Chapter 418: All businessmen are dishonest

"This is a rare science fiction film. In addition to the exciting mecha battle setting, the most eye-catching thing is the ability of the male protagonist William to restart time - and what's more terrifying is that this unique setting is just the beginning."

"If you like Tom, you should watch this movie, because he gave a wonderful performance in this movie; if you don't like Tom, you should watch this movie, because he died thousands of times in it."

"From the initial panic when he found himself in a loop, to his steadfast endurance walking side by side with Rita, to his silent and cold decision to leave Rita and act alone, to his smile at the end... This is a story about a coward who is greedy and afraid of death becoming a true hero."

"The love story in Marie Sue's movies always seems to be oriental and reserved, but this reserve is perfectly in line with the character settings and plot of the hero and heroine of this movie. You may be attracted by the novel time cycle plot or the cool and exciting exoskeleton mecha war scenes at first, but after watching the movie, what makes people remember most is the warmth in such a war environment..."

“This is a movie that has a strong sense of gaming, and you can also see from it what level of production ability Marie Sue has reached. Compared to some comic book adaptations of games, in order to restore the original settings, it is easy to lose the audience; but if you give up restoring the original settings in order to make a good movie, it will be equivalent to giving up the popularity of the original work... In this regard, Marie Sue has achieved a rare balance.”

"Because of the success of Edge of Tomorrow, I am now looking forward to the release of Batman in the summer. As some comments have said before, Edge of Tomorrow has achieved a 'rare balance'. In my opinion, this 'balance' lies in balancing the differences between film production and game and comic production, using a 'similar' approach to 'restore' the core. If Mary Sue can maintain this level of production in Batman, I believe that the upcoming Batman movie will be the beginning of my reconciliation with Warner..."

When I was reading a summary report of film reviews, I suddenly saw this. Su Yun couldn't help but read the last sentence over and over again for a long time, and then took a deep breath. Only then did he suppress the desire to reply, "Don't think about reconciling with it, just think of it as temporarily easing the tense father-son relationship."

Su Yun has always not taken pessimistic reviews seriously. Perhaps the people below also knew Su Yun's attitude towards good and bad reviews, so it was natural that they did not send a summary report of bad reviews, but only sent a summary report of this batch of good and normal reviews together with various box office data.

Given the previous "scandal" in North America, she will surely be in the top ten of the annual box office; and in Hong Kong or Japan, she can surely be in the top three and may even challenge for the annual championship. When the box office share comes back, she will be able to obtain a considerable amount of activity funds.

So why are commercial blockbusters the favorites of a vulgar person like her? You don’t have to worry too much about the plot or the intrigue of winning awards. Apart from the money and effort spent on filming and promotion, the feeling of sitting back and waiting to get paid is really great!

And the most important thing is, as a film critic who probably also has a two-dimensional nature said in his comment, after she has set a precedent, with the development of the times and technology, it is very likely that a broader market will be created for this type of film in the future.

"This will allow game and comics enthusiasts to see the dawn of success in 'adaptation.'" This is the summary of the film review.

Therefore, after the release of "Edge of Tomorrow", in addition to ordinary audiences who felt that the plot was novel and interesting and the pictures were cool and stunning, science fiction fans, comic fans, game fans and other two-dimensional groups around the world almost regarded it as a pioneer of "adaptation".

There are many adaptations in the world that have form but no spirit, or even are just dog meat under the guise of mutton. However, it is certainly quite rare to have both form and spirit. To be able to produce with such care as Su Yun, and to respect and conform to the original design to a certain extent, is enough to make all kinds of fans who are easily satisfied feel gratified from the bottom of their hearts.

As a result, the box office of "Edge of Tomorrow" has increased again, and the upcoming "Batman" has raised people's expectations.

At this time, Su Yun was oblivious to the craze caused by her various operations, because her most urgent and important task now was to discuss the details of the special day of the comic convention with Hill Dorff, the founder of the San Diego Comic Con.

Hill is an ultimate comic fan by nature. The original reason for founding the San Diego Comic-Con was to change the monotonous format of comic exhibitions, to make dreams come true, and to bring the two-dimensional world into the three-dimensional world.

It was because of this mentality that he began to create exhibition methods such as the San Diego Comic Con, which greatly increased the opportunities for enthusiasts to show themselves and strengthened the communication among enthusiasts.

To put it bluntly, in addition to wanting the San Diego Comic-Con, which he founded, to become an annual event that attracts the attention of the global two-dimensional community, there is another very important point, which is to gain more like-minded people.

Hill is really grateful to Su Yun, an old partner who has always supported him and tried his best to cooperate with him since he was a small-time tycoon.

Now, hearing that the movie Su Yun was shooting this time was intended to "vindicate" the accident at last year's comic convention and people like them, he immediately became extremely excited and began to discuss it with Su Yun with great interest.

In particular, Su Yun's cooperation plan is very much to his liking: setting up special days for filming during certain days of the comic convention, and then this film will really be able to realize his dream and let the two-dimensional world break through the three-dimensional world at a certain moment.

There is no need to imagine it, just look at Su Yun's special effects technology and her rare seriousness and caution towards this subject matter, plus the fact that she first took on the "Batman" movie and then released "Edge of Tomorrow", a movie that has a very game-like feel, and she also has a large group of technical workers who even claim that they can generate electricity...you can all understand the care and importance that Su Yun, an "insider", has for this movie.

Although time is a bit tight, there will be no problem as long as there is love - this movie will be the most sincere love letter left by these "pioneers" who slowly move from the inside out to the younger generations.

