Xiao Ping thought Xiao Qian didn't know what badam wood was and wanted to explain it.
How could Xiao Qian not know what almonds are?
I just didn't expect that the expansion ambitions of the three squirrels would reach this level.
He is more concerned about one problem.
“Can’t almonds be planted in Heilongjiang?”
Xiao Ping was stunned for a moment, with a strange expression on his face.
"I haven't thought about this issue, but the climates in Heilongjiang and Xinjiang are very different, so I'm not sure."
Xiao Qian couldn't stop laughing, so she had to say: "In that case, you should study with experts first to see if almond trees can be cultivated in Heilongjiang. If it is possible, there is no need to travel thousands of miles away. No.
If so, then explore new areas.”
Not only that, Xiao Qian also wrote a long list of names for Xiao Ping.
How can just one almond work?
Pistachios, cashews, pecans, nuts, hazelnuts, and almonds must be arranged.
After all, the preparation methods of these nut snacks are similar, but the taste is very good, which is rare in today's market. If Three Squirrels makes it, it will definitely be very popular.
In December, Xiao Qiancai returned to Shanghai, and Starlight Film and Television held a summary meeting.
The past year has been a huge success for Starlight.
The sensation caused by the more than 6 billion box office of "Fragrant Days" has not completely dissipated. This dividend alone will last at least ten or eight years.
"Once Upon a Time: Battle of the Lions" was also a complete hit.
This movie has pushed the Once Upon a Time series to an unprecedented height, and is highly praised in academia because of its extremely high ideological level.
The only regret is that Feng Buck Ya no longer wants to make action movies.
He learned from Ning Han and had his own pursuit.
Xiao Qian couldn't force others to do things they didn't want to do, and had to reward Feng Buck Ya for his achievements. So he took out "Old Pao" for Feng Buck Ya, which made Feng Buck Ya overjoyed and was already busy making preparations.
Lu Chuan's "Kekexili" was released in October.
The box office was average and the impact was so great that even the country began to pay attention to the poaching phenomenon in Hoh Xil.
Ning Han's "Crazy Racing" is based on the previous work and has a large audience. It will be released during the New Year's Eve.
Starlight Pictures' next plan is "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng".
There is no surprise that the lead actor is still Yang Zhen.
For this kind of Grandmaster type of movie, no one among Starlight's current stars can control it except him.
Xiao Qian has been sharpening his sword for two years, and he also likes to make movies himself. This time, it is another big plan.
"2007 is the 80th anniversary of the founding of the army, so we want to shoot a movie and TV series that reflect our army."
There is no need to think about the TV series and there are not too many choices. It must be "Soldier Assault".
This is a divine drama, just like "Bright Sword". If you want to make this type of film, you can't surpass it.
The TV series was directed by a director, and the movie was Xiao Qian’s original creation.
"I guess many people thought I would film the Nanchang Uprising. No, we will film something else this time."
When it comes to Army Day, it is naturally the Nanchang Uprising.
I also filmed "The Founding of an Army" in my previous life. It's right to find young actors to play the leading roles. What's the point of wearing hairspray?
Moreover, for this type of movie, Xiao Qian doesn't like to shoot subjects that are familiar to the public, or he prefers to explore the overlooked highlights.
Xiao Qian took out the script.
"Cold Iron Cable Crossing the Dadu Bridge"
Yes, it is the story of the Red Army forcibly crossing the Dadu River and seizing the Luding Bridge.
The reason why I thought of putting this feat on the big screen was actually influenced by the "War on the Sandbox" that I watched in my previous life as the owner of Station B.
The up owner only used simple sand table illustrations to describe historical battle examples in a very exciting way, which also indirectly increased the audience's understanding of historical details.
It was through these videos that Xiao Qian also discovered how to fix the problems that had always existed in war movies.
What problems have always existed with war movies?
I just can't shoot big scenes.
Some people may be dissatisfied. Which scene is less important in "Saving Private Ryan", "Hacksaw Ridge", "Pearl Harbor", or "Midway"?
Sorry, it's really not big.
Why not big?
This is due to film lens limitations.
What the movie lens presents is a single picture with a fixed perspective. Just like the human eye, the range of what can be seen and the content displayed are limited.
