Chapter 313: Film and Television Department Conference
Seven days have passed since the premiere of the Spring Festival movie, and the box office data for the first week has officially been released.
Among them, "The Last Clue" won the box office championship in the first week, and the movie score remained high on major apps, keeping it around 9.5 points!
This suspense film was able to achieve such results during the Spring Festival, which exceeded the expectations of many people.
In second place is the annual Chinese New Year comedy "Between Heavens" produced by Galaxy, and the rating has dropped to 9.2!
This decline is still very large, and many people analyze that some people who don't like to watch comedy went to see this movie and did not give a high rating.
The third is "Crossing the River", a martial arts film that won the box office position in the first week of the Spring Festival.
In this regard, Director Feng said that he was expected, or the expected ranking in his heart was third.
The fourth and fifth are the movies released by Jiuding Times and the other side of Mutual Entertainment, which is undoubtedly another blow to them who have occupied the top three at the box office all year round, which makes the already uncomfortable situation even worse.
The rest are the smaller movie studios, which are basically the same ranking every year, so to speak.
After the first week, in fact, the gap in the box office has begun to widen, and if there are no accidents in the future, the subsequent box office ranking should also maintain this trend.
After all, the New Year's holidays began to end one after another, and those who like to watch movies have finished watching them as early as the first few days, and those who are not interested in movies are unlikely to go to the cinema in the future.
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On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, many migrant workers have begun to return to work.
This year's holiday is the shortest for the staff of Galaxy Film and Television Department in recent years.
Because the results of "Between Heavens" are not ideal, the people in the film and television department have ended this year's holiday early.
They need to have a meeting, a department-wide meeting, to try to come up with a solution.
Galaxy Entertainment Building, the largest conference hall.
In addition to the actors, the staff of the film and television department were basically present, from the grassroots level, to the director and screenwriter, to the minister and director, all in place.
As the presiding officer of the conference, Minister Liang sat at the top of the conference table with a serious face.
Next to him was the department director in a thick coat, Zhou Jing!
Director Zhou is one of the senior executives of the entire company, and he rarely participates in the specific affairs management of the department, and basically hands it over to Minister Liang.
His presence today has made everyone in the entire film and television department feel a lot of pressure, usually this one may not be seen a few times a year, but this year just started to see this master, it is really an ominous omen!
As if sensing everyone's nervousness, Director Zhou chuckled, his expression was not as serious as Minister Liang's, and comforted:
"You don't have to be so restrained, relax a little, what does a tense face look like for the New Year."
"I'm just a routine appearance at today's meeting, and it's best if everyone can discuss a plan, and then I will report to the board of directors later."
"Next, I'll leave it to Xiao Liang, you can speak freely, don't worry about me!"
Trabeculae!
There are few people in the whole company who dare to call Minister Liang like this, and obviously, this Director Zhou is one of them!
Old colleagues who have been in the company for a long time know that Minister Liang was promoted by this Director Zhou, and he is the most qualified person to call Minister Liang Xiaoliang.
Minister Liang didn't mind the things he was called, because there were more important things waiting for him, and time could not be wasted in such trivial matters.
"Partners, I don't want to say too much, but I think you can also know the seriousness of the matter, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to return to the company so many days early."
"Today's conference invites everyone to come over, mainly to discuss two topics."
"First, if "Between Heavens" wants to sell well in overseas markets, what should we do?"
"Second, this is also the main direction of our department's work in the first half of the year, the Palme d'Or!"
"Next, you can think about these two topics, and you can speak freely if you have any ideas, and I have also collected some of the current problems in the department."
After Minister Liang, who stood up, finished saying these words in one breath, he pressed his hand heavily on the document on the table.
After listening to this, Director Zhou on the side nodded silently and lightly, without interfering too much in this meeting, just like never interfering in the specific affairs of the department in the past.
Just as the people below were thinking, Minister Liang silently connected the notebook to the projector and listed some of the questions he had collected.
There are a few unlucky interns who have just joined the company, and apparently they haven't figured out the current situation.
They whispered to the old employees:
"What's the situation, isn't "Between Heavens" released during the Spring Festival the second at the box office, and isn't this result good?"
An old fritter explained: "What do you think, haven't you noticed any difference between this year's Spring Festival stalls and last year's October and May schedules?"
As soon as these words came out, the intern reacted in hindsight: "There are no overseas movies in this year's Spring Festival?"
"Yes, think about it, if there are overseas blockbusters lined up during the Spring Festival this year, can we still get the second place?"
At this moment, the intern finally understood this truth, nodded in understanding, and then looked at the projection screen intently.
"The first question: the movie doesn't have a blockbuster feeling, and it exudes a small family atmosphere."
"The second problem: overseas audiences may not be able to understand some of the more widely circulated memes in China, which leads to comedy laughter becoming embarrassing points!"
"The third question: whether to consider hiring some well-known overseas actors."
"Fourth...."
All the problems add up to almost seven or eight, which are all big problems faced by the Galaxy Film and Television Department.
Director Wang, who was sitting in the middle of the conference table, clasped his hands to his chest, looked at the questions on the screen, and fell into deep thought.
Director Qian on the other side of the table was the first to speak, he raised his hand and said:
"The movie is small, the scene is not grand enough, the plot lacks tension, the story has no sense of epicness, and in the final analysis, the reason is the problem of the script!"
"Between Heavens is a comedy-themed movie in itself, and if you want to change these problems, my suggestion is to change the theme and change the script!"
"As long as the script is good enough, it can support all these problems!"
Director Qian's words made many people nod, indeed, in fact, the above situations can be solved as long as there is an excellent script.
So the question arises again, where to find excellent scripts?
This is not a cabbage on the street, you can see it everywhere.
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