Shen Zhenghui was put on the chariot by his own woman, but since he got on the chariot, he naturally couldn't fight a perfunctory battle, he used all his strength to devote himself to the filming of "Magic Apprentice", such a blockbuster will definitely leave a name in world film and television, even if it is a negative reputation - it is said that Sony and Columbia were dizzy and saw Warner's two magic series, so they followed the trend to shoot "Magic Apprentice" and finally lost three company bottoms, and so on. Of course, Shen Zhenghui worked hard to prevent such criticism, although 50 million US dollars is not a big amount for Karuga, but if he loses it, the company itself will still feel pain.

Professionals from Sony and Colombia have come to Japan to talk to Shen Zhenghui one after another, which fully reflects the importance that large companies attach to Shen Zhenghui as a director. However, it depends on how this movie works in the future, if it feels like "The Lord of the Rings", they will have to rely on Shen Zhenghui to continue filming the plot behind, if it is "Harry Potter", then after stabilizing it, they can kick out Shen Zhenghui and change the director.

Shen Zhenghui learned to think about a lot of things like Peter Jackson: first of all, the shooting can't be set in Japan, nor can it be placed in the United States, these two places can't shoot this type of blockbuster at all, and the shooting location is first to be a sparsely populated place, where you can set up the scenery freely, and it is best to be able to get a tax refund.

Secondly, actors can't use Hollywood first-line actors, it's better to use second- and third-tier actors and actors outside Hollywood, Shen Zhenghui asked for the actor's decision-making right, not because he loves power, but because he must be responsible for investment. Sony and Columbia have no objection to this.

The third is to establish a screenwriting team for the adaptation of the screenplay, and it is best to find the original author to take charge of the adaptation, considering the potential possible prequels and sequels. This is very necessary. Sony and Colombia don't have a problem with this either. However, the Colombian side demanded that most of the crew must be served by Colombian personnel, and they even had to produce two assistant directors, one producer each from Sony and Colombia, and Shen Zhenghui served as a producer as a director, occupying the place in the spring. Of course. Mitsumi Fukuda also has the right to speak as a producer, but she and Shen Zhenghui share a quota, which is quite fair to the three companies.

And Shen Zhenghui has the right to make the actor's decision, but in terms of recommending actors, Sony and Colombia also have the right to speak, and the three parties do not forget to play this word while cooperating sincerely.

Such a heavy production of dà has already set off a bloody storm in Hollywood when it was just being prepared, and some people naturally want to see Sony's jokes. MGM in the midst of the storm is likely to be Sony's next target, so many people are cursed to see Sony fail on this big project, even though it came out of Columbia and a Japanese film company they had heard the name of. Even though the Japanese studio, Kasuga, has performed well in the past and even conquered Hollywood at one point, some arrogant Hollywood companies still wishfully believe that this time Sony is gambling, and the director of this film is a previously famous action film director, which makes them even more optimistic about this plan.

However, in Hollywood, a vanity fair, the A-grade system with an investment of more than 100 million yuan will never be less popular. After hearing that Sony and Columbia were not ready to invite A-list stars to lead the role, those second- and third-tier actors launched their own public relations activities. Banquets with Sony and Columbia companies or company personnel were suddenly fanatically popular, with more than one actor calling the producer in charge of casting to promote himself explicitly or covertly, and there was no shortage of people who were willing to voluntarily dedicate themselves to winning a starring opportunity.

Sony hired the famous producer Mark Gordon as the producer of the film, and although he may not have been very optimistic about the film himself, he did his best professionally. The producer on the Colombian side is Thomas. Maybe it's an opportunity for him to fight for, maybe it's Amy. Pascal kicked him into this position and tied him so that he would not threaten his position. Fortunately, Shen Zhenghui is no longer in Hollywood, he called the starting point, and contacted the original author through the starting point. I hope that the original author will put down his work and come to Japan to complete the adaptation of the script. Ning Huan, who has already started the summer vacation, was directly arrested by Zhuang Ding, and he has already begun to cooperate with Miyamoto to start adapting and listing the adaptation outline of the script, and when the original author arrives, he will immediately start specific work.

Shen Zhenghui paid another million dollars for the author Lan Jing to participate in the script adaptation this time. In fact, the film and television adaptation rights of Lanjing's work have long been sold to Shen Zhenghui, and the price at that time was about one million yuan, but in the face of an investment of more than 100 million US dollars, Shen Zhenghui was really embarrassed to send the other party away with one million yuan, so he directly shot one million US dollars, and said that if the box office performance is good, there will be dividends, and if the box office is a big hit, Lanjing can get up to 10 million US dollars.

