China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 469: Han Sanpin is shocked! Guan Ling doesn't play by the rules?!
"Transformers 3 has triggered a movie-watching frenzy, with dazzling special effects and packed theaters all over the city!"

“It’s far more popular than Avatar, Inception, and Transformers 3, setting a new record for theater attendance!”

"Chinese companies dominate the world. How much money did Yili and Lenovo spend to send such a big congratulatory message to this movie? But I would like to ask Yili, why can't you make qualified milk even though you are so rich?"

"I want to raise a Transformer!"

"I also had one during the Earth Defense War in 99. Unfortunately, due to the confidentiality agreement, I still cannot tell anyone about it!"

"Transformers 3 grossed 4 million yuan in 4.53 days, easily breaking the mainland box office record. Wuxia suffered a fatal blow, with only about million yuan left in a single day, almost the same as Far Cry's single-day box office!"

"Transformers 3 is suspected of being sold in bundles. A Shanghai netizen paid 3 yuan for a Transformers 3 movie ticket but got two tickets: one Transformers 3 20D English movie ticket with a discount price of 60 yuan and one free ticket for 'Yang Shanzhou' at 3 yuan. Is the box office of Transformers more than this? Perhaps this remains to be discussed!"

"The cinema chain explained the 'double-screening' measure, claiming that it is indeed a group-buying marketing method for the cinema chain!"

"After ten days of release, Transformers 3 has already grossed over 7.6 million yuan, and is close to reaching 10 billion yuan. Transformers 3 is still very popular, and it still tops the single-day box office."

"Transformers 3 has completely ignited the 2011 summer movie season, sweeping away the abnormal sluggish box office performance after Forever Young. It has pushed the mainland box office chart to a new height last week!"

"Transformers 3" lived up to the audience's expectations. Since its release, it has exploded with the potential to be a summer blockbuster. Even though the localization process slightly reduced the box office, it still made a sensation with an extremely exaggerated box office performance.

The filmmakers in the industry, all of you watching, are still astonished.

Such a crazy result left everyone speechless.

Ever since "Avatar", the feeling of "the wolf is coming" has resurfaced for many mainland filmmakers.

The release of this movie completely ruined the previously popular "Far Cry" and "Wu Xia".

Yang Mi's popularity seemed to be only short-lived, and was soon overwhelmed by the latest news in the entertainment industry.

Guan Ling has been involved in various movies since he and Yang Mi spent some time together a few days after the premiere of Far Cry.

The first and foremost one was the movie "Hot Girl". Since Guan Ling had anticipated when the movie would be released long ago, she slightly sped up the pace. Since someone had already been hired to make the soundtrack, the post-production editing was quick.

It was just at the end of July that "Hot Girl" obtained double certificates and it was time to set a release date.

The news itself did not shock everyone, but the series of actions that followed completely confused the industry.

China Film Group,

Han Sanpin saw Guan Ling who had been working hard for more than a month.

The two haven't seen each other for a long time since the meeting at the beginning of the month.

"Your play is going to be released so soon?"

Han Sanpin frowned and drank his tea again in the office.

There was also a cup of hot tea in front of Guan Ling.

In July, a cup of hot tea is still very healthy.

Guan Ling now has privileges in Han Sanpin’s office. Whenever Guan Ling comes, there is tribute tea in front of him.

And there is no need for Han Sanpin to arrange it, the secretary can do it on his own.

The two of them just sat there chatting casually. "If you want to release it now, I have no problem with it. After all, the August schedule is still dominated by Hollywood blockbusters. For example, Overheard 2 is scheduled for August 8. If you want to release it, I can probably only schedule it one week earlier. By then, you will be colliding with Transformers 18 and The Smurfs, which are still in theaters, and the second part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which was just released a week ago."

Han Sanpin took a sip of tea and found it was slightly hot.
The two fell silent.

A full minute passed before Han Sanpin's lips moved.

"I think you're asking for trouble. Yours is a low-budget movie after all. Yang Mi can support Far Cry, but she may not be able to support your Hot Chicks. And you don't have much time for promotion. Even if I schedule your film later, it will only be half a month of promotion and half a month of prime time. After September, there will be fewer highlights in the summer season. It's better to schedule it until National Day."

