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Chapter 365 Liu Mengyuan wants to create a subversive viewing experience? The system has released another heaven-defying mission (2 in 1 order required)

Lu Yu agreed to Liu Mengyuan for several reasons.

First of all, the artistic aptitude that Liu Mengyuan showed since childhood was not much better than the other things she learned, otherwise she would not have almost angered to death several old artists who came to the Liu family for tutoring.

Secondly, Liu Mengyuan has no experience in the film industry at all. Letting her take up a position in this industry might have unexpected "miraculous effects."

The most important thing is that your girlfriend is happy!
Even if this movie project loses all the money, it doesn’t matter at all. My Utopia Township can afford it!

Back at his workstation, Liu Mengyuan patted his chubby little face and tried to calm down.

Since Lu Yu trusts her so much, she must not be negligent about this matter.

She called Li Hongmei and asked about the current specific docking process.

Liu Mengyuan: "What are the current terms of cooperation offered by Paramount Pictures?"

Li Hongmei: "We are currently negotiating, but many of the terms proposed by the other party are unreasonable."

"Oh? Let me be healthy!"

Then, Li Hongmei handed her a long list of demands from the other party:

First, Paramount Pictures required Taoyuan Township to make major changes to the film script and character settings to suit the North American market positioning and audience tastes.

For example, at least one of the characters in the story, Emi Nagasawa and Misaki Hanada, must be changed to a black person.

In addition, three people will be selected from the supporting cast to become LGBT people, environmentalists, and vegetarians.

In addition, in the movie, people can be turned into zombies at will, but cats or dogs must never be shown in zombie form to avoid protests from animal rights activists.

Second, Taoyuan Township had no decision-making power in casting auditions, and Paramount Pictures required the inclusion of Hollywood stars of their choice.

For example, Will Smith, who once slapped the host at the Oscars.

Third, regarding the filming location, the other party required that all filming locations be set up in North America, and all Taoyuan Township liaison personnel had to travel to the United States at their own expense.

Fourth, Paramount has the right to embed their contracted commercial brands and products in the film, and the protagonists must display these products at intervals.

For example, Paramount signed a contract with Red Bull, so Kensuke Kitahara had to drink Red Bull while speaking his lines.

If possible, it would be better to add a line like "Drinking Red Bull gives you more energy to fight zombies!"

Fifth, the other party asked Taoyuan Township to give up its bargaining power over the box office share. If the global box office is less than 10 billion US dollars, all the box office revenue will belong to Paramount, and Taoyuan Township can only get a fixed licensing fee.

……

Seeing this long list of conditions, Liu Mengyuan's eyebrows couldn't stop trembling!
This...this is too much!
The script created with great effort by their friends in Taoyuan Township must not be tarnished by these annoying zz correctness!
Besides, what does it mean that they are willing to share the box office revenue only after the box office reaches 10 billion? Do they know what 10 billion US dollars means?

Liu Mengyuan said coldly:

"Reply to Paramount. If they offer such conditions, it's clear they have no sincerity. We will terminate our cooperation without hesitation!"

although!

In terms of size and global influence in the film market, Taoyuanxiang is not on the same order of magnitude as Paramount Pictures.

However, this does not mean that our Taoyuan Township is a fish that can be slaughtered at will!

We must have an equal partnership!

If it happened to other domestic game companies, their producers would probably have been overjoyed and grateful.

But unfortunately, my Taoyuan Township is not a dog that worships foreign things and fawns on them.

If you want to cooperate with me, you have to pay real money and show sincerity!
Because this is a Chinese game!

The reason you are willing to adapt the game is because of the recent popularity of the game and the potential of our country's film market.

Since you are here to take advantage of my popularity and make money from me, you should show the proper attitude. I don’t care whether you are a Hollywood film producer or not!

Obviously, Liu Mengyuan's attitude made Li Hongmei silently approve.

Be neither humble nor arrogant, be reasonable and impartial!
Ms. Liu is truly a heroine!
Afterwards, Li Hongmei expressed her dissatisfaction to Paramount and demanded a redrafting of the cooperation agreement.

At first, Paramount refused to give in and tried to put up a fight. They replied with a hint of threat:

"Our cooperation has been all over your country's internet. If we suddenly cancel it, I'm afraid it will have a negative impact on Taoyuan Township's market image, right?"

After hearing this, Liu Mengyuan continued to sneer.

Are you trying to put extreme pressure on me and threaten me with public opinion?

Haha, don’t you know that all along the way I came to Taoyuan Township, I was met with ridicule almost everywhere?

