"The future is the era of superhero blockbusters, we got in touch with Hollywood, and DV is willing to hand over the directing rights of the next superhero movie "Righteous Man" to you......"

"This is a movie that promotes Chinese martial arts, the protagonist of the movie is a Toronto Chinese, born in Hebei, and has followed his master to practice martial arts since he was a child, and later, he suspected that his father was a big devil who did all kinds of evil, in order to be able to learn more profound martial arts to defeat his father, the protagonist went overseas, and finally embarked on the road to becoming a superhero......"

"DV companies attach great importance to local Chinese films, and the protagonists and villains will choose Chinese artists, and if "Righteous Man" is filmed, they will consider linking with "Superman" to form a series of universe movies......

"This movie is adapted from the comic of the same name "Righteous Man", which just landed in Europe and the United States last year, you take the time to read the comics during this time......"

“……”

September 4th.

Starlight.

Cao Bangguo took out a script and handed it to Django.

Django took the script and saw that the script had the words "Righteous Man" written in English.

Since the release of the "Superman" series of movies, Cao Bangguo has been keenly aware that "superhero movies" are very likely to be the prelude to the explosion of Hollywood industrial films.

And the "Superman" series of movies is just an introduction to Hollywood industrial films!

In DV comics, "Superman" is just a branch, in addition to "Superman", they also have "Super Daredevil Man", "Beastman", "Eagle Shooter" and other comic stories, these stories have a certain weight in the hearts of comic fans, relying on these components to pave the way, it gradually opened the story background of the whole movie.

In the series of comics, these superheroes have independent and unrelated branches, as well as intermingled stories, and in the latest issue of the "Daredevil Comics", these superhero stories are even integrated by borrowing the science fiction "parallel universe" theory......

These are all big IPs, which are sought after by countless comic fans, and Cao Bangguo is also in the source of these comics, speculating that DV companies are making all these big IPs cinematic and creating the idea of "superhero movie universe".

This is the mainstream and direction of the future, so last year, Cao Bangguo thought about making his own superhero movie.

"Ex Cru" is an attempt.

It's a pity that the attempt was not successful, although it is a domestic blockbuster and a gimmick of Sino-foreign joint ventures, but the real box office is not only as amazing as "Superman", but even an ordinary small hit movie can't be compared, Cao Bangguo reflected for a long time and felt that there was no problem with "Mechanical Man" itself, and there were no technical and plot problems.

The real reason is the problem of the audience.

Yes!

The audience's lack of acceptance and understanding of the movie "Cyborg".

The foreshadowing of "Cyborg" is not enough!

The first image of "Superman" came from the foreshadowing and management of comics, and it itself has a huge fan base.

And "Cyborg" does not, the appearance of the story and the explanation of the background, without the foreshadowing of comics and other works, will be extremely abrupt, and fans will only feel that the movie is very unfamiliar and has no sense of substitution.

"Cyborg is a lesson, it makes us know the difference between our own movies and Hollywood industrial films, but now that we are starting to make industrial films, we are actually lagging behind, whether it is special effects, or plot, or market acceptance, we are actually lagging behind......"

"At best, movies serve capital, and the so-called art, the so-called niche pursuits, are just gorgeous shells for movies......"

"We can't draw ready-made comics to test the market and do IP foreshadowing, for more than ten years, we can't afford it at all, what we have to do now is to learn advanced knowledge from the West while trying to find a way to sharpen our own film ......"

""Righteous Man is an opportunity!"

“……”

Django listened to Cao Bangguo talk to him a lot.

He knew that everything Cao Bangguo said was right, and he never denied his teacher Cao Bangguo's sensitivity to the film market.

But Django flipped through the script of "Righteous Man" without saying a word, and looked at it, feeling more and more that this work was a groveling foreign product.

The content of "Righteous Heroes" is very simple, it is the story of a teenager who defeated his father and then saved the world for the justice in his heart......

But the boy's father is a difficult character to accept, this role is called "Fu Manchu", which was once used for the role of the Black Huaxia people.

And these simple plots, if you think about it carefully, Django feels more and more that the "Chinese martial arts" in this movie seem to be just a gimmick......

Why do you want to become stronger and go to the old beauty?

Isn't this imperceptibly implying that Lao Mei is the ideal country that Chinese people advocate and yearn for?

"I want to make 'Painted Skin'."

"Huh? What did you say? ”

"I want to make 'Painted Skin', a magical movie with oriental colors......"

Django looked up, and under Cao Bangguo's incredulous gaze, he took out his own script.

Cao Bangguo took the script and read it silently.

Django was apprehensive.

From the time he graduated to the present, it was the first time that he had not followed the direction set for him by Cao Bangguo.

