Super entertainment red envelope

Chapter 879 "The Great Cause of National Founding"!
"Dad, Dad! When is Harry Potter coming out?"

At home, Little Cherry shook Li Zhifan who was sitting on the sofa watching TV, and asked several times.

"Come on, Dad will definitely take you to see it then!"

Li Zhifan answered like this every time.

"How long will it take then?"

Little Cherry worried, "Will our school be closed then?"

"It won't take long!"

Li Zhifan said, "After the release, it will be aired continuously for a month, and the school is closed on Sundays, so we can watch it!"

"Ahh! I really want to watch it now!"

Little Cherry raised her neck and lay on Zhang Zheng's lap, with a look of "waiting so hard".

Li Zhifan patted her head with a smile, but there was nothing he could do, he couldn't take Little Cherry to the company to see the samples just to let her have a sneak peek, right?
In contrast, Little Tudou is not fascinated by this.

He is not even interested in movies, he only likes cars, robots, etc. He must be a typical science and technology man in the future.

When "Avatar" was released before, Li Zhifan took his family to watch the movie, and only Little Tudou liked this style of movie.

And he also liked the rival of "Avatar" at that time, "Mechanical Knight 7", which was released at the same time.

They clamored for Li Zhifan to take him to see it, but Li Zhifan really didn't have time at that time, not to mention it was not convenient for him to see it, so Zhou Ke finally took him there.

After reading it, Zhou Ke's evaluation was very average, but Little Tudou was very excited, and clamored for a robot of the same style as the protagonist that night.

The figure of this robot actually costs more than 8000 RMB, even if you buy one in the United States, it costs 999 US dollars.

Li Zhifan didn't think the price was expensive, but he saw the business opportunities in it. Even if the movie didn't sell well, the figure sold very well. Even if it was a copycat or pirated version, there were more than 2000 online sales.

Especially in China, because it is difficult to fight a multinational lawsuit, the copyright owner of "Machine Transformed Knight" directly authorized it, with only two requirements: it cannot use the same material as the original version, and it cannot be the same size as the original version.

This suits the wishes of the pirates. If the same material is used, the cost of manufacturing one will be three to four thousand RMB, and they will lose their advantage, but with other materials, the minimum cost is only a few hundred yuan.

As for the movies made by Li Zhifan, few of them could be shot.

"Avatar"?
Lord of the Rings?
Only the characters of "Zootopia" can produce some dolls, but the cost is low, and the price can't go up.

On the contrary, Peppa Pig’s dolls and figurines are selling very well. Now that the cartoon is in its third season, there are licensees all over the world. The annual licensing fee is tens of millions of dollars. After seven or eight years, it is estimated that it will be able to Catching up with the copyright owner of Peppa Pig in another world.

……

Three weeks into the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the popularity has started to wane.

But the daily box office revenue is still very impressive, and it can compete with the new movies released later.

In addition, in addition to the upcoming release of "Harry Potter", the animated film "Spirited Away" is finally going to be released outside of Japan.

The operation of "Spirited Away" has always been in charge of Bukit Island in Japan under Oriental Entertainment, so this time it is released in the United States, which is also the result of the operation of Bukit Island.

They also want to take advantage of the good reputation of "Lord of the Rings" and the influence of "Zootopia" that won the Oscar for best film by relying on cartoons before, and want to escort "Spirited Away".

Therefore, in the past two months, the audience can continuously see many works of Li Zhifan.

Although "Spirited Away" has already been pirated in China, and a small number of viewers have watched it online, so the local box office should not be too high, but it is still a considerable income globally.

But the result was beyond Li Zhifan's expectation.

On the first day of its release in China, "Spirited Away" surpassed the box office of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", which was showing at the same time.

Although it only has a box office of 7000 million, it is already a very impressive result in this off-season for movie viewing.

In North America, "Spirited Away" had a box office of 1800 million US dollars in the first weekend, which is another turnaround for the niche cartoon.

overnight.

The old topic of "Spirited Away" has been fired again.

Hot topics at home and abroad have the voice of this cartoon.

Audiences who have watched cartoons all think that next year's Oscar for the best film is none other than "Spirited Away".

