Chapter 830: Spring Festival War
The first promotional video for "The Wandering Planet" is actually unremarkable: it just tells the story of the crisis that the entire planet will face in a narration tone.
"The sun is aging rapidly, it will continue to expand, and it is expected to engulf the entire earth in about three hundred years..."
"When the time comes, we humans, what will we do?"
"The only way out of the solar system is for mankind. But we're going to leave with the earth..."
"There will be 10,000 planetary engines in the northern hemisphere, and 72 steering engines will be built in a week at the equator, and human beings will leave the surface and move to the bottom forever..."
"The continuation of civilization is the only meaning that mankind has struggled for and existed, and we want to let the earth fly out of the solar system and find a new home..."
"This is: the Wandering Planet Project!"
The dubbing of the promotional video was done by Wu Feng, and the voice was magnetic and infectious, which made the effect of the whole promotional video look pretty good.
In addition, the text of the promotional video is well written, and a simple one-minute monologue explains the background of the whole story.
It's just like when the film was promoted before, everyone questioned it at the time, and the quality of a movie can't be determined only by the worldview. In particular, "The Wandering Planet" is positioned as a sci-fi masterpiece. In this case, special effects are particularly important.
And with the recent news disclosure, everyone also knows that "The Wandering Planet" will be a 3D movie, or even a 3D IMAX movie.
This technology, which was popularized by Hollywood to the world, can be used in few films in the country. It's almost exclusive to Hollywood blockbusters. As a result, now, how can a little-known film company, a protagonist (Su Yang) who has never made a movie, and a director who has only made a romance movie, be realized?
So the excellence of the first promotional film did not make the audience recognize this movie, but questioned it even more.
But in this traffic society, "black" is never a crime, because as long as you are really capable, these black people can also be converted into fans. In "The Legend of Wu Cong", Su Yang used this kind of publicity strategy and won by surprise.
Therefore, even though the Internet is now overwhelmingly questioned, Su Yang doesn't care at all...
Let's make trouble, when the time comes, it's all going to be called "really fragrant"...
After all, that's the nature of human beings.
...
After returning from the imperial capital, Su Yang transferred all the work of the crew to Guo Fan, and asked him and Li Zijun to take charge of the affairs after "The Wandering Planet".
And Su Yang wanted to take advantage of his time to contact the sea snake and see the situation in Central Asia.
As a result, before he could contact the sea snake, a phone call came to him.
Hearing the sound of the phone ringing in his ears, Su Yang suppressed the idea of looking for the sea snake and asked Xiao Di, "Xiao Di, whose phone is it?" ”
Xiao Di replied, "Master, it's Wu Feng." ”
Wu Feng?
What is he looking for himself?
Su Yang thought as he picked up the phone.
The phone was connected, and Wu Feng's hearty voice came from the other side of the phone, "Brother Su, do you have time now?" ”
There was no hurry to find the sea snake, so Su Yang said, "It's okay." What's wrong? ”
Wu Feng said, "Then let's see you in half an hour." ”
After speaking, Wu Feng didn't wait for Su Yang to answer, so he hung up the phone in a hurry.
Listening to the busy tone on the phone, Su Yang recalled the noisy environment when Wu Feng spoke just now, and guessed that he might be at the train station or the airport?
In that case, he came to the magic capital?
With this guess, Su Yang drove to the company.
When he came to the company, Su Yang didn't wait long for Wu Feng to arrive.
As soon as he came to the company, he didn't even say hello, so he pulled Su Yang in a hurry and rushed into the small screening hall of Jiadian Pictures, "Come on, come on." Brother Su, show me the finished film. ”
Su yang:...
Only then did Su Yang know that the purpose of Wu Feng's visit this time was to take a look at the quality of "The Wandering Planet" in advance.
Generally speaking, films like this that have been confirmed to be released are rarely shown to outsiders, but Wu Feng is not an outsider, he is not only one of the leading actors, but also an investor.
So Su Yang didn't say much, and asked the people below to start debugging the equipment, ready to show Wu Feng.
While waiting, Su Yang and Wu Feng also chatted, "You came to the magic capital this time, won't it be just to watch a movie?" ”
Wu Feng waved his hand, "How can it." I'm on the crew's side and I need to coordinate something, so I came to the magic capital for a while. Take a look while you have time. ”
Wu Feng actually came to the magic capital to watch "The Wandering Planet" by the way. After all, this film has great hopes for him, even more than the sequel he made himself.
