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Chapter 575 Blockbuster Era
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People in the world seem to have a characteristic. When many stars are alive, you don’t care about them, or you don’t care much about them. After all, he is still too far away from us, but after his accidental death, you will find that you are surrounded by him. fan.But is it so?

When Michael Jackson passed away in 09, there were hundreds of millions of fans mourning across the United States, and even more around the world.Various commemorative ceremonies emerge in endlessly. Even five or six years after his death, there will still be various commemorative short films and activities on June 6 every year.And a music documentary "Michael Jackson: This Is It" earned Universal Pictures more than $25 million in the following five years.

The same is true of Heath Ledger. Before his death, countless media reported that he took drugs, but after he died of a drug overdose, the media began to praise him overwhelmingly, saying that he had contributed the greatest villain of all time, the "Joker", He even added the reputation of "there is no clown after Heath Ledger".It is said that he fell into mania because of trying to figure out the role, and died of an overdose of drugs.In the end, Warner Bros.' "Batman: The Dark Knight" has a global box office of over one billion.

This is business. Hollywood uses the death of stars to hype. This is a consistent method of operation, and the same is true for the "Fast and Furious" series.

Since the release of the first trailer of "Fast and Furious 7" on the "Super Bowl", the memory of Paul Walker has aroused emotional resonance and warmed up. There have been endless memorial ceremonies about Paul Walker. The first six volumes of The Passion were reissued in a Paul Walker commemorative edition.

As the distributor of "Fast and Furious 7" in China, the public relations department of Wild Fox Company has also formulated a series of planning activities, such as "Today's headlines", "Douyin", "Kuaishou", "Weibo topics" and other self-media for On the main platform, countless Paul Walker fans popped up.Since April 7st, "Fast and Furious [-]" and "Paul Walker Tribute" have become the hottest topics.Even at the world premiere ceremony held in Shanghai, there were countless fans holding commemorative posters of "Paul Walker" around to watch and express their support.

The domestic stars who came to the premiere also expressed their nostalgia for Paul Walker in interviews, although most of them have never even met Paul Walker.

As the leading actors of this film, Vin Diesel, Jason Statham, Dwayne Johnson and others entered the scene afterwards, and they were all infected by the atmosphere of the event.Looking at the black and white poster of Paul Walker held high by the fans in the audience, Vin Diesel choked up in the reporter's interview with great emotion, and shared his friendship with Paul Walker, which made the fans in the audience cheer for him. moving.In fact, they didn't know that the big guy in front of them had just arrived in Shanghai yesterday, so he found two young models and went wild.

And Shen Fang, who was watching the ceremony, sniffed secretly. The outside world often said that Vin Diesel's acting skills were poor, but isn't it natural to watch his performance on stage?

Apart from these few Hollywood stars at this premiere, the biggest star is the Lycan supercar that Shen Fang gave to Qin Mohan.

At the beginning of the premiere ceremony, Qin Mohan drove this sports car into the venue and parked it in the exhibition area in the center of the venue.

Coming out of the cab was Qin Mohan in a black leather jacket and leather pants. The tight leather jacket fully revealed her perfect figure.Shen Fang got off the co-pilot, dressed in an off-white suit and short haircut, he was also extremely energetic.It's just that the place to get off the car was wrong, so the media reporters who were familiar with the couple couldn't help laughing, Shen Fang didn't care, and put his arms up, letting Qin Mohan walk into the main venue.

Seeing this car appearing at the venue, Vin Diesel was also salivating.When shooting the film, he proposed to buy one, but was rejected by the manufacturer from the Middle East.The answer given by the manufacturer is that you are not qualified.

The entry qualification of this super sports car, which is limited to seven units worldwide, is a net worth of more than US$50 billion.This entry qualification also reminded him that the man and woman walking in front of him were people who should not be offended.

Compared with Vin Diesel, the biggest player on the scene, Shen Fang is more interested in Jason Statham and Dwayne Johnson.Vin Diesel has been shackled to the "Fast and Furious series", and the other films he has shot outside of this series are basically a bunch of shit.

On the contrary, Xiao Qiao's nimble Jason Statham and the strong Dwayne Johnson have a wider range of roles. Jason Statham's "The Expendables" and "The Mechanic" series have made him a new generation of action actors in Hollywood. star.And Dwayne Johnson, who looks simple and strong in appearance, is the representative of the latest generation of tough guys in Hollywood. The "Doomsday Collapse" starring him will be released in June this year. He invited over.

Since the Spring Festival, Linda has been organizing the US branch of Wild Fox Films. With the name of its cooperation with Universal Pictures, it has purchased the copyrights of several novels in the US market, invested in some films, and given Meghan Hart has offered several roles that have allowed her to gain a foothold in Hollywood.

