China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 168 Copyright income, Cheng Long was immediately numb! (Ow 6000)

"Let's talk about it later." Guan Ling said with a smile, "I don't have any ideas now."

"That's a real shame."

Li An obviously wanted to talk more, but Guan Ling hung up the phone.

In fact, it is not easy for these jury presidents, Guan Ling thought to himself, the Chinese jury president, if China does not have many films in the past, Ang Lee's face will actually be tarnished.

This makes me want to invite myself to a movie now.

……

In the next few days, Guan Ling has been paying attention to the box office of "The Golden Heist". Although the online reputation is somewhat divided, everyone basically only has one sentence to evaluate the movie.

"Better than "Red Cliff"."

When Ning Hao heard this comment, he didn't know whether it was good or bad.

However, one week after its release, the box office of "Golden Heist" still exceeded 4400 million, and it is still attracting more audiences to the cinema to watch the movie.

On September 9, Ning Hao brought the crew of "Crazy Racing" to Dalian, Liaoning Province to attend the Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award Ceremony.

Ning Hao was crowned Best Director at the Hundred Flowers Awards, but what's more funny is that the Best Feature Film and Best Actor were both taken away by "Assembly". Feng Xiaogang's face turned dark below, which shows the result. He didn't expect it.

When he took the stage to accept the Best Picture award, Feng Xiaogang thought that the Best Director was his prize.

However, Ning Hao took away the Best Director award. Feng Xiaogang was not short of several Best Director awards, but seeing that his little brother who worked with Guan Ling could also win the award in front of him, it was really hard to laugh.

The scene was caught on camera and quickly became the talk of the internet.

"Originally, Director Feng Xiaogang thought that after "Golden Armor" was withdrawn, he would be the boss at the Hundred Flowers Awards. Unexpectedly, "Crazy Racing" came out halfway, and now the box office and reputation were better than him. It gave him a whole I can’t argue with you. Haha.”

In fact, this year's Hundred Flowers Awards was a huge embarrassment when it opened. One of the original ten films, "The City of Gold", announced its withdrawal from the competition, catching the Hundred Flowers Awards off guard.

In view of the influence of Zhang Yimou who had just been crowned National Master, even if the film festival was swayed by Zhang Weiping, he did not dare to make a big fuss. He just said that the film festival organizers were willing to make friends and not make enemies.

But it is indeed a first. As the first work to be "retired" in the 46-year history of the Hundred Flowers Award, Zhang Weiping can be said to have been slapped hard by the Hundred Flowers Award. According to the reporter's analysis, it may be due to dissatisfaction with the new picture that only Jay Chou was nominated. After all, there are too many well-known actors in the whole drama, and it didn't get any nominations.

Moreover, when the shortlist was announced, Zhang Weiping did not retreat. When the opening was about to begin, Zhang Weiping directly came to flip the table.

But the Hundred Flowers Award is so disgusting.

This directly caused ridicule on the Internet.

"Zhang Yimou withdrew from the competition, and Guan Ling simply did not participate. For this Hundred Flowers Award, if you want to judge the hundred flowers, the two most beautiful flowers are not in bloom. The National Master and the Half-step National Master are not participating. Are you angry?"

"It's right not to participate. If there is a review every two years, where is the credibility? But this time the review for Best Director was good. The Best Feature Film should have been "Racing", but it was snatched away by "Assembly" based on its genre. gone."

"Actually, these domestic film festivals are really embarrassing now. Guan Ling participated in the Golden Horse and the Oscars. Jiang Wen, who is currently writing the script, also participated in Venice. But Guan Ling himself has never participated in Baihua. Without Guan Ling, you What can everyone believe?"

Netizens don’t care whether Guan Ling makes a Chinese-language film or an English-language film.

Now we are catching up with the news of another Golden Lion Award in Venice, which makes the Hundred Flowers Award shameful.

Zhang Yimou embarrassed him, but Guan Ling did not participate and also embarrassed him. Fortunately, Ning Hao from Lingyun Media came and they still had a little respect, so the Best Director Award was well worth it.

All in all, while Chinese-language films have earned domestic honors among the three major European films, domestic film festivals have felt great pressure from public opinion.

Some film festival personnel are thinking about inviting Guan Ling to join the association as soon as possible. This guy has always been a loner, and some invitations from the association have been declined by Guan Ling.

But now, if we don’t use Guan Ling as a shield, the film festival will indeed lose its reputation!

At least show your face in a meeting.

Ning Hao took the stage and gave his acceptance speech.

