Entertainment 1998

Chapter 71 Chapter 71, I Remember You
"The young woman tried to break free from the nanococoon on her body, and tried to rely on her gradually recovered memories and the artificial intelligence in the hibernation chamber to help herself out of the predicament.

In the process of getting in touch with the outside world, the young woman learned that she was not the female scientist herself, but a clone of the scientist with implanted memories 267..."

It was very quiet inside Studio No. 4 of Beijing Film Studio.

Only Jiang Feng, who was sitting next to the round table, was talking.

At the beginning, Cui Xinqin came with the intention of just listening to stories.

If Jiang Feng's story was not good, he would kick him twice in public and scold him for being a child. With this level of skill, he dared to show off in front of Director Han? !
I think you are crazy about becoming famous.

If Jiang Feng's story is good, then he will have a good chat with Han Shanye.

Xiao Han, my disciple is talented. He is young, handsome and has good acting skills. Now he has a gift for being a screenwriter. When he graduates in 2000, will your Beijing Film Studio, which will be the China Film Group Corporation in the future, consider accepting him?

No matter whether Jiang Feng can act in a movie at the Beijing Film Studio, at least you will give him a dormitory to live in, food to eat, and a formal cadre position in a state-owned enterprise.

But what Cui Xinqin never expected was that the story conceived by Jiang Feng was so brilliant, with one thing leading to another, and before the previous mystery was solved, the next one came up.

Well, also, in Jiang Feng’s story, I actually heard some cutting-edge words, such as hibernation capsule, artificial intelligence, Ai and clones.

Human cloning is easy to understand. As early as the year before last, the world's first cloned sheep, Dolly, was born. As for Jiang Feng, it is nothing more than replacing sheep with humans.

What is cute?
Cui Xinqin was listening to a story and thinking at the same time, when suddenly he saw Jiang Feng, who was sitting opposite him, stopped.

"Uh... Jiang Feng, have you finished discussing your science fiction script?"

"We're done talking, Teacher Cui." Jiang Feng smiled, stood up, picked up the teapot on the round table, and poured tea for Han Shanye, Cui Xinqin, Li Xiaowan, Wang Jinghua, and Xu Jinglei, who was staring at him with eyes almost glowing green.

"Um…"

At this time, Han Shanye spoke.

"Jiang Feng, I have a few questions for you?"

"Okay, Director Han, you go ahead."

After pouring a round of tea, Jiang Feng sat back in his chair.

"1. Jiang Feng, didn't you say that you would write, direct, and star in this movie? Why is the protagonist a young woman?"

"Director Han, actually, I wrote this story for my idol Gong Li at first, but when I think about it, it seems unrealistic to invite Gong Li to act in my movie. First, I am not famous enough to attract her attention. Second, considering Gong Li's current net worth, the total investment for inviting her to act in this movie must be at least RMB 500 million.

In order to control costs, they had to change the script and let me play the role, of course, with the consent of our Beijing Film Studio to invest."

"Um…"

Han Shanye nodded.

"2. Jiang Feng, how did you budget the cost? Although the shooting scene is simple, according to your description, we only need to ask the prop master to make a space capsule, but the special effects shots for the later stage of the movie should not be cheap, right?"

"Director Han, you are right. It is indeed not cheap to produce special effects for movies. According to several professional film weekly magazines from Hong Kong that I have collected, it is basically 500 to 600 US dollars per second to produce special effects for movies in Hollywood.

In our film, the total time required for special effects is about 7 minutes, and the total cost of 7 minutes is basically 210 million RMB..."

"Seven minutes, how is that possible?"

Before Jiang Feng finished speaking, Han Shanye shook his head.

“Jiang Feng, according to the script you just described, the movie special effects started when the heroine was lying in the hibernation chamber. She saw the time, the various display screens she saw, the various robotic arms she touched, and so on.” It has to be said that Han Shanye is definitely an insider. His understanding of science fiction movies has surpassed most of his domestic peers.

