China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 153 Red Cliff is released, Mengmeng is here!
In late July, the box office of "Detective Dee: The Empire" reached 4.1 million, but the growth rate of the box office has been very slow.

Although this data is the same as that of Ming Jing'er in most people's minds, the media still applauded it.

The film schedule of "Babel" has begun to decline in North America. "Batman" has exploded in reputation. The box office of its three-day opening weekend in North America directly reached 1.6 million U.S. dollars. Nolan told the world how big his dark-style movies are. The power.

Without a market as big as mainland China, Nolan is still at the forefront of global directors.

However, this weekend's total box office did not break the record of "Spider-Man 3", but the box office on the first day was too high, close to 7000 million US dollars.

But word-of-mouth has indeed exploded. Now everyone in North America is discussing this movie, and it is definitely second to none in terms of popularity.

Under this background, there was only a tiny bit of film schedule left for "Bongtian Empire" in the theater chain, and Gai Naote accepted it.

No way.

Nothing can be done.Chinese-language films are inherently at a disadvantage, let alone catching up with a giant-level film in North America.

Others don't know it, but Guan Ling knows it.

"The Dark Knight" is definitely among the top ten commercial films.It is definitely a blockbuster that ranks among the top at the box office.

Under this pressure, the box office of "The Empire" in North America finally stopped at 9763 million U.S. dollars. In the end, it did not reach the height of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and even the squeezed did not exceed [-] million.

When the news came back to China, the media were surprised that it didn't exceed [-] million?

At first everyone thought it was quite stable.

All kinds of news were released.

"The success of "The Empire of Tongtian" is weak, but its box office has broken the highest record for Chinese-language films in the mainland. As expected, Guan Ling has once again created a miracle!"

"The success failed, and the North American box office of "The Empire" only reached 700 million US dollars, which is only one step away from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". It's a pity, it's a shame."

The box office in the Mainland exceeded [-] million US dollars, and the box office in North America was close to [-] million US dollars. If this were placed on other directors, the media would blow him to the sky.

But it was Guan Ling, and everyone's psychological expectations suddenly increased.

After all, "2012" has taken the lead, with a global box office of US$1.5 million. Now, doesn't the total box office only amount to US$2012 million?It's not as good as the investment in "[-]". There really isn't much psychological fluctuation.

The media doesn't know the inside story and can't make the point when they blow it.But the filmmakers really get it.

Some movie makers are wary of seeing the news.I can't wait to scold my mother directly.

What is a pity or a sigh?
What does failure mean failure?

A Chinese-language film has grossed nearly [-] million U.S. dollars at the box office in North America. Do you, the media, know what this concept is?
Chui, where's your mother?

It doesn't sound good, but that's what the movie makers think.

Everyone knows how to count. The investment in "Tongtian Empire" is only 7000 to 1.4 million, and Guan Ling and the others are going to build the city. Even if that money is folded in, the first batch of investment will be about [-] million.

The mainland box office share has already recovered this investment.

The North American box office is almost pure profit, and it is directly divided into about [-] million RMB box office.

Calculating profits alone, this is a return rate of nearly 400%.

Who has seen this?
Some coal bosses were really anxious and wanted to give all their money to Guan Ling to make a movie.

Now that these people see the box office news of Guan Ling's movie, their eyes are red.

But it is these people who are jealous, and they are the ones who are talking silently. They are jealous in their hearts, but they dare not say a bad word on their lips. What if one day a little bit leaks out from between Director Guan's fingers, and it can leak to us?Everyone thinks so.

Guan Ling doesn't know how the domestic distributors view him. He is indeed very busy. Everything for "Hurricane Rescue" has finally been sorted out. The actors, props and locations have been confirmed. All that remains is to start filming. "Kung Fu Panda" has been revised. Guan Ling felt pretty good after watching it, and preparations are underway to finalize the film.

He also asked Guan Ling if it could be released in China using Guan Ling's name.

Guan Ling understood what they meant. Guan Ling was a peach picker in this movie, but the other party might have given Guan Ling 2% of the box office share.With this share, Guan Ling hopes that "Kung Fu Panda" can achieve higher box office, since he is making a pure profit anyway.

Wen Ziren has also finalized the contract. Wen Ziren is willing to join Ferris Lingyun, but he does not want Guan Ling to restrict his cooperation with other film companies. If there is a suitable movie, he is still willing to produce or direct it.

