076 Feng Xiaogang: Beware of the Americans' scams
In the next two days, He Fang and Wang Tiejun accompanied Cameron and his party to visit Zhangjiajie, and when Cameron came to the real 'Hallelujah Hill', he shook his head in amazement, or called him to the realistic version of the sacred place in his movie dream, which made him sigh.
After visiting Zhangjiajie for two days and taking the time to read the script of He Fang's "Pacific Rim", Cameron was very interested in this mecha-style movie, and the two also discussed the plot and special effects along the way.
After a series of discussions, Cameron became more and more convinced of the feasibility of this script, and the total investment of 90 million to 100 million dollars is feasible.
His producers, Jon Landau and Josh McLaren, also received Cameron's endorsement, because it wasn't a problem when it came to pitch the announcement.
For Fox, this is to receive business and make money, what reason is there to shirk? As long as it's a movie that everyone recognizes, and it's a big production, there's no problem at all.
So, while traveling to Zhangjiajie, the two waves discussed the cooperation framework agreement, which is actually the "Pacific Rim" project to send money to Fox, not only will buy a large number of hardware and software for post-production special effects, but also buy 3D cameras and other photographic equipment, etc., and will also buy their technical services.
This set alone costs a lot of money, plus He also asked for cooperation in publicity, but unfortunately He gave only 30 million US dollars in the global preliminary publicity budget, which is a bit small, and the global publicity and distribution of many Hollywood blockbusters are 100 million US dollars. However, no matter how small $30 million is, it is meat, and many Hollywood movies do not have a total profit of $30 million.
Equipment, technical cooperation and publicity cooperation, this came to play Zhangjiajie and signed an order of nearly 100 million US dollars, this is not happy?
It's no wonder Cameron is willing to postpone the Asian premiere of "Avatar" in the island nation and also come over to meet with him.
On the 26th, Cameron's team finished visiting Zhangjiajie and rushed back to Changsha, and after a short rest, they participated in the welcome dinner jointly organized by Huying Group and Changsha Tuanhuo Culture in the evening.
There are more than a dozen tables set up in Huatian Hotel.
There are videos of Mango Channel, interviews with reporters, and the company of many celebrities.
Among them, Li Bingbing, Fan Bingbing, and the actors of the first two films were present, and even the actors of "People in Embarrassment" also came.
It's just that this Cameron photo is a bit too much, and he has a photo with every actor, as well as some hosts who have a good relationship with He Fang and Guo Zhaosheng, the leaders of Lake Film Group, and the leaders of radio and television......
signed an order of nearly 100 million US dollars, and Cameron is also very face-saving.
even boasted in front of the media that He Fang was the most promising director in China.
As soon as this high hat was worn, the media got excited.
He Fang was very calm, and he didn't get fluttered because of this, he knew that this was all business touting.
After the banquet that night, He Fang was almost dismembered by several actresses, and in the end he didn't go anywhere, and went home to sleep.
The actresses saw that there was no way, so they had to fly away early in the morning of the 27th.
On the morning of the 27th, Lake Film Group officially signed a cooperation framework agreement with Cameron and Fox Company, which includes helping Lake Film Group build a film post-production special effects processing center, as well as two sets of 3D photography equipment, personnel training cooperation, etc.
The most important thing is that Fox signed a cooperation contract with Changsha Tuanhuo Culture for the promotion and distribution of the sci-fi blockbuster "Pacific Rim", which will start shooting in the second half of 2010 and is expected to be released worldwide in the second half of 2012, with Fox responsible for global distribution.
It's just that Cameron and they got on the plane and left Changsha, and then this series of cooperation was revealed, and the public opinion in the whole country immediately exploded.
"I'll go, we Chinese want to make a sci-fi blockbuster released worldwide? Where does a new director have this ability? ”
"It's not going to be a subsidy fraud, right? What international jokes? Chinese make such films? ”
"Crazy, is Huying Group and Changsha Tuanhuo a gimmick or are you really going to do it? Now there are few Chinese films that can be produced with a cost of more than 100 million, so they are directly sci-fi blockbusters and distributed worldwide? ”
"I don't believe it, I really don't believe it, this is definitely a gimmick, hateful people, using the name of Cameron and Hollywood to consume Chinese people and deceive the country."
"Yes, it must be like this, I don't believe that even Zhang Yimou and them, even so many big directors in Hong Kong, and even so many top directors in Japan and South Korea can't do it, how can he do it with a stunned youth. It's just a scam......"
Feng Xiaogang: Beware of Americans' Scams
Suddenly, an interview appeared on the Internet, and it was a reporter who interviewed Feng Xiaogang and asked him what he thought about where to make a sci-fi blockbuster.
Feng Xiaogang was interviewed at the filming site of "Tangshan Earthquake", he said so.
"I don't know how much Director He's "Rim of the Ocean" costs to produce, but now that I'm filming "Tangshan Earthquake", I feel the horror of blockbuster money-burning, and I feel China's backwardness in some technologies. Now our foundation is not weak, it is not. How do you make a Hollywood blockbuster without technology? Beware of the Americans' scams, the Americans are not good people, and I have been deceived. ”
With Feng Xiaogang's speech, netizens discussed more intensely.
"yes, we don't even have the technology to make blockbusters, so why do we talk about making Hollywood blockbusters? What is this not a scam? ”
"It is necessary to strictly investigate the indiscriminate loss of state-owned assets by the Huying Group, and even the occurrence of corruption and evil."
"Yes, this is a big scam, deceiving not only the Chinese people, but also the state-owned assets......"
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It's over, this public opinion has completely exploded.
When He Fang was outside with the creators the next day, he used his free time to look at these public opinions with a helpless wry smile, alas, it is difficult to do something in China.
Sometimes you are not only faced with all kinds of pits from people outside, but also beware of your own people putting cold guns and pressure on you.
Just like the situation a few years later, foreign scholars and experts are studying how to target us, and domestic experts and scholars are also studying how to target us......
This is really special and bitter and I can't say it.
"Director He, the employees of the Lake Film Studio have made trouble." At this time, an employee of Tuanhuo Culture hurriedly ran over to inform him.
"Trouble? What's going on? He asked.
"The employees of Huying Studio said that the group leaders and Tuanhuo Culture used their cooperation with Cameron to embezzle the group's property, demanded to stop the cooperation with Cameron, and demanded a thorough investigation of whether the transaction with Tuanhuo Culture was the group's leaders' property."
"......" He Fang was stunned for a moment, he knew that there was this risk, and he vaguely felt this way when Bula Huying Group joined the gang, but after being taught a lesson by his father, he couldn't give up 30% of the shares.
Well, here comes the risk.
"Okay, off the producer, you guys will confirm the scene first, I don't have much opinion, I have to go back to the group in advance now."
After arranging the scene, He Fang hurriedly drove to the group.
At the same time, he also called his dad.