Rhapsody of Entertainment Rebirth

Bruckheimer faced the final draw with confidence. You must know that this draw is not only related to the box office gap of more than hundreds of millions of dollars, but also a technologically groundbreaking competition.

The mid-schedule of November 20th is not a good choice according to common sense. There is a wolf in front and a tiger in the back. It is caught in the middle and needs to compete with two movies.

But for "Gravity", this is the best schedule!

"Gravity" is a groundbreaking 3DIMAX movie. Facing traditional 2D movies, it is an authentic dimensionality reduction attack.

"Armageddon 2012" is not a movie at all in the eyes of Bruckheimer and Disney. The only thing they have to face is "Avatar", which is also a 3DIMAX movie.

To be honest, compared to "Avatar", "Gravity" is at a disadvantage. There is a huge gap between investment and production time.

The scenes and special effects alone are probably a big difference.

"Gravity" can be released before "Avatar", which is the best result.

Not only can it be bundled with "Avatar", but it also has four weeks to sweep the global box office on its own, enough for Disney to start its business.

Four weeks after its release, "Avatar" will most likely set off a wave of movie viewing again. "Gravity" may be able to borrow more power and the box office can climb higher.

Disney and Bruckheimer can be said to have left nothing out.

Fox naturally understands Disney's plans, but they have full confidence in Cameron and "Avatar".

This is Cameron's four-year effort and a $500 million masterpiece. They have already seen some movie clips, which are shocking!

At the same time, they can't help but have some contempt for Shanhe and "Gravity".

With an investment of more than 100 million US dollars and a production cycle of one and a half years, it is impossible for the film to compete with "Avatar".

No matter how talented Hua Xiaqiu is, he can't violate objective laws!

Fox can accept either November 20 or December 18.

Both options have pros and cons for them. It would be great to be able to release it before "Gravity", but the prime time of the Christmas period is also very attractive.

Let’s draw lots! Let God decide!

The method of drawing lots is very simple. Two paper balls are held in the left and right hands of theater representative Henrik Renn.

One person chooses first, and the rest will take care of itself!

"Jerry, Jon, who of you comes first?"

"I come!"

Jon takes the lead, so he has to be rude to the old gangster!

Bruckheimer smiled and stretched out his hand in a gentlemanly gesture of please.

"I choose the left hand!"

"OK, let's see the final result!"

Henrik Renn opened the ball of paper in his left hand and showed everyone a circle.

"Congratulations! Jon, "Avatar" has won the most prime time slot of the year. Christmas is yours! December 18th will be the premiere day of "Avatar"!"

"Ha ha…"

As soon as the results came out, Bruckheimer was the first to let out a burst of triumphant laughter.

"Jon, thank you for your humility. Let's test the water for you first. I'm curious, how much box office potential can 3DIMAX live-action movies have?"

"Fuck you! You should worry more about Hua Xia Qiu! I heard that he hasn't even finished filming yet, so don't be busy canceling the schedule and rescheduling it then!"

"Ha ha…"

Bruckheimer laughed again,

"I disappoint you. Just before we drew lots, Qiu just completed the shooting plan!"

Jon was so stifled by Bruckheimer's words that he glared at Bruckheimer and said, "Huh, don't be too proud, Huaxia Qiu can't be so lucky forever!"

"Haha..." Bruckheimer pointed at the ball of paper and responded, "I let you down again. So far, Qiu's luck is enough!"

"Son of bitch! We'll see!"

Jon cursed and led people out of the conference room.

Bruckheimer shrugged to several theater representatives.

"Lost your mind!"

…

Half an hour later, Shanhe received the news that "Gravity" was scheduled to be released on November 20th.

Bruckheimer was so proud on the phone that he recounted the entire draw to Shanhe.

The process of him verbally quarreling with the two producers and making them furious was described vividly and made Shanhe laugh.

"When it comes to movie distribution, they are worse than me. I'm not bragging. As long as it's your Qiu's movie, I will never let you suffer a loss in schedule!"

"You are awesome! This time the schedule has been completed beautifully, Jerry, I can guarantee that "Gravity" will have a global box office of one billion US dollars!"

"Oh! One billion US dollars is just the bottom line! Qiu, you are really an angel! Don't worry, Disney and I will not hold you back in the promotion of the film!"

"At Pixar, you have to help me keep an eye on the progress. The sooner the post-production special effects are completed, the more confident we will be!"

"No problem, Qiu, when do you plan to come to Los Angeles? When it comes to film editing and rendering, the conditions in China are a bit poor."

"When the special effects production of the shot is roughly completed, I will go to Los Angeles. The score engineer and color team must prepare it for me first."

