Chapter 451 Gao Qunshu
On August 18, in a screening hall in the capital city
As the appearance of scrolling subtitles, the lights lit up again, followed by the gradually sounded applause.
Zhang Chen got up, tidyed his clothes, and then walked towards the stage, behind him was Jing Tian who followed him step by step.
This is a media watching conference specially held for "Giant Crocodile Storm". The invited audiences are basically writers and critics from some well-known columns.
The applause continued. Zhang Chen smiled and looked at the audience, folded his hands together, and the applause gradually weakened.
"Thank you everyone~"
Zhang Chen smiled and said, "Do you think this "Giant Crocodile Storm" is OK?"
"Excellent thriller, full of immersion~"
"Congratulations to Xingchen Entertainment for another fine product~"
"
Everyone appreciated it.
"Thank you, thank you~"
Zhang Chen clasped his hands again and smiled, "If you can still catch your eyes on you, please help me promote more.
Ms. Jing Tian beside me must have known everyone. This is her daughter in "Hurricane Rescue", this is her first time taking the lead. New actors need encouragement. I hope you will be willing to write and let more audiences see her efforts..."
"Director Zhang is polite~"
"Ms. Jing performed very well~"
Everyone echoed.
Da Tiantian was so nervous that she didn't know what to say, she just knew to keep bowing.
Seeing the actors so simple, everyone burst into laughter, which made Jing Tian blush.
"Haha, our heroine is shy~"
Some people couldn't help but joke, and Jing Tian's face turned redder. "Okay, don't tease the newcomers anymore.
After watching the movie for so long, everyone is hungry. We have prepared a dinner party and ask everyone to move forward. There are small gifts to serve later, which is our little wish." Zhang Chen said, signaling everyone to go out. Lu Zheng had been waiting at the door, his face full of smiles. Whenever someone came out, he would shake hands with him and present him.
The gift is a red envelope plus an MP3, which is the so-called horse-distance fee.
"Everyone is worried~"
"Thank you everyone~"
"A little bit of thought, no respect~"
The media watching movies is actually public relations.
Everyone here has certain social resources, either the editor-in-chief of the column or the well-known film critic. If you invite them together, you will give the car fee, and others will use their fame to sing praises for you.
Everyone needs it, this is the simplest circle~
If it were Zhang Chen's film, he would definitely not do these things.
His popularity no longer requires the use of these methods.
But this time the situation is special. The protagonist Jing Tian is a prospective newcomer. Although director Wan Ziren is a well-known Hollywood director, domestic audiences may not know about it.
You have to ask if you have watched "Saw" or most of them have watched it.
If you ask who the director of "Saw" is, most people probably can't say it.
The director is still behind the scenes, and he is much less famous than the big stars in front of the stage.
"Giant Crocodile Storm" claims to the public that the cost is 50 million, the actual production cost is 20 million, and the promotion and distribution cost is 10 million.
The investment is not high, but the promotion and distribution expenses are not low.
There is no way, this is the disadvantage of not being strong enough in the lineup.
Nowadays, the media watches casts when promoting movies. When casts are strong, the media is willing to report more.
Although "The Giant Crocodile Storm" has a lot of gimmicks, neither Jing Tian nor Xu Qing are the first-line. If you want to expose it, you can only spend money to promote it.
Only when the publicity is in place, will the theater chain arrange more films for you.
The publicity is not enough, even if Zhang Yimou comes, it will be useless.
The most obvious ones are "Ambushes on Ten" and "Riding Single in Thousand Miles", both of which are movies by Lao Touzi. The latter has hardly been heard of, because it is not promoted, and the box office is very different.
However, this time, each theater chain gave him a lot of face and gave him 30% of the screening of "The Giant Crocodile Storm".
At an earlier theater managers' film meeting, everyone expressed their affirmation of the quality of "Giant Crocodile Storm". Coupled with the gimmicks of "Shake Beach" and the extra "Hurricane Rescue", this resulted in 30% of the film schedule.
It is already rare to be able to give so much.
It is said that publicity + theater support = high box office movies.
Now the theaters have supported it, so of course they can't be bad in terms of publicity.
That's why this media movie meeting was held.
Any movie released, the reputation of the early stage must not be relied on the movie itself, it needs to be maintained.
Almost all movies have a reputation when they were first released, without exception.
Today's media movies are for the car and the bus, and it is a small gift, just to boost reputation.
We usually say that publicity determines the lower limit of box office, and reputation determines the upper limit of box office.
But to have a reputation, someone must first see it.
