China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 345: Can Only Be Admired by Everyone

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"Nolan rebuilt Batman, and this time with Guan, he doesn't have to rebuild anything, but some directors will go to Inception to find it." - Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times.

"When the screening of Inception ends and the lights in the theater come on, you will sit in your seat staring at the screen, wondering what exactly happened just now. There is no comparison table to evaluate Nolan's trend of complex world. This is the most outstanding intellectual carnival in history." - Elizabeth Wittman of New York Daily News.

"'Inception' has surpassed many classic science fiction films, such as 'Blade Runner' and 'The Matrix'. It is not like 99% of other movies. The less you know about 'Inception' before watching it, the better. Guan and Nolan have quite cleverly blurred the boundaries between dreams and reality. 'Inception' will become a masterpiece as a blockbuster of the summer season. It's a pity that the person in charge of this movie is actually a Chinese." - Lou Rumenick of the New York Post.

"'Inception' is by no means a weird art film. If you're looking for wisdom and popular entertainment, then this is the right film. Dreams are a great adventure in life - whether it's happiness or fear, it's provided to us by dreams. This unique dream experience cannot be experienced by others at all." - Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times.

Three days after its release, the North American opening weekend box office of "Inception" is finally released.

The three-day box office totaled $6440 million, directly topping the North American box office champion last weekend.

For a time, various praises from the external network poured in.

"Guan, Nolan's new film has set off a wave of 'dreaming' craze in North America. 'Inception' has surpassed 'Despicable Me', 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' and 'Toy Story' to top the box office!"

"Inception's North American box office crushed the second, third and fourth places, and its first weekend box office exceeded the combined single-week box office of the next three films."

This data may sound ordinary, but only those who truly understand the inside story know how terrifying Guan Ling is.

You know, the first weekend of this movie was only three days.

It crushed the total box office of the next three movies in one week!
More details from the North American side were also slowly coming back.
North America calls this movie a "summer masterpiece"!
Although many people think that this film is very bad, so bad that it is irritating, and the content is superficial, it reveals a kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety, which makes a simple thing extremely complicated.

Others believe that dreams and reality have no connection at all. The film is hollow, and the so-called "depth" in it is nothing more than the morbidity and chaos everywhere on the screen. "Inception" should be called "self-deception". It is just a two-and-a-half-year-old rickshaw.

But these did not affect the sensation caused by Inception in North America. "

At Lionsgate Films, Frank sat in his large flat office with floor-to-ceiling windows, holding the North American box office figures in his hand.

Outside the window, there are tall buildings.

Looking down, the hustle and bustle of traffic is as ant-like as that of ants.

A moment later, the assistant was called in.

"The cooperation between us and Guan will be handled by you personally."

Frank was silent for a while. "No matter what process of the film, we at Lionsgate must provide Guan with the best service and the highest cooperation configuration, and we must ensure that he does not have any unnecessary thoughts."

The assistant listened carefully to the boss's words and nodded.

Then he looked up and asked, “As a partner, I understand how much you value him.

But boss, my work during this period has been to serve many of our super B-level movies. Should I hand over all these contents to other people now?"

"Correct."

Frank twisted the spinning top on the table.
The top began to spin.

Frank didn't look up, he just kept staring at the spinning top, which was a new popular peripheral product in North America within three days of the popularity of "Inception".

Although he didn't look up to speak, Frank's words were firm and decisive.

"He's not Class B, he's not even Class A."

Frank thought back to how arrogant that guy was before he started working with Guan Ling.

He didn't even know me at the time, but he dared to come and talk to me about cooperation, the six majors, and mergers.

Thinking about it now, Frank is still a little unclear whether it was reality or a dream.

Because it makes people too confused!

At this moment, the box office performance of "Inception" was like a stamp of certainty, which deeply impressed Frank's mind.

He had nothing to say.

This movie, a movie that can equal three to five Lionsgate movies.

And in North America, competition is virtually nonexistent.

Frank wanted to sing a song at this moment, "I am a banker with great vision and professional ability!

Guan, this is a gold mine I picked out! "

……

When the news reached China, countless actors and bosses were all shocked. The film grossed over 60 million U.S. dollars in just three days at the North American box office.