Just based on Jiang Feng's verbal description, he could form a complete picture in his mind.

"Boss Han, you are right. If the budget is sufficient, we must make these scenes with computer special effects.

But don’t you have no money now?

So we can use the stupid method.”

"Stupid way, how to do it?" Now, not only Xu Jinglei was curious, but even Wang Jinghua and Li Xiaowan were listening attentively.

Compared with them, Han Shanye and Cui Xinqin were obviously the ones who knew the most. With a slight frown, they both named an animated movie at the same time.

"'Havoc in Heaven'!"

That’s right, Jiang Feng’s stupid method was to ask the artists of Beijing Film Studio to draw many renderings, and then shoot these pictures in the way of shooting animated films to form a continuous picture.

"Um…"

Han Shanye nodded and said, "One last question.

Jiang Feng, I have to admit that the story you conceived is indeed very novel and attractive enough for filmmakers.

But we are facing the audience, the ordinary moviegoers. How can you guarantee that we can get back our investment after making this movie? Or even make money? You know, in our country, only Feng Xiaogang's several New Year films made some money. "

"Director Han, when we talk about this, let me tell you why I wanted to send this film to the United States and Europe to compete.
The reason is that our domestic film market is immature. It’s okay for especially famous Hollywood blockbusters, but a very unique sci-fi thriller like "Oxygen Crisis" basically cannot sell for tens of thousands of dollars.

But it is different if we send it to Europe and the United States. Their film markets are mature and the categories are relatively detailed. For a film like this that is creative and has a story that sells, basically many small film distributors are willing to buy out its distribution rights.

According to my estimation, I can’t say how much more it will be, but for the movie Oxygen Crisis, it is very likely to sell $100 to $ in the U.S. and $ million in Europe.”

"Jiang Feng, what if it can't be sold?"

This question was asked by Cui Xinqin.

After hearing Cui Xinqin's words, Jiang Feng looked at her with great gratitude. What is a good teacher? This is a good teacher! She was the first to propose something that the students could not consider to plug the loopholes.

"Teacher Cui, Director Han, you all know that investing in movies is a business. No one can guarantee that they will make money." Jiang Feng said this and then shut up.

……

silence.

There was a long silence.

Almost ten minutes had passed since Jiang Feng finished speaking, and no one spoke. Everyone looked at Han Shanye with narrowed eyes, waiting for him to come up with his opinion.

"call…"

It was almost 12 noon when everyone finally saw Han Shanye breathe a sigh of relief.

"Jiang Feng..."

"Ok?"

“Thank you very much for coming to Beijing Film Studio and talking to me about such a wonderful story.

But I have to tell you that, unfortunately, Beijing Film Studio cannot invest in this movie for three reasons.

First, you are too young. You are only 20 years old this year and have only starred in two TV series. It is difficult for me to convince other leaders in the factory to give you such an important project.

Second, the Beijing Film Studio did have a sum of money allocated from above, which was considered as a subsidy for the studio to shoot science fiction films, but the amount was not much, only 150 million RMB, and this amount of money was not enough to make movie special effects.

Third, foreign exchange is difficult to obtain. Our country is now trying to earn foreign exchange income, but to shoot your movie, we need to do special effects in Hollywood. Even if we can do it for 280,000 or 290,000 US dollars as you said, it is difficult for Beijing Film Studio to apply for these foreign exchange. "

Having said that, Han Shanye stood up from his chair and extended his hand to Jiang Feng.

"Jiang Feng, although I can't invest in your movie, I will remember you."

"Um…"

Looking at Han Shanye who took the initiative to extend his hand to him, and then turning around to look at the magnificent Qin Palace in Studio 4 that was about to be demolished, Jiang Feng made up his mind and said:
"Director Han, I have a science fiction story here that doesn't require any special effects shots. The scene can be shot by the set designers in our factory alone, and it can definitely be done within a budget of 150 million. Do you dare to invest in me?"

(End of this chapter)