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Chapter 799 Feng Xiaogang vs Zhang Yimou, a fierce battle

"The movie Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, directed by the famous director Li An, was released for 8 days and the cumulative box office was 1.16 million yuan, but it was a complete failure!"

"The movie "I Am Not Madame Bovary" directed by Feng Xiaogang, starring Fan Binbin, Guo Tao, Yu Hewei, Zhang Jiayi, Dapeng and others, grossed 5645 million yuan on its first day of release!"

"Directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Fan Wei, Ge You, Gao Ye, Luo Jialiang, Hou Tianlai, and Jiang Qiming, The Big Buddha grossed 7190 million on its first day, topping the box office charts that day!"

On the 18th, the national director's peak competition began to enter a fierce stage.

Putting aside Li An who became a stepping stone, the peak showdown between Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Yimou completely caught the audience's attention.

“It’s interesting to watch Wanda’s film schedule.”

"Has Huayi offended Wanda to death?"

"Jiang Dong, the screening schedules given by the new joint companies are not very high. Was it arranged by Zhou Yutang?"

The first day box office came out, and Zhang Yimou told everyone with actual results.

He is still the national teacher, so the little cannon has to step back a little.

There was a lot of discussion in the industry and all eyes were focused on it.

For movies, the most important thing is the theater’s screening schedule.

As long as the quality of the movie is good, the screening schedule is in place, and there is supporting marketing hype, the box office ranking will be useless.

Yaolai, which participated in the guaranteed distribution of "Pan Jinlian", naturally filled its theaters with screenings of "Pan Jinlian".

But the entire Chinese cinema chain is not controlled by Yaolai alone. Wanda, as the leader of the domestic cinema chain, has forcibly suppressed the proud head of the little steel cannon.

"Pan Jinlian" has 33.9% of the national screening rate, while the screening rate in Wanda Cinemas is only 10.7%.

Zhang Yimou's "The Great Buddha" was released at the same time, with a screening rate of 55.9% in Wanda Cinemas and 44.2% nationwide.

In fact, in terms of professional indicators such as average number of people per game and attendance rate, there is not much difference between the two.

All of them are produced by famous directors and have won awards at film festivals.

Speaking of the cast, "Pan Jinlian" has a slight advantage because of the popular actress Teacher Fan.

Given the overwhelming victory of San Sebastian, this kind of screening schedule is obviously a bit abnormal.

Little Cannon was in high spirits at the moment. With his temper, how could he tolerate it?

On that day, while still on the roadshow, the following words were already spoken:

"I will forward an open letter written by Pan Jinlian to the richest man on WeChat Moments and Weibo. Friends and media who are interested in watching the fun, please pay attention and welcome to forward it."

That night, the little steel cannon did not disappoint the audience who were waiting to see the fun.

After the first day's box office came out, Director Feng immediately wrote a letter on his Weibo in the middle of the night, thanking Wanda Lao Wang.

“I am Jinlian, and I have long heard of Mr. Wang’s great achievements. Under your macro-guidance, Wanda Group’s global industrial chain has a grand pattern, vision, and broad mind, which is obvious to all…

Mr. Wang, please calm down. I dare to say one more thing. If you sweep through thousands of troops like a rolling mat and treat me as a small wall, then please eradicate all evil and give me zero filming time, and let Pan's Golden Lotus fend for herself..."

"Little Cannon is really a talent."

Lu Yang and Guo Fan were both paying attention to this matter. Zhou Yutang also saw this Weibo post while filming and couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.

When it comes to sarcasm, Feng Xiaogang is the one who comes to mind.

The article consists of several hundred words and seems to contain no dirty words, but in fact it almost points at Lao Wang and scolds him for being narrow-minded and narrow-minded.

Just because Huayi poached Ye Ning, they deliberately targeted him in the film scheduling.

Wanda Lao Wang did not respond.

It would be somewhat embarrassing for the richest man in China to end up fighting and cursing with the little guy.

But Wanda Xiao Wang had no scruples.

He always starts to attack anyone he dislikes!
This time, he showed no mercy: "Director Feng, please stop speaking in such a sarcastic tone, it sounds disgusting!

It was originally a personal grudge between the companies, so how could you, a great director, use it to stir up public opinion? No one can resist money, but you are allowed to squeeze out others, but Wanda is not allowed to reduce the screening schedule because it is not optimistic about your movie?

Why are Zhou Yutang's movies screened in so many theaters?

Have you ever thought about this question?

Director Zhang won another Golden Bear Award. This movie was highly praised within Wanda. Why don’t they schedule screenings for you instead of for him?

The earth does not revolve around you.

As a director, why not let your best works speak for themselves? "

"Xiao Wang is still not as mature and steady as Lao Wang."

After Zhou Yutang finished filming the scene where Arthur was in the phone booth, Little Cannon responded again.

There is a time difference between the two sides, and now is the midnight snack break, so it's just right to watch the fun while eating.

When talking about the big trolls in the national server, Wanda Xiaowang must have a place.

In recent years, Wanda has been at its peak. He has been active on Weibo and has been dubbed the "discipline committee member" of the entertainment industry by netizens.

But don't think he is like a firecracker that can be ignited at any time.

Xiao Wang knows very well who he should not offend.

For example, at the Golden Eagle Awards last month, the friendship between the beauties in "Legend of Sword and Fairy III" was overturned, and the Grand Commander of Jiangdong was also involved, causing overwhelming public opinion.

At that time, a large number of marketing accounts were directly banned. As soon as they appeared, they were shut down immediately and all platforms covered their mouths.

