China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 178 Lionsgate’s call

"What the hell, the horror film written by Guan Ling in North America is predicted to have a box office of over 50 million U.S. dollars in North America? And the global box office is predicted to be at least over 100 million dollars?"

In the office of the new screen, Zhang Weiping listened to the discussion of the people below and asked suspiciously.

In his mind, the element of commerciality accounts for a high proportion, but Zhang Weiping really has no idea about horror movies.

After the employees brought over the relevant news, Zhang Weiping was completely confused.

With US$2.3 million, the North American box office would be more than 20 times higher. The global box office was almost forty or fifty times. Even if the share needs to be multiplied by a coefficient of a few tenths, it is still twenty times the income.

terror!

"This guy is really a treasure." Zhang Weiping shook his head. It's a pity that this guy has grown up now, otherwise, he would definitely want to participate.

"It's a pity that such a good young man didn't find anything." Zhang Weiping sighed and called Zhang Yimou, hoping that Zhang Yimou would start filming a new movie as soon as possible.

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Those who understand business are planning how to make money, while those who understand directing and scripts cannot understand why Guan Ling can write such a script at all.

It’s understandable whether it’s a disaster movie or a drama. Even horror movies, are Chinese horror movies also acceptable in the West?

For example, the Wang brothers and Feng Xiaogang of Huayi.

A few people are actually on pins and needles recently, because Jiang Wen made a box office of 400 million with Guan Ling, and the film's reputation has always been high.

This completely made Feng Xiaogang autistic. He has been embarrassed to show his face in the past few days, for fear that the media would interview him and ask him to comment on Jiang Wen.

It’s hard to comment, Feng Xiaogang feels very embarrassed.

As for the Wang brothers, because of the popularity of this movie, their emotions have been relatively low these days.

This time, a few people were discussing the release schedule of their films. "The King of Kung Fu" will definitely be released during the Lunar New Year, but Feng Xiao just finished filming "If You Are the One" and this movie is for Huayi I want to make money, so I have to choose a better schedule.

No, we were discussing this, and happened to hear the news that Guan Ling had made in the United States. Several people looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

"Brother, how much is the box office of "The Ghost in My Heart"?" Wang Zhonglei couldn't remember, so he asked Wang Zhongjun.

"More than one thousand and four million." Wang Zhongjun said, "I know what you want to say. Although Teng Huatao's movie is also a horror movie, it is more like a love movie. It is incomparable with Guan Ling's movie. .”

Several people fell into silence.

Last year, Huayi also produced a thriller and horror film, which was released together with Li Ming, Fan Bingbing and Liu Ruoying. It seems to be the best among domestic horror films, but now Looking at Guan Ling's achievements in North America, this movie is completely out of reach.

They are both horror movies, how can the gap be so big?

Moreover, Guan Ling is so young, and people at this time have long lost their feudal superstitions. How did Guan Ling write the script?

And let a very well-known horror film director in Hollywood accept the script and film it?

The Wang brothers didn't understand.

Feng Xiaogang didn't understand either.

What kind of script can take 50 million US dollars at the box office in North America?

Robbery?

It's heartbreaking. Is it so easy to make money in North America?

Is Guan Ling really such a monster? Can we do horror movies too?

Wang Zhongjun wanted to slap himself. Why did he get his relationship with Guan Ling to be like this in the first place? Now that he doesn't regret it, Wang Zhongjun himself is very clear-headed. This sentence must be false.

……

The "Insidious" movie is totally a hit.

Gai Naote called himself almost once a day, saying that all over Hollywood, people were overwhelmingly asking for basic information about Feitian Lingyun.

"Lionsgate recently wanted to sign a new contract with James Wan, but James Wan refused. I can tell that he really wants to make a blockbuster, not a low-budget horror movie like this."

Guyot expressed his opinion.

"So Guan, you have to be nice to him. He is a good partner for us to make money."

"Don't you just treat people as tools?" Guan Ling said with a smile, "What a good partner to make money, you can really say this."

