Chapter 259 "Stone" is scheduled to be released
If you think about the Hong Kong film industry in the 1980s and 1990s, it was really full of talents.
There are several styles emerging in Kung Fu movies alone.
Cheng Long, Sammo Hung’s acrobatic kung fu, caused a craze as soon as it appeared.
Xu Ke’s fast editing and feelings about his family and country are another style.
Even after studying with other directors, Kung Fu movies were made that look similar. Wang Jing has adapted Jin Yong's famous works, "The Deer and the Cauldron" and "The Legend of Heaven and Sword of the Dragon", both of which were pretty good.
A large number of martial arts teams have appeared, such as the Chengjia Class, the Hong Family Class, the Yuan Family Class, the Liu Family Class...
Hong Kong is such a big place, but there are actually four martial arts teams. The team really lets a hundred flowers bloom.
Thinking about Xu Laoguai's works, the "Once Upon a Time" trilogy is really a treasure. From a conceptual point of view, it is much higher than the later "Ip Man" series.
In fact, the core of the two is the same, but "Once Upon a Time" is better.
"Ip Man" is very straightforward, using emotional opposition without concealment. It has been pulling everyone's emotions from the beginning, and the traces are obvious.
The desire to rise is first suppressed, and the constant frustration suppresses the audience's emotions to the extreme. Finally, Master Ye comes on stage to win over the foreigners.
But "Once Upon a Time" does not.
The entire series reveals thoughts about the country and the nation, with strong emotions without being pretentious.
This alone puts "Ip Man" on the map.
He actually suppresses the audience's emotions, but you can't feel it.
Because the director made the pattern of the movie large enough.
So Xu Ke is indeed a good director.
But this person’s later operations are also very confusing.
"New Dragon Inn" was so chic and elegant, it was simply the pinnacle of martial arts and the Mahayana of the world. You can definitely point at other people and say, everyone here is rubbish.
However, "The Knife" three years later had a completely opposite style, taking a realistic route.
All kinds of depression, all kinds of tragic...
It just doesn’t look good anyway.
I just don’t understand what I’m thinking.
If it is for ordinary people, it must continue the previous style, special transfer for college students.
But there is no such thing as Mr. Xu, otherwise he would be called Mr. Xu.
If you are a current online reader, you will definitely feel that Old Monster Xu has been taken away from him. Damn it, his style has changed so drastically that he doesn’t look like the same person at all.
Logically speaking, a director's directing style should not change so drastically.
"When will "Seven Swords" be released?" Zhang Chen asked.
"July 29th."
"Not during the Domestic Film Protection Month?"
Someone from China Film Group shrugged: "No, this year's Domestic Film Protection Month is from June 7th to July 7th. There are a lot of movies together, among which the most famous one It’s “Initial D.”
Zhang Chen understood immediately that this year’s Domestic Protection Month was not going well.
Generally, the summer period refers to the two months of July and August, because these two months are the summer vacation for students.
There is no holiday in June, and school starts in September.
Domestic Film Protection Month appeared in 2004. The film bureau issued a verbal notice hoping that theaters across the country would support domestic films.
Basically, from June 10th to July 10th (or July to August) every year, the introduction of overseas blockbusters is not encouraged.
Of course, the government will definitely not recognize this thing, otherwise it will leave a basis for administrative intervention in the market.
Even though it was proposed last year, Zhang Chen is actually not very familiar with this stuff.
Because in his previous life, he started to wander around the Internet. By the time he really came into contact with the film industry, Chinese films had taken off, with box office starting in the billions. The ones that should be protected had become imported films.
"What movies are there in July and August?"
"Mr. and Mrs. Smith will be on July 8th, Madagascar on the 15th, Seven Swords on the 29th, and the following August 11th It's "War of the Worlds," and I suggest that "The Stone" be placed at the end of August or during the Domestic Protection Month..." China Film staff gave suggestions based on their own experience.
"What's the reason?"
""Mr. and Mrs. Smith" has big stars, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, so it will definitely not be bad at the box office.
"Madagascar" is a cartoon, but half a month after it will be "Seven Swords", and in August it will be "War of the Worlds" by great director Spielberg. I don't need to mention Spielberg.
"War of the Worlds" was released on the 11th, and the momentum has passed in almost 10 days. "Stones" will not be affected much if it is placed at the end of August. If it is placed in June, it will need to be compared with "Initial D" "Competition..."
"Initial D", a movie starring Brother Wheel.
The domestic box office is 63 million, which is said to be at grandma's house, but it is actually very good.
Brother Lun has no acting skills, and the comic "Initial D" has no audience in China. The box office success is entirely due to Brother Lun's influence
To put it bluntly, it is just like the "Far Cry" filmed by Yang Xiaomi in later generations.
Zhang Chen is not afraid of competing with it, but he is not prepared to compete. It is still too cold in June.
He wants to make "Stone" a phenomenon, and June is definitely not the right time to release it.
"I think August 20th is fine." Dong Jianqiang looked at everyone.
But Zhang Chen immediately rejected it.
"No, August is too late. We can only do it in July, just July 15th."
"Why?" No one understands. There are two Hollywood blockbusters in July, and they will be released at the end of the month. There is "Seven Swords", why should we catch up with this excitement.
“Believe me, we have to release it in July, we will die miserably in August because of Super Girl.”
“Which program on Mango Channel?”
“Yes.”
"A talent show, as for..."
"Believe me", Dong Jianqiang was interrupted before he finished speaking: ""Super Girl" is very popular, and nothing can compete with him for media resources. "
Just kidding, what kind of existence is "Super Girl"? The most glorious moment of Mango Channel is at its peak at the beginning.
At its peak, the ratings even surpassed Xinwen Network.
"Just set July 15th and avoid "Mr. and Mrs. Smith." As for "Madagascar," it's a cartoon and doesn't pose much of a threat to us."
If possible, he would actually prefer to confront "War of the Worlds" head-on, because he knows that "War of the Worlds" is very crotch-stretching.
The situation of Spielberg and Mr. Xu is similar. They are famous, but they have begun to decline.
"War of the Worlds" was amazing at the beginning, but it was a complete piece of shit at the end.
It is an insult to this idiom to say it is anticlimactic.
$250 million big production, the result is this quality.
At the end of the movie, there is no climax, and the aliens were not killed by humans. They all died because of the microorganisms that could not adapt to the earth.
What the hell, people have nowhere to vent their emotions that have been suppressed for a long time.
So, it is normal to rush into the street.
The matter was settled like this. Ning Hao was also there during the meeting, but he couldn't speak during the whole process.
After post-production was completed at the end of April, it was as if the film had nothing to do with him.
It is clear that "Stone" is his movie, but his opinion was not consulted whether it was scheduled or promoted.
Xingchen Entertainment only has one request from him, and he will just cooperate when the time comes.
Ning Hao had no objection at all. He was even a little envious of Zhang Chen's insistence that he would decide when the film would be released. Neither China Film nor other investors had any objections.
Reserve your opinion even if you don’t agree with it.
Without him, Zhang Chen has never been defeated so far.
(End of this chapter)