As for Linda's proposal to send some of the company's movie stars to Hollywood, Shen Fang suggested that she had better look at the project before making a decision, and that the investment income should not be unequal because of the pure delivery of actors.

The film "Fast and Furious 7" made Wild Fox feel the domineering style of a big Hollywood company. Fortunately, after the domestic premiere, the overall word-of-mouth and market response were not bad.

Countless movie fans who participated in the premiere on the first day have used Weibo, Moments, Douyin and other self-media to tell their friends about this film. After more than a month of publicity, this film became popular.

"The sparring between Vin Diesel and Jason Statham was so interesting. I didn't expect Guoda Statham to be so flexible. Compared with him, Vin Diesel is just a clumsy big man. Light The fighting scene between the two is worth the price of admission."

"It is said that Paul Walker used several substitutes, why can't I see it at all? I have to go back and look for bugs."

"When the song 'See You Again' came on at the end of the credits, I couldn't help but tear up, as if Paul Walker was really just saying goodbye."

"So cool, I jumped out of my seat as the Lycan supercar raced through two skyscrapers."

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Simple story structure, simple story content, special effects that cost a lot of money to create, and the speed of countless sports cars to awaken the audience's adrenal hormones are the secrets of the success of the "Fast and Furious" series.

Relying on the strong publicity and distribution capabilities of Wild Fox Film and Television and the cultural theaters in Beijing, on April 4, the midnight show of "Fast and Furious 11" was screened nearly 7 times across the country, with a box office of more than 5000 million yuan, breaking the box office record for midnight shows in the Mainland.The first-day box office reached 5.1 million yuan, which was higher than the first-day box office set by seven blockbuster films released on the same day during the Spring Festival.Stimulated by this hot news, it was hard to get a ticket in many theaters on Sunday. The attendance rate of the theater was almost over 5.3%. The cumulative box office of Fast and Furious 7 in three days is close to 11 billion.

"Envy, jealousy, hate." While other media were lamenting that another Hollywood blockbuster had succeeded in China, and that it might break the record in China's film market, only many film and television companies who were familiar with the inside story couldn't help but drool.Wild Fox has done it again.

At the beginning, because of Paul Walker's accidental death, Universal Pictures wanted to amend the contract. Many domestic film and television companies mocked: Wild Fox Company is also the king in this small fish pond in China. If you have the ability, you and Universal Pictures Karma is hard to come by, isn't it still being bullied and not daring to fight back.

People are like this, "Hate people and laugh at others." Seeing that "Fast and Furious 7" has a weak plot but relies on special effects to achieve great success, these people are jealous again, and they begin to question whether the film should be According to the joint venture film to exploit the loopholes in the policy, to obtain such a high box office commission.Although it was just looking for someone to post in private, it seems that it still can't cause too much disturbance.

Subsequently, Wild Fox announced that it had reached a cooperation agreement with Universal Pictures for three films, including "Fast and Furious" 8 and 9, and the epic film "World of Warcraft" adapted from the world's most famous game.And I heard that for these three films, Wild Fox Company also has a very important right, the right to recommend the main supporting actors.For a time, many artists in China who were interested in the development of Hollywood asked Wild Fox Company whether the specific news was true.

The confirmation of this news has further increased the pace of cooperation between domestic film and television companies and Hollywood companies.Le Si Pictures directly agreed to the request of Legendary Pictures, and immediately entered the shooting process of "The Great Wall", which was still under negotiation.

Boya Films, together with Huayi Brothers, Guangxian Media, and Huaxing Films, jointly launched the project "Legend of the Gods", which also announced the start of the project. Among them, Disney Pictures has been added as an investment distributor. The specific investment amount is unknown.

These didn't have much to do with Shen Fang and Qin Mohan. After staying in Shanghai for a day, they returned to Yanjing. After two days of rehearsals, they prepared to hold "Hello, Madman!" "The opening ceremony of this drama.

In mid-April, Yanjing slowly and completely faded the color of winter, and the weeping willows by the sea were already swaying with the wind, and the number of pedestrians by the lake gradually increased. The spring was warm and the flowers were blooming, and everything began to recover.

Two guests came to the bar, and Shen poured two glasses of wine for them. He thought they were here for tomorrow's launch conference, but Guo Fan made another request.

"Mr. Shen, I would like to ask if the plan for the film "The Wandering Earth" of Wild Fox Company can be started."

""The Wandering Earth"?" Shen Fang's eyes shifted from Qin Mohan who was singing on the stage to the two people in front of him, and looked at Guo Fan in surprise.

