Coquettish Rebirth

Jia Hongjian's "The Bellucci Family's War" created a popular topic in the United States at the beginning of the new year!

Such a film is so peculiar and so different from previous films, it really surprised the Americans!Anti-war films in Hollywood in the United States have never been shot in this way before. Relatively speaking, Jia Hongjian's filming method is more similar to that of European anti-war films.However, Jia Hongjian is not as hypocritical as the Europeans, and he often incorporates some political elements such as ideology.In such a film by Jia Hongjian, he has eliminated almost all political elements, and simply shows how a family survives in a war environment.Moreover, such a living environment is different from the previous civilian anti-war films. The previous civilian anti-war films seemed to show that the lives of ordinary people were not disturbed by the enemy, and at most they were under the control of the enemy. The whole person and family can still survive in production activities and so on, but only with trepidation.

But in Jia Hongjian’s film, it’s different. They are limited to a “strange” scene surrounded by troops on the outside, and then the inside becomes a nonsense. The place.In such a lawless city, it really made the audience marvel at what human society would look like without order!No one ever thought that there might be a situation of cannibalism!Without order, all kinds of crimes are simply nothing!Even like in the movie where the protagonist goes to exchange things with others, he doesn’t dare to bring too many things, and can only exchange a small amount each time.Because what I am afraid of is that there are too many things to change, and people will know that he has too many things, which will cause others to peep!In such a model, even if the other party is just an ordinary person, anyone may choose to kill and set fire to a box of canned beef when there is no punishment for crimes!

How high was the upsurge caused by such a film?Two weeks after the film was released, Katzenberg hurriedly sent Jia Hongjian to the office.After Jia Hongjian passed by, Katzenberg asked excitedly, "Hung-chien, you know. The five major TV networks and HBO have contacted us. They are all asking if we can make such a film Make it into a TV series for them to play!" Hey!listen!At that time, Jia Hongjian was also surprised when he heard it. He knew the mode of operation of TV dramas in the United States, mainly the separation of production and broadcasting.Such a movie is produced by DreamWorks, and the right to adapt it must be in the hands of DreamWorks.Even more obvious.It was in the hands of Jia Hongjian.Since the proportion of self-produced TV series on American TV stations is limited.Why did they still buy the adaptation rights from Jia Hongjian, and then make the adaptations themselves?The best way for them is actually to let Jia Hongjian's DreamWorks, a company that can operate and produce American dramas, produce it themselves.Wouldn't it be good for their TV station to buy it after the production is over?

"What do you think? I think such a plan is good. I think there are many things worth exploring in the script of the movie you came up with. There are more than 3 years in the middle... Wait, don't you Did you make it like this on purpose? Did you plan to make it into a TV series?" Katzenberg was halfway through talking, and suddenly realized something, and asked hastily.It’s no wonder that Katzenberg thought so, because he heard that Jia Hongjian didn’t intend to put the location and story in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in the first place. A fictional country like Balkania?Why did Jia Hongjian arrange such a story in Bosnia and Herzegovina?Why is it still in Sarajevo under its real name?

And if you think about it more carefully, Jia Hongjian used such a Sarajevo that has been besieged for more than three years, but how much time did he really use?In fact, if the main plot in the movie is condensed, it is enough to put it in the time of being under siege for half a year!Then Jia Hongjian dragged the story that could be told in half a year to more than three years, and then left a lot of gaps in the middle, and skipped it quickly in the movie. Is this just for making TV dramas in the future? use?After thinking so much, Katzenberg really felt that the more he thought about it, the more he was like this!The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Jia Hongjian had thought of all this in advance. Of course, he doubted whether Jia Hongjian had thought about using such a movie as a derivative product when he first designed the plot!

