Chapter 360 Is it the ‘cat’ or the ‘rat’ plotting against Huayi? (Please give me your monthly vote!)
To put it simply, the reason why Xiang Yang is not optimistic about "Warring States" is not just due to Jing Tian.
Of course, for someone like Xiang Yang who didn’t pay much attention to domestic and foreign movies in his previous life, he knows that the lack of profit in "Warring States" is related to Jing Tian being labeled as box office poison.
But in fact, even if Lu Zheng invites Gong Huang out, the box office of "Warring States" may not be much higher.
Since the release of "Hero" in 2002, there have been many costume films with relatively large investment in the Chinese film market.
But there are only a few movies that are truly set in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the other movies mainly focus on the Tang and Ming Dynasties.
This is similar to the reason why Qing palace dramas occupy half of the TV series.
Because there are stories to tell.
Whether it is the Six Gates in "The Four Famous Catchers", the Dali Temple where "Detective Dee" is located, or the Dongchang, Xichang, Jinyiwei, etc. in the Ming Dynasty movies, they can all be related to people in the martial arts world. grudges to increase the dramatic conflict of the script.
What happened during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period
That movie "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin" that cost more than 70 million yuan?
Or the "Hero" that makes a lot of money?
On the one hand, the market does not recognize it, and on the other hand, there is a big mountain ahead.
This made the creator of the movie script choose to give up.
Those who dare to give it a try basically lose money.
Even Chen Kaige's "The Orphan of Zhao", which was generally favored by the media and had an actor of Uncle Ge's level participating, only recovered 182 million in the face of "Let the Bullets Fly" and "If You Are the One 2" box office.
The box office of 182 million seems not low.
But when the entire film and television shooting base built around "The Orphan of Zhao" is taken into account, the cumulative investment has reached 600 million.
The total investment in the film is about 8,000.
In comparison, the investment performance-price ratio of "Let the Bullets Fly" and "If You Are the One 2" is much higher.
After a long journey, it was already evening when we arrived in Ordos.
As soon as you get out of the car, the cold air is mixed with the fresh fragrance, which makes people unable to help but take a few more breaths.
"Mr. Xiang, you guys take a rest first, I'll make a call to my father, and then I'll take you to dinner later."
"Okay, thank you. ”
After entering the hotel and taking the room card from the welcoming assistant, Xiang Yang thanked him and ran to his room without paying attention to Little John.
While he was waiting to have dinner with the Ordos boss, he quickly called Liu Qianqian to report.
It turned out that I read the news that people here in the grasslands can drink to death.
I thought that when he returned to China, he would go home first.
When I heard that I had gone directly to Ordos, Liu Qianqian couldn’t help puffing up her cheeks and criticized:
“You don’t know if you should go home and see, your mother still has something to give. What about me?"
"This is not to finish the work early so that I can rush back to be with you."
Xiang Yang pursed his lips.
After this trip, the two of them had not seen each other for at least half a month.
This is also thanks to Liu Qianqian’s thoughtfulness, understanding, and support.
Hearing that Xiang Yang did this in order to come back to see her sooner, Liu Qianqian felt sweet in her heart. She nodded silently with her long eyelashes flickering, and gave a soft "hmm".
She said softly: "Everything is fine for me here. My mother and Zhao Xin are coming over these two days."
"Where is the movie? How was the filming?"
"Quite. It went well, Juliet and Abbas taught me a lot." Liu Qianqian smiled.
The giggle sounded very soft, but the face hanging down was a little tired, "My waist always feels tired, I need you to rub it for me."
"Well, wait. I’m going back.”
"Yeah."
In the film and television city where Xiangyang and the others passed by.
Under the leadership of Xu Ke, the crew of "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" has just completed an inspection of the Tianmoying filming base.
The script, actors, and Fu Huadao are all ready. With sufficient funds, he is ready to polish this movie that has been in preparation for many years.
Behind the team, several actors including Brother Xun and Chen Kun, who live in Shangjing and came not far from here, also accompanied them.
It can be seen that these actors attach great importance to this drama.
As soon as the group of people walked out of the film and television base, they were immediately surrounded by reporters squatting there.
"Director Xu, what do you think of the results of this Oscars ceremony?"
"Director Xu, do you want to use Chinese pinyin for your name when it appears at international award ceremonies in the future? What do you think?”
“Director Xu.”
"Brother Xun, Chen Kun, do you two have anything to say to Xiang Yang?"
Hearing these questions, they didn't say much. The people who were asked hurriedly came to the table with the help of their assistants. He picked up a commercial vehicle parked nearby.
As soon as Brother Chun, who had short hair, got on the bus, he saw Brother Xun’s face drooping, “These reporters are really annoying, they are here to stir up trouble again.”
Hearing Brother Xun’s sign With a sexy hoarse voice, Brother Chun was stunned when he sat down
In her impression, she remembered hearing the fat girl say that Brother Xun’s relationship with the designer named Xiang Yang was not very good.
In addition to the one or two months of filming together with Fan Xiaopang, she felt that no matter what, Xiaopang's analysis was correct.
Fashion is an important track for the future of entertainment stars.
She doesn’t want to be involved in any way.
But when she thought that one of Liu Qianqian’s close friends was Zhang Liangying, she felt that it was a bad day in such a cold weather.
Brother Chun didn’t expect that he guessed it right.
