China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 157 The Olympic Games opens. Are Lingyun Media monsters?
Sure enough, Guan Ling met Zhou Xun, and it was just when Zhou Xun announced that he would terminate his contract with Huayi.

In an instant, it was sold to an entertainment website by the paparazzi at a high price.

Just one day later, the news hit the front page.

In an instant, it became the talk of the entire domestic entertainment circle.

Even the news that the box office of "Red Cliff" is approaching [-] million has to be put aside.

"After Zhou Xunguan announced the termination of the contract, he met a mysterious man in a coffee shop."

"Director Guan Ling has returned to China and has a private meeting with Zhou Xun. Lingyun Media may become Zhou Xun's next home."

"Director Guan is true to his word. Although he has become an internationally renowned director, his original intention of doing Chinese art is still there."

After the news came out, Guan Ling had not yet decided how to respond.

Han Sanpin's call came first.

"Tell me, Director Guan, why did you come back secretly this time? Although I have been busy with "Red Cliff" recently, if I knew you were back, I would definitely have to pick you up at the airport."

"Director Han, how can I help you? I have just been back for two days. I went to Nortel to find Teacher Tian before, but I didn't have time to tell you, Director Han."

"That's what you are doing." Han Sanpin said, but he didn't mean to be a weirdo at all.

"We can't delay it any longer. This week, we have to hold the celebration banquet for "Tongtian Empire"."

"Okay, but I just made news. I'm afraid the celebration banquet will not be peaceful."

"It doesn't matter whether you are in peace or not. Even if you don't make any news, will the media let you go?" Han Sanpin was very tolerant, "But Director Guan, you just came back and you made the number one female star of Huayi Get rid of it, you are awesome."

"I just asked her if she wanted to film a role. I didn't ask anything else."

When Han Sanpin heard about the role, he immediately reacted.

"The one with the Palme d'Or?"

"Yes. Take the target."

"No wonder, no ordinary actor can refuse the Cannes script that your director Guan said he wanted to film."

In fact, Han Sanpin also wanted to ask about investment during the phone call, but he thought for a while and did not speak.It's the same thing when I ask at the celebration banquet.

After hanging up the phone, calls came in from all parties.

Zhu Yawen and others were all asking about gossip.

"I said, Director Guan, after finishing the promotion of "Bongtian Empire", I have to promote "Nightclub", and I am almost exhausted. Why are you still meeting female celebrities? What, Zhou Xun, you want to win too? "

"Shut your mouth."

Bona, Rays and others are asking about the project.

Zhang Ziyi was very smart and called directly to ask about the role.

Even Gong Li's phone call came over. When she was in the United States, she had a jet lag and she returned to China. This call would at least not make Guan Ling feel out of the blue.

Many actors such as Yu Nan, Xu Qing, Chen Daomin and others called.

Yin Tao even sent a text message to ask.

It can be seen that what Guan Ling mentioned before about the Palme d'Or in Cannes has left many people thinking about it.

People in the industry are very smart. When Guan Ling and Zhou Xun meet, what they want to talk about is most likely the next movie.

And if Zhou Xun is asked to act instead of Lingyun Media's own actors, there is a high probability that it will be that one.

There were too many calls, so Guan Ling hung up the phone directly.

Liu Yifei couldn't get through the phone call, so she sent several QQ messages asking how Guan Ling was doing. She knew that Zhou Xun might want to cooperate with her.

"She has terminated the contract, what do you think?"

"Then she wants to come to Lingyun? To be honest, although we have competed before, there is no conflict between us. I really want to learn acting from her. This will be good for me to develop in Hollywood in the future. "

"You will make arrangements for yourself."

"Isn't there a director Guan who is protecting me? I remember what you said that day in my heart. You said you would protect me when Zhou Xun comes."

"Okay, okay, I'll cover you."

Guan Ling said in his heart that when he gets to the United States, he will take good care of you.

While we were talking, someone outside started to sing.

When Guan Ling heard it, he thought, oh, isn't this his own lyrics?
The Olympic Games are about to begin, and delegations from various countries have arrived in the capital one after another.

The streets and alleys are filled with the song "BJ Welcomes You". Guan Ling has become one of the most famous singers in the country without realizing it.

……

A reporter came to Lingyun Media to interview Guan Ling, and someone went to Du Zhouxun to interview Zhou Xun.

The industry is wondering about the current relationship between the two.

Finally, Guan Ling stood in front of the camera.

"I have never forced Zhou Xun to terminate his contract with Huayi. This is Zhou Xun and Huayi's own problem. Please don't force a connection."

"As for me meeting Zhou Xun, it was because I saw the news and thought that I had a role that would be more suitable for her, so I asked for my opinion first."

