The box office has exceeded 200 million, and the National Day holiday has basically passed. Apart from "Painted Skin", only "Hold the Call" has a box office of more than 10 million, and it has a box office of more than 30 million in half a month of release.
Just two days ago, the producer of "Hold the Call" held a celebration party to celebrate the box office exceeding 30 million.
What an irony!
The winner takes all, and the weak can't even drink it.
Poly International Hotel in Beijing, where the press conference to celebrate the 200 million hit of "Painted Skin" was held.
As the most watched movie during this period, the press conference was no smaller than that of "Now You See Me" and "Red Cliff", and all the media related to the entertainment industry sent people to come.
Downstairs of the hotel, reporters kept coming in with invitation letters, work badges hanging around their necks, and different microphone logos on their hands. Some of them were followed by photographers.
"I never expected that "Painted Skin" would break 200 million, with no sign of a big explosion!"
"Isn't that right? I originally thought it would be good if it could exceed 100 million. Cheng Long has released several movies during the National Day holiday, but they just missed each time and failed to exceed 100 million each time."
"This is also a strange thing. The combined films of Andy Lau and Li Ming have only reached 100 million, and the combined films of Cheng Long and Li Lian have only reached 170 million. Now, "Painted Skin" has exceeded 200 million."
"Chen Kun, Zhao Wei, and Zou Xun have found a treasure. This movie is enough to make them famous for a while."
"If you ask me, Wu Ershan is still more capable. A new director has received 200 million in box office, which is much better than Tang An did back then."
"Wu Ershan is just lucky. I heard that the original director of this film was Cheng Jia Shang, and he also participated in writing the original script. Later, Tang An replaced him with just one sentence."
"Who doesn't know this? That's why I said that Tang An deliberately put Wu Ershan in front of the stage. The whole drama was actually handled by him. Even if not, he must have handled the later stages."
"Tang An is great now. Cheng Jia Shang is also a famous and famous director in Xiangjiang, and he is also the president of the Directors Association there. In front of him, he doesn't even think about it. He just changed it."
"He is a capital now. He is a director and has a studio to invest in movies. The people who have dinner and tea with him are all executives of big companies. It is difficult for the bosses of small companies to meet him."
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In a thousand-foot mansion in Xiangjiang, there is also a newspaper on Cheng Jiashang's desk.
It is clearly written on it that the box office of "Painted Skin" in Hong Kong is nearly 10 million Hong Kong dollars, and the box office in Mainland China is over 200 million Hong Kong dollars.
What a dazzling number!
This achievement should belong to him. With this film, he can definitely gain a foothold in the mainland.
You must know that Chen Kexin's "The Investment Certificate" invested 300 million, but it only received a box office of just over 200 million.
But now, this achievement that should have belonged to him has been taken away by Wu Ershan, a newcomer who appeared out of nowhere.
But he couldn't resist yet!
He is the chairman of the Hong Kong Directors Association and has connections all over Hong Kong. He will also serve as the chairman of the Hong Kong Film Awards Organizing Committee next year. He is a very important presence in the entire Hong Kong entertainment industry.
However, Tang An's film will not participate in the Academy Awards selection at all, there is no investment from Xiangjiang, and there is no actor from Xiangjiang.
His good friend Zheng Zhiwei had some connections in the Baodao film industry and had hosted the Golden Horse Awards. He originally wanted to give Tang An some color.
But last year, "The Wind" still won the Best Actress crown, and also won two minor awards.
Huayi has Chen Guofu, and he has a close relationship with several big names in the Baodao entertainment industry. Zheng Zhiwei is nothing at all.
There is nowhere to use his strength, and Cheng Jiashang only has one feeling now.
Frustrated!
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Back at Poly International Hotel, the celebration conference has already begun.
"I think the success of "Painted Skin" is not accidental. Given the right time, place and favorable conditions, it is inevitable that it will be a box office hit."
"Nowadays, the domestic film market is getting bigger and bigger, and it is developing faster and faster. This year's total box office in the first half of the year has already caught up with the box office in the previous two years."
"Domestic movies are getting better and better, and more and more audiences are willing to go to movie theaters. Every year, hundreds of movie theaters are being built."
"Chen Kun, Zhao Wei, Zou Xun, Zhao Wenzhuo, and Yang Mi are all very popular in China. Coupled with the fact that the theme of "Painted Skin" is a household name in China and the National Day holiday, I expected that the box office would be 200 million."
This official rhetoric obviously did not satisfy the audience, and a reporter immediately asked.
"Many viewers say they went to the cinema because of the movie you supervised, Director Tang. Does that mean that the success of "Painted Skin" was due to you, Director Tang?"
"It would be great if my name was worth so much."
Tang An laughed at himself, "From now on, everyone will have my name on the movies they make, and everyone will receive a little copyright fee, so I can make money just sitting at home."
Ha ha ha ha......
The crowd roared with laughter.
"Director Wu Ershan was able to earn 200 million at the box office for his first movie. How does Director Tang feel about it compared to yours?"
When a new director is compared with an established director, this is something that the media often does.
Back then, Tang An was always compared to Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang every time he made a successful movie.
"Director Wu is a very good director. Chinese-language films need a steady stream of fresh blood..."
Tang An talked eloquently in front of reporters, and no matter what they said, his answers were accurate.
Then handed the microphone to Yu Dong.
"What Mr. Tang just said is right. It is precisely because our domestic film market is getting better and better that "Painted Skin" can achieve its current results. And I believe that with the development of the film industry, we can make better films to show to the audience. Audience, let the audience feel the sincerity of our filmmakers..."
Yu Dong's long speech was very clear and logical, and he did it without taking a break.
The reporters continued to ask questions, but the next reporter asked an unexpected question.
"Director Tang, as far as I know from Optoelectronics, the script of your new film "China Partner" has passed the review of Optoelectronics. Can you tell us the details of the movie in detail? What type of movie will it be this time?"
One stone stirred up a thousand waves. Only a few people within Huayi knew about Tang An's new film, and it has not been announced to the public.
Moreover, the script just passed the review yesterday. This is not a project, and Optoelectronics will not announce it. How could it be known so quickly?
Tang An's face was full of surprise, and Yu Dong and the others also looked stunned.
Judging from the expressions on the reporters' faces, they didn't seem to know.
Looking under the stage, I suddenly caught a glimpse of Wang Zhongjun's surprised face with a hint of smile in his eyes.
Tang An smiled casually and understood immediately.
Wang Zhongjun is still so stingy towards outsiders, especially his opponents. This is because he doesn't want Bernard to be in the limelight, so he just used the news about Tang An's new film to suppress the news about "Painted Skin".