Chapter 918 The passion at this moment, regardless of age
Wang Jinhua arrived first and had an early discussion with Han Sanping about the sudden news.
To analyze the plot behind Hollywood's move, we must first understand the release environment in overseas markets.
In China, many ethnic groups are as close as one family, laws, regulations and other systems in various places are highly unified, and under the influence of profound cultural inheritance, the thinking of the people across the country is also generally the same.
Based on this overall environment, an inclusive and cohesive social atmosphere has been formed.
Because of this, when a movie is released in China, people will follow the crowd, join in the fun, and watch the movie a few days before the release. This has formed a market rule that is unique to Chinese movie releases: a movie
The performance of a movie in the early stages of its release can basically determine its survival.
Take the current National Day schedule as an example. Of the seven movies released on October 1, only three of them, "Canopy," "The Wind," and "Astro Boy," have survived so far.
Some of the remaining four films were unfortunately released, and some only had less than 5% of the film schedule and were struggling to survive in the schedule.
The same is true for the new movies released in the next few days. Facing these three "strong rivals", they all have a bad fate. Either they are sadly withdrawn after a day or two of release, or they are not allowed to be withdrawn and can only be released at a very low price.
He struggled to survive and was reduced to cannon fodder.
Of course, the low-probability dark horse movies are not included here for the time being. The above are the general rules and current situation of the Chinese film release market.
One thing about overseas markets is the same as that of the domestic market. Cinema chains' plans for movie release schedules are essentially profit-seeking. Movies with outstanding performance can get high rankings, while films with poor performance can only reduce their screenings and face becoming cannon fodder.
fate.
However, there is another significant difference between overseas markets and domestic markets.
Except for Africa, the global film market covers more than 100 countries.
Every country has different humanities and living habits, and different social customs and ideas also exist in different regions of a country.
This is reflected in the fact that audiences from various countries have very different choices when it comes to watching movies. Naturally, there will not be a unified humanistic culture of movie watching like in China.
Take Europe as an example. In terms of movie viewing habits, European people are not keen on going into theaters a few days before a movie is released. They often wait for a group of people who have watched the movie first to publish evaluation articles or reports before they watch in large quantities.
Locally, selectively go to the cinema to watch movies.
With this as a reference, the arrangement plan for the three movies coming from Hollywood is easy to understand.
Taking "Cinema" as the central axis, "Avatar" was released half a month in advance. The first batch of audiences in Europe and the United States would go to the cinema to watch the movie in the early stage of the release. Subsequently, a large number of praises and favorable reviews emerged, so the film was released in the middle of the release.
A large number of European and American audiences will flock to cinemas to watch this movie.
And just in the middle of the release of "Avatar", "The Sky" was released. According to the market rules in Europe and the United States, the audience flow at that time would be crazily sucked away by the massive praise promotion of "Avatar".
As a result, it is conceivable that the box office results of "The Sky" in the early stage of its release may be disastrous.
Perhaps, after the early stage of "Cover" being suppressed by "Avatar" passes, the film will get better in the middle and later stages.
But under Hollywood's schedule, "Transformers" will also be released in the middle and late stages of "Canopy"'s release.
This science fiction film with its own strong IP and large traffic will attract audiences who are liberated from the atmosphere of "Avatar".
When the audience came out of the movie-watching craze of "Transformers" again, "Canopy", which had been released for a month, happened to be released.
In short, the scheduling plan proposed by Hollywood is unlikely to be effective if placed in the domestic market.
Because the domestic film market situation is such that a large number of audiences will enter the theater a few days before the film is released, contributing the most important part of the box office to the film. After half a month between the release time, it will have little impact on the competitiveness of subsequent films.
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However, such an arrangement placed in the global market may ultimately lead to the unsatisfactory box office performance of "The Sky" and it is likely to end in failure.
However, when she and Han Sanping discussed this, they did not feel anxious because of Hollywood's malicious competition and plot. Instead, they found it a bit ridiculous, and at the same time they felt a sense of pride and pride in their hearts.
Feelings.
If Hollywood is confident in its own strength, why would it bother to devise such an arrangement?
If Hollywood really believes that China's film and television culture is weak, as they publicize, then why not schedule "Sky Curtain" to be released on the same day as their movie, and then arrogantly put their movie on the same page
A strong crush?