Some fans went to Wang Xiaocong's Weibo and left suicidal messages, asking Xiao Wang to cheer up and expose the scumbag.

Wang Xiaocong chose to be selectively blind and pretended not to see it.

But Director Feng, a prominent figure in the Huayi circle, is obviously not someone Xiao Wang can't afford to offend.

Wanda and Jiangdong are now deeply bound strategic partners.

The national master is a contestant in this national director peak competition.

Feng Xiaogang showed off his qualifications in front of him, but it was obvious that he was not qualified enough.

Whether it is awards or box office performance, the national master is far superior to him.

Wanda is optimistic about Guoshi's movies and placed its bets in advance, so no one can find any fault with it.

……

The crew continued filming. Batman's father, Thomas Wayne, does not have many scenes in "Joker".

However, it played an extremely important role in Arthur's transformation.

Because he and Arthur's mother even had such a "story".

In the Arthur subway murder case, the three hooligans who harassed him were called the social elites, while Arthur, who was beaten and pulled out a gun in anger to resist and kill the three people, was defined as the garbage of society.

Arthur sneaked into Wayne Building, intercepted Thomas Wayne in the bathroom, confronted him, and insisted on clarifying his own life experience.

The result was a huge humiliation from old Wayne.

Words like "delusional" and "madman" were like heavy hammers, shattering Arthur's cracked heart.

"OK, perfect!"

Zhou Yutang stood up and applauded, very satisfied with their performance.

Especially Phoenix.

He faces the world with a smile.

Abandoned by the whole world.

Then, let's dance together...

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"The Great Buddha grossed 2.86 million yuan in its first weekend. It is another masterpiece by a Chinese film director. Its screening rate ranks first, breaking the first-week box office record for domestic art films in November!"

"I Am Not Madame Bovary" grossed 1.74 million yuan in its first weekend, with polarized reviews, Feng Xiaogang vs. Prince Wang!"

The top battle among the country's top directors is in full swing, completely igniting the film market.

The two films by these two great Chinese directors account for more than 80% of the entire market.

Even imported blockbusters such as "Doctor Strange" and "Warrior's Gate" had to give way.

When the eldest and the second oldest got into a fight, the third oldest was the one who suffered.

The screening schedule of "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" by Oscar-winning director Li An has been reduced to 2% and is about to be released.

Next up are the Harry Potter IP spin-off movie "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and Disney's "Moana", and Li An is doomed to be powerless to save the situation.

The little cannon and Wanda’s little king have been fighting for three consecutive days, tearing the sky apart, and have been on the hot searches many times, but they still haven’t given up.

The popularity is quite high, and Wanda’s screening schedule remains unchanged.

The little cannon wants to rise to the top, but he encounters a sniper attack from the national master Hengjiang. The two directors are fighting on the same stage, which is destined to be a tragic situation of life and death.

Judging from the results.

There is no doubt that the national teacher has the upper hand over the little cannon.

During the roadshow, Zhang Yimou's face was beaming and he looked in a very good mood.

Signing the studio in Jiangdong was the right decision.

Zhou Yutang had nothing to say about Zhang Yimou. In addition to the top director's salary, he also gave him a 2% share of the box office.

Everyone, including the national master and his team, was smiling.

The little cannon is in a terrible situation.

He invested his own money in it, and Yaolai guaranteed the issuance and gave a minimum price of 5 million yuan.

Judging from the current box office trends, it's a bit uncertain.

The key point is that Huayi signed a profit guarantee contract when it acquired his company Dongyang Mela, and it seems a bit difficult.

The leaders of the three armies were distracted, and the morale of the entire team was dispersed.

"Isn't it true that I fell into that big-mouthed woman's trap?"

Mr. Fan, one of the parties involved, was not paying attention to the roadshow at all at this time.

He kept looking at his phone, full of doubts, and wished he could fly to Zhou Yutang.

During this period, Teacher Fan came to the conclusion after secretly observing based on his own information channels: there was something wrong with the relationship between Shuang Liu and Zhou Yutang.

She was secretly happy, but did nothing. She just asked about his well-being and showed concern.

Zhou Yutang felt the tenderness of a mature older sister.

But I didn't expect that another big foreign horse would show up.

She is one of Hollywood's top actresses, Princess Anne is so sweet that it can make people's teeth fall out.

Even though my mind tells me that it's just a rumor, Teacher Fan is also a woman, and I always feel inexplicably jealous.

Or it was Lan Lan, the assistant beside him, who was more sensible and comforted her: "Sister Binbin, don't think too much. I admit that Anne Hathaway was quite pretty when she was young, but Western women age very quickly. Look at her nasolabial lines... Oh, how can she compare to you?"

"Really?"

Teacher Fan's eyes lit up.

"Then there is still a holiday?"

Lan Lan patted her chest and said confidently, "Besides, with Mr. Zhou's eyes, how could he be interested in a married woman? It's definitely not what is reported outside..."

"What you said makes sense."

Teacher Fan smiled brightly: "Go inform Director Feng that I'm not feeling well and will not be able to attend tomorrow's road show."

"Sister, are you okay?"

Lan Lan was slightly stunned, then asked nervously: "Are you catching a cold? The Golden Horse Awards are coming soon..."

"It's not a big problem."

Teacher Fan bit her lip, her eyes sparkling: "Go book the fastest flight to New York."

By turning down "Cell Phone 2", I have offended Huayi and all the friendship we had before is gone.

Teacher Fan knew it, but didn't care.

Because her man is Zhou Yutang.

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(End of this chapter)