China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

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"Can Director Wu bear it?"

Guan Ling asked with a smile, Wu Baige still has self-respect,

I just criticized him, and he still wants me to polish the script of "The Crossing" for him?

In fact, for this film, which is known as Wu Baige's ambitious epic production, Guan Ling is not opposed to the events that the film wants to shoot.

But unfortunately, this was another miserable defeat that Wu Baige experienced after "Red Cliff".

It even became a tragically unlucky blockbuster that failed to even recoup its costs.

You know, actually the casting news has already been announced. Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Ziyi, Huang Xiaoming, and Tong David are already confirmed, and it is said that actors like Masami Nagasawa will also be invited to participate.

It can be said that they are all big names.
To put it bluntly, this is Wu Baige's version of "The Founding of a Republic" supported by China Film Corporation.

But in fact, this movie ultimately left only a bad review.

The main reason, in Guan Ling's opinion, is the creation of a sense of the times.

Guan Ling actually understands the impact of seeing the re-release of "Titanic" earning 1 billion yuan on Chinese directors. If they must shoot an Eastern version of the Titanic, the Taiping shipwreck incident is of course the best choice.

But in his previous life, Wu Baige failed to stick to his own principles due to the intervention of investors, resulting in the disaster film being split into two parts.

It tells the story of three pairs of lovers.

Even at the end of The Taiping 1, the ship hadn’t even sailed yet.

Isn't this just teasing?

Who can stand it?!
The story is a good one, but Wu Baige had too many ideas. He wanted to make it into a Ukiyo-e set in a specific era and environment. The Taiping Ferry Incident was not the best choice as the carrier because the story was not epic enough.

If it was filmed as a disaster movie about human nature, the two films would have a total running time of more than four hours, but people don't get on the boat until more than 70 minutes into the second part, and the actual scenes on the boat only last about 30 minutes.

The ship sank for only twenty minutes.

The two films together last more than four hours, but the shipwreck actually only takes less than one-eighth of the time.

It's pure wolfish talk.

On the other hand, the total running time of Titanic is about three hours, and the shipwreck scene alone, from the collision with the iceberg, takes a full thirty minutes. And it is all in one movie.

The second part of "The Taiping" not only has less time for the shipwreck and fewer disaster scenes, but the shipwreck scenes are so concise that it is difficult for people to feel involved.

At the same time, in the second part, there are a full fifty minutes of recap of the first part, trying to let people who have not watched the first part understand the plot, but they forgot that this movie itself should be a continuation version, and the whole story is almost collapsed.

Artistic compression is normal, but Wu Baige is obviously rubbing people's expectations and IQ.

And the story wasn’t told well.

Overall, it’s a bit of a pity.

"The investors have the final say." Han Sanpin said, "And with the support of a screenwriter like you, I think Director Wu will probably be happy.

So, you just need to tell me whether you are interested or not, and leave the rest to me."

Guan Ling was silent for a moment, then suddenly said.

"It's not impossible to change the script, but there is one more requirement."

"You said."

"After I invest in this movie, no matter how much I own, the remaining investors cannot interfere with any of the content of the movie. Whether it's filming, 3D, or whether it's split into two parts, the IP is not mine, so if you want me to participate, if this still limits me, I might as well invest in a new movie."

"There is definitely no problem here. You have to look at Pony.com and LeTV. This is not my own movie. When I asked you at the beginning, you didn't want to invest." Han Sanpin said with a smile, "But now that you say that, I feel very confident."

"Then you can ask them, and ask Director Wu if he is willing." Guan Ling said indifferently, "I will definitely not make as much money from making this movie as I would if I made it myself. But as long as they can accept it, it's okay for me to suffer a little for the sake of Chinese films."

"I'm really touched by what you said." Han Sanpin sighed on the other end of the phone.

"If there were two Guan Lings in Huaxia Films..."

"Stop sighing..." Guan Ling said, "It's already noisy enough for Huaxia Film to have just me. If there's another one, I'm afraid those old people will cry."

After hearing this, Han Sanpin was stunned for a moment, and then could only smile bitterly.

"It would be best if there was only one me, but for domestic films, I hope a hundred flowers can bloom. I don't want the criticism at this premiere to be anticlimactic."

Guan Ling continued,
“I think the China Film Group Corporation and the Film Bureau should come up with some policies, organize film literature and screenwriting, hold seminars, and hold conferences that focus on the suggestions of young people, so that people can speak boldly, use boldly, and experiment boldly.

Lingyun Media needs people and money."

"I understand what you mean."

Han Sanpin paused for a moment and said, "If you had said this earlier, you could have criticized John Woo as much as you wanted!"

Guan Ling said, "Do you think I just want to rant?!"

"I thought you had no follow-up ideas." Han Sanpin was shocked.