After a long time, the imaginary thunderous fury did not appear......

Cao Bangguo just put the script on the table.

"This script is good, but I think it's better to shoot "Righteous Man" first, what do you think?"

“……”

Django didn't speak, and silence was the best protest.

"Then I'll find another person to shoot "Righteous Man", ...... budget for "Painted Skin" and see how much it costs......"

Cao Bangguo looked at Django's appearance, and he was not angry, but just smiled.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the office door.

Then the door opened.

When he saw the visitor, Django's pupils shrank, and his teeth almost clenched together.

Zhao Sicheng!

Then, behind Zhao Sicheng, there was another young man with a smile.

"It's better to settle the grievance, I originally wanted Director Zhao to help you shoot as the director behind the scenes, and the signature and box office honors are all your ......"

…………………………

"Wang Shao, you bowed your head too early, you have always been unruly, and you were frightened by a small Xingyang Cinema."

"I wasn't intimidated, I just went with the flow......"

"Yo! Okay, we're too old to keep up with you young people...... Lao Wang handed over Wanda Cinemas to you, I'm convinced......"

“……”

September 5th.

The premiere day of Men in Black.

This is a movie written by Zhou Yang and starring Hollywood director Chels.

Wang Sikai came to his Wanda Cinema early and waited for the release of "Men in Black".

During this period, he received a call from Xu Zhongqiang, the boss of Macari Cinemas.

On the phone, Xu Zhongqiang, as an elder, sneered at Wang Sikai......

On the Internet, the unruly Wang Sikai faced the cynicism of his predecessors at this moment, so he naturally hung up the phone without saying a word.

Not long after, his father, Lao Wang, called him.

On the phone, his father told him very seriously that the relationship between the theater chain should not be competition, but also a win-win cooperation, and criticized Wang Sikai on the phone for being too individualistic.

and reminded him that the "Xingyang" cinema ran into this circle to share this cake, and "Counterattack" is Zhou Yang's declaration of war work, because it is really unwise to bow to Zhou Yang at the slightest wind and grass, and it damages the interests of the collective.

Wang Sikai was annoyed by hearing this.

"But this is the general trend...... the movie "Counterattack" was released for three days, and under the siege of "Superman 2" and "Infernal Affairs", the total box office can still break 70 million, which in itself can explain a lot of things...... "He responded to Lao Wang's response.

"A "Spider-Man" can make him reveal his true form, and a big director like Cao Bangguo can't support "Cyborg", do you really think he can fight his way out of the superhero movie alone? As long as one movie fails, thousands of capitals will surround him like ants and bite him to death...... You bet everything on him, isn't this the equivalent of letting him choke us with his works? ”

But since his debut, he has made so many movies, but none of them have failed...... What if it succeeds? ”

"You forget, Zhou Yang is just a director, and his works can't represent the ...... of Chinese films"

"Then you say, how many movies can Huaxia play? How many directors have really stood up? ”

"Unless he can make a movie hit in the future, otherwise, he can't support a star cinema with his works alone."

"What if his department becomes a hit?"

“……”

The estrangement between Wang Sikai and his father, Lao Wang, seems to be getting stronger and stronger.

As the capital of the older generation, Lao Wang pays attention to his own operation, and manages the capital of the cinema chain like an iron bucket, excluding any foreign capital.

In fact, in the face of the premiere authorization of "Counterattack", Lao Wang was extremely disgusted, and subtly, he wanted to do something to "block" Zhou Yang's works with other theaters, cutting off Zhou Yang's theater channels, and Zhou Yang would definitely be unable to move an inch.

Where can I use my works to go to the card theater line?

And Wang Sikai thinks completely differently......

He seemed to see that the tide of the times was rolling forward, and in this trend, Zhou Yang was absolutely unavoidable.

More than two hours later.

Wang Sikai walked out of the theater.

When I heard a burst of admiration and the aftertaste expressions of fans......

He knew that the theaters that didn't cooperate with Zhou Yang were very likely to regret it!

Damn it!

"Men in Black" is another world-class movie with explosive potential!

Just when Wang Sikai was in a state of emotion, his phone rang.

The call was from an assistant.

"Mr. Wang, Mr. James. Bonthe's "Jaws" was introduced by Huaxia, and the meaning of Huaxing, the premiere of "Jaws" is still in Xingyang, but we Wanda will have a simultaneous real-time premiere! ”

"Have you seen the sample film of Jaws?"

"Not yet, it's a secret!"

"Got it, what's the reaction of other theaters?"

"It's crazy! After all, this is James. Bonte's work, however, the premiere authorization of this movie is also in Zhou Yang's hands, Mr. Wang, you bet right! ”

(End of chapter)