Chapter 168: Copyright income, Cheng Long was immediately numb! (Owed 6,000)
“Let’s talk about it later.” Guan Ling said with a smile, “I don’t have any ideas now.”
“That’s really a shame.”
Li An obviously wanted to talk more, but Guan Ling hung up the phone.
Actually, it’s not easy for these jury chairpersons, Guan Ling thought to himself, Chinese jury chairperson, if China doesn’t have many films in the past, Ang Lee’s face will actually be tarnished.
This is so compelling that I invite myself to the movies now.
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In the next few days, Guan Ling has been paying attention to the box office of "The Golden Heist". Although the online reputation is somewhat divided, everyone's opinions on the movie The evaluation is basically just one sentence.
"Better than "Red Cliff"."
Ning Hao didn't know whether this evaluation was good or bad.
However, one week after its release, the box office of "Golden Heist" still exceeded 44 million, and it is still attracting more audiences to the cinema to watch the movie.
On September 13, Ning Hao brought the crew of "Crazy Racing" to Dalian, Liaoning Province to attend the Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award Ceremony.
Ning Hao was crowned Best Director at the Hundred Flowers Awards, but what’s funny is that the Best Feature Film and Best Actor were both taken away by “Assembly”, and Feng Xiaogang’s face turned dark below. , it can be seen that he did not expect this result.
When he went on stage to receive the Best Picture award, Feng Xiaogang thought that the Best Director was his bag.
However, Ning Hao took away the Best Director award. Feng Xiaogang was not short of several Best Director awards, but it was really sad to see that his little brother who worked with Guan Ling could also win the award in front of him. Can't laugh.
The scene was caught on camera and quickly became the talk of the internet.
“Originally, Director Feng Xiaogang might have thought that after "Golden Armor" was withdrawn, he would be the boss at the Hundred Flowers Awards. Unexpectedly, "Crazy Racing" came out halfway, and now it has better box office and reputation than him. , giving him a hard time to argue. Haha."
In fact, this year's Hundred Flowers Awards were embarrassing at the opening. "The Golden Flower" among the original ten films was directly announced. Withdrawing from the competition caught the Hundred Flowers Award by surprise.
In view of the influence of Zhang Yimou who had just been crowned National Master, even if the film festival was swayed by Zhang Weiping, he did not dare to make a big fuss. He just said that the film festival organizers are willing to make friends and are unwilling to make enemies.
But it is indeed a precedent. As the first work to "withdraw" in the 46-year history of the Hundred Flowers Award, Zhang Weiping can be said to have been slapped hard by the Hundred Flowers Award. According to the reporter's analysis, it may be due to dissatisfaction with the new picture that only Jay Chou was nominated. After all, there are too many well-known actors in the whole drama, and it didn't get any nominations.
Moreover, when the shortlist was announced, Zhang Weiping did not retreat. When the opening was about to begin, Zhang Weiping directly came to flip the table.
The Hundred Flowers Award is so disgusting.
This directly caused ridicule on the Internet.
"Zhang Yimou withdrew from the competition, and Guan Ling simply did not participate. For this Hundred Flowers Award, if you want to judge the hundred flowers, the two most beautiful flowers are not in bloom. Neither the National Master nor the Banbu National Master will participate. What do you think? Are you angry?”
“It’s right not to participate. If it’s only reviewed every two years, where’s the credibility? But this time the Best Director award was good, and the Best Feature Film should have been “Crazy Racing”. , but was snatched away by "Assembly" based on its genre."
"In fact, these domestic film festivals are really embarrassing now. Guan Ling participated in the Golden Horse and the Oscars, and now he writes scripts for Jiang. Wen also participated in Venice, but Guan Ling himself has never participated in Baihua. Without Guan Ling, can everyone believe what you say? "
Netizens don’t care what Chinese-language film Guan Ling makes, or what it is. English film.
Now we are catching up with the news of another Golden Lion Award in Venice, but it makes the Hundred Flowers Award shameful.
Zhang Yimou embarrassed him, but Guan Ling did not participate and also embarrassed him. Fortunately, Ning Hao from Lingyun Media came and they still had a little respect, so the Best Director Award was well worth it.
In short, while Chinese-language films have earned honors for China among the three major European films, domestic film festivals have felt great pressure from public opinion.
Some film festival personnel are thinking about inviting Guan Ling to join the association as soon as possible. This guy has always been a loner, and some invitations from the association have been declined by Guan Ling.
But now, if we don’t use Guan Ling as a shield, the film festival will indeed lose its reputation!
How about showing your face in a meeting?
