Chapter 216 Script Modification
In the office of Xingchen Film and Television.

After browsing the latest news, Gu Wei began to modify the script of "2012" on his computer.

Since it has been decided to be a Sino-US joint venture, the film's scenes, character dialogues, and part of the story background need to be fine-tuned.

In addition, considering the global box office, there should not be too many domestic actors and plots, and Hollywood should also reserve roles for black actors, and there can't be too few.

The reason is simple: it’s because of America’s “political” problems.

Just like some regulations in China, this is the most basic bottom line and no one is allowed to touch it.

Then the biggest "political" issue in European and American countries is naturally the equality of black people and the so-called racial equality issue.

What they are actually doing is to express racial equality and human rights equality (in fact, only they themselves know whether it exists or not). Otherwise, they will easily be criticized, especially in the United States, a saintly country that advocates equality, freedom, and human rights above all else.

Later in 2016, a movie was severely criticized because it had almost no black leading actors.

In Hollywood movies, black people not only have to have a seat in the film, but they also have to play positive roles. Otherwise, they will be accused of racism in public opinion.

At the same time, during the film awards process, the Ethics Review Committee of the American Motion Picture Industry Association also pays great attention to details in this regard, and often uses minority actors, such as blacks, Asians, Indians, and Hispanics, to meet the tastes of these reviewers.

In Gu Wei's opinion, this is pretty fucked up. There is serious racial discrimination in reality, but in the movie, everyone is fine, everyone is happy, and they contribute to world peace.

This reminded Gu Wei of the classic "2+3 model" of Hollywood blockbusters, where the white leader and the white sister-in-law are indispensable and responsible for the final mission and love scenes.

The other three are: a muscular black man, responsible for dealing with the thugs; an Asian technical man, responsible for dealing with various mechanisms; and a funny man (also a minority actor), responsible for making jokes.

In fact, in addition to racial discrimination, there is another purely rational reason why Hollywood uses black actors - for the black box office market.

For example, since the beginning of the last century, American science fiction films have set the background of the male protagonist as a Texas farmer or driller. The reason is that Texas farmers at the time did not like to watch science fiction films, thinking they were too lofty and unrealistic. Later, the producers made the protagonist a Texan, and the result was gratifying, and the box office went up.

In this regard, Black Panther is the pinnacle of achievement, forcing North Americans to contribute to the box office against their conscience in order to make Marvel's position clear.

If it can really help to greatly increase the box office, Gu Wei doesn't mind if the leading actor is a black person. After all, it's about making money, so he's not shy about it.

Of course, Gu Wei’s idea is to make money while doing it, so this needs to be carefully considered.

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The first day box office of "Inception" has not yet been released.

But there are already a lot of comments online.

After revising the script, Gu Wei opened the webpage and read the short reviews. The comments were almost all praising the explosive special effects and the logical plot. In short, Klaus was awesome.

As for the long reviews, there are both good and bad ones.

At the top of the long reviews is an article by a professional film critic.

“Nolan’s latest masterpiece has a more exciting story than The Dark Knight.”

The film critic began by listing all the films Christopher Nolan has made since he entered the industry, and then commented that "Inception" is a commercial science fiction blockbuster that combines artistic aesthetics and technological pursuits.

Grand scenes, gorgeous scenes, and stunning special effects design bring together all commercial elements.

It was then pointed out that although the global box office of "The Dark Knight" exceeded one billion US dollars, on the one hand it was due to the added bonus of the "Batman" IP, and on the other hand it was also due to the added bonus of C.J. Rice's performance.

In terms of artistic watchability, "Inception" is undoubtedly a new milestone in film history.

Following this film review are mostly long reviews from movie fans, most of which praise the plot and the dazzling special effects, and say that the film is worthy of the reputation of a Hollywood science fiction film.

Either they are fans of Liu Yifei, Leonardo DiCaprio and others, or Qin Hao's acting skills are also mentioned.

Gu Wei curled his lips when he saw the comments. My "Interstellar" is not bad either, and I haven't seen anyone in China praising it so much.

In terms of box office, "Interstellar" earned 200 million US dollars more than "Inception". In terms of shooting difficulty, the former is also much more difficult than the latter.

On the morning of the 19th, the first day's box office results were released, which was million, once again breaking the record in the history of imported films, causing countless filmmakers to exclaim.

It was really a cry of surprise, even wailing. Thirty-four and two million, this number is too dazzling. Several domestic films released at the same time could not even reach a fraction of it.

At the same time, news from Hollywood also showed that the first-day attendance was very high.

