Chapter 1240: Interview
In the end, Bian Mingcheng left Yang Ming's office with an excited look.
He is ready to start preparing for the second part of "Transformers".
After Yang Ming saw Bian Mingcheng leave, he couldn't help but sigh leisurely.
Oriental DreamWorks is developing too fast, and with the current company's talent pool, it can't keep up with the company's development at all, which is the negative impact of too fast expansion, which is also the biggest defect of Oriental DreamWorks compared with those old giants.
The background is shallow.
Bian Mingcheng can be said to be one of the top-notch directors cultivated by Oriental DreamWorks in recent years.
And he followed Yang Ming as an assistant director for a year, and he knew Yang Ming's concept and attitude towards commercial films, and he was competent enough to take over the filming of "Transformers".
No way.
Now that the company is developing so fast, if Yang Ming has to do everything in every movie, then he doesn't have to do things, 365 days a year, he will spend every day in filming.
This is not the life Yang Ming wants.
After careful consideration, Yang Ming's current industry is getting bigger and bigger, even if there is a professional team responsible for supervising the operation, he still has to gradually shift his energy.
Therefore, he plans to make a movie every year in the future.
It is not until the talents under the company grow up that he can really let go of Oriental DreamWorks and let him face the turbulent waves of the international film market alone.
Bian Mingcheng has fully possessed this strength through several film and television works, and filmed the second part of "Transformers" well, and Yang Ming decided to let him take over this time, and he also made a lot of determination.
At the same time, it can also be regarded as a test of Yang Ming's future plans for Oriental DreamWorks to see if his plan can succeed.
Not long after Bian Mingcheng left, Wu Yuanzhi's phone call came in.
After the release of Yang Ming's new film "Fast and Furious", it set off a frenzy of movie-watching around the world, not only taking the lead in breaking the single-day box office record of 200 million Chinese yuan in China, opening a new chapter in the history of Chinese films, but also achieving outstanding box office results after its release in the United States.
It is only one step away from breaking the box office record of breaking 100 million yuan in a single day in the history of Chinese films.
What shocked and excited Chinese filmmakers the most was the single-day record of breaking 100 million yuan in the United States, even if all Hollywood film companies had broken it, and repeatedly hitting this record, it was a failure.
And now this record is facing the situation that it is about to be broken by a Chinese-language movie.
Now that the Chinese people have learned the news through the media, how can they not make their national pride rise to the top!
As the two major powers in the world today, Huaxia and Mi have ubiquitous competition in every industry, and the film culture industry is no exception.
In the past two days, Yang Ming has once again become a man of the year in China and the United States.
Wu Yuanzhi naturally didn't want to miss the opportunity, and immediately called Yang Ming, hoping that he could do an exclusive interview for Phoenix TV.
If Yang Ming doesn't agree, then she will fly to Yanjing immediately.
Yang Ming saw Wu Yuanzhi's situation, how could he not agree!
Of course, he is more annoyed with interviews, because he doesn't like his private life being disturbed by the media, but his own media still needs support.
I have to say that if Yang Ming was just an ordinary star, it is estimated that he would have been followed and secretly photographed by the paparazzi.
But Yang Ming is not an ordinary movie star after all, and he is also a giant in the domestic media industry.
It is precisely because of his identity that those media have not done anything out of the ordinary.
Besides, the impact of the incident between Yang Ming and several media in court has not yet dissipated, and it is vivid, according to the laws of today's China, the domestic media really dare not follow and secretly expose Yang Ming's private life.
Yang Ming is no longer the Yang Ming of five years ago.
It was afternoon.
The person arranged by Wu Yuanzhi has already arrived at the company.
Oriental DreamWorks has been in a high-speed expansion in recent years, and every year well-known celebrities sign up to join Oriental DreamWorks, and because of Yang Ming's relationship, Oriental DreamWorks and Phoenix TV are almost wearing the same pair of pants.
There is no one in the entertainment industry who does not know the relationship between Oriental DreamWorks and Phoenix TV.
Therefore, all the star artists who sign a contract to join Oriental DreamWorks basically have no shortage of opportunities to increase their popularity by exposing themselves on TV stations.
Because of this, Oriental DreamWorks has a special room for Phoenix TV to conduct exclusive interviews and conversations with its star artists.
At this time, Yang Ming was sitting in this room, looking at the lens of the camera with a calm face, smiling and waving at the camera, and after the broadcast, he was greeting the audience.
The host is a beautiful woman in professional attire, holding a microphone and looking neat.
