After hearing the name of the new film that Sun Peng said, the agent was naturally a little surprised. You must know that Sun Peng had already said that he would not make action movies for the time being, but the name gave off a tough atmosphere when he heard it.
"No, science fiction."
Picking up the teacup on the table, Sun Peng yawned and shook his head: "To be precise, it's a warm movie wrapped in a science fiction coat... It's okay to call it a suspense movie!"
"..."
After hearing what Sun Peng said, Sun Ya rubbed her temples with a headache.
Heartwarming movie?
What is going on?
You, a guy who can make movies like "Kill Bill" and "Dragon Inn", actually want to make a warm movie, and a warm movie wrapped in science fiction? This is intended to make fans stunned.
?
"Zi Liu!"
Sun Peng happily drank a sip of tea. Sun Peng allowed his second sister to slowly digest his words while he happily drank tea to dispel his sleepiness.
I have finally chosen my new movie.
Just like he started to turn to science fiction after finishing mystery novels, Sun Peng also plans to enter science fiction in his second career as a director.
As the biggest basis for Hollywood to dominate the world on earth, Sun Peng has naturally watched a lot of science fiction movies. Except for the very old Star Wars series, which he really has no interest in, and has only watched one or two movies, from the 1980s to "Back to Earth".
From the beginning of "To the Future" to the end of the second decade of the 21st century, Sun Peng has watched almost all the famous science fiction movies during this period!
Not only the movie itself, he also read many original novels.
There is plenty of inventory, so don’t panic at all.
However, wanting to get into science fiction films is easier said than done. Especially for a guy like Sun Peng who became a monk halfway and had to ask Wei Xiaolin to help him when filming "Hero".
How easy is it to make a truly hard science fiction movie?
He couldn't even think about something like "Inception" for the time being.
However, just because he doesn’t dare to take big pictures, or for the time being, doesn’t mean that he has really stopped moving. After all, Sun Peng still retains a strong interest in being a director. It’s just that this summer vacation is a bit too big.
, not to mention that the audiences in Europe and the United States subconsciously resisted due to the psychological gap, even Sun Peng in China felt that he could temporarily relax.
For blockbuster movies or whatever, just let the little wizards and magicians come.
As for Sun Peng himself, on the one hand, he planned to invest more energy and time in "Kung Fu Panda" and "The Legend of Lao Bai Qun Xia", on the other hand, he did not want his directing skills to stagnate, so after much deliberation, he finally chose
It is a low-cost science fiction movie that does not require much investment or special effects.
"Frequency of Life and Death", also known as "Frequency of Black Holes", was one of his favorite science fiction movies in his previous life.
A simple summary of the content is that a firefighter died unexpectedly. His sad son grew up to become a policeman and also inherited his father's radio. Once when using his father's radio, the policeman's son accidentally met his father thirty years ago.
After getting in touch, he tried to save his father from the accident. But after saving his father and changing history, the policeman's mother was murdered again...
Seriously speaking, it is a bit reluctant to classify this film as a science fiction film. After all, the settings in it are a bit too illogical and have too many flaws. Moreover, the subject of changing history, whether it is "Back to the Future" on Earth, or
There are many science fiction movies in this world, and it is not new at all.
But there is no other way, who does Sun Peng like?
Moreover, the investment in this film is really not high. If we save a little on the actors' remuneration and don't have to worry too much about publicity and distribution in the future, 100 million Chinese dollars... no, maybe 50 or 60 million Chinese dollars can be done!
Of course, don’t put too much hope in the final box office.
However, in Sun Peng's opinion, this is exactly what he needs now, a low-key film that can continue to hone his directing skills and maintain the "feel", while at the same time announcing his intention to enter science fiction...
"Okay, what's your budget?"
After a moment of silence, Sun Ya asked helplessly.
Even though Sun Peng didn't talk about the script, she didn't intend to ask in detail. After all, when Lao Bai is looking for investment now, why does he need to come up with a script? Just give a rough number and let the film companies compete.
That’s it!
"Not much, maybe fifty or sixty million."
After hearing this number, Sun Ya couldn't help but frowned: "Sixty million US dollars? That's only about 400 million Chinese coins. Isn't it a little small? Science fiction movies are notorious for burning money. I think you can first...
…”
"Sister, it's not US dollars!"
“What is it if it’s not dollars?”
"Chinese coins!"
"...Huh? What did you just say?"
Suddenly stunned, Sun Ya's eyes suddenly widened.
Blinking his eyes, Sun Peng said with a smile: "You heard it right, it's fifty to sixty million Chinese coins, about ten million US dollars, or a little less."
"No? Are you kidding me?"
With an expression on her face as if she had seen a ghost, Sun Ya exclaimed: "The famous Lao Bai Dada, the investment in the new movie is only 50 to 60 million? Are you sure you are not kidding?"
In Sun Ya’s opinion, his brother’s new movie can’t be made without an investment of 500 to 600 million yuan?
Not to mention that Sun Peng just said that this will be a science fiction movie... It's a lie, right? Who doesn't know that science fiction movies are famous budget-burning machines? Even if it focuses on warmth, but for 50 to 60 million US dollars,
It’s also low to medium cost, let alone 50 to 60 million Hua Xia coins!
How many minutes of special effects can you do with that little money?
What a nonsense!
"Okay, this is really not a joke!"
Although he liked to see the second sister's surprised expression, Sun Peng didn't have much energy due to lack of sleep last night, so he waved his hand and said: "It's just 60 million Huaxia coins, a low-cost science fiction movie...
Sister, I’m just practicing my skills. If no film company is willing to invest, I can just pay for it myself."
Seeing that Sun Peng's expression was indeed no joke, Sun Ya started to have a headache again.
No film company investment?
How is that possible!
Nowadays, even if Sun Peng asks for 2 billion in production fees, there are still people who would dare to throw money into it, let alone just this amount. Sun Ya’s headache is how to explain to others that Teacher Lao Bai wants to make a super low-priced movie
The purpose and rationale for costing science fiction films.
If she told her, no one would believe her!
Fortunately, seeing the second sister like this, Sun Peng immediately smiled again and said: "But if any company is willing to invest, I will also make a science fiction film with an investment of at least 5 to 6 billion, and we will discuss it together by the way."
"OK! No problem!"
Hearing what Sun Peng said, Sun Ya breathed a sigh of relief.
That’s right, that’s right!
"but……"
After a short pause, Sun Peng suddenly spoke again: "Sister, please help me make an appointment with a good agency in the past two days. I'm thinking of finding an expert there to ask questions..."