China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 370 The news that has haunted the actors in the circle! A huge pie in the sky!
On the evening of October 2010, 10 Beijing time, Zhang Yimou made his first public appearance after being besieged by the media, and his subsequent remarks completely ignited the entertainment industry.

"Zhang Yimou confirmed in an interview that Guan Ling did write the script and collaborate with him, and Zhang Yimou's words indicated that the two parties had reached a basic consensus."

"Two famous Chinese directors collaborated on a film. Zhang Yimou accepted an interview and claimed that the film was a comedy!"

"What kind of magical plan is this? After Nolan and Guan Ling's collaboration, the two biggest directors in China have teamed up?"

For a moment, all the actors and agents in the entertainment industry were stunned and shocked.

At this point, no one regards this news as gossip anymore.

Zhang Yimou confirmed it personally.

Although there was no official announcement or statement, Zhang Yimou's attitude and smile seemed to show that he was very satisfied with the script.

For a time, all practitioners in the domestic film and television industry were dazzled by this news. After Guan Ling’s own silence for about two months, Guan Ling once again became a hot topic in the circle!

Some movie promotions, some entertainment gossip, and even the box office performance of the movies currently in theaters.

It seems that nothing in the industry is more important than this movie.

Countless pieces of news were completely suppressed!

……

Before the news of Guan Ling and Zhang Yimou's collaboration came out, the entertainment industry had already begun to get lively during the National Day holiday.

This is also a recovery of the market after a slightly bleak summer season.

This year's film industry is a melee of masters and a chaos of demons.

Liveliness is inevitable.

Although in the first half of the year, Guan Ling played the absolute protagonist!
Whether it was the overall crush of Taken 2, the release of The Whisper, or the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film,
Or maybe it was the premiere of Tsui Hark's "The Dragon King of the Dragon City", Guan Ling's "Source Code" completely opened the door to Chinese science fiction films,

Later, he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival after a 10-year absence, and then collaborated with Tsinghua University on a tribute film.

The tears of the audience caused by "The Father", and then "Inception" swept away the haze brought by "Avatar" to Chinese films.
After the official announcement of the animated film project, the revenue of "Lost on Journey" stunned the industry, and "Awakening Age" made a big splash in the TV circle.

These are all related to Guan Ling.

Guan Ling has always been the symbol leading the Chinese film and television industry!
In the schedules with and without him, he created one climax after another!
As the audience was excited, the box office also soared and records were broken time and again!
The continuous emergence of new box office records stimulates every director.
It also firmly leads China's film box office market and encourages directors who currently want to make movies to enter this circle.

But after "Inception" was taken off the screen, Guan Ling would still inevitably fall into a period of stagnation.

People always need to rest.

Now he is filming his new movie in North America. The news directly related to him has finally disappeared temporarily.

But the entertainment industry is never short of new things.

Zhang Yimou's film "Under the Hawthorn Tree" creates a classic pure love art film.

The currently released "Aftershock" is aiming to be the champion of the National Day box office.

The upcoming "Ip Man 2" is attracting public expectations and promotion has already begun.

There is Chen Kai's "The Orphan of Zhao" which is scheduled to be released during the Lunar New Year, and there is also "Taken 3" which will be released during the Lunar New Year for three years.

There are many movies that have whetted the industry's appetite.

What's more, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 4" and "Resident Evil " were introduced to China.
It also fills everyone's hearts with countless expectations.

Originally, people thought that perhaps in the two months before the release of Taken 3, Guan Ling would not be the protagonist.

After all, the film market will never be monopolized by one person.

Even if all the directors of Lingyun Media were added together, it would be impossible to completely saturate the film market.

In recent media news,

There are only two directors who can be called the protagonists.

One is Feng Xiaogang, who is full of energy and is ready to take the second place in China's box office at any time.

Because of the movie "Aftershock", he almost forgot his last name was Feng.

During this period, he has been in the limelight. Not only has he become famous, but his box office is also real!

It is a crushing blast to any other movie during the National Day holiday!

The other one is Lu Chuan, who has just teamed up with Star Media to prepare for an online audition of tens of thousands of people to select the new movie's protagonist, Yu Ji.

The movie is "The Feast of Kings".
The film has currently confirmed that the director will be Lu Chuan, and that two male actors, Liu Ye and Daniel Wu, will be the leading actors.

As a costume commercial blockbuster with an investment of nearly 100 million yuan.

