"Gold medal director Gao Xixi revealed the secret preparations, and the TV giant "New Three Kingdoms" is about to start filming."

After Lin Yuquan approved the start of formal preparations for filming, Sugon Film quickly contacted the rest of the investors, and then held a press conference.

The Kyoto Evening News carried out a large-scale report with the above headline, comprehensively analyzing the preparations for the "New Three Kingdoms", and the report mentioned: "The new version of the "Three Kingdoms" that has been rumored in the market for a long time held its first press conference today when it is in its fifth year of preparation, and representatives of eight major investors, including director Gao Xixi, Shuguang Film, Communication University, Five Star Oriental, and Oriental Henghe, attended the press conference. At the press conference, Gao Xixi answered all questions, calmly and frankly solved various mysteries about the show. It is revealed that the new version of "Three Kingdoms" is expected to shoot 80-100 episodes, with a total investment of at least 150 million yuan, and the leading work of production will be completed by Shuguang Films

In terms of actors, when reporters mention the filming of feature-length TV series, there are usually multiple investors, and directors are often constrained or feel great pressure from all sides, which has been highlighted by the preparation process of the new version of "Dream of Red Mansions". In this regard, Gao Xixi said that although this is a multi-party investment, like other works shot in Shuguang Film before, the investor respects him very much and supports him, and there are 270 to 280 characters with names and surnames in the whole play, 90% of which will be personally selected by him As for the specific candidates, Gao Xixi is still looking for a look, and the results will be announced from time to time later. ”

The Kyoto Evening News was just one of the outlets, with dozens of outlets covering it at the end of the press conference, plus subsequent reprints from other media outlets. Immediately, the news that "New Three Kingdoms" was about to start filming was transmitted to the eyes of countless Chinese people.

Although "New Three Kingdoms" is not the first remake of the four famous novels in recent years. There is still a new version of "Dream of Red Mansions" and a new version of "Water Margin" to start preparations for filming. But after all, the four masterpieces have an extraordinary status in the hearts of every Chinese people, so the imminent start of filming of "New Three Kingdoms" quickly caused a huge sensation in China, and the news revealed in the press conference made people talk about it, and naturally compared it with the other three masterpieces.

There is no doubt that the directors who can get the microphones of the remakes of the four famous works are by no means ordinary, not to mention the original director of the new version of "Dream of Red Mansions" Hu Mei, the current director Li Shaohong is a representative of the fifth generation of female directors, looking at China. Its status among female directors is second to none, and regardless of the movie results, "Daming Palace Ci" and "Orange is Red" are rare TV drama masterpieces, which are deeply loved by the audience.

Wu Ziniu of the new version of "Water Margin" is also a representative of China's fifth generation of directors, who has shot many war-themed movies with significant influence, and has turned to the field of TV dramas in recent years, directing many large-scale historical dramas, "Hero Zheng Chenggong", "The Granary of the World", "Zhenguan Long Song", which received rave reviews while receiving good ratings.

The new version of "Journey to the West" has not yet been officially prepared, so there is no confirmed director yet. But it has an amazing producer - the bearded Zhang Jizhong.

In contrast, Gao Xixi, the gold medal director, is naturally not inferior. After "The Sky of History", "Happiness Like Flowers", "Sweet Honey", and "New Shanghai Beach", Gao Xixi has become a hot director in China. Although he is not the best one, at least in the field of TV dramas, he is definitely at the forefront of the hearts of countless audiences, and his expectations for the director alone undoubtedly exceed Li Shaohong and Wu Ziniu, which is enough to compete with Zhang Jizhong, the first gold medal TV series producer.

Looking at the investment, "New Three Kingdoms" has invested at least 150 million yuan, and it is revealed that this part of the investment has been fully in place, and according to the actual filming needs, the investor will further increase the investment. In contrast, the new "Dream of Red Mansions", which has started filming, is seriously short of money, and the crew is trying their best to fill the loopholes in funding, except for the 50 million yuan jointly funded by the three investors, the other 50 million yuan gap needs to be solved by the crew themselves. The new "Water Margin", which has spent tens of millions of dollars on the draft, has not been aborted because the follow-up funds have not been in place, although the preparatory work has temporarily stalled, and it is necessary to wait for the notice of the investor. And the new "Journey to the West" also has a funding gap of tens of millions of yuan.