"I'm very happy that I can win the Best Director award. But I must first thank the creative staff of "Crazy Racing", the screenwriter and investor Guan Lingguan, and the starring Huang Bo, Jiu Kong and others. Without them, I would not be able to win the award. There is no way I could have created something this good. Thank you all.”

After receiving the trophy representing the best director, Ning Hao had a smile on his face.

During the behind-the-scenes interview session, a reporter asked Ning Hao about his latest movie.

"Hello Director Ning, I would like to ask about the drama "The Golden Heist" which has received a lot of criticism recently. What do you think of this phenomenon?"

"I am indeed a little confused, but I can also understand the audience's comments." Ning Hao said sincerely,

“But I talked with Director Guan, and he said that people’s emotions are very complex and change a lot.

Movies in daily life are not just about touching, loving and calling. When describing the war years, they are not just about compassion, pity and regret. The mainstream of commercial films is to make the audience laugh or cry in a relaxed atmosphere.

Movies not only need delicacies from mountains and seas, but also sauerkraut and pimple soup. I hope this drama can make everyone happy.

After Director Guan's comments, I knew that "The Golden Heist" might not meet the audience's expectations for my change in style.

They might expect me to be Guy Ritchie, but I'm just Ning Hao.

I will continue to learn and improve, and I will also learn from these suggestions. Please give me your time.

Finally, if you still have any questions about the script of this drama, please question Director Guan. He also wrote this script. Go scold him. "

Ning Hao also made a joke with the reporter and continued,

"By the way, Director Guan's new movie is being filmed. If nothing else goes wrong, it will be scheduled for the Lunar New Year. Director Guan said that this movie is a meal of Chinese New Year dumplings that he will serve to everyone in Hollywood style, regardless of how they are wrapped. What does it look like? Just try it and see if it tastes good."

"Can I understand that, Director Ning, you mean that Director Guan's new movie will be both smelly and delicious?"

Ning Hao waved his hand and said with a smile: "I didn't say that. Don't stir up trouble. Even if there is news, it's you who said it."

These words were quickly posted to the media.

"Ning Hao won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Director and said with a smile that the award encouraged him with great confidence."

"Ning Hao had a secret conversation with Guan Ling and said that the release of the movie requires not only delicacies from the mountains and seas, but also pickled cabbage and pimple soup."

"Can you believe it? Guan Ling, who wrote the Oscar-winning original screenplay, can also write garbage scripts that are illogical."

"Guan Ling's new movie is both smelly and delicious. Could it be that Guan Ling has also started to do tricks for everyone?"

There are slightly less doubts about Ning Hao on the Internet.

Then everyone began to discuss what Guan Ling said about delicacies from the mountains and seas and the pickled cabbage dumpling soup. Although eating pickled cabbage dumpling soup also costs money, the audience did not put forward too much refutation of Guan Ling's words.

Indeed, it doesn’t seem to matter if you watch a funny movie once in a while.

"Golden Heist" at least has the right rhythm and a tight plot. When people sit in the cinema, they are indeed very happy and want to laugh.

Of course, more people still have inexplicable expectations for Guan Ling's new movie.

What level is this movie that smells good but smells good?

It can't be "The Promise", right?

No, this movie only smells bad and doesn't smell good at all.

……

After Ning Hao won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Director, the Internet media was noisy for a while, and then the box office of "The Golden Heist" actually started to increase slightly.

Everyone wants to see what the quality of the movie is.

What kind of pickled cabbage soup is it? After watching it, this is indeed a bit inferior compared to the crazy series, but why is that big-headed Xiao Dongbei so deeply remembered in people's minds?

"How many years of practice does it take to turn a fork into a rose?"

"I gave my girlfriend a rose with a fork, and she said I was a gangster. Did I want to cross her? I'm panicking now. How should I explain it? I'm in a hurry?"

"I didn't expect that I actually learned chemistry knowledge in the movie theater. Aqua regia, also known as royal acid, is one of the few substances that can dissolve gold..."

Even Lei Jiayin didn't expect that he would suddenly go from an unknown person to the most popular newcomer in the entertainment industry.

The name Xiaodongbei instantly became a hot topic on the Internet.

As a 2002 drama graduate, Lei Jiayin has witnessed how popular the most popular people on campus are. At that time, his senior brother Hu Ge became a popular idol drama actor directly because of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", while he was always famous for being poor when he was in dramas.

Because he always wore a vest and shorts, several classmates in the dormitory next door, such as Chen He, would take a detour when they saw him.

From then on, he prepared to enter the theater. At the Beijing People's Art Theater, he saw He Bing, who was very popular because of "The Suspect". This pillar made him firm in his dream of becoming an actor.