……

at home.

Li Zhifan is resting these few days, which belongs to the holiday stage. As for when to start work, what he thinks is that he should be given at least one month of rest time, right?
But at his level, wanting to rest has become a mantra forever. He just stayed at home for a month, and Kang Peixiu came to him.

If there is nothing to go to the Three Treasures Hall, there will be no good things for him to come, and ninety-nine out of ten will ask for something.

Kang Peixiu brought a roast duck and a bucket of tea, and came to the door in person.

"Zhifan! The "Lord of the Rings" you made recently was a big success. Although it is a Western fantasy movie, it has proved the strength of our Chinese movies and allowed our filmmakers to further gain a firm foothold in the world film industry. , the bureau should praise you!"

Kang Peixiu flattered slightly.

"Don't mind, just talk about it if you have something to do!"

Li Zhifan pointed it out directly, "A cadre as busy as you comes to me, surely it's not just as simple as drinking tea and reminiscing about the past, right?"

"Hahaha, it really is my brother, you have sharp eyes!"

Kang Peixiu smiled and said, "That's right, this time I really came with a mission, and it's none other than you. Let me just say this. I have to tell you about this mission in advance. You can't help it until at least next year's Spring Festival." Go to another scene!"

"Oh?"

Li Zhifan was taken aback, "It will take four months, right? Are you trying to put me in jail?"

"No no no, you think too much!"

Kang Peixiu waved his hands again and again, "This time it's the task arrangement from above, to present a congratulatory gift to the country, do you know what year it is next year?"

"Next year? What year?"

Li Zhifan frowned, "Did you just say it directly? Why are you keeping a secret!"

"It's the 75th anniversary of the founding of our country!"

Kang Peixiu took out a bunch of documents from his briefcase and said, "We are going to make a movie to celebrate the country's birthday, and only you can come!"

"Congratulations on the founding of the nation?"

As soon as Li Zhifan heard this, he knew that this time it was a serious matter, and not only could he not avoid it, but he had to be diligent and dedicated, otherwise he would definitely be arranged by the state in the future.

"Then what?" Li Zhifan asked, "Is it an anti-war film? A modern film? Or something like "Wolf Warrior"?"

"Let's put it that way!"

Kang Peixiu lit a cigarette and said softly, "You can just make a documentary, we don't require storytelling, but there is only one requirement—all stars!"

"All-Star?"

When Li Zhifan heard it, this is fun, isn't it?

Gather all the stars and actors from all over China and make such a film, even if the plot is not very good, or even the filming is not very good, it is still a matter of success.

At least he thought it was fun.

"Yes! But don't worry about the stars, we will come forward to find someone. As for who will play what, we will talk about the script after it comes out!"

Kang Peixiu said, "It doesn't matter how big your wrist is this time, you open your mouth, you choose, the choice is up to you, we will support you, and the filming funds are directly allocated by the Ministry of Finance, as long as the expenses are not too big, you can be bold to operate!"

"Ok, I know!"

Li Zhifan already had a rough outline, but he needed to open the red envelope group to search for what to shoot.

After sending Kang Peixiu away, Li Zhifan started his plan.

He first read the information left by Kang Peixiu. It said he wanted to make a film about the process of establishing New China, including the hardships and excellence in it, so it was destined to have elements of the War of Resistance.

Originally, he wanted to find an anti-Japanese war movie for reference, but he did not expect to find a ready-made template in the red envelope group - "The Founding of the People's Republic of China".

This movie can be used directly, and it also has an all-star cast, so that he can follow the original film to find the right actors to play.

As for the script, he just copied it.

As for whether they will find someone to change the script when it is sent to the radio and television for review, that is another matter.

Immediately, Li Zhifan called Liu Zexin and told about the matter.

"What? Let you guide?"

Liu Zexin was surprised, "You're so young... Uh, isn't it usually their queen director who shoots this kind of film?"

"Who knows, maybe I'm in the limelight now, so that's why you're looking for me?"

Li Zhifan smiled, "But I liked it very much, and I accepted it! After all, this is a national task, a gift for the new China. In the next month, I will write scripts at home, so I will not accept outside scripts." It's active, let me know."

