Diamond company shoots commercials, you shoot Titanic

It was a little after eight o'clock in the evening in the United States.

In the dark-style living room.

Chazhe Lei half-lying on the sofa, flipping through the printed project outline.

He skipped the previous part and turned to the script outline.

The script outline is different from the script. There is no specific plot and dialogue, only the theme of the story, the image of the characters, and the framework of the story.

As a partner, its value is generally considered from the aspects of subject matter, story core, character relationship, typicality of the protagonist, emotional intensity, and cognitive value.

Chazhe Lei's eyes slowly swept over the outline.

After reading the last line of text, he sighed lightly.

Sure enough, he was not wrong.

Just looking at the outline, you can tell that Chen Xiao performed smoothly again.

Privacy and surveillance, free will and predetermined fate, the truth and falsehood of human relationships, the ethics and responsibilities of the media, the false cocoons constructed by the media and the reality of human beings...

Compared with topics such as fairness and justice, these topics are relatively niche in the film and television industry, but they are real problems facing the current world.

The problem of false cocoons constructed by the media is very serious now.

Compared with the past, people experience less reality and more electronic products after dinner every day.

News, social media and algorithms restrict people to fixed frames and do not encourage people to expand their thinking and come up with new ideas.

The media even controls perception through deception and subconscious suggestion, blurring the line between reality and fiction.

The subject matter and theme are very good.

Very good...

Chazelle sighed, sat up slowly, and shrank in the corner of the sofa.

Oh, I feel inferior.

I thought Farewell My Concubine was very good the last time I watched it.

That was a cross-cultural viewing. Although he listened to Chen Xiao's explanation, some historical cultures would not be so strongly felt by people who were not native to the country with historical memories.

Even so, he could feel that "Farewell My Concubine" was extremely excellent.

And this time, without the cross-cultural barriers, he really felt the difference between people.

Chen Xiao not only had a good topic, but also had extensive knowledge. He was not only proficient in Chinese culture, but also understood Western culture.

Oh, I have an inferiority complex.

At this moment, his butler robot came over with a glass of Chinese liquor.

Maybe it was because of his mother's blood, he, like the former president of Country E, also loved to drink liquor.

Chazelle picked up the wine bottle and the cup and sighed, and said to the robot:

"You say, they understand culture and can speak English. What about me? I don't even know Chinese, I can't even fully understand "Farewell My Concubine", and I don't even know the words on this wine bottle. Me, ah."

Chazelle drank a sip of white wine and said depressedly: "I want to learn Chinese."

A question mark popped up on the robot's display.

"Master, your logic seems to be a bit jumpy. Language is not an important factor. This should be a problem of inspiration, knowledge, and talent. I suggest you..."

Chazelle grabbed the pillow and threw it at the robot.

"Get out of the way. You are the one with talent problems. How could I have talent problems? It must be because of the environment. Isn't it just that the surrounding environment is different, the language is different? It must be the environment. I will learn Chinese first, and after going to Huaxia, I will ask his parents about their occupations and hobbies. I will come back and let my parents learn more. That's right, it is definitely not my problem, it must be someone else's fault."

The housekeeper robot rolled its wheels, put the pillow back on the sofa, and respectfully echoed: "The master is right. It is hard for you to lie down. If you can blame others, please don't blame yourself. If you find any shortcomings, please find the reasons for others."

"Well, get out."

...

Time quickly came to March 20th.

At 9:30 in the morning, Chen Xiao drove out of the villa area and drove towards the company.

A week ago, the film project was successfully approved, and the partners had arrived in the capital. The two parties officially signed the contract yesterday.

Next, the crew can officially start preparations.

He is going to the company for a meeting now.

According to the agreement between the two parties, Oriental Media will account for 70% of the investment, and Chazelle's New Era Pictures will account for 30%.

The proportion of the main creative team members is about the same.

Generally speaking, the profit share is the same as the investment share. But because New Era will make more contributions in providing channels and opening up the market, the profit share of both parties will be slightly tilted towards New Era, giving them 35%.

In fact, even if he gave more, Chen Xiao would not feel bad.

An art film, and a high-cost art film, can't make too much money.

Of course, it's hard to make big money, but small money is still

It can be profitable.

Because its subject matter can arouse widespread thinking and resonance, and it also adds a little funny element to adjust emotions.

In the Past World also won the twelfth place in the North American box office that year with more than 100 million US dollars, and the global box office reached more than 200 million US dollars.

It is considered a fighter among art films.

Of course, the investment is also very high.

After it is filmed in the second half of this year, as an art film, it should not cause strong exclusion from peers. With the support of Chazelle's channels, it should be able to enter the global market smoothly.

The opponent is weak, and the income should only increase and not decrease.

However, after deducting costs, taxes, and distribution and theaters...

Forget it, I'm too lazy to think about it.

Is it worth thinking about such a small amount of money?

The purpose of this time is to open up the international market a little bit and complete the system task by the way.

This year's piggy bank still depends on "Frozen".

It has also been approved.

The equipment was not in place last month, so it has not been started. But I also took advantage of this period of time to supplement some high-level talents.

If we don't count him, the talent strength of the animation and comics department is the strongest among the film department, TV series department, variety show department and other business departments.

The project was officially launched at the beginning of this month. Now we are working on visual development. That is, designing characters, scenes, models, etc. according to market preferences.

According to the schedule, it should be completed in November or at the end of the year.

In addition to these two, the work of "Home with Children" has also been officially launched.

It was also approved last week and successfully established.

Because the staff are all from the company, Chen Xiao carefully interpreted the script with the chief director Sun Li and others while waiting for the project to be established.

In the subsequent casting stage, he can go for a stroll or not.

In the subsequent shooting stage, it is basically impossible for him to change the script, so there is basically no task.

Just focus most of your energy on making movies.