Rebirth: I'm filming extra scenes on the set

Chapter 250 Director Chen, you are such a big shot.

All the truth is revealed.

Everyone's previous speculation was correct.

The director of "Buried Alive" was Chen Cheng.

No.

Not only is the director Chen Cheng.

The producer and producer of "Buried Alive" is also Chen Cheng.

As for the Chenying Film Production Company, it is just a film company registered by Chen Cheng.

Got this message.

Chen Cheng’s number of Weibo followers soared by 100 million that day.

"My goodness, Director Chen, you acted really good today."

"Hahaha, but I like it, I like it, I like it."

"I want to ask if there are any other vests, and expose them again."

Chen Cheng's Tieba fans were also unable to contain their excitement, with more than 1 posts being generated that day.

of course.

There is also a range of media.

Although they did have a vague idea of ​​who this Chen was before.

But there is no evidence.

The truth is now revealed.

A large number of media rushed to Venice.

They want to get first-hand information.

But at this time Chen Cheng.

He was discussing a script with Nolan.

That's right.

That day, Chen Cheng watched the movie "Subconscious" with Nolan.

Although this movie is very good.

But it was far inferior to the one that Chen Cheng had in mind.

"Chen, your ideas are really wild."

"Fortunately."

"I seem to remember that you are the director of Buried Alive."

“Haha, I just took the photo casually.”

"You're a genius. By the way, Chen, can you write that idea you told me into a script?"

"Of course. But I don't have time right now."

"I know you want to win the prize."

"Well, it doesn't matter whether I win the prize or not. The main thing is that I have to finish writing this script after I return."

"Ok, I'll wait for you."

Had a great time chatting with Nolan.

The two also added each other's contact information.

When Chen Cheng and Nolan separated.

Tian Zhuangzhuang excitedly said to Chen Cheng: "Chen Cheng, you are going to be famous."

"what."

Chen Cheng was stunned: "Teacher Tian, ​​what's going on?"

"Come back quickly. Dozens of reporters from China are here to interview you."

"No way……"

Although it's a bit hard to believe.

But Chen Cheng still returned to the hotel where he and Tian Zhuangzhuang were staying.

I saw more than a dozen reporters surrounding me in an instant.

Chen Cheng was a little confused: "Everyone, what are you doing?"

"Director Chen, you've made it so hard for us to hide this."

"What can you hide?"

"Buried alive."

"Oh, this..."

Seeing everyone’s response, Chen Cheng knew.

The information about burial alive should have been exposed.

This is also normal.

I didn’t want to announce it before.

But this time, to participate in the award, you must fill in some real information.

The media got the information first.

"Okay, if you have any questions, just ask."

Although Chen Cheng didn't particularly like dealing with the media.

But in this circle, it is impossible not to deal with the media.

A group of reporters came here from thousands of miles away, and it was impossible for Chen Cheng to drive them back.

Just let them ask enough.

"Director Chen, how did you come up with the idea of ​​a movie called Buried Alive?"

Seeing that Chen Cheng was ready to ask questions, a reporter asked first.

"Well, how should I put it? I have to thank Professor Tian. As you all know, I am a graduate student at Beijing Film Academy. In our class, Professor Tian often shared various film shooting theories with us. Once, Professor Tian said that someone had tried to shoot a movie with one person, but failed. So I gave it a try."

Tian Zhuangzhuang was stunned.

His eyes asked, when did I tell you that?

of course.

Chen Cheng would never say that I was talking nonsense.

of course.

Even if it's just nonsense, you have to give Tian Zhuangzhuang a compliment.

This kind of work.

What instructor doesn’t like to listen?

“And so we have Buried Alive.”

"Yes."

"Then why was this film first released in North America? And not in China?"

"Everyone in China has seen it, it grossed 500 million, I'm embarrassed to say I shot it."

"Congratulations, Chen Cheng. Buried Alive grossed 7000 million U.S. dollars worldwide. In terms of international box office, you are the second internationally renowned director in our country after Zhang Yimou."

"Thank you."

"But a lot of people don't understand why you would keep this information secret."

"As I said earlier, Buried Alive is not suitable for the domestic market. When I was filming it, I wanted to release it in North America and other countries. So, I think it doesn't matter whether I announce it or not. And at the time, I was thinking, if I announce it and it fails at the box office, that would be so embarrassing. It's better not to announce it. When the box office is successful, I will announce it and scare everyone. Isn't that more interesting?"

"Yes, you've given us a scare right now."

The reporters burst into laughter.

