Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 710 The Arrival of DreamWorks Legendary Universal Pictures

10 month 29 number.

A full month later than the original time and space, the General Administration issued Document No. 113 of this year.

The content of the document covers all the directly affiliated management departments of the domestic television broadcasting system at all levels from top to bottom.

It also covers movie channels, the upstream and downstream of the film and television production industry, China Film and other major state-owned enterprises and institutions.

Although the file name is "Notice on Strengthening Production and Dissemination Management in the Film and Television Industry."

But anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is the "Ban Order for Bad Artists" that the entire industry has been arguing about, paying attention to, and worrying about for a long time.

All media outlets responded to the news, with official media, print media and online media all vying to report on it.

The topic of this news exploded on platforms such as Weibo and Tieba.

There has been a huge uproar on the Internet, and a large number of netizens have chosen to support it. However, when it comes to the banned artists with bad records, many celebrity fans openly cursed and felt that the General Administration was meddling in their affairs.

But no matter how many people object, the matter has already been decided and no one can change it.

After the document was issued, there was a cry of grief in the domestic entertainment industry.

However, the artists under Xingchen Film and Television Company and Shiba Culture Company could not help but secretly rejoice, fortunately their boss had made strict requirements within the company in advance, not allowing artists to be involved in pornography, gambling or drugs, and would immediately expel them from the company once discovered.

Now that the document has come out, the group of celebrity artists at Shiba Culture Company has become unusually lively.

"Several unreleased movies were affected, including 'My Rival is Superman', 'Tiny Times 4', 'The Burning Sun'..." Bai Baihe said directly in the group.

Affected by "The Ban Order", the promotional activities of the two films, "The Burning Sun" during the Lunar New Year and "Monster Hunt" during the Spring Festival, have clearly shown a trend of slowing down.

Although the film company has not issued any announcement or notification, everyone can guess that the producer and distributor must be struggling, hesitating, and feeling the pain at this moment!

Come to think of it, a huge amount of publicity money and resources have been spent, but now we have to face this kind of situation. Who can be willing to accept this?
"Are all these banned?" Ke Lan didn't quite understand the details and couldn't help asking a stupid question.

"At least a lot of scenes will have to be cut. I heard that the movie 'My Love Rival is Superman' is not going to be released. What will be left after the male lead's role is cut?" Huang Zhizhong got some gossip and said it directly now.

"In that case, don't the first three parts of Tiny Times have to be removed from the shelves and 'trimmed'?" Zhang Guoqiang became famous thanks to Wolf Warrior, and his words carry a lot of weight in the group. As soon as he opened his mouth, someone would reply, saying that they would definitely need to be cut.

"'The Man from Macau', '1942' and so on, anyway, many movies and TV series have to undergo surgery, otherwise they will all be ruined!" Yin Xiaotian suddenly said.

“These guys, if they didn’t have many roles it would be fine, but if they were the protagonists, then it would really be a bummer for the producers, haha…” Zuo Xiaoqing was usually carefree, and at this moment he spoke more directly.

"It's definitely a scam. Not to mention the producer, when I went to the head office this morning, I ran into people from Tudou modifying a video. I heard that they were purchased movies and TV series, and a lot of shots had to be cut..." The speaker was Ren Quan, who joined Shiba Culture Company two years ago after many twists and turns.

At present, Ren Quan is running his own business and still working in the film and television industry. In addition, he has good relationships with many celebrities in the circle. He has just finished filming "Nirvana in Fire", so he can be said to be in high spirits.

This trip to the head office also successfully won him the role of the male lead in "A Flowing River". The author of this novel is A Nai, who has previously collaborated with Xingchen Film and Television Company. He wrote "Ode to Joy".

After filming two "Ghost Blows Out the Light" movies, director Kong Sheng decided to change his style.

When Gu Wei learned that the other party was going to start this TV series, he did not object, but he requested that the roles be mainly played by the company's artists.

After director Kong Sheng selected for a period of time, he chose Wang Kai to play "Song Yunhui", and then a group of artists including Ke Lan, Ren Quan, and Yang Shuo were selected.

I heard that Wang Jinghua also plans to let her son Dong Zijian join and play a major role.

Wang Chen, who is in charge of this TV series, naturally would not stop it. After all, it is normal to use his own people.

To be honest, Xingchen Film and Television Company has launched quite a few film and television drama projects. Although its artists may not be able to participate in every one of them, at least most of their schedules are very full.

