Chu Yu held several meetings with the senior executives of Hualai Company to explain his ideas. When the executives heard that the investment in martial arts films would be reduced next year, they felt that Chu Yu was a bit out of touch with reality. At least this year, the box office of martial arts films from several film companies was good. Even if some people followed suit, it doesn't mean that it's bad.
Martial arts films are still quite powerful this year.
However, Chu Yu is the boss, and Yu Xiangwen and Long Cheng do not participate in decision-making. Everything is decided by Chu Yu, and whatever Chu Yu says goes. Although some people in the company feel that this is inappropriate, they have no other choice.
After Chu Yu made the decision, Hua Lai Company began to explore other film genres. Chu Yu even wanted to cooperate with Hollywood companies to develop the copyright of this dinosaur movie.
Following Chu Yu's advice, Zhong Buyi purchased the IP rights to the novel. Because Zhong Buyi acted quickly, he took advantage of the opportunity when Hollywood studios were trying to lower the price and successfully bought the movie IP at a high price.
Making a Jurassic dinosaur movie is no easy task. It requires a large investment from the company and collaboration with the world's leading special effects companies. In short, the studio shooting is not the main focus, which can be completed in a few months. The key is post-production.
"Director Zhong, what do you directors think?" Chu Yu asked at the conference.
The directors looked at each other in bewilderment. They had all made several films in Hong Kong, but they were all conventional films like martial arts movies and comedies. None of them had ever made a special effects blockbuster!
Not to mention them, no one in the entire port city market has ever tried it.
"President Chu, none of us have any experience!" several directors said frankly.
Chu Yu smiled and said, "You have no experience, and neither do I, but so what? We have to take this step eventually. It's incredibly lucky that the company was able to acquire the novel's copyright this time. If we can make a good movie, we will change the Hong Kong film market and even the history of Chinese cinema!"
Chu Yu was full of confidence, while the other directors hesitated and were confused. To be honest, these kinds of special effects movies are really hard to make. They all have several movies waiting to be filmed and are making a lot of money. Why should they get involved in such a thankless task?
If the filming fails, the company will lose tens or hundreds of millions of dollars, and their reputation will be ruined. That would be a huge loss!
Chu Yu knew they wouldn't try. She only told them about it to go through the motions, so they wouldn't say that she wasn't supporting them and that she only gave Zhong Buyi good scripts instead of good ones.
Zhong Buyi glanced at Chu Yu, seemingly understanding what Chu Yu meant, and smiled, "I still have two scripts to shoot!"
"If things go smoothly on your end, you can finish filming in two months. If not, find another director to help out as an assistant director, and then come to Jurassic Park after you finish filming there."
The dinosaurs and set construction in the Jurassic Park movie took some time, but the actual filming difficulty wasn't that high. It just required the actors to imagine the scenes in front of a green screen, and the rest was done in post-production.
This is a trend in film.
In the future, actors will have less and less room to perform, and post-production technology will play an increasingly important role in film production.
Zhong Buyi wanted to give it a try, so he nodded and said, "Okay! I'll take this movie. However, I've never made a similar movie before, so I might need to go to Hollywood to learn."
Chu Yu nodded. Hua Lai had a good relationship with several Hollywood film companies, so sending Zhong Buyi there to study wouldn't be a big problem. Moreover, the most important thing in shooting special effects blockbusters is to cooperate with good special effects companies. Chu Yu spared no expense and found a well-known company, planning to have Zhong Buyi go there to communicate.
This movie tells the story of how humans revived the entire Jurassic ecosystem in an effort to resurrect dinosaurs from the Jurassic period. The protagonist is invited to visit the ecosystem, but the ecosystem malfunctions, and the dinosaurs escape. The protagonist then flees and tries to save himself in order to survive.
Making a movie like this requires creating a dinosaur model, which is quite challenging for them.
But Chu Yu believed that anything was possible.
"The film must have a large investment, right?" Zhong Buyi asked hesitantly.
Before filming even started, a lot of money was spent on purchasing the IP. Later, they also needed to build a dinosaur model and ecosystem to create a real Jurassic-era ecosystem, even if it was fake. But the money required to build such a large model system is countless.
"Tens of millions, I guess?" Chu Yu smiled.
Zhong Buyi breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was only a few tens of millions. He could handle a job worth tens of millions!
Then Chu Yu slowly added, "US dollars!"
Zhong Buyi's eyes widened in disbelief. He was going crazy. Making a movie cost tens of millions of US dollars? How many pens and how much Chinese currency would that take?
If things go wrong and we lose money, Hualai Film Company could go bankrupt!
What does this mean?!
Could it be that Chu Yu isn't afraid of Hua Lai Company going bankrupt?
Zhong Buyi swallowed hard, thinking that Chu Yu was really crazy. Investing tens of millions of US dollars was no joke. If Chu Yu didn't make movies, she could buy an entire neighborhood with the money. With so many houses, she could collect rent and live a life of comfort.
Why would she risk investing in a movie?
Could it be that Chu Yu wants to lose so much that he doesn't even have his underwear left?
"Chu Yu, you should really think this over carefully. This kind of big-budget film is a great opportunity, and I'd like to try it too, but I know the risks are too great. Our Chinese and Hong Kong film industries have never made a big-budget film with similar special effects. We can't compare with Hollywood companies, and we can't compete! We don't have that much money!" Zhong Buyi pleaded earnestly.
Chu Yu seemed overly persistent in this matter. She had always wanted to break into the Hollywood market but had not succeeded. She hoped to fulfill her dream through this film.
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