Coquettish Rebirth

"Hung-chien, the situation of their film is not very good! The cost of this film is 3700 million US dollars, right? I think it will be very difficult to recover the cost..." Katzenberg told Jia Hongjian on the phone. Said, "In the United States, they are at the level of 600 million U.S. dollars. Even if they sell DVDs and TV broadcast rights, they can't make much money. The two aspects add up to 300 million dollars. It’s exhausted. The global box office plus your China’s is estimated to be at the level of 7000 million U.S. dollars. Even with various additional income, it is at most 8000 million. 8000 million seems to be more than 6 million yuan, right? But in Overseas must rely on local publishers to issue, and the final purchase is 2.4 million yuan? This still includes your share in China, so it will definitely not pay back, even if your share in China is higher. It is estimated that at most it is equal to the cost..."

Hearing these words, Jia Hongjian was quite satisfied, but he was also a little disappointed deep in his heart.Although Jia Hongjian really wanted to slap Lao Mouzi in the face, and really wanted to show his awesomeness in this way, but to put it bluntly, he also hoped that Lao Mouzi would get better.Although it seems a bit contradictory to say this, but seeing the movie without his old Mouzi, he can't make money, it really makes him feel like he has taught his apprentice but the apprentice is useless!When "Curse of the Golden Armor" was released in the United States for a few weeks, the box office has never been able to rise. In addition, although the domestic box office has reached 2.7 million, but the growth is very slow, it is estimated that it will be 2.8 million to 2.9 million. .Although such a film has entered the [-] million yuan club under the leadership of Lao Mouzi.This makes this film the only one in China that has nothing to do with Jia Hongjian's [-] million yuan club film, but the reputation of this film is incomparable with Jia Hongjian's three films.

First of all, after the release of "Golden Flowers in the City", under the influence of the two film critics in the Southern Zhou Dynasty, the domestic reviews of this film are really not very good.The main focus is on a series of issues such as the costume design of such a film. It is widely circulated that the film's alias is called "The City is Full of Golden Milk"!Originally, those scholars who were the first to criticize Jia Hongjian's "Wood" were unreasonable when criticizing Jia Hongjian, but now facing "Golden Milk", their criticism suddenly Someone will take care of it!

In the comments of these so-called experts and scholars.Zhang Yimou's film is simply a model of depravity.Compared with Zhang Yimou.Jia Hung-chien's films are not considered vulgar at all!This old Mouzi used to be quite a serious person, why is the film he is shooting so carnal now?Why is it so erotic?Why is it so kitsch and vulgar?Although it's true, this kind of big tits is not vulgar at all - don't some female stars like x rock in the later generations have big tits all day long?At that time, no one would call her vulgar.But in this day and age, that's a bit conservative.Especially a person like Lao Mouzi was quite orthodox.Originally, I was born in making touching films like "My Father and Mother".As a result, he suddenly transformed into an attractive way with a little side-kicking.It's as if the national moral model suddenly started bursting breasts and hyping scandals to become a star!Once this matter is dealt with, the wind reviews must be all kinds of bad!Because this is the rhythm of a good person suddenly turning bad, this is the rhythm of the late festival!This kind of rhythm is even more indignant than a disgusting villain complacently making a carnal film!

In fact, it’s quite interesting to talk about it—we human beings seem to have one thing in common, which is a little sparkle for bad guys.Everyone will immediately understand the bad guys, and immediately feel that the bad guys are not so bad.But if there is a stain on a good person, everyone will immediately feel that such a good person is impure, and immediately have a much lower evaluation of him, and even feel indignant towards him!This doesn’t make sense. How can a person who has been doing bad things be encouraged when he does a good thing? How can a good person be beaten and killed if he does a bad thing?For others, it's better to be a bad guy and clean up the relationship?

But having said that, the current form is a bit similar to the box office form of blockbuster films in history-many people are criticizing the film as bad, and many people are saying that the film is stupid, but in fact the box office is not bad.This matter is actually quite strange to say, and Jia Hongjian also feels quite puzzled. If so many people are criticizing, how did the film's box office rise?Or is it that this kind of blockbuster just fooled everyone once, making people unwilling to watch it a second time?Or did you earn some money that you don't have any requirements for movies, but you are willing to spend money to entertain people without thinking?Or to put it another way, if this film was made with more sincerity, the box office would not just be less than 4 million, but it might be as high as [-] million?

