tkworld #365 - Liu Mengyuan wants to create a subversive viewing experience? The system has released the &qu
#365 - Liu Mengyuan wants to create a subversive viewing experience? The system has released the &qu
Lu Yu agreed to Liu Mengyuan for several reasons.
First, Liu Mengyuan's artistic talent, as shown since she was a child, wasn't much better than anything else she studied, otherwise she wouldn't have almost driven several old artists who came to the Liu family to tutor her to death.
Second, Liu Mengyuan has absolutely no experience in the film industry. Letting her hold a position might have unexpected "miraculous effects."
Most importantly, his girlfriend should be happy!
Even if this movie project loses all its money, it doesn't matter at all. My great Peach Blossom Village can afford it!
Back at her workstation, Liu Mengyuan patted her chubby little face, trying to calm down.
Since Lu Yu trusts her so much, she definitely can't be negligent about this matter.
She called Li Hongmei and asked about the current specific docking process.
Liu Mengyuan: "What are the cooperation conditions currently offered by Paramount Pictures?"
Li Hongmei: "We are currently negotiating, but many of the terms they have proposed are unreasonable."
"Oh? Let me see!"
Subsequently, Li Hongmei handed her a long list of the other party's requirements—
First, Paramount Pictures requires Peach Blossom Village to make significant changes to the movie script and character settings to meet the North American market positioning and audience tastes.
For example, at least one of Nagasawa Emi and Hanada Misaki in the story must be changed to a black person.
Moreover, three people must be selected from the supporting cast and changed to LGBT people, environmentalists, and vegetarians.
In addition, in the movie, people can be zombified at will, but the zombie form of cats or dogs must never be shown to avoid protests from animal protectionists.
Second, Peach Blossom Village has no decision-making power in casting auditions. Paramount Pictures requires the addition of Hollywood stars designated by them.
For example, Will Smith, who slapped the host at the Oscars.
Third, regarding filming locations, the other party requires all filming locations to be set in North American venues, and all Peach Blossom Village docking personnel must travel to the United States at their own expense.
Fourth, Paramount has the right to insert their signed commercial brands and products into the movie, and the main characters must display these products at intervals.
For example, Paramount has signed a contract with Red Bull Beverage Company, so Kitahara Kensuke must drink Red Bull while saying his lines.
If possible, it's best to add lines like "Drinking Red Bull gives you the energy to fight zombies!"
Fifth, the other party requires Peach Blossom Village to give up the right to negotiate box office revenue sharing. If the global box office is less than 1 billion US dollars, then all box office revenue belongs to Paramount, and Peach Blossom Village can only get a fixed authorization fee.
……
Seeing this long list of conditions, Liu Mengyuan's eyebrows couldn't stop twitching!
This… this is too much to bully people!
The script created by their Peach Blossom Village partners with painstaking effort cannot be desecrated by these egg-hurting political correctness!
In addition, what's with the 1 billion box office before they're willing to share the profits? Do they know what a billion US dollars is?
Liu Mengyuan said coldly:
"Reply to Paramount that if the other party offers such conditions, then it is clear that they are insincere, and we will not hesitate to terminate the cooperation!"
Although!
In terms of the size and global influence of the film market, Peach Blossom Village is not in the same order of magnitude as Paramount Pictures.
But, this does not mean that my Peach Blossom Village is fish to be slaughtered!
Everyone must be equal partners!
If it were any other domestic game company, it is estimated that the other party's producer would have been overjoyed and grateful.
But unfortunately, my Peach Blossom Village is not a foreign-worshipping舔狗(tiangou,lit. licking dog, meaning a person who simps for someone).
If you ask me to cooperate, you have to come up with real money and sincerity!
Because this is a Chinese game!
The reason why you are willing to adapt it is because you value the recent popularity of the game and the potential of our country's film market,
Since you are here to蹭(ceng, lit. rub, meaning to sponge off) my popularity and make my money, you should show the attitude you should have. I don't care if you are a Hollywood filmmaker!
Obviously, Liu Mengyuan's attitude made Li Hongmei silently admire.
Neither humble nor overbearing, reasonable and upright!
President Liu is indeed a heroine!
Afterwards, Li Hongmei expressed dissatisfaction to Paramount and requested a renegotiation of the cooperation agreement.
At first, Paramount did not intend to give in and wanted to struggle a bit. They replied with a slight threat:
"The cooperation between us has been widely publicized on the Internet in your country. If the cooperation is suddenly cancelled, I am afraid it will have a negative impact on the market image of Peach Blossom Village, right?"
Liu Mengyuan continued to sneer after hearing this.
Playing extreme pressure with me, threatening with public opinion?
Hehe, don't you know that Peach Blossom Village has almost faced ridicule all the way?
Whether it is the Five Editors of Zhongyuan, or the big storms set off by you Hollywood directors and stars, which one have we not seen?
