Chapter 495: "" released

"Haha, don't worry, brother. I promise this movie won't be worse than Let the Bullets Fly."

In the entertainment industry, the output of most directors is not very high. After all, the entire process of making a movie, from script writing to crew preparation, shooting, and release, is very time-consuming.

But it is rare to see someone as stubborn as Jiang Wen, since Gu Wei rejected him last time regarding the script.

After more than a month, Jiang Wen finally decided on the new movie "One Step Away".

The two parties had just signed the investment contract when they heard Jiang Wen say this.

"Well, I hope you can still say this when the movie is released." Gu Wei thought to himself, but reminded him: "Director Jiang, no matter how personal your style is when making a movie, you still have to consider one thing, that is, to make the audience understand it."

This movie is adapted from the real case of the Republic of China, "The Yan Ruisheng Case". Compared with "Let the Bullets Fly", Jiang Wen completely let himself go in it.

The film has been subject to much controversy due to its particularly obvious personal style, confusing narrative style, and pretentious dialogues.

In addition, there are too many investors. Among the ones currently involved, there are more than a dozen companies including Capital Bu Yi Le Hu Film Culture Development Co., Ltd., Columbia Pictures, Emperor Entertainment Group Co., Ltd., China Film Co., Ltd. (China Film), Wanda Film and Television Media Co., Ltd., Happiness Blue Ocean Film Culture Group Co., Ltd., Shanghai Film (Group) Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Film), iQiyi Pictures, Dongyang Yibudaodao Film and Television Co., Ltd., etc.

For this reason, Jiang Wen felt a little embarrassed. After all, the previous movie was only able to achieve such high box office revenue thanks to the investment and post-promotion help of Xingchen Film and Television Company.

"Brother, I'm a little sorry for you this time. Next time, I will definitely leave you a bigger share." Jiang Wen said happily.

Regarding this, Gu Wei was not angry at all. Instead, he felt a little relieved. Perhaps it was because he was involved in too many companies. Xingchen Film and Television Company only invested about 10 million yuan and took about % of the shares.

Yes, that's right, the filming cost of Jiang Wen's movie was about 300 million, which is higher than "Let the Bullets Fly". Perhaps this is a common problem for big directors. After a movie is a big hit at the box office, the cost of subsequent movies will be higher.

Hearing Gu Wei's words, Jiang Wen rolled his eyes and said, "Brother, why don't you be the producer of this movie? If we work together, we might be able to easily make a billion at the box office."

Even though his partner Lao Ma next to him looked a little unhappy, Jiang Wen still said so.

My goodness, Gu Wei is too lazy to complain. He has already decided to let me be the producer. How can he have so much time?

"Forget it, Director Jiang, I won't be the producer anymore. But I want to watch the movie after it's finished. If I feel it's not suitable, it will have to be re-edited." Gu Wei said this first. Even though 30 million is not a lot, no one wants to see their money go to waste.

In the original time and space, the investment of "One Step Away" was as high as 300 million yuan, but after its release, it only had a box office of 500 million yuan and a loss of more than 100 million yuan, which can be ranked among the top in the history of mainland movies.

"That's great! I'm so happy to have a great director like you to correct me."

Jiang Wen has the confidence to face anyone, even the national director Zhang Yimou and Brother Chen Kai, he has confronted them both, but he just can't be tough when facing Gu Wei. After all, in the field of commercial films, all the directors in the mainland combined are not enough to beat the other party.

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News about "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" has come out and it is scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival.

During the promotion process, Zhou Xingchi himself was full of confidence in this film.

At the press conference, Wang Zhonglei even made a bold statement that he would dethrone "Let the Bullets Fly" from the top spot on the Chinese-language film box office charts.

In the blink of an eye, on November 11, "25" held its premiere as scheduled and still won a standing ovation.

The invitation letter had naturally been sent to the company a long time ago, but Gu Wei had no interest at all and did not have the time.

The post-production special effects production of "The Wandering Earth" is still in full swing, and Hollywood is also urging it. Even South Korea's CJ Company hopes that Gu Wei can make an appearance recently to increase the popularity of the film.

There were so many complicated things to do that Gu Wei had no choice but to ask Song Ge and Lu Yang to go on behalf of the company.

When Song Ge and Lu Yang arrived at the scene, they found that almost half of the entertainment industry was there.

Although Han Sanping did not come, a vice president of China Film Corporation came.

As for "The Banquet", it chose to premiere on the same day as "1942". Not many guests attended, and most of the guests who attended were deputies from industry companies.

As a private enterprise in the industry, Huayi's current status is indeed higher than that of Star Media. Even if Feng Xiaogang's popularity in the circle is average, it is better than that of Lu Chuan. Looking at the big cats and small cats, Qin Hong and Lu Chuan couldn't help but look at each other, but since they made the choice, they naturally have to bear the consequences.

The premiere of "1942" was quite successful, and many people who attended the premiere cried.

One word, miserable.

Two words: too miserable.

