Chapter 643 What? Did you buy a special effects company?
Although "Fantasy Space" was somewhat popular in the United States, it was not as popular as "Saw".
Judging from the popularity on the Internet and various data, there is really a big gap between this "Dream Space" and "Saw".
Top analysts from major theater companies believe that even if this movie is given the same treatment as "Saw", this movie will only earn a box office of US$30 million at most.
How many Hollywood movies have a box office of $30 million?
They could give "Saw" a cut because they saw the crazy benefits, combined with Lu Yuan's sudden rise in influence in Hollywood...
This in itself will be of great help to them in the future.
But……
"Dream Space" is very tasteless.
If it were normal, you might consider spending millions of dollars to buy out the broadcast rights of this movie.
After all, you can still make some money.
but……
You said split?
And it’s still four or six?
What a joke!
How can I still make money and how much money can I make?
There are many Hollywood movies with a box office of 30 million US dollars. Is this one worse?
After much hesitation, major theater companies finally gave up on the idea of cooperating with Joaquin.
At the same time, although they continued to cooperate with Lu Yuan, they also openly and secretly condemned Lu Yuan's behavior that violated the unspoken rules of the theater online. There were even many trolls who appeared online to scold Lu Yuan.
, cries such as "Lu Yuan, get out of Hollywood. Lu Yuan is just rubbish. Michaels Cinema accepts all rubbish movies"...
After Lu Yuan saw this kind of curse, not only was he not angry, he actually wanted to laugh.
Especially when he saw such mindless comments like "Lu Yuan doesn't deserve to be in Hollywood, Lu Yuan favors the Chinese! Please restore order in the film industry! Lu Yuan comes out and apologizes!" He was about to burst into laughter instantly.
!
Favoring the Chinese?
I am an out-and-out Chinese citizen, a genuine Chinese!
I don’t favor the Chinese people. Who do I favor?
Do you still favor people from other countries?
Apologize?
What am I apologizing for?
I am my own theater chain and I can show whatever movies I want. What do I have to apologize to you for?
Am I like other people who can’t tell where I stand in the media and say vague things to please both sides?
If I divide, who am I in the way?
Are your theaters dissatisfied?
What can you do to me if you don't accept it?
Are you coming to bite me?
After Lu Yuan finished laughing, he felt inexplicably unhappy.
When Hollywood movies come to China, Chinese theaters are basically welcoming them. Although there are some rejections, as long as it is not a problem with the movie itself, there is basically no problem.
But……
After Chinese films entered Hollywood, why did they have so many weak actors?
This uncomfortable feeling lasted for a while and then calmed down again.
Lu Yuan had no choice.
In fact, there is a huge difference between Chinese movies and Hollywood movies at the moment.
There are endless good Hollywood movies. Even though Lu Yuan's "remote" entertainment has rushed to the forefront of film and television and won a battle with Hollywood movies, it still cannot change some of the status quo.
Many times...
Chinese films need a victory.
A complete, truly crushing victory.
Is there any chance of this?
There is definitely a chance!
But this will take time. Even Lu Yuan himself doesn't know how long it will take.
July 16th.
Lu Yuan took a day and went to the VIP room of his theater to sit down and watch "Dream Space" seriously.
I specially brought Liu Chen from the special effects company with me.
It seems that after the filming of the movie "Dream Traveler", Shen Lianjie suddenly had an enlightenment.
Lu Yuan suddenly discovered that "Dream Space" actually lacked a lot of impetuous feeling, and at the same time, all aspects of production were gradually becoming more sophisticated.
Although the plot of "Dream Space" is not amazing, but a very ordinary second-rate story about aliens invading the earth and the earth coming out to protect it, the compactness of the plot, including the control of details, actually made Lu Yuan feel "Dream Space" is a movie with a higher level of control than "Dream Traveler".
Photographed very carefully.
Of course, the selection of actors is also pretty good, and we didn’t specifically select young talents to star in this movie.
It can be seen that Shen Lianjie really calms down and makes movies, and he also knows that quality is the key to success, and it is not the little fresh meat that can support the box office...
When thinking of this, Lu Yuan suddenly remembered the movie "City Fortress" again.
seem……
I need to thank Han Lu for these things, and I need to thank City Fortress for these things?
After watching "Dream Space" Space Lu Yuan, Lu Yuan and Liu Chen walked out of the cinema.
Lu Yuan stopped and looked up at the blue sky in the distance.
"Brother Liu..."
"Mr. Lu..."
"What do you think of the special effects in "Dream Space"?"
"Mr. Lu, do you want to tell the truth?"
"Um."
"I can't say it's bad, but in my opinion, the special effects of this movie are not very good..." After Liu Chen finished speaking, he looked at Lu Yuan's expression and felt relieved when he saw that there was no other change in Lu Yuan's expression.
In fact, in his mind, the special effects of "Dream Space" are indeed not very good, and many places are a bit embarrassing.
"If you were asked to do it, how far could you do it?"
"I'm probably...much better than him. Well, for example, the special effects in the section where aliens enter the earth are very poor. In my opinion, this kind of special effects is a bit like 50-cent special effects. You can see this The special effects team was lazy, and the part where the protagonist saves the world was particularly embarrassing in my opinion. There was definitely a lot of laziness in the special effects. Of course, these things can be forgiven. The thing that left me speechless the most was... if I were asked to do it If I do, I think..."
Lu Yuan found that Liu Chen, who was usually timid, could talk a lot after talking about movie special effects.
Although Lu Yuan couldn't understand a lot of these things, Lu Yuan felt that what Liu Chen said made sense.
Experts watch the door, laymen watch the fun.
"Brother Liu..."
