Chapter 286: In Vanity Fair, become famous in one battle
Maybe.
The movie "Anti-Drug" cannot be called a classic.
But after being revised and improved by Zhou Yutang, it can at least be regarded as a qualified commercial police film.
When it was first released, the Douban score was a bit high, reaching 8.2 points.
When the number of scorers comes up, the final score will drop, but it will not be lower than 7.5.
A movie with such a score definitely has a smooth storyline and a quality above the standard.
Especially when the song "Oath to Enter the Mountain of Swords" played in the movie, the passionate brothers and the dilemma of friendship aroused the emotional resonance of a large part of the audience,
"It's a bit surprising, it turns out Huang Xiaoming’s acting skills are also good.”
“Awei is so miserable.”
"I really love Da Meiyuan's wife costume."
"I'm a little curious, is that Thai ladyboy real?"
Such a topical commercial film, online The discussion is also very high.
On the other hand, "Guan Yunchang", after its release, the reputation has tended to be bad.
The core story of this movie revolves around Guan Erye passing five levels and killing six generals.
therefore.
The conflict in the early stage of the film is mainly between Cao Cao and Guan Yunchang.
“What did you shoot?”
“Guan Erye, a righteous man, is having an affair with his sister-in-law?”
“Guan Yuntian has a long hand and makes a green dragon. The Yanyue Sword is so popular in the world that it is so powerful that Donnie Yen’s sword was broken by a trample. It was so outrageous.”
"Guan Yunchang is only on good terms with Zhang Liao and Xu Huang in Cao Cao's camp. He doesn't look down on the rest at all. Others don't have a good look at Guan Yu. How can Donnie Yen and Cao Cao's generals be brothers?"
Although they have co-directed before The two great Hong Kong directors of this film, Chong Man-keung and Mak Siu-hui, have already vaccinated the audience.
It is claimed that this is a movie that will make major changes to the Three Kingdoms, but judging from the comments of viewers online, it is obvious that they do not buy it.
The audience has a deep understanding of the Three Kingdoms.
Cao Cao is a traitor.
Guan Yu is the martial saint of Yi Bo Yuntian.
If you insist on forcing Guan Yu to have an affair with his sister-in-law, then be prepared to be sprayed.
It can only be said that the director of Xiangjiang cannot achieve cultural resonance with the mainland audience.
Zhou Yutang also understood what Jiang Wen meant when he called him after the premiere.
In the wheat field under the sunset, Cao Cao confessed directly to Guan Yu: "I just like you, dare to love, hate, and take responsibility!"
Really good at playing.
Jiang Wen and Donnie Yen were betrayed by the director without any intention.
"Guan Yunchang" was released for seven days in its first week, and the box office was about 68 million. With such results, it is no surprise that the investors will lose money to the point of vomiting blood.
The box office of "Anti-Drug", which was released one after another, reached 168 million in its first week, and the gap between the two further widened.
As the person in charge of Yinghuang's business in the mainland, Huo Wenxi immediately called Daoxi: "A Tang, there should be no surprises on May 1st."
"Haha, sister MANI, are you still on the roadshow?"
Zhou Yutang smiled: "Thank you for your hard work."
Zhou Yutang also made the publicity roadshow plan in the mainland.
After first collectively doing enough publicity work for the main ticket warehouses in Beijing and Shanghai, Huo Wenxi took Liu Qingyun, Zhang Jiahui and others into a group.
Another group, Huang Xiaoming, Gao Yuanyuan, Wen Yongshan and others, divided into two groups and spread out the nationwide ticket warehouses.
"Yes, I came to Huacheng today and went to Shencheng immediately. Although I am a little tired, it is still quite fulfilling."
Huo Wenxi is also a woman who started from the bottom, can endure hardships and do things, otherwise she would not be Yang Shoucheng relied on him as his confidant.
When she felt fulfilled, she also felt a little excited that "we are so strong".
"Guan Yunchang" has a good reputation at the box office, and "Anti-Drug" has no rivals in the May Day period.
For this project, Yang Shoucheng handed it over to Huo Wenxi and Zhou Yutang. She also served as the producer, and she also achieved results with her heart.
"You are going to the United States in two days."
"Sister mani, you are so well-informed."
"That movie will be released soon, I wish you the best It was a hit at the box office."
Huo Wenxi has a high emotional intelligence and is very good at talking: "Oh, by the way, Yu Tang, how is the script of "Slaying the Wolf 2" going?"
“I’ve changed it several times, let’s wait until I get back from there.”
