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Chapter 694 Copyright of the subsequent series of "Painted Skin"

the next day.

The next day, many media outlets began reporting on the premiere of "Wolf Warrior". To sum it up in one sentence, the word of mouth exploded!
Sina Entertainment: "Yesterday, the domestic military action blockbuster "Wolf Warrior" produced by Xingchen Films, supervised by Gu Wei and Chen Guofu, and directed by Wu Jing, held its premiere ceremony and screening at the Capital Olympic Sports Center. The film has ultra-clear picture quality, vividly reproduces the fierce battlefield, interprets the power of the tough guys in the army, and won unanimous praise from the premiere audience.

As for the box office, Director Wu Jing frankly said that the goal is 1 billion….”

Time.com: "Yesterday, Wolf Warriors was filmed in the capital... In an interview, director Wu Jing talked about the hardships and difficulties behind the film's passionate scenes. The squad machine gun held by machine gunner Zhang Guoqiang weighed as much as four babies after loading ammunition. After a day of filming, his arms felt like they were useless.
In order to accurately portray the image of a signalman on the battlefield, Yang Shuo, who plays a signalman in the film, carried a full load of equipment on his back, which is the heaviest load for a single soldier in the Wolf Warriors... "

China Film reported: "The movie "Wolf Warrior" held its premiere ceremony in Jin, with many actresses including Li Binbin, Fan Binbin, Tong Liya, Wan Qian and others appearing to support the event.

After the screening, many celebrities and artists expressed their love for Wolf Warrior and their pride in the country's strength. They hoped that Wolf Warrior would be a big hit at the box office and that there would be more films like this in the Chinese-language film market.

The film critics also gave it rave reviews.

For example, the famous film critic Zhou Liming excitedly said: "Wu Jing in Wolf Warriors reminds him of the American Kung Fu star Sylvester Stallone in his heyday. The film is no worse than Rambo.

But in comparison, "Wolf Warrior" focuses more on showing the overall strength of the 12-member special forces team. Although the lead actor Wu Jing is obviously better than others, it is still within a reasonable range, making the film more enjoyable to watch. "

Rao Shuguang, secretary general of the China Film Association, said: "The emergence of Wolf Warrior fills the gap in the genre of domestic military action blockbusters. It was made with the dedication and hard work of the team, and is a concrete manifestation of the significant improvement in the level of my country's film heavy industry..."

In addition to film critics, many audience members who attended the premiere also posted messages online, saying that "Wolf Warrior" has an exciting plot and a rave review, and recommended watching the movie.

But amidst the cheers, there were also discordant voices.

Film critic Yin Sisi thinks that Wolf Warrior has a very high reputation and pre-sale, which shows obvious signs of commercial operation. Domestic military action films must be mainstream films. It is really a pity that such films can be good.

This statement was posted online and immediately caused quite a controversy.

However, the film has not yet been officially released, so it is difficult for viewers who have not seen it to say anything.

However, some film critics also said that "Wolf Warrior" can only reap some box office revenue in mainland China, and it is unlikely to be a box office hit in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia.

For example, countries in Southeast Asia would wonder, "You only mention a certain country in Southeast Asia in this film, which one is it? Is it referring to us?"

Whether it is good reviews, bad reviews, or comments with questions, there are tens of thousands of them when added together.

It can be said that there is currently no military action movie in China that is so popular. Simply put, "Wolf Warrior" is a hit.

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Most of the summer movies have already been released. Among them, the domestic animated film "Dragon Nest: Dawn of the Raiders", even with the dubbing bonus of Hu Ge, Jing Tian and others, only made a little over 50 million at the box office.

Forty million of this amount was earned in the first week. Considering the screening rate of less than 10%, this result is already quite good.

However, the failure of this animated film has once again dampened the confidence of people in the industry who had originally relied on the huge sales of "Devouring the Star". Even when Gu Wei saw this now, he could only sigh that it is not easy to make domestic animated films.

Speaking of Jing Tian, ​​after the filming of "Lost in Thailand" was completed, Lu Zheng found her another TV series with a female lead - "Legend of Princess Diana".

The TV series held its launch ceremony at Chuzhou Film and Television Base these two days. Nie Yuan, Yu Rongguang, Kara Hui and others are in supporting roles, making it a pretty big cast.

The reason why Gu Wei paid attention to her was that Ning Hao praised Jing Tian in front of him all day long, saying that her acting skills were well improved and that he would give her a chance if there was a role in the next movie.

