my movie years

Chapter 193 Ending and Beginning

Sister Shenxian looked at the box office data of "Tiny Times" with a complicated expression on her face.

"Little Times" was released on June 6, and won 27 box office in the first week of its release, creating the best first-week box office performance for Sister Shenxian since she started filming.

The film is now coming to an end, and it has won a box office of 4.84 million in theaters, which also created the best box office performance of Sister Fairy since she started filming.

But... the word-of-mouth reputation of the film is hard to describe. Apart from fans, passers-by and audiences criticized the film.

The words were so fierce that Sister Shenxian's blood pressure soared.

To make matters worse, because of the success of the first part of "Little Times", the second part was rushed to the theaters.

This time it is no longer the first good box office performance, 1.7 million in the first week, and the film is still showing in theaters, but it is estimated that it will be difficult to break through [-] million box office.

However, the entire series of "Tiny Times" has not invested much, and it is a small and medium-budget movie, which made the film investors make money.

So the third part was launched in a hurry, Sister Shenxian signed an actor contract, and had to continue filming.

This made Sister Fairy feel a little tired, as if no matter what she did, she couldn't surpass the achievements of her 'friend' Da Mi Mi.

She is the heroine of Zhang Hao's new movie, rumors in the circle, she is the only actress in "Gravity" this time.

Just to make Mimi a big fan, Zhang Hao paid a production fee of 5 million yuan for this movie, which can be described as a big deal.

Sister Shenxian sometimes can't help thinking, if she replaces Da Mimi with herself, will she have a greater career advancement?
But just thinking about it, even if she contacts Zhang Hao, judging from her previous plan, it is impossible for her to fall in love with Zhang Hao.

Now seeing that the trend in the circle has changed, the team has changed its strategy, and fairies also need to fall in love, and occasionally eat fireworks in the world.

But it is a pity that the relationship between the best target Zhang Hao and Da Mi Mi is so stable that it is unreasonable.The other candidates were somewhat unsatisfactory, so I had to make do with it.

It was also because of being stimulated by Da Mimi and Zhang Hao that the fairy sister, who would not be able to embrace youth films until a few years later, joined in advance and starred in the "Little Times" series.

I can only lament the importance of choice, which can really change a person's trajectory.

In view of her acting skills being criticized and the movies she starred in being slammed, in order to reverse this decline, Sister Shenxian called Da Mi Mi.

Da Mi Mi received a call from Sister Shenxian and heard that she was coming to visit the class, so she asked Zhang Hao what she meant.

"Feifei wants to visit the class, what do you mean?"

Zhang Hao is checking the final box office data of "Batman: Begins" via email, as well as surrounding profits.

Hearing the words, he replied: "Yes, let her come, just to record a voice and add it to the final noise."

Da Mimi replied to the fairy sister: "It's ok, you come, we are in Fengtian, and I will send an assistant to pick you up."

"Thank you, thank you, I also want to thank you for coming to visit the class!" Da Mimi's best friend finished the performance, turned around and hooked Zhang Hao's neck and asked, "Has the result come out? How is the profit?"

Zhang Hao flipped through the data and replied: "The film has been released globally in the last weekend of September, with a cumulative box office of 6.47 million US dollars. It is no problem to be ranked in the top ten of the year."

"What about the peripherals? I heard that the peripherals are very popular. I think we have a lot of Batman models for sale here."

Zhang Hao shook his head and said, "Most of our surroundings here are pirated copies, and genuine manufacturers can't sell much, so it can be ignored."

In fact, Warner Pictures hates pirated peripherals in mainland China, or all Hollywood companies hate pirated peripherals.

I have also negotiated with this side several times to crack down on piracy.

After all, piracy has seriously affected the interests of these Hollywood companies. In a market of 14 billion people, it is unimaginable how much profit they can make if they sell genuine copies around them.

But as long as there is a market, someone will do it.

There is no time to kill pirated copies. We can only wait for people to strengthen their awareness of genuine copies and be willing to buy genuine ones.

Moreover, even in North America and Europe, where there is a high awareness of genuine consumption, there are pirated versions.

It's just that these pirated versions don't affect the interests of the genuine ones, and Hollywood companies don't care.

On the contrary, China has been seriously affected. Since the Batman movie became a big hit, the surrounding model toys, comics and other products have created more than [-] million US dollars in profit.

But on the mainland side, it is only a few hundred thousand dollars, and Warner Pictures can no longer imagine how much money will go into the pockets of pirates.

But this is not Zhang Hao's concern. After all, he has no share in peripheral income. The film sold 6.47 million worldwide at the box office, and he only received a salary of 30 US dollars.

However, after the film passed 500 million, Warner Pictures gave Zhang Hao a big red envelope of [-] million US dollars to reward him for his success in restarting Batman.

Warner Pictures also hopes that Zhang Hao will not be idle and start the second Batman movie earlier.

For this reason, Jeff Robinov also came to China several times to discuss the second work with Zhang Hao.Zhang Hao's meaning is very clear, the second part will not be launched until next year at the earliest.

The film award will be released in 2015, just to touch "Avengers 2: Age of Ultron".

Of course, this was Zhang Hao's inner thoughts, and he didn't reveal it to anyone.

In addition, Zhang Hao also talked with Jeff Robinoff about the release of "Gravity".

"Jeff, Warner Pictures has a wide range of distribution channels around the world. In fact, except for Asia, our Chinese film company can't do business outside of Asia. I hope Warner Pictures can help me with this." Zhang Hao said bluntly.

Jeff Robinov was a little hesitant, letting Warner act as an agent for the distribution rights in North America, Europe and other regions. It was still a Chinese-language film, and the company's executives were definitely not happy.

