China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 176 The domestic box office explosion is not over yet, why is it still happening abroad?

"What are you doing in a daze?"

Guan Ling stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Yan Danchen's eyes. The other person's eyes were straight, making Guan Ling feel a little hairy.

"Think of something good." Yan Danchen reacted, feeling a little embarrassed.

She had unexpected thoughts about Director Guan just now. Director Guan was just a younger brother in his twenties!

"Director Jiang Wei will bring you the script, and you can negotiate it yourself. He will be solely responsible for this TV series. I will not interfere except for investment, but your attitude will determine whether you have the opportunity to participate in my project again in the future. Drama.”

Yan Danchen is not from her own agency, but her image is more suitable for the role of Cuiping, otherwise Guan Ling would be too lazy to offer her an olive branch.

Fan Bingbing under his banner is too charming, Zhou Xun is too petite, Liu Yan's murder weapon is too big, and Liu Yifei and others are too young.

I don’t want to choose a big mouth, so Yan Danchen is indeed a good choice.

"I understand. Thank you, Director Guan." Yan Danchen felt a little embarrassed after hearing this. Although he was a younger brother and a junior, in terms of status, Yan Danchen only looked up to Guan Ling.

In fact, she was a little grateful in her heart.

She had received a lot of scripts before, but most of the film investments were at the level of several million, so there was definitely no development.

Most of the scripts of TV dramas are concubines, widows and other characters in anti-Japanese war dramas.

None of the plays are big-budget.

She knew the reason very well. After the role of Chang'e became popular, many assistant directors and directors had casually proposed to her that they would go out and have fun together.

But she decisively refused.

Because of this, she does not have particularly good channels and relationships.

The development trajectory is not as smooth as that of my classmates.

But in this case, Guan Ling's movie heroine and TV heroine pushed her back to the center of the entertainment industry.

Yes, it's the central location.

Yan Danchen knew very well in his heart that where Guan Ling stood was the center of the entertainment industry.

After nodding and bowing to express his gratitude to Guan Ling, Yan Danchen left the restaurant. Before leaving, he promised Guan Ling, "Director Guan, I will definitely treat you to a good meal next time. This is to express my gratitude to you."

"Then if you don't make it yourself, I'm afraid it's not honest enough. Director Jiang Wen's sister-in-law made me eight dishes and one soup two days ago."

"I made it myself." Yan Danchen quickly changed his words. "Although I'm not very good at cooking, for Director Guan, I can make twelve dishes and wait for me."

After Yan Danchen finished speaking, he left, but Guan Ling turned back to look at the paparazzi taking pictures behind him. After thinking about it, Guan Ling walked over.

The man on the other side saw that the situation was not good and was about to run away, but Guan Ling winked and the driver beside him went over to block the other side's retreat.

Take a closer look, eh, square face, big eyes, isn't this Zhuo Wei?

"Director Guan, what are you doing?"

The person opposite had obviously seen a big scene. Seeing Guan Ling coming, he couldn't leave, but he became quiet.

"Reporter Zhuo, where are you filming me?" Guan Ling opened his mouth, and the other person was startled and said in horror, "Director Guan knows about me?"

"Of course I know. Zhuo Wei is well known. Didn't the paparazzi industry start from you? Liu Xiaoqing was released from prison, Chen Jianbing and Jiang Qinqin's love relationship was exclusive, Zhao Wei and Wang Liqin's love affair was intentional, Gao Yuanyuan stayed at Xia Yu's house overnight, your whole life It’s a piece of cake, it’s hard to imagine if you’ve never heard of it in the industry.”

"That's such an honor." Zhuo Wei was obviously a little happy and said: "Director Guan, Zhuo Wei is my stage name, I'm Han Bingjiang."

"Why do I need your real name? I'm not going to pay your medical bills." Guan Ling said.

"Director Guan, you are really good at joking." Zhuo Wei suddenly turned into a constipated face and tried to smile, "Now we are in a legal society, and it is not good to face everyone in the hospital. I will hurt my body, and you will hurt your reputation."

"My reputation doesn't matter," Guan Ling sat on the chair and tapped the table with his right index finger, "and I have a history of beating people. It's only been five months, and the person I beat was a woman at that time."

The smile froze immediately.

Memories of the past were attacking him.

At that time, Director Guan slapped a woman in Cannes and banned her from the world.

Now after saying these words, Zhuo Wei was really a little panicked. He knows how to deal with celebrities, but he really has no way to deal with such a super capable director.

Even if the other party beats me, can it still affect the other party's future filming of new movies?

The most important thing is that although the profession of paparazzi is not illegal. But because of what happened last time, everyone probably knows Guan Ling's character, and he has almost become gold-plated. This time he suffered a loss, and he may be attacked by the entertainment industry, and even netizens will attack him. .

Not worth the loss.

Just when Zhuo Wei was thinking about what he should do, Guan Ling spoke.

