At the end of March, the Lunar New Year holiday, which lasted from November 2009 to March 2010, finally came to an end.
It lasted for four months, and there was no gap in between. It can be called the longest in the history of Chinese films.
In the end, "Avatar" grossed a box office of 1.3 billion in the mainland. Following the big ship 13 years ago, Truck Driver once again swept across the mainland and the global film market, causing disasters everywhere it went.
The box office of Zhang Yimou's new film after three years did not even reach 200 million, the box office of a blockbuster film invested by China Film with 200 million yuan just exceeded 100 million, and the box office of Cheng Long's single film was as low as 60 million.
It can all be attributed to the explosion of "Avatar".
Of course, it's not all a disaster.
As long as the movie is well made, the audience will still buy it.
The first big movie in the "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" series sold 120 million yuan.
The box office sales of several movies during the Spring Festival were also good, and they were no worse than the Lunar New Year movies two years ago.
The four-month Lunar New Year holiday is really too long, and gradually the term Spring Festival holiday began to appear in entertainment news.
In addition to the Spring Festival, this Spring Festival is also very lively.
Zhang Yimou, who suffered a failure in the Lunar New Year movie, immediately started working on his next movie and just held a launch conference in Yuan'an County, Yicang.
Lao Mouzi is Lao Mouzi. Even if "Three Guns" failed at the box office, it did not have much impact on him.
The accumulation of so many movies over so many years cannot be defeated by one movie.
During this period, the outside world has also been speculating on the new candidate for the girl. Almost all the younger generation actresses in the industry have been speculated.
It wasn't until the movie started that the secret was revealed. The new girl is a senior high school student who has just turned eighteen.
There was also an indecent video of a car model that broke out on the Internet. After the hype, it became popular. It once occupied six of the top eight searches on Google, and several more videos appeared one after another.
No one is doing this hype anymore.
However, netizens like to see this kind of thing. A few days ago, the vice president of a bank was embezzled. In the court, the prosecutor's evidence regarding the accounts also mentioned two female celebrities, Zhao Wei and a female CCTV host.
The host returned the bribe money, but Zhao Wei was not implicated. He clarified that he had only had business cooperation with a businessman who had bribed the vice president. He attended the opening ceremony of his department store and took the bribe.
A reward of 300,000 yuan, and that was ten years ago.
It has been clarified, except for some various speculations on the Internet, it is basically over, otherwise it will be a big trouble.
However, another great actress, Zhang Ziyi, is really in big trouble.
Splashing ink, fraudulent donations, and changing roles were three major events in succession, which were called the triple door by good-hearted netizens.
There is even something about sealing Tangmen, which seems to have come from Lu Chuan. He supported Tang Wei, saying that he heard that Tang Wei did not go to a certain young master’s appointment, or that a certain actress lobbied a certain young master.
The executives used public opinion to initiate a lynching and banned Tang Wei.
There was an uproar, and soon the finger was pointed at Zhang Ziyi.
However, when reporters asked Lu Chuan, he cried out that he was wronged and said that he had also heard the rumors. The actress was definitely not Zhang Ziyi, and Zhang Ziyi was not that kind of person.
This is true. When he wrote that sentence, he was telling what he had heard.
I heard something like this, so I don’t have to take responsibility for it.
But no matter what, Feng Tangmen came out like this.
Coincidentally, a new movie starring Tang Wei and Zhang Xueyou will be released in a few days. You call it a coincidence or not.
The more developed the network is, the faster all kinds of rumors spread. Sometimes a casual sentence can cause a storm in the city.
And not to mention that you can’t tell the truth from the false, I don’t know if some things were done by the person involved himself.
Two days ago, Zheng Zhongji and Cai Zhuoyan held a press conference, admitting that they had been married for a long time, and then announced their divorce.
baffling.
In early March, they still seemed to be in love. Zheng Zhongji said that he had the idea of proposing, and Cai Zhuoyan also said that their relationship was very stable.
But less than half a month later, they announced that they were married, and then announced that they were divorced.
Coincidence came again. At this time, "Yueguang Treasure Box" was a big hit in the mainland. By the 28th, the day the divorce was announced, the box office was close to 100 million, and on the 29th, the box office exceeded 100 million.
Cai Zhuoyan is also reorganizing the TWIS group with Gillian Chung and preparing to debut again under the name of the group.
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"Your circle is really chaotic."
Li Qian was greatly surprised when he saw all kinds of news on the Internet.
Listening to Li Qian's sigh, Guo Fan couldn't help but complain, "Boss, it seems like you are not from this circle."
Li Qian laughed and said, "What does the entertainment industry have to do with me? I'm just a director, and at most I'm in the film industry."
Guo Fan twitched the corner of his mouth, but did not bother with Li Qian about this matter, and took out the script that he had revised repeatedly.
Guo Fan completed the script of "Time Planning Bureau" a month ago, and one-fifth of the storyboards were done. However, he was still revising the ending repeatedly this month.
"What's the ending this time?" Li Qian asked and took the script.
"The pessimistic one is considered dark," Guo Fan said.
At first glance, it seems true. The ending is that the heroine’s father, who is also the president of the time bank, is pointed at a gun by the hero. He calmly talks about overthrowing the existing system, society will be completely in chaos, and the population will explode.
A series of problems such as out-of-control public security are more serious than they are now.