If the reputation is not maintained in the early stage, once someone maliciously criticizes it, it will easily lead to a black swan incident.
The most obvious examples are "Shanghai Fortress" and "Fengshen 2".
In the past, these things were all under the responsibility of Dong Jianqiang, but unfortunately, at the end of August it happened to be the Venetian Film Festival. Dong Jianqiang took "The Giant Crocodile Storm" to the film festival to sell films, so Zhang Chen had to do it himself.
The version of "The Giant Crocodile Storm" by Zhang Chen is OK, and the special effects are also well produced.
Wan Ziren is worthy of making horror movies and has a perfect grasp of the tense atmosphere.
Overall, it's more exciting than the original one.
Zhang Chen believes that after "The Crocodile Storm", Jing Tian will definitely have a huge popularity.
There is a little more stable later. I dare not say anything about the first line, but there is no problem with the second line.
When he thought of this, he was also a little puzzled.
I wonder why Jing Tian, who is in the original time and space, is not popular~
So many resources that are against the sky, but they are not popular.
Zhang Chen even speculated negatively whether Jing Tian was not popular because her family didn't want her to do this, so the resources she found specifically for her were to make her give up on the voluntary.
Otherwise it doesn't make sense. Why can you grasp it so accurately? Every piece is a big production, but every piece is not popular.
In the later period, Jing Tian even became popular because she was not popular: Zhuang Xinyan, who could not sing, and Jing Tian, who could not sing.
"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous~"
Seeing that Jing Tian's face was still a little flushed, Zhang Chen hurriedly comforted her.
"You can't do this. If you want to be a star, overcoming shyness is a stage that must be experienced~"
Jing Tian nodded: "I don't know what happened today. I don't usually do this."
"But it's good for you to maintain such a character~"
"What?"
Jing Tian didn't understand what the character is. Zhang Chen explained: "That is to say, it's good that you keep this simple state. There are too many talented people in the entertainment industry. The audience has long been used to it. Occasionally, they may be more interested in seeing you like white paper...
As the audience is interested in you, the media will report more, and you will be more likely to become popular..."
Zhang Chen analyzed, Jing Tian was confused, and Lu Zhengze next to him was thinking.
...
Dinner is a social place.
Some people are not used to such occasions and leave after receiving the red envelope, while others pursue such occasions and hope to get to know more connections.
The number of people at the banquet was more than the few people just now, and there were a lot more. Some knew each other and some didn’t. Everyone came with their own purpose.
Zhang Chen met an unexpected person here—
"Director Gao Qunshu?" Zhang Chen asked with some uncertainty, and the other party nodded with a smile: "Hello, Director Zhang Chen, I am Gao Qunshu~"
"It's really you~"
No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!
"Sorry, I'm uninvited~"
"Where is there, Director Gao is polite~"
The reason why he was a little surprised was not that the other party came uninvited, but that the other party's identity.
"Giant Crocodile Storm" is scheduled for September 1, and Gao Qunshu's movie "Trial of Tokyo" is also scheduled for September 1.
Strictly speaking, the two are competitors.
That's why he was surprised that Gao Qunshu was here to inquire about the enemy's situation?
Gao Qunshu was a little embarrassed to read, and scratched his head and smiled: "Director Zhang, I actually have no other intentions this time.
Although "The Tokyo Trial" and "The Giant Crocodile Storm" were released at the same time, they are not considered competitors.
Everyone has different types and audience groups. "The Tokyo Trial" will not pose a threat to "The Giant Crocodile Storm".
I came here mainly to see what the media would look like. You also know that I used to film TV series. "The Tokyo Trial" was my first movie. I didn't understand many of the processes. I happened to hear about the news of the "The Giant Crocodile Storm" movie meeting, so I thought about coming to learn from the scriptures..."
Gao Qunshu is very bachelor, without hiding it, and he just told the matter out.
Zhang Chen naturally would not be stingy, "Hahaha, Director Gao, don't get me wrong. I have no other meaning. On the contrary, I welcome the arrival of Director Gao~"
What he said makes sense. When "Tokyo Trial" faces "Giant Crocodile Storm", the thing that should be worried about should be "Tokyo Trial". "Oh, I haven't congratulated Director Gao for winning the jury special award at this Changchun Film Festival~"
"Tokyo Trial" is a documentary starring Liu Songren, Zeng Jiang and Yingda. It tells the story of the Far East International Military Tribunal's trial of Japanese war criminals in Tokyo in 1946.
