China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 409 I said I would take you here to see!
"On February 2th, local time in the UK, the 13th British Academy Film Awards were announced, and The King's Speech became the biggest winner of the 'British Oscars'!"

"The 61st Berlin Film Festival closed. Director Zhang Yimou's "Under the Hawthorn Tree" did not win any award in the New Generation Unit, and the "Crystal Bear" award was finally won by the American film "On Ice."

"The Orphan of Zhao was selected for the Special Exhibition Print Unit. Chen Kai was absent, but his wife appeared at the premiere on behalf of Director Chen. His wife Chen Hong's oriental beauty overshadowed the movie itself!"

"Netizens claimed that two directors of Guan Ling's stature were just making a cameo appearance at the Berlin Film Festival! Brother Chen Kai was interviewed and scolded them for being shameless!"

"After last year's '60th birthday', this year's Berlin Film Festival is a little bleak. In an interview, the president of the film festival, Kosslick, said that the 61-year-old 'old Berlin' will return to its roots and discover more new filmmakers, and the 'collective absence' of Chinese-language films is just a normal fluctuation, which does not damage the close connection between Chinese-language films and the Berlin Film Festival."

"Director Wang Xiaoshuai, who had previously reaped great rewards at the Berlin Film Festival, said in an interview that the reason Chinese films are absent from the Berlin Film Festival is that there are fewer and fewer directors who create films specifically for the purpose of winning awards abroad. The reason behind all this is that the Chinese market created by commercial films has already taken off."

"True Grit, nominated for 12 Oscars, is the opening film of the Berlin Film Festival. Although it is not competing for the Golden Bear, it has launched a heavyweight promotion in Berlin! It is particularly eye-catching on advertising spots of various landmark buildings!"

"After Xu Ri Yang Gang's Spring Festival Gala hit "Spring", there was news recently that Wang Feng refused Xu Ri Yang Gang to use the copyright of "Spring", which caused controversy in the circle! In order to avoid criticism, Wang Feng posted a 5,000-word long article on Weibo to explain and apologize."

"Wang Jiawei's new Berlin Film Festival poster for "The Grandmaster" was unveiled at the festival. The oversized poster wrapped a wall at the Berlin Film Festival! Netizens joked that there is no need to wait too long for the release of Wang Jiawei's film. It will start in a year, two years is normal, and three years is also normal!"

Before the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, the attention of the film and television industry has been almost entirely focused on the awards presented by major film festivals.

Wang Feng has already begun to demonstrate his power in making headlines, as he has caused quite a bit of controversy in the industry by not allowing Xu Ri Yang Gang to sing his songs anymore.

On the road to headlines.

The migrant worker group, which came from a grassroots background and became famous overnight, was completely stunned by a ban on singing.

Most of the movies released during the Spring Festival had very mediocre box office results. No one would have thought that with the strong publicity campaign of Guangxian Pictures and the call of Louis Koo and others, "Happy Event" would actually become the champion among several movies.

This surprised many people in the circle.

During the seven-day Spring Festival Golden Week, "Happy Event" earned 8700 million at the box office.

The movie "I Know Women's Heart", a remake of the Hollywood urban romantic comedy "Men Are 3700%," starring Liu Dehua, only earned million in its first week.

The film producer originally wanted to win the Spring Festival box office championship by teaming up with Liu Dehua and Gong Li.

I was stunned for a moment.

The Spring Festival period is a sweet cake, and many films want to have a piece of it.

But few people can eat it.

After the two movies "New Shaolin Temple" and "I Know Women's Heart", Liu Dehua was devastated.

"Director Guan, you know, I even wore stockings for this movie."

Liu Dehua called Guan Ling crying.

“Please hurry up and start filming the Detective Dee series. Although Detective Dee is a bit tiring compared to other movies, this character is really highly praised!”

"What you remade is not a movie, but an advertisement."

Guan Ling had watched the movie "I Know Women's Heart" in her previous life, and she only remembered that Gong Li became more and more charming as she aged in this movie.

There are dozens of costumes in the whole film, and the photography is very stylish and pleasing to the eye.

Guest actors such as Hu Jing, Anya and Hu Kelly also had a strong aura.

It can be considered a popcorn movie remake without any plot loopholes.

There are just too many advertisements. As a movie about office romance, there are advertisement close-ups of dozens of things involved in the film.

Much criticized!

……

When "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" was released and earned nearly 100 million yuan at the box office.

There are also two animated films being officially announced in China.

One is "Old Master Q: The Legend of Little Water Tiger" produced by Huayi, which received little attention during its promotion.

