"Director Han, you mean that I alone have squeezed the living space of several major companies, including Huayang and Bernard?"
Li Qian seemed to have heard some big joke.
Han Sanping was not annoyed and said with a smile, "Director Li misunderstood. Of course he didn't mean that. But last year during the Lunar New Year holiday, you personally shot and produced three movies that spanned the entire Lunar New Year holiday, but it caused other companies to suffer a lot.
, the box office performance was not as expected.”
This is true. "Mulan", "The Tomb", and "The Storm 2" did not have high box office costs, and "Three Guns" and "October Siege" also did not perform as expected.
But, what does it have to do with me?
If other people's films fail to sell at the box office and the audience is unwilling to spend money to go to the cinema, who should blame him?
Could it be that he pointed a gun at the audience and prevented them from watching?
Li Qian really couldn't understand Han Sanping's brain circuit, but he didn't want to argue with him about this topic.
"Director Han, what do you mean?"
"Actually, you can cooperate with each other to avoid unnecessary competition. You can invest in a few movies at once and absorb the resources of other companies. It is a win-win choice. Moreover, after cooperating with each other, there is no need to squeeze in schedules.
, it’s completely negotiable, and if you make a fuss, you won’t get any benefits, it’s your loss, and it’s also the loss of the Chinese film market.”
"cooperate?"
Li Qian laughed again, "Director Han, I am not a solitary person. The four provinces of Jiangning, Western Sichuan, Northern Hubei, and Southern Henan Optoelectronics have all participated in the investment of these films of mine."
"Haha, Director Li misunderstood."
Han Sanping smiled and said, "In the past ten years, it has not been easy for Chinese-language films to reach the current situation. I just don't want domestic films to kill each other. Cooperation and mutual benefit are the right way."
During the five-month Lunar New Year holiday last year, all domestic blockbusters failed miserably.
Except for "Three Guns", no period blockbusters can make back their money at the domestic box office. Even if they sell various domestic and overseas copyrights, only a few can make back their money.
Han Sanping has a blockbuster complex and ambition, and blockbuster plans are also his top priority in reviving Chinese-language films.
Everything went smoothly in the past few years, with all the costume blockbusters topping the annual box office charts.
But in the past two years, I don’t know what happened to the costume blockbusters, and they suddenly stopped working.
Last year’s Lunar New Year period was even more obvious. From November to March this year, almost the whole army was wiped out.
The competition is too great.
In November, "2012" came out, and there was also the dark horse "Cohabitation in Time and Space".
Not to mention in December, "A Perfect World" dominated the entire December movie market.
In January, I encountered "Avatar", and in February, "The Journey" sold 200 million yuan, and even "The Little Soldier" and "The Golden Guard" were no match.
In addition to "Avatar", all the domestic costume blockbusters are in the hands of Li Qian.
Li Qian almost understood it. He still blamed the failure of several domestic blockbusters during the Lunar New Year season on the success of his own movies, and prepared to persuade himself not to squeeze in more in the second half of the year.
I really don’t understand why Han Sanping is so blindly obsessed with blockbusters.
"Dr. Han, every era should have its own characteristics. In the past ten years, the characteristics of domestic films have been costume blockbusters, but in the new decade, the market and audience tastes have changed. We should not blindly believe in blockbusters.
But to discover more new directors.
Our audience is getting younger and younger. Only directors with newer, younger thinking and creativity can keep up with the audience. Su Lun's "Cohabitation in Time and Space" and Xu Zheng's "People on the Road" are such
It is a genre that has never been seen in China. It is very creative and focuses on plot. This is a movie that a new generation of audiences want to watch, rather than yesterday’s costume blockbusters, which not many people like anymore.”
Hearing Li Qian directly deny the costume blockbuster, Han Sanping looked a little unhappy.
Han Sanping went to Hollywood more than ten years ago and saw the studios of Disney and Warner with his own eyes. Watching the modern and industrialized Hollywood blockbusters being filmed, everything shocked his eyes and made him feel sad and sad.
A tragic feeling.
It was from then on that I had the dream of making a blockbuster movie, and I wanted to realize the revival of domestic movies through periodical blockbusters.
Even though the costume blockbusters have failed one after another in the past two years, he has not given up on this idea. It is not all Li Qian's fault. He just wants to let various companies discuss the Lunar New Year period in the future and try to stagger the release time. Don't do it.
Like last year’s Lunar New Year festival, five major productions were released in 15 days.
Yu Dong, Huang Zhongjun and Han Sanping also chatted before finding Li Qian. After all, Li Qian now has four movies in his hands.
However, I am not angry. On the contrary, I have always admired Li Qian. It is just a pity that Li Qian does not want to make a blockbuster. This apocalyptic blockbuster is also a bit petty, and the whole film is a one-man show by one actor.
