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Chapter 817 "Wolf Warrior 2" and "The Founding of an Army"

"Operation Red Sea" broke one billion in three days, completely igniting the entire summer market.

Compared with the popularity of "Fast and Furious" before, "Operation Red Sea" is even worse.

"Fast and Furious 7" is considered to be the most topical and influential movie in the first half of the year. Whether it is "Omen 2", the box office champion of Chinese movies in the first half of the year, or "Wolf Totem", which has a good reputation and box office, when it is released The popularity and topics are far from being comparable to "Fast and Furious 7".

After all, it is a mature series, and it has already sold well when it was released overseas.

And the main character died.

Dead people often attract more attention, such as the Joker in "Batman".

The same seems to be the case in other industries, such as painters, calligraphers, etc. Often some masters' works are worthless when they are alive, and become famous after their death.

"Fast and Furious 7" can be said to be a phenomenon-level movie. The most important thing is that this movie also broke Tang An's monopoly on the box office record in the domestic market. It has attracted a lot of attention both inside and outside the industry. I plan to make some racing movies to follow suit.

"Operation Red Sea" is now released for three days, and it is still the most important time of the year like the summer vacation, and the popularity has completely surpassed "Fast and Furious 7".

Thanks to the delayed schedule, "Taoist Descending the Mountain" and the upcoming "Little Times 4" are both controversial and popular.

There is also a domestic animation film "Autobots" released on Saturday, which is mired in plagiarism.

This animated film was originally called "Little Car Engineer", but it was renamed "Autobots" only a few days before its release.

That's right, it's just one word short of the classic Hollywood animated film "Cars", and the word "person" in the middle is somewhat deliberately covered up on various posters.

Coupled with the similar image of the car, at first glance I thought it was from the "Cars" series.

It won't be long before Disney takes the studio to court and wins.

However, after the other party loses the lawsuit, they will make a second film, which is not as shameless as anyone else.

The forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds. In a huge film industry, it is inevitable that all kinds of plagiarism and bad movies will emerge one after another. The same thing happens in Hollywood, which pays more attention to copyright protection in the Pacific Ocean.

Every year when the popular season arrives, it is always very lively.

On the Internet, "Operation Red Sea" has become the hottest topic at the moment.

Military movies, involving the country and nation, affect not only movie fans.

In the industry, "Operation Red Sea" has shocked all filmmakers by no means.

China Film, Kang Pei, who is about to lose the annual box office champion, is very upset.

Since "Avatar" won the annual championship five years ago, China Film, as a state-owned enterprise in the industry, has never won the box office championship.

With great difficulty this year, "Fast and Furious 7" hit a super high box office of 25 billion, breaking the box office record created by Tang An.

It didn't take long to be happy, Tang An's new movie was about to exceed this number.

3.1 million on the first day, 3.93 million at the highest in a single day, and broke [-] billion in three days. With such data and the current word-of-mouth, even Compei has no doubts whether it can break the record.

Of course, if there is a big surprise, because it is too bloody or the audience is small and does not surpass "Fast and Furious 7", then Kang Pei must die of laughter.

But now is not the time to dream, there is still a chance of winning the first prize in lottery tickets, which is less reliable than winning the Mark Six lottery.

Back then, spy films like "The Wind" were big sellers, not to mention the success of "Wolf Warrior" is already ahead of modern military films.

Now we have to face the fact that "OPERATION RED SEA" is a box office hit, and it can almost be said to be a record-breaking fact, so we have to deal with it.

In the morning, Kang Pei invited Zhang Ping, the managing director and deputy general manager in charge of film and television production, to the office.

"Old Zhang, how is the script outline of "The Founding of the Army" going? I'm going to send it to the leader as soon as possible."

Kang Pei asked about the main task at hand now. From "The Founding of a Nation" and "The Founding of an Army" to the present, preparations for the last part of the trilogy "The Founding of an Army" have already begun.

Especially the military movie "Operation Red Sea" was a big hit, and Kang Pei paid more attention to "The Founding of the Army".

It's just that it's a pity that it has to be released in 2017. It's a little late, and "Operation Red Sea" can't be used to sell this shareholder.

Zhang Ping is in charge of all the film and television production business of the group. Projects with tasks like "The Founding of an Army" are naturally followed up every day. He replied, "The first draft of the outline will be released in about four or five days. You still have time."

Kang Pei nodded, "Old Zhang, you have put a lot of effort into this drama. Pay attention to the plot of the story and the setting of the characters, and there should be no mistakes. The higher authorities will have to re-trial."

This kind of film has too many rules and regulations, and so many people are involved, in case there is a problem with someone, or there is a problem with the behavior of the characters.

It's okay if no one pursues it, but if someone pursues it, it will be bad luck.