"This is my first response to the incident, and it will also be my last response. As for everyone, I hope you will focus on the new movie "Nightclub" directed by Yang Qing of Lingyun Media. Every film production company will Success will not rely on just one director. Yang Qing is a leader among young people. He needs the support of the audience more than me. Thank you all."

"Nightclub" has been promoted for more than two months.

It is mainly tied to "Tongtian Empire". As long as there is the name "Tongtian Empire", everyone can see the news about Lingyun Media's new movie.

And in the past month.

Xu Zheng and Mu Tingting have been running road shows. After Zhu Yawen came back, he quickly joined the process of promoting the movie.

But even so, the industry doesn't actually pay that much attention to this movie.

The main reason is that although this movie is produced by the so-called Guan Ling, there are no elements of Guan Ling.

Many people are waiting to see word of mouth.

After Guan Ling went through this series of interviews, the popularity of "Nightclub" quickly increased.

There was no premiere, we just let the company's actors announce it, and everything else followed the promotion of "Bongtian Empire" and then followed the road show.

The film's premiere was too extravagant, and the effect was very likely to be counterproductive.

Guan Ling believes that since he has already promoted his name, he should try not to exaggerate the crudeness of the movie.

In fact, the movie theaters have given this movie a lot of respect. It is almost the second most scheduled movie after "Red Cliff". After all, it is a movie from Lingyun Media. There are quite a lot of posters in the movie theaters, and it has enough gimmicks.

In fact, except for "Red Cliff", there is almost no pressure at all.
As soon as movies like "Make Money, Go Forward", "Secrets from the Bible", and "The Perfect Nine" were released, the audience didn't even look at them.Moreover, the number of films in August is very small, and the only real rival is "The Incredible Hulk" which will be released on August 8.20.

"Li Mi's Conjecture" is a Huayi movie released in September. It is Huayi's only movie this year.

Guan Ling considered whether to snipe, but remembering that the movie only had more than 200 million in its previous life, sniping was unnecessary.After all, the movie's reputation is still very high.

As for "Nightclub", there is Zhu Yawen in it after all, so compared to other movies, it is still a small-budget movie at the wealthy level.

Zhu Yawen is so handsome, and Pei Donglai is simply a handsome and cool man template.

You don’t want to miss the movies he stars in.

That's it, on August 8th.

"Nightclub" is officially released.

"This is my first official commercial movie, and I'm still a female protagonist." Mu Tingting called Guan Ling, but he didn't get through, and then sent a QQ message, "To be honest, I'm really a little nervous. Guan Ling, do you think this movie will do well at the box office?" "I have confidence in Yang Qing. You must also have confidence in yourself." Guan Ling was confident in his heart, but his confidence was average. He replied after seeing it.

In the final analysis, "Nightclub" is for Yang Qing to practice.

As for how much money he can make, Guan Ling thinks it’s fine if he doesn’t lose money, and it’s perfect if he can make money.

Among the Lingyun movies, this is finally a movie shot by a second director besides Ning Hao.

As for this movie, there are only two words to describe it, it is low-key.

The industry's attention is not that high. After all, everyone already knows about Yang Qing. He was a little-known figure before.

Can a movie made by this kind of person be good?

The audience was tempted to hesitate.

……

On August 2008, 8, the Olympic Games finally opened.

The opening ceremony can only be described as grand. This magnificent celebration, which lasted for three and a half hours, was transmitted to the world through television signals. More than 3 billion viewers expressed that they were stunned.

Yao Ming walked at the forefront of the Chinese delegation holding the Chinese national flag, and beside him was the child Lin Hao who was rescued from the earthquake.

An accident occurred in the middle. The children initially kept up with the team and ran behind with all their strength.

The camera turned to Zhang Yimou's forehead. The old guy's head was covered with fine beads of sweat.

Before the opening ceremony, many foreign countries had been smearing China. After all, for them, this was costless political correctness.

Only this time, they all overturned!

For example, commentators from NBC in the United States were routinely slandering the event at the beginning of the opening ceremony. Halfway through, they couldn't help but shout: "The Chinese have been the number one in the world for the past few centuries."

The New York Times website was flooded with exclamation points, and Western netizens were worried about London: "China's opening ceremony was too grand. In comparison, the opening ceremonies of other events were like a rag truck. Poor old London in 2012!" "

The German "Der Spiegel" website, which specializes in smearing China, was quickly attacked by angry netizens: "After half a year of siege, BJ only took 50 minutes to defeat everything." The scolding "Der Spiegel" directly closed the Olympic discussion forum and blocked it All sports related news.

When French national television broadcast the opening ceremony, it frantically brought in private information and used every opportunity to smear it, which attracted a lot of scolding: "You actually told us about doping at the opening ceremony. This topic can be left to the next three weeks, right?"

The most embarrassing ones are the British, because after BJ comes London, and the tone is too high and they really can’t handle it.