Only by treating them as rivals of equal strength could Hollywood carefully plan such a seemingly comprehensive strategy for Hollywood to treat the movie "The Sky".
From the perspective of China's five thousand years of brilliant civilization, the place on the other side of the ocean with only 200 years of history is not worthy of being their opponent. Now that they are treated as equal opponents, this is not something to be proud of.
If we only consider the strength and weakness of the development of the film and television cultural industries of both sides in recent decades, Hollywood, which has always been dismissive of Chinese film and television culture, has given such "grandeur" to Chinese films for the first time in history.
treatment.
As film and television cultural workers, Wang Jinhua and Han Sanping truly felt the pride of being disseminators of Chinese culture.
It can only be said that Wang Jinhua and Han Sanping have a higher level of thinking than ordinary people.
Unlike ordinary people who would most likely react with anxiety or anger immediately after receiving the news that Hollywood had set up a trap to suppress them, the two of them immediately boosted their careers due to this news.
The awe-inspiring spirit and arrogance in the hearts of Chinese cultural communicators.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Wang Jinhua sat calmly on the sofa, skillfully crossing her legs and resting her left hand naturally on her lap.
She turned slightly sideways, stretched out her right hand, bent over and picked up the teapot calmly, and slowly poured herself a cup of tea.
After taking a sip of tea, she gently placed the tea cup on the coffee table and said calmly and easily: "Look at you, I won't comment."
In her and Han Sanping's view, the arrangement made by Hollywood was undoubtedly a complete conspiracy.
If they don't agree to this arrangement, the two of them can fully predict what Hollywood might do next.
Hollywood will definitely help their movies with a different kind of "publicity", such as——
["You Chinese movie fans and audiences, haven't you always had high hopes for "Sky Curtain"? Don't you regard "Sky Curtain" as the light of your domestic films? Don't you regard "Sky Curtain" as the first step in the field of science fiction films in your country?"
Navigator?
However, now we in Hollywood have a friendly attitude and have opened such a vast overseas market for your Chinese films, but because we are afraid of our "Avatar" and "Transformers", your "Sky Curtain" is not even released.
Dare, a movie like this deserves to be called your domestic light?
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Reports like this can definitely be concocted by the dark minds of Western capital groups, and the content of the actual reports may even be more outrageous. All this is within their speculations and expectations.
Under such reports, "Sky Curtain" has worked hard to accumulate national popularity and goodwill in the past two or three months from the beginning of the road show, and the resulting good situation that is conducive to market development and industry development.
will suffer a heavy blow.
Therefore, in their consideration, they have no choice but to accept the challenge sent by Hollywood this time.
Once they accepted this arrangement, she and Han Sanping also made a corresponding prediction. Even if the three major Hollywood companies were unwilling, they could not stop the Western media from promoting their "Cover".
Watching the excitement is a common feature of human beings. This is true at home and abroad.
In Europe, America, South America, Japan, South Korea, Australia and other regions, the promotion of the two super blockbusters "Avatar" and "Transformers" was in full swing. When they were about to be released, a science fiction movie from China suddenly appeared.
Same schedule...
Huh?
"Sky Curtain"?
Chinese science fiction movies?
Can China also make science fiction movies?
And it was released at the same time as "Avatar" and "Transformers". Is this Chinese science fiction movie so great?
Based on the existence of such a natural gimmick, it is expected that Western entertainment media will promote it with great fanfare.
Even if the method of publicity is most likely to be presented in a form that belittles and slaps Chinese films in the face, no matter what, to a certain extent, this is also building momentum for "Sky Curtain".
Therefore, in the face of this challenge, if you do not accept it, you will fall into the trap of Hollywood's subsequent one-sided suppression of public opinion.
This will greatly suppress the industry influence brought about by "Sky Curtain" in China, and in turn pose a strong obstacle to the grand blueprint of Bright Times and China Film Group to promote the development of the industry.
If they choose to accept it, they will be able to obtain free publicity dividends around the world. Coupled with their own efforts and the efforts of the entire crew, there may be a glimmer of hope.
The most important thing is that no matter whether the film is ultimately successful or unsuccessful when released overseas, it will not affect the good development trend that the film has formed in China and its role in promoting the development of the industry.
Overseas markets and domestic markets are independent of each other. As long as the established good domestic development trends are not affected, it is not a big problem for Wang Jinhua and Han Sanping.
