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Chapter 641 "Fast 7"

On the 16th, the Cannes Film Festival officially released the shortlist for each unit of this year.

A total of 19 films were shortlisted for the main competition, including Hou Hsiao-hsien's "The Assassin Nie Yinniang", Hirokazu Kore-eda's "A Family of Thieves" and his own "Carole".

Un Certain Regard also had 19 films shortlisted.

But as soon as the list came out, it aroused criticism from the world film industry. World famous directors such as Apichatpong, Naomi Kawase, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and Mendoza, who had received wide attention before, were all "downgraded" to "a kind of attention" this time. " unit, their reputation in the world film industry is enough to enter the main competition unit.

On the other hand, as many as five French films entered the main competition.

The world's media have complained that "Cannes has also begun to have a relationship" and "Last year, French local films failed at the film festival, and this year can be regarded as compensation."

When selecting the film in the early stage, Cheng Yu'an tried to get the official competition for the main competition unit he hosted, saying that a few high-profile and good titles should be introduced, but the official ignored Cheng Yu'an's opinion.

Being a judge is never an easy job, especially being the chairman of the jury.

The film festival sometimes plays with personal relationships. On the shortlist, the official attitude of Cannes is already obvious: "I just want French local films to win awards."

Next, let's see how the jury led by Cheng Yu'an battles with the official of the film festival. The biggest highlight behind the scenes of each film festival is the struggle between the jury and the official, but most of the audience and the media don't see it.

"I'm going to quarrel with Pierre again." Cheng Yuan felt dizzy at the thought of explaining and arguing with the Cannes Film Festival officials about various things.

"The jury also has Sophie Marceau!" Liu Yifei shouted while looking at the information.

Cheng Yu'an's reaction was very flat, and his wife was not listening to him. Let me tell you that being a judge is very troublesome. Tell me about Sophie Marceau.

"Don't you like Sophie Marceau?"

"Just kidding, how can there be a man who doesn't like Sophie Marceau."

"That's it. When it comes to the film festival, how to judge and judge, if France wants awards, give it to France." Liu Yifei's bad attitude.

"I'm so easy to get rid of?" Which one of the filmmakers is not a bit arrogant, "I will give it to him if he wants an award, so why do you need me as the chairman of the jury?"

"I want you to attract popularity to the film festival so that you can do business." Liu Yifei's words stabbed Cheng Yu'an's lungs.

This bitch is so straightforward, forget it, my wife can't beat her when she's pregnant.

As for the company's lineup for going to Cannes, Cheng Yu'an had already chosen it.

The crew of "Looking for the Dragon", which will be released at the end of this year, will definitely go. Director Wu Ershan, starring Liu Huohua, Huang Bo, Xia Yu, Reba and Nazha.

The crew of "Thieves 2" will also be there. Director Han Yan is unable to make the trip because of the schedule.

In addition, there are several projects to be done to bring to the trading market.

The company's team is led by Jiang Xuerou and other producers.

The South Korean side asked Cheng Yuan to bring a few Korean actors to Cannes to show their faces. Cheng Yuan agreed, and brought the leading actors of "Insiders" Lee Byung-hun and Cho Seung-woo, as well as "Old Hands" starring Hwang Jung-min and Yoo Ah-in. The Korean actresses were all rejected by Cheng Yuan.

Fan Xiaopang did not choose "The Wandering Earth", and the newly released "All Things Grow" did not perform well, with only 2400 million on the first day, and the market was completely suppressed by "Furious 7".

To say that Li Yu is really good at filming Fan Xiaopang, "All Things Grow" is bad, but Fan Xiaopang in it is really beautiful and charming.

Let's go back a week and look at "Fast 7", the marketing of this movie is enough to be written into the advertising textbook.

To put it bluntly, eat bloody steamed buns, and the dead Paul Walker was madly marketed before the screening.

To put it nicely, of course, it is a tribute to the dead.

Coupled with the song "see you again", "Super 7" has been killing people in the global market.

It was released in North America on the 3rd and won an astonishing US$6730 million, easily reaching the top of the championship. The total box office in the first weekend in North America was US$1.47 million, ranking among the top ten in film history.

Wen Ziren's skill can be seen.

After its domestic release, it set a record for the midnight box office in Chinese film history with a score of 5030 million.

Throughout Sunday, the movie circle was full of "Furious 7" news, refreshed by the minute.

The front foot broke through 2 million, and before the draft was sent out, it broke [-] million.

In the end, "Fast 7" closed with a score of 4.01 million in China on the first day, setting a new record for the fastest breaking 4 million in China.

The next day was 1.83 million, and the total box office was nearly 6 million.

As of the 15th, the film has won more than 8 million domestic box office.

It was at this time that the crew of "All Things Grow" decided to move up the file!
The film was originally scheduled to be released on the 24th, but the producer Fang Li: "Because I feel that "Speed ​​7" has stirred up the market and aroused the audience's enthusiasm for watching the movie, "All Things Grow" can take advantage of it."

He said this obviously because he saw that Deng Chao's "The Breakup Master" and "Transformers 4" won 6 million box office last year.

I think Li Yu and Fan Xiaopang can do it too.

As a result, she was overwhelmed by "Super 7" so that her own mother didn't even recognize her.

Not to mention, "All Things Grow" has to face the challenges of Yi Nengjing's "I'm the Queen", Su Youpeng's "Left Ear" and Schwarzenegger's "Destroyer".

Faced with such achievements, director Li Yu was also very helpless, and secretly blamed Fang Li: "Mr. Fang's box office estimate for "All Things Grow" is 5 million. Now it seems that this is almost impossible. "

"Speed ​​7" is coming in a fierce way, and many people in the industry have expressed their voices. Feng Xiaogang said: "Everyone is under a lot of pressure, you have to withstand it."

Yu Dong said: "The living space of Chinese films is under great pressure. I hope everyone will face the difficulties together. Audiences love to watch movies, and Chinese films have hope. Our film industry will unite to fight against the 'Hollywood Tiger'. "

Zhong Lifang said very calmly: "This is a normal performance of the market, so don't be too nervous."

Faced with the reporter's questioning, Zhong Lifang added: "I don't really like to hear words like 'Hollywood' and Chinese film crisis. I think these words reflect our lack of self-confidence as filmmakers.

"Hollywood is rampant all over the world. Don't think that we are an exception. The Chinese market is so big, and it is normal for them to make money at home. Under fair competition, we feel that a crisis is coming when they make some money. This is a very bad thing." mentality.

"Our market is open and inclusive. If others make money in the country, we should take out corresponding films to deal with it."

The reporter continued to ask Zhong Lifang how to deal with the Hollywood blockbusters remotely.

Zhong Lifang is very confident: "The "Operation Mekong", "Walk with the Gods" and "The Wandering Earth" we are working on are all blockbusters in response to the impact of Hollywood. The earliest "White Fox Legend" will be available to everyone early next year."

This is also the first time news of the finalization of "Legend of the White Fox" has come out.

This is also an important reason why the leadership department likes and is willing to support Long-distance. The long-distance people are very confident and will not shout about the crisis. They are really making things to deal with the impact.

I don't know if it will be successful, but they are really doing it, not like some filmmakers who just shout for support and release, but in the end they can't play the high-concept blockbusters that the country wants.

If another company makes "Along with the Gods", it depends on whether the General Administration will approve it.

Wuyi Film Company didn't have any particularly important films, only "Extreme Profession" was released on April 4, and Cheng Yu'an didn't need to worry about it, so he took the team to Cannes to make arrangements in advance.

(End of this chapter)