I was just thinking about taking the arts exam and you said I've been playing supporting roles

Chapter 265: Creating the first domestic series of films!
"..."

Everyone present had thought of many scenarios, but no one expected to hear such frivolous words from Chen Jin's mouth.

Don't like Thailand?
Such a simple reason?
As expected, even as a 19-year-old young man, he still has such direct preferences for good and evil.

When Xu Zheng reached his age, he only wanted to make money.

Do you like money?
Xu Zheng wanted to ask Chen Jin a question, but he still smiled awkwardly: "Brother Jin, are you kidding?"

"No, I'm serious!"

Chen Jin smiled and said, "But if you insist on choosing Thailand, you can communicate with the tourism bureau there first to see if you can get some sponsorship!"

"Hahaha!"

Everyone laughed, thinking that Chen Jin was telling a joke, mainly because he really said it in a joking manner.

Just for this movie, you still want to ask the Tourism Bureau for funding?
Brain watted.

"Maybe you can ask Director Zhang to come out!"

Xu Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and laughed.

He really thought Chen Jin would just ask him to cut off Thailand: "Even if Thailand wants to promote tourism, it will definitely look for a big director to cooperate with..."

It is definitely easy to get sponsorship for a film like Zhang Yimou's.

But Xu Zheng still has self-awareness.

Who the hell are you?
Why should Thailand give a shit about you?

There is no need to call, and there will definitely be no expression.

"That's right!"

Chen Jin also nodded in agreement: "So I'm only worried about one thing, what if we film Thailand too well, and the audience travels to Thailand because of the movie, and something happens, will we be jointly liable?"

"Thailand... is it okay?"

Xu Zheng said with a smile: "I just came back a few days ago, the public security is pretty good!"

The people nearby also felt that Chen Jin was making a big deal out of nothing. How did this guy come up with this idea?
Guo Xun also looked at Chen Jin with a puzzled expression. Based on his understanding of Chen Jin, he must be up to no good when he said that.

It has to be said that Guo Xun understands Chen Jin.

"We are actually fine. We won't be exposed to these things if we go on tour or travel independently!"

"I'm afraid of those budget travelers, especially little girls!"

Chen Jin said seriously, "Last month, someone had a kidney removed in order to buy an iPhone 4. The kidney was from Thailand. Now iPhone kidney transplants have become a hot topic. I'm sure some idiots will go there to sell their organs!"

After Chen Jin said this, everyone began to take it seriously.

"That's true!"

"There are indeed a lot of fools these days!"

"It's normal to sell a kidney to buy a mobile phone and be trafficked abroad!"

This is indeed an industrial chain. Organ trafficking is still very popular in Thailand, and there are many underground clinics. Their main business is to perform sex reassignment surgery and also engage in organ smuggling.

"So let's see if we can add some plot!"

Chen Jin expressed her thoughts: "For example, if the protagonist or supporting character accidentally enters an underground clinic for organ smuggling or sex change, and the nurse chases him for three blocks holding a kidney matching form or a sex change signature form, isn't that a bit of black humor?"

"..."

There was a bit of a chill at the table.

After a few seconds of silence, Xu Zheng was the first to burst out laughing.

What he thought of was that Wang Baoqiang had walked into this underground clinic and was facing sex reassignment surgery...

Then he couldn't hold back any longer: "Hahaha, this is OK!"

“This is definitely possible…”

"I...haha, Baoqiang, I want Baoqiang to play this role!"

As soon as Xu Zheng said this, everyone laughed.

The visual was so vivid that even Ning Hao couldn't hold back his excitement.

Guo Xun knew that Chen Jin liked to tease people.

Wang Baoqiang has undergone gender reassignment surgery?
Be human, all of you.

If I were Wang Baoqiang, I would hit each of you with a hammer.

The scene was so beautiful that Guo Xun observed three seconds of silence for Bao Qiang; unfortunately, Bao Qiang got another classic role!
"So we don't need to be polite at all!"

"If the filming is successful and boosts tourism, Thailand won't share any of our profits, so we might as well go for the black humor route!"

In Chen Jin's opinion, promoting it to other countries for free is too cheap.

Besides, it’s not a good place.

In fact, no one here would have thought that Lost in Thailand would have such a high box office, breaking numerous records for Chinese-language films, and even becoming the first domestic film to break 10 billion, becoming a phenomenon for a time.

The sensation it caused in 2012 was actually no less than that of the future "Wolf Warrior 2"!
Xu Guangtou completely rose to fame thanks to this movie.

As a result of the subsequent impact, the one who made the most money was not Xu Zheng and the original investor Guangxian, but... Thailand.

Thailand didn't spend a penny, but thanks to this movie, its tourism industry made a lot of money thanks to Chinese people.

The number of tourists going there increased exponentially every year, and multiplied several times in the following years, which eventually led to many vicious incidents; but even so, they did not say anything, let alone co-produce movies with China.

