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Chapter 324 Chinese Film Report
Those who came to the dinner were at least directors and vice presidents of major production companies, and friends in the circle of a major film company.

This dinner was a farewell party for Bob, and also a personal promotion meeting for Cheng Lingfeng.

Wang Zhonglei was also invited. At the banquet, he gave full play to the true qualities of Huayi's socialite and handed out many business cards.

But I'm not ashamed to say hello to people from Colombia.

In the end, Bob recalled his work experience in a big film company with sobs, and said that although he left the company, he would still help Cheng Lingfeng in his work as a consultant in the future.

The dinner party didn't end until the early hours of the morning.

Cheng Yuan drove Liu Yifei home.

"Tomorrow's air ticket at noon, we land directly in Sanya, Ranqiu and Zhixi have already passed."

The two are going back to China to attend the wedding of Qin Ranqiu and Chen Zhixi.

"Have you decided what gift to give?" Cheng Yu'an asked her.

"The two of them don't need anything, just a red envelope." Liu Yifei had already thought about it.

"Would it be too vulgar to give money?" Qin Ranqiu is his best buddy, he wanted something different, "I also want to say give him a camera." Qin Ranqiu is a photographer, Extremely obsessed with equipment.

"No need," Liu Yifei said, "Good cameras are only rented and not sold, and he doesn't need them in general, and he has ready-made ones for filming, so he won't use them very much if you give them to him."

Cheng Yu'an thought for a while, and said, "How many red envelopes are suitable?"

Liu Yifei took out two thick red envelopes from the bag: "The two of us are 66666 each, and I'm ready to take it for auspiciousness." I don't know who I learned from, Cheng Yu'an sees that Liu Yifei is a bit like a housewife now .

Cheng Lingfeng stayed in the United States and was unable to attend the wedding. The next morning, Liu Yifei and Cheng Yu'an each had some sporadic affairs to deal with, and they made an appointment to meet at the airport.

Cheng Yuan returned to the company for another interview, the "Chinese Film Report" of the Sixth Princess.

"Hollywood is becoming more and more conservative now. The blockbusters every year are comics or sequels. Of course, it is for making money. I made the seventh "Chain Saw" this year, and it is also for insurance profit, but I also want to do original stories... …At first I thought about asking Martin Scorsese to shoot, but then I thought about it, the old Martin would not be interested in the story of "Inception", so I gave up. I happened to meet Nolan, and the "Batman" big After the sale, he also wanted to make original sci-fi, we chatted, and many ideas coincided with each other, he was very interested in the story of "Inception", and I signed a contract with him at that time."

"Of course I'm impulsive," Cheng Yu'an was asked about such a blockbuster movie. He only chatted with Nolan for a few words and told him whether he would be too impulsive. On the contrary, it’s not good. Nolan’s ability is definitely not enough. With the Nolans and his brother Thomas, Warner will also help. Why don’t I be impulsive with such a main creator? With this list of main creators, I can pull it to Hollywood Any investment."

It's like Yang Shoucheng filming "Let the Bullets Fly", he asked Mazi: "Is Zhou Runfa coming? Is Ge You coming? Why should I read the script when they all come?"

"I must be close to my own people. Yifei was selected by the actor audition, and Teacher Chen Baoguo was invited."

"Future plans? I haven't considered such a long-term for the time being. After all, this is Hollywood in the United States. Even if I want to push domestic actors in, it is not easy. Americans actually have a lot of prejudice when watching Chinese movies or Chinese actors. No matter you shoot It’s so good, they use big-name actors in China, and all of them are minority foreign-language films.”

"The company has been handed over to Lingfeng, and the focus of my future work will still be in China."

"If you have a good book, you can make foreign language films, but good stories are hard to come by. Let's see if we are lucky."

The two talked about the recent situation in the domestic market. The reporter told him that the box office of "The Dark Side" has exceeded 1.2 million, reaching [-] million, setting a record for domestic suspense horror films, and asked him how he felt.

"I'm very surprised, really." Cheng Yu'an replied honestly, "The story of "The Dark Side" received a good response within the company, and several screenwriters and producers liked it very much. However, considering the situation of domestic horror films at that time, we predicted that "The Dark Side" The Dark Side will be somewhere between 3000 million and 5000 million at the box office."

"I think "The Dark Side" has made a good start for domestic horror films. Some of our directors and audiences will only blame the censorship system. This one is not allowed to be filmed, and that one is not allowed to be filmed-I just say, just watch the broadcast- ——But "The Dark Side" has no ghosts, no mental illness, and still achieved such good results. It doesn't mean that there are ghosts to be scary, and it doesn't have to be dark to be scary. As long as the story is cleverly and interestingly set, it can still be shocking. Effect."

"However, we have to admit that horror films are indeed relatively small in China, but horror films have a very broad market prospect, and the overseas copyright of "The Dark Side" sells very well. Because people's hearts are similar, if you can scare you, you can scare them." to me."

This is why the superiors like Cheng Yu'an, he doesn't criticize the censors, he recognizes the rules, and he is good at dancing within the rules.On the premise of not breaking the rules, he will test and expand the boundaries of the review a little bit.

Speaking of "The Great Earthquake", the reporter told him: "The box office of "The Great Earthquake" was 3820 million on the first day, breaking the first-day record of "The Martian" domestic film."

"Really?" Cheng Yu'an didn't pay much attention to "The Great Earthquake". "It's pretty good, records are meant to be broken."

"I went to see "The Great Earthquake". The filming was very good. Director Feng worked very hard on this film, and the box office should not be bad."

"Then are you worried that "Tangshan Earthquake" will break the domestic box office record of "The Martian" with 6.21 million yuan?"

"There's nothing to worry about," Cheng Yu'an said with a smile, "The record of "The Martian" should be broken. If I keep my record for three to five years, then I need to think about what's wrong with our domestic films."

"The Martian" also competed with "2012" at the same time, but at the end of July and throughout August, there were no serious blockbusters that could compete with "Tangshan Earthquake".

""Inception" will be released domestically on August 8, will the two films collide?"

"I don't think so." Cheng Yu'an shook his head, "President Wang of Huayi also mentioned this issue to me before, and he didn't think it would be affected. Now the number of screens in the country has exceeded 6000, and any schedule can accommodate two screens." The three blockbuster films are competing at the same time, and "The Great Earthquake" and "Inception" are both good in quality and schedule, so it can be a win-win situation."

"We can't say that consumption is a national disaster." Speaking of the negative reviews of "The Great Earthquake", Cheng Yu'an said, "Shouldn't we make this kind of film? Recalling the pain of the past is to cherish the hard-won happy life in front of us. I think "The Great Earthquake" "The Great Earthquake" has sympathy and pity. Director Feng's next film is "Revisiting the Past [-]" by Liu Zhenyun, which talks about the drought and famine in Henan. I think this theme is also very good."

"Disaster films are a rare type in China, and it is difficult to shoot them with warmth and emotion. I very much support Director Feng in making such films."

"I am too young to understand this kind of suffering enough. When I am 40 or 50, I will try to make some disaster movies."

After talking with the reporter for an hour, Cheng Yu'an ended the interview: "Let's stop here today, I have to catch a plane back home."

(End of this chapter)