So in their minds, there is no need to worry about which choice to make, they just accept it directly.
The performance of the film after its release, whether it is a success or a failure, will not have a significant impact on related domestic affairs.
What's more, if the big three in Hollywood end up self-defeating and shoot themselves in the foot, it might bring a huge surprise to them and the whole country.
After all, before the actual results come out, who can say that this Chinese science fiction movie, which has never been seen in the world, will definitely not be successful?
"Have a cup of tea first."
Seeing Sister Hua's calm and composed look, Chu Xuan must have made a plan in mind and was just waiting to see what they had in mind.
Seeing Sister Hua drinking tea by herself, he was also a little thirsty after riding all the way here, so he picked up the cup of tea that Sister Hua poured for him and drank it.
I still remember that in the past, when talking about "Hope", he told Han Sanping that he would try to release this movie before "Avatar" was released.
This is to prevent domestic audiences who have been "baptized" by "Avatar" from developing a deeper filtered perception of Hollywood's world's first 3D film, which will have a negative impact when they watch their movie.
It will also completely suppress the domestic industry and domestic film capital, and it will not dare to act on the subject of science fiction movies for a long time. As a result, the domestic cutting-edge film and television industrialization will not develop for a long time, and it will continue to be crushed by Western blockbusters.
This was a foresight he had in the past, but this so-called foresight was unexpectedly broken by the advance production of "Sky Curtain" and the replacement of "Hope".
After experiencing the publicity of the "Sky Curtain" road show and being disgusted by the inexplicable plot in Taipei, he threw away all the fragmented so-called foresight in his heart.
As he changed his circle and the influence of the company grew, the future that was fixed in his mind was no longer fixed. What happened and the situation he encountered under the so-called foresight had completely changed.
Abandoning the so-called foresight and the so-called sense of superiority of a reborn person, his mood became clearer and clearer. Just as Liu Yifei praised, her husband became younger and younger and more cheerful.
Why did you have the idea to avoid "Avatar" before? To put it mildly, it was the foresight brought about by the reborn person's sense of superiority, and the idea that he thought he was very smart.
If it were him in the past, if he faced Hollywood's plot to encircle and suppress them, he would definitely think twice, and maybe even come up with a link-by-link countermeasure.
However, to this day, he only regards this matter as a rare challenge in life, whether it is Liu Yifei saying that he is becoming more and more cheerful, more and more youthful, or more and more passionate.
So much for youthful vitality.
Now, when faced with this matter, he only has one sentence: Just do it and it will be done!
"Everyone has sent a letter of challenge to the door, so just accept it." Chu Xuan put down the teacup, a bright smile appeared on his handsome face.
Han Sanping, who was at the desk, and Wang Jinhua, who was sitting on the sofa next to him, looked at Chu Xuan with both interest and relief, and gave Chu Xuan a thumbs up with extremely appreciative eyes.
The two elders knew Chu Xuan very well. The Chu Xuan who had an attitude of avoiding Hollywood culture a few years ago is still vivid in their minds.
Seeing that Chu Xuan is no longer what he used to be, his ideas seem to have changed drastically. For both of them, young people are growing up after all.
Liu Yifei quirked her eyebrows and looked at Chu Xuan with interest.
Faced with such a major event, Chu Xuan in the past might have been able to say such easy and passionate words, but he would have definitely thought about it for a long time before taking action.
Nowadays, Chu Xuan doesn't think much, he is very straightforward and says such words very directly. She is not surprised, because she knows that her husband has changed like this in the past few months.
My husband used to make decisions before taking action, but now he is more courageous and will do things first and then make plans if unexpected situations arise.
In other words, before I thought first and then acted, now I act first and then think later.
Just as mother said to Chu Xuan: "You are becoming more and more like Sissi, and Sissi, you are becoming more and more like the Xiaoxuan you used to be."
Suddenly thinking of her mother's comment made her feel extremely happy.
Wasn't she like this before?
Don't think about any complicated things, just do whatever makes you feel comfortable. Do the things that make you feel comfortable first, and then find a way to deal with unexpected situations. If you can't handle it well and cause cyber violence, then just do it online. That's okay.
How to do it.
This is how Chu Xuan is now, becoming more and more like her before.
On the contrary, she is becoming more and more like Chu Xuan before, and she starts to think more complicated when faced with some things.
