Chapter 594: Five of the Ten Top Players, Actress Yifei with over 100 Million-Dollar Movies!

Chapter 594 ① Five out of ten ② The top player ③ 100 films with over 100 million ④ The best actress Yifei!

Although Deng Chao officially entered the film industry with "Assembly" and he was once the second brother of Huayi, in fact, Deng Chao and Feng Xiaogang did not have a harmonious relationship.

Because Deng Chao was filming "Sweet Honey" while dating Sun Li, and the TV series had not been finished, Huayi arranged for him to play the second male lead in "Assembly", which sometimes made it difficult to coordinate the time, which angered the great director Feng Xiaogang.

Unless it is a very powerful person, such as Wang Quan, Wang Shuo, Wang Qiankun, Wang Zhongjun, and Wang Jianlin, Feng Xiaogang generally will not give face to others.

Moreover, during the promotion of the movie, Huayi arranged for him to star in the drama "Human Love", and Deng Chao missed some promotional activities because of the filming.

This made Feng Xiaogang's anger almost explode.

So at the end of 2007, when he was promoting "Assembly" with all the actors at the MTV ceremony, when the reporter asked Deng Chao about his relationship with Sun Li, and then pointed the microphone at Feng Xiaogang, he turned his face black and said, "Since no one is interested in the movie, let's not waste time."

Frightened, Deng Chao quickly asked the reporter to ask more questions about "Assembly".

However, before Deng Chao finished speaking, Feng Xiaogang turned around and left with Zhang Hanyu and others, leaving Deng Chao standing there awkwardly.

From then on, the rumor that Feng Xiaogang and Huayi's second brother Deng Chao had a bad relationship was confirmed.

It was also after this that Deng Chao had all kinds of problems in Huayi and could hardly get any decent movie roles within the company. He was very frustrated in those years and was rejected several times when he wanted to apologize to Feng Xiaogang. Fortunately, Sun Li accompanied him through the difficulties.

It was not until 2012 that he starred in "Rich Second Generation" that he overtook others, and then "The Sun Also Rises" won the Berlin Film Festival Best Actor Award, which established his status as one of the four young actors.

In terms of diligence, Deng Chao is the first among the four young actors. He has dabbled in TV series, movies, and dramas, and has tried various professions such as actor, screenwriter, and director.

Now, the second comedy film "Bad Guys" co-directed by him and Yu Baimei is about to hit the big screen.

What makes him excited is that "Old Cannon" starring Feng Xiaogang will also be released on the same day!

Although Feng is not the director, but only the leading actor, Deng Chao finally waited for a chance to defeat him head-on, and also an opportunity to defeat Huayi, so as to express his depression in those years.

On December 24, Christmas Eve, after "The Land of the Lost Country" and "Star Wars Story", "Bad Guys" and "Old Cannon" once again fought against each other and landed in the mainland film market.

The box office gap is also very obvious.

"Bad Guys" easily won the championship with 162 million on the first day, and "Old Cannon" ranked third with 52 million, which was not as good as the old film "The Land of the Mysterious".

After seeing these data, Deng Chao drank a large glass of whiskey at home, "It's great!"

Lao Wang also felt happy. This was the second cooperation between Qiankun and Deng Chao. Although his son looked down on this kind of crazy comedy, he thought it was okay as long as the audience liked it.

The box office on the first day almost recovered the cost. As long as the word of mouth is stable, it will not be a problem to break 1 billion.

He looked at Weibo. "Bad Guys" has both good and bad reviews, but overall there are more good reviews. After all, it has been tested and evaluated, and has been deleted and revised many times. It is not so bad, at least it is qualified.

It's just that the word of mouth of "Old Cannon" is obviously better, and some people say that Feng Xiaogang is the missed pearl of the Golden Horse Award.

And there are marketing methods such as Xu Qing's elder sister sacrificing her humiliation and Xiao Gangpao showing her buttocks. Huayi is not to be outdone.

Damn, is it worth bragging about such an ugly old man showing his buttocks? When "Parasite" is released, will you also brag about Li Ming showing his butt? Isn't that more worth seeing than the little steel cannon!

Li Ming: I said that butt is not mine!

Lao Wang also saw the news that "Parasite" won an award in the United States on Weibo, but it's not surprising. His son wants to use a Chinese-language film to impact the highest honor of the Oscar this time. If he can't even get a National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film, what's the point?

