Chapter 199 Start preparing for filming (Chapter 3)
Wang Shang flew back to Shanghai with his team from Hollywood.
This trip to the United States not only deepened the relationship with Robert Downey Jr., but also made an appearance at the Oscars, which slightly increased his popularity in the world of film circles.
However, fans of Tianwang Studio and the "Fast and Furious" crew felt it was a pity that they missed out on the Best Score Award...
As for the failure of the acquisition of the special effects studio, it gave Wang Shang a reminder: Although he has achieved a few hits, in reality, he is still too weak.
It is inferior to many domestic companies, let alone Hollywood, which is many times more developed.
As soon as Wang Shang returned to the Magic City, he found that the entertainment industry was discussing a question - what is the structure of the 'Film and Television Alliance'? What are its advantages?
The Magic City Film and Television Alliance, the first alliance established, became the object of analysis.
Among the materials prepared by Bi Han, China's most authoritative film weekly "China Film Weekly" was placed at the top, and its cover used the collective photo of the alliance when the Magic City Film and Television Alliance originally launched its press conference.
Wang Shang turned it over and saw that the first page of the official publication was an analysis of the Magic City Film and Television Alliance. It reported like this -
"The four large film and television groups provide a large and mature team of film and television workers for the more than 20 film companies in the entire alliance, effectively reducing their own redundant manpower and material resources. At the same time, because of their high status, they can more easily obtain the high level of the entire alliance.
of high-quality talents...”
"The 18 small film companies that have joined the alliance have taken advantage of the maturity and huge resources of the entire alliance to serve their own film companies. Reducing various wastes can save production costs. Its function is to reduce the manpower of the entire alliance,
It’s a waste of material resources. However, because these small companies have insufficient capabilities in all aspects, the human and material resources they can absorb are idle, or they can be said to be of a relatively low level..."
"Tianwang Studio is responsible for building the reputation of the Magic City Film and Television Alliance. For example, the titles of movies released globally must be added to the titles of the Magic City Film and Television Alliance. At the same time, Wang Shang's continuous star-making ability will be used to enhance the international popularity of the stars within the entire alliance and enhance
The international reputation of the Magic City Film and Television Alliance is in order to attract more international talents..."
"This is why Tianwang Studio can gain a say in the alliance. What all companies value is its ability to enhance the brand of the entire Magic City Film and Television Alliance. If Wang Shang loses this halo, Tianwang Studio will become a
Ordinary small film companies, like other small film companies, can only obtain inferior resources from the alliance."
"The four major film and television groups, King Studio, and small film companies, all three parties have contributed. All have gained. Their interests are intertwined."
Wang Shang took a look and analyzed many things correctly.
Wang Shang then opened other newspapers and publications. In addition to the analysis of the Magic City Film and Television Alliance, there were also analyzes of other film and television alliances.
However, these newspapers all point to one problem: it is getting harder and harder for small companies to survive!
"If someone doesn't join the alliance, the fewer resources they will get in the future, and the more opportunities others will have. As time goes by, it will be more and more disadvantageous to your own company. So no matter how hard it is for a small company, it will have to
Join this competitive circle.”
"The only way out for small companies that join the alliance is to continue to produce high-quality movies. This will naturally attract more investment and more high-quality talents. In this way, its expansion speed will be even faster because of the favorable circle of the alliance.
accelerate……"
"As a film worker, competition is no longer limited to within the company as before, because there are many people outside competing for jobs. Competition has become more intense, urging them to work harder."
"But because of this opportunity, the competition in China's film industry has become more intense, and development will be faster!"
After Wang Shang read it all, he put it aside without any constructive suggestions.
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The next day, Wang Shang convened a meeting with the heads of various groups in the studio to listen to their reports on recent work.
""The Fast and the Furious" won three awards for Best Special Effects, Best Music, and Best Screenplay at the China Film Awards."
"'Speed' has been in theaters for 15 days now, and it is competing for a large number of screens. The current box office has reached 300 million yuan. And overseas distribution is already being prepared, involving Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea."
"According to the information fed back by Dasheng Game Company yesterday, the current game development progress has completed the production of characters and car models. The next step is to build the core program code."
""Jaws" has been completed. It has passed the review of the Radio, Film and Television Bureau and is rated PG13. Datang International has discussed with the theaters and is waiting for the May Day release. The release range will be domestic. For overseas distribution, we will first look at the domestic ones.
Condition."
The finance team reported the company's quarterly financial data to Wang Shang: "The box office of "Death is Coming 3" and "Fast and Furious" have been gradually recovered, the "Death is Coming" game and "Transformers" toys, and various parts of animation have
Profits have also begun to arrive in the first quarter, and the company's liquidity is rising. It is recommended that after leaving part of it, invest the rest, otherwise it will be wasted in the bank."