"No? But we have discussed a lot of cooperation before."

Liu Zexin couldn't help complaining, "The number of events you attend now is almost less than that of fourth-tier artists, and sometimes you have to show your face to let everyone know how you are doing now."

"Isn't this the task of the state, you and the management team can be considerate... Uh, let's do it! Except for Mr. Lei's activities, I won't accept other activities." Li Zhifan said.

"Boss Lei... he doesn't have any tasks recently!"

Liu Zexin said, "There is a charity dinner next week, will you attend? This matter is also very important, even if you don't attend, you have to donate, so let Zhou Ke go for you!"

"A charity dinner? Then I'll go!"

Li Zhifan touched his forehead, "Yes, I can also arrange this kind of public welfare activities for me."

He has been investing in the construction of hope primary schools, which are very remote and poor mountainous or rural areas. This has been going on for more than two years. Although it is not long enough, there are already hundreds of hope primary schools under construction, and there will be more in the future many.

It's just that he didn't let the outside media know about it, and he didn't intend to let them know.

Once it is made public on a large scale, it will actually affect his desire to do public welfare, and public welfare will become a show.

Start today.

Li Zhifan just stayed at home in the name of writing scripts and ignored people and things outside.

However, the script was a copy, which was very easy for him. It only took three days to write all the story script and text script, and then began to write the storyboard script.

He had never written a script in such detail before, and he did everything that a team of screenwriters had to do by himself.

Of course, from another point of view, Li Zhifan's script will be submitted to the higher authorities for review, and it may even be sent to national leaders. Of course, it must be taken very seriously.

In addition to writing scripts, he also has a lot of time to spend with his family.

When "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was released, Li Zhifan hadn't "leaved the customs", so he had time to accompany Little Cherry and Little Tudou to the cinema to watch this fantasy magic movie.

Li Zhifan is only the producer and supervisor of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". The director is a new American director, but through this filming, he should become famous. Finally, will the next few films continue to be directed by him? To direct, it depends on the director's own wishes.

Some directors started out shooting genre films, but after becoming famous, they want to shoot some literary films or more in-depth and philosophical films to win awards, so they will choose to leave, which is also normal.

in the cinema.

Faced with such a childlike movie, it is rare for Little Cherry and Little Tudou to meet a type they like in common.

However, the domestic version of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" has cut scenes, and some scenes that are considered dark or unsuitable for children are not included.

In fact, there is no need to delete this movie at all, but the relevant parties are too strict and have to delete it. If it was set five years ago, there is absolutely no need to do so.

Li Zhifan had watched this movie many times in advance, so he couldn't help but yawned and burst into tears while watching it.

Zhou Ke was very absorbed in watching, and asked Li Zhifan a few times, but he was afraid that Li Zhifan would spoil the meaning of watching, so after asking, he always said: "Okay, don't talk about it, I will watch it myself!"

In fact, as long as you have read the novel, you will not have too much difficulty in understanding the plot, and you will even predict the following story.

But when they really sit in the movie theater, many people will selectively forget the text content they have watched, and are completely attracted by the language of the lens.

There are also some people who just forget it at a glance, and only remember the deeply affecting parts. Even when watching a movie for the second time after a few years, it will be blurred and fresh.

Not to mention, during the filming process, a lot of details were actually magnified, some details that you would not pay attention to even if you read the book. This is also one of the important elements of the adaptation of the book. If it is purely translated directly, it will be boring. It can even get boring.

The movie is only over an hour long, which is a very small popcorn movie.

After watching it, Little Cherry and Little Tudou were still unsatisfied, and they wanted to watch another one.

But Li Zhifan didn't want to, so he had to promise them that he would take them to see it in two days.

Only then did the two children feel relieved, and they also had a strong sense of anticipation for the next viewing.

The box office of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" broke through the 2 million yuan mark on the first day.

Although it is not as good as the previous "Lord of the Rings", it is gratifying, and the most important thing is that it has gained more student groups - from elementary school to high school to university.

And these moviegoing groups will be the pillars of the Chinese movie market in the future, especially when they grow up and have independent financial ability, they will become one of the most important components of Chinese movies.

(End of this chapter)