Zhang Guorong seems to have been less strict with his body and image management in the past two years because of the reasons behind the scenes.

Wu Yuan hadn't seen him for a long time, but when he saw him today, he obviously felt that he had gained a lot of weight, his goose egg face was a little blush, and his figure was a lot bigger, at least fifteen pounds fatter.

"Oh, I'm getting older, and I'm a little out of control now, it's inevitable to be fat."

Zhang Guorong was very calm, sat down with a smile and said: "Since my debut, I have been controlling my diet, in order not to gain weight. ”

"Most of my life is going to pass, and if I don't eat some good things to enjoy it, then this life is not in vain."

"If you are fat, you can be fat, just be healthy!"

Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows and teased with a smile: "Your fans see that you are fat, so they can't cry to death?" ”

"Not really." Who knows, Zhang Guorong shook his head proudly: "I originally thought that I would be scolded by fans for not being self-disciplined after making a fortune, but I didn't expect the fans to be very tolerant, and said that I look good like this now." ”

Yo, Hong Kong Island fans are much more tolerant than before.

However, thinking of the last singer on Hong Kong Island, who was later known as Fat Chen, Wu Yuan can also understand.

Even if Zhang Guorong is blessed, he is not as fat as Chen Yixun, and his appearance is still online.

After chatting a few words, Wu Yuan also brought the chat back to the topic.

"I've got a script ready for you."

"Didn't you ask Mr. Li if he had any films to shoot some time ago?"

While speaking, Wu Yuan took out a script he had prepared from the drawer and handed it to Zhang Guorong.

"Walking with God?" After taking the script, Zhang Guorong looked at it curiously.

"Legend has it that all the deceased are to be tried seven times in the underworld within 49 days of their death—in the prison of murder, in the prison of sloth, in the prison of deceit, in the prison of injustice, in the prison of betrayal, in the prison of violence, and in the prison of heavenly love.

"Firefighter Li Jin died in a fire to save a child, and the hell messengers Fan Wusu and Xie Bi'an appeared in front of Li Jin......"

As the 16th local film in Korean film history to exceed 10 million viewers, the total number of viewers reached 14.41 million, ranking second in Korean film history.

There is no doubt that the movie "Walking with God" is excellent.

What's more, the backstory of this movie is too easy to change to the local Chinese worldview.

The set of the underworld and the king of Yama in Korea is itself a myth and legend passed down from China.

Not only Korea, but also Japan has the legend of King Yama, and this myth is also used in the Dragon Ball manga.

In East Asia, it can be said that the myths and legends of all countries were transmitted from China, which should be regarded as the earliest cultural invasion in the world.

It's just that stealing the country is shameless, and after passing it on, they don't recognize that this is the culture of the suzerain, and Tian shamelessly thinks that these are the traditional cultures of South Korea, and even want to apply for the World Heritage Site.

Wu Yuan pondered, since he would be stolen in the future, he would simply trigger the omen of theft first, and first steal the movie "Walking with God", which is based on Chinese myths and legends.

This movie is said to be a special effects blockbuster, but in fact, there are not many special effects, which is at the same level as "Painted Skin 2", and the main selling point is actually the storyline.

The actor, the "nobleman" of the underworld, after coming to the underworld, seems to have gone through the judgment of seven layers of hell on the surface, but in fact, he spreads out his tortuous life in front of the audience, allowing the audience to substitute into his life and feel a tragic story.

As far as shooting technology is concerned, there will be no problems in shooting now.

"Leslie, I heard that you also want to try commercial special effects blockbusters, and it just so happens that the theme of this movie is quite suitable for you."

"There are special effects, but the scale is not large, and it is just right as a practice."

"If the box office results are good, the company can start arranging a sequel to you with bigger special effects scenes."

"This is the company's second fantasy film series after Painted Skin."

"How about it, give it a try?"

Zhang Guorong, who lowered his head and studied the script carefully, was not bewitched by Wu Yuan's words, but still looked at the script in his hand word by word.

The story of "Walking with God" completely captivated him.

The deep mother-son relationship and brotherly affection described in the script are really touching, and it is a very Asian cultural expression of family affection.

Just reading the script, Zhang Guorong was moved by the story.

After a while, he withdrew his eyes from the script, raised his head and sighed: "Director Wu, you are really good at writing scripts." ”

"In the area of describing family affection, you are the most proficient Chinese director I have ever seen."

"From "The Undertaker" to "Li Wen" to this "Walking with God", the emotional refraction in these movies is too full."

"Just looking at the script, it's really hard to imagine that it was written by a young man under the age of 30."

In the face of Zhang Guorong's sincere praise, Wu Yuan didn't feel anything, just shrugged his shoulders: "Maybe this is talent." ”

There's no way, he can't tell the truth, he opened the blood wheel eye and copied it, right?

"How about it, give it a try?" He asked again.

