China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 379 Liu Yifei: It’s really interesting. There’s no need to call him shameless. Use time to be close to my junior brother!
"Director Guan, what is the share of the animation Even if the Wind Rises? Can we sit down and talk about it later?"

I had just gotten out of bed early in the morning when Han Sanpin called.

Guan Ling pulled his arm away from behind Liu Yifei's neck and then answered the phone.

Han Sanpin was quite excited on the phone.

"Of course we have to talk. I won't be able to go back until about a month later, but the project won't wait for anyone. Regarding the investment, I'll let Fang Ping and others talk to you based on legal affairs."

Guan Ling doesn't mind giving away part of his share.

And since it is an animated film after all, Guan Ling is confident that this movie will be a hit.

But it is a risky project after all, and the content has been modified compared to "The Wind Rises". If anything goes wrong, we can share the risks.

Of course Guan Ling thinks this play will probably make money.

With the current Chinese animation market, Guan Ling feels that even if he makes a movie of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf himself, he will still make money as long as the investment cost is controllable.

"What's the approximate amount of investment? Is there an estimate?"

Han Sanpin was smiling and looked relaxed on the phone.

But the next second, the other side asked in surprise, "What?"

There was silence on the phone for several dozen seconds before Han Sanpin asked in shock, "You want an investment of 20 million US dollars?"

Guan Ling: "Yes, 20 million US dollars. There are many contents in it that I may not make in China. I also need to make some light music and so on, and I am ready to find masters for them."

"I understand the soundtrack and theme song, but I really don't know where the huge investment in animation will go?"

"Basic computer modeling, live-action conversion to 3D, chase scenes, countless corrections of scene scheduling, speed corrections, character binding, action design, scenes. The movie goes by quickly, but every leaf, every cloud, every drop of rain, and various details need to be corrected and added with special effects, which costs a lot of money."

Guan Ling clearly heard the chattering over there, "Animated movies, are they so expensive?"

"Don't be impatient, Mr. Han." Guan Ling said, "They made a $200 million movie before, so why are you so shocked by this little thing?"

"That's a Hollywood science fiction movie, yours is an animation."

Han Sanpin took a deep breath, "With so much investment, if you want to make money, the box office must be at least 500 million. Why do I feel a little weak?"

The current animation market has a box office of 500 million RMB.

Han Sanpin really couldn't believe it.

I have to say, this investment has left Lao Han speechless.

It’s not because of Guan Ling, but because of the type.

"You're talking about the mainland box office." Guan Ling said, "The purpose of my film is not just domestic."

"That's uncertain." Han Sanpin said, "I need to discuss it. I called with the intention of making money, but you just hit me with a club."

"Watch your attitude." Guan Ling said with a smile, "It wasn't you who said we should develop domestic animation and make it bigger and stronger, right?"

"You kid." Han Sanpin said, "I just realized a problem when the filming of "Blood Battle in the Sky" started these two days. Your movie will not be shot by me. I was so poor that I didn't even have a plane. Be careful of your idea and make a mistake."

"There are scenes involving air combat, but they are very few. There won't be too much involvement from that side in the middle, at most it will just be a passing mention. Ling Yun has suffered in the aspect of review. I know the control of content better than anyone else, you can rest assured about this."

"Okay then, no problem on my end, but I need to convince those people, so give me some time."

"It's okay if you don't vote." Guan Ling said, "To be honest, I wish you wouldn't ask for it."

……

"Director Han's call?"

As soon as the phone call was hung up, Liu Yifei stood up.

She sat up from the bed without any makeup on, and Guan Ling sucked several little strawberries on her fair and slender neck.

Her smooth and pink face was full of smiles, which was an excited smile after last night's hard battle.

"Yes, how did you wake up?"

"I turned over in a daze and didn't touch you, so I woke up with a fright."

"Why are you still scared?"

Liu Yifei scratched her head, came forward and hugged Guan Ling.

"I've been busy with endorsements and promotions in China recently. I came to see you because I missed you so much. When I woke up just now, I didn't know where I was for a moment.

My mind was a mess. I thought I would hug you, but when I did, I woke up. I thought I had a wet dream.

Speaking of this, Liu Yifei herself laughed.

She showed her representative shy smile.

Your teeth are so white.

Guan Ling was also slightly moved by Liu Yifei's words and rubbed her head.

"Want to go get some breakfast?"

"No more eating. I'm sleepy." Liu Yifei held Guan Ling's hand and said, "Stay with me and continue sleeping."

"You're still sleepy? You deserve it. You woke me up in the middle of the night." Guan Ling said, "You're fine. I still have to film."

"Oh, right," Liu Yifei suddenly remembered, "Then go ahead and do your work. Kiss me. But I still need to sleep."

Then she turned over.

The small thunder that originally had some arc disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"What are you looking at?" The other person frowned and looked angry. "Go to work hard. See you in the evening."

