Chapter 453 About Chief Jia
"There is a VCR~"
As Lu Yu's words fell, the playback began on the big screen.
It's all the filming scenes. Jing Tian stood up from the water, was soaked all over. The staff next to him immediately handed over a towel~
He was trembling with cold, and his lips were blue~
There were only a few shots, and applause in the audience sounded.
Jing Tian was a little embarrassed by the applause, but Lu Yu changed the topic.
Lu Yu shook his bangs and said with a smile: "It is said that the cost of this drama is 50 million?"
"Yes, it is much higher than when he was in "Shawk Beach". The main reason is that the Hollywood director used this time is much more expensive than when I was at that time, and the special effects this time are also much higher than when he was in "Shawk Beach".
When I filmed "Shawk Beach", I had one idea, I must not be like "The Great White Jaws".
When Spielberg was filming "The Great White Jaw", he was constrained by the technology of that era, so there were not too many shots of the Great White Jaw. Now, I feel a mysterious feeling.
So when filming "Shake Beach", I deliberately added a lot of close-up shots of sharks, and a shot of sharks passing through the waves, which became a classic.
And then this time in "The Giant Crocodile Storm", my requirement is to have more special effects and more realistic special effects, so the cost is also much higher. "
After Zhang Chen said, applause came from below again.
Lu Yu smiled and said, "You are looking forward to everything we say, haha, in fact, we have a VCR on the spot. Do you want to watch it~"
Hearing the answer from "You Are the One", a clip of "The Storm of the Giant Crocodile" appeared on the big screen.
Jing Tian enters the resort house~
Jing Tian looks at the basement door, calling on her mother~
I found Xu Qing in a coma~
Hearding something moving behind her, Jing Tian turns around, and the lightning of lightning illuminates the basement and crocodile~
The crocodile attacked Jing Tian~
In the darkness, the lost mobile phone screen lit up, and someone was calling. The next second, the crocodile's huge body passed by the phone, and the phone was trampled to pieces~
The heavy rain poured into the basement, and Jing Tian struggled in the water~
Searching crocodile eggs~
In the narrow pipe, Jing Tian quietly advanced, and a crocodile swam by the pipe entrance~
Jing Tian was wandering around the window with a flashlight. A black shadow swam past the window. The flashlight shone through. It turned out to be a crocodile. The crocodile broke through the glass~
Looking down at the camera, Jing Tian was blocked in the shower room in the bathroom, while the crocodile was wandering outside. When he turned around, the crocodile crashed into the weak glass door in the shower room. Just before the crash, the picture suddenly became dark and the title of the film appeared - "The Giant Crocodile Storm".
The audience was refreshed and happy to watch. Although it was only one and a half minutes, they still couldn't stop.
Good, really good-looking, some people are nervous and sweating~
In fact, this is the second trailer, but it's just the first appearance.
Compared to the first one, the second one has more time and more information is exposed. People can already guess some of the plot from the trailer.
"Is the trailer very attractive?"
"Yes."
"Then will you go to the cinema to support it?"
"Yes~"
Seeing the audience's true reaction, Zhang Chen and Jing Tian bowed again.
"Lu Yu Youyou" is broadcast on a daily basis. The issue of "Giant Crocodile Storm" was scheduled the day after tomorrow, but news about recording broke out the next day.
The one who broke the news should be the guests on the scene, maybe they were the ones from "Zhang Chen" because they were a bit awesome.
【Produced by Zhang Chen, it must be a fine product~】
【Just watching the trailer, you can tell that the special effects are much better than "Shake Beach"~】
[Zhang Chen personally admitted that the special effects shots of "Giant Crocodile Storm" are far superior to those of "Shake Beach"]
[The heroine Jing Tian is so beautiful. I found that I seem to be fascinated by her. What should I do? 】
The promotion and distribution team of Xingchen Entertainment also cooperated to release the second trailer to further stabilize the popularity.
…
North Electric, Auditorium
The preview of "The Storm of the Giant Crocodile" is released.
This is also a propaganda method.
The auditorium was full of seats.
After the movie is played, there is a short interaction as usual.
Only at this time, students will ask their own questions, and Zhang Chen will answer them one by one if they are performing or behind the scenes.
