Chapter 270: I Probably Can't Shoot It in This Life (6/6)
In fact, Yuehua has already exceeded its mandate this year.
In terms of data, as of December, the total box office in the mainland has exceeded 10.8 billion, and the proportion of Chinese films accounted for 52%.
If it weren't for "Avatar" being too powerful, this year's imported films would have been a defeat across the board...
"Inception" and "Kung Fu Panda 2" are all co-productions, and they are in the mainland box office...
Yuehua has won a box office score of nearly 4.2 billion this year, ranking first among all mainland media companies!
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"My 24 Hours", Zhang Junsheng's interview was divided into two episodes, and the ratings hit the highest peak of the program.
Especially his sentence 'Who wouldn't do real estate?' build a house and sell it out!'
The spearhead is aimed at Wanda...
But if a person becomes the richest man by selling a house, it is not a big deal, can he bring about a change in the whole world? Movies are different, I choose to make movies because I want to bring something different to the world!'
Many people began to 'understand' Zhang Junsheng, who, like most people, would be angry, dissatisfied with the malicious misinterpretation of film critics, and swearing;
He is very confident and doesn't care about the slander of his peers at all;
He lives alone in a huge house...
In short, through this show, Zhang Junsheng shows more of his human side...
Feelings, talent, and most importantly, good looks!
The latest Weibo is already stuffed with a bunch of female fans who 'want to give him a baby'.
It's hard to imagine that this is a director's tweet...
Even with "My 24 Hours", it became popular and became a phenomenal variety show!
In China, it's really hard to see a show that isn't so embarrassing.
Most importantly, there are very few particularly casual guests like Zhang Junsheng.
At the same time, a bunch of variety shows sent invitations, but Zhang Junsheng refused without even watching them...
He discussed the script of "The Wandering Earth" with several screenwriters in the teahouse...
The storyboard script of "Super Body", Zhang Junsheng is almost finished, to put it bluntly, "Super Body" is just a preliminary attempt at science fiction themes, and "The Wandering Earth" is his challenge to hard science fiction in the real sense...
Guo Fan and Xie Ning are also here, in fact, Zhang Junsheng of "The Wandering Earth" is only responsible for filming, and the specific post-production work will be handed over to Guo Fan and Xie Ning...
"The Wandering Earth" is already difficult to write, and Zhang Junsheng's requirements for the script are particularly high, so far the company's screenwriters have written three drafts of the script, and Zhang Junsheng is not satisfied...
"First of all, we have to create a world view of science fiction films, and clearly understand the political, economic, cultural, demographic situation of the film, as well as the century-old chronicle, because our story was released in the 17th year of the Earth Wandering Project, what have we experienced in these 7 years?"
Second, the main reason for the conflict between Liu Qi and his father Liu Peiqiang is that Liu Peiqiang considered that his wife was seriously ill and had few days, so he gave the dungeon access index allocated by the government to the astronaut's relatives to his father-in-law, who was in good health, and stopped treating his wife, which accelerated his wife's death. ”
"Third, why did Liu Qi leave the dungeon? He should carry the universal values of 'freedom' and 'equality' with him! Therefore, although he has a vested interest, he cannot tolerate his father and the authorities' manipulation of other people's lives, which contradicts his father and the system to which he belongs. So, Liu Qi decided to run away from home and join the rebel army and the refugee camp!"
"Fourth..."
Zhang Junsheng said 15 points, and every time he said a point, the screenwriter sitting on the scene swallowed a mouthful of saliva...
Guo Fan couldn't help but speak: "Director Zhang, if we shoot like this, we won't be able to finish it in 120 minutes..."
Zhang Junsheng didn't care: "Then divide it into two episodes, and "The Lord of the Rings" can be made into a trilogy!"
"However, if you really want to shoot according to what you said, I'm afraid that I won't be able to pass the trial..."
