China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 488 Sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai and reconnaissance of the enemy

"What are the arrangements for "The Wandering Earth" and your "Matrix III" this year? I'm afraid there will be a lot of theme movies this year." Chen Sicheng asked curiously.

DreamWorks' "The Wandering Earth" has been completed. Except for movie fans and actor fans, ordinary viewers may not care about it, but the industry naturally cannot care about it.

From the movie title and the brief information registered with the film bureau, you can probably tell that the sun is about to be destroyed, and humans build huge thrusters on the surface of the earth to drive the earth to find a new home.

Judging from the synopsis of the story, the layout is quite large, in line with DreamWorks’ sci-fi style that has always been astonishingly imaginative and bold.

And the astonishing size of this movie can also be felt from the production cost of 100 million US dollars.

Although the director is not Chen Jingxing, and he naturally does not have much limelight on the Internet and media at home and abroad, as a peer in the industry, Chen Sicheng will not underestimate this project.

In fact, if it weren't for Chen Jingxing's pressure, Guo Fan would have become the leading commercial film star director in China with three blockbusters including "Mekong", "Edge of Tomorrow" and "Red Sea" and a box office of nearly 8 billion.

Even Chen Sicheng, Ning Hao and others are slightly inferior.

Not to mention "The Matrix III", this is the final chapter of the science fiction series that fans around the world are paying attention to.

It’s hard to say about DreamWorks’ other projects, but these two movies will most likely be released this year. In addition, starting from this year, there will also be an increase in tribute films, many of which are very important blockbusters.

The proportion of the domestic film market will naturally decrease accordingly, and even the proportion of the box office will decrease accordingly.

As a result, I am afraid that both "The Matrix III" and "The Wandering Earth" will not be released in popular schedules.

Although Chen Sicheng may not be able to clearly see Chen Jingxing's layout, after all, "The Wandering Earth" and "Once Upon a Time on Earth" have not yet been completed and released, and the movie universe is still invisible to the outside world.

At least everyone has reached a consensus that domestic science fiction fans and audiences are really difficult to serve. It is too difficult to follow the trend of science fiction themes and is not suitable for hot money investment or short-circuit money. If you really want to make a science fiction movie, you must polish the script.

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Even though China has become the world's largest ticket bank, it still feels crowded, so he can't help but care.

Chen Sicheng's expression relaxed a little, and he lost no time in flattering him: "Who knows, your brain is worth hundreds of millions, who dares to underestimate it?"

Chen Jingxing secretly laughed in his heart. Ever since the three major giants Beijing Film, Jangho Culture and United Cinemas began to "force" the palace together, either hard or soft, last year, he knew that these major domestic companies could no longer sit still.

It can be regarded as making the best use of everything and having good intentions.

In the end, the cooperation between the two companies failed due to differences between the investment and DreamWorks' demands for control.

After all, he only provided creative ideas. Chen Jingxing, who is so upright and upright, would naturally not ask for the right to authorize his name.

In fact, what Chen Sicheng is most afraid of during this Spring Festival is Xingye's "The New King of Comedy" and Uncle Long's "Parallel Mission". Xingye and comedy are almost competitors in the same track as "Tang Detective".

Chen Jingxing smiled: "Don't worry, I didn't come up with any ideas. Besides, an industrial film involves all aspects, and it's not like I can bring about any changes with just one idea."

This will become DreamWorks' four major film series in the future.

Chen Jingxing's calmness seemed too obvious, but Chen Sicheng sensitively captured his emotions.

"Wall-E" won't even be screened? Are you so confident? United Cinemas' "The Adventures of Dinosaur" was screened with a good reputation. My curiosity is like a scratching cat and I can't hold it in.

If you stay here, it’s inconvenient for me to take a sneak peek."

In successful IP series movies and animated movies, the proportion of box office in overall revenue is not high, usually less than 30%.

By firmly linking Universal, we can gain access to its powerful distribution network in Europe and the United States.

Chen Jingxing laughed out loud: "Brother Chen, this is actually why you came here today."

It used to be said that Hollywood is a wolf. What the domestic film industry should consider is how to defend and defend its territory from being bitten by a pack of wolves. In recent years, Hollywood blockbusters no longer have the unstoppable power in China.

strength.

First of all, there is the assorted gift movie "My 1949", which has been confirmed to be released on the National Day in 2019. It has Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou and other great directors gathered together, and there are countless stars, which is very suitable for the occasion.

In addition to DreamWorks, there is a huge mismatch between the nascent science fiction creations in China and the high standards and high demands that audiences have for science fiction works through the influence of DreamWorks, which makes domestic filmmakers quite depressed.

The scripts and shooting of science fiction movies are relatively difficult, and there is a lack of talents in this field in China. However, Chen Jingxing has provided science fiction masterpieces that have been verified by the market and time in his previous life. As soon as he made them, he raised the horizons and appreciation threshold of the domestic audience.

A height that is insurmountable.

Take last year, for example, "Red Sea", "The Matrix II" and "The God of Medicine" were three movies with a box office of over 3 billion. Two were produced by DreamWorks and one was produced by Bad Monkey. Both traditional forces and new Internet forces were

The comparison is over.