That's more than 400 million RMB.

Many bosses can only smile bitterly.

Seeing others making money is more painful than killing them.

This data also left the six major companies speechless.

silence.

Warner was excited because they got a share of the film due to the collaboration between Nolan and Guan Ling.

Now that the box office is so high, they can make money without doing anything.

Fox,
They had previously discussed the copyright of "Scarlet Witch" with Guan, as there were still conditions that needed to be negotiated between Marvel and this copyright.

But the other party knew that the subsequent director of this copyright was Guan.

The other party never mentioned the dispute again.

Guan Ling's willingness to film their script was even a kind of goodwill release for them.

The release of "Inception" made the Big Six clearly aware of a fact.

Guan is a director who is powerful enough to influence the top six Hollywood directors.

The seating order of the top six has been determined for now, but the rankings can naturally change based on various mergers, acquisitions, and collaborations.

However, because of some minor copyright requirements, they later had conflicts with Guan Ling.

This is obviously not what a smart person would do.

They just need to get the word out that there's a copyright issue.
But because Director Guan wants to make this movie, all copyrights are not a problem.

They are willing to offer the most sincere cooperation for Guan's film.

Isn't this relationship going to progress by leaps and bounds?!

……

Finally, the seminar organized by the Film Association began.

Guan Ling met several of the most famous directors at the seminar, as well as some professors from academia.

Of course there is also Director Tong of the Film Bureau.

At the meeting, Director Tong and Chairman Han personally set the tone and used "Avatar", "Inception" and "Source Code" for analysis to deeply explore the relationship between the artistic value, commerciality and quality of the films.

Guan Ling didn't want to talk, but his name was called.

"Director Guan, come and have a chat."

Director Tong smiled and said, "We are talking about three movies in total, and two of them are yours. If you don't express your opinion first, we won't be able to comment on them."

If someone else talked about this and it turned out to be the opposite of what Guan Ling wanted to say, it would be a complete slap in the face. So Director Tong asked Guan Ling to share his views first.

“In fact, I don’t want to talk about artistic value at all. After all, it is a very abstract thing. In my opinion, the artistic value of these three films is not high.

As for commerciality, apart from the pile of publicity for "Inception" and "Avatar", there are movies that truly make the most of commerciality. "Avatar" plays with visuals, "Inception" plays with concepts, and "Source Code" plays with suspense and rhythm.

Whether a movie can be a hit or not depends on many factors, but the most important thing is that the content of the script cannot treat others as fools.

Only by providing high-quality content to the audience can we get good feedback.”

Guan Ling didn't say much.

The scene was full of big shots, and he talked too much, which made everyone look unhappy, which was quite unpleasant.

Guan Ling just spoke briefly.

Then the stage was handed over to the elders of the association.

At the meeting, various leaders shared their views on the three films.

“We don’t have the technology to make Hollywood blockbusters like Avatar and Inception, but we can definitely make Source Code.

Director Guan's film "Source Code" can be said to have pioneered the Chinese commercial science fiction film industry. It did not have many special effects, but relied purely on the story to achieve such a high box office.

I think Director Guan is worthy of learning for all the directors here. Compared with the current success of "Inception", I am more excited about the movie "Source Code", which really stabilized the confidence in domestic films.

Here, I have to praise Director Guan. Although his next film focus will be a movie in Hollywood, Director Guan is indispensable for Chinese-language films. "

Director Tong said that he attached more importance to "Source Code", but when he talked about the popular movie "Inception", he turned into a crooked-mouthed dragon king.

In the past few days, the box office of "Inception" has made the entire summer season crazy, and has also made the overall film market hot.
First of all, Xu Zheng’s "Lost on Journey" and Hong Kong’s "Full Alert" are scheduled to be released next month.

Zhang Yimou's film channel has also officially announced that it will be officially released in September, along with other films such as Pan Changjiang's "Raise Your Hands 2".

"Aftershock" is scheduled to be released during the National Day holiday, and Liu Dehua's "Say I Love You Again" will also be released during the National Day holiday.