This film not only won the jury special award at the Changchun Film Festival, but also nominated for the Best Director of the Golden Rooster Award and the Best Director of the Hundred Flowers Award.
"It's too much, it's too much~"
Gao Qunshu waved his hand and looked at the media and film critics who were present today, he knew that "The Trial of Tokyo" would definitely not be the opponent of "The Storm of the Giant Crocodile".
Not talking about marketing or something, just talking about the movie itself is not a rival.
The realism of "The Trial of Tokyo" is still a serious subject and is not known for its box office. What is amazing is the award.
In fact, Gao Qunshu is considered to be from the Northwest Circle, but the Northwest Circle is not a circle and has always fought for each other.
"I have heard of Director Zhang's insights on commercial movies before. Today I watched "The Storm of the Giant Crocodile" and felt even deeper. I suddenly knew how to make a commercial movie~"
"Oh, Director Gao's next work is about to be a commercial movie?" Zhang Chen also became interested in it all at once. "Yes, I always have a story in my mind about drug control~"
"Fang is not convenient to tell~"
Seeing that Zhang Chen was interested, Gao Qunshu did not hide his personal information, so he told the story he mentioned.
Zhang Chen’s face was very exciting after hearing this~
Northwest~
Anti-drug anti-drug~
Isn’t this "Western Wind"?
"Director Gao likes this realistic subject?"
Seeing Zhang Chen ask this, Gao Qunshu nodded.
He does prefer this genre, and the previous "Conquest" was also this genre.
Zhang Chen thought about it, "I have a story here, I don't know if Director Gao likes it. If he likes it, we can work together~"
"Oh, I'd like to hear it~"
Zhang Chen did not tell the story immediately, but asked, "Does Director Gao know about the case of Wu Ruofu being kidnapped a few years ago?"
That’s right, what Zhang Chen is talking about is “Saving Mr. Wu”.
Real person and real story adaptation~
Original time and space, the director of this drama is not Gao Qunshu, but Zhang Chen thinks that Gao Qunshu is very suitable for this type of film.
Original time and space, he filmed a movie called "Western Wind", claiming to win a box office of 500 million yuan, and then failed.
Then, there was nothing.
The road to movies came to an abrupt end, so I could only run back in shame to continue fiddling with my TV series.
But Zhang Chen really thinks the theme of "Save Mr. Wu" is very suitable for him.
Gao Qunshu recalled, nodded, and then was surprised: "Do you want to shoot this?"
Zhang Chen nodded: "What realism theme is more suitable than real cases?"
Gao Qunshu was surprised and said after a while: "But isn't radio and television banning the drama involved in the case?"
"That's a TV series, not a movie. Of course, if you really want to shoot it, you have to say hello to the Ministry of Public Security and obtain permission to shoot it."
What Zhang Chen said is to buy copyrights in future generations.
In later generations, movies similar to adapting real cases, such as "Operation Mekong", need to buy copyright with the Ministry of Public Security and only after they are allowed to be filmed.
Gao Qunshu was still surprised and Zhang Chen asked, "How does Director Gao think of this subject? The real case adaptation has a prototype. The audience will definitely be interested in it, and the box office will definitely be good."
After Zhang Chen said this, Gao Qunshu thought about it, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was.
"Director Zhang really understands the movie. Any idea is exquisite..."
"Oh, Director Gao, don't put a high hat on me. How about it? Are you interested in this story? If you are interested, we can work together~"
"How to cooperate?"
"I'll do this, and Director Gao will direct it~"
Hearing Zhang Chen said this, Gao Qunshu was really moved, but he was still a little confused: "Why didn't Director Zhang lead himself?"
Zhang Chen sneered: "I am not good at this type. Director Gao has always been a master in this field. I have also watched "Conquest"..."
"We can ask Wu Ruofu himself to play himself. This is another very good gimmick. The key is that this case was solved very beautifully and there is no suspicion of smearing the public security organs at all, so the possibility of obtaining copyright is very high..."
Zhang Chen was not afraid that Gao Qunshu would kick him and do it himself after hearing his idea. If the other party really dared to do this, Zhang Chen would dare to arrange a bunch of blockbusters to encircle him.
Or shoot another version of "Save Mr. Wu" exactly the same, and the two films will compete in the ring.
Anyway, with his popularity, he is not afraid of fighting on the stage.
The so-called he is invincible under the same level, and one above the same level is changed.
At present, no one can let him change one.
Gao Qunshu was still hesitating, "Director Zhang, let me think about it, and I will talk about this matter after the movie is released..."
"It's easy to say~"
(The end of this chapter)