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Chapter 114 Qin Zhonghe’s Lobbyist

Guoying office building, inside the chairman's office.

As soon as Chen Jingxing entered the door, he was warmly received by Mr. Qin.

"Xiao Chen is here. This is Liu Changhong, Director Liu... This is Xiao Chen, a genius director in our Chinese film industry, a genius director."

Liu Changhong has a face with Chinese characters and a military temperament that is calm and self-defeating. After Qin Zhonghe’s introduction, Chen Jingxing found out that he was the leader of the Mekong River case task force and the main contact person for this film adaptation plan.

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After shaking hands, everyone sat down.

After Chen Jingxing finished filming "Signal", he returned to the capital without stopping. The editing was handed over to the producer. After the first cut was released, Chen Jingxing would see if there were any adjustments that needed to be made.

Post-production is also jointly handled by the producer and the visual effects supervisor sent by Mo.

Chen Jingxing returned to Beijing mainly to shoot "Source Code". Compared with the Hengdian studio rented by "Signal", "Source Code" built his own studio in the Digital Industrial Park under the National Film Group, which is also near Beijing.

After returning to Beijing, before even meeting the crew members, Qin Zhonghe invited him to the National Film Festival to discuss the Mekong River film project.

"Director Liu, the story of Operation Mekong was thought up by Director Xiao Chen." Qin Zhonghe pointed at Chen Jingxing and said with a smile to Liu Changhong.

But then I was a little confused about what Chen Jingxing said about the near future.

Let Chen Jingxing owe him a favor so that he can be assigned a topic composition when the time comes.

For example, "Star Trek", "Starship Troopers", "Foundation", "Galactic Empire", etc.

"Is it like "Star Wars"?" Qin Zhonghe couldn't believe it.

The "Source Code" that Chen Jingxing is currently filming is already a large project with an investment of nearly 100 million, but according to him, a project that takes a year to produce with all his strength is definitely much bigger than "Source Code".

Science fiction movies with themes like this have only been made in Hollywood, and the slightly more serious ones are the movies adapted from science fiction novels by Asimov, Clark and Heinlein.

After listening to Liu Changhong's words, Chen Jingxing couldn't help but smile bitterly. After thinking for a long time, this was the lobbyist invited by Qin Zhonghe, but he still didn't give up the idea of ​​letting him be the director.

"Space theme?"

Although both "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" lack audiences in China, and Chinese people have little affection for them, there are objective reasons for this.

On the other side of the ocean and even around the world, these two IPs have a strong influence. Hua wanted to make such a movie, but even in Qin Zhonghe's wildest imagination, such an idea had never occurred to him.

"It's not the same genre as Star Wars. It's a near-future movie."

"It's a heavy industry movie with a space theme."

After saying that, he looked at Qin Zhonghe: "Old Qin, your national film industry is still standing still. The production cost you originally reported was 50 million. What kind of movie can you make with such a small amount of money? Mekong River Project TV series

The investment is more than this amount!”

Chen Jingxing took a deep breath and said: "Director Qin, Director Liu, I really didn't mean to shirk it. In my plan, DreamWorks will devote all its efforts to a big project next year, and I really can't get away."

Therefore, when it comes to space themes, the first thing Qin Zhonghe thinks of are these two series.

Qin Zhonghe didn't feel displeased when he heard this. Instead, he asked with interest: "What project?"

"Can you be more specific?"

Director Xiao Chen, everyone in the department unanimously agrees with your story. I heard that the global box office of the movie "Fatal Identity" has reached 1.2 billion. This means that the movie you made is not only loved by Chinese people, but also by foreigners. I also like to watch it. If you ask me to say that for the Mekong River project, you are the most suitable director. I know you are busy this year and the movie will be filmed until the end of the year. We are not in a hurry for this project and we can start it next year."

Chen Jingxing organized the language: "The background of the story and the elements involved do not significantly exceed the current level of human science and technology. I think it is more appropriate to say that this project is a disaster film.

Since the rise of comic-book movies in Hollywood in the early 1990s, most space science fiction movies have basically no studios willing to make them. Currently, the only ones that still have strong influence and money-making power are "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" ", only these two series can have a sequel every few years.

Qin Zhonghe loves movies, especially commercial movies. At that time, some of the fifth generation directors switched from literary and artistic films to commercial blockbusters, and he was the driving force behind them.

Qin Zhonghe had the idea of ​​letting Chen Jingxing make a true science fiction blockbuster.

Liu Changhong looked at Chen Jingxing with admiration: "You younger generation of directors are still smarter. After I saw your plan, I was impressed!

It seems that not telling the truth is not an option.

This is the propaganda method of the new era. Who said that the main theme cannot attract audiences? Those Hollywood blockbusters are actually the main theme, and they also promote truth, goodness and beauty, and justice triumphs over evil. The Mekong River project expresses the same truth."

"Star Wars"?

Chen Jingxing was choked on the contrary, and was speechless looking at Qin Zhonghe's disbelieving face. This old man dared to think.

Qin Zhonghe felt a little disappointed in his heart, and then laughed at himself in his heart, thinking what? One day, "Star Wars" is a miracle of the right time, place and people. Even if Hollywood wants to create such an IP now, it is no longer possible.

A slightly softer one is Star Wars.

Qin Zhonghe couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I have to consider recovering the cost. I also want to spend hundreds of millions. I have made anti-drug movies like this before, but the box office performance was not ideal."

Not only was Qin Zhonghe extremely curious, but even Liu Changhong could not conceal his surprise.

But a science fiction movie with a space theme was something Qin Zhonghe had never imagined.

And the reason why he considered making way for "Signal" in "Heart Blossom Road" on the National Day schedule was also because of this idea.

Hearing this, Liu Changhong said: "If we really follow your original plan, we might actually lose money.

The story is probably that in the near future, maybe a few years or more than ten years later, three astronauts from our country will perform a mission in space to repair the sky survey telescope..."

"Wait, Sky Survey Telescope?" Why does it even have a decent name?

Chen Jingxing smiled: "Is the name a bit familiar? Because it is true. The space station plan from our country is available on the home page of the Aerospace Science and Technology Group. It plans to launch and build a long-term space station in orbit before 2020, and will also launch An optical telescope is called the Sky Survey."

Qin Zhonghe shook his head slightly and sighed: "It seems that you have been prepared for it. You have been thinking about it for several years, right?"

Chen Jingxing did not refute, and continued: "... When the astronauts were performing their missions, they encountered an accident. My initial idea was that a meteorite hit a high-orbit satellite, and the high-energy and high-speed satellite fragments were brought to the same place as the space station.

In the low-Earth orbit of the upper layer, destroy the optical telescope together with the space station..."

(End of chapter)