"As for you, it's okay to take photos of me. It's not illegal after all. You can also post the things you take. For example, just now, I was talking to Senior Sister Yan about roles in a new TV series. You can do this temporarily for the sake of traffic. It’s fiction, Lingyun Media will explain it when the time comes.”

Guan Ling looked at Zhuo Wei, "But there is one thing, I have to discuss it with you. Forget it this time, shoot me in the future, can you let me have a look before sending it out? Or let's do it thoroughly, you don't shoot it Me. If other paparazzi take pictures of me, I will ask you to take a special photo to refute them. As long as I cooperate with you, you will definitely become the number one paparazzi in the mainland."

Zhuo Wei: "..."

His head almost shut down. After waiting for a long time before restarting, Zhuo Wei looked at Guan Ling and said, "Director Guan, what do you mean..."

"Don't you understand? I want to recruit you."

Guan Ling said straightforwardly, "Whether I give you some salary, or find a pair of gloves and buy you some shares, you can send me news from now on. I was photographed by someone else, and I'll give you the same angle." Let you take pictures, let you become the first person among the paparazzi. I don’t care if you take pictures of other people, but I, and the people under me, can regularly cooperate with you to do some work, but you’d better not know about the more detailed things. , and it’s best not to let the public know.”

"I understand." Zhuo Wei understood.

"What do you mean?" Guan Ling asked with a smile.

"If you have many friends in the entertainment industry, of course you can take multiple paths." Zhuo Wei's heart was pounding just now, but he has calmed down now, "I believe Director Guan has the ability to make me the number one paparazzi person, and this It has always been my goal for Fengxing Studio. Director Guan is currently the number one box office director in China. Since he is willing to sit down and talk to us like this, why wouldn’t I want to?"

"Of course I agree."

Guan Ling nodded and said with a smile, "Congratulations. If you disagree, I might smash your camera."

"Then you still have to compensate."

"I mean, throw the camera on your head." Guan Lingpi said with a smile.

Zhuo Wei's heart trembled, and he also laughed.

……

In fact, paparazzi is something that cannot be avoided in the entertainment industry. Whether it is a glow-in-the-dark script, a one-finger Zen, a wise tongue kiss, or Wen Zhang's cheating, Guan Ling only thought about Zhuo Wei's record for a moment.

For a director, Guan Ling is naturally not afraid of paparazzi.

But after all, Guan Ling is a man who will become a master of time management in the future. There are some things that everyone understands, but it doesn't look good if you put them in the light.

This is not to say that a scumbag is not a scumbag.

But I really loved you, I loved you in my previous life.

As long as the female celebrities in the entertainment industry are not particularly awkward, if Guan Ling loves each one, they will naturally continue to love each other in this life, even if it is only for a few hours.

Under this kind of purpose, it is not a good choice to have a fierce conflict with Zhuo Wei.

That's why Guan Ling was willing to give each other a chance.

In this way, even if Guan Ling is photographed in the future, praising Zhuo Wei as the number one paparazzi will also help public relations, and it will be beneficial without any harm.

For the sake of peace at home, Guan Ling decided to personally form a superficial cooperative relationship with the future No. 1 paparazzi, which was not a bad thing.

……

Gai Nao Te and James Wan called and said that they had faxed the basic information of "Latent", that the post-production was completed, and that it had been graded. The promotion had been started for some time and was waiting for release at any time.

"How about the finished film?"

"It meets my basic expectations." James Wan said, "Although some of the lines are not that precise, I think this horror movie is already stronger than "Chainsaw"." "I watched the finished film and it was very scary. It's very good, the background sound effects are simply set up to scare people, and the pace is quite fast. When I finished watching it, I even thought the movie was not over yet. According to me, Guan, let us congratulate Motian Lingyun, he is going to make money again ." Gai Naote's mouth didn't change at all, it crackled like a machine gun.

Guan Ling understood. Wen Ziren's affirmation had given Guan Ling enough confidence, and Gai Naote undoubtedly added weight to this self-confidence.

"Then I'll leave the release to you, Gai Nao Te."

"Promise to complete the mission." Gai Naote smiled happily, and he saw the bonus waving at him.

James Wan also smiled and said: "Then I hope that "Latent" will be a big hit at the box office. The more it sells, the more I will get."

He gets a share of the box office. The more popular the movie, the more beautiful he becomes.

"It will be fully released this Thursday. I have already contacted the channels for future release in other countries. In the future, this movie will be released in other places in Western countries with the help of a strong distribution network." Gaihaote packed it. ticket.

"Then I'll wait for your good news."

Guan Ling will not go to the United States to participate in the filming of this movie for the time being, mainly because it is not necessary.

But as for the box office, Guan Ling certainly has expectations in his heart, and his expectations are not low.

……

"Let the Bullets Fly" has been released for half a month, and the box office has reached 3.6 million.

As the analysis of this movie on the Internet becomes more and more strange, many viewers come here to see it, so the total box office is still growing.

But the daily box office has dropped to tens of millions, and is still declining.

During the National Day holiday, most people go to the movies because the box office is at its peak. But now, as everyone online knows the plot and the content of the movie, the box office of the movie is naturally falling day by day.

