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He is the only domestic director who has such courage. Director Wei doesn't think any other director would do this if they won an Oscar.

I don't even have time to lick your ass.

How could I possibly embarrass Oscar?

But just because Director Wei thinks so doesn’t mean Oscar thinks so too.

Director Wei made a sample.

Oscar must be worried that others will follow his example.

After all, there are stereotypes against Chinese people abroad.

Maybe some of them think that it was China's positive and negative forces that secretly instructed Director Wei to do this, and that future Chinese directors will have the opportunity to do the same.

This is definitely an idea that foreigners, especially Americans, can speculate.

After hearing Director Wei say this, Zhang Yimou completely gave up.

In fact, he had never thought about it before.

It was when Director Wei suddenly brought up the Oscars that this idea came to his mind.

Now that I'm back to where I was before, I'm not too disappointed.

Zhang Yimou said: "Whether or not I can win an Oscar depends on fate. What I am more concerned about now is the box office performance of Parasite. Is Director Wei optimistic about the box office performance of Parasite?"

Director Wei hesitated.

Everything else is easy to talk about.

It’s hard to say about the box office.

It is not surprising that art films have high box office performance.

What's more, this previous life was filmed in Korea.

God knows how much box office success Zhang Yimou can generate.

"They're both released during the Spring Festival, and the quality is still so good, so 500 million should be a sure thing."

Director Wei gave a conservative estimate.

If the 500 million is not stable, it will be a slap in the face of him and Zhang Yimou.

Zhang Yimou asked, "What about doubling it?"

Director Wei laughed, "I hope it can double, but I have to remind Director Zhang that even if 'Parasite' breaks 1 billion at the box office, the first to do so will be 'A Family of Loyalty'. Your previous thinking was wrong."

Zhang Yimou said he hopes "Parasite" will be the first art film to break 10 billion yuan at the box office.

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As we all know, Director Wei likes to get the first place.

Zhang Yimou: "..." "And I think there will be many more art films with box office exceeding 1 billion in the future, so don't take it too seriously."

Zhang Yimou didn't believe it at all.

He felt that no other hero in the world could do this except him and Director Wei.

Art films are not commercial films.

One billion is a big threshold.

Director Wei smiled.

It was also this year.

A director named Wen Muye, who is considered a newcomer in the entertainment industry, suddenly emerges.

With a movie called "Dying to Survive", he directly stood on the altar.

Of course, the movie that stands on the altar is "Dying to Survive".

This art film is the best-received domestic film in the past ten years, grossing over 30 billion yuan at the box office.

This is indeed an achievement that even Director Wei has not achieved.

But Director Wei was too lazy to snatch it.

Just grab a billion record. It is no exaggeration to say that an art film of the level of "Dying to Survive" is rare in ten years.

We finally produced a domestic masterpiece, and he snatched it away. How will others survive?

Director Wei is ambitious and usually only grabs products from abroad.

However, Wen Muye is also from the directing department of Beijing Film Academy and is his senior, so he actually knows the progress of the crew of "Dying to Survive".

In his previous life, Wen Muye was supported by Xu Zheng and Ning Hao. Although the Stone Gang's character wasn't very good, and they were involved in everything from underhanded marketing to capital operations, they were indeed serious about supporting potential talents, which was truly commendable.

This life is different.

Xu Zheng is a big shot in the Shanghai circle.

Ning Hao actually casts a relatively wide net and does not have a particularly clear stance on the Beijing or Shanghai circles, but the Stone Gang is the one that plays best with him.

Fumu Nohara Tokisora is the younger brother they helped to raise.

But in this life, I have Director Wei, my direct junior brother.

It's a true direct line.

Xu Zheng is from the Shanghai Theatre Academy.

Ning Hao can be considered half a Beijing Film Academy student because he originally graduated from Beijing Normal University.

Later I entered Beijing Film Academy, but I didn’t study directing.

It's photography.

There is a layer of distance between him and Wen Muye.

