my crew is not human

Chapter 506 The plan to go to sea

Li Xianyun interviewed about [-] directors in total, but most of them left cursing.

The pay is too low.

In the end, only Zhou Ximei and the other three chose to stay.

Being willing to stay means giving them a chance, and Li Xianyun will naturally give them a chance.

At the end of the month, Kuanglong officially started.

This is a mecha-type sci-fi film. The story is a bit similar to Pacific Rim. Monsters are a must, otherwise the mechas will fight.

But the trilogy can't fight all monsters, so the plot is actually the first part where humans and mechas fight, the mechas rebel, humans win with difficulty, and then bury a primer for monsters to invade.The second part is Monster Invasion, mechs fighting monsters, and the third part is mechs fighting mechs, monsters join in the fun.

Anyway, they are all routines, there must be differences and unity.

But beyond the routine, there is innovation.

With Peeves around, the mecha will be more flexible, there will be various martial arts moves, and even facial expressions.It doesn't matter if it's illogical, mech monsters are illogical.

You have seen mechas, but you have never seen a mecha that knows kung fu.

The mecha men flew around the sky, punched and kicked, pulled up the building as a stick, and they were superhuman than Superman-don't tell me that the glass curtain wall can't hold it, I can do it.

What an outrageous world requires is an outrageous imagination, and what you are given is a wonderful picture that you have never seen before, a fighting method beyond your imagination, enough to stimulate your adrenaline, and make you hooked, this film is considered a success.

It can be said that all the artistic pursuits of Yisheng Media are to express what other companies cannot do. It is not afraid that you are outrageous, but that you are not imaginative enough.

The ghost town is already overcrowded with the crew, and coupled with the subject matter, Kuanglong chose the full location for an unprecedented time.

Not only domestically, but also abroad.

This cannot be regarded as Yi Sheng's first overseas filming, but it can be regarded as the first large-scale overseas filming.

Therefore, the crew mobilized a lot of manpower, giving priority to foreign countries, and returning to China to shoot after the foreign scenes were shot.

The first stop is the United States.

The branch company established by Yisheng Media and Hollywood has been established. Breaking the army has made the company called Baike a good profit. In addition, mechas are also loved by Americans. The two parties have negotiated the overseas distribution of mecha films. Here we also try our best to be the landlord, and provide convenience for the film crew to contact the venue for the shooting.

Li Xianyun also took this opportunity to go abroad.

But he didn't go as a scene director - his shots were basically completed in domestic studios, after all, such a big mech is not easy to carry.

As the boss of the company, he went to interview the visitors, so-called to learn the advanced production process of Hollywood - although there is nothing to learn, he should have learned it long ago.

In essence, it is still laying the foundation for the next step of film and television going overseas.

Now the development of Yisheng Media in China has reached a peak, and it is about to touch the ceiling.The next step of development, in addition to the horizontal strengthening of peripheral industries, is the vertical deepening of the main film and television industry.

And going overseas is an important way to raise the ceiling in this area—Li Xianyun intends to release Pet Agents overseas. After all, children’s cognition knows no borders. I didn’t give it to them before. good price.

Han Xinyu is very happy about this, because she can finally work with Li Xianyun.

But she soon realized how far-fetched that idea was.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the plane landed slowly at Hill Airport.

As many as nearly 300 people walked out of the airport, a blond and blue-eyed American embraced warmly.

"Li!" The other party laughed loudly, with a familiar expression.

Shao Xiaochong, the former secretary who was transferred to be in charge of overseas relations, said: "This is Mr. Charles, the executive vice president of Baike."

"Hello, Mr. Charles, nice to meet you." Li Xianyun said a few polite words as usual, and the accompanying interpreter translated in time.

After a polite conversation, Charles led Li Xianyun to the VIP passage. As for the crew members, Zhu Chen and the others were in charge of arranging them through, and the arranged vehicles picked them up.

Sitting in the Rolls-Royce business car prepared by Charles, Li Xianyun said to Han Xin, "I don't seem to have a Rolls-Royce yet?"

"I'll buy it for you later." Han Xinyu hugged Li Xianyun's arm and said.

"No, the company will just buy it."

