Chapter 552 The turbulent entertainment industry
In the entertainment industry, a world of fame and fortune, new things happen all the time.

However, in the domestic entertainment and film and television circles at this moment, it is like "Li Yunlong attacked Ping'an County, causing the entire northwest Shanxi to become a mess."

For a while, media reporters were overwhelmed with reporting, and netizens were also overwhelmed by all the news.

Here, "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" is still striving for a box office of 300 million.

Well, it is indeed a fast sprint, because the movie is so bad that it has aroused the curiosity of the audience.

Online, there are a lot of gossips and negative reviews about "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains", calling it the worst movie in the past decade.

But people in the circle found a different approach and discovered the key to the problem from another angle.

That is high box office, and even many film and television companies have begun to take action.

It has to be said that "The Secret: Residence in the Fuchuan Mountain" has refreshed the three views of the film industry.

Even on the third day after its reputation had completely collapsed, it still achieved high box office, closing in over 4400 million.

After three days, the total box office has reached 1.43 million, which is terrifying.

Over at Wanda Pictures, General Manager Ye Ning couldn't help himself when seeing the continuous actions of big companies like China Film, Bona Film, Xingchen Films, Huayi Brothers, and Guangguang.

Although there is a "New Police Story 2013" and the Sino-US co-production "Man of Tai Chi" which will be released in July, they are not Wanda's main investment projects after all, and Ye Ning always feels that something is missing.

On the other hand, "Tiny Times" continued to be hyped, and Guo Xiaosi's ridicule of the big director's movie having low box office was also continuously reported and fermented by the media.

First, LeTV Pictures CEO Zhang Zhao came out to speak: "Tiny Times is a watershed in the film industry."

Founded in 2011, LeTV Pictures participated in the promotion and distribution of the "Tiny Times" series. Looking at the hot box office of "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains", it would be a lie to say that it was not excited.

As for word of mouth and bad reviews?
Oh, that’s nothing!
If you can't even tolerate a little grievance in business, how can you make a lot of money?

Yes, in Zhang Zhao's eyes, movies are just a tool to make money. Don't tell me about cultural propaganda and communication. Can it make a living?
Later, Zhang Zhao continued to say that through "Tiny Times", the company can serve the audience aged 15 to 25 more accurately.

Even though the movie hasn't been released yet, it has been hailed as the biggest dark horse of this summer's movie season.

Since it is a dark horse, there must be a chance for unique publicity methods.

Guo Xiaosi is indeed doing it, and he brought the main creator Yang Mi and others to the program’s base camp.

On the one hand, they are promoting the songs that Sodagreen wrote specifically for "Tiny Times". Anyway, it's just mindless praise.

Subsequently, a mobile application client called "Duitang" launched an album on its platform, which contained photos of the starring actors of "Tiny Times" in various gorgeous costumes. Users of the program can freely download, forward and comment on these photos, which triggered a craze among fans.

Compared with Guo Xiaosi's methods, the promotion and publicity of Guangguang's "The Detective" and "The Master of Breakup" which will be released at the end of the month are a bit boring.

Relying on the light of radio media, most of the films it produces use talk shows, radio publicity and other means, and this movie is naturally no exception.

As for the news about Guangguang, apart from the promotion of the new movie, there was also some negative news.

The producer of the movie "Glory Days" issued an open letter on its official Weibo account, attributing the box office failure to the poor publicity and promotion by the distributor, Light Media.

"From today on, we are terminating all cooperation with Enlight Media and calling on all major cinema chains across the country to suspend all cooperation with Enlight Media on this film and stop screening this film."

Wow, this is very brave. Although Guangguang is not the most powerful film and television company in the circle, it will probably have a hard time after offending the other party like this.

Although many people in the industry have not seen the movie "Glory Days", it is promoted as a film that pays tribute to Hong Kong kung fu films, and brings together stars such as Ti Lung, Felix Wong, Ray Lui, and Max Mok.

As a result, this is it?
Guangguang later issued a statement: "Initially we refused to distribute the film, but the producer begged us to distribute it.

After careful consideration, the two parties decided to cooperate, and during the cooperation period, Guangguang did not neglect the publicity and distribution.

As a result, the producer's film was not good, the attendance rate was too low, resulting in fewer screenings, and this can also be blamed on us."

To be honest, if the cooperation between the two parties had not broken down, few people would have known that such a movie was released!

For a time, all 39 domestic films released simultaneously in June were promoted using various means.

There are countless hot topics on the Internet.

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At the same time, the Shanghai Film Festival is also ongoing.

Director He Ping said at the Shanghai Film Festival forum that if Chinese films want to go global, they must make high-quality blockbusters.

"Low-budget films are not the future of Chinese films. Moreover, since many small- and medium-budget films have become dark horses this year, many investors have followed suit and produced them in batches with a 'horse racing' mentality.
But this mentality is wrong, and taking shortcuts will eventually lead to trouble.

