Chapter 230: You can shoot
When he arrived in Pingjing from his hometown, Shen Zhenghui was still nervous. Even after a few days in his hometown, he didn't prepare any other scripts, and now he only has the revised scripts for "Shanghai Fortress" and "Full Band Blocking".
Speaking from his own heart, he hopes to be able to shoot a movie version of "Full Band Blocking", but if you think about it with your toes, you know that this subject is impossible to censor at all, and finally the attention of Americans has shifted from China to the Middle East, and the top will take the initiative to provoke it again if they are stupid. However, Shen Zhenghui thought that if he could, it would be possible to shoot this subject in the future, or he could negotiate with the Russians to shoot the Russian version of "Full Band Blocking". However, with Putin's mind, he should not simply agree to this construction, unless after the color revolution in Ukraine......
Sure enough, when he arrived in Pingjing, it was still Wang Anping who called Shen Zhenghui to meet, and this time there was no Wang Jiansheng present. Shen Zhenghui breathed a sigh of relief.
Wang Anping is direct, "The script of 'Full Band Blocking' is absolutely not good," she said, "This subject is too sensitive, and it will have a bad impact on our relations with the United States and the European Union." ”
"Expected!" Shen Zhenghui nodded.
"It seems that you have been prepared for a long time, and you are very confident in the review of "Shanghai Fortress"!" Wang Anping tilted her head and looked at Shen Zhenghui with interest and said.
"I'm very bottomless," Shen Zhenghui coughed, "But isn't this Sister An Ping?" ”
"You think I'll help you?" Wang Anping rolled her eyes, "What if I'm not optimistic about this subject at all?" ”
"I think the subject matter is good." Shen Zhenghui said seriously. "It's also about accumulating experience in the future, and we may be adapting more animated films into live-action films in the future."
"Okay, I heard what you did in Japan, adapting a cartoon into a movie?" Wang Anping asked.
"Well, when I was going to make the movie, the novel hadn't been adapted into an animated film, but we did a lot of work while we were making the movie, and we decided that it was better not to waste it, so we tried to adapt it into an animated film as well." Shen Zhenghui explained, "Actually, the movie is done first, but because of the scheduling or something. So the cartoon can be played first. It's not that I deliberately adapted it into an anime, it's the exact opposite. ”
"Okay," Wang Anping interrupted him, "you can talk about it." You feel that the "Shanghai Fortress" you have chosen can meet the requirements. ”
"I think ......," Shen Zhenghui's heart sank. In a sense. Can ......"
"In a sense?" Wang Anping repeated this sentence, "Is it not in a sense." ”
"It depends on who has the right to interpret it." Shen Zhenghui gritted his teeth, "The right to speak is in my words." Say whatever you want. ”
Wang Anping pursed her lips, "The propaganda we want is not like this," she said, "It is best to moisten things silently, guide everyone to think like this spontaneously, and if you advocate it yourself, you will fall behind." ”
Is it possible for the propaganda department to make such high demands as yours? Shen Zhenghui thought to himself, most of the propaganda is simple and crude, your purpose is to achieve a spontaneous effect, which is too demanding for human association, right?
"It's like a Hollywood movie, and everyone's image of the United States ......"
Shen Zhenghui didn't think that the image of the United States was very good, which was a blessing for the Internet information in the future, but at the moment, Hollywood's movie promotion is still quite powerful, and everyone mentions that the United States always links it to the powerful country in the movie.
"This example you gave is too abstract." Shen Zhenghui had to complain, "If you read my script carefully, the role of this old general is still quite outstanding." ”
"It's so brilliant," Wang Anping pouted, "so that in reality, there is no character who matches." ”
"Isn't this just the right match for Vice Chairman Wang?" Shen Zhenghui said cautiously.
Wang Anping suddenly remembered his grandfather's comments on this role, "He thinks Vice Chairman Liu is more suitable." ”
"Uh...... This command is not on the aircraft carrier. ”
"None of this matters," Ms. Wang said, "are they all retired, aren't they?" ”
"But isn't this to highlight the importance of retired veteran cadres?" Shen Zhenghui was a little confused.
"You didn't figure out the point," Wang Anping stared at Shen Zhenghui seriously, "The old cadres who are about to retire have not fought. ”
"Haven't fought?" He repeated, "This can't be so fine, right?" Shen Zhenghui was a little aggrieved, "What is this kind of main theme movie filming if it doesn't shoot a war?" I can't shoot leaders in love, right? It's okay to shoot that kind of big historical background theme, but it's obviously not cost-effective to make it into a movie, and make it into a TV series...... This one...... There are more problems. Shen Zhenghui remembered those historical dramas in the future, many of which were bright and black, such as "The Second Generation in the Turning Point of History". Of course, this is not to say that the propaganda departments are really undercover, but more because the propaganda cannot keep up with the pace of the times, and it is easier to obtain information through the Internet, so a lot of propaganda sometimes exposes its untruthfulness and sometimes exposes the truth under the propaganda.
