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Text Chapter 362. [Creating a new era of zombies]

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    After flying back from Kentucky non-stop, Yi Feiyang was extremely exhausted.  When I got home, my two girlfriends, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Alba, were filming a new drama for Fantasy Entertainment, and the whole villa was empty.  He took out his phone and wanted to call the fat man Gao Jiabao over for a drink, but then he remembered that this guy was complaining about his acquisition of the TV station and was having trouble with him, so he could only throw the phone on the table in a funny way.  Yi Feiyang took a long breath and fell heavily on the sofa. Facing the current situation, it seemed to be perfect, but he was a little helpless.  Now that the filming rights have been secured, the most important step is nowhere to be taken.  Because although Yi Feiyang started out by shooting horror movies, he has never made a zombie movie!  Zombie movies are different from "The Ghost Story" and "Saw". They are somewhat similar to science fiction movies packed with a lot of red ketchup. The whole pattern belongs to the apocalyptic genre. Yi Feiyang really doesn't have much research on this.  .  But he is a director, and if he wants to make a movie like this, he must contact and enter such a world.  So first of all, we must first figure out what is going on with the terrifying and crazy creatures like "zombie", what are their weaknesses, and how to improve the survival rate is the key!  Although I have read a lot of novels and movies in my previous life, if you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools. It is better to find more things to understand this monster that exists in movies or games and makes people fear but enjoy it.  Thinking of this, Yi Feiyang quickly got up and called around to get information. He planned to watch all the zombie movies, and then search for something on the Internet to learn more about zombies.  A few hours later, Yi Feiyang¡¯s royal follower Fat Jack knocked on the door of Yi Feiyang¡¯s house with a lot of zombie movies.  "Hey, Jack. You're finally here!" Yi Feiyang grabbed the disc.  If you look carefully, you will see that it is basically the information you need to find.  Fat Jack is actually very hard-working. It was already hard enough for him to film the animated film "Kung Fu Panda", especially since this film has reached post-editing and production and will be released this summer. From Fatty's point of view, this animated film is his own.  The masterpiece that has stepped into the ranks of great directors will depend on whether it will be popular in the future.  Guangyaomenlin, just watch this drama.  It just so happened that the boss, Yi Feiyang, had something to do on his own at this time. Fatty was loyal, so he dropped what he was doing and went to all the major video stores, buying all the movies about zombies and zombies.  "Boss, you're in such a hurry, I only found these, but the famous ones should be here. For example, "Dawn of the Dead" directed by George Romeo in 1978, this guy spent 500,000 US dollars. He got it  An impressive achievement of more than 55 million US dollars worldwide!" Ben looked at Yi Feiyang, who looked unhappy and had a slightly sinister look in his eyes, and quickly added: "But I think he is much worse than you, but you used 20,000 to create it!  A miracle of 200 million!" "Haha, my Jack is so smart!" Yi Feiyang's face turned cloudy.  "Thank you for the compliment, boss. I've been with you for so long. Even if I don't want to be smart, I can't do it!" The fat man scratched his head and continued.  "Nowadays, the entire entertainment and television industry around the world is playing with the zombie theme, especially under the influence of the popular "Resident Evil" game. Many such movies have been shot here in the United States. Well, this is the movie version of "Resident Evil".  This is the remake of "Zombieland", and "Keep No Strangers In"" Fatty flipped the things in his hands like delivering takeout, "But the coolest ones are these two. They were filmed in your hometown of Hong Kong.  , "Biochemical SWAT: Zombie Mission" and "Biochemical Longevity"! ""Wow, you even found a Hong Kong movie, it's really cool and deserves an award!" Yi Feiyang smiled and touched his chubby head.  "These are what I should do. I am willing to work for the boss!" The fat man touched his head and smiled honestly.  "Okay, thank you!" Yi Feiyang gave the fat man a bear hug, thanked him sincerely, and then sent him out.  After coming back, Yi Feiyang sat in front of the TV and stuffed zombie movies into his head one by one, which were either weird, terrifying, bloody or exaggerated.  According to the information on the Internet, Yi Feiyang has a deeper understanding of zombies.  A zombie is an undead creature, commonly known as the living dead.  Chinese movie fans always like to call foreign zombies zombies, but these are two completely different things. Zombies are essentially different from zombies. Zombies are usually transformed directly from living people, while zombies must be transformed from dead people.  Zombies are afraid of light, zombies are not afraid of light.  Zombies move faster, zombies move slowly, and when they see living flesh and blood, they move extremely fast.  Zombies are mainly East Asian.  