Chapter 292 War without smoke

The popular imported blockbuster "Frozen" has entered the second half of its schedule. Reporters found that many viewers went to the cinema again, and some parents even took their children to watch the movie three times in a row.

From "Transformers", "Inception", "Avatar" to "Frozen", the same movie has attracted many "repeat customers", which has become a common phenomenon in the film market in the past two years.

"The increasing number of repeat moviegoers brings greater potential for movie box office."

The article attracted the attention of many people in the circle, especially directors and producers in the industry.

Judging from the records of cinemas, some of the high-grossing movies in the past have been watched repeatedly by a large number of moviegoers, and the producers have also benefited greatly.

For example, at the end of the last century, when "Titanic" landed in Taiwan, some viewers went to the cinema and watched the movie more than 20 times.

Similarly, when the domestic film "Shaolin Temple" was released, it was also watched repeatedly by the audience. Otherwise, where would the box office of more than 100 million yuan come from? You have to know that there were no cinemas in many small places at that time.

"It's easier said than done." Directors in the industry also understand that repeated viewings will bring huge benefits to the box office.

But making such a movie is not an easy task.

The box office champion of the National Day period undoubtedly fell to "Frozen". The key is that the movie's reputation has not collapsed and it has received rave reviews.

According to data provided by theaters, the overall box office of the film market reached over 500 million during the entire National Day period, far exceeding the total market volume of 200 million during the same period last year.

"Director Gu, Guangguang's film Painted Wall has finished filming.

The employees who accompanied the team have already brought back the negatives, but the post-production special effects production will probably have to wait a little longer.

The company is currently working hard on the post-production of "Warring States."

In the office, Song Ge and Gu Wei brought up this matter.

"I'm sure the filming is finished. This is too fast."

Gu Wei was a little bit unbelieving. After all, it was a special effects movie, and it was already completed in such a short time. Could it be that Wang Changtian was cheated by the Hong Kong director again? This thought popped into his mind.

“Well, I went to have a look.

Well, how should I put it? After all, the investment is not big and the plot of the movie is simple.”

After Song Ge finished speaking, Gu Wei understood that Wang Changtian probably placed most of his hopes on the post-production special effects.

Think about it, with an investment of 30 million, which is less than half of the art films produced by their own company, how good a movie can they make?

But to be honest, there is nothing wrong with this move by Guangguang. With the name of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" and riding on the popularity of "Painted Skin", if the box office of the movie breaks 100 million, Wang Changtian will probably be satisfied.

...

"Ya Ya, good news.

Sister Hua sent someone to tell me that the company had received audition invitations from the crews of "The Flowers of War" and "On the Beach at Night Alone".

Both sides are supporting roles. Do you want to take a leave and give it a try? "

Since joining the crew of "The Great Robbery", this period of time has been one of the happiest moments in Tong Liya's life.

There is nothing more joyful than having a role to play and being the heroine.

After listening to this, Tong Liya looked at her assistant with a smile on her face and a bit of disbelief.

"Really? You can audition for two big directors' movies?"

These days, in the crew of "The Big Robbery", the most discussed topic during breaks in filming is Director Gu Wei.

One is the horrible box office of "Frozen", and the other is the art film "On the Beach at Night Alone".

When it comes to promoting people, commercial films by ordinary big directors cannot compare to art films. However, this is not the case for director Gu Wei. After all, if you really want to make a blockbuster with a box office of over 1 billion US dollars, it can really bring more fame than ordinary art films.

However, the art films directed by big directors are still quite powerful. If we count them in the past, Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and others were also promoted thanks to art films.

"Really, Yaya, Director Zhang is in a hurry, so I need to go there in the next two days.

The time given by Director Gu is before the 25th, and it should be finalized by the end of the month at the latest.

If I take consecutive leave, I'm afraid it will be hard to say to Director Ning."

The assistant also spoke in an excited tone, waving his hands constantly, and then seemed to think of something and became a little worried.

"Well, I'll go talk to the director and ask for leave to go to Director Zhang first.

By the end of the month, The Heist will probably be finished soon. If it really doesn’t work out, I’ll just tell the truth. I believe Director Ning will definitely give Director Gu some face.”

After thinking for a while, Tong Liya spoke slowly, and the assistant next to her kept nodding.

...

This year's Hundred Flowers Awards for Popular Films has announced the latest nominations.

However, it was this nomination that allowed mainland screenwriters to work together for once. Mainland screenwriters united to protest the fact that the Hundred Flowers Awards had not given out a screenplay award for many years.

"The Hundred Flowers Awards for Popular Films does not have a screenwriter award, and screenwriters are excluded as a whole. This is an act of ungratefulness and betrayal of the original intention of establishing the Hundred Flowers Awards."

As soon as this report was released, it became a hot topic among netizens regarding the Hundred Flowers Awards.

Subsequently, three screenwriters, Wang Hailin, Fei Ming and Liu Yi, submitted an article titled "There is no reason for the Hundred Flowers Awards to exclude rewards for screenwriters", directly pointing out that this year's Hundred Flowers Awards "spent money to create hype, there was no script award, and the awards were given out anyway", which was tantamount to publicly proclaiming that domestic films do not need screenwriters, and in disguise showing the low "status" of domestic screenwriters to their foreign screenwriter colleagues.

