Chapter Two Hundred and Thirty Isn't the Invitation?
Domestic Film Protection Month, this unwritten rule has been around for a long time.
The original world had it, and this world also has it.
In order to support Chinese films, we do not encourage the introduction of blockbusters from overseas during the summer holidays in June and July and the Spring Festival around February, so that domestic films in China can have a breathing space to make money.
The effect was very good at first. That year, the box office sales of local movies in China accounted for 35% of the total annual box office!
There have even been two movies, "Three Kingdoms" and "Battlefield", that can compete with overseas blockbusters.
However, just when everyone thought that Chinese movies would flourish, the Chinese box office in the second year gradually began to look the same as before.
Domestic Film Protection Month was supposed to be the month for the rise of Chinese films and the carnival of all kinds of blockbusters, but box office revenue has been declining year by year, and bad films have emerged in endlessly. Not only does it completely violate the original intention, but it also makes many movie fans privately
Domestic Film Protection Month is jokingly called Chinese Movie Bad Movie Month.
"The situation this year is grim. Doubling the number of blockbuster movies introduced will inevitably lead to another compression of the living space of domestic films. In order to avoid a worse impact, the relevant departments held another meeting...
"The focus of the meeting is on the adjustments and reforms for the domestic film protection month. In addition to maintaining the system of supporting China's local film schedules, there are also slight adjustments to the release schedules of overseas blockbusters."
"The schedules of domestic blockbusters and overseas blockbusters are still staggered, but a measure of "internal friction" for overseas blockbusters has been added. The so-called "internal friction" refers to the continuous scheduling of two overseas blockbusters in the same schedule, allowing them to compete with each other.
Fighting, causing internal friction at the box office, and "Saw" was regarded as the first movie to be released under the reform..."
On the phone, An Xiao and Zhou Yang briefly talked about the general situation and then hung up the phone.
Zhou Yang looked at the afternoon sunshine outside the window, and then fell into deep thought.
Although An Xiao didn't say anything else, let alone the content of other meetings, Zhou Yang could probably guess that Zhang Jianguo and Zhang Ke must have gone through a series of compromises and compromises before "Saw" could be released in China and pass the review.
strive for,
In the end, a result was obtained that both parties were relatively satisfied with.
There are gains and there are losses.
Inevitably, the movie "Saw" probably became a victim of this game.
Zhou Yang shook his head and threw all the messy thoughts out of his mind, then started to turn on the computer and check the information about the movie "Armageddon".
The film "Armageddon" is produced by Disney.
This is a work with an investment of 140 million US dollars and directed by Nolly King, the famous Hollywood disaster movie king.
When they learned last year that this blockbuster would be released in January this year, many movie fans were extremely excited and wanted to go to the cinema immediately to watch "The End of the World."
The end of the world in 2012, this gimmick is too big!
Although there are still five years left until 2012, channels such as Q Dog Space, personal blogs, self-media, and disaster columns have been rendering the "Mayan Prophecy of 2012" for traffic for a few years, and the content is very sophisticated. Quote
Some experts' high-end theories such as "heating of the Earth's core, inversion of the Earth's magnetic poles, reversal of the Earth's magnetic poles, and a planetary collision with the Earth" and the "Photon Era" sent chills down the spines of netizens and left them stunned...
Especially in recent years, natural disasters have occurred frequently, global warming, sea level rise and other abnormal weather events have caused many people to exclaim that 2012 is very likely to be the end of the world!
Against this background, the movie "Armageddon" has attracted the attention of a large number of movie fans with just one name.
Everyone wants to know what disasters will happen at the end of the world. If the end of the world really comes, how should they deal with those natural and man-made disasters, and whether there is still hope for human beings to survive...
After reading some of the information, Zhou Yang frowned.
This is another blockbuster comparable to "Superman"!
"Saw" collides with "Armageddon" in China
It may not end well!
The evening of January 16th.
After those Chinese directors who had been banned in the past received the notice of lifting the ban, everyone cheered.
They logged on to Weibo and social media accounts and began to express their excitement and gratitude. At the same time, they expressed openly and secretly that they would start a new life and feel ashamed of their past naivety and ignorance.
At the same time, the Chinese Directors Association sent out dozens of invitations on this day. As the invitations were sent out, the Chinese Directors Association also received dozens of applications.
President Feng Minmin reviewed these applications one by one and specially took time to meet with some directors.
Some directors were banned in 1997 because they made some films that were indecent and participated in overseas films without approval, and were eventually banned.
In the long run, some are still waiting, and some have already changed careers.
Ten years, how many decades are there in life?
The once high-spirited and talented young directors are now in their thirties and forties, and their expressions have changed.
