How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 595 Preparing for the [Wandering Earth] Series

On the last weekend of May, Zhang Nan returned to the mainland from North America.

Before leaving, [Chinese Partner] had just finished its first week of screenings, and the cumulative box office was only 100 million yuan.

But after another week of screenings, [China Partner]'s box office increased by another 2.1 million yuan, and the cumulative box office reached 3.1 million yuan.

It really arouses the nerves of the upcoming movies "Tian Ji - Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains", "Fu Er Detective" and "Tiny Times 1.2".

After all, the box office performance of [Chinese Partner] basically represents the mainland film market in June, which is quite good.

But Zhang Nan didn't pay much attention to the petty quarrels in the mainland film market at this time.

Because "Gravity" was released at the end of August, and "Thor 2", "The Hunger Games 2" and "The Hobbit 2", these are the sequels of the series in which he guest-starred and required him to attend the premiere. Then when will they be released? It’s even later, during the Christmas season in November and February.

As for the [Transformers 3] project, although Paramount has already started preparations for the movie, it is not expected to start filming until October.

Then Zhang Nan will have three months of free time.

Zhang Nan didn't dare to let himself really take time off, because his body would be a little overwhelmed - the female proprietresses of the seafood market that he privately contracted would never let his brother go.

Therefore, Zhang Nan plans to take advantage of this time to prepare for the "Wandering Earth" series that he had an idea for before, so that it can be released a few years in advance.

After all, the current time point can also be said to be the final birth point of the world's top series IP.

As time goes by, global audiences will no longer be interested in special effects blockbusters.

At that time, it was basically hopeless to create a new global top series IP.

This is why Hollywood in later generations is always restarting old IPs and playing the trick of putting new wine in old bottles, rather than creating new series.

And there is another important factor that made Zhang Nan start the [Wandering Earth] project at this time.

Longbow Special Effects Company, founded by Zhang Nan many years ago, has finally grown from a small special effects company with top international special effects levels to a large-scale, industrialized and systematic special effects company with top international special effects levels after so many years of development.

I have the ability to independently undertake all the special effects work for a large-scale special effects movie.

……

In Zhang Nan's office in Longgong Film and Television City.

Zhang Nan sat at his desk, looking at the two scripts of the "Wandering Earth" series on the table, feeling a little confused.

For these two "Wandering Earth" scripts, Zhang Nan designed an outline and then asked the scriptwriters in the company to expand it.

The specific content is similar to the original version, even more exciting.

It’s just that one is the original [The Wandering Earth 1] script, and the other is the original [The Wandering Earth 2] script.

Zhang Nan was considering whether to follow the reverse chronological narrative mode of the original [Wandering Earth] series, or change it and follow the normal timeline narrative.

Zhang Nan prefers to follow the latter narrative mode of normal timeline.

Because Zhang Nan feels that the narrative mode of the original [Wandering Earth] series is actually a helpless choice.

After all, before the appearance of "The Wandering Earth 1", the mainland science fiction film market was basically zero.

Under such a situation, the cost of saturation rescue and the team members completing the mission in the dungeon is much lower than that of electronic life, planetary engines, space elevators, drone battles, etc. , it is easy to get enough funds for filming.

But Zhang Nan's current situation is different. As long as his new projects are released, there will never be a lack of investors.

After all, the new espionage series [006], which was previously co-operated with MGM Pictures, still has a global box office of more than billion US dollars.

And the earlier series of "Voldemort", "Transformers", "Jurassic World"... and so on have never failed.

And compared to the scenes of the original [The Wandering Earth 1], the visual impact of the original [The Wandering Earth 2] is more suitable for the first shot.

At the same time, the plot design of [The Wandering Earth 1] is not as atmospheric as [The Wandering Earth 2].

Putting the two together, it can be clearly felt that the former focuses on the enjoyment of mainland audiences, the various mainland surface buildings are frozen, while the latter focuses on a somewhat international flavor, which can be seen from the movie There are Asan, Daxiong, North America, etc. in the plots that speak their own languages, you can see it. "First 2, then 1."

Zhang Nan finally made up his mind to change the shooting order of the original "The Wandering Earth" series.

Then the only thing he still has to solve is the director's position.

Once the director is selected, the preparation and filming of the "Wandering Earth" series can begin.

but……

Although Guo Fan, the director of the original "The Wandering Earth", has been recruited by Zhang Nan into the company's director training program.

But this guy has no independent directing experience at all!

This is a headache.

Because before Guo Fan made the original version of "The Wandering Earth 1", he also filmed "My Deskmate" with a box office of 4.55 million yuan.

Although I suddenly switched from a youth campus idol film to a science fiction film, the gap is a bit huge.

But at least he has some directing experience.

Nowadays, it is very likely that it will not work if we do it so directly.

and so……

"Jingle Bell."

The phone in front of Zhang Nan's desk rang. It was the front desk secretary calling.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Nan picked up the phone and asked.

The front desk secretary on the other side of the phone replied: "Director Zhang, Director Teng Hua Tuo is here. He said he made an appointment with you, and there is also a young man named Guo Fan."

"Yes, let them come up." Zhang Nan responded.

……

A few minutes later.

Zhang Nan is still sitting behind the desk, but there are two more people on the guest sofa, Teng Huatuo who looks a little uneasy and excited, and Guo Fan who looks even more uneasy and excited.

Teng Huatuo couldn't help but be excited.

After the movie "Love Is Not Blind", his fame has greatly increased.

He immediately became a director in the Mainland film market, not only one of the best, but also a respectable one.

And he was wise enough to sign a contract with Longbow Film and Television Company, becoming the second-ranked director in the company after Lin Yishan.

The second-ranking director in the company after Lin Yishan.

Whenever Teng Huatuo thinks about this situation, he is initially full of hope for his future prospects.

After all, No. 1 is so powerful, and with the support of the company, No. 2 will not be far behind no matter how hard he works!

But two years later, he found that the company did not give him much support, which made Teng Huatuo feel a little regretful and felt that he had chosen the wrong path.

Then a few days ago, he suddenly received a notice and two scripts from the company, asking him to prepare well.

The contents of the notification made Teng Huatuo so excited that he didn't sleep much all night.

There isn't much content on it, but in Teng Huatuo's eyes, it's pretty much this: The company plans to make a science fiction blockbuster starring Zhang Nan, and the director is more interested in you, so you should prepare well.

Work directly with Zhang Nan.

This is something Teng Huatuo never dared to think about even when he signed a contract to join Longbow Film and Television.

He thought he could at most get some of Longbow Film and Television's abundant resources.

(End of this chapter)