This is simply a condition that cannot be refused, and Blue Crystal immediately suspended the writing of "Demon Warrior" in her hand, regardless of how those readers screamed. The starting point released the news in due course, announcing: "My station signed writer Lan Jing has gone to Hollywood (actually Japan) to participate in the script adaptation of the filmization of "Magic Apprentice", it is said that this time the filmization of "Magic Apprentice" is promoted by Sony, jointly produced by Sony's subsidiary Columbia and the famous Japanese film company Kasuga Pictures, the film investment is expected to exceed 100 million US dollars, Lan Jing herself has received more than 10 million yuan with the copyright of "Magic Apprentice", and after the official release of the film, He was also able to get a box office share ......"

The starting point company received dozens of calls a day, not only ordinary readers, but also big bosses who were not bad at money called to ask how to invest in the starting point, and there were also calls hoping to get in touch with Hollywood, asking if the heroine was needed for the movie "Magic Apprentice", in short, all the ghosts and snakes were made restless by such a small piece of news. Of course, there are also people who call to question the authenticity of this news, combined with the blue crystal break, many readers skeptically believe that this is a new way to escape, if "Magic Apprentice" can sell the copyright for 10 million, then "Demon Warrior" will definitely have someone to buy the copyright at that time. It is also very likely that Blue Crystal will take advantage of this to stop updating on the network and switch to the entity.

Interested people will naturally think of Shen Zhenghui when they see the Spring Film and Television Company. Soon the well-informed press confirmed the news with foreign media, which not only confirmed the authenticity of the cinematization of "The Magic Apprentice", but also surfaced the candidate for the director, which gave the Chinese people a big earthquake, and the famous Asia's No. 1 commercial director, Shen Zhenghui, who is not yet 30 years old, will serve as the director of "The Magic Apprentice". At present, he is preparing the crew and making preliminary preparations, and the spokespeople of Sony and Columbia, as well as Kasuga Pictures, have confirmed the accuracy of the news, and made it clear that the investment in the film will reach 200 million US dollars.

It may seem like a gamble to Americans, but the announcement has further boosted sales of The Apprentice of Magic's novels, so much so that it looks like a solid choice in terms of the number of readers of the novel. Criticism can only criticize Sony's adventures from another path, describing the novel as a follow-up to The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, and claiming that a novel written by a Chinese is not as good as Thor. King's time-tested works and the well-loved works of J.K. Rowling. Sony will be on the street to the end, and not only will they not be able to afford MGM, but they will probably have to sell Columbia.

In fact, they had already sold Colombia, and the newspaper commented that Haruhi took the opportunity to take a stake in Colombia, and they wanted to bring Colombia down and then buy it at a low price. The journalist had a big brain and thought it was a showdown between the Chinese and the Japanese. But he apparently didn't figure out who had the controlling stake in Kasuga.

For the Chinese, this is even more complicated. The $200 million investment is almost worth a year's box office in China, and the directors who have just shot so-called domestic blockbusters see the investment. The eyes turned red, and the investment amount of hundreds of millions of yuan was not even a fraction of that compared with others, this was not a level at all. Originally, these few directors in the domestic director circle were also considered top-notch, and they didn't worry about investment at all, but now they can't help but feel a certain jealousy. is also Chinese, Shen Zhenghui's starting point is higher than any Chinese director, and now it is as high as 200 million US dollars, and he is still so young, compared with him. Even Director Zhang, who has been confirmed as the director of the Olympic Games, can't help but feel a sadness - 200 million US dollars, I don't know how to spend this for myself!

Of course, if you have more ideas, you have already started your own drill camp work. The bosses of several major distribution companies in the mainland, whether state-owned enterprises or private enterprises, began to read the book "Magic Apprentice" seriously, they wanted to find out how many roles were needed in it, whether it was possible to stuff one or two Chinese actors, and in addition, whether they could send someone to cooperate with Shen Zhenghui to learn how to shoot a $200 million movie. Chairman Han's resources are the richest, and he himself feels that it has the exchange value of cooperation with Shen Zhenghui, "Magic Apprentice" as a Chinese original work cannot be considered for distribution in China, even if it is released behind Europe and the United States, but if it is released in China, it can't bypass China Film Group, even if you are Colombian or Sony, then this is a talk. Although the Wang brothers of the private enterprise considered the same problem, they had a lot fewer cards in their hands, and in the end they had to grit their teeth, try to take a detour, and turn to Shen Xingguo.

For ordinary people, after feeling the shock of the news, it is natural to eat, to cheer, and there is nothing to worry about, but because of such publicity, the status of the starting point in the industry is suddenly different, not to mention that the starting point announced that Shen Zhenghui is the major shareholder of the company without discipline, but looking at the performance of the starting point over the years (even if it is counted on him) is brilliant enough, cartoons, movies, and TV series are in full bloom, so that many physical authors are also interested in going to the starting point to station, In recent years, young writers who have become famous, such as Guo Si and Han Er, have also opened their own electronic accounts at the starting point. Other lesser-known authors are even more crazy into the arms of the starting point, dreaming that they are the next one.

