China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

In early August 2012, the film list for the main competition unit of the 69th Venice Film Festival was finally officially released, adding fuel to the "Guan Ling fever" on the just-announced Chinese mainland film box office rankings.

The three movies on the list include "Perfect Stranger", which was written and directed by Guan Ling and shot in ten days, "Wild Tales", a dark movie written by Guan Ling and directed by Ning Hao, and "The Vanishing Lover", which was written by Guan Ling and starred by Zhang Ziyi!
This is the final word on the three films that were previously rumored to be on the market. Although there have been some changes in the leadership of the Venice International Film Festival,
But in the current situation, Guan Ling still maintains the reputation of Chinese-language films with her own efforts.

It can even be said that the gate is firmly guarded.

Following Zhang Yimou, Jia Zhangke, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Lee Ang and Jiang Wen, it once again dominated at least in the main competition unit.

Cai Mingliang's silent film "Diamond Sutra" was selected as the closing film by the Horizon Short Film Unit.

It's just a 20-minute short film.
Compared to the possible fighting in the main competition, it is still not up to par.

What surprised the global film industry was that

Lao A replaced Lao Ma, and the Venice Film Festival was reshuffled.

But Chinese filmmakers are still at the table.

The new era means change. The former Mueller had a preference for Hollywood and China, which was half overturned.

Alberto called out the slogan "Take risks to recommend new filmmakers" and opened up the film market for the first time.

Then half of the overthrow quota was placed on Hollywood,
Hollywood films at this year's Venice International Film Festival,

There are only 4 left. Compared with Ma's previous preference for Hollywood stars,

New films from old Venice friends Joe Wright and Quentin Tarantino were not on the shortlist.

The three films that relatively allow capable people to pick stars are "To the Wonderland", "Spring Breakers" and "At All Costs".

The fourth one is naturally Zhang Ziyi’s "The Vanishing Lover".

It is worth mentioning that Colin Firth, the star of "The King's Speech", will appear in Venice.

Lao Ma's innovation is also quite direct. Previously, the opening films of the Venice International Film Festival were mostly from Hollywood, but this year he directly used a disgusting American from Bollywood.

It can be regarded as a good start for Indian films.

Major media outlets also began to hype up the event, taking stock of the Chinese talents at the Venice Film Festival, and reviewing 15 shining moments of Chinese-language films in the history of Venice.

It’s just that the media has indeed put a lot of effort into attracting traffic.

Ning Jing and the charming photos of Da S in "Sword Rain" are listed.

People can't help but think of Ning Jing's big thunder, which is bigger than his head.

…It is so round, like a landslide.

Moreover, the photos of Jet Li playing a monk in last year's "Legend of White Snake" with a circle of female monsters licking him with their tongues were quite embarrassing.

Instead, the photo of Tang Wei, who was completely naked, was just mentioned briefly.

Guan Ling couldn't help but sigh.

This is what it means to do whatever it takes to gain traffic.

People prefer to see some scenes where the face is half covered, but when the whole body is fully visible, it will be detrimental to publicity.

In fact, before this news was announced, in addition to several films that had already been scheduled to be promoted, such as "Tai Chi: From Zero" was invited to participate in the screening session, Li Ruijun's "Tell Them, I'm Going on a White Crane" and Wang Bing's "Three Sisters" were shortlisted for the Horizon Unit.

The films "The Banquet" and "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" that were supposed to be promoted did not come.

For unknown reasons, the former suddenly switched to the Toronto Film Festival, where it was set to compete with "Dangerous Liaisons", while the release date of "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" was repeatedly postponed, and the publicity plan was changed several times.

Guan Ling learned through Liu Dehua's information channels that he wanted to buy the movie.

I asked the director to do me a favor and not let the movie be released, but he refused.
Because Liu Dehua has already seen the content of the movie.

According to him, he was so frightened that his scalp went numb and he almost suffocated.

In addition, a co-produced film "Shark Escape from Tsunami" has chosen Venice as its first stop for promotion.

In terms of Chinese-language power, this year's Chinese films are still ready to show off their muscles in Venice.

Moreover, the top three in East Asia are all here this year, and the new films by famous Japanese and Korean directors are all undisputedly shortlisted.

But they were extremely curious about whether Guan Ling's film was really shot in only ten days.

As a result, this matter has caused heated discussions on both the intranet and the Internet.

But domestic movie fans are not that curious. After all, the movie "Hot Girl", which Guan Ling shot in less than 30 days, is still ranked 11th on the list.

