China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 217 "Ip Man" is released and heading to Cannes!

"Guan, there's good news and there's bad news. Which one do you want to hear?"

Guan Ling received a call from Gai Naote.

"The Twilight Saga is coming out?"

Guan Ling's answer made Gai Naote quite bored. When communicating with smart Oriental people, he was always understood right away.

"This is good news, but you didn't tell the whole story."

Gai Naote said.

Guan Ling cooperated for a while and said nothing. As expected, Gai Naote couldn't hold himself any longer and finished his sentence as if he were pouring beans out of a bamboo tube.

"The good news is that I have cleverly avoided the two strong rivals of 'The Wolverine' and 'Transformers 2'. The bad news is that we may have to face off against 'Up'."

"The release date is May 5th. This is the release date I got by selling my butt."

Gai Naote has indeed been very tired recently. Guan Ling knows that emails have been coming in one after another a while ago. In order to coordinate the release and release time, Gai Naote has worked hard.

But selling ass?

Guan Ling was very surprised.

"I didn't realize it, Gaylot, you are still bisexual."

"A bisexual man with a tall head,"

Ge Naote said angrily, "Exaggeration, exaggeration, do you understand?

You are not a qualified boss, but I must be a qualified partner.

Do you know how many connections I spent on choosing a release date?

In Chinese terms, you are really a hands-off shopkeeper. "

Guan Ling learned about it a little bit and realized that there were indeed many movies in North America this month.

除了已经在5月1日上映的《金刚狼》之外，5月8日《星际迷航》打着重振旗鼓的科幻经典的旗号再度开张，5月29日《飞屋环游记》，6月23日《变形金刚2》，这些电影都是些能打的。

But what made Guan Ling narrow his eyes a little was "The Hangover", which will be released on June 6.

No one expected that this small-budget movie, which cost only US$3500 million, could bring in a North American box office of close to US$2.68.

The global box office reached US$4.17 million.

It can be said to be the biggest box office dark horse of the year in 2009.

It's not that Guan Ling didn't want to earn this money. Guan Ling had written this script at the beginning of time travel, but when he uploaded it to the script library, he discovered that the script already existed.

And now, this project is finally going to be released.

But Guan Ling was not too panicked, because the scripts for the subsequent installments of "The Hangover" had been registered under another name by Guan Ling.

The name was "Drunk Night".

Although they won't be able to share the dividends from the movie "The Hangover", the producers of "The Hangover" will not be able to produce the next few movies unless they change the scripts.

But Guan Ling paid a little attention to the director of "The Hangover" and told Guyot that he would try to sign the director Phillips to Ferris Lingyun.

Gatelot really didn't pay much attention to a small-budget movie.

But Guan Ling made the request, so he went to check it out.

"Phillips is quite destined to be with you. He was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay before, and he was in the same Oscar as you, but you won the statuette for Best Original Screenplay, and he missed this award."

"Other than that, there's nothing outstanding about him. Don't worry, I will definitely sign this guy for you."

Gai Naote's chest beat loudly.

“Before ‘The Hangover’ is released, it’s best to get this thing in place.”

Guan Ling didn't elaborate, but he knew in his heart that if the movie was released, this person wouldn't be able to sign it.

Guan Ling valued him not only because of the two subsequent movies of "The Hangover", but also because Phillips made a Marvel Golden Lion Award-winning movie-"Joker".

This is talent! Guan Ling can't let go!

Talking about the recent announcement of "The Twilight Saga" again, Guyot became excited.

"But I have to say that after we started announcing Vampire + Love, many people expressed their obvious expectations!"

Guan Ling is not surprised by this result. In his previous life, around 2024, China’s short videos were sold overseas.

Many companies are filming short videos with gory plots and playing them on professional short drama software in North America. ReelShort is on the hot list, and the "earth-flavored" short drama Barbarian Nuggets earns almost 30 million US dollars in real money every week.

And "Twilight" is the originator of bloody dramas. Guan Ling has watched several of them in his previous life. How can he describe the plot...

From the performance to the plot, everything gives people a feeling of constipation.

Yes, Guan Ling feels that his evaluation is not exaggerated, because among the five "Twilight" movies, Guan Ling believes that the most profitable ones are the handsome men and beautiful women and the soundtrack. As for the content of the movies, they are unsightly.

This is also the reason why Guan Ling did not direct it himself.

