Chapter eight hundred and seventy-first self-destruction
Everyone has been very interested in this science fiction movie a long time ago. After all, it is China's first science fiction film production and it is produced by Chen Mubai. With the quality and reputation of Chen Mubai's works, everyone will naturally look forward to it.
Chen Mubai personally promised to make a science fiction movie. Everyone thought it would take a few years to see it, but they didn't expect to see it in a year. So when Tao Yaoyao revealed the relevant information about this movie, netizens were really surprised.
I was surprised.
The science fiction movie itself is enough to make people look forward to it. Unexpectedly, it was revealed that the production budget was one billion yuan, which was even more shocking!
If the news is true, it will break the highest production standards in Chinese film history, and it will be unprecedented in terms of scale and budget!
Even if you look around the world, there are only a handful of productions with this kind of budget.
It can be said that since it was revealed that Chen Mubai was going to shoot a science fiction movie, countless people in China have been looking forward to it, and everyone also wants to see how far China's science fiction works can go.
For a long time, everyone has been watching foreign science fiction films and television works, but not real domestic science fiction blockbusters.
Even though there are some works that claim to be science fiction movies, they are all selling themselves off. In fact, there is no science fiction at all. They are all romance and comedy films.
At most, there are no special effects for an alien, and there are not even fierce fighting scenes. Moreover, the special effects can be seen at a glance to have a sense of fragmentation. They are not as realistic as foreign countries, and they are not integrated into the real environment.
There have been many discussions on the Internet about Chen Mubai's science fiction movies. Neither Mubai Entertainment nor Chen Mubai responded. Everyone has been waiting for a response in the discussion.
Now, Mubai Entertainment is finally responding, and Chen Mubai's new movie press conference has finally been held. There are too many questions in everyone's mind, and maybe they can all be answered.
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The press conference for "Iron Man" was crowded with media reporters. There were also many fans outside who came to watch, and security personnel were doing security work at the scene.
The fans were enthusiastic and shouted the names of Chen Mubai and other leading actors. Among the stars who appeared, there were also other well-known stars.
Although this movie was independently produced by Mubai Entertainment, not all of the actors were hired by Mubai Entertainment. Several of the characters who had more roles were stars from the local Jiaxing economy.
The main purpose of this drama is to spread its influence. Naturally, the more stars, the better. For this reason, there are many foreign actors who are contracted by the American Mubai Entertainment Division and are also relatively famous stars.
In addition to their roles in "Prison Break" and "The Walking Dead" and their popularity, they were not pure newcomers before this, but they were not as popular as they are now.
The popularity of these two dramas gave rise to the actors' popularity, allowing their careers to reach new heights.
This time, in "Iron Man", they come together again, and they will definitely be able to give the movie the greatest help and help the work expand its influence!
This press conference was held in China. Not only Chinese reporters were present, but also foreign reporters!
This was arranged by Mubai Entertainment. The press conference of this film is for global release. Mubai Entertainment is solely responsible for the reporter's expenses, just to let foreigners know the relevant information about this film!
The reporters were waiting for the question and answer session. They had so many questions they wanted to ask!
These are the topics that netizens pay the most attention to and discuss the most!
The reporters started asking questions.
"Regarding the "Iron Man" movie, there was news earlier that an investment of one billion yuan was invested. Is this true?"
The first question attracted everyone's attention, and everyone looked at Chen Mubai curiously.
This issue was the most discussed and widely discussed issue at the beginning, and now we finally have the opportunity to know the facts.
Chen Mubai was not surprised and did not do Tai Chi to avoid the topic.
"no."
Chen Mubai's answer instantly caused movement in the place that was quietly listening to the answer, and the noise continued.
It seems that this is really Mubai Entertainment’s promotion strategy for this movie?
Although Mubai Entertainment has never said this, the person who said it is Tao Yaoyao!
This is tantamount to using Tao Yaoyao in disguise to promote the movie. If Chen Mubai directly denies it, wouldn't it be harmful to Tao Yaoyao?
When everyone was noisy and confused, Chen Mubai spoke again.
"To be precise, it should be more than one billion yuan. This is a conservative budget. In the post-production shooting, we will continue to increase investment, just to achieve the best results and ensure the quality of the film is higher!"
"Wow!"
This time, the whole place was excited.
It turns out that Chen Mubai’s denial just now was not to deny the authenticity of this topic, but to say that the budget of one billion yuan was a conservative estimate!?
These words were like a giant hammer, hitting everyone's hearts hard and causing huge turmoil.
The reporters were also shocked by Chen Mubai's bold words.
No one has ever said such grand words. Even the director of the "Monster" series would not dare to say such bold words!
Because the director does not have the absolute right to speak, only the investment does. A movie can have a budget based on how much investment it can attract. It is not possible to increase the investment budget indefinitely!
What makes Chen Mubai different from others is that he is both a director and an investor, so he has the confidence and ability!
Chen Mubai spoke loudly and his expression didn't seem to be fake, which showed that he really did what he did.
"The budget of one billion is not enough, why?" a reporter asked confusedly.
