Chapter 877 The new movie 'Eternal Night' (Daily Change 12,000~)
January 5, 1994!
Wu Jianye's new movie "Eternal Night" officially started shooting in Hengdian!
On this day, many crews who had filming duties in Hengdian Film and Television City came to the start-up site of "Eternal Night".
Before this, Wu Jianye's new movie has always been a huge mystery in China. Everyone only knew that the investment in this movie set a record for domestic film investment. With an investment of 130 million, it ranked first in the domestic film investment record.
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Director Wu Jianye has always claimed that this is a fairy tale drama that has never appeared in China.
Everyone knows about fairy tale dramas, it’s not that they have never appeared before, but now that Wu Jianye says this, everyone is still very curious!
Secondly, this movie can be said to bring together three generations of domestic actors, old, middle and young, as well as the actor Gu Principal from Xiangjiang. Such a cast is extremely rare in domestic movies!
The older generation of actors, Chen Wei, You Benchang, and Ma Jingwu, one was already nationally famous when he was in the model opera, and the other is a pillar of the National Repertory Theater. The previous "Ji Gong" caused a lot of attention.
The last person to watch this movie in China is Ma Jingwu, who has collaborated with Wu Jianye and is a teacher in the acting department of Yanjing Film Academy.
The Mesozoic cast is even more eye-catching.
The first is Chen Daoxuan, who won both the Golden Eagle Award and the Feitian Award for his role as Puyi in the TV series version of "The Last Emperor". At this time, Chen Daoxuan was definitely a big star in the domestic TV series industry. After "The Last Emperor",
With "Fortress Besieged", he won the 3rd China Film and Performing Arts Society Award, the Best Actor Award at the 2nd National Studio Outstanding TV Series Selection, and the 11th "Feitian Award" Best Actor Award.
Tang Guoqiang is the first-generation youth idol in China. Although Wu Jianye stole Tang Guoqiang's role in "Peacock Princess", Tang Guoqiang still has countless auras.
"Little Flower", "Starry Night", "The Road is Long", "Wreaths Under the Mountain"... and a series of movies and TV series have always made Tang Guoqiang a first-line actor in China.
There is also Fang Shu, who starred in Wu Jianye's debut film "Raise the Red Lantern". She is a top-notch actress in China, but now I heard that she is only a supporting actress with a small role in this movie.
There are also Zhang Guoli and Wang Gang who caused a huge sensation in China last year with "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo".
Although her appearance in the movie "Farewell My Concubine" was relatively short, Jiang Wenli was well received.
Zang Jinsheng, who performed outstandingly in "The Gold Rush", "Jigong Living Buddha" and "Big Saba".
Although Zhang Hanyu and Liu Yijun, who have also collaborated with Wu Jianye, are not that famous, they can still be regarded as big names in the domestic film and television circles.
There is also Ni Dahong, who is slightly less famous. Even if he is not as good as the previous ones, he has also collaborated with Tang Guoqiang in "Wreaths Under the Mountain" and with Pan Changjiang in "I Am a Country bumpkin".
Among these Mesozoic actors, the least famous one is the fat and pale Fu Biao standing next to Ni Dahong.
The reporters who came to the scene didn't know why Wu Jianye would find such an unknown actor to act with these outstanding actors, but if Wu Jianye was photographed, he must have something special about him.
Got it!
At the same time, there were four new generation actors on the scene, He Tong, Jiang Kui, Yu Feihong, and Principal Gu.
During this period of time, the domestic media had not yet established contact with the media in Xiangjiang, so they did not know the details of Principal Gu.
But they still investigated the three of them: He Tong, Jiang Kui, and Yu Feihong. Among them, Yu Feihong is the most familiar because of his status as a child star.
Jiang Kui benefited from the fact that his elder brother was Jiang Xiang, and everyone knew Jiang Xiang.
Speaking of the biggest news in the domestic film industry during this period, apart from Wu Jianye's new movie being launched, Jiang Yu's new movie "Sunny Days" has been shut down!
Jiang Yun is now one of the most well-known movie actors in China. Although his new movie has not been released yet, it has still attracted a lot of people's attention. Now there are even some newspapers and media who have not seen the movie.
, Jiang Xiu has been placed in the second position of Wu Jianye.
