Chapter 413 Lucas’s Troubles

After what Ye Ming said, it can be said that he woke up the dreamer. Lucas himself could not imagine that this situation would happen. Hollywood would never allow such a thing to happen.

Lucas, with an incredulous expression on his face, finally sighed and said: "I see, I understand. It seems that the Chinese film market has a long way to go. If you don't know how to protect yourself, it will be difficult to develop."

As a great director, Lucas knows very well how to protect his intellectual property rights, otherwise he would not be able to compete with the glory of Star Wars.

Therefore, he deeply abhors this kind of infringement of intellectual property rights. Even in the far east, it would be intolerable to him at this time. Lucas said angrily: "As directors, actors, or even your government officials, don't you care about this at this time? I know that some of your film workers have official backgrounds. , they should stand up and protect their legitimate rights and interests."

I have to say that these words are too naive. They are hopelessly naive. Ye Ming laughed and said: "Director Lucas, you are imagining this matter too simply. This is not as simple as you think." It’s just one thing. At this time, what we think about is to develop the box office first. Only when the box office increases, more people will make movies, more people will watch movies, and our Chinese movies will have a good future. , otherwise, if we don’t have anyone to play movies at this time, how can we develop? What we need is to get the scale out first, and then we can talk about other things.”

It’s hard to say whether this is a tragedy for the film markets of other countries, but it is a tragedy for the Chinese film market.

Lucas said thoughtfully: "Maybe. In fact, even if we talk about Hollywood, it was not just the eight giants at the beginning. It was only after a very cruel elimination that we got to this situation."

Hollywood should actually thank Edison. Edison threatened everyone with patent laws, and some people came to Hollywood. There is no patent law in Chinese movies. Patent laws in China can be said to be a joke. However, China has a piracy market, which is the most powerful. piracy market.

Ye Ming said with full confidence: "Actually, we should look in a good direction. As you can see, Director Lucas, there is a huge film market in China. We must first cultivate the audience. I believe , the dawn of our Chinese movies will come in the future. At this time, it is just a little darkness before the dawn. "Chinese movies will usher in a blowout in the next ten years. This is definitely A miracle created by Chinese movies.

Lucas then said helplessly: "Maybe, behavior determines the result, everything depends on action." Although Lucas believed Ye Ming's words very much, he believed that at this time, Ye Ming said that this is the world's largest emerging film industry. market potential.

But all this has nothing to do with him. [Star Wars: The Phantom Menace] is destined to suffer a Waterloo. This was something he didn't want to see, but it was something he couldn't do anything about. Everything is possible, this is the movie. A wise old man like Lucas understands very well that his countrymen came at the wrong time. If it had been later, things like this might have been different. The result of. But there are no ifs in this world.

After the banquet, Fan Binbin said with some frustration: "Brother Ming, isn't this the international director you are talking about? That kind of powerful momentum makes me unable to say a word. Originally, I still wanted to meet Director Lucas We took a group photo, but when we saw Lao Lu, he couldn’t say a word.”

Fan Binbin was very dissatisfied with his performance today. He was obviously very ambitious before coming here, but in the end it was all in vain.

Ye Ming didn't think Fan Binbin had anything to be depressed about, and comforted her and said, "Actually, your performance is already very good. Besides, there will be opportunities in the future. I believe that Lucas will come to me again. I will take you to play with me then, and maybe you will perform well in private."

Fan Binbin's eyes widened and he simply couldn't believe this was true: "Brother Ming, are you kidding me? Not even Zhang Yimou dared to say that. Lucas will go find you, what are you kidding me about?"

Ye Ming didn't explain anything. In fact, this matter requires no explanation and cannot be explained clearly. Therefore, at this time, he is too lazy to explain. With his own expectations for the box office of Star Wars, Lucas will definitely do it at this time. When it comes to yourself, even the big Hollywood directors are the same, they also care about their own box office. After the box office came out the next day, the one million box office was still very tempting.