As for the producer, there is no doubt that at this point, "New Three Kingdoms" easily beat the other three parties, "Produced by Dawn, it must be a high-quality product", "Soldier Assault", "I am a special soldier", "Happiness is like a flower", "The Legend of Deer and Ding", "The Moon Knife at the End of the World", "Latent", "Double-sided Tape", "New Shanghai Beach", "My Captain, My Regiment" Shuguang Movie has won the trust of countless audiences with its past masterpieces.

After such a comparison, both the media and the public have high expectations for "New Three Kingdoms" directed by Gao Xixi, far exceeding the other three major remakes, and the cast of "New Three Kingdoms" is hotly discussed.

The media expects, the audience expects, how can TV stations and advertisers not expect, although the production cost of "New Three Kingdoms" is bound to be extremely high, but no TV station and advertisers are discouraged, the expectation index of "New Three Kingdoms" itself has made them inevitable, not to mention that there are two signboards of Shuguang Film and Gao Xixi, especially Shuguang Film, in the past two or three years, the TV series produced by Shuguang Film have set off a fierce cleaning boom in China, and a series of high-quality TV series have brought amazing benefits to major TV stations, There are such examples in front, who wants to let go.

As a result, in addition to CCTV, the major TV stations formed a group with each other, and a thrilling copyright battle began, and many powerful advertisers were gearing up, just waiting for the dust to settle on the copyright of the first round of broadcasting, and immediately grabbed the interstitial advertisement.

However, although "New Three Kingdoms" is amazing, it is actually not the most eye-catching in China during the same period, because "No Man's Land" and "Heartbeat" are about to be released, and as the time approaches September 30 and October 17, the two films immediately launched the final stage of publicity before release.

Two movies, one is directed by Ning Hao, the best young commercial director in China, except for Lin Yuquan, with the golden iron triangle of Ning Hao + Xu Zheng + Huang Bo and the dazzling lineup of Zhou Xun. Needless to say. The three words "Lin Yuquan" alone are enough to explain everything. With these two films, it's not hard to imagine how much attention they received.

In particular, "Heartbeat", not only in China, but also after experiencing all the previous things including the crazy box office myth of "Wild Story: The Rise of the Ape Race", it has indisputably become the most watched and anticipated film in the world this golden autumn October.

Due to the filming of "Immediate Rescue", Lin Yuquan was unable to participate in the global promotion of "Heartbeat" this time, of course, there is no need to deliberately promote it. Since the announcement of the schedule, "Heartbeat" has been included in their viewing plans by countless fans and audiences.

However, it is impossible for "Heartbeat" to really not do any publicity, as a small and fresh love movie, Summit Entertainment still spent $30 million on publicity and promotion, and it must be known that the production cost of "Heartbeat" is only $25 million. In addition to the re-run by Brody. Jenner, the assistant director, led the crew of the main creative actors to carry out a global tour.

During this period, the filming of "Immediate Rescue" was not affected in any way, and as soon as the filming in Rongcheng ended, the crew immediately went to the severely affected north. Filmed in Sichuan County.

"Oh, the special effects company and the TV production company have collected the information, and the finished production of "Fatal Bend 3" and the final cut of "Twilight: New Moon" and "Black Valentine" have been sent to me."

Received Chris. Lin Yuquan, who was on Anderson's phone, was in a good mood. The special effects company and the television production company are undoubtedly of particular concern to him at the moment, and some of his ideas can only be carried out if the acquisition of both is completed. And the three movies are also of great concern to him.

"Fatal Bend 3" will be released on the Friday of the week of Halloween this year, that is, on October 29, after the release of "Fatal Bend 2" at the beginning of the year, it finally received $51.06 million at the North American box office and $97.88 million at the global box office with a production cost of $15 million.

Needless to say, while it's not really certain what the value of Twilight isn't true since Twilight: Twilight hasn't been released yet, the novel's best-selling and $75 million investment alone is enough to establish Twilight: Crescent as a major player in the Pinnacle Entertainment production business.

