Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 270 Small Cost, Big Benefit
Speaking of which, there is another important problem in the Chinese-language film adaptations, that is, the characters in the stupid movies don’t speak human language, which makes people lose interest in the show at any moment.

Looking back, I understand why classics are classics and why they can be replayed thousands of times, because they can always leave a deep impression on you with just one sentence.

For example, the line in "Drawing Sword", "Second Battalion Commander, where's your fucking Italian cannon!"

Or in the old version of Journey to the West, "Are you the rescuer invited by the monkey?"

After Tong Liya finished filming "Capital Love Story", she focused on reading the script.

On the other hand, the same is true for the male lead Lei Jiayin. The outside world's doubts made him determined to make this movie well.

As time goes by, Ning Hao's script is becoming more and more perfect.

Ning Hao was a little obsessed with this play. Not only did he study the script as a whole by himself, he also asked Xingchen Film and Television to hire two screenwriters to revise the lines repeatedly.

After watching Lu Yang's "Love Is Not Blind", he specifically sought out the screenwriter Bao Jingjing and talked to her several times.

"I think you are possessed by a demon. You stare at the script all day and can't even hear your son crying."

In the room, Xing Aina came to Ning Hao and said unhappily.

"Hey, come here, son, let daddy hug you."

Hearing this, Ning Hao put down the documents in his hand, immediately put on a smiling face, stood up, took his son and held him in his arms.

When his wife gets angry, he dares not talk back.

...

"Congratulations, Director."

"Director Gu, congratulations."

In the crew of "2012", Gu Wei, who had just woken up and washed up, was a little confused at the moment. Anyone who was congratulated continuously in the morning would have this reaction.

"There's still some time before the film is finished, so there's no need to congratulate me so early."

Gu Wei said cheerfully.

"Director Gu, you didn't read the news, did you? The movie produced by your company is a big hit at the box office."

Cheng Long on the side said with a smile.

Hearing this, Gu Wei slapped his forehead and forgot about it.

Then he picked up his phone and looked through it.

"Low budget, high box office, a dark horse movie for June."

"The movie "Love Is Not Blind" produced by Xingchen Films Company grossed over 15 million on the first day."

"Director Lu Yang is about to become a new member of the billion-dollar box office club."

The Internet is flooded with reports on yesterday’s box office data for the movie.

"Love Is Not Blind" made headlines in major media outlets, and its box office of 1560 million made people in the industry collectively speechless.

"Tsk, tsk, what a pity."

After reading the report, Gu Wei thought to himself that in the original time and space, after this movie was released, the box office on the first day was 1951 million yuan, and within three days the box office had exceeded 5600 million yuan.

Now it seems that the early release of "Love Is Not Blind" will find it difficult to reach the box office record of later generations.

In addition to the comments, some careful netizens also did some calculations.

"The cost was less than 10 million, and the first day was over 10 million, which means that the film can recover its cost in three days at most, and the rest of the release time is pure profit."

Just after reading the news, Gu Wei's phone started ringing non-stop.

"Hey."

"Director Gu, a full 1560 million. Oh my God."

Lu Yang's voice was trembling when he spoke.

As a director, he understands what this data means.

"Haha, get ready to join the 200 million box office club."

"Don't say anything, director, thank you for giving me this opportunity."

After finishing the call with Lu Yang, Gu Wei received several more calls, including from Wang Changtian, Han Sanping, and Ye Ning, all of whom were people he was familiar with.

"The revenue from your movie is almost more than the revenue from China Film Group in the first half of the year."

Han San's tone of comment was sour. Even though only the first day's box office was available, it could be seen that the film would not be less than 200 million. The key was that the cost was low.

"Boss Han, that's exaggerating. China Film Group is a big company with a lot of assets. Xingchen Film and Television can't compare to it."

"If you have any projects in the future, tell me in advance. You are the only one in the industry who can be trusted. Don't eat alone."

"No, Ning Hao has reserved a share for you in advance. This movie is too small, so I won't bother you."

"Small size..."

Speaking of this, Han Sanping suddenly didn't know what to say next.

Indeed, the total investment was less than 10 million, and the director was a newcomer. Even if he had to do it again, he probably wouldn't look down on it.

...

On the second weekend, the box office of "Love Is Not Blind" reached 1680 million, an increase of more than one million from the first day.

This time, the circle was completely blown up.

Wow, the box office can still go up.

The topic of "33 Days of Broken Love" has completely spread throughout the industry.

If nothing unexpected happens, this movie will achieve the highest box office record among the movies released in June.

Because the movies released this month, "Battle of Shama Town" and "The Spy" had average box office performances, with box office revenues of three million or five million in the past few days.

Among all these movies, only Disney's animated film "Toy Story 3" has a good box office. Ten days after its release, the box office is about to exceed million. Lu Yang has become the most popular director in the entertainment industry these days, and he has been interviewed every day.

