Chapter 546: Three thousand universes (4200+ chapters~)
Looking at the track of Hollywood movies conquering the global market, in the 1980s and 1990s, Hollywood opened up the global movie market with its own science fiction film "Jurassic Park", and then there were all kinds of big-scene actions.
Movies, similar to those of Schwarzenegger and Stallone, serve as the main force, and there are also some comedy films and romance films as the commando force, such as the "Home Alone" series and the "Human Ghost" film that Wu Jianye is preparing to shoot.
"The End of Love" and Cameron's big boat.
After 2000, as film technology developed better and better, Hollywood superhero movies began to shine, and eventually became a unified IP series of movies!
There is also an alternative "Fast and Furious" series of movies. In fact, to put it bluntly, in the end, the "Fast and Furious" series also followed the path of superheroes, and the abilities of several leading actors are comparable to superheroes.
To put it simply, they created their own movie universe!
So why can’t Chinese-language films create their own cinematic universe?
In fact, Chinese film practitioners in later generations have already done this, and the most successful ones are actually "Tangtan Universe" and "Fengshen Universe"!
Among them, 'Fengshen Universe' is also an animated series...
Wu Jianye thought of this and sat up on the bed. Gong Yin looked at Wu Jianye curiously and asked, "What's wrong?"
"It's okay. I have some ideas that I need to write down. You can rest by yourself. I probably don't have time here!" Wu Jianye replied.
Although Gong Yin was a little strange, he still nodded obediently, "Then remember to go to bed early."
Wu Jianye: "Yeah!"
Just after taking two steps, Wu Jianye heard Gong Yin's voice urging him from behind: "Smoke less!"
"Okay, I'll eat the white rabbit!" Wu Jianye waved his hand and came to his study.
After sitting down, Wu Jianye took out a brand new notebook from the drawer.
First of all, on the first page, Wu Jianye wrote the four characters "Fengshen Universe".
If we talk about the novel that has the most far-reaching influence in the Chinese mythology system, then "The List of Gods" has to be ranked second, and no one would dare to admit it is the first. There are hundreds of mythical characters appearing in it.
Even the achievements shown in the mythological system of "Journey to the West" cannot be compared with "The List of Gods".
The later animated version of "Feng Shen Universe" also proved its strength with huge box office. However, what worries Wu Jianye is that almost all of the live-action versions of "Feng Shen Universe" have crashed on the street. The worst among them is "Feng Shen Universe".
The god-like movie that the Xiangs created to flatter themselves.
The level of popularity even exceeded that of Tsui Hark's "Shu Mountain" during the Chinese Star period!
Fortunately, he was his biological son. If he had been an ordinary actor, that one movie alone would have been enough to sentence his entertainment career to death.
At the same time, there is another hidden danger in this series, that is, the copyright issue. "Feng Shen Bang" came from the Ming Dynasty, and there has long been no so-called copyright ownership. In other words, anyone can use this theme. If Wu Jianye chooses
As for this movie universe, then it is very likely that there will be a movie in the Fengshen universe that will be released across the country.
In fact, there are already signs of this kind of thing in later generations, such as the animated version of "Feng Shen Universe", Wu Ershan's "Feng Shen Trilogy"...
These are all true, and Wu Jianye is even thinking that if it takes place purely in the ancient mythological universe, then it will be a huge challenge for the movie to be welcomed by European and American audiences...
Thinking of this, Wu Jianye reluctantly drew an × on the four words "Fengshen Universe".
Then there is the Journey to the West universe. The overall influence of "Journey to the West" is definitely greater than that of "Feng Shen Bang", which can also be reflected in the film adaptation.
For example, later movies adapted from "Journey to the West" were more successful than "The Legend of the Gods", Zhou Xingchi's "Conquering Demons" and "Conquering Demons", the "Journey to the West" series, and the "Journey to the West" series starring Zhen Zidan and Aaron Kwok.
The movie achieved impressive box office success.
However, "Journey to the West" faces even more problems than "Bang of the Gods". There is no need to talk about copyright issues. At the same time, the main characters of "Journey to the West" are actually the four masters and disciples of Tang Monk, and most of the rest are monsters, and
It belongs to a travelogue type of novel, which means there are relatively few single-player movies that can be adapted from it.