However, this movie is adapted from a special series of comics in Hong Kong. The pair of Old Master Q and Da Fan Shu, who are well-known to Chinese audiences, have a certain audience, but very few of them are in mainland China.

The other is the 3.5D animated film "Kung Fu Pandas", which cost 3 million yuan to produce. Its release promotion was extremely popular, and various large-scale official announcements once again swept the industry.

This film is a Sino-German co-production, jointly produced by China Film Group and China Television.

It is also the only 3D blockbuster during this year's Spring Festival.

Fourteen famous commentators were invited to join the dubbing, and all five members of Happy Family joined the dubbing team.

During the interview, producer Chen Xiaoxiang had a sharp gaze and spoke eloquently.

But they also talked about Guan Ling, and their words were quite impolite.

"We know that Director Guan Ling is planning to get involved in the animation film industry, but animation films require dedication. Our film is not a follow-up to the popularity of Kung Fu Panda, but a project that was prepared many years ago. As we all know, pandas have a big market in China.

In 2006, I came into contact with relevant parties in Europe and was one of the first people in China who wanted to make animated films. At that time, Director Guan had not yet fully invested in the animated film market.

Why do I always mention Director Guan? Of course, it's because I respect Director Guan. Japanese animated films are great, and Director Guan dared to declare war on the other side at the Venice Film Festival. This attitude and momentum are not possessed by other Chinese directors. "

He said he respected Guan Ling, but when talking about his box office predictions.

Chen Xiaoxiang smiled evilly and wildly, "Our movie box office? I'm very confident. One hundred and fifty million should be fine, right? I think it may be more than Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf, and the cost of this movie has been recovered by 60% so far, and many countries around the world have purchased our distribution rights. As long as the box office is about one hundred and thirty million, we can completely recover the cost.

I think the Chinese animation market is a blue ocean, but perhaps it doesn’t require Director Guan Ling to personally take charge of the development of this blue ocean. If possible, I would like to give it a try.”

"Director Guan, although this movie has become popular thanks to your promotion, I am just a dubbing artist. This has nothing to do with me."

Mango TV host He Jiong had previously added Guan Ling's contact information during the "Dream of Red Mansions" program. Seeing that the film producer was becoming more and more outrageous, he quickly apologized to Guan Ling in private.

Guan Ling said it was okay.

However, he had never seen this movie in his previous life, and the other party's theory made Guan Ling curious.

The online promotion is outrageous and it looks like it will attract a lot of people to the theaters.

So Guan Ling paid a little attention to it, and was stunned by the box office result of 685 million on the first day.

"Director Guan, it seems that your appeal is not good enough. You were even dragged out to be a clown, and the result was less than 7 million in box office revenue."

Liu Yifei giggled.

Guan Ling was speechless and took a quick look at Douban.

There was a huge uproar on the Internet because of this movie, and many people even doubted whether Guan Ling could make a good animated film.

"I am an animation fan. But at this moment I just want to say that horses can stumble and people can make mistakes. Entering the cinema and paying for this ticket is a lifelong shame for me."

"The producers go to hell! I watched this movie without knowing the truth. This is a cartoon that is not suitable for children. I am too tired to complain about how bad it is. The panda gods are extremely correct, the mortal pandas are stupid, and the most awesome panda god is called Bodhisattva. There are too many rz plots, so many that I feel like vomiting. I don't know much about 3D technology, but I believe that this international big production cartoon, which is said to have been planned for 6 years and cost 3.5 million yuan, was not the only one with 2B pencils in the production process."

"This film will go down in the history of Chinese animation films because of its bragging and shamelessness. Three hundred and fifty million, I privately suspect that this film is only worth the three hundred and fifty yuan production cost."

"3 million should be Vietnamese dong, but to be honest, the D special effects are too eye-catching."

"Thinking about the Chinese animations I watched when I was a child, and then looking at this, I can only sigh..."

When Guan Ling was reading the film reviews, she discovered that she was also on Douban’s “no-shoot” list.

"I'm warning Guan Ling, if this is how you create a Chinese animated film, I advise you to go home and sell sweet potatoes as soon as possible."

"Blacklist domestic animated films. If Guan Ling's subsequent animated films also cheat people out of money, I will curse his ancestors for eight generations!" "Animating a film against the Japanese Empire? Hahahaha..."

After only one day of release, the film received rave reviews from the audience with a Douban score of 3.5.

Guan Ling felt a chill after reading it and quickly closed Douban.

As he expected, he was involved.

But what he couldn't understand was that such a bad movie could finally earn 4600 million at the box office...

The final box office of "Old Master Q: The Legend of Little Water Tiger" was 260 million.

