, three of the four rookie pilots are men, with black, white, and yellow skin tones, plus a blonde beauty, these four people have their own personality characteristics, and the story is the basic element with hot blood, There are three elements of friendship and hard work, in which friendship can be transformed into family affection and family, which can cater to the mainstream ideology of the United States.
The name of the last comic was obtained by Ling Shizhe, and the famous Hollywood movies in the future named this comic "Top Gun".
When everything was agreed, it was past midnight, and everyone got up to say goodbye, but Ling Zhigao stayed.
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