"Zhang, I believe in your ability. If you're directing a Hollywood movie, it's no problem for Warner Bros. to distribute it, but..."

Before Jeff Robinov finished speaking, Zhang Hao knew what he meant. It was nothing more than the fact that Chinese-language films rarely proved themselves internationally, and Warner's distribution had no profit.

But for this movie, whether it makes money or not is secondary.

If Tianmi Film and Television Production Company, or domestic distribution companies such as Bona or China Film had worldwide distribution channels, Zhang Hao would not seek Warner Pictures.

But this is not nothing, so he had to pay a certain price and use the hands of Warner Pictures to open distribution channels for his films around the world.

So Zhang Hao said: "Don't worry about losing money, you are just distributing, no matter whether the film is losing money or not, your distribution agency fee will not be less.

I just need this channel, this opportunity. "

Jeff Robinov pondered for a while, and agreed: "Okay, I will convey your meaning to the group's senior management, and it is up to them whether they agree or not."

"Don't worry, clarify the stakes, I think they will agree." Zhang Hao looked quite confident.

Jeff Robinov soon returned to Los Angeles and reported the situation to President Severin Meyer, as well as Zhang Hao's proposal.

"What do you think, Jeff?" Severin Meyer didn't judge, but asked Jeff Robinov what he thought.

Jeff Robinoff replied: "I think you can give it a try. We all know that Zhang is an excellent director, and we Warner Pictures also need him to continue to helm the Batman movie."

"You mean, help him so he's fully strapped into our Warner Bros. chariot?" One Vice President Rick Solomon asked.

"Yes," Jeff Robinoff said of his long-buried thoughts: "Other companies have their own regular directors, and Warner Pictures urgently needs a director who cooperates closely."

"So you choose the Chinese?"

"I think he has great potential. To help him is to help ourselves, and there will be no loss." Jeff Robinov strengthened his thoughts.

Severin Meyer thought for a long time before saying: "Okay, since you have decided, you will be responsible, and I will put forward your ideas to the board of directors."

"Thank you, President..."

"You're welcome. Next year, you will be the president of Warner Pictures. I hope your choice is correct and you can lead Warner Pictures to glory."

It turns out that Jeff Robinov has confirmed that he will take over as the president of Warner Pictures from the end of the year because he is responsible for promoting the success of "Batman: Beginning of War".

The vice president, Rick Solomon, is still the vice president. After all, if Jeff Robinov can't do well, there will be a replacement.

Zhang Hao doesn't care about the changes in personnel relations within Warner Pictures. "Batman: Beginning of War" is already in the past tense, and he has to focus on the present.

September NO.12 is the birthday of Da Mi Mi, and it is also the day when "Gravity" starts.

After singing the birthday song and eating the cake, "Gravity" also officially started shooting the first shot.

Sister Shenxian used the excuse of Da Mimi's birthday to come to bless her as a good friend, and became the first star actor who was not a member of the crew to enter the "Gravity" project.

Birthday "Gravity" has released a lot of promotional pictures and materials through online news, Weibo and other platforms, but the outside world still doesn't know what the film will be like.

Before coming here, Sister Shenxian also learned some things from the Internet, but when she got to the crew, she realized that what she knew was only the tip of the iceberg of the whole project.

The 1:1 model of the space station with a dry-shaped structure was hoisted by a crane, and Da Mimi put on a heavy cabin suit and was hoisted by Wia to shoot the scene of weightlessness.

Seeing that Sister Shenxian was curious, looking like she wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask, Zhang Hao took the initiative to explain: "This shot was taken vertically, and when the picture is processed, it will be rotated [-] degrees to become a horizontal picture."

Sister Shenxian looked at Da Mi Mi hanging in mid-air and asked: "Will it be hard to shoot like this?"

"Of course it will be very hard. In fact, before the filming, Mi Mi had already done three months of fitness training according to my arrangement, and followed the astronauts for two months of training.

Although the training standard is not as good as that of astronauts, it is still very hard. In order to brag to his girlfriend and show off in front of outsiders, Zhang Hao rarely had the patience to reveal the hard work Da Mi Mi put in during the preparatory process.

"By the way, Brother Hua also made a guest appearance. He will come to the set in a few days. You have to keep it a secret for me." Zhang Hao laughed.

"Don't worry," Sister Shenxian made a gesture of locking her mouth, looking cute and cute: "I will keep it a secret, and I won't tell anyone."

Zhang Hao's ability to disclose this news to her shows that he did not regard her as an outsider, and there is still hope for joining Zhang Hao's family in the future.

In fact, it's not just the fairy sister. After the fairy sister left, China Film Group organized a group of young directors to visit and study the team, and came to Zhang Hao's crew to study.

At the same time, Zhang Hao's alma mater, Nortel, also selected a group of outstanding directing students, led by the director of the directing department, to join Zhang Hao's crew.

In the original words of the director, let them do anything, as long as they can get the opportunity to learn.

Zhang Hao also has no intention of hiding his secrets, and those who want to learn can find a way to learn no matter how they hide.For those who don't want to learn, even if you teach him the process of preparing for the shooting, he won't be able to learn it.

Among them, the most important thing is attitude and confidence.

Zhang Hao is confident that he will do a good job in this project, but other directors, including Guo Shi, dare not take over "Gravity" even if they have Zhang Hao's script in hand.

For no other reason, lack of experience in shooting and managing large-scale projects.

Managing more than 100 people and managing more than 1000 people is not as simple as multiplying by ten, the difficulty increases exponentially.

(End of this chapter)