According to his own idea, he planned to keep a low profile, but Gu Wei told him that he should be high-profile if necessary. The box office was booming, and it couldn't be covered up by keeping a low profile.

“It really exceeded my expectations. I am grateful for the support of the audience.”

When asked about his plans for his next film, Lu Yang did not hide anything, after all, he had already mentioned it at the premiere.

"The next movie is a martial arts film. The script has been written and it is expected to start in the second half of the year."

Now, many people can't sit still.

Actors and artists called to inquire about roles, and bosses of film and television companies called to inquire about investment.

Lu Yang also felt a little emotional. It turned out that reality was the truest portrayal of the entertainment industry.

The success of "Love Is Not Blind" has made others turn their attention to the other two films of Xingchen Films.

There is no need to say much about "Painted Skin 2". With the first place as the foundation, it naturally has a fan base. Even if the movie is released during the Lunar New Year holiday, it will be enough to compete with the works of other big directors.

Instead, it was Xu Zheng's "Lost on Journey" that received a lot of inquiries.

“Isn’t this movie going to be a big hit at the box office?”

Many people are talking about this.

"Oh, director, this makes me very stressed."

Xu Zheng called Gu Wei, and he was both happy and worried at this time.

“Just do your own thing and don’t think too much about other things. The two films are not made at the same time or on the same track.

The ones who should be worried are other movies. After all, your investment in this movie is too small, so there is not much pressure to make a profit."

Gu Wei comforted the other person.

In the original time and space, "Lost on Journey" was released in the middle of the year and earned more than 30 million at the box office. Now it has been changed to the Spring Festival period. Even if the box office explodes, it is estimated that it will hardly exceed 100 million.

He no longer cared about the matter of "Love Is Not Blind", but concentrated on finishing the remaining shots.

"2012" is expected to be completed in early July, so the remaining time is still quite tight.

Lu Yang’s success was not just discussed online, the crew members were also talking about it after the filming was completed.

Especially Wu Jing, think about it, he invested nearly 20 million to shoot "Wolf Tooth", but it ended up being a complete failure, and then look at others.

The gap was too big, so big that it made him feel suffocated.

But after all, he had been in the circle for so many years and had adjusted his mentality well. In the next few days, Wu Jing saw hope again.

I saw hope of becoming a director and making movies, but the investment was indeed a problem.

Afterwards, he turned his attention to Xu Zheng's movie at the end of the year, and if that didn't work out, he would go to Xingchen Film and Television.

The movies invested by the other party basically made a lot of money. In his opinion, there must be some trick, otherwise it cannot be explained.

When the crew was filming, Wu Jing became more diligent. Whenever he had time, he would come to Gu Wei to see how he filmed and how he framed the scenes.

Gu Wei smiled secretly in his heart, everything was under control.

Compared with Leonardo, in Gu Wei's eyes, Matt Damon is simply a good man, especially after he got married and had children, he is not so wasteful anymore.

"Gu, I will fly directly to Los Angeles after the filming. If you need any promotion for the movie, you can contact me at any time."

"Okay, we will be working on the special effects for more than a year, and then we will do the large-scale promotion right before the release. You will need to reserve time for that."

"It should be. As long as you can remember me next time you start a new movie, that's all."

During this period of cooperation with Gu Wei, the relationship between the two has become much better than before.

Matt Damon admires this talented director from the bottom of his heart.

...

This year's Shanghai Film Festival welcomed its closing ceremony amidst some bumps and bruises.

This so-called international A-level film festival has become a complete joke in the circle, causing everyone to suffer a great loss.

At the closing ceremony, most of the important awards were given to foreign films. The remaining award-winning domestic films were mostly unknown, and some moviegoers had never even heard of them.

Especially after Wang Xiaoshuai, a judge, awarded the first award to two non-professional actors from "Biluo Snow Mountain", netizens were completely furious.

"There is no bottom line for worshipping foreign things and hyping them up."

“No wonder good films are reluctant to come to Shanghai to compete.”

“It might as well be renamed the Star Festival. It doesn’t deserve the title of a film festival.”

Later, Wang Xiaoshuai also said a few words about the film festival during an interview, and then left the venue a little earlier.

"Fuck, even the judges couldn't stand it anymore."

"Instead of watching those celebrity directors, it's better to watch Teacher Cang."

Sora Aoi was invited to this film festival, and a group of LSPs made comments below.

After the film festival closed, other directors in the circle also expressed their opinions, generally saying that the Shanghai Film Festival was unfair and getting uglier and uglier.

Seeing this situation, the film festival officials held an internal meeting and raised the issue of film festival reform.

"The original intention of the film festival is to connect with the international community. Any hasty changes may cause problems."

Some people have raised objections.

"If nothing changes, the Shanghai Film Festival will become a complete joke in the future."

It is normal for people below to oppose it. After all, any reform will affect the interests of vested interests, but reform is inevitable.

(End of this chapter)