Chapter 3147 You Have to Shoot Even if You Don’t Want To

w    "So, I have a headache." Lin Feng rubbed his temples.

The novel "Infinite Horror" is a novel that crosses the times and creates a genre. Its content is unrestrained and the elements involved are even more varied. If it is filmed well, it will definitely be a hit. If it is not filmed well, it will become a super bad movie.

This is really a thought of hell and a thought of heaven.

However, no matter how difficult it is, it still has to be filmed.

After returning to Shanghai, after a day of rest, Lin Feng directly summoned the relevant senior executives of the Chinese headquarters of "Second Entertainment" to his own meeting room in "Century Light".

"Everyone, I have decided to invest in the filming of "Infinite Horror". Do you have any opinions?" Lin Feng told everyone about his decision.

Filming "Infinite Horror"! Everyone was surprised.

Everyone is familiar with this novel and the filming of this novel. As early as the establishment of the Chinese headquarters of "Second Entertainment", everyone heard about this matter. But no one took it too seriously. After all, everyone has read this novel, but everyone does not have any hope for this novel to be adapted into a movie. The reason is very simple. The background is too grand, and the CG technology requires too much. Yes, it is too much, not too high. Too high CG technology can be completed with the existing technology level. The real trouble is that there are too many CG technologies. This directly causes the cost to be too high. Coupled with the copyright of various original movies and the problems of related actors, everyone gave up directly. But I never thought that Lin Feng would shoot again now.

Immediately, everyone spoke out against it.

"Boss, I think investing in the filming of "Infinite Horror". It is not a wise investment behavior. The investment and profit ratio are too different." - The president of the China headquarters of "Second Entertainment" said.

"Well, boss, I think so too. With the same investment, we can get a greater return. And more importantly, filming "Infinite Horror" is too laborious. The time required to shoot a "Infinite Horror" can be used to shoot several Hollywood blockbusters. This is not cost-effective." - The director of the marketing department of "Second Entertainment" said.

"Yes, I think so too!" Everyone voted against "Infinite Horror".

This is not that they do not support Lin Feng, but they think that such an investment is really not cost-effective for the company. Not only will it take up a lot of money, but it will also be thankless. Especially since this is an online novel, once it fails, it will be criticized by netizens. This kind of thing is definitely not what a company with the purpose of profit should do.

Lin Feng frowned. Lin Feng never thought that there would be so many people opposing it, and no one agreed.

This was a bit beyond Lin Feng's expectations.

"Boss, I think we should shoot more other movies. For example, the Wesley series. I think this will definitely be very popular in the market. Moreover, Mr. Wesley's science fiction novels are completely different from mainstream Western science fiction novels. His science fiction novels are often unexpected. And his ideas are very divergent, which is definitely a science fiction movie theme that can make people's eyes light up. I think filming Wesley novels. It is definitely a double gain of fame and fortune!" Seeing Lin Feng pondering and silent, everyone was afraid that he would really go his own way. They quickly proposed a new plan.

The company has obtained all the copyrights of the Wesley series, but it has never been filmed. In recent years, it has mainly invested in the filming of the "Legend of Sword and Fairy" series and several TV series. Originally, this is a relatively low output. But "Second Entertainment" has always valued quality over quantity. Only under the premise of ensuring quality will it consider shooting more movies or TV series. Now the "Legend of Sword and Fairy" trilogy is nearing its end, and "Legend of Jin Yong's Heroes" is also on track, so time can be spared to shoot new dramas.

The Wesley series is the best choice.

"Wesley?" Lin Feng curled his lips. This is indeed going to be filmed. He promised Ni Kuang. If he didn't film it, Lin Feng was afraid that Ni Kuang would come to his door to make trouble for him. Ni Kuang is not Jin Yong. If he didn't film it, Jin Yong would at most laugh it off. As for Ni Kuang's book, he transferred all the copyrights to him. If he kept holding on to it and didn't film it, this old man might really come to his door to kill him.

"Yes, boss, the Wesley series can be divided into two modes. One is the TV series mode, which can film Wesley's life in detail. The other is the movie mode, which selects the more exciting and suitable novels in the Wesley series and makes them into movies. For example, "Blue Blood Man"." Seeing Lin Feng hesitate, everyone hurriedly encouraged him to explain, hoping that Lin Feng could change his mind and not shoot the "Infinite Horror" that gave people a headache.

"Also, boss, at the end of last year, Mr. Ni Kuang called us and asked when we would shoot his novel. If we did, we must notify him in advance so that he could come to participate in the script review." - The screenwriter team of the "Second Entertainment" also added a reason for Lin Feng to shoot the "Wesley Series".

Lin Feng frowned. Mr. Ni Kuang called, how could he not shoot it?

