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Chapter 197 The opportunity for filming "Operation Red Sea"

When Chen Jingxing explained the general plot of "Edge of Tomorrow", Guo Fan also stopped reading the script and listened carefully. After all, the two scripts could not be read in a short time. He had to take it home and read it slowly.

Watched slowly.

After Chen Jingxing finished telling the main story of the first script, he looked at the second script on the table and said: "This script is a war action movie, which is the same type as "Operation Mekong". Of course, the scene is bigger than Mekong River. It is an African evacuation."

The story triggered by the overseas Chinese incident does not have any complicated settings. You can think of it as a comprehensively upgraded version of Operation Mekong, except that Mekong is where the armed police show off their skills, and this script stars the navy and the naval special forces."

"Evacuate overseas Chinese?" Guo Fan was a little surprised: "You weren't inspired by the recent evacuation incident in Yemen, were you?"

In March this year, trouble broke out in Yemen, and the country organized a large-scale evacuation of overseas Chinese.

Chen Jingxing admitted straightforwardly: "Yes, it was the inspiration brought by the evacuation incident. The screenwriting team has been perfecting the first draft of the script I taught them this month. It has even delayed my new film."

"That was at the end of March or early April, right?" Guo Fan looked at Chen Jingxing like he was looking at a monster: "It's only been more than a month, right? You've even finished the script?"

When he saw Chen Jingxing showing off his familiar smile and preparing to speak, Guo Fan quickly stopped: "That's it, I already knew you were a pervert. Stop showing off to me, otherwise I will take action."

As early as during the "Study Tour to the United States", when they discussed the popularity of "Fatal Identity" and the fact that major Hollywood productions were gradually eliminating original scripts, Chen Jingxing showed similar perverted abilities in a sentence or two.

can point out a wonderful movie creation

Even when Chen Sicheng conceived the script of "Detective Chinatown", it was Chen Jingxing who gave him the idea after a certain plot got stuck. This made the directors unanimously believe that Chen Jingxing's brain is different from ordinary people and is naturally suitable for commercial film scripts.

Screenwriter is a bowl of rice.

After making a joke, Guo Fan put the two scripts in his hands and asked: "Which script do you think I should shoot for my next project?" After he got home, he would naturally read the script carefully to see which one was more to his liking, but

Chen Jingxing is the main creator of the two scripts, and he wants to hear Chen Jingxing's opinion.

And he could see that Chen Jingxing gave these two scripts in the hope that he could direct them. This was equivalent to settling the two projects in his contract at once. Since they were both going to be filmed, he didn't care which one he filmed first.

As long as Chen Jingxing gives suggestions, he will not refuse.

The investment in "My Deskmate" is only over 20 million. It is a low-cost production. There is no pressure to recover the cost. It just depends on how much money he can make. And even if he fails, he doesn't have such a big burden. If his reputation is damaged, he can only start over again.

Well, he has already had enough food and clothing, and making movies is his dream.

"Opportunity?"

But the 200 million cost of Mekong River was too heavy on his shoulders. Even if he had confidence in the quality of the film itself, he would still tremble in the face of the test of the market. This was why he felt a little relieved after Chen Jingxing eagerly assigned him a task.

The reason why he breathed a sigh of relief was that he wanted to use busyness to relieve his anxiety.

Just like he was still on the first level, Chen Jingxing had already crossed the entire atmosphere, and this was no longer the atmosphere. He was basically acting as a prophet.

Under such heavy pressure, all he could think about now was that the box office of Mekong River should not be too ugly. Unexpectedly, Chen Jingxing completely skipped this stage and was already thinking about what kind of impact this movie would have on the military, and even thought about it.

Use this influence to lay out new film projects.

"Edge of Tomorrow." Chen Jingxing was not pretentious. He had already considered everything: "The filming of "Operation Red Sea" is not something we can do alone. Like the Mekong River, "Red Sea" also needs the support of relevant departments, otherwise

Where can we find a warship? Even if you use special effects, if you use special effects technology to produce 054, it must be able to pass the review? It involves the actions of the navy, and it cannot be filmed without the support of the navy."

Chen Jingxing shook his head: "It doesn't have to be Director Qin, I'm waiting for the rightful owner to come directly to the door, or we can go to the navy directly."

Although Guo Fan is relatively confident in the quality of Mekong River's movies, when it comes to the box office, his heart is always hanging in the air, especially when it comes to such a blockbuster with a cost of up to 200 million, which is still a propositional composition assigned by the Ministry of Public Security.

The heavy pressure from all aspects made him feel out of breath. The pressure brought to him by the last movie he shot, "My Deskmate", was completely different from Mekong River.

Guo Fan was a little puzzled when he heard this: "Since there are so many difficulties in filming, you still...ah, I understand, are you waiting for Director Qin to come to you again?"

A smile appeared on Chen Jingxing's lips and he looked at Guo Fan: "Your "Operation Mekong" is an opportunity."

"How could the Navy come to us directly? If we go to the Navy with a project, I'm afraid it will be difficult to pass, especially when it involves the naval ships you mentioned appearing in commercial movies, and the naval special forces going abroad to participate in the evacuation of overseas Chinese.

For more sensitive things, I am afraid that only a very high-level executive can nod to make it happen. I think it is a bit futile, and it will take a long time."

"Whether it will take long depends on whether a suitable opportunity arises." Chen Jingxing seemed to have this in mind.

""Operation Mekong"?" Guo Fan immediately responded: "You mean that after the release of Mekong River, it will attract the attention of the military? Do you have so much confidence in this movie?"

The Ministry of Public Security is completely different from the military. Even if Mekong River achieves market success, how can he be sure that the military will be attracted and put down their pretensions to cooperate with film companies for publicity? Maybe the military doesn't care about this thing at all? People

The funding is not obtained from movie promotion.

Is it possible that there are some tasks assigned by the superiors? The military's propaganda work has been included in the performance evaluation? Qin Zhonghe has not mentioned this matter. If departments really start to change their propaganda methods, they must use the medium of movies to carry out propaganda.

, then you should contact Guoying as soon as possible? I haven’t heard of any background in his family.

Chen Jingxing had no idea that in such a short period of time, Guo Fan had already positioned him in his mind as a giant in the film and television industry who was more informed than Qin Zhonghe.

"Would I invest in this movie if I didn't have the confidence? It's 100 million yuan, and it's not Japanese yen. Just relax. While the domestic film market is developing, the audience is hungry for genre films, especially genre films that were previously lacking.

The degree is also rising. Our view of China

The public is very tolerant. For commercial films of the same type, they don’t need you to be as good or even better than those made in Hollywood. As long as you can reach the standard, they will buy it. Mekong is not just a rare type of film.

, it’s still a genre film above the standard.”

(End of chapter)