Chu Yu had no idea that Zhou Jian'an was so cunning that he had even thought of ways to run away. She also never imagined that Zhou Jian'an would not only cheat others in his daily life, but also try to cheat banks in his business dealings, and had come up with many clever ways to swindle construction contractors out of their wages.
Chu Yu's projects in the South China Sea are proceeding as planned.
Zhong Buyi's filming in Hollywood is also nearing its end.
Filming in the studio is almost complete. The main actors have finished their scenes, and most of the movie clips can be sent to special effects companies. We sent some over beforehand and are discussing collaborations with several companies.
Chu Yu selected the most capable company from among them. After watching the sample footage, she decided to collaborate with this major company once the film was edited. This company was one of the top studios in Hollywood, and they had updated their special effects technology this year. Although the price was high, the final product was excellent. The effects were realistic and didn't appear to float. Even Chu Yu, who had seen 4D movies in her previous life, thought the film was well-made.
Other viewers had even less to complain about.
On the day the filming officially wrapped, Zhong Buyi treated everyone to dinner, and the crew held a wrap party.
There's not much good food in the US, mostly just pizza and burgers. Fortunately, the actors were all quite happy. This collaboration allowed the American actors to understand China better, and the Chinese actors to understand the US better. In fact, after getting to know each other, everyone realized that all the so-called prejudices were wrong. As long as people are sincere, they can gain good friendships.
An actor's contract was about to expire, and Wallace actively contacted him. However, considering that Wallace was just beginning to make a name for himself in Hollywood, the actor was in no hurry to agree, probably wanting to see how "Jurassic Park" would perform after its release.
If this movie achieves good box office results after its release, it will undoubtedly be a pledge of allegiance to Hollywood, proving the strength of the Hualai Company. The actors are not fools; if Hualai can provide them with more resources, they will naturally be willing to sign with Hualai.
Chu Yu wasn't in a hurry. It was only a matter of time before Hua Lai grew stronger. Being able to break into Hollywood in 1991 was already earlier than she had expected.
For Zhong Buyi, there was still one important thing to do: editing the video.
After the film was completed, Zhong Buyi needed to decide how to edit it and which clips to keep.
For a director, this is a difficult thing. Some people are not good at making decisions. Zhong Buyi felt that every frame of the footage he shot was better, and he wanted to save them all. However, this would make the movie more than 3 hours long.
Chu Yu flatly refused.
"I can accept a movie being more than 2 hours long, but not too long. After all, we have to consider the theater's schedule and share revenue with the theater. If the movie is too long and there are too few screenings, the theater will be under a heavy burden, and so will our company."
Chu Yu's Hualai Film and Television does not have a movie theater.
This is also why Hualai's profits are not high. This year, Chu Yu wants to break through this constraint by acquiring a cinema and expanding the number of cinemas, so that Hualai Company and cinemas can coexist.
It's important to understand that in those days, many film companies owned their own cinemas. For example, Hualai's rival, Jintang Cinema, had 150 cinemas across mainland China. Jintang even expanded into the mainland market, owning its own film company there.
It's easy to imagine that when Hua Lai's and Jin Tang's movies are released at the same time, Jin Tang will definitely allocate more screenings to his own movie rather than giving screenings to Hua Lai.
Normally, Chu Yu can simply avoid it, but what if it's a prime time slot?
If they don't schedule screenings for you, you can only wait, and if you can't wait, you have to accept it.
Who told you not to have your own cinema chain?
For "Jurassic Resurrection" to do well at the box office, it definitely needs its own theater chain. Otherwise, these film companies, fearing the growing power of Hua Lai, might very well blacklist Hua Lai's films. In that case, Hua Lai would be caught in the middle, and it wouldn't be a pleasant situation for them.
Zhong Buyi was taken aback. "You really want to develop your own cinema chain?"
"The truth will out. This year, I plan to acquire a film company, take over its copyright and theater chains. In the future, we will also expand our scale and open multiple cinemas in mainland China to pave the way for 'Jurassic Resurrection'! So, Zhong Buyi, do you know how much pressure I'm under? I've not only invested hundreds of millions of yuan in 'Jurassic Resurrection,' but I also have to fight for better screenings for this film. All of this costs money! If you're unwilling to edit the film, with a runtime of three hours, we can't even show it a few times a day. How are we supposed to make money?"
Zhong Buyi hadn't expected Chu Yu to be so crazy. He wasn't unaware of the pressure Chu Yu was under; he was just having a hard time making a decision. He felt that he had filmed every scene very well and simply couldn't bring himself to edit it.
This didn't stump Chu Yu. She sat down in a chair and said, "Come on! Let's watch the original film together and discuss it. I'll give you some suggestions from the audience's perspective!"
Zhong Buyi had no choice but to agree.
The two sat in front of the television. Zhong Buyi put the tape in, and it was Chu Yu's first time watching the original film, which had not yet undergone post-production processing. However, Zhong Buyi's mechanical dinosaur was very realistic, and Zhong Buyi's camera work was excellent. Chu Yu could feel the oppressive presence emanating from the dinosaur.
“Cut all of these things off from the beginning!” Chu Yu said.
"Cut it all out?" Zhong Buyi's eyes widened. He had spent a lot of time filming the construction of Jurassic Park, the resurrection of the Jurassic dinosaurs, and the protagonist receiving a notice to visit Jurassic Park. But Chu Yu said that everything had to be cut out! "Cut it all out, and that means cutting out more than ten minutes of prequel."
"That's right, cut it all out. Start directly from when the protagonist gets off the plane, someone picks him up, and takes him to the Jurassic Park..." Chu Yu pointed at the screen and said, "Look here, the staff picking him up are asking and answering questions with the protagonist. In fact, they have already told the audience the whole process of building the Jurassic Park. What is the protagonist doing in this new place? Going to the Jurassic Park! Where did the Jurassic Park come from? The staff said it was a large-scale tourism project developed by this company."
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