At that time, the examiner asked him if he knew folk arts and opera, and he directly performed "Little New Year's Greetings" for them, which is a classic piece of Northeastern duo.

Lei Jiayin will never forget the awkward look in the examiner's eyes.

He then appeared in several small supporting roles until he came across this opportunity.

He caught it.

The script written by Director Guan and the film directed by Director Ning Hao made him the first big screen actor.

Even many veteran actors are supporting him.

But now, he never thought that his name could appear on the Internet and become so popular.

There are voices discussing him and his role almost every day.

Teachers at school, classmates, relatives and friends at home.

They were all calling and sending messages to Lei Jiayin.

"Lao Lei, you are awesome." This is classmate Sun Yizhou.

"My Lei, you are awesome." This is his girlfriend Zhai Xufei.

"Son, come on." This is my parents.

"You big head, you are holding Director Ning's thigh, why don't you take my two brothers with you? Be careful that Li Guangjie and I go to your house to deprive you." This is Guo Jinfei.

"You don't follow martial ethics. We agreed to play supporting roles together. How come you became the protagonist and became popular?" Li Guangjie also joined the battlefield.

Some unfamiliar classmates were also congratulating him. Some even asked for Director Ning's contact information, and some even asked him if he had joined Lingyun Media.

Even Chen He, who took a detour, seemed to be very familiar with him all of a sudden, and his congratulations were very intimate.

Looking at those text messages, Lei Jiayin's nose felt sore. It had been two years since he graduated. In the past two years, he had been unknown. Except for his family, girlfriend and two or three very close friends, no one cared about him.

But now, he feels like he is surrounded by good people.

Everyone is congratulating, congratulating, and promoting themselves, and their intention to build a good relationship is obvious.

"I must seize the opportunity to stay with Director Ning and Lingyun Media."

Lei Jiayin clenched his fists, and his heart had never felt stronger than now.

He knows all this very well, just because the big director gave him a chance.

Without Guan Ling and Ning Hao, he would not be where he is today.

……

"Director Guan, guess how much the copyright of "Let the Bullets Fly" was sold for?"

Jiang Wen called, he was so excited that he couldn't control himself.

"You're kidding me. If China Film sells the copyright on my behalf, you must first ask me if I agree." Guan Ling was speechless.

"It's boring." Jiang Wen said, "You kid is happily making money behind the scenes. Now I'm going to tell you how cool it is to count the money, but you say something you agree with and it makes me choke to death."

It's obviously a bit open there.

"Then if I cooperate, how much did you sell for?" Guan Ling pretended to be exaggerated.

"More than [-] million yuan." Jiang Wendao, "Congratulations to Director Guan. Not only has the cost been directly recovered, but the net profit has doubled."

"Then we have to thank Director Jiang for his directing skills. Without you, this movie would never have been possible."

"Really?"

"real."

"How much bonus are you going to give me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Wen looked back at Zhou Runfa who was standing aside, and said with a smile, "Guan Ling is dead for me."

Zhou Runfa and others suddenly laughed.

Jiang Wen also laughed, "This person is really serious. He asked me to pretend that I couldn't do it, and he asked for money and ran away."

……

"More than eighty million?"

When Guan Ling hung up the phone, Cheng Long was watching his martial arts moves in front of the monitor.

After vaguely hearing about the copyright benefits, I couldn't help but exclaimed.

"It has sold more than [-] million yuan before it was released?" Cheng Long was really stunned and couldn't believe it.

"Why, is it a lot? It's not as good as the profit from the release of "Hearing Girl" in North America in the past two years."

"Can I compare with you? You are a freak. Apart from you and Zhang Yimou, who in the country can sell it for this price?"

"Don't worry about me." Guan Ling looked at Cheng Long and said, "Consider my proposal. You lower the price. Apart from "Hurricane Series", I will give you something else. Otherwise, after this drama, it will be too difficult for us to cooperate. .”

"Your salary plus box office share makes me feel sick."

"Are you brainwashing me again?" Cheng Long shook his hair in a duplicitous manner, "If we don't talk about this, let's start filming."

It's mid-September, and some important filming scenes for "Taken" in the United States have almost been completed.

In the Mainland, Huayi's "Li Mi's Conjecture" is also about to be released. Due to Zhou Xun's contract termination, this film has attracted a lot of attention.

At the same time, Gai Naote also received a call from James Wan.

"Insidious" has been completed and is about to enter the intense and exciting editing stage.

(End of this chapter)