"See through, don't tell." Gai Naote said dissatisfiedly, "I am here to remind James Wan, an unscrupulous boss like you, not to forget the blockbuster script for others."

"There will be scripts for blockbusters. But it has been agreed before that he will definitely shoot the first horror film for me first." Guan Ling thought of something, "By the way, the subsequent plot and shooting methods of "Insidious" , you can already start recruiting directors, and James Wan will not be needed in the future. He is too expensive. In the future, we will only use him to shoot the first part of our movies, which can save a lot of costs."

"Then the first part of the movie you mentioned is still available?" Guyot's eyes lit up.

"Yes, yes, but it's not too late to finish the work at hand. You first choose a suitable director to be the director of the follow-up series of "Insidious", which is the most important thing."

"I understand. Promise to complete the task." Gelot's eyes lit up.

The box office revenue of "Insidious" grew wildly in its second week, reaching a single-week box office of $21 million.

The American media's interest in Ferris Lingyun, James Wan, and Guan quickly reached its peak, and reports on these three people were everywhere.

As for Guan Ling's personal information, it was dug out in North America like beans being poured out of a bamboo tube.

Age, 24 years old, Chinese, graduate student at Nortel, Taiwan Golden Horse Award for Best Director, Oscar winner for Best Original Screenplay, Golden Lion Award screenwriter, boss of Lingyun Media, Ferris Lingyun and other companies.

If we talk about "Tongtian Empire", it only made Fox attach great importance to Guan Ling.

The emergence of "Latent" made the six major organizations pay attention to this young man.

There are many people in Hollywood who know the news about James Wan, but there is very little information about Guan Ling.

Everyone knows that Guan Ling is one of the absolute blockbuster directors. The benefits that "2012" brought to Guan Ling can be said to be at the ceiling level in Hollywood. However, Guan Ling did not strike while the iron was hot and returned to China to film. Because of this, Guan Ling Ling's popularity in Hollywood has declined slightly, and now, everyone is reacting.

This guy is definitely a high-quality famous director who needs to be caught!

The most important thing is that this guy is a screenwriter that the Six Majors need.

This guy is versatile, he can make commercial films and art films. I can write my own scripts, and I am familiar with various movie genres, which is simply ridiculous.

Various news about Guan Ling in the United States were quickly transferred back to domestic portals and news websites. Although "Latent" could not be released in China due to its subject matter, it was not reported by official media.

But this kind of news is a complete temptation for the industry and the audience.

Many people want to get close to each other quickly, and everyone is thinking about when they will have the opportunity to go to Hollywood.

Various calls were made to Guan Ling in an endless stream. Many people have discovered that Guan Ling’s mobile phone cannot be connected at all and is in a busy state at all times.

There are more congratulations and congratulations on Penguin and blogs. At this time, everyone wants to hurry up and get along well with Director Guan.

"Guan Ling, congratulations, you have set a new record. You are the first mainland Chinese to go to Hollywood to make a horror film and achieve good results..."

Mu Tingting called. She waited for a long time, but the call finally came.

"Why do you need to be so close to me? Tingting, how are you doing lately? How is the filming of "Sword and Sword III" going?"

"I feel that the nightshade I played is a very weak person. But sometimes I can't express that feeling, but I have been trying to put myself into it and turn myself into a princess who was abandoned by her brother. Although I can’t feel this emotion, but it feels similar to the feeling of being given up for no reason in love.”

After Mu Tingting said a few words, Guan Ling broke out in a cold sweat.

"Do you want to quarrel?" Guan Ling asked.

"Huh?" Guan Ling didn't follow the routine, and Mu Tingting was confused.

"Are you talking about me when you say this in a roundabout way?" Guan Ling said fiercely, "Why should I be given up for no reason? You are thinking too much. I have been too busy in the past few months and have never been to the Magic City. .How about I accompany you to Disneyland after we get to the Magic City?"

"But you can fly to see me when you return to China." Mu Tingting was not fooled and insisted on his point of view.

"Then you can fly to see me." Guan Ling said, "Are you busier than me? In this case, you gave up on me for no reason, right?"

As soon as these words came out, Mu Tingting was silent for a while.

