Chapter 371 Seven Deadly Sins' "Earthquake" and "The Wind Rises"
"In the first week of release, the box office of Earthquake exceeded 300 million, the first time a single film directed by Feng Xiaogang broke through the box office The 300 million mark!”
“Feng Xiaogang claimed in an interview that ‘if you are not moved by watching “Tangshan Earthquake”, you will be like killing people in kindergarten’, which caused controversy in the industry. Netizens criticized Feng Xiaogang!”
< br>"It's shameful! 'Moral blackmail' creates high box office. Who cares about explicit advertising in movies? If the public doesn't watch it, it will become a beast that kills people. So who does Feng Xiaogang mean?"
" Feng Xiaogang's high-profile remarks caused a lot of criticism. The ratings of "Tangshan Earthquake" on major well-known movie websites are between 5 and 7, and it is basically scheduled to be ranked as a 'bad movie'."
"5 Minutes of Disaster. The film is a 130-minute family drama with many obvious crying points, but I couldn’t squeeze out a single tear.” It may be easier for everyone to accept it, but unfortunately, there may never be another movie called "Tangshan Earthquake" in the future."
"Age of Awakening is also a gift film. People's awakening. "Big Earthquake" is a family soap opera, not even as good as a documentary."
With the end of the seven-day National Day holiday, the box office of "Tangshan Earthquake" has greatly shocked the industry.
Online movie reviews are not good. People generally think that this movie is a mediocre commercial movie with mediocre techniques and even no bright spots. As soon as the so-called "if you don't cry, you are not a human being" standard, This in itself means that the movie is terminally ill.
They are trying to constantly move you, make you cry, and experience the separation of life and death while chasing each other step by step. There are too many people who are eager to be moved, but this movie is obviously not the catalyst.
The fare increase will make you cry.
After Feng Xiaogang changed the schedule of "Inception", he suddenly became awesome and wanted to confidently make the audience bow down and let himself be the master.
Although it has caused a lot of negative news in word of mouth.
But it was singing all the way at the box office.
It also refreshed the industry's recognition of last year's "The Founding of the People's Republic of China".
The producers of "Tangshan Earthquake" were very excited. Huayi regarded this drama as the last straw. They were bragging on major forums and online platforms all day long, claiming that the film had the highest number of Chinese films during the National Day schedule. item record.
It is also claimed that this film broke the historical pattern of "cold in the south and hot in the north" of Feng Xiaogang's films. Even in Hong Kong, it exceeded the total box office of all previous films directed by Feng Xiaogang in Hong Kong in four days. !
The online bragging is loud and clear.
But in fact, according to the feedback from many theaters in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and other places, theater managers have no idea about the situation of this drama.
Not only is it not a myth of domestic movies, but all the hot scenes are created.
All units across the country have mandatory admission to private theaters to watch movies, but there are still some people who are too lazy to go. The so-called records and myths are all bubbles.
It is a special task with a film arrangement rate exceeding 45%.
At present, people in the industry are very dissatisfied. Wu Baige mentioned the quality of "Earthquake" many times during an interview, asking about the attendance rate of a movie theater between 20% to 30% and 50% to 60%. How does the attendance rate of the film have so many films?
There was a lot of publicity in the early stage, and it was overwhelming, giving everyone the highest expectations.
But there are also a lot of advertisements in this play, and there are a lot of people who have booked the theater. At that time, there was a lot of controversy in public opinion. It didn’t take long for the film to be boycotted by many people in the industry.
A tear-jerking masterpiece, endowed with a heavy original sin.
But there is nothing we can do. He deserves it in exchange for the box office.
But at the box office, even though there was a lot of public controversy outside the movie, even though these comments were far away from the film itself and turned into a farce, there was indeed no decline at the box office.
With "The Age of Awakening", "Tangshan Earthquake" has created miracles in the industry one after another.
Many TV and film company producers have already had the idea of copying the work.
"The Age of Awakening" is a bit more difficult, but that doesn't mean that the script cannot be produced. It's just that this drama uses ideas as its main theme and does not fall into the mold. It can be regarded as a pioneer for the industry.
But the screenwriters are very good at it. They really put a lot of effort into finding an angle. Why can't they write about the humiliation of Huaxia in modern times for decades?
The quality of films like "Tangshan Earthquake" is even more average, and the box office results are thought-provoking.
