Ninety percent of the investment in the movie "The Crow" was made by Wang Shuai himself, and the other 10% was piecemeal investment from other places.
There are many benefits to having the director himself take up the bulk of the film's investment.
That is, there are no investors forcing people in, no scrambling to change the script, and no designated filming dates and all kinds of messy and troublesome agreements.
In a word, Wang Shuai can control the overall situation and shoot the movie he wants.
Of course, there are also disadvantages, that is, if the market does not accept it and the film festival loses all its money, you have to bear all the risks yourself.
Art films!
Everyone has roughly the same impression of this type of movie.
The vision is very high and the content is very rich. It is a frequent visitor to major film festivals. It is a hit at the box office in mainland China. Overseas copyright depends entirely on luck.
There are too many uncertainties.
The story of "The Crow" is so thick and heavy that it makes people feel depressed. Wang Shuai himself feels that few people will actually go to the theater to watch this movie, let alone watch it for the second time and the third time...
You are not looking for abuse!
During the break between filming, Wang Shuai was preparing for the Cannes Film Festival. After returning to Yanjing on the third day after filming, Wang Shuai hurriedly took "The Crow" to Cannes, France, to try his luck.
This collision lasted for ten days.
In the past ten days, the copyright was sold so-so, with no profit but no loss. He was waiting for the Cannes jury to announce the shortlisted films so that he could prepare for the Cannes premiere in advance.
Cannes premiere?
right!
There was no plan to premiere simultaneously in China at all.
June!
What the heck, what kind of opponents are they?
The famous French spy film series "Bond: Quantum Burst", the Hollywood superhero film "Superman", the British magic-themed film "Wizards"...
Although the Domestic Film Protection Month is over, the authorities have secretly helped "Hero"'s strongest opponents to move back in order to create an image of Chinese films on the rise.
Moving on and on, it just moved to June.
"Hero" is indeed a god.
It created a new era of Chinese cinema and brought all Chinese filmmakers to a collective climax. Many filmmakers even felt that the era of martial arts blockbusters belonging to Chinese cinema had begun!
but……
Glory is someone else's business.
Do you still have some fun with domestic movies in June?
Who dares to get into trouble with imported blockbusters and domestic movies?
Whoever comes and who dies belongs.
"The Crow" itself is a niche literary film. If you use it to compete with these blockbusters, wouldn't it mean that the old man has eaten arsenic and no longer wants to live?
Not to mention how many screens you can line up under the squeeze of these blockbusters, let’s just say that there are a lot of films lined up for you. Can you be sure that if you just lined up today, you won’t be canceled tomorrow because of poor box office?
The Chinese Film Department is also very troubled.
Behind the glory of "Hero", there is inevitably a sense of sadness that belongs to domestic movies.
No Chinese film was willing to be scheduled in June, and directors ran away one after another.
It can be understood from the perspective of the director and producer, after all, no one wants to die!
But from the perspective of the Chinese film authorities, this is so wrong!
All are overseas blockbusters,
No matter how you look at it, it feels like the Chinese film industry has become an overseas film colony.
This is not possible!
In the history of Chinese films, there has never been a month of purely overseas films.
How about a Chinese movie to support the show?
Looking left, right, up and down, "The Crow" looks like an unlucky guy.
He and "The Crow" met with the producer of "The Crow" every three days to discuss the release. Wang Shuai was annoyed at first, and he felt like a scapegoat.
But when he inadvertently checked the recent entertainment news, he suddenly realized that "The Crow" might not necessarily hit the streets.
I haven’t paid attention to Huaxia for ten days!
Unexpectedly, Zhou Yang became so popular in the Chinese entertainment industry.
………………
"Girl with Wings" album sales exceeded 250,000, breaking the physical sales record. Are physical albums really in decline, or is it a lack of good songs?
"The single "Meet" topped China's ringtone download list. Jiang Shushu talked about "Meet" and said that meeting Zhou Yang was the greatest luck in her life."
In just a few months, these two songs became popular throughout China at an incredible speed...
On the streets and in major video stores, "Meet" and "Girl with Wings" are played on a loop every day.
The MP3, MP4, and repeater machines among young people are filled with the melodies of these two songs. Wearing headphones, sneakers and ripped jeans, with hands in pockets, a person quietly shuttles among the crowd, and there is actually a feeling of others. I don’t understand the trend...
A box of pirated tapes of "Girls with Wings" cost five yuan and became a bestseller in the video store. The owner of the canteen laughed so hard that he just bought a batch of goods and they were all sold out in the blink of an eye.
If there is a special extended version of "Meet" and a poster showing Jiang Shushu singing with a microphone, then this tape will be more valuable than the original.
In school, during the busy night study breaks, many teachers who are very disgusted with pop music unexpectedly turn on the computers in the class and play this song over and over again.
