In China, Hollywood movies are synonymous with blockbusters, and blockbusters are Hollywood movies.

On November 12, 94, China Film reached an agreement with Warner Bros. of the United States to introduce the Hollywood blockbuster "The End of the World".

A blockbuster is a blockbuster, and it is extraordinary as soon as it is shot.

At that time, the average ticket price of Chinese movies was 6 yuan, and "The End of the World" was sold for 15 yuan.

Although it was only released in 6 cities, including BJ, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Tianjin and Zhengzhou, it also won 25 million box office in the end.

This was also a staggering number back then.

The most awesome is "Titanic", which was released in China on April 30, 1998, with a box office of 360 million yuan, dominating the box office of Chinese films for 11 years.

Domestic movies have no power to fight back at all!

You must know that in this year's box office rankings, "Transformers 3", "Kung Fu Panda 2", "Pirates of the Caribbean 4", "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (II)" accounted for four seats...

And then there's The Smurfs, Fast & Furious 95, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Rio Adventure, Deadly Companions, The Green Hornet...

Let's put it this way, the worst can exceed 100 million!

However, Shen Xudong is not very worried...

His Tianmei Media is also fierce - in the top ten of the list, the movies produced by Tianmei Media account for five seats, excluding the "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" and "Dragon Gate Flying Armor"...

And this batch of directors is not the same as the previous batch...

"In the early years, the Chinese film industry liked to make movies that cater to Western tastes, and this logic is that the outside world recognizes → win glory for the country→ local audiences are attracted to watch."

"Those domestic blockbusters are all products of this logic!"

"Under the influence of this logic, external recognition is more important than local recognition, so local films are marked with exotic colors, not to mention, over time, it will also produce a fixed impression that foreign culture is higher than local culture, and local culture still wants to develop Is it a joke?"

"When the local audience is not taken care of, you just want to break into the world, and in the end you will not have either."

"Yes, what belongs to the nation is what belongs to the world!"

"It's a pity that they don't understand this truth, the so-called cultural export is actually spillover, not pandering!"

After a pause, Shen Xudong continued: "Actually, our so-called overseas market is the "golden billion" of developed countries, especially North America!

But whether Chinese films can be accepted by this market is obviously a matter of national politics, and the relationship with film production is not very big, no matter how well you shoot, people just won't arrange a screen for you!

On the other hand, if the country's political problems are solved, it will no longer be a problem for Chinese films to get screens from other countries, which means more overseas box office, which in turn means more investment, and then it will form a positive spiral cycle like Hollywood before it. ”

"You're all at this level now?"

Shen Xudong was amused: "What do you think I've been doing in Hollywood for the past few years?" ”

Ning Hao: "Pick up a foreign girl!" ”

Chen Sicheng also interjected: "Eat mutton, drink foreign wine, soak foreign girls, Sanyang Kaitai..."

"Get out!" Shen Xudong scolded, and then said: "I'm going to learn, learning naturally has to be integrated, and I have to act according to their customs, what a foreign girl, I didn't fall in love with anyone!" ”

Chen Sicheng's eyes lit up: "Pure play? ”

Shen Xudong didn't bother to take care of him, so he directly changed the topic: "... Let's talk about what the impact will be if the number of imported films increases! ”

"Then the cinema chain will definitely usher in a new round of expansion..."

“… Yes, the market will also surge, I estimate that in about three years, the mainland market will rise to more than 40 billion! ”

"40 billion... Then the market is huge! ”

"I said before that the potential of the Chinese film market should be around 100 billion, so how to support such a large market, the box office of the head works must be at least more than 8 billion!"

“… That's too much of an exaggeration! ”

"Not exaggerating... This year's total box office is set to exceed 13 billion, and the first place is 1.073 billion for "Transformers 3", and the market of 40 billion, the first box office must be at least more than 2.5 billion..."

As he was talking, the staff knocked on the door and came in: "Mr. Shen..."The crew of "First Love" is here! ”

“… They... Then please come here! ”

……

"First Love" is close to being released, released on December 1, as of today, that is, on December 26, it has been released for 25 days, with a cumulative box office of 367 million...

Last week's box office was 19.87 million, however, starting this week, four new films "Dragon Gate Flying Armor", "Tears of a Fallen City", "Intimate Enemies", and "Speed Angel" were released.

The film schedule of "First Love" is completely at the bottom, with about 600 shows scheduled a day, and the single-day box office has dropped to less than 200,000...

There is no hope of breaking 400 million!

However, it is already a miracle that a movie with a cost of less than 10 million has won such awesome results!

