"Hong, will "Jurassic Park" really be the box office champion in the Hong Kong market this year, as you said?"

"This should be a sure thing. Don't you know how much this movie cost? In order to make the special effects realistic, more than 200 million US dollars were spent. This money was enough to shoot more than ten large-scale productions in Xiangjiang Talking Movie.

It’s over.”

"Yes, just the fact that your novel was made into a movie by Hollywood for the first time is a good gimmick. Now the novel "Jurassic Park" is still selling well!"

"Haha, actually the reason why I wrote this novel was that I wanted to adapt it into a movie. It's a pity that I didn't film the movie myself."

"That's because you have been busy all the time. I heard that the filming time of this movie was only half a year, and more time was spent on post-processing. Only those who are dedicated can shoot well..."

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Zhao Hong and Li Meiren were chatting in the office about the movie "Jurassic Park" that was recently released in Hong Kong and even around the world. This movie sparked a dinosaur craze as soon as it was released. Originally, after Zhao Hong's novel came out, the dinosaurs became somewhat famous.

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But compared to now, it pales into insignificance. The dissemination of audio-visual effects is much faster and more effective.

This movie was released simultaneously around the world and at the same time. This has never happened before. In the past, it was also a movie that was released simultaneously. In fact, overseas it was delayed by a few days or even a week.

But this movie does not have it. In other countries around the world except the United States, there are DreamWorks theaters. It is not too easy to synchronize.

In just one week, it has become famous all over the world. In its home country, the United States, it has made an astonishing 102 million US dollars. The total box office in other places has reached 200 million US dollars, which means that it has cut 300 million US dollars in just one week.

dollar box office.

In Hong Kong, there is no one that can hit it directly. The big-nosed movies were all beaten up and down, and the box office in Hong Kong in one week was 21 million Hong Kong dollars.

This is the first movie to have more than 20 million viewers in its first three days in Hong Kong. This new record has left many filmmakers stunned.

I was a little shocked.

This is the first time that an American film has shown its power in Hong Kong. Previously, they were all beaten down, but this time it is really different.

Not to mention the plot, the visual effects made many people suddenly feel what a real commercial film is.

In the past, the special effects in Hong Kong were among the best in Southeast Asia, but compared to the special effects in this movie, they really pale into insignificance.

In fact, the special effects in Xiangjiang are also very good. For example, most of the special effects in "Jurassic Park" were produced by DreamWorks Special Effects Company. Only a small number of them were more important and were handed over to other special effects companies in Hollywood due to lack of time.

However, there is currently a strange circle in Hong Kong, that is, they would rather invite card-playing stars than work hard on special effects.

The special effects company in Hong Kong is actually world-class, but the concept of filming movies has not been updated.

At present, the mainstream directors in Hong Kong are still those of the older generation with relatively old-fashioned ideas. They pursue big productions, big stars, famous directors, and big scenes.

At present, Xiangjiang DreamWorks spends the most on special effects. Whether it is a TV series or a movie, as long as special effects can be used, they will be used without reservation.

This allows DreamWorks' special effects company to maintain its operations without losing money while upgrading and conducting research and development. This is something that other special effects companies cannot match.

Zhao Hong watched "Jurassic Park" in the cinema and couldn't believe it was produced by her own company.

Now he can proudly say that his special effects company is world-class.

This is the result of his continuous investment in the past ten years. In the past ten years, in addition to the money he earned and continued to invest, the special effects company has also added more than 5 billion Hong Kong dollars.

The result of this is to discover high-quality talents around the world, purchase patents all over the world, and spend huge sums of money on research and development in the field of special effects. It can be said that the product update rate of DreamWorks Special Effects Company has reached one replacement per year.

Immediately after the release of "Jurassic Park", some filmmakers in Hong Kong began to criticize it. There is a very interesting review of the film.

"Only after watching "Jurassic Park" did I realize the gap between Hong Kong movies and Hollywood. I estimate that the gap is at least a century. This is an industrial blockbuster made by industry."

"What I want to say here is that Xiangjiang Movies can go to hell, because the horn of Hollywood has been lit here. In the past, Xiangjiang Movies could rely on the information gap to play with the jokes that had just come out of Hollywood, but now the information

Transformation is accelerating, and if we continue to do this, it will only make Hong Kong movies look ugly..."

When Zhao Hong saw such a serious-looking film review, she just wanted to give him a slap in the face.

Can’t you tell that this was done by DreamWorks Special Effects Company?

No!

He saw it!

Just pretending not to be seen for the sake of popularity.

There are also some people who cannot stand up after kneeling for a long time.

There are some people like this in Xiangjiang. They pretend to be superior and think that they are the elite. They don't watch the movies in Xiangjiang, or they just watch and write a lot of reviews for the purpose of belittling them.