"OK, I'll wait for your good news."
After a few simple greetings, Huo Wenxi continued to devote himself to the road show. Zhou Yutang also smiled helplessly, but he still admired this sister.
This is an ambitious and career-oriented strong woman.
And with Boss Yang’s support behind him, his prestige is enough to suppress those Xiangjiang actors.
As soon as the box office came out in the first week, the reactions of the creative teams on both sides also formed a sharp contrast.
The movie box office continues to surge, and the creative team of "Anti-Drug" is full of energy and has a nationwide road show.
As for "Guan Yunchang", it was probably because the box office was not strong and it was basically impossible to recover the cost. The main creator of "Guan Yunchang" began to blame it.
Some insiders of the production team anonymously released shocking news. Before getting the script, Donnie Yen had never seen Three Kingdoms at all. He didn’t even know who Guan Yunchang was. But the investors spent enough money, so Donnie Yen agreed.
You pass the blame.
Universe Dan also has something to say.
When this guy was interviewed by Yang Lang, he said directly: ""Guan Yunchang" is my most failed movie, but that doesn't mean I was wrong. The main reason is that the director and screenwriter messed with history, and Jiang Wen's aura is too strong. .”
Jiang Wen is very familiar with the Three Kingdoms.
On the set, just reciting his lines can calm everyone, and the pressure on Universe Dan is doubled. His original image and temperament are inconsistent with the nine-foot tall Han Martial Saint Guan Yu, and he can't control Guan Yu's expression and state. Every time When faced with a scene with Jiang Wen, he would NG more than ten times in a row, and he couldn't handle his scene at all
It is impossible to take the blame.
If you take the blame for this, it will affect your future worth of acting roles.
Zhou Yutang glanced at the movies "Rio", "Three Days of Danger" and other movies from the same period, and found that they were not scary at all.
The outcome of the May Day battle seems to have been decided.
This year’s Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony was held at the Hong Kong Cultural Center in Tsim Sha Tsui.
No surprise.
Zhou Yutang failed to win the Best Actor title.
Huo Wenxi's best actor, Nicholas Tse, was nominated for Best Actor for "The Informant", but he also lost to Simon Yam of "Thieves".
The biggest winner of this year's Academy Awards is undoubtedly "The Thief of Time".
Not only did he win the Crystal Bear Best Film Award in the New Generation section of the Berlin Film Festival, he also won the Academy Award for Best Film. Luo Qirui also won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay. won the Best New Actor Li Zhiting.
The best actress is Liu Jialing of "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven", and Xu Ke Laoguai also won the best director for this movie.
As for "Sword Rain", it also had seven nominations, but in the end it only won one for Best Action Design.
Zhou Yutang didn't care much about the result, and even sent a congratulatory text message to Ren Dahua, who had always been a good personal friend before.
Then.
He got on the plane flying to the other side of the ocean.
"Qian Qian, has Yu Tang gone over there?"
Shu Chang came to play at home today, and Aunt Liu prepared some fresh fruit and sent it over, and asked by the way.
"Mom, how do you know?"
"He didn't even go to the Academy Awards."
Aunt Liu said nonchalantly: "Isn't there a movie about to be released in the United States? Are you there?”
You can’t say that you are following Zhou Yutang’s schedule in private, right?
That’s so embarrassing.
"Thank you, Auntie."
Shu Chang took the fruit, thanked him sweetly, and said with a smile: "Auntie, I didn't expect you to be paying attention too. It seems that Zhou Yutang went there just last night."
< br>"I'm not paying attention, I just glanced at the news. Is there any news about the box office over there?"
"Not sure yet, no news has been sent." "Oh, when will he return to China?"< br>
"I heard that it seems that I have to stay there for a while and have other work arrangements."
Liu Yifei ate strawberries and laughed.
“Are there any other movie projects?”
Aunt Liu’s eyes lit up and her heart moved slightly.
Previous Chinese actors wanted to break into Hollywood.
The first way.
Follow the path of Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi, gain a certain international reputation, and then enter Hollywood.
This road is too difficult to walk.
My dearest daughter is Mo Ruomu. Although Liu Yifei has been receiving acting training, her acting skills are not enough to gain international recognition by winning awards.
The second way is to spend a lot of money to hire someone to make a co-production.
But based on the experience of "The King of Kung Fu", as long as they are not fools, no one will ask Liu Yifei to star in such a big production.
Finally.
This is the path Zhou Yutang took.
We have good cooperative relations with established production companies in Hollywood.
