It's a magical epic movie, D2 and ILM provide special effects, and it's a Sino-US joint venture to promote it. Cameron got involved. The attraction of the four magic series to the directors can be imagined. The attendees at the meeting are basically directors who have made fantasy movies, and it is not difficult to follow up.

When the meeting ended, the directors immediately offered to go to the screenwriter's library and look at the script.

If there is a good script, there is no reason for them to refuse the collaboration.

After the meeting, the four major magic series were officially launched, and the first to start filming were two TV series and "The Legend of the White Snake: The Legend of the Green Snake", and the story of this film is also very in line with the mainstream trend of movies in the world today - Shemale Love. Just look at how many fans vampire love in Twilight has gained to know that this type of movie is fun.

Moreover, in the story of the White Snake, it can also be transformed into a Hollywood-style blockbuster model. This one directed by Chen Jiashang was born from the Legend of the White Snake, relisting the heroine as the green snake, set as the descendant of Nuwa, and having the same world view as the four magic series. The villain is not Fahai, but Fahai's apprentice, who went down the mountain to avenge his teacher and did evil, and then was eliminated by the green snake.

In short, the main lines of the four major fantasy series are quite concise and clear, that is, the bad guys want to destroy, and the protagonist destroys the bad guys. Then add a little bit of minutia.

It is not an overnight thing for Chinese films to break out of Asia, and they choose mysterious stories when they come up, and it is conceivable that foreigners will not buy them. I have to assimilate the taste of foreigners little by little, and when foreigners are used to the connotation of Chinese movies, they can talk a little more esoteric at that time.

Another reason. "The Legend of the White Snake: The Legend of the Green Snake" has very few CG special effects, and when the Green Snake transforms, it needs more special effects to fight with Fahai, and in other places, there are not too many special effects. Relatively speaking, the cost of this movie will be very low, and it is very suitable as an experimental movie.

Shao Shuaijun personally directed "The Yellow Emperor: The Battle of the Deer". It is built on the scale of the Great War in The Lord of the Rings. No matter how you say it, it will require an investment of five or six billion yuan, so it will be postponed in the future, and even after the release of "The Legend of the White Snake: The Legend of the Green Snake", the response will be strong. Start again.

After all, investing in movies is very risky. Blindly embark on such a big plan. No one can afford the loss.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe Trio, which is now popular all over the world, also created a good world view in advance and then made a movie. Built step by step, word-of-mouth and box office are excellent, and the plan for the next movie is launched. It is a good continuation of the connection between the films, and it also avoids the risk of over-exploitation of a swarm of bees.

After solving the problem of the launch of the four major fantasy series projects, Shao Shuaijun put the scripts that had been created on hold for the time being. went to Thailand, Xu Zheng's new film "People Are Embarrassed in Thailand" is being filmed in Thailand.

The news of Shao Shuaijun's arrival was quickly known by local reporters, and they frantically rushed to the crew's studio.

"The Avengers" is being screened in Thailand and has set a number of records, and has won five consecutive championships in Thailand, achieving more than 300 million baht, becoming the new hegemon in Thai film history. The reporter's crazy visit not only provided a lot of exposure to the Thai crew, but also alarmed the Thai government.

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra personally invited Shao Shuaijun to the house for a banquet.

With Shao Shuaijun's current global status, the head of state of a small country cannot compare with Shao Shuaijun's influence, even his status. It's like Bill. When Gates went to a small country, he was treated in a way that only a head of state could enjoy. Shao Shuaijun, as an oligarch in the entertainment industry, can also enjoy such treatment when he goes to a small country.

No way, it's a lot of money.

Any small country wants to have a good relationship with the rich, and a little investment can benefit the whole country.

In the past two years, Yingluck's rule in Thailand has not been very stable, and she needs China as a backer, and China also needs a neighboring country as an ally. It was reasonable for Shao Shuaijun to refuse, so he agreed to Yingluck's invitation and went to the Prime Minister's Office for dinner, and by the way, Yingluck also invited Xu Zheng, Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang.

As the head of state, Yingluck may not be the most famous, but in the world, she is the most beautiful female prime minister. Half-aged, the charm is still there, and with the light given by power, it looks pleasing to the eye. And interestingly, Yingluck is also half Chinese, her ancestors are all Chinese, and later immigrated to Thailand and became the center of power.

However, politicians are politicians, and the conversation is nothing more than two key points, one is to hope that Shao Shuaijun can invest in Thailand, and the other is to express the intention of Sino-Thai friendship.

Telling Shao Shuaijun about Sino-Thai friendship is purely playing the piano to the cow, and he doesn't understand politics at all.

Yingluck's move is just for the sake of showing China's top leadership. To be friendly to Shao Shuaijun is to be friendly to Chinese and to China......

"At the banquet of the Thai presidential palace, the dishes are generally cooked." After eating, drinking tea, and chatting, the four returned to the crew. On the way, Huang Bo picked his teeth with a toothpick and commented like this.

