China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 196 "Edge of Tomorrow"

If Guo Fan invested and filmed by himself, it would be fine to try it out with a low-cost movie. However, the film contract signed by DreamWorks and him was obviously not suitable for such low-cost movies. From when Chen Jingxing recommended him to direct the Mekong River, he knew that DreamWorks must have him make industrial movies.

Of course, Guo Fan does like to make industrial films, otherwise he would not leave his company alone and sign three film contracts with DreamWorks. Currently, Guo Fan's company is mainly responsible for some advertising and artist brokerage business - Fu, who asked DreamWorks to sign contracts with him and film "Operation Mekong". His company is also doing more exciting things in advertising and brokerage business.

In addition, he is involved in the investment in the Mekong River. Of course, his investment share in the Mekong River can be considered as negligible. He invested a total of 2 million yuan. However, his investment can be real and can be divided into box office accounts and copyrights. It is different from some things that deceive laymen by packaging movie projects into financial products, called film investment, which is actually a rebate for fundraising.

Chen Jingxing was not surprised by Guo Fan's answer. Industrial film scripts are not easy to find even if they are just feasible ideas. Even if you find such creativity, you will not be able to form a suitable script in a short time. After all, not everyone is a time traveler.

Of course, if Guo Fan really finds a movie project he wants to shoot, he will also seriously consider it. Aren’t the classic works in his mind produced by many people?

However, since Guo Fan himself does not have a plan for the next film, he is not polite. There are not many directors in China who can control heavy industry films. If you catch one, you will naturally have to "explore" them.

Seeing Chen Jingxing taking out two scripts and handing them to him as expected, Guo Fan couldn't help but be stunned.

Chen Jingxing couldn't wait to pull him to the office, and as soon as he sat down, he started to discuss the plan for the next movie project. It was probably because Chen Jingxing had a project he thought was suitable for him. Guo Fan was prepared for this, but his preparation was just because Chen Jingxing had a creative or a story outline. He did not expect that the latter would directly take out the formed script, but there were still two!

The scripts of industrial blockbusters are very time-consuming because the investment is huge, involving many elements such as industrial design, special effects shots, and the realization of script scenes. We also need to consider the cost recovery, quantifiable dramatic rhythms and conflicts and market research, and the creation of original scripts is even more difficult.

The script you have in your hand is a science fiction movie, the style of the RPG war game. The concept is actually similar to "Source Code", and the time loop.

By this calculation, this project is still very rich, and even if he can't make much money, he doesn't care. It's his purpose to shoot classic science fiction movies.

Alien monsters are divided into three levels: Level A (level one), Level B (level two) and Level C (level three). After the Class C monster is reset, the memory and body will be refreshed. After the Class B monster is reset, it will only refresh the body and the memory will be retained. After the Class A monster is reset, the body and memory will not be refreshed.

Chen Jingxing smiled and looked at Guo Fan as he picked up one of the scripts and started to read them, explaining: "These two scripts have basically been finalized. Of course, if you have any objections to the script, you can also modify them. However, the completion of these two scripts is relatively high. Each plot is a tangle that affects the whole body, and it will be more troublesome to modify them.

The main story is very simple. In the distant future, aliens invade the earth. In the war with aliens, a rookie soldier died tragically when he first went out to fight, but he was reborn for some unknown reason. In the cycle of life and death, he became more and more clear about the method of controlling the enemy, and won the last time reset."

This story is actually "Edge of Tomorrow". In Chen Jingxing's previous life, the science fiction blockbuster starring Tomko was huge. Although the global box office was not ideal in the end, it has a high reputation among fans. Chen Jingxing believes that changing the starring role to Chinese people is enough to achieve box office success in China with such an excellent script. In addition, the production cost is definitely much lower than the original version. Chen Jingxing plans to take most of the special effects work by domestic special effects companies.

Even though he knew that DreamWorks had many screenwriters teams - the number and scale of their number and scale were in Guo Fan's understanding, it was far beyond his imagination to take out two scripts at once, because the scripts of industrial blockbusters cannot be increased by a large number of people. If you want to ensure its quality, and as far as he knows, Chen Jingxing's own script for his next film project has not been finalized yet.

Class C monsters are responsible for fighting, Class B monsters are responsible for collecting intelligence and keeping them in their memory after reset. Once Class B monster dies, the reset function will be automatically triggered, and the time will be backed by about 30 hours.

Of course, the plot of "Edge of Tomorrow" is not as simple as Chen Jingxing. This film is even more complicated and more commercial than "Source Code", and is a real special effects blockbuster.

The reason why the hero and female protagonist in the movie can reset the time - reset it back 30 hours before the first death - is because they accidentally got infected with alien matter in the blood of alien monsters during the moment of death. In other words, the reset of death itself is the ability of alien monsters, so both sides have the ability to reset the time.

The A monster is the energy source of the Class C monster and Class B monster, and it is responsible for reset and start tasks. In other words, as long as the Class A monster is still alive, the Class B monster will inevitably lead to a reset once it dies. However, if the Class A monster dies, the Class B monster will lose its energy source and will also die. It is precisely because the alien monster has the ability to reset/rewind that the war between humans and aliens has not achieved a true victory.

So the whole movie is a war between humans and aliens that took place under the high concept of time reset. What is rare is that the script is very exciting. When there are very few bugs, it makes this concept that is very circumcision and difficult to explain clearly into a science fiction commercial blockbuster with almost no threshold. Even if you don’t understand the entire settings after watching it, it will not affect your extremely enjoyable viewing experience.

In a sense, it is somewhat similar to "Inception". The settings are relatively complicated. The audience may not be able to understand the details and all the settings, but most people can understand the plot, which has a great sense of immersion, and can also make your brain feel the pleasure of "understanding a brain-burning movie" during high-speed operation.

It is precisely because of this complex setting that Chen Jingxing called it an RPG war game movie. It is so game-like. The viewing experience is like playing games. It is to spend one life to find a way to kill the boss, and to push the boss off before the last life is used up, which can give the audience a strong sense of substitution.

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