The specific box office data will not be available until the end of the first three days of the weekend. According to Warner's prediction, the box office of this movie will not
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"It's easy to get tens of millions of box office on the first day. The domestic film market is so good now."

There were more than one or two people who were jealous. Although Wang Zhonglei of Huayi Company was busy with the IPO, he couldn't help feeling jealous and even more envious after hearing the news.

Different from other film and television companies in the industry, Huayi Company’s ultimate goal was not simply to engage in film production since it started preparing for listing.

In other words, Huayi Brothers at that time was still innocent, simply engaged in the film industry. All the changes that followed were essentially based on human nature and were all for the purpose of making money.

“Boss Wang, the company has already sent people to contact the plots of land that we plan to acquire in Qingdao, Bashu, and the capital.

Local government departments welcome our investment, especially in the construction of theme parks. They are very enthusiastic and willing to provide necessary support. We are also negotiating with other real estate companies for cooperation. "

"Okay, let's make the plan first, and when the company goes public and has sufficient funds, we'll start immediately."

What is the power of real estate? The greatest power of this industry is that it can always solve many problems quietly, especially money.

This is an asset-heavy industry, and the amount of capital recovered is always larger than expected, and it is stable and uninterrupted before the industry collapses.

Although there is no essential relationship between real estate and the entertainment industry now, in other words, if you are short of money in your own business, then when you get involved in real estate, you can fill the hole faster than you think.

In addition, real estate can be leveraged, and the return on this money is even greater than you can imagine. It is almost like making money out of nothing.

Wang Zhonglei, who was sitting on the sofa, was also thinking about this matter. Although Huayi has claimed to be the largest private film and television company in China in recent years, it has released blockbuster movies almost every year.

But the actual profit is not much. Not to mention compared with the real estate company, even compared with Gu Wei's Xingchen Film and Television, the gap is very large.

With the rise of real estate in recent years, the high rate of return, plus the pre-sale of uniforms, the investment is not too high. Even making a movie requires a lot of costs.

This has given Huayi Brothers, whose revenue and profits have always been unsatisfactory, another way forward.

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Unlike Huayi Film Group, Han Sanping of China Film Group Corporation is obsessed with the development of the domestic film industry.

In early July, relevant departments held a meeting and reviewed and approved the country’s first special plan for cultural industries, the “Cultural Industry Revitalization Plan.”

This is another important industrial revitalization plan following the ten major industrial revitalization plans such as steel, automobiles, and textiles, indicating that the cultural industry has risen to a national strategic industry.

The cultural industries that the country will focus on promoting include: cultural creativity, film and television production, publishing and distribution, printing and copying, advertising, performing arts and entertainment, cultural exhibitions, digital content and animation.

At the meeting, Han Sanping mentioned Gu Wei's planning ideas for the next few years, and the department leaders attached great importance to it.

"Haha, another movie that makes a lot of money."

Han Sanping was in a very good mood when he saw the first day's data handed over by his assistant.

“Alas, I wish there would be a blockbuster like this one made in China someday.

It still depends on Gu Wei, there are few reliable directors among the other directors."

After muttering to himself, Han Sanping thought of Ning Hao's new movie and started to have a headache again.

"Director Han, Director Gu is here."

"Well, let him in."

Han Sanping said hurriedly after hearing his assistant knocking on the door to report.

"It's quite lively outside. I saw quite a few older directors making noises."

After entering the office, Gu Wei sat down on the sofa and talked about what he saw when he came in just now.

"Director Gu, these are all experienced directors, and the quarrel is about the funding issue for filming the movie."

The assistant glanced at Han Sanping, and after seeing him nod slightly, he answered.

"Don't worry about them. They use China Film's money to make some so-called art films. It's annoying every year."

Han Sanping next to him interjected, then waved his hand to signal the assistant to leave.

There must be something going on for Gu Wei to come to see him at this time, otherwise, given his personality, he would not come here many times a year.

“The third version of No Man’s Land is about to be edited, let’s go there together then.

I have seen the second version, and the ending is pretty good, much better than a horror movie."

"Okay, let's go directly to Director Tong for this."

Hearing this, Han Sanping nodded.

"If you don't give me money this time, I will stop funding these old guys' filming."

Han Sanping said this angrily. He was also very angry in his heart. After all, he was the chairman of China Film Corporation, and he had never encountered a movie that was so difficult to review.

"Haha, if they really stop, I guess they will block the door of your office every day."

"Then let them block it. China Film Academy will provide the food."

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(End of this chapter)