Chapter 1563: The Dead-Hearted Spielberg

【Autumn wind dances across the country, frost leaves fill the sky red. The cold wind passed by one night, and this scene changed the world. --Autumn】

Ye Ming said very confidently: "Chinese culture is mysterious to Westerners. Therefore, if it is to be made into a science fiction movie, this is relatively easy to accept, because science fiction is, after all, a work of appropriate imagination. . Horror movies have no national boundaries. People who like horror movies will not give up this movie just because the story takes place in the East.

As long as we do our job well, there is no big problem in making a series of movies similar to Resident Evil. "

Ye Ming's words are not ordinary confidence. According to Spielberg's current view, it seems that Ye Ming's movies have already made money and have become a series of movies.

At this moment, Spielberg said very curiously: "Ye, there is one thing I don't understand. Why are you so confident about something like this? You know, there are no similar movies in the East that can be popular in the West. Maybe South Korea's Han River Monster didn't lose money, but that's just a little less money in the West. As for Japan's Ultraman, in the West, it is indeed not very influential. Not to mention your Chinese ones. Sci-fi movies.

China is mysterious, but not many Westerners think it is science fiction. The real science fiction is in the West, to be precise in Hollywood, which is the home base of science fiction. Do you think there will be any good science fiction works here in China? "

Ye Ming shrugged his shoulders, not caring about such an evaluation at all, because this is basically a fact. It is not that there are no science fiction movies in China, but look at what they are called science fiction movies. Basically, Ye Ming is the best. My only memory is this movie of Lightning Beibei, a little boy whose whole body is electrified. The rest is the Little Dragon Man TV series, but it's semi-mythical. Chinese science fiction film? From Spielberg's point of view, there is basically no foundation.

Therefore, Ye Ming was not angry at all, but he immediately retorted: "This matter is not as simple as you said. China still has the soil for this. I have two creative ideas here, one is called The Walking Dead, and the other is called Doomsday crisis means doomsday disaster. I believe that if you shoot it carefully, there will be no problem in it becoming popular."

Apocalyptic novels were basically destroyed by later online writing. Apocalyptic novels will appear from various angles. Ye Ming feels that there is always one that Westerners like, and later TV series such as The Walking Dead have become classic TV series. It also proves that most people like to read this kind of apocalyptic literature, especially some decadent young people, who are the main force in this field.

On this point, Ye Ming doesn't think Westerners' appetite will change now. Therefore, I am very confident in this kind of apocalyptic novel. As long as it is done with more care, it is not a big deal if it becomes a movie similar to Resident Evil.

Listening to the name, Spielberg can make a good guess, but he is still not very optimistic about this apocalyptic novel, so he said: "Science fiction, I think the Hollywood one is more reliable. , after all, the investment is quite large, and the Hollywood team is more reassuring. Otherwise, even investors would probably be suspicious of this kind of movie."

This is almost certain. When it comes to anything from the East, the first thing Westerners think of is to deny it. But if shooting becomes like tomb robbing, then I think what will greet us at this time will be a great victory.

Regarding the theme of adventurous tomb robbing, Eastern culture is more mysterious than Egyptian culture. I have asked people to conduct a detailed investigation, and the result is that whether it is in Asia, Europe or the United States, similar movies, Even those adventure tomb-robbery movies without any special effects, as long as the filming is done with care and the script is worthy of the audience, even if there are no big stars or good special effects in a movie like this, they can still arouse a strong response. of.

For example, Blair Witch is a very good example. So I think if we were to make a movie of this type, it wouldn't be too bad. At least making money is no problem, the question is how much money we can make. "Lucas immediately said: "However, you must know that although Blair Witch is said to be a low-key movie, its publicity expenses are not low. Just talking about the publicity expenses, it seems that some entertainment company spent it. The cost is 30 million. "

Ye Ming nodded and said: "It's Artisan Entertainment, an independent distribution company, relatively small, but this is indeed a relatively typical means of using small to make a big difference. Although the 30 million promotional expenses may seem like There is some water content, I won’t say this, everyone should be aware of it. If the water content is removed, then there is no problem with the publicity cost of more than 10 million. But do you think our Huihuang.com will not be able to come up with 10 million publicity costs?

Also, with the world-class pop-up promotion and online promotion of our brilliant website, even if we don’t invest a penny in other promotion costs, I think the movies we shot will definitely be popular in a short time. Maximize publicity. Moreover, if we talk about cooperation, I believe no one will ignore the strength of the three of us.

Of course, if you say you don’t want to do it, then it’s not a big deal for us at Brilliant Film and Television to do it ourselves. After all, we still have the financial resources for this kind of thing. The reason why two people are involved is because it will reduce the resistance of the film in Europe and the United States. "

Publicity is very important. The filming of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is good, but if it weren’t for how much money Director Li made, it would really be impossible to make more money. Although the overseas box office of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is more than 200 million, but that It belongs to Colombia. Columbia Pictures bought out the overseas copyright of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Therefore, no one can guarantee that in this case, the money belongs to Columbia Pictures. Earned. Of course, this also plays a role in promotion by Columbia Pictures, otherwise Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon would not have achieved such good results.