"Mr. Lu...I...did I say too much...I'm sorry, I...didn't stop for a moment..." Liu Chen was frightened when he saw Lu Yuan's thoughtful expression and quickly lowered his head. , his face started to turn red again.
He looked very uneasy and timid.
"Brother Liu, that's not what I mean. What I mean is that if Hollywood has no movies to consider for the time being, should we first consider some movies from China?"
"China?"
"Well, yes, China. Many special effects companies in China are at this level, and most of them are not as good as this "Dream Space". Of course, although there are investment constraints, there is still a gap in hard power."
"Mr. Lu, I have also considered China, but... we are not famous in Hollywood. Even if we go back to China, we can only take on second-rate films at most. Others... we are not qualified..." Liu Chen shook his head and said
Time and words are also a bit at a loss.
"It'll get better"
"Brother Liu... these don't seem to be a problem to me." Lu Yuan suddenly shook his head, "I know some Chinese directors, I'll contact them and ask..." Lu Yuan patted Liu Chen on the shoulder, "Brother Liu,
It’s okay, we are the strongest, as long as our quality is excellent, we can eat wherever we go, we just lack an opportunity, and now, there should be no shortage of opportunities.”
"ah……"
"Hold on."
"oh."
On the street where people come and go.
Liu Chen looked at Lu Yuan and took out his cell phone and dialed a number.
Liu Chen was temporarily in a state of confusion.
Then the phone call came through.
"Director Li? Yes, I am Lu Yuan..."
"In Hollywood? Haha, I'm doing just fine in Hollywood. By the way, Director Li, I remembered that you were preparing to shoot "Blood 3". I wonder how the preparations for "Blood 3" are going now?"
"Huh? We're already in the middle of filming? Oh, by the way, how's your special effects team doing?"
"Are you preparing the previous special effects team? By the way, Director Li, have you signed a contract with the previous special effects team?"
"You haven't signed it yet? Oh, just don't sign it yet, Director Li. Actually, I saw a better special effects team in Hollywood. I thought about it and thought I wanted to share it with you..."
"Ah? You...Director Li, how do you know it was me who acquired it? This needs to be kept secret..."
"Okay, okay, I'll ask Brother Liu to contact you later..."
"Well, okay."
Under the sun.
Liu Chen's eyes were dull.
There was a bustling crowd walking around and it should have been noisy.
But Liu Chen found that he couldn't hear any sound.
"Brother Liu, "Blood 3" directed by Li Mingrui is expected to have an investment of 200 million yuan. This is a big production, and there will definitely be a lot of money spent on special effects... I told him, this is Director Li's number, you will come back later
Contact him..."
"..."
Liu Chen opened his mouth.
I don't know why, but it feels like my ears can't hear anything, and I feel extremely suffocated.
Two minutes...
Yes!
Just two minutes.
Then……
Is this done?
"Brother Liu, what's wrong?"
"Oh oh oh, I'll contact you right away..."
"By the way, Brother Liu, I heard before that Director Zhang and Director Zhang are also preparing a movie with an investment of 40 million. I don't know what it is. I am familiar with Director Zhang and have a good relationship with him. If there is any need for special effects,
It shouldn't be a big problem to say hello... Wait! By the way, speaking of relationships, it seems that Joaquin also has some connections, it seems..." Halfway through, Lu Yuan's eyes lit up inexplicably.
He suddenly thought of Xu Cancan.
right!
Joaquin’s current head of family, Xu Cancan and Lu Yuan, also thought they could contact him.
"Hello……"
"Mr. Xu, hello, I am Lu Yuan..."
"right!"
"Yes, today, I would like to recommend to you a very good special effects team in Hollywood. If the company needs to make a movie in the future, you can find this team. All the people in the team are Chinese..."
"right!"
"Ah...well, to tell you the truth, this company does belong to me. Well, if necessary, I can...wait, is there a need? The company is planning to make a fantasy action film with an investment of nearly 200 million?
Okay, okay! I'll ask him to contact you later."
"..."
"Brother Liu, there is a high probability that we will be able to talk about another movie. Mr. Xu from Joaquin hopes that you will show them the sample film..."
"..."
Under the sun...
Liu Chen swallowed his saliva.
He looked at the time.
Five minutes.
Two movies that exceeded 200 million.
That's it...
Got online?
……………………
Joaquin.
Xu Cancan hung up Lu Yuan's call.
The beautiful face is full of complexity...
She looked out the window.
This guy...has set up a special effects company again?
What does he want to do?
Does he really want to work in all industries in the entertainment industry?
This ambition is no longer the ambition of being an entertainment company.
What the hell...
Simply inappropriate?
This moment...
Even people like Xu Cancan, who has seen the world, were confused in the wind after answering the phone.
"Mr. Xu...is this Lu Yuan's phone number?"
"yes……"
"Lu Yuan, he established a special effects company?"
"Um……"
"this……"
Shen Lianjie, who was standing nearby, opened his mouth.
Then……
He suddenly didn't know what to say.
…………………………
Hollywood.
Two more days have passed.
Major theater chains suddenly realized something very bad.
That is...
The movies of Migos Cinema were suddenly sold out, and the reviews of Migos Cinema among the major cinemas were rising higher and higher...
Even the previously abolished standing tickets were introduced again.
this……
After they analyzed it, their bad mood became a little better.
Although Chinese films have always been considered marginal films in Hollywood, they have not received much attention.
but……
Things are rare and valuable.
There is only one theater showing the latest Chinese movies. Isn't this a gimmick?
and……
There are really not a lot of Chinese people in the United States, and they can only watch it at the Migos theater chain. At the same time, Migos theater chain is not a very large theater. Based on these reasons, it seems reasonable that it will be full?
Even if it's full, how much money can it make?
All theaters nodded.
But……
Don't know why...
There is always a strange feeling in many theaters.