How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 510 [Let the Bullets Fly], the similarity between Jiang Wen and Chen Wuji
  People from the mainland, Hong Kong and major film and television companies are not optimistic about the movie directed by Jiang Wen.

Because Jiang Wen’s past directorial works and achievements are all there.

1995年5000万人民币票房的【阳光灿烂的日子】、2000年没上映的【鬼子来了】、2007年1701.3万人民币票房的【太阳照常升起】。

By looking for patterns, we can easily find that the box office of Jiang Wen's directorial works continues to decline.

What's more, this new movie "Let the Bullets Fly" has become more abstract than the previous movies.

The names of the previous movies are still understandable.

This one, "Let the Bullets Fly," is too difficult to understand. It's not even a complete title.

Most importantly.

Six days later, the Chinese-American producer and director Feng Xiaogang's series "If You Are the One 2" will be released, and before the release of "Let the Bullets Fly", Yu Wen of "Big Laughter" and "The Orphan of Zhao" is still in the mainland film market. live.

Under such a situation, no one can predict "Let the Bullets Fly" before watching the movie.

……

At the premiere of "Let the Bullets Fly".

Everyone who came to attend Zhang Nan was disappointed because Zhang Nan did not show up at the premiere of "Let the Bullets Fly" at all.

far away.

Inside Zhang Nan's office.

Old Luke asked Zhang Nan with some confusion, "Why don't you go to the premiere? With your attendance, the box office of this movie will be increased by at least tens of millions of yuan. Maybe if the movie is lucky, it will be Overseas film studios buy the copyright, and this is a project that we fully invest in."

"It's just a one-time deal, and the box office is at most [-] million US dollars. I really don't want to waste that energy." Zhang Nan replied.

Old Luke was a little confused when he heard this, "One-shot deal?"

Zhang Nan explained: "Jiang Wen is a bit talented, but also quite egotistical. If this movie "Let the Bullets Fly" is successful, he will definitely not continue to work with us on the next movie. A new person sets up a stall. After all, if he cooperates with us, he is at most a director and gets a small share of the profit, but not a big share.

If this film "Let the Bullets Fly" fails, will we continue to cooperate with a director who has made three consecutive films? "

Old Luke shook his head, but he also understood the meaning of Zhang Nan's words, but...

"With a box office limit of US$[-] million, that's a box office of six to seven billion yuan. Do you really dare to think that?" Old Luke recalled Zhang Nan's initial judgment and asked with some disbelief.

Zhang Nan heard Old Luke's disbelief and did not give an explanation.

After all, sometimes words are pale and facts are the last word.

It is estimated that no one except him would have thought that the box office of "Let the Bullets Fly" would exceed [-] million yuan.

With this thought in mind, Zhang Nan focused on Jiang Wen again.

to be frank.

Zhang Nan always felt that Jiang Wen and Chen Wuji were somewhat similar.

Both of them have certain directorial talents, but their personalities are too self-centered. Once they succeed, they start to drift away.

There is only one popular classic movie - Jiang Wen's "Let the Bullets Fly", Chen Wuji's "Farewell My Concubine", and then they continue to stretch their hips.

It's just that Jiang Wen's film style is a bit red and brick, while Chen Wuji's film style is a bit artistic and humane.

This difference is also related to the era in which the two lived.

Later, Zhang Nan felt that the main reason why Jiang Wen had a better reputation than Chen Wuji in the mainland film and television circles was that Jiang Wen had better luck than Chen Wuji.

After Jiang Wen's "Let the Bullets Fly", we encountered the golden age of the mainland film and television industry. No matter how bad the film was, it had a box office of hundreds of millions, which could barely cover its shame. But after Chen Wuji's "Farewell My Concubine", we encountered the curtain era of the mainland film and television industry. No matter how good the film is, the box office of the film is huge.

……

[Let the Bullets Fly] In the screening room.

The 132-minute movie has ended, but the guests in the screening room, except for some uneducated people, all felt that after watching "Let the Bullets Fly", their brains felt as if they had received too much information and metaphors in a short period of time. That is, overusing your brain.

Do mainland movies now dare to shoot like this?
  This director is a bit brave, and his techniques are very fancy.

How does this kind of content review pass?

...and other thoughts emerged in the minds of all the guests.

Especially Wang Zhong and Feng Xiaogang from the Chinese side looked at each other after watching the movie.

The Chinese-American king was the first to look at Feng Xiaogang and whispered: "This movie is of good quality, will it pose a threat to our [If You Are the One 2]?"

Feng Xiaogang said nothing when he heard this, but his eyes also revealed his fear.

Sometimes good movies are like this, everyone can understand them.

Seeing that Feng Xiaogang was silent, Mr. Wang, a Chinese-American on the side, suggested: "Since there is a threat, how about we follow the method used by Director Chen in [The Orphan of Zhao] to deal with Lao Zhao in [Laughing Jianghu], and release it on schedule?"

Before Feng Xiaogang said anything, the Chinese king quickly reached out and patted his younger brother and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? It's scheduled to be released. You don't want to hang out anymore?"

"Chen Wuji can use it, why can't we?" Mr. Wang, a Chinese-American, said a little angrily.

The Chinese boss explained sternly in a low voice: "Chen Wuji is bullying Lao Zhao because he is a newcomer in the film and television industry. Newcomers in our industry are not allowed to pay tuition fees. Even Zhang Weiping, who is holding Zhang Yimou's thigh, has just entered the industry. Didn't I get tricked sometimes? It's a common practice.

But Jiang Wen is not a newcomer, and the most important thing is that "Let the Bullets Fly" is different from "Laughing Rivers and Lakes". In "Laughing Rivers and Lakes", Longbow Film and Television is just a distribution agent, and the fundamental interests of Longbow Film and Television are not involved.

But "Let the Bullets Fly" is fully invested and distributed by Longbow Film and Television, and it is a direct project of Longbow Film and Television. What should you do if you use tricks and annoy Director Zhang? What should we Chinese Americans do about our overseas strategy? "

Overseas strategy?

The Chinese-American Xiao Wang always disagreed with the reason his eldest brother finally moved out.

If Huaying cannot go overseas, how can they expect to go overseas?

It’s just that I can’t afford to offend Longgong Film and Television.

Of course.

Mr. Wang, a Chinese-American, also knew that his Chinese-American family was indeed unable to compete with Longbow Film and Television, which was ranked number one in the mainland film and television industry, and even in the global film and television industry, so he didn't say anything.

……

The box office on the first day was 3018 million yuan.

The box office exceeded 4000 million yuan the next day.

On Saturday, the single-day box office of "Let the Bullets Fly" even experienced a blowout. In less than half a day, the cumulative box office of "Let the Bullets Fly" in the mainland exceeded the RMB [-] million mark.

By the end of Sunday.

The performance of "Let the Bullets Fly" in the first four days reached an astonishing RMB 1.7 million.

The box office revenue is RMB 1.6 million higher than the previous RMB [-] million of Feng Xiaogang's "Earthquake".

Such achievements directly transformed Jiang Wen from a former investor hunter in the film and television industry to a top commercial film director in the mainland.

(End of this chapter)