We should learn from great directors like Gu Wei and Zhang Yimou and make big-budget movies.”

I have to say, this makes people feel comfortable.

However, the phenomenon of wanting to gain big box office with small investment is currently very serious in the circle.

According to a report by Sina Media, a company in the industry invested around 10 million yuan in 2000 movies at one time. Since there were no scripts, they just adapted the hit TV series and started filming them quickly.

I thought that if they could release a movie like "Lost in Thailand" or "Seattle", they would make a lot of money.

This mentality is very common among many small and medium-sized production companies.

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At this time, Bona and China Star also took the opportunity to announce a new movie: "The Man from Macau".

God of Gamblers Chow Yun-fat once again stars in a gambling film.

Not only the film industry, but countless audiences and fans were also attracted by this news, and their expectations were instantly raised.

The background music of "God of Gamblers" rang in my ears involuntarily.

The media, like a cat smelling fish, reported on it one after another. "After many years, Wong Jing teamed up with Chow Yun-fat again. Can he continue the classic of "God of Gamblers"?"

"The top actress Jing Tian will play the leading role in "The Man from Macau" with Chow Yun-fat and Nicholas Tse."

Once the specific media reports came out, a number of young actresses in the circle became somewhat numb.

It has been seven or eight years since his debut, and Jingtian has always been like this, with amazing resources.

He just starred in "New Police Story 2013" with Jackie Chan, a production of Star Film and Television Company, and now he is partnering with Chow Yun-fat again.

She starred in both movies as the heroine, which made everyone envious and helpless.

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The crew of "The Revenant".

The filming was coming to an end at this point, with only a few shots left.

Since the filming location was Calgary, and as the temperature gradually rose in April, many shots of the film were shot from back to front.

In Hollywood, or in any country or region, film shooting does not necessarily have to be strictly in chronological order from front to back.

For example, Christian Nolan’s famous work “Memento” is a movie with no so-called beginning and no so-called ending.

There are two timelines in the whole film. The beginning of one timeline is the end of the film, and the end of one timeline is the beginning of the film.

For example, most art films such as "10 Cloverfield Lane" and "The Man from Earth" are shot from back to front.

The reason why "The Revenant" filmed the ending first was not to echo the beginning, but simply because of weather considerations.

Since this movie was not shot in winter, the temperature in Calgary did not meet Gu Wei's requirements. So in order to save precious time, the crew started shooting the beginning scenes when the filming was coming to an end.

It took nearly four months, by which time Leonardo had completely immersed himself in the character.

"Start." As Gu Wei shouted loudly, the entire crew immediately entered the shooting state.

In the wild forest.

The boy wanted to pull the trigger but was stopped by Leonardo's character - his father.

At this time, a prey walked out in front. The man slowly raised the muzzle of the gun and aimed at the prey with full concentration.

At this time, hundreds of logistics personnel were surrounding the crew, each doing their own job and concentrating on controlling the scene. After all, after filming these few scenes, the crew would be able to wrap up the filming.

Suddenly, “he pulled the trigger, closing one eye and facing forward.

"boom!"

The sound of gunfire immediately echoed in the wilderness!

"Click, Tom, are you ready?" Gu Wei shouted.

Tom Hardy, who was not far away, made an OK gesture and the camera shifted to this side.

Tom Hardy's shot was fleeting, and then an extra immediately acted out the posture of being shot by an arrow. Of course, the arrow shaft had to be synthesized with special effects in post-production, otherwise who the hell would dare to come and make a movie!

On the set, Gu Wei didn't signal to stop and the filming continued.

At this moment, a sudden scene made the group of hunters a little panicked.

Because the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light, it seems that if we are not careful, we will become the hunted.

For a shot that lasted less than four minutes, Gu Wei chose to shoot it in one take, which undoubtedly put the actors' acting skills to the test.

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Once, twice...

Fortunately, after more than three months of running-in, Leonardo, Tom Hardy, and other supporting actors seem to have really become a 19th century hunter team.

In front of the monitor, Gu Wei couldn't help but nodded.

He was very satisfied with Leonardo's performance. He had less than twenty lines in the whole movie, but the more he had lines, the more Gu Wei could feel his acting skills.

At this time, Gu Wei was wearing a down jacket, with a thoughtful expression on his face, while the few people who had finished the shooting slowly walked towards him...

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at the same time.

Disney Headquarters.

The dubbing in which Liu Yifei is involved is still in progress. Director Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee know that she and Gu Wei are already engaged. In addition, this is an international superstar who was strongly invited by the Disney executives, so the entire dubbing process is unusually smooth.

"Crystal, very good. It will be finished in a week at most. Take a five-minute break and then we will continue..."

In the studio which covers an area of ​​more than one thousand square meters, there are countless computers and machines of various kinds.

Director Jennifer Lee said with a smile.

When Liu Yifei heard that there was only one week left before the end, her thoughts had already flown to other places...

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PS: The time of the first two movies was wrong, and it has been changed back!!
(End of this chapter)