Wu Yuan also wants to be released in July?

Han Dong felt a little headache.

In fact, Wu Yuan had tried it a few times before, but he was pushed away by Tai Chi and did not reply positively.

But now the situation is different, and the specific finalization of "Gravity" is imminent.

A super blockbuster like this generally has to start warming up half a year in advance, but it can't be delayed any longer.

"Director Wu, "On the Red Cliff" has been confirmed to be set for July 10, and all kinds of publicity preparations have been made."

"Two blockbusters are not suitable for competition in the same month, it's not like your own people beating your own people."

China Film also participated in the investment and production of "Red Cliff" and "Gravity".

From Han Dong's point of view, it must be his own people who beat his own people.

Moreover, even if China Film did not participate in the investment of these two films, as an enterprise that controls the development of the Chinese film industry, China Film will not let the two domestic blockbusters collide together.

Even in order to let domestic blockbusters have enough good release space, China Film, which has been helmed by Han Dong in recent years, has given good schedules to blockbusters and reduced the scheduling of literary films.

Doing so really made him suffer a lot of scolding and a lot of pressure.

After all, the current domestic directors are still the fourth and fifth generation directors who make literary films.

It is not easy to reduce their movie schedule and allocate good schedules to commercial films that have always been looked down upon by these people.

is also because he knows that Han Dong has indeed made a lot of efforts and endured a lot of pressure for the expansion of the mainland's commercial film market.

So Wu Yuan didn't really want to force him to choose between himself and Wu Baige.

After a final temptation, Wu Yuan spread his hands and said, "Okay." ”

"But July is really a good schedule."

"Next August is the Olympic Games, if in July, a science fiction movie about China's aerospace will be released, so that the world can see our own near-future science fiction film in China."

"I believe that this will increase the attention of this Olympic Games, especially overseas."

"Boosting national self-confidence and promoting modern China to the world can not only be achieved by the Olympic Games."

"The appearance of "Gravity" is also to break the stereotype of the world audience about China's backwardness."

"Tell the global audience that our Huaxia is no longer what it was in Zhang Yimou's early films."

"This will also have a positive impact on the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games."

"And in comparison, it doesn't seem to have any impact on which month "Red Cliff" will be released next year, right?"

"A costume movie, whether it is a Chinese audience or a foreign audience, has seen too much, and it does not reflect the modern China."

""Gravity" is different, this is the first sci-fi blockbuster in China, and now except for Haolaiwu, few countries can make sci-fi blockbusters."

"The July schedule is a complete waste for "Red Cliff"!"

"It's more appropriate to give us Gravity!"

This time, Wu Yuan really considered it from the perspective of the top, not just for personal revenge.

Without the film "Gravity", "Red Cliff" would have been no problem dominating the July before the start of the Olympics.

After all, this is also a blockbuster film with an investment of 300 million, and it was shot by a big director who has also made achievements in Hollywood.

And it is also a movie that will be released simultaneously in many overseas countries, which has a lot of influence, and can finally add some world attention to China and focus on the Olympics.

But now there is a "Gravity" halfway through, in terms of boosting national self-confidence and changing the world's perception of China, this movie is much higher than "Red Cliff".

Film has always been the biggest channel for a country to export its influence and culture and let foreign countries know itself.

Can 1 in 10 of the world's 6 billion people actually visit the United States?

The vast majority of ordinary people around the world, most of the ways to understand the United States are through the movies exported by Hollywood, and most people's impression of the United States is actually the United States in the movie, not the real United States.

Hollywood packages the United States very highly, the United States in Hollywood's movies is developed and happy, everyone can realize the American dream and enjoy a happy life.

Every year, there are not too many foreigners who yearn for the United States because of various Hollywood movies.

In comparison, Huaxia's movie promotion is really poor.

On the one hand, the country's level of development in the past few decades has indeed been unsatisfactory, and it is only a mediocre developing country.

On the other hand, the fourth-generation and fifth-generation directors in mainland China are very fond of focusing on the countryside, focusing on suffering, or filming the background culture of the beginning of the last century in their films.