"The announcements all depend on you. On May 5th, I will definitely be waiting for the awards at Cannes." Guan Ling said.

"Guan, I believe in you. As a hands-off boss, you will definitely be able to get what you want."

When they talked about business, Gainaote became serious.

"I have to be prepared. Once you win the award, I will have new ideas for the promotion of "Twilight"."

"As long as the Xuanfa thing is normal."

Guan Ling told Guyot about the most important thing, "The problem is, keep an eye on Lionsgate Pictures. After "Twilight" is released, our quotation can be raised to a higher level."

"Are you so confident?" Gai Nao Te took a breath of air.

Can this movie also affect cooperation negotiations with Lionsgate Pictures?

"If you push the publicity to the extreme, I don't think it will be difficult for this movie to win a box office of US$200 million," Guan Ling said.

"give it to me."

Guyot was suddenly excited. With a box office of 200 million US dollars, as a producer, Guyot seemed to have seen countless bonuses.

All the energy in my body suddenly came up.

After finishing the call with Gai Naote, Guan Ling called Fang Ping and asked him to arrange for someone to go to CCTV 1.

Discuss the release of the TV series "Latent" with the director of CCTV Channel 1.

Just two days ago, the TV series "Latent" written by Guan Ling, directed by Jiang Wei, and starring Sun Honglei and Yan Danchen was completed.

When the news came out, it immediately attracted the attention of television stations across the country.

CCTV 1, CCTV 8, Dragon TV, Mango TV...

Everyone's eyes are on this TV series.

Just because of the screenwriter of this TV series-Guan Ling.

The TV station is not waiting and watching, nor is it testing, but is definitely going to the end and will do it with real swords and guns.

Among them, CCTV 1 and Mango TV have the strongest intentions.

Mango TV established its status in the world with "Menghualu" last year.

They have no resistance at all to the new TV series written by Guan Ling, and even the price is not an issue.

As for Yang 1, they value the type of TV series "Insidious". Spy War is tailor-made for the viewing style of Yang 1 viewers. Both are eager to win the premiere rights to "Insidious".

However, "Latent" is still being negotiated under the arrangement of Guan Ling. At the same time, Guan Ling is still contacting the online platform and preparing to sell the network copyright to the online platform, so the negotiations have been going on for a while, but there is no result yet.

……

The promotion of "Ip Man" is also in full swing.

As a new movie written by Guan Ling, this movie attracted the attention of the industry at the beginning of its promotion.

"This movie won't still have a box office of 200 million, right?"

The industry is a little surprised, but also a little hopeful.

If I can get another 200 million, then in these three months, the box office will be 200 million every month... That would be awesome.

Written by Guan Ling, directed by Wilson Yip, and starring Donnie Yen as the male protagonist.

Xiong Dailin is the heroine, and others, Wilson Yip, have chosen many golden supporting roles in Hong Kong, including Simon Yam, Fan Shaohuang...

In the past two months, the industry has almost become accustomed to the fact that none of the movies produced by Guan Ling's companies have clearly received compensation until now.

Everyone has a consensus in their hearts.

If this movie can still exceed 200 million, the pressure on Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou will not only be a matter of box office, but also a matter of status.

Lu Yang and Chen Jiashang are now standing at the final step.

If Wilson Ye can also break through the title of the 200 million yuan club, Brother Chen Kai and Zhang Yimou will be completely dumbfounded.

The industry will definitely be completely confused because Guan Ling's movies have exceeded 200 million for three consecutive months.

However, in Guan Ling's view, it is actually a bit difficult for "Ip Man" to break 200 million.

Mainly because the two movies "Star Trek" and "The Wolverine" can be said to have attacked from both sides, and their impact on Ip Man must have been considerable.

But it has to be said that when the new movie written by Guan Ling entered the list of upcoming releases in May, the atmosphere in the entire film industry became restless.

Everyone is looking forward to how exciting the movie produced by Guan Ling will be when it is released.

At the same time, the release of "The Wolverine" in mainland China has reached fever pitch.

On May 5st, "The Wolverine" was released in North America, with a box office of US$1 million on its first day, making it a good start for the 3500 summer season.

"The Wolverine" has been full of twists and turns from production to release. First, secret reshoots caused fans to doubt the quality of the film, then the unfinished version was leaked online, and then the H1N1 influenza affected its release in Mexico...

This movie can be said to have everything going wrong.