But this data has shocked everyone in the entertainment industry.

"Unsurprisingly, Jiang Wen will become the second mainland director to have a single film with a box office of over 400 million. The previous record holders were Guan Ling and Guan Ling."

"Guan Ling said that he would bring out a director with a box office of 1 billion yuan, but who the hell would have thought that this guy would directly bring out a director with a box office of 400 million yuan."

"How cruel!"

The industry was dumbfounded.

Moreover, Douban's rating for "Let the Bullets Fly" has stabilized, with a movie score of 8.3, which means that the reputation of this movie has been recognized by the public.

This score is quite impressive. After all, as long as it is a Chinese-language movie, it is inherently one point lower than a foreign-language movie on Douban.

Even so, "Let the Bullets Fly" still broke through eight points. This is awesome.

Jiang Wen and the crew's road shows have not stopped yet. In order to break through 400 million as soon as possible, Jiang Wen has begun to take the initiative to continue publicity.

……

Beijing circle.

When all the big guys were having dinner together, everyone looked at Guan Ling who was invited over.

Guan Ling is sitting next to the main seat, which shows that Guan Ling has entered the core of the Beijing circle.

"I'm telling you, Director Guan, you have helped Jiang Wen directly reach the top of the box office with a box office of 400 million yuan. My recent desire to make a comeback is really unbearable."

Zhao Baogang looked at Guan Ling. He was obviously in his fifties and had reached the top in the TV drama industry, but now he was really restless.

"Mr. Zhao, if you want to make a movie, can't you start at any time?"

Unable to resist being invited by the Beijing Circle, Guan Ling came to join in the fun, but found that all the big guys from the Beijing Circle were here this time.

Even though Zhao Baogang was talking about this, Guan Ling could only give him a perfunctory compliment.

"If you come to make a movie, you are no worse than Jiang Wen."

"Director Guan's words really make people happy." Zhao Baogang shook his head, "But you don't need to praise me for what you say. I still know how much I weigh. If the movie was successful, I wouldn't be in the TV series. I’ve been in the business for so many years.”

The two of them were chatting happily, and a little bald man with a crooked face beside him spoke.

"Director Guan, why don't you praise me?" Guanhu said, "Although I was born in BJ, I am an authentic Shandong native, and I am also a director at Nortel. I have also filmed TV series and movies before. You see Do you want to take me with you?"

"Didn't you make a Huayi movie?"

"How can I do that?" The manager held up the wine glass, "I originally had this idea, but the situation at Huayi is not good. Why don't you give me a rinse? I've wanted to contact Director Guan for a long time, but the opportunity is not good. Sitting here today, face to face, I still want to talk to Director Guan. I can sign a contract with Lingyun Media."

"really?"

"Of course it's true." The manager smiled, "Nowadays, among directors in the industry, who wouldn't want to stretch their necks to get into Lingyun Media? They are timid, but I am different. Even though I have no hair, I am thick-skinned."

As soon as this was said, everyone at the table burst into laughter.

The steward took the wine glass and drank it in one gulp.

Although Guan Ling knew that Guan Hu was a little crooked, there was generally nothing wrong with him.

Moreover, he has a very good relationship with Huang Bo. Huang Bo's first film and television work was shot by Guanhu, called "Get in the Car and Let's Go". After that, he also collaborated on many TV movies.

"Let's talk to the company later?"

Guan Ling thought for a while and agreed, mainly to flatter Huang Bo. It's time to start filming movies like "Bullfighting".

The box office is not enough, as long as it can make money.

"Thank you, Director Guan." The manager was shocked, and so were others. Many people cast envious glances.

……

While Guan Ling was eating at the wine table,

A piece of news has exploded online.

A certain portal on the Internet posted the release information of "Latent".

The screenwriter, release date and production company are clearly written on it.

Nothing else is important, but the director of the screenwriter and the high-profile production company.

As you all have seen, this is the same company that previously released "Empire of Heaven" in North America.

He is also the same screenwriter of "Hearing Girl" and "2012".

The industry is quite confused. Didn't Guan Ling go to the United States to shoot a special "Hurricane Rescue"? Why did another movie appear?

How can a quick shooter handle this?

Machine gun?

On the promotional interface, there were also photos of Guan Ling and Wen Ziren, and many domestic viewers recognized Wen Ziren.

"Isn't this the director of "Saw"? He's Chinese."

"The information is very clear, the director is James Wan."

"Damn it, Director Guan is in the United States, so he has a lot of work to do?"

"Let the Bullets Fly" hasn't even been released yet, and Guan Ling has ignited another flame in the industry.

Everyone is looking forward to it.

Guan Ling is a bit crazy. The domestic box office explosion is not over yet. Why is it still available abroad?

And it’s a horror movie.

You are a commercial film director, what kind of horror film do you make? Do you have that ability?

Can it be fired?

If a horror movie could be a hit...

Some people no longer dare to think about it.

(End of this chapter)