Chapter 196: Innate Inspiration and Talent Inferior to Others? Impossible, Absolutely Impossible

It's past eight o'clock in the evening in M ​​country.

Living room decorated in dark style.

Chazelle was half lying on the sofa, flipping through the printed project summary.

He skipped the previous parts and turned to the script outline.

The script outline is different from the script. There is no specific plot or dialogue, only the main story, characters, and story frame.

As a partner, we will generally consider its value from several aspects: subject matter, story core, character relationships, protagonist's typicality, emotional intensity, and cognitive value.

Chazelle's eyes slowly scanned the outline.

After reading the last line of text, I sighed softly.

Sure enough, he was right.

Just by looking at the outline, you can tell that Chen Xiao performed smoothly again.

Privacy and surveillance, free will and predetermined destiny, the authenticity of human relationships, the ethics and responsibility of the media, the false cocoon constructed by the media and human reality...

Compared with topics such as fairness and justice, these topics are relatively niche in the film and television industry, but they are real problems facing the world today.

The problem of false cocoons constructed by the media is very serious now.

Compared with before, people spend less time experiencing reality and more using electronic products after dinner every day.

News, social media and algorithms box people in and discourage them from thinking outside the box and coming up with new ideas.

The media even controls perception through deception and subliminal suggestion, blurring the lines between reality and fiction.

The subject matter and theme are very good.

very good……

Chazelle sighed, slowly sat up, moved his buttocks and huddled in the corner of the sofa.

Hey, I feel inferior.

I watched Farewell My Concubine last time and thought it was very good.

It was a cross-cultural viewing. Although I listened to Chen Xiao’s explanation, some historical cultures would not have such a strong feeling if they were not natives with historical memories.

Even so, he can still feel that "Farewell My Concubine" is extremely excellent.

But this time, without cross-cultural barriers, he could really understand the differences between people.

Chen Xiao not only chooses the topic well, but also has extensive knowledge. He is not only proficient in Chinese culture, but also understands Western culture.

Hey, I feel inferior.

At this moment, his butler robot came over with a glass of Chinese liquor.

Maybe it's because of his mother's blood. Like the former president of country E, he also likes to drink liquor.

Chazelle picked up the wine bottle and cup and sighed, then sighed to the robot:

"Tell me, people understand culture and can speak English. What about me? I can't even speak Chinese. I can't even fully understand "Farewell My Concubine". I don't even know the words on the bottle. Me, Why."

Chazelle took a sip of white wine and said depressedly, "I want to learn Chinese."

A question mark popped up on the robot's display.

"Master, your logic seems to be jumping a bit. Language is not an important factor. This should be a matter of inspiration, knowledge, and talent. I suggest you..."

Chazelle grabbed the pillow and threw it at the robot.

"Damn it. You little **** has talent problems. How could I have talent problems? It's definitely because of the environment. Isn't it just that the surrounding environment is different, and the language is different? It must be the environment. I will learn Chinese first, and after I go to Huaxia Just ask his parents about their occupations and their hobbies. Come back and let my parents learn more. That’s right, it’s definitely not my fault, it’s definitely someone else’s fault.”

The butler robot rolled its wheels, put the pillow back on the sofa, and respectfully echoed: "Master is right. It's hard for you to lie flat. If you can blame others, please don't blame yourself. If you find any shortcomings, please feel free to find the reasons for others."

"Well, get lost."

…

The time soon came to March 20th.

At 9:30 in the morning, Chen Xiao drove out of the villa area and drove towards the company.

A week ago, the film project was successfully approved and the partners have arrived in the capital. The two parties formally signed the contract yesterday.

Next, the crew can officially start preparations.

He is going to the company for a meeting now.

According to the agreement between the two parties, Oriental Media will account for 70% of the investment this time, and Chazelle's New Era Pictures will account for 30%.

The ratio of the main creative team members is almost the same.

Generally speaking, income sharing and investment sharing are consistent. However, since New Era will make more contributions in providing channels and opening up the market, the final revenue sharing between the two parties is slightly tilted towards New Era, giving them 35%.

In fact, even if he was given more, Chen Xiao wouldn't feel bad.

It’s an art film, and it’s a high-cost art film, so it doesn’t make much money.

Of course, you can’t make big money, but you can still make small money.

Because its subject matter can arouse widespread thinking and resonance, it also adds a little funny element to adjust emotions.

"The World Before" also ranked 12th at the North American box office that year with more than 100 million US dollars, and the global box office reached more than 200 million US dollars.

It can be regarded as a fighter jet in literary and artistic films.

Of course, the investment is also high.

After it is filmed in the second half of this year, as a literary film, it should not cause strong rejection from peers. With the support of Chazelle's channels, it should be able to enter the global market smoothly.

If the opponent is good, the income should only increase but not decrease.

However, costs are deducted, taxes are deducted, and distribution and theaters get one point...

Forget it, too lazy to think about it.

Is it worth using your brain for such a small amount of money?

The purpose this time is to slightly open up the international market and complete system tasks along the way.

This year’s piggy bank will still have to rely on “Frozen”.

It has also been approved.

Last month, the equipment was not in place, so it has not been started. But we also took advantage of this period to recruit some high-level talents.

If he is not counted, the talent strength of the animation and comics department can be said to be the strongest among the film department, TV series department, variety show department and other business departments.

The project was officially launched at the beginning of this month. Now we are working on visual development. That is, designing characters, scenes, models, etc. according to market preferences.

According to the schedule, it should be completed in November or at the end of the year.

In addition to these two, the work of "Home with Children" has also been officially launched.

It was also approved last week and successfully established.

Because the staff are all from the company, while waiting for the project to be established, Chen Xiao carefully interpreted the script with the chief director Sun Li and others.

In the subsequent casting stage, he can go for a stroll or not.

In the subsequent shooting stage, it is basically impossible for him to change the script, so there is basically no task.

Just focus most of your energy on making movies.