"That's why I have a headache." Lin Feng rubbed his temple.
"Infinite terror" is a novel that transcends the times and creates a genre. Its content is unconstrained, and the elements involved are even more multifarious. It's good to shoot, but it's definitely a box office. If it's not done well, it's going to be super bad.
It's a hell of a heaven.
But no matter how hard it is, we still have to shoot.
After returning to Shanghai, after a day's rest, Lin Feng directly summoned the relevant senior executives of the China headquarters of second entertainment to the light of the century's own conference room.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have decided to pay for the filming of infinite terror. Do you have any opinions?" Lin Feng told everyone about his decision.
Shoot infinite horror! Everyone was surprised.
For this novel, and the shooting of this novel, people are not unfamiliar. As early as the establishment of the "second entertainment" headquarters in China, people heard about it. But they didn't take it seriously. After all, people have seen the novel, but they don't have any hope that it can be adapted into a movie. The reason is very simple, the background is too grand, and there are too many CG technical requirements. Yes, too much, not too high. Too high CG technology, the existing level of science and technology can be completed, the real trouble is that there are too many CG technology. This directly causes the cost to be too high. In addition to the copyright of various original films and the problems of related actors, people give up directly. But I never thought that Lin Feng would shoot again now.
Immediately, people all spoke out against it.
"Boss, I don't think it's a wise investment to invest in infinite terror. There is a big difference in the ratio of investment to profit‘ Second, entertainment, "said the president of China headquarters.
"Well, boss, I think so, too. The same investment, we can get a greater return. What's more, it takes too much effort to shoot "infinite terror". The time it takes to shoot "infinite terror" can be used to shoot several Hollywood blockbusters. It's not worth it“ Second, "said the head of the marketing department.
"Yes, I think so, too!" Everyone voted against infinite terror.
It's not that they don't support Lin Feng, but they think that such investment is really not cost-effective for the company. It will not only take up a lot of money, but also be thankless. In particular, this is an online novel. Once it is smashed, it will be scolded by netizens. This kind of thing is by no means what a profit-making company should do.
Lin Feng frowned. Lin Feng never thought that so many people would oppose it, and no one would agree with it. This is a bit beyond Lin Feng's expectation.
"Boss, I think we should go and make more other movies. For example, Wesley series, I think, will also be very popular in the market. Moreover, the conception of Mr. Wesley's science fiction is totally different from that of western mainstream science fiction. His science fiction, often unexpected, and his ideas are very divergent, is absolutely able to make people eye-catching science fiction film theme. I think that shooting Wesley's novels is definitely both fame and wealth! " Seeing that Lin Feng was silent, they were afraid that he would really go his own way and put forward a new plan.
Wesley series, but the company got all the copyright Wesley, but has not been shot. In recent years, the main investment in shooting the "swordsman" series, as well as several series. Originally, in terms of output, it was relatively low. But second entertainment has always been about quality rather than weight. Only under the premise of ensuring the quality, will we consider shooting more films or TV series. Now the trilogy of swordsmen is coming to an end, and the biography of Jin Yong is on the right track. We can make time to shoot a new play.
Wesley series is the best choice.
"Wesley?" Lin Feng curls his lips. This is really to shoot, but he agrees with Ni Kuang. If he doesn't shoot, Lin Feng is afraid that Ni Kuang will come to trouble himself. Ni Kuang is not Jin Yong. If he doesn't shoot, Jin Yong laughs at most. And Ni Kuang's book, he had transferred all the copyright to himself, if he had been holding on, I'm afraid the old man would really come to kill him.
"Yes, boss, Wesley series, we can divide it into two modes, one is TV series mode, which can film Wesley's life in detail. The other is the film mode, which selects the novel which is more wonderful and suitable for adaptation in Wesley series and makes it into a film. Like "blue blood." Seeing Lin Feng's hesitation, they rushed to explain it vigorously, hoping that Lin Feng would change his mind and not shoot the movie infinite terror, which is a headache to people.
"Also, boss, at the end of last year, Mr. Ni Kuang called to ask when we would shoot his novel. If we shoot it, let's inform him in advance so that he could come to participate in the screenwriter's review." -‘ The writers of "second entertainment" also added a reason why Lin Feng had to shoot "Wesley series".
Lin Feng frowned. This old Mr. Ni Kuang has called, can he not take photos.
