Senior Superstar

As an American director, Bibixi has always had a good relationship with Hollywood management by virtue of her appeal in the European film market.

In the production conference room of Paramount Pictures, several production representatives immediately perked up after seeing Bibixi's two project proposals on the desk.

"Gentlemen, I carefully selected the two sci-fi scripts from the film library. The choice is up to you. Of course, I greedily hope that you have enough courage to make these two excellent scripts a reality." There is an opportunity to make a lot of money for us."

Bibixi's British humor made everyone present smile.

Everyone quickly read the outline and plot summary of the two scripts, but in the end, no one expressed their opinion. Instead, Qiqi turned his attention to Bibixi again.

"Leia, as you know, Paramount has always been only responsible for investment. It has always given full trust and authority to our co-directors. Which of these two scripts do you personally prefer?"

The question was once again thrown back in front of Bibixi.

As if she had expected such a situation a long time ago, Bibixi spread her hands calmly.

Made an exaggerated embarrassment.

"As you know, it is a tormenting thing to choose the best scripts from the hundreds of scripts that go into the library every day. It took me a whole month to choose these two. You do this, It’s the equivalent of asking me if Scarlett Johansson is better for a lover or Sophie Marceau is better to take home for the night! Swear to God, it’s tough.”

As everyone smiled knowingly like a man, Bibixi thought for a while and put her hand on one of them.

"If it's for prizes, I personally like this one better. It tells the story of a poor man who challenges the rules of governance in a future setting. The protagonist has only five days to live because of high radiation at work, His only hope of survival is to smuggle into the bliss space of upper-level humans and use the advanced medical equipment there to heal himself. But in the process, he discovered that there are lower-level people who need these equipment far more than himself. This script It is full of metaphors for real politics, and can maintain a very refreshing scene rhythm on this basis. Especially at the end of the story, the protagonist decides to sacrifice himself and give up the opportunity of medical treatment to the mother and daughter who smuggled from the bottom of the slums to the Elysium. It sublimates the theme."

Listening to Bibixi's introduction and promotion, the two production representatives silently put their hands on their chins, and their forehead lines were superimposed due to the raised brows.

Seeing the slight resistance from several people, Bibixi chuckled and picked up another script instead.

"Obviously, our goal this time is to make money, so I am more than happy to recommend this story to everyone."

"oh?"

Seeing Bibixi's look of winning, everyone was finally aroused with full interest.

"Tell me."

"The core of this story is actually very simple. It tells that in an interstellar space station, a group of astronauts obtained a sample of alien life and activated it. But they did not expect that this seemingly weak alien Life has a horrific growth and evolution speed. So a chase and hunting of human elites and alien life in the space station kicked off."

Listening to Bibixi's description, several producers frowned almost simultaneously.

"That sounds...like Alien."

Someone made a complaint.

But facing such complaints, Bibixi didn't feel flustered at all, he just snapped his fingers!

"Bingo! You are right, Jack, is the core of Alien. But we want to add new elements to it. You must know that Alien is the monster setting of the last century. The core of its story is classic, but its The aesthetics can no longer keep up with the current audience. So we have to create a monster that is more realistic and can better reflect its sense of evolution, so as to gradually increase the tension of the film. And the scene of the alien story is too open This time we will create a closed space around the space station! Add the elements of escape room, believe me, the core of the classic story, coupled with the innovation in production technology and art style, is definitely the basic guarantee for the box office.”

Facing Bibixi's lobbying, the production representatives borrowed a car and looked at each other.

"So you said basic security, Leia my friend. What we want is not basic security."

"A wonderful story, coupled with a strong cast, will always be a good medicine at the box office!"

Bibixi chuckled and replied confidently.

"And what about the Chinese market?"

Obviously, someone has already been moved by him.

"It also fits the previous one."

Bibixi, who really lobbied a lot, finally sat back on her own sofa, and the corners of her mouth curled up.

"The way to make Chinese audiences pay is very simple. Find an actor they are familiar with and has audience traffic. I think that a Chinese traffic actor who plays a major role in a Hollywood blockbuster is enough to make the audience unable to An honor to refuse."

Seeing that several producers had already nodded their heads slightly, Bibixi picked up the glass of wine in front of her and gently lifted it up.

"Especially young actors with good looks. Many producers in China do this. They are good at using and guiding traffic. They can use this kind of fan economy to make a movie that costs only a few million dollars, It has been fired at the box office of 100 to 200 million US dollars. My friends in China told me that this method has been tried and tested. Since they can use such a cheap method to get a hundred times the income, then we can fully expect to integrate into Hollywood. After the production level, this income will be infinitely improved. My friends, we have every reason to believe that the new model and classic Hollywood elements will create achievements beyond "Avatar" in the Chinese market!"

With the end of Bibixi's lobbying, several production representatives looked at each other.

After seeing greed and excitement in each other's eyes, they stood up and raised the wine glasses in front of them.

"We want to know how much money you are going to spend on the film and how long the production cycle will be. More importantly, what is its box office."

Facing the final link of investment, Bibixi smiled.

"At least 50 million US dollars, five months. It will be released together with the next part of "The Wandering Earth", robbing the rising sci-fi boom in the Chinese market! As for the box office. If you are willing to announce the cost, it will cost two yuan in North America and China." The film market is vigorously promoted, so I promise to God, the box office in China alone will not be less than 300 million US dollars! If this figure cannot be reached, I am willing to bring this film to the Venice Film Festival and personally support it in Europe. Promote the film market. The three markets will never be lower than this number!"

