China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 464: Han Sanpin is confused! Why is this low-budget movie so powerful? ! !

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At the premiere of "The Founding of a Party", the first person to be confused was Ning Hao.

Whether it was the Cannes main competition unit or the temptation of the Oscars, they suddenly appeared in his ears.

Make him numb!

At this moment, Ning Hao had two feelings in his heart.

pleasure,

And fear!
He was naturally honored that Guan Ling took the initiative to give him such a movie, and he had the urge to die for his friend.

The last time he told Guan Ling that he wanted to make a movie similar to "Confessions", not long after that, Guan Ling told him that he had it.

He was panicking because he was worried that he wouldn't be able to make this kind of movie well.

"Can I do this?"

As the air between the two of them stagnated, Ning Hao asked doubtfully, "Can I go to the Oscars?"

"It's so boring if I always go. Let's go together next year."

Ning Hao swallowed hard, "Do you have a script?"

"It's still being finalized. I'll contact you after the premiere is over and I'll finish writing it."

Ning Hao nodded heavily.

At this moment, he had an inexplicable feeling.

This Director Guan is closer to me than my own father!
……

The grand premiere of "The Founding of a Party" caused quite a stir in the industry. As the most anticipated blockbuster before this year's summer season, "The Founding of a Party" aims to break the great achievement of last year's "The Founding of a Republic" and is intended to pay tribute to the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Party, thus presenting the audience with a blockbuster movie!
At the scene, not only Liu Dehua, Wang Xueqi, Yang Tianbao and others who had worked with Guan Ling before came to greet Guan Ling, but even Wu Yanzu, Liu Ye and others who had not worked with Guan Ling yet, also came over to say hello with a smile when they passed by Guan Ling.

Guan Ling is now in the limelight.
He is the only big name in the entertainment industry who is successful both at home and abroad.

Even Brother Chen Kai, Zhang Yimou and others have now cooperated with Guan Ling, and even secretly regard Guan Ling as the leader, and somewhat recognize Guan Ling's status.

Moreover, directors such as Wuershan and Ning Hao, who were discovered by Guan Ling, have now almost reached the pinnacle of Chinese-language films.

Although it cannot be discussed in one go.

But the historical position is here,
No one was not frightened when they saw him.

"Hello, Director Guan!"

"Director Guan is so young!"

Various greetings and compliments came, until someone said that Director Guan was really young, and people suddenly remembered that Guan Ling was only 27 years old now.

He debuted too early, leading "The Visitor" to stardom at the age of 21. In just over five years, he has relied on his own abilities to stand at the most untouchable peak of the entire Chinese-language film industry!
Faced with these compliments, Guan Ling simply responded.

After all, this time he was giving face to Han Sanpin, and Guan Ling didn't want to steal the show.

Previously, Han Sanpin had asked him to go up and say a few words, but Guan Ling was not going to go up this time. The first reason was that there were indeed no similar tribute TV series or movies to be filmed, and the second was that his own movie had not been released during this period, and he did not have a guest appearance in this drama. If he went up, he might be regarded as the main character in tomorrow's news.

On the stage, Han Sanpin picked up the microphone.

“Some people say that we pay too much attention to the star effect. In this play, the great man is Liu Ye, the old great man is Tang Guoqiang, General Zhou is played by Chen Kun, Yuan Shikai is played by Zhou Runfa, Cai E is played by Liu Dehua, Zhou Xun plays Xiao Fengxian, and Zhang Xun is played by Zhou Xingxing…I do admit that these familiar faces appearing on the screen in the form of historical figures may indeed surprise the audience, but please believe in our sincerity!
More than 100 stars joined this film, not for the sake of sensationalism, but because only by inviting good actors can we live up to the audience.

For this film, no one negotiated conditions. For example, Chow Yun-fat, who played Yuan Shikai, only had a role in the first 20 minutes, but he still came. This is his love for the film!"

Guan Ling couldn't say whether he agreed with these words or not, but he joined the audience in applauding these stars.

Although Guan Ling had not watched this movie much in his previous life, he vaguely remembered that this movie seemed to be more commercial than the first one.

Moreover, the previous director Huang Jianxin once said in an interview: "The Founding of a Republic" is like an assignment, and "The Founding of a Party" is like a work.

Because the first one was a task assigned temporarily, while the second one was a work they took the initiative to propose to shoot.

Soon, as the lights on the scene were turned off, the entire theater was instantly dark.

In the movie, countless events familiar to Chinese people appear one after another. Starting from the first appearance of Ren Dahua, the whole movie is filled with so many stars that it is dizzying. People like Fan Bingbing, Deng Chao, and Lu Liangwei have all become real supporting roles. They almost all flash by and you will miss them if you are not careful.

The whole movie is a grand production with many big names. Every shot is carefully crafted and every scene of war is thrilling. The most unforgettable are the five beauties: the stunning Fan Bingbing, the dignified Dong Jie, the lively and pretty Li Qin, the patient Yang Tianbao, and the enlightened Zhou Xun. Each star performed the emotions of their respective characters.

