Chapter 166 Being a low-key person has gone off the rails
Chapter 166: Keeping a low profile has gone wrong (Third update)
The 119-minute movie has not been deleted at all.
After the screening, not surprisingly, it was praised by everyone present.
People finally saw with their own eyes the landmark movie that was mentioned in the newspapers.
And this movie is indeed as good as the newspapers praised, and even goes beyond.
Many reporters and mainland film critics can't wait to write articles.
Almost all of them felt that the previous introductions in the newspapers were shit!
His interpretation of "Infernal Affairs" is worse than that of a primary school student!
So it is foreseeable that there will be countless professional movie reviews tomorrow.
And all the film practitioners present were impressed.
Everything from photography, screenwriting, actors, editing, etc., nothing can be faulted.
Of course, this is evaluated from the perspective of commercial movies.
Based on this, everyone's evaluation of the creative team, especially Jiang Yan, has been raised to a higher level.
Sure enough, this young man really succeeded because of his talent.
The songs are well written and the screenwriter is amazing. He is simply a monster...
Feng Pants has some grievances: He is equally talented, why do he grow up to be so handsome? It’s unfair!
After the movie screening is over, the next step is to interact again.
This session is themed around sharing movies and then discussing the development of the mainland film industry.
As a film cooperating between Mainland China and Hong Kong, this topic must be mentioned.
This is a big topic, and the host is Zhou Tao from Yangshi.
As a result, the style of Yang Shi is very heavy.
There were also Yangtai cameras at the scene, so Jiang Yan was very disciplined in this aspect.
I used a manuscript that I had proofread repeatedly with Fan Youwen and Zhou Tao.
In 1998, he really didn't dare to let this kind of situation make him drift.
Your works can be advanced and your actions can be high-profile, but your words and conduct must be low-key!
If he really wants to say something thought-provoking, he has to wait until he has accumulated a certain level of experience.
Although "Infernal Affairs" is a great movie now, it is only a movie and it has no awards, so Jiang Yan is still a younger brother within a younger brother.
However, this aspect is not entirely serious. At least when it comes to the main creator of Xiangjiang, the problem is much more relaxed.
So once it was loosened and then tightened, Jiang Yan thought the final result was pretty good.
After the premiere ended successfully, the time came to 10:30 in the evening.
Tomorrow night the main creators will go to Hebei, and the day after tomorrow will be the second road show.
So there was plenty of time, so everyone went to the hotel for dinner as arranged by the relevant leaders in the capital.
Along the way, Jiang Yan also talked with Wang Jin and Fan Youwen about box office issues.
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In 1998, only two of the top ten domestic box office films were from mainland China.
The remaining eight films are all imported films, the most famous of which is "Titanic", with a box office of 360 million, so terrifying!
Ranked second was "Saving Private Ryan" with 82 million, and third was Fang Silong's "Who Am I" with 80 million.
The highest box office of a domestic film in Mainland China was "The Prime Minister's Diplomacy" with over 40 million.
So don't even think about "Infernal Affairs" winning the box office championship this year.
But it's still possible to get the second-middle seat.
Wang Jin said, regardless of other things, if you can do better than Fang Shilong, that is, if the box office exceeds 80 million, it will be considered a big victory.
Jiang Yan also thinks so. As a screenwriter, one movie can kill Fang Shilong. In the Mainland, this will be a huge bonus for him.
And judging from the current situation, this result may actually be achieved.
Jiang Yan's popularity, Andy Chiu-wai's popularity, Hong Kong movies, the quality of the films, the support from Silver Capital, Beijing Film Academy and the upper management.
Coupled with overwhelming publicity.
It’s hard to say that the box office may exceed 100 million.
But as for the box office, it's just a matter of looking at it. If you really want to calculate the profit, it will be a bitter tear.
Although the mainland has implemented the split-account issuance model in 1998, the implementation is still chaotic.
First of all, cinemas are still state-owned and are included in the scope of local administrative management. Cinema equipment and management are backward.
Secondly, there are currently no commercial theater chains built in China.
Therefore, the overall distribution cost is high and distribution is chaotic. Provincial film distribution companies have replaced the top level to a certain extent and gained local monopoly.
So even if the boss says to do this, it will still be carried out according to its own set of patterns when it comes to the place. This is very troublesome for the film producers, and the distribution of benefits is still unreasonable.
Because of this, further reforms will begin in the country later.
So in general, if the box office of 80 million can really get the expected share of about 25 million in the end, it will really be considered a great deal, and it will take at least half a year to get this money.
