Chapter 1223: Big Guy Mai
With the last frame of the movie, Liang Jiahui is panicked, angry, ashamed, and scared...... and so on with complex emotional endings.
Inside the movie theater, the lights slowly turned on.
When everyone woke up from the plot atmosphere of the movie, they quickly clapped their hands.
Yin Jun did not applaud, but walked out with the person watching the movie next to him.
It's not that Yin Jun is dissatisfied with this movie, but that he has already seen the premiere before, and he has already told the reporters he interviewed.
However, what is a bit unexpected is that Li Hanxiang's well-made movie only received 7.7 million on the first six days, and only 6.2 million in the second week.
This is still for the sake of Yin Jun's strong admiration.
Of course, it's not that the standard of "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" is not high enough.
Compared with the original version I saw in my previous life, both the performance of the actors and the effect of the finished film are much higher.
The comments given by those who have seen it, whether they are professional commentators or journalists, or ordinary viewers, are also praised.
But the problem is that the movie "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" is a more serious subject at first glance, or a theme of humiliation history, so many people in Xiangjiang don't like it.
Not only Xiangjiang people, in terms of movies, there shouldn't be a few people who like to watch tragic themes, right?
Even those bitter love scenes on Treasure Island, such as "Mom Loves Me Again", although the countless plots in the middle of the road caused tears, in the end, they ended with a mother-son reunion, which is a happy ending.
Except for some people with literary and artistic feelings, the box office of "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" is destined to not be too high.
It just so happens that in Xiangjiang, there are not many such people.
But fortunately, in other places, such as Treasure Island, Japan, South Korea, and Europe, there are still a lot of such people.
Therefore, the box office of other cities is far better than the box office of Xiangjiang.
It is said that many European directors and critics appreciate the big scenes and grandeur shown in "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace", and have recommended this movie in newspapers and magazines, which is also an important reason why the European box office is very good.
Li Hanxiang breathed a sigh of relief for this.
Yin Jun gave a total of $10 million to his crew, and he was going to use it to shoot the five-part series of Cixi's biography, the first part of "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" cost 4 million US dollars, plus the second part of "Listening to Politics with a Curtain", which cost 700 US dollars in one go.
Although there are personnel run-ins, as well as initial preparations, etc., but with so much money spent, if the box office fails miserably, how can the remaining $3 million be able to make three movies?
Besides, it's not easy to explain to Yin Jun, even if people say they won't care about the box office.
Now it seems that not only can the investment of 7 million US dollars be returned, but it is estimated that it can also earn 20 or 30 million Hong Kong dollars, so that there is an explanation, and second, your own production costs can be more abundant.
In fact, Li Hanxiang also thinks too much.
Yin Jun's favorite thing is to make commercial films and commercial entertainment, but he has never given up his support for literary films.
The movie that Li Hanxiang is going to make now is such a thing with profound significance, although it will not look good, although it looks humiliating, but this is history, the history of humiliation of a country and a people.
Only by remembering the sufferings and disasters of the past can we be more vigilant in the future, strive to develop, and prevent ourselves and our descendants from repeating the mistakes of the past.
Therefore, it is necessary to shoot Cixi's biography.
Even including some other movies that Li Hanxiang was going to make in his previous life but regrettably did not make them, Yin Jun is ready to let him carefully polish them in the next ten years.
There are some things that some people do that we may not like and understand, but we must also be full of respect for these people and things.
Therefore, the box office is nothing at all for Yin Jun.
It's just $10 million, and it's no problem to lose it all.
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The car drove to a café, and Yin Jun and the person who was watching a movie with him just now walked in and ordered a cup of coffee and sat down.
This shy man in his thirties, if you don't say it, no one will know that he is McDonald's Bear, one of the three gold medal producers in Xiangjiang who is known for his sharp style and bold approach.
The three major TV stations in Xiangjiang each have a treasure of the town store.
TVB is Wang Tianlin.
Kylin Satellite TV's is Xiao Sheng.
ATV's natural name is this McDonald's bear.
The TV series he produces, and even those movies, are all classics.
To tell it in the popular words of the future, that is, "there is no urine point in the whole process", "if you don't accept it, you do it", and "from beginning to end"......
Even "Black Gold", which he failed miserably in the end and quit the film industry, Yin Jun also thinks it is a super classic.
Liang Jiahui's sentence "After I finish speaking, who is in favor and who is against", combined with his superficially gentle but actually ruthless smile, is simply domineering and awe-inspiring, completely worshipable.
It's just that McDonald's Bear is unlucky.
After the scenery of the 80s, the 90s he encountered, the, pee, and fart were already popular in the film industry of Xiangjiang and Baodao, and comedy movies were the right way, and his community and violent movies had no market at all.