The real test of his level is the following awards.

In the United States, after receiving the award, Wang Quan spent Christmas with Xiao K and her mother, Theron, at Theron's house.

Theron prepared a Santa Claus costume for Wang Quan, and she and Xiao K played the role of a little elk together.

Then Wang Quan and Xiao K returned to Dorothy's house with a guilty conscience and spent this Christmas of 2015 with his wife and children.

In China, "Bad Guys" is gaining momentum. With the popularity of Christmas among Chinese people and the one-stop demand of young couples for "eating, watching movies, renting rooms, and abortion" during the holidays, it earned 530 million yuan in the first four days of the weekend.

And "Old Cannon" has good stamina due to its reputation. It has made 230 million yuan in the first weekend and has achieved profitability.

However, Feng Xiaogang is obviously not satisfied with this box office performance. The key is that the gap with "Bad Guys" is too big. His own movie has not broken 1 billion yuan. How can he Dengchao be so worthy!

Fortunately, the reputation of "Bad Guys" can no longer be maintained. Although objectively speaking, it is at a passing level, Dengchao's crazy and excessive comedy style is not well received by mainland audiences. Even if they laugh when watching it, they have to spit when they put on their pants: what the hell.

So after the holiday, coupled with the bad reviews of "Bad Guys" on the Internet, Douban, Maoyan, and Tao Piao Piao are all lagging behind.

So "Old Boys" struck back and actually suppressed "Bad Angels" in the single-day box office, ushering in the dawn of overtaking!

Feng Xiaogang was so happy that he even liked the post of a critic who criticized "Bad Guys" as a bad movie. Although he finally cancelled it because he was afraid of Lao Wang and lied that he had slipped his finger, it still became a hot search.

As a result, the reputation of "Bad Guys" was even worse, which made Deng Chao very anxious. The single-day box office of "Bad Guys" continued to decline, and it seemed that there was no hope of 1 billion.

By the New Year's Eve on the 31st, several new films were released, occupying a lot of the screening share, and there was no hope for "Bad Guys" to rise with the New Year's Eve.

Among the new films, two animated films are more eye-catching, namely the "Kuiba" theatrical version "Kuiba: The Beginning" launched by Inception Animation & Youth Tree.

And the mythological animation "Little Door God" carefully created by Light Chaser Animation, the second venture of the former Tudou.com boss.

Wang Wei is ambitious. This "Little Door God" was written and directed by him personally, and the voice actors include Gao Xiaosong, Bai Ke and Jiaoshou Yi Xiaoxing.

He didn't expect to exceed the 1 billion of "The Return of the Great Sage", but he should have 300 or 400 million. He should make some money. After all, the cost of his film was not low.

However, the opposite happened. On the first day, he got 28 million thanks to the New Year's Eve. The subsequent box office has been declining, and it has become a problem to exceed 100 million.

However, Wang Wei was not discouraged. As for the first film, he just regarded it as a training for the team. He Tudou.com sold so much money, so he could afford to lose money.

As for "Kuiba".

Wang Quan glanced at Maoyan, "31 million on the first day, 22 million on the second day."

This is much better than the original time and space.

As Wang Dao's last film in 2015, Wang Quan is still very concerned about "Kuiba".

Because it represents the possibility of the animated series of those subsidiaries under the dream of stealing to be launched in the theater version.

With the operation of the TV version for many years, "Kuiba" has already gained a certain popularity, but its popularity and popularity are still worse than the popular "One Hundred Thousand Bad Jokes" on the Internet.

So even if the theatrical animation is of higher quality and has a better reputation, the box office performance is not as good as "Shi Leng", but it should not be a problem to break 100 million, and it will probably be able to make back the investment.

"Making back the investment is a victory." Wang Quan encouraged director Wang Chuan on the phone, and said that the second part can be prepared after the third season of "Kui Ba", and the rhythm of a theatrical version will be about every two or three years in the future.

With the successful experience of "Shi Leng" and "Kui Ba", the subsequent animations supported by Inception, such as "Corpse Brother", "Fox Spirit Matchmaker", "Painting Rivers and Lakes: The Bad Man", "Luo Xiaohei War", "Zhenhunjie", "The King's Avatar", and "Year Hare Affair", can also consider theatrical versions.