Whether it is the Five Volumes of Central Plains or the big storms stirred up by your Hollywood directors and stars, what have we not seen?
So Liu Mengyuan asked Li Hongmei to continue answering:

"If you don't make any concessions, we don't mind announcing the cancellation of cooperation to players and fans in the Chinese market.
At that time, we will explain your conditions in detail to the disappointed fans, and I think they will give fair understanding.
Of course, we don’t know whether this move will have any negative consequences on your company’s reputation in the Chinese film market.”

Liu Mengyuan is turning the tables!
Just cancel it!
Just announce it!
To put it bluntly, we are just game makers. We can survive without movies, but whether you, Paramount, care about the reputation of Chinese movie fans is up to you to decide!
Sure enough, the other party replied quickly:
"Please don't rush to announce the cancellation. We're willing to cooperate because we're interested in this game. We can discuss anything."

Afterwards, Paramount proposed a new clause.

Although some clauses have been relaxed compared to the first one, such as allowing animals to become zombies and lowering the box office sharing threshold to 8 million US dollars, it is still not significant.

Seeing that the other party was practicing Tai Chi, Liu Mengyuan stopped talking nonsense.

She directly asked Li Hongmei to list the conditions offered by Taoyuan Township:

First, Taoyuanxiang Pictures has the highest decision-making power over the script creativity. The screenwriter and art team of the film will be formed by Hua Guo, and Ms. Liu Mengyuan will personally serve as producer and art consultant.

Second, the filming location must be in China and Japan. Taoyuanxiang Pictures will build a studio at its own expense for the Paramount team to shoot. In addition, the actors must be all East Asian actors, and any other ethnicity will be rejected.

Third, this film rejects any form of commercial implantation.

Fourth, Paramount must provide professional lenses, film technology, sound technology and exclusive special effects technology support for film shooting.

Fifth, for the global distribution of the film, the two parties will form a distribution committee, and neither party can carry out activities privately.

Of course, Liu Mengyuan also understood that such a clause might be a bit disadvantageous for Paramount, so she inserted two carrots into the cooperation agreement:

Regarding the production costs of the film, all expenses for outdoor shooting, studio, and the Paramount team coming to China to shoot will be borne by Taoyuan Township, and both parties will bear 50% of the actors' salaries.

Paramount enjoys exclusive theater bargaining rights for this film, and the two parties share the net profit box office revenue in a 50% to 50% ratio.

……

After listing the above terms, Liu Mengyuan specifically asked Li Hongmei to add:
This is the final condition that Taoyuan Township can accept.

After sending these terms, the other party fell into oblivion and there was no news for several days.

Three days later, just when Li Hongmei's liaison team was feeling discouraged, news came from Paramount:

"We accept these conditions. Let's forget the unpleasantness in our previous communication. I wish us a happy cooperation!"

When Li Hongmei excitedly told Liu Mengyuan the news, Liu Mengyuan smiled slightly.

The Americans are smart and know that even if they do this, they will not suffer any loss. After all, the IP of "The End of the Line" belongs to Taoyuan Township, the art and screenwriting team is from Taoyuan Township, and the filming costs are also borne by Taoyuan Township.

All they have to do is provide the people and then sit back and wait for the profits to be split 50-50.

In fact, Liu Mengyuan felt that the reason why Lu Yu was willing to cooperate with Paramount was because he saw Paramount's century-long accumulation of filming and visual effects.

Taoyuan Township’s first film can avoid many detours by cooperating with such an established and large-scale company.

What's more, under the halo of her system, the employees of Taoyuan Township have a guaranteed level of proficiency. As long as they undergo cooperation and training with the other team, there is no need to worry about their progress!

Your technique is very good, the next one will be mine, haha!
……

The two parties soon formally signed a cooperation agreement.

After the negotiations were settled, Liu Mengyuan sat at his workstation and began to think about the specific shooting techniques of the film.

After all, she is a producer and art director!
It is a rare opportunity to cooperate with such an established film company. Liu Mengyuan feels that if he simply copies the game plot of "The Last Line" to the theaters without any changes, it would be too boring.

Nowadays, domestic movies are basically watched wearing simple 3D glasses, and the best ones are in IMAX theaters.

Apart from the acceptable Dolby sound effect, the sense of immersion is actually not much better than the VR experience of Taoyuan Shenyou.

Paramount's offering price will definitely not be low.

The price of the game "Final Defense" is very cheap.

Therefore, in terms of the movie viewing experience, even if it doesn’t make players feel that it is worth the money, it should at least be no worse than the gaming experience...

Liu Mengyuan pondered for a moment, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind!
Why not combine Taoyuan Township’s VR technology with movies? !
Instead of making a popcorn commercial film that is not much different from other zombie movies,
It would be better to completely overturn the viewing experience of movie fans and produce a 3D panoramic movie that can make the audience feel more immersive and even allow them to personally participate in the movie!

