Chapter 714 Tough
On Thursday morning, Huairou leaders stood in front of the district government office building early, waiting for Cai Fuchao and their arrival. District Mayor Wang Wentao was very excited. Cai Fuchao said on the phone that there might be a major project in Huairou this time.
"They are here!" someone shouted.
Wang Wentao looked up and saw a convoy driving towards this side. He tidied up his clothes and walked forward quickly. When he moved, the officials behind him followed him one after another.
The convoy stopped steadily, the car door opened, and Cai Fuchao walked out of the car. Wang Wentao smiled and bent over and stretched out his hands, saying, "Welcome Minister Cai and all the leaders to Huairou to inspect and guide the work!"
Cai Fuchao shook hands with him and said, "Okay, don't say polite words!" After that, Cai Fuchao waved to Zhang Ran who had just got out of the car and said, "Zhang Ran, come here!"
Seeing Zhang Ran, Wang Wentao was slightly stunned. He knew that Zhang Ran and the others were involved in the Hollywood of the East. Of course, he also hoped to settle in Huairou. However, Zhang Ran and his plan covers an area of tens of thousands of acres, which is only dozens of kilometers. It is impossible for them to get so much land around Peking. Is there any change in things? He quickly reached out and said, "Mr. Zhang, I have long admired Daming, but unfortunately I have never had the opportunity to pay my respects!"
Zhang Ran shook hands with Wang Wentao and smiled and said, "District Mayor Wang, I came here uninvited today, don't be surprised!"
Wang Wentao said politely: "Mr. Zhang is our most honorable guest no matter when he comes!"
Cai Fuchao said: "Zhang Ran's headquarters of the peak of the century is to be built in the surrounding areas of Peking. Today, I will come here to inspect it."
Wang Wentao said happily when he heard this: "Welcome! Century Peak is a banner of our Chinese film and television companies. It is well-known in the world. We Huairou are also committed to building a new city for film and television culture. If Century Peak's headquarters can settle in Huairou, it would be a perfect match."
This is true. Since Huairou Film and Television Base was recognized as one of the first 10 cultural and creative industry clusters in Peking, Huairou has had an idea to build Huairou into a film and television cultural new city integrating shooting and production, tourism performances, advertising exhibitions, derivatives development, etc., to create a national film and television industry demonstration zone with international high-end level and strong comprehensive competitiveness.
If the headquarters of Century Peak is built here, the possibility of the concept being realized will be greatly increased.
After a few greetings, Wang Wentao quickly led the way and led Cai Fuchao, Zhang Ran and others into the government conference room.
At the same time, Huairou Feiteng Base.
A martial arts competition platform has been built in the square in front of the palace. At this moment, Jiao Junyan and Shen Tiandou, who play Tian Ling'er, have already stood on both sides of the Taiwan Strait; and there are already crowds of people in front of the audience, full of Qingyun's disciples in ancient costumes.
However, there were more than a dozen people wearing modern outfits holding wooden sticks and mineral water bottles in their hands. These people looked fierce and kept provoking other extras with words, but no one paid attention to them.
Around the square, a huge green screen six or seven meters high is arranged. "Zhu Xian" is a fairy tale drama with many special effects shots and many shots that require synthesis, so the shooting site is arranged with a green screen of a blockbuster.
Director Li Guoli looked in the monitor and thought the effect was good, and announced: "All personnel are ready to take their seats, we are ready to start shooting!"
Originally, after hearing the director's command, the entire scene had to be quiet, but at this time, after the director issued the command, the dozen men in modern costumes in the audience tapped the wooden stick in their hands with mineral water bottles and sang loudly: "Sister, go forward boldly, go forward, don't turn your head..."
These bastards are really hateful!
Cai Yinong's lips were so angry that he trembled, and he really had the urge to hit someone.
Under the harassment of these bastards in the past two days, "Zhu Xian" has not taken any useful shots at all, and now it's coming again.
A woman in her forties came over, looking ordinary and dressed very rustic, but those men knocking on the bottle were a little afraid of her. The woman walked up to Cai Yinong and said, "Mr. Cai, why are you doing this? A big crew like you spend at least 200,000 to 300,000 a day, and your loss is 200,000 to 300,000 a day when you stop filming. How much money can you spend with your actors and eating in their cafeteria? Why do you need to fight?"
Cai Yinong knew that this woman named Sun Shuangxi was the man who used to be an associate director in the crew and was responsible for recruiting actors. Later, the chaotic extras recruitment method at the film and television base made her see the benefits, so she joined forces with others to monopolize the extra market here. If any crew does not use their people, they will block the camera, create sounds, etc. to prevent the filming. Sun Shuangxi will be red and find the person in charge of the crew to persuade them.
Cai Yinong sneered and said, "Stop pretending, I know you are from the same group!" She turned around and shouted at the crew's staff, "What are you doing when you are stunned? Keep shooting!"
Sun Shuangxi has dealt with dozens of crews so far, and this is the first time she has encountered someone like Cai Yinong who is not afraid of losses at all! She was also a little annoyed and pointed at Cai Yinong: "If you don't want toast, you will be fined! Okay, I'll see how you're done!" She threw down her waist and left.
Although Sun Shuangxi said ruthlessly, she couldn't feel relieved. After all, Cai Yinong was the peak of the century behind her. After leaving the film and television base, she opened the door of a Buick on the side of the road and sat in.
A middle-aged man in his forties was sitting in the car. When he saw Sun Shuangxi, he said, "How is it? Is the matter solved?"