Wang Jinghua even made a direct statement within the company that as long as everyone did not mess around behind closed doors, there would be no worries about not having any movies to shoot. This also made Shiba Culture Company one of the very few agencies where internal conflicts were not so serious.

As long as the parent company, Star Films, has projects, everyone can make money and have opportunities to become famous. Zhang Guoqiang's direct promotion to the top of the second-tier list with the help of "Wolf Warrior" is the best example.

Just as the artists were discussing excitedly, Wang Jinghua sent a message in the group.

"The latest news is that DreamWorks has arrived in China with its representative team and will attend the premiere of Despicable Me 3 tomorrow..."

"After the release of Despicable Me 3, the company will continue to cooperate with DreamWorks to develop the Minions series. The boss has reached a new agreement with the other party and may let the company's artists participate in the dubbing of the Minions series. Everyone should practice English more during this period, and maybe you will be selected..."

The group exploded instantly, even the artists who usually didn't speak out posted emoticons in the group.

"Sister Hua, is it like the boss lady who participated in the dubbing of "Frozen 2"? " Bai Baihe immediately sent a message and asked.

"Yes, it is very likely that the leading actor is dubbing." Wang Jinghua replied quickly.

"Wow, the boss is awesome!"

"Enter Hollywood, a treatment only top domestic superstars can get."

Looking at the excited crowd, Wang Jinghua smiled knowingly. She chose to join Xingchen Film and Television Company in the first place because of the company's artists.

Currently, more than one hundred artists under its umbrella have continuous domestic resources and are gradually gaining access to Hollywood resources.

Wang Jinghua felt that her decision was extremely wise, and that she might be able to produce a few international superstars under her in the future! !
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Conference room of Xingchen Film and Television Company.

After Gu Wei met the members sent by DreamWorks to attend the domestic premiere of "Despicable Me 3", he was surprised that their plan to come was very sudden.

"There are too many people here." Gu Wei muttered to himself. He originally thought that there would be at most two or three people coming to do some publicity, but he didn't expect the other party to spend a lot of money.

Following the introduction by the person in charge of DreamWorks, Gu Wei learned the exact number of people. There were nearly twenty people in total, including Steve Carell who voiced Gru, Kristen Wiig, Neve Scharrell, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gay and others.

Almost all the voice actors for the main characters have arrived.

The reason why so many people came to DreamWorks is because they value the current mainland market. Of course, this is also largely related to the sluggish Hollywood market this year.

The North American market in 2014 was a year of sluggish box office.

So far, the total box office revenue is 106.5 billion US dollars, a decrease of 2013% from 4. In other words, although this year is not over yet, Hollywood's annual box office revenue may only be two to three times that of the mainland market, which would have been impossible in the past.

The sluggish market has also affected the performance of Despicable Me 3. The film made a huge splash in its first week, but after it exceeded $2.5 million, its daily box office dropped significantly. According to DreamWorks's publicity and distribution department, it is difficult for Despicable Me 3 to break $4 million in North America.

It can be said that there is a huge gap between this year's Hollywood blockbusters and last year's. After all, even last year's "The Hunger Games 2" broke the 3 million US dollars in North American box office, not to mention the champion "Iron Man ".

So far, in the 2014 North American box office rankings, "Guardians of the Galaxy" has topped the list with $3.3 million, while "Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier" released in the summer only took in $2.5 million.

The remaining films such as "Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier", "The Lego Movie", "Transformers 4", "Maleficent", and "X-Men: Days of Future Past" are all in the range of to million US dollars.

Among them, Disney and Warner released three works each, 20th Century Fox released two, and Lionsgate and Paramount released one each.

As the local performance may not reach the ideal state, DreamWorks naturally set its sights on overseas, so China, the world's second largest box office, became their first choice.

So there was a plan for DreamWorks to come over and attend the premiere, and Gu Wei actually had to be notified in advance.

"Gu, we hope that Despicable Me 3 can have a good start in the domestic market, and we expect the film to earn to million US dollars. Of course, this cannot be achieved without your support." The person in charge of DreamWorks is an old acquaintance, and he stated the purpose of his visit right away.

Gu Wei didn't expect the situation in Hollywood this year to be so pessimistic, but he secretly expected "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" to be a hit, and even hoped that the film could win this year's Hollywood box office championship.