This is a preferential treatment exclusively for Nortel. "Senior Brother, how was the Hongshui part taken in the movie?" "Senior Brother, why do you need to use cool colors when shooting? Is there any special meaning?" The questions asked by students are generally very specific and closely related to the movie.
"Director Zhang Chen, at this Venice Film Festival, Director Jia's "The Good People in the Three Gorges" won the highest prize in Golden Lion Award. What do you think about this?"
It was abruptly, and a discordant voice appeared.
In the previous question, students usually call Zhang Chen the senior brother or senior brother. This is a tradition and seems more intimate.
The only student, who is called director, seems to not agree with Zhang Chen Beidian.
And his problems were also unfriendly.
Other students looked at this person one after another.
Zhang Chen frowned. He didn't know the student, but it was obvious that the other party had any objections to him.
But he didn't want to figure out the reason. He was not RMB, so it was impossible for everyone to like it.
Frowned and said perfunctorily, "I don't have any opinion. It doesn't matter to me whether he treats the golden lion or the silver lion."
The other party was frozen there. "Okay, do you have any questions to ask? If not, I'll end here today."
At his alma mater, Zhang Chen didn't want to be too embarrassed, and he was a little unhappy with the school. He hasn't seen a teacher come up to maintain order.
Zhang Chen is ready to end.
The teacher in charge of maintaining order in the school only appeared late at this time and wanted to keep him. "I am a student of Professor Huang Shishi~"
The other party suddenly said.
Zhang Chen stopped and turned out to be Huang Shishi's student. No wonder Huang Shishi had a verbal battle with Zhang Chen because of the dispute between literary and artistic films and commercial films.
Along with Liu Xiaoshuai, who helped him call, Chief Jia...
Now I think "The Good People in Three Gorges" won the award, which is amazing, and I want to embarrass Zhang Chen.
"Yesterday, Senior Jia publicly announced that "The Good People in the Three Gorges" will participate in this year's New Year's Day competition, competing with "Painted Skin" and "The Golden Armor in the City". He wants to tell you with practical actions that literary and artistic movies are not useless..."
The other party was so passionate that he felt that he had the upper hand, and a hint of pride flashed through his eyes.
Zhang Chen didn't even bother to look at him.
"If he really dares to join the New Year's Eve, I admire him as a man, but he must also be prepared to fail the movie. Don't cry when the box office is not ideal at that time~"
Zhang Chen's ridicule made the students at the scene laugh, but he angered the student.
"Why do you say that?"
"Just because of "The Good People in the Three Gorges" is an art film.
Don't you know how the box office of the art film has always been?
To mention the works released in the past two years, "Green Tea" has a box office of 4 million and "Jade Guanyin" has a box office of 5 million;
"Kokexili" is also 5 million, and "Qinghong" is similar to "The Good People in the Three Gorges". It won the Palme d'Organ of Cannes. What is the box office?
3.7 million!
What does this mean? It means that art films do not have box office appeal at all.
A literary film is so arrogant that it wants to compete with commercial films or compete for the box office of the New Year holiday. Is your senior Jia's brain funny?
Let me hear what others say about art films:
It looks dull and boring, but it is actually boring and boring~
I really think it would be great to take a Venetian Golden Lion. Does he have any misunderstandings about the New Year holiday?
There are so many film and television companies across the country, and they shoot so many films every year. How many of them dare to release on the New Year holiday?
I don't know if other companies are, but our Star Entertainment, the movies scheduled for the New Year holiday, are the movies that the company can play the most, the one among the nine dogs and one mastiff~
I say that, do you still think "The Good People in the Three Gorges" have a chance of winning? "
Zhang Chen robbed him for free and couldn't speak, and glanced at the audience: "To put it bluntly, you and Professor Huang behind you, Chief Jia and others think that art films are the mainstream~
I don't want to argue with you about this. Which one is better? You will know when you look at the result.
I just put my words here. Any art film dares to compete for the New Year's Eve, it is a mantis arm that is a car. The box office will definitely not be good. Even if Jesus comes, you can't save you. This is what I said~"
Zhang Chen's domineering declaration was deeply imprinted in the minds of every teacher and student present.
The "The Good Man in the Three Gorges" won the Venetian Golden Lion, but he really didn't hear that "The Good Man in the Three Gorges" was going to compete for the New Year's Eve.
