Chapter 296 Film Industry

Compared with the cast of the TV series "Chinese Paladin", Wu Yuchen is actually more concerned about its special effects production.

In the previous life, "Chinese Paladin" also used special effects. Although the level was not high, the combination of special effects and real-life shooting made it look more pleasing to the eye than many five-cent special effects 10 years later.

However, this time "Chinese Paladin" is definitely more well-funded than in the previous life, and Wu Yuchen is more willing to spend money on it.

Several special effects companies he acquired in Hong Kong Island have been merged together, named Feidie Special Effects Company. This is also the largest and most powerful special effects company in China.

In the past two years, not only the TV series and TV series of Miracle Films such as "Water Moon Cave", "Wind and Cloud", "Xiao Shiyilang" and so on have been made by Feidie, but also with the blowout of various martial arts dramas, many companies in the circle have come to Feidie. After all, with or without special effects, it is different in the eyes of the audience, cool!

It was fine that no one had it before, but when Miracle Films had special effects in their TV series, it naturally raised the audience's horizons, and other TV series companies had to keep up, and they had to have some.

Not to mention the movies in Hong Kong Island, after all, the three companies before Feidie was established were already very famous in Hong Kong Island, and the special effects of "Kung Fu" were fully handed over to Feidie this time.

It is naturally enough to support a special effects company with the entire Chinese film and television industry. However, Wu Yuchen did not open this special effects company to make money, but wanted it to develop as soon as possible and improve its own technical level to catch up with Hollywood.

Therefore, when he goes to Hollywood to shoot blockbusters now, he has to bring a few employees of Feidie Company to join the group to learn, which is also the reason why Feidie attracts many technical experts. Soon after the second and third parts of "Pirate King" were shot in succession, many people in Feidie scrambled to join the group to learn with Wu Yuchen.

Cai Yinong is still reporting to Wu Yuchen. In the second half of this year, Miracle Films will have two more TV series in addition to "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

One is "Detective Di Renjie". When filming "Embroidered Spring Blade" the year before last, Wu Yuchen had worked with "Fatty Di" Liang Guanhua. At that time, he was interested in this project. Last year, he asked Miracle Films to contact Qian Yanqiu.

Qian Yanqiu was naturally overjoyed to see Miracle Films take the initiative to find him, so he began to create the script of "Detective Di Renjie".

Qian Yanqiu is also a talented guy. Long before "Detective Di Renjie", he wrote "Journey to the West Sequel" which subverted the original work, which is "I want to become an immortal, happy and happy". In addition, he and his classmate Zhang Zijian filmed "Flying Tiger Eagle Prequel" two years ago, and Yan Shuangying was born!

Such a talented person will naturally be brought under the banner of Miracle Films. The "Detective Di Renjie" four-part series and the "Yan Shuangying" series are all there! Take your time, even if you shoot one a year, you can shoot for ten years!

The other one is "The Great Song Dynasty Judge", which is also a costume suspense and reasoning drama. In terms of performance, "The Inspector General of the Song Dynasty" is not inferior to "Detective Di Renjie". In the previous life, it won the first place in the ratings in the first half of 2005. It's just that it is not as strong as Di Pangpang, and the sequel is dragged down.

However, the first part of "The Inspector General of the Song Dynasty" can indeed be called a classic, especially the scenes of He Bing's Song Ci and Guo Da's Diao Guangdou, which are simply amazing. It makes people feel for the first time how superb the acting skills of Guo Da, a sketch actor, are.

Wu Yuchen thought about it inadvertently, and found that whether it was Liang Guanhua, He Bing or Guo Da, they all seemed to have worked with him. I have to sigh again that there are indeed many good actors in the middle generation in China, but what they lack is the opportunity to show, good scripts and good projects.

At noon, at the door of a simple house, Wu Yuchen knocked on the security door.

"Come on, come on~"

After a while, Han Sanping opened the door from the inside and called to Wu Yuchen: "Come on, come in directly, no need to change shoes~"

After entering the door, Wu Yuchen saw a middle-aged woman and smiled and called out: "Hello, sister-in-law!"

