It's a pity that this kind of theme would still be very popular ten years ago, but in the second decade of the 21st century, the audience has watched too many science fiction stories that imagine the future, and they are numb to watching, and the audience likes to watch simple and crude movies that fight aliens or alien monsters.

After the second decade of the twenty-first century, there is a strange phenomenon that science fiction films without aliens or alien monsters are not blockbuster science fiction films.

Why is a simple and crude movie like "Pacific Rim" that fights alien monsters popular? It's because everyone's emotions are more direct when they watch this kind of movie, that is, it is refreshing. The audience lives so hard every day, and when they go to the cinema to watch a science fiction movie, they have to watch it, and they have to worry about the future, and Zhong Zhong's life is even more hopeless.

Just look at a refreshing, 3D super dazzling image stimulation, coupled with the brutal fighting of the bloody killing, this is the best movie work for the audience to go to the cinema to release the pressure.

Although He Fang understands the truth of this, it still does not prevent him from making this movie on the basis of Paramount's script and actors, although he knows that the box office may not be better than "Pacific Rim", "Transformers" and the like, but it also has a certain significance.

"He, are you sure that 'Ghost in the Shell' will get more than $1.5 billion at the global box office?" Paramount's CEO, Brad Alan Gray, came to inspect the site this day and specifically asked who it was.

He Fang was shocked for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile, "Mr. Gray, this is impossible, I try to make it a movie at the level of six to eight hundred million dollars, and it is estimated that it is difficult to reach eight hundred million." ”

He Fang knew that this movie was not successful in another time and space, and even said that it was a failure.

"Watts?" Brad Alan Gray was shocked, the film will not be successful?

He Fang shrugged his shoulders, "Mr. Gray, this can't be helped, the script is like this, and many elements are not attractive. The concepts and elements of mechanical humans, electronic brains, and hackers invading the human brain do not have much appeal to the audience.

Moreover, the fight scenes in this movie are very average, and there are no points that attract the audience. So, Mr. Gray, no matter how good I am, I can't make this movie more exciting than those Marvel and DC superhero movies.

If I can do my best, if I can get a global box office of 6-800 million US dollars, I have to have a good publicity, otherwise I can't do my best. ”

He Fang's words made Brad Alan Gray stunned, he didn't expect He Fang to say this result, it's really ...... He can't accept it.

Isn't it true that any movie made by any party will hit a billion dollars at the box office at every turn? Why didn't it work when it came to "Ghost in the Shell"?

"He, you're saying stories aren't good? Isn't this story a big audience? There are a lot of book fans and anime fans, why ......" Brad Alan Gray was puzzled.

"Mr. Gray, movies are different from manga and anime, the audience goes to the cinema and asks for 90-120 minutes of something that makes them watch very cool, think about it yourself, what points of "Ghost in the Shell" can make the audience cool for 120 minutes?

And that's just one thing, and the other is ...... Mr. Gray, I think there are some things you know better than I do. How do you think the quality of Island Nation anime compares to Marvel and DC? Are there few good anime works in the island country? ”

He asked.

Gray thought for a while, "There are a lot of good anime in island countries, otherwise we wouldn't have bought the anime IPs of these island countries." And many of the excellent anime in the island country have been precipitated for decades and tested by the market.

As for what you said compared with Marvel and DC, each has its own merits, and Marvel and DC are more well-known in the world. ”

"Mr. Gray, first of all, from the perspective of 'good-looking', island anime may not be as enthusiastic as Marvel and DC. Secondly, for so many years, the most famous in the world is the island comics, as well as Marvel and DC comics. Therefore, from the perspective of the market, the island country of Marvel is the biggest competitor of Marvel and DC.

Do you think you're going to make Island Comics surpass Marvel and DC for this kind of cultural and ideological rivalry? Over the years, there have been many adaptations of island country comic movies, and how many of them have really achieved good box office and detonated popularity around the world? ”

He Fang's words made Gray finally realize where the root of the problem was, and it was impossible for the adaptation of the island country comic film to really become popular as He Fang said.

"Ho, maybe you're right. Well, you just shoot as well as you can, and I'll explain the situation to the company and won't put pressure on you. Gray finished and left.

His notions had been shaken by He's words, and he had to realign his strategic goals with the company's top management.

He Fang spread his hands, revealing an expression of impossibility.

Are island nation manga good? Well, it's all over the world.

But want to surpass Marvel and DC to become the world's No. 1? Stop dreaming?

This is cultural hegemony, how can the world's number one power give up cultural hegemony to others?

This is also one of the dilemmas that Chinese films led by He Fang, when the Americans allowed the island nation's comics to be sold globally, and now it has also opened up a small opening for Chinese films.

However, it is impossible for any boss to let the younger brothers surpass their chances, so suppression is inevitable.

So, how to open up a way out?

The island nation had thought of a way to get Sony to buy Hollywood studios, and then thought that it would be able to promote the culture of the island country and bring the story of the island country to Hollywood.

In fact, in another time and space, China's Wanda Company also thought so, buying AMC Theater in the United States and then buying Legendary Pictures, thinking that in this way they could move Chinese films to the world.

The reality is that Sony and Wanda have not achieved their goals, and they will not be able to achieve them.

As for why some of the works of Tuanhuo Culture can be distributed globally? That's because of profits, and Americans feel that just a movie and a few movies of Tuanhuo culture are controllable, and they are not afraid that the situation will get out of control.

If Chinese movies broke out en masse like the island comics of the year and went to sea en masse, then the Americans would not be so merciful, and the ruthless methods would definitely come one after another.

When the time came to mid-September, He Fang took the crew to Hong Kong to officially start the final stage of preparation.

Why go to Hong Kong? Because after the unanimous evaluation of the production team and the director team, the location was set in Hong Kong, which has the cyber style of the future world, and it is most in line with the background depiction of "Ghost in the Shell" in terms of sound, light, and urban style.

For the filming of "Ghost in the Shell" in Hong Kong, both the Hong Kong official and the film industry have given great support.

To this end, the Hong Kong cultural department also invited people from the film industry to accompany them, and invited the crew of "Ghost in the Shell" to attend the reception dinner.

(End of chapter)