"I eat with relish, tsk, eating at the prime minister's house, this feeling is different." Xu Zheng had an aftertaste on his face, "I don't think I will have a chance in the future, I came to eat, I really miss it." ”

Shao Shuaijun raised his eyebrows: "Not necessarily, in case Thailand is on fire and drives Chinese to travel to Thailand, maybe you can be invited by Yingluck as a guest again." Shao Shuaijun vaguely remembered that it was because Thailand was so popular that Chinese tourists to Thailand increased greatly, and Yingluck specially invited Xu Zheng and others to have a cordial exchange.

After staying in the crew for a few days and guiding Xu Zheng, Shao Shuaijun set off again and flew to Hollywood.

"The Avengers" is being released worldwide and has become one of the top three box office movies in film history, and Summit Entertainment can't wait to release a sequel now and make another profit. Therefore, the project plan of "Avengers: Age of Ultron" announced that Shao Shuaijun was here to attend the project plan.

Ultron has already chosen a director and will hand it over to Jos. Directed by Whedn. Speaking of Jos. Whedon may not be familiar to many people, especially among film directors. But he has a nickname, which is the George of television. Lucas, directed by the sci-fi TV series "Fireflies" (Rushing Out of Tranquility), is super popular and has a large number of fans.

Shao Shuaijun in addition to to Jos. Weideng stood on the platform and supervised the filming of "Iron Man 3".

Shane. Blake has begun to gather actors to show their strength, looking forward to "Iron Man 3" surpassing the two parts 1 and 2 and reaching new heights.

The previous invitation to the "Iron Man 3" crew was Michigan, and they were willing to provide a $13 million tax incentive, that is, to make a movie here, so much tax relief. Still, it's clear that Michigan is a bit stingy, and North Carolina is willing to offer $20 million in tax incentives.

As a result, the city of Wilmington, North Carolina, will be the main filming location for Steel 3.

Shao Shuaijun, who was originally going to stand on a platform and leave casually in the project publicity of the Women's Federation 2, unexpectedly received Kevin. Figi's phone, there is a problem with the Steel 3 team.

"Shao, Shane. Blake may quit the directing team of Steel 3, and we have serious disagreements over the communication of the script. ”

"What's going on?" Shao Shuaijun asked suspiciously, "What can go wrong with the steel 3 script, isn't the general framework already drawn up?" ”

"It's about the villain 'Manchu Adult', Shane insists on Manchu as the villain, but, you know, Manchu has Chinese ancestry, and we are worried that this will cause resistance from the Chinese side, so everyone is not very happy to talk about it, Shane is no longer a qualified candidate."

Man-sama, this is a character that has been in Marvel Comics for a long time, and it appeared as early as 1964. In the comics, he is a descendant of Genghis Khan, the richest man in China before the liberation, after the founding of New China, the Manchu people were expelled, and then discovered an alien spaceship that had been buried for many years, and got the ten rings to control the spaceship.

In the comics, Manchurian has always been Iron Man's nemesis.

"Didn't you say that the Manchu people will no longer appear as the negative leader, although I don't think the Manchu people have any ugly image of China, but the background of the Manchu people is too mysterious and not in line with the trend. Why did Shane still make Lord Man the villain? ”

"Who knows how his brain pumped, Shao, Shane left the director's position, would you like to come back to direct "Iron Man 3"?" Kevin spoke out his ultimate intentions.

Shao Shuaijun shook his head, thinking that Kevin couldn't see it, so he said: "I have a lot of work this year, and the four major magic series can't do without me, and then take over Steel 3, and some of them are busy." You go and ask Jon. Favreau. ”

"Jon has taken Disney's Magic Empire."

"Joe. What about Johnston? "Joe. Johnston is the director of Captain America.

"Joe's style doesn't fit Iron Man."

Kenneth. What about Branagh? Kenneth. Branagh is the director of Thor.

"Kenneth is not suitable to direct superhero movies, and "Thor" has a bad reputation, otherwise we wouldn't have replaced "Thor 2: Dark World."

"Don't other directors have the right candidates?"

Kevin sighed on the other end of the phone: "Shao, I don't want to trouble you, but, Gang 3 is about to start filming, where can we find a director who is willing to take over this movie temporarily." Changing to a director I don't know, I have to accept the Marvel Cinematic Universe plan again, we can't afford to delay this time, and the publicity is released. "Iron Man 3" came out, and the entire second group plan was seriously disrupted. ”

"So, I've got to clean up the mess?"

"Shao, we are all working for you, can you watch the Marvel Cinematic Universe plan fail?"

"Alas, well, I attended the project launch conference of the Women's Federation 2, and we will talk about Steel 3."

Shao Shuaijun could only reluctantly agree, he had already planned to take fewer movies, be busy with the four magic series, and accompany his family, but now he is going to be busy again. (To be continued......)