Guan Ling's contract with Wen Ziren is very lenient, because Guan Ling knows that he can't even shoot his own script, and he still wants to cooperate with other companies. What the hell is he thinking?
For the "Latent" series, Guan Ling is not prepared to invest too much energy.

James Wan himself is enough.

What he needs to consider is, after the word-of-mouth is established, who will he find to film in the future, and how to maximize profits.

In the past few days, Summit Entertainment, a producer under Lionsgate Pictures, came to see a novel called "The Twilight Saga." However, after many rounds of research, it was discovered that the rights to adapt the script had already been obtained. It was bought by Lingyun Media, which is a Chinese company.

At first, Dingfeng realized that there was no opportunity and began to look for other projects, but the recent popularity of Guan Ling made Motian Lingyun appear again in Dingfeng Entertainment's sight.

They finally discovered that Guan Ling bought the script adaptation rights.

Summit Entertainment wanted the script, so they came to ask for cooperation, but Guan Ling didn't give it to them.

It was just that they gave Guan Ling a heads up.

This also gave Guan Ling the idea of ​​​​starting filming "The Twilight Saga". He wanted to shoot it himself, but Guan Ling thought about it and reluctantly gave up.

The main reason is that even if a Chinese was chosen to play the leading role, Guan Ling would feel that it would be a bit nondescript if the female lead was changed to a Chinese.

So he put the script in the sky and asked Guyot to find a director suitable for making a love movie.

Ferris Lingyun's first film released in Hollywood did very well, at least giving Ferris Lingyun a firm foothold.

"Guan, as you can see, there is a limit to the box office of Chinese films, so I hope that there will be more scripts like "Taken", the better. If you stay in Hollywood, you will definitely be able to make more money, right?"

"I know you want to improve the status of Chinese movies, but this cannot be achieved overnight. And this time you have so many big directors supporting you, and the box office is only so much. What about next time? What about next time? There are only English movies, That’s the mainstream of the world.”

Gai Naote and Guan Ling talked a lot, and there was one main theme.I want Guan Ling not to return to China.

He believes that Guan Ling was born to belong to Hollywood, and Hollywood also inherently needs Guan Ling.

The words were garbled, but Guan Ling was firm.

It is impossible for the United States to stay forever. The main reason is that the body odor of Oceanic horses smells like body odor.

And the food is really unpalatable.

Although Gai Naote always asked someone to buy Chinese food over this time, it was indeed not as delicious as the food at home.

So no matter how hard Gai Naote tried to make a move, Guan Ling always refused.Gai Naote was autistic.

"If you do this, when people from the Sixth National Congress look for your contact information, I will no longer stop you from contacting me. Let them persuade you when the time comes. I can't persuade you myself."

Gai Naote was in trouble, and he really didn't want to help block Guan Ling's whereabouts.

……

"It's your business, I've taken care of all the school stuff for you."

Tian Zhuangzhuang called, "I called you a while ago and the line was busy. I thought about it and didn't call. You were too busy. It was Cannes and North America. You are much more capable than me."

"Teacher, please stop laughing at me. How can I talk to you like this?"

"I don't need to tell you any lies." Tian Zhuangzhuang was very truthful, but he still couldn't help but said, "Do you really want to do this thing about the Palme d'Or in Cannes?"

"It's really cool. I'll organize an audition when I return to China."

"Okay, it's best to cast actors in our company, Beidian." Tian Zhuangzhuang smiled, "You don't know, when our principal and the principal of China Theater were scolding each other in the Ministry of Education, the other principal said that those from Beidian must have a chance. When I saw Director Guan, he said that directors from Nortel like to use actors from Chinese operas, and the principal almost choked to death."

Guan Ling couldn't help but touch his head.

The two principals were yelling at each other. This was a real campus business war. It was interesting.

……

The mainland has actually been waiting to hold a celebration banquet for "Tongtian Empire".

But Director Guan said he would not return to China until early August.

Now even if it is done in the Mainland, no one would dare to use chopsticks!
So everyone decided to postpone the celebration party a little.

However, before returning to China, Director Guan also released new news in the United States, claiming that Lingyun Media's new low-cost comedy film "Nightclub" will be released soon.

Netizens are looking forward to it again.

""Nightclub", the title sounds very exciting! I will definitely go to the theater to watch it."

"I saw Xu Zheng and Wang Xun in it. These two people are in "Crazy Racing". I haven't even watched the movie, and I already feel funny."

Discussions about "Nightclub" have been lively in Chinese media for several days.

After that, it was completely overshadowed by "Red Cliff". Director Wu Baige's large-scale costume movie is about to be released, which completely ignited the enthusiasm for the summer movie.