"Then Mr. Han, you might as well take a good look. The blow I'm going to take on the entertainment industry will be very cool."

Guan Ling chuckled.

Those big directors who had high box office success in their previous lives will probably achieve results ahead of time in this life through their own efforts.

We can win another ten years for Chinese films.

Even if it's five years.

The same earth-shaking changes.

……

No one spoke up during the entire National Day holiday.

Seven days passed and everything was calm.

Although the entertainment industry has always been abuzz with public opinion, there is basically no voice when it comes to the replacement of old and new movies, comparisons of movie awards, and movie box office.

Instead, it is the audience and movie fans who continue to tear apart public opinion.

The entire film industry seems to have fallen into a strange calm.

In terms of movie box office,

In the competition for supremacy in the film market, "Perfect Strangers" still dominates the market.

Even though there are Hollywood blockbusters like "Looper", which has attracted the audience's attention with its complex and tense plot and was rated as "a movie that cannot be late", it was still left behind by "Perfect Strangers" and couldn't even catch up with it.

I can only stay at the back and eat the exhaust gas.

The previously mentioned scenes of Xu Qing shivering in this movie were not seen by people, so it really caused a lot of criticism.

It will be released on September 28th, and by the end of the National Day holiday,
"Looper" ranked second in the box office rankings during this period, and the box office only won 1.2 million...

How many people were shocked by this.

This movie didn't even make as much as "Perfect Strangers" in one day.

Although the box office of "Perfect Strangers" began to decline on a daily basis starting on October 10.

Since the content of this movie is really not suitable for family entertainment, it has caused many conflicts between couples.

After using the movie as a trial and error machine for two days, the audience couldn't stand it anymore.

Anyway, men and women with a little bit of evil in their hearts would never go.

No one takes their parents there anymore.

This caused the single-day box office of "Perfect Strangers" to drop significantly.

But even if there is a decline, no other movie will be able to catch up with it until the National Day holiday is over.

The total box office of "Perfect Strangers" has reached 11.8 billion.

At this time, "White Deer Plain" was about to be taken off the screen, and the total box office was only more than 70 million.

Not to mention reaching a fraction of "Perfect Stranger", Bai Lu Yuan couldn't even get a fraction after the decimal point...

I have to say, it is indeed an irony!
The box office of the entire National Day movie season was completely boosted!
The market took off!
It once exceeded the box office record of the National Day holiday in previous years, and brought this data to an unbelievable level!

Although the film industry did not object to Guan Ling's previous criticism,
But because of the box office of this movie, too many people couldn't stand the character and started to break down!
……

"It only took ten days to shoot a movie, with a budget of only tens of millions, and it won the Golden Lion Award and a box office of 1.2 billion. Is Guan Ling involved in money laundering? It's worth checking!"

On the first day after the National Day holiday, tabloid newspapers used extremely explosive headlines.
Guan Ling was strongly pushed to the top of the hot searches!
Afterwards, it actually caused controversy among all parties.

Many southern media outlets directly began praising Guan Ling, claiming that Guan Ling was able to make films of this level.

The biggest reason is that Guan Ling once went to Hollywood to study, and was willing to learn from Hollywood and the advantages of the three major European film festivals.

Learn Western skills and support Chinese films.

The West's advantages come not only from their superb special effects technology, but also from their classification system and national system.

Then he started to criticize the Chinese system.

"Is this even okay?"

Guan Ling laughed when he saw the comments.

He replied, "Learn from the barbarians to defeat them," and said that there is no grading system for the good of you rebels. As a result, Guan Ling continued to be on the hot search, which in turn triggered the Southern faction's defense to break and continue to attack.

From whether money laundering was involved, to speculation about personal emotions, to whether there was any financial transaction between him and the female star, the Southern Group was anxious.

At this time, Zhuo Wei, the number one paparazzi in the entertainment industry, came out and posted on Weibo.

He claimed that he had been following Guan Ling for a long time and found that Director Guan was very self-disciplined in his personal life and he had hardly seen any intimate relationships between Guan Ling and any female stars. Or perhaps Guan Ling was very capable and kept it a secret.

Guan Ling’s affairs have once again become a hot topic.

This sparked speculation among netizens, some even wondered whether Director Guan was a monk.

"Is Director Guan a bad person, so he works so hard on his career?!"

Guan Ling was speechless and called Zhuo Wei, asking the old man to stop talking nonsense.

But I heard a big gossip.

"You mean, Pan Yueming and Dong Jie are getting divorced?!"

"It's almost time. I think it will be time in the next ten days. I heard that his face was scratched. And I also took a picture of a big melon here."

"Wang Dazhi?"

"Oh my god!" Zhuo Wei almost dropped his phone. "Director Guan, how did you know?!"

