Chapter 751 Cyber Daji Guo Fan
The next Years Pictures Building, in the reception room.
"So, that's why you came here?" Chen An asked casually after listening to the other party's explanation.
Guo Fan looked ordinary and introverted, "Yeah."
It is hard to imagine that this person is the "Cyber Daji" as netizens call her. In her previous life, when she had no money and no one to rely on, she created the "The Wandering Earth" series and started the initial journey of the domestic film industrialization.
Today, he is just a director who made a good youth film, and he is somewhat disconnected from the future.
Chen An smiled a little, "Or is it because you watched Interstellar?"
"It is indeed the case."
Guo Fan, who was a little reserved, seemed to be very frugal with his words.
Chen An smiled even more when he heard the answer. It was really interesting.
Influenced by me, the other party wanted to make a science fiction movie, and after much deliberation, he chose the target of the filming.
Then I found out that the copyright belonged to Lightyear Pictures, and finally I got the deal together.
Chen An suppressed his smile and said, "Light Year Pictures does not intend to sell or authorize the copyright of The Wandering Earth."
Guo Fan's face froze, and he felt somewhat uncomfortable.
Although I knew the chances were slim, I couldn't help but feel frustrated when I heard the other party's denial.
He really likes this story, wandering around the earth, what a romantic science fiction story.
"I understand." Guo Fan's voice was low and a little lonely.
Chen An lay down on the sofa and said, "What do you understand? Although we don't plan to sell the license, Light Year Pictures also has the idea of developing it. Of course, you also need to show your idea first."
The voice fell into Guo Fan's ears. He raised his head in disbelief and looked at Chen An in a daze.
It took a while for him to react and he nodded immediately: "Thank you Director Chen, I wrote down a lot of setting ideas."
When he talked about this, his words came out like a machine gun. He kept talking non-stop, as if he could talk until the end of time.
"Listen, write a plan and write down what you want to say. I'll take a look at it slowly." After listening for more than ten minutes, Chen An felt that the other party could talk until the evening, so he interrupted him immediately.
Guo Fan, who was abruptly interrupted, wanted to say something, but he held back and nodded in agreement.
"What about Director Chen's project?"
"Don't worry. You know what story you want to shoot. Light Year Pictures is already the best in the country in terms of industrialization, but it's not something that can be done right away. Interstellar took a year to prepare, even with the help of the space agency, before it started filming."
Chen An thought the other party was good, but he had experience and could not be rushed for a project like this.
The other party is full of enthusiasm, but now it is just a thought and has never been put into practice, so it is normal for him to be a little anxious.
Chen An: "Are you going to shoot those works that are currently being produced in China?"
"The Martian" sparked a brief sci-fi craze, but the investment was too large, and by the time of "Interstellar" the popularity was completely out of control.
A lot of shoddy works labeled as science fiction appeared in China and were bombarded.
Netizens called it "welding shut the door to science fiction opened by Chen An"!
There are some excellent works, but they are few and far between. They are all imaginative and inexpensive, without much technological display.
You have to know that Chen An’s filming of "The Martian" and "Interstellar" was not as simple as just translating them into Chinese.
We asked professionals from the space agency to modify the script, design the prop models, and add solid theoretical concepts.
"I understand." Guo Fan lowered his head and said apologetically.
He knew that he was a little too excited just now and lost himself in thought. He was just too excited before the plan was even started.
How dare you ask about the project when you don’t even know if you can pass it?
Chen An waved his hand and said, "You go back first, sort out your ideas, bring the script over if you have one, and have Zhang Li hand it over to me. I'll let you know when the time comes."
There was no need to talk any further. Guo Fan stood up, said goodbye and left, walking hurriedly, looking very anxious.
Chen An was left sitting alone in the reception room, drinking tea slowly.
“It’s a pity that there’s no chance for ‘Interstellar’ this time.”
Chen An has already taken advantage of the science fiction craze once before, and he is afraid that this time it will not be as enthusiastic as in his previous life.
Of course there are advantages. At least now Chen An can handle the distribution in North America.
It can also take up some market share in North America. It was also released in North America in its previous life, but only earned US$597 million at the box office.
Many people say that "The Wandering Earth" is not popular, which is half true and half false.
Compared with Hollywood blockbusters, other special effects that shine in China seem mediocre except for the concept.
But the box office is so low only because the movie has never been released on a large scale, and Chinese-language films are somewhat at a disadvantage.
Chen An murmured, "But forty or fifty million US dollars should be no problem. It won't be worse than Hero, or by much."
The "Wandering Earth" series is something that must be taken over. Liu Cixin bought it as soon as he wrote it.
I write one copy and buy one myself. Even before it’s published, the other party will call me and ask if I want it.
He has already made a fortune even before the actual adaptation, and the copyright value of the "Three-Body" series has soared to over 10 billion!
The reason why it has reached this point is that the domestic science fiction soil is indeed scarce. Then it won the top international awards. Stories such as "The Dark Forest Law" and "Dimensionality Reduction Strike" have broken the circle and many people who have not read the novels know about it.
Then, coupled with the eye-catching Heyren President Ao Guanhai’s urging for more updates, it became extremely famous!
The popularity of "The Three-Body Problem" is rising rapidly!
Securely holds the position of the number one science fiction masterpiece in China!
Coupled with Liu Cixin’s legendary experience as an electrician, "The Three-Body Problem" has completely ascended to the altar!
Three days later, Guo Fan's things were delivered.
It was a thick pile, about 4 to centimeters high of A paper, densely packed.
Chen An was stunned: "You can really write."
"However." Chen An smiled again: "Fortunately, I didn't plan to look closely."
He originally planned to hand over the project to the other party, so he only took a cursory look at the information.
But it also took a whole morning, and there were a lot of hand-drawn drawings, world concepts and prop models made by the other party.
You can see that the other party is really attentive.
Chen An also had plans for formal development. To be honest, he originally planned to do it himself, but since the other party came over, he didn't have to do it himself.
I made a phone call and asked Zhang Li to come up.
"I've looked at the stuff. Let's get ready to launch the project. It's a big project." Chen An said briefly.
But the meaning is very clear, he is definitely going to make this movie.
Zhang Li immediately said, "I understand!"
"This script is too rough. Take your time and ask him to rewrite it and take it to the screenwriter in the company to write it together." Chen An handed the script to the other party and said, "Oh, and ask Liu Da to come as well. Tell him that we are going to adapt his work and ask him to write the script together."
The script was still very rough from the original, but he didn't plan to do it himself.
There is no need for that. The company does not maintain a team of screenwriters in vain.
Then bring Liu Xiaobo into the discussion and rewrite it.
If the work is adapted and makes money, Liu will also get some money. Although it is not a lot, it is still money. There is nothing wrong with him participating in the creation of the script.
He might even be happy about it.
Zhang Li took the thing and nodded without thinking.
He likes this kind of big project. After "Interstellar", the company's projects have not been difficult to produce.
"I'll contact them right away and make sure you, Director Chen, are satisfied!"
"Stop talking nonsense and get the job done for me first."
(End of this chapter)