The film is jointly produced by Star Media, Emperor Motion Pictures, Parker Pictures, Tang Dynasty, Yunying Group and China Film.

It has completely attracted the attention of the industry.

According to an interview with Lu Chuan, the film took twelve months to prepare. To this end, he worked hard and meticulously crafted the script. He spent countless energy on the script of this film, hoping to bring a different subversion to the historical story of "Chu-Han Contention"!

He also claimed that the quality of this movie will definitely not disappoint the fans!
After "Nanjing Nanjing", Lu Chuan's new movies still have a strong appeal in the industry.

The actor doesn’t care about the people scolding him online.

In the entertainment industry, being scolded is also a form of popularity!
But one thing is that Lu Chuan had a hard time choosing the role of Yu Ji.

Qin Lan has broken up with him.

Moreover, Qin Lan was not suitable for this role. After interviewing several well-known actresses, Lu Chuan thought they were not suitable.

As the character with the most connections in the movie, Lu Chuan had no choice but to hold a nationwide audition for the role, which attracted a lot of attention.

And he, Lu Chuan, has also become a big director who has been highly anticipated by many fans in the circle and reported by countless media in recent times.

For Feng Xiaogang and Lu Chuan,

The two were originally enjoying their life in the spotlight.

Enjoy the box office growth and achievements, and enjoy the right to cast tens of thousands of people in a nationwide audition.

But no one expected it. It was just a piece of news, and Guan Ling didn't even show up, but Guan Ling directly took the blame for both of them.

Guan Ling + Zhang Yimou, for the Chinese entertainment industry, this is no longer just a pie in the sky, but a huge pie in the sky!

It’s a completely magical game!

Whether they knew each other or not, they were all contacting Ling Yun and Guan Ling.
Countless people are inquiring and asking,

I want to have a place in this movie.

Big names or small names, almost all of them had deep expectations after hearing this news.

"The Feast" is a pie, a Luchuan pie, and a grand pie.

What about the movie that Guan Ling and Zhang Yimou collaborated on?
The industry knows the answer!
……

I received calls from China Film, Guangxian, Shanghai Film, and Wanda Film successively, and also received a call from Xi'an Film Group.

As Zhang Yimou's base camp, Xiying finally connected with Guan Ling this time.

The moment the call was connected, Mr. Wang, the boss of Xiying, felt inexplicably moved.

"Director Guan, it is really difficult for Xiying to work with you once."

"Boss Wang, I don't know how to respond to what you said."

The mood on the phone was a little awkward. Director Wang also realized that his words had put pressure on Guan Ling.

"In any case, Xiying will fully support and help you, Director Guan, in your cooperation with Director Zhang. If there's anything I can do for you, just let me know."

Guan Ling knew how much Xiying wanted to work with him.

Before, as a traditional film studio, they couldn’t come up with the money, and the premium was not as good as that of private enterprises. In the circle, they had nothing to do with Guan Ling.

There were many times when they didn’t win the bid.

Gradually, the other party also reacted.

Although the shares of this new project have not yet been determined, Zhang Yimou's participation has rekindled their hope.

After all, for this movie, Zhang Yimou will definitely leave New Picture.

It is normal to set aside a small part of the relationship between Zhang Yimou and Xiying to deepen the connection.

After all, he is the soul of Xi'an's creative circle, and he has made a contribution to his hometown.

Guan Ling had a chat with Mr. Wang.

In terms of investment, Guan Ling doesn't mind Xiying's participation. Zhang Yimou will definitely set up a new company by then, so let them discuss the allocation themselves.

Moreover, the investment for this movie will not be huge, and Guan Ling doesn’t mind bringing more people to play with it.

Now that the group is getting bigger, Guan Ling hopes for unity and there is no need to make things tense.

Although Xiying has declined.

But it is still one of the four well-known state-owned film studios in China.

How popular was the Xi'an Film Studio back then?
In the 1980s, when Germany and Spain translated the four words "Huaxia Film", they directly translated it into "Xi'an Film". What's more, some domestic theaters at that time would promote films from other film studios as Xi'an Film when showing them or selling them abroad.
This shows the reputation of Xiying's productions!

Foreign media even commented that Xi'an Film Studio is "the cradle of new Chinese films"!
In fact, many people don’t know that Xiying not only has classic masterpieces such as "The Swordsman from Shuangqi Town" and "Ju Dou".

They also collaborated on the classic "A Chinese Odyssey" with Stephen Chow.

