110 million in the first week! Even Zhang Ran was taken aback by this number, he remembered that the first domestic movie to break 100 million in four days should be on "Red Cliff" in 08. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Now this record has advanced by nearly a year and a half, and it is still under the premise that there are many opponents such as "Wounded City" and "The Ballad of Yunshui". If calculated at this rate, the development speed of the domestic film and television industry is nearly two years faster than that of the previous life.

Zhang Ran is very excited, when Wu Ershan and his group of directors start making movies, the development of the domestic film market will inevitably be further accelerated. In that case, the prototype of China's film industry may be completed in ten years, and the domestic market should be able to support real sci-fi blockbusters by then!

This week, "Golden Armor" really swept all corners in China, and other movies were bleak. Zhang Ran knows that the box office of "Wounded City" will definitely not be good, it must have shrunk very badly, take a closer look, it is not too miserable, the weekly box office is 13 million, ranking second, with a cumulative box office of 65 million!

On Thursday of this week, the comedy movie "Crazy Journey" directed by Ning Hao and starring Zhou Xingchi will be released. Next, "Wounded City" will not do much at the box office, and the final box office will be 75 million.

The cost of "Wounded City" is 45 million, and the box office in the mainland is 75 million, plus the box office in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as other income, it should be a small profit in the end.

"Ink Attack" only had a pitiful box office of 3 million this week, with a total of 53 million, while "The Ballad of Yunshui" achieved a box office of 3.5 million, with a total of 32.5 million, which is a good result for a main theme film.

However, although the box office of "Golden Armor" exploded, the word-of-mouth suffered unprecedented bad reviews, and the audience was almost scolded. Many viewers think that "Golden Armor" is a blockbuster that swaggers through the market with a gorgeous shell, and there is no substance in sight except for showing off the scenes and colors. Some viewers even questioned the film's ubiquitous golden milk and killing, cannibalism, and the suspicion of teaching bad children.

What makes Zhang Yimou even more troubled is that the Rotten Tomatoes evaluation of "Golden Armor" has also been opened, only 68%, far lower than "Hero" and "Ambush on All Sides", with this kind of reputation, the box office in North America may not be too high, and there is no hope for the Oscars.

After lunch, Zhang Yimou took advantage of the fact that the members of the creative team had not yet arrived, pulled Zhang Ran aside, and said with a depressed face: "What the hell do you say is going on? There is no problem with the story of "Golden Armor", there is no problem with the picture, and there is also the ideological connotation, but why is the audience scolding so much?"

Although many people scolded "Golden Armor" very badly, Zhang Ran never thought it was a bad movie. He agrees with Zhang Yimou's statement, there is no problem with the story of the movie, the artistry is not bad, there is also a connotation, and there are even many particularly bold metaphors, but the real problem is that this movie makes people very uncomfortable and even uncomfortable!

Zhang Ran definitely couldn't say anything too ugly, organized the language, and said: "I think this movie gives people the feeling that the expressionist tendency is too strong, many external things are too strong, the exposed breasts of the palace maid, the golden yellow of the blockbuster, the dazzling interior decoration, these visual things are too scene-stealing, covering up the texture of the movie, plus the plot changes very quickly, the audience has the time and energy to pay attention to the details, and the audience may not have much other things left in their minds after watching the movie except for the chest and chrysanthemums." The most important thing is that the whole story is too hopeless, there is no hope at all, and it is very uncomfortable after reading it!"

Zhang Yimou retorted: "It's not that there is no hope, the queen's last knocking over the medicine bowl represents the oppressed women's resistance in the face of strong autocracy, this is hope! In the last shot of the movie, the spilled venom erodes the table that symbolizes authority and rules, which is also a symbol of hope!"

Of course, Zhang Ran knew this, and he said helplessly: "The problem is that the character of the queen is not likable, and there is a resistance led by Yuan Jie in front of thousands of troops, and there are countless people sacrificed in front of them, and it is too light for the audience to overturn a bowl of medicine;

Zhang Yimou fell silent, thinking about Zhang Ran's words.

Zhang Ran and Zhang Yimou have been working together in the creative team for more than half a year, and they know that he is a person who can listen to other people's opinions, so he said a few more words: "In fact, the most important thing for commercial films is to make the audience feel cool after watching it, and commercial films must satisfy the audience's psychology." If the audience's movie-watching psychology is not satisfied, then they will definitely scold. In fact, many Xiangjiang movies are not very well filmed, and the structure is scattered, but they do a particularly good job, that is, they often have a big high tide at the end, which brings the whole story together, and the audience feels very cool after watching it, although the quality of many Xiangjiang movies is not very good, but the audience often gives a good evaluation after watching it. ”

Zhang Yimou nodded slightly: "What you said makes sense, I have to think about this issue when I make commercial films in the future." ”

Zhang Ran wanted to say, Lao Mou, you are really not suitable for making commercial films, you are a very literary person in your bones, or literary films are suitable for you! Don't toss around! But Zhang Ran didn't say this after all, Zhang Yimou is older than him, and his achievements are higher, and some things are not his turn to say.

At the same time, Wang Zhongjun was sitting in a chair in the office thinking that "Ink Attack" not only failed miserably at the domestic box office, but also began to be released in South Korea last week, and the results were also very dismal, with only 89,000 people, the huge loss was doomed, and he had to think about what to do next. His brow furrowed, and one hand tapped lightly on the table.

Up to now, he has talked to Yang Zhicheng several times, and Yang Zhicheng has also set a condition, that is, to invest 300 million yuan accounting for 20% of Huayi's shares, but at the same time, Yang Zhicheng requires Huayi to be listed before the end of 2009, otherwise Huayi must use cash to repurchase Yang Zhicheng's Huayi shares, and at the same time ensure that Yang Zhicheng gets a reasonable return.