Neither zombies nor zombies belong to the Three Realms and Six Paths.  Zombies can be understood as corpses that are not completely dead. The brain responsible for thinking is severely damaged, but it can still retain some thinking like lower animals.  Great cerebellum functionThe amount of energy is preserved, and the movements are slow but not out of shape. The innate human weaknesses such as pain and fear are completely eliminated.  It can be said that zombies evolved from humans into creatures with severely degenerated brains.  The actions performed belong to the instincts of all animals on the earth, such as the instinct to find food and eliminate dissidents. In comparison, zombies will simply think, rest, walk, use tools, and live in their own territory.  The safest way to deal with zombies is to shoot a headshot with a firearm. Find a safe place to hide yourself, and have enough food and clean water. Yi Feiyang firmly remembered these points.  Next, he poured a cup of coffee, took a sip, took a pen, scribbled on the white paper, analyzed the information he received, and then added his own understanding.  Thinking and considering, Yi Feiyang wrote down a few directions for "The Walking Dead": First, no matter which direction the original "The Walking Dead" is taken from, the scene control is not as good as that of movies such as "Resident Evil", especially the kind of walking dead.  Big scenes with corpses everywhere rarely happen, and the audience is often criticized for this.  "Yi Feiyang felt that since he wanted to create the history of TV series, he had to let go of everything, spend all his money, and create a sense of danger in the apocalyptic world, as well as a strong visual impact.  If you want to say which one is the best in this kind of zombie movies or TV shows, it is undoubtedly the "Armageddon" starring Brad Pitt in his previous life.  The investment for this film is US$125 million.  In order to show the "world war" feeling in the novel.  The crew filmed on location all over the world.  Filmed in Scotland.  The crew moved to the Philippines, the United States, London, Hungary, Malta and other countries for filming, ultimately creating an unprecedented spectacular crowd scene and fantastic visual impact.  Yi Feiyang clearly remembers that there were hundreds of shots of the sea of ????people in this drama from top to bottom, from high altitude, and the scene of thousands of zombies building human ladders and hitting the high wall was even more thrilling.  So in Yi Feiyang¡¯s view, since we want to shoot the doomsday zombie world, we must make it ¡°big¡±.  Because the scene is large, it can bring out the reality of your movie. In the words of a senior zombie movie fan, "The protagonists of zombie movies are not men and women, but the entire environment!" Yes, the audience watches this type of movie.  It¡¯s not about the hero and heroine kissing each other, or fighting zombies, or how they fight the zombies and escape, but to see ¡°what has become of the whole world.¡±  Thinking of this.  Yi Feiyang wrote solemnly on his notepad: "It's not the zombies that have changed, but the world!" After setting this tone.  Yi Feiyang continued to think about the profound connotation of this TV series.  In the past, the connotation of many zombie movies was nothing more than complaining about the government's inaction, revealing racial conflicts - zombies and humans, implying racial differences, and revealing existential conflicts, etc. However, Yi Feiyang is not willing to let his TV series fall into this.  From a narrow point of view, because this is a TV series that lasts for dozens of episodes, not a two-hour movie, I can definitely put a lot of points into it and explain it well.  Therefore, Yi Feiyang must deeply explore the meaning behind "The Walking Dead" and strive to make a breakthrough, rather than the game mode, which is simply riding through levels alone and surviving alone.  There is a masterpiece in later generations, "I Am Legend".  The characterization and hidden connotations of the characters in that movie make the whole movie very full and perfect no matter from which angle you look at it. The two open-ended endings are even more ingenious, and people can't help but admire its uniqueness.  .  It can be said that whether it is a zombie movie or a disaster movie, the ultimate goal is to use two completely different lines of expression, good and evil.  ??Almost all directors regard goodness as the main theme of this genre. Occasionally, the evil of some people is briefly mentioned or used as a background introduction, but this situation will be broken by yourself!  Because Yi Feiyang clearly remembered a section of "The Walking Dead" in his previous life, in which the male protagonist Rick was driving a car, while a backpacker desperately chased after him, hoping to get his help, and even begged loudly twice in a row,  But Rick ignored him. In the end, the backpacker was bitten to death by zombies, leaving only blood on the ground.  This can be said to be the evil in human nature, but this is the true humanity when facing the crazy world of zombies.  "People can destroy themselves, but they cannot destroy humanity!" Yi Feiyang wrote this sentence heavily.  ¡­ Although Yi Feiyang had said before that he would temporarily put down his movies and shoot TV series, no one took his words seriously.  