Uncharted, a movie he considers a bad one, is also soaring.

These two movies are enough to completely destroy the reputation of directors and actors in the mainland film and television industry.

In the film industry, Guan Ling used three films to blast and attack the vast majority of domestic directors in a way that people had never imagined.

"Uncharted", a popcorn movie with only a main plot but no subplots, is steadily moving towards the top ten in the mainland box office.

"Hot Girl" was filmed in just over thirty days, but with the help of marketing in the sinking schools and classic cases, the parents and children achieved collective recognition of this positive energy movie, thus creating a miracle of short filming time but extremely high box office profit ratio.

"Perfect Strangers" was filmed in ten days with the help of many movie emperor-level actors, and then entered the main competition unit of Venice.

Three movies, all outrageous.
Each department is wantonly displaying its destructive power.

This has caused many older generation domestic directors to fall into a logical dilemma.

It’s hard to say that you are not good enough.

It seems a bit shameless to say that Guan Ling is not good enough.

Therefore, the entire film industry tries to remain as low-key as possible on the surface.

On the fan level.

The popularity of Guan Ling's quote "Respect the audience" has not yet passed, and Lu Chuan and his "The Banquet" fled to Toronto, which coincided with the sentence in the epitaph that "it made less than 100 million in ten years". Also, the two words "Lu Chuan" finally turned into a derogatory symbol.

"I won't watch any movies during the Chinese New Year this year, and even if I do, I won't watch Lu Chuan Chuan."

People turned into free advertisers, giving Lu Chuan another chance to shine.

999
"I called Guan Ling a few days ago. Guess what he said?"

At China Film Group, Han Sanpin and his old subordinate Yu Dong were sitting in the office, talking about their upcoming new film projects.

The films produced and distributed by Bona last year were quite commercially successful, and because Guan Ling rarely participated in the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Golden Rooster Awards, it has won the Best Picture Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards for three consecutive years.

They are "The Siege of the City in October", "The Ring" and "A Simple Life" respectively.

In addition, at the end of last year and the beginning of this year, it acquired Bona Starlight and now owns 11 cinemas.

At the end of last year, the large-scale epic TV series "The Legend of Chu and Han" was released, and it was snapped up by four satellite TV stations as soon as it was broadcast.

The "Lin Hai Xue Yuan", "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch" and "Overheard 3" that are being launched now are also committed to leveraging capital with high-quality projects to maximize returns.

China Film Group is naturally an unavoidable choice.

As for the chat and communication about the film project,
Naturally, we have to talk about the box office rankings. To be honest, the industry has been doing this for a long time, and even some online platforms want to get involved.

It's just that I'm under pressure and haven't succeeded yet.

The pressure naturally comes from other distributors besides Lingyun Media. How shameful!

This person is really embarrassed.

"What?" Yu Dong asked curiously.

"He said that fame and fortune are like a piece of paper, and the wind and snow are like a thousand mountains!" Han Sanpin said, "I went to check the meaning of this sentence. Anyway, he showed off to me."

"What do you mean?" Yu Dong could sense that this sentence sounded a bit pretentious.

But he really didn't know what it meant specifically.

"It turns out that for that insignificant half-page fame, one has to travel through the mountains and forests in the wind and snow..."

Han Sanpin chuckled: "This comes from Yuan opera, but it feels profound when it is said in this situation."

"It does seem like my current fame is not worth mentioning, and I still need to work hard." Yu Dong pondered the meaning, "Yes, we are drinking tea here, while they are filming a movie in Hong Kong."

After saying this, both of them smiled bitterly.

What if you still have a tiny bit of fame?
What are we two?
An old man who wants to be buried?
Han Sanpin, a mountain eagle that is about to shed its hair.

Yu Dong, a useless follower.

Neither of them spoke, but it seemed that there was such a term above the other's head.

Yu Dong couldn't help laughing, and said with a helpless smile, "Director Guan is still young, and he has been coming up with many golden sentences recently."

"This was said in private," Han Sanpin said, "which shows that he really has something in his mind. Have you heard of this? I haven't. He can recite it off the top of his head, which shows that he really knows it. He can't have looked it up in the dictionary to tease me, right?"

After these words were spoken, the room fell into silence.

The two of them tasted the tea in the cup, but felt that the tea had obviously no taste.

After waiting for a long time, Yu Dong raised his head and said, "But I thought about what he said carefully, and it is true. Respecting the audience is easy to say but difficult to do. Guan Ling has been popular because he respected the audience in the early stage, which has formed a virtuous circle. But for China Film Group or Bona, this matter still needs time."

