Chapter 286 We are still on the road
Chapter 286 We are still on the road
In the magnificent banquet hall, everyone remained silent and lacked confidence in response to Wang Hao's question.
Although they invested a lot of energy and effort in the movie "Wolf Warrior" and had great confidence in the special effects and scenes of the movie, after watching "Avatar" today and experiencing the charm of 3D movies, no one dared to say that "Wolf Warrior" could beat it.
That's not a problem with the movie's plot, actors, or special effects; it's a crushing achievement that transcends time.
It was like the foreigners’ guns and cannons crushing the Qing dynasty’s steel swords and guns, like the Tyrannosaurus Rex in Jurassic Park, brazenly breaking into Hong Kong Island, like that big ship riding the wind and waves, crushing everything…
In the face of Hollywood's epoch-making commercial blockbusters, where should Chinese films go?
This thought has come to many people's minds, and some have even begun to worry about the huge gap between the film industries of the two countries.
Wang Hao looked at the brothers whose morale was a little low in the audience, and he understood their thoughts.
When the Hollywood box office giant "Avatar" officially landed in Chinese theaters under the attention of the public, who else in the entire mainland theater chain could compete with it commercially at the same time?
Could it be the "domestic blockbuster" "Confucius" that is about to be released with the strong support of the above and brings together a number of top domestic performing stars such as Chow Yun-fat, Chen Jianbin, and Zhou Xun?
Or is it "Wolf Warrior", a sci-fi military action blockbuster that they spent more than half a year to produce and symbolizes the highest level of technology in the country?
No matter how you look at it, this guy is no match for us!
However, Wang Hao took his brothers to see "Avatar" and said all this, but it was not to undermine everyone's self-confidence.
“I don’t know if you have noticed that right after the release of Avatar, Southern Metropolis Daily published a review.
This is an interesting comment, he said:
'Avatar is here. Hollywood can produce scenes that we can't. What can local films offer to audiences that Hollywood can't?'
He was asking this question to us, the Chinese filmmakers.
What I want to say is..."
"Director Wang, take us to shoot a 3D science fiction film!"
A slightly unfamiliar voice suddenly sounded in the banquet hall. Guo Fan, who had just joined the crew as an intern for a month, stood up and looked at Wang Hao excitedly.
With his voice, the entire banquet hall seemed to be ignited, and more voices were audible.
"Yes, Mr. Wang, we also want to make a 3D science fiction blockbuster like Avatar!"
"Brother Wang, take us to fight against Avatar!"
"Haozi, the brothers support you! Among all the Chinese directors, you are the only one who can fight with them!"
……
Everyone looked at Wang Hao with eager eyes, sweeping away the previous dejected atmosphere and making the temperature in the banquet hall seem to rise by several degrees.
The people’s hearts can be used!
Wang Hao pressed his hands down, signaling everyone to be quiet.
The noise in the hall gradually died down. Wang Hao looked at everyone and smiled and clapped his hands. The crisp sound echoed in the empty hall and seemed very loud.
"very good!
As the company has grown to this point, I have found that many people have become lazy and proud because of the success of several films and the maturity of technology. They think that our level is already good enough and they can take a break and enjoy themselves.
So I'm taking advantage of the opportunity of wrapping up the film to show you this movie that represents the highest level of Hollywood technology.
Originally, I was afraid that I might have discouraged you, so I was prepared to boost your morale. Unexpectedly, you were more determined than I thought.
This is good! "
He looked at his group of brothers with a firmness in his eyes and his tone gradually became higher. Every word he uttered was as sonorous and powerful as the clanging of metal.
“Someone asked us.
"Avatar" is already here. Hollywood can produce scenes that we can't. What can local films offer to audiences that Hollywood can't?
I want to say.
When we Galaxy Pictures were just starting out and I hadn't graduated yet, I was staying in school to shoot the first film of the Galaxy Cinematic Universe, "Buried", and I was already prepared to compete with Hollywood special effects science fiction blockbusters!
Maybe at that time some people laughed at me for being too arrogant, some laughed at me for being too ambitious, and some laughed at me for overestimating my capabilities by establishing China's own film industry system.