I didn't expect Chen Cheng to have such a bad taste.

But yes.

Young people.

It's normal to have such thoughts.

If they were so young back then, they might have come up with more bizarre ideas.

“What are your expectations for the awards when you come to Venice this time?”

“Not much to look forward to.”

Chen Cheng said: "I am here just to accompany Teacher Tian. It doesn't matter whether I can win the award or not."

just.

The words just fell.

The official website of the Venice International Film Festival announced the news.

"Buried Alive", directed by Chen Cheng, was shortlisted for the main competition unit.

He is competing for the Venice Golden Lion Award with 20 other films.

When such news reached the country.

It caused another sensation.

but.

He couldn't say for sure whether he would win the award.

Buried Alive did not win the Venice Golden Lion.

Tian Zhuangzhuang's film was only shortlisted for the competition unit and did not win the Best Director award in that competition unit.

Tian Zhuangzhuang felt a little regretful.

On the way back, Tian Zhuangzhuang said, "I should have said hello to Li An at that time."

"Why greet him?"

"He is the president of the Venice jury this year."

"So awesome?"

"That's necessary. He's a man who has won several international awards."

"Oh, you should have told me earlier. I would have bribed Director Li Min earlier. No matter what, you, Teacher Tian, ​​must take home a big prize."

"I mean you, little brat."

"Uh... forget it. If I want to win an award in the future, I will take home the Golden Lion, Silver Lion, Golden Bear, Silver Bear... whatever."

"You don't have any prizes, so don't come here."

Tian Zhuangzhuang looked at Chen Cheng with contempt, closed his eyes and prepared to rest.

Chen Cheng did not disturb Tian Zhuangzhuang.

During this trip to Venice, the two were only shortlisted and did not win any awards, which made Tian Zhuangzhuang somewhat depressed.

……

The script for Source Code was quickly completed.

In terms of casting.

Except for the male lead Zhang Songwen.

For the other characters, Chen Cheng chose foreigners.

However, Chen Cheng did not shoot the film in North America.

It costs more in North America.

Chen Cheng tried his hand at making short plays the way he did in his previous life.

When Chen Cheng's short plays in his previous life became successful, they began to be exported overseas.

In order to better meet the needs of overseas people for short dramas.

slowly.

Chen Cheng began to recruit a group of international actors.

That is to recruit a series of foreigners who are shooting films in the country. After the filming is completed, the short dramas will be exported to the world.

I don’t know how much money this model saves compared to going abroad to take photos alone.

The same thing happened to Chen Cheng this time.

Originally, the entire story of the source code was relatively simple.

The scene is simpler.

Chen Cheng only needed to make a little arrangement and then rent a high-speed train to start filming.

Except that the heroine is from North America and needs to fly here.

For all other roles, there are a lot of special foreign actors in Hengdian.

In just a few days, Chen Cheng had recruited all the students.

everything's ready.

Source Code is now launched.

……

There was no report either.

Chen Cheng selected a day and the source code officially started filming.

but.

In addition to shooting.

Chen Cheng also spent his evenings writing the script he had promised Nolan.

That's right.

The name of this script is the previous life's "Inception".

Relative to source code.

Inception is undoubtedly more complex and exciting.

Simultaneously.

This is also a very large production.

After Chen Cheng sent the script to Nolan, Nolan excitedly decided to start filming that same day.

However, starting to shoot "Inception" is not an easy task.

It’s not that Nolan isn’t famous enough.

It’s not that the Inception script is wrong.

But it’s the production cost of Inception.

Chen Cheng and Nolan estimated that the production cost of Inception would be around 1.6 million US dollars.

1.6 million US dollars, not RMB.

Converted into RMB, that would be an investment of 11 billion to 12 billion.

Such a production cost.

Even Hollywood can't get everything together in a short time.

Before filming, Nolan still had to raise funds.

As the screenwriter of "Inception", Chen Cheng naturally did not want to miss this opportunity, and he was also prepared to invest.

"Damn, the money is a little low."

Chen Cheng calculated the money he had earned in recent times.

Although I shot a lot of films.

But actually the profit is not that much.

Although the box office was good in those years, Chen Cheng had no money at the time, so this film was invested by China Film.

So Chen Cheng only earned a 10% share, which is 1000 million.

Later, he filmed "Love Apartment". Because it was the first one, Chen Cheng did not ask for a huge amount of money and probably earned more than 2000 million.

Chen Cheng was the producer of The New Three Kingdoms. He did not invest and only earned a 10% share.

