[A flying rainbow reaches across the clouds, and a sword shakes the sky. I am a new born, and the road to test the sword is uneven.--Feihong]
The next reporter asked about the crew. Although it was said that the last road movie invested by Universal was a blockbuster, this time the road movie was also looked down upon. But in this case
For one thing, at least the reporters who came to the scene had certain expectations for this movie. Otherwise, it would be hard to say whether they would be willing to come to the scene at this time.
Therefore, at this time, everyone is actually more concerned about the movie itself. The next questions asked by reporters are related to the movie itself. For example, how is this movie different from previous road movies?
The difference and what methods the director will use to attract the audience to the cinema are all the directors need to consider.
Rob Cohen also answered them one by one at this time. As a director, Rob Cohen is actually quite qualified. He can still answer these professional questions very accurately at this time.
The person from the New York Times is Kerry who is very interested in Eastern culture. It can be said that Kerry himself is relatively kind to Ye Ming. He believes that it is not easy for a Chinese kung fu actor to come to Hollywood.
As a media reporter, I should approach Ye Ming with a good-faith attitude. But unfortunately, the New York Times itself has a relatively left-leaning attitude towards Ye Ming.
He himself was helpless when it came to such a matter. The manuscripts written by Kerry about Ye Ming were basically revised by editors. Although sometimes he could not be honest and honest about Ye Ming, after all, he had to take into account
Due to the influence of Huihuang.com, among the many newspapers in the United States, the New York Times is now the one with more black leaves.
One thing that Kerry can do now is that during the interview process, he actually interviews news materials in a relatively realistic manner, and when writing articles, he tries to use an objective attitude when writing articles.
Since the New York Times has a lot of blackmailers, Kerry can't go against the editor at this time, otherwise his job will be in jeopardy. In such a situation, Kerry's question
They are all relatively fair.
At this moment, Kerry stood up and asked: "Director Cohen, I have a question. Since you just said that you would shoot a road movie in a new sense, special effects scenes must be indispensable at this time. But as the most powerful person in Hollywood,
Industrial Magic, one of the top special effects companies, is currently busy producing the Star Wars prequel Revenge of the Sith, and may not be well-received by outside movies.
May I ask what company you plan to use for special effects so that the movie can achieve a refreshing feeling for everyone?"
This question is of great concern to everyone, but it is also a fair question. As a reporter, it is very conscientious to ask this question instead of a tricky question. Industrial Magic is currently busy with stars.
Revenge of the Sith is a movie that almost everyone in Hollywood knows about. Nowadays, it is normal for everyone to pay attention to which special effects company is used in a movie like Fast and Furious.
Rob Cohen coughed, and then said calmly: "This reporter asked a very good question. In fact, even if you don't ask questions about this matter, I will still look for questions like this."
Chances are good. Since this movie of ours is said to give everyone a refreshing feeling, when it comes to special effects like this, it must be eye-catching.
As for which company we will use for special effects, in fact, this company is relatively familiar to everyone, it is Huihuang Film and Television. Huihuang Film and Television will be responsible for the production of the special effects shots of our company's entire movie. I think that in the future, Huihuang Film and Television will disappoint everyone.
of."
Brilliant Film and Television? Rob Cohen's answer is actually quite surprising. After hearing this answer, the reporters at the scene were basically stunned for a while. This thing is too unreasonable.
Among Hollywood's special effects companies, apart from industrial magic, there is also Weta Digital. This company used to be little-known and basically had no outstanding works. But in the year 2001,
At that time, Weta Digital launched The Lord of the Rings, becoming famous in one fell swoop and becoming the world's top special effects production team. Of course, there is also Cameron's digital field, the most famous of which is True Lies, and that classic among classics.
The Titanic.
Cinesite is a special effects company owned by Kodak. It has also achieved fruitful results, including the X-Men series, the Mission: Impossible series, and the most famous Harry Potter series.
Anyway, these are considered to be the world's top special effects production teams. Of course, the prices of these teams are still relatively high. For example, the investment for Fast and Furious is only 50 million. If this number is like hiring the above special effects companies to produce special effects, then what?
Regarding a matter like this, this one is quite embarrassing.
In a word, the Fast and Furious crew has no money, and Universal is not very optimistic about the Fast and Furious movie. Otherwise, there would be no problem in introducing top special effects companies.
Regarding such a matter, Kerry immediately asked: "Why does it have to be brilliant film and television, such as Industrial Magic, Digital Domain, Weta Digital, etc., these are all famous top special effects production teams in Hollywood.
The Fast and the Furious is a road movie, so strictly speaking, there shouldn’t be many special effects shots, so why not hire the world’s top production team to produce it.”
This actually makes Rob Cohen a little unable to answer. It’s really hard to say. If it is said that Brilliant Film and Television is a top special effects team, then it is a bit insincere. After all, it seems now, in fact
There is nothing outstanding about the special effects works of Huihuang Film and Television. Is that hard to say?
This question is also impossible. Ye Ming, the boss of Huihuang Film and Television, is sitting nearby. If he offends Ye Ming, then on such a question, there is actually not much difference between asking for death.