It can be tried as a small universe, but there is no way to support a movie that is so huge that all kinds of characters appear one after another and the big universe is combined.
At this point, the most successful one is the Marvel Universe. Relying on the large platform of hundreds of superheroes in Marvel Comics, the Marvel Universe can launch a single movie of a certain superhero at any time, and then simultaneously
There are many superhero alliances in comics similar to the Avengers.
The Illuminati consists of Mr. Fantastic, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Professor X, Black Bolt, Namor, Black Panther, Beast, Hulk and others.
Midnight's Sons formed by Blade, Ghost Rider, Hannibal King and others.
The X-Men formed by mutants.
Judge, searcher, eradicator, collector, measurer, analyzer, calculator, explorer, prosecutor, tester and other celestial beings from outer space.
There are even Chinese Eight Immortals involving Chinese superheroes...
Each of these superheroes has their own old enemy, and the organizations they form also have their own old enemies. It is undeniable that this form of expression is easier to adapt into movies and easier to be accepted by the audience.
If Wu Jianye really wants to create a super IP that belongs to himself or to Chinese movies, then this form is the best way to express it!
Since the existing Fengshen universe and Journey to the West universe are not suitable for the movie universe Wu Jianye has in mind, is it possible to create a movie universe?
The prehistoric universe, the mythical universe, the fairy universe, the fantasy universe, the high martial arts universe, the low martial arts universe, the technological universe, the realistic universe...
Slowly, Wu Jianye wrote more and more movie universes in his notebook. Being able to think of these universes was also due to the fact that Wu Jianye in another time and space was particularly obsessed with online novels for a while.
In the end, Wu Jianye wrote a "Three Thousand Universes"!
But trying to unite these universes to form a huge Tangting Culture movie universe will be an extremely complicated matter, and it won't happen overnight.
And there is another issue that Wu Jianye must pay attention to, and that is the issue of the power system. Why does the later DC universe always feel a little worse than the Marvel universe?
One of the most important issues is the reason why Superman, an invincible superhero, exists in the DC universe. His appearance has turned the entire power system of the DC movie universe into chaos.
Although the power system of Marvel movies is also a bit confusing, it is countless times better than that of the DC universe.
As for why Wu Jianye finally wrote about Three Thousand Universes, the biggest reason is actually in Wu Jianye’s conception. The beginning of all stories must appear in the real universe, so as to give the audience the greatest sense of immersion.
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These universes exist like individual entities. According to later Internet literature, they are stories that take place in different planes.
The real universe is the origin of all plane universes. If the real universe is gone, other universes will be gone. However, the crossing of planes will greatly reduce the abilities of superheroes, so that the balance of the power system can be maintained.
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To complete such a huge movie universe, the ability of Wu Jianye alone is definitely not enough. This is something that can only be accomplished by a huge creative team.
And among them, there are two issues that Wu Jianye pays the most attention to.
The reason why Marvel movies and DC movies are successful is that the comics of the same name have been serialized in North America for decades, which has already laid a solid audience base.
After the film technology matures, it will be a matter of course to adapt the film. Now Wu Jianye is almost completely restarting a new universe, so first of all, the audience's acceptance will not be as high as that of Marvel DC.
This requires the assistance of novels and comics.
Moreover, it is impossible for Wu Jianye's plan to cover the whole country in just one place in Xiangjiang. At the same time, coupled with domestic policy reasons, if you want to accomplish this, you must get help from domestic high-level officials.
Another problem is technical. Special effects production has always been a shortcoming of domestic films. Even thirty years from now, domestic stunt companies will still lag behind Hollywood for many years.
This is not to say that there are no such talents in China and Hong Kong, but more importantly, there is no such soil at all. The films in Hong Kong do not need the so-called science fiction movies at all. The current mainstream films in Hong Kong are enough to support the entire Hong Kong film industry.
, this is also the reason why Xiangjiang movies are too small.
Domestic movies have grown in size, but in the current domestic movie environment, not to mention science fiction movies and drama movies, it is almost impossible to develop. Trying to make science fiction movies in China in the 1990s is tantamount to seeking death.
However, if we do not develop domestic film special effects and follow the footsteps of Hollywood two thousand years later, we will be lagging behind longer and longer.
