At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 533 Courage
Hearing Shen Xudong's complaint, Gao Fenfen rolled her eyes: "It's true that you can't do this anymore! This time the higher ups are not protecting you, the movie can let you pass the trial?"

Shen Xudong nodded: "I will make a few comedies next year..."

"Comedy is good, comedy is not taboo!"

Chen Xi only cares about one thing: "Do you still want to promote "Manslaughter"?"

"...Continue to create topics... Wait for the word-of-mouth of "Golden Armor" to be released, and step on it to promote it!"

""Golden Armor" is so bad?"

Shen Xudong nodded: "Well... I read the script, it's related to "Thunderstorm", but the story is still not full. In the end of the tragedy, all the honest people died, and all the villains lived... Obviously it doesn't meet the taste of the audience!"

"I understand…"

Shen Xudong clapped his hands: "I'll go find Deputy Director Hun Sen..."

"...Don't give gifts, the higher ups are watching him now!"

"Don't worry, I'm with Han Dong and Song Dong..."

"Dong Song?"

"Song Dai!"

Song Dai is the general manager of Yindu Organization, and belongs to the alliance and cooperation with Golden Harvest. Yindu is the co-producer of several plays of Golden Harvest, including "Manslaughter", "New World", and "The Evil Man"!
"Manslaughter" can be released in the mainland, Song Dong contributed a lot.

From the introduction on the encyclopedia, it can be seen that the purpose and mission of the Yindu organization is to "make progressive films, distribute domestic films, and unite the Hong Kong industry."

The films produced by Yindu can be directly released in the mainland market, and the films they shoot can be shot directly without the approval of the script by the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television of the mainland...

Simply put: your own people!
Gao Fenfen understood: "...Oh, come back and tell me if you have any plans."

"Can you have any plans? I'm here to express my gratitude, not to talk about movies..."

……

"Next year's box office will be 30 billion, and our company and Yindu will claim 10 billion!"

Deputy Director Hun Sen knocked on the table: "Don't brag!"

Shen Xudong immediately stood up: "No bragging, let's just talk about "Zhao Zilong" during the Spring Festival. I can't guarantee anything else. It is still possible to exceed [-] million in the Mainland, and [-] million or even [-] million in Asia!"

"... so confident?"

Shen Xudong explained: "The theme of the Three Kingdoms is familiar in East Asia. As long as the filming is not too bad, it will definitely sell well at the box office... "Zhao Zilong" I personally checked the script. The behind-the-scenes art design and costume design have hired the top domestic teams..."

Han Dong was stunned for a moment: "I heard that Li Rengang is filming..."

"It was agreed in advance that he was only in charge of the camera...he was not given the editing rights."

"Then what can he do?"

"Why don't you do it? "The Raptors" is a big loss, and he has to live..." Shen Xudong continued: "Han Dong, although the directors in Hong Kong have commercial operation capabilities, they really have no culture at all. Don't give them all the power!"

Director Han sighed: "I've handed over "Red Cliff" to Wu Yusen..."

Shen Xudong persuaded: "Forgive me, Wu Yusen's vision is too small, and everything he shoots is a gangster movie... I talked to him about the script, and he actually told me to focus on Xiao Qiao's role... I directly refused to write the script."

"But...if you don't look for him, who else can you look for? And he proposed the "Red Cliff" project. I think mainstream movies must be blockbusters..."

Song Dai, who was silent all the time, interjected: "The cost of "Manslaughter" didn't even reach 4000 million... It sold nearly [-] million in Asia, especially in Hong Kong, it beat "The Shadow of the Shadow and the Dragon", "New Iron King Kong Wisdom Breaks Casino Royale" "Two Hollywood blockbusters...Last year's blockbuster "The Promise" was also a blockbuster domestically, and it was almost made a laughingstock overseas..."

Han Shanping was blocked...

The overseas box office of "The Promise" is also his heartache.

Shen Xudong hurriedly laughed, and deliberately asked: "The new Iron King Kong cracks Casino Royale? What movie is this?"

"007 vs. Casino Royale..."

"007...Why does Hong Kong translate like this?"

"What's the matter..." Song Dai suddenly thought of something: "Which movie do you think "Dark Moon Flying" is?"

Shen Xudong was curious: ""Underworld"?"

"No ..."

"Great Thieves?"

"No ..."

Shen Xudong couldn't think of it. He glanced at Director Han, who was also a little confused: "...I don't know, Lao Song, just tell me!"

""The Shawshank Redemption"…"

"what?"-
Shen Xudong... almost speechless, how did this thing translate?
"The Taiwanese translation is called "Stimulus 1995"..."

……

After expressing his determination, Shen Xudong had a meal in the canteen of the General Administration, and then went home.

"Golden Armor" has been released...

Shen Xudong does not doubt the box office appeal of "Golden Armor" at all. From the beginning, this film was used to fulfill the planning, investment, and production limits of domestic blockbusters. In addition, it further tapped the box office potential of the mainland film market...

It was released on the 14th, and on the 15th, a bunch of news came: Zhang Yimou’s new film "The Golden Flower" premiered at a national box office of more than 1500 million yuan. Industry insiders estimated that the total box office revenue will exceed 3 million yuan, and it is expected to break through. Domestic box office record set by Titanic.

The reason why the first day 'only' was 1500 million is mainly because the film was released at 7 pm, which means that the first day only had five hours of screening time!

Zhang Weiping of New Screen said, "The film's box office will exceed 2 million yuan a week after its release, 3 million yuan after Christmas and before New Year's Day, and 12 million yuan during the New Year's Day holiday."There is no film that can threaten it during the Lunar New Year this year. I am very much looking forward to it breaking the 3.5-year-old Chinese box office record of [-] million yuan for "Titanic". '

By the way, "The Good Man in the Gorge" was also released on the same day.

It's a pity that most theaters don't arrange film schedules - theaters also have to make money, if you show "The Good Man in Three Gorges" one more time, "Golden Armor" will have one less...

Obviously, there are very few viewers who are interested in "The Good Man in Three Gorges".

Jia Zhangke expressed all kinds of resentment, "We have traveled all the way, all the theaters not only have "Golden Armor" on the film schedule, but even the promotion in the lobby.It's amazing how they 'closed' the theater.

In the past four or five years, Chinese movie theaters have to be occupied by a so-called local blockbuster at the end of each year, and only directors such as Zhang and Chen have the ability to do so.Is this phenomenon normal?I don't understand what progress these so-called blockbusters can express in Chinese movies? '

'During the release of "Golden Armor", overseas blockbusters were not allowed to be released; even CCTV news broadcasts were able to broadcast the news of the release.This ability to use public resources is not available to every director. At this time, the box office is not the result of market choices. '

This matter had nothing to do with Shen Xudong. This was not when he posted a blog to promote "Manslaughter". Many netizens asked him his opinion, and he said: "There are 3500 screens in total, and theaters are not stupid. Scheduling for an art film? Don’t pursue the box office for an art film, you’ve already won the honor... Besides, I’ve always had a point of view: commercial films should make money, otherwise theaters won’t be able to do it.”

"Then what do you think of Jia Zhangke's behavior?"

"remarkably brave…"

"But "The Good Man in Three Gorges" sold for 150 million dollars in France!"

"So? The French box office of "House of Flying Daggers" seems to be 380 million, the French box office of "Hero" is 510 million US dollars, and the French box office of "Carol" is less than 400 million US dollars... By the way, the French box office of "Manslaughter" is also It's in theaters, it's still in theaters, final box office numbers haven't come out yet, but I know attendance is good...should make $100 million at the box office..."

(End of this chapter)