Chapter 953 Overseas Box Office (13)

Han Shanping came to Shen Xudong because he had a project he wanted to discuss with him - "Mekong River"...

The TV series version of "Mekong River" has been produced by the China TV Drama Production Center. The director found An Zhanjun and You Dazhi...

An Zhanjun is the director of BJ TV Art Center. His representative works include "Year After Year", "Adult Anecdotes", "Bloody Valley"...

You Dazhi is a director under Tianmei...

Yes, Tianmei Media also participated in the TV series "The Mekong River". Although they only assisted in the filming, they still understood the entire case!

China Film Group wants to bid together with Tianmei...

The movie version of "Mekong" will no longer be filmed by a certain studio!

In the past, most theme-themed films were produced by the state-owned China Film Group.

But this time the Ministry of Public Security decided to invite bids!

"Actually, we originally wanted to do it with Xiao Ma... We found Gao Qunshu, but his version was too realistic..."

"When making a main theme movie, you must add commercial elements..." After a pause, Shen Xudong continued: "Actually, we have already contacted the Ministry of Public Security. As expected, we should win the "Mekong River" project!"

"...Are you so sure?"

"Of course, we will make it at a cost of 200 million, and we will make it according to the standard commercial film model!"

"Two hundred million? RMB?"

"Of course it's RMB, two hundred million US dollars...who dares?"

Not every director is named Wu Ershan!

"Commercial Film?"

"Hollywood can integrate American values ​​​​into commercial blockbusters, why can't China? Moreover, the characters we set are very close to reality, not so "great and upright", but the tone is still very bright. In this way, there are more places for display. Got it!"

“Main theme movies are not easy to sell!”

Shen Xudong shook his head: ""Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" sold more than 600 million yuan!"

"That's because Xu Ke's filming is good... Who do you want to be the director this time?"

"I personally grasped the script, story, and preparations, and the director asked Lin Chaoxian."

"Lin Chaoxian? Hong Kong director? Is he good?"

Shen Xudong smiled and asked, "Have you watched "Reverse War"?"

Han Shanping shook his head: "I didn't look carefully..."

"Actually, if you watch "Reverse War", your view of him will change."

"real?"

"Well, he already has some mature experience in shooting military action movies!"

…

The level of action scenes in "Reverse War" has indeed reached a relatively high level.

Before "Counter War", there really was no action scene in any Chinese-language movie that could be shot with such an international scope. To put it bluntly, the action scenes in "Counter War" are very similar to Hollywood genre films in terms of their grandeur. Something like that.

Even in the golden period of Hong Kong movies in the 1990s, there was no such film.

Furthermore, the narrative rhythm of "Reverse War" is indeed compact to a certain extent.

There is no sloppiness at all, and the small climax that occurs almost every two or three minutes is dizzying.

Director Lin Chaoxian's deliberately fast pace, although it may give viewers the feeling of being too rushed at certain moments, is generally worthy of recognition and is more enjoyable than those movies that play hide-and-seek with the audience.

In particular, the street fighting scene at the beginning is the highlight of the movie. The use of firearms, the scheduling of combatants, the positioning of photography, and the handling of explosions have all reached a very high level and are extremely watchable.

Unfortunately, there is no sense of immersion!

Without any sense of nationality, the male protagonist played by Zhou Jialun has his home in BJ in the movie, but he has an inexplicable strange identity as the "International Security Bureau"...

International Security Bureau?

What kind of organization is this?

Just like "Vanguard", the international security team...

How could a movie like this, with its empty character setting, possibly make waves?

In fact, the original "Operation Mekong", aside from the battle scenes, actually only has two elements: one is the informant, and the other is the gunfight.

Lin Chaoxian has long been familiar with these two elements...

After injecting China's national background, Lin Chaoxian's film, which was already seriously tired of visual fatigue and tired of connotation, was immediately revitalized.

Therefore, "Operation Mekong" was an instant success, and the subsequent "Operation Red Sea" continued its success!

As for "Emergency Rescue", it completely abandoned Chinese characteristics and directly made it into a Hollywood personal heroism movie...

What we are saying is that none of the Hollywood personal hero movies produced in Hollywood are blockbuster hits.

Who will buy your fault?

The filming was so bad...

Therefore, when making this kind of movie, Lin Chaoxian can't touch the script or story, he can just be a director who takes charge of the camera!

…

"Looking at the specific specifications and settings, I estimate it will cost 150 million!"

Han Shanping: "Who are you looking for as an actor?"

Shen Xudong said: "Wu Jing + Jiang Wu, if you think Jiang Wu is not good, then change to Jiang Wen or Hu Jun..."

These are the tough guy representatives, plus Sun Honglei and Zhang Hanyu...

Han Shanping was curious: "What happened to Jiang Wu?"

"He acted in "Destiny"..."

""Destiny"... I also watched it, but it's unlikely to pass the review..."

Shen Xudong also has the impression - "Destiny" belongs to the memory of Dongguan's generation, whether it is the Red Square military parade or the bikini Peking opera...

deep impression!

It was really the prosperous Dongguan. I heard that the severe crackdown back then had something to do with this movie...

From this perspective, Jia Zhangke is really "immeasurable"!

Shen Xudong changed the subject: "Does China Film also want to join?"

"Look at your specific plans..."

Shen Xudong was speechless: "It's just a big-budget military action movie..."

"Then we also need to look at the specific plan!"

"...There is really no shortage of money to make movies now!"

Han Shanping understood the meaning of Shen Xudong's words, but he couldn't say anything: "Let's take a look..."

There are too many obstacles within China Film Group, and Han Shanping is also under pressure. If China Film Group wants to participate in a 200-million-dollar production, it will need at least several approvals!

"Fine…"

Shen Xudong expressed his understanding.

…

After chatting with Han Shanping, Shen Xudong also returned to the lobby - after all, this was the celebration party for "Detective Chinatown", so it wouldn't be a big deal if he, the protagonist, didn't show up!

As soon as he came out, he was caught by several media and asked him what he thought about the poor overseas performance of "Tang Detective"...

Oh, "Detective Chinatown" didn't do well at the overseas box office...

Southeast Asia is slightly better, close to US$2 million...

There are basically no large-scale releases in Europe and the United States - only 25 cities in Germany, 7 cities in the UK, 2 cities in Austria, and Australia and New Zealand at the same time...

Basically, it is surrounded by areas where Chinese people gather!

Because the story of "Tang Detective" is for Chinese people, foreigners are either not interested, or they are interested but can't understand it!

Shen Xudong asked: "Isn't the RMB money? Our positioning is the Spring Festival movie, and the first consideration is naturally the Chinese audience..."

“…Aren’t you considering overseas distribution?”

"I have considered it..."

"Aren't you comparing the difference between "Detective Chinatown" and Hollywood movies?"

Shen Xudong didn't like hearing such words: "The only difference is the distribution. The movie itself, "Detective Chinatown" is not bad..."