Netizens also have high expectations for this drama. Many people even think that based on Director Wu's previous level, this drama can even reach the heights of "The Empire of Heaven".

""Red Cliff" is about to be released. The second costume drama of the summer is about to kick off!"

This can be regarded as the inevitable opponent of "Tongtian Empire" in China.
It's just that due to the decline in the box office of the follow-up "Empire of Babel", the film schedules of many theaters are declining. The rival "Red Cliff" really has little impact on "Empire of Babel".

In fact, the domestic movie box office ceiling is basically the same. After all, the publicity of "2012" covers a large number of people, and the number of moviegoers and ticket prices are both relatively high.

The Internet is full of overwhelming publicity for "Red Cliff", and many media are comparing it to "Bongtian Empire".

Since "Red Cliff" was also released at the same time, but it would be released in China, South Korea, and Thailand in the early stage, the publicity was very intense. At the world premiere, director Wu Baige appeared at the press conference with all the actors. And accepted on-the-spot questioning by the media.

There are so many stars. This costume drama is different from "Bongtian Empire". There are too many characters in the Three Kingdoms, so there are also many stars.

Liang Chaowei, Zhang Fengyi, Zhang Zhen, Lin Zhiling, Zhao Zhetian, Xiao Songjia and Tong Dawei, as well as You Yong and others, are all star-studded.

The premiere was held at Wuhou Temple in Chengdu.

The choice of this location is indeed interesting.

It’s just that the little episode at the press conference was fun.

"Director Wu, were you also present when Director Guan slapped him in Cannes? Did the two of you discuss the aesthetics of violence that you were most accustomed to regarding that slap?"

"Your question is very interesting. I was indeed at the scene at the time, but I was a bit far away from the place where the incident occurred. But even if I were close, I might not have the courage."

There was laughter below.

"Director Wu, do you think your movie's box office can break the new record for Chinese-language movies just set by "The Empire of Heaven"?"

"I hope." Wu Baige said with a smile, "Records are always going to be broken. The highest-grossing film by a Chinese director in Hollywood was always mine. Now, isn't it taken by Director Guan? So who can say that " Surely "Red Cliff" can't break Director Guan's record?"

The investment in "Red Cliff" is much greater than that in "Bongtian Empire", after all, there are too many stars.

"I would like to ask Mr. Liang Chaowei, you and your fiancée played the leading roles in "The Empire of Heaven" and "Red Cliff" respectively. Do you think your movie's box office can break your wife's new record?"

Liang Chaowei's eyes stared like bells.

"You want me to die." He pointed at the reporters below and waved his hands repeatedly, "This is not good, this is not good. Either you make me offend Director Wu, or you make me unable to get married. You are so cruel. The day after tomorrow I will When you get married, you have to give me a follower."

The whole crowd burst into laughter.

The wedding date of the two people has been set, and after attending the premiere, Liang Chaowei had to get married alone.

During the interview, under pressure from reporters, Liang Chaowei revealed the inside story of the "resignation controversy" for the first time.

After "Hero", Tony Leung had actually decided not to take on costume dramas anymore, but it was hard to refuse the invitation from John Woo, and he heard that playing Zhuge Liang would not involve martial arts, so he agreed.

"However, before the filming started, my health failed and I had no choice but to resign from the performance."

Unexpectedly, Wu Baige was hit again by Zhou Runfa's resignation.
"I think I should help the director solve the problem first. This can be regarded as fulfilling my promise to my friends. After all, I also have certain responsibilities."

However, the role of Zhuge Liang has been replaced by Takeshi Kaneshiro, leaving Zhou Yu unable to find a suitable actor. "I had no choice but to shoot another martial arts scene. It was too uncomfortable to shoot!"

Han Sanpin was also present. When he took the stage to deliver his speech, he was high-spirited and forward-looking.

"In "Tongtian Empire", Director Guan brought us a magical and magnificent Tang Dynasty, and Director Wu this time brought us the Three Kingdoms era where heroes and beauties were everywhere. I am personally a fan of the Three Kingdoms. As a "The Promise" Producer, I am very much looking forward to this movie, and hope to introduce a popular Chinese heroic epic to the world through this movie. This is the pride of Director Wu and the pride of the Chinese people."

Han Sanpin was so excited during his speech that he even referred to "Red Cliff" as "The Promise".

Anyway, it added another wave of heat.

With all this publicity, "Red Cliff" was finally released nationwide!
(End of this chapter)