Yang Ming touched his nose, the phoenix of Phoenix TV, coupled with Wu Yuanzhi's factors, made Phoenix TV seem to have a little yin and yang decline since its establishment.
There are all kinds of strong women in the style of queens in Taili.
The host in front of me is no exception.
After seeing Yang Ming, he didn't have a trace of restraint, but was extremely generous, and made a few jokes with Yang Ming one after another, and did not be tactful because of Yang Ming's identity.
Let the people around them sweat for this hostess named Zhou Fang.
Moments later, the interview began.
"Mr. Yang, first of all, I want to congratulate you on your new film "Fast and Furious" on breaking the single-day box office record at home and abroad, what do you think at this time?" Zhou Fang asked straight to the point, asking the topics that everyone cared about.
"The domestic box office has indeed broken the single-day box office record, but the United States is still uncertain, as for the feelings, I think in addition to the joy of success, there is more pressure. Yang Ming said calmly, without the sharpness of a young man at all, as if he was like an experienced middle-level in the workplace, speaking without leakage, although it was bland, it made people unable to find fault.
Zhou Fang was not very satisfied when she heard Yang Ming's answer, to be honest, if she wasn't sure that it was Yang Ming who was sitting in front of her, she really doubted that the other party was an old fritter in the entertainment industry.
Thinking of this, a hint of cunning flashed in her eyes, and she asked slowly: "In recent years, our Chinese film industry has developed rapidly, five years ago in the Chinese film market, which has not yet entered the new century, the total annual box office is only about 20 billion yuan, and since the appearance of Mr. Yang, every movie is a box office hit, if you look at the data, last year you had a "Red Cliff of the Three Kingdoms" What do you think about the total box office of the two films reaching an unprecedented 5 billion Chinese yuan, which is almost equivalent to a quarter of the box office of the local film market that year before the new century?"
"Even last year, the total annual box office of the entire local film did not exceed 100 billion Chinese yuan, Hollywood accounted for 40% of the box office, while Oriental DreamWorks accounted for 10%, and your film accounted for one-twentieth, which is almost 5%, and now Oriental DreamWorks has become the backbone of domestic films, what do you say about this?"
Yang Ming heard Zhou Fang's sharp question, and glanced at the other party with great meaning, the other party was obviously prepared for this remark, and he didn't throw it out until this time, and it is estimated that he has been preparing for a long time.
Maybe Wu Yuanzhi didn't contribute much behind the scenes.
However, he did not blame the other party.
As a media, you must have a bowl of water, if you encounter your own people, some sensitive issues will be avoided, then the fairness of the media will be lost, which will undoubtedly be very detrimental to the long-term development of Phoenix TV.
After Zhou Fang said this, everyone in the room couldn't breathe, especially Sister Zhu, who was sitting on the other side, and couldn't wait to stop the interview immediately.
As an agent, she is most annoyed by this kind of sharp question, and a bad answer will cause countless questions.
Yang Ming smiled leisurely, then elegantly picked up the tea on the table, took a sip slowly, looked at Zhou Fang and said: "First of all, we have to see that eight years ago, when the high-level government was preparing to vigorously develop the local film industry, since the film reform, the total box office data of local films every year has risen several times, and this trend has not come to an end. ”
"Compared with five years ago, the total box office of local annual films has increased by five times, and there should be no problem exceeding 100 billion this year. ”
"The reason why our Oriental DreamWorks has been able to grow in such a short period of time is also due to the strong support of the general environment for the local film industry, not only our Oriental DreamWorks has made achievements, the entire film industry has made great progress, at least in my opinion, the contribution of Huaxia Brothers Media, Royal Entertainment and other companies to the domestic film box office is much greater than that of our Oriental DreamWorks. ”
Yang Ming answered Zhou Fang's question lightly.
Even, he cited the proportion of Huaxia Brothers Media and Royal Entertainment in the annual box office data to prove what he said.
Zhou Fang held the microphone and smiled, but she was quite helpless in her heart.
This boss is too cunning.
Her intention is mainly to focus on the achievements of Oriental DreamWorks in recent years, to create controversial issues, and to attract more people to this interview after the show is broadcast.
But the more she listened, the more she felt that something was wrong, and after listening to it for a while, she suddenly realized that the theme of the interview had become 'a film that explores the rapid development of China'?
