Don't give me black technology

Chapter 199
Some film media first began to question the real situation of "Shading the Sky 1: Beidou", and an article commented: "The quality of the trailer of "Shading the Sky 1: Beidou" is undoubtedly great, but judging from the urine of domestic special effects movies , probably the entire movie budget was spent on the trailer.”

There are still many supporters of this point of view, because many viewers have been hurt by the false propaganda of some films and their wallets, so this time, they began to wait and see in the face of the propaganda of the film crew.

At home, Meng Xiaobai's family is watching a TV program on the Mercury Smart Screen, which is an interview on a movie channel.

On the screen, the hostess introduced the interview guests: "Our interview guest in this issue is the famous director, Mr. Cao Changge. I think everyone is very familiar with Director Cao Changge. His films have won many domestic and foreign film awards."

"Hi everyone, I'm Cao Changge!" A director in his 60s greeted the guest seat.

"Today's interview with Director Cao, our topic is to talk about this year's Spring Festival movies. Director Cao is also a regular victor in the Spring Festival. The previous "Happy Detective 1" won a billion box office, and "Happy Detective 2" is even more so. Won 20 billion at the box office. This year's "Happy Detective 3", does Director Cao think it can break through again at the box office?" asked the host.

"Of course!" Cao Changge said without any modesty, "It stands to reason that I should be humble. But our actors and screenwriters are too good. As we all know, our two leading actors are both comedian kings, and this year there will be a mysterious Joining the guests is also a comedian who has won the honor of Best Actor!"

"Comedy has always been the most popular genre of Spring Festival movies. With the reputation of the previous two "Happy Detective", this one will definitely hit a new high!"

"It seems that Director Cao is very confident. I believe that many friends, like me, are looking forward to "Happy Detective 3" on the first day of the new year..." The host said with a smile, and she asked a few more questions. "Shading the sky 1: Beidou" this drama.

"Director Cao, the movie with the highest investment during the Spring Festival this year is "Shading the Sky 1: Beidou". It claims to be an epic blockbuster, what do you think?" the host asked.

Cao Changge's expression restrained, and he became serious: "Say something that is not afraid of offending people, I don't like this drama."

Cao Changge is a well-known director in the industry, while Mo Ziyi, the director of "Shading the Sky 1: The Big Dipper", is just a young director. Cao Changge is indeed not afraid of offending him.

"Why do you say that?" The host continued to ask.

Cao Changge commented: "The domestic film industry is developing rapidly. Many producers want to imitate Hollywood and create their own blockbuster films, or movie universes. But so far, none of them have succeeded!"

"The most important reason is that we don't have good technology. Whether it is special effects production level or post-processing, the comparison is not one or two points worse. Often the special effects produced are very embarrassing."

"And the film studio is not very willing to invest in this area. Moreover, we also lack good screenwriters. As far as I know, "Shading the Sky" is a novel IP, and it is also a fantasy novel. This kind of novel has no nutrition and no depth. What about film adaptations? Such adaptations are not without precedent, and without exception, they all hit the street."

"So I think that "Shading the Sky 1: Beidou" is not worth looking forward to."

After Cao Changge finished speaking, Tang Biyun immediately looked annoyed, and said, "This Cao Changge, thanks to the fact that I thought he was good before, why did he slander your movie so much?"

"It's an investment." Meng Xiaobai emphasized.

"It's all the same." Tang Biyun said.

"It's all about profit trends." Meng Lei looked at Tang Biyun, "You can't let him praise other people's movies, okay?"

"Then you can't criticize others without watching it!" Tang Biyun retorted, "I won't watch his movies this year!"

"Mom, I've booked a ticket, and then we'll go see "Shading the Sky 1: The Big Dipper" together." Meng Xiaobai said, "But I want to explain in advance, this is a special effects movie, and it's a fantasy theme. You may not like it. Understand."

"Why can't I understand it? Isn't it about cultivation, becoming an immortal, and gods and ghosts?" Tang Biyun said.

"Mom, you know all this?" Meng Xiaobai was slightly surprised.

"Aren't you talking nonsense?" Tang Biyun looked at him contemptuously, "Your parents are not old yet! What online game TV series, fairy tale TV series, time travel, rebirth, haven't we watched it? Your father returned it to you last month. What kind of online novel has a reward of 1 yuan!"

Meng Xiaobai: "..."

Wanying Group, the company's distribution company is arranging the film schedule for this year's Spring Festival.

It is worth mentioning that Wanying Group owns more than 30.00% of the movie theaters in the country, and cooperates with multiple brands of movie theaters.

"The "Happy Detective 3" must have more films, this is the highlight of our group's Spring Festival." A vice president emphasized.

"Happy Detective 3" is a film invested by Wanying Group.

"Boss Bai, let me see if we need to reduce the filming schedule of "Shading the Sky 1: Beidou" by another ten percent." One person suggested, he is an executive of Wanying Group's publishing department, Tu Da.

It was also the partner who previously cooperated with Deep Space Film and Television and was responsible for the release of "Shading the Sky 1: Beidou", but was later driven away by Meng Xiaobai because he wanted to unspoken rules.

"Tu Da." That Boss Bai frowned slightly, and said, "I know you have some conflicts with their production crew, but the company's interests are the basis for the theater schedule. Don't get involved with personal grievances!"

"I know, this is not my personal idea. It is suggested by our data department after market pre-sale research." Tu Da said hastily, "According to our forecast data, the current filming income of "Shading the Sky 1: Beidou" The price/performance ratio is not high, it is better to give up part of the film schedule to our own movies."

"If it really performs well in the market, it will not be too late for us to raise it."

Mr. Bai thought for a while and said, "Okay, then reduce the proportion of the film schedule for the first three days, wait for the box office situation, and adjust at any time."

Wanying Group, as the original benchmark, saw that they lowered the film schedule of "Shading the Sky 1: Beidou", and other theaters also slightly lowered the filming rate of "Shading the Sky 1: Beidou" among the Spring Festival movies. Ranked seventh, this is undoubtedly very unfavorable to the box office competition.

"Although you are rich, I, Tu Da, am not so easy to bully." Tu Da still harbored resentment towards Meng Xiaobai who drove him away. Someone questioned him.

"Invest [-] million? I hope you lose all your money!"

Before the movie was released, open and secret battles had already begun. These people were all waiting for the box office war to come.

(End of this chapter)