So, Liu Mengyuan asked Li Hongmei to continue to reply:
"If you do not make any concessions, then we don't mind announcing the decision to cancel the cooperation to the players and movie fans in the Chinese market,
At that time, we will explain in detail to the disappointed fans the conditions you have offered. I think they will give a fair understanding,
Of course, we don't know whether this will have any adverse consequences for your company's reputation in the Chinese film market."
Liu Mengyuan turned the tables!
Cancel it if you want!
Announce it if you want!
In short, we are just a stinky game maker. We can survive without movies, but you, Paramount, should weigh whether you care about the reputation of Chinese movie fans!
Sure enough, the other party quickly replied:
"Please don't rush to announce the cancellation decision. The reason why we are willing to cooperate is also out of interest in this game. We can talk about anything."
After that, Paramount proposed a new set of terms.
Although compared to the first one, there were some concessions on certain terms, such as allowing animals to become zombies and lowering the box office sharing threshold to 800 million US dollars, it was still not helpful.
Seeing the other party playing Tai Chi, Liu Mengyuan didn't waste any more words with them.
She directly asked Li Hongmei to list the conditions offered by Peach Blossom Village:
First, Peach Blossom Village Pictures has the highest decision-making power over script ideas. The film's screenwriting and art team will be formed by China, and Miss Liu Mengyuan will personally serve as the producer and art consultant.
Second, the filming location must be in China and Japan. Peach Blossom Village Pictures will build a studio at its own expense for the Paramount team to film. In addition, the actors must be all East Asian actors, and any other ethnic groups are rejected.
Third, this film rejects any form of commercial placement.
Fourth, Paramount must provide professional lenses, film technology, sound technology, and exclusive special effects technology support for the film's shooting.
Fifth, in the global distribution of the film, the two parties will form a distribution committee, and neither party can conduct activities privately.
Of course, Liu Mengyuan also understood that such terms might be a bit of a loss for Paramount, so she added two carrots to the cooperation agreement:
Regarding the film's production costs, Peach Blossom Village will bear all costs for outdoor shooting, studios, and the Paramount team coming to China for filming, and the actor's remuneration will be borne 50% by each party.
Paramount enjoys the exclusive theatrical bargaining power for this film, and the net profit box office sharing ratio between the two parties is 50% to 50%.
……
After listing the above terms, Liu Mengyuan specifically asked Li Hongmei to add:
These are the final conditions that Peach Blossom Village can accept.
After these terms were sent out, the other party was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no news for several days.
Three days later, just as Li Hongmei's docking team was a little discouraged, Paramount sent a message:
"We accept these conditions. Let us forget the unpleasantness in the previous communication. I wish us a happy cooperation!"
When Li Hongmei excitedly told Liu Mengyuan this news, Liu Mengyuan smiled lightly.
The Americans are shrewd after all, and they know that even if they do this, they will not suffer a loss.
After all, the IP of "Final Frontline" belongs to Peach Blossom Village, the art and screenwriting team belongs to Peach Blossom Village, and the filming costs are also borne by Peach Blossom Village,
They only need to send people, and then they can sit back and wait for a 50-50 split.
In fact, Liu Mengyuan felt that Lu Yu was willing to cooperate with Paramount because he valued Paramount's centuries of accumulation in shooting and visual effects,
Peach Blossom Village's first movie, cooperating with such a veteran manufacturer, can avoid many detours.
What's more, under her system aura, Peach Blossom Village's employees come with a minimum level of proficiency. As long as they are trained through cooperation with the other party's team, then there is no need to worry about their speed of progress!
Your technology is very good, and now it's mine, hehe!
……
The two parties soon formally signed a cooperation agreement.
After the negotiation was settled, Liu Mengyuan sat at her workstation and began to ponder the specific shooting techniques of the film.
After all, she is a dignified producer and art director!
It is rare to cooperate with such a veteran filmmaker. Liu Mengyuan felt that if she simply copied the game plot of "Final Frontline" to the theater, it would be too boring.
Now, domestic movies are basically watched with simple 3D glasses, and the best ones are IMAX halls.
Except for the Dolby sound effects which are acceptable, in fact, in terms of immersion, it is not much better than Peach Blossom God Tour's VR experience.
The distribution price of the latest novel at Six 9 Books Bar will definitely not be low!
And the game price of "Final Frontline" is already very cheap,
Therefore, in terms of the movie viewing experience, if you don't want players to feel that it is worth more than its value, at least it should not be worse than the game experience...
Liu Mengyuan thought hard for a moment, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind!
Why not integrate Peach Blossom Village's VR technology with movies?!
Instead of making a popcorn commercial film that is not much different from other zombie movies,
It is better to completely subvert the movie fans' viewing experience and create a 3D panoramic movie that allows the audience to be more immersive and even personally involved!
In this way, maybe this movie will lead a new movie-watching revolution?