As soon as the report came out, the Hundred Flowers Awards officials were instantly embarrassed. After all, their external publicity policy is "let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend." Doesn't your statement make us seem fake?
"Haha, the Hundred Flowers Awards claims to only represent the audience's opinions and evaluations of the film, but they don't even know the importance of the 'script'."

"Fuck, no wonder so many movies are getting worse and worse, it turns out it's because screenwriters have no status and no enthusiasm for work."

"American screenwriters can protest against pay increases, but Chinese screenwriters don't even qualify to participate in film festivals."

Netizens didn’t care about anything and just treated it as another big melon, helping the screenwriters to arrange the Hundred Flowers Awards. …

On the other hand, Tong Liya went directly to the crew of "The Flowers of War" after taking leave, and Ning Hao also took the time to call Gu Wei.

The two first talked about Gu Wei's new movie.

"It's an art film directed by a famous director, and many people in the industry are looking forward to it. If you don't even hold an audition, many people will be disappointed."

After hearing what Ning Hao said, Gu Wei didn't say anything. He knew of course that what Ning Hao said was true, but this time it had already been decided, so there was no need to publicize the audition. As a result, after the audition, everyone found out that it was Liu Yifei again.

This will only continue to attract hatred for the young lady.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. Have you heard about the Hundred Flowers Awards? It's been quite a commotion lately."

Ning Hao noticed that Gu Wei was not paying attention to the movie, so he changed the subject.

"Well, haven't they all replied?"

"The reason is ridiculous, saying that the audience doesn't understand the script and it's difficult to make a selection.

There are difficulties in setting up professional awards for screenwriting, photography, fine arts, music, etc. There are procedural problems with adding new awards, and the timing is not yet ripe.

I said a lot of bullshit, who would believe it?"

Ning Hao kept nagging on and on, and this reason really seemed to be fooling the audience. After all, the Hundred Flowers Awards has had a screenwriter award since its inception.

The first Hundred Flowers Screenwriter Award was awarded to the work "Revolutionary" written by screenwriters Xia Yan and Shui Hua.

Now they are talking nonsense saying that the time is not ripe, which is simply making fun of the audience and screenwriters.

"Haha, anyway, these domestic awards all act in a high-handed manner, ignore everyone, and are particularly pro-Western."

Gu Wei said with disdain.

"Yes, it's right not to participate in domestic film festivals. Just like me, after the filming of "The Heist" was completed, I immediately flew to the Golden Horse Awards to satisfy my desire to be a judge."

Even through the phone, Gu Wei could feel Ning Hao's smug expression. He was really good at showing off, but it wasn't like he was inviting you to be the chairman.

"By the way, that Tong Liya said she'll audition for your movie before the end of the month. Is that true?"

After Ning Hao finished showing off, he started asking about this matter again.

“It should be arranged by Company No. 18. There are still a few supporting roles that have not been decided, so they are trying to select from within the company.

What's wrong? Is there a problem? "

"No, I'm just asking. This girl is really lucky. If she is chosen by you again, she will be famous in the circle."

"Uh, hang up now."

Hearing Ning Hao's malicious tone, Gu Wei hung up the phone directly.

"Hey, I haven't finished talking yet!"

On the other side, Ning Hao's mouth corners slightly raised, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"Director Ning, the props are ready, we can start."

The stage manager came over and interrupted Ning Hao who was thinking.

"Well, let's get started."

...

In the outside world, as the Lunar New Year holiday draws closer, several blockbuster films have begun their publicity and hype.

Reporters also began to interview several big directors. After all, the entire October was Gu Wei's solo stage, and he didn't even have a competitor. No matter how good the topic was, people would get tired of it eventually.

"The Orphan of Zhao is a unique historical costume drama, but simply talking about the box office seems a bit vulgar.

Compared with the box office, I care more about the reputation of the film and what kind of feelings and inspiration the film can bring to the audience."

Well, Director Chen is worthy of being Director Chen, he is always so "characteristic".

“Earthquake is a thing of the past. Even if it was the highest-grossing domestic box office record, it has become history and there is no need to emphasize it anymore.

Besides, box office is meant to be surpassed. If You Are the One 2 is scheduled to be released on the 22nd. I hope everyone will support it."

Feng Xiaogang continued to use the box office record of "The Great Earthquake" as a gimmick, and also promoted a wave of new movies.

“With three movie kings co-starring in Let the Bullets Fly, I have great confidence.

The box office is guaranteed to be 500 million, and 600 million is very likely. It might even break the record of "Aftershock". Didn't Director Feng say that records are meant to be broken? "

Jiang Wen has become very high-profile this time. He is now fighting a do-or-die battle and cannot afford to lose.

If this movie fails at the box office again, I won’t be able to hold my head up high in the circle.

"Painted Skin 2 is even better produced and will not disappoint fans. Our goal is to create a new domestic box office record."

Wuershan was not willing to fall behind and started by breaking the domestic record.

The perversion of several directors has brought the atmosphere of the film market to an extreme.

There is only more than a month left until the Lunar New Year holiday, and then it will be another war without the smoke of gunpowder.

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(End of this chapter)