In her mind, this proposed arrangement by Hollywood will cause serious obstacles to their road show. The domestic road show took two months, let alone the global road show?
According to this arrangement, there is only more than a month left before the global release. How can we make it in time for road shows and publicity? There is not enough time.
But seeing that Chu Xuan spoke so readily and Han Sanping also said that other factors should be ignored, she didn't bother to think about it.
Her lips felt a little dry. Seeing that there were no extra clean cups on the coffee table, Liu Yifei picked up the teapot and poured the tea into the cup that Chu Xuan had drunk. She picked up the cup and took a sip of tea: "Our "Sky Curtain" is not bad, then.
Just touch it."
"Good performance proves that our science fiction concept is accepted by the global market. If performance is not good, then we should improve and make progress through learning."
"Besides, there has never been a Chinese science fiction theme in the global market that can be released at the same time as two hot Hollywood blockbusters..."
She put down her tea cup: "If it can have an impact, it should have a great impact. I think the significance of the Chinese attribute is greater than the box office, and it is greater than the success or failure of competing with two Hollywood blockbusters.
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Han Sanping, who was at the desk, gradually smiled and nodded slightly to Liu Yifei, who was sitting on the sofa a few meters away: "Mr. Liu said it well."
Liu Yifei pursed her lips, with a look of surprise on her face.
It didn't matter if others called her Mr. Liu, but when Han Sanping called her Mr. Liu, she felt at a loss and felt happy after she calmed down.
"What the boss lady said makes sense." Wang Jinhua cooperated with Han Sanping and also gave Liu Yifei such a compliment.
Liu Yifei looked across Chu Xuan's back, and smiled at Wang Jinhua. She looked embarrassed as if she had been praised by the public as "boss lady", and her eyes were full of fun.
But when Chu Xuan looked at her with admiration, she no longer felt a little embarrassed when she received the praise from the two elders Han Sanping and Wang Jinhua. Instead, she blinked her right eye in a teasing manner, showing off in front of her husband.
Show off your fleeting sense of superiority as you were praised by your elders for these words.
The rest of the crowd saw Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei expressing their stance, and Han Sanping and Wang Jinhua echoed, obviously accepting this challenge together.
This shows that these four people have reached an agreement.
Tang Jili glanced at Chenglong, and seeing that Chenglong was still frowning and thinking, he first said: "If you don't accept it, you will probably face the pressure of public opinion from Hollywood, and it is foreseeable that we will be slandered as cowardly.
And if our film has strong Chinese attributes, the entire industry will be humiliated, and it may even damage the face of the country."
Having said this, Tang Jili stood up from the sofa, picked up the teacup on the coffee table, and then returned to the sofa to sit down. While picking up the teacup, he expressed his attitude: "For the sake of the overall situation, we can only follow their arrangements."
Tang Jili, Han Sanping, and Wang Jinhua thought about it together. Their views on things and their foresight were obviously at the same level.
When they first heard this statement, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei looked slightly surprised. The couple turned their heads to each other and looked at each other, and everyone else was also shocked.
Yes, if you don’t accept it, public opinion will be triggered if Western capital is not fully protected. This is very possible!
Because the appearance of "Sky Curtain" proves that our country also has science fiction and special effects, and it also makes a large part of the audience have strong expectations and expectations for such domestic special effects themes.
This situation is tantamount to squeezing the market share of Western special effects blockbusters in China and eliminating the influence of Western film and television culture.
"You can't have what we can have, and even if you do, you must lag behind." This is the attitude and extremely unreasonable style of the other side of the ocean towards us. Otherwise, there will be no current situation here.
Sanctions, blockade situation over there.
The same is true for movies. A movie has appeared in China that is not inferior to Hollywood, and it is also a science fiction theme that attaches great importance to the strength of the film industry.
Faced with such a situation, if they were sent such an arrangement and did not accept it, public opinion would surely roll in and sweep across the country, suppressing or even crushing the influence of "Canopy" to prove that Hollywood is the world's most powerful film.
Excellent blockbuster movie production place.
Moreover, Hollywood will still be on the moral high ground with such public opinion, because they do not accept it, which is equivalent to taking the initiative to give in, which is equivalent to them being weak. Faced with such public opinion, they will have nothing to say and it will be difficult for everyone to agree.
result.