Therefore, at this time, Rob Cohen glanced at Ye Ming and said: "As for this matter, I think Ye Ming, as the chairman of Brilliant Film and Television, should be able to give you an accurate answer. After all, it is said in this way
At this time, Mr. Ye Ming is an expert on this issue."
In fact, if we talk about this question, it still depends on how Ye Ming copes with this problem. No matter how Robert Cohen answers the question, the final result will basically be the same inside and out.
They are not human beings. Therefore, under such conditions, it is more appropriate for Ye Ming to speak.
Ye Ming looked at Kerry very seriously, and then said: "Actually, I had expected that reporters would ask questions about this matter. I just said that I didn't expect that everyone would wait until this time to ask this question. We
The production technology of Brilliant Film and Television is also top-notch in the world. Even the special effects production is at the top level in the world.
In terms of video technology, we own more than 90% of the world's video patented technologies. From this point of view, it can actually be seen that under such circumstances, the film production level of our Glow Films is actually still
Quite clever.
It’s just that we have not developed in such a direction before, but we have been developing similar technologies. This time we can cooperate with the Fast and Furious crew, which is also a very exciting thing for us.
We will allow the audience to truly feel the disruptive power brought by new technologies."
When Ye Ming said this, it was actually a promise. However, many reporters at the scene were wondering if what Ye Ming said about this matter was true. But Kerry did not say anything about this matter.
Why ask too many questions? There were so many reporters at the scene, but he had already asked two, which was considered a rule. If he continued to ask, he would break the rule, and he would no longer have to be in the entertainment industry in the future.
However, even though Kerry had no way to ask about this matter, other reporters were not idle. There were more than one or two reporters who continued to ask this question. Sam, the reporter of Time magazine, was very good at catching
Seizing the opportunity, he immediately grabbed the microphone and said: "Mr. Ye Ming, we have great respect for Huihuang Film and Television's promotion of Internet video, but this matter seems to be a different development field from film special effects.
What exactly is the disruptive technology you are talking about? I think that not only the reporters at the scene are quite curious about such a thing, but in fact, even if we are talking about movie audiences, how about this kind of thing?
If you say something, you will feel very curious."
There is nothing wrong with this. Both Ye Ming and director Rob Cohen have always emphasized that their movies will surprise people, but what exactly is this surprise? Or is it just the Fast and Furious crew?
It's just a gimmick to promote your own movie.
If it is just a gimmick, then the crew of Fast and Furious did something like this a bit too much. Therefore, not only Sam thought it was necessary to find out what was going on, but also the reporters on the scene at this time.
You will definitely want to find out what this thing is all about. As a reporter, you naturally have the habit of asking for answers.
Ye Ming said with a smile: "Actually, I originally planned to tell everyone about this issue at the end of the press conference to give everyone a surprise, but now looking at everyone's status, it seems that they are very concerned about such a thing.
So, at this time, I won’t say anything else. First, let me explain an issue to you, which is the issue of the funding of our crew.
Although it is said that the investment of our crew is only 50 million US dollars, it doesn’t mean that my funds are only a little bit. Recently, our crew has attracted some sponsors. They are some automobile manufacturers from all over the world.
But they said that they would produce specially customized cars for our movie, and they would give us advertising money to make their products shine in our movie. Among them is the Dodge company, which is very familiar to American audiences. The Dodge company gave it to us.
The funding should be around US$7 million. In addition, Japan's Honda Toyota, South Korea's Hyundai, and our Chinese car rookie Bididi will all appear in the movie. Of course, these car manufacturers are all funding
paid for advertising.
Just how much funding do these car manufacturers give? More than 20 million. It can be said that this is just the sponsorship fee from the car manufacturers. Half of the investment in our movie has been almost recovered, as well as some other things in the movie.
The props, to be honest, are also in the process of intensifying interviews with us. I think this will be a surprise to everyone in the future.
Therefore, in fact, our crew is not short of money, and it does not mean that just because we are short of money, we cannot hire companies like Industrial Magic to produce special effects.
The only reason why our Fast and Furious crew chose the special effects produced by Brilliant Film and Television is that the special effects produced by Brilliant Film and Television are indeed eye-catching. What we choose is the best."
This statement is very shocking. It means that the special effects technology of Brilliant Film and Television is also the top special effects company in the world.
This made it difficult for Sam to believe this question for a while. When it comes to movie special effects, Hollywood is definitely at the forefront of the world. But now there is a brilliant film and television company, Ye Ming actually said that the movie special effects of brilliant film and television
The production technology will reach the world's advanced level, no, it will be the world's top production level.
This is actually somewhat hard to accept. It is estimated that not many people would be willing to believe such a question.
Among them, Sam naturally said he didn't believe it even more when asked a question like this.
Therefore, in such a situation, Sam said without politeness at all: "Mr. Ye, we can trust your company's video technology, but when it comes to special effects, in such a matter, I think you
The company is really hard to convince.”
This suspicion immediately aroused the approval of the audience. Ye Ming had actually expected such a thing for a long time. He waved his hand and said: "Everyone, please be quiet. I said that we will announce this at the end of the press conference."
question, but because everyone is very anxious and want to know what the result is.
Regarding a question like this, we first invite representatives from Dodge, Honda, Toyota and Hyundai to come on stage and let everyone witness the effects of some of the special effects created by our Huihuang.com.”