However, the domestic animation market and atmosphere cannot be compared with Japan. The top of Japan's annual box office list is almost all theatrical versions of various animations, and they can make a lot of money every time, and even go abroad to Europe and the United States to make money.

But the domestic animation market is limited, not as big as online literature. It is not easy to make money from otakus to get out of their homes. Let's make sure that we don't lose money first.

At the beginning of 2016, Wen Yongshan temporarily returned to China for work and unfortunately missed the New York Film Critics Circle Award.

This award is also one of the four major Oscars. "Parasite" was nominated for Best Director, Best Art Direction and Best Foreign Language Film.

Wang Quan and Pang Bing rushed to New York and finally won the Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film awards.

The two of them also appeared on a talk show "The Fat Lun Show" in New York to promote "Parasite" and hinted to the Academy members across the country: Hey, man, put aside the prejudices about language and country, and vote for "Parasite".

Fan Bingbing knew about this program: "When Transformers 4 was being promoted, the heroine Nicola was on this program, and they also invited a female supporting actress in the movie as a friendly guest. She was very depressed that Li Bingbing was not invited, after all, the ratings of this program are very high."

Wang Quan nodded: "This time we will be on it together, both of us are the main stars."

Fan Bingbing immediately smiled. She had also ventured into Hollywood and played a small role in "X-Men: Days of Future Past". Now she has returned as an actor in Chinese films.

Sure enough, it is more important to be with the right person than to work harder.

Fat Lun is still the same Fat Lun, but he doesn't seem to be as happy as before. Is it because Nicole Kidman was on his show a while ago and revealed that she was interested in him, but he was obsessed with games at the time?

Wang Quan actually wanted to comfort him: In fact, Nicole Kidman is just so-so, and adding Naomi Watts is a surprise.

In order to thank Wang Quan for bringing her to the show, Fan Bingbing was completely open to Wang Quan on the plane back to Los Angeles, and Xiaotian and Xiaoguo saw it.

After returning to Los Angeles, Wang Quan first sent Fan Bingbing back to the hotel to rest, and Wang Quan, who couldn't sit still, went to Long Taiyang again.

I haven't been here for a long time, and the front desk has been replaced by new people.

Wang Quan asked Xiaotian to take Guo Xuefu to get a work permit, and then he went to Dorothy's office.

Dorothy was wearing glasses and sitting in an office chair, looking at the familiar desk. Wang Quan, an old man, was talking about the youth's madness. As soon as his hand touched Dorothy's back, she said, "It's boring, it's the first again, and there's no one who can beat it."

"The first in the North American market share?"

Dorothy gave her seat to Wang Quan, and she sat on Wang Quan's lap: "Yes, North America is 2.61 billion, and the second place is only 1.8 billion."

Wang Quan was doing something small below, and Dorothy showed Wang Quan the situation of the North American market last year.

The leading advantage of Dragon Heads Up is obvious, needless to say, but it seems that there is suspense about the first place in the North American box office in 2015.

"Jurassic World is 652 million dollars, and Solo: A Star Wars Story is probably not a match?"

Solo: A Star Wars Story is still in theaters, and the current North American box office is close to 500 million dollars, and it is not a problem to reach 600 million, but it is highly unlikely to surpass Jurassic World. Universal has revived this IP, and the IP holder Spielberg has also made a lot of money. I am afraid that it will squeeze into the top three on the Forbes celebrity list next year.

Dorothy said unconvinced: "Even if Universal takes the first place this time, Solo: A Star Wars Story will definitely be the second, and we have five films in the top ten, occupying half of the country, which is unmatched by any other company."

Ten in the top five, this is a rare achievement for Dragon Heads Up.

In addition to the "Star Wars Story" which is fighting for the second place, there is also "The Hunger Games: The Endgame" ranked fourth, "Minions" ranked sixth, "The Martian" ranked eighth, and "Lucy the Witch" ranked ninth.

As for the other five, they were divided by Universal and Disney.

The first "Jurassic Park" and the seventh "Fast and Furious 7" are both Universal.

The remaining third "Avengers 2" is Disney Marvel, the fifth "Inside Out" is Disney Pixar, and the tenth "Cinderella" is Disney headquarters.

So the top three in North American market share are Dragon Head, Disney and Universal.

