China Entertainment's My Artistic Career

Chapter 267 Epilogue
This summer, "Zootopia" is really going crazy around the world. Not only does it have a high box office, but it also has almost zero negative reviews. As a result, more and more media are beginning to dig into the success of the movie both in front and behind the scenes.

Taking into account factors such as market and audience expectations, these media visits were initially blocked by Blue Sky Studios CEO Chris Wedge and the film's directors Carlos Saldanha and Byrne Howard, trying not to let The media knows that there are a large number of Chinese behind the scenes of this movie.

It wasn't until the results of the first few weeks of the movie came out that this group of people felt comfortable releasing the behind-the-scenes production documentary of "Zootopia". After all, the majority of their producer's income came from the split of the first few weeks, such as "The Dark Knight Rises" Such large-scale productions from big companies can even get 90% of the first week, and then gradually decrease. Although "Zootopia" can't reach this level, it doesn't have much impact now.

It was only then that the media discovered that there were so many Chinese people in this animated film. No wonder they asked the screenwriter Honor He (He Hua). These people were all talking about him. At that time, they thought this was also a movie like "Dead Silence" , James Wan, the director of "Insidious", and Lin Yibin, the director of "Fast and Furious 5" are Chinese. I didn't expect that they are all Chinese.

In May, Wanda Cinema Chain, which represents Chinese capital, just acquired AMC, the world's second largest cinema chain group. Now a large number of Chinese people have begun to compete with them?
Now the North American media is in a state of excitement, with various reports and some smears from competitors mixed together:
[The force behind "Zootopia" - China Lighthouse Animation]

[Honor He, a Chinese screenwriter taking North America by storm]

[Beware of the invasion of free America by foreign capital, especially China! 】

[Yu Yang: Exchange and learning, win-win cooperation - "Zootopia"]

When these news came back to China, it caused an uproar. It was only then that everyone learned that this Hollywood movie with very good summer results had He Hua's investment, and that he also had an animation company involved in the production of the movie.

Many company bosses also realized later: "No wonder Han Sanping arranged for a film like this to come in during the National Product Protection Month."

"It's probably a reason to ease the pressure on other schedules, but that guy He Hua is making a lot of money. With a global box office of US$10 billion, even if he can only get 10%, he's still making a lot of money."

"I can't help it, I just have this ability."

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Ren Zhonglun from Shanghai Film Group made two phone calls after learning the news, and then angrily ran to China Film Group to find Han Sanping:
".Are you guys involved?"

For more than half a month, Han Sanping has been regretting that he didn't pay attention to He Hua earlier. As a result, he didn't get on board "Zootopia", a movie that was such a good opportunity and such a success. Lying in bed at night and closing his eyes, he remembered this incident. I couldn't sleep the whole night.

Even after such a long time, he was still a little annoyed when Ren Zhonglun asked him face to face: "No, I knew about this not much earlier than you."

Seeing that Ren Zhonglun didn't believe it, he picked up the mobile phone on the table and was about to call He Hua, and said angrily:
"This guy just works hard when it comes to hiring people. He only told me about this when we were arranging imported films and schedules at the beginning of the year."

"Where should I invest? This project has been around for three or four years. By then you knew who he was."

Hearing what Han Sanping said, Ren Zhonglun thought about it carefully and believed what he said based on the previous phone call. He pressed his hand and signaled Han Sanping not to call yet:
"Okay, okay, trust you once."

After pondering for a moment, he continued: "What are you going to do next? Don't tell me you haven't thought about the follow-up."

Seeing that Han Sanping was silent, Ren Zhonglun was a little unhappy and couldn't help but sarcastically said:

"Now there are 34 imported films a year, and China Film Group Corporation is making a lot of money. We are almost starved of domestically produced films."

Before he could say the unpleasant words, he was interrupted by Han Sanping:
"Follow-up, if there is any follow-up, my project has already been arranged."

"I remember, didn't He Hua sell several scripts to Hollywood? In fact, we can participate in these projects. We can also invest money and send people to study." Ren Zhonglun finally explained the purpose of his coming here.