After all, his "Wolf Warrior 2" is just an action drama film, although it has the concept of cash, but there is still a certain gap between it and "The Wandering Planet", a masterpiece that represents the maturity of the domestic film industry system.
And in the past few days, there have been more doubts about "The Wandering Planet" on the Internet than there must be, and there is nothing to see in the promotional video, so Wu Feng can't sit still.
He was really afraid that Su Yang and Guo Fan would mess up this movie.
Although he believes in Su Yang, but... Thinking left and right, I still don't feel sure.
So he simply left the crew he was filming, and rushed all the way to the magic capital to see the finished film in advance.
As for why he didn't let Su Yang mail the tape to him...
For a movie like this that hasn't been released yet, it's very abrupt and unprofessional to ask for videotapes, CDs, and backups.
Once leaked, it's a huge scandal.
So he didn't want to embarrass Su Yang, and he didn't want to take such a big risk, so he just took advantage of something else and went on a special trip to take a look.
In fact... He didn't need to transfer to the Demon Capital at all, he deliberately changed it.
Wu Feng's thoughts, Su Yang actually didn't know. After all, he didn't use the [Truth or Dare Big Bang], but the [Eye of the Law] jumped out of the evaluation after Wu Feng finished speaking: half-truth.
Su Yang, who knew that Wu Feng had something to hide, didn't care about it, and he didn't debunk it.
He roughly guessed some of Wu Feng's psychology.
So he patted Wu Feng on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, it will definitely surprise you." ”
Wu Feng smiled and didn't speak.
Movies still have to be broadcast to count.
Soon, the commissioning of the equipment was over, and the movie began to play.
The film begins with a promotional video that introduces the background of the entire film: the sun is going to decay, and humanity must leave the solar system, but only a suitable galaxy has been found a few dozen light-years away. Therefore, human beings plan to take the earth with them for tens of millions of years, across the entire space, to the galaxy suitable for human survival.
The film's straightforward narration captured Wu Feng's heart at once.
Even if he has participated in the creation and has a certain understanding of the entire plot, Wu Feng still sighed again in his heart about the grandeur of this setting.
It is not an exaggeration to say that this setting holds up half of the movie.
The other half depends on the special effects.
Soon, a special effect shot hit, the vast glacier, the huge space station, the realistic earth, the sun, Mars, as if the real planetary thrusters...
Looking at the special effects that appeared on the big screen one by one, Wu Feng was a little distracted for a while: Is this really done by a domestic company?
He was a little incredulous: was it really done?
After watching a movie, Wu Feng's heart was already beating violently "bang bang".
He knew that he had witnessed a miracle, this was really a real sci-fi masterpiece that fulfilled everyone's dreams, no, it should be a sci-fi masterpiece that far exceeded everyone's expectations!
This is the future of Chinese cinema!
Thinking of this, Wu Feng looked at Su Yang.
Su Yang looked at Wu Feng with a smile.
Wu Feng shook Su Yang's hand, "Brother Su." You cow! ”
Su Yang patted Wu Feng with his other hand, "It's all our efforts together." ”
Wu Feng looked at the big screen again and said, "If this film is not a big hit." I'll just run naked! ”
Su Yang's face was strange: No one bet with you, what you said was too sudden.
But after all, Su Yang didn't want to dampen Wu Feng's enthusiasm, so he said, "Yes." If this movie is not a big hit, then Guo Fan will run naked with you! ”
Wu Feng: ??
Wu Feng always felt that something was weird.
But... Blame it. Anyway, he watched this movie, was satisfied, and his heart was settled.
So he didn't stay long, but after a few more compliments, he said, "Okay." Brother Su. After watching the movie, then I'll go first, and the crew is still waiting for me. We've also captured the key part. ”
Su Yang understood.
Normally, "Wolf Warrior 2" should have been filmed earlier than "The Wandering Planet", but because of Su Yang's "strategy", Wu Feng was pulled to the side of "The Wandering Planet" to help, so he deliberately delayed the start of filming of "Wolf Warrior 2", which led to the fact that "Wolf Warrior 2" has not yet been filmed.