The box office of an animated film is shockingly low, while the box office of a movie is high, but the movie is mainly a scam.

This is another outstanding contribution made by Chinese animated films after Guan Ling officially announced the animated film.

But as more and more people were defrauded of their money, many people on the Internet began to criticize Chinese animation, and the official announcement reported by Japanese media triggered collective criticism of Guan Ling by Chinese and Japanese movie fans.

Faced with increasingly fierce public opinion,
"I understand that none of the five guys from Happy Family were spared. They cheated the kids out of their money. But what does it have to do with me?"

Guan Ling was in Hollywood, but he was blamed for the unfavorable development of Chinese animation.

Many people in the industry feel sorry for him.

Although Guan Ling felt that it had nothing to do with him, he had no choice but to reply with three words on Weibo.

"We'll see."

……

Compared to this, the public opinion war over animated films is extremely frustrating.

But what people are most concerned about is the upcoming Oscar awards ceremony.

This year's Oscars can be said to be a battle of the gods, but most of the films have already appeared at various outposts before.

The only surprise was that films such as "127 Hours" and "Winter's Bone" were selected for best picture.

Speaking of which, people are generally somewhat dissatisfied that "The Father" did not receive this nomination.

But the rules are like this, and the rigid requirement that the dialogue content must be no less than 50% means that this movie is almost certain to win the Best Foreign Language Film award.

Can't make any progress.

Before the Oscars ceremony, Guan Ling also entered a period of silence. Apart from filming movies, he did not officially announce any new projects.

For example, I want to collaborate on "Frozen".

However, Guan Ling feels that this project also needs to be put on the agenda as soon as possible.

However, Guan Ling is still considering who will be the director of this film.

Lee Unkrich is good, but since he was given the lead in this film, the world may only know him and not Guan.

Therefore, Guan Ling prefers to use newcomers.

When the Oscars come, Guan Ling can ask Lee Unkrich if he has any recommendations.

…………

Time flies. On the evening of February 2011, 2, the 27rd Academy Awards ceremony was held on the red carpet at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, California.

The red carpet shrouded in the setting sun was dazzling, and the guests of all kinds were shining, kicking off a gorgeous feast.

Luxury cars slowly drove in around the red carpet, and actresses of all colors walked out one after another. They were all wearing exquisitely designed fashionable dresses, with jewels on their arms and chests, emitting charming glow.

It is an annual film event where Hollywood stars gather.

There were many more Chinese media present at this year's Oscars than in previous years.

Reporters from CCTV, Sohu, Sina, Weibo, Tencent and other platforms all appeared here.

Unexpectedly, a large Chinese army was formed on the scene.

Previously, few people came to report on the Oscars, and people would have high expectations unless a Chinese film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film or other technical awards.

But this time, it was not just a group of reporters who came.

Guan's films received 13 nominations in total, more than any other popular film.

Even though this is a two-on-one fight, who asked Guan Ling to do two parts? !
What's more, he had just won the Best Director Award at the Golden Globe Awards, and You Benchang won the Best Actor Award at the Golden Globe Awards.

It has raised people's expectations to the highest level.

Therefore, this year's Oscars are completely different from previous years, and the top leaders attach great importance to it.

Major domestic media also attach great importance to it.

In fact, many people are looking forward to whether Guan Ling can win another Oscar.
"Best Director?"

Take a step back.

If I don't win the Best Director award.

Can You Benchang win the Grand Slam this year?
When the courtesy car slowly stopped in front of the Kodak Theater, Guan Ling just got out of the car and heard countless noises around him.

Many are in Chinese.

"Director Guan, look over here!"

"Director Guan, you said on Weibo that the animated film is waiting to be seen. Are you going to slap the faces of those who mock Chinese films?!"

"Do you think you can still win the Best Director award at this year's Oscars?"

Guan Ling frowned. It was really easy to be a reporter nowadays. Some interview topics were purely for the purpose of generating hype and publicity.

Can I still win the Best Director award? Do I have the final say?
I took a few photos with some cooperation.

Several people walked on the red carpet.

You Benchang has lived to such an old age that he has become indifferent to everything, but when he saw the red carpet that stretched for hundreds of meters, a fire was still ignited in his heart.

Somewhat dazed.

Just as I was stunned, Guan Ling's voice came from the side.

"Mr. You, I told you I would take you to the three major European countries and to the Oscars."

He turned to look at You Benchang, "Now you're here."

In a trance, You Benchang indeed thought of that phone call, that evening, and that unforgettable autumn.

"Yeah, I really came."

He sighed.

(End of this chapter)