Chapter 199: Preparing for Filming (Chapter 3)
Wang Shang flew back to the magic capital with the team from Hollywood.
This trip to the United States, in addition to deepening the relationship with Robert Downey Jr., also made an appearance at the Oscars, slightly increasing his popularity in the world film industry.
However, the missed award for the best soundtrack made Tianwang Studio, the crew of "Fast and Furious", and fans feel that it is a pity......
As for the frustration of the acquisition of the special effects studio, it gave Wang Shang a reminder: although he has achieved several blockbuster movies, in reality, he is still too weak.
It is inferior to many domestic companies, let alone Hollywood, which is many times more developed.
As soon as Wang Shang returned to the magic capital, he found that the entertainment industry was discussing a question - what is the structure of the 'film and television alliance'? What exactly are the advantages?
And the Modu Film and Television Alliance, the first alliance to be established, has become the object of analysis.
Among the materials prepared by Bi Han, the most authoritative film weekly in China, "Huaxia Film Weekly", was placed on the top, and its cover was a group photo of the alliance when the Modu Film and Television Alliance was first developed.
Wang Shang opened it and took a look, and the first page of the main issue was an analysis of the Modu Film and Television Alliance, which was reported like this-
"The four large film and television groups provide a large and mature team of film and television workers for more than 20 film companies in the entire alliance, effectively reducing the redundancy of their own human and material resources, and at the same time, because of their high status, they can more easily obtain high-level high-quality talents in the entire alliance......"
"The 18 small film companies that have joined the alliance one after another are using the mature and huge resources of the entire alliance to serve their own film companies, reduce various wastes, and save production costs. Its role is to reduce the waste of human and material resources of the entire alliance. However, due to the lack of capabilities in all aspects, the human and material resources that these small companies can absorb are idle, or it can be said that the level is relatively low......"
"Tianwang Studio is responsible for making a name for the Modu Film and Television Alliance, such as the opening of the movie released globally, to join the opening of the Modu Film and Television Alliance, and at the same time use Wang Shang's continuous star-making ability to enhance the international popularity of the stars within the entire alliance, and enhance the international popularity of the Modu Film and Television Alliance, so as to absorb more international ......talents."
"That's why Tianwang Studios was able to gain a voice in the alliance. What all companies value is its ability to enhance the brand of the entire Magic Capital Film and Television Alliance, if Wang Shang loses this aura, that day Wang Studio will become an ordinary small film company, just like its small film company, it can only obtain the inferior resources of the alliance. ”
"The four major film and television groups, Tianwang Studio, and small film companies, all three parties have paid and gained, and their interests are entangled with each other."
Wang Shang took a look at it, and many things were analyzed correctly.
Then Wang Shang opened other newspapers and publications, in addition to the analysis of the Modu Film and Television Alliance, there was also an analysis of other film and television alliances.
But the newspapers all point to one problem: it's getting harder for small companies to survive!
"If anyone doesn't join the alliance, the fewer resources they will get in the future, the more opportunities others will have, and over time, it will be more and more detrimental to their own company. Therefore, no matter how hard the small company is, it has to join this competitive circle. ”
"The only way out for a small company that joins the alliance is to continue to make high-quality films, so that it will naturally attract more investment, more high-quality talent, so that its expansion rate will be accelerated by the excellent circle of the alliance......"
"And as a filmmaker, the competition is no longer limited to the company as before, because there are many people out there competing for jobs. The competition is fiercer, urging them to work harder. ”
"However, because of this opportunity, the competition in the entire Chinese film industry has become more intense, and the development will be more rapid!"
After Wang Shang read it all, he didn't have any opinions on the construction surname, so he put it aside-
The next day, Wang Shang convened a meeting of the heads of each group in the studio to listen to their reports on their recent work.
"Fast and Furious" won three awards at the Huaxia Academy Awards: Best Special Effects, Best Music, and Best Screenplay."
""Speed Speed" has been released for 15 days, and the number of screens it strives for is relatively large, and the box office has reached 300 million yuan. Overseas issuance is already being prepared, involving Southeast Asia and South Korea. ”
"According to the feedback from Dasheng Game Company yesterday, the current game development progress has completed the production of characters and car models, and the next step is to build the core program code."