However, just a few days after its release, the box office performance of "The Wolverine" made movie fans completely crazy. It grossed 4009 million US dollars in 3500 theaters in the United States. Although it cannot be said to be a box office miracle, it also successfully kicked off the summer season.

This achievement makes the publisher 20th Century Fox quite proud.

And in the mainland,

This drama is distributed by China Film.

But the effect was not very good, mainly because the film was leaked on the Internet, so the premiere had to be postponed, and the leaked clips were also parodied on the Internet.

The leaked version was still a high-definition version, and the number of downloads was once as high as 100,000 times. The FBI also began to intervene in the investigation.

China Film Group has introduced imported blockbusters in May for three consecutive years, following "Spider-Man 2007" in 3 and "Iron Man" in 2008.

This year, the problems with "The Wolverine" also sounded some alarm bells for China Film Group.

……

Liu Yifei has been spending time with Guan Ling in recent days.

The two moved from Liu Yifei's villa to a house bought by Guan Ling, and they blatantly started living together for a few days.

Extremely happy.

Guan Ling is very happy. This mother-in-law is so sensible. Now once Feifei is with him, she won't send a single text message.

"Director Guan, do you want to go to Cannes at the same time?"

Zhang Ziyi's calls and text messages came over, but because Liu Yifei was there, Guan Ling didn't answer the text messages or phone calls.

The premiere of "Ip Man" is scheduled for May 5th. Guan Ling will definitely go to Cannes and will definitely not be able to attend the premiere.

As I had talked with Guan Ling before, Lingyun Media still carried out the premiere of this movie according to the highest standards, and invited top stars in the entertainment industry.

As the last movie recently released by Lingyun Media, "Ip Man" is a very good IP, and it is also related to the industry's view of Lingyun Media.

After all, Lingyun Media has been so popular recently, and no one wants to compete with Lingyun Media.

Of course, as the most popularly promoted movie in China, "Ip Man" did not make any splash internationally.

However, at this moment, a piece of news from across the ocean was featured on Sina Entertainment, which directly attracted the attention of most people in the country.

"The new movie "The Twilight Saga" produced by Hollywood Ferris Lingyun and written by Guan Ling is scheduled to be released on May 5. Can Ferris Lingyun's new film continue the box office storm created by Lingyun Media in China?"

"Motian Lingyun once again produces a movie. Can Guan Ling's screenwriter's works sweep the United States? Create a love myth?"

The domestic film and television industry has long been swept away by the various news created by Guan Ling in North America. Even the announcement of the "Ip Man" movie has been somewhat behind the pace.

Everyone in the industry is still looking forward to Guan Ling's new work in Hollywood.

Even though this project was not directed and filmed by Guan Ling himself.

But in the end, the film companies are absolutely enthusiastic and they are eager to know the project process.

Everyone wanted to get the exact information from Guan Ling's mouth.

But Guan Ling did not make any response to this.

Everyone's contact seemed to have disappeared. Actors in the industry wanted to use Guan Ling to get in touch with Hollywood, but they did not get a positive answer.

At this moment, Guan Ling is preparing to go to Cannes.

All the creative staff of "Shoplifters" will go to Cannes to participate in this event on the occasion of the Palme d'Or nomination.

The industry's expectations for the Cannes Film Festival have already been overwhelming.

And Guan Ling, as the recognized leader of Chinese-language film directors in the Cannes executive industry, went to Cannes with the directors of five Chinese-language films, which can be said to be the leader!

"Shoplifters" is currently the one that attracts the most attention among Chinese-language movies among domestic and foreign fans.

Just because of Guan Ling, the slap in the face at Cannes last year, and the clamor to come and say hello!

The media has already demonized and hyped Guan Ling's trip to Cannes!

"Guan Ling, Zhou Xun, Huang Bo, Liu Yifei and others went to France to participate in the Cannes International Film Festival, aiming to win the Palme d'Or!"

"It is the first time to participate in the main competition of Cannes. Can Guan Ling win the prize?"

"A complete review of Guan Ling's 2008 Cannes Film Festival incident, discussing the connotation and value of a slap and a greeting."

At the beginning of the Cannes Film Festival, Guan Ling instantly occupied the front page of the entertainment industry.

At this moment, Guan Ling, leading the creators of "Shoplifters", was boarding a flight to France.

Countless eyes from home and abroad are attracted to this leisure town in southeastern France.

Everyone is looking forward to what kind of greeting Guan Ling can say.

(End of this chapter)