Among them, "Jurassic World" is not only likely to win the first place in North America, but also has a global box office of 1.6 billion US dollars, and the world's first place is also a sure thing.

This kind of long-lasting big IP is enviable. As a new company, Dragon Head, in addition to acquiring old IPs such as Star Wars, must continue to create new IPs to save historical assets for the future Dragon Head.

So Wang Quan found a script called "Ready Player One" from Dorothy's computer, "What do you think about asking Old Spielberg to shoot this script?"

"Ready Player One" is the novel "Ready Player One" written by Ernest Cline. Long Taitou bought the copyright and adapted it into a script. The director has not yet been determined.

"Old Spielberg, is he okay?"

Since selling DreamWorks, Spielberg is now relatively free, just like Zhang Yimou after he and Zhang Weifen worked together.

"The Adventures of Tintin" is Paramount, "Lincoln" is made for 20th Century Fox, and "Bridge of Spies" is a collaboration with Disney.

As long as there is money and he can be given enough creative freedom, it is a collaboration with anyone.

But Dorothy has another concern, that is, "He is a bit expensive. Although the box office can't even beat your Chinese-language films, after all, the face of the veteran director is here."

Wang Quan smiled and said, "I asked him to cooperate because he has face."

"Ready Player One" is also known as "IP Player". Finding elements of various classic movies in it is also the most important viewing pleasure of this movie.

Although the script has tried to use the IP owned by Long Taitou as much as possible, such as "Twilight", "The Hunger Games", "Pacific Rim", "District 9", "Star Wars", "Frozen", "Despicable Me: Minions", "Paranormal Activity", "Power King", "The Purge", "World War Z", "Teddy Bear", "John Wick", and Wang Dao's "Ghost Blowing Light" series.

But this is still far from enough. In order to launch this film project beautifully, at least more than a dozen games, more than a dozen animations and dozens of movies must be authorized.

Including the famous "Jurassic Park", "Godzilla", "Lord of the Rings", "Batman", "Superman", "Terminator" and so on.

These movies belong to different companies, including Warner, Universal, and Legend. It is too difficult to integrate them into one movie.

In Hollywood, apart from Wang Quan, I am afraid that only Spielberg and Cameron have this face. Even Wang Quan's face is not as big as these two. After all, he is an outsider.

Although Cameron has repeatedly postponed the release date, he is really filming "Avatar 2". Unless we have to wait for three or four years until Wang Quan finishes the "Easy Travel" series, Spielberg is the best choice now.

Dorothy burst into tears after hearing this, "Be gentle~"

Finally, she decided, "Then let's go with him. After all, I have worked with him before. I will talk to him. I believe he also hopes to surpass you and regain the first place in film history."

Wang Quan smiled lightly: "He does have hope before "Easy Travel" is released."

In addition, Wang Quan has another requirement, that there must be a Chinese actor in the top three of "Ready Player One".

With the increasing influence of Asians in Hollywood and the beginning of the spring breeze of political correctness blowing towards the United States, Wang Quan's request is no longer so abrupt at this moment.

When the two returned home, Wang Quan called Chen Chuling again. It was already January 5th, and some data on the mainland film market in 2015 should have been released.

"Well, it just came out. Maoyan is waiting for the data of "The Mysterious Country" and "Kuiba."

"Did "The Mysterious Country" break 1 billion?" Wang Quan guessed.

Chen Chuling: "Yes, it was the 14th film to break 1 billion last year, and it should be the last one. "Bad Angels" lacked stamina, and "Old Cannon" had enough stamina, but due to the subject matter, the box office was too low at the beginning, and it is estimated to be at the level of 800 million or 900 million."

14 films with 1 billion, including two with 2 billion, have greatly exceeded the goal set by the Film Bureau at the beginning of the year.

However, we have to thank Maoyan and Tao Piao Piao for the ticket subsidy war. If there were no ticket subsidies, "The Hobbit 3" and "The Grandmaster 2", which have broken the billion mark, would not reach 1 billion, and even "Lucy the Witch", which has broken 1.1 billion, would not be able to reach 1 billion.

Wang Quan asked again: "Does "Kuiba" have any special significance?"

"Yes!" Chu Ling replied: "Although this movie is only at the level of more than 100 million, it is the 100th movie in mainland China to break 100 million in 2015!"