"Jaws" has been completed, passed the review of the Radio and Television Bureau, and the level is PG13 episodes. Datang International has already discussed with the theater line, waiting for the May Day release, the scope of the release is domestic, and the overseas distribution will take a look at the domestic situation first. ”
The finance team reported the company's quarterly financial data to Wang Shang: "The box office of "Death is Coming 3" and "Fast and Furious" have been returned one after another, and the first quarter profits of the "Death is Coming" game and "Transformers" toys and animation have also begun to arrive, and the company's liquidity is rising. ”
Wang Shang thought for a while and said: "My new film plan is about to start, it is estimated that 400 million will be used, and then part of the basic capital flow will be left, and the rest of the money will be discussed with Mr. Bi, and the movies that the studio wants to make will be filmed, and those that need to be invested will be invested." Anyway, now the whole league is full of talent, and there is no need to worry about not having good movies. ”
When others heard that Wang Shang had a new movie, their eyes couldn't help but light up: "Wang Dong, there is a new movie?" ”
"Hmm." Wang Shang did not tell them in detail for the sake of secrecy.
One morning, Wang Shangdu listened to their reports and filtered all the things in the company in his heart.
Finally, Bi Han mentioned: "Wang Dong, now that the studio is getting bigger and bigger, there are more and more things, and the organizational structure of the studio is a little unsuitable for the current state, do you want to convert and upgrade?" Call it by the name of the company and change all the groups into departments? ”
"Okay, when the time comes, you can discuss a plan and come out, just give me approval at that time." Wang Shang didn't care too much about this.
Once the item was over, the meeting was closed.
After Wang Shang got up after the meeting, he called out by the way: "Lu Yang, come with me to the office." ”
After returning to the office, Wang Shang.
"How many people in the screenwriting team have taken on outside work recently?"
Because Lu Yang is the person in charge, if all the people in the screenwriting team want to take over the work externally, they must have his consent, so at this time Wang Shang asked, and Lu Yang quickly answered: "At present, 4 are cooperating with other companies to create scripts, and the others are all working within the studio, and they have not yet been involved in the outside world." ”
"Okay, I have a script here, I need you to improve it, whoever has the time and who is willing, will participate in this script, but you need to sign a higher confidentiality agreement, strict confidentiality!"
"Okay, I'll go get ready." Lu Yang left with excitement.
Later, Wang Shang met with the special effects team and told the same thing. The special effects team, like the screenwriting team, has been invited by more than a dozen companies in other alliances, and there are still more than two dozen people.
On April 13th, Wang Shang set up a screenwriting team and special effects team to serve "Biochemical Apocalypse", gave the script to the screenwriter team, and also handed over the sketches and weapon drawings of some monsters to the special effects team.
After the special effects team got those sketches, they didn't feel anything, after all, the most ferocious monster 'alien' had already taken shape in their hands. In their opinion, the images of zombies, zombie dogs, lickers and so on are not as frightening as aliens.
As for the screenwriting team of four people, after seeing Wang Shang's unfinished script, the strange power system setting made them feel very amazing.
However, Wang Shang did not give them the key things, any Mayan prophecies, any end times, nothing at all, and the name of the script was replaced by "Survival".
Wang Shang is going to make this "Biochemical Apocalypse" into a series of movies, and the first one is "Biochemical Apocalypse - Survival"
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April 15th.
There was a recruitment message from Tianwang Studio in the Modu Film and Television Alliance: "Recruit temporary special effects artists, 40 people, for a period of 8 months, during which the work content must be kept confidential throughout the process." ”
After the news came out, people within the Modu Film and Television Alliance were immediately surprised: "Isn't there more than 40 special effects in the Tianwang Studio?" Why do you have to recruit so much? 40 plus 40, isn't that going to be 80? ”
Everyone was shocked.
"Could it be that Wang Shang is going to make a movie again?"
They thought about it and thought it was really possible, because half a year has passed since the filming of "Fast and Furious", and it would be a bit strange if there was no movie yet.
Sure enough, they didn't have to wait long, Tianwang Studio announced a new film plan, the content of the film is confidential, but it is confirmed that it is a script written by director Wang Shang, and this time it is still a blockbuster, the film investment is 500 million, and the director is still Wang Shang himself.
"Haha, Wang Shang is finally out of the movie!" All the alliance special effects artists rejoiced and shouted, "I want to join!!" ”
If it's a movie that can be famous all over the world, they are very happy to join in, and when the time comes, they can also show off when they go outside: "Have you heard of "Survival"? I'm the special effects artist in charge of designing that xxx monster inside? ”
Speaking of which, in front of peers, it is a unique face, and when competing for other film crew positions in the future, it will be more competitive.
Other companies that were originally proud of the fact that they could borrow high-quality special effects talents from Tianwang Studio after forming an alliance were suddenly forced to suffer, "I knew that the alliance was not as good as it seemed, and now as soon as the movie comes out, a bunch of people want to join the crew." ”
"Wait until this movie recruits set designers, lighting artists, and makeup artists...... Didn't the best people in our own company go to that crew? Are we not raising people for nothing? ”
Bitter .............