"Who is the director Jeff? It's like he appeared out of nowhere. But looking at the sophistication of the movie "American Gangster History", it is absolutely impossible for him to be an ordinary director. However, I really can't think of anyone in Hollywood who has such experience.
A director with a different style..."
Ever since "Once Upon a Time in America" was released in China and suddenly became a hit, Zhang Changsheng has been surrounded by this question.
The people who questioned him included filmmaker friends in the industry, film critics, and even the crew of "Laughing All the Way".
Zhang Changsheng remained silent in the face of these inquiries, did not reveal any information, and behaved as if he was ignorant like everyone else.
November 14th.
Zhang Changsheng heard the latest news about "American Gangster History".
Although this movie has been released for three days, the total box office in the United States is still not high, only about 7 million US dollars in total, but copyright agreements have been signed with seven countries.
Most of these copyrights are bought out, and some are share agreements, and the share agreements are very high.
In fact...
For a seven-hour literary film, even if "American Gangster History" is a box office hit, it will never be as big as "Saw".
It's too long!
After watching one such movie, you can watch three other movies, and movie tickets have not increased substantially. Therefore, no matter how high the attendance rate is, the box office can only be maintained within a certain range. Selling copyrights is the real meaning.
The way to profit.
Of course, compared to the financial benefits, the influence of this movie itself is immeasurable.
After watching the movie, more than 70% of the audience gave the movie a high score, including world-famous filmmakers and directors such as Steve Ferres and Charlotte Selly.
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As the reputation of this movie has skyrocketed, the director of this movie, Jeff, has been discussed by countless people, and countless people have speculated who he is.
Become famous in one battle!
Zhang Changsheng's heart is complicated. As a Chinese director Zheng Jun who was suppressed and banned at the same time, he suddenly rises rapidly when everyone is not optimistic about him, and finally creates an amazing movie. This really makes Zhang Changsheng feel happy.
Feeling of jealousy.
But this jealousy only lasted for a moment and then turned into happiness.
He knew that Zheng Jun had been suffering for too many years...
Over the years, many directors have been suppressed and banned to the point of changing careers, but Zheng Jun has been persisting, writing scripts every day, and learning various shooting knowledge every day, even when he is crazy, he has even forgotten to eat and sleep.
In the most difficult times, you can only survive by selling your works...
He saw all this.
It seems that in a certain sense, Zheng Jun's success is inevitable.
An extremely talented and talented director who worked so hard that it was shocking, he finally caught an opportunity and soared into the sky.
This seems normal.
However, the only regret is that Zheng Jun cannot use his real name in Hollywood.
Vaguely, Zhang Changsheng had a premonition that Hollywood's SKY company seemed to want to use Zheng Jun to make a big splash.
"Director Zhang, the pre-sale tickets for "Laughing All the Way" have exceeded 20 million. This movie seems to be another hit!"
The former site of Huaxing.
In the office, Zhang Changsheng received a call from his assistant Li Yunyun. On the other end of the phone, the assistant Li Yunyun was very excited and almost screamed with excitement.
Zhang Changsheng didn't respond for a long time, looking at the sky in the distance and the bustling crowd.
He doesn't envy Zheng Jun.
Zheng Jun has unparalleled film talent and is a rare literary director in China...
But he, Zhang Changsheng, is a commercial director.
His positioning of himself is very simple. He is a commercial film maker and a comedy director. What Zheng Jun pursues is the artistry and reputation of the film.
And he only pursues box office!
"Everyone has wonderful moments, and I also have my own moments! The opening box office of 20 million is just the beginning, there is nothing to be excited about." He clenched his fists, and then exhaled to calm himself, to be absolutely calm.
But the phone call that followed caused his suppressed excitement to rise instantly. His nose felt sore and he almost couldn't hold back his tears.
The call was from Zhou Yang.
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In this turbulent era, some people succeed every day and stand at the highest point overlooking everything below.
At the same time, some people fail every day and gradually retreat to the edge of the stage in unwillingness, eventually disappearing into the darkness.
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October.
When those from the China Film Association were besieging Zhou Yang, countless derogatory remarks about Zhou Yang appeared on the Internet.
[Zhou Yang is going to destroy the film industry!]
[Does Zhou Yang think he can support the film industry by himself? What a joke!]
[Zhou Yang is so arrogant, no wonder those older generation directors would besiege you. Who do you think you are? Are you really talented?]
[Zhou Yang, who supports his seniors but does not know how to respect them, will definitely regret his actions! 】
【He is going to destroy this movie industry!】
【……】
There are so many similar comments and titles that I can still dig up graves to this day.
Zhou Yang never responded to these words, but only posted Hua Xing's follow-up film schedule.
After Huaxing's follow-up movie schedule was released, countless people still ridiculed him. Some people thought Zhou Yang was crazy, some thought he was stupid, and some thought he was impatient.
