"People's imagination is very scarce. For example, Hollywood, as an outsider, you may think that Hollywood is full of flowers, but if you have a deep understanding, you can find that Hollywood has been around for a hundred years."
Still in the underground screening hall, after the screening of wormhole, Simon continued to hold Zhu Momo in his arms and said to Ren Jingxi: "it's too far away. Just say that in the last 20 years, Star Wars has been successful, and a large number of science fiction films have appeared. Godfather has been successful, and a large number of gangster films have appeared. Field platoon has been successful, and a large number of Vietnam films have appeared..."
Before Simon finished, Zhu Momo in his arms said mischievously, "Simon, you succeeded. Unfortunately, no group of Simon Westeros appeared."
Simon kissed the girl on the neck and continued to say to Ren Jingxi, "in short, do you know what this means?"
Ren Jingxi thought for a moment and said, "it's important to explore new types, isn't it? Simon, you said."
"No," Simon shook his head and didn't show off too much. "In fact, as I just said, human imagination is very scarce. Was there no science fiction film before Star Wars? Was there no gangster film before godfather? Was there no war film before platoon?"
Ren Jingxi understood a little, but he still couldn't grasp the key.
Simon soon continued: "I mean, all the types of films that human beings can imagine, whether Hollywood or the once prosperous European film market, have actually been done. The difference may be only the technological progress from silent to sound and black-and-white to color. Then there is China. Because all types of people have been explored, China does not need it Repeat this exploration, you just need to study, then imitate, and then turn it into your own. "
Zhu Momo interrupted again: "Simon, are you encouraging plagiarism?"
Simon bit the girl's slender neck with a little punishment this time, and then looked at Ren Jingxi: "don't you have the psychological barrier that Momo just said?"
Ren Jingxi smiled and shook his head: "No."
"Good," Simon said "The greatest advantage of human beings is that we have strong learning ability. The so-called learning is to transform the knowledge accumulated by our predecessors into our own. In this world, few people can go further and achieve innovation after achieving this level. Therefore, it is enough for most people to give full play to learning. Of course, in the industrial field, a group of people It's as like as two peas in a single internal combustion engine, but it is not difficult to make a new engine. But in the field of film and television, there is still some change.
"I always think," said Mo Wuling, sitting on the other side of Ren Jingxi, "Simon, you are teaching Jingxi to do bad things."
"I'm enlightening," Simon said, giving birth to an index finger. "The hand of God lets you understand the world."
Seeing Simon's action, Ren Jingxi smiled and put out a finger to touch the man's fingertip.
Everyone followed with a smile, more or less with some envy.
Zhu Momo also wanted to be touched, stretched out his slender index finger, but Simon opened his mouth to bite, ah, smiled and retracted.
Mo Wuling couldn't help but speak again. He had a little taste in his heart and wanted to change the topic: "Simon, what do you think of the film just now?"
"It's great and low-cost. It's excellent to do this," Simon said. "Next, the key is marketing. If you can do it well, the box office of $30 million or $50 million may not be a problem."
"Can there be so much?" Ren Jingxi was a little surprised. "I think I'm very satisfied if I can sell it for 20 million. The cost is only 2 million."
"It depends on whether you have the courage to spend 5 million or more on marketing," Simon said "The Chinese film market is not mature enough, so it is more likely to appear dark horses, because many things are uncertain. For example, you just said that the cost of 2 million is a publicity point. After many efforts, an excellent young filmmaker finally raised the cost of 2 million, filmed his own breakfast, and the trip to China is over.
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. Of course, I still have to go back to Los Angeles to accompany the women and children. However, it is expected that I will come again during the Chinese Lunar New Year. At the beginning, I spent the Spring Festival with Lin Su's mother and son. On Chen Qing's side, Simon can't be partial this time.