Gugu
After hearing this song, many girls in the class would look up at the figure of Jiang Shushu desperately climbing up in the MV. They felt that this song was full of power, supporting them to face the difficult nights bravely. Looking forward to the next high school entrance examination and college entrance examination...
Jiang Shushu was so angry that she couldn't believe it.
Two hundred and fifty thousand!
This astonishing data made Jiang Shushu feel like she was dreaming.
wrong!
She would never dream of doing this.
Looking at the countless announcements and arrangements every day, Jiang Shushu felt that her life was extremely unreal, especially with thousands of fans shouting outside major programs, and countless media chasing and blocking her, which made her feel uncomfortable. She seems to have returned to the year when H56 was the most popular group!
"Cai Lin officially publicly apologized to Zhou Yang, saying that she had indeed learned from it. She hoped to obtain Zhou Yang's forgiveness and was willing to use half of the proceeds from the song as compensation for Zhou Yangfang."
"So far, Zhou Yang has not responded to the plagiarism incident and has not forgiven Cai Lin."
"Girls with Wings" made Jiang Shushu popular, and even made the word "Zhou Yang" crazy in the music circle. Especially after Cai Lin's plagiarism incident was exposed, countless media pushed this matter to a wave of at unprecedented heights.
Almost all reporters involved in reporting on this matter felt that the matter could become more popular and might cause even bigger waves!
The reporters sharpened their knives and stared at Zhou Yang all day long, waiting for the explosive news to come again.
Why?
Because Cai Lin's side surrendered to Zhou Yang and apologized in front of reporters, but Zhou Yang's side did not make any response.
What does this mean?
This shows that the people behind Zhou Yang, who is just starting out and causing a big stir, are very likely to kill Cai Lin, the little queen of the music industry who once had high hopes!
Many reporters have even made some more eye-catching predictions about this plagiarism incident in their own media, just waiting for the next wave of music industry earthquakes to come!
"Yes! The theme song for the martial arts movie "The Grandmaster" co-produced by Hong Kong and Mainland China has been decided!"
"This is one of the best film and television songs I have ever heard since I directed a movie... But I can't announce this song now. I can only say that with this song, Chinese martial arts movies will open a new chapter.
Chapter!"
"..."
Just when all the media, all netizens and filmmakers are staring at the plagiarism incident...
The earthquake is indeed coming!
However, it was not an earthquake caused by the fermentation of the plagiarism incident, but a big earthquake occurred in the film and music circles at the same time.
In front of everyone, Huang Jiacheng announced that Zhou Yang's new song "Men Should Be Strong" is the movie song for the "Grandmaster" movie!
Many musicians and media were a little confused after hearing the news!
There is some indescribable sense of fragmentation.
In their impression, Zhou Yang should write fresh and fresh songs!
but……
Why the hell did you suddenly go write martial arts songs?
Moreover, Hong Kong director Wong Ka-shing, who has always been very picky about all aspects, was able to say such amazing praise and talk about a new chapter in martial arts movies!
What kind of music is this song "Men Should Improve themselves"?
All major media outlets are swarming in the hype.
However!
Huang Jiacheng's ability to keep people's appetites is truly unparalleled. He only mentioned his name, but did not reveal anything other than his name. He only said that you will understand after the movie is finished and released!
This makes everyone feel itchy.
What makes everyone feel itchy is yet to come...
Wang Shuai, who came back from Cannes, smiled from ear to ear after seeing the increased interest in Zhou Yang.
Then, he immediately held a movie preview conference and immediately promoted the release date of the movie "The Crow".
at the press conference.
Wang Shuai very solemnly took out a stack of psychological diagnosis reports in front of countless reporters.
"a movie……"
"Two months' time!"
"Everyone was in good spirits when filming the movie..."
"But after seeing the amazing acting skills of Xiao Zhou and Miss Song Yiyi, we felt depressed every time we filmed..."
"I'm depressed, assistant director Feng Kai is depressed, assistant director and my partner Bi Funan is also depressed, and there are photographers, set managers, drama managers..." When Wang Shuai's eyes were very serious, he seemed to be gritting his teeth, "Everyone,
As you can see, everyone attended the movie preview today...only Mr. Zhou Yangzhou's seat is vacant..."
"It's not because Xiao Zhou is very busy, or because Xiao Zhou refuses to attend this preview meeting, but because I'm afraid that he won't be safe!"
"Why is it unsafe? Good question!"
"I can't describe how we spent those two months. We only know that when filming this movie, many staff members had very strong negative emotions and wanted to tear Zhou Yang to pieces on the spot...even
Now, I want to slap Xiao Zhouliang!"
"So, if he comes, I'm afraid I can't help but throw this microphone on Xiao Zhou's head in front of you..."
"..."
When reporters heard this scene...
Everyone's eyes widened!
They were so excited.
Damn!
What the hell did Zhou Yang film that was so outrageous?