Chapter 458 The Avengers Attack

Compared to the popularity of the Capital International Film Festival, the news that Hu Ge officially announced his departure from Tangren Film and Television on Weibo did not cause much discussion in the industry.

Because Hu Ge had implicitly admitted earlier that he would terminate the contract, everyone is now more concerned about where he will go.

But when facing the interview with reporters, Hu Ge kept his mouth shut and did not reveal anything.

South Korea.

After returning to China, Kim Soo-hyun suddenly discovered that his status in the country had suddenly improved greatly after his trip to China.

The simplest example is that many colleagues in the company who are older and have higher status than him suddenly became polite, and some of his former seniors also became more friendly in their attitude towards him.

The Korean media kept reporting and praising him.

She is even called the hope for the future of the Korean entertainment industry, and she has been bombarded with various announcements and activities.

It seemed as if overnight, he was promoted from an unknown little artist to a top-tier celebrity.

At this time, Zhang Pei, head of the South Korean branch, made another announcement.

The company will invest more than 100 billion won, equivalent to more than million yuan, to produce a TV series.

Among them, Kim Soo-hyun will be the absolute leading actor and play the role of the male lead.

As soon as the news was released, it triggered extensive coverage by Korean media.

Later, it was revealed that the popular Korean actress Jun Ji-hyun would be invited to play the female lead, and Park Jin-hae, Yoo In-na, Oh Sang-jin and others would join.

Before the TV series started filming, it was revealed that it had signed an agreement with South Korea's SBS TV station and would premiere at the end of the year.

The reason why it went so smoothly was naturally because of the help of South Korean companies such as NEW. They had purchased Gu Wei's scripts before and made a lot of money. For such a small matter, Gu Wei could just make a phone call and the other party could get it done.

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Sometimes, I have to complain that the domestic film industry pays too much attention to outsiders from Hollywood.

Gu Wei, who was filming for "The Wandering Earth", indeed received a call from Director Tong of the Film Bureau.

"What? Mr. Han can't invite you, and you still want me to call you?" What can Gu Wei do after hearing Tong Gang's teasing tone?
I had no choice but to drop the work I was doing and come to the film festival to participate in the so-called directors' forum.

In Gu Wei's opinion, this kind of activity is actually not very meaningful. If he uses this time, he might as well stay at home and accompany his young lady!

Can the gap between domestic and foreign countries be narrowed by holding a meeting? Can the box office of imported films crushing domestic films be made up by holding a meeting?

If it is really that magical, why would major domestic directors still be vying for Oscars? I'm afraid the situation will just be the other way around, and it will be Cameron and Spielberg's turn to compete for the Capital Film Festival awards.

Despite all his complaints, Gu Wei still went straight to the film festival early the next morning.

As soon as he arrived, he saw Han Sanping looking at him with a smile.

"So what? Director Tong told you that you didn't listen to the advice of elders, and now you are suffering the consequences, haha."

Hearing this, Gu Wei turned his head away, too lazy to pay attention to the other party.

Afterwards, the two chatted for a while and were led by staff to the conference hall.

After entering the conference hall, Gu Wei discovered that the host of today's directors' forum was Brother Chen Kai.

"The higher-ups wanted you to host the event, but you didn't even want to come, and you missed out on this great opportunity to show yourself," Han Sanping said from the side.

"I thank them and want me to host? Forget it."

Gu Wei greeted many people along the way. Wow, today all the people came. Some of them were older, whom Gu Wei didn't even know and had never seen before.

"Hi, Gu, we meet again. It seems like only a month has passed since the last time."

Gu Wei was greeting a few directors when he heard a familiar voice coming from behind. He turned around and saw who else it could be but Cameron.

"Haha, I think we will meet again soon." Gu Wei first hugged the other party and then continued.

"Meet again? Oh, is it the celebration party for "2012"? " After a little thought, Cameron guessed what Gu Wei meant.

"Of course, I hope to see you there then."

"I think this shouldn't be a difficult task."

After the two hugged each other, they chatted and laughed. The other directors next to them felt a little jealous when they saw this.

Especially Brother Chen Kai, who hosted the forum, wished he could take his place.

Afterwards, Brother Chen Kai hosted the forum and delivered a speech. Everyone collectively welcomed the arrival of directors such as Cameron.

Then, the meeting officially began.

During the whole morning meeting, Gu Wei was daydreaming and didn't listen to what they were saying at all.

When it was the directors' turn to speak, Gu Wei just responded with a few words.

As soon as the meeting ended, he left the scene early and returned to the crew.

………Although the super blockbuster "Avengers", carefully crafted by Marvel Studios, was officially released in major box office warehouses such as North America, Russia, and mainland China this weekend, it collected $3 million in box office in other countries/regions in just one week, proving its popularity and money-making ability with strength.