What this reporter said also raised questions in the minds of many people. Such a high budget is not enough. What kind of trouble is this?
Chen Mubai didn't mind his rashness, but chose to answer: "This is the first Chinese science fiction movie. I hope to do my best to be the best. This will be a beginning rather than an end."
"For me, this movie is the beginning of a series in my heart. China values a good start, and I think so too, so I attach great importance to the quality of this movie. Quality is more important than profit.
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The reporter keenly grasped the key point: "The beginning? The beginning of what series?"
Chen Mubai smiled and replied: "As we all know, "Monster" is a series of movies, using monsters as the grand plan to create a "monster" universe. Each movie is a continuation of this series and derives IP. As long as there are monsters, everyone will
Happy to pay for the movie."
"My thoughts are the same. My definition of this movie is a superhero movie. It is also a series, not a complete movie."
The reporter's eyes lit up: "In other words, this is just the first part of "Iron Man", and there will be 2 and 3 in the follow-up?"
"Yes." Chen Mubai nodded in confirmation.
"This movie is both the beginning and the representative."
Chen Mubai told everyone about his grand plans based on the "Monster" series of movies. However, the reporters present only thought that he was going to make a sequel to "Iron Man" and continue it. They never thought that Chen Mubai wanted to make more superhero movies.
Then blend this together!
Even in the "Monster" series, new monsters appear all the time, rather than putting all the monster protagonists in one movie.
Because each monster is an independent protagonist and has the highest combat power in their respective works. If they are put in the same movie, the combat power will not be well balanced and will cause a fan war. After all, each monster has a fixed fan group.
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If their respective invincible existences are placed in the same work, which one is stronger and which one is weaker?
This kind of scale is difficult to grasp. Once the filming is not done well, it will inevitably cause disputes, which is fatal to the movie. After all, "Monster" has a huge fan base and is relatively harmonious. Once the two monsters really confront each other, their respective fans
They will also be divided, resulting in scolding wars.
Although more gimmicks may bring the film's performance to a higher level, the risks are still very high, and the chance of failure is greater. If you really do this, it would be a bit thankless.
Chen Mubai said that he wanted to shoot a superhero universe. In everyone's eyes, they only thought that he would shoot various heroes and did not think that he would gather heroes to form a universe.
This plan is too grand and the layout is huge. The most important thing is that no one would have thought that Chen Mubai would want to integrate these heroes into one work. It is really appalling!
At least, there is no precedent for this in this world, so naturally no one would think of it.
Chen Mubai's words only made reporters think that he wanted to create a "Chinese version of the heroic universe" to counter the Hollywood monster universe.
The reporter asked again: "What does superhero mean?"
"We all know heroes. There are many related figures in history, including some famous people who can also be counted as heroes. In ancient times, they were the kind of knights with quick swords and kindness. Superheroes, as the name suggests, are not ordinary people but superhuman beings."
Chen Mubai said firmly: "The reason why it is a science fiction movie is that humans are the masters of the earth, but there are still other creatures in the universe. The earth will encounter these invaders, and these superhuman beings will stand up to protect humans. This is what superheroes do."
meaning."
The reporter wondered: "Aren't the so-called superhuman beings the gods in mythology?"
Chen Mubai shook his head and said softly: "Similar but different. We all have extraordinary abilities, but the difference is that these superhumans themselves are human beings and not aloof gods."
Everyone was not very satisfied with Chen Mubai's explanation and was a little confused by what he said.
Just listen to him continue: "The gods are high above, and they also have interest groups. Just like the Jade Emperor is in charge of the Eastern Heaven, and the gods below also work for him. The monsters in "Journey to the West" all have their own destiny. Basically
Sun Wukong didn't kill any monsters, so the White Bone Demon was really killed because he had no power."
"For gods, the life and death of mortals is not important. They are more selfish. Gods are not perfect existences. Only humans understand human suffering better because they are the same type of people. Only such people can become superheroes.
They will protect the earth more firmly. From the perspective of their own motivations, superheroes are better than the gods above."
"Of course, this is my understanding of superheroes and gods."
This explanation was very detailed and the reporters understood it.
Some people think that what Chen Mubai said is indeed reasonable. Even if he is a character in myth, would he have no selfish motives?
Of course not, even in mythology, everyone is full of selfishness, just like Medusa in ancient Greek mythology was originally an extremely beautiful woman, but was eventually jealous of Athena and turned into a snake monster.
Even gods can't escape their selfish motives. Can they really do this if they risk their lives to protect weak humans?
It is naturally impossible to look at the problem from an adult's perspective, but heroes who grow up as humans, because they have the same roots, will indeed pay more attention to the destruction of mankind, regardless of interests, this is a war between races!
"Superhero." After someone read it a few times, someone suddenly said: "Since we are fighting against enemies in the universe, there must be more than one person, right?"
"So, there will be many heroes appearing, and these characters will be made into movies?"
This question is very high-level, and it involves the future planning of Mubai Entertainment. If this is true, it means that Mubai Entertainment will shoot many science fiction movies, and it will not only be one series, but maybe multiple series!
