Huayu special effects started in 97

In the Chinese entertainment industry, a director’s status is judged by his awards and his box office success.

Xu Zheng is transforming into an actor, and he never dared to think about winning an international award.

The purpose of doing all this is just to increase box office revenue and make more money.

It is good to make a small investment for a big return, but in most cases, the larger the investment, the more money you can make and the greater the influence you will have.

After all, the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars and the crew of thousands of people prove that the director's scheduling ability is not something that anyone can do.

Doesn’t he want to make a special effects blockbuster?
I think the problem is that I can’t afford so much money and the capital doesn’t trust me.

Looking at the entire Chinese entertainment industry, there are only a few directors who can direct special effects blockbusters with investments of hundreds of millions.

Now, there will be one more Ning Hao.

Although the two have always had a good relationship, Xu Zheng still feels uncomfortable.

"What's the subject matter? How much investment is required?"

"Myth, there are still tens of millions of US dollars. Director Jiang gave me the idea. I have to stay in seclusion for a while when I go back and write the script first!"

Xu Zheng felt even more bitter after hearing this, "Congratulations, you got the right role, don't forget your brother!"

"No way!"

After hanging up the phone, Xu Zheng felt more and more upset. After some trouble himself, he seemed to have helped his brother.

Fortunately, the revenue from "Lost in Hong Kong" has been realized in advance, so it will not lose money even if the box office is lower.

However, it was the National Day holiday in the blink of an eye. "Lost in Hong Kong", which was advertised as the sequel of "Lost in Journey" and "Lost in Thailand", was released in major domestic theaters. The box office for the first day was released, and it reached a staggering 2.12 million.

It can be said that it broke the first-day box office record for small and medium-budget films, and is only slightly worse than Jiang Heng's special effects blockbusters.

But in terms of reputation, it has fallen terribly.

On the day the film was released, Douban scored 6.3, but it dropped to 5.7 on the second day, and then fell all the way to 4.9 on the third day, already entering the ranks of bad movies.

Amid criticism from major media outlets and netizens, the film’s single-day box office also fell rapidly, and it was obviously impossible to break 1 billion.

What’s worse is that due to their unpleasant performance in “Lost in Hong Kong”, Xu Zheng and Bao Bei’er’s popularity among the public has dropped rapidly.

The former is easier to say, there are no recent works.

Bao Bei'er was in a bad situation. The movie "Crazy All the Way" he collaborated with Chen Sicheng suffered an unexpected disaster, and the box office, which was already low, almost plummeted.

During the National Day holiday, a large number of films were released, and all kinds of eye-catching news emerged one after another.

But the most eye-catching film of the entire National Day holiday is still the new film "The Great Wall" directed by Zhang Yimou.

This special effects blockbuster, which cost 1.5 million US dollars to invest, not only stars the queen of hit dramas Yang Mi, but also powerful actors such as Liu Dehua and Zhang Hanyu.

In addition, Fu Dalong, who played Qin Shihuang in the film, was recommended by Jiang Heng.

At the Hengdian Film Set, Director Zhang Yimou wore a red garment symbolizing good luck and held up incense to pay homage, while reporters and audience members watching took photos.

"Director Zhang, can you say a few words?" a reporter asked.

"Well, thanks to Director Jiang for giving me the opportunity to direct a real special effects blockbuster. My original intention for making this film was to use the form of combining monsters with history to open up a broader space for the expression of Chinese stories and Chinese values, so that the world can better understand China's history and China's past..."

Zhang Yimou’s answer is relatively official.

Yang Mi was a little excited. After so many years of hard work, she finally became the heroine of a special effects blockbuster.

Although she felt a little disappointed that it was not Jiang Heng's film, Zhang Yimou was also a famous director, and it was a special effects blockbuster with an investment of hundreds of millions of US dollars. "In the film, I play a talented girl from the Mohist school who likes to design various mechanisms and is a couple with the eldest son Fusu..."

Due to the confidentiality of the film, Yang Mi did not say much, leaving quite a bit of suspense for the reporters and audience present.

"Lovers, was it because of the difference in status that she was not made the princess?" asked a smart reporter.

Yang Mi smiled and said, "I can only say that the time is not yet ripe!"

After a simple opening ceremony and new film launch conference, the Daqin version of "The Great Wall" produced by iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Pictures officially started filming.

Because the reunion was too far away, Jiang Heng did not attend in person, but just made a phone call.

"all the best?"

“Well, the audience is looking forward to it!”

Zhang Yimou smiled innocently. As the first special effects blockbuster in China that combines monsters with history, he was very optimistic about the movie "The Great Wall".

When filming started, he showed strong confidence.

Jiang Heng also thought it was good and praised it a few times before hanging up.

At the China Film Digital Base, the filming of "Alien Path" went relatively smoothly.

After all, Jiang Heng has been shooting special effects blockbusters for more than ten years. In terms of experience in shooting special effects movies, even the big Hollywood directors are not as experienced as him.

In addition, the film was funded by the company's own funds, and no actor dared to act like a big shot or cause trouble. None of the bad things that are common in other crews happened here, so the filming went smoothly naturally.

As a result, in his spare time, Jiang Heng not only wrote the outline of "Don't Panic, Your Majesty", but also finished a first draft of the script.

Ning Hao was extremely surprised when he received it, and he admired it even more after reading it once.

"You are so busy filming, can you find time to write a script?"

Jiang Heng laughed, "What's the big deal? You know the most glorious era of Hong Kong movies. They could really write scripts while filming. The most amazing thing is that the movies they made could still sell well and become classics!"

Ning Hao smiled awkwardly, "The golden age!"

Jiang Heng said: "Okay, I'm busy now, so I won't keep you here. Take it back and revise it! When you feel it's ready to be finalized, come back and find me!"

Ning Hao nodded and was about to leave. Jiang Heng said, "By the way, before you go back to revise the script, you can go find President Du first. The crew can prepare in advance, such as actors, props, and materials!"

Ning Hao said: "Understood, I will go find him right away!"

After leaving the filming site, Ning Hao returned to the car and read through the printed first draft of the script again. He exclaimed, "This is too complete!"

Everyone said Jiang Heng was a genius, but he didn’t feel it so deeply before.

Now, seeing that an idea that was thought up on the spur of the moment has turned into a complete script within a few days, and it is the kind of script that seems to have a lot of potential, Ning Hao is really envious.

A few years ago, he was also full of inspiration and had all kinds of ideas.

But only a few of these can eventually become scripts, and even fewer of them look good.

The current situation is that he has reached a creative bottleneck. He always feels that he should shoot something, but when he really starts writing, he has nothing to think of!
"Director Jiang has been creating for many years, fifteen or sixteen years, it's amazing, amazing!"

Ning Hao sighed for a while before starting the car and returning to Beijing, heading straight to the iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Pictures Building.

Because they had made an appointment in advance, Du Huan was waiting for him in the boss's office.

Seeing Ning Hao coming in, he smiled and said, "The script was written so quickly? Let me see it!" (End of this chapter)