Wang Shang thought for a while and said: "My new movie project is about to start. It is estimated that it will use 400 million, and then leave part of the basic capital flow. For the rest of the money, you can discuss with Mr. Bi about the movie the studio wants to make.
Just shoot, and if you want to invest, invest. Anyway, the entire league is full of talents, so there is no need to worry about not having good movies."
When other people heard that Wang Shang had a new movie, their eyes couldn't help but light up: "Dr. Wang, is there a new movie?"
"Yeah." In order to keep it confidential, Wang Shang did not tell them in detail.
Throughout the morning, Wang Shang listened to their reports and filtered everything about the company in his mind.
Finally, Bi Han mentioned: "Director Wang, now that the studio is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more things going on, the organizational structure of the studio is no longer suitable for the current situation. Do you want to transform and upgrade it? Based on the company's
To call them by their names, change all groups into departments?”
"Okay. When the time comes, you will discuss a plan and give it to me for approval." Wang Shang didn't care too much about this.
After this topic is over, the meeting is over.
After Wang Shang got up from the meeting, he called out by the way: "Lu Yang, come to the office with me."
After returning to the office, Wang Shang.
"How many people on the screenwriting team have taken on outside work recently?"
Because Lu Yang is the person in charge, all members of the screenwriting team must obtain his consent if they want to take on external work. So when Wang Shang asked, Lu Yang quickly answered: "Currently, 4 people are working with us.
Cooperate with other companies to create scripts. Others are working within the studio and have not yet involved the outside world."
"Okay, I have a script here that I need you to perfect. Whoever has time and is willing can participate in this script. But you need to sign a higher confidentiality agreement and keep it strictly confidential!"
"Okay, I'll get ready right now." Lu Yang left with excitement.
Then Wang Shang met with the special effects team again and told them the same thing. Like the screenwriting team, the special effects team was invited by more than a dozen people from other companies in the alliance, and there are currently more than twenty people.
On April 13, Wang Shang formed a screenwriting team and a special effects team to serve "Biopocalypse" and gave the script to the screenwriting team. He also handed over some monster sketches and weapon drawings to the special effects team.
After the special effects team got those sketches, they didn't feel anything. After all, the most ferocious monster "alien" had already taken shape in their hands. In their opinion, zombies, zombie dogs, lickers and other images are not as good as aliens.
It's frightening.
As for the four-person screenwriting team, after seeing Wang Shang's unfinished script, they were very surprised by the strange power system setting.
However, Wang Shang did not give them the key things, such as Mayan prophecies or the end of the world, nothing at all, and the name of the script was also replaced with "Survival".
Wang Shang is planning to turn "Biochemical Apocalypse" into a series of movies, and the first one is "Biochemical Apocalypse - Survival"
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On April 15th.
A recruitment message from Tianwang Studio appeared in the Magic City Film and Television Alliance: "Recruiting temporary special effects artists, 40 people, for a period of 8 months. During this period, the work content must be kept confidential."
After the news came out, people within the Magic City Film and Television Alliance were immediately surprised: "Isn't there more than 40 special effects people in Tianwang Studio? Why do we still need to recruit so many? 40 plus 40, doesn't that mean we need to
To 80 people?”
Everyone was shocked.
"Is that guy Wang Shang going to make a movie again?"
They thought about it and thought it was really possible, because half a year had passed since the filming of "The Fast and the Furious" was completed. It would be a bit strange if the movie hadn't been released yet.
Sure enough, they didn't have to wait long. Tianwang Studio announced a new movie plan. The content of the movie was kept confidential, but it was confirmed that the script was written by director Wang Shang. And this time it was still a blockbuster. The movie investment was 500 million, and the director was still Wang Shang.
he himself.
"Haha, Wang Shang finally made a movie!" All the special effects artists in the alliance were delighted and shouted: "I want to join!!"
If it is a movie that can be famous all over the world, they will be very happy to join it. When the time comes, they can show off: "Have you heard of "Survival"? I am responsible for the design of the xxx monster in it
Special effects artist?"
Speaking out will give you special face in front of your peers, and you will be more competitive when you compete for other film crew positions in the future.
Other companies that were originally proud of being able to borrow high-quality special effects talents from Tianwang Studio after the alliance suddenly became distressed, "I knew that the alliance was not as good as it seemed. Now that the movie has come out, there are a lot of people wanting to join the crew."
Already."
"When this movie recruits set designers, lighting designers, makeup artists... won't all the best people in our company go to that crew? Aren't we just raising people in vain?"
Hard work…………
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