I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 33: The Master of Begging is Still in the Growth Stage

Shen Liang made this suggestion because he had read a report before, "The mechanical exoskeleton design of "The Wandering Earth 2" is manufactured by ULS Robotics!"

ULS Robotics, Aosha Intelligent, is a company specializing in the production of exoskeleton robots...

At first, the mechanical exoskeleton of "The Wandering Earth 2" was the same as that of "The Wandering Earth". After the people from Aosha Intelligent joined the team, they raised a lot of unreasonable issues. Guo Fan simply let them take over the design of the mechanical exoskeleton of "The Wandering Earth 2"...

The click rate of this report was not high, but it caused a great response in the circle.

Because the film industry is actually very small. Generally speaking, a movie’s props and art must be made by people in the industry—money cannot flow outside the industry!

You find a company outside the industry to make props for the movie...

What about those who make traditional props in the circle?
And...if you look for someone outside the industry, won’t the price and cost be leaked?
In "The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity", Guo Jingming said, "A bow alone cost 70 yuan, and the total cost of the bow and arrow props needed for the movie was 300 million yuan."

Looks so awesome!
It is indeed quite impressive, because the world's most sophisticated crossbow, the sniper Leica crossbow, is only 30 US dollars when fully equipped. The top luxury bow brand "Black Tail" is fully hand-customized, extremely luxurious, and costs about 1 US dollars...

We don't know how "The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity" was promoted without any panic. "A bow alone cost 70, and the bow and arrow props needed for the movie cost a total of 300 million..."

Maybe he really doesn't take ordinary people seriously.

"Man Jiang Hong" is also the same - it is said to have cost 500 million yuan!

The props are far inferior to those in "The Longest Day in Chang'an"...

Therefore, The Wandering Earth 2 was ignored by the Golden Rooster Awards...

In fact, the movies that mainstream mainland filmmakers appreciate are actually movies like "Farewell My Concubine" and "Devils on the Doorstep"...

The requirements for the works are more about "humanity" and narrative.

The classic movies they consider all have one characteristic: the scenes and stages are generally small, most of the portrayals are in the central areas of indoor or open scenes, and in most cases the camera does not move.

In this way, the main workload of film production lies in how the screenwriter designs a beautiful literary drama, and how the actors find ways to express the corresponding characters in the story's current words and deeds.

For this group of people, let alone the domestic "The Wandering Earth" and "Wolf Warrior" series, they can't stand "Operation Red Sea"!

To put it bluntly, they are naturally disgusted by Hollywood blockbusters. They think all these movies that focus on action performance and large-scale landscapes are simple and childish...

Shen Liang was worried that Guo Fan might be afraid of offending others...

So, after making the proposal, I said: "Professional matters should be left to professionals..."

Guo Fan shook his head: "I... am worried about the crew's expenses..."

Shen Liang was puzzled: "Didn't they say that the surrounding area was authorized for mortgage?"

Guo Fan explained: "…The Wandering Earth is not a big IP, and the peripheral authorization is mortgaged…"

He didn't say the following...

Maybe I just think it’s unreliable!
It is normal to have such thoughts, but they are indeed unreliable.

Domestic movie peripherals rarely involve toys or something like that…

Generally, they only launch some light peripheral products with low development costs, such as postcards, standees, pendants, bookmarks, etc., but they are also easier to be iterated in the market.

For "heavy peripherals" that require design and development, such as figures and toys, third-party professional toy companies will be needed to participate.

But it’s hard for toy companies to participate…

On the one hand, the cycles are difficult to match – there are various uncertainties in the release dates of films;
In addition, a prerequisite for toy companies to join is to first predict whether the work can be accepted by the market. If the prediction is wrong, they will also bear greater risks.

This thing is hard to judge!

Take the movie “The Great Wall” as an example. Half a year before its release, Wanda and Time.com began to lay out the licensing of derivative products, but the box office failure of “The Great Wall” also made these investments go down the drain… “…Everything depends on human efforts. I will say it in the live broadcast room. It’s not a big deal!

I read a book called "The Alchemist", and there is a sentence in it that I think makes a lot of sense: "When you really want something, the whole universe will work together to help you realize your wish."

Moreover, Director Guo, I always feel that the Chinese still have a romantic spirit of helping the world when they are successful... When Chinese people see young people who are out of school, especially those who are eager to learn, they will help them within their ability...

The premise is that you can ensure that "The Wandering Earth" is a good movie! "

"Of course I have confidence..." Guo Fan sighed, "But Wanda is not optimistic and is preparing to withdraw its investment..."

"This means that Wanda is not the same as us... They are not the only company in China willing to invest in movies. If they are not willing, let's find another investor!"

"It's not that simple... The investment circle for movies is very small. Wanda is not optimistic about it. Once this news spreads..."

"The boat will naturally straighten itself when it reaches the wall... First take a good picture of the ground line, cut out a little bit, and then take the finished product to solicit investment. I believe there will be people with insight!"

"That's all I can do..."

The two chatted for a while, and then Guo Fan left. After all, the crew of "The Wandering Earth" couldn't do without him...

Shen Liang...continues filming the MV!
……

In fact, Guo Fan was a little nervous...

Think about it, "The Wandering Earth" was originally planned to invite foreign aid to shoot, but after inviting a bunch of big names, they failed, so they had to use domestic directors. Among domestic directors, Guo Fan was not actually the first choice. Thanks to Director Guo writing his own biography and paying out of his own pocket to make a sample film and send it to the producer, he got the director position.

The outside world is not optimistic about him!

Look at his resume, "The Adventures of Li Xianji" and "My Deskmate".

Such a person directs Liu Cixin's works?
Potholes!

As for Wanda, they are not optimistic, so they withdraw their investment...

I can understand that too!

After all, no one would have thought that Guo Fan could actually make The Wandering Earth...

Guo Fan has not yet evolved into a master of begging...

This is normal, no one is born a MLM master!

All of them require experience.

After work that day, Shen Liang said goodbye to the staff and returned to the hotel...

Ruth went back to her room - she needed to rest, after shooting all night.

Even if she doesn't rest, Shen Liang also needs to rest...

I took a quick shower and prepared to eat something.

He didn't go downstairs, but asked Chen Jiadong to buy some food. While he was eating, something went wrong. Shen Liang suddenly realized... maybe Guo Fan came here to complain about his poverty...

After all, Shen Liang’s 1000 million investment has not yet arrived.

Thinking of this, he called Gong Geer and found out that there was only more than 1600 million left in the account...

No wonder…

"Brother Gong, please tell the director that my money will be in my account within a week at the latest!"

(End of this chapter)