The cover of the script is two simple and heavy calligraphy; Sino-Japanese War ~

Just looking at this title, Li Xiaohu knew it in his mind. This was mostly an epic war masterpiece, turning page by page.

When others read storyboard scripts, no matter how hard they try to imagine the scene described in the script in their minds, they are just fantasies and are not intuitive enough.

But Li Xiaohu is different. He can instantly simulate the scenes described in the script, and even substitute the corresponding actors for the characters in the play. While watching the script, a complete movie was almost born in his mind.

Although Tian Feng is not a screenwriter, this script is written very meticulously, with a full sense of camera, magnificent, and tragic momentum.

Li Xiaohu turned on the plug-in, his senses were particularly intuitive, and he was excited to see them. He wished he could travel to that dark and humiliating era, but also many heroes, and go to the national crisis with the heroes and martyrs.

"What do you think about the script?" Seeing that Li Xiaohu had finished reading the script, he closed his eyes and refused to speak for a long time. Tian Feng didn't know that the disciple was simulating the scene described in the script in his mind, and asked in a silence.

"It's very exciting. If the story described in the script can be perfectly restored, it will definitely be a generous tragedy that can make the audience's blood burn," Li Xiaohu opened his eyes and exclaimed. "This script should be written by the mentor? I guess there are not many people in the entire Chinese film industry that can compare with you when you describe this big scene. I am very curious. Is such a wonderful script not enough to impress investors?"

Judging from Li Xiaohu's knowledge and vision, the script in his hand already has all the elements of success and absolutely has the value of investment.

With Tian Feng's status as a martial artist, he was holding such an excellent script, but he couldn't attract investment. He wanted to find him, his disciple, to fight Qiu Feng, and he was really confused.

"I have been thinking about the script of "Jiangwu" for nearly ten years. There are indeed many investors who are optimistic about this drama. But unfortunately, they were immediately scared away when they heard the investment budget of the movie," Tian Feng said bitterly. "I have not had new works in recent years. Others think I want to fade out of the film industry. In fact, I have never been convinced by the teacher. I am still ambitious to make trouble in the film industry. Unfortunately, no investors are willing to take risks with me.

Li Xiaohu thought about it in his mind. "The Sino-Japanese War of 1894" describes the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 from the perspective of the hero Deng Shichang. There are many magnificent scenes, and the final sea battle is even more grand. If you don't want to deal with it, you want to shoot an ideal effect. With the current special effects technology, the investment budget will be at least 200 million, or even more than that.

This is all because domestic human resources and prices are relatively low. Otherwise, if it were in Hollywood, the number would have increased by at least three or four times.

However, Li Xiaohu feels that the budget of 200 million should not be enough to scare away investors.

Gu Changfeng's status in the Chinese film industry is far less than that of Tian Feng, but when he is in Hollywood, his investment budget for a movie often reaches 30 to 50 million US dollars. At this time, it is common for him to exceed 200 million RMB.

Gu Changfeng can easily invest 200 million yuan. Will Tian Feng, a bigger brand, wait for a 200 million yuan investment budget, not even a decade without getting it?

Li Xiaohu thought so and asked straightforwardly about the doubts in his heart.

"Two million? Haha..." Tian Feng shook his head and said, "The computer special effects look very realistic, but they are just realistic. Besides, the domestic technology is always a little different than Hollywood. Two hundred million cannot produce a perfect visual effect. But if you hire a Hollywood technical team, it will cost more than 200 million yuan at that time."

"Teacher, you seem to be a bit popular with foreigners," Li Xiaohu smiled. "Have you seen "A Chinese Odyssey"? All the special effects in it are completed by Feixiang Studio, and there is not much difference from Hollywood?"

"There is not much difference, that is, there is still a difference..." Tian Feng glared at Li Xiaohu and said, "The special effects of "A Chinese Odyssey" are indeed dazzling. You have handled them well. You can only have a shocking and gorgeous effect when putting the special effects in the most appropriate position. But you have to seriously consider it. There are still many flaws in it. This level will satisfy you?"

With the help of computers in mind, Li Xiaohu can intuitively simulate the final movie scene, and has natural advantages in the arrangement of special effects.

Tian Feng said it well. The special effects of "A Chinese Odyssey" are very dazzling and shocking, but that's not because of how good the technology of Feixiang Studio is, but because Li Xiaohu puts the special effects in the most appropriate position, which plays the finishing touch.

Just like the technical control Cameron in his previous life, the investment of "Terminator" was only six million US dollars, but it shocked everyone, because old cards can always use very stingy special effects in the most suitable place to allow the audience to enjoy the most gorgeous visual feast.

Even though Li Xiaohu is still better than the old card now, he is using plug-ins. As long as he accumulates enough experience, it will be a matter of time before he surpasses the old card.

Hearing the mentor say this, Li Xiaohu couldn't help but shook his head and smiled bitterly, "You can't be a big fat man in one bite? Feixiang Studio's level is better than 80% of Hollywood's special effects studios. It's a very good thing. The mentor you have too high requirements. Feixiang Studio currently has sufficient funds and almost no cost to invest in technology research and development. The gap with the world's top technology is steadily narrowing. With the speed of progress, if you don't intend to chase the level of Hollywood's top studios within two to three years, it is a foregone conclusion."