The rate of return requested by Yang Zhicheng is 15% per year, that is, if Huayi's listing fails, Huayi must take out 450 million yuan to buy back the shares in Yang Zhicheng's hands.

The only way is to sell a large number of shares to recoup the funds, but in this way, Wang Zhongjun will inevitably lose control over Huayi.

The stakes are just too great!

Wang Zhongjun felt a huge uneasiness enveloping him, and his heart was extremely irritable. Yang Zhicheng is a villain who has coveted the mainland entertainment industry for a long time, Huayi is a big fat piece for him, and he is likely to take this opportunity to annex Huayi.

But what can you do if you don't gamble?

Zhang Ran pressed step by step, and had already forced Hua Yi into a corner. Now many film and television companies do not cooperate with Huayi, and it has become difficult for Huayi's contracted actors to take over the film; other film companies also dare not cooperate with Huayi because of the ban on Golden Harvest Cinemas, and dare not hand over the film to Huayi for distribution; if this state is not changed, Huayi will have to close its doors within a year!

Wang Zhongjun really regrets it a little, in fact, Hua Yi and Zhang Ran originally only had some entanglements of interests, and it is normal for film companies to have conflicts, but it is a pity that Wang Zhonglei has done things desperately, and now he has reached the point of not dying.

To bet? or not to bet?

Wang Zhongjun closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair as if he were asleep, his fingers tapping on the handle of the chair.

After a long time, Wang Zhongjun suddenly opened his eyes, picked up the phone on the table, and dialed a number: "Hey, Boss Yang, I'm Wang Zhongjun, I promise your conditions!"

If you gamble, there is at least a glimmer of life, and if you don't gamble, you will definitely die.

This is a gamble on my king!

It's not that I haven't operated funds, this can't be difficult for me, Huayi will definitely be listed within three years!

On December 21, the premiere of the transnational comedy blockbuster "Crazy Travel" jointly cooperated by Ning Hao and Zhou Xingchi was held in Beiping Huaxing International Cinema, and the peak of the century was broadcast live on the Internet. At the premiere, director Ning Hao, starring Zhou Xingchi, Melanie Loren, Willem Dafoe gathered, and dozens of stars such as Zhang Ran, Zhang Jingchu, and Fan Binbin were present to help. The atmosphere was very enthusiastic, and the screams of fans literally knocked off the roofs of the scene.

At the same time, in Beiping Green Racecourse, Huayi is holding a huge signing ceremony with Eagle Emperor, Huayi boss Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei, Eagle Emperor boss Yang Zhicheng, director Feng Xiaogang, actors Zhou Xun, Nicholas Tse, etc. all appeared at the scene.

When Wang Zhongjun and Yang Zhicheng appeared on stage, the reporters shot wildly at the two.

In fact, the real contract was signed yesterday, and today it is just a formality. When Wang Zhongjun and Yang Zhicheng picked up the pen and signed their names on the text, the two got up with the text and smiled shallowly.

Wang Zhongjun stretched out his hand to Yang Zhicheng: "Mr. Yang, happy cooperation!"

Yang Zhicheng said with a smile: "I believe it will be a successful cooperation!"

The two big hands were clasped tightly together in mid-air, and the reporters in the audience frantically pressed the shutter, and the click of the shutter came and went.

When the signing ceremony ended, reporters asked questions.

A reporter from an evening newspaper asked: "Mr. Yang, why did you choose to cooperate with Huayi, are you preparing to enter the mainland market in an all-round way?"

Yang Zhicheng said with a smile: "We attach great importance to the ever-expanding mainland market, and the boundary between the mainland and Hong Kong films will slowly disappear in the future." Of course, we will also develop some small projects that are mainly local to give new directors in Hong Kong a chance to test the waters, but the big productions will focus on the mainland market. We have cooperated with Huayi before, we have the same concept, the cooperation is relatively pleasant, we hope that this cooperation can continue!"

Another reporter asked, "Mr. Wang, do you have any plans for the future?"

Wang Zhongjun now has 300 million funds in his hands, and he is full of confidence when he speaks: "Next, Huayi will carry out the layout of the whole industry chain, and the construction of cinemas is an important development direction of Huayi in the future." In the future, we will build cinemas in Beiping, Modu, Shenzhen and other cities. Huayi will not blindly pursue quantity and market share in the layout of cinemas, but take the route of high quality and differentiation through self-construction, investment cooperation and other forms, and strive to be among the first echelon of domestic cinemas within 5 years. ”

The reporters present were all excited, Hua Yi was not as good as the peak of the century, but now that he has joined forces with the Eagle Emperor, coupled with the power of the Beijing circle, the two sides are now evenly matched, and it is difficult to say who will die in the end. But one thing is for sure, in the next few years, the two sides will definitely be in conflict, and you don't have to worry about running out of content to write about.

In the afternoon of the same day, the entertainment section of major domestic websites hung photos of the signing ceremony between Huayi and the Eagle Emperor, and the content of the report pointed to the peak of the century.

"Eagle Emperor took a stake in Huayi, and the two companies joined forces to fight against the peak of the century. ”

"Huayi joined hands with the Eagle Emperor to lay out the theater line and fight back against the ban of the peak of the century. ”

"Huayi and Eagle Emperor launched the cinema strategy, and the dark war with the peak of the century escalated again. ”

At one o'clock in the morning, Zhang Ran was about to go to sleep, when his mobile phone suddenly rang, he picked it up and looked at it, it was a text message, there were only five words in it - the prey has entered the game!