area51novel Chapter 363
Chapter 363
The first time, the second time.
In the luxuriously decorated office of Oriental Media Company.
“Crackle!”
“Pah-pa-pa!”
Su Mo, with a cigarette in the corner of his mouth, lay comfortably on the boss chair.
A pair of slender fingers tapped the keyboard rhythmically.
The script of “The Wandering Earth” also began to be created from scratch.
It was presented on the computer screen little by little.
“Dong-dong-dong!”
After a while.
The office door was knocked.
“Come in.”
Su Mo kept saying with his fingers.
“Stare! Stare! Stare!”
Miss Mi’s high heels stepped on the floor, as if there was a rhythm.
Seeing Su Mo lazily lying on the boss chair, his fingers tapping the keyboard casually.
Yang Mi smiled like a flower and took the initiative to sit on Su Mo’s thigh.
She stretched out her slender jade fingers, picked up a grape from the fruit plate and stuffed it into his mouth.
“Mo Mo.”
“Are you… writing a script?”
“Are you planning to shoot another movie?”
When she accidentally glanced at the title of “The Wandering Earth”.
Yang Mi’s beautiful eyes suddenly widened.
She subconsciously moved forward and read it carefully.
Introduction:
At first, no one cared about this disaster.
It was just a wildfire, a drought, the extinction of a species, the disappearance of a city…
Until this disaster, it was closely related to everyone.
The sun is aging rapidly and continues to expand!
In 100 years, the sun will expand to engulf the entire earth!
In 300 years, the solar system will no longer exist!
In the face of this catastrophe, mankind showed unprecedented unity!
In order to let more people survive, the United Government decided to push the entire earth away from the solar system!
Fly to a new home 4.2 light years away.
This grand and long human migration plan.
Named: “The Wandering Earth” plan!
…
Unconsciously.
After reading through one-third of the script written by Su Mo, Yang Mi’s beautiful eyes were already full of shock.
From the lines of the script, Yang Mi felt the magnificent momentum coming at her!
Compared with “Dying to Survive”, “The Wandering Earth” is completely different in style.
As a person who has been in the entertainment industry for many years and runs to film and television crews every day, Sister Mi’s first reaction is.
“The Wandering Earth”, a visual feast that requires many special effects, is definitely a high-investment production.
It is definitely impossible to think of “Dying to Survive” with a total investment of only 75 million.
After a long while…
Until Su Mo, who was tired of knocking, moved his sore and swollen fingers.
Yang Mi, who had been hesitant to speak for a long time, took the opportunity to ask:
“Mo Mo…”
“Are you planning to make a science fiction movie?”
Smelling the body fragrance coming from Yang Mi.
Su Mo’s hands wandered and caressed her long legs in black silk stockings.
“Yes.”
“I got an inspiration these two days.”
“I want to make another movie for our Oriental Technology Company.”
Hearing this, Yang Mi’s beautiful eyes flashed with a trace of doubt:
“Mo Mo, there is the successful case of “Dying to Survive”.
“Realistic themes are your strong point.”
“And science fiction movies have always been monopolized by Hollywood.”
“In our Longguo…there has never been a successful case.”
“Everyone has seen how much money “Fortress of the Devil” lost some time ago.”
“With the lessons learned from the past, our Longguo directors no longer dare to enter the field of science fiction movies.”
“Is it too risky for us to go against the current now?”
“…”
Before Yang Mi finished speaking.
“Pa!”
Su Mo slapped her hips hard.
“Ah~”
Yang Mi groaned in pain, tears welling up in her eyes.
“Damn Momo!”
“It’s fine if you beat me at night.”
“Why are you here in broad daylight?!”
Yang Mi covered her hot buttocks, her beautiful eyes full of resentment.
Hugging Yang Mi in his arms, Su Mo said confidently:
“Sister Mi.”
“Who am I, your man? A genius!”
“Fortress of the Demon City closed the door to Longguo’s science fiction movies and welded the windows shut.”
“Then I’ll use “The Wandering Earth” to open the windows and doors!”
“Give Hollywood, which has monopolized the science fiction movie market, a big hammer!”
“Light up the way for Longguo’s science fiction movies and fill in the gaps in Longguo’s science fiction themes!”
Su Mo, who exudes confidence and charm, put Yang Mi in his arms and said confidently:
“Sister Mi.”
“Who am I, your man? A genius!”
“Fortress of the Demon City closed the door to Longguo’s science fiction movies and welded the windows shut.”
“Then I’ll use “The Wandering Earth” to open the windows and doors!”
“Give Hollywood, which has monopolized the science fiction movie market, a big hammer!”
“Light up the way for Longguo’s science fiction movies and fill in the gaps in Longguo’s science fiction themes!”
Su Mo, who exudes confidence and charm,
Mi Mi’s heart was moved.
Originally, she wanted to persuade Su Mo to shoot another movie of the same type as “Dying to Survive” while the heat was on.
When it came to her lips, it became:
“Mo Mo.”
“Since you have confidence.”
“No matter success or failure, I will support you with all my strength!”
Hearing this, Su Mo nodded with satisfaction.
Holding Yang Mi’s delicate face, she kissed her lovingly.
“Sister Mi.”
“Director and screenwriter, I am responsible for everything.”
“The rest of the costumes, props, makeup, venues, photographers, special effects artists, editors, photographic equipment…”
“All these preparations are left to you.”
Yang Mi nodded immediately to indicate that there was no problem.
Then, she continued to ask:
“Mo Mo.”
“How much is the production cost of “The Wandering Earth”?”
“Do you have a rough budget?”
In Yang Mi’s view, science fiction movies are a very expensive subject.
The visual feast is all built up by the special effects that cost a lot of money.
In this regard, Hollywood has already formed an industrial chain.
They are also willing to invest more than 60% of their investment in special effects.
On the contrary, the domestic situation is the opposite, and all the funds are given to traffic stars.
In the end, no one dared to take big risks to grab the cake in the field of Hollywood special effects blockbusters.
In particular, the disastrous failure of “Fortress of Magic City” made the directors of Longguo reach a consensus.
That is, science fiction films have no market in Longguo, and whoever shoots them will die!
…
Faced with Yang Mi’s inquiry.
Su Mo also fell into deep thought.
In his previous life, if he remembered correctly.
The crew of “The Wandering Earth” was very poor at that time.
In addition to spending a lot of money on special effects, the rest was saved as much as possible.
Wu Jing not only starred in the film for free, but also paid 60 million.
But even so, the production cost of “The Wandering Earth” cost more than 200 million.
More than 100 million was spent on actor pay, venue, machine rental, and post-production publicity.
The total cost was 350 million.
Compared with the current investment of more than 100 million, it is not much.
But that was in 2017, and more than 300 million was already a big production.
Moreover!
The current movie promotion is very watered down.
They always shout that their investment cost exceeds 100 million.
In fact, the actual production cost is not even 100 million.
Just like the Lunar New Year movie: “Man Jiang Hong”
In a dark yard in winter, several people ran around.
It is no exaggeration to say that the production cost of such a bad movie will not exceed 10 million.
But for marketing hype, they dared to announce that they invested 500 million!
If it is true, it is simply unbelievable!
It is estimated that 490 million was distributed to celebrity actors and a group of film critics who don’t want to be a bitch.
This kind of movie that makes money by exploiting the audience’s national sentiment and patriotic feelings.
In the end, it also attracted sharp and ruthless criticism from Yangshi.
In Su Mo’s opinion, if everyone plays this routine.
Not focusing on the content, but only working hard on marketing hype.
The future of Longguo movies is simply unimaginable!