Chapter 375 Heaven and Earth
The summer vacation has just ended, and the mainland film market has suddenly become chaotic again.

The reason is that after "Captain America" ​​and "Norwegian Wood", several imported Hollywood movies were temporarily scheduled by China Film to the September schedule.

They are "The Mechanic", "The Big Bad Boy", "Drive", "King of Arthur 3" and so on.

This is completely unacceptable to a number of domestic films, especially those with small and medium budgets.

"There are all kinds of blockbuster movies released every month, and small and medium-budget movies have no chance to survive." Many producers spoke out in discomfort and called on relevant departments to protect domestic films.

However, no matter how uncomfortable they were, at this moment, in the meeting room of Bona Company, Yu Dong was in a good mood and had a smile on his face.

Because of this year's Venice Film Festival, there were four Chinese-language films shortlisted, and two out of four.

"People Mountain People Sea" directed by Cai Shangjun won the Silver Lion Award for Best Director, and Yip Tak-hsien won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for "A Simple Life".

There are two award-winning films, the former is a mainland film.

The latter film was invested by Bona Film Group. After the award ceremony, Yu Dong was overjoyed with joy just from the overseas copyright fees earned from the film.

Especially with the support of the Best Actress award, Yu Dong believes that the domestic box office will not be low after the movie is released.

As for the other two films, one from Hong Kong and the other from Taiwan, both returned empty-handed.

However, Yu Dong didn't pay attention to these things. He was in a meeting today, and the topic of discussion was naturally the upcoming movie "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate".

In early September, two small and medium-budget domestic films, "Global Love" and "The Great Warrior", held their premieres one after another.

At this time, it also marks the end of the entire summer season, and the next box office node is naturally the Lunar New Year season.

Online, some media have made statistics that this year's summer box office in the domestic market has exceeded 20 billion, the highest in history. The film and television industry is singing praises, and major film and television companies have stated that the mainland film industry has entered a golden age.

At Xingchen Film and Television Company, Gu Wei heaved a long sigh of relief as he watched the editing of "2012" being completed.

The third version of the final trailer has been edited for the most part, and the trailer is about three minutes long, a rare duration. It includes many doomsday disaster shots, and is definitely one of the most conscientious trailers.

In the office, Gu Wei was leisurely drinking tea and browsing online news.

"Overheard 2's box office has exceeded million yuan, and Hong Kong films are rising strongly again!"

"The action movie "The Great Warrior" directed by Gao Xiaosong, written by Zou Jingzhi and Gao Xiaosong, directed by Sammo Hung, and starring Wu Zun, Han Geng, Barbie Hsu, Yuen Biao, Yu Rongguang, and Yi Nengjing, had a dismal box office performance, with a box office of only 20 million in the first three days of the weekend."

"Co-produced by Huayi Brothers, Fox International Production and Jiaoyang Films, "Global Love" grossed over 30 million in its first weekend, but the film received poor reviews."

Most of the news reports are about movies that have been released.

"Dong dong!" There was a knock on the door.

"Come in."

The office door was pushed open, and Song Ge came in. He didn't say anything polite and just picked up the teacup and started drinking.

"How are the premiere arrangements going?" Gu Wei asked directly after glancing at Song Ge.

During this period, Song Ge has been very busy with the promotion of "2012", and now he has to prepare for the premiere.

"There are so many things to do. We are currently looking for venues and inviting guests. The roadshow is expected to start in mid-October, and we will visit the capital, Shanghai, and all major cities in China."

Song Ge talked eloquently. Hearing this, Gu Wei nodded slightly. From mid-October to the release of the movie is the busiest period. Not only in China, but also in North America, Australia, Europe, and other Southeast Asian countries, there are premieres scheduled one after another.

"Director Gu, Transformers 3 has been released, and the box office is exactly 10.5 billion, which is about the same as you predicted."

While talking about the movie, Song Ge suddenly brought it up.

"Well, I just checked online and there was a reporter who was touting this year's summer box office. An imported blockbuster accounted for half of it. Domestic films really didn't account for much."

Just listen to the reporters' reports, most of the news is really not convincing.

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After Feng Xiaogang's "1942" passed the review of the General Administration, some directors in the circle felt that they were successful again.

In 06, the film "Summer Palace" directed by Lou Ye participated in the competition of the Cannes Film Festival in France without passing the film censorship, which violated Article of the "Film Management Regulations".

The penalty received was “not allowed to engage in related film business within five years.”

Subsequently, Lou Ye, a literary and artistic film director who had been banned from directing for five years, established a new film company called "Dreamer" in the capital this year. Two or three months before the official "lifting of the ban", Lou Ye had already been working on his new film according to regular procedures.

After the ban was lifted, I submitted the outline of a new film script tentatively named "Mystery" to the General Administration immediately. Unexpectedly, it was rejected directly.