If it were changed to 2010, if you wanted McDonald Bear to shoot movies such as "The Mekong Case", "Three Forks", "Keep Talking", etc., it would definitely make the audience's adrenaline rise and burst, and the box office would be very high.
Not to mention that his "Black Gold" obviously satirized the politics of Baodao, so much so that it was blocked by Baodao, the largest foreign market, who would dare to ask him to make a movie?
But this life is certainly different.
Yin Jun has long known that with the talent and heart of McDonald Bear, he saw that the general trend of Xiangjiang's movies has risen, and he will definitely not be willing to nest in the TV station, and will definitely want to come out.
It's just that in this life, there is no Australian consortium to buy Leigh's TV station, which led to civil strife, and there is no McDonald Bear following Huang Zhong and leaving Li.
Now Huang Zhong and the others are still in the position of general manager and deputy general manager of ATV, and of course McDonald Bear respects these two people who have met him, so he has also supervised a lot of classic TV series in ATV in the past two years.
But the dragon is always going to fly in the sky, seeing that the development of Xiangjiang movies is getting better and better, McDonald's heart is like a cat constantly scratching, there is always an impulse to come out and make his own movie.
However, his younger brother McDonalder stopped him.
In later generations, McDonald's light was to cover up all his partners, including the gold-medal script writer Xiao Ruoyuan, and his younger brother McDonald's.
But you can't say McDonaldjie doesn't have talent.
In fact, McDonald Jet is very talented, but his talent is in the management of the company, the coordination of the company's resources, and the cooperation with the cinema film company.
In general, McDonaldjie is responsible for everything except filming.
It is precisely with his help and care that McDonald Bear has been able to make good movies for more than ten consecutive years, and make the company run smoothly and its prestige is getting higher and higher.
His role for his brother is as indispensable as Shi Lansheng's role for Xu Ke.
At that time, people called McDonald Bear "Big Guy Mai", which was many years earlier than Du Qifeng's "Big Guy Peak".
In fact, thirty years later, Du Qifeng looks like a Wheat Bear, but his style is more restrained and can cater to ordinary audiences.
McDonald also knew what his strengths were, and he also understood what his brother's strengths were, so he asked McDonald's when he would be able to enter the film industry.
"Wait until Yin Junken gives you a tailor-made script. ”
That's how McDonaljie replied.
So Mai Dangxiong waited patiently for half a year, and until now, he really couldn't help it, so he simply went directly to Yin Jun.
If you want to talk about McDonald's bear, he is another person who has watched Yin Jun grow up.
When Yin Jun went to sell the script on ATV, McDonald Bear was there to watch.
At that time, McDonald Bear knew that "Chu Liuxiang" was a good script.
If it weren't for the completely different style of "Chu Liuxiang" and his, McDonald Bear would definitely take it for himself.
From the original gold medal screenwriter to the current super genius of the rich side, Yin Jun's growth speed was beyond his expectations, and of course beyond everyone's expectations.
Today, McDonald Bear is no longer qualified to be on an equal footing with Yin Jun, and being able to watch a movie with Yin Jun and then have a cup of coffee is already very nostalgic for Yin Jun.
Fortunately, Yin Jun has never put on a show, so McDonald Bear is not afraid of embarrassment when he comes to Yin Jun.
Then again, even if it's embarrassing, McDonald's Bear won't give up.
"Director Li's play is still so delicate and so meaningful. After taking a sip of coffee, McDonald Bear spoke first: "If I come to shoot, I will definitely not shoot well." ”
"Brother Xiong, you are more suitable for "Raven X War". Yin Jun said with a smile.
"No, I think I'm more suitable for friendship, those big events are not suitable for me at all. McDonald Bear said, "The production of TV series over the years has also made me understand a truth." Only if you are interested, then you can make good works. Not to mention anything else, those love and love scripts, how awkward I am to supervise the production. ”
Yin Jun nodded.
Looking at the later movies made by McDonald Bear, the style is really the same, all violent, exciting, cruel, and the style is extreme to the extreme, and there is no compromise at all.
But the so-called success is also Xiao He, and defeat is also Xiao He, because McDonald Bear pursues his own style too much and does not break through a few more types, so once this type is not popular, it will be finished directly.
At this point, Wang Fatzi did a good job.
He is the person who has done the most movies in Xiangjiang and has the widest range of categories.
Wang Jing can make comedy films, martial arts films,, pee, fart, hero films, and X-rated films...... You say that if such a director starves to death, how unreasonable is it?!
So Wang Fatzi survived and lived more nourishingly than anyone else.
Therefore, McDonald Bear is finished, and there will be no more big guys in the rivers and lakes from now on!