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The other party is a professional who deals with movies, so it is easy to understand and think that the idea Lu Chen said is great.

"After the script is finished, Director Lu, can you show me first? You also know that we can't just make a final decision after listening to the verbal plan..."

"no problem."

Lu Chen said: "However, I will write the script of "The House of Money" after returning to China. After all, my time here is limited, and I didn't come here to play. I have to shoot my new movie."

"no problem."

David smiled and said, "I'm already looking forward to the cooperation between the two of us. In fact, in our ugly country, Director Lu should be able to understand that there are 8 film companies with the same scale as Universal, and the competition is very fierce. It is fierce, and among the other companies, it seems that they are inextricably linked with your Huaguo. In addition, Huaguo is the world's number one ticket warehouse, so cooperation is inevitable, and I will also express my gratitude to you for this. My father suggested to cooperate with you Jiaxing Media."

The key word, father.

This keyword made Lu Chen stunned, but he didn't ask too much.

Seeing Lu Chen was a little dazed.

Wang Xin was also taken aback, but then he understood.

However, Wang Xin did not take the initiative to mention it, but passed the guidance during the chat.

Passed information about David to Lu Chen in the most casual way.

Simultaneously.

Wang Xin was also showing off to Lu Chen his precise vision of the movie's prospects in a disguised form.

Perhaps in terms of vision alone.

Wang Xin may be even stronger than Zeng Jia, but Zeng Jia also has places where Zeng Jia is more powerful.

At least manage Jiaxing Media in an orderly manner.

That's what many people can't do.

Lu Chen thought so.

Until the afternoon, several people dispersed separately.

As for the follow-up copyright of "Fast and Furious" that David wants.

Of course Lu Chen wouldn't sell it.
However, it is still possible to cooperate.

Send David away.

Wang Xin said apologetically, "I should talk to Lu Dao first, because it's not convenient to say a lot of things during the chat."

"fine."

Lu Chen said: "As long as it is reliable."

"Are you used to staying here?"

Changing the subject, Lu Chen said with a smile: "You have been revealing the beautiful side to me, and you must have suffered a lot."

"Yes……"

Wang Xin smiled wryly: "Compared to China, there are many things that I can't see clearly in Ugly Country. Of course, even if I see through some things, if I want to fight for the company's interests, I will be blocked by various reasons."

Lu Chen nodded slightly,
Develop Western markets.

It's easy to say, but it's not as easy as you think.

The same is true of the voyage of Huaguo movies.

It can be said that it has been hitting the rocks again.

As for the reasons, there are many.

One of the most important reasons is the economic crisis sweeping the world.

Affected by the European debt crisis, overseas film producers, especially Europeans, will be extra cautious in selecting Chinese films. Countries such as Spain and Greece have even stopped importing Chinese films.

In the stage of publicity and release, overseas filmmakers will also choose a safe and conservative cost investment, leaving very limited space for the film.

In stark contrast is the rapid rise of the domestic film market, which can almost be described as "skyrocketing".

Since its break in 2000, domestic box office records have been set one after another, and the increasingly huge market has also attracted Hollywood, which has a global vision as its strategy.

Especially after the New Deal for Hua Chou Films was passed, which increased the box office share of imported movies from 13% to 25%,

Directly stimulated the interest of Hollywood.

you could put it that way.

More than one-third of the box office of the top Hollywood movies benefited from the Huaguo market.

However, domestic films can't even achieve more than half of the market share.

In the past, domestic films were supported by Guoshi and the others.

simply put.

If it was the national teacher, they rushed to the street one after another.

The domestic market cannot be pulled up at all.

Just like last year.

Domestic films are mainly promoted in the Lunar New Year file by "Tai囧", "1942", and "Zodiac".

Especially before the release of "Painted Skin 2", the box office of Chinese films in the first half of the year was terrible.

If the proportional imbalance of policies intensifies and Huaguo films cannot produce works that the audience likes, the road of Huaguo films will be very difficult, and the overseas market will be even more difficult.

