January 5, 1994!

Wu Jianye's new movie "Eternal Night" was officially launched in Hengdian!

On this day, many crews who had filming tasks in Hengdian Film and Television City came to the start-up site of "Eternal Night".

Prior to this, Wu Jianye's new movie has always been a huge mystery in China, and everyone only knows that the investment in this film has created a record for domestic film investment, with an investment of 130 million, it is the record of domestic film investment!

Director Wu Jianye has always claimed that this is a Xianxia drama that has never appeared in China.

Everyone knows about Xianxia dramas, and it's not that they haven't appeared, but Wu Jianye is still very curious when he says this now!

Secondly, this movie can be said to bring together three generations of domestic actors, as well as the actor Gu Principal from Xiangjiang, such a cast is also extremely rare in domestic movies!

The older generation of actors, Chen Qiao, You Benchang, Ma Jingwu, one is an actor who is already famous in the country when he was in the model play, and the other is a pillar of the National Repertory Theatre, the previous "Jigong" has caused a boom in domestic viewing, and the last one is Ma Jingwu, who has cooperated with Wu Jianye and is a teacher of the acting department of Yenching Film Academy.

And the cast of the Mesozoic Era is even more eye-catching.

First of all, with the role of Pu Yi in the TV series version of "The Last Emperor", Chen Daoshu, who won the Golden Eagle Award and the Feitian Award, Chen Daoshu at this time is definitely a big name in the domestic TV drama industry, after "The Last Emperor", he won the 3rd Society Award of the Chinese Film Performing Arts Society, the Best Actor Award of the 2nd Excellent TV Drama Selection of National Studios, and the 11th "Feitian Award" Best Actor Award with "The Siege of the City".

Tang Guiqiang, the first generation of youth idols in China, although Wu Jianye robbed Tang Guiqiang of his role in "Peacock Princess", but Tang Guiqiang's aura is still countless.

"Little Flower", "Starry Tonight", "The Long Road", "Garland Under the Mountain", ....... A series of movies and TV series have always made Tang Guiqiang a first-line actor in China.

and Fang Shu, who once starred in Wu Jianye's debut film "The Red Lantern Hangs High", this is a first-class actress in China, and now I heard that she is just a supporting actress with few scenes in this movie.

and Zhang Guoli and Wang Gang, who caused a huge sensation in China last year with "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo".

Although she appeared for a short time in the movie "Farewell My Concubine", Jiang Wenli, who was well received.

"Gold Rush King", "Jigong Living Buddha", and Zang Jinsheng who performed well in "The Great Satan".

Zhang Hanyu, who also cooperated with Wu Jianye, and Liu Yijun, although their fame is not so loud, they can be regarded as a wrist in the domestic film and television industry.

There is also Ni Dahong, who is slightly less famous, even if he is not as good as the previous ones, he has also collaborated with Tang Guiqiang in "Garland Under the Mountain", and Pan Changjiang in "I Am a Hillbilly".

Among these Mesozoic actors, the most unfamous is the white and chubby Fu Biao standing next to Ni Dahong.

The reporters who came to the scene, although they don't know why Wu Jianye would find such an unfamous actor to come over and play with these outstanding actors, but if they can be photographed by Wu Jianye, then they must have their advantages!

At the same time, there are four new generation actors at the scene, He Li, Jiang Qi, Yu Feihong, and Principal Gu.

During this time, the domestic media had not yet established contact with the media in Xiangjiang, so they did not know the details of Principal Gu.

But He Yan, Jiang Kuan, and Yu Feihong, they still investigated clearly, and Yu Feihong is the most familiar because of his identity as a child star.

Jiang Qian benefited from his brother's relationship with Jiang Qian, and everyone also knew Jiang Qian.

To say that during this time, the biggest news in the domestic film circle, except for the start of Wu Jianye's new movie, is that Jiang Qian's new movie "Sunny Day" has been shut down!

Jiang Qian is now one of the most well-known movie actors in China, although his new movie has not yet been released, but it still attracts a lot of people's attention, and now there are even some newspaper media, when they have not seen this movie, they have put Jiang Qian in the second position of Wu Jianye.