"Smack." Closing the script vigorously, Zhang Guorong nodded firmly: "Give it a try!" ”

After filming commercial movies such as "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Weird Guys", Zhang Guorong is now very confident and dares to make some commercial films with higher investment.

"Okay, the cost is 100 million, the production and shooting cycle is one year, the preliminary preparation and specific budget, make it as soon as possible, and strive to start shooting next year."

Wu Yuan was also very decisive, and directly threw out 100 million.

Not to mention anything else, Wu Yuan is very confident in Zhang Guorong's ability to return to his original cost.

"Good Guys, Bad Guys, Weird Guys" relied on Zhang Guorong's influence in the Korean aunt and uncle circles, coupled with its own commercial brilliance, and finally won 5.26 million viewers after its release in South Korea.

The average price of a movie ticket in South Korea is around 50 yuan, and one million people can create a box office of 50 million, and 5 million people is 250 million.

Even if the final producer can only get 30%, there will be 80 million!

And "Walking with God" will also continue to focus on the Korean market, not to mention that it can get 14 million viewers like the original Turkish movie, and cutting half of it to have 7 million is enough to make a small profit.

Coupled with the huge domestic market, it can be said that Zhang Guorong is the director of the company, except for Wu Yuan, who can carry the box office the most and has the most no pressure to return to the capital.

Who told him to bring his own Korean market?

It's just that I didn't expect Zhang Guorong to hesitate, "Director Wu, will 100 million be a little enough?" ”

"This film needs to do a lot of special effects, your "Gravity" cost 350 million, even if "Walking with God" doesn't need so many special effects shots, it has to be 150 million, right?"

Wu Yuan rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Can this film be compared with "Gravity"? ”

"The company's own special effects team, doing special effects is the cost price, 100 million is definitely enough, even if it is possible to overspend, at most another 20 million, it is impossible to use 150 million."

The original version of "Walking with God", produced in 2016, only spent a little more than 100 million, even if the special effects cost at that time was cheaper than now, but Wu Yuan gave Zhang Guorong 100 million when he had his own special effects company, which must be more than enough and enough to spend.

"You just listen to me, no one in China knows special effects better than me."

"After that, I will let the company's special effects team and the producer help you with the budget, don't worry."

As he spoke, Wu Yuan rolled his eyes and asked with a smile: "You won't listen to Bona's nonsense, right?" ”

Recently, Bona's boss has made a lot of public remarks, mainly saying that Bona is going to engage in special effects blockbusters.

The success of "Gravity" can be said to have stimulated a large number of domestic film production companies.

The cost of 350 million yuan, as a result, there were a total of 1.5 leading actors and 2 guest actors in the movie, and all the money was spent on special effects and scenery, and the money was used on the blade, and then it was exchanged for an exaggerated box office of 620 million yuan in the mainland.

Although this achievement has an element of official promotion, it has also surprised the industry.

"Gravity" breaks the consistent style of the current big-budget movies in the mainland, that is, a pile of big names, no matter 3721, anyway, it is good to gather big names, and it is the box office guarantee.

This is a blockbuster shooting method that is difficult to change in the post-"Hero" era, from "Full of Gold" to "Red Cliff".

However, "Gravity" broke this convention, only Gong Li, the first actress in the mainland, sang a one-man show, and all the money was spent on production, and it was a big success!

As a result, a large number of film companies in the mainland immediately changed the direction of the wind and wanted to engage in special effects blockbusters, changing their money from spending money on hiring actors to burning on special effects.

Among them, the loudest is Bona.

Bona said that he wants to make a Chinese myth and legend movie with an investment of at least 200 million, of which 150 million will be spent on special effects, based on the IP of "The Legend of the White Snake".

This news is the most exciting news in the film industry in the past week.

"Leslie, don't listen to Boena's nonsense, how can they use 200 million to make a movie, even if he is willing to spend so much money, it is impossible to use all this money for special effects."

"If Bona really attaches so much importance to special effects, then the special effects company in the era of light and shadow would have received cooperation from PropNex a long time ago."

"He just blew it casually to stimulate the market, after all, it is now rumored that companies in the film and television industry will be listed, and Bona also wants to PPT to go public and raise funds to cut leeks."

Isn't the movie Bohner said about "The Legend of the White Snake" with Yang Zi later!

Putting aside the matter of Yang Zi's praise of female stars for the time being, let's just say that the rumored investment of 180 million yuan in this movie, how much water is this, but anyone in the circle knows it.

Not to mention 180 million, it is estimated that 100 million was not spent in the whole film, Li Lianjie was deceived under the pretext of "cameo", and as a result, Fahai became the guest with the most scenes.

The special effects are also very bad.

Wu Yuan didn't expect that Zhang Guorong would actually believe Bona's fart!

"Leslie, in terms of special effects, I have to be the most professional, listen to me." Wu Yuan patted his chest and said. (End of chapter)