According to Yu Dong's words, 'before, Hong Kong directors still had an advantage, but now, a "Little Thing of First Love" stunned them, with an investment of 8 million, a mainland box office of 350 million, a Hong Kong box office of 36 million Hong Kong dollars, and Southeast Asia sold nearly 10 million US dollars... They don't know the audience's tastes now, and they now think, how can they come to the mainland, develop mainland themes, invite mainlanders to shoot, they are producers, and integrate with the mainland's creative team...'

How can it be so simple, Hong Kong filmmakers are the producers, and then the mainland team is used to produce?

If you use this kind of plan, what will happen to the filmmakers in Hong Kong who have nothing to eat?

triggered a new trend: Hong Kong directors returned to Hong Kong and started to make police films again...

For example, it is said that Chen Musheng, Qiu Litao...

However, in this time and space, these two people have been deeply bound to Golden Harvest, with the "Anti-Drug" and "Rage" series in their hands, and Qiu Litao has the "Bomb Disposal Expert" and "Apostasy" series...

Pulling it back, the "First Love" team came over to talk to Shen Xudong about the idea of the next youth film...

Oh, this time I brought Di Lieba.

Shen Xudong introduced with a smile: "Let me introduce, director Ning Hao, director Chen Sicheng... These two are the first assistant directors to follow me, Su Lun and director Yin Ruoxin, who are also the directors of "The Little Thing of First Love"..."

"I watched "First Love", I really didn't expect such a big beauty to be so good..."

Yin Ruoxin smiled and said, "... It's still quite difficult to put on makeup, mainly to darken her skin and yellow her teeth... And hairstyles ... The hardest thing is Xiaodi, who has to put on makeup for three or four hours a day to shoot! ”

Su Lun answered: "But then there is no need to shoot the plot of Xiaoshui becoming beautiful, Xiaodi is already very beautiful..."

Shen Xudong glanced at Di Lieba and nodded: "Indeed, her appearance is angular... It's not very suitable for costume dramas, but it is very suitable for modern dramas..."

Ning Hao interjected: ""East Palace" is also good! ”

Shen Xudong was puzzled: "... Do you still watch "East Palace"? ”

"My wife follows dramas every day, and I occasionally take a look..."

"The heroine of "East Palace" is a princess of an ethnic minority..."

Chen Sicheng glanced at Di Lieba and Zhu Yilong, his eyes lit up, and then asked Shen Xudong in a low voice: "Director Shen, can they also lend it to me?" ”

"They..."

Shen Xudong watched the performance, and then said: "Director Chen is planning a movie, and he needs five pairs of actors and actresses, if you two have a schedule, you can take it!" ”

Zhu Yilong nodded: "... I'm fine! ”

Reba was a little distressed: "But I still have to go to school..."

"You're on the show?"

"Hmm..."

Shen Xudong smiled and looked at Chen Sicheng: "The management of the drama is really harsh, Brother Hu was already popular with "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", but when he filmed "Flying Immortals", the school did not give him leave, so he could only take advantage of the winter vacation to shoot... The more popular the actor, the more he wants to press you"

Ning Hao was puzzled: "Why?" ”

"In order to... I don't know, Sicheng should know, right? ”

Chen Sicheng had a bitter face: "I was fired from the fight in the drama back then... How do I know..."

Ning Hao was surprised: "You have also been expelled?" ”

"Well, thanks to Mr. Li Xuetong..."

Li Xuetong's mentor to Chen Sicheng after the play, it was precisely because of his appreciation that after Chen Sicheng was expelled for fighting with will, Li Xuetong still spared no effort to escort Chen Sicheng.

Two years later, Chen Sicheng fought Beiying again, but because of his expelled criminal record, he finally lost, but Li Xuetong introduced him to Wang Lina of Chinese opera...

Then Chen Sicheng was able to enter the Chinese opera!

Moreover, when he was in school, Chen Sicheng was very powerful, participated in the National College Student Singer Audition, and an original song "Wind Chimes of Years" made Chen Sicheng win by Warner Records.

The same brother Wang Feng personally customized the single "Make the Young More Shining" for him, which is also firmly on the pop charts.

The film debut "Judge's Mother" partnered with the old drama bone Xi Meijuan to let Chen Sicheng win the award softly,

But... After that, his career was not so smooth, because he signed with Huayi, and Huayi didn't particularly value him...

Otherwise, "Northern Love" doesn't need to find Xinli, but if the Huayi brothers can see Chen Sicheng, "Northern Love" has long been Huayi's work!

Shen Xudong made the final decision: "Then you can take advantage of the summer vacation to shoot it, this movie doesn't have to be in such a hurry..."

After speaking, he looked at Zhu Yilong and Di Lieba: "Thank you Director Chen yet..."

"Thank you..."

The two of them were a little confused, they originally came to visit, but they ended up mixing up a movie?

(End of chapter)