"I'm ready, Hans Zimmer will be the scorer of "Gravity", and three color correction teams are waiting for your call at any time!"

"Haha...Jerry, you are an angel too!"

"Basic operation, my share of the money is not free! Qiu, I can't wait, come on, let's have another big scene together!"

"Ha ha…"

…

After hanging up the phone, Shanhe laughed again.

He really squeezed "Avatar" behind him. Now he is having fun. How much change can he bring to the future?

It’s really exciting!

All is ready except for the opportunity! Bruckheimer is right, this is another big event.

Bruckheimer's call made Shanhe overjoyed and happy. He immediately announced to the crew that he would spend his own money to treat all the crew to a three-day trip to Guilin.

Shanhe's heroic spirit caused him to be thrown into the sky again by everyone!

The North American schedule is certain, and both Disney and Fox have begun global schedule arrangements.

Seeking simultaneous release in various countries has become their next important distribution task.

The next day, the schedule request for "Avatar" was placed on Han Shanping's desk.

Han Shanping glanced at Fox's request letter and asked his secretary, "Has the Chuhe Film and Television schedule letter arrived?"

"Not yet, it is expected to arrive soon. "Gravity" has been scheduled for November 20th in North America, and it will definitely be released at the same time in China."

"Hmm!" Han Shanping thought about it for a moment and said directly, "In this way, we will postpone "Avatar" for three weeks. In the afternoon, we will arrange a meeting. The distribution department and I will have a meeting to discuss the rest."

"Okay! I'll make arrangements right away!"

Han Sanping's words gave "Gravity" three more weeks of box office accumulation in China.

Although your "Avatar" is coming fiercely, you have to stand back in China!

In the afternoon schedule arrangement meeting, the discussion became more intense. This year’s Lunar New Year schedule is too special.

Once "Gravity" and "Avatar" are scheduled to be released, no domestic film will be willing to hit them in December and January.

Shanhe and Cameron are so famous that even "2012" with an investment of 200 million US dollars was forced to advance its schedule, let alone others!

In 2009, there were quite a few domestic films that were planning to hit the Lunar New Year schedule.

"Little Soldiers", "October Siege", "Mulan", "The Storm 2", "The Tomb" and other well-produced movies with star-studded productions are all ready to be released during this prime time period.

Coupled with films such as "The Golden Guard", "My Brothers from the Tang Dynasty", "East Wind Rain", etc., there are more than a dozen movies waiting to share the box office during the entire Lunar New Year period.

How to coordinate the schedules of these movies has become a headache for China Film.

After more than an hour of back-and-forth discussion, Han Shanping made a final decision,

"Tell these producers that this year's situation is special. The Lunar New Year schedule is moved up one month, and the prime schedule starts in November.

There is still a three-week gap between "Gravity" and "Avatar", so it's okay to schedule two or three more movies.

The Spring Festival schedule is also moved back half a month, with two more films scheduled. Of course, if anyone wants to release it together with "Gravity" and "Avatar", we welcome it! "

Ha ha…

Han Shanping's words made everyone present laugh. No one should be so stubborn!

"Mr. Han, there is another issue we need to consider. Except for "Gravity", none of these movies can hold up to "Avatar". We can't let "Avatar" continue to be rampant during the Spring Festival, right?"

After hearing this, Han Shanping thought about it for a while and asked,

"Doesn't Xu Ke have a big production? Let's see if we can get him to take part in it?"

"'Detective Dee' is a project with Chuhe Film and Television as the main investor, and Hong Kong Emperor, Bona Pictures, and Huiwen Group as co-investors. This matter needs to be communicated with Chuhe Film and Television!"

Han Shanping nodded,

"You go and communicate first. Chinese filmmakers have the responsibility to uphold the dignity of Chinese-language films. I believe that neither Shanhe nor Xu Ke will back down!"

"Understood!"

…

The chaotic entry of "Gravity" also caused turmoil in the domestic film market.

But this was not within Shanhe's consideration. After returning to the capital from Guilin, he entered cultivation mode.

"Gravity" is different from other movies in that the proportion of special effects is too high. Almost all shots require post-production special effects.

Shanhe's editing work could not proceed until the shots were produced.

In addition, the film material of "Gravity" is much less than that of ordinary movies. After all, the cost of special effects production is too high, and no director will waste money to shoot more material.

Everything is being shot according to the picture plan prepared by the crew in advance, so the editing work of "Gravity" will be simpler than Shanhe's previous movies.

For Shan He, the hardest part of the movie was shooting, and that work was already done.

For the rest of May, apart from going to Colorful Light to keep an eye on the special effects progress, Shan He spent most of his time in the courtyard.

