Every field has its own set of epic quests.
For example, the UN Five Permanent Members Mission in Earth OL: choose one of the countries and replace it.
The epic mission in the field of movie box office is undoubtedly to beat "Titanic" in 1997 and "Avatar" in 2009.
Nanaya certainly wouldn't send himself to undertake such a task that he knew couldn't be completed without even thinking about it.
"I am allowed to refuse this matter."
Shion didn't expect Nanaya to refuse so bluntly. She hadn't thought of many things to say yet, so she was stuck there.
"Nanaye~ dear~"
Shion begged Nanaya in a sickly sweet tone.
"It's no use calling me husband." Nanaya refused righteously, "You're just asking me to crash into the Titanic in 1997."
Nanaya tapped his head with his fingers: "No one here who has no problems would choose this."
"Tsk."
Shion sat back in her seat with her arms folded across her chest, she crossed her legs and looked at Nanaya unhappily.
"Can't you think of a solution? Aren't you a super director?"
Shion's words made Nanaya smile bitterly.
No one would dare to think that the box office would surpass "Avatar".
Some people say that "Avatar" is simply good in terms of visual technology.
There are so many movies with great visual effects since then, so why has "Avatar" been able to occupy the top spot in the world box office history for ten years?
Some people say that it was the first time they saw 3D that they were attracted to it, but the 3D era was already opened as early as 2005 with the 3D animated film "Chicken Little".
The success of "Avatar" can be said to be the result of the right time, right place and right people.
The maturity of 3D technology is only a prerequisite.
In fact, the promotion and deployment of 3D projection equipment began as early as 2005, and in 2009 the promotion of equipment just reached a critical point.
The film market needs a movie that can perfectly demonstrate 3D technology to serve as a model for leading future trends.
So "Avatar" came into being.
This film, which was almost perfect in technology at the time and had extremely grand scenes, became the king that everyone expected.
Nanaya knows that many people have criticized the script of "Avatar", but Nanaya thinks that the script of "Avatar" is very "perfect".
This "perfect" certainly does not mean that the "Avatar" script is flawless and so perfect that it does not need to be modified.
Rather, this script takes the three-act play template of "the protagonist learns [the truth] from [the lie]" to an extreme.
Although many people said that the plot of the movie was too simple, and they could even guess the ending after watching the beginning.
But after being a director for so many years, Nanaya is very clear about one thing.
A movie that can be recognized by the most people never has to have a complicated story.
These movies simply tell a story that everyone can understand and resonate with everyone.
Because it is simple, the threshold for audiences to watch the movie is low.
It is precisely because of this that it is more conducive to the dissemination of movies.
So many prerequisites are the factors that contribute to the success of "Avatar", and are also the main reason why Nanaya believes that he cannot defeat "Avatar" in the same period.
You have to know that even Marvel spent 10 years of preparation before finally surpassing the other party's record.
Even so, because the box office data was not significantly higher than before, Cameron mocked it as an accounting "rounding error."
Although he said this just two days later, China's year-end box office re-recording showed that the box office of "End Game" in China needed to be re-recorded to increase by 30 million US dollars.
This is a rare moment when God of Cards gets slapped in the face.
But even so, no one will deny the greatness of the movie "Avatar".
Although Nanaya also planned to use 3D technology to shoot "Madoka Magica", he never thought of putting "Madoka Magica" and "Avatar" in the same schedule.
In fact, there were only two options for the release date of "Madoka Madoka" from the beginning:
Either before "Avatar" or after "Avatar".
Released before "Avatar" was to pave the way for "Avatar". In other words, "Madoka Magica" was used as a pioneer in the 3D craze brought by "Avatar".
If it is released later, it will allow "Madoka Magica" to take advantage of the popularity of "Avatar".
Although "Avatar" has triggered a 3D craze, there are not yet that many 3D movie products on the market.
Nanaya still remembers the so-called 3D "Alice in Wonderland". This movie achieved huge success by leveraging the 3D movie craze caused by "Avatar" and the sudden short-term 3D hunger in the market.
It is no exaggeration to say that without the craze caused by "Avatar", this pseudo-3D movie, which only has three-dimensional effects on subtitles, would not be recognized by the market at all.
The same situation is with "Clash of the Titans", but that movie is a little more decent than "Alice in Wonderland". At least some of the scenes have a good 3D feel.
Both of these films are typical examples of being converted to 3D in post-production, but even this crudely made 3D still achieved success.
The "Madoka Magica" that Nanaya is going to produce will naturally not be a pseudo-3D one.
Now that Cameron has mastered the technology, Nanaya naturally plans to use true 3D production methods.
