Chapter 261: The Power of Culture
Planet Helfa.
Dakeng base.
Chen Jin brought the movie made by Shi Xiaotao over and asked Nuwa to help optimize it.
This optimization is not only a refinement of the details of the special effects...... This can be done in just a few seconds.
But a good-looking movie, in addition to special effects, actors' acting skills, soundtrack, theme song or interlude, these are also very important.
Shi Xiaotao's "Light Year Love", the script and the actors' acting skills don't have much to find fault with, but because they are in a hurry to be released in this year's Chinese New Year, the soundtrack and theme song are not particularly perfect.
So after the special effects were optimized, Chen Jin suddenly had the idea of these two aspects.
"Xiao Tao's film is not so much a science fiction film as a romance film in the skin of science fiction, similar to those foreign space opera movies."
"However, the market potential of this kind of movie should not be underestimated!"
"Titanic" is a romance film, but more than 20 years ago, it achieved a box office of 2.18 billion dollars, and later made a 3D remaster, and won another 1 billion dollars at the box office...... No. 1 in the world in terms of total box office. ”
"The second to fifth places in the total box office are all science fiction films."
"Xiao Tao's "Lightyear Love" has both love elements and sci-fi elements, and it is difficult to think of a high box office, but it is almost impossible to reach the height of "Titanic".
Because "Titanic" is so classic, not only the acting skills of the actors, but also the soundtrack and interspersed songs are all classics, and some melodies have been passed down for many years, leaving an indelible impression on people.
With a production cycle of less than a year, can "Lightyear Love" reach that level?
Obviously impossible!
Therefore, in addition to special effects, the soundtrack and theme song must also be optimized.
In other words, how can this be optimized? The soundtrack and theme song are all created by humans, and they require inspiration and talent, and it is impossible for artificial intelligence to do this kind of work.
Chen Jin also knows this.
Fortunately, in the database of artificial intelligence Alice and Nuwa, more than 1 million movies, tens of millions of episodes of TV series resources, and countless soundtracks and songs are preserved...... In the process of looting the planet Helfa, the number of such works of art is increasing.
Chen Jin asked Alice and Nuwa to conduct a global search, and sure enough, in the database, he found a number of movies with plots similar to "Lightyear Love", among which several are classic and tear-jerking, Chen Jin feels that it is obviously a grade above "Lightyear Love".
So the classic soundtrack he wanted, it was easy to find.
The theme song (interlude) also found three suitable songs, which are named "Entwined Quantum", "Follow Your Way", and "Light Years Away"
These three songs can be placed in the male and female protagonists using quantum communication to connect, the male protagonist on the way to find the female protagonist, and the final reunion scene.
Chen Jin immediately asked Nuwa to put these soundtracks and songs in the movie reasonably, and watched them again.
Damn, the tearjerker effect is simply explosive!
"A box office of less than 3 billion is definitely a failure!"
It is also entirely possible to reach 5 billion.
If the overseas market does not perform badly, it will be another 10 billion box office movie.
Thinking of this, Chen Jin's heart moved, and he had the idea of entering the cultural industry.
"In the coming era, the social productive forces are highly developed, materials will gradually become cheaper, spiritual goods will become more important, the proportion of the cultural and entertainment industry in GDP will become larger and larger, and even become a national pillar industry, high-tech companies will not have cultural companies to make money, and content products will begin to be more important than hardware products."
"If Xinghai Technology's business growth is weak and the market begins to be saturated, it is quite necessary to enter the cultural industry in order to maintain the scale of Xinghai Technology."
"It just so happens that in my hands, countless cultural products have been accumulated, and this is another treasure trove waiting to be developed."
In addition, it has to be said that although country Z is getting stronger and stronger, and its national strength and military strength will surpass country M sooner or later, there are still considerable shortcomings in terms of culture.
If a country is not strong in culture, it is difficult to gain respect in other aspects.
Of course, these are not issues that Chen Jin needs to worry about, he generally develops at his own pace.
……
A week later.
Chen Jin sent the optimized movie "Lightyear Love" to Shi Xiaotao.
The three songs and the composition were also sent to her by courier.
"Xiao Tao, I asked people to write and compose these three songs, you can find a few suitable singers to sing these songs better and add them to the designated movie clips...... You must find a singer who is suitable to sing these songs, otherwise the movie will not achieve the desired effect. ”
Chen Jin repeatedly told him that of course he couldn't bring the directly sung version of these songs, otherwise how would he sing it?
I can only get the lyrics and compose the music, and ask the singer here to sing.
"Okay, okay."
When responding, Shi Xiaotao's whole person was dumbfounded, and the optimized movie and the re-added soundtrack seemed to have undergone a reborn change, and it seemed that it was no longer a movie she made.
After she watched the whole movie, even though she had watched it countless times, she still couldn't help but cry.
Returning to the paper manuscript in his hand, he suddenly saw a few lines of the lyrics of one of the songs:
Facing the vast sea of stars
We're tiny like specimens of dust
Floating in a helpless place
Fate allows us to meet outside the troubled times
Fate wants us to love one another
Just light years away
I would like to wait for you in the unknown
I don't know why, after seeing these lyrics, Shi Xiaotao's tears flowed even more violently.
For the first time, she was so moved by her own film that she couldn't help herself.
For the first time, she realized that good cultural works are like a home for the soul, which contains unimaginable power.
……
A month later.
In order to save money, without large-scale publicity, the movie "Lightyear Love" was released in theaters across the country in a low-key manner.
Due to the lack of publicity, the film schedule given by the theater is not high, and it still relies on Shi Xiaotao's title and fame of "double 10 billion director", and the box office barely exceeded 100 million on the first day.
And yet something terrible happened.
The word-of-mouth of this movie exploded on the same day.
Weibo, Moments, and various social platforms, many people who watched the movie are crazy about Amway's movie!
"It's so touching, I walked out of the cinema crying."
"Almost everyone was in tears, and I, the old man, were crying like a fool."
"Wall crack recommended! A must-see movie in this life. ”
"Personally, I don't think it's worse than "Titanic"."
"It's a simple love story, but it shoots the most wanted and purest love we want, and people sincerely hope that the hero and heroine can be together, yes, I'm a single dog, but I eat this dog food."
"A long-distance relationship separated by 1 light year cannot have any results in reality, only true love can happen miracles."
In addition, on Douban Film Review, on this film review website, which is famous for its "water army", "poisonous tongue", and "trolls", the movie "Lightyear Love" has a rating of an astonishing 9.8.
Even the most critical film critics had to say for fear of being attacked by fans: "The movie "Lightyear Love" let us see the talent of director Shi Xiaotao, and she proved herself with this movie. ”
Under the super high reputation.
What kind of box office "Lightyear Love" achieves, you can imagine.
And Chen Jin, who took Su Yun into the cinema to watch this movie, deliberately put two small packets of tissues in his pocket, but by the end of the movie, there were not enough tissues, so he could only lend his chest to the woman and let her cry well.
Soon after.
Chen Jin went to Su Yun's hometown to spend the Spring Festival and stayed for half a month.
When they returned, they who received the red book were already an inseparable pair.