Chapter 180: US$ million box office promotion!

Many well-known directors and actors came, and they all sat and waited for a long time before the people above showed up.

The meeting officially began.

As brothers from the same photography school, Zhang Yimou and Chen An are exactly the same.

You listen quietly or nod in agreement, looking like you have listened to the meeting carefully and thoughtfully.

As a person who graduated from the directing department, his expression was much richer. He crossed his hands on the table in front of his chest and nodded from time to time with a smile, as if he agreed with the opinions.

It looks like he can't wait to recite a poem.

Chen An, who glanced over with his peripheral vision, couldn't help but sigh that this was the style of a great director from the directing department. He and Zhang Yimou, who both graduated from the photography department, could not compare with him.

Unlike me, I can only be a fool and just nod my head.

Finally, when the meeting was over, Chen An stretched his stiff body, packed up the pens and notebooks on the table, and prepared to leave.

But he was stopped by Brother Chen Kai, "Junior brother, you won the Oscar this time, which is really enviable. It's rare to meet you, so I really want to congratulate you."

He was a little taller than Chen An and patted Chen An's shoulder with a smile and said.

Chen An was a little surprised by Chen Kaige's initiative to congratulate him, but he still smiled and said, "There's no such thing as winning the championship. After all, it's an award for the producer. If it's the best director, it's not so bad."

"I can't say that. After all, this is the first time. It's of great significance, just like when Yimou was in Berlin and I was in Cannes."

Brother Chen Kai said with a smile.

Chen An smiled speechlessly, thinking that you were here to praise me, but the truth is you were here to praise yourself.

Brother Chen Kai was still very excited and pulled Chen An out to talk nonstop, talking about the recently released movies, which he also went to see.

Although I praised it a lot, I still think there is room for improvement.
But I have to say it, after hearing what he said, it does make sense, I'll use it next time.

When it comes to film aesthetics, there is no doubt that Chen Kaige is still ahead.

Moreover, in response to the reporters' questions, Brother Chen Kai also spoke in a boastful manner, which also saved Chen An a lot of trouble.

Million Dollar Baby was released in China for a total of four weeks.

It grossed a total of 41 million at the box office, making it into the top ten of the annual box office list and was successfully released.

Domestic audiences were also satisfied after watching Chen An's movie, which won the Oscar for Best Picture.

"I originally thought it was another version of Rocky, but I didn't expect Chen An to stab me with a knife!"

"I thought it was an inspirational story about boxing, but it was actually a dark and helpless reality. It really made me cry. Frankie finally had a daughter again, and Maggie found a coach who was like a father, but in the end it ended in such a tragic ending. Chen Anyi really deserves to die!"

"Isn't that damn East German bear breaking the law? She attacked me during the stoppage time. I really want to rush up and shoot her!"

"Yeah, Frankie has told Maggie countless times to protect herself at all times, but why did she let her guard down?"

"Life is complete, so death is fine. This is Maggie's final wish."

The audience walked into the cinema with great expectations, but were stabbed hard by Chen An.

It happened unexpectedly. Most of the movies released by Chen An so far have happy and healing endings, but this time he was caught off guard and was severely stabbed.

However, although some people cried their eyes out, they still gave high praise to the film.

Of course, this is also the case during this period, when foreign films are beautified with filters and won the Oscar for Best Picture.

After the movie was released, another piece of news came. 'Chen An's Hollywood new movie "Million Dollar Baby" was recently released in China. The global box office has officially exceeded 3 million US dollars! The North American box office is 1.7 million US dollars, the overseas box office is 1.4 million US dollars, and the total box office is 3.1 million US dollars!'

Even Chen An only found out about the current movie box office figures after reading the newspaper.

Even he didn't expect such a high box office.

Immediately after supporting the box office impact, China Film Group directly announced:
'Director Chen An's new sci-fi time-space crime film "Time and Space Clues", co-starring Fang Long and first-time An Girl Yu Jinghong, is scheduled to be released during the Lunar New Year holiday this year! '

There is still more than half a year before the release, and the promotion has already begun!
By the way, the advance poster of the movie was posted and released. Fang Long and Yu Jinghong appeared on the poster. Careful viewers can find that Fang Long's name and dress are the combination of Fang Long's "Rush Hour" and "Police Stories".

"Chen An and Fang Long are such a strange combination, and it's a science fiction film. What kind of science fiction films can be made in China?"

"I don't know if others can do it, but Chen An can definitely do it. This is not his first science fiction film. The previous hit "District 9" in North America even had Hollywood media praising him to the sky!"

"Didn't you notice that Fang Long's character's name is Li Jiaju? The name of Chen Jiaju in "Police Story" and the appearance of Officer Li in "Rush Hour"."

"This is the first blockbuster production in China, with a production budget of 20 million US dollars, 150 million RMB. Chen An's previous film District 9 only cost 30 million US dollars in Hollywood!"

The movie that made news last year has finally been scheduled for release, causing a huge uproar in the country.

When the filming was going on last year, reporters were taking all kinds of secret shots and leaking information. They only knew that Fang Long had joined Chen An’s new film, but they had no idea what it was about.

Now there is actually a film with a science fiction theme. Even though Chen An has filmed science fiction films in Hollywood before, he still finds it a little hard to believe.

After all, that was in Hollywood, and now it’s made domestically.

Although the content can only be guessed from the promotional posters for now, there are still many people who are not optimistic about it.

Although this is Chen An's second attempt at a commercial film following the domestic box office record-breaking "My Sassy Girl", many people are pessimistic about it.

Chen An is worthy of being the top star in the film industry today. Just a poster and the announcement of the release date have caused a sensation.

And this is just the preliminary publicity, Chen An and several leading actors did not appear in the publicity.

Keep them in suspense first, no matter how you dare to watch it, figure it out slowly on your own, and then promote it step by step.

The main task now is to open up distribution channels, discuss all the places where promotional posters can be posted, and post them all when the time comes.

At present, many programs have invited Chen An's crew, and they have to arrange and prepare for publicity one by one.

As for Jiang Wen's "Looking for a Gun", the funds have already been transferred to the other party and the contract has been signed.

Although two million was a very low sum for Jiang Wen Movie, he did not mind it. He called Chen An with a smile and thanked him.

It’s still better to make your own movies.

The situation where Diao Yinan called him crying did not happen, maybe he had prepared in advance.

First lower your expectations to the lowest level, you might actually enjoy it. After all, the opportunity to make a movie with Jiang Wen is a rare one.

Although none of his three subordinates were selected, it didn't matter. He would not force Jiang Wen to choose one. He just gave the three of them a chance to try first and see if they could do it.

Zeng Li, who had been staying at Chen An's place for a long time, was visited by his assistant Xiaoyu, a short-haired girl. She told Chen An the truth timidly.

Zeng Li had been staying here all the time, and it was not until the filming of the TV series she had taken on was about to start that her assistant Xiaoyu finally came over.

When facing the big boss Chen An, his speech was a little intermittent.

After hearing this, Chen An's face turned black. You were a bad boy in your previous life, and now I have made you so famous, but you are still a bad boy in this life. I think you are going to rebel!

(End of this chapter)