In June, China Film Group organized a group for young directors to study abroad, including Ning Hao and Zhang Hao.
"Xiao Mi, do you want to go and take a look with me?" Zhang Hao packed his luggage and asked Da Mi Mi.
Da Mi Mi was lying on the sofa watching a variety show and applying a facial mask. Hearing this, he said, "Will I go to Hollywood with you to watch the show? Can I go?"
"You can go. I asked Senior Brother Ning Hao and he brought his wife there. Why shouldn't I bring my girlfriend?"
Zhang Hao met Ning Hao at a previous China Film Conference and chatted for a while. Ning Hao also studied at Beijing Film Academy, majoring in photography.
Zhang Hao is very good at building relationships, so he immediately called his senior brother.
Since there was a precedent, Da Mi Mi felt relieved and nodded in agreement: "Okay, I'll go with you."
"Okay, I'll ask Sissi to inform them to add one more ticket." Zhang Hao sent a message to his assistant.
This trip to Hollywood to study seemed to be a publicly funded trip, but the money was not paid by China Film Group Corporation, but by Warner Bros. Pictures and Universal Pictures.
There is nothing wrong with Warner and Universal. They insist on paying this money to Chinese directors. Their main purpose is to open up the mainland film market.
The mainland market has great potential, and these lovely movie fans are like lambs to be slaughtered, making these big Hollywood companies covetous.
However, due to the mainland's introduction system, the film market has not been fully opened, leaving Hollywood companies helpless.
China Film is the film company responsible for the introduction, so during the negotiation, Warner and Universal offered to let mainland film directors go to Hollywood to study and visit.
Although the leaders of China Film Group believed that they would not learn anything by going there, it would be good to take a tour at public expense to give the young directors some experience, so they agreed.
Therefore, without the knowledge of Warner and Universal Pictures, the original list of ten people, including family members, turned out to be more than thirty people.
On the direct flight from Beijing to Los Angeles, the Hollywood study tour group completed its assembly.
This time, the team was led by Fu Ruoqing of China Film Group Corporation, who also had a mission: to visit the IMAX company to explore ways to develop China Film's own screen projection technology.
"When we go this time, we will visit and study carefully. When we come back, we will submit a review of our visit and study," Fu Ruoqing said.
Da Mi Mi and Zhang Hao were behind, and Da Mi Mi was still confused: "Do I want to write too?"
Ning Hao smiled and said: "Of course not, Zhang Hao and I want to write. Junior Brother Zhang Hao, can you lend me a copy then?"
Ning Hao's wife, Xing Aina, pinched Ning Hao's ears and said, "What? You still want to learn how to cheat in "Genius Gunslinger"? Zhang Hao, he is such a talkative person, so don't talk to him as soon as possible."
Zhang Hao waved his hand and said: "It's okay, senior brother Ning Hao and I can still talk to each other very well."
This time he went to Hollywood to study, and Zhang Hao also brought Guo Fan with him. When he didn't have any movies recently, Guo Fan went to the Beijing Film Academy to further his studies. He also made it clear to Zhang Hao that he would seek opportunities to direct independently.
Zhang Hao was very supportive. The original purpose of recruiting Guo Fan was to cultivate talents. After all, he couldn't make so many films by himself.
Moreover, Zhang Hao still wanted to leave the "Wandering Earth" project to Guo Fan. This was Guo Fan's honor, and Zhang Hao didn't want to snatch it away.
After organization, a group of more than 30 people boarded a plane to Los Angeles. Because the flight took a long time, everyone fell asleep after chatting for a long time.
Zhang Hao also took a nap for a while and then woke up. Looking at Da Mi Mi who was sleeping soundly on his shoulder, Zhang Hao and the flight attendant asked for a blanket to cover Da Mi Mi.
He took out his laptop and started airplane mode. He has recently been writing a number of scripts, especially Liu's science fiction works such as "Village Teacher" and "Full Band Jamming".