But it should be true that the other party's swearing is true.
How dare he~
I'm really floating~
In my impression, Chief Jia is a very pragmatic person.
In Zhang Chen's opinion, Chief Jia, a fellow villager from Coal Province, is actually quite powerful. He is one of the few who can understand the art films.
In Zhang Chen's previous life, there was a saying in society that Zhang Yimou made a box office and Chief Jia made a foreign exchange.
What I mean is that Chief Jia is a man who makes money.
While others were still pursuing art, Chief Jia already knew how to make money with art.
The Good Man in Three Gorges has an investment of only 6 million yuan, but the copyright income alone exceeds 30 million yuan. His previous "Xiao Wu" also gained a lot...
Chief Jia is a movie businessman who can make money.
Why can his art films be sold at a good price, but others' ones are not?
Because he was bound to Take Kitano Studio, he also had a close relationship with MK2.
Takeshi Kitano is the direct descendant of Venice.
MK2 is the third largest theater in France, mainly based on art films, and can also speak directly with the three majors.
Original time and space, the copyright of "The Good People in the Three Gorges" was sold to 75 countries, with copyright income of up to US$4 million.
And the chickens sold in Gaul are very good.
There were 200,000 people watching the movie, with a total box office of more than 1 million euros. It ranked ninth in the first week of the box office, and ranked top ten in the French movie box office rankings for three consecutive weeks.
It is because his films sell well in Gaul chicken that Chief Jia highly recommends Gaul chicken and has said a lot of words that praise Gaul chicken.
Especially the movie market of Gaul chicken!
He once said enviously that 40% of the cinemas in Gaul Chicken are art theaters, with a number of up to 1,000. The country supports art films, and there are subsidies for screening art films.
This is the greatest respect for art.
It also calls on the country to learn from France's successful experience and promote art films.
If you are so envious, just immigrate to France!
Then, there is nothing!
The country is not stupid!
The things shot by these people have no positive effect on the development of the domestic film industry, and the promotion of international image is actually a negative effect. Only when the country is stupid will it promote it.
And even if you calculate the economic accounts, it is impossible.
How expensive is the land acquisition cost now? With such a high cost, do you build an art theater?
How to make a profit?
How to make a profit?
Chief Jia and the sixth generation did not consider this at all.
Then they jumped out and said that theaters deliberately suppressed art movies and did not schedule films. This is not a lie, because theaters really don’t want to schedule films.
Serious literary and artistic movies are not easy to sell!
Not just the New Year holiday, it is not easy to sell any schedule!
And the people who made art films have many records and have registered their names on it. Large companies such as China Film and Film and Television, which are state-owned and background-related companies, are simply unwilling to help publish them.
Small companies have no strength, so of course there are only limited theaters that can be negotiated.
In the original time and space, Chief Jia probably thought that "The Good People in Three Gorges" won the award, which was amazing.
High spirits~
I insisted on being released on the same day as "Golden Armor". Lao Jia was arrogant: Even if I can't fight, I have to let everyone know that there is not only one movie in China!
You still know you can't compete!
In the end, the total box office of "Golden Armor" was 300 million yuan, and "The Good Man in the Three Gorges" was 300,000 yuan, a 100-fold difference.
The sixth generation led by Chief Jia was educated, and no art film dared to compete in the New Year holiday since then.
In fact, none of them are the ones who honestly make movies. They have been banned before joining the world.
It was not until the symposium in 2003 that these people were officially recognized.
The symposium had a very loud name at that time - the independent film Seven Gentlemen jointly wrote to the Film Bureau.
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The reason is that China is about to join the WTO, and the quota for imported movies increased from 10 movies per year in 1994 to 20 movies per year.
At that time, a group of people exclaimed, "The wolf is coming"~
It's true that I can't beat it.
In 1995, the total annual box office of the country was only 600 million yuan, and the box office of the movie "The True Lies" reached 102 million yuan;
The 360 million yuan box office of "Titanic" is still the Chinese box office champion;
In order to resist the impact of Hollywood movies and enhance the competitiveness of domestic movies, the country decided to turn the directors who won awards but were restless in the past into regular performance.
Wishfully thought that they would perform well after becoming a regular, but they were slapped by the facts.
Art movies are art movies, and the box office should not be good or not.
