Chapter 23 Released in China!

"Thanks.

As a screenwriter, Wu Yuan stepped onto the stage to receive the award without hesitation.

He doesn't know Spanish, but his English is fluent.

Lifting the trophy high above his head, Wu Yuan had a bright smile on his face.

At the age of 18, with this golden trophy, this blinding scene really made most of the guests in the audience smile kindly and applaud with encouragement.

"I am very grateful to the jury for awarding this award to me. "Coherence" is the first movie I made. This trophy for best screenplay is also the first film award I have won in my life!"

"To be able to do such a great job in my first movie, I must thank the school for their cultivation, thank Teacher Zhang Ming, Professor Xie Xiaojing, and also thank my parents and grandparents who have blessed me in heaven, and also thank China Film Group for their trust in me. , willing to invest in a movie for a student like me!”

"I would also like to thank the eleven cast and crew members. Without you, this movie would not be possible!"

After giving a heartfelt acceptance speech, Wu Yuan walked back to the audience holding the trophy.

It was an unexpected surprise for him to win an award.

As for the next awards, they have little to do with their crew.

Awards for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Editing, and Best Film were awarded one after another.

Sure enough, the crew of "Coherence" had nothing to gain.

Zeng Li still missed out on the Best Actress award.

There are definitely regrets, but Zeng Li also understands that this is only her first movie, and she is already very good at achieving this result.

"Phew, it's okay, try harder next time!" Zeng Li smiled with relief.

Wu Yuan admired her attitude very much. After thinking about it, he turned his head and whispered to her: "Sister Li, I didn't get it this time. I will definitely get you the best actress next time!"

"That's what you said!" Zeng Li immediately stared at Wu Yuan with her beautiful eyes and said with a smile: "Sister, I'm looking forward to your new drama!"

Okay, Wu Yuan nodded with a smile: "Well, please wait. I'm afraid I won't have time to shoot in China for a while."

"Why, have you decided to go to Hollywood to try your luck?" Chen Kun from the side looked over and asked excitedly.

"Yes." Wu Yuan nodded calmly: "Go and film a movie to try it out!"

He still wants to go to Hollywood and make a quick buck!

It’s okay if no one invites him. Now that Fox Searchlight has taken the initiative to invite him to give it a try in Hollywood, there’s really no reason to refuse!

Although Fox Searchlight only produces low-budget movies, that is, small productions with a cost of less than 10 million US dollars, for Wu Yuan, this is enough for him to show off his talents!

He has seen too many stories of low-cost counterattacks in his dreams!

Domestically, let us turn back the time.

Just when Wu Yuan had not won the award, he and Chen Yuan were still busy selling the copyright of "The Night the Comet Came".

October 1st, National Day.

A new poster has been hung outside movie theaters in first-tier cities in China, namely Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and provincial capital cities.

Like the poster I saw at the Sitges Fantastic Film Festival, it was also a poster with Zeng Li looking directly into the camera from three sides, except that the English on the poster was replaced by Chinese.

""The Night the Comet Came" - China's first suspenseful science fiction film!"

These days, there are no means of publicity for a movie's release. What's great is publishing the release news in newspapers and doing a few push ads on TV stations.

As for things like local promotion and road shows, they have not yet become large-scale and routine.

Even for movies released by China Film and Television, they just distribute some material posters to major cinemas for them to hang out before they are released.

"The Night the Comet Came" can be said to be very low-key compared to later generations and was released in China.

Of course, the box office performance of the movie on its opening day will not be very good.

Again, the general public in China these days do not have the habit of going to cinemas to watch movies.

Since the 1990s, everyone has been accustomed to renting movie videos to take home to watch. Not only is the price cheap, but you can watch it as many times as you want. Why spend dozens of dollars to go to the cinema to watch it?

Is the screen bigger? Or it can't fast forward the picture?

Not worth it!

In addition, most of the ordinary movie fans in mainland China these days focus on movies from Hong Kong Island, which are all kinds of pirated discs!

Movies made by mainland directors are too artistic for them. They can't understand them and don't want to understand them.

In most people's cognitive concepts, going to the cinema to watch a movie is a very literary thing, something that only literary and art workers, artists, and high intellectuals do!

In fact, this is indeed the case.

Most of the first wave of viewers who entered the cinema to watch "The Night the Comet Came" were working in the film field, or were students and teachers from universities!

The other leading actors in the crew who did not go to Sitges with Wu Yuan, including Zhou Xun, Yan Danchen and others, also spontaneously made appointments together and bought tickets to watch the film they shot in the cinema on the day of the premiere.

They did not encounter a situation where the theater was full. In the theater that could accommodate nearly a hundred people, apart from the seven or eight of them, there were only a dozen or so audience members.

The 93-minute movie is not long and I finished it quickly.

"The cut is really good!" Sun Honglei said in amazement.

Even though he had read the script and even performed it himself, Sun Honglei was still surprised by the finished film cut by Wu Yuan.

Until now, he finally felt assured of Wu Yuan's directing skills. The film was not messed up, and the finished film was very good!

"It is indeed a good movie, which is very novel in China!" Zu Feng also said.

Zhou Xun frowned: "But not many people came to see this movie."

There were not many movies released during the National Day this year. In addition to "The Night the Comet Came", there were only two movies released at the same time.

One is called "Criminal Police Story", starring Liu Lin, who once starred in "Midnight Song" with Zhang Guorong, Wu Qianlian and Huang Lei, and won the Best Actress Award in Singapore this year.

No one really paid attention to this movie, and there was no report in the newspapers.

The other one is "A Sigh" directed by Feng Xiaogang, which was released on September 20!

This movie is not a comedy, so it was not released during the Lunar New Year period, but the box office performance is still very strong!

Ten days after its release, it has already earned 15 million box office, and it is still full of stamina!

Director Feng can be said to be really in the limelight at the beginning of this millennium!

This year's annual box office champion is the main theme movie "Life and Death Choice".

This movie has received strong support from theaters and policies. That is, employees from all over the country were organized and mobilized to watch this movie, and finally won 120 million box office, breaking the mainland box office record.

But this is a movie created by administrative power, there is no comparison, and there is nothing to say.

The box office runner-up is "Endless" released by Director Feng on December 15, 1999, with a box office of 33 million!

Now Director Feng's "A Sigh" has been released for ten days, and the box office has exceeded 15 million. This result is also very strong, and it is very likely to win 30 million box office again.

Director Li An's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which was released worldwide, only had a box office of 15 million in the mainland!

They can't beat Director Feng!

It can be seen that Feng Xiaogang is now very influential in the mainland film market.

Specifically in the cinema, eight out of ten viewers who came to the cinema chose to watch "A Sigh", and only two were interested in the poster of "The Night the Comet Came" and tried to buy tickets for this movie.

How could Zhou Xun not worry about this?

Just when she was worried, Chen Jianbin gently patted her shoulder: "Don't worry."

The mature and steady Chen Jianbin pointed to the audience sitting in the front row: "Look, they all looked unsatisfied after watching the movie, and they discussed the plot of the movie with their companions fiercely."

"I also heard a young man say that he wanted to buy another ticket to watch it again, but he was short of money."

"What does this show?"

"It shows that our movie is still very attractive to the audience!"

"There are few people watching now, that is, the word of mouth of the movie has not spread yet. Wait a few days, I believe the box office of the movie will be better!"