After "The Founding of the People's Republic of China", in fact, the industry did not dare to write about the proposition of "main theme" because some people believed that it was almost the same as "a street rat" and would arouse indiscriminate contempt from the audience. .
But "The Age of Awakening" changed this trend. In "Tangshan Earthquake", with its own "non-fake big air", at least at the box office, both Huayi and Feng Xiaogang were able to stand out.
At this time, the relationship between Guan Ling and Huayi was once again revealed by the media.
During an interview, Feng Xiaogang was pointed at and pressed on the nose by a reporter and accused of two major crimes. His face collapsed on the spot.
"Director Feng, if you were in awe of the victims of the earthquake, would you allow so many explicit product placements in the movie?"
This question made Feng Xiaogang blush. Pleasant, but still perfunctory.
When it came to the second question, Feng Xiaogang couldn't hold himself any longer.
"Director Feng, the box office of "Earthquake" shocked the industry, but it also caused the Chinese people to accuse them of selling pain and enriching the country. Some people even claimed that Director Feng and Huayi had been ahead of Director Guan and Ling Yun many times before. After losing, now we can only rely on this method to increase the box office. What do you think of these comments from netizens? "
Feng Xiaogang was originally full of energy, but he was fed shit by this reporter.
The face turned dark on the spot, and he insulted me on the spot,
"I think you are ****"
turned around and left.
It also made Guan Ling, who was originally just outside the storm of public opinion, become one of the topics of conversation.
......
"What does it have to do with me?"
Guan Ling couldn't laugh or cry after receiving Jiang Wen's call.
"Feng Xiaogang made a movie, but he can also pull me out?"
"Who made netizens' evaluation of you polarize? You make a gift film, and CCTV will accompany you to freeze the TV series as a classic masterpiece. , he worked on the movie "Earthquake", and was scolded by reporters. You said he was wronged or not?"
"You deserve to be wronged. There are advertisements in this movie, and they are so explicit. Isn't this just for people? Find the fault yourself.”
Guan Ling was noncommittal about Jiang Wen’s evaluation.
“He is very smart. He uses collective memory and empathy to make it impossible for people to criticize the movie. This is his special skill when he first started filming movies and TV series. Back then, "Party A and Party B" was in The special year's "Good Dream One-Day Tour" gave adults a fairy tale, satisfying people's curiosity about the future and nostalgia for the past. "Big Shots" used harsh words such as marketization and commercial marketing in that uproarous era. The criticism came out, "A World Without Thieves" proposed that talents are the most valuable in a harmonious society, and marked the times..."
Jiang Wendao, "But this achievement must have broken my "Let the Bullets Fly" "
"It's also a matter of time before "Inception" was released, and it couldn't even make 800 million at the domestic box office. "Guan Ling doesn't want to hit Jiang Wen.
"Tangshan Earthquake" exceeded 500 million, and now it seems that it is also holding hands.
Even if Feng Xiaogang is dissatisfied with people criticizing him or scolding him, Huayi will be very satisfied with the box office, and even his superiors will be very satisfied.
The only ones who are dissatisfied are those who paid for it.
But it doesn't matter what they said.
Only those they denounced were surrounded by flowers and applause.
As for Guan Ling, he just wanted to watch the fun.
Feng Xiaogang called Guan Ling and wanted to invite Guan Ling to attend the premiere of "Earthquake". Guan Ling declined because he was in Hollywood.
Guan Ling made a profit from this movie, but the share did not come from the parent company of Lingyun Media, but was replaced by a subsidiary company.
The more he sells, the more Guan Ling can make. ...
"Sword Rain" has a good reputation, but because of the head-on competition with "Tangshan Earthquake", Wu Baige was cleared of having made "Red Cliff" into a comedy. The shame of the film.
It is generally believed that this movie is the best traditional martial arts movie after "Xiu Chun Dao".
Some people even call this movie one of the three best Chinese martial arts movies in the new century.
These three films are naturally "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Xiu Chun Dao" and "Sword Rain" itself.
A very clichéd story and a bloody plot, but it has created a touching and touching classic.
Love masterpiece?
That’s not the case.
The martial arts movements in it really satisfy the audiences who love martial arts.
For ten years, swords and swords have fallen in the rivers and lakes, but there are trees here to rely on.
Stepping into the rivers and lakes, fighting for redemption, Zen-like murderous intentions, great love and small love, gratification and grudges, interests at the forefront, the artistic conception of the rivers and lakes, on the contrary, embodies the two extremes from "Xiu Chun Knife".