In fact, in the profession of being an actor, Jiang Yun's achievements are higher than Wu Jianye.
He won the Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor twice and the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actor. Such honors are not something that ordinary actors can win.
However, the reporters at the scene also knew through their own news channels that although the filming of the movie "Sunny Days" has been completed, there is still a long way to go before it is released. The first is post-production, but the most important thing is
The reason is that the subject matter of this movie is somewhat sensitive, so it is not easy to get it released!
Jiang Xiu also asked Wu Jianye about this matter, but Wu Jianye reassured Jiang Xiu that there would be no problem with the release of this movie!
Although this movie is invested by Tangting Culture, Wu Jianye has already said hello to Ai Bu, and the review will definitely not be too strict.
In another time and space, the fate of "Sunny Days" was actually the same as that of "Farewell My Concubine". Both were invested by Hong Kong film companies, and then followed the routine of participating in European film festivals first, and after winning awards,
It is only allowed to be released in China.
It was already 1995 when it was released.
However, in this time and space, because of the prelude of "Farewell My Concubine" and the most important variable such as Wu Jianye, this movie will definitely not have the fate of another time and space!
He Tong is not unknown. First of all, everyone knows that He Tong is a graduate of the Chinese Opera and an actor in the drama troupe. There is still some information about him.
Now just relying on the scenes in front and behind the scenes of this movie is enough to cause a huge sensation in the domestic film industry!
But what really surprised these domestic reporters was that there were actually North American reporters at the scene. This made them very surprised by Wu Jianye's influence. They didn't expect that Wu Jianye's new movie would attract North American reporters just after it started filming.
reporter.
This is the first time in the domestic film industry!
The North American reporters were naturally sent by Phantom Media. At this time, Phantom Media had already established its own movie magazine. With the resources of Phantom Media, it now has some fame in Hollywood.
This time Wu Jianye asked the magazine under Phantom Media to also send reporters over, so naturally he was promoting the movie "Eternal Night" in North America in advance!
In fact, before the filming of the movie started, the promotion of this movie had already started in Europe and the United States. The promotion team of the movie "Eternal Night" in Europe and the United States was actually the promotion team of the previous "Jurassic Park".
"Director Wu, we heard that the investment in this movie has exceeded 20 million US dollars, which is the second highest among the movies you shot in China. And we also know that all the investment in this movie came from your movies in China.
With the company’s grand culture, can you guarantee that the cost of such an investment will be recovered domestically?”
asked Hill, a reporter for Phantom Magazine.
The movie Wu Jianye has shot in China so far has the largest investment of US$26 million in "The Last Emperor", but the main investor in this movie is Phantom Media.
The current investment in "Eternal Night" was made by Tangting Culture, and no other capital was added. When Hill came to China, he also investigated the development of the Chinese film industry and knew that the current domestic film investment
Generally speaking, it has just risen to about 4 to 5 million yuan, but now Wu Jianye's new movie has directly invested more than 20 million U.S. dollars. He still knows the difference.
Wu Jianye smiled slightly and said: "This is just the initial investment for this movie. If we add in the later publicity, I believe the cost will exceed "The Last Emperor"!"
Hill was slightly taken aback. As a Hollywood reporter, he naturally knew how the publicity cost of a movie worked. It must be at least one-third of the production cost of a movie.
But Wu Jianye's movies are different. The previous promotion cost of Wu Jianye's movie "The World of Chu Xing" in North America has been as high as 20 million US dollars. Now Wu Jianye's new movie should not be lower than this amount.
Thinking of this, Hill asked in surprise: "So, the global cost of this movie will exceed US$40 million?"
Wu Jianye nodded and said: "About that, it should reach about 45 million US dollars!"
There were people who knew English at the scene who were shocked more than Hill when they heard Wu Jianye say this number.
At this time, domestic magazine reporters did not have a clear idea of the film's promotional costs. In their view, the investment cost of more than 20 million US dollars was enough to shock everyone. Now they heard that Wu Jianye and
Chatting with North American reporters revealed that the real investment cost of this movie was actually US$45 million!
What is the exchange rate between the RMB and the US dollar this year?