As for "Black Valentine", although the investment is only 12 million US dollars, it is completely incomparable with movies such as "Wild Story: Rise of the Ape Race" and "Spartan 300 Warriors", but this does not mean that it is not important, it is equivalent to the role of "Fatal Bend 2", "Crazy Stone", "Crazy Racing" in Summit Entertainment and Dawning Movies, in addition to the expectations at the box office, it is more important to present a wonderful entertainment feast for the audience and add weight to the film library of the two.

Yes, Lin Yuquan couldn't wait to know whether the three were good or bad, but when he thought of preparing to shoot a movie, he suddenly showed a rather headache, script, script, the root of film and television dramas, the script is easy to obtain, but good scripts are hard to find, whether it is Summit Entertainment or Shuguang Movie, it is difficult for him to be satisfied with the reserve of scripts, especially Summit Entertainment, since the beginning of the year, there is no particularly outstanding shooting plan reported by Summit Entertainment.

"By the way, have you found a good script recently?"

"There are a couple of good scripts, but none that are very good." Chris. Anderson said with a little embarrassment.

"So, Chris, what do you think we can do to make our script stock richer?" Lin Yuquan asked as he tapped his fingers on the table.

"Boss, I don't think it's okay to just wait for the script in a short period of time, we have to take the initiative to develop, and in this regard, we lack our own discerning producers, so we need to have a gold medal producer with excellent script development ability to help us." Chris. Anderson said calmly.

"Yes, that's exactly what I'm trying to say, since Chris has this in mind, then this matter will be implemented as soon as possible." Lin Yuquan showed a satisfied smile on his face, and continued: "When I watched the Olympic Games before, I thought it was actually quite good to make a sports-themed movie. ”

"Okay, boss." Chris. Anderson nodded with a smile.

"By the way, send those good scripts to my mailbox later, and I'll go back and read them in the evening."

Ends and Chris. After Anderson's call, Lin Yuquan continued the filming of the movie, and waited until the end of the evening, as soon as he had dinner, he didn't care about chatting with Yifei, and immediately turned on the computer to check the email.

Knowing that Lin Yuquan was busy with work, Liu Yifei naturally did not have any unhappiness about this, and sat quietly beside him and watched him work.

Lin Yuquan first looked at the materials of the special effects company and the TV production company, which had been thinking about him for a long time.

According to his requirements, the six special effects companies and five TV drama production companies carefully screened out are all located near Los Angeles, and it can be seen that the staff is very careful in collecting information, and the information is very detailed, including the company's background, financial and tax status, human resources and other relevant aspects, all at a glance, which greatly facilitates his decision-making.

In contrast, Lin Yuquan values the current situation of human resources the most, he does not want a shell company, but a company that can operate according to his ideas immediately after taking over, and after comparison, he quickly selected the acquisition target.

Among them, the special effects company is the rhythm and color that he has considered cooperation before, and the rhythm and color themselves are not to mention, but after reading the company's detailed information, Lin Yuquan knew that the company's operation was not satisfactory.

This is inseparable from the current environment, in the current economic environment and global market conditions, it is undoubtedly very difficult for special effects companies to provide the highest quality visual effects production at the same time, at a competitive price, and to maintain revenue.

Although the expected price required for the acquisition of Rhythm & Color was not the lowest among the six special effects companies, Lin Yuquan did not hesitate to choose it, without it, just because the size of the staff of Rhythm & Color and the number of top special effects experts fully meet his needs, and he is also extremely good at realistic CG animation, which is very important, and his future films need to use a lot of CG.

Of course, if he has more abundant financial strength, Lin Yuquan actually prefers to acquire Weta Digital or Industrial Light & Magic, but unfortunately, he does not have such financial strength, so in the case of his ability, rhythm and color are undoubtedly an excellent choice.

As for the TV drama production company, it is a production company called Tippet, which is not too outstanding but has a lot of production experience.

Immediately followed Lin Yuquan before he began to check on Chris. Anderson sent him a script, looked at it, and gradually became attracted to a script related to bachelorette parties. (To be continued......)