Chapter 13 Science Fiction Daji—Guo Fan

"Long time no see, Director Guo!" In the living room, Gu Zhongyu shook hands with Guo Fan enthusiastically. Jiang Shuying looked at the two of them in surprise. The boss almost fell asleep after hearing so much good news just now. Why?

Are you so happy when you hear that this person is coming?

Seeing Gu Zhongyu's eager eyes looking at Guo Fan and his hands that were holding on tightly, if she hadn't already known her old version of XP, she would have almost suspected that Gu Zhongyu had awakened some special hobby!

"Ah! I don't dare to take it. I don't dare to take it. I have only directed a small-budget movie. I can't afford to be called Teacher Gu." Guo Fan was flattered. He didn't expect that a veteran in the entertainment industry like Gu Zhongyu would be so polite to him.

In fact, both of them are from Nortel, but Guo Fan is a graduate student in the Department of Management and doesn't have much time to go back to school. Gu Zhongyu is just a visiting teacher and doesn't have many courses. The two of them have little overlap in their majors, so there are very few opportunities to meet.

few.

Looking at Guo Fan, who was just in his early thirties, Gu Zhongyu sighed in his heart. He never imagined that in a few years, this male banker in front of him would almost single-handedly open the door to domestic heavy industry science fiction movies!

The success of the two-part series "The Wandering Earth" not only opened the door to domestic science fiction movies, but also made Guo Fan's name synonymous with "doing bad things, being lazy and greedy"!

Doing bad things means that the films you produce are at least 10 years ahead of the Chinese film industry and reach the top level of Hollywood. How can you let those mediocre directors have the face to survive?

Being lazy and gluttonous means that you have made two movies and sold one ticket for the money. Isn’t this bullying?

Lazy means that "The Wandering Earth 2" has been released for several months, and "The Wandering Earth 3" has not premiered yet. It has not even released a trailer. The production team doesn't dare to rest like this!

Greedy, I have never played Guoshi in the domestic market, but I dare to look forward to the overseas market. There is no announcement overseas, but YouTube and Facebook are still applauding it.

Slip, find excellent actors, do solid basic skills, spend money wisely, make good movies, and truly know what the public thinks. Obviously you should find fresh actors to gain traffic, but you have to break the rules and rely on making movies that the audience likes.

A movie to please the audience, with great cunning!

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"Come, sit down and talk, you're welcome." Gu Zhongyu pulled Guo Fan to sit on the sofa, and at the same time told Jiang Shuying that if there are other plans for meetings, discussions, or meetings, postpone them all.

Seeing that Gu Zhongyu attached so much importance to the conversation with him, Guo Fan, who was already reserved, immediately straightened his back to 90 degrees! He was afraid that the other party would think that he was not serious enough.

"I watched "The Adventures of Li Xianji" that you directed before through internal channels. It was quite good, for a new director."

Guo Fan smiled a little sheepishly. He still appreciated the praise from a well-known actor and film and television company boss like Gu Zhongyu.

"No! Because the plot of the movie is a bit obscure and the leading actor's acting skills are average. In addition, domestic science fiction themes have never been popular, so I'm afraid the box office will be a hit!" Gu Zhongyu told the truth, as the animation of the same name

Although the adaptation of "The Adventures of Li Xianji" is not a bad movie, in today's film market, there is no hope of making a return on its money.

In the end, the movie with an investment of 15 million only recovered less than 10 million at the box office. It was a disastrous failure!

Of course, the investors simply failed to grasp the key points of the promotion and the charm of the original work itself, so they deserved to die! This movie was originally intended to praise the Dragon Prince, and this guy is a typical example of how mud can't support the wall.

Guo Fan was doused with cold water in front of him, but his expression did not change. He thought for a moment and then said: "Actually, the box office of "The Adventures of Li Xianji" was not ideal, and I had expected it. The original work was really a pretty good one.

Excellent science fiction animation, but during the filming, I had a conflict of ideas with another director Li Yang, and coupled with some opinions and arrangements from the investors, the final effect was very different from what I originally thought?

"

"Well, don't you feel a bit pity? After all, this is the first movie you directed, but you failed to achieve success."

"It's not bad! I'm a newcomer, and I'm flattered that someone thinks highly of me and asks me to direct a theatrical movie! I have many director friends, but until now they can only make short films, commercials, etc. Compared with them, I

I'm very lucky. I didn't shoot well this time, just learn from it and try harder next time!" It has to be said that Guo Fan's mentality is still very good, which is why he was able to shoot "The Wandering Earth"

Come.

Guo Fan, who was in the original space and time, signed a contract with Wanda Pictures after filming "The Adventures of Li Xianji". Unfortunately, it was a useless place for heroes, and he was silent for a while. Then in 2013, he terminated his contract with Wanda Pictures. In the same year

He started directing the youth love movie "My Deskmate". The film earned 450 million in box office, which was considered a success. Guo Fan himself also won the favor of some capital in the film and television industry.

It was at this time that the production of the movie "The Wandering Earth" was put on Guo Fan's agenda.

Guo Fan has shown interest in science fiction themes very early and is a die-hard fan of Liu Cixin. He has always dreamed of turning these novels into reality. At that time, people around him heard that Guo Fan was going to make "The Wandering Earth" and thought it was too difficult because

In those few years, the production team of the "Three-Body" movie had been disbanded. Chinese science fiction genre movies had not yet emerged, but they were already being blown to pieces. No one dared to touch Liu's novels anymore.

However, Guo Fan still faced huge pressure and started filming "The Wandering Earth". Because there was no precedent for domestic science fiction films to be successful, Guo Fan's box office expectations for the first part of "The Wandering Earth" were as long as he did not lose money.

Got it!

He also said that if "The Wandering Earth" really suffers too much loss, he will go back and shoot "My Deskmate 2" again! Then he will learn from the lesson, continue to save money and talent, and then make science fiction movies again, until the Chinese themselves

Until the sci-fi masterpiece is produced!

Judging from the observation of Guo Fan, he can really do such a thing!

"I heard that you have always been very interested in science fiction themes. Do you want to make a science fiction film of the same level as Hollywood?" Gu Zhongyu began to plan to get into the theme. He had been thinking about this film for a long time, and it must be Guo Fan!

"I'm very interested! Because this is my ideal! I particularly like Liu Cixin's science fiction novels. I don't know if you have ever heard of the novel "The Three-Body Problem". It has unconstrained imagination and various settings.

It shocked me! I dream of having a second chance to direct a science fiction movie in the future!" Guo Fan became excited when he mentioned science fiction.

"Then I think we can have a second chance now." Gu Zhongyu liked Guo Fan's mentality and persistence very much, so he took out the things he had prepared and placed them on the mahogany desk in front of him.

Guo Fan came forward and took a look. It was a book with a movie script and production plan lying next to it. There were four big words written on the book - "Ball Lightning"!

The last one was swallowed, let's release it later
Chapter completed!