The first thousand five hundred and sixty-three chapters give up Spielberg
[The autumn wind dances across the mountains and rivers, and the frost leaves are all over the sky. A cold wind blows through the night, and this scene changes the world. - Autumn]
Ye Ming said very confidently: "Chinese culture is mysterious to Westerners. Therefore, if it is to be made into a science fiction movie, this is relatively easy to accept, because science fiction is, after all, a work of appropriate imagination.
.Horror movies have no borders. People who like horror movies will not give up this movie just because the story takes place in the East.
As long as we do a good job, there is no big problem in making a series of movies similar to Resident Evil."
Ye Ming's words are not ordinary confidence. According to Spielberg's current view, it seems that Ye Ming's movies have already made money and have become a series of movies.
At this moment, Spielberg said very curiously: "Ye, one thing I don't understand is why you are so confident about something like this. You know, there are no similar movies in the East that can be popular in the West.
Maybe South Korea's Han River Monster didn't lose money, but that's just a little bit of no loss in the West. As for Japan's Ultraman and so on, in the West, it is indeed not very influential. Not to mention your Chinese ones.
Sci-fi movies.
China is mysterious, but not many Westerners think it is science fiction. The real science fiction is in the West, to be precise, in Hollywood, which is the home base of science fiction. Do you think there will be any good science fiction works in China?
"
Ye Ming shrugged his shoulders, not caring about such an evaluation at all, because this is basically a fact. It is not that there are no science fiction films in China, but look at what they are called science fiction films. Basically, Ye Ming is the best.
The only thing in my memory is this movie about Lightning Beibei, a little boy whose whole body is electrified. The rest is the TV series Little Dragon Man, but it can be regarded as semi-mythical. Chinese science fiction movies? In Spielberg’s view, there is basically nothing
Basic.
Therefore, Ye Ming was not angry at all, but he immediately retorted: "This matter is not as simple as you said. China still has the soil for this. I have two creative ideas here, one is called The Walking Dead, and the other is called
Doomsday crisis means doomsday disaster. I believe that if you shoot it carefully, there will be no problem in it becoming popular."
Apocalyptic novels were basically destroyed by later Internet writing. Apocalyptic novels from various angles will appear. Ye Ming feels that there is always one that Westerners like, and later TV series such as The Walking Dead have become classic TV series.
It also proves that most people like to read this kind of apocalyptic literature, especially some decadent young people, who are the main force in this field.
On this point, Ye Ming does not think that the appetite of Westerners will change now. Therefore, he is still very confident in this kind of apocalyptic literature. As long as it is done with more care, it will not become a movie similar to Resident Evil.
No big deal.
Listening to the name, Spielberg can guess pretty well, but he is still not very optimistic about this apocalyptic novel, so he said: "For science fiction, I think the Hollywood version is more reliable."
, after all, the investment is quite large, and the Hollywood team is more reassuring. Otherwise, even investors would probably be suspicious of this kind of movie."
This is almost certain. For anything from the East, the first thing Westerners think of is to deny it. But if shooting becomes tomb robbing, then I think what will greet us at this time will be a great victory.
Regarding the theme of adventurous tomb robbing, Eastern culture is more mysterious than Egyptian culture. I have asked people to do a detailed investigation, and the result is that whether it is in Asia, Europe or the United States, similar movies,
Even those adventure tomb-robbery movies without any special effects, as long as the filming is done with care and the script is worthy of the audience, even if there are no big stars or good special effects, they can still arouse a strong response.
of.
For example, Blair Witch is a very good example. So I think if we make a movie of this type, it won't be too bad. At least making money will not be a problem. The question is how much money we can make."
Lucas immediately said: "However, you must know that although Blair Witch is said to be a low-key movie, its publicity expenses are not low. In terms of publicity expenses alone, it seems that some entertainment company spent three
It costs tens of millions."
Ye Ming nodded and said: "It's Artisan Entertainment, an independent distribution company, relatively small, but this is indeed a relatively typical means of using small to make a big impact. Although the 30 million promotional expenses may seem like
There is some water content, I won’t say this, everyone should be aware of it. If the water content is removed, then there is no problem with the publicity cost of more than 10 million. But do you think our Huihuang.com will not be able to afford the publicity cost of 10 million yuan?
Also, with the world-class pop-up promotion and online promotion of our brilliant website, even if we don’t invest a penny in other promotion costs, I think the movies we shot will definitely be popular in a short time.
Maximize the publicity. Moreover, if it is said that we cooperate, I believe no one will ignore the strength of the three of us.
Of course, if you say you are unwilling to do it, then it is not a big deal for us at Brilliant Film and Television to do it ourselves. After all, we still have the financial resources to do this kind of thing. Bringing them together is also because it will create resistance to the film in Europe and the United States.
It’s just smaller.”
Publicity is very important. The filming of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is good, but if it weren’t for how much money Director Li made, it would really be impossible to make more money. Although the overseas box office of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is more than 200 million, but that
It belongs to Colombia. Columbia Pictures has bought out the overseas copyright of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Therefore, no one can guarantee that in this case, the money belongs to Columbia Pictures.
Earn it. Of course, this also plays a role in promotion by Columbia Pictures, otherwise Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon would not have achieved such good results.