"Well... almost." Jia Hongjian shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile.That's right, he actually made almost all the real background from a semi-fictional situation before, in order to rely on the siege time of more than 3 years.And relying on such a time, in fact, is to be able to make derivative TV series of the movie in the future.Just like a comic book character like "Superman", it was originally a comic book, and later it was derived from a movie.After the movies, TV dramas gradually came out.In 1988, there was a TV series like "Young Superman", and in 2001 there was a TV series like "Smallville".People's movies can be derived into TV series, and then make a lot of money, why can't he, Jia Hongjian?

"You are amazing!" Katzenberg couldn't help but praised Jia Hongjian so much!Now he really thinks that he is so happy to be able to cooperate with someone like Jia Hongjian!Jia Hongjian can think of all kinds of things in advance, so he will make "interfaces" on the product in advance, which is so convenient and comfortable when doing things later!It can even be said that when conducting business cooperation with Jia Hongjian, it feels like enjoying rather than working!

"Hehe, it should be. As the boss, we will come down to work on the project in person, of course it will be a little further than others think." Jia Hongjian said with a smile, "In addition, I have already designed the content that can be derived before. It can add a lot of ordinary people's encounters, it can further refine the character of the characters, and it can highlight the protagonist's luck and the sorrow of the times through the tragic experiences of ordinary people..." That's right, although I have been busy with movies before, but in When he was busy with movies, Jia Hongjian also realized that 90 minutes of such a movie was too short, not enough to fully carry the story he wanted to express.In the story he wants to express, it is not simply about the experience of the Bellucci family. In fact, it is a bit like showing the big era, focusing on the Bellucci family, and explaining a few other stories along the way. Family matters and other npc matters.

Jia Hongjian wanted to make every npc lifelike, and every npc he made, even the villains, had their own story!Of course, everyone has their own story. It doesn't mean that Jia Hongjian will have to be stuffed into a TV series to shoot it.He is a bit obsessive-compulsive, yes, he is a bit obsessed with the logical chain behind everyone's actions and words to be realistic and complete, but it doesn't mean that these things have to be displayed in an original way.A bad guy has his own off-story autobiography, which makes such a bad guy a bad guy who at least looks different from other bad guys.One day in the future, if a branch plot is temporarily inserted in the TV series, then it is completely possible to find material from it, and let a bad guy show his side that has not completely wiped out his conscience. Showing his badness is also forced by the world and forced by war. A once good guy turned bad, and became a cannibalistic demon... Isn't that nice?

There are enough main materials, Jia Hongjian believes that such a TV series will be filmed for at least three seasons, that is, three years, and if there are more, it may be extended to five years!And if this is the case, it means that besides the movie, they can earn a lot of income with such a story!Based on the 5 episodes in a season, if the production cost of each episode is 24 million US dollars, then the cost of a season is 500 million US dollars, and the cost of 1.2 seasons is 5 million US dollars, but if the sales are good and the ratings are good, it is possible to earn half of it!Although relatively speaking, the premiere price in the United States is impossible to give a price of 6 billion for 12 seasons, but it is still no problem to get a price of 5 million for 6 seasons.In other words, by selling the first broadcast rights and DVD sales rights, they can get back their money!After paying back the cost, it can also be sold to various small TV stations in the United States for rebroadcasting rights.Although rebroadcast rights are much cheaper on average, there is no limit to the number of sales of this thing!Jia Hongjian and the others can sell 5 rebroadcast rights in North America!Then there are overseas broadcasting rights and so on. The whole world sells and sells the broadcasting rights, and even China can sell them. The final result is that you can earn a lot of small money!And selling overseas is considered a net profit!

And in this way, it can bring a lot of profits to DreamWorks!It can be said that if such an American drama is produced, if it is not cut off halfway, then the profit of one drama a year is almost comparable to that of a movie!Could Katzenberg be unhappy?Of course, on the other hand, if such a TV series was to be operated or filmed, Jia Hongjian must not be the one to operate it.For a great director like Spielberg, it’s okay to make an episode of an American TV series, but if he is asked to make a season of an American TV series, would he be happy?This thing is downgraded!Besides, Jia Hongjian still has a lot of things to do. How can he spend five years on this TV series in his spare time! (To be continued..)