312: DaXu launches the 'Hulk' project! A massive wave of zombie movies is on its way!

“Director Wu, this is the script Mr. Xu prepared for you. Take a look and see if there are any issues.

If there are no problems, I'll arrange for a crew to be assembled for you, and filming can begin.”

Feng Xiaoxia, the chief producer of Da Xu Culture, said with a smile as he handed a script to Wu Leilei, who had just joined Da Xu Culture.

Looking at the script in his hand, Wu Leilei was surprised.

After all, he had just joined Da Xu Culture, and he already had a project to film so quickly?

And it was a script personally written by Mr. Xu. This treatment was too good, wasn't it?

Originally, Wu Leilei thought that after joining Da Xu Culture, he would at least have to be observed for a few months before being offered some smaller scripts to choose from.

But now it seemed that Mr. Xu was even more generous than he had imagined; as soon as he joined, the script was already prepared.

“Thank you, Producer Feng. I'll read the script first. Oh, and please thank Mr. Xu for me!”

Wu Leilei, who had taken the script, thanked him repeatedly.

After Feng Xiaoxia gave a few more instructions and left, he seriously began to read the script in his hand.

Turning to the first page, Wu Leilei immediately saw the project's title: hulk (science fiction film).

“It's actually a science fiction film. This is such a pleasant surprise. I wonder what kind of story it tells?”

Wu Leilei muttered to himself, and soon, he was immersed in the plot.

Time passed little by little, and it wasn't until he turned to the last page that Wu Leilei slapped his thigh and exclaimed:

“What a great script! The imagination is excellent, and the plot is also quite good.”

For a science fiction film director, finding a good sci-fi script is, of course, a joyous occasion.

But Wu Leilei also had some concerns.

Because after reading the entire script, he realized that filming this hulk wasn't actually that difficult.

For a director like him, who had filmed many science fiction films, it was child's play.

However, the tricky part was that to showcase the magical aspects of this movie, a large amount of special effects support was needed.

Even those outside the industry know that special effects production is often the most expensive part of a movie.

“I wonder how much funding Mr. Xu can invest. If the money is too little, it will be very difficult!”

Thinking of this, Wu Leilei sighed in his heart:

“Because all the scenes where characters transform into the hulk in this film require special effects to complete.”

With these thoughts, Wu Leilei didn't delay and directly went into Xu Lu's office to explain his purpose.

“Investment?”

Looking at Wu Leilei standing in front of him, Xu Lu asked with a smile:

“Director Wu, how much do you think it will cost to make this hulk well?”

Hearing this, Wu Leilei, who had already made his mental calculations, immediately said:

“Mr. Xu, the filming itself won't cost much. If we don't hire big stars, it can be done completely within twenty million.

But if we include post-production special effects, the expenses will be much, much higher. Two hundred million might all be burned through.”

Xu Lu nodded upon hearing this and said:

“Director Wu, you've seen the iron man filmed by Da Xu Culture, haven't you? What do you think of its special effects production?”

“Mr. Xu, if the special effects can be like iron man, then there's absolutely no problem.

It’s just... such high-level special effects probably can't be done with two hundred million, right?”

Wu Leilei took a deep breath and asked doubtfully.

In fact, this was something he had been very puzzled about before, because with his eye as a sci-fi director, he also highly praised the special effects of iron man.

So how much money did Da Xu Culture spend on special effects to achieve such an effect?

Perhaps, now he could finally get the answer from Mr. Xu!

Wu Leilei thought this to himself, and his eyes immediately lit up.

But unfortunately, Xu Lu on the other side had no intention of revealing the secret on the spot; he just smiled and said:

“In that case, I'll invest twenty million in hulk. Director Wu, just go ahead and film it with confidence.

As for the special effects, you don't need to worry. Whatever effects are needed, they can be made then.”

Uh... Wu Leilei was immediately disappointed, but seeing that Xu Lu had no intention of speaking further, he felt Excuse me to ask again.

As for Xu Lu, after sending the other party away, he smiled silently.

The matter of special effects involved the existence of Artificial Intelligence 'jervis', so he naturally couldn't reveal it.

Not to mention that it was just Wu Leilei, a newly joined director, who was curious.

In fact, there were quite a few curious people within Da Xu Culture, but no one knew this secret until now... The news that Director Wu Leilei, who had just joined Da Xu Culture, immediately took on the sci-fi project 'hulk' quickly caused quite a stir in the industry.

People inside and outside the industry discussed it:

“Da Xu Culture really has a lot of projects in stock. Almost four projects are being filmed simultaneously.

captain great xia 2, mr. spiritual, exorcist police officer, and now the sci-fi work hulk...”

“You know, this is still because Director Xu hasn't taken on any projects recently, otherwise there would be even more.”

“hulk, it's rumored to be another superhero in the 'da xu universe'.

It's the same kind of existence as captain great xia and iron man, but I wonder if there are others.”

“Just the fact that it's a hero from the 'da xu universe' makes me a little excited.”

...“Excited? That Wu Leilei made the terrible movie magic city fortress last time, is that really worth looking forward to?”

“That's true, but isn't he part of Da Xu Culture now?

Look at all the movies from Da Xu Culture, is there even one bad movie?

No, right? So it doesn't matter who the director is. If it's produced by Da Xu, it must be a masterpiece!”

“That's right, just the fact that the script for this hulk film was written by Director Xu makes it worth looking forward to.”

“Thinking about it that way, it does make some sense. captain great xia wasn't filmed by Director Xu himself either; he just wrote the script.”

...Originally, many people had some 'reservations' about the name Wu Leilei.

But because Da Xu Culture provided a 'guarantee', everyone's small reservations quickly disappeared.

After all, that was Da Xu Culture.

It had produced so many blockbuster movies, with a total box office of tens of billions. It couldn't possibly be swayed by one director, could it?

If anyone were to be swayed, it should be Da Xu Culture swaying Director Wu Leilei, making sure he doesn't make any more bad movies!

...Amidst the discussions of netizens, Director Wu's 'hulk' project gradually got on track.

However, at this juncture, the first batch of 'zombie film' test releases also began to hit the market.

Because there was only 'mr. vampire' in the same genre.

So, these initial copycat films, regardless of their quality, unexpectedly performed quite well at the box office.

At least compared to their minuscule investment, they definitely made a considerable profit.

Seeing this situation, the 'regular army' zombie films developed by powerful companies finally prepared to enter the market and compete.

This included 'zombie legend' launched by Paradise Mountain, where Director Mou Jun had joined, 'zombie man' by Director Qi Lingshan, who had appeared on programs, and 'the taoist priest battles the zombies' developed by the old rival Xia Lifei Film and Television.

Of course, Da Xu Culture's second horror film, 'mr. spiritual', starring 'Uncle Nine', was also among them.