The media reporters also spared no effort to promote it. Feng Xiaogang directly shouted to the audience: "The box office target of 1942 is 10 billion or more. This movie will create a new box office record for domestic films."

Many directors have also given it rave reviews, with some even suggesting using this film to win an Oscar.

"I believe it will win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film because it is such a great film."

"Is it so beautiful?"

Gu Wei read the online report and asked Song Ge and Lu Yang. "From the perspective of the movie itself, it is indeed good and can be called a classic." Lu Yang said honestly. He already knew that he would be directing the company's recently approved film "New Police Story 2013", and he had no objection to it. After all, making one more movie can help him accumulate more experience, not to mention working with Cheng Long.

"But from a commercial film perspective, the box office may not be that good." Song Ge has a good eye. He thinks that there won't be many viewers watching this kind of sad work.

After hearing this, Gu Wei had an idea in mind, so he just asked Song Ge and Xu Zheng to continue the promotion of "Lost in Thailand".

"Remind him that if he causes any more trouble, he will no longer be in the film industry."

Gu Wei's words were quite serious. After all, the script, investment, and publicity of this movie were all provided by Xingchen Film and Television Company. Even if "Lost in Thailand" becomes a big hit later, he can replace the cast with just one word.

The reason for saying this is, of course, that Xu Zheng was exposed to have stayed alone with a female actress in a hotel for most of the day, which caused a lot of uproar.

But at this stage, Xu Zhengda’s influence is not that great, fortunately he has not continued to cause too much discussion.

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The box office of Li An's "Life of Pi" has been rising since its release. Less than two weeks have passed, and the current box office is approaching 400 million.

This number makes all the Lunar New Year movies jealous, and makes them look forward to the Lunar New Year even more, because the cake behind it is even bigger. "

Time flies, and it is November 11th.

"1942" has officially been released in major theaters across the mainland for its public screening.

The next day, when the first day's box office results came out, it was only 2500 million, which was neither as good as "Aftershock" 3620 million nor as good as "If You Are the One 2" 3490 million.

This result was already a disastrous failure. Perhaps affected by this, Huayi Company's stock price hit the limit down shortly after the opening on the 30th. It can be seen that the capital market has already sentenced the box office prospects of "" to death.

Not to mention the opinions of people in the circle, Feng Xiaogang was stunned at this moment.

Although right now, the headlines on the portal's film, television and entertainment information are all positive about this movie, good reputation does not mean high box office.

"On the first day of its release, 2500 grossed million at the box office and received rave reviews from the industry, which was very moving."

"Director Feng Xiaogang used 1942 to look back on that period of painful history, showing the reality of natural disasters, when millions of people were displaced and starved to death."

Many directors in the industry admit that there is nothing to criticize about Feng Xiaogang's "1942".

But every audience has his or her own criteria for judgment. In front of this movie, the most direct feeling of the audience is that they don’t want to go to the cinema and make themselves uncomfortable, or they simply don’t want to watch it a second time.

Even so, there are still some "things" that are not human who actually question the authenticity of this incident and do not believe that such a thing has ever happened in history.

There is no doubt that this is the highest-rated film of all Feng Xiaogang's works to date, and professional websites give it uniformly high scores.

But there is a saying that goes, if you have been given the unparalleled reputation, you can only say goodbye to the box office.

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"2500 million!"

Upon hearing this number, everyone in the Huayi Company conference room was a little trembling with fear.

"2.1", with a total cost of 2500 million and a shooting period of nearly eight months, only earned million on the first day?
With this number, let alone breaking the box office record of "Let the Bullets Fly", there is no chance of it even making back the investment, let alone exceeding 10 billion.

Wang Zhongjun's eyes were bloodshot and his face looked gloomy as if he wanted to eat someone. Wang Zhonglei, who was sitting next to him, also had a bad look on his face.

The other executives remained silent, not daring to say a word for fear of implicating themselves.

Only Feng Xiaogang seemed calmer, and there was even a hint of a smile on his face, apparently feeling happy about the positive reviews online.

"Can you find a way to apply for an extension key?" Wang Zhongjun asked helplessly when he saw Feng Xiaogang's expression.

“Unless the box office is very good by the time it is taken off the screen, the General Administration will definitely not agree.” Wang Zhonglei said with certainty. It is impossible that if a movie has poor box office, the General Administration will immediately agree to apply for an extension. If everyone does that, it will be a mess.

Hearing this, Wang Zhongjun closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said slowly: "Add another 20 million yuan in publicity funds and increase the publicity efforts, and I won't believe it."

"I understand. I'll do it right away." Wang Zhonglei knew that the situation had come to this point and this was the only way to solve it for now.

As for Feng Xiaogang, he said that he would immediately prepare for the next movie and try to make up for the company's losses.

After hearing this, Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei's faces looked better. After all, Huayi really couldn't do without each other at this stage. Even if there was a loss at the box office, they could only accept it with a pinch of their nose.

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(End of this chapter)