Zhang Ping naturally understood, thought for a while and said, "Director Kang, I heard that the script for the sequel to "Wolf Warrior" has been submitted for review. Calculating the time, it should also be released in the summer of 17."

"Sequel to "Wolf Warrior"?"

Kang Pei frowned. The first popular modern military film in the country is about to have a sequel. It is possible that he came to intervene because he saw the military genre becoming popular.

If the script is submitted for review now, next year's summer file may not be able to catch up. After all, this type of film is too troublesome.

"OPERATION RED SEA" took one year from filming to release, but it took one year to prepare for it.

For military blockbusters, a two-year cycle is always required.

Three years is too far away, and without any resistance, two years is enough.

The Spring Festival and Lunar New Year are definitely not good. This kind of schedule is suitable for happy movies. Blockbusters such as "1942" and "Taiping Wheel" are all rushed in the Lunar New Year. The theme and schedule do not match.

On such festive days around the Spring Festival, how many people will go to the cinema to watch war movies when they are full.

The market for National Day stalls is relatively small, so summer vacation stalls are the only choice. If you want to sell well, a popular schedule is indispensable.

The sequel of "Wolf Warrior" was also released in the summer of 2017, which collided with "The Founding of an Army".

"What is the specific situation of the sequel to "Wolf Warrior"?"

After all, "Wolf Warrior" has already sold well, and "Operation Red Sea" has further heated up the military film market, so Kang Pei has to pay attention to it.

"I have already learned from the Film Bureau that Wu Jing's filming this time is also about rescuing overseas Chinese, and the Nanjing Military District, as an investor, will fully support it." Zhang Ping introduced.

Kang Pei frowned and asked, "Same as "Operation Red Sea", is it also a story of evacuation?"

"There are some differences. Judging from the script, the male protagonist of "Wolf Warrior 2" was involved in a small African civil war and saved the local overseas Chinese by himself. The whole is more personal heroism."

Zhang Ping told Kang Pei the general plot of the script. As a state-owned enterprise, Kang Pei was the deputy of the film bureau before. It couldn't be easier to know the plot of a movie submitted for review.

The energy of state-owned enterprises is not only reflected in those theaters, even some people in the industry who have a good relationship with the above have a lot of energy.

Seven or eight years ago, Jia Zhangke accepted an interview with a newspaper and mentioned that he was banned from filming for five years because of "Xiao Wu".

But what he said was that when he was called to talk at the film festival, he happened to see Zhang Yimou coming out with the leaders of the Film Bureau, and the reason why he was banned was a report written by Wang Bin, Zhang Yimou’s literary planner.

Although Zhang Yimou's name was not mentioned, but the fifth-generation well-known director, and the imperial literary planner, Zhang Yimou is the only one.

But later Wang Bin clarified in public, bombarding Jia Zhangke for deliberate hype, creating an image of the weak, a tragic hero, who became a cousin and set up a memorial archway, and also revealed that "The Good Man in Three Gorges" won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival because of the film festival The chairman is one of the investors of this movie.

Wang Bin wanted to confront Boss Jia in public, but Boss Jia didn't respond.

If it is true, then of course there are reasons for the film itself, and Zhang Yimou can influence the decision of the above, needless to say the energy.

If it's fake, it at least shows that Zhang Yimou has this ability, otherwise Boss Jia wouldn't be so obvious and not stupid.

Zhang Yimou is capable of prompting a cutting-edge director to be banned from directing for five years. As the head of a state-owned enterprise, China Film Group, and Kang Pei is the former deputy of the film bureau, not to mention his energy.

When "Operation Red Sea" was submitted for trial, Kang Pei knew that the scene was too tragic and bloody, and he wanted to use some means, but this film was strongly supported by the maritime administration, as long as the foreign affairs, military and other departments did not deny it, he couldn't help it .

Kang Pei had a general understanding of the plot, thought for a while and said, "Old Zhang, pay more attention to the trend of this movie. Since it is also released in the summer of 17, it will be our biggest opponent. We should also watch "The Founding of an Army" Can you add as many war scenes as possible, especially large-scale war scenes."

17 years is still early, and Kang Pei is not very worried.

After all, "OPERATION RED SEA" was the first, and the story of the evacuation of overseas Chinese was the same. Could it be possible that Wu Jing, who became a monk halfway through, could shoot flowers!

"Wolf Warrior 2" is supported by the Nanjing Military District, "Operation Red Sea" is supported by the Navy, and "The Founding of the Army" is supported by Jun Wei, and the support is simply incomparable.

At that time, a document will definitely be issued requiring all state-owned theaters across the country to support the filming of "The Founding of the Army", and then there will be a news broadcast and a reservation.

There is no doubt that we will win!

(End of this chapter)