He held out five fingers.

Before the fingers that each represented a billion dollars, all hesitation was replaced by greed.

"For wealth!"

"For wealth!!"

Several wine glasses bumped together.

The stirred up liquor spilled over the script on the table.

The part that was soaked was the title of the book written in both Chinese and English - "Life"/"Awakening of Alien Stars".

Li Shixin didn't know that someone wanted to take advantage of the sci-fi craze sparked by "The Wandering Earth" to make money in the mainland.

Dozens of start-up scenes in the lower part of "The Wandering Earth" were all shot in the studio. After the green screen is over, it is the live action shooting.

According to Li Shixin's estimate, the entire shooting process will take about two months, and the rest is all about special effects and post-production work.

Seeing that the progress of the green screen in the studio was relatively fast and the shooting was relatively smooth, Li Shixin handed over the scene to Xu Ge.

He himself rushed to Qingdao Railway Station with a crew member.

Take over a group of five-backed and six-legged beasts who have been staying in Rongdian for more than a month, and the old fans who clamor every day if they don't waste their bones and their bones are going to rust.

A group of old fans are used to following Li Shixin. When filming "Wandering", it was just in time for spring. Li Shixin was either in Rongdian or in the desert film and television base.

The old fans in Rongdian often had the opportunity to see him, but the desert was too windy and sandy in spring, and the old fans couldn't afford it.

Now the filming location has been transferred to Qing Island with a pleasant climate, old fans can't wait. After learning about Li Shixin's start-up plan, he booked the high-speed rail ticket long ago, and planned to organize a group to come over to support (you).

At the high-speed rail station, seeing a group of old fans including Liu Feng's grandson, Wu Ming, Zhang Yaozhong, Zhang Weiyu and so on, Li Shixin and the driver hurriedly brought everyone to the big business of the crew.

"Hey! Shixin, it's ok! The shotgun has changed, and now you don't even sit on the gold cup when you go out!"

Sitting in the spacious seven-seater business, Mr. Liu Feng patted the soft leather sofa, overjoyed.

"Absolutely."

On the co-pilot, Li Shixin chuckled.

"What's the situation with us this time? With an investment of 300 million yuan, if we sit in the Grand Gold Cup again, wouldn't we insult our old Li's identity?"

"Success! Success!"

Seeing Li Shixin bragging, Mr. Liu Feng nodded repeatedly with his lips pursed.

"It's bold, but no matter how good this car is, it's just a car. Next time you try to shoot some martial arts film or something, go to Inner Mongolia to shoot scenes, and then a few horses will come to pick us up. Then we will be in the endless prairie It will be fun to ride the horse and raise the whip!"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh~~~!!!"

On the side, Liu Feng's grandson directly made a BGM for the old man.

"Get out! Are you riding a horse and whipping a whip? You are returning the Pearl!"

Listening to the theme song of "Returning the Pearl" that I had watched for several summers, that is, the song "Dang" by the power train, the old man slapped his grandson with a slap.

Seeing Liu Feng's grandson clutching the back of his head full of grievances, the car was instantly filled with joyful air.

Li Shixin chuckled and waved to the old man.

"Brother Feng, let's discuss this matter later. What are we shooting now? Science fiction! Don't you think the car ride is not exciting enough? Let's go, I'm going to the live-action studio to see the progress in the afternoon. Let's go Let’s go see the interior of the spaceship in the movie together! I want you to experience the thrill of flying a spaceship!”

Hearing what Li Shixin said, Mr. Liu Feng slapped his thigh hard.

"Then what are you waiting for? Drive!"

Following his urging, the field manager who came to pick up the station with Li Shixin grinned and stepped on the accelerator.

The reason why the main shooting location of the lower part of "The Wandering Earth" was placed on Qingdao is mainly because the real scenes of the "planetary engine" and "lunar propulsion base" that China Railway 14th Bureau had agreed to build were on Qingdao. Before that, Li Shixin communicated with the China Railway 14th Bureau several times to understand the progress.

Knowing that it has now entered the final stage of construction, Li Shixin hurried over to take pictures of the real scene of the construction process that needed to use some "planetary engines". I'm afraid that if I don't pay attention to others, I will finish the construction, and I won't be able to make up for it.

After half an hour.

After passing through a section of construction road, everyone came to an open field on the edge of Huangdao District.

Standing on the top of the hill at the destination, looking at the scene in front of them, a group of old fans were stunned.

And when the old fans looked at the vast flat land at the foot of the mountain, which can be called a spectacle-like building full of future industrial style, their jaws were about to drop.

Above their heads, two training military planes were roaring and circling in the sky.

"Report the rabbit's nest, report the rabbit's nest, 071 found an abnormal building target in the third area!"

"Received by the rabbit nest, there is no obvious building target in the investigation of the third area before the show, please describe the status of the target in detail!"

"Received by 071. Er, 071 lacks language, please report to Rabbit Den, the wingman 072 who has read Shakespeare well!"

"Rabbit nest, here is Linggualiang! If I have to describe it, it seems to be a giant underground fortress, plus... well, plus an alien space base!"

Because of the maneuvering of the two J20s, the trails drew two big "??" in the sky.