China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 160 Penguin Pictures’ wishful thinking

Jiang Hongwei has also been a director and producer. He is a complete insider. He is not from the Internet. He joined Penguin Pictures after being recruited by Chen Zhonghuai, who was the president of Penguin Video Network at the time.

Jiang Hongwei has a wide range of domestic and foreign film and television works, but the movie "Source Code", even in its rough cut version, made him extremely amazed.

It’s not like he has never seen film and television works related to time and space, such as the classic “Back to the Future” trilogy filmed by Hollywood in the late 1980s and early 1990s, which involved traveling through time and space, triggering the butterfly effect, and parallel universes.

Various concepts.

If "Signal" just makes the concept of time and space more interesting and fresh, then "Source Code" opens up a more creative science fiction concept.

Using the 8 minutes of memory remaining after the death of the human brain, a source code world is constructed, and the source code world can be continuously recalled and used to solve crimes. In the end, it is discovered that this "source code" world is still a real parallel universe (this is Chen Jingxing's version of the Chinese Army

Fang’s explanation of the principles of the source code machine was misled by the terrorist organization).

This kind of imagination can be said to be wild and unconstrained. Looking at the three previous films made by Chen Jingxing, he constructed a parallel universe from quantum coherence and Schrödinger's cat, and then involved psychology to force personalities together and kill each other to determine the winner.

Treat schizophrenia, use a walkie-talkie to connect father and son across time and space, solve crimes across time and space, and finally reach the infinite rewind of "Source Code".

It gives the impression that Chen Jingxing has endless novel ideas in his mind, as if he wants to fill every movie with novel ideas. Each movie can have a different life, and no one is a repeat of the previous one.

creativity.

Jiang Hongwei said with half envy and half emotion: "He gives me the feeling that he is still at the peak of his creation. Although I don't know how he does it, such creative geniuses are not unheard of in other fields.

, it’s probably not time to go downhill yet.”

"I have the same judgment as you." Penguin Pictures President Chen Zhonghuai said firmly: "In this case, Chen Jingxing insists on filming the "Gravity" project, then we will support him."

"DreamWorks is leading the sci-fi blockbuster, and it is rumored that a superstar will join the cast!"

Since Chen Jingxing is still at his creative peak, it means that he has more long-term value. No matter how talented he is, he is only a 23-year-old young man. Who can resist not raising his tail after achieving such achievements? He wants to pursue

Dream, let him chase it, all we have to do is wait, wait for the moment when he misses the mark, and then seize the opportunity to tie him to the Penguin Pictures ship."

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"Chen Jingxing's next movie, a space science fiction masterpiece!"

"Do you think the "Gravity" project can be successful?" The success in Jiang Hongwei's mouth is not that the movie is successfully shot, but that it achieves huge returns - just recovering the cost is a failure, and the amount of 800 million funds

If you idle for a year or two and then come back unchanged, this is already a huge loss.

If "Gravity" succeeds, then we are also the beneficiaries. If it fails, who will DreamWorks rely on to solve its financial difficulties? Banks? What they are good at is collecting umbrellas on rainy days.

"Chen Jingxing's new film became a hit before it was even made. It is said that it cost 1 billion. Will it take 3 billion to make back the money?"

"The investment in Chen Jingxing's new film is US$150 million, setting a record!"

Of course, the production cost of "Gravity" is not expected to reach 1 billion, but let's not talk about the tradition of water injection in the film and television industry. 800 million is already a sky-high price. People who should not be optimistic will still be optimistic, so why not add 200 million?

How about putting it all together? It’s more convenient for media marketing.

"Since even if "Gravity" suffers a major failure, DreamWorks and Chen Jingxing cannot be killed, then isn't this our opportunity?" Chen Zhonghuai looked at Jiang Hongwei with a half-smile and said: "Now it seems that this young man is so

He eagerly completed the second round of financing just to reserve funds for the "Gravity" project. Of course, this is understandable. After all, if he went to the bank to get credit financing for the "Gravity" project, I can guarantee that

No bank dares to lend.

Every step of DreamWorks has been so precise, and every step he has taken has achieved unexpected success. This is how he can achieve such a big undertaking while only giving up 25% of his shares.

The reason is, if nothing unexpected happens, DreamWorks may not raise funds again before going public. Our shares in DreamWorks are too small. I believe Fantasy World thinks so too.

Chen Zhonghuai shook his head: "I can't change the huge risks involved in this project regardless of whether I am optimistic about it. I don't think "Gravity" will definitely succeed, but will the failure of this project put DreamWorks on the verge of death?"

"I'm afraid that Huanshi.com also has such an idea." Jiang Hongwei was a little unwilling: "I really hope that Huanshi.com will be frightened by the "Gravity" project and dare not continue to follow up."

This is an opportunity for us to further seize DreamWorks. No matter what industry it is, there are very few examples where the founders can still hold the majority of the shares after two rounds of financing.

"Penguin Pictures joins forces with DreamWorks to create the most expensive domestic film"

"Can a science fiction movie with an investment of over 1 billion still recover its investment?"

DreamWorks' new project, or Chen Jingxing's new movie, which has been eagerly anticipated by many movie fans, was suddenly exposed, but the media's focus was on the sky-high production costs.

Jiang Hongwei was not too surprised by Chen Zhonghuai's point of view, because he had vaguely guessed it before, and such an idea was not wrong. All of this was based on the judgment that Chen Jingxing was still at the peak of his creation. As long as he recognized this

prerequisites, then it is not surprising at all what choices a wealthy Internet company like them would make.

DreamWorks is still one of the few debt-free companies in the film and television industry.

This is not the first time they have done this kind of thing of deepening control by "giving help in times of need".

Huanshi.com and Chen Jingxing have a personal relationship and are long-term staunch supporters and partners. If we can use the "Gravity" project to push Huanshi.com to the back, it will be a big gain.

Jiang Hongwei thought for a while and seemed to have captured Chen Zhonghuai's true intention: "It may break your muscles and bones, but it won't slow down DreamWorks."

"Shocked, DreamWorks, a science fiction film specialist, has started shooting a billion-dollar blockbuster!"

The media is not the only one focusing on the sky-high production costs. Many netizens, including fans of Chen Jingxing, have also set their sights on the 1 billion cost.

When most netizens or ordinary people hear this news, their first reaction is naturally, "Wow! It's another money laundering movie."

This routine is not uncommon in China. Even viewers who don’t know much about film and television investment can still tell the difference between 100 million and 1 billion.

Spending 1 billion to make a movie is not a normal thing in the eyes of most people.

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