Because although there are rumors that these works in previous lives have been turned into film and television dramas, except for two "The Wandering Earth" and a TV series "The Three-Body Problem", as well as the Cube Man's "I Three", there are no
The finished product comes out.
Therefore, Zhang Hao did not have any experience to draw from, so he had to rely on what he had learned over the years and adapt it bit by bit.
Zhang Hao plans to sign a few professional screenwriters with the studio after returning from South Africa to help him create and improve the script, and then he will be responsible for the final review.
Of course, this is a script for an adapted work, and you have to write the original script yourself.
Da Mi Mi woke up dizzy from sleep and saw Zhang Hao typing on his laptop. Rubbing his eyes, Da Mi Mi continued to lean his head on Zhang Hao's shoulder.
Zhang Hao noticed the movement and turned around to see that Da Mi Mi had woken up.
"you're awake?"
"Well," Da Mi Mi stretched out his back and said, "My back hurts when I sleep. It's a bit uncomfortable."
"Stand up and move around, walk around and stretch your muscles," Zhang Hao said.
Da Mi Mi nodded, unbuckled his seat belt, and walked up and down the aisle of the plane several times before he felt more comfortable and returned to his position.
Seeing Zhang Hao typing the script, Da Mi Mi was very interested and asked: "Are you writing a script again? What are you writing this time?"
"Look..." Zhang Hao handed the laptop to Da Mi Mi.
Da Mi Mi took it and took a look: ""The Magic"? Science fiction, thriller, suspense? Do you really want to make a science fiction film?"
"Well," Zhang Hao admitted, and then explained: "This is not a Hollywood special effects science fiction film, but a play on concepts. Strictly speaking, it is not actually a science fiction film in the traditional sense. It has many fantasy elements."
"How's the script going? Let me see..." Da Mi Mi looked at the script and suddenly felt dizzy. The script was so brain-burning that she couldn't understand it.
"The script you wrote is even more brain-intensive than "The Genius Gunfighter". Oh my God, how could you come up with such a story?" Da Mi Mi was completely impressed by Zhang Hao's imagination.
"It's okay, how's it going? Are you interested in playing a role?"
"Okay, okay," Da Mi Mi clapped his hands, but then said distressedly: "Oh, if you didn't tell me earlier, I would have already taken the show and there was no schedule."
"Haha, it's okay. I'll look for you to star next time." Zhang Hao touched Da Mi Mi's head. Da Mi Mi made a comfortable sound like a kitten.
"Zhang Zhang, I'm still a little sleepy."
"Then go to sleep!"
"Hmm..." Da Mi Mi leaned on Zhang Hao's shoulder and fell asleep again.
Zhang Hao continued to perfect the script of "The Prestige", a classic brain-burning work by Christopher Nolan.
According to the original history, this film was released as early as 2006.
But after Zhang Hao was reborn by an alien, he changed Christopher Nolan's fate.
Christopher Nolan in this time and space did not engage in the film career after "Memento". Instead, he returned to the UK, filmed British dramas, and became a British drama director.
Although he has still achieved considerable achievements, it is obviously far inferior to the world-famous director in his previous life.
Sometimes, just a small change can change the trajectory of a person's life.
I don't know what kind of power did all this, but obviously, this is beyond the scope of Zhang Hao's understanding.
In this way, Zhang Hao can adapt Christopher Nolan's classic works for use.
Compared with other hugely expensive films, it is obvious that "The Prestige" is a film that does not require a high investment and can be realized under the current Chinese-language film system.
If you talk about making movies like "Inception" or "Interstellar" now.
Zhang Hao can make films if he can, but the film market doesn't allow it. It's easy to lose everything when making a film like this.
Zhang Hao still needs the mainland film market to expand to at least accommodate billion-level films, or to go abroad and achieve good results in overseas distribution.
This is the time to shoot high-cost, high-quality movies.
Timing is very important for a director and a movie.