I'm not just an action star

"True Lies" is in the initial stage.In order to catch up with the release time this year, Wu Long did not return to the imperial capital.

It is not only his own plan to produce "True Lies" as soon as possible, but he also hopes that the film will be released soon so that the whole world can see the majesty of the Harrier fighter.

In the past, the military of the country where the sun never sets never thought that Harrier fighter jets could fly and fire in cities.

Now that "True Lies" was filmed, they were shocked.I feel that from the perspective of publicity, it is indeed much more shocking than on the battlefield.

The performance on the battlefield is nothing more than flying over, bombing or attacking the ground, and that's it.Hover over the battlefield?It's really easy to die fast.

Compared with air combat, the Harrier fighter has no special advantages.

On the other hand, Wu Long's approach to dealing with criminals in the city perfectly avoids the shortcomings of displaying Harrier fighter jets.

The fighter jets flying and firing in the city can greatly stimulate the nerves of the audience.That shocking scene is definitely much better than a helicopter.

After all, literally speaking, fighter jets are more advanced than helicopters.

Not only is the country on which the sun never sets satisfied, but also hopes to see the effect of the release.Even the military of Merikan was surprised by Wu Long's thoughts.

Perhaps, this is another use of the Harrier?

Anyway, retired Harrier fighter jets should be cheaper than tens of millions of armed helicopters.

People from Lion Pictures and Weiner Pictures came together.They didn't come for "Fast and Furious 3", they wanted to ask Wu Long if he would like to make "The Hobbit".If so, then the two of them will cooperate with Wu Long instead of the other six major film companies.

The box office of the "Lord of the Rings" series last time was so good, but it required so many points, which made them unwilling.

"You want to do The Hobbit?"

The executives of Lion Films and Weiner Films nodded in unison.

Wu Long checked through the system.

The production cost of the original "The Hobbit" series trilogy in the previous life was as high as 500 million US dollars, but the total global box office excluding the extended version was only more than 29 billion US dollars.

Why use it?

Because the production cost of the original "Lord of the Rings" series trilogy in the previous life was only 100 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office totaled more than 29 billion U.S. dollars.

For the same trilogy, from the perspective of return on investment, "The Hobbit" only has 4, which is far inferior to the "Lord of the Rings" series.

""The Hobbit" may not make money when it is filmed." Wu Long was also hesitant.Filming is possible, but his salary is too high.Calculated in this way, the production cost of each part exceeds [-] million.

He didn't want domestic computer special effects to make less money.

"why?"

"Shouldn't it be?"

The executives of Lion Films and Weiner Films obviously don't believe it.

"The novel sold well."

"Fans want to see it too."

Wu Long slowly analyzed them.

"Film fans can't believe it. The sequel is not as good as the first one. This is the law of the film industry. Whether it is "Lord of the Rings" or "The Hobbit", it is actually the same. No matter how the war is fought, there will be no more highlights. And Just looking at the war will not attract more people."

"Although the story of "The Hobbit" is ahead of "The Lord of the Rings", in terms of film form, "The Lord of the Rings" is ahead of "The Hobbit", and "The Hobbit" is no longer new."

"As for stories, how many people watch movies for stories? Reading stories is worse than watching literary films or novels."

"So, if you want to keep "The Hobbit" fresh, you need to find a way in addition to the war scenes, you also need to find a way in terms of shooting and viewing experience, such as 3D shooting."

"If it is 3D shooting, not only the difficulty will increase, but the cost will naturally increase. Coupled with my salary, the production cost of "The Hobbit" will be much higher than that of "Lord of the Rings."

"If you don't use 3D shooting, the same high production cost, and the box office is lower than "Lord of the Rings", the income will not be high."

"Or I don't act in..."

The executives of Lion Films and Weiner Films shook their heads quickly.

"Why don't you act?"

Without Wu Long, if the audience doesn't buy it, it may hit the box office.

"There is another way." Wu Long thought of a possibility.

"any solution?"

"I play a supporting role, as long as the salary is [-] million US dollars. Directed by Scott, the copyright share will not take away too much profit from you. As for the cost, Scott has the final say."

This method was discussed by Lion Films and Weiner Films, but neither of them adopted it.They dare not gamble.

Although Wu Long said that Scott had filmed "The Lord of the Rings" with him, each director has a different style.If the style of "Lord of the Rings" cannot be filmed, movie fans will definitely not buy it.