After all, Hollywood is a place that values ????face very much.  ??So what if a big-name director like Yi FeiyangMaybe he deigned to descend as a ghost to film a TV series.  But when Yi Feiyang officially announced that he would film Robert's comic book of the same name "The Walking Dead", the outside world was shocked, really, shocked.  "God, it turns out that all this is true. China Yi Guo really wants to film a TV series!" "It's incredible. What kind of transformation is this from movies to TV?!" "We are waiting for the release of China Yi Guo's first TV series!  ! ¡±¡­ Of course, there were still many comic fans who were talking nonsense during this period.  "Please don't ruin this comic that has just become popular. Let's make your movie!" "The essence of comics lies in originality. Although China has filmed "Iron Man", there are too many adaptations. I really don't know what this "Iron Man" will be like.  What kind of adaptation will "The Walking Dead" be made into? " "As we all know, Yi is from Hong Kong and is not a true American comic book fan, so this "The Walking Dead" is likely to be spoiled by him! " As for Yi Feiyang's fans,  He was talking about his new work with great interest.  ¡°As long as it is easy to shoot, it is good!¡± ¡°We are looking forward to his new work!¡± ¡°Support him! Encourage him! Come on!¡± ¡­ At the same time.  Along with the constant calls from the outside world.  In the office of Fantasy Entertainment.  Yi Feiyang and the creative team of "The Walking Dead" are discussing the recruitment of characters and location shooting for this drama.  "Boss. In my opinion, the most important thing about filming "The Walking Dead" is the selection of characters. Yes, just like that great movie "Resident Evil", it has now become a rare brand!" The person who spoke was AMC TV Station  Tom, the head of the production department and director, is a man with glasses who is a thousand degrees short-sighted. Although his eyes are short-sighted, he has a clear view of the market and a very accurate grasp of the market. It was only during the period that William Som, the prodigal CEO, was in charge.  He has never been reused, but now Yi Feiyang has promoted him to be responsible for the production of "The Walking Dead", which can be said to have given him a lot of room for development.  "That's right! I watched the movie "Resident Evil" no less than three times, and even bought the original DVD. God, the storyline and biochemical special effects are so amazing!" It was Tom who spoke this time.  My friend Harry, a short guy who compared himself to Napoleon, was assigned to be a treasury manager by the company, and now he was promoted by Yi Feiyang to become the head of the investment department.  "Then tell me. Will our TV series surpass that movie?" Yi Feiyang asked them with a smile.  "Well" Tom was silent for a moment, "It's hard to say. After all, Resident Evil is adapted from a game and has already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. However, ours is adapted from a comic and a TV series. In terms of scale, it is somewhat not as good as others."  "Yes, TV series are all produced with a small budget, how can they compare with big movies?" Harry said.  Seeing that everyone thought so, Yi Feiyang suddenly knocked on the table and said, "You are all wrong!" "In my opinion, TV series can also be shot on the scale of movies, or even bigger than movies!" "Ah, that's okay.  It will cost a lot of money!¡± ¡°Yes, the production cost is too expensive and we will lose money!¡± ¡°Our TV station is already in debt, wouldn¡¯t it be even worse if it continues like this?¡± People were talking about it, and they didn¡¯t seem to agree with Yi Feiyang¡¯s behavior.  Huge idea.  In fact, we can¡¯t blame them. American TV series have always been inferior to movies.  TV people and film people are not on the same level at all, so they see things differently.  Filmmakers like to make blockbusters and large-scale productions, but TV people always have to pay attention to "keeping costs low," which has greatly restricted the development of the TV industry.  This situation didn't happen until the release of "Prison Break" in 2005, which broke the dividing line between TV series and movies and let people know that TV series can also be shot in this way, and it turns out that TV series can be more exciting than movies!  In fact, in terms of movie and TV capacity, movies generally last more than 90 minutes, and super blockbusters only last more than 2 hours. However, TV series do not have much time limit and can better and more perfectly interpret the storyline.  In addition, TV series occupy a huge audience, and almost every household can watch your program. As for movies, you can only watch them if you buy a ticket.  Finally, in the United States, the broadcasting season of TV series is a big knowledge. If it is compared to a movie, then it is a sequel every season, which will continuously attract people to watch, thereby building a fixed audience group, such as "Power", which shocked the world in its previous life.  Game", it can be said that the audience around the world surpasses the most awesome "Titanic"."No. 1" and "Avatar".  In short, no matter from any aspect, TV series have an advantage over movies, but the results are often the opposite. In the United States, and even around the world, TV series have always been inferior to movies.  