However, Wu Feng shoots things quickly, even if it is delayed, it will not be delayed for too long, it is estimated that the filming will be completed in about next month, and there is no problem in catching up with the originally planned summer vacation.
Thinking of this, Su Yang patted Wu Feng's shoulder, "Brother Ang, shoot well." I'm still waiting for your sequel to win the box office. ”
Wu Feng waved his hand angrily, "Just your quality, how can you compare?" And my first film only had a box office of several hundred million, and my goal for this film is not big, as long as it is doubled. ”
Su Yang, who had already let Xiao Ha smell "Wolf Warrior 2", looked at Wu Feng with a strange look again, and he coughed, "Okay." Anyway, you come on. ”
Wu Feng squeezed his eyes at Su Yang, "Don't worry." Will come on. I know you traded your share of "The Wandering Planet" for "Wolf Warrior 2", and now it feels a bit of a loss. ”
"Don't worry, I won't be trading it back. Hahaha. ”
Wu Feng, who had made a lot of money, left the company with a smile, and accompanied by his assistant, rushed to the airport and returned to the crew to continue filming.
Su Yang shook his head behind him with a smile.
We'll see. Anyway, the summer vacation is only three or four months away from the Spring Festival. When the two box offices come out, you will know who will take advantage.
If I hadn't been able to do your movie, I'd have made the scheme to postpone you.
After all, his platinum mission requires the first place at the box office.
...
Wu Feng left, Su Yang went home and continued to stay at home, and Li Zijun and Guo Fan also continued to work overtime there to promote "The Wandering Planet".
Real money is invested, and the popularity of "The Wandering Planet" is getting higher and higher, and there are all praises and deprecations on the Internet. The environment in which this kind of controversy is even more appealing.
And people in the film and television industry and the entertainment industry have certainly noticed "The Wandering Planet".
After all..."The Wandering Planet" is too grandiose. It was released in only 20 days in total, and now it is almost 1 million a day of publicity costs, and the advertisements, the advertorials, and the topic are simply overwhelming.
No movie in the Spring Festival file dares to compete with it.
As the most important schedule of the year, the box office fight of the Spring Festival stalls itself attracts attention, and now "The Wandering Planet" is almost crushing, which makes people wonder whether "The Wandering Planet" has real power or a carnival of the end.
So many people started the relationship and wanted to inquire about the quality of "The Wandering Planet". There are many producers of Spring Festival films...
Generally speaking, before a film is released, an internal test screening will definitely be held, and some will even invite insiders to participate.
But the strange thing is that after everyone inquired, they found that "The Wandering Planet" didn't seem to have been held at all.
So everyone doesn't know anything about the quality of "The Wandering Planet".
That's weird.
There's no news at all?
There are no insiders to participate in the test screening?
Is this self-confidence or ignorance?
In fact, what they don't know is that "The Wandering Planet" has held a test screening, but the people who test the screening are all bigwigs in the circle, either big scissors, or national films, or the person in charge of the theater.
These people themselves have a high status and strict mouths. In addition, it is Su Yang's film, without Su Yang's approval, they really dare not leak information.
In fact, there are not many films in this year's Spring Festival, there are only five movies, in addition to "The Wandering Planet", there are four left, one is Xing Ye's directorial debut "Mermaid", one is the sequel to Wang Jing's popular movie "Aocheng Fengyun 3", and the other is "Journey to the West" Guo Fucheng and Gong Li. The Journey to the West IP performed by Feng Shaofeng and other celebrities is a cartoon in the end, and it has almost no fame.
In general, among the audience's expectations and the industry's estimates, "Mermaid" is unique. "Aocheng 3" and "Journey to the West White Bones" are in the second gear.
Then came "The Wandering Planet", and finally the cartoon.
And judging from the pre-sale of the film, the same is true.
"The Mermaid" is a standout, almost as many other films as a whole. After all, in this era, everyone owes Xing Ye a movie ticket. The sentimental bonus is too great...
And "Aocheng 3" and "Journey to the West" are far more than "The Wandering Planet".
"The Wandering Planet" and that cartoon are only a little bit of pre-sale box office, and they are about to be abandoned at first glance...
But in fact, is it really the case...?
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Well. Yesterday's three options were real: I joined the Chinese Writers Association. Just yesterday under the official document ~ sprinkle flowers!
A dream I had since I was in junior high school has finally come true!
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