Chapter 163: The Ambition of the Star
"For the first time, Chinese films have entered the top 100 of the world movie box office! Significant! ”
"The box office of "Death is Coming 2" exceeded 340 million US dollars, and Tianwang Studio once again gained fame and fortune!"
At this time, "Death is Coming 2" has become one of the hottest topics in Huaxia, and its name has directly topped the Huaxia Internet search list.
Countless people responded with praise, and even those who were unhappy with Wang Shang did not dare to express any unfavorable opinions at this time, otherwise they would soon be sprayed to death by a bunch of people.
There are many criteria for judging whether a movie is good or bad, including the rating in IMDB, popularity, box office height, and the evaluation of well-known movie figures, as well as various well-known film awards in the world such as the Oscars......
In the end, which movie is the best, there are absolutely different opinions, and it is impossible to figure out.
But one thing is for sure, no matter how bad the movie is, as long as it does well at the box office, then it is a success.
And the movie "Death is Coming 2" not only sold well at the box office, but also had a very high evaluation, and also had a high score of 8.0 on IMDB.
So, without arguing, it's a successful movie!!
The success of "Death is Coming 2" is naturally celebrated the most by Tianwang Studio. On the day of the screening, Wang Shang flew back to the magic capital from Nanhai Province and directly chartered the hall in a five-star hotel to make a celebration banquet for the crew and actors of "Death is Coming 2" to thank them for their hard work.
Everyone naturally arrived and received the red envelopes and surprises prepared by Wang Shang for them.
"Boss, have you ever thought about filming the third part of "The Grim Reaper"?" In the middle of the celebration banquet, director Zhang Qing came over with a glass of red wine and asked expectantly.
"Part 3? It's time to start the third installment, but before that, I'm going to get in touch with Ubisoft in the United States. Wang Shang responded.
"Really?" Director Zhang Qing was overjoyed, his eyes became even hotter, and he hurriedly asked, "Boss, can you still let me be the director this time?" ”
"If you have confidence, why not let you direct." Wang Shang said with a smile that the agreement he signed with Tianwang Studio has a contract period of fifteen years, which is naturally worthy of Wang Shang's training. This is also the reason why Wang Shangken handed over the popular "Death is Coming 2" to him to direct.
If "Death Comes 3" is planned to start filming, it will definitely look for him as an experienced director.
The next day, just as Wang Shang wanted to call Ubisoft Games, the other party called first: "Hi, Mr. Wang, good morning!" ”
Wang Shang knew who it was as soon as he heard it: "Mr. Mullen, good afternoon, I was about to call you, but you called first." ”
On the other side, Mullen laughed and said, "That means we have the same heart." ”
Wang Shang is used to these foreigners using idioms indiscriminately, and he doesn't bother to explain the idioms to him, but goes straight to the point: "Let me tell you something, now that "Death is Coming 2" has become a big hit, we just launched "Death is Coming 3" while the iron is hot, how about it?" Are you going to send someone? ”
"Mr. Wang, what you said is what I want to say. However, it was a pity that our company did not participate in the investment of "Death 2" last time, so this time he specially asked me to discuss with you and prepare to invest in this third movie, and you can't take all the benefits alone, right? ”
"Investment?" Wang Shang thought about it, it is indeed not the benefits that are taken up, but the sharing of benefits is conducive to common growth and development, so he agreed: "Okay, when you come, let's discuss it in detail." ”
On the third day, the people sent by Ubisoft arrived in the magic capital, two groups, one group was responsible for assisting the screenwriter team in creating the script of "Death is Coming 3", and the other group was responsible for negotiating the investment dividends of "Death is Coming 3".
On the fourth day, Wang Shang completed negotiations with them, and Ubisoft Games invested 70 million yuan and received 30% dividends. If the third movie has the box office as hot as the second movie, Ubisoft can get a dividend of 150 million, which means that it can easily net 80 million.
However, Wang Shang did not lose money, the investment of 70 million yuan is basically enough for film production funds, that is to say, in addition to the publicity expenses, Tianwang Studio can enjoy 70% of profit dividends without paying a penny, which is the same as picking up money.
On the fourth day, Tianwang Studio announced the start of the filming plan of "Death is Coming 3", and the director is still Zhang Qing.
With the help of the box office spring breeze of "Death is Coming 2", this film plan spread quickly without much publicity, and suddenly made the entire entertainment industry boil again. Countless actors want to become characters in the movie, even if it is a supporting role, it doesn't matter, after all, it can bring itself to fame all over the world.
Many big stars are a little moved, and express their goodwill and intention to participate in the show to Tianwang Studio through their agents.
Among these people, Wang Shang saw more famous stars in the previous time and space, such as Li Bing, Shu Qi, Gao Yuanyuan, and also saw the stars who were unknown in the previous time and space but became very famous in this time and space, and also saw some actors who were not yet famous and may become famous in the future, such as Xu Zheng and Huang Baoqiang.
"Xu Zheng, Huang Baoqiang?" Wang Shang couldn't help but think of the two very popular embarrassing movies in the previous time and space - "People in Embarrassment" and "Thai Embarrassment", especially Thai embarrassment set an astonishing box office record of 1.26 billion yuan in China, becoming the first Chinese film in the history of Chinese film with a box office of more than 1 billion, and the box office champion of Chinese films in the history of Chinese films!!
"Maybe we can shoot them, but I don't have time to shoot them right now!" Wang Shang wanted to shoot it himself, but he didn't have time, so he finally decided to put it first and talk about it later.
After Wang Shang signed the investment agreement of "Death is Coming 3", he flew back to Nanhai Province directly, and many companies expressed their desire to invest, but Wang Shang refused, Wang Shang only had 70% of the profit dividends left, and he no longer wanted to take advantage of others.