They usually watch Hollywood movies. After Anle Cinemas was acquired by DreamWorks, it also took over the distribution of Western films. In the past few years, there has been a group of people who have a special liking for Western films.

Whether it's a bad movie or a blockbuster movie, every one of them never fails.

Zhao Hong can only feel sad about this kind of thing!

As for why I want to release western films, the truth is actually very simple. If you don’t do it, someone will do it.

It's always better to do it yourself than someone else.

For example, for Hollywood movies, the screening period in Hong Kong is usually one month at most. If it exceeds this time, even if it can still make a profit at the box office, it will not be released.

This can inhibit Hollywood movies from achieving high box office to a certain extent.

"My dear, I can only stay in Xiangjiang for two days. It's such a pity. I really want to stay longer!"

"Marso, it's okay. After you finish this period of work, you can come to Xiangjiang for vacation. I will take time to accompany you."

"Really?"

"Then there's still a day off. This time I'll take you directly to the mainland for a tour to see the desert scenery of China."

"That's great. I've wanted to take a look for a long time. I really want to understand the mystery."

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Zhao Hong sends Sophie off to the plane at the airport. She plays the role of Lex Murphy in the movie "Jurassic Park". She is the face person and is a big vase.

Through this movie, she became even more famous around the world. Among current Hollywood actresses, there are only a few who can compare with her.

Her salary has reached 10 million US dollars, which is a ceiling among current Hollywood actresses.

I don’t know how many people are envious and jealous of her!

Many people wish they could replace it.

In their eyes, this is a lucky person. When a French woman comes to Hollywood, she is supported by all kinds of top resources, which is much more generous than many children from entertainer families.

In fact, many actors in the entertainment industry have relatively deep backgrounds. Everyone's popularity is not random. Maybe many artists will create the illusion that they are from ordinary families.

In fact, he is very well connected secretly.

When "Jurassic Park" became a global craze, various newspapers also published reviews of the movie.

The script and acting aren't really Oscar material, but that doesn't matter. The real stars of the movie are the dinosaurs created by DreamWorks Special Effects - a marvel of modern filmmaking. (Empire magazine review)

In order for the dinosaurs to rule the earth again, those monsters needed sovereignty and intimidation, and Spielberg handled it well. (Reviewed by Time Magazine)

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These are relatively good reviews, but of course there are still bad reviews.

For example: a completely passable children's fantasy, it has one or two exciting parts, and a few disappointing parts, but it has no poetry, no sense of surprise, no resonant lines, no artistry,,, when the film ends

, it will become extinct. (Commentary from "The Globe and Mail")

In fact, this is just sour grapes. The Globe and Mail has a deep connection with Universal Pictures. This time, "Jurassic Park" is a film invested by MGM and DreamWorks Pictures.

This is a strong competitor for them, and slander is commonplace.

Zhao Hong also laughed it off.

In fact, the money spent on promoting this movie is quite large, just over 20 million U.S. dollars. This figure can withstand the negative publicity that is very malicious and slanderous.

Zhao Hong also knows that in fact, the movie "Jurassic Park" is a simple story. The film mainly tells the story of Dr. Hammond convening a large number of scientists to extract the genetics of dinosaurs using dinosaur blood condensed in prehistoric mosquitoes in amber.

Genes have resurrected prehistoric behemoths that have been extinct for 65 million years, making the entire Isla Nublar...

As a result, he got his wish and built Isla Nublar into a dinosaur park, believing that he could make a lot of money from it. However, the scientists were worried.

The unfortunate thing did happen. Although the park was managed by a computer system, it was damaged by employees and became irreparably out of control.

All the dinosaurs escaped from the control area, and people fled one after another but could not escape the clutches of the dinosaurs.

Dinosaurs killed each other, people also died countless times, and there were only a few survivors in the end.

To put it simply, this is a disaster movie, but the visual effects of this movie are really different from other previous movies.

In order to truly present the behemoths of ancient times in the film, Spielberg hired Stan Winston and Phil Tippett to create animatronic dinosaurs and dynamic dinosaurs in distant shots respectively.

Paleontologist Jack Horner oversaw the design of the dinosaurs, making them animals rather than monsters.

It also took DreamWorks Special Effects Company nearly a year, with more than 500 people working day and night, to make the lifelike dinosaurs appear in front of everyone.

"Hong Zai, why can't you make a movie like this?"

"Yes, you want to make this kind of movie if you have the chance."

"I try my best, try my best..."

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The old man and grandma kept up with the fashion. The two old men quietly went to see "Jurassic Park". They were a little excited when they came back. In addition to being curious about the things in it, they also had high hopes for their grandson.
To be continued...