"Well! Yes, it's "The Wandering Earth"!" Guo Fan looked at Shen Fang and said sincerely: "When I was young, in 91, I was only 11 years old at that time, and I saw "Terminator 2" for the first time. ", I became obsessed with sci-fi movies. At that time, I was completely unbelievable. It turned out that people's brain holes can be so big. Chong, and then I put "2001 Space Odyssey", "RoboCop", "Alien" and even Find out Huaxia's "Pili Beibei". Since then, I have become obsessed with science fiction and become a loyal reader of the magazine "Science Fiction World", subscribing to every issue."

Seeing that his glass was empty, Shen Fang refilled his glass: "I also like this magazine better, and I have read many issues."

Guo Fan paused for a moment, took a sip from his cup, prepared his words and continued: "I read Da Liu's novel in 1999. At that time, I fantasized about how it would be if it could be adapted into a movie. Operation, what should the planetary engine look like? How should the exoskeleton mech be designed? I even made plans for dungeons, high-speed surface vehicles, supply stations, and the navigator.”

Guo Fan took out a stack of draft paper from his briefcase and handed it to Shen Fang. Looking at the yellowed curls on it, it should be a certain age.The above are concept drawings drawn with pencils, some are more refined, such as spaceships and exoskeleton mechs, and some are more sketchy, such as planetary engines, these are probably limited by his personal knowledge.The spaceship and the exoskeleton armor obviously have the shadow of Hollywood movies, but they seem to be more industrialized. It seems that he has really put in a lot of effort.

Guo Fan knew that these estimates alone would not be able to impress Shen Fang, and then said to Shen Fang: "Although Liu wrote in this novel in detail, he did not give a complete introduction about the background. The background of the environment, human society, technology overview. You can go through it."

The other is a printed manuscript, with a total of eight pages and tens of thousands of words, which elaborates on the relevant information about "Flow Earth", written in great detail.This made Shen Fang more moved. The concept map can be said to be very easy for fans to draw a copy based on the novel and Hollywood movies, but this text draft requires a certain amount of thought, and it needs to be real. Only by having an in-depth understanding of the novel "The Wandering Earth" can I complete the worldview in it.

"Director Guo, Director Rao, are you here for tomorrow's press conference?" Qin Mohan who came down from the stage greeted the two of them.

"Ms. Mohan, hello." Guo Fan greeted Qin Mohan: "We are looking for Mr. Shen for another movie, hoping to get his support."

Seeing Qin Mohan look over, Shen Fang handed her the information in his hand, and then said to Guo Fan: "Director Guo, but you should have also asked the company about the film "The Wandering Earth" and we plan to start the project in the second half of the year." , and then start shooting early next year. So your first priority now is to finish shooting the film "Hello, Crazy!", and then we will have a detailed discussion in June."

Hearing Shen Fang's words, Guo Fan was a little frustrated. He thought that Shen Fang was politely refusing, and he also knew that he was a little impatient. Well, madman! "This film is still starring Qin Mohan himself, and the boss hopes that he can concentrate on this film.It’s just that I couldn’t restrain my inner desire after seeing the news of big productions that have been coming in these two days, so I made this presumptuous visit.

Seeing that Guo Fan was a bit decadent, Shen Fang gave him another motivation: "Director Guo, this information of yours has moved me, you can make a shooting plan in these two months. Wait until "Hello, Madman" !” After the filming of this film is completed, we will conduct detailed communication. Moreover, the film “The Wandering Earth” involves a lot of special effects shots. How to combine reality and reality, I hope you can come up with a complete plan. In addition, I can tell you, The budget of this film is around 3 million, so you don’t have to worry about running out of money.”

With Shen Fang's approval, Guo Fan and Rao Xiaozhi left excitedly. Although their actions today were a bit reckless, they got what they wanted.

"With an investment of 3 million, should we find a more experienced director?" Qin Mohan couldn't help asking as he watched the two leave.

"Guo Fan himself is within the scope of the company's investigation. In addition to him, there are Wu Ershan, Han Yan and others." Shen Fang explained to Qin Mohan, "Our drama is hard science fiction, and it is more westernized. So the company considered it. They are all directors of the new generation, and these talents are more able to accept new things. Moreover, these people are all students who have been trained by the Huaxia General Administration and the American Film Association, and are familiar with the characteristics of Western film production."

"What about Director Niu and the others? It seems that Director Niu also participated in this training after filming "The Golden Heist."

"Brother Niu rejected all these films. He knows his own characteristics. He is good at portraying characters' hearts and expressing small characters, but he is a little weak in hard science fiction." Shen Fang gave her a glass of wine and continued: "Guo Fan There is a film "The Adventures of Li Xianji", although some plots in it are represented by animations, but the company's production department appreciates its creative ideas."

(End of this chapter)