Looking at the strange Ning Hao, Gu Wei always felt that this guy was taking money from others.

In the outside world, about a week has passed since the General Administration’s meeting, and the entire film and television industry is in a state of panic.

Although everyone knew that the proposal to ban was not passed at the meeting, the first thing many company and industry leaders did after returning was to restrict the people below them.

The general approach is that those who have not done those things should learn from it and stay away from it.

If you have come into contact with or have friends who have problems, cut off contact and distance yourself from them.

If there are really people doing this, stop immediately and keep quiet. There is still time. As for those who are ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth and do not know how to live or die, just wait for death!

Because the higher-ups can hold such a meeting, it means that the relevant departments have already thought of taking action, and there is no telling when something will happen.

Once serious action is taken, it will no longer be a trivial matter. It may be a major purge and a more stringent industry supervision and punishment system.

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The premiere of "Wolf Warrior" is planned to be held in three places in the capital, Shanghai and Jinling.

Gu Wei only attended the event in the capital because the premiere of "Despicable Me 3" was about to begin and as the main investor he had to go to the other side of the ocean.

This movie was released in mainland China a full month later than in North America. This time in Hollywood, in addition to the premiere, Gu Wei also had to negotiate with DreamWorks about the "Minions" series.

Since the first "Despicable Me", this animated character has become popular all over the world, but without Gu Wei's consent, DreamWorks could only make some animated short films.

After several years of development, Gu Wei felt that it was time to launch the Minions movie for many reasons.

The most important point is that the "Despicable Me" series has already been filmed to the third film. According to Gu Wei's idea, the quality of the series will inevitably decline if there are more than two films. Simply put, there are only so many story routines, and the audience will get tired of them after watching too many.

It is necessary to launch new animated characters at appropriate times, just like the popular Hollywood characters Spider-Man and Batman, whose actors alone have changed several times.

Gu Wei arranged his trip on the 27th. He would be there for about three weeks, so he would not be able to make it to the Los Angeles premiere of Despicable Me 3. Fortunately, there would be premieres in New York and Tokyo later.

At all times, the island country has always been a warehouse that Hollywood animated films particularly value.

Just as I was about to take a good day off and set off, La Peikang called.

"Before you leave, come to China Film Group to talk about the Painted Skin series."

After checking the time, Gu Wei thought for a while and said, "See you later."

In less than an hour, Gu Weiren arrived at the entrance of China Film Studio.

Since Han Sanping stepped down, the number of Gu Weikai’s meetings has dropped significantly, but there have been basically no major changes in the personnel of China Film Group.

Every day, a large number of directors still come here to apply for start-up funds for filming, and a large number of people from various companies still come in and out, handling matters such as film releases, postponements, and advance releases.

"Director Gu, President La is waiting for you in the office." La Peikang's secretary was waiting at the door and immediately came over when he saw Gu Wei.

When seeing the secretaries, Gu Wei discovered an interesting fact: most of the secretaries of the leaders of these government agencies and state-owned enterprises are men.

On the contrary, more than 90% of secretaries in private enterprises are women, haha! Seeing Gu Wei turned his head and looked at her a few times, the secretary felt a little curious and finally couldn't help asking, "What's wrong, Director Gu?"

"It's okay. Where's Director Han?"

"I really don't know about this. How about I ask you later?"

"No, I'm just asking."

“………”At this moment, the secretary was complaining in his heart, the director’s behavior was indeed different from others.

When I arrived at the office, I saw La Peikang standing in front of the window with his hands behind his back, wondering what he was thinking about.
"Here you go, sit down."

The two of them sat on the sofa. La Peikang didn't say a word. Gu Wei just stared at the secretary making tea. It must be said that being a secretary of the chairman of a state-owned enterprise is not easy. This tea art alone looks professional enough.

"Boss La, Director Gu, you guys go ahead and do your work. I'll be at the door. Call me if you need anything."

La Peikang didn't say anything, but nodded. Gu Wei said thank you for your hard work, and the secretary smiled back.

"Tsk tsk, the big boss's tea is really fragrant and delicious."

"You, with such a huge fortune, must be able to enjoy all kinds of food and drink." La Peikang nodded with a smile.

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"You can't drink the special supply one." Gu Wei joked.

La Peikang shook his head, stood up and took a can of tea, "Just delivered, two cans."

"Mr. La, I'm afraid you don't tell everyone this." Gu Wei took it in his hand and took a look. He had never seen it on the market, so he said jokingly.

"Haha, the others are inferior to this."