Director Wei and Wen Muye are pure brothers and graduated from orthodox directing departments.

However, Wen Muye also tried to take advantage of Director Wei.

Because Wen Muye graduated with a master's degree from the directing department of Beijing Film Academy.

Director Wei is an undergraduate.

Even though Wen Muye has a higher degree than Director Wei, and a master's degree sounds better than an undergraduate, it's useless.

Those who know the business know that a bachelor's degree is the most valuable.

It should far exceed the value of your graduate studies.

For example, undergraduates from Tsinghua University and Peking University are really awesome.

Putting aside those students with special talents, they are all the top students among the top students who have fought hard to get into Peking University and Tsinghua University.

But many of the graduate students and doctoral students at Tsinghua University and Peking University are not very good.

For example, Dr. Zhai from CNKI is a PhD from Peking University. Director Bi from "Dreaming of the Entertainment Industry" is also a PhD from Peking University.

The same goes for Beijing Film Academy.

The Beijing Film Academy’s undergraduate program in drama and film directing generally only accepts ten to twenty students a year.

Director Wei, who graduated from a bachelor's degree, is an orthodox successor to the profession.

As a graduate student, it can naturally be considered an improvement in academic qualifications, but its value is not as high as that of Director Wei.

But the value is the value.

Entertainment is a circle, and school is also a circle.

It is common for a graduate of a major to meet seniors and juniors and support each other.

This is called connections.

It is also a special treatment that those unconventional and grassroots actors will always envy.

Classmates, fellow students, graduates from the same school, fellow townsmen...that's how you build your network.

So what school you go to may really determine your life.

As a graduate of the directing department of Beijing Film Academy, Wen Muye's first reaction when he wanted to make a movie was naturally not to look for Xu Zhengninghao.

The first reaction is to look for acquaintances or teachers.

Then, it was Director Wei’s turn.

Director Wei doesn't even need to take the initiative to make friends with Wen Muye.

Director Wei was sitting at home when the teacher called him.

Then Wen Muye came to him with the script of "Dying to Survive".

He even took the initiative to invite Director Wei to be the director, and he could be the assistant director to build up his resume.

Director Wei certainly wouldn't do that kind of thing.

Normally, Director Wei would be too lazy to intercept a drama like "Dying to Survive" and would not care about it.

However, since Wen Muye has come to him, Director Wei will not push him away.

Pushing it outward is simply wrong.

Director Wei just invested money.

He also suggested that Wen Muye ask Xu Zheng to play the leading role.

He just acts as a behind-the-scenes investor.

Just collect the money.

If you need his help, he will help.

He makes a quick buck without needing his help.

As far as Director Wei knows, "Dying to Survive" is targeting this year's summer box office.

No matter how much "Parasite" makes at the box office, it will definitely be overshadowed by "Dying to Survive".

As for the box office of "Parasite" breaking 30 billion first... Director Wei is not looking down on Zhang Yimou.

The main reason is that I really don't think "Parasite" has the potential to be a box office hit. "Dying to Survive" is a classic art film. The protagonist is on a roll at the beginning, and everyone respects him in the end. In fact, the core of the film is not particularly sad.

Although it can make many people cry, "Parasite" is different. Although "Parasite" basically won't make people cry, its core is extremely sad.

In essence, it means that class will not change.

No matter how hard the poor struggle, they can never become rich.

This kind of core is here, it is basically impossible to explode.

It was pretty much what Director Wei had predicted. Parasite received a ton of praise.

This year's Spring Festival movie is definitely number one in terms of reputation.

But the box office was just average.

It was a record-breaking box office hit among art films.

However, among all the movies released during the Spring Festival, the box office of "Parasite" is very unremarkable.

Of course, this is normal on the first day.

As long as the person in charge of a cinema has a normal IQ, he will not schedule too high a screening time for an art film on the first day.

Therefore, the box office of "Parasite" itself cannot be particularly high.