If he didn't become a director, staying at home would probably be Shanhe's daily routine.

Writing and directing are really two very interrelated but completely different professions.

Telling a story also requires imagination and creation, but one is facing oneself, while the other relies on the team.

After a pause of several months, when Shanhe picked up "The Life of Yi" again, he felt a little strange and a little distant.

From the vastness of space to the endless sea, the two vastnesses bring such different feelings to mountains and rivers.

It is too difficult to publish movies and novels of different themes at the same time. "The Life of Yi" is destined to need more time to brew and write.

Shanhe took advantage of these ten days to re-read the words he had originally written.

He did not start writing to continue writing about the young man Yi and Tiger's drifting at sea, but was just thinking about the beginning of the novel.

For Shan He, the beginning has always been the most difficult part of the entire novel.

The young boy Yi should have been born into a middle-class family. His father was an enlightened British zoologist and botanical scholar, and his mother was a wealthy lady from a local Chinese family in Singapore. She received a modern education, but still maintained Chinese traditions.

He grew up in such a mixed Chinese and Western environment, and his parents' different cultural backgrounds had a huge impact on him.

In Shanhe's imagination, young Yi should have an uncle, who is his mother's youngest brother and a rebellious young man who wants to break away from family control.

Growing up, this uncle was his favorite because he always brought him all kinds of novelties, including telling myths and stories about various religions in Singapore.

This made Yi, a young boy, interested in various religions and beliefs since he was a child.

Next comes the most difficult part of writing the novel. Shanhe needs to intrinsically connect these different religious teachings with the fantasy drifting of young Yi.

Life of Fantasy is just a cover, its core is about the confrontation and coexistence between primitiveness and sociality in human nature.

Religion, a special ideology, explains this to a large extent.

Shanhe intends to integrate the four teachings of Taoism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity into this story to varying degrees.

Among them, Taoism and Christianity are the main ones, and the Eastern and Western attitudes towards the relationship between man and nature will be integrated into this fantasy drifting.

In "The Life of Yi", Shanhe hopes to deeply reveal the incomparable power of faith on the human soul through Yi's growth experience.

Yi was born into a family with a blend of East and West, and his religious beliefs are multiple and diverse.

His father is a rationalist and firmly holds an atheist position, while his mother inherits the Chinese tradition and is an authentic pan-believer. She will worship all gods as long as it is useful to her family.

When faced with the diversity and practicality of his family's beliefs, Yi began to have questions about religion and longed to find a truth, a faith that could guide him.

Influenced by his mother's pan-believers and his uncle's active thoughts, Yi became interested in all religions and became a veritable religious enthusiast.

As he fell into the loneliness and danger of his wandering, Yi gradually abandoned Islam and Buddhism, as both were of no use to his desperate situation, and both teachings were leading him toward death.

However, he wants to live!

He turned his mind to Taoism and Christianity, and wandered between the two, trying to find a kind of comfort and hope.

This shift in faith demonstrated the immense power of the heart and mind, providing Yi with the motivation to find courage and perseverance in the face of despair.

Facing the endless ocean, lack of food, and the shadow of death, Yi found inner peace and strength through prayer and searching for faith.

The pursuit of faith became the pillar for him to survive while drifting, and inspired him to think about human existence and destiny.

After Yi and Tiger Richard Parker arrive at the dreamy island, they undergo the ultimate spiritual transformation of their own.

The unity of man and nature became Yi's ultimate belief.

He confirms that he is a whole with nature and the universe, that he is a part of nature and the universe, and that his actions and consciousness should be in harmony with this whole.

Yi accepted everything he had experienced, put down all the shackles on his body, and achieved peaceful coexistence with the tiger. Humanity and animality coexisted on the canoe of survival.

It was this inner strength that allowed him to focus on survival and ultimately persevere until he was rescued.

Shanhe once again clarified the core of the novel, and he needed to combine this core with the coat of Fantasy Drifting to form a moving novel.

The novel allows people to face the cruelty of reality soberly after being addicted to fantasy drifting, thus generating a certain amount of philosophical thinking.

This is a difficult proposition, and Shanhe requires more ideological collision and overall consideration.

In the past ten days, he has not written a word, but "The Life of Yi" has taken a big step forward.

Shanhe determines the core of the novel!

At the end of May, he returned home to Shanghai from the capital.

In the next few days, my sister Qiu Chuxi will experience two important advancements in life, her eighteenth birthday and the college entrance examination!

As an older brother, Shanhe naturally wanted to accompany his sister through this moment.

Shanhe has brought great changes to the family. The family is very rich in material conditions and can be said to be one of the richest families in the country. However, it does not seem to have fundamentally changed the family's thinking.