"So what? Even the special effects produced by the top Hollywood team, the fake ones are fake and can never replace the real-life shooting effect," Tian Feng shook his head disapprovingly.

Li Xiaohu actually doesn't agree with the tutor's point of view. Many large scenes use computer special effects, not entirely to save money. Some scenes cannot be shot in real scenes, and special effects must be used. Gorgeous special effects can bring the audience the ultimate visual feast. In many cases, real scene shooting will never achieve this effect.

Moreover, with the development of technology, it is not a fantasy to create special effects that are difficult to distinguish between true and false.

"Real scene shooting?" Li Xiaohu suddenly understood the mentor's thoughts and said in a daze. "Minister, are you trying to actually create a fleet that covers the sky and the sun, and completely restore the sea war more than a hundred years ago?"

"" Tian Feng said silently, "If it weren't for this, why would I have been keeping a script for ten years and could not find an investor?"

Li Xiaohu asked tentatively, "Why does the tutor think that "Jiangwu" will cost you roughly to get the effect you want?"

Tian Feng was probably afraid of scaring Li Xiaohu away, so he was silent for a while until Li Xiaohu couldn't help asking again, and then he slowly spoke, "I have consulted many experts in this field. The most optimistic estimate is that it will require a budget of at least 500 million yuan.

Li Xiaohu took a breath of air conditioning. How could this be a movie? This is simply a burning money.

Seeing Li Xiaohu's face changed color, Tian Feng couldn't help but smile bitterly. If it weren't for such a high budget, with his reputation and status in the film industry, he would have been able to hold a script for ten years and never find an investor?

With a budget of 500 million yuan, even if the promotional expenses are excluded and the domestic box office sharing model is based on the box office sharing model, the box office of "Jiangwu" must reach at least 1.25 billion yuan, which is enough to barely make a profit.

The box office of many big domestic films with a box office of over one billion is no longer a fantasy. The global box office of "A Chinese Odyssey" is 2 billion. "My Savage Girl" has been released for less than a month, and the global box office has been close to one billion. The global box office of "A Chinese Odyssey" directed by Gu Changfeng also exceeded 2 billion, surpassing the global box office of "A Chinese Odyssey".

However, such successful examples are only a few movies that cannot reach this level.

A movie is a very subjective thing. Before the screening, no one can guarantee whether a movie will lose or make a profit......... If it weren't for this, who would have to invest in filming even though he knew that the movie would definitely lose money? Investors are not fools.

Even so, with Tian Feng's reputation and the value of the script of "Jiangwu", it is enough to make investors take a risk. But unfortunately, "Jiangwu" is an epic war movie, not a kung fu movie.

There are countless examples of successful kung fu blockbusters in Hollywood, but Chinese war movies have few successes in European and American box offices.

It’s not that European and American audiences don’t like watching war movies, but they are simply not used to watching foreign language movies. Although foreign language movies have subtitles and there is no problem of not being able to understand them, many people are always not used to watching movies based on subtitles. As for the translated dubbing films, it looks even more awkward because they are not good at the actor’s lip shape.

Because of the movie-watching habits, many European and American audiences subtly accept it. In order to seize the North American market, many Kung Fu movies simply use English directly, and European and American audiences have a high acceptance.

However, Chinese-language war films have little output, and few can succeed in Europe and the United States. European and American audiences do not have high recognition for Chinese-language war films.

Therefore, investors are generally not optimistic about the box office of "Jiangwu" in Europe and the United States. It is very difficult to recover the cost based on domestic box office alone. Moreover, even in China, "Jiangwu" has the possibility of box office failure and is very risky.

In fact, "A Chinese Odyssey" has a box office that is not very ideal in Europe and the United States, and it also has some language factors.

But it would be even more uncomfortable to have Li Xiaohu do what he likes and dubbing Chinese classical magic mythological movies in English than killing him.

Even for the next science fiction film "Terminator", Li Xiaohu didn't plan to let a group of black-haired and yellow-skinned actors speak English for the sake of box office considerations. That was too awkward.

In his words, we cannot be used to the problems of the Japanese, and we have to adapt to watching original Chinese movies. When he watched Hollywood blockbusters in his previous life, we still watched subtitles? Foreigners are not nobler than anyone else, so why can't we watch Chinese blockbusters with subtitles? After all, it's a question of movie-watching habits.

"Jiangwu" tells the tragic epic of the heroic predecessors of the Beiyang Navy more than a hundred years ago. It would be too weird to let a group of Beiyang Navy officers and soldiers with whips speak authentic American English. If you think about it, Tian Feng would never do this.

Then the "Jiangsu" is full of countless uncertainties when it is aired in Europe and the United States. Since the risk is not proportional to the returns, it is normal for investors to refuse to take risks.

Li Xiaohu also felt that the risk was a bit high. The key was that there were no examples from his previous life to refer to. He could not help but hesitate when he heard the investment budget issued by his supervisor. To be continued.
Chapter completed!