And for this movie, Xiying took out all of its assets, directly breaking the highest record of Xiying Studio's releases. In that era, it brought Xiying Studio over tens of millions in profits.

But Mr. Li’s traditions had not changed at that time and were deeply rooted in his thinking. This film, which was later called a Chinese classic, was defined as a "begging film" within the Xi'an Film Studio at that time!
It's pure cultural garbage created just to make money.

After entering the new century, the Chinese film market has undergone tremendous changes. The films of the 1990s are considered the swan song of Western films, and the completely commercialized operation also led to the birth of the Western Film Group.

But soon, the once world-famous Xiying gradually became mediocre.

Now they no longer define traditional and new art, nor do they think that commercialization is begging. But generally speaking, except for some directors in the Northwest circle, it is difficult for them to create classics.

Can use Zhang Yimou's relationship to cooperate with Guan Ling.

This is very good news for Xiying.

……

When the box office of "Aftershock" bombarded the industry, the news that Guan Ling and Zhang Yimou were collaborating on a new movie gradually spread.

Han Sanpin called and asked a question.

"Director Guan, is this a blockbuster movie?!"

“Not a big movie.”

Guan Ling didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Over the past few years, Han Sanpin had never changed this habit. He really just liked big ones.

Even though he has earned a lot of money and gained a good reputation with small and medium-budget domestic films, his obsession and original intention have never changed.

"That's a pity. As the two biggest directors in China, it's puzzling that your collaboration is not a blockbuster. But if it's a comedy, how can it be a high-grossing movie?"

"I actually don't know how high the box office will be." Guan Ling said honestly, "This movie is just a play. It's too early for me to talk about confidence."

"This is the first time I've heard you lack confidence."

Han Sanpin was somewhat surprised when these words came out, but he became even more curious.

"But no matter what, if China Film has a share, then take some. I heard that Wang Yong contacted you?"

"Yes, Xiying is eager for this cooperation." Guan Ling said, "But even if we cooperate, it will be deducted from Zhang Yimou's share. We can discuss it in detail later. He still has to shoot "The Flowers of War"."

Han Sanpin laughed out loud.

"Okay, let's talk about it later. But you're the only director who has the guts to be so stingy with Xiying."

"What do you mean by stingy? How about giving the China Film Group's share to the West Film Group?"

Guan Ling joked.

"Just pretend I didn't say anything and hang up."

……

"I declare that the film "Warring States" has officially been shut down!"

At Henan Jiaozuo Film and Television City, director Jin Chen looked at the leading actors in front of him and shouted the word "filming completed".

In order to truly restore the magnificent war scenes of the Warring States Period, the crew spent tens of millions of yuan to travel to Inner Mongolia, Hebei and Henan, setting up scenes in the three places and building nearly one hundred large and small scenes.

They even created snow scenes in the summer, spending millions to purchase hundreds of tons of environmentally friendly food additives to make artificial snow!

It can be said to be a lot of hard work.

When the camera was turned off, director Jin Chen had tears in his eyes.

This is clearly a joyful and exciting story, but at this moment, after the director shouted it out, it was obvious that several of the main actors were absent-minded.

"Tiantian, what's wrong?"

The director was a little puzzled, and asked this question after he finished talking about the wrap.

"I don't know if I will play a role in the new movie directed by Guan and Zhang Yimou."

Jingtian was worried about gains and losses.

The road administration had told her before that they would mobilize all resources to get this role for Jingtian.

But since it is still unknown how many characters there are in this movie and how many screen time they will have, Jingtian can only wait.

After saying this, Jin Chen's face instantly fell.

"Eat what's in the bowl and look at what's in the pot, right?"

But he can't say this, but others can, Jingtian, this is the financial sponsor.

But he also understood Jingtian's thoughts, as he had seen the news.

In today's entertainment industry, if we rank the most popular resources, Guan Ling's movie roles rank first, TV drama roles rank second, and script roles rank third.

The highest level of roles played by famous directors such as Zhang Yimou is comparable to Guan Ling's TV drama resources.

And this script by Guan Ling and the role played by director Zhang Yimou are definitely top-notch resources.

Guan Ling and Zhang Yimou are both directors who can decide the ownership of the roles.

He had no doubt that if the two people said that the movie needed a heroine, Chinese actresses would definitely go crazy for it and might even drown the two people together.

There is no need to envy this thing, he can't compare to it at all.

(End of this chapter)