But who could have imagined that today we could produce a purely domestic science fiction special effects blockbuster like "Wolf Warrior"?
Who could have imagined that the Chinese film industrialization system has already taken shape in our hands?
They also would not have thought that our [Galaxy Cinematic Universe] is getting bigger and bigger, our [Galaxy Movie Metropolis] has broken ground, our directors and actors can go to Hollywood to make a living, and our behind-the-scenes workers can also work with Hollywood teams...
Chinese films have always been on the road, and we are still on the road too!"
"Yes! I only hope that passion will be with us Chinese filmmakers!"
Zhang Yang shouted excitedly. This college roommate of Wang Hao, and the special effects director who has worked with him all the way to the present, knows best the efforts they have made for Chinese films.
"Yes, we are still on the road, and Chinese films are still developing. One day in the future, we will be able to make a movie like Avatar!"
"Well said! Mr. Wang, count me in, and let's work together for the development of Chinese science fiction films."
“I only hope that passion will be with us Chinese filmmakers!”
“We’re still on our way!”
The atmosphere in the hall was as hot as fire again. Wang Hao looked at the people shouting below. This time he did not suppress them, but raised the wine glass in his hand.
"Come, let us drink this cup to its fullest. In the future, we will give a resounding response to those who doubt us and those who speak ill of Chinese films.
Next time, we will also make a 3D science fiction special effects movie!"
"Oh!"
"Long live!"
"Dry!"
When Wang Hao said this, the atmosphere at the banquet was finally ignited like gunpowder, and the excited shouts even seemed to blow the roof off.
Everyone cheered for Wang Hao's last words, and all the emotions accumulated before turned into new motivation in front of Wang Hao's new plan. No one would doubt whether his words could be realized. After all, what he said before about developing Chinese science fiction films and film industrialization had been successfully realized.
As for the matter of shooting 3D movies, it was not a sudden idea for Wang Hao.
With his memories from later life, he knew that although 3D movies were a groundbreaking film technology, their bonus period was not long-lasting, only seven or eight years after the release of "Avatar".
Afterwards, due to various reasons such as high production costs and poor results, it gradually disappeared.
So if you want to shoot 3D movies, you really have to get up early.
As for which movie to be made into 3D mode, Wang Hao already has a plan.
But the most important thing now is to complete the post-production of "Wolf Warrior".
So after everyone had vented their emotions, Wang Hao said:
“I also have plans for the next 3D movie in the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe].
But for now we still have to do a good job on the post-production of "Wolf Warrior", after all, "Avatar" is still rampant in our market.
Although the visual effects of "Wolf Warrior" are still a little behind those of "Avatar", we should also give some confidence to those who love Chinese movies.
We want to use "Wolf Warrior" and subsequent works to tell them, and tell movie fans across the country, that we are still here for Chinese films, and that there is still hope for the future of Chinese films!
Well, let’s keep our fighting spirit in our hearts and just welcome the joy of the completion of Wolf Warriors!”
As Wang Hao finished his words, the wrap party for "Wolf Warrior" officially began.
Everyone was happily eating, drinking and chatting, and everything was just like the usual wrap-up party.
However, if you observe carefully, you will find that everyone's smile and everyone's eyes seem to be endowed with a layer of indescribable spiritual will.
After the wrap party that night, the content of Wang Hao’s speech began to spread within a small circle, and the work status of all the employees of Galaxy Group and the behind-the-scenes team members of the "Wolf Warrior" crew also changed significantly.
They became more serious, harder-working and more attentive.
Not only the work tasks assigned by superiors, but even employees who have already completed their work will subconsciously find something else to do.
No one slacked off, no one relaxed, and everyone held their breath.
Hollywood movies are already so great, how can they still have the mood to relax and feel at ease.
It was with these employees working overtime and with high morale that the post-production special effects production of "Wolf Warrior" was completed bit by bit.
Wang Hao also spent a lot of energy on this, but compared to the filming of the movie, he still had more time to deal with other things.
For example, the acquisition of Hainan Zhouyi Film and Television Production Company.
