China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 451: Fuck you head on, you should be grateful

Just as Gu Yongqiang expected, the two-way linkage between the TV series and the movie caused a major earthquake in the entertainment industry.

"Never Gone" is about the youth and hope brought by ordinary college students.

"The Beginning" is about the cycle and kindness of college students bravely fighting against criminals.

Gong Yu is very good at grabbing the spotlight. Within just one or two days, the entire circle was filled with press releases about the two films.

"Every generation has its own youth. Back then, young people fought for hope. Today's young people are like Zhang Guoguo in "Never Gone", who sticks to their kindness, and like Li Shiqing in "The Beginning", who fights for their lives without hesitation!"

“There are Tsinghua people in this era, but not only Tsinghua people. Whether it is the people in “Never Gone” or the male and female protagonists in “The Beginning”, we have never been able to define any words about kindness and youth. We can only follow our hearts like them.”

"If 'Never Gone' is the spirit of the times, an essay that was destroyed by the chaotic world and the times. Then 'The Beginning' is a critical commentary on current ills! When the truth of the bombing begins to emerge, everyone needs to ask themselves whether this truth is heavy enough."

"Romantic movies and romantic domestic science fiction TV series. Tagore is romantic, Southwest Associated University is romantic, sitting quietly in the rain and listening to the rain is romantic, Uncle Huanghuang is romantic, Chen Peng's appropriateness is romantic, and the vanishing cream wrapped in ginkgo leaves is romantic.

As for domestic science fiction, Guan Ling is romantic! There are people in this world who are capable of spreading beautiful things, and there are also people who can turn the suspense wrapped in darkness into a cycle of human nature. This is the best era for the Chinese entertainment industry, and it is also fortunate! We have Ning Hao and Guan Ling! "

"We still have Huang Xiaoming!" Huang Xiaoming's fans left more than a dozen comments under this press release, which was ridiculed by netizens.

"Two themed essays, one is a masterpiece dedicated to Tsinghua University, and the other is a Chinese infinite science fiction similar to "Source Code". In the context of the current Chinese entertainment industry, Guan Ling's two plays show the importance of human nature and the depth of excavation, which is amazing! After the era tribute of "Awakening Age", college tribute movies may have reached their peak!"

That's not a polite statement at all.

The media related to Peking University scolded them a bit, but after all, they had already presented a centenary tribute, and now it seemed like they were repeating what others had said, so they could only sulk in secret.

But it has to be said that this centenary tribute film was not only extremely popular, but also greatly helped Tsinghua University's annual enrollment promotion.

In fact, Tsinghua University’s Admissions Office will contact some top high school students in advance every year, even if they have not yet taken the college entrance examination.

Maintain continuous communication to attract top students.

This has always been the code of conduct for prestigious schools.

But this year, according to feedback, many parents come more frequently than in previous years.

"Director Guan, the play 'Never Gone' is not only extremely popular, but it also makes money for the school."

Principal Gu called Guan Ling and said, "Although the money belongs to the school, I have an idea and I still want to let you know."

"Principal Gu, please speak."

“I plan to establish a Wuwenxidong scholarship to add new strength to the school’s scholarship system.”

Guan Ling was stunned.

Principal Gu’s idea is indeed a good one.

"Should we call it the "Never Gone" Scholarship? Why not call it the Lingyun Scholarship? We can also contribute part of the funds."

Guan Ling smiled.

"I believe Director Guan has the ability to do this." Principal Gu said with a smile, "I am not someone who dislikes donations, but the name Lingyun is a bit too big. Forever Young is a good choice, which can not only reflect the spirit of Tsinghua, but also link up with the official movie. And to be honest, with the current box office situation, Tsinghua's share of the box office is much larger than I imagined. It is possible to exceed 100 million."

Principal Gu is not someone who has never seen money.

But to be honest, Tsinghua University really made a lot of money from this cooperation with Guan Ling, both in terms of reputation and money.

Recently.

The news of Tsinghua’s 100-day tribute swept the industry because of the powerful influence of the entertainment industry and Guan Ling’s appeal.

Those stars were just actors in Principal Gu's mind before, but Huang Xiaoming, Zhu Yawen, Mu Tingting and Zhang Zhen in this movie really acted very fast.

Principal Gu couldn't help but be moved.

"I support Principal Gu's idea very much. However, even if it is not called Lingyun Scholarship, Lingyun Media is willing to support part of the funds to reward these students."

Guan Ling has already said it, and he is not a stingy person. Donating 18 million is just a drop in the bucket for him.

