They surrounded me right after the breakup.

Jiang Han was stunned for a moment.

Guo Fan.

This name sounds familiar.

He quickly searched his mind.

"What type?"

"Science fiction film."

A science fiction film, directed by Guo Fan.

Putting the two keywords together instantly awakens memories of a past life.

Jiang Han tapped his fingers lightly twice on the coffee table.

"What's the name of the movie?"

"The Wandering Earth".

Xu Li spoke these four words in a flat tone, but Jiang Han felt as if they were deafening.

really!

Jiang Han picked up his teacup, took a sip, and used the rim of the cup to hide the smile on his lips.

Zhang Xiaoyi had already packed her briefcase when she noticed that President Jiang's expression had changed.

There is a kind of calmness that hunters have when they see their prey.

But she couldn't understand it; it was just a science fiction movie.

Everyone knows the level of domestic science fiction films.

Although she is not in the film industry, she still goes to the cinema every year.

The posters for domestically produced sci-fi films are getting more and more impressive.

What "costing hundreds of millions" and "created by an international team"? After reading it, all I felt was an eye ache.

Jiang Han leaned back and adopted a more relaxed sitting posture.

He remembered the phenomenal success of "The Wandering Earth" in his previous life all too clearly.

He was still in college at the time, and during his winter break, his classmates dragged him to the movie theater.

He had no expectations for domestic science fiction films before entering the theater.

They even felt the ticket price was too high.

But less than ten minutes into the movie, he was completely engrossed.

The Oriental Pearl Tower is frozen, and the CCTV building is buried in snow.

The blue beam of light emitted by the Earth Engine.

Every frame tells him that we can also make sci-fi films of this caliber.

After the movie ended, the entire audience spontaneously applauded.

The stranger next to me took off his glasses and wiped them several times.

Later, "The Wandering Earth" grossed nearly 47 billion yuan at the box office, becoming the biggest dark horse of the year.

Industry insiders call it the opening work of the first year of science fiction films.

But before its release, no one believed it.

What was the state of domestic science fiction films back then?

To put it bluntly, it's a synonym for bad movies.

Investors have blind faith in foreign teams.

They think that as long as they hire a few Hollywood special effects supervisors and add a couple of popular celebrities, they can make something good.

The results were all mishmashes.

There is a sci-fi blockbuster that claims to have cost hundreds of millions of dollars and hired a South Korean special effects team.

The male lead was the most popular young actor at the time, and there was a deluge of press releases before the film's release.

They call it a model of Eastern science fiction, with visual effects comparable to Hollywood…

As a result, the Douban rating dropped below 4 on the day of its release, and it was heavily criticized by the audience.

The special effects felt very plasticky, the plot was nonsensical, and the male lead had a completely expressionless face throughout.

After a few terrible films were released, audiences completely lost faith in domestic science fiction.

Back then, if you searched for the words "domestic science fiction" on movie forums, all the results were sarcastic comments.

"A domestically produced sci-fi film? It's more like a domestically produced joke."

"Science fiction can't be made in China, so don't even try."

"Can't we just stick to filming period dramas?"

Therefore, when "The Wandering Earth" was first proposed, no one in the industry was optimistic about it.

Guo Fan took his script to countless investors, but none of them would even let him in the door.

Nobody believed that a movie in which everyone from the director to the lead actors was spending their own money could make any waves.

The results of it?

This movie not only became a hit, but it became a hit in a way that surprised everyone.

With a box office of 47 billion yuan and a Douban score of over 8, it has become a hot topic of discussion among the public.

Those investors who rejected Guo Fan back then are probably kicking themselves.

Jiang Han pulled his thoughts back and looked at Xu Li again.

This man was trying to raise 2000 million.

To be willing to sell an old house where you've lived for seven years, you must be either crazy or have an extremely keen eye.

"Teacher Xu, you know the domestic science fiction film market environment better than I do."

"Several of our films flopped in the past few years, and audiences have lost faith in them."

"Why are you willing to risk everything in this situation?"

Xu Li picked up the tea in front of him and took a sip.

When you put the cup down, gently rub your fingers along the rim.

"President Jiang, you've hit the nail on the head."

I can give three reasons.

Jiang Han nodded to him.

"The first reason is the script."

Xu Li held up a finger: "The original author of 'The Wandering Earth' is Liu Cixin."

"The one who won the Hugo Award."

"He was involved in the entire screenwriting process for this film adaptation."

"You know what this means? It means the movie won't deviate from the core settings of the original work."

Why are so many sci-fi movies bad?

"Because the screenwriting team simply didn't understand the underlying logic of the original work."

"If you make reckless changes, you'll end up making them so unacceptable that even you can't justify them."

"But with Liu Cixin around, this biggest hole has been filled."

Jiang Han nodded slightly; his judgment was accurate.

The success of the previous film, "The Wandering Earth," was indeed inseparable from Liu Cixin's oversight of the script.

"The second reason is the director."

You may not know much about Guo Fan.

"When he was filming his last movie, the crew was so poor that they could barely afford boxed lunches."

"He managed to finish filming under those conditions."

"It received very good reviews after its release."

"This shows that he has the ability to spend money wisely even under extreme conditions."

"The worst thing for science fiction films is not a lack of money, but that money is spent in the wrong places."

"Hiring popular celebrities takes up most of the budget, leaving only a small amount for post-production special effects, so of course the final product is unwatchable."

"But Guo Fan wouldn't make that kind of mistake!"

"What's the third reason?" Jiang Han asked.

Xu Li remained silent for a few seconds.

He lowered his head and rubbed his fingers lightly on his knees, as if hesitating whether to say what he was about to say.

"The third reason is myself."

"President Jiang, I've been a science fiction fan since I was a child."

"When I was a kid, I saved all my allowance to buy 'Science Fiction World' magazine, without missing a single issue!"

"I still have hundreds of old magazines at home, they're yellowed but I can't bear to throw them away."

"When I chose to become a producer, my biggest dream was to make a science fiction film that truly belonged to the Chinese people."

"This idea has been in my mind for many years. I even thought about giving up because I really couldn't see any hope."

"Later, I simply told myself that I might never have the chance in this lifetime."

"But Liu Cixin's novel won the Hugo Award, and Guo Fan was willing to risk everything to make this movie."

Xu Li finished his tea in one gulp and looked up at Jiang Han.

"President Jiang, this is probably the work I most want to complete in my entire filmmaking career."

"I'm so reluctant to leave this house."

"But if selling it can make this happen, I won't regret it."

The living room was quiet for a few seconds.

Zhang Xiaoyi stood to the side, her briefcase having been put down at some point.

Jiang Han reached for the script on the coffee table and opened the homepage.

The film's title is "The Wandering Earth".

The following is a caption: The sun is about to be destroyed, and humanity will take the Earth on a journey.

Jiang Han closed the script: "Teacher Xu, are Director Guo Fan and Teacher Liu Cixin in Shanghai right now?"

"They're all here. They're preparing for the project and have rented a temporary office."

"The conditions are quite basic; it's located in an industrial park converted from an old factory in Zhabei."

"Could you help me make an appointment? I'd like to meet them."

Xu Li was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up.

"Mr. Jiang, are you interested in investing?"

Let's talk first.

Jiang Han stood up: "But I have a habit."

"Once I've set my sights on something, I don't like to procrastinate."

Xu Li took out his phone and his fingers swiped rapidly across the screen.

"I'll call Guo Fan right now."