CNN and the BBC spared no effort to find fault. The BBC even ignored big news like the Olympics and went to gossip about XZ, hoping that someone would cause trouble at the opening ceremony. When their expectations failed, they said in frustration: "What happened?" Didn't happen?"

They all broke their defenses.

New media vividly conveys the true face of China to more than 40 billion viewers. The magnificent buildings, dazzling technology, dazzling culture and vigorous spirit all convey the same message - China has risen.

This year, for China, was a year when prejudice was reversed.

First of all, GDP has basically reached the same level as Japan, and it seems that becoming the world's second largest economy is just around the corner. Second, manufacturing output has reached a state similar to that of the United States.

Prior to this, China's cultural soft power was very poor and it had been facing malicious attacks from Western media monopolies.

Guan Ling's slap in Cannes is a weak microcosm of foreigners' views on China.

In fact, foreign countries have been continuously smearing China. For example, the most common channels for Western people to learn about China are newspapers and documentaries. Newspapers began to decline as early as the 90s. Before the Olympic Games, the only traditional media that could exert some residual heat were documentaries. .

Since 2006, the United States and Canada have publicly screened three heavyweight documentaries about China: "A View of China" released on October 2006, 10, and "Man-Made Landscape" released on June 1, 2007. "Up the River" was released on September 6, 13.These three documentaries can be regarded as a masterpiece of the West's efforts to smear China. They have tricky angles and harsh language. Two of them were chosen to be released around China's National Day, which can be described as "well-intentioned."

These three big-budget documentaries were released before the BJ Olympics. They wanted to force Western audiences to put on colored glasses and deepen their resistance to the BJ Olympics.

Even in order to enhance the communication effect, the Western media awarded various awards to these three documentaries. "Up the River" won the Best Documentary Award at the 45th Golden Horse Film Festival, and "Man-made Landscape" won the Canadian Ginny Award for Best Documentary. , River Run International Film Festival Best Documentary Award and other authoritative industry awards.

These three documentaries are just the tip of the iceberg in Western public opinion building before the BJ Olympics.

Therefore, the BJ Olympics is not only a sports festival, but also a war of public opinion.

Zhang Yimou did it. He spent a long time preparing to directly bring the BJ Olympics to a level that other countries can never achieve.

Exploded around the world!

It directly makes the other party's public opinion position completely ineffective.

Because everyone has the same feeling about the Olympic opening ceremony.

That is, this is the most direct and shocking display of Chinese civilization.

Guan Ling watched the opening ceremony from beginning to end. Even if he watched it again in this life, he would still be shocked.

That night a dazzling fire lit up the sundial.When the sacred fire was lit, how many people burst into tears?
There is finally a name for Zhang Yimou on the Internet.

"National Division."

If he never fails in important matters, never compromises in art, and achieves breakthroughs in visual sense, Zhang Yimou will not be able to become a national master. Who dares to take on this important task?

Some netizens started making jokes.

"Guan Ling: I just put myself on the throne of the No. 2012 director in China through "1" and "The Empire of Heaven". How come in the blink of an eye, Director Zhang Yimou is on the throne again?"

"I broke records both at home and abroad, built teaching buildings and saved many lives, and became the most powerful director in the Chinese entertainment industry with a slap in Cannes. Why can't I be called a 'national teacher'?"

Diehard fans of Ling began to fight for Guan Ling on the Internet.

It's normal for netizens to be fierce, but most of them agree that this title should belong exclusively to Director Zhang.

After all, this Olympic opening ceremony is really awesome!

Netizens argued for a long time, and then agreed with each other.

"Director Guan can be called a half-step national master!"

"It's not enough for this title. When will it bring honor to the country, will Director Guan have the opportunity to be called this 'half-step national teacher'!"

Netizens were noisy.

It seems that the people who count the movie box office are also watching the opening ceremony. The box office record for the evening of August 8 is not available.

"Nightclub" was released on the afternoon of August 8th, mainly to cooperate with the road show of Xu Zheng and others.

It was in the early morning of August 8th that the box office finally came out.

Yang Qing excitedly called Guan Ling several times.

But can't get through.Guan Ling turned off his phone.

The next day, Yang Qing came directly to wait outside Guan Ling's house.

The address of a newly purchased house is kept in the company.

"Guan Dao, Guan Dao."

There was a loud bang at the door, and Guan Ling walked out sleepily.

"Why are you here?" Looking at Yang Qing, Guan Ling was still a little confused.

"Director Guan, the box office is out."

Yang Qing handed the mobile phone to Guan Ling.

That data is dazzling.

截止“2008年8月9日凌晨02:30，《夜店》再创小成本电影奇迹，票房狂收217万。”

This data directly shocked everyone in the industry.

Under the influence of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, a new director and a small-budget film directly grossed 217 million at the box office?
Is this more powerful than Guan Ling's first movie?

Are Lingyun Media all monsters?

(End of this chapter)