After the National Day Golden Week, everyone suddenly realized that Zhou Yang did not respond not because Zhou Yang was afraid, but because there were some things that did not require a response.
"I heard that Director Zhang Changsheng, the director of "Laughing All the Way", has been suppressed by some people from the China Film Association for a long time and has been unable to come forward..."
"real or fake?"
"Really, Zhang Changsheng had a falling out with Xinghui before, and Xinghui's leader said that he would make Zhang Changsheng disappear from the director circle!"
"And this story? I don't know..."
"What you don't know is yet to come. I heard that some leaders of the China Film Association are involved..."
"Don't brag about Zhang Changsheng now, there is a Hollywood movie "Tyrannosaurus X" released today... I wonder how "Laughing All the Way" will be treated!"
"..."
"Laughing all the way" is still half an hour away from being released.
The story about Zhang Changsheng has gone viral on the Internet.
Some anonymous netizens continue to reveal some bad news, as well as some past events. These bad news make other netizens very excited!
Shen Jinsong walked into the screening room of "Laughing All the Way".
His work "Sword God" is currently in a tepid state and is ready to be drawn at any time.
This is a feeling of frustration.
But what makes him even more frustrated is that some small directors that he once looked down upon and looked down upon are selling very well in advance tickets.
The trailer of "Laughing All the Way" is so successful. As one of the few road comedy movies in China, the trailer can make the audience laugh and make the audience have a high sense of expectation. This is absolutely amazing.
When Shen Jinsong sat in his seat, he saw Feng Minmin and Chen Kai arriving.
Feng Ruijin dressed himself up, but Chen Kai walked in swaggeringly.
After Shen Jinsong and Feng Minji said hello briefly, they said no more.
Although he still maintains a superficial relationship with Feng Ruijin, the incident in October still makes Shen Jinsong feel grudged. The movie "Sword God" is a waterloo. He still feels that the box office of the movie "Sword God" is so bad.
The poor performance was because it was not released during the National Day Golden Week.
Feng Juji also knew this situation, so he was very honest when sitting in his seat.
"Laughing All the Way" did not have a premiere, nor was there any specific promotion. The words "Produced by China Star" itself have almost become a golden brand after the verification of the movie "Once Upon a Time in America".
The movie will be released soon.
"A vulgar, disgusting movie..."
"What kind of plot is this? It's rubbish. It's a joke for an actor to become a director..."
"Haha, Zhang Changsheng is really not a good director, what is this..."
After "Laughing All the Way" was released, Chen Kai has been scolding it.
From the movie's plot to the movie's acting, he continued to talk about some funny plots that were cliche and completely devoid of any nutritional value.
Feng Minmin did not speak.
Although some parts of this road movie were almost mentally retarded, the audience watching the movie was made to laugh out loud.
This is a movie with a completely different concept from "Once Upon a Time in America"...
One movie makes people marvel at its artistic content and directorial level, while the other movie is so popular that it makes everyone laugh until their stomach hurts.
Feng Ruimin watched the entire movie to the end, and the other audience members also laughed to the end. When the movie ended, everyone commented with admiration that this movie was worth the ticket price, and it was one of the few comedy movies in recent years.
When leaving the screening room, Feng Minmin received a call from Zhao Sicheng. He began to become worried and seemed to be struggling with something.
This entanglement lasted until two o'clock in the morning on November 16th.
After looking at the time, he knew that this was destined to be a sleepless night.
Not long after...
With a hesitant look in his eyes, the assistant sent him the daily box office for the 15th.
He took over the box office data.
The total box office data of "Jaws" has exceeded 1.1 billion. This landmark work has still not reached its limit. It will last two more days. It seems that the box office is charging towards 1.2 billion.
"Men in Black" was finally released today, and its total box office exceeded 800 million.
"Phone Booth" has been released for a month and a half, and its total box office has exceeded 500 million...
"The Youth We Chased Together" has a total box office of 400 million...
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Each and every shocking data is listed as a milestone in China’s box office rankings.
Look further down...
Feng Minmin saw that the Hollywood movie "Tyrannosaurus X" premiered with a box office of 30 million, but it did not become a hit.
And that road comedy actually grossed 27 million at the box office!
Feng Juji's face turned ugly. When he saw some comments on the Internet, his face became even more ugly.
"So what if the older generation of directors have left one after another? He can still lead a group of new directors to hold up the sky of Chinese cinema!"
"Yeah, it's better to quit, it's better to quit! It just makes some room for the young director..."
"right!"
"What the hell? I originally thought Hollywood movies were scary, but it turns out that the Chinese director circle, which is dominated by the older generation of directors, is scary!"
"The emergence of Zhou Yang has really changed the destiny of Chinese movies and brought Chinese movies to a higher level!"