Nanaya is certainly confident that after the debut of "Madoka Magica", those fake 3D movies will be blown away.
But if "Madoka Magica" surpasses "Avatar".
Sorry, Nanaya said that whoever wants to take this epic task can do so, he would like to decline the offer.
"So what motivated you?"
Nanaya also noticed that Shion was in a bad mood, otherwise she wouldn't have gotten so angry over such a trivial matter as her and Ryan hugging each other.
"Hmm…"
Shion tapped her head lightly with her folding fan. She said in a distressed tone, "Do you know that there have been some changes in the top management of 20th Century Fox recently?"
"Never heard of it."
Nanaya has never paid attention to this aspect.
"Well, because of Fox's performance issues in the past two years, Murdoch intends to strengthen the management of Fox, so..."
Shion paused here before continuing, "He sent his son Murdoch Jr. to Fox to participate in the management of the company."
Nanaya keenly noticed that there was obvious hatred in Shion's words.
So he tapped from the side and asked, "Did you ever have a festival?"
Shion heard the jealousy in Nanaya's tone and she smiled brightly.
"You're so cute like this~"
Shion gently circled Nanaya's chin with her folding fan and said lovingly.
"Hey! Let's talk business."
Nanaya said dissatisfiedly.
"We are natural enemies." Shion's expression became a little gloomy again, "Or it would be more accurate to say strong enemy."
Shion held her chin and explained carefully to Nanaya: "When I was studying at Harvard, he happened to be half a student of my mentor."
"Half?"
Nanaya was a little confused about Shion's adjective.
Shion nodded. "Yeah, half. When that guy went to Harvard, he majored in film and history. He dropped out halfway through and started a hip-hop music company."
[If I remember correctly, he should be older than you, right? Is it really okay to call him "that kid" all the time? ]
Nanaya glanced to the side.
Shion said with disdain: "He was quite famous in the circle back then. He was called the rebellious second generation."
[I thought he was called Lelouch. ]
"I know the rest of the story. His company should have been acquired by Murdoch, right?"
Nanaya shrugged and continued.
When the News Corporation scandal was exposed, Murdoch Jr. appeared on TV quite frequently.
Nanaya, who has been in the entertainment industry, has more or less understood the relevant content.
"That's right. After realizing that he couldn't escape his father's control, the kid became much more obedient. He worked as a manager of the digital media department at News Corporation while studying business management courses at Harvard."
Shion spread his hands and said, "Because the teacher that old Murdoch chose for him happened to be the same as my mentor, so we had a conflict."
"Can you...explain it more clearly?"
Nanaya's mouth twitched as he said, "You're giving me the result without even going through the process! Could it be that his pursuit of you was fruitless and he ended up turning love into hatred?"
"I told you it's not like that." Shion laughed, "You really are quite jealous, why didn't I see that before?"
"I think you are beautiful and everyone loves you, isn't that right?"
Nanaya said a little angrily.
"Don't worry, it's good enough that he didn't strangle me to death." Shion rolled her eyes and asked, "You should know that Murdoch's current wife is from China, right?"
"Know."
Nanaya nodded. The lady was quite famous in all aspects.
"When I met him, the lady was dating old Murdoch. And young Murdoch was the one who was against this marriage."
Shion said helplessly, "So as an Oriental, I was taken out on. Anyway, at that time, he was not happy with me anyway."
"It shouldn't be that serious if you're just unhappy, right?"
"Well…" Shion said with a gloomy face, "If you are really upset with me, you can just say it directly, but this guy set a trap for me."
"ha?"
It was the first time that Nanaya heard that Shion had suffered losses at the hands of other people.
"That guy pretended to be a good guy at first, but he deliberately pushed a lot of things onto me." Shion gritted her teeth and said, "I was too naive back then, and ended up falling for him."
It turns out that when Shion was in school, she had the idea of diversifying Washimine.
So, she was very happy when she first met her senior Murdoch Jr.
After all, he is the son of the media emperor. Learning from him how the multimedia group operates will be very beneficial for the future.
To be honest, it is normal for a junior to ask a half-senior for advice.
But the other party didn't think so. He felt that Shion had ulterior motives towards him, simply because Shion and that woman were both Oriental.
You can say that Murdoch Jr. is making malicious speculations, or that he is taking his anger out on others.
In short, although he always greeted Shion with a smile, he always secretly stuffed many unnecessary tasks on her.
At first, Shion didn't realize it. She thought her mentor had indeed assigned her so much work.
But by chance, Shion found out that it was the senior who was behind the incident.
Have you ever seen the eldest daughter of the Washimine family suffer any loss?
Anyway, Nanaya said he had never seen it.
So, Shion launched a series of revenge actions against Murdoch Jr.