Guan Ling showed half of his palm.

He walked away smiling.

Liu Yifei suddenly arrived in the United States the day before yesterday. Fortunately, Guan Ling had made arrangements in advance, otherwise she would have probably bumped into Fan Bingbing.

That would be an awkward situation.

Fan Bingbing is indeed a very tactful person. Ever since Liu Yifei arrived in Hollywood, Guan Ling didn't say a word and she disappeared into Guan Ling's room on her own.

…………

"Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kaige, Zhao Benshan, and Guan Ling are competing for the top spot in the Lunar New Year! "The Laughing Man" is in the Lunar New Year, and the premiere was hilarious!!"

"The 2011 Lunar New Year movie season is about to begin. Benshan Media's first Lunar New Year movie, "The Laughing Man", is released today!"

On December 12, the first day of release of "The Laughing Man" pushed the entire Lunar New Year box office to its most lively peak!
Although Guan Ling's news has crossed the news of the Lunar New Year period.

However, it didn't have enough popularity to stay on the hot searches, and in a blink of an eye, it was overshadowed by the turbulent news about the Lunar New Year box office.

The first program to be broadcast was Zhao Benshan's "Big Laugh in the Rivers and Lakes".

And tomorrow is the release day of Chen Kaige’s “The Orphan of Zhao”.

The industry's attention finally shifted away from Guan Ling and entered the early battle of the Lunar New Year holiday.

To everyone's surprise, although the publicity for "The Orphan of Zhao" was overwhelming, Fan Bingbing really did not show up. This time, neither Brother Chen Kai nor his wife said a word.

When the reporter interviewed them, they smiled and claimed that Fan Bingbing was busy.

As directors, they are very understanding.

Many people were surprised. When did Brother Chen Kai become so good-tempered?
Is it because you have the competitor "Big Laugh in the Rivers and Lakes" and you don't want to continue competing with Guan Ling?

However, at this time, theaters, capital, and more important content have nothing to do with Guan Ling.

Everyone is waiting for the box office results of the Lunar New Year holiday.

The attendance rate of "Big Laugh in the Rivers and Lakes" on the first day was very good. According to some publicity, it can be seen that the "Zhao Family Class" did provide people with a lot of laughs. As a brainless Northeastern hodgepodge, some video materials showed constant laughter at the theater.

As a costume action comedy film, its level of spoof is indeed quite popular with the public.

Many people claim that this is a Northeast version of the New Year's Errenzhuan. Some film critics have already started to curse, "Zhang Yimou is a well-known Chinese director. With "Three Guns", he told everyone in the industry that even if it is shit for the audience, everyone will watch it!"

That afternoon, many film reviews appeared online.

Most of the reviews were negative, and many people made personal attacks on the director and the actors of Zhao Family Class.

"my country's film industry is currently booming and full of talent. Artists and teachers in the literary and artistic circles have put aside their grudges, worked together, shared weal and woe, and lived in harmony. 'The Laughing Man' is a perfect microcosm of this great event. The artistic value is immeasurable. If I could rate it on Douban, I would never give it a star! - I just want to fuck your mother!"

"I will hold China's first Golden Donkey Awards ceremony. Director Zhu must be the best director of this year!"

"There are a lot of funny moments, but the plot is totally disorganized. You might as well go to a bathing center in Northeast China for a foot massage instead of spending money to watch this!"

"It's a pot of paste with lots of spices, and it took only five minutes for them to fall in love at first sight. Why don't you shoot a sex scene?!"

"It's so disgusting that I'm crying. The only thing I'm sure of in the whole story is that Zhu Yanping can't do anything except flirt. Zhu Yanping, if she's taken to Beijing, she's still Zhu Yanping. If she's taken to the Northeast, she's Zhu Yanping of the Northeast."

"I went in to watch the movie, and when I came out I vomited all the chive pie I had yesterday. The screenwriter Ning Caishen's script definitely didn't tell this story, but Zhu Yanping obviously made it into a stupid movie. I really want to ask, can anything that can be edited and shown be a movie? If so, I can only say that China doesn't have too many liars, but not enough fools!"

There is an endless stream of abuse online.

But it also brings heat.

In fact, everyone knows that most people go to see this movie just for fun.

Life is hard enough, why make it harder on yourself? !
The director of this film is a familiar face who has appeared in the mainland's Lunar New Year market every time in the past three years, from "Slam Dunk" to "The Thorn".

Everyone knows what kind of quality his movies are.

Cursing is just to vent one's anger.

Only some people who truly love movies and comedies are heartbroken and would curse to death.

Brother Chen Kai felt inexplicably happy when he saw the news online.

If the reputation of his competitors collapses, his movie will have a great chance of box office success.

The number of screenings may increase significantly.

After all, the screening schedules of these two films were almost the same as that of "The Orphan of Zhao".