Hearing this, Wang Quan was also a little shocked, "Last year, there were 100 movies that broke 100 million!"

"Yes!"

"It seems that the audience in our country still has a great demand for cultural products. 100 million is equivalent to 16 million US dollars. There are only 120 movies in North America that exceed 16 million US dollars. What about the annual total box office?" Wang Quan asked again.

"50.1 billion!"

The total box office in 2014 was 36.6 billion, and in 2015 it jumped directly to the 50 billion level, an increase of 36.8%!

Wow, at this rate, it will break through 10 billion US dollars in two years, and it will catch up with the North American market share in three years.

Unfortunately, the world will be in turmoil in three years. By then, the national consumption will be downgraded, and the film market will also decline. The mainland still has a difficult way to go to become the world's largest market.

Finally, Chen Chuling sighed: "It's a pity that this year's annual champion is not our Wang Dao."

This is the same as the dragon raising its head. It did not win the annual championship, but its dominance on the box office list is still strong.

In the top ten of the year, Wang Dao occupied four seats.

Among them, Wang Quan's "Who is He" ranked ninth in the year with a score of 1.266 billion. It was also Wang Quan's worst performance in the mainland since "Twilight" in 2007.

But no one dares to underestimate this result. After all, the cost of "Who is He" is only 10 million, and there is no publicity and distribution cost.

The input-output ratio is as high as 120 times, which can be recorded in the history of movies.

The only ones that are higher than this are probably the American horror films with small budgets such as "Blair Witch" and "Paranormal Activity".

However, as the producer of the "Paranormal Activity" series, Wang Quan knows too well how expensive the publicity and promotion costs of this series are, so in a real comparison, it is still 120 times more rare than "Who is He".

Moreover, after the release of "Who is He", the Y-STR chromosome technology used to lock Gao Chengyong began to be popularized and promoted nationwide.

In the future, if there are criminal suspects found through this technology, simple netizens will attribute it to "Who is He", and they may even create rumors that "After "Who is He", the country saw the value of this technology and promoted it nationwide."

In fact, when Wang Quan was filming, the country had already planned to promote it. Whether there is this movie or not, it will be promoted in 2016 and the real murderer will be caught.

"Oh, by the way, the list of nominees for the Directors Association Award is out. I will send it to you later. "Who is He" has been nominated for many awards, and it should have a chance to win this time." Chen Chuling said again.

After hanging up the phone, Wang Quan received the list of nominees for the Directors Association Award. Although it is called the Directors Association Award, in fact, this year both the Screenwriters Association and the Performing Arts Society participated, so there are many more awards this year.

The media's attention and pursuit of the Directors Association Award made the Golden Rooster Award-related personnel very unhappy, but they could do nothing about it.

Wang Quan took a look and found that the nominations related to "Who is He" included Best Director, Best Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor (Zhang Songwen), Best Supporting Actor (Ning Li), and Best Newcomer Jiang Peiyao.

Teacher Ning Li was not missed and was also shortlisted, which can be regarded as a good story in the film industry.

It's a pity that there are no established institutions such as the Film Photography Association and the Film Art Association in China, otherwise it would be a prototype similar to the Oscar model.

However, the Lifetime Achievement Award was added this year, but because it was led by the Directors Association, only the director has received the award so far.

There are no shortlisted candidates for this award, and it was all decided by the Directors Association, including Wang Quan, and several leaders.

At the beginning of the year, it was discussed to award it to Director Xie Tieli, but he passed away last year, which is really a pity.

Wang Quan was looking at the shortlist when Chen Chuling sent him another message: "Aren't you going to publish a list of the top ten this year? Netizens on Weibo are urging you to do so."

Wang Quan thought about the movies of the past year and hesitated a little. He was afraid that he would offend people again, and hurt some directors of his own company.

"Forget it, I won't post on Weibo this time," Wang Quan changed the subject, "I'll post on WeChat Moments."

Although posting on WeChat Moments will also be screenshotted on Weibo and Toutiao, it is still an indirect harm.

So Wang Quan put his favorite movies first, and found that there were no Chinese movies that were so amazing last year.

Then he picked out some movies that were not so outstanding but more in line with his personal taste.

Finally, he hesitated and finally got 10 movies together. As usual, his own movies were not counted.

After confirming, Wang Quan posted on WeChat Moments.