He also saw that there were already a lot of dishes on the table, so he smiled and said: "Thank you for your hard work, sister-in-law, I'm drooling when I see it!"

The middle-aged woman smiled at Wu Yuchen and said: "I didn't cook today, it was Old Han who cooked it himself!"

Wu Yuchen then remembered that Han Sanping was from Sichuan, unlike many northern men who can't cook.

Han Sanping smiled and said to Wu Yuchen: "I haven't cooked for a while, and my cooking skills are not good. Don't blame me if it's not delicious!"

"Don't worry, brother Han, I will definitely not say a word if it's not delicious. I will only blame you if it's delicious!"

While the two were talking and laughing, they had already sat down to eat and chat.

"Brother Wu, you've done a really great job this time! I see that the whole country is discussing your movie now. Even the Lushan Romance back then couldn't compare to this kind of grand occasion. I just heard from the movie channel that their ratings this time have surpassed the Xinwen Lianbo, reaching 28.8%, catching up with the Spring Festival Gala!"

Wu Yuchen was also stunned when he heard this data. This is a serious national ratings, which means that more than a quarter of the people in front of the TV have watched it. If the movie channel replays it repeatedly later, the number will definitely be higher, and it is likely to exceed one-third.

The current TV viewing population in China is 900 million, and one-third is 300 million or more. If calculated by the number of viewers, then to some extent, this is indeed a record in China.

Then Wu Yuchen said modestly: "Brother Han, I also took advantage of the free broadcast."

"Hey, there are so many movies broadcast on the movie channel, which one can have such a high ratings? Can you have such an influence as you, brother Wu? You don't have to be modest~"

"Haha, brother Han, don't praise me anymore, otherwise I'm afraid I will really float to the sky~"

"You are now our national treasure director. Who else can be our Chinese-language film!"

Wu Yuchen heard Han Sanping praising himself so hard today, and his heart moved. He didn't bother to be polite with him and asked directly: "Brother Han, don't try to be so mean to me. I have eaten your meal. If you have something to say, just say it directly."

Hearing this, Han Sanping smiled and said: "It's nothing serious. I just want to ask you, brother Wu~"

"Are you asking me for advice?" Wu Yuchen asked doubtfully.

"Of course not. Brother Wu, you are now the leader of our Chinese-language films, and you also have rich experience in Hollywood. As a leader, you have to give good suggestions for the development of our Chinese films."

Hearing this, Wu Yuchen immediately said: "Brother Han, don't say that. I just make movies. If we really want to talk about the development of Chinese-language films, you have to lead it~"

Han Sanping waved his hand:

"Okay, okay, we are so familiar with each other, why would I mind this?

To be honest, Brother Wu, you have brought so many achievements to our Chinese-language films in recent years. Whether it is for Chinese films or for me personally, I have to say thank you to you, Brother Wu!

There is a saying that goes, you should do your job when you are in your position. When I sat in this position, I thought about how to make our Chinese-language films develop rapidly and catch up with the world's first-class level and Hollywood as soon as possible.

Brother Wu, you are the person in China who knows Hollywood best, and your opinions are the most valuable for reference!"

Wu Yuchen also put down his chopsticks when he heard this. Catch up with Hollywood?

Wu Yuchen sighed, and then said to Han Sanping: "Brother Han, since you asked me, I will tell you something real. The more you know about Hollywood, the more you can feel how big the gap is between the current Chinese film and Hollywood film industry systems."

The gap in the film industry is not just about the level of special effects, visual effects, etc., but a whole system surrounding the film industry. On a larger scale, from financing, review, shooting to publicity and distribution, they already have a complete and mature set of processes. The current set of things in the mainland is not comparable to Hollywood, not even Hong Kong Island.

On a smaller scale, there are as many as 173 types of work in Hollywood, and if you further subdivide it, there can be as many as 300 or more. A prop master alone can be divided into 30 types, and there are all kinds of unions. In Hollywood, you can go to various unions to find the crew members you want, and then build a crew you want.