After the filming plan was announced, Bi Han of Tianwang Studio was disturbed by the stars who kept coming to ask for roles, and finally he announced that after the specific affairs were handed over to Zhang Qing, the director of "Death is Coming 3", he finally became a little cleaner. And because Wang Shang left the magic capital early, he was not served by these enthusiastic stars.
Zhang Qingtui, who has been disturbed by countless stars and actors, said that the script has not yet been officially written, so there is no way to cast it for the time being.
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After Wang Shang returned to the crew of "Fast and Furious", the crew had already sorted out and designed the shooting site and was ready to shoot officially.
The fugitive Hua Qiang (Yang Gang), the rebel policeman Brian (Brian), Hua Xuan (Song Zheng), Interpol Jushi (Zhang Shi), and the policewoman Du Man (Du Manni) are learning parkour under the guidance of Yan Ran at this time because they want to shoot the escape and pursuit scenes, and several other actors are obviously very interested in this very cool sport and are also enthusiastically joining in the study.
"Parkour is also called 'city sprint' or 'parkour', it is to use the whole city as a big training ground, and all walls and Wuding have become objects that can be 'climbed, Sichuan and Chongqing'."
"It's not something that anyone can do, it has to have strong body coordination, and it also needs to have strength, bounce, courage ......"
After making some brief introductions, Yan Ran brought all the actors who wanted to learn to the training ground that had been prepared, and this training venue was paved with many mats, which was suitable for beginners to practice.
After Yan Ran taught some basic parkour decomposition movements, such as basic landing, rolling, balancing, and cat crawling, she let the students practice freely on their own.........
Wang Shang felt that this parkour was very pleasing to the eye, so he couldn't help but learn it, and after practicing a few times, he felt that it was quite fresh. looked back at the others, and saw that Xiao Yu and Xiao Jie were having a very good time.
"Oops......" At this time, a voice sounded, Wang Shang looked over and found that Song Zheng was holding his right wrist, his face pale.
"Something's wrong!" Wang Shang and the others hurriedly gathered around. The doctor equipped by the crew quickly examined her injuries: "It's just a trivial matter, it's no big deal, it's okay to apply the potion for a few days......"
As a result, it didn't take long for another person to be injured, and when Smith was playing too high, one of them was careless and injured his elbow, so Yan Ran hurriedly told them to concentrate and overcome their fear.
On the first day of practice, four people were injured.
The next day, I stopped practicing and started making movies in earnest.
In the following days, Zheng Xinlan found for the first time that Wang Shang, who has always had a kind attitude, was quite scary when he made movies, and kept yelling at the actors all day long, making the actors tremble, and even the two giants Zhang Shi and Yang Gang felt scared.
And it was the first time she discovered that making movies was so hard. The whole crew gets up at five or six o'clock every day, and it ends at eleven o'clock at night, and sometimes the task is tight and the shooting will be made until the early hours of the morning. The whole crew was instructed by Wang Shang to make the group turn, the rhythm was very fast, and they even had to gobble up their meals, and sometimes they didn't even have time to go to the toilet.
And sometimes some actors can't act many times, they will be scolded by Wang Shang, and many actors are scolded so white that their faces are pale, especially Song Zheng is a complete newcomer, ng the most, and Wang Shang scolded and cried several times.
This is not all, in addition to filming, as long as he has free time, Wang Shang also urges the actors to learn racing skills, and if they don't learn well, they can't stop, and even if they are injured, they must learn quickly.
"What's so good about being an actor? Why are you trying so hard to be an actor? Do you really want to be a star? Love fame and fortune? Zheng Xinlan couldn't understand it at all.
At two o'clock in the evening, the crew had just finished busy, and Du Manni and Song Zheng endured the pain and returned directly to the dormitory.
"Oh, my right hand, it's swollen! It hurts so much!! Song Zheng just sat down on the bed, clutching his right wrist and groaning in pain.
"Bear with it, you need to rub it vigorously when rubbing the medicinal wine, it will hurt." Du Mani helped her rub it with the medicinal wine.
"Hiss~~Tap~~ The director is so ruthless, I'm a beauty!" Song Zheng complained while shouting in pain.
"Zheng, is this your first movie?" Dumani asked.
"yes? What's wrong? ”
At this time, Zheng Xinlan happened to pass by the door of their room, and after hearing their conversation, she couldn't help but stop and listened carefully.
Du Manni couldn't help but admonish: "Actually, you are already very lucky, you can get this kind of opportunity from the beginning, and people outside want to break their heads even if they are big stars." You came in as a completely new person, and you are still the protagonist, which can already be regarded as a blessing that has been cultivated for ten lifetimes. And don't feel aggrieved when you are scolded by the director, that's because you haven't accumulated enough. ”
"Okay, I'm not complaining! By the way, Sister Ni, why do you want to be an actor. Song Zheng quickly changed the subject.
"My family is poor, my whole village is very poor, not to mention college students, not even high school students. Do you know Director Wang's second work "Hope Tree"? If it weren't for Director Wang's initiative to set up a Hope Tree Fund and help our village, I don't even have the opportunity to go to high school and college. Du Mani said about herself, and her tone became low,
"Director Wang is my idol, not because of his achievements, but because he invests tens of millions of dollars in the Hope Tree Fund every year. It is precisely because of him that I am determined to take the road of stardom, when I was admitted to university, the whole village paid for me to pay my tuition, and it was also because of Director Wang that the village chief, grandma, uncle, father, and the whole village all thought that stars were the best people in the world. ”
"In the future, I want to be like Director Wang, become a big star, earn money, and help those who are poor!!" Du Mani's eyes were particularly bright when she said this.
"Stars are the best people in this world......" Zheng Xinlan was silent when she heard this.
(To be continued.) )