Huayu 05, our science fiction movie universe

Chapter 76 Declaration of a Young Filmmaker
September passed by quickly while I was preparing for the exam and working on special effects.

After Liu Wenwen contacted the two female authors and learned of their intentions, Wang Hao talked with the two authors several times. Finally, he successfully won the film and television adaptation rights of "Fall in Love with You" and "Startling by Each Step" for a price of 12 yuan.

As for "Soushen Ji", the author of this book, Shuxia Yehu, had a bit of an appetite and the adaptation was quite difficult, so Wang Hao finally chose to give up.

There is also "Game Age", a novel that also involves his layout of the science fiction movie universe. Its author Fang Baiyu agreed to sell the film and television rights and was also very interested in the Chinese science fiction movie universe mentioned by Wang Hao.

So after receiving the invitation, I agreed to come to Beijing in September to attend the internal premiere ceremony of the movie "The Shallows" just like Liu Cixin.

And this time will soon arrive.

After Hualong Digital completed the most important special effects work for the film, the special effects team organized by Zhang Yang worked hard and finally completed the remaining special effects processing within the planned time.

After the entire film was edited, soundtracked, and subtitled and submitted for review, it also went through the film channel's internal scoring process. Just like "Buried", it received an extremely high score and received unanimous praise from the film channel's leaders.

Even the fact that the heroine in the movie was dressed too revealingly was not mentioned by anyone.

On the contrary, the leaders of the film channel felt very sorry about the news that Wang Hao's next movie would be co-produced with Huaying.

However, they also know that the business of theater movies is too risky and it is not something they can get involved in. In the end, they can only wish Wang Hao good results in the future.

On the evening of September 16, "The Shallows" officially held its internal premiere at the Beijing Film Academy, which was also the time when the film was broadcast on the movie channel.

In addition to the leaders of the film channel, those who attended the premiere included school leaders, Han Sanye, the vice chairman of Beijing Film Group Corporation, as well as the well-known science fiction writers Liu Cixin and Zhuo Ping (Fang Baiyu), and a large number of Beijing Film Academy students.

Wang Hao had seen all the leaders in front before. After receiving them and guiding them to their respective seats, he didn't pay any attention to them.

On the contrary, Wang Hao pulled the two writers aside and chatted with them for a while.

After everyone arrived and the auditorium of Beijing Film Academy was full of people, Wang Hao walked onto the stage.

"Welcome everyone to attend the movie premiere of "The Shallows" today!"

In the absence of a ceremony host, Wang Hao took on the role himself and hosted the premiere with the microphone.

When the students in the audience saw him come on stage, they were very respectful and applauded.

“Just three months ago, I was a student at the Beijing Film Academy’s directing department, and like everyone here, I screened the first feature film I had ever shot.

And today, three months later, as a graduate and your senior, I returned to my alma mater and brought you my new work.

So this morning when I met with Director Tian from the Directing Department, he criticized me and said, "Can you be more ambitious and stop going back to your mother's house all the time?"

boom!
There was a burst of cheerful laughter in the hall, and Wang Hao also laughed happily.

"So I promised Director Tian that the next movie would not premiere in the college auditorium. But Director Tian criticized me again, saying that I didn't care about my parents at all."

The laughter became louder. Tian Zhuang, who was sitting in the front row, could only point at Wang Hao and shook his head helplessly, as if he was helpless against him.

Wang Hao pressed his hand down, and the laughter gradually subsided.

"Of course, from the bottom of my heart, I am still very grateful to my alma mater, my teachers, and all the leaders of the school.

The Shanghai Film Academy has always been the top institution of film and television arts in China, and is also an extremely inclusive school. Many great directors and stars have come out of it, and it has also provided various talents for China's film industry.

I'm sure all of you here will feel deeply touched when you graduate and go out and mention my name."

The laughter broke out again, and this time even the leaders sitting in the front row couldn't help laughing.

However, in this cheerful atmosphere, Wang Hao's face became serious and he said solemnly:

"It is precisely because of the inclusive culture of my alma mater that I decided to choose science fiction movies, a genre that is extremely rare in China!"

His voice was full of emotion and extremely infectious. It echoed repeatedly in this spacious auditorium, instantly drowning out all the noise.

“And in the process of choosing this path, it’s not that no one persuaded me.

'Science fiction movies are too difficult to make, special effects are expensive to produce, and audiences may not like them!'

"Chinese people don't have the sci-fi gene. We can't handle sci-fi movies."

"You should shoot a low-budget suspense thriller. This kind of thing has a small investment and a high return. After shooting a few, you can buy a house in Beijing."

All these reasons are nothing more than that science fiction movies are too difficult to make, no one in China has made this kind of movie, and we have no precedent to follow.

Do you know how I answered them?"

Wang Hao paused for a moment, then said firmly:
“I said, I’m 22 years old, I’m a new generation of filmmaker, those big directors don’t dare to make science fiction films, but that doesn’t mean we young people don’t dare to make them or can’t make them.

A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger. Since science fiction films are the gems of commercial films and the pearls of film industrialization, from today on, we, the new generation of Chinese filmmakers, must also become treasure hunters and pearl divers.

Finally, I have two words for all the young filmmakers here.

I only hope that the passion will be with our Chinese film makers!
I only hope that our Chinese films will thrive forever!

Next, let’s watch a movie!”

The applause in the auditorium exploded like thunder, echoing repeatedly, making people feel excited and their blood boil.

Especially those young filmmakers present here, each of them was a chosen one when they entered the Shanghai Film Academy.

It’s just that the entertainment industry has always been very particular about seniority, so it’s really hard for young people to get ahead.

But now there is an outstanding young filmmaker who has given these young people a voice of their own. How can we not be excited?

As for the entertainment industry seniors sitting in the front row, they did not think there was anything wrong with Wang Hao's words.

It is a waste of youth if one does not act frivolously. If I could achieve such results at his age, I might be even more arrogant than him.

Even Mr. Han Sanye, who was sitting in the core area of ​​the front row, had a look of admiration and contemplation when he looked at the high-spirited young man on the stage.

(End of this chapter)