The influx of hot money into the mainland market has also caused more practitioners to turn their attention from export to domestic sales. Some production companies will calculate,

Instead of spending a lot of money to invest overseas, it is better to find gold quickly and safely in the domestic market, which directly leads to more prominent overseas "bottlenecks".

Besides.

Another point.

That is the co-production film, which is regarded as a shortcut to making profits overseas, and it did not go so smoothly.

For the co-production of some major projects, the overseas box office is mainly in the hands of overseas distributors.

Due to weak marketing awareness, some films were bought out by overseas distributors for global copyrights at low prices.

The result is that no matter how much box office it gets in the international market, the Chinese side has no right to share the profits. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Kung Fu Dream", which created legends in overseas markets, have similar experiences.

In fact, in Lu Chen's opinion.

There is another reason, and it is the main reason.

The most fundamental reason for the continued downturn in overseas markets is that the current Chinese films cannot provide works of unique quality.

Overseas audiences are more eager to see original ecological stories with local characteristics of Huaguo, but domestic films are always under shackles in this regard, and the types and themes are very thin, which cannot meet the demand.

Even though "Lost in Thailand" was shot very well, it can only be regarded as a passing work of classic routines internationally, and it will not be treated favorably.

In addition, the production level of Huaguo films is still not in line with international standards.
Although the domestic investment in production is huge, it is still relatively rough and cannot be compared with Korean or European films.

Going out bluntly when these conditions are not met, the ending must be very bleak.

Although Lu Chen's rise made many people see hope.

But in Lu Chen's opinion.

The West has not waited to see them for a long time.

It is difficult to break through this barrier.

"It should be better in the future." Wang Xin said with a smile.

This time, Lu Chen has established a cooperative relationship with Universal.

In the future, there will be global coverage,

His resistance here should be much smaller.

……

the next day.

The crew started the filming of "Partner" in Ugly Country.

Under Wang Xin's arrangement.

Their shooting can be said to be extremely smooth.

This surprised the other actors in the crew, and Jiaxing Media seemed to have a lot of energy in Ugly Country.

This kind of influence directly exceeded Deng Chao's cognition.

Jiaxing Media in China is developing rapidly.

It doesn't seem so easy abroad.

Of course it's not easy.

Wang Xin has been here for almost two years, and two years is enough to do a lot of things.

Although it is difficult to compete with top entertainment companies,

But there is nothing wrong with solving a venue problem.

Shooting is fast.

At this moment, the film has already filmed the part where New Dream is allegedly infringing.

Facing prosecution.

The three leaders of New Dream are engaging in various verbal confrontations with the people of Ugly Country's Educational Service and Examination Center.

The play is not difficult.

The difficult part is the lines.

The four words of lip and tongue are enough to show that there are many lines that need to be said in this plot.

In addition, Lu Chen doesn't like to shoot segment by segment, this kind of scene must be the best in one shot.

And Lu Chen didn't like dubbing later.

therefore,

The difficulty increases.

It must be spoken in fluent English, this is Lu Chen's request.

How to say such a request.

It is difficult to say that it is not difficult, and it seems to be quite difficult to say that it is not difficult.

For Tang Lei, it was very simple, but for Deng Chao, it was relatively difficult.

Follow the settings.

The English proficiency of the three leaders of New Dream is very high.

Therefore, the level in terms of lines must be the same.

One high, one low.

What's going on?

If the same requirements are not met.

Some English-speaking viewers may be able to spit out this movie in succession.

and so.

The pressure came to Deng Chao and Tong Dawei in an instant.

Needless to say, Tang Lei.

I made a surprise attack before. It might be really difficult to have a real verbal battle with the Ugly people, but I recited the lines.

For him, it's really not difficult.

True pure American pronunciation,

As for Deng Chao, it was a bit bragging to say "pure American English" before.

But still worked hard.

Take your time and blitz and you'll be done.

Besides, the focus of this plot is not on the two of them.

Tang Lei is definitely the one with the most pressure in this plot.

Almost like a personal speech.

In the movie, he relied on this self-defense that was close to a speech to turn the tide.

Of course, what is stressful or not is the opinion of others.