The more Liu Mengyuan thought about it, the more excited she became, but this matter was of great importance, and she didn't want to make a decision on her own, so she discussed it with Lu Yu.
This subversive idea was immediately supported by Lu Yu with both hands!
Lu Yu excitedly held her little hand!
"Yuanyuan! You... you and I thought of the same thing!
In fact, I have also been thinking recently that the screen in the cinema is too boring. We can obviously make the audience feel more immersive when watching movies."
"Yes, yes, yes!"
As soon as she heard Lu Yu say this, Liu Mengyuan felt like she had found a confidant, and quickly continued to expand her imagination:
"For example, we can let the light and sound completely simulate the scene atmosphere of the doomsday zombies."
Lu Yu continued to patiently persuade:
"It's more than that. We can also simulate the smell together, such as the bloody smell of zombies."
Liu Mengyuan patted her head and felt that Lu Yu's idea was also quite amazing!
She quickly picked up her notebook and began to scribble furiously.
"Yuanyuan..."
Lu Yu said softly,
"Since I let you be responsible for the film business, it means that I have absolute trust in you. In the future, if you have similar ideas, just do it boldly, and you don't need to ask me for instructions on everything."
"Um..."
Liu Mengyuan's beautiful eyes were sparkling, and she left excitedly with her notebook.
Looking at the girl's petite back, Lu Yu sighed in his heart:
As expected of the woman I have taken a fancy to, the personally appointed Miss Fengchu!
Originally, Paramount has a mature film industry process, but she insisted that many jobs must be done by Peach Blossom Village, which has no experience,
Moreover, my dear Miss Mengyuan, do you guess why the art of film is called 「film」?
After a hundred years of development, the film industry has explored its current form.
「Watching through a screen」This form has been fixed since the birth of film. No matter how film develops, it will never deviate from its origin.
Do you guess why other filmmakers have not realized these ideas of ours in the past hundred years? Is it because they don't want to?
You are going to revolutionize the entire world's film industry. It is impossible to even think about it!
Although he thought of these things, Lu Yu was still embarrassed to expose it.
Since his girlfriend is happy, then just go along with her.
At this moment, the system popped up a prompt:
[Liu Mengyuan is very moved by your support, is in a happy mood, and has triggered a critical hit, Leisure Points +200]
Lu Yu was even more delighted.
Look, she still has to thank us!
He sighed silently, and now he has to start planning how to comfort his girlfriend after the movie flops.
As soon as he finished thinking this, a new system prompt popped up in front of Lu Yu:
[Congratulations, your behavior has been detected and a new surprise mission has been triggered]
[Surprise Mission Three: Fun Era]
[Participate in a game exhibition and accumulate 40,000 Leisure Points from the participating audience]
[Reward for successful completion of the mission: Ecstasy Walker]
[Reward Description: This buff lasts for 120 days. During this period, if the host engages in formal combat with the combat object, the Leisure Points obtained will be multiplied by 10!]
[Penalty for failing the mission: Deduct 40,000 Leisure Points]
[Note: If the Leisure Points balance in the account is insufficient, then the male succubus state on the host will automatically last for 120 days]
[This mission has been automatically accepted and cannot be abandoned]
Seeing this new mission, Lu Yu was dumbfounded. What is going on with the points being multiplied by ten during combat!
Although!
Before, when the other party used hands, feet, or the 'absolute territory,' he also gained Leisure Points, but overall, it was within a reasonable range.
Goodness, if that's multiplied tenfold, how much would he earn?
And the more enjoyable the play, the more money he makes. System, are you really encouraging me to walk down the LSP (lewd/sexual pervert) path all the way to the end?
At this moment, Liu Mengyuan also received a task.
[Congratulations, you have met the trigger conditions, the task has been automatically accepted]
[Surprise Task Three: Film Revolution]
[During the filming of 'Final Defense Line,' the crew members accumulate 40,000 Skill Points and achieve at least one revolutionary film technology breakthrough]
[Task Success Reward: Not Neglecting Your Career]
[Reward Description: This buff lasts for 120 days. During this period, if the host engages in formal combat, all Succubus Skill Points earned will be automatically converted into career-related Skill Points]
[Task Failure Reward: Neglecting Your Duties]
[Reward Description: This debuff lasts for 120 days. During this period, if the host engages in formal combat, for every 1 Succubus Skill Point earned, 10 career Skill Points will automatically be converted into Succubus Skill Points]
[This task has been automatically accepted and cannot be abandoned]
Liu Mengyuan was dumbfounded.
What kind of buff is this!
In other words, after this, doing all sorts of 'loving' things with Lu Yu, all the points that would originally lead to her corruption will become the career Skill Points she dreams of!
This... isn't this indirectly encouraging her to more and more... like that with Lu Yu?
However, that debuff is even more heaven-defying. The more the two show affection, the faster they fall.
This is too terrifying. She must complete the task in this cycle!