Normally, the first thing they should do is to ask for the reason, then revise the script and submit it again. But Lou Ye, who was either too bold or too stupid, directly posted on Weibo to accuse the reviewers of the General Administration of Press and Publication of targeting him.

This guy may have been banned from directing because he has been filming abroad for the past few years. He didn't learn any film-making techniques abroad, but he did learn a lot about the freedom of speech abroad.

Afterwards, this guy accepted an interview with foreign media again, but he actually said a lot of words about "freedom of speech" when he was interviewed by foreign media.

The result was that public opinion quickly spread outside and became a big deal.

The incident caused a big stir and there were all kinds of comments on the Internet.

"Director Lou Ye is the conscience of the industry and he dares to speak the truth."

"There are indeed problems with the quality of domestic films. Why don't we learn from Europe and the United States and develop a rating system?"

Later, a group of art film directors also seized on the topic and advocated a rating system.

“Why is it that bloody and violent movies are not allowed to be made in China, but imported European and American blockbusters can have their violent scenes left intact?”

"A good system can better promote the development of the mainland film market. China should follow the example of Hollywood."

But in the eyes of the General Administration, their remarks are nothing. They envy foreign systems all day long. If they really have the ability, they should not make movies in China, but go directly to Hollywood.

They say it’s a system problem, but in the final analysis it’s still some people who are unscrupulously licking the European and American culture.

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"Is this guy thinking of something? He was very obedient when we were banned from coaching, but now he's the only one jumping up and down. Is he showing off?"

Finally, the matter became more and more serious, and other directors who had been banned from directing also accepted interviews from media reporters. Jiang Wen was not polite during the interview and said a few direct words.

"Any system has two sides. If you just say that foreign systems are good, you also have to think about whether they are suitable for the domestic market environment."

Director Tian Zhuangzhuang, who has not appeared in public for a long time, couldn't help but say a few words. His meaning was very clear: the moon in foreign countries is not any rounder than the one in China.

Afterwards, Gu Wei, who went to China Film Group for something, naturally could not escape and was still blocked by reporters at the door.

To be honest, Gu Wei really didn't have much to say about Lou Ye's remarks. He just felt that this great director had been hyped up to the skies in recent years, and that there might be something wrong with his perception.

It was just that during the interview, I suddenly remembered that at the 09 Cannes Film Festival, this person participated in the competition with "Spring Breeze Intoxicated Night" which he secretly shot in China.

After winning the Best Screenwriter award, Lou Ye publicly criticized the State Administration of Film and Television in front of a group of foreign media. At that time, he did not take the Administration seriously, so it is normal for him to say these words now.

Afterwards, the Louye incident passed quickly. The higher-ups took action and the media did not dare to report it extensively.

After hearing the news, Zhou Xun and Qin Hao were a little emotional. One of them won the Best Actress Award at the Paris Film Festival for Lou Ye's "Suzhou River", and the other also walked on the red carpet in Cannes with "Spring Breeze Intoxicated Night".

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In the film industry, the most popular movie recently, "Legend of White Snake", held a "grand" premiere in the capital.

Li Lianjie, who had always emphasized that she was just a guest star, was also present.

At the premiere, Yang Zi boasted that after the Venice Film Festival, "Legend of White Snake" will be screened at the Busan Film Festival next month. In order to build momentum, Yang Zi said that he would invite Li Lianjie to appear, but he was unexpectedly rejected by the other party: "After these three days of promotion, there will be nothing for me to do. I will not go (to Busan)."

Li Lianjie emphasized that she is not a person who likes to participate in international film festivals.

Later, a reporter asked him why he appeared at the Venice Film Festival to support "Legend of White Snake".

Li Lianjie admitted that she was defeated by Yang Zi's silver bullet offensive: "Yang Zi gave me a Guanyin worth several million, and I like Guanyin very much, so..."

Yang Zi chimed in, "Actually, I have another one."

Afterwards, Yang Zi accepted questions from reporters and claimed that the film's overseas sales alone had already recovered 70% to 80% of its total investment cost, and that it would start to make a profit if the box office exceeded 150 million yuan. However, it is unknown whether this news is true or not.

The premiere of "Legend of White Snake" did not cause much waves in the circle. The only thing that attracted everyone's attention was the appearance of Li Lianjie.

After seeing this situation, Juli Pictures released various press releases and trailers, claiming that Xu Xian and White Snake had an "ancient version of naked marriage", really trying to get any traffic they could, and then "Legend of White Snake" suffered a critical blow.

In mid-September, the half-naked photos of the two snakes were released, and were first commented on by netizens. Soon, one netizen said: The White Snake played by Zhao Yazhi came from heaven to the earth, and the White Snake played by Huang Shengyi came from heaven to the earth.

This sentence was so destructive that it spread everywhere in an instant. Some netizens even said that the White Snake played by Huang Shengyi was too coquettish, and they exposed her identity as a so-called "mistress". Yang Zi was almost mad with anger.

Others in the industry also treated it as a joke.

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(End of this chapter)