Anyway, Lu Chen didn't see any tension in Tang Lei.

After the filming started, it was just as Lu Chen thought.

Tang Lei's fluent English directly won the applause of the whole group.

As for Deng Chao and Tong Dawei.

Because the lines are not too many, it can even be said that it cannot be compared with Tang Lei.

So, put some effort into rote memorization.

No problem either.

Lu Chen was quite happy.

After the filming of "Partners" started, basically there were no major difficulties.

This is the benefit of working with powerful actors like them.

Ask for it.

People will show you what you want, if you are not satisfied.

Pick up the megaphone and say "Come again."

People will show you another set of performances.

At most, it's just a little grinding a few times.

As a director, the happiest thing is that this kind of shooting went smoothly.

While filming went well.

Lu Chen also received a call from Zeng Jia.

I have to choose a date for "The Pianist", and the post-production of "The Pianist" has been completed.

After pondering for a moment, Lu Chen said, "June."

If Lu Chen remembers correctly.

June of this year should be the time for Andy Lau to apologize.

"Fuchun Mountain Residence".

This is a movie that even Liu Tianwang can't handle.

It is said that after the filming of "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains", Tian Wang went to the producer to discuss: "Can I not release this film, and I will pay for the loss."

It is conceivable how bad this movie is!
However, rotten is rotten.

But the box office is not low.

3 billion.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen had to admire Liu Tianwang and Lin Chiling's box office appeal.

It is estimated that this is also the movie with the lowest rating in Liu Tianwang's career, with a score of only 2.9 on Douban.

Such a bad movie.

Lu Chen still decided to make it worse.

"Okay, no problem." Regarding Lu Chen's decision,

Zeng Jia usually would not refute.

However, Zeng Jia still reminded: "Director Lu, if you want to release "The Pianist" in June, do you want to avoid Kung Fu Emperor and Liu Tianwang?"

Hearing Zeng Jia's reminder, Lu Chen couldn't help being stunned.

What's going on here?
He had offended the Kung Fu Emperor badly before.

Now to offend again?
Lu Chen saw a meme in his previous life.

Viewers who have watched "The Best Detective" want to see "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains".

Viewers who have watched "Dwelling in the Rich Mountains" want to watch "The Best Detective".

As a result, after watching both parts.

Audience: "We're all wrong."

"Sister Jia, after "Fast and Furious", I don't need to avoid anyone."

After hearing Lu Chen's words, Zeng Jia said, "Understood, I'll make arrangements now."

Lu Chen remembered what Lu Chen said before: Whether there is a threat depends not on the cost and the director.

After pondering for a while, Lu Chen made a decision: "Sister Jia, release the news that "The Pianist" is scheduled for June 6th."

Now that the Heavenly King and Kung Fu Emperor chose Qiaqian again.

Then Lu Chen didn't mind giving them a deep memory.

By the way, let's improve Tang Lei's status in the circle.

Lu Chen couldn't believe that Liu Tianwang and Kung Fu Emperor couldn't see the quality of the drama they participated in.

In that case,

Lu Chen also doesn't mind ending the era of superstar appeal early.

In the early 2000s, whether a movie could sell well or not depended on the star's box office appeal.

At that time, the fight between superstars was almost at a fever pitch.

At that time, Hong Kong's film scene was weak, and Hong Kong people collectively went north. Many top superstars were in their 40s and at the peak of their acting careers, so they were full of gunpowder.

This was especially true in 2004, even the most exciting year in ten years. In that year, the top 6 movie stars collectively hit the box office in the mainland, and the topic was discussed from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

Master Xing confronts King Liu.

The most exciting is of course this pair - Xingye vs Liu Tianwang

One is the king of comedy, Zhou Xingchi, who just became a god in the mainland. Although the slogan "The king is invincible" has not yet been born, it already has the momentum of "people block and kill Buddhas block and kill Buddha"!

One is the chief idol in the Chinese entertainment circle, the only super artist with all top-notch movies and songs, Andy Lau, one of the top 90 box office superstars in the 5s!

Zhou Xingchi's peak match against Andy Lau, do you think it looks good?