Moreover, the success of "Lord of the Rings" is not only directed by Wu Long, but another important reason is that Wu Long played the role of the elf prince.

But Wu Long's salary is too expensive, this is really troublesome.

"If you play the role of the elf prince, and you direct it, and shoot in 3D as you said in "Lord of the Rings", how much is your budget?"

Wu Long pondered and began to calculate the production cost.In fact, with the production cost of "Lord of the Rings", "The Hobbit" can be produced.However, he can't help but make money.

In that case, it is equivalent to cutting his salary, or cutting the money for computer special effects.

The budget cuts for computer special effects did not affect the final effect.Because in the "Lord of the Rings" series, the money paid for computer special effects is actually more than normal.In other words, Shi Lei's computer special effects company made a lot more money.

But this is what he and Shi Lei knew.

If the production cost of "The Hobbit" does not increase accordingly, others will guess the tricks.

Wu Long couldn't increase the production cost of "The Hobbit" too high, otherwise the box office hit the street and his reputation would be affected.

"Each film costs at least 5000 million US dollars, but the effect should not be too ideal. If it can reach [-] million US dollars, it should be about the same."

Hearing Wu Long's quotation, the executives of Lion Films and Weina Films couldn't help but gasp.

"It's [-] million dollars more than the "Lord of the Rings" series!"

"What if you don't shoot 3D?"

Wu Long thought for a while, and said, "That would also exceed the production cost of [-] million US dollars. The various expenses must not be compared with "Lord of the Rings", and they will increase to some extent."

"However, if I don't shoot 3D, I don't really want to shoot. Because for me, it's a repetitive path and I don't have much motivation."

"For a production cost of 20 million US dollars, three films are 4 billion US dollars. If you want to achieve a return on investment of 48, you need a total global box office of [-] billion..."

"The "Lord of the Rings" series only has a total global box office of 46 billion, and "The Hobbit" should not be able to reach it."

People from Lion Pictures and Weiner Pictures hesitated.

"Actually, even if you agree to spend 12 billion US dollars to shoot, I don't necessarily have time to shoot. The box office of the "Fast and Furious" series is good, and several car companies have already expressed their intentions to make a third film. I also have a film on hand. To shoot."

"If you insist on filming, the director will let Scott come."

The negotiations did not come to fruition. For such a high production cost, Lion Films and Weiner Films obviously hesitated.Even if other film companies are brought in, they will hesitate.Not much to earn, no need to.

"True Lies" finally made a sample in Wu Long's rush production.

At the preview meeting, not only the military of the country where the sun never sets came to watch, but even the military of the country of Merikan also came to watch.

After the screening, the audience applauded.

The military representatives of the Merikan country clapped and said:

"I thought it was about fighting crime, but I didn't expect it to be a sci-fi movie in the end!"

"Criminals are too simple. The future must deal with aliens. Isn't it cool that the Harrier fighter jet is a fighter that can deal with aliens? Even aliens are no match, so what are criminals?" ?” Wu Long explained jokingly.

He can't say that the original version was boycotted by some regions and countries because of the problematic set of criminals.

Without criminals, there is always someone to hit.There is no way but to let the aliens be the villains.

The test film will be very successful, and Wu Long will also return to China to make his own film.

In the evening Scott came to Wu Long's party.

"Lion Films and Werner Films came to me and asked me how much I would pay for 'The Hobbit.'"

Wu Long touched the wine bottle with him.

"I asked them to find you. They wanted to make "The Hobbit". I said that if I participated in the role, the film salary would be 3 million dollars. In addition to shooting [-]D, the production cost would rise to [-] million dollars. Not much money."

Wu Long told Scott about the talks with Lion Film and Weiner Film.

"Haha, I didn't say I'm going to shoot in 3D, but even if it's 2D, if you want to participate in the show, the production cost will exceed [-] million U.S. dollars. After listening to my estimate, they asked me if I would talk to you. I said no, they didn't believe it."

"You think the production cost is so high?"

"It is calculated based on your filming of "Lord of the Rings". I followed your filming of "Lord of the Rings" and learned about the various costs. I also asked other computer special effects companies, even if they do "Lord of the Rings". It will be at this price."

The computer special effects of Wu Long's version of "The Lord of the Rings" are better than those of the original version, so if those top computer special effects companies follow these standards, they will also spend a lot of money.