Dong Jie used her dignified and regular appearance to portray the elegance and grace of Soong Ching Ling, the mother of the nation. She seriously and accurately captured Soong Ching Ling's majesty without even getting angry. Although she had few lines, her natural eyebrows and eyes, as well as her calmness in every frown and smile, all exuded her domineering aura.

Fan Bingbing plays the tragic Empress Dowager Longyu who was guarding the young Emperor Puyi when he abdicated. She only has one encounter, one line, and one sitting scene in the film, but her beauty and demeanor are stunning and astonishing.

Li Qin plays Yang Kaihui, a girl next door who can cry and laugh. Her every look and every expression of joy, anger, sorrow and happiness can make people deeply feel her true feelings. Yang Kaihui's innocence as a girl is touching. Very pure!
After Cai E said, "I have already pledged my seven-foot-tall body to the country, and I cannot pledge it to you anymore," Yang Tianbao's Xiao Fengxian burst into tears and gave Cai E a deep hug, which made people cry. She is not as bold as a prostitute, but the tears hidden in her eyebrows and eyes show her chivalrous spirit!
Wang Huiwu, played by Zhou Xun, is frail but gentle on the outside and strong on the inside. She is as brave as any man. At the end of the film, her cheongsam, glasses and delicate face are portrayed as a transcendental fairy. When she is placed in the Nanhu Lake in Jiaxing, the mist is ethereal and extremely beautiful, which is intoxicating!
Liu Ye's hero has more than a dozen very shocking speeches in the film, but his performance is not very impressive.

Liu Dehua is okay, his role performance is unforgettable!
The whole movie has a large number of superstars, a tight plot, many characters, and involves many events.

So much information is presented in just 90 minutes, it is truly dazzling!
The ten years from the Xinhai Revolution to the founding of the Communist Party of China were a very important decade in Chinese history.

There are also some parts that have not been touched upon during the Awakening Era. Many famous figures and historical events that have gone down in history appear in it, including the Wuchang Uprising, the abdication of the Qing emperor, the Second Revolution, the New Culture Movement, Yuan Shikai's enthronement, the National Protection Movement, the Zhang Xun Restoration, the Protection of Law Movement, the Paris Peace Conference, the May Fourth Movement, and the founding of the Communist Party.

These historical events are well known to the Chinese people.

It has made us angry, sad, helpless, confused, excited, and expectant... and it is still vivid in our minds and our memory is still fresh.

Like "The Awakening Age", it also includes the deeds of Mr. Chen, Mr. Li, Gu Hongming and others, which are connected with the life trajectories of young great men and major events in modern history, and echo each other.

Among them, Guan Ling's most profound memory is the footage of the May Fourth Movement.

The extras were full of energy, and the students who were lucky enough to be there rushed to Zhang Zongxiang's location, gave passionate speeches, broke down doors, climbed over walls, and vowed to kill the traitor. It was really exciting!
When a female college student knelt in front of the Presidential Palace holding the word "injustice" written in blood and asked why the military and police did not go to the Procuratorate to appeal for justice, she said with tears in her eyes: "The injustice is too deep, the Procuratorate will not accept my case." Then she cried out in pain: "I am appealing for the justice of 400 million compatriots!" The scene also made Guan Ling respect her.

Indeed, for this movie.

There are too many things to tell and they are too complicated, which will make some viewers confused and unable to grasp the main points.

"The Awakening Age" only talks about things on the ideological level, and it took more than 1700 episodes, a total of minutes to tell the story.

How can a movie that is only a hundred minutes long tell those stories clearly?
Although the stars overshadow the plot and it is somewhat entertaining, the core values ​​of the film are there. After the movie is over, Guan Ling can only say that it is a qualified commercial film.

After the interview, a reporter asked the director whether there were too many stars in this movie and it affected the viewing of the plot.

Director Huang Jianxin responded with a smile: "That's great. If you feel dazzled, you can watch the stars first and then the plot. You can watch it twice and contribute more to the box office."

Guan Ling was amused by these words. The premiere of "The Founding of a Party" has already attracted the attention of the society!

And after it’s over.

What first became a hot topic was not the lines in this movie, nor the historical emotion it brought!

"The general distributor of "The Founding of a Party": If it doesn't get 3 million yuan at the box office, it won't be taken off the shelves! Imported films like Transformers won't be allowed to be released!"

As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar on the Internet!
Although Transformers 3 was scheduled to be released early, it has not been pre-sold yet, so it is normal to postpone its release! Previously, Forever Young has already raised the box office of Chinese-language films to billion.

It seems that the 800 million box office target required by this movie is not too unrealistic, and is by no means impossible!
But even so, 800 million RMB once became a hot word on the Internet!
After the public outcry, the general distributor had to apologize temporarily, claiming that the box office was a personal prediction and that the release date had been set long ago and could not be changed.