The next day, the report about them calmly facing reporters in the film and television city appeared on the pages of Moulang Entertainment.
"Yeah, that's normal, it's nothing."
Wrapped in a quilt and answering the phone, Xiang Yang's eyes were a little swollen.
He doesn't drink much liquor all year round, but after having two drinks with Mr. Wang from Ordos during dinner last night, he woke up looking like this.
“Don’t worry, Mr. Han, these are all small things.”
Xiang Yang nodded dumbly. "Midnight in Paris" failed to win the Oscars. Is anyone laughing?
Definitely.
But no matter how stupid he is, he will never believe that Brother Xun came to them last night.
Especially the news about a certain wave.
Xiangyang felt that the letter above was not as good as the letter from Zhuo Wei.
"Has Little John come back with you this time?" Han Sanping on the other end of the phone felt relieved when Xiang Yang said this and asked with a smile.
"Here we are, sleeping in another room." Xiangyang said and yawned, "Mr. Han, I'll catch up on my sleep. It's too cold here on the grassland"
"Okay, you have a good rest first, and we will meet and chat when you return to Beijing."
After hanging up the phone, Han Sanping, who was in a good mood, knocked on the table and smiled.
I really didn't expect that "Midnight in Paris" was so completely defeated at the Oscars. In just one or two days, public opinion turned around 360 degrees.
Some people actually say that Xiang Yang is trying to discredit Chinese filmmakers.
Han Sanping scoffed at such remarks.
Took out a pack of cigarettes, lit one, puffed away for a while, and then made another call, "Xiaoning, where have you been these days? Come to Beijing when you have time, and I will introduce you to someone."
"Master Han summons me, I will be available at any time."
Ning Hao on the other end of the phone smiled.
Xiang Yang suffered a big loss, but the big and small kings in Huayi were very happy.
There are both new and old grudges.
Needless to say the old grudges, but in just over half a year, the two companies, which have nothing to do with each other, have new grudges.
Looking at the details, whether it is Li Bingbing or Brother Xun, or even the cooperation between Hermès Film Investment Company and Starlight, they can all be related to old grudges.
Especially for Li Bingbing, he was almost poached and tricked into pursuing a career in Hollywood.
Can I be unhappy now?
Wang Zhongjun, who couldn't help but smile, raised his eyebrows, looked at Li Bingbing and Li Hun and said:
"As you can see, Hollywood is not that easy to break into."
"Thank you, Mr. Wang." After glancing at his sister, Li Hun paused and smiled: "But I have discussed it with my sister. We will pay for "Snowflake Secret Fan" ourselves, so there is no need for this aspect. You took the trouble.”
"Don't think about it again?" Wang Zhongjun looked sideways at Li Bingbing, "We are also discussing cooperation with Disney in Hollywood and will help you get some resources."
Li Bingbing smiled. He shook his head.
The money has already been given to Deng Wendi. It is impossible to regret this kind of thing.
Deng Wendi also gave Li Bingbing some suggestions on his development.
If you want to go global, you must first improve your business value and participate less in activities that do not match your status.
Secondly, we need to take a longer-term view and make as much time as possible to secure Hollywood resources.
Leaving aside film resources, it is difficult to increase commercial value just by staying in Huayi.
Where is Huayi?
Everyone who knows something about the Chinese entertainment industry knows this.
Whether Huayi can provide higher international resources is even more uncertain.
It can be seen from the movies they cooperated with Disney that they have no dominance at all.
Looking at the Hermès Film Investment Company that Li Bingbing came into contact with, it seems that there is not much movement, but it is not too small. Just to easily arrange for Liu Qianqian to join the crew of a world-famous director, Huayi does not have such resources.
Moreover, Hermes Film Investment Company has another advantage over Huayilai.
Clean.
In this regard, Li Bingbing and Huang Xiaoming also communicated for a long time.
Xiao Ming has also made plans and is planning to leave in the second half of the year.
It’s just that the two people left in different ways.
No matter how you say it, Huang Xiaoming can be regarded as one of the actor shareholders of Huayi.
I came over to say hello. I just came to let you know because of my old relationship, and I didn’t mean to negotiate with the other party. When she joined Xun Ge'er, she didn't leave Huayi like Fan Xiaopang, which already gave the big and small kings enough face.
“Are you sure?”
Seeing that Li Bingbing also rejected him, Wang Zhongjun's joyful energy had long since disappeared.
But soon, bad news came from Wang Zhonglei.
Brother Xun also decided not to renew his contract when it expires in the second half of the year, and his attitude was even more decisive than that of Li Bingbing.
“It’s all the Hermès Film Company that is making the fuss.”
After analyzing the whole story, Wang Zhongjun said fiercely.
First, through roles in fashion weeks and Hollywood, this group of actresses who want to make a breakthrough in their careers got their minds started.
Then through cooperation with China Film and Starry Stars, we will promote the one named Jing Tian.
Finally, Liu Qianqian was stuffed into Abbas' crew.
One link after another, the calculation is very serious.
“Is it the foreigner or the one named Xiang?”
"Brother, I heard from people in the United States that their company has little money."
"This is not about money."
In the spinning factory in Ordos, with a pair of swollen eyes Little John and Xiang Yang, who were visiting, suddenly sneezed each other, and then woke up their noses.
Tonight, let’s talk about not drinking anymore.
“Mr. Xiang, Mr. Rang”
(End of this chapter)