"Then there's nothing I can do for you." Han Xinyu muttered.

"You can learn to cook."

"You want me to be your housewife?"

Don't hit the snake with the stick, okay?Li Xianyun smiled, and was thinking about how to phrase it, when Charles, the executive vice president, said, "Huaguo cuisine is delicious."

"You know Chinese?" Li Xianyun was surprised.

"It's okay, not very good." Charles' Chinese is a little hard, but at least he can understand it.

"You should have said it earlier. Fortunately, I didn't speak ill of you behind your back." Li Xianyun laughed.

Charles laughed: "We always have to do some work for the translator. Mr. Li Xianyun, Baike has seen some information from Yisheng Media, and we are very interested in your unique shooting techniques. May I ask how you did it Those?"

Sure enough, he was interested in technology again.

Faced with this question, Li Xianyun replied: "I don't think how to do it is important, what is important is how to cooperate."

"Oh, speaking of this, our chairman also believes that Yisheng Media is a company with a bright future. We heard that you have already controlled more than half of Huaguo's theater chains and become the industry leader?"

"It's an exaggeration, how can it be half of it? Let's try to have it in the future." Li Xianyun said: "The market in China is huge, and the market in America is also huge. If possible, I don't mind buying some cinemas in America."

"Oh, that's not okay." Charles laughed and shook his head.

The United States has clear laws in this regard, and film and television production companies are not allowed to operate theaters to avoid upstream and downstream monopoly.

But in fact, even if it is possible, they will not accept it given the pissing nature of Americans-Americans have a very strong control over media brainwashing. If you control the media, then how can we hack?

Let you control the media?
That is absolutely impossible.

Li Xianyun also knew this, so he just said it casually.

"But film and television production can, right?" he said.

"Of course, this is no problem. So, you plan to expand overseas distribution into joint venture film production?" Charles was keenly aware of the real purpose of Li Xianyun's visit this time.

"Yes. Yisheng Media wants to break through the ceiling, and opening up two super markets is the most important step." Li Xianyun said.

"That's not easy. The cultures of the two countries are very different." Charles said.

"That's right." Li Xianyun admitted, "But why are American films selling well in Hua? Can't Hua's films be selling well in America? Is it really because of production problems? No, the essential reason is you Americans. Your thinking ability is too weak, and you only believe in your own way."

"Is this considered national discrimination?" Charles was speechless.

"No, this is stating the facts. At least in terms of understanding foreign cultures, Chinese people are very comfortable. We can understand some of your content, but you can't understand ours. So maybe we can consider designing it backwards. We Jointly produce some films, produced with the mainstream way of thinking in the United States, first blossom outside the wall, and then return to the mainland of China."

"Oh, this is a major concession." Charles smiled: "Few people think like you do."

Yes, Huaguo's film and television companies rarely think this way. They always prioritize Huaguo's cultural foundation. After all, they must first establish themselves to ensure invincibility.But it is precisely because of this that the performance after going to sea is limited.

But some films are not.

For example, Director Li’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, from the very beginning, was developed according to the cultural thinking of Americans. Even the original script was written in English, so Americans could accept it. Honor, if you go back to the mainland and sell it, even though it’s okay to see it in the mainland, at least the acceptance is much higher.

If a joint venture film wants to dominate the two largest film and television markets on the other side of the ocean at the same time, it must be culturally inclined to Americans.

There's no way, it's just that they are stupid, and they don't understand your culture.

If you don't get close to him, you won't be able to sell well.

This kind of practice is ugly to say, but it has practical significance.Ninety percent of American culture is mixed with one percent of Chinese culture, which is easy to understand and accept.

It's better than [-]% of Chinese cultural characteristics mixed with [-]% of American culture, and the other party can't even understand it.

You say an idiom, even the translation is not easy.

The opposite example is Hua Mulan: American people use their understanding of Huaguo to make movies about the story of Huaguo. The aesthetics do not conform to Huaguo, the story does not conform to America.

Of course, the best way is to double version.

There is one version for the United States, and one for the Chinese country.

But the double-version approach is also risky. Maybe the public will think that you are deliberately catering to the United States, and turn around and fool us.

This greatly tests the ability of screenwriters.

(End of this chapter)