"The rapid development of local films has benefited from the care of domestic films at the government level for many years, and various preferential policies have built a solid policy foundation and platform, which have begun to ferment continuously and will play a fundamental supporting role for a long time. The cultural industry has become a pillar industry of the national economy, and the film industry plays the role of a locomotive and vanguard. In addition, the rapid development of local films is also related to China's strong economic strength, the country is strong and the people are rich, and the consumption power of our Chinese people is not lower than that of any country, and it is precisely because of this that film consumption only accounts for an insignificant part of the people's income. ”
However, compared with the already mature film market in the United States, the film market in China is still a lot worse, mainly because the theater facilities in the third and fourth-tier cities are not yet in place. ”
Yang Ming talked eloquently, combining his understanding of the entire film industry in the present world with the rapid development of the Chinese film industry in the previous life, and said a lot of his unique understanding.
He naturally knew that the Zhou Fang on the other side wanted to pull the topic towards Oriental DreamWorks or himself, and he was a topic that could be created.
There are many people who are popular, and the same is true for the company to be too hot.
Oriental DreamWorks' annual movie box office sales are estimated to be comparable to Oriental DreamWorks in the entire local film industry, except for a few established giants.
Even, even if those old giants were not left behind by Oriental DreamWorks, it was because the number of movies they shot every year was several times that of Oriental DreamWorks.
Since you can't win in quality, you can overpower in quantity.
Zhou Fang's original intention was to highlight the personal achievements of Oriental DreamWorks and Yang Ming, and become a gimmick for this interview to create a greater eyeball effect.
But by Yang Ming's answer, she has completely deviated from her original intention.
After listening to Yang Ming's analysis and comments on the future development of the entire film industry for a while, her eyes gradually brightened, and she found that although she did not succeed in getting Yang Ming to jump into the pit she dug, but now through Yang Ming's words, she can make this interview go up a notch.
Zhou Fang is not ignorant of the film industry, and before the interview, he naturally did a lot of homework to inquire about the relevant box office statistics.
Now that she heard Yang Ming's eloquent words, even she, an outsider, listened very attentively.
100 billion Chinese yuan is not the limit of the Chinese film industry, and it may at least double in the future.
And Yang Ming gave the basis for his prediction.
He provided many detailed theories for his predictions from all sides, which served as the basis for his predictions.
After a long time, Zhou Fang saw Yang Ming's tirade, took a sip of tea from a teacup, and immediately came back to her senses, she couldn't help but feel slightly annoyed in her heart, she didn't expect that she was let the boss jump into the pit, and she was almost taken by the young boss to distort the topic.
Zhou Fang glanced at Yang Ming with annoyance, and then asked a topic that she had carefully prepared.
"Mr. Yang, since you filmed "2012" After investing more than 100 million Chinese yuan in this film, it has established a concept for Chinese films that if the investment is not 100 million, it cannot be called a blockbuster, so that the production cost of the film is rising steadily, not to mention 100 million Chinese yuan, even if it is 200 million or 300 million, the production cost of several films will reach such a scale every year; and even the investment cost of a single film has exceeded 1 billion Chinese yuan, do you think such a rapid increase in film production costs is a good thing for the entire Chinese film industry?"
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When Yang Ming heard this question, he immediately felt a burst of tooth soreness.
He couldn't help but wonder if the girl sitting in front of him was the host of his own Phoenix TV station, or if the enemy had broken into our department's undercover agent.
How to ask these questions with a tick!
This question asked by the host, how did he listen to it and how did he feel that in the other party's question, he was the culprit who caused the soaring cost of Chinese film production?
But fortunately, Yang Ming is also a person who has gone through strong winds and waves, and with his recent research on the Chinese film industry, he can also answer this question.
"The size of the market determines how big the production needs to be shot to meet the needs of the market. ”
Yang Ming slowly said a sentence in a complicated tone.
When he said this, he didn't just think of his past life.
In the previous life, in 2015, the local film market has developed into the second largest box office in the world.
At that time, there was really no shortage of funds, technology, and market for Chinese-language films, which led to the emergence of films that continued to break the production cost record of Chinese-language films.
Because at this time, relying on the local film market, it has been able to make the domestic blockbusters that fans are looking forward to.
It's just that the development of the Chinese film market in the previous life has certainly made the shooting of domestic films confident that they will continue to refresh the production cost record, 100 million Chinese yuan, 200 million Chinese yuan, and 300 million Chinese yuan, which have repeatedly hit new highs.
But Hollywood is also due to the booming Chinese film market, and the scale of their commercial blockbusters is also increasing production costs.
Whenever he thought of this, he always felt a sadness in his heart.
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside the room.