Chief Jia is already a great one among these people. At least his movies can make money, even though they are made from abroad, it is also a profit.
So Lao Jia is a golden signboard in the field of art films. It has low cost, fast shooting, and can make money. Everyone loves to work with him.
Perhaps because of this, he won another award this time, and his highlight moment in his life, he became arrogant and yelled to compete for the New Year's Eve.
Can I persuade me?
Don't let him live in his dream!
A literary film actually chose to fight against commercial blockbusters in the New Year holiday, which was simply a big deal~
Original time and space were taught by Lao Touzi.
In this life, Zhang Chen doesn't mind changing himself.
This early trial of Beijing Film Academy made Zhang Chen very upset.
In the past, when anything happened, his alma mater was basically on his side.
But in the dispute between literary and artistic films and commercial films, Professor Huang is also from Beijing Film Academy, and Beijing Film Academy itself is also in this direction, which has led to many people not supporting him and think that Zhang Chen is too radical.
It is true that commercial films pay attention to box office results, but they cannot kill literary and artistic films.
Zhang Chen knew it was difficult to change his mind.
Especially in the past two years.
In the past two years, Venice has favored Chinese movies. Last year it was Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain", this year it was Chief Jia's "The Good People in the Three Gorges", and next year it was "Lust and Caution".
This is also the last glory of Chinese literary and artistic films.
Soon after that, Venice abandoned the Chinese filmmakers.
Mark Muller once said that Chinese filmmakers have not made much progress in the past ten years, such as techniques and narratives, what they were like ten years ago, and they are still like this ten years later.
So Venice no longer awards to China.
…
On September 1, "The Storm of the Giant Crocodile" was officially released, and there was no premiere.
The box office on the first day was 11.3 million, which was considered good among the movie results.
According to the formula that the box office on the first day is generally one-tenth of the total box office, the final box office of "The Storm of the Giant Crocodile" should exceed 100 million.
Jing Tian was so excited that she was about to become popular?
Lu Zheng was also very pleased. It seemed that the cooperation with Zhang Chen was right.
The attendance rate on the first day directly determines the schedule of the film in the next few days. I believe that all theaters should increase the schedule of the film.
As for Wanda, it has always been the best screening schedule.
Except for the necessary games, all other games were given to "Giant Crocodile Storm".
Although the first day's results are good, the publicity still cannot be stopped.
Then there is a roadshow. The roadshow is very tiring, so Zhang Chen cannot follow it, so it is handed over to Jing Tian and Xu Qing.
Two women turned into airmen, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Cheng, and Hangzhou, and none of them were missing...
The publicity and distribution department gathered together for a meeting:
"The audience feedback we collected was very good:
[The director knows when people scream and when people hold their breath~]
[This is a video without urine throughout the whole process. I saw many people rushing to the bathroom after the end of the film~]
[The director is a cruel person, the protagonist is abused very badly, and I was frightened to watch it!]
[A very outstanding thriller, full of immersion, I dare not speak out when I hold my breath throughout the whole process~]
[A very good thriller, full of breath, dare not speak out~]
[As a disaster film director, not only does the bad weather combine the blood of crocodiles well, but also handles horror and suspense well. This battle of crocodiles is very interesting, simple but not simple~]
[The movie is always spent in tension. Even though I know the next second will be terrifying, but I don’t know what way it will appear. The crocodile is cold-blooded and violent, biting the real thing, feeling immersive, and it feels painful across the screen~]
[I saw hope in the middle of the way, but hope is fleeting, and there are scenes of biting, but there is no bloody violence, there is only a sense of tension and oppression~]
[The first is the tangible and invisible medium of "water". When the total amount of water exceeds the range that humans can control, the loneliness and helplessness it brings is terrifying than any medium, especially when some more uncontrollable beasts are added underwater. The second is the crocodile underwater. In fact, just like many beast horror movies, crocodile is more testing the fear in people's hearts infinitely~]
Of course, there are also negative reviews:
[The crocodile is the most powerful chewer in the world. Its bite force can reach 4500 pounds, 4 times that of a lion and 50 times that of a human. Even a turtle with a hard shell cannot escape the crocodile's big mouth. Once a prey is found, the crocodile will first bite the prey, then roll in the water and spin it around, forming a deadly moment to tear the prey to pieces. In the film, the heroine relies on the "protagonist halo" to be bitten by crocodile many times and has all her limbs, which is completely impossible in reality. 】
Overall, the reputation is good~"
"The market response of "Giant Crocodile Storm" is good, and after investigation, we found that the proportion of fans of "Hurricane Rescue" in the first wave of viewers is not high, and these people seem to be still waiting and watching, so I suggest increasing the publicity budget~"
"How much does it increase? ”
“Add another 5 million to the original basis~”
"Yes." Zhang Chen waved his hand and agreed to the request of the publicity department.