"The Orphan of Zhao" has now reached its final stage. In an interview, Brother Chen Kai claimed that it will probably be released during the Spring Festival.

The series of official announcements is dazzling.

But what more people saw was these people’s fear of Guan Ling’s films.

Before Guan Ling was released, we didn’t dare to make an official announcement.

After Guan Ling's movie is released, she will go to Hollywood to shoot a new movie. Are your movies all released at the same time?
In fact, there are more than just these people. Lingyun Media's "Painted Skin 2", "Ip Man 2" and "I Am a Witness" are also in the process of filming and post-editing, waiting for schedule arrangements at any time.

On the one hand, the movie box office has reached the top.

On the one hand, domestic films are being officially announced and released like mushrooms after a rain.

All these show that he is doing a good job as the Director of the Film Bureau!
How could Director Tong not be excited?
After some official jargon, Director Tong claimed that in the future, the policy planning and guidance will be continuously strengthened to promote the emergence of excellent film and television works.
Especially for movies like Guan Ling's "Source Code", which has a low budget but high box office and purely relies on the suspense of the story, we should strongly support it! Firmly support it!
After the meeting, there was applause from the crowd!

But more people's eyes were looking at Guan Ling.

"Director Guan, you have to come to this film association." Li Shaohong came over and greeted Guan Ling with a little helplessness.

"Yang Mi is doing well at Lingyun Media?"

"Not bad. He's been pretty honest lately."

"This kid talks too fast. Director Guan needs to have a good talk with her. There are some things that my words don't count."

Li Shaohong had a pretty good impression of Yang Mi, so she would be a good starting point for chatting with Guan Ling.

After a brief greeting, Guan Ling finally entered the Film Association.

As for whether he would be the vice chairman next year, Guan Ling did not ask, but he saw the other party's relieved expression after he joined.

The main purpose of this association's seminar was to get Guan Ling to join the association, and at the same time, all the major directors were organized to sit down and talk together.

Guan Ling attracted many people's attention at the meeting.

But except for a few big directors, most people who come here don’t know what to say.

When everyone thinks about their own lack of literary knowledge, they can only say "awesome".

What else can I say?
Lu Chuan looked at the countless eyes focused on Guan Ling, and felt a little cold in his heart.

He and Qin Lan have broken up.

The reason was that he didn't want to get married. This was what he said openly to others. In fact, it was Qin Lan who always compared him with Guan Ling.

And every time, Lu Chuan felt like he was stabbed hard in the chest.

He felt betrayed.

But at this moment, at a seminar held by the Directors Association of the industry,

Guan Ling is still the person in the spotlight, looked up to by everyone.

And because of the public ridicule for "Nanjing Nanjing", he now does not have any commercial films to shoot.

Thinking of this, his heart ached.

……

"Guan Ling, your movie seems to have had problems in Japan."

Liu Yifei called Guan Ling.

In Japan, Inception grossed $7.6 million in its first three days.

The first week box office was a huge success.

According to a Japanese distribution company, this movie may gross at least 6 billion yen in Japan.

That is equivalent to more than 400 million yuan in RMB.

As soon as the news came out, the Japanese entertainment industry was shocked.

But at the same time, some bad comments gradually spread.

"Inception is suspected of plagiarizing the Japanese film Paprika. A Chinese director stole one of the best films of the Empire of Japan."

"This movie should have been shot by our Japanese director, but now it has been stolen by a Chinese director!"

"I suggest Jin Min sue Guan Ling for copyright infringement. Oh, sorry, I forgot that Jin Min has passed away."

"Then let Guan Xia go find her?"

Guan Ling didn't know that his movie would be shown in Japan and would cause the Japanese people to break down.

"what's the situation?"

Guan Ling was a little surprised.

"It seems that your movie plagiarized a Japanese cartoon," Liu Yifei said, "I've seen it, and there are indeed some similar scenes, but it's definitely not plagiarism."

As Liu Yifei had previously worked at Sony for half a year, Japan obviously has some connections
She actually knew something that Guan Ling was still unclear about.

Guan Ling looked at the film and television information and suddenly laughed.

"Plagiarism?"

(End of this chapter)