It is also based on this that Shen Zhenghui feels that "Shanghai Fortress" is a better choice, because it itself is fictional.
"It's not your turn to shoot such a subject." Wang Anping waved her hand in response.
"Yes, how can I be qualified to shoot a TV series with a leader falling in love and a big historical background?" Shen Zhenghui said, "But Sister Ping, I really want you to think about it, this movie itself can't correspond one by one, otherwise I'm not looking for death?" Shen Zhenghui tried his best to pretend to be pitiful, "This, although the retired leader has never fought, the new leader has not fought!" Although this current international situation is complicated, it seems to be beneficial to us on the whole, and shouldn't we take advantage of this time to seize the strategic opportunity period and strive for development? In this case, the old comrades help the new comrades to get on the horse and send them off again, and a smooth handover is the real and real need, and this is the time when we should sum up the lessons and lessons, learn from the experience, do not toss, do not go out, make a lot of money in a muffled voice, and practice internal skills! ”
"You." Wang Anping shook her head, but there was a smile on the corner of her mouth.
This is definitely not nonsense. Shen Zhenghui himself knew that future history would verify his ideas, but he couldn't say them completely at this moment.
"However," Wang Anping said, ""Shanghai Fortress" is not forbidden, the story is really good, but there is one point, how high can you get at the box office when you shoot it? ”
Well? What's going on? How did it catch up with the box office again? Shen Zhenghui muttered to himself, "This, because of the problem of scene and experience, and the difficulty of shooting, it is estimated that the investment amount is relatively large, so I really dare not guarantee whether the cost can be recovered in the end." He asked tentatively, "Otherwise, I'll figure out a way to invest in it, Sister Ping, you just need to help me with the distribution, and then I'll find a way to sell it to Japan, how can I recover the cost." ”
"Japan is like your backyard." Wang Anping pursed her lips, "Okay, for the sake of you wanting to shoot so much, I'll help you, and," she said, "I'll also think of a way to invest in it, if this kind of film has foreign capital investment, it's really not suitable." ”
Shen Zhenghui's heart was excited, and then he felt that something was wrong. Isn't it time for the other party to force himself to make a movie? Why did it end up like I was begging them to help me shoot?
When Shen Zhenghui was entangled, Wang Anping had already continued to ask, "Have you calculated how much this shooting cost is?" ”
"Well, this one has to be done with a lot of models, with a special shooting method, and at the same time, post-production zuò is also very troublesome." Shen Zhenghui has actually made people calculate the cost, "The budget for filming and post-production is at least 300 million, and if the shooting process is not smooth, it is very likely to overrun." ”
"Three hundred million?" Wang Anping's eyes widened, "Wouldn't it take more than 700 million at the box office to recover the cost?" Then she was a little skeptical, "Are you talking about the yuan?" ”
"Of course not the yen." Shen Zhenghui replied, "Thinking about TV on demand, DVD distribution or something in the future," Shen Zhenghui paused, "But you also know China'......s national conditions, this is not estimated to be much, overseas markets, Japan can have something to look forward to, other places really can't expect much, I estimate that if you want to return to the cost, the domestic box office will be at least more than 500 million." ”
"I'm going to break your record again." Wang Anping snorted, "By the way, all the previous records have been broken." ”
Shen Zhenghui knew that she was talking about "Titanic", but the box office of "Titanic" of 360 million yuan is really nothing in the future. This kind of variety movie can surpass its existence, but at this point in time, "Titanic" is really like a mountain. Shen Zhenghui didn't speak, this year there is also the movie "Hero" directed by Zhang, this film has an investment of 30 million US dollars, and the salary of the starring Jet Lee accounts for one-third, and then the domestic box office of 250 million is obviously not enough to recover the cost, and the global box office is 176 million US dollars, and in the end, I don't know if the cost is recovered.
However, "Hero", as the pioneering work of domestic blockbusters, occupies a lot of advantages in publicity, and now although "Assembly" has grabbed the position in advance, "Hero" is still an eye-catching system, and the 240 million yuan production cost of publicity is also eye-catching. But if Shen Zhenghui's "Shanghai Fortress" starts filming, "Hero" will suffer a crushing result, at least in terms of investment amount.
"Then get ready to shoot!" Wang Anping said.
Shen Zhenghui was a little dumbfounded, so decided? (To be continued......)
PS: Finally encountered sensitive words again...... Well, Happy New Year to everyone!