Chapter 1199 A Real Special Effects Blockbuster

Although Yang Hongxia didn't quite believe that Lin Fan would really be so obedient, this matter could only be decided like this for the time being.

After all, if Lin Fan really didn't tell the company, like this time, and secretly went to the Honghuang Universe Theme Park to surprise his fans, Yang Hongxia would have no way to deal with him.

It is better to just turn a blind eye and pretend that you know nothing before Lin Fan causes a big problem. This is the important reason why an excellent agent can live a long life. Otherwise, if you have to control everything, restrict everything, and prohibit everything, not only the artists can't stand it, but the agents themselves can't stand it either.

The matter of the Honghuang Universe Theme Park was brought over, and Yang Hongxia began to get to the point: "The results of the second round of equipment debugging at Shengxia have come out. Our movie is compatible with more than 80% of Shengxia's theaters, and we don't need to spend too much energy and time to replace it.

Those that are not compatible are some of Shengxia's old theaters. They originally planned to dismantle the entire theater and rebuild it. Otherwise, simply replacing the equipment would not be worthwhile, regardless of the scale of the theater itself or the customer flow. Therefore, Shengxia plans to directly use the converted version for these theaters.

Judging from the debugging results here at Shengxia, the first-tier theaters across China are basically compatible with our film. For those that are really not compatible and are unwilling to change their equipment, they can only choose to show the converted version as a second choice. "

This was not what Lin Fan had expected.

"It's already very good to have such a high compatibility rate. There are differences between first-tier, second-tier and third-tier cinema chains. We can't upgrade the equipment of all cinema chains to first-tier standards just because of our movie, right?"

Besides, cinema chains like Shengxia are vertically managed, and their offline theaters are all their own, so whether it is replacing equipment or other development plans, they are easy to solve.

However, some second- and third-tier cinema chains and offline theaters are just cooperative relationships, and cinema chains are not directly equivalent to theaters. The theaters themselves have no plans to update and upgrade their infrastructure equipment, and the cinema chains really cannot force them to change.

Regardless of the cinema chain, their offline theaters will have huge gaps between each other due to various factors such as the city they are located in, location, positioning, size, etc.

For example, the Summer Cinema in Shanghai is much superior to those in second- and third-tier cities in terms of facilities and equipment, customer experience, and even the number and space of screening rooms.

Not to mention other offline cinemas that are not owned by the same company.

Yang Hongxia also accepted the result well: "Compared to when you proposed this project two years ago, I estimated the compatibility rate to be much higher."

When Lin Fan was going to shoot a full special effects blockbuster, Yang Hongxia was very anxious.

Because the cinemas in China that can be called first-tier are basically concentrated in big cities like Shanghai. Most of the facilities and equipment in the cinemas in second- and third-tier cities cannot meet the requirements of holographic projection that Lin Fan proposed at the time.

However, no matter from which perspective, this project is worthy of the strong support of the entire Earthling Studio, and Yang Hongxia could not resist its temptation.

In addition, there was a long shooting period and special effects production period as a time buffer, which alleviated Yang Hongxia's anxiety.

But deep down, Yang Hongxia still felt that after the film was produced, it might have to be shown for another year or two, until at least 60 to 70 percent of China's cinema chains had replaced their facilities with the latest projection equipment, before it could be officially released.

Unexpectedly, China's film industry has developed rapidly due to Lin Fan's rise. As an indispensable part of the film industry, theaters and cinemas have also kept up with the pace of the times and have been rapidly updated.

Now, more than two years have passed, and Shengxia Cinema Line has upgraded its own cinema infrastructure three times. Even compared with the world's top cinemas, Shengxia is not inferior.

The entire Chinese market is ready to welcome movies shot with the most advanced technology. What it lacks now is just a phenomenal movie that is advanced enough and has dazzling special effects.

But by the time everyone realized this, it was already too late, at least later than Lin Fan.

Lin Fan has already filmed a special effects blockbuster and is just waiting for it to be released.

Other filmmakers were at least a year behind Lin Fan in discovering this trend, getting investment, preparing scripts, and starting filming.

Of course, there are also far-sighted filmmakers who proposed the concept of shooting a new special effects blockbuster for China early on. After all, this is not a historical precedent, as filmmakers abroad have already done this.

It’s just that due to problems with film shooting technology and the ability level of practitioners, China has not been able to produce a special effects blockbuster that is both well-received and commercially successful.

Several years ago, "Blue Star Fleet", which claimed to have invested 1.5 billion yuan, was such an attempt. Unfortunately, it failed miserably and scared off many investors.

Now that the Chinese film market has been fully developed, Chinese filmmakers are beginning to get restless again.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

At least when Yang Hongxia submitted her film project for review two years ago, she noticed that during the same period, many film projects focusing on special effects blockbusters also submitted their projects for review.

Regardless of whether they got the news and followed suit to imitate Lin Fan, or simply wanted to make a special effects blockbuster, Yang Hongxia was not afraid of such "competitors".

Because whether it's investment, size, or shooting technology, Lin Fan can't lose! But: "Be careful of some opportunistic filmmakers who use your name to release their bad movies in advance and ruin the reputation of special effects blockbusters."

This kind of vicious competition is what Yang Hongxia hates the most. If you have the ability, come and compete openly and make a good movie. Even if the box office results are not ideal, no one can say anything.

However, there are some unscrupulous filmmakers who will do anything to make money. They use the slogan of "special effects comparable to XX blockbusters" to release their films first, trick audiences into the cinemas, and reap a round of profits.

As a result, he made money, but the market was also confused, and his reputation was ruined, so that his subsequent films were blamed before they were released. It was really frustrating! Lin Fan said: "These people can't be prevented. Instead of wasting energy on them, it's better to do your own thing well. When our movie is released, the audience will know what a real special effects blockbuster looks like."

(End of this chapter)