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Chapter 17 Chinese version of "Fatal ID"

"Sister Zhang, you have also read the script. Coupled with the success of "Comet", although I am still far from the golden signatures of those great directors, I dare to boast that this movie is definitely a rare high-quality project.

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Chen Jingxing could tell that Zhang Jingyan was already very moved, and he wanted to add more fire.

"Sister Zhang, I've told you something about the situation at DreamWorks Studios before. We haven't gathered enough of the team yet, and even if we did, it would be difficult to complete a screen movie independently."

"So, if we can reach a cooperation on "Fatal Identity", it will definitely be a more in-depth cooperation. Huanshi will definitely participate in the production of this film and even lead the distribution."

"Think about it, if a big-screen movie that Huanshi leads in production, distribution and release is successful at the box office, with Huanshi's capital, as long as this breakthrough is achieved, it will be equivalent to establishing a foothold in the film industry.

The blockade imposed by Daqi and the five major studios on you is half gone, and may even cause a chain reaction. At the same time, it will also gain an advantage in the competition with the other three major platforms.

"And this is also a major benefit, isn't it? Isn't the most important thing in the stock market the space for imagination? Internet capital has finally established a foothold in the Chinese film market. With the current growth rate of the number of domestic screens, what will everyone think? The Internet

Will capital conquer another high-speed growth market? If Huanshi can achieve a breakthrough, this will definitely be a great stimulus to the secondary market."

At this moment, Chen Jingxing seemed to have transformed into a political strategist during the Warring States Period, exaggerating the significance of the next film collaboration to the fantasy world.

Zhang Jingyan couldn't help laughing: "Director Chen, even if you are not a director and start an Internet company, you will definitely succeed."

Chen Jingxing always accepted compliments with openness: "Sister Zhang, so you are tempted?"

There is no doubt that the background of this story must be changed. Not only is it a matter of review, but it is also difficult for the Chinese people to accept this defense.

At the same time, the police also chased the unfinished building. The female's kind personality broke the shackles of the psychiatrist. Just when the psychiatrist thought he had escaped and walked towards the police, the real evil personality boss in the murderer's mind behind him

Kill the kind female personality, dominate the body, and then the film ends.

How to change it?

The murderer kidnapped the psychiatrist and came to an unfinished building. He tied the doctor with a rope and restricted his mobility. After taking the medicine, he started a personality battle royale. On the way, his kind personality awakened and he understood the truth under the doctor's prompts.

, determined to get rid of the evil personality, and after dying together with the evil personality, only a female kind personality escaped from the clutches and gained control of the body.

This is a suspenseful crime story that takes place in a guesthouse off the beaten track along the national highway in western China. The background of the story is not inconsistent with peace at all. There are several excellent domestic western crime movies in the past life. The wild temperament of the northwest is very suitable for making crime movies.

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Chen Jingxing changed the background of the story into a police film.

"Sister Zhang, please ask."

"I have a strange feeling. Although you have always said how important it is to cooperate with Huanshi on the next film, it seems that you also attach great importance to continuing to cooperate with Huanshi in the future, even eagerly... Logically speaking, you have

With such a script, coupled with the success of "Comet", you don't have to worry about finding investment. Even the five major studios will be tempted. After all, the cost of filming "Fatal Identity" is not high... Here is what you want to do in Fantasy World

What do you want?"

"There is one thing I still don't quite understand. I wonder if Director Chen can clarify it?"

Chen Jingxing was well prepared and blurted out: "Thirteen million is enough!"

Inspired by this, Chen Jingxing planned to change the map of Personality Battle Royale from a motel to a service station on the side of a national highway in northwest China. To be precise, it was the guest house of the service station.

But the real highlight lies in the shooting scene.

Chen Jingxing's heart skipped a beat, and he secretly wondered if he had used too much force just now.

Although the reasons given by Chen Jingxing were a little beyond Zhang Jingyan's expectations, they were very reasonable after careful consideration, and he immediately moved on to the next topic.

The background of the story of Fatal ID is that in order to convince the judge and save the criminal with schizophrenia from the death penalty, the defender of a cruel murderer asked a psychiatrist to prescribe a drug to the criminal, which has the effect of giving the criminal 11 personalities.

They met each other, and then killed each other, so that the good personality won the final victory, and then was exempted from execution on the grounds that "the evil personality who committed the cruel crime is dead, and the good personality and his body are innocent."

Chen Jingxing knows the power of Internet big data push and Internet viral marketing, and Huanshi has inherent advantages as an Internet platform.

