Illiterate top class: three years of poor performance, become a superstar

Chapter 281 The Wandering Earth Project is Officially Established
"..."

To be honest, if Li Cheng and Zhuang Hui hadn't made it clear that they were industry leaders in every aspect, it would have been difficult for Chen Yifan to believe that Xu Nian, an illiterate leader, had not been convinced.

'Prejudice' and 'preconceived' views will always exist wherever there are people.

Regardless of whether Xu has become popular nationwide or globally, those labels on him cannot be removed in a short period of time.

Especially since he is a famous celebrity.

Unfamiliar people inside and outside the industry will still preconceptionally think that Xu Mouhong is famous, but she should not be as... outstanding as rumored.

Although Chen Yifan was a bit shy, he still had some doubts in his heart.

However, he knows that if his talents want to be known to the public and not be wasted, Xu Nian is almost the only choice for domestic entertainment.

Putting everything else aside, Xu Nian is the best domestic entertainment actor in the past two years, and he is guaranteed to be the best at the box office.

Moreover, Xu Nian himself is the capital, and Tianyue behind him is the most special one among domestic entertainment companies, with no shortage of resources.

In addition, young outstanding directors like Li Cheng, who have a lot of resources and background, are "honest and honest". Even if he, Chen Yifan, has all kinds of thoughts, he has to keep his eyebrows down.

What's more, even if Chen Yifan doesn't understand the world, he still knows that this scene is not just for dealing with things.

So he spent 12% of his energy and efforts to fully introduce his ideas and the market value of the story line...

Then... Xu Young, who read the synopsis of the script while listening, said in an understatement: "This book... I have no interest in it."

Then he handed back a notebook in his hand.

Then he said: "This 'Space War Hymn' has a good idea, and the storyline is a bit long-winded. At first glance, it looks like Brother Cheng's literary and artistic style."

"In my personal opinion, the story tone of this kind of film does not need to be so complicated. Just think of it as a disaster film. The ultimate goal is salvation."

At this point, Xu Nian looked at Li Cheng and couldn't help but complain: "Brother Cheng is true... I admire your courage. Why do you always believe in your ability to shape emotions so much?"

“But it’s understandable that a good screenwriter who doesn’t want to be a hexagon warrior is not a good director.”

Li Cheng, who was sitting there, scratched his hair and said with a look of despair: "Save some face for me, I'm begging you."

Zhuang Hui on the side quickly turned away.

His screenwriting ability is okay, but he really doesn't have Master Xu's magical ability.

He didn't want to bear the experience of being named and criticized for the time being.

Fortunately, Mr. Xu did not continue to complain, but instead organized his words and said, "I was wondering if the cover of this book could be slightly changed?"

Li Cheng: "?"

Zhuang Hui: "..."

Chen Yifan: "...?"

Facing the gazes of several people, Xu Nian said casually: "It's just a feeling. I think starting directly from space is too far for the audience...

Of course, space escape is a good direction, so to sum up, it is better to set off directly from Blue Star. "

"The name can also be changed to something nicer. It's called... Wandering Planet... No, it's called... Wandering Earth?"

Li Cheng was the first to answer suspiciously: "What do you mean? How do we start from Blue Star?"

Zhuang Hui was deep in thought and was in no hurry to speak.

Chen Yifan frowned at first, but then he suddenly understood: "I understand, I understand! Teacher Xu's opinion is so important!"

"Wandering around the earth, taking Blue Star to the depths of the universe to avoid disasters, this, this, this... is simply too romantic!"

"This is science fiction imagination! I feel like this book already has a soul!!"

Xu Nian just kept smiling and didn't say anything else, nor did he complain about "making judgments about superiors".

It can be seen from Li Cheng and Zhuang Hui's unresponsive reaction that they are both screenwriters and their areas of expertise are indeed very different.

To put it simply, Li Cheng and Zhuang Hui just don't have the ability to imagine.

Chen Yifan is not only good, but also very good, at least in the Chinese film and television industry.

The most interesting thing about the first part of The Wandering Earth is actually this idea.

So Xu Nian doesn't need to say anything more now.

Both the plot and structure can be kept relatively simple...or we can just imitate the successful Hollywood industrialization idea.

Moreover, the combination of Chen Yifan + Li Cheng + Zhuang Hui is indeed very strong. One is responsible for full fantasy, and the other two are responsible for structure.

In addition to its excellent and novel science fiction ideas and Hollywood industrialization ideas, the first part of The Wandering Earth also has a very important feature:
The contrasting structure of the two male protagonists is full of order and beauty.

Echoing each other, there are connections and contrasts.

Of course, the first film is not strictly about two male protagonists, and its contrast and order are not that beautiful.

But...at least Xu Nian, who has a full understanding of the Wandering Earth series and has seen many deconstructions, can tell from the current script summary:

Except that the creativity is not bold and novel enough, all aspects are up to standard and in line with the characteristics of a disaster movie.

Some of the plot designs, such as correspondence, weak lines, and structure are also okay.

Xu Nian also believes that if the combination of Chen Yifan + Li Cheng + Zhuang Hui is given some time, they will be able to reproduce the wide-ranging shock of the second part...