From Zhang Yimou's "Red Sorghum", "Ju Dou", "The Red Lantern Hangs High", "Qiu Ju Fights a Lawsuit", "Alive", "My Father and Mother" and a series of backgrounds are all rural movies.

and Chen Kaige's "Yellow Earth", "The Child King" and "Singing While Walking" are also stories of poor Chinese countryside.

The same is true for the fifth generation of directors.

From the 80s to the millennium, all mainland films that were exhibited, premiered, and shortlisted for the main competition unit at various European film festivals were almost always aimed at the relatively backward side of China.

That is, after entering the millennium, starting from "Jing Ke Assassinates the King of Qin", some top directors in China began to turn their film perspectives in the direction of history, and engaged in some costume martial arts blockbusters or war blockbusters.

But the modern theme, the big director movie that can show the modern Chinese style, there is no such thing at all.

To be honest, the current big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou have developed well, especially the capital and the magic capital, which cannot be said to be comparable to cities such as New York, Tokyo and Los Angeles, but they are definitely the world's second-echelon metropolises.

But there are no directors who shoot in these modern cities to make movies.

Not to mention making a sci-fi movie with a near-futuristic setting.

Wu Yuan's "Gravity" is really the only one, a film that can show the achievements of China's modernization and development, and also demonstrates the scientific and technological strength of China's manned spaceflight.

Although, the space station in the movie is still just a product of the PPT stage.

But the American warships and spaceships in the sci-fi blockbusters in Haolaiwu don't even have PPT, aren't they also regarded as a symbol of America's advanced science and technology!

As the third country in the world to complete a manned landing on the moon, it is time for Huaxia to show its national scientific and technological strength with some movies.

"This" has to admit that Wu Yuan's reason really moved Han Dong.

There seems to be no reason why "Red Cliff" must be released in July.

And "Gravity" has a valid reason to be released in July.

A month before the start of the Olympic Games, a Chinese science fiction movie was released across the country and even around the world, which had an immediate effect on the promotion of China's international image.

After thinking about it again, Han Dong nodded and said, "In this way, I'll coordinate and see if I can leave the July schedule to "Gravity". ”

Soon.

After Han Dong and Wu Yuan roughly determined the idea of finalizing the file, he hurriedly left the set of "A Man Named Li Wen Decided to Die" and went to Wu Baige to negotiate the schedule.

On Wu Baige's side, as soon as he heard that Wu Yuan also wanted the July schedule, and he also persuaded Zhongying to let Han Dong be willing to negotiate the schedule with him, and several water cups were broken!

In July 2008, Wu Baige had taken a fancy to it as early as two years ago, and wanted to win this schedule from the beginning of the project of "Red Cliff".

At present, in addition to the Chinese New Year stalls, the box office performance of the summer stalls in the mainland is the best, after all, young people still have the habit and desire to go to the cinema to watch movies.

August is the Olympic month, and everyone has no time to go to the movies, so the only option left in the summer of 08 is July.

Now China Film hopes that "Red Cliff" will make way for "Gravity" and give way to the summer file?

What are you kidding?

Wu Baige will never compromise!

Faced with Wu Baige, who had a tough attitude and refused to let go of the schedule, Han Dong couldn't make a tough decision for him.

Don't look at Han Dong is at the helm of China Film, in front of 99% of directors, it is the eldest brother of the big brothers, he said that others dare not say two.

It is precisely Wu Yuan and Wu Baige who are the 1% who can be tough in front of Han Dong, they are both internationally influential directors, and it is the Chinese market that needs them, not that they need the Chinese market.

Han Dong, who was sandwiched in the middle, was also the first two big.

After running at both ends and negotiating for more than half a month, he also had to compromise, since both of them wanted the July schedule, they could only divide July into two halves, one and a half.

Anyway, the box office of the movies released in the mainland now accounts for about 60%-70% of the total box office in the first week, and the box office in the first two weeks is 90% of the total box office.

As long as the premiere dates of "Red Cliff" and "Gravity" are separated by two weeks, there will be almost no interaction between the two films.

In the end, under the mediation of Han Dong, Wu Yuan and Wu Baige, who were already unhappy with each other, could only take a step back.

"Gravity" is scheduled to be released nationwide on July 2, 2008.

"Red Cliff" is scheduled to be released nationwide on July 15, 2008.

When the news of this finalization was announced, all the entertainment media in the mainland exploded!

(End of chapter)