But it has to be said that facing this movie, which may be the biggest overlord of the year, other movies have given way.

"Director Guan, if you are not planning to change the release date of your film "I Am a Witness" yet, then it will be embarrassing if you withdraw it after it is released."

After the premiere, Han Sanpin and Guan Ling stood together and greeted each other.

"It's nice to be under a big tree to enjoy the shade." Guan Ling said indifferently, "It's a low-budget movie anyway, as long as we don't lose money, that's fine."

Han Sanpin looked at Guan Ling's smile, his emotions were still quite stable at this time.

……

To everyone’s surprise, the premiere of “The Founding of a Party” was grand and the publicity was exaggerated, but most of the focus was on getting the audience to go to the cinema to “count stars.”

Since the premiere, there has not been a single review of the film on the Internet.

All major film critics were collectively silent. Even if they praised the film, they did not praise it from the film itself, but from an indirect perspective, praising the film for its sensational performance.

No word-of-mouth marketing.

This operation may be caused by the closure of ratings for the first film, or it may be the confidence of the film producers in their own film.

However, there is no review of this movie on Douban, only a rating function.

But even with a scoring function, very few people give scores.

Time flies, and throughout June, the whole country seems to have entered a rainy season, with rain everywhere.

The premiere of "I Am a Witness" was finally put on the schedule.

This movie, starring Sun Jian, Liu Sisi and with a cameo appearance by Zhu Yawen, had an investment of only 30 million RMB, which is an absolute low-budget movie compared to Guan Ling's various movies in recent years.

Among them, only Zhu Yawen had a slightly higher salary, but he was just a cameo after all. But even so, Zhu Yawen, who has appeared frequently on the screen in the past two years, has indeed become the symbol of the popularity of this movie.

In comparison, Sun Jian is more like a pendant.

Liu Sisi, who previously played Zi Xuan in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy III", has become a good young star in the industry.

This time, she teamed up with screenwriter Guan Ling and director Yang Qing, who had previously supported Mu Tingting, which was a meteoric rise for her.

From the name of this play, one can directly tell the genre of this movie.

Compared to "Never Gone" and "The Founding of a Party", the popularity of the entire movie is naturally not a big deal, but it caused quite a stir because of Guan Ling's appearance at the premiere.

On June 6, at the premiere.

There weren't as many people coming as before, but almost all those who were in the capital were present.

Liu Dehua knew the premiere time of this movie, so after attending the premiere of "The Founding of a Party", he rushed to another one.

Before the movie started, everyone came to Guan Ling, smiling, greeting him, and asking him directly about his next movie.

The usual process was followed and the movie began.

A fledgling trainee policewoman whose brother died in an accident. As a witness, she became blind.

But at the same time, her other senses became unusually active. Even though she lived in darkness, she could still sensitively feel every move around her.

One case, two confessions.

Each side insisted on its own opinion, which led to a series of dangerous crises.

The whole article is shrouded in the compact and gloomy atmosphere created, which makes people feel anxious and excited.

Life is not easy, but this film hits it hard from the beginning. Lu Xiaoxing, a former police officer played by Liu Sisi, encounters misfortunes one after another. The inconveniences and setbacks in life are like whiplash, hitting his wounded soul again and again.

Lin Chong, played by Sun Jian, appeared on the stage on roller skates, showing off his youthful arrogance, speaking in a Beijing accent as if he was a master of nothing, and coveting a small advantage. However, in the face of danger, he resolutely came to the rescue out of loyalty, and he perfectly grasped the toughness and kindness of a 20-year-old boy.

The whole movie is surprisingly well-conceived, and the suspenseful and tense atmosphere makes one dare not even breathe a word.

It wasn't until the end of the movie that people suddenly realized that this movie was actually quite good?
"A blind man witnessed a murder. How many strange things are in Guan Ling's mind!"

"Oh my god, I only thought Zhu Yawen was handsome before, but now I really see how scary he is. I get scared when I see him. Whenever Zhu Yawen appears in a scene in the whole movie, there is a gloomy background music and a dark style. Coupled with his sharp eyes, people can't help but feel terrified."

"This is Director Yang Qing's evolutionary work. This movie is much better than his previous film, Night Club."

"Will Yang Qing become another director of Lingyun Media's billion-dollar club?"

There is constant news online.

But no one cares.

Guan Ling was just there to show support. There are too many blockbusters at this stage, and they cause too much of a sensation. A low-budget movie without any big-name stars would not cause much of a sensation.

Soon, on June 6, the first day box office of "I Am a Witness" was released.

First day result of 2956 million!

It directly sounded a wake-up call to the industry.

In the movie, Han Sanpin’s pupils shrank slightly.

"Is this a low-budget movie?!"

Previously, which of the following movies, "A Chinese Ghost Story", "Guan Yunchang" and "Warring States", had such a high box office?
Han Sanpin's mind was a little confused!

(End of this chapter)