Ning Hao came on stage and gave his acceptance speech.
“I am very happy that I can win the Best Director award. But I must first thank the creative staff of "Crazy Racing", the screenwriter and investor Guan Lingguan, and the starring Huang Bo and Jiu Kong Without them, I wouldn't have been able to create such a good work. Thank you all."
Ning Hao had a smile on his face after receiving the trophy representing the best director.
During the behind-the-scenes interview session, a reporter asked Ning Hao about his latest movie.
"Hello, Director Ning, I would like to ask you about the drama "The Golden Heist" which has received a lot of criticism recently. What do you think of this phenomenon?"
"I do have some concerns. Confused, but I can also understand the audience's comments." Ning Hao said sincerely,
"But I have communicated with Director Guan, and he said that people's emotions are very complicated and change a lot.
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Movies in daily life are not just about touching, loving and calling. When describing the war years, they are not just about compassion, pity and regret. The mainstream of commercial films is to make the audience laugh or cry in a relaxed atmosphere.
Movies not only need delicacies from mountains and seas, but also sauerkraut and pimple soup. I hope this drama can make everyone happy.
After Director Guan's comments, I knew that "Golden Heist" might not meet the audience's expectations for my change in style.
They may expect me to be Guy Ritchie, but I am just Ning Hao.
I will continue to learn and improve, and I will also learn from these suggestions. Please give me your time.
Finally, if you still have any questions about the script of this drama, please question Director Guan. He also wrote this script. You go scold him. "
Ning Hao also made a joke with the reporter and continued,
"By the way, Director Guan's new movie is being filmed. If nothing else, it will be scheduled for the Lunar New Year. The director said that this drama is a Chinese New Year dumpling meal he serves to everyone in Hollywood style. No matter how they are made, everyone can just taste it to see if it tastes good. "
"Can I understand that, Director Ning, you mean that Director Guan's new movie will be both smelly and delicious? "
Ning Hao waved his hand and said with a smile: "I didn't say that, don't stir up trouble, even if there is news, it was you who said it. ”
These words were quickly posted to the media.
“Ning Hao won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Director and said with a smile that the award encouraged him with great confidence.”
“Ning Hao had a secret conversation with Guan Ling and said that releasing a movie requires more than just delicacies from the mountains and seas. , and pickled cabbage dumpling soup."
"Can you believe it? Guan Ling, who wrote the Oscar-winning original screenplay, can also write garbage scripts that are illogical."
"Guan Ling's new movie is both smelly and delicious. Could it be that Guan Ling has also started doing tricks for everyone?"
There are slightly less doubts about Ning Hao on the Internet.
Then everyone started to discuss what Guan Ling said about delicacies from mountains and seas and pickled cabbage dumpling soup. Although eating pickled cabbage dumpling soup also costs money, the audience did not raise any questions about Guan Ling’s words. Many rebuttals come.
Indeed, it doesn’t seem to matter if you watch a funny movie once in a while.
At least the rhythm of "Golden Heist" is right and the plot is very compact. When people sit in the cinema, they are indeed very happy and want to laugh.
Of course, more people still have inexplicable expectations for Guan Ling's new movie.
What level is this movie that smells good but smells good?
It won’t be "The Promise", right?
No, this movie only smells bad and doesn’t smell good at all.
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After Ning Hao won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Director, the Internet media was noisy for a while, and then the box office of "Golden Heist" actually started to increase slightly.
Everyone wants to see what the quality of the movie is.
What kind of pickled cabbage soup is it? After watching it, this is indeed a bit inferior compared to the crazy series, but why is that big-headed Xiao Dongbei so deeply remembered in people's minds?
“How many years of practice does it take to turn a fork into a rose?”
“I gave my girlfriend a rose fork, and she Calling me a gangster, do you want to cross her? I'm in a panic now, how should I explain, I'm in a hurry?"
"I didn't expect that I actually learned chemistry knowledge in the movie theater. Aqua regia, also known as regia acid, is one of the few substances that can dissolve gold..."
Even Lei Jiayin didn't expect that he would suddenly From an unknown little person, he suddenly became the hottest newcomer in the entertainment industry.
The name Xiao Dongbei instantly became a hot topic on the Internet.
As a 2002 drama graduate, Lei Jiayin has witnessed how popular the most popular people on campus are. At that time, his senior brother Hu Ge became a popular idol drama actor directly because of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", while he was always famous for being poor when he was in dramas.
Because he always wore a vest and shorts, several classmates in the dormitory next door, such as Chen He, would take a detour when they saw him.