According to the latest exchange rate between the RMB and the US dollar announced by the central bank, it is 8.6:1. In other words, the real investment in the movie "Eternal Night" is actually 387 million yuan?
Everyone looked at each other in shock. No one thought that the investment in a movie could reach such a terrifying figure!
In fact, both Hill and domestic reporters miscalculated this calculation.
The production cost of the movie "Eternal Night" was actually 130 million yuan. They calculated it based on this year's exchange rate. In fact, last year, the official exchange rate between RMB and the US dollar was not that high, only 5.7:1.
As for the publicity costs in Europe and the United States, Phantom Pictures will be responsible for distribution in North America, and Fengge Pictures will be responsible for distribution in Europe. These are two different concepts.
As for the domestic publicity cost, Wu Jianye set it at 40 million yuan, which was caused by the skyrocketing domestic prices in the past two years.
To be honest, in fact, there is definitely room for maneuver in the RMB foreign exchange this year, but Wu Jianye did not let Zhou Tao and Yan Wen do this.
However, Wu Jianye did not explain this problem to the reporters at the scene. Now that "Eternal Night" has officially entered the filming and promotion stage, with such a good publicity hotspot, Wu Jianye naturally cannot give up.
This is just like how Lao Mouzi's movie "Jinling Twelve Panties" in another time and space was promoted by his deceptive partner that the investment in the entire movie was as high as 1 billion yuan.
But the difference is that "The Twelve Beauties" failed, and now the movie "Eternal Night" has not passed the test of the market.
After Hill's interview ended, other reporters also asked their own questions, but they also changed the direction of their questions in time.
Everyone focused on the fact that Wu Jianye misled them about the investment in this movie.
Everyone is doubting whether this movie can recover its cost, but many people subconsciously believe that this is impossible, at least at the domestic box office!
If calculated according to the current sharing agreement between the producer and the theater chain, with an investment cost of 387 million, the domestic box office of this movie must reach at least 645 million to ensure that it does not lose money...
This is naturally impossible.
In fact, let alone them, even Wu Jianye himself did not think that the movie "Eternal Night" could get this box office. In Wu Jianye's plan, the two-part movie "Eternal Night" would be in
As long as the global box office can recover the real production costs!
The movie "Eternal Night" was originally a very personal experimental film by Wu Jianye, and the responsibility Wu Jianye gave to this movie was to let European and American audiences have an understanding of Chinese fairy dramas.
Wu Jianye believes that it is extremely difficult to achieve the development of any thing overnight, just like writing online novels. There are very few people who can become gods in one book. Those who can really succeed are those who have experienced at least two or three times.
Only after the accumulation of high-quality products can we become the top group of people who write online articles.
In fact, there are still a small number of such people, and most of them are very satisfied as long as they can ensure that they have four or five high-quality books!
In Wu Jianye's view, if domestic films want to have a place in the European and American markets, the best breakthrough point is actually films such as martial arts dramas and fairy tale dramas.
This is China's unique culture, and it is also the most recognizable subject in the world.
Perhaps through Wu Jianye's personal efforts, some high-quality movies on the science fiction theme can appear, but Hollywood has been immersed in science fiction movies for decades, and China Film wants to catch up in just a dozen years.
It's very difficult.
It's not easy to break out of the siege, it's better to find another way!
Wu Jianye doesn't know if this will succeed, but at least he is making such efforts!
After all, later Internet articles once showed Wu Jianye that foreigners are very welcome to Chinese heroes and fantasy themes!
Liu Xiaojiang and Dandan also came to the scene. Dandan even stood in the ranks of the entire cast. This was the first time Dandan participated in the opening ceremony of the movie as an actor. All this made her feel
Extremely fresh and exciting!
At this time, there were also many extras gathered around the crew's start-up scene. Most of them knew Dandan. Now they saw that Dandan was able to stand in front of the crew as an actor.
There, there is jealousy and envy in my heart...
When Dandan saw these looks, she immediately felt a sense of vanity in her heart!
Wu Jianye also saw the eyes of those extras, and he knew that his plan was slowly moving towards success.
As long as you can successfully operate Dandan as an actor, then the Hengdian myth will appear. By then, more extras will be attracted here, and none of them hope that they can become the second Dandan.
Hengdian Film and Television City will no longer be short of extras!