In later generations, after 2010, domestic film makers always liked to use the special effects production team of "Avatar" as publicity. Domestic audiences were also very excited at first, but as a result, most of what they saw was
Five cents special effects.
There are many tricks here. Take Cameron's "Avatar" as an example. The special effects company he hired was not a special effects company at all. In order to complete the filming of "Avatar", James Cameron almost hired
We have visited all the top special effects companies in the United States, and these special effects companies are responsible for the fields they are best at.
This resulted in the top-notch audio-visual effects of "Avatar". As for domestic movies that claim to have hired the special effects team of "Avatar", in fact they just hired one of the special effects companies.
And that's not all. In order to fulfill Cameron's request, those special effects companies sent out almost all the company's elites. After all, the filming of "Avatar" was like a martial arts conference in Chinese martial arts novels. All the
The special effects company worked hard to stand out in this conference.
When it comes to producing special effects for Chinese movies, what you produce is just your own intern team. Coupled with the difference in production costs, it is naturally impossible for the other party to do special effects for you properly.
So what came out in the end could only be 50 cents special effects.
Although Wu Jianye could choose to hire a Hollywood production team when producing this type of movie later, and Wu Jianye was willing to spend money to hire a real entire team.
However, the cultural gap between the East and the West will still cause these foreigners to produce special effects in movies that lack the essence of China. There are lessons to be learned from this, such as the huge hit "Asura" in later generations...
If you are neither in the middle nor out, it would be strange if you don't throw yourself into the street.
Special effects talents are urgently needed!
This type of talent is not achieved overnight, but requires a long period of practical training to be successful. Thinking of this, Wu Jianye began to have a headache again, because Xiangjiang may still be able to find a few such talents, but he wants to
It’s really difficult to find it in China!
But soon, Wu Jianye thought of his alma mater, the Yanjing Film Academy. There was absolutely no shortage of film talents there, but there were also difficulties. That is, he couldn't let the film academy open a new special effects department. Let's not talk about the procedures.
How troublesome it is, even if you want to recruit students, it is an extremely troublesome thing.
The most important thing is that there is no need for such talents in the country now, which means that even if these students graduate, they may face the possibility of unemployment. Even Wu Jianye cannot accept them all, so he established a separate department.
It's impossible.
But that doesn’t mean there’s no room for maneuver here.
Thinking of this, Wu Jianye raised his head and found that the sun was already shining outside. Looking at the time, it was already past ten o'clock.
Stretching and letting out a groan, Wu Jianye walked out of the study room, where Gong Yin was holding Wu Qichen and coaxing the child.
"Has it just finished?" Gong Yin asked distressedly when he saw Wu Jianye.
Wu Jianye smiled: "It's okay, I'm very energetic."
Gong Yin nodded and then said: "Then I will ask my servant to prepare breakfast for you!"
Wu Jianye said: "No need, I have something to do and need to go back to Yanjing."
Gong Yin immediately showed a hint of disappointment, "Didn't you say you can stay until June or July?"
Wu Jianye smiled and said: "Don't worry, I'm just going back for a trip. I'll be back in about two or three days!"
Gong Yin smiled when he heard what Wu Jianye said: "Okay, I'll help you pack your luggage!"
"By the way, would you like to ask Dai Zhen and Chen Le to go back with you?" Gong Yin asked.
"I'll call them!" Wu Jianye said after thinking for a moment, and then went to make a call.
Not long after, Dai Zhen and Chen Le arrived at the villa. They heard that they were going back to Yanjing for a few days, but they didn't say anything. After Gong Yin packed Wu Jianye's luggage, the three of them rushed to the airport. As for the air tickets, of course
Someone is in charge.
However, this kind of thing has always been the responsibility of Yaoguang Group. Wu Jianye decided to find a full-time secretary in China or Xiangjiang. Xia Xiaohong needed to be responsible for the domestic situation, and he also needed a full-time secretary by his side.
Gong Ying waited for Wu Jianye to leave before he came to Wu Jianye's study. He looked at the ashtray full of cigarette butts on Wu Jianye's desk and showed a wry smile, but he still helped Wu Jian attentively.
I cleaned it up at night, and then put two boxes of cigars in the drawer where Wu Jianye used to take cigarettes...
I heard that cigars are not as harmful to the human body as cigarettes.