For example, if Wu Yuchen wants to shoot a new movie, he doesn't even need to go there himself. His agency will ask the union for various materials and find those staff members who have participated in the same type of movies as his new movie. Each position can provide Wu Yuchen with several experienced candidates for him to choose.

And what about China?

In today's Chinese film and television industry, many staff members in the industry rely on "relationships". For example, most of the makeup artists and prop masters in the crew have to rely on mutual recommendations to get job opportunities. If a friend says that there is a shortage of people here, then go. Usually, they have to rely on their own network of relationships to get various news to find work. If there is no news, they can only rest.

In comparison, the gap is still very obvious. Hollywood is undoubtedly more mature and more standardized. Many aspects have been standardized, and the training of talents in various positions and the protection of interests are also more mature.

Speaking of standardization, take the script as an example. In the United States, the standard has been set since the stage when students write scripts. One page of paper represents one minute of shooting time. Then during the implementation of shooting, everyone can clearly know how to shoot and how much capacity a page needs. In this way, when we make movies after graduation, it will be easy for everyone to apply this knowledge under the same system and atmosphere.

If we really want to talk about this, it is indeed an all-round gap, from funding to management, from talent training to technology updates, all aspects of backwardness.

Han Sanping listened to Wu Yuchen's talk from all aspects, his brows tightened, then he took a sip of the wine glass, and then sighed: "I knew there was a gap before, but I only knew there was a gap. If I hadn't listened to you, I wouldn't have known that the gap was so big!"

There are many problems that Han Sanping has no way to solve. For example, piracy, can he solve this thing?

There is also the training and rights protection of practitioners in various types of work, such as makeup, props, lighting, etc., can he do this? Not to mention these people, now even the rights of such an important type of work as screenwriters cannot be guaranteed in China!

However, Wu Yuchen then comforted Han Sanping:

"American films have a history of 110 years, and their industrial system has also been established over a long period of time. Although we are still backward, the speed of development is still fast. If we take steady steps, we will not catch up with Hollywood, and it will be no problem to be at the forefront of the world."

In fact, the industrialization of film can only be achieved with money. Only places with prosperous economies can carry out film industrialization, accumulate experience through the output of a large number of films and televisions, and constantly evolve through trial and error, so that it can develop rapidly; poor and backward areas should not think too much, just enjoy their own literary and artistic films.

Han Sanping nodded silently, but then he looked at Wu Yuchen and said:

"Brother Wu, the more I hear you say, the more I feel that time is running out! I have an idea. Can you help us get talents to Hollywood for training and study?"

Wu Yuchen asked directly: "Brother Han, what kind of talents do you want to train?"

Han Sanping wanted to train talents in all aspects, but he also felt that this was not realistic. He thought for a while, and then said: "We in China have always been centered on directors, so let's train directors first. Only when directors have different thinking and vision can they lead the entire crew!"

Wu Yuchen nodded, and then said: "In this way, I can contact the studios in Hollywood and try to promote the talent exchange plan between China and there.

In addition, in the future, when I personally go to the United States to shoot movies, I will give two assistants each time, so that young directors can learn from the crew! This can also get in touch with the full set of Hollywood processes faster and more effectively."

Han Sanping was overjoyed when he heard this: "Okay! Brother Wu is worthy of being the backbone of our Chinese film!"

...

After Wu Yuchen came out of Han Sanping's house, he was also thinking about the industrialization of film.

It doesn't mean that you have to shoot a movie according to the industrialization set. You can do your own independent film set and still make a good movie. It's just that for a country's film industry, this thing has two concepts.

Now that Wu Yuchen has reached this position, he really wants to do something within his ability for Chinese films.

If you really want Wu Yuchen to promote the industrialization of Chinese films by himself, it is pure nonsense. It is not something that can be done by one person.

What can Wu Yuchen do?

For example, promote the faster development of special effects;

For example, let Miracle Films become a benchmark in the industry in China. Establish a sustainable development system within the company, and its influence will gradually spread to the entire circle;

And just like what he promised Han Sanping, become a bridge for talent exchange.

He remembered that Guo Fan, the director of "The Wandering Earth" in his previous life, was a member of this talent exchange program to the United States in 2014.