Seclusion in the Entertainment Industry

It is really difficult to follow the trend and make a "Wandering Earth". After all, this is a science fiction film. The requirements for plot and special effects are very high, and the investment of time and energy is also very large. Therefore, following the trend to make a science fiction film Not really a good idea.

I don’t know what the people who made "Wandering Galaxy" were thinking.

Wouldn't it be better to follow the trend and make some low-budget dramas and comedies? Why do you want to target "The Wandering Earth"?

However, for Chen Feng and Beidou Entertainment, maybe this is not a bad thing. After all, many people will probably re-evaluate their follow-up science fiction film projects after seeing the ending of "Wandering Galaxy".

This is indeed the case. After "Wandering Stars" was removed from the theaters five days after its release due to poor box office performance and poor reputation among audiences, many sci-fi movies that had already been approved before were also removed from the shelves. The investor’s withdrawal of capital is terminated.

Investors are not fools. They may have invested in some popular film and television themes with the attitude of giving it a try before, but after truly understanding the real feedback from the market, they only need to carefully understand the relevant information, and they will soon be convinced. You can figure out what project you have invested in.

Under the guise of making a science fiction movie, you take millions or even tens of millions from yourself, and then want to make a movie on the same scale as "The Wandering Earth"?

Go to graves and burn newspapers to fool ghosts!

In fact, most of the film crews who followed the trend took the investors as their main culprits, took money from them, and then randomly made a movie. If the box office was not satisfactory, they would say that the movie was not made well and was not successful in the end. No shit.

The director, crew, and actors all made money, but the investors lost.

This type of investors are also laymen who don't know much about the film and television industry. They are usually rich and nouveau riche.

These people either have very wealthy ancestors, or their families own mines, and they have so much money that they have nowhere to spend it, and then they want to engage in the entertainment industry to improve their taste.

But these people are not all fools. After seeing the failure of "Wandering Galaxy", they immediately became very vigilant and began to review some of the projects they invested in.

As a result, many science fiction film projects that followed the trend and defrauded money were eliminated.

But at the same time, there are also some teams that are really serious about making movies, but they have suffered a fatal blow.

For example, a crew called "Moon".

Although the project "Moon" has finally received investment and officially started filming, this film is different from those follow-up projects such as "The Wandering Moon" and "The Wandering Mars".

Its creative team has been carefully polishing the script and shooting plan for a long time. Previously, because there was no market for science fiction themes, it could not attract investment after many efforts, and it was finally shelved.

With the popularity of "The Wandering Earth" and the popularity of science fiction themes, the team of "Moon" also benefited from it. After some matchmaking, they were finally spotted by an investment company.

The boss behind this investment company is a real estate tycoon who basically knows nothing about the film and television industry. He saw the popularity of "The Wandering Earth" before and started working on projects in this area because of his greed. In the end, he chose to invest in "Moon" and was also selected to invest in it. The decision was made after efforts to persuade the people around him. As for the specific situation of this project, he himself did not understand it at all.

But with the failure of "Wandering Galaxy", a wave of anti-science fiction themes began to rise in the investment circle. When the boss saw this, he stopped investing in "Moon" without hesitation.

Although he still knew nothing about the film industry, he knew that the safest way to do business was to follow the mainstream direction.

Some people always feel that they have unique vision and have to go against the current to achieve success. However, they do not know that the majority of people who follow the general direction are the ones who survive, and the vast majority of people who go against the current are drowned.

The one or two people who are lucky and successful against the current trend are also the chosen ones, and they are not within the reach of ordinary people.

Therefore, based on his many years of experience, this boss decisively chose to quit this science fiction trend like everyone else.

As a result, the movie "Moon" also came to an abrupt end.

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This made the creative team of "Moon" very depressed.

The main creative team of "Moon" is small, and the core is the screenwriter and director, Li Ding'an.

There is also a core screenwriter, Zhao Liming, who is Li Ding'an's wife.

In addition to Li Ding'an and his wife, there is also an assistant director, a photographer, and a producer.

These five people are the main creative members of the "Moon" team.

Li Ding'an has been in the film and television industry for a long time and has made many movies before, but at that time, most of them were working for others.

Their own small team was established four years ago and has already made a suspense film, but unfortunately it was not released in the end. This "Moon" is a project they have been polishing over the years.

Seeing that his project had money and was about to start filming, as a result, a low-quality "Wandering Stars" directly disrupted the science fiction film market. Without investment, the film could not be filmed. No one would be happy if such a thing happened.

Producer Li Zhi also looked angry.

"Brother, I have talked to that boss several times. He is determined to withdraw his capital. Even the hundreds of thousands he spent in the early stage will not be pursued again. No matter what, he can't be persuaded."

Li Zhi is Li Ding'an's cousin and is very capable, but no matter how powerful he is now, the other party is determined to divest the capital, and there is nothing he can do.

Li Ding'an nodded.

"It doesn't matter. Just divest the investment. In addition, we can make up for the 100,000 yuan we spent before. We won't take advantage of this."

Li Zhi hesitated: "It's not necessary, brother. This is the other party's breach of contract first. Let alone 100,000 yuan. If we really go to court, he may have to compensate us a little more!"

Listening to Li Zhi's somewhat indignant tone, Li Ding'an reached out and patted him on the shoulder.

"Refund the money. We are short of money, but our reputation cannot be lost."

Li Zhi wanted to say something else, but Zhao Liming next to him also said: "Xiao Zhi, listen to your brother... One hundred thousand yuan is a small thing, the main thing is to completely separate the relationship... Remember to keep the termination agreement when the time comes."

Li Zhi was not stupid. He quickly figured out what was going on. Finally, he nodded and said seriously: "Okay, I understand."

After Li Zhi left, Li Ding'an and Zhao Liming looked at each other, and then shook their heads together.

"Don't be too discouraged, let's think of other ways." Zhao Liming couldn't help but comfort Li Ding'an.

Li Ding'an nodded, with an ugly smile on his face: "Well, just right...I'll polish the script in the next few days..."

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