In this way, perhaps this movie will lead a new movie-watching revolution?
The more Liu Mengyuan thought about it, the more excited she became. However, this was a serious matter and she didn't want to make the decision on her own, so she went to discuss it with Lu Yu.

As soon as this subversive idea was proposed, Lu Yu immediately agreed with it!
Lu Yu excitedly held her little hand!
"Yuanyuan! You...you and I are thinking the same thing!
In fact, I have been thinking recently that the screen in the cinema is too boring. We can obviously make the audience feel more present when watching the movie."

"Yeah!"

Hearing Lu Yu say this, Liu Mengyuan felt like he had found a soulmate, and quickly continued to think:

"For example, we can use light and sound to completely simulate the atmosphere of a doomsday zombie scene."

Lu Yu continued to persuade:

"That's not all. We can also simulate smells, like the bloody smell of zombies."

Liu Mengyuan slapped his head and thought that Lu Yu’s idea was quite brilliant!
She quickly picked up her notebook and began to write furiously.

"Yuanyuan..."

Lu Yu said softly,

"Since I've put you in charge of the film business, it means I have absolute trust in you. If you have similar ideas in the future, just go for it without hesitation. You don't need to ask me for permission on everything."

"Um……"

Liu Mengyuan's beautiful eyes were shining, and she excitedly left with her notebook.

Looking at the girl's petite back, Lu Yu sighed in his heart:

She is worthy of being the woman I like, the hand-picked Miss Fengchu!
Originally, Paramount had a mature film industry process, but she insisted that Taoyuanxiang, who had no experience, had to do many of the tasks herself.

Also, my dear Miss Mengyuan, guess why the art of film is called "film"?
The film industry has gone through a century of development before it has reached its current form.

The format of "watching through a screen" has been fixed since the birth of movies. No matter how movies develop, they will remain essentially the same.

Why do you think other filmmakers have not realized the ideas we just mentioned in the past hundred years? Is it because they don’t want to?
You are going to revolutionize the entire world film industry. It's impossible to even think about it!
Although he thought of this, Lu Yu still didn't have the courage to expose it.

Since your girlfriend is happy, just go along with her.

At this moment, the system pops up a prompt:
Liu Mengyuan is deeply touched by your support and is in a good mood. He has a critical hit and his leisure points increase by 200.

Lu Yu was even happier.

Look, she even has to thank us!
He sighed silently and started to think carefully about how to comfort his girlfriend after the movie flopped.

Just as he finished thinking this, a new system prompt popped up in front of Lu Yu:

[Congratulations, your behavior has been detected and a new surprise task has been triggered]

[Surprise Mission 3: Play Time]

[Attend a game exhibition and earn 40000 leisure points from visitors]

[Reward for successful mission: Blissful Walker]

[Reward Description: This buff lasts for 120 days. During this period, if the host engages in formal combat with the enemy, the leisure points obtained will be multiplied tenfold!]

[Penalty for mission failure: Deduction of 40000 leisure points]

[Note: If the account's leisure points balance is insufficient, the host's male succubus status will automatically last for 120 days.]

[This task has been automatically accepted and cannot be abandoned]

Seeing this new task, Lu Yu was dumbfounded. What the hell is this about points being multiplied tenfold during combat?
Although!

He had also gained leisure points when the opponent used his hands, feet, and absolute domain before, but generally speaking, they were all within a reasonable range.

Wow, if this were to increase tenfold, how much would that earn me?

Moreover, the more fun I have, the more money I make. System, are you really encouraging me to stay on the LSP path until the end?
At this time, Liu Mengyuan also received the task.

[Congratulations, you have reached the triggering conditions and the task has been automatically accepted]

[Surprise Mission 3: Movie Revolution]

During the filming of "The Last Stand," the crew earned a total of 40000 proficiency points and achieved at least one revolutionary film technology breakthrough.

[Task Success Reward: Staying on Track]

[Reward Description: This buff lasts for 120 days. During this period, if the host engages in formal combat with the enemy, all Succubus proficiency points obtained will be automatically converted into career-related proficiency points.]

[Mission Failure Reward: Not Doing Your Job]

[Reward Description: This debuff lasts for 120 days. During this period, if the host engages in formal combat, for every Succubus Proficiency Point gained, 1 Career Proficiency Points will be automatically converted into Succubus Proficiency Points.]

[This task has been automatically accepted and cannot be abandoned]

Liu Mengyuan was dumbfounded.

What the hell is this buff!
In other words, after doing all the things she loves with Lu Yu, all the points that would have led to her downfall will become the career proficiency points she has always dreamed of!

This... isn't this a disguised way of encouraging her to have more and more time with Lu Yu... this and that?

But that debuff is even more outrageous. The more two people show their affection, the faster they fall.

This is too terrible, she must complete the task in this cycle!
(End of this chapter)