As a result, when the official data came out the next day, the industry was stunned, and Brother Chen Kai was also stunned. The attendance rate of "The Laughing Man" exceeded 7%, which was even higher than "Harry Potter ".

After all, the latter's attendance rate is only over 50%.

"The first day box office is 2300 million! "The Laughing Man" created a successful box office in the Lunar New Year!"

In Hollywood, Yu Dong raised a glass of wine to Guan Ling at the table.

"Director Guan, it seems that I have a good eye, right? Before the bell rings, all the news for me is good! This movie I invested in seems to have made a good start for the Lunar New Year box office."

The producer and distributor of "The Laughing Man" are both Bona, and Yu Dong is very satisfied with the first day's results.

"Congratulations, Mr. Yu. This comedy has a high chance of making money on its first day box office."

Having said that, Guan Ling couldn't help but complain in his heart that all the news before the bell rang were good news.

After the bell rang, you cried.

"No matter how much money I make, it can't compare to Director Guan's share. Even if you make a little bit through your fingers, it's still more than what I make from other movies."

After two glasses of wine.

Yu Dong and Guan Ling discussed the issue of ringing the bell for the listing. "In fact, I have talked to the lawyers for the listing, and all the news is good news and none of it is good. It would be better to have some bad news now, so that when the listing is completed, the institutions will be deceived and left empty-handed, and my stock price will be more stable. But now in the domestic entertainment industry, the only bad news that can be called bad news is a word from you, Director Guan."

"What do you mean?" Guan Ling asked.

"How about you spread the word that you will no longer cooperate with Bona?" Yu Dong began to play business warfare. "Of course, this news will only last for ten days. After the listing, this news will be clarified immediately."

"Compared to this, I think it would be more sensational if you made up a story about cheating or fake divorce."

"My company is not a husband-and-wife business, it's useless." Yu Dong toasted again, "Director Guan, can you help me? As for the shares, no problem. I'll transfer 2% to you."

"Will it have such a big impact if I don't cooperate with you?" The benefits are attractive to people. Guan Ling himself didn't expect that his cooperation in publishing a piece of news could have such an effect.

But Bona’s performance once it was launched was still good.

The interest in these shares is not a small amount.

Yu Dong saw Guan Ling's affection.

"In the Chinese entertainment industry, there are two pieces of news that can make an organization miss out. The first is that China's policies have made it impossible for Bona to get involved in the film and television industry again. The second is that it must be related to you, Director Guan.

This cannot be done without you. You should know that in our previous financial reports, most of the profitable projects were related to you, Director Guan. In fact, I should have expressed my gratitude a long time ago. This time, it is both a request and a thank you. "

After the dinner was over, Liu Yifei was a little shocked.

"Is this how business wars are played? For some organization, for some missed opportunity, just give away shares directly?"

Liu Yifei's big eyes were filled with fear.

……

On December 12, "The Orphan of Zhao" was released in theaters.

As Chen Kai's much-anticipated comeback work, the premiere of this drama lasted for more than a week. During this week, everyone was on the roadshow and promoting the film.

Brother Chen Kai and Cheng Hong are also working around the clock.

Only Fan Bingbing did not show up.

But this is also a way out that Brother Chen Kai has left for himself.

On the first day of its release, the attendance rate of "The Orphan of Zhao" was also good.

But in the afternoon, the appearance of some film reviews made Brother Chen Kai unable to hold back.

"In recent years, compared with Jiang Wen, whose style is always vigorous, and Feng Xiaogang, whose narrative is shallow but deep, Chen Kai's films are more and more in line with the sexual ability of men of his age. The foreplay is exciting, but the follow-up is weak."

At home, when little Arthur accidentally helped his father read a movie review and read the review out loud at home.

Dad was silent.

My mother also fell silent.

Little Arthur shouted very loudly with full energy.

He yelled so much that his mother threw him out of the room.

In the room, Cheng Hong looked at Brother Chen Kai and said, "When film critics think you are not good enough, then you may really be not good enough."

Brother Chen Kai: "What, you also think I can't do it?"

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He cursed fiercely, "Shameless! These film critics are so fucking shameless!"

Cheng Hong didn't say anything, then she picked up her phone.
"Call Guan Ling and arrange a script. No matter how well this play performs, you have to change."

"If I don't fight, how do you know that The Orphan of Zhao will be doomed?"

"It has nothing to do with The Orphan of Zhao. No matter what the result is this time, you have to change. And the only one who can help you now is Guan Ling."

"Even if I'm really no longer capable, even if I'm really incompetent, even if I jump out of this house, I won't make this call."

Brother Chen Kai turned into a stubborn person and couldn't save his face.

beep.

Cheng Hong dialed the number directly.

After a moment, the call was answered.

Brother Chen Kai hurriedly took the phone.

"Hello, hello, are you my dear junior brother? I'm Brother Chen Kai!"

(End of this chapter)