The two chatted for a while, and Gu Wei looked at the time twice, the meaning was self-evident.

"Is something wrong?"

"I have booked a flight for this afternoon. DreamWorks has urged me several times."

"Well, let me be frank. China Film Group wants to buy the rights to the subsequent adaptations of the Painted Skin series, and the most important one is the copyright of this name."

At this point, someone may ask, there is basically no specific copyright for the Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio series in China, just like Guangguang's "Painted Skin", the background of which is also from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. Why did China Film Group buy the copyright of "Painted Skin"?

Actually, what China Film bought was the two words "Painted Skin". As mentioned before, if China Film made a movie with Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio as the background, but it was not called Painted Skin, domestic audiences would first think that this movie was a plagiarism of Painted Skin and was a new movie, and they would lack a sense of identity.

Unless this movie is very well made, it will be compared to Painted Skin by the audience. But if the box office and word of mouth are not good, there will be no need to consider the follow-up.

"Selling it to China Film Group is not a big problem, but how do we deal with the other companies that we work with?"

Gu Wei's question was a bit redundant. Once China Film paid to buy the copyright, the subsequent handling of the matter would actually have nothing to do with him.

But Guangxian and Wanda have both participated in two films, and now the three companies are closely related. Gu Wei does not want to make any big moves during this sensitive period.

Moreover, Xiying is also involved in the second and third parts of Painted Skin. Once China Film takes action, it is estimated that it will most likely be an exclusive production.

"Why do you care about this?" La Peikang continued.

"Mr. La, for a series of movies, especially a popular IP like the Painted Skin series, it is not as easy as you might think to make a sequel."

“You see, first of all, it’s best to use the original cast for a series of movies, but Zhou Xun and Huang Xiaoming both told me that they don’t want to make a fourth film.

Secondly, the background story of "Painted Skin 3" is already the end of the Jin Dynasty. You wouldn't really intend to continue filming to the modern era when you bought it.

The third point is that the series is getting worse with each film, and there is a big risk in continuing to shoot.”

It was because China Film Group wanted to buy it that Gu Wei said so much. If it were any other company, he wouldn’t care about its life or death.

La Peikang thought for a while and asked, "How much do you think there will be before the release of Painted Skin 3?"

Wuershan is currently producing and editing the post-production of Painted Skin 3. Although Gu Wei did not watch it carefully, Ning Hao and Lu Yang both said that it was pretty good and could be considered a masterpiece.

"There are still 500 million or 600 million."

"It's a bit conservative. With the foundation laid by the first two films, plus the bigger market, I think ten billion is possible," La Peikang said with a smile.

"As expected of the chairman of China Film Group, he has a sharp eye, but why is he so obsessed with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2?" Gu Wei muttered to himself.

It turns out that in order to compete for the market share of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2", China Film Group Corporation directly squeezed out Shanghai Film Group Corporation some time ago, and Ren Zhonglun even complained a lot about this.

The 30 million to million mentioned by Gu Wei is indeed a conservative estimate. According to the current market size, as long as the screening rate of this movie is above %, million to million will not be a problem, and it is really possible to reach billion.

"I understand what you said. You're just worried about whether the original cast can get together. Subsequent filming may ruin the classic." La Peikang crossed his legs and began.

"Don't worry about these points. I think it is unlikely that China Film Corporation will reject someone when it asks them to make a movie. Even if they do, China Film Corporation will find an actor of the same caliber to replace them.

Besides, there is no need to worry about the subsequent series. When the time comes, China Film will have a good grasp of the script, and the special effects will be handed over to Xingchen Films. With the reputation of the previous films, it will not be a loss to shoot two or three more films..."

"Thank you." Gu Wei complained in his heart, wishing he could ask other companies to do the special effects.

At this point, Gu Wei completely understood that China Film Group just wanted to make money. After getting the copyright, they would make two or three films to earn some money. But once the word of mouth backfired, they would probably not consider this series anymore.

Seeing Gu Wei nodding continuously, La Peikang continued, "The problem of cooperation is not big. I will keep your share for you, and China Film will give out a portion of the rest according to the actual situation."

"Mr. La, I don't plan to get involved. Just give more shares to Wanda and Guangxian." Gu Wei directly refused the issue of shares.

"Really not?"

"Too busy, haha!"

"Okay, let's sign the contract as soon as possible. The screenwriter of China Film Group is already waiting." La Peikang waved his hand, and it was decided.

Hearing this, Gu Wei raised his eyebrows. The preparations were quite sufficient.

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(End of this chapter)