Now Yi Feiyang wants to break this unwritten "rule" and spend a lot of money to shoot TV series using the same methods as movies, so that the TV series can unleash its potential and lead a revolution of the century!  "Yes, what you said makes sense!" Yi Feiyang stood up and looked down at the colorful world under the floor-to-ceiling windows.  "But in my opinion, TV can be on par with movies, and even surpass it in terms of investment!" "How is this possible?" "It's incredible!" Everyone was talking about it.  "Nothing is impossible! Nothing is incredible!" Yi Feiyang said firmly, "This is the way this world is, entertainment comes first! As long as the TV series we shoot are as exciting as the movies, then the audience will buy it. By then we will be able to create ratings  A miracle!¡± ¡°But what about cost recovery? It¡¯s likely to be a loss!¡± someone asked.  "Don't forget." Yi Feiyang turned around and smiled.  "We are a cable TV station, and we have paid programs!" "Can we rely on cable charges to beat the box office?" someone else asked.  "Of course we can't compare to the ticket prices. One ticket costs six to seven dollars. One of our programs charges only three dollars per season, and the average episode of a TV series only costs a few cents. But don't forget, we are in the TV business. What?  The most? The largest number of viewers! So. We have to make small profits but quick turnover! ¡°What¡¯s more, in addition to cable TV advertising, we can also work hard to attract everyone to our programs, so those advertisers with huge wallets can  They will come uninvited! " "So, this is a virtuous cycle process. As long as we work together to make TV programs, we can turn around the current situation of AMC TV station from loss to profit!" Yi Feiyang said very well!  It's powerful and makes sense.  Let everyone's blood boil.  Tom, who was in charge of the production department, suddenly said: "Boss, I have an idea. Can we unite with the Internet platform to upload the episodes after our TV series is broadcast, so that the audience can click to watch, so that we can attract more people?"  After all, there are far more people surfing the Internet than sitting in front of the TV! " "What a great idea!" Yi Feiyang snapped his fingers, "This is a good idea and very practical. I like it!  " You must know that many popular American dramas in previous lives were basically spread on online platforms. Yi Feiyang had noticed this originally, but he was the first to mention it. It seems that this Tom is a talented person who is good at thinking.  "I have an idea too!" This time it was Harry, Tom's friend who was promoted by Yi Feiyang, who stood up this time. Seeing that his friend had made a good impression on his boss, Harry raised his hand impatiently.  "Everyone knows that on-demand online platforms can only attract more viewers if they are free, but we can definitely add advertisements from the beginning, middle, or end of the film to make money!" I originally thought that the idea I proposed would be easily accessible.  Feiyang's praise, but Yi Feiyang smiled and said: "The suggestion is very good, but the effect may be very bad!" "Imagine, when you are in a hurry to watch a TV series, there are advertisements in the front, advertisements in the middle, and advertisements at the end.  , will you be in a bad mood? Or even yell, is this a TV commercial, or a commercial break? "Yi Feiyang can be said to hate this!  In my previous life, the most annoying thing when watching TV programs was the endless commercials and interruptions.  Harry didn¡¯t expect such a reaction, and his face turned red.  "However, you gave me a very good suggestion - diversify and seek to maximize profits!" Yi Feiyang said with a change of tone.  "So what should we do? That is to adapt TV programs into online games, or even introduce TV programs into mobile phone elements, make them into mobile versions, and make huge profits from them!" Yi Feiyang's words were so bold that everyone couldn't help but be surprised.  .  The adaptation of a TV series into an online game is already sharp enough, but it even needs to be connected with the mobile phone section. The question is, are mobile phones that smart?  They don¡¯t know, but Yi Feiyang knows very well that in the future, mobile phone intelligence will be very popular. Not to mention downloading TV series, you can even watch TV series directly online!  But this also gave Yi Feiyang suddenly another idea, which was to develop a huge mobile phone market.  Nowadays, the mobile phone market has just started. The most famous ones are Ericsson and Nokia, as well as Japan's Sony. However, Yi Feiyang clearly knows that in the future, South Korea's Samsung and the United States' Apple willJudging from the current market share of the two overlords in this field, they only need to spend a small amount of money to acquire a large number of shares of these two companies Thinking of this, everyone is not excited this time.  , but Yi Feiyang himself was agitated. When he thought that he might control Apple and Samsung, the two largest electronic companies in the world, Yi Feiyang's blood boiled with excitement.  "The meeting is over! Today's meeting ends here! Alex and Harry from the Investment Department, come here, I have something to give you to do" Yi Feiyang said excitedly.  (To be continued)
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