Han Sanpin just nodded silently and said,
"Winning back the audience... requires films with substance."

"We need to have style and create a world classic, even if it's just one movie." Yu Dong said, "There's still time. Otherwise, it will be a vicious cycle for us."

This is said with considerable force.

He even said the words "world classic".

"We are indeed going to shoot a blockbuster." Han Sanpin said, "In the era of thousands of screens and the era of wolves biting each other, who would be willing to spend time watching a blockbuster without a blockbuster that can hold up to its weight?"

"China Film Group will definitely bet big next year."

Han Sanpin also frankly admitted, "I thought of John Woo's The Crossing as Titanic. That was three years ago, but it's only now on the agenda. Does Bona want to get involved?"

"Has Director Guan invested?" Yu Dong asked.

"I did ask him about it, not the kind that would pay a premium, but he said that unless he was allowed to make the film, he wouldn't invest a penny."

"Then let him take the photo?"

"Director Wu has worked hard for two and a half years, how can I ask for this?" Han Sanpin smiled bitterly, "But they are all shipwrecks, and they both tell stories of lingering love. I think this movie has something to offer."

"Since Mr. Han has said so, it would be unreasonable for me not to take part in it." Yu Dong readily followed his advice and boarded the huge ship that Han Sanpin had prepared for him.

The two of them seemed to feel that they were standing on a huge ship in the fragrance of tea.
Waiting for the birth of an epic movie.

IQIYI is about to release two new TV series, one is "Soul Ferry" produced by Guo Jingyu's own company, and the other is "Go Princess Go" previously produced by Zhang Tianai.
The official marketing announcements for both dramas were not too aggressive.

Just before the release, iQiyi's big screen flashed slogans such as "Movies under Lingyun Media", "Movies under Guan Ling", "Guan Ling's Strongest Recommendation", etc.

For a while, the TV drama market became somewhat silent.

After all, people in the television circle had known about Guan Ling's ferocity before.

The TV series "The Beginning" became a hit as soon as it was aired and can be said to be the most popular TV series in the history of iQiyi.

And because Guan Ling's name was mentioned in these two dramas, the discussion in the industry has increased significantly.

"Soul Ferry? What kind of TV show is this? Is it a horror movie?"

"These actors are so ugly. Isn't this the same crew that filmed the plays 'Da Yangge' and 'Da Gou Gun'?"

"Compared to that one, I prefer "Go Princess Go". Who is this female star? Why are her legs so long?"

"I think her name is Zhang Tianai. She's a newcomer. I think she was chosen by Guan Ling."

"I really didn't pay attention to it before. Wow, this woman has such a thin waist. Is she playing the leading role right after her debut?"

"The people above have good eyesight. This female star not only has a thin waist, but also a big top. It's so big that it looks like a sunflower hanging on two vines."

"That's called an hourglass waist and a pumpkin hip!"

"What about the scientific name? The experts are among the common people."

"You don't have to learn it all. This thing originated in Europe and America. Did Cristiano Ronaldo know that his girlfriend is this type? But some Europeans and Americans have very thick legs, but this female star has an amazing figure, thin and big.

How does the saying go, do men like my people or my village? If you like my village, use my people; if you like my people, use my village. "

"…The upstairs is awesome. So wet."

For a while, all major online platforms were slightly quiet, and then began to see what would happen if these two TV series were launched online.

……

Guan Ling received a call from Zhang Tianai.
She was also eagerly awaiting the effect of starring in the TV series, with a hint of excitement on her face.

Guan Ling has been continuing the filming of "Hong Kong Trip" these days. She only shoots during the day and stays together with Liu Yifei at night. She is so happy.

But just like investment shares will be diluted, Guan Ling's shares were also diluted as he communicated more with Liu Yifei.

But even so, Liu Yifei still refused to let Guan Ling go. She didn't relax every day and even deliberately raised her voice to seduce Guan Ling.

Three days later.

Liu Yifei just returned to the filming site of "Extreme Job".

Guan Ling also quickly entered the final shooting stage of "Hong Kong Trip". Since she had to arrive in Venice before August 8, the shooting schedule was already quite tight.

Guan Ling thought about it and decided to finish filming the most difficult group scenes.
The storyboards for some close-up shots will be completed by Guo Fan.

Time flies by,
On August 8, the filming of "Trip to Hong Kong" was basically completed.

The final box office of "Uncharted" also rushed to the ninth place in the mainland box office rankings. (End of this chapter)