You don't understand the happiness of the director

Chapter 271 The Lunar New Year stalls are full of gunpowder, Wang Fugui sweeps Meiyu (3, monthly ticket 5600)

The mainland's Lunar New Year movie market is surging. First, Chen Kaige's "Mei Lanfang" fired the first shot of the Lunar New Year movie. It won the mainland's weekly box office championship for two consecutive weeks, earning 8200 million in two weeks.

In the second week, the popular Hong Kong film "Ip Man" and Xu Ke's "Women Are Not Bad" were overwhelmed. As for Wu Jing's "Spike Fang", it had no sense of existence at all, and could only be seen in a corner where no one noticed. Silently rush to the street.

It's just that the reputation of "Mei Lanfang" can't be compared with "Farewell My Concubine", let alone "Farewell My Concubine".

Director Kai Ge stated that it was because the Mei family interfered too much, which affected his creation, and the deletion of A Jiao's scenes made the play incomplete.

Two weeks later, Feng Xiaogang teamed up with Ge You's "If You Are the One" to debut on the stage, and earned nearly 8000 million at the box office in the first week. Xiaogang easily defeated Director Chen again, forcing "Mei Lanfang" to slash the box office in a single week. He defended the authority of himself, Zhang Yimou, and Wang Quan, the three major mainland directors.

In the second week, "If You Are the One" even won a single-week box office of 1.12 million, creating a single-week box office record for Chinese-language movies!
This result was something neither Feng Xiaogang nor the Huayi brothers expected. In just two weeks, or 10 days to be exact, the box office reached 1.9 million, almost approaching the total box office of "Assembly Number".

Feng Xiaogang was very shocked when "Assembly Number" broke [-] million. He brought a few non-famous actors from the mainland to win the "Voting Certificate" that gathered big names!
But today he was even more shocked, this is almost [-] million, is he so good?

"Mei Lanfang" can't stop me anymore, what about "Red Cliff·On"? The 2008 annual box office champion won't be your own, right?
Influenced by Qiankun Films, "Red Cliff·On" failed to break [-] million, but Feng Xiaogang suddenly felt that his "If You Are the One" had the hope of becoming the first Chinese film to break [-] million!
How popular is "If You Are the One", a guy named Jin Ahuan took a fancy to the popularity of this movie, and registered the trademark of "If You Are the One" by himself.

Later, Jiang Sutai created a blind date program, obtained the authorization from Huayi, and used the name "If You Are the One", but was sued by Jin Ahuan. The lawsuit lasted for nearly four years, and this program once became the most popular in the mainland. The hot variety show, the existence of arm wrestling with Mango Channel's Happy Camp and Everyday Upward.

However, If You Are the One is about to face a formidable enemy. On January 1st, New Year’s Day, produced by Jiahe and Wangdao, distributed by Qiankun and China Film, Zhen Zidan, Wang Xueqi, Wu Jing, Liu Yifei, Fan Bingbing, Hu Jun, Liang Jiahui, Wu Mengda , Yu Shaoqun, Yam Dahua, Battelle, Li Ming, Yang Mi, Zhang Xueyou, Li Jiaxin, Ma Shaohua, Tao Zeru and other powerful stars from mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, "October Siege" is officially released!
Such a shining star lineup, coupled with Zhen Zidan's popularity has soared with the two movies "Painted Skin" and "Ip Man", Yang Mi and Liu Yifei have also maintained high popularity, and popular idol Li Yuchun sang the theme song " "Powder" can be said to be coming in force.

Housewives like Concubine Liu Yi have started to participate in shows frequently to promote the movie. Although it is only four times, and the box office is not on her head, she is the main force of the promotion. She has now regarded the kingly way and Qiankun as her own. Of course, he worked hard for the promotion of his own movie.

For this reason, when she and Li Yuchun ate together after the premiere, and the paparazzi caught her shoulder-to-shoulder and the rumors of a daughter-in-law scandal spread, Concubine Liu Yi did not clarify, let them guess, so that there will be a topic.

But I have to explain to Wang Quan that she is very straight.

And Li Yuchun didn't clarify, which made Concubine Liu Yi murmur, she, she doesn't really have any thoughts about herself, does she?

In short, after the premiere, the topic of "October Besieged City" continued. Wang Quan and Yang Mi, who are abroad, also supported Weibo. They are the two people with the most fans on Weibo.

As a result, the film quickly became the hottest movie online and offline, and Dawang Cinemas and Golden Harvest Cinemas almost filled up the film, and their own films received extraordinary support.

"October Siege" was released on New Year's Day, which is not only a statutory holiday, but also has special significance for young men and women, so the midnight show and Thursday grossed 2800 million at the box office.