After all, there are several "Iron Man" movies, so maybe the same is true for the rest of the personal hero movies?
"Yes." Chen Mubai decisively admitted.
"Wow!"
Everyone present exclaimed, and then everyone started to get excited.
Since Chen Mubai admitted this in public, it means that he must have this plan. Maybe China will usher in the era of "science fiction movies"!
Even if only Mubai Entertainment is filming, judging from this huge filming plan, there will be no shortage of science fiction movies!
What's more, once the prospects of science fiction movies improve, companies will inevitably join in to get a share of the pie. Perhaps China's science fiction era will come!
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After the "Iron Man" press conference, everyone really learned the relevant information about this movie, and they were also shocked by Chen Mubai's grand plan and amazing investment.
It is extremely rare to invest such a large sum of money in a movie. An investment of one billion is already the highest investment in a Chinese film. Unexpectedly, this is only a guaranteed budget. This shows how much effort Chen Mubai will put into this movie!
"It's so outrageous. Chen Mubai really surprised me!"
"Yes, when I first saw the news, I thought it was false, but I didn't expect it to be true, and even worse..."
"Science fiction movies, superhero universe, I'm looking forward to it~"
"I quite agree with the views of gods and superheroes mentioned by Chen Mubai. Maybe it is because I have read too many mythological works, and I have a deep understanding of the insignificance and weakness of human beings. For these extraordinary characters, our life and death are indeed not determined by them.
Note that they are even sacrifices, just like the gods in the Cthulhu mythology, there is no distinction between good and evil."
"I support Chen Mubai. This movie has many of my favorite stars. I have recently watched "Prison Break" and "The Walking Dead", and the leading actors are also among them. Looking forward to it~"
"Not to mention anything else, the movie poster alone makes me feel very handsome. Chen Mubai looks a bit handsome with half of his face covered by a mask!"
Netizens are discussing this movie with unprecedented enthusiasm, and countless media news are reporting on the contents of the press conference.
The same is true for foreign audiences. After all, these foreign reporters were invited and not in vain. They all received red envelopes and naturally worked hard to write copy for the film.
All information about the movie and Chen Mubai's future plans were reported.
There are audiences abroad who are looking forward to it, but some people are disdainful. They don't think Chen Mubai can compete with Hollywood blockbusters.
Wanting to create a universe similar to "Monsters" is really a fool's errand!
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"What a joke. Chen Mubai thinks too highly of himself." Cuilis laughed at Chen Mubai's decision with disdain.
Caitlin also smiled, obviously having the same idea.
Chen Mubai is indeed very capable and can establish a foothold in the American entertainment industry, but that does not mean that he can create an "Oriental Hollywood" or even want to create a universe like "Monster" to expand his influence. The difficulty of these two things is completely different
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The former can be achieved as long as there is a work, but the latter is much more difficult. It is not just about the work, but also a series of things, publicity, influence...
Take "Monster" as an example. This is a top-notch movie, with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars. The production took a long time and was completed in cooperation with many companies. Even in Hollywood where there are many blockbusters, it can be said to be a top-notch production.
Chen Mubai is a Chinese director who has no experience in making science fiction movies. From the very beginning, he aims at the highest quality works. If he is not looking for excitement, he will inevitably fail.
If the target is too big and the steps are too big, it is easy to lose the ball. In their opinion, Chen Mubai's behavior is like this.
Although what he said is high-sounding and deceptive, it just makes netizens happy. They can only see the finished work but not the huge price paid behind it. This kind of ambitious goal is not easy to talk about.
It's extremely difficult to do.
"Perhaps we have been too anxious to deal with him, and it is easy to fail."
Trillis had a sneer on his lips: "As it is now, letting him destroy himself may not be a bad idea."
"Chen Mubai was blinded by these few successes and thought that this matter was not difficult to accomplish. Only when he actually sets foot on this road will he know what kind of difficulties are waiting for him."
"This time, we can kill his spirit. Perhaps this failure can deal a heavy blow to him. Then we can attack again."
Talented people like Chen Mubai are very arrogant, and it is difficult to accept the blow of failure. Perhaps a failure will make him unable to recover, or it may take him a long time to get out.
The best time to deal with him is when he is in despair, with a two-pronged approach.
"I don't know how far China's special effects can go..."
Caitlin said calmly: "Just wait, I want to see how long he can stay high-spirited."
Cuillis said with a sinister smile: "The day the movie is completed is when he fails. If we deal with him then, I don't believe he can still turn things around!"
Caitlin opened her red lips lightly: "Success will make people proud, and they will ignore their own weaknesses. Maybe even if they know it, they may not change it. Many successes have made Chen Mubai feel elated in the past. One failure must be a heavy blow to him. I look forward to it."
At the moment of his downfall, he is indeed a difficult opponent."
"For the same reason, we must also remember not to be blinded by success and always look at ourselves. The reason why Chen Mubai was able to stand firm here was because we didn't pay attention to him in the first place, so he succeeded."
"You are right, I will keep it in mind and implement it." Trillis complimented.
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After the "Iron Man" press conference, Chen Mubai joined the crew and started filming!