Chapter 347: The Direction of Going Out
As Luo Feng said, the progress of a society must be the progress of one person or several people, and then promote the progress and development of the whole society, progress has always been from small to large, so no matter in any nation there will be a hero complex, because in human history there are always some people who can do things that the entire era can not do. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Journey to the West was officially removed from the shelves after more than a month, and the box office unexpectedly reached 2.8 billion, which is a brilliant figure that has never appeared in Chinese films, and it is also a figure that Chinese filmmakers dream of, which marks that Chinese films are becoming more and more prosperous and the market is getting bigger and bigger.
But it is undeniable that the box office of 100 million is still an important dilemma for many directors, it stands to reason that the movie-going crowd is getting bigger and bigger, people's lives are getting richer and richer, and the prospects of the movie will definitely get better and better, but on the contrary, it has formed a polarized pattern.
The box office is too high, but small-budget movies can win hundreds of millions of box office. The low is too low, it is obviously a big production, but the loss is not enough to recover the cost. This is the film in the context of the information age, in the past, famous directors could still rely on their reputation and popularity to call on a large number of fans to enter the cinema, but now word of mouth thanks to the development of science and technology, spread very fast.
Once the reputation is not good, the movie is likely to hit the street to death. A big reason for the success of Journey to the West is due to the good word-of-mouth, just like why the mermaid of the star in the previous life was able to get a box office of 3.3 billion? I don't know how many people walked into the cinema with the feeling of owing Xing Ye a movie ticket, and then counterattacked with word of mouth.
This is also the reason why directors and investors can't figure out the current market, usually big directors and a number of big actors can win the box office, but now the audience doesn't necessarily buy it, if it's a bad movie, no matter how good the actor is, he won't watch it, who cares if you are an actor? It is now the fans, not the directors, who decide the box office of the movie.
It's just that not many people understand this, looking for popular actors in order to get huge box office appeal, and invest heavily in special effects, if there is only one benefit in doing so, Chinese films will prosper because of this, but it is also very likely to break down. How did the Hong Kong films that flourished in the previous life weakened?
At that time, Hong Kong was known as the Hollywood of Asia, and countries such as Southeast Asia, South Korea, and Japan were box office warehouses for Hong Kong. But later, a large amount of capital poured in, causing Hong Kong films to become more and more shoddy, and slowly declined.
But very few people can see this, most people see Luo Feng's success and only think about why Luo Feng can be successful, the current market is so good, I will definitely be successful.
When Luo Feng's big words were taken off the shelves, the media were naturally happy, even happier than Luo Feng's first two films were shortlisted for the world movie box office rankings.
Some media even began to write that Journey to the West, as the best market work of Chinese films after being tested by the market, why not go out? Why not release it worldwide? Why not earn money from foreigners?
As soon as this topic came out, it immediately sparked a comprehensive discussion, and many people couldn't help but be excited about this situation, I used to always look at your foreign magic or something, let you also look at our mythology, our Monkey King!
But there are also some people who are very calm, and the Journey to the West is an existence that touches many people in China, but can foreigners understand it? Are you sure that foreigners will not take this nonsensical method of expression as a neurosis? And the reason why we praise the relationship between Supreme Treasure and Zixia is more because Luo Feng subverted the existence of Sun Wukong, Supreme Treasure carries too much in it, not the Sun Wukong we knew in the past, are you sure foreigners can have this kind of experience?
Both sides say that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable. For a while, the Chinese entertainment industry suddenly became lively, and at this time, many people remembered to ask Luo Feng's opinion, after all, this is the person concerned, and Luo Feng is now faintly regarded as one of the leaders of Chinese films. After all, Luo Feng has written too many impossibilities for Chinese films.
Luo Feng has actually been paying attention to the rumors from the outside world, in fact, Luo Feng's company has noticed it since this sign first came out. Luo Feng is very cautious about this issue, maybe this is what some people are fanning the flames behind and want to kill Luo Feng, once Luo Feng's brain is pumped, he really thinks that he is amazing.
really takes Journey to the West to foreign theaters for release, and when the box office is slapped in the face, Luo Feng will be completely knocked off the altar. Luo Feng is very sober, his nonsensical foreigners can't understand it at all, especially the surprise of culture and exchange in the middle, which is tantamount to playing the piano to a cow.
There is a growing interest in this topic online. Luo Feng also had to come forward to explain, and Luo Feng didn't bother to go to the show or press conference to explain the situation, so he recorded a small video on Weibo.
"For the recent concerns of friends about whether Journey to the West will be released abroad, I would like to talk about some of my own views here, first of all, foreigners' impressions of Chinese movies, since the first generation of Chinese movie star Li Long wrote the new word kung fu into foreign dictionaries, foreigners' impression of discourse movies is kung fu. This is our luck and our misfortune, fortunately we let foreigners remember Chinese movies, unfortunately if we want to quickly win the foreign market, we can only go to the genre of kung fu movies.
Of course, there is another possibility, documentary, the tip of the tongue of China has proved that this road is feasible. However, for commercial films, it seems that there is only one kind of kung fu, and the development of Chinese films is becoming more and more rapid, and we can only fully develop it if we focus on opening a certain foreign market. Otherwise, cultural differences, differences in customs, will make two people who don't know each other before have misunderstandings and contradictions, I think we have the answer to whether it will be released abroad, in the future, I will use a film full of Chinese colors to knock on the door of Oscar! ”
As soon as this remark came out, it was immediately hoped that the steady remarks would be accepted, but the fighting spirit at the end could not help but make people smile. This answer is really reasonable, and it will not make people say that Luo Feng is not confident, nor will they think that Luo Feng has no confidence in Chinese movies. And the inspiring sentence at the end found the perfect reason for himself to retreat temporarily, which can be described as a retreat!
Perhaps this is what a master of cinema should say, giving hope without overheating the brain. But as I said at the beginning, the progress of society starts from one person after all, and Luo Feng is now also responsible for the revival of Chinese films, which is his unshirkable responsibility and obligation!