Guan Ling sat there calmly. "My suggestion is to release it directly based on the genre of this movie and the fan effect of Yang Mi's popularity today. At the same time, Mango TV will also put "Palace" on the prime time schedule tomorrow. In this way, the movie and TV will be released simultaneously, which may be enough to boost the box office of this movie."

"Then can "Palace Lock Heart Jade" be very popular?"

"Yang Mi is so popular now, I think it won't be a problem for that TV series to double her popularity."

"You really protected her. The higher-ups wanted to ban her, but I almost didn't stop them. But that big tiger has shown some signs of being a threat now, and has been placed under double supervision. Yang Mi is completely safe this time. But her mouth is still a little leaky."

Guan Ling laughed. He knew very well whether Yang Mi's mouth was broken or not. At least when she swallowed food, there was no air leaking out.

This also shows that this mouth is not bad, it is a good mouth.

Because it works.

"You know, among all Chinese directors, you are the only one who has this privilege. If you insist on releasing the film during this time period, I won't have any problem with it."

Although Han Sanpin felt that Guan Ling did not play by the rules, he still granted Guan Ling's request for the release time.

"But this scene now makes me dream back to six years ago. It seems that you shot the movie in May and released it in August. It also made Wu Baige's "Seven Swords" look bad. "The Uninvited Visitor", now that I think about it, it was a long time ago."

Han Sanpin thought of the scene in the movie where Fan Wei lit a cigarette, and also thought of the shock Guan Ling brought to him in his first film.

He waited until the movie was finished before waking up from his dream, and by then the tea had already gone cold.

And now, facing Guan Ling who was also sitting opposite him, he had a certain degree of confidence even before he had even seen the content of the movie.

"But Director Guan, you were able to make Seven Swords a big hit before, so do you have confidence in these Hollywood blockbusters this time?"

Han Sanpin was looking forward to Guan Ling's words, but he also felt a little self-deprecating. He thought that for a low-budget movie, perhaps he shouldn't have too many expectations.

He even thought that Guan Ling just wanted to make some money at the box office by taking advantage of the summer season and the fan effect that Yang Micai had caused a sensation in the industry.

This is also understandable.

But it may just have a certain impact on Guan Ling's reputation.

However, Han Sanpin couldn't directly question or criticize this, so he could only hint at it.

"Who knows?"

Guan Ling was not too high-profile. Although he was confident, he had no idea how much box office revenue this movie could generate.

“All I can say is, it’s a fantastic movie.”

"It's a great movie." Han Sanpin nodded. "If someone else says this, I'll just assume they're bragging. But since you said it, I'm expecting more in my heart, so I'll wait and see. If you need China Film or CCTV-6 for publicity, feel free to ask." "I already have a marketing strategy. I have to go to Tsinghua University after I leave this gate."

"Going to Tsinghua?"

Han Sanpin narrowed his eyes slightly, somewhat puzzled.

"Are you going to rely on Tsinghua for publicity?"

"Yes."

Guan Ling snapped his fingers. "I'll keep the details of the follow-up a secret for now. Director Han, I can't guarantee that my movie's box office will be able to surpass the peak box office of Forever Young or Transformers 3, but perhaps the performance of this movie can make everyone go crazy for a moment, which is also a success.

Besides, it is a short-lived film, so making money is no problem. The real issue is the rate of return.”

Han Sanpin's forehead was already slightly sweaty.
For some reason, he always felt that Guan Ling's movie might be a surprise to him and even to the industry!
Just like in "The Uninvited Visitor", in fact, since that movie which was released two months ago, Guan Ling hasn't had such a fast speed for a long time.

Although a lot of film was shot overall at a very fast speed, Guan Ling played a more important role in directing the editing. In many cases, he was not necessarily on the scene himself, but controlled the film remotely.

As a result, the production cycle of many films is actually longer, at least four or five months.

This impromptu "Hot Girl" really made Han Sanpin feel Guan Ling's speed again. It was a shocking miracle. It was even more terrifying than the speed of China's infrastructure construction, which was very popular abroad.

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"Director Guan, I have turned down all promotional activities and will be waiting for your call at any time."

After hearing the news that "Hot Girl" was about to be released, Yang Mi felt a little nervous. Thinking of what Guan Ling had said before about letting her compete with Hollywood blockbusters, Yang Mi's legs began to tremble.