Young people have many ideas and are impulsive.
I didn’t dwell on this and asked instead.
"How many movies will Director Li release during the Lunar New Year this year?"
"There will be one in November and one in December. I don't want to crowd them all in," Li Qian said.
Han Sanping nodded, "Then I have only one request. You try to stagger the release time. Then I will help you coordinate so that no one will be affected."
"No problem, of course everyone will be happy."
Li Qian doesn't have any objection, whoever is weak is justified.
Back then, "Golden Armor" was so domineering, and I didn't see Han Sanping helping "Shangcheng". He was just protecting the costume blockbusters. He was really obsessed with the costume blockbusters.
We have been chatting for a long time, ranging from the current situation of domestic films to the future of the industry.
"Director Han, I still say the same thing. The future of Chinese-language films belongs to the new generation of directors. Whether they are academics like Su Lun or wild ones like Xu Zheng, they can be closer to the audience's thoughts."
Finally, after finishing speaking, Li Qian left.
"New generation director?"
Han Sanping shook his head secretly. How can talented newcomers be so easy to find? Lu Chuan was disappointing. The "No Man's Land" created by Ning Hao happened to encounter trouble in Xijiang. It will not be released within a year or two.
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It's not that he doesn't believe in new directors. If Li Qian wants to make a blockbuster, even if it's a hard science fiction film, and the investment will cost three to four billion, Han Sanping can immediately raise it for him.
But Li Qian is not filming, and there are a few other new directors who can make people feel at ease.
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The next day, Li Qian attended the forums and meetings of two film festivals and did not join in the fun.
The Magic City Film Festival is positioned as an international Category A film festival. For the word "international", the award-winning films must be overseas films, and commercial films from the mainland have almost no chance.
This has led to the fact that domestic audiences and filmmakers are not interested in it, and really good foreign movies are not interested in it. If you have the time, you might as well go to the three major European movies.
Even every year, the organizing committee warmly invites foreign films to participate in the exhibition, just like the rush.
Li Qian didn't even go to the awards ceremony nine days later, since he wouldn't win the award anyway.
Of the 10 awards in the main competition, 6 were won by foreign films. Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Film were all from foreign countries.
In the Asian newcomer unit, there are two from Nanbang, one from the Philippines, and one from China.
It's not very interesting. There are very few domestic reports. Except for senior movie fans, ordinary viewers don't care at all. It might as well be "Ip Man 2" which has been released for half a month.
"Ip Man" was a box office hit the year before last, and its popularity and popularity reached its peak.
This second part has exceeded 100 million in the first six days and 170 million in two weeks. It will definitely break 200 million.
An action movie with a box office of 200 million sets a new record.
The response was slightly worse than the first part. The first part focused on neon people, but this second part focused on British people, which is a bit less exciting.
However, it is definitely a masterpiece among action movies. There were not many complaints, but some people complained about Huang Xiaoming's performance as Bruce Lee. They said that in "Ip Man 2", Donnie Yen played Ip Man alone, and Huang Xiaoming was responsible for 2.
Two days ago, Ye Weixin also had a war of words with Jay Chou's agency. After the disastrous defeats of "The Tomb Raider" and "Su Qier", Jay Chou was labeled as a box office poison, but the preparations for "Ip Man 2"
At that time, when choosing the role of Bruce Lee, in order to promote the movie, Ye Weixin deliberately said that he might choose Jay Chou.
But after it was released, when faced with the next question, he said that he was very lucky, and it would be terrible if Jay Chou agreed.
The honest satire on Jay Chou’s box office poison.
Of course, Jewel Music couldn't bear it anymore and immediately responded that they didn't know Ye Weixin at all. Regarding whether Jay Chou would make another movie, they also talked about "The Green Hornet" which will be released early next year.
After a lot of words, Jewell still couldn't beat the audience of "Ip Man 2", which was a hit at the box office. Some even went to the extreme and said that Jay Chou was best suited to play such a disharmonious movie.
This is how it is on the Internet. When you are proud, you will be praised to the sky. When you are frustrated, you will endure ridicule from all sides. If the media hypes you up again, the label of box office poison will be confirmed.
In mid-May, "Kung Fu Dream" starring Cheng Long was also released.
I originally planned to take it in June, but this year is the World Cup, so I decided to postpone it in order to avoid the spotlight.
With an investment of 25 million U.S. dollars, it is an absolutely large-scale production. It is also Cheng Long's action film, and it has attracted widespread attention before it was released.
However, the box office of 17 million in four days was so shocking that I lowered my eyes.
This box office is definitely a hit.
This movie was the result of five years of hard planning by Han Sanping. Five years ago, the president of Columbia visited the mainland and talked about Will Smith, the most popular actor in Hollywood. Han Sanping wanted to invite him to star in a domestic movie at that time.