Guan Ling pretended to be mysterious and said, "Brother Zhuo, there are always people who are better than you. In this entertainment industry, I am more successful than you."

Zhuo Wei's pupils shrank slightly, and he did not dare to be negligent.

Guan Ling's casual show-off almost scared Zhuo Wei to drop the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Zhuo Wei's face changed drastically.

"If Director Guan was a paparazzi, he would definitely do a better job than me. How long did it take me to send someone to follow this guy before I caught him cheating? Director Guan knew about it long ago?!"

The more Zhuo Wei thought about it, the scarier it became.

Even his breathing became rapid, but he was still unaware.

The news about whether Guan Ling was involved in money laundering, his personal habits, and whether he was a monk indeed sparked heated public debate.

The entertainment industry is happy to see these gossips because it seems that everyone can forget the previous criticisms of Guan Ling.

As for Director Guan's women, they were all confused.

Liu Yifei and her mother were silent when watching the movie.

Even Liu's mother didn't expect that Guan Ling hid so well.

Is this bribery of paparazzi?

When Fan Bingbing saw the news, he sneered: "Oh, monks? Monks are so powerful?"
Yang Mi almost knelt down and sang a song of love offering to Zhuo Wei. She had already guessed that Guan Ling must have given Zhuo Wei money. She was very excited for a moment. Next time, she wanted to have a live-action CS with Director Guan on the street...!

Wan Qian, who was on Guan Ling's side, didn't know whether she should take the initiative to move. She had a little doubt whether this world was an illusion.

...

As for many directors or people behind the scenes who are quite disgusted with Guan Ling, their mentality is inevitably exploded!

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"This is too fierce!"

Lu Chuan was afraid of being scolded, so he cut off his internet connection for ten days.

Then I opened the Internet and watched "Perfect Strangers".
I almost leaked my urine!

"This is a movie that was shot in just ten days?!"

"Is this the box office result that a Golden Lion-winning art film can achieve?!"

"Are you crazy?!"

"Fuck, these audiences are crazy!"

Lu Chuan slumped in his chair with a sad face.

He was still waiting for Guan Ling to fall, and then he would retaliate with all his might.

As a result, the box office was completely destroyed by him.

Gan was silent.

After sitting for a long time, Lu Chuan finally couldn't help but slap himself in the face.

Why did I talk so badly in the first place?

Why did I make so many bad movies?!
I am nothing!

I am such a piece of shit!

The more Lu Chuan thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt, and he actually started crying.

I'm bad, but this is all I can do.

"I can't help it, it's all family inheritance!"

For the first time, Lu Chuan felt a deep fear.

……

"Boy, during this period, your father has a very good reputation!"

Brother Chen Kai gently kicked Arthur and said, "Why don't you applaud your father?"

Little Arthur is in his teens, just the right age for leather.

Then he started to recite the jingle.

“Daddy is great, daddy is strong, daddy will hang on the wall.

Daddy is strong, Daddy is fierce, Daddy wins in everything..."

"Shut up, shut up..." Brother Chen Kai interrupted Arthur speechlessly, "What a mess."

"I wrote this limerick for my dad. Isn't it great?"

Little Arthur stretched his neck proudly and said happily.

"Baby is so great." Cheng Hong clapped her hands, providing Arthur with the emotional value of growth.

Brother Chen Kai narrowed his eyes and said, "Don't sing anymore. Hang it on the wall, win everything, etc."

"Oh." Little Arthur pouted.

"But my classmates all said so, and they also said that Dad, you found a new grandfather for me..."

Brother Chen Kai suddenly fell silent:…

I really want to stuff this kid back into my fucking stomach!
When others said this, Brother Chen Kai gritted his teeth and endured it.

But it’s really hard to bear when my own son says these things.

Brother Chen Kai is still a little shy.

If he surrendered, he would just lie down.

Once the thought of surrender arises, the world will be broken!

These ten days, when other directors and other people were broken.

Brother Chen Kai is having a great time!

Not only is the heat at its peak!

Moreover, the word of mouth has also grown tremendously. It can be said that "The Promise" has turned Chen Kai's reputation into a negative number.

"Along with the Gods" temporarily leveled out Chen Kai's reputation.

With the release of "The Promise Artist", Brother Chen Kai's reputation has skyrocketed!
"Director Guan and I are so awesome!"

Brother Chen Kai knew very well that as long as he could handle this wave well.

There is a high probability that Zhang Yimou will no longer be able to see his taillights.

Next, I’ll see if I can get two scripts from Director Guan.

Go overseas and make a Hollywood movie.

Like Director Guan, he is very powerful
Heroic dry cloud!

Then make a few more lofty statements and point out the way forward.

Install some big ones.

His face was calm and unperturbed.

"Everyone, I'm doing this for the good of Chinese films!"

It’s exciting to think about.

…(End of chapter)