Practically speaking, I estimate that I will have to get another 20% off.
And this is also the reason why Jiang Yan doesn't want to make movies in China for the time being.
The profits cannot be completely guaranteed, the market is also in a lot of chaos, and piracy is rampant, so it’s still a shame.
So in Mainland China, if we really want to push forward, we still have to choose TV series.
The TV series is so good. Once you sell one round, you can sell it for several more rounds.
And piracy is really not a problem in TV series. After all, TV is free.
Having said that, even if this is the case, "Infernal Affairs" is still a pure profit.
Because Xiangjiang's box office has been able to even out the cost, and there is still money to be made.
If the box office of Xiangjiang can reach 60 million, after deducting the production cost of 20 million and the publicity cost of 3 million, there will still be a profit of more than 10 million.
As for overseas income, calculated as 60% of the production cost, it is about 12 million, and including the mainland income, it is 30 to 40 million.
It’s a big profit!
Of course, if North America is eyeing the copyright of "Infernal Affairs", it will be another big sum of money, and that's Daole!
And judging from how interested Warner is, this might actually happen.
Once it is completed, it will really be a milestone for Hong Kong cinema.
Wang Jin said he was looking forward to it.
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There was not much to talk about at the banquet in the evening. Jiang Yan had space, so there was almost no difficulty. He didn’t know how to speak, so drinking was fine. If he spoke well, drinking was fine. Anyway, he had a correct attitude and was modest and progressive.
The leader said that you should continue to work hard, produce more excellent works, and strive to win an international award.
Jiang Yan said that I am only eighteen, so I will try to set foot in Cannes before I am thirty!
The leader was very happy and encouraged him repeatedly, saying that he would try to win the award within ten years before he retired!
Jiang Yan said to do his best.
But I was thinking in my heart, am I just waiting for you to retire? You and I have nothing to do with each other.
Right, Uncle Han, we are in the same group!
If a movie wants to win an award, it has to pass through your hands no matter what.
The mountain eagle looked at Jiang Yan with a smile, saying nothing.
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After dinner, everyone went back to their homes, and Jiang Yan sent Zhou Zhiruo back to his room.
This girl drank a little too much today.
Originally, Jiang Yan was a powerful figure who would come to take advantage of him.
But with Fan Youwen here, he was worried too much.
So if Zhou Zhiruo feeds herself, she is really a little girl, acting emotionally. I don’t know what the occasion is.
In the room, Jiang Yan put her down, but Zhou Zhiruo became energetic and wrapped her arms around Jiang Yan's neck.
"Are you not drunk?" Jiang Yan asked.
"Yeah!" Zhou Zhiruo didn't look up and buried her face in Jiang Yan's chest.
"Have you something to say?" Jiang Yan didn't move and let her hold him.
"Um!"
"Say it, I'll listen."
"..Is that woman your girlfriend?"
"Which girl?"
"You have more than one girlfriend?" Zhou Zhiruo raised her head, with some shock in her eyes.
"..." Jiang Yan frowned, "If I say yes, what are you going to do?"
"I...I don't want to be a mistress anymore." Zhou Zhiruo trembled slightly, raised her head and spoke to Jiang Yan.
Jiang Yan smiled and said: "Do you think if I really want to play like this, you can be ranked third?"
Zhou Zhiruo felt happy when she heard this, and she quickly understood that she was not Jiang Yan's girlfriend.
But then she felt panicked, because Jiang Yan's current expression was obviously a little angry.
So she quickly apologized: "I'm sorry..."
"No need to be sorry."
Jiang Yan pinched her chin and said seriously, "You are not a mistress now, because I haven't decided to find a woman yet, and once I break the vow, you probably won't even be a mistress, but maybe a mistress, a fourth, a fifth, or even a twenty."
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"So be happy. Fortunately, the women I have met so far are not strong enough to seduce my ancient power."
When Zhou Zhiruo heard this, she frowned slightly and said, "You are so bad!"
"Yeah, I feel the same way, so if you feel you can't bear it, give up this idea as soon as possible, and restrain yourself a little in the future, so that I don't miss the chance." Jiang Yan smiled, and then he put Zhou Zhiruo down, tucked in the quilt, and
Then he patted her face gently and continued, "Go to sleep, we'll start spinning again tomorrow."
After saying that, Jiang Yan stood up and left, leaving Zhou Zhiruo lying alone on the bed deep in thought.
It’s amazing that I can’t change the wrong word in the title.