Principal Gu thanked him and hung up the phone.

……

On May 9821, the box office of "Never Gone" was reported to be million. Although it was slightly lower than the sensation on the first day, it still stabilized at the baseline of around million yuan.

On May 8800, the single-day box office was million, which continued to decline, but the popularity of the movie remained unabated.

On May 4th, Youth Day, many pre-sale half-price tickets had already been sold out. Those who were interested went to the cinema to watch it and found that almost every show of "Never Say Die" was sold out, with the attendance rate setting a record for the entire first half of the year!

After the four-day National Day holiday, "Never Gone" has become a complete hit!

The next day was the last day of the holiday.

When the box office figures were released, people in the industry were silent.

Although the number of half-price ticket shows has increased significantly, the total box office has not decreased compared to the record set in one day, reaching 130 million, and the record has been completely refreshed again!

After a week of release, the total box office exceeded 600 million!
"Never Gone" broke the single-day box office record of all Chinese films, including domestic and Hollywood films, and broke it again, raising the daily box office to 30 million again!

It set China's box office records of breaking 200 million fastest, breaking 300 million fastest, and breaking 600 million fastest!
During this May Day holiday, "Never Gone" has completely become the light of Chinese-language films!

For a time, major media outlets swarmed in like sharks smelling something, and all kinds of reports came into being!

"If a Hollywood blockbuster is released during the May Day holiday, won't it also be crushed head-on?"

"Thor released an exclusive Chinese trailer before. Who can compete with Hammer? Now let me ask, can Forever Young compete with him?"

"The so-called Nordic god has come down to earth in a shocking way. The movie Thor, which was released in mainland China on May 8, is now probably silent! In China, Guan Ling is a god that Hollywood movies cannot touch at all!"

Previously, the fantasy epic "Thor", adapted from a Hollywood comic, has begun to be promoted crazily as a prelude to the Hollywood summer season.

It also paves the way for the release of "Captain America" ​​in July and the 7 superhero blockbuster "The Avengers", and the joining of new actress Natalie Portman has made the film highly anticipated.

Everyone thought that this movie would temporarily send a signal of silence to the entire Chinese film industry during the summer. In front of the film industry, everything is like a whirlwind. After all, the summer season is filled with Hollywood movies, including "Pirates of the Caribbean 4", "Kung Fu Panda 2", "Transformers 3" and "Harry Potter and the Dark Knight" which will sweep major theaters and audiences' wallets!

Many people predict that this will be the first hunk to detonate the audience in May!
But a week after the release of "Never Gone", everyone's mentality has changed!
Ning Hao's movie is the measuring stick for summer movies, and the benchmark for your Hollywood blockbusters sweeping across China!

No matter how powerful you are?! Can you be as powerful as the masters of Southwest Associated University?!

This land has never lacked imaginary heroes, and even real heroes.

They fought one after another until they died!
This box office result not only silenced everyone in the mainland, but also confused many Hollywood producers.

……

When Brother Chen Kai saw the box office success of "Never Gone", countless alarm bells rang in his heart.

Ning Hao's success is a foregone conclusion, and breaking Wuershan's box office record is no problem.

I just don’t know if it can break the total box office record of Source Code. But in the current situation, it seems that it won’t be a big problem.

There is still one day left in the May Day holiday, and the film will be released for about twenty days afterwards. Even if it is competing against several Hollywood blockbusters in succession, no one dares to make a bold conclusion on who will win or lose.

What caused the alarm bells to ring in his heart was himself.

The filming of "Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds" is still in full swing. After participating in the premiere of "Never Gone", Huang Xiaoming returned to the filming site of "Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds" and worked hard.

But he is not quite the same as Chen Peng in “Never Gone”.

That person is a real talent for acting, Brother Chen Kai can see it very clearly.

But in "Along with the Gods", Huang Xiaoming, who plays a man with a slicked-back hair and a black jacket, just can't find the feeling. People always feel that he is not the Black and White Impermanence from the underworld, but a domineering CEO.

The industry often says.

As long as Huang Xiaoming contributes an acting skill, he will reward himself with a domineering boss.

Brother Chen Kai really didn't expect that this bully would take its toll on him.

This movie is kind of doomed.

"Xiao Ming, I always feel something is not right. If you need to discuss it, I think we can ask Director Guan to give us some advice? After all, he wrote the script, and he knows best what this character is like."

Brother Chen Kai didn't lose his temper, although he really wanted to beat him up.

But Brother Chen Kai chose him himself in order to have a good cooperation with Guan Ling, so there is no need to scold him directly.

