Chapter 273 Chinese Science Fiction Milestones (Part )
Compared with Hollywood science fiction movies, Source Code still has a lot of gaps. For example, in terms of the most intuitive pictures, Source Code is far behind science fiction movies such as The Abyss released this year.
"The Abyss" is directed by Cameron and shows us a dreamy underwater world.
In comparison, the images in Source Code are still a bit blurry. In this respect, let alone The Abyss, even The Terminator released in 84 cannot compare.
However, "Source Code" still beats domestic science fiction films.
Whether in the mainland or Hong Kong, even in Green Island, there are science fiction movies. Last year, a very famous children's science fiction movie "Pili Beibei" was released and was widely praised by fans.
"Pili Beibei" has been the leader of domestic science fiction films in recent years. But the gap between it and "Source Code" is the same as the gap between "Source Code" and "The Abyss". The generation gap between these three can no longer be caught up by hard work alone.
Director Cameron is a technology fanatic. He himself participated in the research and development of many of his filming machines and special effects machines.
Xu Xiaoming does not have the ability of Cameron, nor does he understand technology. The only thing he can do is to restore the future world described in the book as much as possible.
From the performance of these CEOs present at the scene, it can be seen that Xu Xiaoming succeeded.
"Whoosh whoosh-"
Applause broke out, and despite all the reluctance, everyone knew that their company could not produce a movie like Source Code.
It is safe to say that "Source Code" is a milestone in Chinese science fiction films.
Wang Yaowei was very satisfied with the reactions of these CEOs. He went on to say: "The development of Hong Kong films to where they are today is due to the joint efforts of all Hong Kong filmmakers. Many times, we have claimed to be the 'Oriental Hollywood'. But compared with Hollywood, there is still a huge gap between us and Hollywood."
"If Hollywood is a factory, then we are a workshop. Hollywood has a complete system of incubation, production, publicity, and release, just like an assembly line, producing as many works as possible. As long as the filming is good, it can reap box office revenue all over the world."
"We are fighting on our own, and even hindering each other. Our market capacity has already reached its peak, and now there is constant internal friction. How can we compete with Hollywood if this continues?"
The bosses have a long-term vision. In the early 80s, Hong Kong films could compete with Hollywood. At that time, all parts of the world had their own protection policies, and audiences were willing to watch their own films. However, in recent years, Hollywood films have conquered many Western countries around the world, and now have extended their tentacles to the Southeast Asian market, the back garden of Hong Kong films.
If the major film companies continue to fight among themselves, they will naturally be unable to resist the invasion of Hollywood.
But what can they do if they don't fight among themselves? The movies they produced have been suppressed by Tomorrow Films for nearly ten years. If this continues, Tomorrow Films will eat the meat and they will only be able to drink the soup.
Instead of this, why don’t we all have fun together!
Everyone had different looks, and it was obvious that they didn't take Wang Yaowei's words to heart. Wang Yaowei also knew that if he wanted to convince these people, he had to show some sincerity.
So, he continued, "Everyone, I know what you are worried about. You are just jealous of our company's high box office. But have you ever thought about why our company can get high box office? We rely on selecting high-quality scripts, high-cost team building, high-quality post-production, and flexible publicity methods. Can you think about it, can you do these?"
"We are all real filmmakers. We should not follow those speculators who only want to make a quick buck on movies. Although it is common to try to make a lot with a small investment in the film market, it is not uncommon. Therefore, people with this mentality might as well invest in the stock market, where the hope of making money is much greater than making movies."
Hong Kong people play the stock market, horse racing, and dice, and they have a strong gambler mentality. It is precisely because of this mentality that they dare to shoot any movie and do any action in the movie. Therefore, there is the current thriving Hong Kong film market.
However, it is this mentality that has ruined Hong Kong films. Investors have a gambler mentality, so they invest recklessly. Directors have a gambler mentality, so they dare to start filming without a script. Actors have a gambler mentality, so they want to become famous by stripping off their clothes. Even post-production editing has a gambler mentality, and they edit completely based on intuition.
These factors combined slowly pushed Hong Kong movies to death. Although Hong Kong movies have left many classics, there are more bad movies. The key is that bad movies can still achieve high box office, which will cause bad money to drive out good money, and no one will be willing to make good movies.
In the end, only Zhou Xingxing and others were still insisting on making good movies.
Wang Yaowei continued: "I believe everyone has seen the quality of Source Code, which is no worse than the Chinatown Detective series. If our company makes Source Code into a series of movies, I wonder what everyone will think?"
The bosses can’t sit still anymore. The “Detective Chinatown” series held them back for five or six years. If “Source Code” is also made into a series, won’t it be held back for another five or six years?
Mrs. Shao lost her patience and asked, "Awei, what do you want to say?"
Wang Yaowei glanced at the crowd and said, "We completed the film rating system last year, but this reform is not thorough. So I propose that we also form a cinema alliance. We jointly agree on a cinema system to ensure that films are released based on their quality. Any film will only be released for one month. If the box office is strong, we can apply for an extension, and each extension will last for ten days..."
The cinema managers couldn't sit still. Wang Yaowei wanted to unify all the cinemas in Hong Kong! If so, wouldn't the film company's movies dominate Hong Kong tomorrow?
Seeing everyone's doubts, Wang Yaowei explained: "If a cinema alliance is established, our Tomorrow Film Company's film projects will set aside half of the investment share and publicly solicit investment from major film companies."
Hearing this, the CEOs couldn't help but get excited. Everyone knew that the film company's movie would not lose money tomorrow, and Wang Yaowei was giving them money.
As a result, many movie company CEOs stood up and said, "I support the establishment of a cinema alliance."
"I support it too!"
"It should have been established long ago. Fair competition among everyone is the best way to develop the Hong Kong film market."
The cinema managers looked at each other. If they didn't agree, they would face hostility from all the film companies in Hong Kong. Thinking of this, they couldn't help but grit their teeth and look at Wang Yaowei. Tomorrow's film company was really ruthless! In order to unify the Hong Kong cinemas, they actually gave up so much profit.
(End of this chapter)
