Diamond company shoots commercials, you shoot Titanic

Zhou Tao picked up the teacup with his right hand, took a sip, and leisurely read the simplified script.

"In the near future, the earth will be covered with yellow sand and dust, and crops such as wheat will become extinct due to blight.……"

Zhou Tao looked serious, put down his crossed legs and teacup, and read the text carefully.

"……Murphy, the daughter of the protagonist, found a signal left by a ghost in the room."

He frowned slightly.

Ghost?

The Ministry of Science and Technology is making a movie, you make up a ghost for me.

He raised his eyes and glanced at Chen Xiao, then turned his gaze back to the script.

Director Chen is not stupid, this ghost should have other meanings, right?

Zhou Tao endured the doubts in his heart and continued to read on.

Another seven or eight minutes passed.

Zhou Tao became more and more fascinated.

When he saw Murphy mistakenly thinking that her father had abandoned her after she learned that Plan A lacked information and the gravitational equation could not be solved.

His eyes became moist.

He also has a daughter.

Alas... think about his lovely little daughter, crying and questioning him if he had abandoned her.

And he couldn't reply to the message to explain, he could only watch his daughter misunderstand him and be sad and desperate.

Oh, being a father is really heartbroken.

Zhou Tao's nose was sore, he picked up a tissue and wiped the corners of his eyes.

Soon, he came to the last page

"Cooper fell into the super five-dimensional cube, where he saw his young daughter."

Zhou Tao was stunned, then reacted.

Time!

Cooper transcended time!

The ghost in his daughter's childhood room was him, the one who went back to save the earthlings!

What a big brain hole!

This perfectly combines technology and family affection.

Scientific and technological personnel love their families and want to save the earth.

The combination of small love and big love is very good!

He continued to read down.

Soon, he saw Murphy realized that her father had always been there, always trying to save her.

Zhou Tao nodded with relief, his eyes moist again.

He took a deep breath and looked up at Chen Xiao who was flipping through the documents.

Director Chen is worthy of his name. When writing about family affection, his tear-jerking technique is also first-class.

Just thinking about this, his eyes froze.

Wait, this person is the protagonist's killer. My hand!

Damn! Could the protagonist be dead again?

Zhou Tao immediately lowered his head and hurried to read.

Lines of text passed by.

The young protagonist returned to Earth, and his daughter was already gray-haired. In order to wait for her father, she hibernated several times.

The two met for the last time.

Zhou Tao raised his hand to cover his forehead, staring at the script with a complicated expression.

The protagonist is not dead.

But he is 124 years old, but almost everyone around him is dead!

But compared with the previous two films, especially the"Farewell My Concubine" that made him depressed for two days, this is still...

How to describe this feeling?

Suddenly I remembered a sentence I heard from a young employee chatting this morning, which is particularly suitable to describe his current feeling.

This makes people feel the warmth of the corpse...

Zhou Tao sighed and continued to flip down.

"On another planet, the last astronaut is carrying 5,000 fertilized eggs, waiting alone for the birth of new life"

""It's over."

He raised his head and leaned against the rattan chair, taking a long breath.

This ending is vast and tragic, with a hint of desolation.

It is a perfect match for scientific and technological personnel.

The spirit of contributing to mankind, the love for family, the tenacious perseverance, and the loneliness of exploration are all very well reflected.

But there is a problem. The budget will be seriously overspent if this is filmed.

Let's chat after Lao Li finishes reading it.

After another two minutes, Director Li on the side also closed the script and raised his head.

Director Li smiled and said,"I've finished reading it."

Zhou Tao nodded, crossed his hands on the table, and looked at Chen Xiao

"Director Chen, to be honest, I really like this script, but……"

He glanced at Li Zhiming and continued,"If you want to achieve the desired effect, the budget must be high, right?"

Li Zhiming looked a little serious and nodded,"Not low, at least 500 million."

Zhou Tao sighed, picked up the script, and looked reluctant.

"We just want to make an everyday film, and the budget is 100 million."

Li Zhiming nodded.

He understood Zhou Tao's dilemma.

The situation of the Ministry of Science and Technology is different from that of the Ministry of Culture.

Although the Ministry of Culture is poor, revitalizing opera is an important goal in the cultural field, and the country is willing to invest money.