The biggest problem is the context of the entire story.

"...Why do words always sound weird coming out of your mouth?"

The original Fatal ID has several points that are difficult to translate into Chinese.

As expected of a veteran who has been in the film and television industry for decades, he has ample experience in procurement negotiations and his senses are still very keen.

If his DreamWorks studio wants to follow the path of a traditional studio to rise, it will probably have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse. Riding the coattails of Internet capital is a good shortcut to take off.

It stands to reason that the remuneration expenditure will not be very high, between two million and three million. After all, the filming time this time will be longer than that of "Comet".

A schizophrenic murderer who committed serial murders. In the process of hunting him, the police gradually uncovered this "pervert"'s unfortunate childhood and experiences (which had hurt or helped him in his life).

His person is the prototype of many of his split personalities).

At this point in the Chinese version of the demonic transformation, the background and map of Chen Jingxing's version of Fatal ID are more complicated than the original version. In addition to the personality battle royale scenes, there are also unfinished buildings, as well as police pursuits and investigations.

In fact, the "Personality Battle Royale" in Fatal ID is a typical Blizzard Villa mode story.

As long as you understand this, it will not be difficult to make a localized adaptation.

These selfish motives are inhumane. After all, Zhang Jingyan may not have as much confidence in the fantasy world as he does.

Chen Jingxing immediately thought of the "No Man's Land" in his previous life.

"Ahem, so, what are Mr. Zhang's thoughts on cooperating on the next movie?"

In addition, the original version of Fatal ID has a problem. The setting of Personality Battle Royale is a motel. Choosing a motel as the plot location is in line with the national conditions of the United States, but it is not in line with the national conditions of China.

The murderer with an evil personality then kidnapped the psychiatrist and fled with him. First, to prevent the doctor from deceiving him. If the medicine didn't work, he could always coerce the psychiatrist to see if he had any other options. Second, to prevent the police from following his traces and finding the psychiatrist.

, knowing that he suffers from schizophrenia makes it easier to arrest him based on his illness; third, if he is really discovered and rounded up, the psychiatrist can be used as a hostage.

"oh?"

Of course, the reason why he is eager to promote a cooperative relationship with Huanshi is because he wants to ride on the Internet's expansion. Traditional production and distribution companies want to make it easy for Internet upstarts to hit the wall once, but they want to exclude Internet capital from the core for a long time.

It is impossible that Internet capital will carry out a profound change and transformation of the film industry. The five major studios will either surrender or accept cooperation. There is no other choice.

Heavy snow closed the mountains and a section of a national highway in the northwest was blocked, so the 11 people who were trapped came to a simple guest house next to the service station.

"I think Huanshi.com has advantages that traditional film production and distribution companies cannot match. You have big data of viewers watching film and television variety shows online, and at the same time, you have the advantage of information distribution. Smartphones are now popularized at a high speed, and the stronger the mobile terminal is.

, your advantage over traditional distribution companies will be even greater.”

Chen Jingxing did not hide his intentions: "I attach great importance to the ability to promote the fantasy world."

In order to prevent other personalities from waking up and interfering with him during the escape process, the evil personality that dominates the murderer consulted a psychiatrist about whether there was any way to solve the other personalities. The psychiatrist prescribed him a drug that he said could solve his split personality.

question.

The main setting of the original Fatal ID was a motel. The reason why it cost 28 million US dollars was mainly because the actors were paid more. After all, there were 11 personalities alone.

"How much investment does Director Chen estimate this film will require?"

For the version that Chen Jingxing is planning to shoot, the actors still tend to hire teachers from the May Day Theater. After all, the cooperation in "Comet" was quite pleasant. With a good reputation, it will not be difficult to recruit a few more people.

Even the map background of the police investigation in the movie, Chen Jingxing planned to set it in the northwest winter.

The police investigated the case in the heavy snow of a small town in the northwest, and the battle royale in the murderer's mind was also on the side of an inaccessible national highway in the northwest with heavy snow.

This will also effectively induce the audience to think that the personality battle royale is something in the real world. When combined with the police's investigation and pursuit of murder cases, it will form a perfect match between the police and robber mode and the Blizzard Villa suspense crime mode.

In the first half of the movie, the audience will consciously think that the murderer pursued by the police is one of the eleven people who were trapped in the guest house next to the national highway due to heavy snow. It is not until near the end that the audience will be shocked to realize that the story that happened in the guest house turned out to be a person's brain.

Different personalities inside kill each other, and all this is to cure schizophrenia.

(End of chapter)