The next day was Friday, and the box office was also good, with 2300 million!
On Saturday, the third day, the box office was further upgraded to 3100 million!
On the fourth day, it fell back on Sunday, 2700 million!
The cumulative box office in the first week was 1.09 million, taking the weekly box office away from "If You Are the One". The key point is that this movie has a very good reputation. It is the best-known costume blockbuster since "Hero". The action scenes are explosive and the core is enough. moving.

The box office of "If You Are the One", which has been strong for two weeks, dropped to 6500 million in the third week, which is quite good. There is still hope for [-] million, if there is no "Red Cliff: Next" in the future.

As early as November last year, "Red Cliff: On" successfully landed in the neon market and achieved unprecedented success. How successful is it? The box office of this movie in neon is higher than that of Huaxia, with a score of 11 billion yen. Ranked No.48 in the annual box office of Neon.

Neon people really love the Three Kingdoms.

Although Wu Yusen failed to achieve his long-cherished wish of surpassing "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" as the world's number one box office Chinese film, and even "Heroes", he still has a lower part. The big scenes, great feelings and big patterns of Chibi are all in the lower part. , he has more confidence in the lower part, and he can definitely surpass the upper part!
He was confident, the producer China Film had to follow him, and the advertisers were also confident, so "Red Cliff: Next" posted a rare 20-minute pre-roll advertisement, which was more brutal than "Twilight 2".

On January 1th, "Red Cliff: Next" held its world premiere at the Kerry Center in Beijing with the theme of "Heroes Reunion, Epic Return". Ended the premiere.

At the scene, not only Liang Chaowei, Jin Chengwu, Zhang Fengyi, Zhang Zhen, Hu Jun, Zhao V, Lin Zhiling, Tong Dawei, You Yong, Hou Yong and other main creators gathered together to make an appearance, toast tea and talk about heroes, and two young directors came to support .

During the passing of the torch, director Wu Yusen interacted enthusiastically with directors Lu Chuan and Ning Hao. The two young directors carefully prepared the trailers of their new films "Jinling Jinling" and "No Man's Land" and sent them to Director Wu. pay tribute.

These two films are going to be released in 09, and Ning Hao is basically sure that "No Man's Land" has been selected by the Berlin International Film Festival, but the Berlin Film Festival has not officially announced this, so he has no choice but to hide his joy. in the bottom of my heart.

"Red Cliff: Part II" was released on the 7th. Before that, "October Besieged City" was in full swing, earning box office like crazy, which greatly squeezed the living space of "If You Are the One". Even if the attendance rate of "If You Are the One" is quite good, it is still affected the most.

However, the box office of "Red Cliff: Next" was not as brutal as everyone imagined. It only had 1400 million box office on the first day. Although the filming started at 14:[-] in the afternoon, and although it was a Wednesday working day, who would watch a movie in the morning? Looking at it this way, it seems that Not as good as "October Siege".

The main reason is that the first film gave the audience a bad impression. Even if you say that the second film is a big scene, everyone is unwilling to support it. After all, the current movie ticket price is quite a lot compared to the income, and "October" has a stable reputation. Fortress Besieged and If You Are the One are more trustworthy.

Before everyone had time to ridicule the box office of "Red Cliff: Next", good news came from the United States again.

At the American Critics' Choice Awards, one of the four weathervanes, "Slumdog Millionaire" won five awards for best film, best director, best screenwriter, best teen actor, and best film music, becoming The biggest winner of the night!
This means that "Slums" is one step closer to winning the Oscar statuette. More and more people are optimistic about this movie with humanistic care, twists and turns, and the theater chain took the opportunity to expand its theaters. The number finally exceeded 500, but the attendance remained high.

Wang Quan received a congratulatory call from Yang Mi at home. Now that she has returned to China with the crew of "Zodiac", the next part will be filmed in China. Yang Mi also has the opportunity to help promote "October Siege".

She also took the opportunity to ask for credit, "I am a dozen times, and I even went to "Happy Camp" once for this movie, I am quite interesting."

"Enough is enough."

"Then you won't come back for the Chinese New Year?"

"Of course I have to go back. Gadot and I have just confirmed our relationship. We must take her to meet family members. She has met relatives from my mother's side, but she hasn't seen relatives from my father's side yet."

Yang Mi was upset for a moment, "You don't want to see our Yang family's relatives."

Wang Quan felt a little guilty, "I'm too familiar with them, I don't think there's any need for that."

Yang Mi, "Don't worry, Lao Yang can't handcuff you if you love me."

"I still have confidence in Lao Yang's professional ethics."

Yang Mi, "I'll break your leg at most."

Kingship, "..."