Publish the book directly and organize the game yourself.
Controlled a certain right to speak.
Then use the distribution and channels there.
Liu Yifei told Shu Chang something funny, and the two girls laughed like silver bells.
"If Zhou Yutang can become famous in one battle this time."
The corners of Aunt Liu's mouth were also slightly raised.
The heart is also beating fast.
She also sincerely hopes that Zhou Yutang will succeed.
…………………………
The last day of April.
The killing day has arrived.
The results of viral marketing on the Internet are impressive.
Audiences born in this free land are also excited by such a stunning creativity that ignores legal constraints.
Sitting in the conference room of New Line's headquarters.
Zou Zhongyan beside him seemed to be infected by the nervousness of the ghost guys in the conference room, and he was slightly restless.
But when she saw the young boss next to her, who was still calm and composed, holding his mobile phone and sending messages in a leisurely manner, with a slight curve in the corner of his mouth, she took a reassurance and felt calm. few.
My father was right.
Be calm in every big event.
This young boss is born to do great things.
After a while, Old Bob brought Natalie in, and the whispers in the conference room suddenly stopped.
“Guys.”
The old man Bob's face was flushed, and even his wrinkles and pleats seemed to have relaxed. He grinned: "The box office results are out."
"How much?"
Zhou Yutang He put away his phone and raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Let me see."
Bob held the thin data report in his hand and laughed loudly: ""Purge Plan", the single library score is as high as 15,345 US dollars! Weekend three Today, it has a box office of 42.37 million U.S. dollars, ranking fifth in the "Science Fiction Horror" themed opening list. In front of us are "I Am Legend", "2012", "Me and Robot", and "Terminator 4" ! ”
The ones ranked ahead of "The Purge" are all large-scale productions with considerable budgets.
None of them have the same ROI as The Purge.
The conference room had begun to become agitated. A bearded white executive from Warner's film department unbuttoned his shirt, exposed his chest hair, and punched the air.
"Yes! yes! yes!"
"Gentlemen, don't be too happy. Follow-up publicity resources must keep up. According to the film data department, the estimated feedback has been made. This film will be the first to be released. We can earn back more than 10 times the cost in just one week, so let’s prepare for a big fight and have a great time!”
Bob's excited voice was like a lit match thrown into the dry haystack.
It’s not just New Line people.
Even the executives from Warner started crying and howling.
Zou Zhongyan, who was beside him, was breathing heavily and murmured: "It has won 42.37 million in box office in three days. If nothing else happens, this may be a movie with a total box office of over 100 million. Movie."
I thought of this.
Her body was shaking with excitement.
This is the charm of using small things to make a big difference.
You know, the cost of this movie is only 3 million US dollars, not 30 million US dollars.
"Zhou, I have always known that you are a genius."
The old white man Bob came over, held Zhou Yutang's hands tightly, shook them, and hugged him intimately Shoulder: "Mr. Zou has found an incredible talent. Congratulations, you have become famous in Hollywood."
The old white man Bob has body odor that even strong perfume cannot conceal.
The fiery eyes of those Warner Film Division executives.
And boiling applause.
It was almost so intense that it almost suffocated Zhou Yutang.
The entire conference room became a sea of carnival,
"Zhou, welcome to Hollywood."
"WTF!"
At this time, Ethan Hawke is enjoying a leisurely vacation with his family.
Sun, beach, deck chairs.
Everything is so beautiful.
After listening to the call, he almost threw the phone into the sea.
Taking a few deep breaths to calm down, a bright smile appeared on that handsome face.
"The Purge" has set a new box office record for his solo works.
No surprise.
Warner will increase its investment in publicity resources, and he will soon become the Hollywood actor with a box office of over 100 million US dollars.
The blond woman next to her also praised: "It's incredible, it's incredible. I'm afraid this is one of the biggest dark horses in the film market this year."
"No doubt."
Yi Thornhawk smiled and said: "That Mr. Miracle from the East, he is indeed a genius."
A small earthquake occurred throughout Hollywood.
The soaring box office of "The Purge" shocked the film companies in the industry.
A layman looks at the excitement, an expert looks at the door.
The main reason why this small-budget film was successful was Zhou Yutang’s amazing creativity.
Many large companies in the industry that have mastered the news channels have begun to focus on Zhou Yutang and have begun to use public relations methods to publicize him.
Profit is the main theme.
As long as it allows those people to make money.
They will respect you the same way they respect their own father.
This is Vanity Fair.
(End of this chapter)