The temple and the arena are the two extremes of martial arts.
It is a realm for a great chivalrous person to serve the country and the people.
But who can say that a daughter who is a hero is not considered a martial artist or a martial artist?
In the rivers and lakes, martial arts people, traffickers and pawns, and people who lead carts and sell pulp all coexist.
But it is a pity that the online film reviews and word-of-mouth cannot affect the movie theater schedule, let alone save this movie.
The pyrotechnic atmosphere of this anti-martial arts film formula lacks the coldness and sharpness, and is more calm and leisurely.
Unfortunately, Wu Baige is not popular on the calm and leisurely track.
Collapse has become inevitable.
……
In mid-October, Guan Ling met Director Zhang in Hollywood.
The boss of Shanghai Art Studio came to Hollywood.
Guan Ling had already heard about this news from Ren Zhonglun before, so it was not surprising.
After taking each other on a tour of the skyscrapers, the two of them sat in the office and got straight to the point.
"Director Guan should know the purpose of my coming, right?"
Director Zhang smiled broadly.
Of course Guan Ling knew that the other party who flew to the United States from China was definitely not here for tourism.
"Of course I know." Guan Ling and he had no need to hide it. After all, Shangmei was the one Guan Ling wanted to cooperate with.
But Guan Ling is not stupid if he shares the profits for no reason.
Many details must be discussed clearly in person.
What the two people were talking about was naturally the issue of investment share and cooperation in "The Wind Rises".
Director Zhang originally tried to get involved in the remaining four films, but Guan Ling refused directly.
He intends to help Shangmei, but it is only a handful. If Shangmei cannot change his thinking and take action on marketization after this cooperation, then he deserves to die in the torrent of history. inside.
Even the current help is just to give the other party a small share and use the other party's staff to cooperate.
Work-for-relief.
And Guan Ling will not give the other party too many benefits.
Director Zhang is not surprised by Guan Ling's attitude. With Guan Ling's current level, he is not surprised even if he is cooperating with Disney in Hollywood to develop animated films.
Although he was a little reluctant to give up, the other party couldn't say another word.
If you offend Guan Ling, you may get nothing.
"I know Zhang Changyuan's attitude when he went here."
Guan Ling is very satisfied with the other party's attitude. At least the other party is not prepared to rest on his credit book and wait. death, but actively seeking change.
“But I have to be responsible for the movie. If we are unable to create the characters I want for the movie "The Wind Rises", or if the progress is too slow, I may terminate the cooperation at any time."
Director Zhang raised his eyelids and refrained from saying anything.
As the main controller, Guan Ling has this right.
Even now it is not difficult for Guan Ling to set up an animation company.
It's just that the production of "Even if the Wind Rises" may have to be delayed.
“I understand, Director Guan, I told everyone at the meeting that our ultimate goal is to cooperate, to win share, and to learn from Director Guan’s courage to declare war on Japanese animation.”
Director Zhang sighed, "Actually, the current gap between domestic animation and other countries is too big. At least I can't do anything about it."
"Technically, our technology is different from Japan's "Technology is not a problem. After all, it's a matter of plot and story."
Guan Lingdao, whoever watches Pleasant Goat every day probably doesn't have the same ideas as Naruto.
Zhang Chang was convinced.
“I will give Shangmei 7% plus 13% share. The 7% is Shangmei’s production cost incentive. This can also be regarded as the benefit I give to Shangmei. Of course, you should pay the benefits among the costs. The bonus is a lot. For the remaining 13%, Shangmei needs to decide whether it is willing to invest.
You know, this animated film involves the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Air Force... I won’t take too much share. Here you go. ”
We need to look at certain aspects to see if we need a share. Guan Ling needs to make plans for this.
Guan Ling had already discussed the cooperation plan with Fang Ping and others, so he didn't hesitate much.
Just the details, just continue to negotiate.
Guan Ling simply stated his request, and Zhang Chang nodded. There was no surprise, nor was it a surprise.
“No one else can get a share of director Guan’s film. We have to take a gamble when we go to the United States to sell iron.” Zhang Chang said.
“In terms of share, does Zhang Chang have any opinion?”
“No opinion,” Zhang Chang stood up and shook hands, “Director Guan, our attitude towards coming to the United States has shown everything. I wasn't sure how much share you would give to the movie at first, but now I agree with you, Director Guan, that you have shown the utmost sincerity. From now on, you will have to take care of the quality of this movie!"
< br>(End of this chapter)