Applause erupted the moment the lights came on, and the media and film critics showed their sincere respect for this low-cost domestic film with a rookie cast.
Veterans can tell at a glance that "Stone" draws on the essence of "Two Smoking Barrels" and "Stealing and Kidnapping", but with different characters.
Zhang Yimou's "Say Something to Say" was completely criticized by the critics because Zhang Yimou, who is famous, still makes the kind of so-called avant-garde movies that are badly played by others.
Ning Hao is different. Newcomers are tolerant of taking advantage of others.
Moreover, the localization of "Stone" is very successful, with a complete structure and dense plots. After scolding "The Promise" to the point of nausea, it is rare to be able to wash your eyes.
However, appreciation is appreciation, and settling accounts is settling accounts.
They will report "Stone" positively, but the size of the report will depend on the intensity of publicity.
Ning Hao walked onto the stage, had some exchanges with the media with the cooperation of the host, and then left. When the show was over, he saw Yao Yuan, Yu Jiajia, and Shen Nanpeng.
"When did you come?"
"For a while, I didn't bother you because you were talking about it. This is Mr. Shen!"
"Hello!"
Shen Nanpeng shook hands with Ning Hao. He came here with a fortune of 100,000 yuan. The reason for going to the Qinhuai River for the first time was to see the film and television industry.
Look more, talk less.
It was getting late now, and a few people just happened to have a meal.
"The response from the media has been good. These film critics are very picky, so applauding you is affirmation," Yu Jiajia said.
"Yes, I am relieved, but this movie..."
Ning Hao paused and said cautiously: "Although China Film has taken over the distribution, according to my observations in the past few days, the publicity and distribution efforts are not very good. The media just did not take care of it. Can it be increased?"
"What are you thinking? China Film's distribution is not enough, and it needs to be expanded a bit? You think you are "The Promise"! They mainly arrange the film offline, and we will do the promotion online."
"You mean promoting it online?"
"right!"
Ning Hao was relieved, 99 Internet Marketing was invincible.
Yao Yuan, who had been listening, suddenly asked: "Do you have any plans for the next film?"
"This film hasn't been completed yet, how can I dare to think about the next one."
"It's time to plan. You can think about what you want to film, or I can find a script for you. At least one drama a year... What's your expression? One drama a year is too much? Wang Jing has nine dramas a year. It’s a hit every time, how about I give you another task?”
"No, no, no, don't make things difficult for me. I'll do my best."
Ning Hao waved his hand quickly.
"Well, I'll find a script for you as soon as possible and prepare a new play!"
"Well……"
Ning Hao had a grimace and could only nod.
In reality, although he is very famous and is one of the younger brothers that China Entertainment News must recruit, his output is actually very rare, which is a pity.
The early "Incense" and "Green Grass" followed the route of literary films, while "The Stone" is not a pure commercial film, but belongs to the category of cult films.
"Crazy Racing" is a commercial film that is full of flavor and has a box office of over 100 million yuan. It is the fourth director in the "Billion Dollar Club" after Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and Feng Xiaogang.
After the success of the racing car, Ning Hao became very ambitious and wanted to create a western film with Chinese characteristics, so he made "No Man's Land".
But it involved a sensitive area. It was filmed in 2009 and was not released until 2013.
During the period when "No Man's Land" was put on ice, Ning Hao's condition was obviously a bit broken, and he filmed "The Golden Heist" which was an anticlimactic film but was quite satisfactory.
After "No Man's Land" was released, the box office was good, but Ning Hao is a very practical person. If you slap me, I know I can't beat you, and I will definitely give you a smile and pretend to be a grandson.
He no longer touched such sensitive subjects, quickly secularized, and created a "Heart Blossoms on the Road" that is in line with public aesthetics.
By 2014, the Film Bureau sent Lu Yang, Ning Hao, Chen Sicheng, Xiao Yang and Guo Fan to study in Hollywood.
By the way, this official dispatch program lasted for several years, and several groups of people went there, including Wu Ershan, Zhang Yibai, Xu Zheng, and Guan Hu.
After returning, Ning Hao began to transform.
First, start your own company, support emerging directors, and make those "personalized movies" that you liked before.
So what does he do?
He devoted himself to studying Hollywood industrial production, and finally presented the film "Crazy Alien".
In Yao Yuan's view, the road has gone astray.
They all wandered into Khrushchev’s cornfield!
Film industrialization requires learning, but Ning Hao's greatest advantage is storytelling and his skillful grasp of various commercial genres. Among Chinese-speaking directors, this is even more important.
He doesn't care on the surface, but in fact he values the other person very much.
Huayi's rise, success, listing, and entry into the capital market are inseparable from the foundation laid by Feng Xiaogang. Xinli Media must also have such a pillar director.
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In the past few days, Yao Yuan took Shen Nanpeng to visit the film festival.
John Woo is preparing for "Red Cliff", Kwan Kam-peng and Chen Kaige are competing for the director's seat of "Mei Lanfang", Ang Lee has appointed Tony Leung Chiu-wai for "Lust, Caution"...
"X-Men 3", "The Beginning of Spring", "Night Banquet", "Baby Project"... Feng Xiaogang, Gu Changwei, Jiang Wen, Xu Jinglei, Nicholas Tse... The film festival is a big stage, dividing the film and television industry's classes, overt and covert struggles, future development, and star shows
, new film promotion, etc., are all included.
Shen Nanpeng was delighted.
He graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, went to the United States to study, worked at Citibank, and later switched to Lehman Brothers. Later he founded Ctrip.com and Home Inns, and successfully led two companies to go public.
You are playing a high-end game, have you ever seen the entertainment industry?
But he found it very fresh and believed that entertainment stocks had great potential. In fact, even without Yao Yuan's guidance, he would have come to the company automatically and consciously in two years and invested in Bona.
After staying in Shanghai for a few days, I finally saw Han Sanping's arrival as the closing ceremony approached.
In order to attend an event called "China Film Day", Han Sanping officially announced the next stage of blockbuster strategy, including "Red Cliff", "Mei Lanfang", "The Movie", etc.
The media was extremely excited.
This is the benchmark for domestic films, the head of China Film and Television!
In the evening, Han Sanping met with Yao Yuan and others.
Wearing a Chinese tunic suit and a crew cut, he smiled with eyes wide open and looked very kind. He smiled and said: "The quality of "The Stone" is very good. You and I discussed the schedule. If it is not a summer movie, we don't want it, so we have to schedule it in July.
Before there was Luc Besson's "Phantom", and later there were "Superman Returns", "Mission: Impossible 3" and "Dragon Tiger Gate".
To be honest, I'm not very optimistic about it, but China Film's responsibility is to lead the development of movies, not only to make blockbusters, but also to support low-cost works.
"Crazy Stone" will be released on the 7th. July, August and September are three-day weekends, prime time. Add the 10th for a total of four days, and "Superman Returns" will be released on the 11th.
In these four days, the theaters participating in China Film Group will try their best to arrange films for "Crazy Stone", of course, it will also depend on the actual box office. If the box office in the first week is not satisfactory, don't blame me for being unkind."