She felt that whether Guan Ling was outside or inside the court, in front of her or behind her, he could always give her a feeling that made her soul tremble.

Just like now, in August when a pack of wolves are surrounding us, all wanting to dominate.

Guan Ling’s strong entry will naturally change the situation in August.

Not to mention that this movie is a low-budget movie.

Just the name Guan Ling is enough to make Harry Potter, which is recognized as the biggest overlord of the August schedule, feel difficult.

In Hollywood, Guan Ling has long become a symbol of Chinese films and a spiritual totem of Chinese films.

It would be strange if they didn't panic if they were fighting against the local spiritual totem.

By the beginning of August, the news that "Hot Girl" would be released on August 8th suddenly turned from previous rumors and hearsay into a huge wave.

"Oh my god, Guan Ling filmed this movie before, I thought it would be released at least next year? Isn't this too soon?"

"Director Guan reproduces the speed of the fast boy. Compared with those fast boys who sang in Hua Xia, Guan Ling is the real fast boy!"

"That's too brave! Transformers 3 has now achieved the name of the Great Emperor and suppressed the world. Harry Potter is now released in North America and has even broken the North American box office record of Transformers 3. As the 'final chapter of the wizarding world', it has topped the North American box office charts with a first-time opening of $1.7 million in film history, creating an unprecedented finale and refreshing the box office to a new level in North America. There's even news in North America saying that this movie is the top seed for next year's Oscar for Best Picture!

With such achievements, Guan Ling dares to take on a low-budget movie?! Is he crazy?! "

"But who says Guan Ling can't do it? Who will be the director? Everything will be in vain once I see Guan Ling! Can't you, fellow Taoists, turn a blind eye to what happened to Hua Yi before? "

"The guy upstairs is reading a novel like crazy, he's even on the wrong channel!"

The industry was also quite shocked by the news of Guan Ling's film release.

Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping finally parted ways. At home, Zhang Yimou was studying the script of "Records of Jianghu Swordplay".

This script is very out of touch.

It seems that compared with "Three Guns", it is better in terms of nonsense alone.

But what Zhang Yimou admired more were the questions and ironies raised by Guan Ling in this script.

If you don't think carefully about those words, you won't be able to see the true meaning.

But if you think about it carefully, it's not so much that your hair stands on end, but you will still feel a little uneasy.

During a break from reading the script, his daughter Zhang Mo came over and said to Zhang Yimou, "Dad, Guan Ling is going to compete with a Hollywood movie!"

"Ok?"

Zhang Mo is already 28 years old and has never been an unstable person. Zhang Yimou has always promoted her. Starting from "Three Shots", Zhang Mo has been the deputy director and editor of Zhang Yimou's films, and thus entered this circle.

It’s still the same in the director circle. Like father, like son. Even the director’s daughter can dig holes.

"What's the matter?"

"Low-budget movies, such as Transformers 3 and Harry Potter and the Second Half."

As soon as Zhang Mo finished speaking, Zhang Yimou was shocked.

"He's crazy?"

Not only Zhang Yimou, but also Chen Kaige, Bona's Yu Dong, and Guangxiang Wang Changtian in the circle all think that Guan Ling is crazy.

Even Ning Hao was hesitant and couldn't believe it.

……

At this time, the promotion of "Hot Girls" also began to roll out, leaving everyone speechless.

It seems that Guan Ling has made up his mind.

On August 8, Tsinghua University’s official WeChat account released the Tsinghua University student version of the MV for “Days on BJ East Road”, a video welcoming new students to Tsinghua campus, which instantly attracted everyone’s attention.

Later, the Beijing Film Academy followed suit and the MV also invited current students studying at the academy, including Jing Tian, ​​Yang Zi, Li Xian, Zhang Ershan and others who all appeared in the film.

After that, many colleges and universities, including the Central Theater, Shanghai Theater, Shandong University, Shandong University of the Arts, etc., began to release "Youth Special" version of the MV on the Internet on a large scale at the same time and in the same batch, recalling the high school life and welcoming to the university. The momentum was so strong that it was deafening.

Weibo and forums were instantly flooded with memories.

And Guan Ling still sits firmly on the Diaoyutai.

(End of this chapter)