Han Sanping actually thought about it this way, but He Hua told him that several scripts he has sold now, including "Kings Agent", "Out of Control Player", and "Ace's Bodyguard", have already signed contracts and have basically been invested. Production, he really hasn't sold any scripts recently.

In addition, "Power Rangers" has investment from Lighthouse Animation, but this project has entered the middle stage, and it is even more impossible for them to give up their share now.

".We'd better wait and see the results of "Cloud Atlas", it won't be long."

He Hua is the screenwriter of "Zootopia", and his animation company also participated in the production of the film. News media rushed to report on it, and the public rarely watched it. The reason is that the film has received very good reviews around the world. Achievements that have never been achieved before.

If we just talk about He Hua or his companies cooperating with Hollywood, it is really not unusual.

After all, there have been quite a few stories of Chinese capital entering Hollywood in recent years. Let’s just talk about the past two years:

Last year, New Wilderness Entertainment invested US$1000 million in the science fiction film "Cloud Atlas", becoming the film's second largest investor and acquiring the distribution rights in mainland China. The film is now almost in production and is likely to be released next year;
This year, Boss Jia’s LeTV Pictures boldly purchased the investment share of “The Expendables 800” for US$2 million;

There is also the 'Oriental DreamWorks' jointly established by Chinese Cultural Industry Investment Fund, Shanghai Oriental Media Group Co., Ltd., Shanghai Lianhe Investment Co., Ltd. and Hollywood DreamWorks Animation at the beginning of the year to jointly produce "Kung Fu Panda 3".

These are Chinese-funded Hollywood film productions.

In addition, there are Wanda’s acquisition of AMC Cinemas in the United States, Yang Lan’s husband Wu Zheng’s investment in the establishment of Seven Star Entertainment Group in Da Meili, Galloping Horse’s acquisition of Hollywood’s top special effects company Digital Domain, and other capital operations.

Even the attitude of the media is: "It is only a matter of time before Chinese capital enters Hollywood's six major studios."

So everyone just watched the excitement for a while and discussed how much money He Hua would earn, and then they felt nothing at all.

There are only a few people who really keep this in mind, mainly company bosses who want to cooperate with Youhua, actors who are interested in breaking into Hollywood, and people who love animation and want to join the animation industry.

But this also made He Hua, who was filming in Paris, constantly on the phone.

"Mr. Yang, I really didn't think too much about it. At that time, I wanted to learn more about other people's experience in management, operation and production of animated films."

Although Yang Shoucheng on the other end of the phone has no interest in animated movies, many things are interoperable, so he also agrees with He Hua's philosophy:
"Yes, these valuable experiences and technologies are far more important than money."

Hearing this sentence, He Hua seemed to have found a close friend and began to accuse the media and some of the people who called.

The two talked for a while before hanging up the phone.

He Hua held his mobile phone and decisively chose to turn it off so that the subsequent shooting would not be disturbed.

After throwing his phone to the assistant on the side, He Hua quickly walked into the center of the set and asked the action director on the side:

"How about it, what did the stuntman say?"

"He said no problem, the scene was very easy for him."

He Hua showed a satisfied look on his face: "Then let's get ready and ask him if he wants to try it out first."

The action director nodded and ran out to find someone.

Today's scene, no, it should be said that they have been burning money in recent days, because the filming was a scene of car destruction. Like yesterday, the crew used 12 cars. The filming was a car roll and slide + falling in the air, which was destroyed immediately. I bought 5 cars, but fortunately these cars were all renovated and the prices were not very expensive, otherwise they would really not be able to afford them.

What I'm going to take next is a police car chase that led to two police cars colliding, and one of them flipped over and landed in the flea market covered with an awning.

On the street set, three police cars have been arranged in various postures. These do not need to be moved. The other two cars have the driver seated. One has to be braked sideways to enter the frame, and the other has to be flipped up from the iron frame set up on the side. Smash it over.After a while, the preparations were completed. After the scene was cleared, the assistant director made a gesture to He Hua.

He Hua nodded and shouted: "Start."

I saw two cars starting at the same time in the distance, then accelerating towards them, and then slowing down when they were almost there.

The police car that flew into the air hit a parked vehicle, then flipped over and hit the awning directly.

"Okay." He Hua said happily.