Wang Hao had actually considered this matter when he decided to let Yu Bo play the male lead Zhang Ying in "Source Code".
Although Yu Bo's fame soared due to the hit of "Source Code", even so, Zhouyi Film and Television, with popular stars as its mainstays, still inevitably declined.
There are many reasons for this decline, but in a nutshell, the most important reason is the cross-strait and three-place cooperation model that led to the rise of Zhouyi Film and Television around 2000. With the rapid development of the domestic film and television industry and the decline of the Hong Kong and Taiwan film and television industries, it can no longer adapt to the new era.
Another company that has the same problem as it is Tangren Film and Television, which is also extremely famous in this era.
The fact that these two companies went from being ahead in the beginning to lagging behind in the new era actually reflects the power accumulated by the Hong Kong and Taiwan film and television industries in the 2000s and 2010s, which exploded in the north in and then began to lag behind after . This is a microcosm of the era.
In contrast, in the coming new era, mainland state-owned teams like Noon Sunshine, which were born out of "Shanying", will also have an opportunity to rise.
Other issues, such as the costumes and props not being refined enough, the actors' roles being unevenly distributed, and the public opinion crisis, are just superficial manifestations of the changes in the background of this era.
Of course, even if Zhouyi Film and Television has begun to be abandoned by the tide of the times, as the saying goes, "even a rotten boat has three pounds of nails", Zhouyi Film and Television itself still has many things worthy of Wang Hao's attention.
Perhaps the most important of these is the other party's screenwriting department.
You should know that Zhouyi Film and Television, which was established around 1995, was formerly the Pumpkin Creative Center. Its founder Jiang Xueruo recruited more than writers whose job was to participate in script planning, provide scripts for some film and television production companies, or adapt and improve scripts.
In Hollywood, this job has a special title, called "script doctor".
It is precisely because of this team of dozens of screenwriters that Zhouyi Film and Television can produce so many popular TV series.
Especially Chen Manling, the original master of Zhouyi Film and Television. Her screenwriting skills are indeed unique, and she is particularly good at adapting martial arts-themed film and television dramas.
Not only did he contribute such masterpieces as "Justice Bao" and "Seven Heroes and Five Gallants" in Taiwan, but after joining Zhouyi Film and Television, he also adapted such masterpieces as "Wulin Waishi", "Xiao Shiyilang" and "Young King".
It is also an adaptation and is also very different from the original work, but compared with those terrible remakes in later generations, the TV series adapted by Chen Manling has received good reviews. While being self-consistent, it does not deviate from the essence of the original work.
She and Zhouyi Film and Television's boss Jiang Xueruo are both martial arts fans, and both have grasped the two key points of "love" and "righteousness" in martial arts stories.
To this day, there are still movie fans online debating whether the handsome and gentle Shen Lang loves Zhu Qiqi or Bai Feifei?
"Young King", which is a very imaginative work and only uses the original name, also weaves a unique fantasy martial arts dream.
In the original novel of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Shen Bijun had a somewhat white lotus image, but after her transformation, she became independent and confident, with a full personality and reasonable behavior logic.
In addition to adaptations, Chen Manling's original martial arts scripts are also outstanding. The "Water Moon Cave", which she had been planning for many years, was regarded as a martial arts classic as soon as it was released.
The family, love and friendship lines in the play are touchingly portrayed. The eldest brother Tong Bo is gentle and responsible, while Tong Zhan is impulsive but full of a sense of justice, and his childlike innocence and kindness.
Even though many years have passed, every character in the play is still vivid in my mind, Tianxue's perseverance and forbearance, Doudou's straightforwardness and recklessness... even the villain Yin Zhong has a hint of tenderness.
In the martial arts world of "Water Moon Cave", the villains are not stereotyped. On the contrary, you will sigh for the characters in the play. These are the reasons why Chen Manling is praised.
It’s a pity that the company is no longer viable. No matter how talented these screenwriters are, they can’t do anything without the right ingredients. Later, with the disintegration of Zhouyi Film and Television, most of those screenwriters disappeared.
Now, after Galaxy Pictures successfully acquired Hainan Zhouyi Film and Television, they have new choices.
(End of this chapter)