Jia Hongjian was curious, while Lao Mouzi felt pressured.With the poor box office in the North American market these days, he is scolded like a grandson by investors!Although the earliest investors found him, they all said that they knew there were risks, but they felt that the word risk had nothing to do with them, as if other people’s investment was risky, and their investment would definitely make money !They watched "Hero" make a lot of money overseas, so they wishfully believed that "Golden Armor" would also make a lot of money overseas.They don't seem to have thought about it at all, Hollywood-invested blockbusters sometimes lose money!There is also time to look away!As a result, such a film may lose money now, at most it is a matter of earning back the cost price.So these people are in a hurry all of a sudden!The old Mouzi was scolded as a grandson, as if the old Mouzi was holding back their money early in the morning, as if the old Mouzi was a liar!

Looking at the faces of these people, Lao Mouzi was really disappointed.Isn't he uncomfortable if the box office is not good and the cost can't be recovered?Of course it's uncomfortable, but is it his fault?It's a bit strange, after all, he is responsible for the film, but the problem is that in business, there are losses and profits, who can guarantee that they will make money?When the mother came to beg Lao Tzu, she pretended to be a grandson, saying that as long as she can cooperate with Director Zhang, money is not a problem, they are responsible for all the investment, they will give as much as Director Zhang wants, and give Director Zhang all kinds of freedom... How did you hold your thighs like your grandson at that time?Why is there such a face now?Didn't they think that the movie might lose money?Do you think that if you hug Zhang Yimou, you will make money and make money?

It can be said that at this time, Lao Mouzi is really annoying these people!What's more, they are most afraid of comparison. Compared with Jia Hongjian, these investors look like they are in the sky!What was it like when Jia Hongjian invested?They are not afraid of losing money at all. In addition, they are directly involved in the production and help directly from the market.At the end it will be screened, no matter what the box office results are, Jia Hongjian always has a smile on his face!Even if the domestic box office doesn't make any money, Jia Hongjian comforted Zhang Yimou not to worry!Looking at Jia Hongjian's demeanor, and looking at the faces of such a group of investors, there is a sharp contrast!From Lao Mouzi's point of view, it's no wonder that these investors are not as rich as Jia Hongjian's family!Just because of this face, they don't deserve to be as rich as Jia Hongjian!

At this time, Lao Mouzi basically made up his mind. If he couldn't cooperate with Jia Hongjian, he wouldn't accept other people's investment. He really didn't want to deal with these social investors.If there is no opportunity to cooperate with Jia Hongjian when the time comes to make a film, then he will follow Jia Hongjian's way of "Wood" and directly talk to the manufacturer about placing advertisements, and directly become the boss himself!How much he earns like this is his business, no one will ride on his neck to do his best, and no one will point at his nose and scold his mother!

On the other hand, after this old schemer made up his mind, he looked back and found the difference between himself and Jia Hongjian!Originally, he thought that after filming with Jia Hongjian, logically speaking, he should already be able to shoot this commercial blockbuster.Originally, he thought that he could make as much money as Jia Hongjian from making such a film. Although he might not make as much money as Jia Hongjian, at least he could make some money, right?But looking at it now, he is really far behind Jia Hongjian. Maybe it's because his own knowledge is too old. Maybe he needs to relearn all kinds of business knowledge?From this point of view, the failure of "Golden Armor" really woke him up, and it really made him doubt himself a little!

However, this kind of self-doubt did not make him decide to temporarily give up film and go abroad to study or something. There are also many people abroad who have learned this professional knowledge. Become a famous director.So from this point of view, foreign film and television education does not mean that it must be so high-end and elegant.So he decided to study more at home for the time being, watch more foreign films, learn more from Jia Hongjian, try to forget what he already had, and learn other people's knowledge like starting from scratch.Then, like Jia Hongjian's "Wood", try to find the way with small-production films. If the path is correct, it will not be too late to try large-scale productions in the future!

So in this way, it seemed that he had to go through the old Mouzi who took five or six years to go through the change of thought in history, but now he has slowed down. He feels that he still has to study hard... learn from Jia Hongjian ...So, he self-recommended and called Jia Hongjian, "Mr. Jia, do you need an assistant in film? Let me work for you? You don't need to pay, I will work for you for free..." (To be completed continued..)