After this round of publicity, the starting point announced that its signed authors had reached as many as 5,000, and the number of author accounts uploaded to the works reached more than 30,000. The convergence of more authors naturally attracts more readers, of course, this does not mean that the starting point is monolithic, and big websites have the disadvantages of big websites. Other sites continue to compete with the starting point in the name of nurturing new talents, while more venture capital is squeezing into the online literary world. Shen Zhenghui's premise of the concept of the upstream of the entertainment industry has been rapidly spreading, several major Internet giants have begun their own upstream layout of the Internet entertainment industry, and some people have even begun to contact the starting point, asking if they are willing to be acquired. The purchase price is quite substantial.

Shen Zhenghui, who is far away in Japan, cannot lose part of the foundation of his industry, and soon, Kadokawa Books' shareholding in Kasuga's investment in the Japanese light novel network announced the establishment of a strategic cooperation agreement with the starting point, and the work of the starting point will be serialized simultaneously on the Japanese light novel network after authorization. This greatly irritated the cultural officials, and the cultural output that the propaganda department had been shouting about suddenly came to fruition in an unexpected way, and incidentally the leading figures had to look at Yu Yuhang, an online text company that was previously considered to produce vulgar works. At the same time, Wang Anran, who was attracting investment at the beginning, naturally received attention, and he was asked by the leadership to write an opinion on industrial planning for the future direction of industrial development. In particular, I would like to share my views on the direction of the network economy. This is the prelude to being promoted.

Then, the influence of this matter reached a climax when the news network mentioned Shen Zhenghui and the starting point website at the same time, and the announcer first mentioned the development of China's cultural industry with a smile on his face - the number used to deceive people - and then mentioned the starting point website, in Shen Zhenghui's self-promoted words, it is a representative enterprise in the upper reaches of the entertainment industry, and then listed the company's performance - all made by Shen Zhenghui and counted on its head - such as "Bright Sword", "The Legend of Wukong" and now "Magic Apprentice", Even several novels by female authors that ATV is still talking about are included in the list of adaptations and shooting, and then the announcer is surprised to find that the starting point has established a strategic partnership with Kadokawa Shoku in Japan, Light Novel Network, etc., and a large number (in fact, not much) of works will be translated and met with Japanese readers. Then the footage of the Japanese library book of "The Magic Apprentice" being placed in a Japanese bookstore and being purchased by Japanese readers was played, and finally. The news network also deliberately pointed out that "Magic Apprentice" is in the process of intensive preparation, and will be filmed by Shen Zhenghui, a well-known director in China, without giving Shen Zhenghui a shot, but it is specially given an interview shot to the original book Lan Jing, showing that he is adapting the script in the studio of Kasuga Pictures in Japan, and Lan Jing also showed that Kasuga prepared character design drawings for the film shooting.

After such propaganda. The starting point turned purple as he wished, and Shen Zhenghui became the focus of attention in the industry, and tens of thousands of people cried and shouted that they wanted to be his unspoken rules. After ATV broadcast the news and made a special program for the news, the people of Hong Kong were also shocked, all the time. Hong Kong residents, who regard the West as tall, were stunned to discover that the mainland actually had something recognized by the West, so they were also high-minded. Shen Zhenghui, as the chairman of ATV, has spent more than 200 million US dollars, but the effect is not as good as Sony and Colombia's announcement that he will burn less than 200 million US dollars. His own image in Hong Kong suddenly became taller, and he suddenly surpassed all the bigwigs in the film and television circles. ATV's reputation has also risen, and incidentally, ratings and advertising fees have also risen.

Rumors that ATV's employees might participate in Shen Zhenghui's movie also spread, and many people signed up for ATV's artist training class for this point, and at the same time, the registration of Miss Asia and "The Voice of Asia" also became lively. That's less than $200 million in non-advertising spending, and that's better than advertising spending.

But at the same time, Shen Zhenghui's work intensity and work pressure are also increasing. The location selectors sent by Sony, Colombia and Kasuga have sent back that New Zealand is clearly the best location for the film, but when it comes to building a large enough set, the labor there is really stretched. The New Zealand government agreed to a series of conditions from Sony and Colombia, but did not include the introduction of foreign workers, which meant that the construction workers needed by the crew had to be found locally, which led to high costs and a long filming period, because there were many interior scenes in the story.

In addition, Portugal, Spain, and even Germany are interested in filmmaking, but their conditions are either favorable or disadvantageous, and New Zealand is better than that.

Just when Shen Zhenghui was hesitating about the scene, he suddenly received a call from Chairman Han.

Of course, Chairman Han is not a special actress, he sent an invitation to Shen Zhenghui on behalf of the official, "I heard that you are going to make a blockbuster, and you have to go to New Zealand to build several cities?" Don't bother! When framing, you can consider our country! (To be continued......)