Chapter 533 Courage Is Commendable

Hearing Shen Xudong's complaint, Gao Fenfen rolled his eyes: "You really can't do this anymore! If the higher-ups aren't protecting you this time, will the movie allow you to pass the review?"

Shen Xudong nodded: "I will do a few comedies starting next year..."

"Comedy is good, and there are no taboos in comedy!"

Chen Xi only cares about one thing: "Do we still need to promote "Manslaughter"?"

"...continue to create topics...wait for the reputation of "Golden Armor" to be released, and use it to promote it!"

"Is "Golden Armor" so bad?"

Shen Xudong nodded: "Well... I read the script, and it was related to "Thunderstorm", but the story is still not full. At the end of the tragedy, all the honest people died, and the villains all lived... Obviously it does not meet the audience's taste!"

"I see…"

Shen Xudong clapped his hands: "I'll go find Deputy Director Hun Sen..."

"...Don't give gifts, they're watching him from above!"

"Don't worry, I'll be with Director Han and Director Song..."

"Director Song?"

"Song Dai!"

Song Dai is the general manager of Yindu Agency, and has an alliance and cooperative relationship with Jiahe. Yindu is a co-producer of several of Jiahe's dramas, including "Manslaughter", "New World", and "The Evil Dead"!

"Manslaughter" can be released in the mainland, and Director Song has contributed a lot.

From the encyclopedia introduction, we can see that the purpose and mission of Yindu Organization is to "shoot progressive films, distribute domestic films, and unite the Hong Kong industry."

Films produced by Yindu can be distributed directly in the mainland market, and films produced by them can be shot directly without the need for script approval by the mainland Ministry of Radio, Film and Television...

To put it simply: your own people!

Gao Fenfen understood: "...Oh, come back and tell me if you have any plans."

"What plans do you have? I'm here to express my gratitude, not to talk about movies..."

…

"Next year's box office will be 3 billion, and our company plus banks will claim 1 billion!"

Deputy Director Hun Sen knocked on the table: "Don't brag!"

Shen Xudong stood up immediately: "No bragging, let's talk about "Zhao Zilong" released during the Spring Festival. Otherwise, I can't guarantee that it can be achieved if it exceeds 200 million in the mainland, 300 million or even 400 million in Asia!"

"...so confident?"

Shen Xudong explained: "The theme of the Three Kingdoms is familiar in East Asia. As long as the filming is not too bad, it will definitely be a hit at the box office... I personally controlled the script of "Zhao Zilong", and hired the top domestic teams for behind-the-scenes art design and costume design..."

Director Han was stunned for a moment: "I heard that Li Rengang was filming..."

"I agreed in advance that he is only responsible for taking the shots... He was not given the editing rights."

"What can he do?"

"Why not? "Raptors" has suffered a huge loss, and he has to live..." Shen Xudong continued: "Director Han, although the directors in Hong Kong have commercial skills, they really have no culture at all. Qian Don’t give all your rights to them!”

Director Han sighed: "I left "Red Cliff" to Wu Yusen..."

Shen Xudong advised: "With all due respect, Wu Yusen's vision is too small. Everything he shoots is a gangster movie... I talked with him about the script, and he actually told me to focus on Xiao Qiao's role... I directly refused to write the script."

"But... who else can we find if we don't find him? And the "Red Cliff" project was proposed by him. I think mainstream movies must be blockbusters..."

Song Dai, who had been silent for a long time, interjected: "The cost of "Manslaughter" was less than 40 million... It sold almost 200 million in Asia, especially in Hong Kong, beating "Shadow and Dragon" and "New Iron King Kong: Casino Royale" "Two Hollywood blockbusters... Last year's blockbuster "The Promise" was only a hit domestically, and it was almost made a laughing stock overseas..."

Hanshanping was blocked for a while...

The overseas box office of "The Promise" is also a heartache for him.

Shen Xudong quickly laughed and asked deliberately: "New Iron King Kong outsmarts Casino Royale? What kind of movie is this?"

"007 vs. Casino Royale..."

"007...Why is Hong Kong translated this way?"

"What's this..." Song Dai suddenly thought of something: "Which movie do you think "Dark Moon" is?"

Shen Xudong was curious: ""Underworld"?"

"no…"

"'Goofy'?"

"no…"

Shen Xudong didn't expect it and glanced at Director Han, who was also a little confused: "...I don't know, Old Song, just tell me!"

""The Shawshank Redemption"…"

"What?"-

Shen Xudong... is almost speechless. How do you translate this?

"The Taiwanese translation is called "Exciting 1995"..."

…

After expressing his determination, Shen Xudong had a meal directly in the canteen of the General Administration and then returned home.

"Golden Armor" has been released...

Shen Xudong has no doubts about the box office appeal of "Golden Armor". From the beginning, this movie was used to practice the planning, investment and production limits of domestic blockbusters. In addition, it further tapped the box office potential of the mainland film market...

It was released on the 14th, and on the 15th, a lot of news came: Zhang Yi’s new film "The City of Gold" had a national box office of more than 15 million yuan on its opening night. Industry insiders estimate that the total box office revenue will exceed 300 million yuan, and is expected to exceed "Titanic" set a domestic box office record.

The reason why it ‘only’ reached 15 million on the first day was mainly because the film was released at 7pm, which meant that it only had five hours of screening time on the first day!

Zhang Weiping of New Picture said, "The film's box office will exceed 100 million yuan a week after its release, will exceed 200 million yuan after Christmas and before New Year's Day, and will exceed 300 million yuan during the New Year's Day holiday." This year’s Lunar New Year film has no film that can pose a threat to it. I very much look forward to it breaking the Chinese box office record of 350 million yuan that has been maintained for 12 years by “Titanic”. ’

By the way, "The Good Man" was released on the same day.

It's a pity that most theaters have not arranged to schedule films - theaters also have to make money. If you show "The Good Man" one more time, you will have to show "The Golden Jacket" one less time...

It is obvious that the audience interested in "The Good Man" is pitifully small.

Jia Zhangke expressed various resentments, "Throughout our journey, all the theaters have not only shown "Golden Armor" in their film schedules, but also promoted it in the lobby. It’s surprising how they ‘closed’ the cinema.

In the past four or five years, at the end of each year, China's cinemas must be occupied by a so-called local blockbuster, and only directors such as Zhang and Chen can do this. Is this normal? I don’t understand what progress these so-called blockbusters can express about Chinese cinema? ’

"During the release of "Golden Jacket", overseas blockbusters were not allowed to be released; even CCTV News Network could broadcast news of the release. Not every director can operate this kind of ability to use public resources. At this time, box office is not the result of market choice. ’

This matter had nothing to do with Shen Xudong. This was not the time when he posted a blog to promote "Manslaughter". Many netizens asked him for his opinion, and he said: "There are 3,500 screens in total, and the theater chain is not stupid, why should we Schedule a film for a literary film? Don’t pursue box office for literary films, you have already won the honor... In addition, I have always had a point of view: commercial films should make good money, otherwise theaters will not be able to operate."

"Then what do you think of Jia Zhangke's behavior?"

"remarkably brave…"

"But "The Good Man" sold for $1.5 million in France!"

"So? The French box office of "House of Flying Daggers" seems to be 3.8 million US dollars, the French box office of "Heroes" is 5.1 million US dollars, and the French box office of "Carol" is less than 4 million US dollars... By the way, the French box office of "Manslaughter" is also It has been released and is still being released. The final box office statistics have not been released yet, but I know that the number of viewers is not bad... it should have a box office of 1 million US dollars..."