They still attach great importance to Qiu Chuxi's college entrance examination.

China's thousand-year examination tradition has engraved the concern of the elders for the studies of the younger generations into their bones and blood. In their view, even if they have enough food and clothing and a worry-free life, the college entrance examination is always a major event in life.

From the moment Qiu Chuxi entered the second half of her senior year of high school, almost everyone in her family revolved around her.

Strong support that is conducive to academic performance, and overall rejection that affects performance in the college entrance examination.

Xie Meiyu strictly restricted the number of times Qiu Chuxi went to Geku Company.

Qiu Chuxi's resistance was suppressed by Xie Meiyu. This time, even Qiu Jiang and Yu Zhengchong, who had always doted on her, unanimously stood by Xie Meiyu.

In a word, if you get into a good university, you can make your own decisions about the rest of your life. If you don't do well in the exam, you have to obey the arrangements of your family.

The hopes of the whole family and the threats from her mother put great pressure on Qiu Chuxi.

For future freedom and the expectations of her family, Qiu Chuxi worked hard. Her motto is: study hard for freedom!

As soon as Shanhe returned home, he saw his sister with a piece of cloth tied with slogans on her head, hunched over a desk covered with books, immersed in reading.

The sense of sight of a cantilevered head and a cone piercing the buttocks is extremely strong.

Shanhe couldn't help but be amused by this scene. Qiu Chuxi, a carefree young beautiful girl, also had such moments!

This is so strange. Shanhe is very curious about what happened at home in the past few months.

He did not disturb his attentive sister. After putting away his luggage, he asked his father,

"Dad, what's going on with Xixi? I've never seen her work so hard and seriously?"

"Hey, I was scared by your mother. Your mother threatened her that if she didn't do well in the exam, she would have to listen to her in everything from now on. What she said was true. Your master and grandma and I didn't protect her this time, Xixi This time I tried hard!" Qiu Jiang said softly to his son,

"That's okay. Xixi is a grown girl now. When she was a child, she liked her. When she grows up, it's really not like her to be careless all day long. It's okay for your mother to let her suffer a little. I've been here for the past few months. It’s so heartbreaking!”

Shanhe nodded. Shanhe also supported his mother's approach.

Qiu Chuxi has never experienced any hardship since she was a child. Growing up in wealth and pampering, she should indeed experience some hardships, which will be beneficial to her future.

It wasn't until dinner time that Qiu Chuxi discovered that her dear brother was back.

He ran to his brother's side in three steps and two steps, holding Shanhe's arm and complaining: "Brother, our mother is too authoritarian and has linked my future life with my college entrance examination results!"

Shanhe ruffled his sister's hair, "Mom is right, isn't the college entrance examination score related to the future? There are only a few days left, hold on, your brother, I will be with you at home!"

"Okay! Brother, what gift did you bring me? My sister-in-law sent me a box of clothes and jewelry, and a watch!"

Shanhe smiled and replied: "If you can get into a good school this time, I will give you all the shares in Geku Company. How about this gift?"

"Really? Then we have agreed that this girl will definitely surprise you this time!"

As soon as Xie Meiyu walked out of the kitchen with chicken soup, she saw her daughter holding her son aside and whispering,

"Qiu Chuxi, it's not easy to complain to your brother. He has to listen to me at home!"

"Hmph, my brother and I told him that there is a dictator in the family and we want him to join us in overthrowing the dictator's rule!"

"Haha... I'm going to dominate you. If you don't accept it, you have to hold it in until you get into a good school!"

"Mom, we have agreed. I have passed the key exam, and I have the final say on what I will do in the future!"

"We'll wait until you pass the exam!"

"Mom, are you planning to be mean?"

"What I'm saying is, you have the freedom to choose after college!"

"Dad, master and master, please testify to me that this is not what my mother said originally!"

"I have the final right to interpret what I say!" Xie Meiyu was very careful about her daughter, "Hurry up and have dinner, it's only been a few days, and I haven't been thinking about you!"

"Listen to your mother, she can still refuse to let you do business!"

…

Since her rebirth, Qiu Chuxi was not just a biological sister in Shanhe's eyes, but sometimes more like her own daughter, doting on and protecting her and not wanting her to suffer any hardship.

Now she has completely grown up!

Watching his sister spend her coming-of-age birthday and accompanying her into the examination room of life, Shanhe seemed to have completed a mission.

The first goal he set after his rebirth was to protect his family and his sister.

Now that more than half of this goal has been accomplished, Shanhe feels extremely satisfied and satisfied.

Looking at Qiu Chuxi who had regained his infinite vitality after the college entrance examination, Shanhe boarded a plane to the capital.