Sun Shuangxi shook her head with a serious expression: "Cai Yinong is not in the water!" She felt her right eyelid twitching violently, her left eye twitching, and her right eye twitching. Cai Yinong's tough attitude made her very uneasy: "I always feel that something is wrong, otherwise let it go!"
The man snorted coldly: "You said it lightly. If this hole is opened and all crews do this in the future, will our business still be done?"
Sun Shuang said uneasyly: "But they are the peak people of the century. Zhang Ran has a lot of energy. If he comes forward, it will be troublesome!"
The man said coldly: "How big is this? How could Zhang Ran ask in person? If he cares about everything, he would be exhausted! But even if Zhang Ran asks about it, he can't let several hospitals take the blame. Be careful, nothing can happen!"
In the district committee meeting room, after listening to Wang Wentao's introduction, Zhang Ran proposed to go to Huairou Film and Television Base to take a look.
When Huairou Film and Television Base was considered a cultural and creative industry cluster in 2006, the planned area was 18 square kilometers. Although Feiteng Film and Television Base and China Film Digital Base have gathered here, the planned land use is less than half. It is very convenient to settle down here at the peak of the century and acquire land, unlike in other places that need to be re-planned.
Half an hour later, Zhang Ran and his team arrived at Huairou Film and Television Base.
After getting off the car, Wang Wentao took the map of Huairou Film and Television Base and introduced in detail to Cai Fuchao and Zhang Ran and others the entire film and television base planning and the entry of film and television cultural enterprises.
"I saw the prototype of Hollywood in China!" Cai Fuchao nodded when he heard dozens of film and television companies settled in the film and television base. He looked at the large open space in front of him and said: "Huairou already has a film and television base. This year, China Film Digital Base has settled here again. Now the headquarters of the Century Peak is also planning to settle here. In addition, Beijing Film Studio is also interested in settling here. Huairou will really become a major Chinese film center and a Chinese film capital!"
Wang Wentao naturally hopes that this is the case. There are many film and television companies in Huairou now, but there are not many crews filming at Huairou base. At least they cannot compare with Hengdian. If Century Peak really settled here, the situation should be much better.
After asking about the situation at Huairou Film and Television Base for a while, Cai Fuchao looked at Zhang Ran and said, "Zhang Ran, tell us your plans, what are the specific plans?"
Zhang Ran smiled faintly and introduced: "Our base covers an area of about 8 square kilometers, the theme park is about 5 kilometers, and the other 3 miles are preparing to build the company headquarters. The theme park covers an area of 2 square kilometers and 8 square kilometers. We plan to build a Future City. This Future City is a park that is open to the public for free. There will be some movie scenes at the peak of our century, and there will be live concerts, movies, clubs, and various food stores. It is a large entertainment venue integrating entertainment, catering, and shopping. After it is built, it will become a leisure place for residents in and around Peking. A future area of "Time and Space Warriors" will be built inside the theme park, and a series of Marvel superhero-themed amusement facilities..."
Hearing this, Cai Fuchao interrupted Zhang Ran's words: "China has a civilization history of five thousand years, with characters such as Huangdi, Chiyou, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Nazha. Our artists and designers should explore more China's rich cultural resources and cannot allow the United States Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and superhero to spread their culture on our land!"
In fact, after acquiring Marvel, many domestic experts questioned Zhang Ran. You, Zhang Ran, verbally spread Chinese culture, but now you are acquiring Marvel, trying to help this product that spreads American culture enter China. Are you spreading Chinese culture or American culture? Some even say that Zhang Ran is Wu Sangui of the new era!
Zhang Ran had never responded to these doubts. He knew what he was doing. However, when he heard Cai Fuchao say this, he felt it was necessary to explain: "Our theme park will definitely have Chinese theme areas, and it will definitely focus on Chinese culture. However, what you said about Sun Wukong is not easy to do. We initially imagined setting up a Journey to the West in the theme park, or even a project Somersault Cloud to lift people into the air to experience the feeling of flying into the clouds, but in the end we gave up because the copyright does not belong to a project developed for hundreds of millions or even billions. Others can copy it in minutes. The final result is that everyone is finished. Just like in the 1990s, Journey to the West Palace was everywhere in the country, and they all died in the end.
The theme park is not like a cinema. After repair, it is only possible to maintain it simply. New things must be continuously brought out to attract tourists. Otherwise, it will be popular in one year, cold in two years, and closed in three years. The Journey to the West Palace in the 1990s was very popular, but it will be closed in one or two years, which is because it lacks continuous attraction. Disney claims to be building forever, and they will update one-third of the equipment every year to keep it fresh. Therefore, it is very important to master IP. Only with copyright in hand can others not copy it, and we can continuously update the content.
The ability to create IP is too weak, and it is expected to take more than ten years to cultivate a group of high-quality IPs. In this case, you can only buy IPs from overseas to temporarily fill in the content of the theme park! However, we are also cultivating our own IPs, "Ghost Blows Out the Light", "Zhu Xian", and "Three-Body Problem" and other popular novels are all in our hands. In addition, we are also creating the "Dragon Group" series. The first season has almost been filmed, and "Zhu Xian" has also started filming. It is filmed at Feiteng Film and Television Base. These will definitely be placed in the theme park!"
Cai Fuchao nodded slightly: "It's great that you can have this understanding!" Then he said: "Feeting Film and Television Base is not far from here. We'll go over and take a look later, and by the way, take a look at this IP you created!"
Chapter completed!