That year Hua Tsai released 3 movies, "House of Flying Daggers", "A World Without Thieves" and "Dragon and Phoenix Fight", "Jianghu" was not released in the mainland, and "Magic Kitchen" was just a cameo, which has little to do with him.

Among them, "A World Without Thieves" can be regarded as a head-to-head confrontation with "Kung Fu". "Kung Fu" was released two weeks later than "No Thieves".

But the king of heaven is not covered, "A World Without Thieves" still won a lot of box office after "Kung Fu" was released.

The final result is naturally Zhou Xingchi won, and "Kung Fu" is the annual box office champion.

At that time.

Although Tian Wang lost, he lost very decently.

Except for the duel between Xingye and Tianwang.

There is also Guo Tianwang vs. Li Tianwang.

This year, the four kings all have their movies released, Zhang Tianwang is basically not included in the list, and Guo Tianwang Li Tianwang has been fighting in the film industry for many years.

Both of them are popular kings with a strong fan base. In 2003, Li Tianwang's "Double Heroes" won a very high box office in the mainland and ranked very high in the year.

This year Guo Tianwang has two films released, one "Judo Dragon and Tiger List" and one "Charge".

Among them, "Judo Dragon and Tiger List" is regarded as a classic by movie fans.

However, the box office of the three films was not satisfactory.

Besides.

And actor Liang vs. Jackie Chan

Among the top 5 movie stars, there is still one beam missing.

Since the explosion of "In the Mood for Love" in 2000, Liang Yingdi's popularity has soared, especially "Infernal Affairs" and "After Heroes" have exploded in their box office capabilities, and have become rivals of many box office superstars.

So this time Wang Jiawei was very brave, and he directly confronted Jackie Chan for the box office!

"2046" was released after Uncle Long's "New Police Story".

I thought that "2046" would cut off "New Police Story" and steal the box office, but who knew that Uncle Long became more and more courageous, and "2046" was defeated by "New Police" not long after its glory.

In the end, "New Police Story" defeated "2046".

Among the top 2004 box office films in 10, all of them were Hong Kong films except for the fifth place "Zhang Side".

It can be seen how strong the box office appeal of Hong Kong Star was!
At that time, they dedicated one classic after another.

And now,
They chose to use one bad movie after another to destroy the memory of that era.

For this, Lu Chen was still very heartbroken.

Use the foundation laid before to find money.

how to say.

From Lu Chen's point of view, this is cutting leeks.

If it was Liu Tianxian, Tang Yan, etc., Lu Chen might not be so angry.

Because they have no choice.

Or that there are very few options.

They can only shoot what the company gives them.

But as Master Xing, Uncle Long, Tianwang Liu, and Tianwang Guo.

Will there be no choice?
Don't be ridiculous.

It is others who beg them for opportunities, not them begging others for opportunities.

It's not up to them to make such a choice if there is no film to shoot.

and so.

Based on this, Lu Chen decided to push them down directly.

tell them.

If you want to make money, you have to pay the corresponding price.

Lu Chen made a decision, and Zeng Jia implemented it without any discount.

As a result, the news that "The Pianist" was scheduled for June 6 spread quickly.

Naturally, it aroused the expectations of countless movie fans.

Talk about box office appeal.

At this time, the king of heaven and the film emperor had to step aside.

Lu Chen was the one with the strongest box office appeal.

Of course, there is also Master Xing.

"Conquering the Demons" exploded, pushing Master Xing to the top again.

However, this also made Lu Chen feel a little worried.

What if "Conquering the Demon" arrives as scheduled?
With Master Xing's current appeal.

Maybe it really can't be stopped, maybe the box office miracle created by "Mermaid" is very likely to be staged.

This is all for later.

Lu Chen also believed that since Master Xing took this honor.

It will definitely be cherished.

Otherwise, want an honorable retirement,
There is only one choice, and that is to dream.

There is everything in the dream.

When "The Pianist" was announced to be released on June 6, countless movies of the same period were wailing.

Many people directly declared that "the wolf is coming."

(End of this chapter)