In the future, there may even be a cut-off, legalization of marijuana, transit of online fraud, etc. Chen Jin will certainly not help such a country.

Everything he just said was actually a prelude.

Because he was the only one present who knew that if this movie had been released according to its original trajectory and on such a special date as December 2012, 12, without the impact of other blockbusters, it would have definitely been a hit.

At present, the country is in great need of such a domestic comedy film to flood and detonate the market.

Even without Lost in Thailand, other comedies would be fine.

"The Mermaid", which is worse than "Lost in Thailand", can still make over 30 billion!

Although there is the effect of Stephen Chow owing movie tickets.

But to be frank, if "Charlotte's Troubles" had been released a few years earlier, it would have grossed over 10 billion; a few years later, it would have grossed over 30-40 billion.

Comedy films during the Lunar New Year and even the future Spring Festival, as long as their quality is good, will be family-friendly box office bombs and will be very popular.

This will always be the most mainstream type in the market.

After all, the purpose of watching a movie is to have fun. Compared to tragedy, comedy has a natural audience.

It was also because of Lost in Thailand that countless awkward and bad comedy films were released in China in the following years, so that in the end, it was hard to find good comedy works in the market!
They all start with happiness and end with sadness, or they are about making dumplings or something like that, deliberately sentimental, or they are vulgar and cliché.

"Lost in Thailand" is, at least strictly speaking, a qualified comedy. If it was released in 2012, when there was not much to be desired, it would have been an absolute blast.

"The joke about 'Kidney-slicing guy' is quite popular now!"

Chen Jin said to Xu Zheng and Shu, "You can write it into the script and allude to the iPhone kidney transplant incident..."

The hottest news on the Internet last month was that a 17-year-old boy traded his kidney for a cell phone, and this meme became more and more popular in the following years.

What about Kidney 5, Kidney 6...one kidney = one iPhone, etc.

"If we seize this traffic, maybe when we promote it, it will attract a lot of viewers!"

Popularity has always been the most suitable traffic for movie marketing.

For example, the box office success of "All or Nothing" and "Gone Girl" were all brought about by popular online events; without this kind of popularity, these two movies would actually be very mediocre.

It simply can't support such high traffic.

"Yes, yes, yes, this hot topic will definitely be popular if it is made into a movie!"

Xu Zheng was also an opportunist. After hearing Chen Jin's suggestion, his eyes brightened.

He was even more amazed by Chen Jin's recent sex change and kidney transplant.

There are several screenwriters here, which makes me think even more.

“Actually, I originally wanted to write about an underground gangster!”

Tian Yusheng couldn't help but speak.

"Then change it into an underground clinic, with gangs there too!" Shu Huan suggested.

"..."

Xu Zheng listened to the discussion of several people and suddenly looked at Chen Jin: "Brother Jin, is our project finalized?"

Xu Zheng called Chen Jin to discuss investment matters.

He was shocked when Chen Jin said she didn’t like Thailand just now, but now seeing Chen Jin’s enthusiastic participation, he felt relieved.

"How much money do you think you'll need?"

Of course Chen Jin wanted to take over this project.

He has been seriously short of money recently. "Lost in Thailand" may help CET's influence in the industry surpass that of Huayi.

According to the original timeline, it was with this movie that Guangguang became the number one private film company in China.

In the future, there will be enough money to incubate the animation industry and create the Colorful House.

The Nezha series was discovered in this way.

In addition to the science fiction industry, animation has always been a new front that Chen Jin wanted to open up.

The film industry is not just about science fiction, but about integrating resources, establishing special effects alliances and standardized processes to match or even surpass Hollywood.

From shooting, to production, to special effects, etc., a complete industrial chain and shooting order.

This is what Guo Xun and Jiaozi did in later generations.

A movie not only boosted the national industry, but also improved the cooperating companies.

Whether it's popularity or strength.

Foreign film companies, special effects companies, etc. are not of our kind and their hearts must be different.

"Nezha 2" initially looked for Monk, the world's top special effects company. "League of Legends" and "Love, Death & Robots" were all produced by their company. In the end, they wasted a year and a half and did a perfunctory job. The demo was okay, but the final film was rubbish.

In the end, there was no choice but to rely on the support of the entire industry. Unexpectedly, after making a movie, our strength would be on par with the world's top special effects companies.

This is the benefit of working together.

In fact, many domestic special effects blockbusters around 2012 were produced by foreigners, like the bad movie "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 10", which was not well made on time and was finally released during the Spring Festival, and still earned over billion yuan.

If things were done well, domestic special effects companies would have risen long ago, and there would be no need to wait until "The Wandering Earth" to straighten their backs.

For this thing, the process of overcoming difficulties on your own is the greatest.

"Initially, about 2000 million!"

Seeing that Chen Jin looked worried, Xu Zheng thought he was thinking about funds.

This is also what Xu Zheng was thinking: "I asked the producer to coordinate..."

Xu Zheng didn't dare to say much, because everyone present knew the situation of Film Science; and there was not much money left in the account.