From Tang Jili's speech, the consequences of not accepting the arrangement were made clear. Except for Han Sanping and Wang Jinhua, everyone present was tense. The matter had exceeded their expectations.
I originally thought this was just a provocation from Hollywood, setting up a shameless and shameless screening of "The Sky".
Now it seems that it is far more than that. This is a game between Chinese and Western cultural exports!
And for China and the country's film industry, this will also be the first time in history that it will have a head-on cultural confrontation with the West in the form of movies!
"Hey." Chenglong sighed.
Although he sighed, the color on his face overflowed with passion.
Chenglong crossed his legs, crossed his fingers with his hands and hugged his knees, and said leisurely: "From a profit perspective, the favorable situation of the film in the country can already guarantee that several of us and other investors will recover their capital and make a profit."
"Putting aside interests, just looking at the national conditions of our country, if this movie is released overseas, it will be able to get the release channels of the five major Hollywood theaters and the cooperative theater UA, accounting for at least half of the global market share.
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"This is the first time for a domestic film, and it is also the first time for an Asian film."
"Accepting this arrangement, no matter whether the outcome is good or bad, this film is destined to become a new milestone in the history of Chinese film."
Chenglong paused, raised his hand to smooth his hair, and said with a smile to himself: "I have been struggling just now. I have high hopes for this movie, and intend to return to the global market with this movie. If I lose, then
When will the next time come? I’m getting old and I can’t seem to wait any longer.”
"I have made countless movies, including many Hollywood masterpieces, but I have never once competed with a Hollywood movie that is truly Chinese and groundbreaking.
Pass."
"Since I joined the industry, I have encountered countless exciting and thrilling things, but this is the first time in my fifty years that something so passionate and exciting has happened."
"No matter what others think, no matter what others think, I feel that if we accept this arrangement, then we are fighting for the entire industry and fighting for the domestic movie fans and audiences who like movies and science fiction."
"It's rare to encounter something like this once in life. It would be a shame not to try hard."
"This is the only reason, if not for anything else, I just want to fight for my breath and have a fight with Hollywood."
Although Chenglong's tone is gentle, his sincere words are very touching, and his wording can also incite a passionate patriotic sentiment. No matter whether his private character is good or bad, the national conditions expressed at this moment
The consensus is enough to make people praise him.
Not only Han Sanping and Wang Jinhua looked at Chenglong with admiration, Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei, Tang Jili and others also looked at him with admiration. This is the style that the most popular international idol in China should have!
Tang Jili, the director and producer, has expressed his stance, Han Sanping has expressed his stance on behalf of China Film Group, Wang Jinhua, Chu Xuan, and Liu Yifei have expressed their stance on behalf of Bright Times, Cheng Long, the movie star, has also expressed his stance, and only the Yinghuang family is left.
Everyone couldn't help but look at Huo Wenxi and Huang Zhihui, and Huang Zhihui looked at Huo Wenxi to let her vote.
I saw Huo Wenxi's face filled with joy, a cheerful look that was expected, but also a mood that was moved by Chenglong's sincere speech.
She smoothed her hair and spoke in unusual Mandarin, and said: "The big brother's ideas are highly consistent with the big brother's. The big brother said that after living for so many years and working in this industry for so many years, it has always been us.
Having bowed to Hollywood, it is rare to have an equal match, and such an opportunity is not easy."
"When we faced the nuclear threat, the country's two bombs and one satellite created a miracle; when we faced the food crisis in the 1970s, the country created another miracle under the leadership of Academician Yuan; in the 1990s when we faced the GPS threat, the country's Beidou satellite created a miracle.
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"A large industrial country with a billion people is the biggest miracle in itself."
"The country is a miracle, so all our walks of life will also have miracles under the fate of the country's rise and rejuvenation."
"When it comes to this movie, even if it is a hole dug by Hollywood, the boss believes that our movie can fill it."
"So, obviously, on behalf of Ying Huang and everyone else, I accept this challenge from Hollywood."
"From a logical point of view, they are challenging us, and we are the stronger ones."
Wang Jinhua and his wife, Han Sanping and Fu Ruoqing, Chenglong and Tang Jili, Hu Hanguang and Wei Haolong, all were lifted up in their hearts and smiled like a spring breeze after hearing this.
At this moment, everyone was filled with passionate emotions. At this moment, the surging passion and heroism filled the hall regardless of age.
