Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 555: News about Parasite
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Xingchen Film and Television Company, General Manager's Office.

When Song Ge saw the report of the completion of "The Revenant" from Hollywood, he called Gu Wei immediately.

"Dududu..."

He called twice in a row, but no one answered, which made him a little depressed.

"I'm calling according to the time. They shouldn't be busy at this time, right?" Song Ge said to himself.

"Knock knock!" The knock on the door interrupted Song Ge's thoughts.

Afterwards, Song Ge stopped worrying about it. There were a lot of things to do in the company, some of which he was busy with.

"Mr. Song, this is the box office profit sharing document for Lost in Thailand. I need your signature..."

"Mr. Song, Director Wu has applied for the second round of funding for Wolf Warriors, and I need your approval."

...

"Huh." After working for more than three hours, Song Ge finally finished today's work. He stretched and the phone rang.

Song Ge picked up the phone and saw that it was not a call from Gu Wei, but from Wang Changtian.

"Mr. Song, I have a project. I wonder if Xingchen Film and Television is interested in it." As soon as the call was connected, Wang Changtian's voice rang out.

Hearing what the other party said, Song Ge was obviously stunned. Why didn't the other party focus on watching "Breakup Guru" which was to be released at midnight today, and suddenly wanted to talk about new cooperation?

"Mr. Wang, what do you mean?" Controlling his temper, Song Ge asked.

"Mr. Song, it's like this. Guangguang is planning to launch a TV series called "The Loyal Yue Fei"..."

About ten minutes later, Song Ge finally understood the other party's plan. However, he felt that it was difficult to review this kind of topic, so he naturally did not agree to it right away. Instead, he made the excuse that Gu Wei would be back soon and they could talk about it together then.

After hanging up the phone, Song Ge was thinking about the company's latest new TV series project.

Previous productions of Xingchen Film and Television Company, such as "Ode to Joy", "Parents' Love", and "My Captain, My Regiment", have received good reputations. Although they did not make huge profits, there were still some returns.

After that, he made a lot of money with "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Mystical Ancient City". The first and second round broadcast rights combined made him hundreds of millions.

In comparison, the TV series "The Immortal Sword" did not make such great profits.

The reason why Song Ge did not give Wang Changtian an immediate reply just now was because after the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" incident, he also agreed with Gu Wei's idea. Adapting the online novel into a TV series would actually bring higher profits because it has a large number of fans.

Xingchen Film and Television Company has always paid close attention to the online literature industry. In addition to the earliest one, it has successively purchased the film and television adaptation rights of works such as "Joy of Life", "Ever Night", and "A Mortal's Journey to Immortality".

It is only because of the attention paid by Xingchen Film and Television that other companies in the industry have set their sights on online novels.

In particular, Wanda, which is not short of money, directly acquired the film and television adaptation rights of several popular small films such as "Dragon Snake Romance" and "Divine Ruler".

But even facing competition from other companies, Song Ge is still very confident. After all, many works rely on quality, and Xingchen Film and Television is famous for its quality.

When talking about TV series, we have to mention "Red Sorghum", the novel of the same name by Nobel Prize winner Mo Yan.

Ever since Director Zheng Xiaolong joined the company, he has been involved in the TV drama adaptation of this novel, but when Song Ge thought of the request made by Director Zheng Xiaolong, his heart twitched slightly.

"To shoot a TV series, we have to build a new film and television base. It's really hard to serve the big directors." Song Ge said silently.

.........

After "Parasite" missed the Cannes Film Festival, people in the industry gradually shifted their attention away from this film.

Neither director Zhang Yimou nor leading actors Liu Yifei, Qin Hao, Chen Minghao, Hu Ge and others mentioned the specific details of the film when attending the event.

During this period, Liu Yifei rushed to Disney to dub "Frozen 2", and Qin Hao and Chen Minghao were also studying the script of the sequel to "Ghost Blows Out the Light".

After filming "Parasite", Hu Ge took a long break.

In short, industry media reporters rarely reported on this movie, but after this year's Venice Film Festival announced the shortlist.

The circle suddenly exploded.

Sina Entertainment: "It is reported that the 70th Venice Film Festival announced the list of selected films for this year, and Zhang Yimou's film "Parasite" was shortlisted for the main competition unit..."

Penguin Entertainment: "Gravity, the 3D blockbuster directed by American director Alfonso Cuarón, will be the opening film of this year's Venice Film Festival..."

Sohu Entertainment: "The Sino-French co-production "Outing" directed by Taiwanese director Tsai Mingliang has been shortlisted for the main competition unit!"

Southern Metropolis News: "Hayao Miyazaki's film "The Wind Rises" was shortlisted for the main competition unit..."

...

BabyBus No. 1: "Wow, Director Zhang signed up for the Venice Film Festival without saying anything, and was even shortlisted for the main competition unit, awesome!"

Qi Lingyun: "Some time ago, Director Spielberg expressed regret that Parasite could not participate in Cannes. Now he is determined to go to the Venice Film Festival?"

Tiger climbing a tree: "Good food is worth a day. Director Zhang is awesome. Let's strive to win the Golden Lion Award..."

