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Chapter 195 Is "Mekong" suitable for the Spring Festival?

Regarding the concerns of several people, Chen Jingxing naturally understood. Since "Red Zone" became a sign of the Lunar New Year period, the movies in this period, including of course the Spring Festival period that evolved later, have basically been monopolized by comedy movies.

It even has a special term - Lunar New Year film.

Although some of Cheng Long's action films have also been released during the Lunar New Year, many of his action films also have comedy elements. Even if you put aside the plot, you can get a humorous feeling just by watching the fighting action. Except for some of the action films,

Apart from this, Cheng Long's other films can all be classified as kung fu comedies - just like the suspenseful detective comedies pioneered by Chen Sicheng, they are very suitable for the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival films.

Even the box office explosion of the Spring Festival period in the past two years has expanded the boundaries of the types of movies accommodated in this period, including historical, costume, and mythological non-comedy movies, and they can all get a share of the Spring Festival period.

, but obviously "Operation Mekong" is not within the scope of what normal people think of as a Spring Festival theme.

In particular, both Qin Zhonghe and Guo Fan are the creators of the movie, and they both know clearly that many plots and scenes in the movie are very inappropriate for all ages. If it were not for the support of the Ministry of Public Security, it would never be approved under normal circumstances.

For example, the Chinese crew members were massacred at the beginning, which was a sign of great suffering and deep hatred.

Although the process of arresting drug dealers is very enjoyable, with gun battles, explosions, hand-to-hand battles of wits, car chases and brotherly love, all the necessary commercial elements can be found in it, but this cannot cover up the bloody scenes in the film, D-grade control - and it is still a child.

The scenes and scenes such as the suicide bombing attack by child soldiers are completely R-rated movies. Even in the North American market with a rating system, R-rated movies will not steal the spotlight during the Christmas and Thanksgiving periods.

If Chen Jingxing hadn't traveled through time, he would have had such thoughts.

"Operation Red Sea" can counterattack "Tang Detective 2" during the Spring Festival - the public evaluation of "Tang Detective 2" is pretty good, and it is not recognized as a bad movie.

In addition, there is the counterattack of "The Wandering Earth". These examples are enough to illustrate what types of movies are suitable for the so-called Spring Festival period, and what audiences in the Spring Festival period like to watch - these are just the wishful thinking of the filmmakers.

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However, Chen Jingxing experienced the counterattack process of "Operation Red Sea" in his previous life.

However, after reading "Source Code", the halo surrounding Chen Jingxing has become a lot thicker. This is the case with many things. Sometimes the point is not whether the words are right or not, but who said them.

And the sacrifices in "Operation Red Sea" are even more tragic and emotional.

No matter how bloody the Mekong River is, can it be as bloody as "Operation Red Sea"?

There are also child soldiers in "Operation Red Sea".

Of course, there are currently only two or three big cats and kittens in this committee, namely Chen Jingxing, Xu Wenshen and a few producers. They basically belong to Chen Jingxing's one-stop shop. If Chen Jingxing says he is capable, he will get the project approved. If Chen Jingxing disagrees, he will be directly rejected.

The Project Approval and Content Review Committee is a newly established department of DreamWorks in this round of corporate expansion department reorganization. It is directly affiliated with the President's Office. Animation projects including its holding subsidiary Mo must also be reviewed by this committee, and the project is allowed to be approved only after passing the review.

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In fact, if Qin Zhonghe had heard Chen Jingxing's suggestion that went against the common sense of distribution in the film industry before, he would definitely not have adopted it. Regardless of whether Chen Jingxing's suggestion was reasonable or not, for a large production like Mekong River with an investment of nearly 200 million,

It is said that we cannot take risks. The distribution of such blockbusters requires prudentness and not going too far. The task of exploring the road should be borne by small and medium-cost films. Blockbusters cannot withstand failure.

This is not the right to speak that Chen Jingxing has obtained by using his status and power as chairman. Who makes all the film projects released by DreamWorks so far have been written and directed by Chen Jingxing, and from one success to another, others

Naturally, he had no choice but to obey Chen Jingxing's ideas. If someone had a different opinion than the boss, he would be embarrassed to raise it, and would even doubt himself - this phenomenon has become more and more serious since "Source Code" broke the record.

Guo Fan signed a five-year, three-movie contract with DreamWorks. Of course, the focus is on making three movies. If the five-year period is not enough, it can be extended.

There is only one answer to what movies audiences like to watch during the Spring Festival: good movies.

However, it was during this off-season that the film's box office record was set, and they couldn't accept it. Therefore, Qin Zhonghe and Guo Fan would unconsciously pay attention to Chen Jingxing's suggestions, no matter how counterintuitive his ideas were.

Of course, this good movie certainly does not refer to good movies in the field of art films, but to excellent commercial films.

In this way, Qin Zhonghe returned to Guoying with hesitation, and Chen Jingxing and Guo Fan immediately returned to DreamWorks.

Moreover, Chen Jingxing originally scheduled "Source Code" to be released in late April. From the outside, no one thought this was a good schedule. After all, Chen Jingxing is no longer a small director. After the explosion of "Signal" during the National Day release last year, Chen Jingxing

With his current appeal and qualifications, if "Source Code" is scheduled to be released in the summer, he will definitely be a seed player. It is only for others to avoid him. There is no need to schedule it in the off-season such as April and May.

"Operation Mekong" is not included in the three-film contract. The film contract in the contract can be a project assigned by DreamWorks, or it can be a project found by Guo Fan himself - the premise is that it has obtained the approval of DreamWorks' "Project Approval and Content Review Committee"

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But even after listening to Chen Jingxing's decent analysis, and even finding Brother Cheng Long's action movies to prove that there is a market for action movies during the Spring Festival, Qin Zhonghe and Guo Fan were still hesitant.

Even Xu Wenshen, who used to raise some objections, also showed an attitude of attacking wherever Chen Jingxing pointed him out. Of course, this may also be the reason for being appointed president.

Guo Fan originally set up a film and television company after filming "My Deskmate", intending to find a script that he was interested in. Unexpectedly, Chen Jingxing pulled him into the DreamWorks car midway, and with the addition of "Operation Mekong"

The filming consumed all his energy and time, and he was delayed in finding a script.

Now that Mekong River has been filmed, he plans to continue to look for inspiration and stories again. Unexpectedly, Chen Jingxing, a capitalist, didn't even let him take a break. As soon as the closing party was held, he started asking him if he had any plans for the next movie.

He could only shake his head and smile bitterly: "I have just finished working on Mekong River, and I haven't had time to find a project yet." In fact, his company has also bought the copyrights of several novels, but he thinks they are too light.

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