Sun Peng did not make any big announcement about having a second child in his family.
Except for those who attended Yaoyao's birthday that day, Sun Peng didn't even tell anyone. Instead, he returned to the crew of "The Martian" the next day and continued filming as usual.
A few months later, most of the movie has been shot.
The key is that the preparations have been done well. The previous cooperation between Sun Peng and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration not only carefully polished the movie script, but also prepared various props and scenery. Moreover, the addition of Sima Gang later also
Make all preparations closer to perfection!
The price paid is, of course, a sharp increase in costs.
But for Benma Films, which is responsible for the paper, it is not a problem as long as it can be solved with money. You know, just after the news of cooperating with Sun Peng on "The Martian" spread, the stock price of Benma
It has soared by more than ten points, which is enough for two "Mars" movies.
Although the stock price is not equal to cash, people at Benma also understand the benefits of cooperating with Lao Bai.
So it was just an investment in a movie, and Lu Ganren and the others would naturally not be reluctant to part with it. Moreover, after the book "The Martian" was published, relying on Lao Bai and laobai's huge reputation in the Eastern and Western world, they have sold more than
There are 10 million copies, and there are 6 million copies in China alone, which also gives them considerable confidence.
A hard science fiction novel, even if it is quite interesting, can the average person sell tens of millions?
Please stop being ridiculous, okay?
So let alone the huge investment in "The Martian", even if Sun Peng now said that he would start filming "The Wandering Earth", which would require an investment of more than ten to two billion, Lu Ganren would probably grit his teeth and agree!
So Sun Peng, who was thinking about his wife and the second child in his belly, was really cheating.
I don’t want to cover up the details of the story by shooting more scenes and stories that are not in the plan. I will just make the feature film! Other directors have to shoot several times, ten times, or even dozens of times the material of the movie, and even even
Even a film that has been made needs to be cut and cut, from four to five hours to two hours, and he is directly focused on the final effect of the film.
That speed will shock anyone who sees it!
But there was nothing he could do. Who made Sun Peng anxious? Knowing that his wife was pregnant with the second child, although he would not directly ask the crew to stop work. After all, stopping for one day would cost at least hundreds of thousands, but he definitely wanted to finish the work as soon as possible.
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As anxious as Sun Peng, there was another group of people.
For example, Fang Lanshen, the boss of Forbidden City Pictures, Zhou An, the boss of Lotus Pictures, and Tim Hardaway of Paramount in Hollywood. Especially the latter, after meeting Sun Ya, he learned about the entire series
After the scale and investment, I just wanted to go crazy. I contacted Sun Ya on the phone almost every day to ask when negotiations could officially start.
As the head of Paramount, he really can't wait.
You must know that Paramount has been doing really badly in recent years. Not only is it at the bottom among the major giants, but it is also a bit inferior to some first-line film companies. Therefore, Paramount urgently needs good news, and it must
It is good news with a high probability of success, which can boost the confidence of investors and allow the stock price to rise a little; it can also allow financial institutions to provide them with more loans.
The name laobai undoubtedly has such ability.
Therefore, compared to Forbidden City and Lotus, which have cooperated with Sun Peng many times and have established a very strong relationship, Paramount is undoubtedly the one who is most anxious.
However, Paramount was anxious, and Tim Hardaway's daily phone calls could not make Sun Peng change his original plan.
Day by day, I have been filming the movie steadily for a long time.
Not only because "The Martian" is the top priority now, but also because Sun Peng must seriously consider the positioning of the "Avengers" series, which heroes should be retained and which heroes should be deleted, including Spider-Man and Bat.
The question is whether heroes such as Xiamen and even Superman can be integrated into it.
Once this project is launched, it is no small matter.
After all, he alone can write at least twenty scripts, and the investment may exceed 3.5 billion US dollars. Naturally, he has to figure it out carefully and understand it before he can really start to do it...
Sun Peng is busy filming movies, trying to finish them all by September, and "Jumanji" released in June and "Die Hard 2" released in July are slowly running out of time this summer.
their box office potential.
The two movies together took in a box office of US$1.5 billion this summer.
But what displeases Benma Films, Bian Lin, Tang Long and others is that their "Jumanji" made one billion, while their "Die Hard 2" only made five hundred million...
It was still expected to be 500 million, but now it's only 460 million.
Although the investment was much less, the box office was still only half.
In the Chinese movie box office during the entire summer vacation, "Jumanji" can be ranked third, while "Die Hard" is seventh! As for the global box office, "Jumanji" ranks high
Second, it is second only to Hollywood's science fiction masterpiece, but "Die Hard" didn't even make the top ten, ranking at the pitiful eleventh place.
China's box office market is indeed huge and scary.
But Sun Peng didn't care about all this, because after knowing the approximate box office hit, he gave all his time and energy to "The Martian" and also found time to do the design and planning of "The Avengers". Even if it happens occasionally
When he has a little time, he will also use it to video chat with Zheng Jia to hear the results of prenatal check-ups and so on.
However, when the time came to late August and the filming of "The Martian" entered a critical period, director Sun Peng had to temporarily hand over the filming work to two assistant directors while he returned to the capital.
But early the next morning after returning home, Sun Peng followed Liu Chang to a six-story building.
At the gate of the small building, Fang Lanshen from Galloping Horse, Zhou An from Lotus, and a lot of subordinates in formal suits came up to them at the same time. After shaking hands with Sun Peng, Zhou An said with a smile: "Teacher Sun, this
How many times have we cooperated?"
"Haha, who remembers this clearly?"
Shrugging, Sun Peng also smiled and said: "How many years have it been before and after...Besides, what's the point of remembering this clearly?"
"Ha ha……"
After listening to Sun Peng's words, Fang Lanshen and Zhou An looked at each other and laughed at the same time.
Can't remember clearly?
How is that possible.
So what if they have been cooperating for many years? With just a few movies, how can it still be unclear if you change your mind a little bit? But it is obvious that Sun Peng's response made Fang Lanshen and Zhou An even happier.
After exchanging pleasantries at the gate, a group of people surrounded Sun Peng and walked into a hall on the second floor.
A long table and three contracts have already been laid out.