How far can a person's field of vision see? How large an area can it cover?
Obviously very limited.
The bloody battle scenes shown in the above-mentioned war blockbusters look wonderful, but in fact, they were just the tip of the iceberg on the battlefield at that time.
Just like the Normandy landing in "Saving Private Ryan", what a huge scene must be like with millions of Allied troops?
If you really want to take a shot, don't forget to say that if you want to take one shot to the end, you can at least shoot from one end to the other for a whole day.
A movie is only two hours long at most, and one scene takes a day to shoot. Will the audience still survive?
This is the actual problem.
Famous battles in history, with hundreds of thousands or millions of troops deployed in an extremely vast area, how could it be possible to capture them all through just one camera lens?
Therefore, war movies took a different approach and chose to tell stories from the perspective of small characters.
In the aforementioned movies, the protagonists are basically ordinary soldiers, either soldiers, non-commissioned officers, marshals, generals, commanders, etc., and they rarely appear in movies.
Why?
The radiation range of small people is only a little bit around them, so they can control the camera. But every word and action of big people determines the overall situation, which is difficult to express in movie lenses.
Take the Battle of Huaihai as an example.
If there are military deployments at the command level of both sides in the movie, such as Shuangduiji, Chenguanzhuang, etc., ask the audience, do they know where these places are?
The audience must have darkened their eyes.
These place names must have been learned in history books, but what is the relationship between Shuangduiji, Chenguanzhuang and Xuzhou? Ordinary viewers simply cannot connect it.
But while watching the war on the sand table, Xiao Qian discovered a brilliant idea.
That is to demonstrate the military deployment at the grand strategic level through a sand table.
In this way, an intuitive map appears on the screen, and combined with the commander's strategy, even the most ordinary audience can immediately understand why this battle is fought like this and why this unit appears here.
There is no doubt that this approach will greatly make up for the shortcomings of existing war movies and allow the movie lens to zoom in to the strategic level.
Otherwise, the best we can do is to capture the advance of the army in "Three Major Battles".
Of course, the sandbox method of showing the overall situation can be used, but it cannot be used all the time. After all, compared to normal movie scenes, the sandbox is too monotonous.
The audience comes to see exciting movies, not popular science films. This degree must be mastered.
In addition to using the sand table to show strategic layout, Xiao Qian also plans to make an innovation.
The most exciting part of the battle to seize the Luding Bridge was actually not the eighteen warriors climbing the iron rope, but the rapid march of the Red Army before.
The two hundred and forty miles are all mountainous. The Red Army vanguard only had one day and there were still enemies on the road. They could only attack and move forward.
Even thinking about it with my head seems impossible.
But history makes no assumptions. The vanguard of the Red Army accomplished this impossible feat, shining brightly in the history of world military affairs just like the Long March.
On the 28th, the Red Army vanguard units received orders to rush to Luding Bridge on the 29th. On the afternoon of the 29th, they actually appeared on the opposite side of Luding Bridge.
The terrain in western Sichuan is like that. Let alone hiking, even if ordinary people drive, can they cover 240 miles in one day?
When Xiao Qian saw this paragraph, he was confused and his blood was boiling.
Isn't this worth a shot?
But how to take pictures becomes a problem.
After referring to the terrain and picture requirements, he finally made up his mind to use a drone to shoot.
On a dark night with heavy rain, across the turbulent Dadu River, on the left were the Red Army advancing bravely, and on the right were the reactionaries who were forced to move on.
In the rainy night when you can't see your hands, the scene of advancing with torches on both sides would be so shocking if it were shot from a high altitude with a drone and presented on the screen.
Okay, the idea is clear, now we face a practical problem.
Drones haven’t been born yet…
Xiao Qian didn't hesitate and went south to Hong Kong to find Wang Tao.
It's 2005 now, and the movie is scheduled to be released on August 1, 2007, which is still two years away.
Xiao Qian knew that Wang Tao developed the first drone sample in 2006, which means that it can definitely be developed with today's technology.
The only difference is that in his previous life, Wang Tao basically started from scratch except for the support of his teachers and classmates. But now, Xiao Qian prepared a check of 2 billion for him.
Not only that, if Wang Tao needs any help, he only needs to start, and Xiao Qian will help him with the job of recruiting people.