It’s probably around 1000 million.

In The Founding of the Republic of Daye, Chen Cheng was the director but did not invest.

This one earns even less, just over 100 million.

no way.

This is a task assigned by the superiors, and Chen Cheng cannot take too much.

It's just labor fee.

Moreover.

Others like Cheng Xi, Jet Li...they almost all received no pay.

It would be inappropriate for Chen Cheng to take tens of millions.

"The Myth" cost 4000 million yuan and sold for 1 million yuan.

The producer earned 6000 million, and Chen Cheng got 600 million.

The one that made the most money was Lost on Journey.

Chen Cheng invested.

The box office of Lost on Journey was 3.4 million yuan, and the profit distributed to the producers was about 1 million yuan.

Chen Cheng invested two-thirds of the money, which means he earned about 6600 million.

The one that made the most money was "Chinese Partners", which was invested entirely by Chen Cheng alone.

The box office revenue exceeded 5 million yuan, and Chen Cheng received about 1.6 million yuan.

In Xu Jinglei's "Du Lala's Promotion", Chen Cheng made 1000 million for nothing.

Including the earnings during other periods when Chen Cheng was a director, producer, etc., he also earned 1000 million.

That adds up.

Chen Cheng's total income is about 3 million.

of course.

In fact, there is also a share of "Buried".

However, although 7000 million US dollars, nearly 4.9 million RMB, seems to be a lot for burying alive, what Chen Cheng got was pitifully small.

Because it's Paramount's agent.

The box office in North America was only 3000 million US dollars.

Paramount only got about 1000 million US dollars.

The 1000 million will be divided - with Chen Cheng.

That's only $500 million.

The box office outside North America was 4000 million US dollars.

This is divided after being divided again.

Chen Cheng had no idea how they calculated it.

Anyway, Chen Cheng took a look and figured out that he could only get less than 200 million US dollars.

of course.

A total of 700 million US dollars is equivalent to 5000 million RMB.

But a pity.

Of the 5000 million RMB, Chen Cheng has only received 1000 million RMB so far.

"Aftershock" and "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" have not yet been released and have not made any profit for the time being.

All in all.

During this period, Chen Cheng probably earned 3 million RMB.

Fortunately.

At that time, Chen Cheng opened a studio under the name of a company.

If it were Chen Cheng alone.

3 million RMB, and a lot of taxes and fees still have to be paid.

By the time Chen Cheng actually gets the money, he may not even have 2 million.

This amount of money may not be much for future generations.

There are many celebrity actors who earn hundreds of millions of dollars at noon.

But in 2010, 3 million RMB was still a relatively large amount.

Chen Cheng thought about it.

He took out 2 million and prepared to invest in "Inception".

As for why not go all 3 million.

One is that movies are really hard to predict.

Just in case...

Although there is no chance.

But if Inception really fails, Chen Cheng will really have to start from scratch.

one left.

Chen Cheng will leave 1 million yuan and make other films.

Just like the source code.

……

“Nolan, do Hollywood screenwriters have a lot of say?”

"Correct."

"How big is it? Tell me, I don't quite understand the mechanism over there."

"It can be said that the voice of Hollywood screenwriters is almost the same as that of directors, and some even have more than directors. Because in many cases, the screenwriter of a Hollywood film is often the producer. At the same time, the screenwriter has a great influence on the script. Apart from the director and producer, no one else is allowed to interfere with the script."

"That is to say, although I wrote the script, I am not necessarily the screenwriter of the show."

"Well... you could say that, at best, I could be a co-writer."

"What if I'm one of the producers?"

"Chen...you want to vote?"

"Correct."

Chen Cheng said, "Nolan, didn't you vote too?"

"I did invest, but... my share was not that large, only 10 points."

"Then I have more than you, 2 million, which is 3000 million US dollars."

"Chen, where do you get so much money?"

Nolan is a little unbelievable.

Although he knows.

"Buried Alive" directed by Chen Cheng performed well.

But the global box office of 7000 million US dollars is actually not a lot.

In addition, Chen Cheng's film was represented by Paramount.

Not much will be allocated to Chen Cheng.

Then, he seemed to have thought of something: "Oh, I almost forgot. I checked your information before. It is said that one of your films has a market in China. It even suppressed "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Transformers 2". Sorry, Chen...I didn't mean to check your information."

"It's okay. I've also looked up a lot of information about you."

"Haha... Chen, with your 3000 million US dollars, I can quickly raise the subsequent production costs."

"waiting for your good news."

(End of this chapter)