There is a reason why these stuntmen are so expensive. They just know how to complete these difficult actions better.

He Hua carefully checked the footage recorded by the camera and compared it with the original footage in his mind. He felt that it was still a little worse. He thought about it for a long time, then called the stuntman and action director, and made another request:

"When you hit this car here, can you use more force to make it fly?"

He Hua was talking and making movements, looking extremely excited.

The stuntman looked at the set and said that there was no problem, but he had to do a test first to see how high he had to drive to prevent the car from rolling over without causing the car to fly up.

"No problem, just try it."

The stuntman drove his tattered car and hit the car several times before finally getting the hang of it.

The spare vehicle prepared by the crew soon came into use.

But it was a pity that it didn't happen once. He Hua nodded with satisfaction after crashing 4 cars and crashing 8 cars in total.

Although it cost a lot, He Hua felt that it was worth it. Of course, these scenes could also be completed with special effects, but the effects produced by the special effects are far less shocking than the real thing.

Domestic movies always make a mistake, using special effects where props should be used, and using props where special effects should be used. He pays great attention to this.

After filming this scene, we have to wait for Liu Yifei and Paul Walker to come over the day after tomorrow to do some in-car reshoots.

Looking at the streets with few people, He Hua decided to give himself a day off tomorrow and go out with a camera to take pictures of the scenery.

There was no release of the work, no distractions from others, and I just focused on the filming of the movie. Time passed quickly, and soon the filming of "Super Body" came to the later stage.

Lao Mouzi has already started running around the world with Group A. After aerial photography of Hong Kong, there are still a lot of cultural and natural scenery that they need to add, such as the chalk cliffs on the southern coast of England; Lake Natron in Tanzania; and the Gates of Hell in Turkmenistan. Dawaza and so on.

Although there are many practical materials in the global photography material library, the expressions under the lenses of those photographers are still different from the themes to be expressed in the movies.

After He Hua finished filming the scene he was working on, he wanted to go see it, but his mission was not filming.

In a white hospital corridor, short-haired Liu Yifei wearing a black skirt, Xie Tingfeng in suits and ties, and a group of extras were ready.

"action!"

As the voice shouted, the actors instantly entered the state.

Paul Walker opened the door behind Liu Yifei. When he saw so many people inside, he immediately took a gun and hid aside.

The extras in suits and ties quickly picked up their guns and confronted him.

At this time, Xie Tingfeng walked out of the room carrying a silver-white box.

"Give me the box." Liu Yifei was neither eager nor frustrated, and even a little innocent, as if her request was taken for granted.

Xie Tingfeng looked at her, put his right hand on the left hand that was carrying the thing, and smiled evilly: "Kill her and get the bag back."

His smile faded, he gave Liu Yifei a cold and cruel look, then turned around and left.

He didn't even take two steps before he seemed to hit a glass wall. He let out an "ah" sound when he hit it, lowered his head and held his forehead.

Comparing this with his previous performance, it has a particularly comedic effect.

So Liu Yifei burst out laughing.

"Stuck." He Hua was speechless.

Liu Yifei quickly smiled and apologized: "I'm sorry, I couldn't hold it back."

He Hua could only wipe his girlfriend's butt and praise others: "This time was good, especially Ting Feng."

He looked over the photos he had just taken and found that there was no problem so he continued.

The crew quickly lifted up a board with a green screen and placed it in front of Xie Tingfeng, which would be disposed of later to create an air wall effect.

In a side shot, Xie Tingfeng touched there for a long time, and then looked like he had seen a ghost.

The camera rolls around.

Liu Yifei raised her eyes slightly first, and then the pistols in the hands of the gangsters were sucked into the air.

"Why are you just standing there? Kill her."

Liu Yifei walked forward slowly. Cao Dun stood in front of her, still holding the Steadicam to shoot. When Liu Yifei took a step forward, he took a step back.

The gangsters also rushed forward from him one by one. The gangsters who rushed in front of her quickly floated in the air. This was a wire in the corridor.

Paul Walker behind the door was stunned.

Finally, Liu Yifei walked up to Xie Tingfeng, picked up the silver box and left, leaving Tingfeng helpless and furious.

"Ka, take a break."

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(End of this chapter)