However, if they transfer the same work to animators in mainland China, the income of animators in mainland China will drop a lot.

"I told them that even if they agree to a production cost of [-] million US dollars, I don't have time to shoot. The director is still up to you."

Scott shook his head.

"I can not."

"Why not? You are not a rookie director, but you are a veteran in the industry. You have been nominated for many Oscars and Golden Hill Awards."

"That was in the past. If I was asked to shoot in the past, I would dare to take it. But after filming with you, I can't guarantee that I can make such a good film after watching the "Lord of the Rings" series. Mainly, war The shooting of the scene, I found that the imagination may not be as good as yours. With your "Lord of the Rings" in front, fans will definitely compare them. Once you compare, you will know who is good and who is bad."

"Actually, you can do it too. I'll make the script more detailed, and you'll know how to shoot it right away."

Scott thought about Wu Long's detailed script, thought about it, and nodded in admission.

"With your scripts, I can barely make it."

"So, if they really dare to invest [-] million US dollars, why don't you shoot?" Wu Long encouraged Scott.

The main reason is that he is worried that Lion Pictures and Weiner Pictures are really going to shoot, and he doesn't have time to shoot.

"Okay. If they dare to vote, I will consider it."

After returning to China, Wu Long went home to stay with his parents for a few days.After such a long time no see, his parents must miss him.

According to the strategy formulated by Wu Long, the first film of the future science fiction world universe film plan is "Heavenly Demon-Earth Strikes Back".

That is to say, aliens came to invade the earth, and the earth defeated the aliens and obtained the technology of aliens.

In this way, the second part is the study of these technologies.The research of science and technology makes the earth's science and technology develop.

In the end, we can fly out of the earth, out of the solar system, into the depths of the universe, to other places with advanced civilizations, or to find planets suitable for human survival.

There is a movie that can show people on earth traveling to various parts of the universe and has a high box office, and can also achieve the best and most beautiful imagination of people on earth on the starry sky, the universe, and alien planets. There is one that is more suitable.

"Interstellar".

In fact, before "Interstellar", there was another sci-fi movie of the same type, which is also good.

"Contact".

It's a pity that "Contact" was released too early, 17 years before "Interstellar" was released.

Sci-fi films at that time tended to be entertaining.Types such as space wars and robots will have a strong box office.

As for this "Contact", the grasp of the theme is a bit unbalanced.Too much talk about irrelevant things in the early stage, while wanting to look into the starry sky, but also to explore the heart of human beings.

To put it plainly, it is more literary.

As a result, the production cost of "Contact" was as high as more than 9000 million US dollars, and the total global box office was only more than 1 million US dollars, which was a miserable hit.

But the passage through it is still very classic.

On the other hand, "Interstellar", because it was born at the right time, and the theme is well grasped, the box office is good.With a production cost of 500 million, it has achieved a global box office of 4 million, and the return on investment has exceeded [-].

Of course Wu Long wants to shoot "Interstellar", not the smashing "Contact".However, there is a problem with the background setting of the world in "Interstellar", so Wu Long needs to change it.

To change it to meet the requirements, the land of China will get the alien technology, build and start space exploration.Moreover, in order to pay tribute to "Contact", Wu Long decided to take out the part of "Contact" and put it in "Interstellar".

The method of using "Contact" cannot be supported because there is no evidence.In the end, I chose the method in "Interstellar".

When he was preparing for "Interstellar Crossing", a car company in Japan came to visit quietly.

They did not frame Sui through Chiba, but through Xing Zhongfei.

Ma Zhida Motor Company, they want to join the shooting of "Fast and Furious 3".And willing to give 3% of the shares to Wu Long.

1% of Mineta Group, 2% of Sanling Automobile and Nisan Automobile, and now 3% of Mazhida Automobile. It can be said that Sanling Automobile and Nisan Automobile only contribute 2% because of the alliance. Opportunity took advantage.

The 3% of Mazhida Motors appears to be extremely sincere.

Wu Long didn't refuse because he could supplement the types of cars in the movie.Just shooting "Fast and Furious 3" will be ranked after "Interstellar".

Of course, Wu Long also notified the three car companies Mineta, Sanling and Nisan that Mazhida Motors would join in "Fast and Furious 3".If they don't want to, they can opt out.

None of the three car companies pulled out.Wu Long promised that "Fast and Furious 3" will not be joined by other car companies.