Lucas actually found Ye Ming and said: "Dear Ye, maybe your worries are unnecessary. My movies are still quite marketable and the box office has reached this level, which means that everyone is still very willing to come into the cinema to see me. Movie." Seeing that the box office of the movie exceeded his expectations, Lucas was as happy as a child.

But Ye Ming poured a basin of cold water on him and said, "Do you also believe this about Director Lucas?"

Lucas said with a smile: "Ye, it is undeniable that you have a very clear insight into Chinese movies, but I also have to believe that great movies have no national boundaries. I think Star Wars should be considered a great movie." work,;"

Ye Ming did not deny this at all, nodded and said: "No one can deny the greatness of Star Wars. There is no doubt about this, but sometimes you have to see the objective reality clearly. Objectively speaking, the box office of this movie is watery."

Lucas couldn't believe it if Ye Ming told the truth. He said with a suspicious look on his face: "This is your official movie box office data. Could it be that you are also deceiving your own people?"

From Lucas's perspective, since the data is officially investigated by China, at least its authority should not be a problem.

Ye Ming shook his head and said: "It's hard to say. Who said the official data can't be faked? As long as they know it's fake, there will be no problem. Our movie box office data has a certain Kind of fooling the audience."

In fact, if Ye Ming was not very clear about the final data of Star Wars, then at this time he himself would not be able to believe that this was the fact. In fact, there is indeed the possibility of fraud in the official box office data of China Movies. Lucas asked: "I don't understand if you have any basis for saying this. If you mean to deceive the audience, then as for Is this how you do it?"

Yes, is this a big deal? Lucas had a big question in his mind. Ye Ming nodded and said with certainty: "There is definitely one thing. The New Film Alliance has spent a lot of money to introduce Star Wars. But how is the box office? Everything is clear. The New Film Alliance needs a data to predict the audience. Explain, because they have introduced Hollywood blockbusters, they must have a number of results to explain clearly to the audience. In addition, the leaders also want the New Film Federation to explain, without good box office, it is unjustifiable. Therefore, a set of gorgeous data is actually Quite important.”

Lucas felt that he could not understand such a magical country. He very much hoped to understand this great and mysterious country. However, when he felt that he could not understand this ancient oriental country in Guiyang, he realized that he was wrong. It was so outrageous. He knew so little about this country. Lucas thought for a while and said, "But it's impossible for your leader not to see that this is fraud. Why do people from the New Film Alliance still behave like this?" Do it, don’t you always do what the leader wants?”

Ye Ming didn't expect that Lucas had a certain understanding of China, so he couldn't help but nodded and said: "Yes, it's not wrong, but our leaders also need to give an explanation to the audience, so a set of gorgeous data is actually a leader It's just as simple as what is needed." At this time, Lucas was a little doubtful, and he began to feel a little unconfident about his data, so Ye Ming's words shook his happy mood at this time.

At this moment, Lucas said with some struggle: "These are all your theories. Without actual evidence, theories will always be just theories. I hope to see the actual situation." Ye Ming thought for a while and said: "Actually, this is very easy. We just go to see it. Everyone can go to the cinema. Cinemas have always been the most direct way to reflect the problem,"

During the private interview incognito, Lucas hesitated and said, "This is a direct explanation of the problem, but would it be appropriate for me to go?"

Lucas obviously knew that his identity was relatively sensitive, and it would be difficult to deal with it once he was recognized.

Ye Ming had an idea and thought about it. He couldn't help but smile and said: "This is very easy. If we are going to watch Star Wars, then there will be no problem in dressing up as Jedi Knights. No one will recognize us. ."

This is naturally normal. If you go to see Star Wars, it is very normal to dress up as a Star Wars character. No one would doubt it. Lucas's eyes lit up and he nodded and said, "This is pretty good. You might as well try it yourself." Ye Ming immediately said, "Let's find another little girl to be the queen. This It's even more perfect." Queen, the position of queen naturally belongs to Fan Binbin. If you promise this little girl, you must do it, otherwise the little girl will think about it. (To be continued)