Zhang Junsheng didn't care at all: "... What are you afraid of, if you can't pass the trial, I'll make trouble! Science fiction films should be given more scale, and if there is no large scale, how can a good movie be made?"
"If it really doesn't work, I'll modify it to be the pinnacle production!"
“… Still have questions?"
“… Director, how long are you ready?"
"Five years, five years should be enough, right?"
"What about investments?"
“… I calculated a little, at least $150 million is needed, so let's build it according to the volume of $1 billion!"
After a pause, he looked at the screenwriters present: "I just have one requirement, the emotional changes of the characters must be logical!"
“… Well, we got it!"
"Alright, I'll go first, there's still something to do. Guo Fan, you have a few teachers..."
Picking up the teacup and drinking it all, Zhang Junsheng walked out of the teahouse.
He does have something, "Let the Bullets Fly" was released, and he, as a producer and producer, had to help stand on the platform.
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On December 16, "Let the Bullets Fly" was released.
Jiang Wen, Ge You, and Fa Ge's super lineup, with their own halos, coupled with Yuehua's publicity, there is basically no problem of not wanting to see it, just the obstacle of time and pocket money.
Many people in the circle admire Jiang Wen very much, standing to earn money, living for himself, not lacking money, and his wife is beautiful!
In fact, "Let the Bullets Fly" was an accident...
Before "Let the Bullets Fly", Jiang Wen was one of the most popular Chinese directors in the film and television industry.
Someone made a ranking of the extent of the pit, and Jiang Wen seemed to be the third.
The logic of film and television investment is different from the logic of creation, which does not mean that good works must make money.
First, we must look at the ability to win the box office, second, we must look at the ability to save costs, and third, we must look at the ability to shorten the investment cycle.
Wong Ka-wai is notoriously slow and meticulous, and from the perspective of business investment, Wong Kar-wai is definitely not a good director;
In recent years, there is basically no one of the films made by Director Chen that makes money, but it is just a matter of losing more and less, if the cost and income can be basically tied, it is enough to make investors happy.
Why did Brother Chen Kai pit?
Because he has a bad habit of making movies, the so-called smooth shooting, is to shoot backwards one by one in chronological order.
From the perspective of the creator clarifying his thoughts, this will be smoother and more comfortable, and it will be easier for the actor to show reasonable emotional changes.
However, from a cost point of view, the shooting is simply a crime!
For example, there is a big scene that requires expensive sets. Normally, the director will combine several scenes that take place in this scene to shoot together, and the scene can be dismantled when it is finished, but according to Director Chen's habit, this scene must be rented until he has finished filming all the relevant scenes.
Therefore, for filming the same scene, Director Chen's cost can be several times higher than that of other directors.
And director Jiang Wen is the culmination of the above episodes.
His insistence on art is stronger than that of any director, and no matter what the investor, he cannot be compromised to seriously affect the artistic quality of his films.
His vice of changing the script on the spot is the same as Wang Jiawei.
His films were still banned, and they couldn't be screened at all, and before "Let the Bullets Fly", he even made one and paid one for another.
When filming "The Sun Also Rises", investors had a lot of requirements for the film: to have beauties, to have sex...
Director Jiang Wen was all satisfied, and then the film came out, and everyone said they couldn't understand it.
Therefore, Zhang Junsheng's investment in "Let the Bullets Fly" has one requirement: the audience must be able to understand!
"Let the Bullets Fly" accomplishes this task perfectly, and the whole story is about a bandit encountering a bully...
The opening chapter is ten white horses pulling two carriages, the green hills are lush, and the colors are vivid.
Ma Xiaokang, Ge You, and Liu Jialing were eating hot pot and singing.
"Write a poem, write a poem!"
"There must be wind, there must be meat, there must be hot pot, there must be fog, there must be beautiful women, there must be donkeys!"
Zhang Junsheng sat in the back row, a little envious in his heart, he probably couldn't make such a movie in his life...