"Okay, then invest in the "Wesley Series". Your screenwriter team is responsible for contacting Mr. Ni Kuang. Remember, you must treat him well and not be negligent at all!" Lin Feng ordered.

"Yes, boss! We will definitely entertain Mr. Ni Kuang well!" the screenwriter team said excitedly.

Of course, it was not just the screenwriter team that was excited, the entire senior management of ‘Second Entertainment’ was very excited. If Lin Feng didn’t go to shoot “Infinite Horror”, it would definitely be a blessing for the company. They were really afraid that it would be thankless in the end, and then they would lose money and get scolded, which would be too innocent.

“But “Infinite Horror” still has to be shot!” Lin Feng’s next sentence made everyone dumbfounded.

“Boss...what did you say?” Everyone asked tremblingly.

“Film the ‘Wesley Series’, but “Infinite Horror” still has to be filmed!” Lin Feng said firmly, “This is an order, no bargaining!”

Everyone immediately became bitter. Why did they still have to shoot “Infinite Horror” after all the fuss? Although this novel was written by Lin Feng, it is definitely a web novel theme. It is too difficult to adapt this web novel into a movie. First of all, the plot is usually very long. You say, a novel by Jin Yong has at most a million words, and it has to be adapted into dozens of episodes of a TV series. Online novels often have millions or even tens of millions of words. It is said that there is a book called "Reborn as a Demonic Life" which has 11 million words. It took three and a half years to write 11 million words. Is this a human being? How can he write so long?

You say, how to adapt such a long novel? Of course, "Infinite Horror" does not have so many words, but it also has millions of words. How to adapt these millions of words? Not to mention anything else, the work of screenwriting is long-lasting and laborious. And if you adapt it a little worse, you will be scolded on the Internet.

Secondly, you have a script, right? Is the director willing to shoot it? There are so many elements, it's dazzling, is the director willing to shoot it? Which director is good at so many fields? Then there is CG technology. The most troublesome thing about online novels is that no matter the background or the fight, everything needs CG. Especially in the later stage of online novels, one move can destroy the world and even the universe. To be honest, such CG takes several days and tens of thousands of dollars to produce a scene. And if the whole article is like this, it will definitely kill the CG technical team. The time for post-production computer production can only be described as protracted.

Of course, these are all things that can be solved with money. There are also some things that cannot be solved with money. For example, actors, most of the online novels are handsome men and beautiful women, especially the female protagonists, all of them are super beautiful women, which is not easy to solve. And they are all harem stallions. If this is really filmed, whether it can pass the review of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television is also a problem. If it is filmed and fails, then... it will be tragic. It can't be produced abroad, it can only be produced in China!

But no matter how difficult it is, Lin Feng said that this is an order, can they refuse!

"First, the screenwriter team starts to adapt, remember to give me a review after the adaptation. Secondly, start contacting directors, well-known directors in the Chinese-speaking circle, contact them all to see who is interested and whether they have any suggestions. Third, regarding the actors, you should start considering it now. Choose well-known actors or newcomers." Lin Feng ordered, "You must give me a result within three days. Otherwise, hum!"

After Lin Feng hummed a few times, he turned around and left with Lin Chiling.

The remaining "Second Entertainment" people were dumbfounded. Three days, this is really going to take a lot of effort.

"Haha, boss, it's so funny. The expressions on the faces of those executives just now are so funny!" After leaving the conference room, Lin Chiling couldn't help laughing.

In the conference room just now, the expressions of those senior executives of "Second Entertainment" who didn't want to be filmed, but were forced to be filmed, were so funny. Lin Chiling couldn't help laughing when she saw it. Of course, these people are not wrong. After all, they are also starting from the interests, and filming "Infinite Horror" is indeed not very cost-effective. However, from the perspective of the "Second Consortium", "Infinite Horror" must be filmed.

Maybe the movie can't make money, or even lose money, but if the game is popular, it will really make money. At present, "Second World" has more than 500 million players worldwide. If one person spends $1 a month, that's $6 billion in profit a year. In fact, players will spend more money. At present, the most profitable game of "Second World" is "World War". As "World War" enters the era of hot weapons and opens the "First World War" copy, the daily profit cannot be described as a fortune.

According to the latest financial statistics, the Second World earns about $34 million a day! This is about $12.4 billion a year. Excluding related expenses, the net profit is at least $10 billion a year. Moreover, as the game progresses and the number of players increases, this number will be even higher.

The game industry has been made into a huge pie with an annual profit of up to $50 billion by Lin Feng. And it is increasing at a rate of at least 30% every year. Therefore, "Infinite Horror" must be filmed!

Later, Lin Feng announced the news on Weibo. . . )m