I understand some ways of the world, and at the same time I also know that the sky is high and the earth is high.
"Welcome to the association, you have been wronged over the years!"
"Now everything in the past has been blown away by the wind."
The lights in the conference room are shining.
These directors, who are no longer young, sat in the conference room and behaved themselves, constantly smiling to please, and some even learned to flatter them.
Feng Minji is very powerful, especially his sensational ability when speaking from the main position, which makes many directors' noses sore, and some people burst into tears on the spot. Feng Minji comforts them just right, and puts forward the supporting policies of relevant departments.
It was even mixed with personal support funds set up by some associations.
The meeting came to an end amid bursts of grateful voices.
The strong association brought a smile to Feng Ruimin's face.
In fact, obedience is always more important than so-called talent! After the meeting, Feng Ruijin bid farewell to these grateful directors, then returned to the office and met Zhao Sicheng.
"You will be wronged in the next year." Feng Minmin patted Zhao Sicheng on the shoulder, his face full of emotion.
"President, I understand that the association has tried its best, but I just can't swallow this breath. In this circle, I have to work hard without any credit, right? Don't the movies I made in the past prove me? This time, I obviously
I was tricked by some people! Some people went out of their way to amplify some things, and they were not targeting me, but our collective group. It’s so unfair!”
After a day of calmness, Zhao Sicheng's temper had somewhat calmed down and he was not going crazy with anger, but the anguish and resentment in his heart could not be dissipated.
He felt a little sad for no reason and felt that he was being bullied.
"These are only temporary. Just treat it as a vacation this year. Don't worry, the impact of your being banned from teaching will be minimized... Feng Rumin understood Zhao Sicheng's emotions and he gave a few words of relief.
"I have no problem, but I don't want this guy Zhou Yang to be fooling around in China!" Zhao Sicheng looked at Feng Ruijin.
""Saw" collided with "Armageddon", and he couldn't do anything about it in China. If you look at it now, all the news on the Internet is about the blockbuster "Armageddon", except for movie theater posters and some
Apart from the deliberate hype in the media, can you see the promotion of the movie "Saw"?"
"No."
"That's right. Although "Saw" has been introduced, it is impossible for the relevant departments to publicize the content because of the movie's subject matter. Just relax..."
"Okay, I'm just waiting to see his joke! Zhao Sicheng nodded, and his originally very depressed mood was slightly relieved.
Just one year!
It’s really hard!
Relevant departments publicly banned Zhao Sicheng and downloaded "Fatal Crisis", a crooked movie that made all netizens happy, and at the same time, all emotions were relieved to a certain extent.
This incident happened violently and went away very quickly.
Entertainment news on the Internet was quickly replaced by news about the end of the world!
On January 17, the pre-sale tickets for "Armageddon" opened in China. The pre-sale tickets were snapped up like crazy. They were even more popular than before.
"Fatal Crisis" is more ferocious.
Various high-end theories such as "the Earth's core heats the Earth's magnetic poles, reverses the planet's magnetic poles, and collides with the Earth" and the "Photon Era" are accompanied by
The pre-sales of "Armageddon" began to ravage the entire Internet...
Disney obviously attaches great importance to the Chinese market. On the day of the premiere, director Nolly Kim personally brought his team to China to support "Armageddon". Almost half of the directors from the Chinese Directors Association, except Zhao Sicheng, who was banned, went to China.
I went to help "End of the World" and the scene became very lively for a while...
In comparison, "Saw" seems much more embarrassing.
Perhaps because of the subject matter, "Saw" didn't even have a decent promotion conference in China. It only released a premiere news on China's official website. At the same time, many media mentioned "Armageddon" in passing.
A mouthful...
No one is optimistic about "Saw"; even Zhou Yang himself thinks that "Saw" is very likely to be ignored in China.
Wang Jing once tried to hype "Saw", but the momentum of the movie "Armageddon" was too great.
It’s impossible to get hyped up at all, and it seems that there are still people in the dark using various means to suppress "Saw"...
Under this subtle attack, even a popular movie will be tortured to death...
When the pre-sale tickets for "Saw" went on sale, Zhou Yang didn't even pay attention, he was just busy perfecting the script of "Spider-Man".
January 22nd!
At the premiere of "Saw", Zhou Yang led everyone into the screening room of "Saw" with the mentality that if he didn't support himself, no one would support him.
However…
When he saw the packed theater, he was a little unbelievable.
Especially when Wang Jing sent the information about the pre-sale tickets for "Saw" to Zhou Yang, Zhou Yang was even more stunned!
"Wait, is this true?"
"Sister Wang, the pre-sales of this movie are actually so good?"
"Sister Wang, are these movie fans really not here for you?"