The combination of Chinese and Western, Chinese and American co-productions, and the cooperation between two superstars from the East and the West are all gimmicks. They are not only for the domestic market, but they can also promote Eastern culture overseas.
However, Wilsmith was not interested at all and did not even consider it.
However, Han Sanping never gave up. In the end, Willsmith refused to take the photo and asked his son to do it.
Finally, there was "Kung Fu Dream", a Sino-US co-production adapted from the 1984 Hollywood movie "The Kid".
Originally it would not be available until the second half of this year. After all, Cheng Long has two movies including "The Agent Next Door" and "Little Soldier" on his hands at the same time.
But Uncle Long is Uncle Long, and he is not bad at being dedicated. He released three movies in four months, and he can be called a model worker.
Unfortunately, the hope of expecting Hollywood superstars to drive the domestic market has been shattered, and promoting Chinese culture is nonsense.
It's just a Hollywood movie shot in China. This is not a cultural export. This is actually being exported, that is, imported.
A Mi Lijian child learned a martial arts technique through hard work and defeated his opponent. This is the spirit of Mi Lijian. However, the Chinese among them are still the same as they were decades ago, either vague in appearance or indifferent and ruthless.
The villain kid is bitter and hateful whenever he sees someone, and his expression is very similar to HWB's facial expression.
The slogan Yu Rongguang taught his apprentices in the martial arts school was never to be soft-hearted and never to be soft-hearted. It is impossible for domestic martial arts schools to teach such a concept.
And this kind of cold, cruel, violent and aggressive character is probably director Mi Lijian's understanding of the Chinese people.
In fact, it doesn’t matter if we don’t talk about this, the domestic audience will not like this bad and vulgar story, not to mention that the male protagonist is a gangster.
It’s a Hollywood movie shot in China, with the same vulgar story. Even if it’s a remake, but the background is changed to China and Chinese Kung Fu, American audiences won’t find it vulgar.
It grossed US$50 million in its first weekend and was a hit in North America.
However, the overseas box office has nothing to do with China Film. China Film only provided the venue and assisted in the filming, invested US$5 million, and won the domestic box office.
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“Americans cannot save Chinese films.”
On a new day, Li Qian shook his head as he watched this co-production film drop more than 50%.
It's a pity that this movie wasn't released a month earlier, otherwise Li Qian would have wanted to say this to Han Sanping in person that day.
There is also "The Thirteen Hairpins". I don't know which director made it, but I thought that by inviting Christian Bale, the audience would buy it.
Isn't it also Han Sanping?
Forget it, don't think so much, you will know when the time comes.
"Let's go and have a look at the Oriental Pearl Tower. The filming will start in two days. The decoration will start tomorrow. Chinese movies have to rely on themselves."
After saying hello, Li Qian rushed to the Oriental Pearl TV Tower with executive director Wen Muye, director of photography Zhang Zhonghua, and the special effects director sent by the special effects company.
Shooting will start the day after tomorrow. We will shoot the outdoor scenes first and then go to the studio.
Most of the scenes that require special effects are on location, in lonely, desolate metropolises, and that kind of effect is very important.
Several aerial photography teams began to rush around every corner of the city, looking for suitable shooting locations. They first shot the material and then sent it to the special effects company to slowly work on it.
When I arrived at the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, I chatted with the management staff and found out that the area around it would be temporarily closed for two days. Of course, it was impossible to go inside the tower and we could only go to the early morning to take pictures.
The main road outside will also be temporarily closed for two or three hours in the early morning.
We have already notified the public, and the set team is also busy. We will have to plant waist-high grass in this square and the main road, and find suitable places to put some scrapped cars.
There were also many tourists and passers-by at the scene. Seeing a large group of people busy at work, writing, drawing, taking photos, measuring, and knowing that the crew had just issued a notice that they were temporarily closing the area around the TV Tower for filming, they couldn't help but whisper.
, filming is a fun thing.
"Which crew is this? I wonder if there are any extras."
"Are there any big stars coming?"
"The Oriental Pearl TV Tower has been sealed. I guess it's a big deal."
"When I passed the Nanpu Bridge this morning, the radio seemed to say that it would be temporarily closed early in the morning and late at night. Could it be for filming?"
"No way. Which crew is so powerful? The Nanpu Bridge has been sealed, so why doesn't Niupi seal Tiananmen Square?"
"I'll go, isn't that Li Qian?"
"Who, where?"
"Where is Li Qian? Let me see?"
"Holy shit, it's really Li Qian!"
"Li Qian's new film will be shot in Shanghai?"
"It's not an apocalyptic science fiction film. Could it be that it's set in a magical city and wants to turn it into the apocalypse?"