Chapter 482: Lively National Day
In the Chinese entertainment industry, the status of a director is determined by the awards and the box office.
Xu Zheng is an actor who has transformed himself, and he never dared to think about winning international awards.
He is just trying to get more box office and make more money.
It is good to make a small profit with a big investment, but in most cases, the bigger the investment, the more money you make and the greater the influence.
After all, hundreds of millions of dollars in investment and a crew of thousands of people prove that the director's scheduling ability is not something that anyone can do.
Doesn't he want to make a special effects blockbuster?
Think about it, but the problem is that he can't get so much money, and the capital doesn't trust him.
Looking at the entire Chinese entertainment industry, there are only a few directors who can direct special effects blockbusters with hundreds of millions of investments.
Now, there is one more Ning Hao.
Although the two have always had a good relationship, Xu Zheng still doesn't feel comfortable.
"What's the subject matter? How much is the investment?"
"Myth, tens of millions of dollars is enough. Director Jiang gave me the idea. I have to stay in seclusion for a while when I go back and write the script first!"
Xu Zheng felt more and more bitter after hearing this. "Congratulations, there is a suitable role. Don't forget your brother!"
"No!"
After hanging up the phone, Xu Zheng felt more and more upset. He seemed to have helped his brother after all the trouble.
Fortunately, the revenue of "Lost in Hong Kong" has been realized in advance, and it will not lose money even if the box office is worse.
In the blink of an eye, it was the 11th National Day. "Lost in Hong Kong", which was called the sequel of "Lost in Journey" and "Lost in Thailand", landed in major domestic theaters. The first day's box office was released, and it reached a shocking 212 million.
It can be said that it broke the first-day box office record of small and medium-cost films, which is only slightly worse than Jiang Heng's special effects blockbusters.
In terms of reputation, it fell terribly.
On the day of the film's release, Douban scored 6.3, but it dropped to 5.7 on the second day, and even dropped to 4.9 on the third day, and has already entered the ranks of bad films.
Amid the criticisms of major media and netizens, the film's single-day box office also fell rapidly, and it was obviously impossible to break 1 billion.
What's worse is that because of the unpleasant performance in "Lost in Hong Kong", Xu Zheng and Bao Bei'er's popularity has fallen rapidly.
The former is not bad, as he has no recent works.
Bao Bei'er is miserable. "All the Way Crazy", which he collaborated with Chen Sicheng, suffered an unexpected disaster, and the box office, which was not high to begin with, almost fell.
Various films were released during the National Day holiday, and all kinds of eye-catching news emerged one after another.
But the most eye-catching film during the entire National Day holiday is still the new film "The Great Wall" directed by Zhang Yimou.
The special effects blockbuster with an investment of 150 million US dollars, in addition to the queen of hit dramas Yang Mi, also has powerful actors such as Liu Dehua and Zhang Hanyu.
In addition, Fu Dalong, who plays Qin Shi Huang in the film, was recommended by Jiang Heng.
At the Hengdian film studio, Director Zhang Yimou wore a red dress that symbolizes auspiciousness and held incense to worship. The reporters and audiences who were watching took photos.
"Director Zhang, can you say a few words?" a reporter asked.
"Well, thank you Director Jiang for giving me the opportunity to direct a real special effects blockbuster. My original intention for making this film was to use the form of combining monsters with history to open up a broader expression space for Chinese stories and Chinese values, so that the world can better understand China's history and China's past..."
Zhang Yimou's answer was still relatively official.
Yang Mi was a little excited. After so many years, she finally became the heroine of a special effects blockbuster.
Although she felt a little regretful that it was not Jiang Heng's film, Zhang Yimou was also a famous director, and it was at least a special effects blockbuster with an investment of hundreds of millions of US dollars.
"In the film, I play a talented girl from the Mohist school who likes to design various mechanisms and is a lover with the eldest son Fusu..."
For the sake of confidentiality of the film, Yang Mi did not say much, and left a lot of suspense for the reporters and audience present.
"Lovers, is it because of the difference in status that she was not made a princess?" a reporter with an active mind asked.
Yang Mi smiled, "I can only say that the time is not yet ripe!"
After a simple opening ceremony and new film release conference, the Daqin version of "The Great Wall" produced by iQiyi Films officially started filming.
Because the reunion was too far away, Jiang Heng did not attend in person, but just made a phone call.
"Everything went well?"
"Well, the audience is looking forward to it!"
Zhang Yimu smiled innocently. As the first special effects blockbuster in China that combines monsters and history, he is very optimistic about the movie "The Great Wall".
When filming started, he showed strong confidence.
Jiang Heng also thought it was good and praised it a few times before hanging up.
At the China Film Digital Base, the filming of "Alien Path" was relatively smooth.
Jiang Heng has been shooting special effects blockbusters for more than ten years. In terms of his experience in shooting special effects movies, even the big directors in Hollywood are not as experienced as him.
In addition, the film was funded by the company, and no actor dared to act like a big shot or make trouble. There was no such bad things that were common in other crews, so the filming went smoothly.
As a result, Jiang Heng not only wrote the outline of "Don't Panic, King", but also made a draft of the script in his spare time.
Ning Hao was very surprised when he got it, and he admired it more after reading it.
"You are so busy shooting, and you can still find time to write a script?"
Jiang Heng smiled, "What's the big deal? You know the most glorious era of Hong Kong movies. They really could shoot a movie and write a script at the same time. The most amazing thing is that it can sell well and become a classic!"
Ning Hao smiled embarrassedly, "The golden age!"
Jiang Heng said: "Okay, I'm busy here, so I won't keep you here. Take it back and revise it! When you feel that it can be finalized, come to me again!"
Ning Hao nodded and was about to leave. Jiang Heng said again: "By the way, before you go back to revise the script, you can go to see Mr. Du first. The crew can prepare in advance, such as actors, props and materials!"
Ning Hao said: "Understood, I'll go to him now!"
After leaving the shooting site, Ning Hao returned to the car and flipped through the printed draft of the script again, and said with emotion: "This is too complete!"
Everyone says that Jiang Heng is a genius, but he didn't feel it so deeply before.
Now seeing that an idea that was thought up temporarily has become a mature script in a few days, and it is the kind of script that looks promising, Ning Hao is really envious.
A few years ago, he was also full of inspiration and had all kinds of ideas.
But these can eventually become scripts, after all, there are still a few, and those that look good are even fewer.
The current situation is that he has reached a bottleneck in his creation. He always feels that he should shoot something, but when he really starts writing, he has nothing!
"Director Jiang has been creating for many years, fifteen or sixteen years, it's amazing, amazing!"
Ning Hao sighed for a while before starting the car back to Beijing and heading straight to the iQiyi Film Building.
Because he called in advance to make an appointment, Du Huan was waiting for him in the CEO's office.
Seeing Ning Hao come in, he smiled and said, "The script was written so quickly? Let me see it!" (End of this chapter)