In order for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to win an Oscar and to have a good harvest for its movie, Colombia mobilized all its public relations efforts to publicize the Oscar judges. Not to mention that the Oscar judges cannot do public relations. As long as the money is in place, anything is possible.
What's more, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is also a conscientious martial arts work of good quality. Chinese kung fu movies are the only two popular Chinese movies in the Western world, and can even be said to be the most popular movie genre.
Cheng Long has a world-renowned reputation because he shoots kung fu movies. Li Lianjie can become a big Hollywood star. Although he is not a top star like the 20 million salary club, he is one of the first-tier and the top of the first-tier.
species exists.
If Fa Ge could have made two more movies similar to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, he would have become a Hollywood superstar. Unfortunately, he failed in the end. Therefore, after Bruce Lee, it can only be said that there were two and a half Chinese movies.
Actors have truly established themselves in Hollywood. These two and a half are Cheng Long, Li Lianjie and half Fa Ge.
It's a pity that Fa Ge's acting skills are superhuman. Columbia Pictures spent more than 10 million US dollars on promotion, which is almost the same as the 14 million US dollars spent to buy out Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Therefore, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
There are many reasons for the success of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The film is good, the producer knows how to run it, and the distribution company is willing to spend money. All of this has created the mythical box office of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Therefore, if the distribution is good, it is basically half of the success. If the film is good, then it is more than half of the success. The rest depends on luck. It is not just about the success of an artist but also the success of a movie.
In fact, it also requires luck. The bomb disposal expert won the Oscar, but was crushed by Avatar at the box office. Can you say that the bomb disposal expert is not as good as Avatar, or that the Oscar judges are all blind?
Therefore, Ye Ming is actually very confident. If the film he prepared is well promoted, success is inevitable and making money is inevitable. However, it will encounter some resistance. Westerners are relatively discriminatory towards Chinese films, but
If Spielberg and Lucas were involved, then there wouldn't be any big problems in such a matter.
Everything will be under control. Spielberg thought for a while and then said hesitantly: "Should we let this matter go for now? I'll think about it. If it is verified, I will consider participating. But now I
I just want to check out the Sanxingdui Culture thing. Even if I say this thing is a scam, I will still check it out to see how I was deceived. My money cannot be wasted, and my energy cannot be wasted.
It’s just wasted like this.”
Spielberg is not an ordinary stubborn person. A successful person, especially a person who is often successful, and a genius are usually very stubborn. Not ordinary stubborn, but very stubborn.
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Therefore, on a question like this, Spielberg even said that although he knew that he might have been deceived, at such a time, how did he get deceived, and what did he jump into?
You are in such a pit, and you have to see it with your own eyes to understand all of this.
Ye Ming also knew that the two people in front of him were not easy to convince, and since they had already confirmed this matter, if they said that they could not see the truth of the matter at this time, then what would happen if they could not see the truth of the matter?
If you want two people to really admit defeat on a question like this, it is basically impossible. After all, at a time like this, these two great directors have their own pride. Just recite it.
An antique dealer was deceived. If word really spreads, the two of them will not have any kind of brilliance on their faces.
Although it was said that the two of them did not come to check it out with great fanfare this time, with their reputations, they could not hide the news that they came down to check out Sanxingdui Culture.
Therefore, Spielberg was also very stubborn at this time. Even if he wanted to be fooled, he would have to see with his own eyes what kind of thing could make them fooled. At this time, Ye Ming had no choice at all.
The director's stubbornness cannot be easily changed by him.
In fact, Ye Ming himself also has such a stubborn mood. If he didn't have such a stubborn character, it would be difficult to say that he would be able to make any classic films. And people who can make classic films are basically
They are all directed by relatively stubborn directors.
Therefore, at this time, Ye Ming said without thinking: "I did not say that Sanxingdui culture is a scam, it is real, but how many of the antiques in Sanxingdui are real, and how many of the things rumored outside Sanxingdui are true?
It's true, it's hard to say.
Therefore, I think this matter needs to be considered carefully. It is not mature. At least now that there are no major discoveries in the Sanxingdui culture, I think the two of you should be cautious about such a matter.
Better. After all, investors’ money does not come from strong winds. If it is because of the Sanxingdui culture that the movie cannot make money, then the two reputations will also decline at this time. I don’t think so.
I believe you two will be very clear about it."
This is basically an inevitable phenomenon. After all, regarding such a problem, Ye Ming himself has experienced these things.
A great director generally has the right to fail once, which is basically the case in Hollywood. Of course, top directors like Spielberg, Lucas, Coppola, etc., the four major directors, have more rights to fail.
But it won't be infinite.
Therefore, Ye Ming also believes that in such a situation, if he accidentally fails in this regard and causes the movie to fail at the box office, then such a result will not be what investors are willing to see. If it fails once,
, then in such a situation, even a top director like Spielberg will have to bear a certain amount of pressure, at least for the investment in his next movie, there will be a certain limit.
of influence.
After all, as a director, it all depends on his work. The key to why Spielberg ranks first among great directors is his commercial value.
Although Spielberg himself is unwilling to admit that he is a commercial film director, in fact he is a commercial film director. This is something he cannot deny, and it does not mean that shooting one or two art films can change the reality.