Chapter 243 Everything is complicated
"Hello, Director Zhang..."
"Congratulations, Director Zhang..."
"Good morning, Director Zhang..."
From the moment Zhang Chen walked into the company, he was greeted with all kinds of greetings. Who told him to hold two trophies from major film festivals in his hands?
Dong Jianqiang heard the sound and came out, "What's the fuss about down there?"
"It's not that kid Lu Chuan who's showing off his presence again. Ignore him and come and see my trophy~"< br>
Dong Jianqiang wisely took the trophy from Zhang Chen and looked at it carefully.
The trophy of the Golden Rooster Award is a chicken, the trophy of the Hundred Flowers Award is the goddess of flowers, the trophy of the Huading Award is a tripod, and the trophy of the International Film Festival is a flying tiger. I don’t know what the meaning is.
Dong Jianqiang weighed it in his hand, and it was quite heavy.
The company has a small showroom dedicated to displaying various honorary trophies. Currently, there are only two in it, the Saturn Award trophy and the Fantasy Film Festival trophy.
Two more were added today.
Dong Jianqiang opened the glass door of the display cabinet, put the trophy and certificate in together, then closed the glass door and looked at it happily.
“We will have to attend more awards ceremonies like this in the future, otherwise these display cabinets will only be full in a matter of years.”
“If you want to participate, you can participate. Anyway, I am too lazy to praise them. Feet..."
"It's not good for you to be like this. Aren't you cutting yourself off from the people? If you hang around in this circle, sooner or later you will have to come into contact with these worldly people..."
"Isn't this because of you?"
Zhang Chen I really don’t like these, and it makes me upset just thinking about them.
From this point of view, he is still an artist, not a businessman.
“By the way, how much bonus was given to you?”
"Is there any bonus?"
Zhang Chen also forgot about this. The last Hundred Flowers Award for Best New Director also gave him 500,000 yuan. He won two awards at the College Student Film Festival, and he actually got one point. No.
“I don’t know either, I just asked casually.” Dong Jianqiang had not heard of any bonuses at the film festival, and he was counting on Zhang Chen to provide him with popular science.
"By the way, how are the preparations for "Painted Skin" going?"
The script of "Painted Skin" could not pass the review before. Then they made a deal with Lu Zheng, and within a few days The script has passed review.
I have to say that Jing Tian's background is indeed deep, and she can handle things that Han Sanping couldn't handle.
Hearing this, Dong Jianqiang shrugged: "It's early~"
"Painted Skin" is a costume film, and it is a costume fantasy. The preparation was much more troublesome than Zhang Chen's previous films.
Zhang Chen wants to make it into a blockbuster movie again, and there are not just a few things that need to be considered.
“By the way, when are you going to start filming? I can coordinate the actors’ schedules in advance.”
"Painted Skin" is different from Zhang Chen's other films in that it uses big names, and the time of big names has always been very precious. Some of them can be scheduled for a year, so the schedule must be booked in advance.
According to Zhang Chen's past habit, he must start up quickly.
None of his previous films had a preparation period of more than one month. Unexpectedly, Zhang Chen shook his head this time: "It's February after the new year. "Eden Lake" sold well. New Line They want to take advantage of the victory and make another film, and I have already agreed to it." Dong Jianqiang's eyes lit up when he heard this: "What film? Do we have a chance to invest?"
He. The person he refers to is not Zhang Chen, but Xingchen Entertainment.
So far, Zhang Chen's projects in the United States have been in collaboration with Hollywood in the name of his personal studio and have nothing to do with domestic Star Entertainment.
But the success of "Eden Lake" made Dong Jianqiang aware of Zhang Chen's influence in North America and wanted a piece of the pie.
He is entitled to 5% dividends from Xingchen Entertainment, which is what Zhang Chen promised to poach him. Zhang Chen shook his head: "This is an R-rated film, and it is destined not to be released in the mainland..."
Dong Jianqiang nodded to express his understanding. He really wanted Zhang Chen to film This is the first time that Star Entertainment has cooperated with Hollywood in a genre that can be released in the mainland. This way Star Entertainment can put on the gimmick of cooperating with Hollywood. At this stage, Chinese people still recognize this.
"Okay, I'll think about it..."
He does have the idea of transforming. Horror films are still too niche. If he wants to open up the Hollywood market, he still needs to make more films of other types.
In fact, "Hurricane Rescue" is an attempt.
He plans to use this to open the door to North America, leaving a deep impression on North American audiences with his sharp lenses and chilling style, paving the way for him to hit Hollywood in the future.
At this moment, Lu Yang happened to be walking by the door and was seen by Dong Jianqiang through the glass door.
"By the way, do you agree to make a movie for this guy?"
Zhang Chen nodded: "Yes, when we were filming "Hurricane Rescue", I found that this guy had some ideas about martial arts scenes, so I agreed. What’s wrong with opening a drama for him?”
“It’s nothing. When this kid came back, he grabbed the script team to get him a script, saying that you wrote the introduction, and asked them to fill in the content. The key is that he still If you don't leave, just sit in the script team and watch others work..."
"Let this kid figure it out on his own. The story is indeed my idea, let him practice..."
Zhang Chen laughed. He could understand that behind Lu Yang's actions was his desire to make movies.
In fact, every director is like this. He is particularly concerned about the first work he handles, just like a baby who is pregnant in ten months, and he can't wait to be together day and night.
It’s just that directing is a profession that requires a lot of talent. Some directors’ debut films are beautiful and lovely angels, while others are busy-bodies~
“By the way, I forgot to congratulate you. You, "Manslaughter" easily exceeded 100 million..." Back in the office, Dong Jianqiang poured a cup of tea for Zhang Chen and then handed over the box office report.
Zhang Chen glanced at the numbers above:
"Manslaughter" sold 34 million in the first week, 50 million in the second week, and exceeded 100 million in the third week. It has been in theaters for 20 days now. The box office reached 120 million and is still making steady progress...
"According to this trend, the final box office is estimated to be only 140 million."
After all, it has been released for 20 days, the boom period has passed, and now even the road show promotion has been stopped.
Compared to the beginning of the release, the box office has been decreasing every day, so Zhang Chen said this.
“Are you not satisfied with 140 million yuan? Do you think the box office of 100 million yuan is cabbage?”
Dong Jianqiang expressed his contempt for Zhang Chen’s disdain.
"No, no..."
Actually, Zhang Chen felt a little strange. Logically speaking, the ceiling for a suspense film like "Manslaughter" would not be too high.
They had previewed internally that the box office would only be over 100 million at most, but now they are aiming for 140 million, which is really an unexpected surprise.
The reason is really unclear.
Because Zhang Chen is a billionaire director?
Because of the dispute between Jiang and Xu?
Is it because of the excellence of the script?
No one can explain clearly, there is no reason to explain.
“I want to hold a celebration party this week and give it another try to see if I can raise the box office to 150 million...”
The announcement of “Manslaughter” this time is still from China Film leading.
It just so happened that Xingchen Entertainment's distribution license was granted, so I was responsible for a small part of it.
We have to train the team~
“Okay, you can figure it out, I’m just doing the post-production of “Hurricane” during this period, so I have plenty of time.”
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I haven’t updated much in the past two days. I’ve run out of outlines and I’m thinking, I’m losing my hair
(End of this chapter)