After that, he prepared to enter the theater. At the Beijing People's Art Theater, he saw He Bing, who was very popular because of "The Suspect". This pillar made him firm in his dream of becoming an actor.
At that time, the examiner asked him if he knew folk arts and opera, and he directly performed "Little New Year's Greetings" for them, which is a classic piece of Northeastern duo.
Lei Jiayin will never forget the embarrassing look in the examiner's eyes.
After that, he played several small supporting roles until he met this opportunity.
He caught it.
The script written by Director Guan and the film directed by Director Ning Hao made him the first big screen actor.
Even many veteran actors are supporting him.
But now, he never thought that his name could appear on the Internet and be so popular.
Almost every day there are voices discussing him and his role.
Teachers at school, classmates, relatives and friends at home.
They are all calling and sending messages to Lei Jiayin.
“Lao Lei, you are awesome.” This is classmate Sun Yizhou.
“My Lei, you are awesome.” This is his girlfriend Zhai Xufei.
"Come on, son." This is my parents.
"You big head, you are holding Director Ning's thigh, why don't you take my two brothers with you? Be careful that Li Guangjie and I go to your house to deprive you." This is Guo Jinfei.
"You don't follow martial ethics. We agreed to play supporting roles together. How come you became the protagonist and became popular?" Li Guangjie also joined the battlefield.
Some unfamiliar classmates were also congratulating him. Some even asked for Director Ning’s contact information, and some even asked him if he had joined Lingyun Media.
Even Chen He, who took a detour, suddenly seemed to be very familiar with me, and his congratulations were very intimate.
Looking at those text messages, Lei Jiayin’s nose felt sore. He had graduated two years ago. In these two years, he had been unknown, except for his family, girlfriend and two or three very close friends. No one cared about him.
But now, he feels like he is surrounded by good people.
Everyone is congratulating, congratulating, and promoting themselves. It is even obvious that they want to have a good relationship.
“I must seize the opportunity to stay with Director Ning and stay with Lingyun Media.”
Lei Jiayin clenched her fists, and her heart has never felt stronger than now. .
He knows all this very well, just because the big director gave him a chance.
Without Guan Ling and Ning Hao, he would not be where he is today.
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"Director Guan, guess how much the copyright of "Let the Bullets Fly" was sold for?"
Jiang Wen called, and he couldn't contain his excitement.
“You’re kidding me, if China Film sells the copyright on my behalf, you must ask me if I agree first.” Guan Ling was speechless.
"It's boring." Jiang Wen said, "You kid is happily making money in the back. Now I'm going to tell you how cool it is to count the money, but then you say something you agree with, which makes me choke to death."< br>
It's obviously a bit open over there.
"Then if I cooperate, how much did you sell?" Guan Ling pretended to be exaggerated.
“More than 80 million yuan.” Jiang Wendao, “Congratulations to Director Guan, not only has the cost been directly recovered, but the net profit has doubled.”
“That must be thanks to Director Jiang’s directing skills. Without you, there would be no movie.”
“Really?”
"Really."
"How much bonus are you going to give me?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Wen looked back at Zhou Runfa who was standing aside, and said with a smile, "Guan Ling, this guy Hang up."
Zhou Runfa and others burst into laughter.
Jiang Wen also laughed, "This person is really serious. He asked me for money and ran away."
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"More than eight thousand Wan? "
When Guan Ling hung up the phone, Cheng Long was watching his martial arts moves in front of the monitor.
After vaguely hearing about the copyright benefits, I couldn’t help but exclaimed.
"It has sold more than 80 million yuan before it was released?" Cheng Long was really numb and couldn't believe it.
"Why, is it a lot? This is not as good as the profit from the purchase of "Hearing Girl" in North America in the past two years."
"Can I compare with you? You are a freak. Apart from you, now in China, Who among Zhang Yimou can sell it at this price?"
"Don't worry about me," Guan Ling looked at Cheng Long and said, "Consider my proposal, you lower the price, except for "Hurricane Series". I'll give you something else, otherwise it will be really difficult for us to work together after this movie."
"Your salary plus the box office share makes me feel sick."
"You. Is this brainwashing me again?" Cheng Long shook his hair duangduang, "Let's not talk about it, let's start filming."
It's mid-September, and some important scenes of "Hurricane Rescue" have almost been filmed in the United States. It was announced that it was done.
In the Mainland, Huayi's "Li Mi's Conjecture" is also about to be released. Due to Zhou Xun's contract termination, this film has attracted a lot of attention.
At the same time, Gai Naote also received a call from James Wan.
"Latent" has been completed and is about to enter the intense and exciting editing phase.
(End of this chapter)