"OK, let's shoot" Wesley series ". Your writing team is in charge of contacting Mr. Ni Kuang. Remember, we must treat you well and don't neglect you at all!" Lin Feng said.
"Yes, boss! We will treat Mr. Ni Kuang well! " The writers said excitedly.
Of course, it's not just the crew that's excited. The whole senior management of second entertainment is excited. If Lin Feng doesn't make infinite terror, it's definitely a blessing for the company. They're really afraid that they'll end up being ungrateful, and then get a scold at a loss. That's too innocent.
"But infinite terror is still going to be filmed!" Lin Feng's next sentence made everyone silly.
"Old... Boss, what do you say?" They all shivered and asked.
"Shoot Wesley series, but shoot infinite horror as well!" Lin Feng said firmly, "this is an order, no bargaining!"
All of them became bitter melon faces. Why do you want to make "infinite terror" after making trouble for a long time? Although this novel is written by Lin Feng, it definitely belongs to the theme of network novel. It's too difficult to adapt this network novel into a movie. First of all, the plot is usually very long. You can say that Jin Yong's novel can only be written in a million words at most, and it has to be adapted into dozens of series. There are millions or even tens of thousands of words in online novels. It is said that there is a book named "rebirth of evil life", which has been written for 11 million words in three and a half years. Is this human? How can this be written so long?
You say, how to adapt such a long novel? Of course, there are not so many words in infinite terror, but there are also millions of words. How can these millions of words be adapted? If you don't say anything else, it will take a long time to write a play. And if you adapt it a little bit, you will be scolded on the Internet.
Secondly, do you have a script? Is the director willing to make it? So many elements, dazzling, is the director willing to shoot? Which director is good at so many fields. Then there is CG technology. The most troublesome thing about online novels is that they need CG for both background and fighting. Especially in the later period of Internet novels, they always destroy the sky and the earth, even the universe. To be honest, a CG like this takes days and tens of thousands of dollars to produce. And if this is the case throughout, it will definitely kill the CG technical team. That post computer production time, I'm afraid, can only be described as protracted.
Of course, money can solve all these problems. There are others that money can't solve. For example, actors and online novels are mostly beautiful men and women, especially female owners. They are all super beautiful women. This is not easy to solve. And they are all Hougong stallions. If this is really shot, whether it can pass the audit of SARFT is also a question. If the shooting fails, it will be... Sad. No, it can only be produced in foreign countries. It can only be pirated in China!
But no matter how difficult, Lin Feng said, this is an order, they can refuse it!
"First of all, the writers began to adapt. Remember that after the adaptation, you must show it to me. Secondly, start to contact the directors, well-known directors in the Chinese speaking circle, to see who is interested and whether they have any suggestions. Third, about actors, you should start to think about it now. Choose famous actors or new ones. " Lin Feng said, "in three days, you must give me a result. Otherwise, hum
After a few grunts, Lin Feng turns to leave with Lin Zhiling.
The rest of the "second entertainment" people are stupid. In three days, this one is really going to die.
"Ha ha, boss, it's too much Coke. Just now those executives, the expression on their faces is really too Cola! " Out of the meeting room, Lin Zhiling couldn't help laughing.
Just now, in the conference room, the high-level members of "second entertainment" did not want to take pictures, but they were forced to take pictures. It's really cool. Lin Zhiling can't bear to look handsome. Of course, these people are right. After all, they are also from the interests, shooting "infinite terror" is really not very cost-effective. However, from the perspective of the second consortium, infinite terror must be filmed.
Maybe the movie can't make money, even lose money, but if the game is hot, it will really make money. At present, second world has more than 500 million players in the world. If a person spends $1 a month, that year's profit will be $6 billion. In fact, players will only spend more. At present, the most profitable part of "World War II" is "World War". With "World War" entering the era of hot weapons and opening the copy of "World War I", the daily profit is beyond description.
According to the latest financial statistics, "second world" earns about $34 million a day! This accounts for about 12.4 billion dollars a year. Excluding related expenses, the net profit of at least one year is 10 billion US dollars. Moreover, as the game goes on and the number of players increases, the number will increase.
The game industry has been made into a huge cake with an annual profit of 50 billion US dollars by Lin Feng. And it's increasing at least 30% every year. Therefore, "infinite terror" must be shot!
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