.........

"The point where you have to take the earth to wander the universe is also very simple, just a solar crisis or something like that."

Chen Yifan became more and more excited.

"And the overall direction has not changed much. After all, it is up to us to interpret the film and television version ourselves."

"The crises that occur on the ground of Blue Star and the crises that occur in space are essentially the same."

"And the audience's sense of immersion is completely different." With Chen Yifan's output, Li Cheng and Zhuang Hui also joined the topic: "This way the structural design is simpler and the emotional smoothness will be better."

"I even suddenly felt the expandability of this shell..."

"You don't have to limit yourself to explaining it all in a 100-minute movie."

"..."

Faced with this scene, Xu Nian did not interrupt. This was beyond his 'job scope'.

At most, he is only responsible for giving a little bit of the merits of earth's literature and art.

The more specific part still depends on Blue Star’s excellent literary and artistic creators.

To put it simply...he couldn't get a word in the current topic.

After letting the few people discuss it enthusiastically for a while, Xu Nian said calmly: "There is no problem in the general direction. We can discuss cooperation."

"exactly!"

"Good good!"

"..."

In fact, when Chen Yifan's face was filled with astonishment and his whole body was gleaming with excitement as he talked about these things, all the expectations for this meeting had been fulfilled.

Cooperation is inevitable.

What needs to be negotiated are only the specific terms of cooperation and the final distribution of benefits.

Include some key points that must be focused on.

For example, there is a strict requirement that it must be released within this year, which is very stressful for a science fiction film.

Unless you do special effects for 5 cents.

But even Mr. Xu can't pass this test. It's impossible for him to allow himself to star in a bad movie now that he has come this far.

It doesn’t have to be a box office hit, but it has to not be poorly produced.

This is also an important reason why Tang Detective 3 directly and completely miscarried...

As for the initiative... it is in Mr. Xu's hands from beginning to end, otherwise Li Cheng and the others would not have come to Huacheng.

It’s Chinese New Year, isn’t it nice to have waves from all over the world~

…………

Before noon, Xu Nian, Li Cheng and others came to Tianyue headquarters together. This time, Qi Yongyi came to receive them.

Now is not the time for Zhang Yawei to take over Tianyue. There are almost no things that require her to personally intervene.

In fact, being a boss is very simple, and you don’t have to show up at the company from the beginning to the end of the year.

Just like the series of companies under Mr. Zhang's name, she may not even know where the company door opens.

Mainly those companies have formed a fixed operating system. Yes, there will be many drawbacks and many diseases, but it is no longer possible to cure the poison by scraping the bones.

On the whole, we can only focus on the core elements - profits are getting higher year by year, and if you are not satisfied with the profit increase, just sell it.

For example, Mr. Zhang is not in Tianyue right now...

"Hello, Mr. Qi." Xu Nian greeted him first, "Thank you, Mr. Qi."

Qi Yongyi said continuously: "It's not hard work, it's hard work, Mr. Xu. You still need to take charge of these things. It's a disadvantage for us."

Li Cheng: "..."

I remember it wasn’t like this when I first came to Tianyue?

Without giving him too much time to think, Xu Nian had already set the tone: "I don't really care about the output of this film. The core appeal of this film is not to make money, but to open up the possibility of classifying Chinese science fiction."

"The most important thing is that it needs to be released this year. Considering that Hollywood's mature special effects industrial production system involves many domestic companies, I think it should be understood that spending money can shorten the time cycle."

"Director Chen, you are more experienced. Do you think there is any problem?"

Chen Yifan quickly replied: "If we don't pursue extreme special effects, theoretically we can complete the production in half a year, but..."

"This requires spending two to three times more funds or even more, fully subdividing the work and cooperating with more work teams."

Li Cheng added: "I know specifically that the capabilities of domestic special effects teams are better than imagined, but there is not much demand for special effects in domestic film and television."

Xu Nian was not surprised.

When it comes to movie special effects alone, it’s not that domestic teams can’t do it, it’s that film and television drama studios don’t need it.

For a while, the bulk of the funding was spent on film remuneration... Strictly speaking, Xu Nian was also a beneficiary of this plan.

It's just that his popularity in all aspects is too outstanding and even unsolvable, so his partners make a lot of money.

Therefore, Xu Nian said bluntly: "My idea is that we invest our own money, and the specific share is up to you."

"The first one is more likely to make no money. Oh, by the way, I estimate that it will take 5 million to start with."

Li Cheng's words were stuck in his throat when he was about to speak.

He glanced at Xu Nian several times, then at Qi Yongyi, whose expression remained unchanged, and then said, "I will vote 15% personally."

Zhuang Hui and Chen Yifan briefly discussed it, and the two of them voted 15% together.

In this regard, Xu Nian gave a serious advice: "Don't force it. Once the ratio is set, no matter what happens in the future, you need to continue to follow the investment in proportion to the end."

Seeing this, Li Cheng and the three of them looked at each other and smiled. Then Li Cheng waved his hands casually and said, "Don't worry, we still have this courage!"

(End of this chapter)