The original publicity budget of "Giant Crocodile Storm" was 10 million, and the development trend is now good, so it is reasonable to increase the budget of 5 million.
What's more, the box office of this film is bright and the stars are worth a penny, and all profits are from Xingchen Entertainment.
…
At the same time, a meeting was also being held within Huayi.
The oval conference table was filled with people, with Huayi's executives all on the list, and there were Cheng Long and Boss Yang.
What they are discussing is the release strategy of the Baby Project.
"We foreseeed the popularity of "Cat Storm", but it should not affect us. By the time "Baby Plan" is released, the momentum of "Cat Storm" has long passed. The only thing we need to worry about is "Crazy Racing"..."
Wang Zhonglei said: "Although "Cat Storm" is not Zhang Chen's work, it is a sequel to "Crazy Stone". Ning Hao is the fourth director in China to exceed 100 million. It cannot be underestimated. Moreover, it happens to be a week after our movie is released in the morning. This is definitely a sniper for Star Entertainment..."
Cheng Long was a little worried and touched the stubble on his chin: "Then should we raise the file? I'm worried..."
Wang Zhongjun interrupted him and said, "You can't raise the file."
The younger brother Wang Zhonglei added: "That's right, Brother Long, we have arranged a lot of publicity resources to fight their snipers. All publicity has been confirmed and even broadcast. Upgrading the file at this time has a great impact on us. Moreover, upgrading the file at this time may be interpreted by the audience as if you are afraid of Ning Hao..."
Cheng Long also understood this truth, but in fact he just said it so casually.
A month before the movie was released, the relevant promotion had already begun. If you raise it again at this time, it would be a huge loss.
Moreover, Cheng Long himself did not think that Ning Hao could defeat him.
If it were Zhang Chen, he might have considered it, but Ning Hao really won't.
In fact, he has never understood why "Stone" has such a high box office, and he can't understand this dialect comedy.
Seeing that Cheng Long had no other thoughts, the Wang brothers looked at each other without a trace.
The promotion and distribution of the "Baby Plan" must be done well. He must convey a message to the Hong Kong circle. Although Huayi Brothers is not the number one in the mainland, they are not bad either.
People are very good at learning lessons.
The departure of Feng Xiaogang and Wang Jinghua made the Wang brothers realize that eggs cannot be placed in a basket.
Although Feng Xiaogang is back now, Huayi cannot rely solely on Feng Xiaogang.
At least two legs, they are thinking of Hong Kong movies.
There is competition between the Beijing and Hong Kong circles, but we can also cooperate!
The so-called "Baby Plan" is the stone thrown out.
At this stage, mainland film and television companies are thinking about binding to the Hong Kong circle.
No more talk about Bona, Yu Dong relied on acting as a Hong Kong film;
Light Media also invested in a Hong Kong film "The City of Damage" this year, and it is still scheduled to be released for the New Year holiday;
Chengtian got Wu Yusen. Although "Red Cliff" was not made, I heard that I planned to cooperate with other projects;
So Huayi also got Eagle Emperor, which led to this collaboration;
The only exception in the circle is probably Xingchen Entertainment.
However, in the eyes of people in the circle, Xingchen Entertainment is not an exception, but an alternative.
It did not bind Hong Kong films, but acquired a Hong Kong film company.
Huayi is not a big deal. They have really replaced a lot of resources to promote the "Baby Plan".
The movie channel advertises, advertisements on buses, advertisements in elevators, subways, bus stop signs, advertisements or posters of "Baby Plan" can be seen everywhere, and it can be said that it is useless.
Cheng Long is very satisfied with this.
Boss Yang was also very satisfied.
(This chapter ends)