Su Yun gestured on the storyboard while explaining, and finally took out her trump card, which was also the storyboard she was most satisfied with: in the comic convention venue full of "strange costumes", a spaceship that looked very high-tech and alien crashed through the wall on the left side of the stage.

"This scene is a short scene in which the main characters, who were originally just actors in an old science fiction drama, are treated as powerful figures by the invading aliens. They then use their wisdom and experience to help the aliens defeat the enemy, and then say goodbye to the aliens and return to Earth..." Su Yun pointed at the crowd at the comic exhibition who had turned into emoticons with a pen, "What a coincidence, the place and time they returned to was exactly the comic exhibition venue where they were the special guests of the comic exhibition."

Although I don't know why Su Yun could design such a "stick drawing" that looks extremely simple but accurately expresses the character's expression, Hill is already looking forward to the scene that Su Yun described in these words.

Looking at the storyboard of the spaceship crashing through the wall of the exhibition venue, the sense of déjà vu of the two-dimensional world crashing into the three-dimensional world seemed to allow him to foresee what a great scene the fans who came to participate in the special day of the comic exhibition would be able to see at that exciting moment...

It will definitely be an unforgettable and precious memory in their lives!

"No problem. I will add your plan to the preview of this year's comic convention. I believe there will be a lot of people who want to participate in this 'historical moment'." Hill nodded heavily.

"Then I feel relieved. By the way, I will try my best to help you contact some guests, and strive to make this comic exhibition a 'god-worthy' one." Su Yun said with a smile.

After hearing this, Hill became even happier.

But he paused again, and after looking at Su Yun, he asked cautiously: "Although I am very happy that you can come, but... I still want to ask you, will Cruise come?"

Facing Su Yun's puzzled expression, he could only continue to add: "I heard that he has a lot of film offers recently. When "Edge of Tomorrow" was released, I watched it in the cinema and sent him an invitation that night, but I haven't received a reply yet..."

"If nothing unexpected happens, he should come." Hearing this, Su Yun waved his hand very naturally.

"However, there is still the issue of appearance fees..." Hill's voice became lower and lower, but his attitude was quite upright. "We can't take out the funds all at once, but if we invite a lot of guests this time, could you please ask us to arrange for the payment to be made in installments or delayed for a while? Once the funds are returned after the convention, we will settle the payment as soon as possible..."

Tom has recently starred in two successful commercial blockbusters, and his salary has naturally soared just like his skyrocketing popularity. Hill is currently still at a stage of barely breaking even. It would be better to hire some veteran artists who are a bit out of date but have classic works than to hire such a supernova with a temporarily inflated salary.

However, Su Yun and Tom's new movie is so well-matched, and the movie is so much in line with the tastes of people like them. If only Su Yun was invited, it would probably be very lively, but it would always make him feel a little regretful.

After all, there is only one chance like this, and if you miss it, you may never get it back.

Su Yun could roughly understand that Hill wanted to do his best to organize the comic convention, but also hoped to maintain a small profit without being overly self-destructive. After thinking for a while, he said, "I will try my best to get you a suitable preferential price, and my remuneration can be offset by the rental fee for special days. When the time comes, we will find a professional to help calculate the amount, and then draft a simple contract."

It is not possible to pursue a dream without eating or drinking and just work hard to generate electricity. Moreover, after her actions and cooperation over the years, she can be considered the "founding partner" of the San Diego Comic-Con. Naturally, she hopes that this comic-con can become as grand and lively as she remembers.

Besides, if you want to get things done, you have to feed the horse with grass.

"Don't worry, Tom is not expensive at all to me." Looking at Hill's surprised expression, Su Yun patted his shoulder encouragingly, but sighed helplessly in her heart.

In fact, if she had invited Tom, he might have been willing to work for free, but he might have needed to pay a little bit of other compensation...

But this can save a lot of money, and maybe he is more looking forward to and satisfied with the "alternative compensation": after all, we haven't seen each other for more than two months since we started our own work in Japan.

After weighing the importance of money and health, Su Yun, who has always had a hard time changing her office worker mentality, suddenly felt that it was okay to be a little tired...

With the money saved from Tom, can't we add a few more guests to this comic convention?

In this case, this movie is essentially a love letter to the second dimension. Apart from the real comic convention crowd who are very likely to pay to come in and act as the crowd, can it also create an unprecedented guest feast?

Although Su Yun always has the mentality of a social animal from time to time, it is probably because she has shot too many commercial blockbusters. When it comes to making money, she is increasingly fond of creating large-scale collections that can make a lot of money.

After all, such a grand occasion where so many classic characters can gather together is a very rare opportunity, and it is also the point that people are most likely to talk about with relish.

Of course, the most important thing is that such a large-scale event can guarantee the publicity points and appeal to people to the greatest extent, and then convert them into corresponding box office growth figures.

In her current position, apart from award-winning movies where she is mentally prepared to lose money in exchange for awards, all other movies are naturally aimed at making money.

Different from those who regard movies as art, in her opinion, most movies are the same as what Zhao Rifu believed, that is, the premise of film art is the word "commodity".

All businessmen are dishonest. For example, she not only intends to take advantage of the real comic exhibition crowd for free, but has even been sharpening her knife and waiting for the real comic exhibition crowd to finish shooting the material, so that this group of leeks can contribute a lot of publicity and a part of the box office data for free when the movie is released...

"Love" is something that really costs money and takes a lot of effort, but even she herself couldn't help but dive into all kinds of animations, games, novels, etc., and she enjoyed it from beginning to end.