"I'd like to share my top ten movies of 2015. These are purely personal tastes. If you disagree, you're right. The ranking is in no particular order, based on the release date.

"The Intruder"

"The Farewell"

"I Am Not Madame Bovary"

"Spring Comes"

"The Pancake Man"

"Mountains May Depart"

"Go Away Tumor"

"My Girlhood"

"Where the Grass Grows"

"A Step into the Snow."

Among these ten movies, only "I'm Not Pan Jinlian" and "Over the Spring" are kingly. Half of "Don't Tell Her" and "Tumor" are kingly, and the others have nothing to do with kingly.

There are also some good movies produced by Wang Dao, but Wang Quan has not been included in them. He still has stricter requirements for his company's works.

After it was distributed, Wang Quan ignored it for the time being, and went to attend the National Society of Film Critics Awards with Pang Bing. Although it was one word different from the National Society of Film Critics Awards, it was not the same award, but also one of the four major Outpost Awards.

This time it still won the Best Foreign Language Film Award, and "Farewell" won the top ten of the year. Wang Quan met the director Wang Ziyi and had a chat.

Wang Quan told her that Liu Yifei would be present at the Golden Globe Awards ceremony in a while.

At the same time, Liu Yifei and Yang Mi, who were filming in Northeast China, saw Wang Quan’s WeChat Moments. Although it had only been posted for a few minutes, it already had more than a hundred likes and dozens of comments.

Wang Quan does have a lot of WeChat friends. Every time the actors and behind-the-scenes staff who work with him want to be added, he will never refuse.

Although Wang Quan has basically blocked their circle of friends, they are reluctant to block Wang Quan's circle of friends.

The final box office of "Tumor King" was fixed at 888 million. Although it was very auspicious, Yang Mi was not happy. Although it exceeded "The Farewell", it was lower than "Lucy", and it did not exceed 1 billion, so it did not enter the annual box office. In the top ten, it seems that I, the box office queen, am weak, and I feel like my bald head has been shaved off in vain.

However, seeing her husband add her movie to his top ten of the year, Yang Mi felt very smooth. She immediately liked it and replied, "Husband, okay?"

Liu Yifei imitates "Mimi, what's her husband like~"

Yang Mi glared at Liu Yifei. Liu Yifei smiled and kissed her on the mouth. Yang Mi immediately stopped being angry.

Then she said: "I haven't watched "Walking in the Snow in Search of Plum Blossoms" yet, how about we watch it?"

Liu Yifei nodded: "Okay."

After they finished watching it, the two of them wanted to puke in the toilet. It was too spicy.

The film Wang Quan selected this time is more niche, so after it was screenshotted and posted on Weibo, it also triggered some discussions.

Monkey Flying: "Walking in the Snow in Search of Plum Blossoms" has not been introduced to the Mainland, and "Home is Where the Water and Grass Are Rich" has never been heard of. I checked and found that the box office was only 820,000. It feels like director Quan is deliberately showing off his unique taste.

Tian Mo Bu Chu Xiang Hua Ying Luo Tu Shen Jie: Why do you talk so much? People have already said that you are one of the top ten. If you are not convinced, you should also rank one of the top ten.

That nook in the corner: Although "Home is Where the Water and Grass Are Rich" is a niche film, it was shot really well. Director Li Ruijun has a promising future.

Sanqiuzi: Mainland movies, Bay Area movies, Hong Kong movies, and co-productions. Director Quan has been exposed to all of them this time.

Depressed Cat: The Wanwan Film representative "My Girlhood" was a bit beyond my expectation. Director Quan, are you so girly? I thought I would choose "The Assassin Nie Yinniang".

Chu Yuhanxing: "Nie Yinniang" was so miserable. It failed at Cannes and the Golden Horse. Director Quan, you would rather choose a rural film with a box office of 820,000 than "Nie Yinniang". Do you think so little of director Hou Hsiao-hsien? He is your senior after all!

The last account was stolen: Those who spoke for "Nie Yinniang", I wish you will see movies like this in the future. Damn it, I finally went to watch a movie with my girlfriend, but ended up falling asleep directly in the cinema. No reason to sleep in a hotel!

Haofang79: To be honest, I haven’t seen half of the movies in this list. They are really niche. But I have something to do next and I plan to make up for those few movies.