In fact, in the profession of being an actor, Jiang Qian's success is higher than that of Wu Jianye.

Two Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor, and one Golden Eagle Award for Emperor, such an honor is not something that ordinary actors can get.

It's just that the reporters on the scene also knew through their own news channels that although the filming of the movie "Sunny Days" has ended, there must still be a long way to go before it is released, first of all, post-production, but the most important thing is that because of the theme of this movie, it is a little sensitive, and it is not so easy to release it!

Jiang Qian also found Wu Jianye to inquire about this matter, but Wu Jianye had already reassured Jiang Qian, there was no problem with the release of this movie!

Although this movie was invested by Tangting Culture, Wu Jianye had already finished greeting Ai Bu, and it would definitely not be too strict when it was reviewed.

In another time and space, the fate of "Sunny Day" is actually the same as "Farewell My Concubine", which is invested by a film company in Xiangjiang, and then follows the routine of participating in European film festivals first, and only after winning awards is it allowed to be released in China.

It was already 1995 when it was released.

However, in this time and space, because of the prelude to "Farewell My Concubine", the most important thing is that there is such a variable as Wu Jianye, this movie will definitely not have the fate of another time and space!

He Yan is not a lonely name, first of all, everyone knows that He Yan is a student who graduated from Chinese opera, and he is also an actor in the drama troupe, so he still has some information.

Now just with the front and back scenes of this movie, it is enough to cause a huge sensation in the domestic film industry!

However, what really surprised these domestic reporters was that there were still North American reporters on the scene, which made them very surprised by Wu Jianye's influence.

This is the first time in the domestic film industry!

The reporters in North America were naturally sent by Phantom Media, and at this time, Phantom Media had already established its own film magazine, and with the resources of Phantom Media, it now has some fame in Hollywood.

This time, Wu Jianye asked the magazine under Phantom Media to send reporters over, so naturally he promoted the movie "Eternal Night" in North America in advance!

In fact, before the filming of the movie started, the promotion of this movie had already begun in Europe and the United States, and the publicity team of the movie "Eternal Night" in Europe and the United States was actually the publicity team of the previous "Jurassic Park".

"Director Wu, we heard that the investment in this film has exceeded 20 million US dollars, which is the second highest among the films you have shot in Huaxia, and we also know that the investment in this film is all from your film company Tangting Culture in Huaxia, can you guarantee that such an investment will recover the cost in China?"

Hill, a reporter for Phantom Magazine, asked.

Wu Jianye's film shot in China so far has invested the most in "The Last Emperor" with $26 million, but the main investor of this film is Phantom Media.

And now the investment in this "Eternal Night" is invested by the court culture side, and no other capital has been added, when Hill came to Huaxia, he also investigated the development of the Chinese film industry, and knew that the domestic film investment has generally just risen to about four or five million yuan, and now Wu Jianye's new film has directly invested more than 20 million US dollars, and he still knows the gap.

Wu Jianye smiled slightly: "This is just the early investment of this movie, if you add the later publicity, I believe the cost will exceed "The Last Emperor"!"

Hill was slightly stunned, as a Hollywood reporter, he naturally knew how the publicity cost of a movie worked, almost at least one-third of the production cost of a movie.

But Wu Jianye's movie is different, the previous promotion cost of Wu Jianye's movie "The World of Chu Xing" in North America has been as high as 20 million US dollars, and now Wu Jianye's new movie should not be lower than this amount.

Thinking of this, Hill asked in surprise: "So, the cost of this movie will exceed $40 million worldwide?"

Wu Jianye nodded and said, "Almost, it should reach about 45 million US dollars!"

After someone who knew English at the scene heard Wu Jianye say this number, his shock level exceeded that of Hill.

At this time, domestic magazine reporters did not have a very clear concept of the publicity cost of the movie, in their opinion, the investment cost of more than 20 million US dollars was enough to shock everyone, and now I heard Wu Jianye's chat with North American reporters and knew that the real investment cost of this movie reached 45 million US dollars!

What is the exchange rate between the RMB and the US dollar this year?

According to the latest exchange rate between the RMB and the US dollar announced by the central bank, it is 8.6:1, which means that the real investment in the movie "Eternal Night" is actually 387 million yuan?