If everything goes well, he will be the third director after Cameron and Spielberg to win the North American annual box office championship three times, and he will be one step closer to being the greatest director as described by the New York Times.

"No problem. My team predicts the box office for Despicable Me 3 is also around million US dollars," Gu Wei said with a smile.

"That's great." The head of DreamWorks thought this was good news, and perhaps the mainland market could really bring in a lot of box office revenue.

"I have already arranged a hotel. You should go and have a rest first. I will introduce some of our company's artists to you at the premiere tomorrow. Maybe you will have new cooperation later..." Gu Wei said with a smile.

"No problem, but can we take a tour of your company?"

DreamWorks has decided to continue cooperating with Gu Wei to develop the "Minions series", and has no objection to the other party's proposal to have Chinese celebrity artists participate in dubbing. However, DreamWorks has not responded to Gu Wei's proposal to have a domestic company be responsible for the production of part of the content.

After all, the several "Despicable Me" series not only made Gu Wei a lot of money, but also brought DreamWorks a lot of profits.

DreamWorks executives have always agreed to continue developing the "Minions series", and the Hollywood animation market has developed rapidly in recent years, with animated films earning higher profits than live-action films.

But when Gu Wei proposed that he be responsible for the production of part of the content, DreamWorks became skeptical. After all, in their minds, Hollywood's technology was invincible, and they were worried that if they handed over part of the content, the final result would be unsatisfactory.

So in addition to the leading actors, there were also several special effects engineers coming to DreamWorks this time. Their purpose was to examine whether the special effects engineers of Star Film and Television Company were capable of taking charge of the production of part of the content.

"Of course, I can show you around in person." Gu Wei laughed and sent a text message to Song Ge, asking him to be prepared.

...

As the DreamWorks team got to know the situation more deeply, the DreamWorks engineers kept communicating in low voices. After receiving feedback, the look in the person in charge's eyes when he looked at Gu Wei changed.

"It seems that you have been studying hard in secret." The head of DreamWorks thought silently.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Gu Wei said, "We released an animated film in the first half of the year. If you still have the energy, I think you can watch it."

"Is it the movie 'Devoured Planet'?" The DreamWorks executive had obviously done his homework and blurted out the answer.

"Yes, it's a wonderful animated film and we are working on a second part."

"Oh, now that you mention it, I'm very interested."

Hearing this, Song Ge waved his hand and arranged for people to prepare, and then the group went straight to the screening room.

...

The arrival of DreamWorks' team naturally could not be concealed from the media, and related reports had been made online. Smart people also understood that they were here for the premiere of "Despicable Me 3" to be held tomorrow.

On the other hand, the arrival of Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures also excited the media reporters.

capital Airport.

The two giants Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures, with a team of 20 people in total, attracted the attention of a large number of media reporters.

The China Film Group team responsible for picking up the guests at the airport couldn't stop the media's cameras.

"What the hell, what day is today? Why are all these big Hollywood companies coming to China together?"

"Is there any big move in this battle?"

"Are they also here to attend the premiere of Despicable Me 3 in the capital?" someone said skeptically.

However, someone immediately refuted: "It's impossible. Legendary and Universal Pictures did not invest in this movie. I heard that these two companies were not present at the North American premiere."

A group of reporters kept chattering and guessing, and soon someone shouted, "Found it, the two foreigners leading the group are the global business executives of Legendary and Universal, one of the vice presidents!"

"Damn it! So China Film Group has a cooperation project with them?"

"I'm just curious now, what kind of project can bring so many people from two major Hollywood studios?"

A group of reporters were chattering and analyzing, and the cameras in their hands never stopped shooting.

They all knew very well that these two companies and China Film Group definitely had new projects, most likely Sino-US co-productions, and possibly big productions worth hundreds of millions of US dollars.

And judging from the fact that Legendary and Universal have come to the mainland for negotiations, this project may still be led by China.

The celebrities in the circle are going crazy. There are already signs of Gu Wei's next movie. According to rumors, the special effects department of Xingchen Film and Television Company has already started.

Now that China Film Group is about to start a new co-production, many celebrities in the industry are no longer paying attention to "The Ban Order" and everyone is focusing on the movie.

This is China Film Group.

After arriving, the team from Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures went straight to China Film Group, and La Peikang naturally chose to meet them first.

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(End of this chapter)