After hanging up on Yang Mi's phone, Wang Quan called Lao Wang again. With the current momentum of "Slumdog", the nomination for Oscar should be within reach, so the schedule can be announced.

Old Wang was very excited, "It's suffocating me, I should be sure to win the prize this time."

Wang Quan, "Nothing is guaranteed. "Saving Private Ryan" even failed at the Oscars, but still lost to "Shakespeare in Love." So anything can happen on the Oscar stage, not to mention that I am still Chinese. ."

Old Wang said distressedly, "Quan'er, are foreigners pushing you out, or why don't you just come back, we won't be so angry with you!"

"Hurry up, hurry up, I have to get good grades before going back, otherwise, what will my parents and folks think of me, oh, I can't make it, so I want to go back to China?"

Wang Quan never mirrored Director Wu's intentions. There are ups and downs in the director's career, which is normal, but he hopes to return to his hometown at the highest point, and travel in brocade clothes every day.

What Wang Quan really has confidence in is not the Oscars, but "Inception", which is the pinnacle of his dreams, so he takes the issue of awards very lightly.

On this day, Qiankun Films announced that "Slumdog Millionaire" will be released in mainland China on February 2. It is said that it will take more than a month. Fans of Wang Quan turned into little blacks to attack Wang Quan's Weibo, and then criticized the real Heizi criticized again.

Soon, there will be a bigger awards stage waiting for Wang Quan. This time he made a rare appearance in person, this time it is the Golden Globe Awards.

Time flies faster in China. Over there, the box office of "Red Cliff: The Next" is officially released. The box office in the first five days is 8500 million, which is not over [-] million, and the results are far worse than the previous one.

The box office of "October Besieged City" in the second week of its release was 9100 million!
Under the influence of bad word-of-mouth, "Red Cliff: Part II" didn't even get Zhou Guan.

Wang Qiankun chuckled, it seems that the first Chinese-language film to exceed [-] million may fall into our kingly way!
Huang Jianxin, "This is our kingly way."

"We're all a family, don't care about those details, Lao Huang, the Golden Globes are about to be broadcast."

"Well, it's about to start." Huang Jianxin quickly found a broadcast platform on the Internet. The two old men watched together, and soon found King Quan. He was surrounded by Indian faces, which was very easy to find.

Lao Wang commented, "The little Indian girl next to him is pretty good."

He knew that this was the heroine of "The Slum", but he didn't know how deep his relationship with his son was.

Anne Hathaway, who has a deep friendship with Wang Quan at the scene, has won several best actresses for a comedy film like "Rachel's Wedding". Now she dares to think about Oscar queens up.

After a talk show, the awards officially began. "Slums" quickly won the best original music award, and then the best original song was won by another movie "The Wrestler" by the dragon.

However, it may be due to the rise of the balance dragon, Yuan Shikong's "The Wrestler" also won the best actor in a drama category, but this time it was given to Xiao Lizi for "Road to Revolution".

Fortunately, the best screenwriter of "Slums" has not been lost by the butterfly effect, and now two awards have been obtained.

Then the Best Musical/Comedy Film was awarded to the leading actor and actress, and the Best Musical/Comedy Film was won by "Midnight in Barcelona".

Then there is the best picture in the drama category. In the competition with Revolutionary Road, Conversations with Nick Thon, The Reader, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, "Slumdog Millionaire" won without any surprise.

Seeing that the award was won, Yang Mi and Liu Yifei also heaved a sigh of relief. Now that the two of them gathered together to watch the awards ceremony, Liu Yifei said, "I'm more nervous than when I was nominated for the Golden Horse Best Actress."

Yang Mi, "Well, I'm more nervous than I was shortlisted for Golden Eagle TV."

The two women looked at each other, and there were only five words in their eyes: Look, you can do it!

When it came to Best Director, Wang Quan was also a little nervous. This award is not divided into drama and music/comedy. All directors compete for this award, and it is the only personal award related to him. He did not get it last year.

Throne's antagonists are David Fincher, Sam Mendes, Stephen Daldry, and Head of the Dragon's downstairs neighbor, Bryce Dallas Howard's father, director Ron Howard.

King Power's trip to the Golden Globes came to an end with the announcement of the award presenter, Martin Scorsese.

"The winner is "Slumdog Millionaire", director Wang Quan, congratulations to this young director!"

King Quan heaved a sigh of relief, and a week later, a bigger stimulus came when the Oscar shortlist was announced!

"Slumdog Millionaire" won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Effects, Best Film Editing, Best Original Song, Best Sound Editing, Best Art Direction, The best soundtrack, a total of ten nominations led the Oscars this year!

(End of this chapter)