Pangpangx-on:家庄科x-on:王晓伟x-on:李瑞纺: Directors, come and see, you are on the list!

The Violent Kingx-on:Guan bluff: Come and see, you are not on the list, but I like "Old Paoer", and I will kill "Villain Angel"!

At this time, "Lao Pao Er" has already surpassed "Villain" in the single-day box office, but "Villain" has too strong a first-mover advantage, so it has not overtaken it yet, and there is still suspense.

Because the Sino-US co-production "Kung Fu Panda 3" is about to be released, this much-anticipated animated blockbuster may smash the single-day box office of the two old movies.

However, as a director with a background in literary films, Guan Rui's work has already earned over 600 million in box office, which is a huge profit.

His abilities and talents have once again been recognized by the industry. "Old Paoer" not only received multiple nominations at the Directors Association Awards, but also film companies approached him.

Although not kingly, Wanda is also very powerful, and Ye Ning, the boss of Wanda Film and Television, personally invited him to dinner.

During the dinner, Ye Ning revealed that she hopes to invite Guan Yu to direct the sequel to "The Kingdom of Mysteries".

The lady next to Guan Hui, Liang Jing, was stunned and asked, "Isn't that the work of director Wu Ershan? Isn't he going to stop filming?"

No matter what, it's strange. In terms of box office, "Mysterious Country" is much higher than "Old Paoer". It should be worth 1.3 billion in the end. Although the cost is also high, it still makes a lot of money.

And the reputation is also good. If we continue to make sequels, it will definitely not be bad.

Ye Ning sighed: "Director Wu Ershan didn't want to repeat himself, so he planned to start a new series of works, which vacated the director's position of "Mystery Country 2". After thinking about it, we felt that China could take on this important task. Among directors, Guan Dao is the best choice.”

Guan Rui hesitated, he was a proud director, taking over someone else's sequel work was equivalent to marrying a second-hand daughter-in-law, who was someone else's second-hand daughter-in-law. When had he ever married someone else's second-hand wife?

However, he did not refuse directly. After all, Wanda was opposite, and the two kings of Huayi had to give them face.

Then Ye Ning added: "You might as well tell Director Guan that after Wanda acquires the AMC theater chain in North America, we are also planning to acquire Paramount's shares. From now on, Wanda will be a film and television giant spanning China and the United States. This film "Mysterious Country" is also aimed at big Hollywood productions, and I can give it a maximum budget of 100 million U.S. dollars!"

Hearing this, Guan Rui's eyes lit up. Let alone 100 million dollars, even if it was half and half, that would be a big deal!

Now he was really tempted.

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At the same time, Wu Ershan also met two people, one was Jiang Zhiqiang from Anle Pictures, and the other was named Song Ge.

He is the boss of Jingxi Cultural Tourism Company. Although this company is called a tourism company, it actually started to get involved in film and television investment many years ago.

The shadow of Jingxi culture can be seen behind works such as Xu Ke's "Seven Swords", Zhang Ziyi's "Perfect", "My Deskmate", and "Beautiful Heart".

Jingxi Culture has also invested in Ning Hao Bad Monkey Company's new film "The Winner", which will be released this month and can be regarded as the company's first venture.

Song Ge and Jiang Zhiqiang had dinner with Wu Ershan to discuss a new movie project, which originated from Tencent's project "The Trilogy of the Gods"!

Song Ge is good at painting cakes. He said exaggeratedly: "The secondary market share of Wang Quan's "Xiaoyaoyou" can reach 1 billion, but the original cost of our "Fengshen" is 1 billion, each one is 1 billion, a total of 3 billion. ! Even Wang Quan will have to kneel down when he sees this!"

"Ah, the cost is so high, can this be recouped?" Although Wu Ershan has announced to Wanda that he will withdraw from the development of the sequel to "The Kingdom of Mysteries", he has not yet confirmed that he will join the "Feng Shen" project, but he is indeed interested.

Song Ge laughed: "Director Wu, even though the current domestic box office is only over 2 billion, the "Feng Shen" series takes a long time. The first part may be five or six years later. With the current annual revenue of 30%, The box office is growing at such a rate that by then, it will be common for a movie to cost 4 to 5 billion.”

Jiang Zhiqiang helped: "Absolutely."

He predicts that "Monster Hunt 2" will break 4 billion, doubling the revenue of the first film.