The so-called "Black and White Impermanence" played by Huang Xiaoming is actually a team leader, roughly analogous to Da Zhuang of the underworld.

Before the judge made his decision, in order to respect the rights of the turtle, the underworld also upgraded its defense work, allowing Huang Xiaoming to investigate in the human world and resolve incidents that affected the trial of the deceased.

For this role, it's very high-end.

The purpose of every movement and every tone in the play is to be handsome and charming.

When Huang Xiaoming plays a role, he is just handsome and charming, but when he acts it out, it becomes a bit ridiculous.

A living oil gourd.

Brother Chen Kai's words made Huang Xiaoming so embarrassed that he wanted to crawl into the ground.

I called Guan Ling privately.

Guan Ling told Huang Xiaoming, "I can give you the script for the second part, and you can figure out this person as a whole."

Huang Xiaoming was completely stunned.

"There's a second part?"

Guan Ling said, "His sharp language is just his appearance. He is not a domineering president. He has experienced countless darkness and oppression, and has experienced the pain of being torn apart, but he still hopes to make people laugh in the difficult current affairs. Therefore, his details determine the success or failure of this role."

Huang Xiaoming responded.

"Thank you Director Guan, and congratulations on the success of Forever Young."

"You made this drama well, it's no worse than 'Never Gone'."

Guan Ling's next words left Huang Xiaoming speechless.

Brother Chen Kai on the side pricked up his ears and waited until the call was hung up.

"Guan Ling just said that Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds is no worse than Forever Young?"

"That's when I acted well."

"There's a second part?"

"Correct!"

"Let's go! To film!" Brother Chen Kai stood up straight from the sofa!
He seemed to see that after "Never Say Die", the next billion-dollar box office movie was waving at him!

……

"Two classics, a new beginning for domestic science fiction films, and a youth epic praising Tsinghua University. These two films from Lingyun Media have saved the bottom line of Chinese film and television in the most brutal summer war that is about to come."

"I Am a Witness" is scheduled to be released on June 6th. It is a new film by Yang Qing, the director of Nightclub. Lingyun Media will once again release a low-budget movie!"

"After Mu Tingting became famous, she flew to Chongqing. Yang Qing's new film "Hot Pot Heroes" is about to be released! It is reported that Chen Kun will join the film!"

"The fastest and the most passionate! Chinese-American director Lin Yi-bin's "Fast and Furious 5" has been released in North America a few days ago, with a three-day box office of 8260 million US dollars, ranking first in the world and breaking the first weekend box office record! "Rio" has been replaced at the top of the box office rankings! It is reported that the movie will hold a grand premiere in Beijing on May 5!"

"The production of James Wan's new blockbuster Aquaman, directed by Skyrim, is 70% complete. This new movie written by Guan Ling may be released in the second half of the year!"

"Zhang Ziyi appeared in Hollywood on a luxury yacht outside the "Gone Girl" crew, with a luxurious smile and regained her former confidence!"

All kinds of news are reported in the media.

In a corner where no one cares.

The main creative staff of "Guan Yunchang" are looking at each other in confusion.

Four days into the National Day holiday, "Guan Yunchang" completely surprised everyone.

After the first day's performance, along with the competition from "Never Gone", "Guan Yunchang" suffered a complete loss.

The current box office is only over 90 million.

Not even as high as the one in “Ask the West”…

Faced with this result, Zhen Zidan was really dumbfounded.

The reason why everyone looked at each other in confusion was that on May 5, Guan Ling accepted an interview, in which there was a question about "Never Gone" and "Guan Yunchang".

"Director Guan, the internet has been hyping up the dispute between Zhen Zidan and Guan Ling, comparing the box office of Forever Young and Guan Yunchang, but now the dust has settled and the conclusion has been reached.

How do you comment on this kind of news that is hyped up and created by the media on the Internet?"

"I saw this kind of news, but I didn't take it seriously. Zhen Zidan is a good actor, and his box office performance is only related to his own ability. If he encounters a good script, he may become popular. If he encounters an average one, his performance will certainly be poor. Even for me, it is the same.

As for things like box office opposition.

I don’t want to judge.”

"Have you seen Zhen Zidan's "Guan Yunchang"? What's your opinion?"

"I haven't seen it. The only contact I had with him was Ip Man. But sometimes it's like this. Forever Young and Guan Yunchang were scheduled to be released at the last minute. Now the direct confrontation has caused his box office to be poor, but for him, he should be grateful. After all, without me, there would be no Ip Man. He is just like he is now."

(End of this chapter)