China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 107 Is the talent exhausted?

"Mr. Zhang, many people say that hot money is constantly pouring into the film industry, and the capital authorities do not respect creators and only want to make money, resulting in an endless stream of bad movies. What do you think?"

Zhang Weiping suppressed his smile and made a sad expression: "In recent years, the film industry has indeed been more chaotic than before. Recently, many people have followed the trend and set up projects to make science fiction films. This is the result of many people in the industry being short-sighted and only knowing how to kill the goose to obtain the eggs.

."

The reporter sensitively smelled the smell of big news and quickly asked: "Aren't you optimistic about the future development of Chinese science fiction films?"

"It's not that I'm not optimistic, but this is the law of the market. In the final analysis, science fiction has always been a niche subject in our country. This fact cannot be changed by the accidental so-called science fiction film that succeeds in the market.

Moreover, it is a bit far-fetched to say that the movie "Fatal Identity" is a science fiction movie. The three most important labels for this movie are actually suspense, murder, and police.

Its success does not mean that the Chinese film industry has the ability to produce science fiction films. Science fiction films are real industrial films and cannot be sustained by these small ideas alone.

In particular, DreamWorks has recently approved two science fiction movies at the same time, and the investment in one of them has reached 100 million. This is obviously to make a real science fiction big production. I think they were dazzled by the success of "Fatal Identity"

mind."

The reporter keenly grasped the key points of the big news and asked with excitement: "Mr. Zhang, are you saying that you don't think "Fatal Identity" is a real science fiction film?"

Zhang Weiping put on the face of an industry expert: "What is a science fiction movie? Among the imported movies in our country every year, the theme that gets the most box office is science fiction movies. Superhero movies are typical science fiction blockbusters. That requires a mature film industry.

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However, Zhang Weiping's seemingly reasonable remarks also confused many people.

On Zhihu, under the question "How do you view Zhang Weiping's belief that DreamWorks is rash in planning two science fiction movies at the same time?" many people felt that what Zhang Weiping said was not completely unreasonable.

If the next movie he makes is still a small-budget movie like "Comet" and "Fatal Identity", I will definitely keep high expectations. I like this kind of imaginative movie, but if he wants to make that big

Production is really another field. As Zhang Weiping said, it requires a mature film industry as a foundation.

"The genius director started shooting a science fiction blockbuster, but the gold medal producer admitted that he was not optimistic about it."

Chen Jingxing's fans naturally refuted this directly, and even went to Zhang Weiping's Weibo to directly ridicule and criticize.

Zhang Weiping's remarks during an interview were quickly published online with shocking headlines by the media.

And has Chen Jingxing run out of talent after making two low-budget fantasy movies?

Your industry has not developed to that level. If you rush to make science fiction blockbusters, it is just to encourage others. "Fatal Identity" is at best a science fiction sketch with a little bit of science fiction elements. It is still far from a real science fiction movie.

Far."

There are really not many people in the world who are versatile, such as Ang Lee. His "The Wedding Banquet" and "Eat Drink Couple" are classic enough to be recorded in the history of Chinese films, but Hollywood couldn't bear to let him make superhero blockbusters, but he became Ang Lee's most popular movie.

A terrible movie.

You can see that the production costs of these two newly-projected movies by DreamWorks have greatly increased. They are no longer the kind of low-cost movies that rely on creativity to win. They want to make real industrial movies. This shows that Director Chen Jingxing himself can

I can't think of any more creative ideas.

As he said this, he became sullen again: "I can't help it. Who said your boyfriend is a talented director and so popular? Only if you touch me, the media will report intensively."

"It doesn't make sense to drag you along all the time?" Tang Xin was a little angry.

In fact, what I am most worried about is not whether director Chen Jingxing can handle large-scale productions, but whether the kind of imagination that brings surprises will leave the fans?]

Although the text is gentle and steady, it expresses two meanings throughout:

Can Chen Jingxing handle large-scale productions?

[I hope Chen Jingxing’s fans can put aside their emotional expressions. I personally also like to watch Director Chen’s movies, but as far as I know, among DreamWorks’ next two movies, the production cost of “Source Code” is as high as 100 million, and “Source Code” cost as much as 100 million.

The production cost of "Signal" also reached 50 million. It is obvious that the production cost is much higher than that of the previous "Fatal Identity", and it is no longer a low-cost creative movie.

Zhang Weiping shook his head and said: "This is not a question that I don't like. I said that it is very difficult to achieve continuous success in science fiction movies just by relying on some clever ideas.

I'm not saying that director Chen Jingxing can't make good movies, but I think he is a director with a strong personal style, the kind of director who is good at surprising the audience with his imagination on a small budget.

Chen Jingxing thought for a while: "I'm not the only one who is a victim. Guo Xiaosi's "Tiny Times 2" was also criticized by him in public. Well, there was also poor classmate Guo Fan, whose "My Deskmate"

" has just been released in theaters and was completely criticized by him, but the media seems to have not reported much?" After all, there are too many people who criticized "Tiny Times 2" and "My Deskmate", including Zhang Weiping.

This is actually normal. A person may not be able to come up with a truly amazing idea in his lifetime. Director Chen Jingxing can come up with two amazing ideas and they can be made into movies. This is already amazing. He can realize

It’s good to realize that the only way out is to make real industrial films, but industrial films are not so easy to make. It’s okay for young people to pay tuition fees, but spending one to two hundred million to pay tuition fees is indeed too high a price.”

His girlfriend Tang Xin, who was lying next to him, was also scrolling through his phone: "Who is this Zhang Weiping? Why does he always have trouble with you?"

Chen Jingxing snorted: "A movie he produced, "The White-Haired Witch" will be released this year, so don't rush to hype it up."

"Shocked! Industry leaders bluntly said that talented directors have exhausted their talents!"

The reporter kept asking: "So you are not optimistic about the next two movies from DreamWorks? I remember you said on Weibo before that you are not optimistic about the performance of "Fatal Identity" in North America, but this movie has indeed achieved extraordinary success.

success."

"A well-known filmmaker pointed out that the movie "Fatal Identity" cannot be regarded as a science fiction movie."

Chen Jingxing rolled his eyes after reading this article on his mobile phone.

Tang Xin didn't know which comment he saw again, and suddenly laughed: "Haha, I didn't expect that some netizens already doubted your ability."

"...What's wrong?"

"You say you've exhausted your talent. Great director, you haven't really exhausted it, right? Have you lost every drop of it?"

Chen Jingxing turned over: "...Humph, it was just halftime. I have more talents than you can imagine. It's only been twice. It's still too early for me to do my best!"

(End of chapter)