And thousands of years ago, there were people like the male protagonist who briefly overthrew their rule, but society lost control, wars and infighting ensued, and humankind almost became extinct.
Then, the actor did not listen to his threat, pointed a gun at him, and insisted on letting him transfer the countless time stored in the bank headquarters to banks in various regions.
It ended with countless banks in various regions being smashed, and everyone was robbed of years, decades, or even hundreds of years.
It seems like there is no ending, but the ending is actually what the heroine’s father said.
Still not great.
Guo Fan also saw it on Li Qian's face, and said helplessly, "The ending of this movie is very difficult to figure out, and I have no idea where to start. No matter how I design it, it's almost meaningless. I'm sorry for this idea and the previous plot."
"There's nothing we can do about it."
Li Qian shook his head and put down the script.
"This is also one of the flaws of this story. There is nothing we can do about it. The protagonist is an ordinary person, and his adventures are just more time. But rich people can live for thousands of years, which is nothing at all.
The protagonist's ability is limited, and in the end he is powerless and unable to change.
This is not an ordinary thieves story. Just kill a few bad guys and it's over. It needs to subvert the existing rules of this society. But after subversion, the protagonist will definitely cause social unrest in the next step, because after the chaos, he will not be able to establish
A new order.”
How come Guo Fan doesn't know this, but he can only nod in agreement, unable to think of any good solution, "Yes, the structure is too big, and the protagonist is too weak to support it."
"Actually, the heroine's father is right. Even if he can give his time to a million people, it will only prolong their pain. In the end, the hero realizes that even if he gives his time to civilians, he will still return to the world before long.
In the hands of the ruler, no matter what you do, it will be in vain and disheartened. This is in line with reality and the content of the movie."
Isn't the reality like this? There are many shortcomings in society, but the people have nothing to do about it. Everything depends on the wishes of the higher-ups.
Even if the ruler is willing to consider the common people, the ruling class behind him will not be willing to do so. It may overthrow you and support an obedient person to rise up.
The tragedy of individuals in a class-based society is such a reality.
The best way is to become a member of the ruling class and have the opportunity to put your ideas into reality.
But this movie obviously doesn't work. If it were shot that way, it would be a new story, and it would be greatly reduced in terms of entertainment.
The length of the movie, which is one and a half hours and less than two hours, is not allowed either.
"but."
Li Qian then said, "This is a movie. Everything is based on the creator's ideas and has nothing to do with reality. Think about the ending that the audience would like to see in such a society."
Since it is a grand thief, the audience will definitely want to watch Ruyi's grudges and wanton provocations and destruction of old rules. This cannot be changed.
At the end of the day, the scene of social unrest turns into a people's struggle. The process of escape and destruction in the second half should highlight the word resistance, and at the same time, it should arouse the resonance of the common people, so that the male protagonist can become the spiritual leader of ordinary people.
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There is no other better way to make this movie. It stands to reason that the dark ending is the best, but it is not pleasing.
Commercial films that are positioned as entertainment-oriented films must not do that.
The ending of the original version is that the social order in all areas collapsed due to the flooding of time. People had enough time to leave the civilian areas and flock to the rich areas crazily. The social structure was severely damaged.
The hero and heroine were in a bigger bank and carried out a robbery on time.
There is only constant destruction and no establishment of new social order and rules. Although the ending is terrible, it can also be regarded as a kind of venting.
It is powerless against reality and destroys wantonly.
Guo Fan thought for a while, and it seemed that there was no better way. Although the ending of the world in the movie was still not given, the people's thinking had changed, and they began to resist spiritually, not just to vent their destruction.
At the very least, this ending leaves suspense and a glimmer of hope for a better future for that world.
That's it. Preparations will officially start tomorrow. Casting and location preparation will be done at the same time. If there is no suitable place, we can set up the scene and it will not be short of money.
Although the exterior scenes in "Time Planning Bureau" are generally similar to reality, they must highlight the world background. The difference between civilian areas and wealthy areas is not just prosperous or not.
As for Su Lun's film, the ready-made script did not need to be touched. The storyboards were completed in the past three months, and it was relatively simple. As for the main narrative method, the later editing was the focus.
During this time, Su Lun was studying Nolan's "Inception", "Memento" and other similar style films.
This kind of film is not about how good the acting is or how good the plot is. The later editing has a decisive impact on the finished film.
Preparations can begin for both movies, including Li Qian's own "I Am Legend". He has also completed the creation of the script. Even the concept drawings and three-dimensional images of the zombies have been entrusted to a special effects company to make first. Let's see how good it is.
, photoelectric energy cannot be accepted.
The casting news for the three movies, including the general requirements for each role, was compiled and sent out that night.
Immediately, the entire industry was alarmed, and any actor who met a little bit of the requirements would take notice.
This is not an ordinary role. Not to mention Li Qian's own film, Su Lun's debut film sold 180 million yuan.
Although Guo Fan came close, he managed to get more than 30 million at the box office for a cost of 1 million. Moreover, "127 Hours", a one-actor movie, was not less popular when it was released. Countless viewers have watched it through various channels.
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For a time, the work mailboxes of Li Qian and others were filled with all kinds of emails, and it became the center of the entire industry.
After all, whether it is director Li Qian or the producer, they guarantee the quality and box office. During the Spring Festival, the huge sales of "Awkward" is still fresh in my mind.