In order to win the Oscar for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and to have a good harvest for this movie, Colombia mobilized all its relations with the Oscar judges. Not to mention that the Oscar judges cannot do public relations. As long as the money is in place, anything is possible. What's more, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a good-quality and conscientious martial arts work. Chinese kung fu movies are the only two popular Chinese movies in the Western world, and can even be said to be the most popular movie genre.

Cheng Long has a world-renowned reputation because he shoots kung fu movies. Li Lianjie can become a big Hollywood star. Although he is not a top star like the 20 million salary club, he is one of the first-tier and the top of the first-tier. species exists.

If Fa Ge could make two more movies similar to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, he would have become a Hollywood superstar on such a thing. Unfortunately, he failed in the end. Therefore, after Bruce Lee, it can only be said that there were two and a half Chinese movies. Actors have truly established themselves in Hollywood. These two and a half are Cheng Long, Li Lianjie and half Fa Ge.

It's a pity that Fa Ge has superhuman acting skills. Columbia Pictures spent more than 10 million US dollars on promotion, which is almost the same as the 14 million US dollars spent to buy out Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Therefore, there are many reasons for the success of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The film is good, the producer knows how to run it, and the distribution company is willing to spend money. All of these have created the mythical box office of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Therefore, if the distribution is good, it is basically half the success. If the film is good, then it is more than half the success, and the rest is up to luck. Not only does the success of an artist require luck, but the success of a movie actually also requires luck. The Bomb Disposal Expert won an Oscar, but was crushed by Avatar at the box office. Can you say that The Bomb Disposal Expert is not as good as Avatar, or that the Oscar judges are all blind?

Therefore, Ye Ming is actually very confident. If the movie he prepared is well promoted, success is inevitable and making money is inevitable. But there will be some resistance. Westerners are relatively discriminatory against Chinese films, but if Spielberg and Lucas are involved, then in such a matter, nothing is big. Problem.

Everything will be under control. Spielberg thought for a while and then said hesitantly: "Should we put this matter aside for now? I'll think about it. If it is verified, I will consider participating. But now I just want to check out the Sanxingdui Culture thing. Even if this matter is said to be a scam, I will still take a look and see how I was deceived. My money cannot be wasted, and my energy cannot be wasted in vain."

Spielberg is not an ordinary stubborn person. A successful person, especially a person who is often successful and a genius, is usually very stubborn. Not ordinary stubborn, but very stubborn. .

Therefore, on such a question, Spielberg even said that although he knew that he might have been deceived, at such a time, how did he get deceived, and what did he jump into? You are in such a pit. You have to see it with your own eyes to understand these things.

Ye Ming also knew that the two people in front of him were not easy to persuade, and since they had already confirmed this matter, if they said that they could not see the truth of the matter at this time, then If you want two people to really admit defeat on such a problem, it is basically impossible. After all, at a time like this, these two great directors have their own pride. Just being fooled by an antique dealer like that, if word really spreads, the two of them will not have any kind of brilliance on their faces.

Although the two of them did not come to check it out with much fanfare this time, with their reputations, they could not hide the news that they came down to check out Sanxingdui Culture.

Therefore, Spielberg was also very stubborn at this time. Even if he wanted to be fooled, he still had to see with his own eyes what kind of thing could make them fooled. At this time, Ye Ming had no choice but to change the stubbornness of the great director, which he could not easily change.

In fact, Ye Ming himself also has such stubborn emotions. If he didn't have such a stubborn character, it would be hard to say that he would have made any real classic films. Those who can shoot classic films are basically stubborn directors.

Therefore, at this time, Ye Ming said without thinking: "I did not say that Sanxingdui culture is a scam, it is real, but how many of the antiques in Sanxingdui are real, and how many of the things rumored outside Sanxingdui are real? It's true, it's hard to say.

Therefore, I think this matter needs to be considered carefully. It is not mature. At least now that there are no major discoveries in Sanxingdui culture, I think the two of you should be cautious about such a matter. a little better. After all, investors’ money does not come from strong winds. If it is because of the Sanxingdui culture that movies cannot make money, then their reputations will also decline at this time. I don’t believe them. The position will be very clear. "

This is basically an inevitable phenomenon. After all, it is said that Ye Ming himself has experienced these things when it comes to such a problem.

A great director usually has the right to fail once. This is basically the case in Hollywood. Of course, like the four top directors such as Spielberg, Lucas, Coppola, etc., the right to failure is more, but it is not unlimited.

Therefore, Ye Ming also believes that under such a situation, if something is accidentally done and the movie box office fails, then such a result will not be what investors are willing to see. If it fails once, then in such a situation, even a top director like Spielberg will have to bear a certain amount of pressure, at least for the investment in his next movie. It has a certain impact.

After all, as a director, it depends on the work. Why Spielberg ranks first among great directors? The key lies in commercial value.

Although Spielberg himself is unwilling to admit that he is a commercial film director, in fact he is a commercial film director. This is something he cannot deny, and it does not mean that shooting one or two art films can change the reality. . (To be continued)