Dian Jing wanted to be a director?
Ye Qing's first reaction was that this was nonsense.
Professional things should be done by professionals, just like how Director Ding could not do software programming well, and how Dian Jing did not know what elements were needed to make a good movie.
Amateurs would only mess things up.
"Yes, I want to be a director myself." Dian Jing reiterated her thoughts once again. "I think that movies made by human directors are too entangled with human nature and morality. Boss, look at those movies. They're all sci-fi movies with a bunch of old men acting coy. "
"Then tell me, what do you want to film?"
"It has to be a futuristic sci-fi movie. Only then can we show off our skills."
"But as for the specific theme …"
Dian Jing smiled awkwardly and said that she was thinking about it. However, it would definitely be a landmark sci-fi movie that would shock the film industry and punch Hollywood.
"You have to know that making a movie is not just about technical skills," Ye Qing said earnestly. "When you're making a movie, let's not talk about whether you have a script first. You have to hire actors. There are so many actors in the country. Do you know which actors are suitable for which roles? "
"Even if you have actors, you still have to understand clearly what can and cannot be filmed in the movie."
"I heard from Director Ding that half of the TV dramas that were filmed in the country were stuck and could not be released because the content did not meet the requirements."
"Do you understand all these rules and regulations?"
Dian Jing shook her head in confusion. She was just a fan of sci-fi blockbusters. How could she understand such things? "Then why don't we invite Director Ding to be the director?"
"Do you know if he has any free time?"
"Moreover, this is not a matter of money. Although we don't lack money, if we spend hundreds of millions and end up making a 'bad movie,' will the audience be able to accept it?" How big is the blow to our reputation? "Ye Qing was actually very supportive of the film plan, but he just felt that Tianjin was too unreliable as a director.
Originally, domestic movies were already miserable enough. If Tianjin came to meddle in it again...
"Boss, I have absolute confidence. You must believe me." Dian Jing hugged Ye Qing's arm and shook it as she begged, "I've watched hundreds of sci-fi movies. I think I've already learned the essence of them. Please give me a chance."
"Well …" Ye Qing rubbed his temples.
To be honest, if it weren't for the pressure of "bad movies" and "reputation," even Ye Qing himself would have wanted to invest in a movie.
This was probably the ultimate dream of most movie lovers.
If Dian Jing wanted to be the director of a movie, then Ye Qing could also be in charge of checking on her and giving her advice.
Dian Jing had confidence in herself, but so did Ye Qing.
"Alright then, let's make one." Ye Qing decided to make the final decision on this project.
…
Dian Jing did things quickly and decisively.
It only took one night to finalize the script and send it to Ye Qing for review.
— — [Alien War].
This was the name of the script. The entire script was less than 5,000 words long. Rather than calling it a script, it was more like an outline of the story in Dian Jing's mind.
This was a sci-fi story that took place six hundred years in the future. At that time, human civilization on Earth was highly developed. Humans were already able to sail to the edge of the solar system. They were rubbing their hands together and planning to explore beyond the solar system.
Humans were not the only life in the universe. They were not even the only life in the solar system.
At the periphery of the solar system, there was a planet with an environment similar to Earth. Tens of billions of Kuiper people lived there.
Kuiper was far away from the sun. The climate there was very cold. The races living there were not afraid of the cold. Their bodies had thick layers of cold protection. They looked strange and had horns on their heads.
The technology of the Kuiper people was similar to that of Earth. When the two sides first came into contact fifty years ago, both sides were afraid of each other. No one dared to make the first move.
After ten years of large-scale interstellar battleships, both sides, from the people to the military, could not bear the huge pressure of the Cold War.
They hit it off and signed a win-win treaty to be eternally friendly and cooperate to develop the solar system.
Humans had mastered the technology of sub-light travel. The Kuiper people were at a disadvantage in terms of speed, but in terms of the lethality of weapons, they could catch up.
Both sides exchanged needs. Huge commercial fleets frequently traveled between the two planets. The two races also went sightseeing on each other's planets.
The protagonist of the story was a poor businessman who had just stepped into interstellar trade.
However, there were not many scenes depicting this protagonist's interstellar trade. In Dian Jing's words, he wanted to film a top-notch scene that even Hollywood could not film. Why would he waste time on the protagonist?
The protagonist was only a bystander who witnessed the two planets go from peace to a life and death conflict.
The starting point of the conflict was on a small resource planet.
According to the treaty, all the resources in the entire solar system were jointly mined by both sides. As a result, on that resource planet, Earth's mining team accidentally discovered a special energy source that could allow the battleship to enter the superluminal mode.
Superluminal speed was the bottleneck and shackle that lay across the path of technological development of the two planets.
Whoever could master this technology would have absolute dominance and the ability to crush the other party.
Just as the Human Alliance was caught in the endless debate of whether to inform the Kuiper people of this news, the Kuiper people, who had already discovered this secret, were cold-bloodedly and secretly planning a surprise attack on the humans.
A life-and-death war broke out between the two races.
From the bombardment of the battleships in space to the ground attack on the resource planet.
Then, to the fixed-point elimination battle between the two sides on the planet and the special bombing of the core industrial area.
Dian Jing wanted the audience to experience what a real sci-fi blockbuster was and what a real interstellar war was.
"…"
After reading the outline of the script, Ye Qing had the urge to eat a quick-acting heart pill.
Dian Jing, who thought that she was going to be praised, looked at Ye Qing in confusion. "What's wrong, boss?"
"Is my script not good?"
"You … What do you want me to say?" Ye Qing was shocked by Dian Jing's thoughts. This was not to say that Dian Jing's imagination was very big.
But how was this kind of movie going to be made?
The ancestor used the phrase "learn to run before you learn to walk" to describe a person's ambition.
Ye Qing thought that Dian Jing wanted to learn to fly before she even learned to walk.
"I don't think it's difficult to make a movie. First of all, we can use a miniature model of the interstellar battleship. We have experience in this area. When the soldiers on both sides fight, we can put them all in fully-sealed individual armor. This way, we can use miniature robots to replace the actors. "
"If it doesn't work, we can use Skynet satellites to shoot from space."
Dian Jing was seriously describing the blueprint in her mind. "Future technology, whether it's the city or the mode of war, isn't it all up to us?"
"Then … have you calculated the shooting cost?" Ye Qing could no longer estimate how much investment this movie would burn.
"Two billion at most." Dian Jing shrugged. "That's not much …"
"Forget it, forget it." Ye Qing sighed. He did not know how to persuade Dian Jing, nor did he know how to evaluate this script.
"How about this, you send the script to Director Ding. If he thinks it's feasible and is willing to join, then you can make it."
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