Everyone looked at each other, and no one thought that the investment in a movie could reach such a terrifying figure!

In fact, both Hill and domestic reporters miscalculated the account.

The production cost of the movie "Eternal Night" is actually 130 million yuan, and they are calculated according to this year's exchange rate, in fact, last year, the official exchange rate between the yuan and the US dollar was not so high, only 5.7:1.

The cost of publicity in Europe and the United States is that Phantom Pictures, which is responsible for distribution in North America, and Fengge Pictures, which is distributed in Europe, are two different concepts.

As for the cost of domestic publicity, Wu Jianye set 40 million yuan, which was caused by the soaring prices in China in the past two years.

To be honest, in fact, this year's foreign exchange of the renminbi definitely has a room for operation, but Wu Jianye did not let Zhou Tao and Yan Wen do it.

However, Wu Jianye did not explain this problem to the reporters at the scene, and now that "Eternal Night" has officially entered the stage of filming and publicity, there is such a good publicity hotspot, it is naturally impossible for Wu Jianye to give up.

This is like Lao Mouzi's movie "The Twelve Pillars of Jinling" in another time and space, which was promoted by his pit partner, and the investment in the whole movie is as high as 1 billion yuan.

However, the difference is that "The Twelve Hairpins of Jinling" has been smashed, and now the movie "Eternal Night" has not yet passed the test of the market.

After Hill's interview, other reporters also asked their own questions, but they also changed the direction of their questions in time.

Everyone focused on the investment in the film that Wu Jianye misled them.

Everyone is skeptical that the film will pay for itself, but many people subconsciously think that this is impossible, at least at the domestic box office!

If calculated according to the current sharing agreement between the producer and the theater chain, with an investment cost of 387 million, the domestic box office of the film must reach at least 645 million to ensure that it will not lose money......

Naturally, this is impossible.

In fact, don't talk about them, even Wu Jianye himself doesn't think that the movie "Eternal Night" can get this box office, in Wu Jianye's plan, it is "Eternal Night", a two-episode movie, that is, the global box office can recover the real production cost!

The movie "Eternal Night" was originally a very personal experimental movie by Wu Jianye, and the responsibility given by Wu Jianye to this movie is to let audiences in Europe and the United States have an understanding of Chinese Xianxia dramas.

Wu Jianye believes that the development of any thing, it is basically very difficult to achieve it overnight, just like writing the Internet, a book is a god, there are very few, and the real success is after experiencing at least two or three high-quality precipitation, it is possible to become the top wave of people who write online articles.

In fact, there are still a few such people, and more are very satisfied as long as they can ensure that they have four or five high-quality products!

In Wu Jianye's view, if domestic films want to have a place in the European and American markets, the best breakthrough is actually movies like martial arts dramas and Xianxia dramas.

This is a unique Chinese culture, and it is also the most recognizable subject in the world.

Maybe through Wu Jianye's personal efforts, some high-quality movies can appear on the science fiction theme, but Hollywood has been immersed in science fiction movies for decades, and it is very difficult for Chinese movies to catch up in just a dozen years.

It's not easy to break out of the encirclement, but it's better to find another way!

Wu Jianye didn't know if this would be successful, but at least he was working hard!

After all, the online articles of later generations once showed Wu Jianye that foreigners are still very welcome to Chinese immortals and fantasy themes!

Liu Xiaojiang and Dandan also came to the scene, Dandan even stood in the ranks of the entire crew, this is the first time Dandan participated in the opening ceremony of the movie as an actor, all of which made her feel extremely fresh and excited!

At this time, on the periphery of the crew's start-up scene, there were also a lot of extras, most of whom knew Dandan, and now they saw that Dandan was able to stand there as an actor in the crew, with jealousy and envy in his heart.......

When Dandan saw these eyes, the vanity in his heart immediately exploded!

Wu Jianye also saw the eyes of those extras, and he knew that his plan was slowly moving in the direction of success.

As long as he can make Dandan, an actor, operate successfully, then the myth of Hengdian will appear, and when the time comes, more group performers will be attracted here, and none of them hope that they can become the second Dandan.

Hengdian Film and Television City will no longer lack group performances!