However, Chen Sicheng has long since given up comparing himself with Chen Jingxing. Although both of them were known as the leaders of young actors in 2014 and have now become capitalists, Chen Sicheng's career is still small compared to DreamWorks.

I saw a great witch.

For this year's Spring Festival, Uncle Long even made a science fiction action movie, combining action scenes and science fiction that he is good at, and is ready to fight again.

However, Uncle Long still produced this book, and it has been scheduled for the Spring Festival.

This is the reason why Chen Jingxing can sit firmly on Diaoyutai and remain calm about the industry's anxieties about "whether the domestic film market is close to saturation" and "gift blockbusters are squeezing popular schedules."

On the one hand, it is to protect domestic films to achieve better box office and obtain greater profits during good schedules. On the other hand, it is also to hope that blockbusters can prop up the market in the off-season, and even keep the off-season strong, thus expanding the total annual box office and completing the

index.

The animated film DreamWorks also has Asia's leading technological accumulation, which is also DreamWorks' strength.

Of course, Chen Jingxing also knew that the promotion of "Parallel Mission" was suspected of being unfair to him, but after all, Uncle Long was a senior he respected very much, and the publishing company was Jianghe Culture, not Uncle Long's company, so naturally he couldn't make a fuss about it.

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In addition, there are other tribute-themed movies lined up behind, and "The Wandering Earth" may not be able to squeeze in, or there is a high probability that it will not be squeezed in.

It's just that this book is really a bit bad. The screenwriter is very ambitious and involves many elements, including kidnapping, theft, murder, explosions, drag racing, and gun battles. However, it is full of loopholes and bugs.

With the two 70th anniversaries commemorating, there are a lot of blockbusters as gifts. Although they have also participated in investment, the domestic market is obviously a bit cramped, so how can we not be in a hurry.

His fear of "Parallel Mission" is that it is rumored that Chen Jingxing participated in the script of "Parallel Mission". This news alone is enough to make people wary.

Just the information that Chen Jingxing provided science fiction ideas or ideas for a certain movie is enough to make many science fiction fans look forward to it.

With the four major movie series, DreamWorks will become a new global player besides the Hollywood giants.

Chen Sicheng looked at Chen Jingxing with a serious expression.

The "Parallel Mission" mentioned by Chen Sicheng is also one of its competitors in the Spring Festival, a movie by Brother Cheng Long.

However, the productivity of bad movies is a bit high, and their reputation has begun to decline, and they have gradually become a supporting role in the Spring Festival war.

The domestic market is getting bigger and bigger, and it is growing rapidly, but there are also more knives and forks to divide the cake. It is not that the major studios have not benefited, but everything is based on comparison. The cakes they get are obviously somewhat different.

Not on market growth.

Chen Sicheng was very thick-skinned: "If you know yourself and your enemy, you will never be in danger of fighting a hundred battles."

But just the existing projects and the brand power of DreamWorks can make him feel the advantages of DreamWorks.

This is why Chen Jingxing did not hesitate to sell his investment share of "The Matrix" II and III to Universal Pictures, and also let Universal Pictures participate in the development of the "Aquila Warrior" and "The Walking Dead" movies, and introduced European and American characters.

Now that Chen Jingxing denied it in person, another stone fell to Chen Sicheng's heart.

With the current brand image of DreamWorks, there is no doubt that the industrial films produced have such strength.

He stared at the scenery outside the floor-to-ceiling windows of the office behind Chen Jingxing and sighed, "You have nothing to be afraid of."

And many blockbuster movies released in the off-season can indeed drive the entire movie market, and even make the entire movie market popular. There are many examples of huge box office successes in the slowest off-seasons like March and April.

It is not a good book in itself. Even if it needs to be revised and improved, it is still a big project. Moreover, Chen Jingxing also requested that if DreamWorks wants to revise it, DreamWorks must become the main producer and send a producer to control the filming of the movie.

In addition, he is also working hard to create a movie universe.

Moreover, he has already made plans and is no longer so dependent on schedules. Although the Chinese film market is the base camp, it is still the foundation of DreamWorks, but the overseas market is enough to make up for the fluctuations and deficiencies of the base camp.

If Chen Jingxing hadn't appeared, all the science fiction works that might have been tolerably regarded as passing by the domestic audience would have become bad films that everyone was calling out. Because of Chen Jingxing's series of hard-core science fiction works, domestic audiences are even more picky about science fiction.

higher than abroad.

It's quite a bit like Lian Po is old and can't afford to eat, but he still has to eat.

This also resulted in domestic science fiction movies not produced by DreamWorks being criticized by science fiction fans. After a short period of enthusiasm and impetuosity, the science fiction theme began to slowly "cool" in the Chinese film industry.

The "Tang Detective" series is already one of the best in China, and it has brought endless capital to Chen Sicheng, but Chen Jingxing can completely surpass it with "The Matrix".

That is to say, even in the off-season, it can drive the entire movie market and achieve good box office results.