"That's different..."

"What's the difference?" Guan Ling started the machine gun-like output mode, and was silenced by Mu Tingting.

Thinking about it carefully, it is true that she did not come to see Guan Ling, so she did not seem to have the absolute qualification to blame Guan Ling.

Mu Tingting frowned, his small nose wrinkled and revealing a few ridges.

The little girl was furious.

Guan Ling is still typing, "I've been almost exhausted lately. I'm just too busy. Sometimes I don't bother to chat with you. But you don't contact me either, making me think I found a role for you. You He just turned his back and refused to recognize anyone."

"Why do you think of me like this!" Mu Tingting started acting coquettishly on the phone, "How could I be such a person?"

"Then you apologize to me."

Guan Ling said, "Because you said I abandoned you for no reason, this is an insult to my character. I will not abandon any girl I like."

Mu Tingting didn't hear any loopholes in Guan Ling's words, such as talking about any girl he liked.

It's just that she was fooled by Guan Ling for a while, and her CPU was burned out. She didn't quite understand how this phone call was made to accuse her, but in the end it turned into an apology.

……

"By the way, Director Guan, someone asked me about your itinerary."

Gai Naote called, smiling. Guan Ling even felt that the other person must be running, otherwise he wouldn't be huffing and puffing.

"Which one?"

"Lions Gate."

"Why are they contacting me?" Guan Ling didn't expect that he hadn't gone to Lions Gate yet, but Lions Gate came to him first.

"You guys can talk about this in detail, but according to my estimation, it must be about the project. It should be that Lionsgate saw that "Insidious" was too profitable and wanted to invest?" Guyot said.

Guan Ling smiled heartily on the phone, "Okay, just let them contact me. I'd like to see what price they can offer me. But I feel like they can't afford me. After a few years, no. If something unexpected happens, I would also like to buy it from Lions Gate."

Gai Naote was confused and said nothing.

In the ten days since its release, the reputation of "Insidious" has spread rapidly. Lionsgate's top executives immediately prepared to withdraw from the hot iron and ask James Wan to quickly start filming a movie for their company to attract this wave of popularity. However, James Wan said that he was in the middle of a recent business trip. He refused to shoot the movie because he was tired.

For some reason, Lionsgate has its sights set on Guan Ling again.

That night, Guan Ling received a call from the United States.

"Hello, Guan, nice to meet you, I'm Stephen, the director of Lionsgate Pictures."

"Hello, Stephen, what is the purpose of your call?"

"After we learned that "Insidious" was written by you, we found your name in the database here in the United States, and we saw a lot of scripts. Although I can't see all the contents of these scripts, but from the parts that can only be seen, I can already see the potential in your script.

So, Guan, do you want to collaborate? Although Ferris Lingyun is developing, once someone creates fierce competition with you for the film promotion position, you will not be able to withstand it, but if you cooperate with us, you will be able to. "

The Lionsgate director is very confident;

"I believe you will accept my proposal, because you have a script and talent, but your distribution channels must be imperfect, and all publicity cannot be done in one step. Horror movies are okay, but "Bongtian Empire" if we do it If it runs, maybe the box office will be higher. You don't know the place, but we can do it. Guan, busy, I come with sincerity, do you want to consider it? I have seen too many things from your script library. There are so many scripts from the series that I don’t want to miss…”

At the end of the day, the director over there was waiting for Guan Lingxia's final decision on the phone. He didn't even dare to urge her. Guan Ling understood what it meant, but he shook his head.

"I believe in your sincerity, but if it's just for publicity, you can't give me what I want. If you read my script library, you will know the quality of my scripts, and your joining is purely a business without capital. Isn’t it?”

"The results of "Latent" are so good, you can see the results, but you only use illusory things to deal with me, isn't it inappropriate? Hahaha."

Guan Ling said this as a joke. The other person hesitated and spoke in a low voice.

"Then what do you want?"

“Stakes in Lionsgate.”

"No, this is impossible." The other person jumped up as if his tail had been stepped on.

"Guan, you are kidding me, right?"

(End of this chapter)