Chapter 1548: An Apple
This movie, which has been established since the beginning of this year, has officially entered the filming stage, and it is basically the original version of the original Romance of the Three Kingdoms and actors, but countless actresses fought for it, and finally the luck fell on Chen Hao.
, the actor who later played Diao Chan in the New Three Kingdoms, actually blended into the actor team of the Old Three Kingdoms one step in advance. At this time, Chen Hao was just 20 years old, which was the most dazzling time, and it was also the same age as Diao Chan in history.
On the second day of the release of "The Lord of the Rings", all the members of the entire "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" film crew, a total of thousands of people, flew to the United States on five charter flights.
After getting off the plane, all the members of the film crew were very excited, they never dreamed in their lives that they would be able to run to the United States to make a movie by themselves, even after getting on the plane, they didn't feel real.
After all, in this era, rice is a paradise on earth, the top of the world's movies, every trace of air is sweet, and it is a blessing to be able to come here.
It can charter 5 planes at the same time, apply for visas for thousands of people, and then transport them to the United States at the same time. This made the crew collectively sigh that in the world, only Boss Jia can have such courage and ability.
Of course, many people in the crew are also very strange, that is, a movie or something, it can be filmed in China, why do you have to go to the United States, isn't this a reluctance?
In this regard, the director team of the movie was also very puzzled, as soon as they got off the plane, they grabbed Boss Jia who came to greet them, and asked puzzledly.
"The country still has a lot of very unique terrain, which is suitable for shooting some special shots. In addition, the photography technology here is also very advanced, so you can learn advanced concepts! ”
"And you don't have to stay here for too long, you can finish filming in a week or two, and then you can go back," Boss Jia said with a smile.
"Inexplicable!" Chief director Wang Fulin jumped up directly, "Mr. Jia, no matter how much terrain there is in the United States, there are not as many as in our Huaxia." The photography skills are high, so it's okay to invite the photographer to Huaxia to teach us, what kind of thing is it for you to directly pull the whole crew over! This is by no means a normal reason! ”
"Okay, then I'll tell you the truth, I actually just need you to come to the United States!" Boss Jia said lightly, "You don't even have to do anything, just come to the United States to play!" ”
“??” Wang Fulin and others were full of question marks.
"I want to release the Romance of the Three Kingdoms globally, but the people of the United States cannot accept a movie that is completely shot by the Chinese people, and it is difficult for such a movie to achieve a high box office in the United States!" Boss Jia smiled slightly and said, "Therefore, the filming party of this movie is the company of the United States, and all the procedures and processes are from the United States, so this is a Hollywood movie, but all the actors and most of the filming locations are in China!" ”
"But if you want to get this approval, the movie still needs to shoot part of the content in the United States, so I'm inviting you over!" Boss Jia told the truth.
"I don't understand!" Several directors shook their heads and said very sincerely.
"To put it simply, this is a shortcut for "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to go to the world!" Boss Jia said.
That's right, it's a shortcut indeed.
Although the United States does not nominally restrict the release of foreign-made films in China, in fact, most of the movie theaters in the United States are reserved for Hollywood movies.
No matter how good a foreign film is, it can't get the support of too many theaters, because behind these theaters are the forces of various Hollywood companies, and their own Hollywood movies can't be released, so how can they release foreign movies.
Therefore, although domestic movies claim to be released in North America, in fact, the only movie theaters that really land are some movie theaters in Chinatown, and they can't enter the mainstream theaters in the United States at all.
This is something that anyone with a discerning eye can see, and in addition, there are many reasons why people can't see it, that is, the contempt of foreign audiences for Chinese movies.
Although it is very unwilling to say this, it is the fact that foreigners are disdainful of the country of China itself, let alone the movies made in China.
As soon as many people hear that a certain movie was filmed in China, they will directly refuse, and they are not even interested in taking a look at the plot introduction.
It's like in 2020, when someone suddenly introduces you to a movie made entirely by Nigerians in Africa and invites you to the cinema to watch it, your immediate reaction is that Lao Tzu was kicked in the head by a donkey, so he will go to see a movie made by Africans!
This is what all the audiences in the entire Western film market think, no matter how much money Boss Jia has, no matter how strong the plug-in is, it is impossible to change the audience's minds.
As long as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" says that it is a Chinese movie when it is promoted, it will be screened in Chinatown cinemas in the United States at most, and make some money from the Chinese in the United States, that's all.
As for how to change this state, fundamentally speaking, there is only a subtle way.
With the continuous improvement of China's national strength, its international reputation is getting stronger and stronger, and at the same time, Chinese films are constantly strong, so foreign audiences will naturally accept Chinese movies.
But this takes time, and Boss Jia can't wait, so he can only take a shortcut, that is, to simply turn "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" into a Hollywood movie.
Even if this movie is all Chinese actors, almost all the staff and filming locations are in China, and the story is also a local story in China, but as long as it is invested and shot by Hollywood film companies, it is a Hollywood movie.
For example, Harry Potter, which was also filmed by all actors in the country, is it not very popular in the United States?
Anyway, if you have to put on a Hollywood name, you won't be subject to too much resistance from the North rice market.
Of course, you can say that "Harry Potter" is different from "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", all the actors speak English, and the culture is in the same vein, there is almost no barrier, of course, you can eat.
That's right, but it doesn't mean that "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" will be disliked by the North rice market.
For example, the 1987 movie "The Last Emperor", the only film in the world that can be filmed on location in the Forbidden City, except for a few foreign ambassadors and teachers, all the actors are Chinese.
But it still achieved an amazing box office in the film market that year, and at the same time slaughtered the Oscars that year, which proves that the lineup of Chinese actors is not without a market, but the audience in the United States wants to see a movie in the United States, not a Chinese movie.
To sum up, all the investors in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Golden Rebellion" are rice country enterprises, and the country of registration is also rice country, anyway, all of them follow the Hollywood process.
But a Hollywood movie, it is impossible not to have anything in the United States, so in order to do a good job, Boss Jia directly invited the entire crew to the United States and took some shots casually, and then it will be able to publicize that part of the content is filmed in the United States, this is a real Hollywood movie.
"I see!" After Boss Jia's detailed explanation, Wang Fulin and other 6 directors finally reacted, but their faces became even more ugly.
"Mr. Jia, wouldn't it be too shameless for us to do this? We are obviously a Chinese movie, telling the story of Chinese people, but we have to smear ourselves all over and put on the skin of white people, which is simply too ugly, if the ancestors knew that we did this, I am afraid that they would not die of shame! A hot-tempered director said it directly.
"Definitely!" Boss Jia didn't get angry when he heard this, but smiled slightly and said, "No matter what kind of skin is approved, Huaxia people are Huaxia people, this can't be changed!" ”
"However, we can use this to spread the Chinese culture to the world! In my opinion, that's all that matters, and everything else can be changed because of it! ”
"It's like an apple, everyone likes to eat the flesh of the apple, but they don't care about the apple core, and they throw it away after eating!"
"But they don't know that once the apple core hits the ground, it will sprout and take root, and eventually have a chance to grow into a huge apple tree!"
"Our movie is like an apple, although the meat on the outside is white, as long as the core on the inside is yellow, let these foreign audiences eat the pulp, France and throw it on the land of the United States."
"Then in the future, countless apple trees with Chinese blood will grow out of the rice country, and we can be regarded as occupying the rice country in another way!"