After all, Chen Jingxing cherishes his feathers very much and will never allow the reputation of DreamWorks to be wasted casually. Don't use the name of DreamWorks screenwriter to attract movie fans and audiences, and then the reputation will be ruined. This kind of business is very uneconomical.

"Let's see if "The Wandering Earth" can be released on the National Day schedule. If not, I'm afraid it will have to be released in advance. "The Matrix III" is more complicated. It also depends on Universal's arrangements and the schedules in other major markets. It may be released at the end of the year.

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The "Matrix" series has achieved unprecedented success. "The Wandering Earth", "Once Upon a Time on Earth" (Three-Body), the Chinese mecha IP "Aquila Warrior" and the Zombie Wasteland IP with "The Walking Dead" as the core have been initially launched.

In the Asian market, DreamWorks has built a strong brand and established a mature distribution cooperation model.

There's only one left.

However, anything related to DreamWorks cannot be taken lightly. It is best to read it in advance so that you can have an idea.

In the future, "The Wandering Earth" and "Once Upon a Time on Earth" may also be open to investment by Universal and Netflix.

In the past, the so-called domestic film protection policy often scheduled Hollywood blockbusters in off-season periods such as March, April, May, June and September.

Uncle Long got a ready-made science fiction script about a parallel world and wanted to make it into a science fiction action film. To be cautious, he also contacted Chen Jingxing and wanted Chen Jingxing to come up with an idea or ask a screenwriter from DreamWorks to do it.

After perfecting and revising the script, you can sign your name as the screenwriter.

Furthermore, Jianghe Culture also acted very shady, not giving Chen Jingxing a handle and playing around with the story. The news was vaguely circulated. Although DreamWorks also officially responded that Chen Jingxing was not the screenwriter of "Parallel Mission", but because it is a science fiction theme

, it is said that there is also a brain-burning plot involving parallel time and space, so the statement that "Chen Jingxing provided creativity for "Parallel Mission" still makes many viewers believe it.

As the two 70th anniversaries approach, the number of tribute films makes him feel a little dizzy. It is destined that DreamWorks will no longer be able to dominate the hit schedule as it did in the past.

But in comparison, Chen Jingxing didn't have any worries. DreamWorks had already prepared it.

Objectively speaking, some small and medium-cost science fiction films produced by other domestic companies in recent years are not without their merits. Unfortunately, the appetite of domestic audiences and science fiction fans has been too high.

Other domestic studios, including the so-called new Internet forces that have invested in Hollywood, are far behind DreamWorks in terms of animation and special effects technology.

Under the "coercion" of the three giants, Chen Jingxing did make concessions and promised not to get involved in this year's summer movie. However, in addition to wanting to dispel public anger, after all, DreamWorks has indeed made too much money in the past two years, and everyone would be jealous.

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As a frequent visitor to the Spring Festival stalls, Uncle Long can be regarded as a model worker. Stars have begun to work behind the scenes and no longer go into battle in person. In order for the Cheng family to work and eat, Uncle Long has to go into action in action movies one after another, consuming his reputation and reputation.

Appeal.

But are good days coming for everyone?

"Forget it, to be serious, I heard that "Parallel Tasks" approached you? You didn't come up with any ideas?"

By maintaining close cooperation with streaming media giants like Netflix that cover global cross-language and cross-cultural barriers, DreamWorks can ensure stable overseas distribution capabilities and the ability to create global IP through film and television output.

The other part is also smooth sailing.

"The Wandering Earth" is a project registered with the competent authorities. It can also be regarded as the main theme science fiction work presented by DreamWorks for its 70th anniversary, but it may not be released on the National Day schedule.

Rather than being talked to by the competent authorities to do the work, it is better to take a step back.

Since Chen Jingxing started the science fiction whirlwind, the number of science fiction themes in domestic films has also increased, but most of them ended up being blocked.

Although it is not Journey to the West, it is not Panda, it does not have Kung Fu, and it is not linked to any IP. As a completely original animation, "Wall-E" really does not have the potential to be a box office hit. Even if it has one promotional video a week, in the eyes of the media, it is not even

It is not as popular as "The Return of the Great Sage". After all, "The Return of the Great Sage" has a lot of adult viewers.

Life is indeed getting better and better, but it is not as good as imagined, because DreamWorks is a wolf more ferocious than Hollywood. The most disgusting thing is that it is a member of the domestic film and television industry, and has no logic in "protectionism".

Use it on him.

After Chen Jingxing laughed, he still tried to calm Chen Sicheng's mind: "Wall-E is just a cartoon, and it's not on the same track. We should worry about Dinosaur Adventures and Young Thunder. You have such a big IP."

What's there to worry about? You're so suspicious..."

"Huh, okay, this is what you said. If "Tang Detective" doesn't reach 4 billion at the box office, you have to give me an explanation. I don't want anything else. You just write me a script."

"You're just trying to make a fool of yourself. None of my movies have reached 4 billion yuan. Why don't you say 5 billion? You're just a waste of money..."

After struggling for a long time, Chen Sicheng still walked out of Chen Jingxing's office with a depressed look on his face. His plan to investigate the "enemy situation" failed and he could only return without success.

The next chapter is in the early morning

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