Happily ever after: "Come on, Yifei, win another Best Actress award!!!"

Online, netizens' attention immediately shifted from "Tiny Times" and "Breakup Guru".

"Director Zhang, why didn't you tell me in advance, are you really shortlisted for the main competition?"

In the QQ group of "Parasite", Liu Yifei was as excited as a child, typing and asking questions. "Director Zhang is really good, that's Venice, haha..." Qin Hao looked like he deserved a beating, kept nagging, and also gave everyone some knowledge about the value of Venice.

"Shut up, Haozi. Everyone knows the value of Venice. Do I need you to introduce it to me?"

Chen Minghao started the daily bickering mode.

"You two should stop talking. Let Director Zhang tell us which awards you have signed up for?" Liu Yifei spoke out directly and tagged the other people one by one.

At this time, Gu Wei, who was in a villa in Los Angeles, quietly dived into the water.

Well, he is always paying attention to the young lady next to him.

"Haha, Bernardo Bertolucci strongly invited me, so I couldn't refuse. Since I missed Cannes, I might as well go to Venice." Zhang Yimou sent a message and explained.

Many people may not be familiar with Bernardo Bertolucci, the Italian director, screenwriter and producer. But when it comes to his representative works "The Last Emperor" and "The Dreamers", many people will probably remember this person.

The reason why Zhang Yimou accepted the other party's invitation this time was because the two of them knew each other before.

Bernardo Bertolucci is also very interested in "Parasite", which is favored by Spielberg.

Before submitting the film for the competition, Zhang Yimou took a copy of the film and flew to Italy in a low-key manner. After watching the film, Bernardo Bertolucci praised it highly.

It is also because of this that "Parasite" passed the review very smoothly and became one of the first films shortlisted for the main competition unit of Venice.

"Well, as for the awards, everyone knows that we have applied for all the awards, but it is still impossible to predict whether we will win or not."

"Best Picture and Best Picture are for sure, but will there be a Best Actor award?" Qin Hao, who was lying on the sofa at home, couldn't wait to ask after seeing the message sent by Zhang Yimou in the group.

"Yeah." Zhang Yimou replied directly.

"The director is awesome, haha, Venice, here I come!"

"Brother, where's the best actress?"

Well, the appeal of the award is so great that Liu Yifei even called out her senior brother.

"Haha, we have them all, don't worry."

...

Outside, countless male and female actors in the circle have turned their attention to "Parasite".

There is no other way. While everyone is still fighting for the leading roles in movies and TV series, Liu Yifei and others are already heading for the Venice Film Festival, one of the three major European film festivals.

"Alas, in the entertainment industry, resources are king!"

After seeing the news online, big stars such as Fan Binbin, Li Binbin, Zhang Ziyi, and Zhao Yanzi felt envious and jealous.

There is no way. We are all in the entertainment industry and we all know that resources are everywhere. Even if you have no acting skills or expressions, you can still be the protagonist and win awards. Those who have no resources can only play supporting roles no matter how good their acting skills are. At most, they can get the comforting title of "old drama bone" when they get older. This is the reality and cruelty.

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In the industry, it started with "Tianji. Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains".

The summer vacation war has officially begun.

"The Four Seasons of Frankenstein", which was advanced to be released on June 6, had a cumulative box office of nearly 21 million in the first three days of the weekend. Together with the Hollywood blockbuster "Man of Steel", the two films set off the first wave of craze in the summer season.

2013 is almost halfway through. After Stephen Chow's "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" fired the first shot and raked in nearly 12 billion yuan at the box office, it ignited the entire Chinese film industry in 2013.

Seeing that so many movies were intensively scheduled, the audience shouted for them to be screened quickly, and the money in their wallets couldn't wait.

With the increase in consumption level, movie consumption has become nothing. When you go out to the mall to eat, you have to watch a movie, otherwise something seems to be missing.

"Tiny Times" and "Breakup Guru" are ready to go.

...

"Tiny Times, which has an investment of more than 4000 million yuan and is released in two parts, officially landed in major theaters today.

At this moment, two prophecies are circulating.

One is from fans, who said, "Guo Xiaosi will push the climax of domestic films created by Xu Zheng and Zhou Xingchi to the peak. This movie is bound to cause controversy."

The second is from a film critic who said, "The emergence of "Tiny Times" is likely to become a historic event. Domestic films may be divided into two completely different categories by "Tiny Times."

Ning Hao and Xu Zheng, who had just returned from the Shanghai Film Festival, couldn't help laughing after seeing the news reported by the media.

Song Ge looked at the two people who were laughing inexplicably and shook his head.

"It's funny, but according to the data available, Tiny Times was screened 1160 times in more than 1920 theaters across the country at midnight, with 21.3 viewers and a box office of 723 million yuan. Major theater chains have already increased their screening rates, and the current average is 44.52%.

"The Breakup Guru" was even more exaggerated, with box office exceeding 40 million at midnight and a screening rate of over %.

It can be said that these two movies almost completely sold out the theater.”

"Fuck, no way."

After hearing the data Song Ge said, the two of them always had a bad feeling.

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(End of this chapter)