Although "Avengers" is an organized and planned money-making movie, we have to admit that at least a lot of thought went into this money-making movie.

The planning had already begun in 2008, and foreshadowing had been laid everywhere in other preparatory works.

At the end of the day, the five foreshadowing films have generated a cumulative box office of more than 5 billion U.S. dollars, leading to this "Avengers".

The domestic box office of nearly 7000 million on the first day dealt another heavy blow to domestic films.

The screening schedule of domestic films has dropped again, and the most severe drop in screening schedules is naturally for box office hits such as "Ordinary Man" and "Over the Cuckoo's Nest".

Overseas, "Avengers" actually opened in ten overseas film markets as early as April 4, earning US$25 million a day.

On May 5, the film opened to a huge success in North America, with a daily box office of 5 million U.S. dollars, ranking second in film history.

It even exceeded the first-day box office of "2012" when it was released.

In the more than 30 countries and regions where the film was first released, it has raked in a total box office of 3.34 million US dollars, and its box office money-making ability is truly terrifying.

Even in Hollywood, many film and television companies are saying they can't stand it. Based on the first-day box office results, "Avengers" will not follow "2012" and continue to break the global box office record.

The domestic film market is full of cries of "wolf".

However, "Avengers", which chose to be released in the mainland market on Saturday, achieved a box office of about 70 million on Saturday, but the box office dropped on the second day to only about 50 million. This trend is obviously not right.

For this reason, some domestic media published articles in order to gain traffic: Hollywood superhero blockbusters have failed at the mainland box office, and the daily box office has dropped sharply.

As for the crazy money-making of "Avengers" overseas, there was no mention of it.

Gu Wei did not quite agree with this reporting method, but since the media has always had this tradition, he couldn't say anything.

However, after seeing this data, Ning Hao once again walked into the crew of "The Wandering Earth" in the name of visiting the set.

It happened to be lunch time, and the two of them didn't go far. They found a restaurant near the crew and asked for a private room where they could talk.

"The overseas box office of 'Avengers' is amazing. In just over ten days, it has earned more than 300 million US dollars, or more than 2 billion RMB!" Ning Hao put down his wine glass and exclaimed.

Gu Wei laughed and said, "I can't envy them. Their overseas markets are mostly influenced and dominated by European and American culture. Besides, it took several years and several blockbuster movies to lay the foundation. It really didn't happen overnight."

"That being said, I am under a lot of pressure, director. To be honest, if I wasn't afraid of being called a coward, I would really like to change the schedule at the last minute."

Even though the daily box office of "Avengers" is not as exaggerated as "Titanic" last month, the pressure on Ning Hao is still strong.

"Okay, don't change it. The box office is okay. If we change it to another time, what if another blockbuster movie becomes a hit? Do we have to keep changing it?
Have you noticed that although The Avengers looks exciting and cool, it is clearly not acclimatized in China. Just looking at the subsequent box office, it does not have the momentum of Avatar and 2012, and is even slightly inferior to Titanic. "

Gu Wei took a bite of food and spoke slowly.

"So you mean the box office of this movie won't be too high?" Ning Hao grasped the crux of the problem and asked hurriedly.

"About the same. According to my estimation, the box office of The Avengers will be at most 700 to 800 million. It is unlikely to exceed 1 billion."

"Forehead."

Well, after hearing this, Ning Hao didn't know what to say. These big directors' vision was indeed different from his own. A box office of 700 million or 800 million seemed to be nothing in their eyes.

Just like that, Ning Hao, who was "comforted" and "encouraged", regained his confidence and went back to promote "The Great Robbery".

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The directors' forum organized by the Capital Film Festival has completely ended, but the directors in the circle have come together again to do something.

The reason is that during the directors' forum, a reporter asked Cameron how he viewed the development of the mainland film industry.

Cameron did not comment too much, but just gave an example and compared the uncut version of "Titanic" released overseas with the cut version in mainland China.

It points out some limitations of the mainland's film system. Of course, it doesn't say them directly, so it's a tactful way of expressing the view.

Now, some mainland art film directors have an idea.

Jia Zhangke, Wang Xiaoshuai and others posted on Weibo, expressing the limitations of the mainland film system.

Afterwards, they joined forces with many directors to submit their suggestions to the Film Bureau.

The main changes are aimed at making changes to film review and restrictions. We hope that the General Administration will relax the review of films.

The result is predictable. The leaders above just thought they were talking nonsense and ignored them completely.

In mid-May, Lost in Thailand completed filming in Thailand and returned to the capital.

The first thing Xu Zheng did after returning was to see Gu Wei, and mentioned Liu Yifei's guest appearance in passing.

"Yeah, not bad, the time control is just right. After we finish shooting a few more shots, we can hurry up and do the post-production."

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(End of this chapter)