Song Ge added: "What's national is what's world-wide. "Fengshen" was shot based on the most authentic traditional Chinese mythology. The international market is also very promising. We invited Mr. Jiang as the producer of this series. , there’s nothing else to worry about.”

The sentence "What belongs to the nation is what belongs to the world" touched the depths of Wu Ershan's mind and body. He raised his glass: "I hope we can cooperate happily and write a legend together!"

At the same time, he was thinking: Respect the longevity!

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With one month left until the Spring Festival, there are still only four movies scheduled for the Spring Festival, "The Mermaid", "Zhu Xian", "Omen III" and "Journey to the West: Three Fighting Bone Demons".

They are all gritty blockbusters.

It wasn't until "Kung Fu Panda 3" was released, "Bear Bears" and "Pleasant Goat" were scheduled to be released and decided not to participate in the Spring Festival schedule battle, that Ning Hao's Bad Monkey announced that the company-invested cartoon "Nian Beast Wars" was scheduled to be released for the New Year. One, becoming the only cartoon in this Spring Festival.

This film is a spin-off of his previous film "Crazy Nian Beast" and is directed by Zhang Yang, a director of the previous Galloping Pony.

Zhao Benshan's new work "Happy New Year", which has been waiting to be watched, was originally very suitable for the Spring Festival atmosphere, but unfortunately the company behind it was too weak and did not dare to participate in the competition for the Spring Festival release, so it was set for the end of January.

At this point, the Spring Festival schedule has finally been determined. Compared with the crowded situation of eight movies per year in previous years, this year's five movies seem a bit empty.

So netizens began to appeal, hoping that "Parasite" could be released during the Spring Festival.

The King of Power is just invisible, and Parasite of Crazy Dead Man is not suitable for the atmosphere of the Spring Festival, and its competitiveness in the Spring Festival is obviously not as good as those movies.

But it’s almost finalized.

On the 9th, Xiaotian received Liang Jiahui, Huang Kaijie and Wen Yongshan who came from Xiangjiang.

Today they will attend the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards of the Four Outposts, which is also the last stop of the Four Outposts.

There are so many of them because they have been shortlisted for so many awards.

There are a total of six nominations for Best Director, Best Film, Best Actor (Tony Leung), Best Supporting Actress (Mary Moon), Best Screenplay, and Best Art Director!

Fan Bingbing was a little sour. If he had known that the competition for female leads was so fierce, he should have entered the supporting female role track like the Golden Horse Awards.

There are also many Hollywood filmmakers who came to support us today, including Leonardo DiCaprio from "The Revenant", Little K from "Room", Kate the Devil from "Carol", etc.

After all, it is a local award in Los Angeles, and Los Angeles film critics still have a certain influence on the Oscars.

The previous Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, and Best Art Direction, "Parasite" all failed.

But what is surprising is that Liang Jiahui defeated strong opponents such as Xiao Lizi and won the Best Actor!

This alone definitely deserves to be the first hot search.

Next, Wang Quan won the best director.

The biggest surprise was the Best Picture award. "Parasite" defeated many American films and became the first Chinese-language film to win this award.

Hit, hit!

This is also the first Best Picture win for "Parasite" in the four major outposts!

The next day, Wang Quan picked up Liu Yifei at the airport. Although the filming of "July and Ansheng" was postponed and she had not finished filming, the Golden Globe Awards were very important, so the crew temporarily stopped for her and waited until she finished her work here before going back.

On the 11th, Li Ming and Hui Yinghong also rushed over, and brought little friend Zhou Ye. This time, "Parasite" was second only to Cannes in terms of the number of people, and they could all get together for a table.

And the Golden Globe Awards did not disappoint "Parasite".

It won the Best Foreign Language Film Award without any suspense at the beginning.

Then Wang Quan won the Best Screenplay Award.

With these two awards, today was not in vain.

However, Wang Quan was more concerned about the Best Actress in Musical Comedy.

The nominees included Jennifer Lawrence, Lily Tomlin, Lisa McCarthy, etc.

Liu Yifei looked young, and her yellow face looked out of place.

Wang Quan sat next to her, holding her hand and cheering her up. In fact, it was amazing to get to this point.

Then they heard the voice of the award presenter: "OMG, the winner is Crystal Liu's "Don't Tell Her", congratulations!!!"

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