Although the science and technology industry has money, it mainly invests in scientific and technological research and development and social applications.

It doesn't make sense to spend 500 million to make a film in order to promote human touch.

Li Zhiming looked at Chen Xiao, then at Zhou Tao, and suddenly found that Zhou Tao was looking at him.

He immediately leaned back and spread his hands,"Don't look at me, I'm short of 400 million, what reason do I have to apply for funds?"

Zhou Tao sighed in his heart and glanced at the script reluctantly.

Compared with this story, the everyday story seems extremely inferior.

But there is no money.

It seems that I can only ask Director Chen to change the script.

He raised his head and was about to speak, but was beaten to the punch by Chen Xiao.

"Minister Zhou, Director Li, I can invest 350 million."

The two of them froze at the same time.

At the same time, a thought came to their minds - you are so rich.

Chen Xiao continued:"However, I hope to make this into a commercial film and release it in theaters. There are two reasons."

"First, watching it in a cinema will be more shocking and show the movie effect better. I plan to make my own soundtrack so that the audience will feel more nervous and exciting when watching some big scenes, and even hold their breath."

"Second, it can bring a good income to the producer. Let me give you an example. If the domestic box office is 4 billion, and the investment is 50 million, in the end you can get about 160 million."

Speaking, Chen Xiao smiled and looked at Li Zhiming.

Director Li, did you feel my hint?

The reason why he chose to invest 350 million and keep 50 million is that on the one hand, there is only about 370 million in the card for the time being.

On the other hand, he hopes that the Ministry of Culture will invest money in it.

After all, in the film industry, the Ministry of Culture is the boss.

After the film is completed, if you want to go online, you still need to communicate with the distributor and the theater.

��The producers and theaters take 60% to 65% of the box office.

That hurts!

If the Ministry of Culture participates more, it is expected that they can find someone to distribute the film themselves.

In this way, the proportion of the producer's share can be increased a little bit within a reasonable range.

Li Zhiming thought for a moment, glanced at Chen Xiao, and snorted.

"You are waiting for me here, right? Okay, I still need 50 million. I will go back and try to get it. After all, it is a joint production between two departments, and I can make money and invest it in the cultural field. I don't think it will be a big problem."

""Thank you, Director Li!"

They were both very happy, but Zhou Tao on the side did not look very happy.

He flipped through the script again, looked at Chen Xiao, and said in a deep voice:"If you shoot a commercial film, then the censorship must be strict, the money that should be given to all parties must be paid, and no problems should arise!"

"Well, don't worry."

Seeing Chen Xiao agreed, Zhou Tao's tense face relaxed,"Then I can do that too. The higher-ups should approve it."

《The effect of Farewell My Concubine is there, and it is estimated that the effect of Interstellar will not be bad.

Zhou Tao continued to ask:"How long does Director Chen plan to finish filming? Within this year?"

""September, for November."

Zhou Tao was slightly surprised.

So soon?

Director Chen's first two films had relatively few special effects, so the fast speed was understandable.

But the post-production of this film was quite complicated, and it would only take half a year from March to September.

He advised:"Quality is the most important, time is not urgent"

"Well, don't worry, there's plenty of time for the release on October 1st."

Zhou Tao nodded, then as if he had thought of something, he smiled and asked,"National Day?"

"Right."

Zhou Tao laughed.

I'm afraid the National Day movies will suffer.

They are released every year during the National Day, leaving no room for others.

"That's settled. I won't look at the specific plan. I trust Director Chen. If you need anything, just tell us and we'll try to satisfy you."

Chen Xiao smiled and said,"There's something I need your help with right now."

"Speaking"

"I need to invite an authoritative physicist to be the physics instructor of the crew. Minister Zhou, is it convenient for me to help contact one?"

Zhou Tao stroked his chin,"It is indeed necessary. There may be scientific loopholes or errors in the script. It would be better to ask a physicist to deduce it."

Li Zhiming on the side joked:"Old Zhou, aren't you a physics major? Can't you see if there is a problem?"

Zhou Tao glanced at him.

After working in administration for 20 to 30 years, how could he remember it so clearly?

He snorted and laughed, and retorted:"Haha, you have a good memory, recite"Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng" for us to listen to?"

A burst of laughter suddenly rang out in the private room.