Chapter 10: The Pit (2/5)
The film bureau is also quite miserable at times.
After "Alive" got the dragon standard, he participated in Cannes and returned to China, first for a small-scale test screening, and then countless letters of complaint were sent to the General Administration and the propaganda department...
The General Administration can't help it...
"Alive" was very controversial back then!
A bunch of people say that "Alive" is reactionary!
At that time, there was a large number of apologists who believed that they were maintaining the stability and development of society, and they did not want to see the emergence of new ideas and new things...
Therefore, "Alive" has been criticized in various ways...
This is true of the original book, and even more so of the movie!
Lao Mouzi, as the leader of the fifth generation of directors, is a big director with international influence in Huaguo, and it is bound to be unpleasant for some people to look at him, which is very common.
It's hard to catch the handle, so naturally you will attack.
Some people may not have enough to achieve, but more than enough to fail.
Lao Jiang's "The Devil is Coming" is the same...
The General Administration has already given the dragon standard, but in the end it was banned...
Zhang Junsheng is not a very popular director in the circle, he is basically incompatible with the Beijing circle and the sixth generation...
Once "No Man's Land" is tested on a small scale, it will definitely be reported.
Zhang Junsheng has a lot of fans, so when the time comes, come to the bus to read a book...
What to do with the General Directorate
It's all very possible!
Zhang Junsheng is blessed to the soul: "... In this way, you call "No Man's Land" back, and I will let them change it into a big online movie..."
Tong Gang paused for a moment: "Online movie"
"That's right, online movies!"
“… That's a good idea..."
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In 2012, there was no standard for online movies, which made many loopholes to exploit.
Besides, "No Man's Land" may not be unable to make money!
It can't be released in the mainland, and Yuehua Video can be charged!
If you go to Cannes and win the award, at least tens of millions of dollars will come in - Li An's "The Wedding Banquet" won the Golden Bear that year, and he signed a copyright transaction fee of 31 million US dollars on the same day!
Zhang Junsheng's name is definitely better than Li An back then.
"Charlotte's Troubles" is still in theaters, and Zhang Junsheng Film Studio announced a message: "No Man's Land" project is established, and several supporting roles are needed, and the actors are openly selected...
And then, it blew up!
Within a few days, the company received hundreds of resumes and a large number of broker referrals.
In fact, it's quite interesting, as far as the domestic filmmakers are concerned, in terms of influence alone, there are definitely a troika of Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Ma Xiaokang. As long as you can pick up the director's play, how many celebrities will take off their pants and cry.
If someone has this ability, a drama can support you to the top.
But these people have one characteristic when they use actors, they must be pleasing to the eye, except for Ma Xiaokang - Ma Xiaokang is used to it, and one role is changed to another artist to join Dongyang Media...
The second is that Hong Kong directors such as Liu Weiqiang and Chen Kexin are also very popular.
ordered again, it was the turn of Jia Zhangke and Wang Xiaoshuai.
They take a completely different route, although no one watches the film, they can brush their faces internationally, and if they are lucky, they can win awards.
The attraction of the first two directors, whether they are newcomers or big names, cannot be escaped. The latter kind of director is more weird, newcomers are not very cold, but some stars want to make friends vigorously.
Especially those who have already proven themselves commercially and urgently need a trophy to turn actors.
Zhang Junsheng is different from them, or he has the commonality of both!
His films are both compelling and commercially promising.
Although the announcement says 'open selection of actors', most of the roles have already been decided!
Basically, they are all according to Ning Hao's original standards, except for Yu Nan...
Zhang Junsheng doesn't like Yu Nan very much, he always thinks she is not good-looking, of course, some people think that she has a kind of amazing beauty, each flower into her own eyes!
Besides, Tong Yali is very suitable for this role, she was originally a dancer and a native of Xinjiang...
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On July 27th, "Big Man" premiered, Wang Qianyuan partnered with Hu Ge, and the other votes were all acting!
The box office of the midnight show was 12 million, setting a peak for domestic films!
Not only the industry, but also the outside world believes that "Big Man" will definitely create a lot of box office miracles!
On the first day of release, the theater gave 58% of the film schedule.
There is only one "Ice Age 4" and "The Story of Old Lacey" released on the same schedule, "The Four Famous Catches" and "Search" are scheduled for July 12, and "Listening to the Wind" and "Disappearing Bullet" are scheduled for mid-August, deliberately leaving the schedule to "Big Man"...
Da Mi Mi is very embarrassed, although he slept with an idol, but "Disappearing Bullet" is not as good as "Search" in terms of word-of-mouth, box office and influence...
Speaking of "Big Man", it won a box office score of 320 million in the first weekend, and on Saturday, the box office exceeded 100 million, breaking various records along the way!
This is a movie that breaks a billion!
Of course, many people are not satisfied, saying that "the film schedule occupies 58 percent, and the audience has no choice"
"It can be seen that no matter how well the movie is made, it is not as good as the publicity"
"No matter how good the hype of a bad movie is, it is still a bad movie"
"Cinema scheduling has been monopolized by capital"
"No one cares about humanistic care movies, what's wrong with the audience in China" and something like that...
The mainstream moviegoers didn't care about these trolls at all, and more and more people flocked to the cinema to watch "The Big Man".
In the second weekend, "Big Man" had a cumulative box office of 840 million, successfully squeezing into the top three box office of the year...
Yuehua's box office prediction for "Big Man" is a bit low, and the enthusiasm of the summer audience is far greater than that of the Chinese New Year!
This is clearly a film that has a good chance of setting a new box office record!
A bunch of people on the Internet praised Wu Bai and Wang Wei, the first theatrical movie of these two people was "Xiangjiang Xing", and the second was "Big Man"...
It can be called a box office holy beast!
Wanda directly offered a salary of 20 million yuan to invite them to direct the movie, the theme and project were selected, and all the investment was handed over to Wanda!
Five hundred is tempting, especially Wanda said that it can be released in China and the United States at the same time - this is a symbol of a great director.
The only people who can do this nationwide are Zhang Junsheng and Lao Mouzi...
asked Wang Wei's opinion, and the latter wanted to make an online drama, so he went directly...
Yuehua does not have so many restrictions on directors, you can take on the company's projects, or not, and you can go out to shoot.
"Outwitting Tiger Mountain" is the project of Bayi, Bona, and China Film, and after Xu Xiake took it, Yuehua also joined in...
There are good projects, Yuehua is willing to invest...
It's just that the project is called "Tai Chi Man", that's right, a kung fu movie starring Keanu Reeves!
After reading the script, Yuehua took the initiative to withdraw - there was no need to call to ask Zhang Junsheng for his opinion.
The script is too old-fashioned, the plot is weak, loose, and unconnected...
What age is it, and it's still 'Chinese kung fu'...
However, 500 still has the idea of trying, after all, China and the United States will be released...