He didn't know that Chen Jin had some personal money.

At worst, you can mortgage the film copyright to the bank and get tens of millions out.

"Well, let's follow the script first!"

What Chen Jin is most interested in is the notebook.

"Okay~~"

Upon hearing what Chen Jin said, a smile immediately appeared on Xu Zheng's face. He didn't expect Chen Jin to be so straightforward.

But this is actually just a preliminary intention.

Chen Jin's investment also depends on the quality of the script, and the filming also requires the arrangement of production coordination and supervision.

Of course, it was impossible for Chen Jin to trust Xu Zheng absolutely.

The lighting was originally arranged in this way. If Xu Zheng didn't find someone to watch it and take a look occasionally, no matter how much he wanted to make a good movie, he would still have some of his own little thoughts.

This kind of cooperation is a process of mutual adjustment.

Unlike Guo Xun, Chen Jin is both the leading actor and the producer, so don't worry.

After chatting about Lost in Thailand for a while, Guo Xun suddenly looked at Ning Hao and said, "Director Ning, I toast to you!"

"Ha ha!"

Ning Hao knew what Guo Xun meant, so he clinked glasses with his hands and said, "Little Guo, it's not that I didn't believe you at first. It's that Teacher Liu was really scared of being cheated, so he gave me full authority to handle his copyright!"

"If you really want to make The Wandering Earth, I will definitely agree with you, but as for Mr. Liu, you have to talk to him yourself!"

"I am definitely willing to facilitate this cooperation!"

Ning Hao was talking with a smile on his face. He seemed to be skeptical about Guo Xun's filming of "The Wandering Earth".

But it was obvious that he would not refuse, so he pulled Liu out again.

Guo Xun understood the reason, so he smiled and said, "Okay, I'll have a good chat with Teacher Liu then. Brother Ning, thank you for your help!"

"polite!"

“But science fiction…isn’t that easy to film!”

Ning Hao sighed with deep emotion, and Xu Zheng beside him shook his head.

As professionally trained filmmakers, they clearly understand the difficulty involved.

It is easy to take a photo, but it is not easy to take a good photo.

"I have always wanted to film "Rural Teachers", but I had no idea. This is the easiest novel to adapt among Liu Cixin's novels!"

"The Wandering Earth, it's too hard!"

"The Three-Body Problem... is too daunting!"

Ning Hao's words were sincere and heartfelt, and he also cursed Zhang Fanfan, who was in the same art department, in his heart.

The project of "The Three-Body Problem" has been approved, and Zhang Fanfan will shoot it personally.

“I don’t even dare to think about The Three-Body Problem, although this is the one I want to shoot the most!”

Guo Xun smiled, but appeared very modest: "The Wandering Earth was suggested by Brother Jin. I still want to shoot a few more films to practice!"

"I think that this kind of science fiction has nothing to do with making more films!"

"The main thing is the special effects. The special effects must match the plot..."

Ning Hao and Guo Xun got along quite well, and the two sat together and chatted.

Chen Jin sat next to Xu Zheng again, and the two discussed some details of "Lost in Thailand". Tian Yusheng hesitated several times, and finally found an opportunity to toast Chen Jin and whispered, "Brother Jin, can you add my contact information?"

"can!"

Chen Jin readily took out his cell phone and the two of them added each other's numbers.

"Actually, I have something to talk to you about. Would it be convenient after dinner?"

Tian Yusheng lowered his voice, and Chen Jin's heart moved. He guessed something.

It should be the "Ex-Files" series, he also wants to find investment.

Damn, do I look like a sucker?
However, Chen Jin really couldn't refuse this business that came to his door. If this was really an investment in "Ex-Files", it would be more meaningful than "Lost in Thailand".

After all, Guo Xun will definitely start preparing for "The Wandering Earth" next year, so the love movie on the special date of Double Eleven and the "Love Broken Heart" series will have to find a takeover!
And Tian Yusheng in front of him is definitely the best candidate.

Chen Jin can still reap the benefits of Double Eleven for several more years; as long as Alibaba and JD.com do it every year, he can make one every year.

This is a schedule created by Chen Jin himself.

As for the "Broken Love" series released during this period, as long as it is not a huge flop, Chen Jin is invincible.

"Love Is Not Blind 3: The Ex Guide" is the best alternative to next year's Double Eleven!

According to the original timeline, this series can last for many more years.

Maybe, the "Love Broken Heart" series may become a signature love movie series like Detective Chinatown.

Moreover, it is the first series of films in the Chinese-language film industry.

According to the super bonus of love movies in the next few years, there will definitely be money to be made; you know, "Tiny Times" and "So Young" can easily get hundreds of millions or even billions at the box office, so for the "Love Broken Heart" series, which has a better reputation, it is still possible to get a subsidy of 50 billion.

The "Ex-Files" series has made almost 30 billion yuan, and now with the release date and IP support, the box office will definitely be better!
(End of this chapter)