my movie years

Chapter 358: Characteristics of Directors

"Watch "Monster Hunt 2"?"

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, I took my grandparents, two brothers, a couple, and two children together, and the whole family planned to go to the cinema to watch a movie.

The eldest brother suggested watching "Monster Hunt 2", but his wife disagreed: ""Monster Hunt 2" was not good to watch. Yesterday, Zhao and his family went to see it. When they came back, they said it was boring and fell asleep in the cinema for two hours."

The second daughter-in-law suggested: "Why don't you watch "Operation Red Sea"! My parents like to watch wars, and it's good for me."

"Mom and Dad, what do you mean?" the second child asked the two old people.

The two old men were playing with their grandchildren. After hearing this, they asked their grandchildren: "What movie do you want to go to?"

I thought that children would talk about "Bear Bears", and adults would definitely not want to watch it, but children usually like to watch something, and the two old people will go there if they dote on them.

Unexpectedly, the eldest grandson blurted out: "I want to watch "The Wandering Earth"..."

"Oh?" The eldest brother was curious: "Why do you want to watch "The Wandering Earth"?"

The eldest grandson pointed to the peripheral products of "The Wandering Earth" that he begged his father to buy a few days ago, a transport vehicle and an exoskeleton armor model, and said: "It's cool. I want to be an astronaut when I grow up."

Although it is not the same thing, the children's words still made the adults laugh.The eldest grandson decided, and when he asked the younger granddaughter, the answer he received was that she would go and see whatever her brother went to see!

So the family reached a happy agreement, which was acceptable to both adults and children, and went to see "The Wandering Earth".

If before the release of "The Wandering Earth", people outside the industry, including ordinary movie fans, were still a little worried about the movie.

After it was released, this worry completely disappeared.

It didn't have the momentum of the previous life. After all, Zhang Hao had already finished this job and fired it three times.

But also because of this, Guo Fan, who found a reference, did a better job on the basis of Zhang Hao.

The quality of the film is much higher than that of previous fledgling films. The plot is intense, the plot is compact, the special effects are excellent, and there are many big scenes.

The actors' performances are all great, and director Guo Fan also tells a complete story.

Many fans are full of praise for this movie and give it the greatest affirmation.

"After Zhang Hao, I can finally see the second director who can direct domestic science fiction films."

"It's really a good shot, beyond my imagination."

"That's right. After all, Guo Fan was also trained by Zhang Hao. You can see Zhang Hao's style imitated everywhere in the movie."

"Now Lu Xiaohan can't close the door, right? After all, there are two people who open the door."

"I heard that Director Zhang still holds a lot of copyrights for science fiction novels. This will last a long time."

"That's terrible. I think this task has been left to Guo Fan. After all, Director Zhang only plays original works..."

With widespread critical acclaim, "The Wandering Earth" defeated "Monster Hunt 2" on the second day of the Lunar New Year and won the day's box office championship with 4.46 million votes.

"Monster Hunt 2" didn't even keep the No. 2 spot, earning 2.16 million in a single day, ranking No. 3.

No. 2 is the military action-themed "Operation Red Sea", which took in a box office of 2.98 million.

Starring Zhang Yi ushered in a glorious period of his acting career after starring in Zhang Hao's "The Martian".

Last year, he won the Magnolia TV Emperor Award with "Chicken Feather Flying to the Sky", and he also has the Best Actor trophy. He has truly become a super first-line actor.

Naturally, the new film "Operation Red Sea" is a military action film, which was not favored in the past.

But last year's "Wolf Warrior 2" performed quite well, and no one dares to say whether this "Operation Red Sea" will be a success.However, "Operation Red Sea" still survived the competition for the Spring Festival file by virtue of its own excellent quality.

No. 4 is actually "Bear Bears". This movie series is deeply loved by children and earns [-] billion in box office every year.

"Journey to the West: The Kingdom of Women" starring Ying Bao unfortunately became cannon fodder during the Spring Festival. Looking at this situation, it is estimated that there will not be another Journey to the West movie next year.

In fact, this is okay, after all, it is quite tiring to operate the Monkey King for such a long time, and the audience is also a little tired, so it is best to take a rest.

The main reason is that the film was produced with a silly attitude from the producers, and the audience gradually stopped buying it.

Zhang Hao also kept an eye on the domestic Spring Festival stalls in Los Angeles. After "The Wandering Earth" made 11.88 billion box office in the first three days, he took the time to call Guo Fan to express his congratulations.

"Old Guo, your grades are good this time. I'll send you a big red envelope later." Zhang Hao congratulated with a smile.

Guo Fan happened to be resting in the hotel after attending the road show.It's like eight or nine o'clock in the evening here in China, and it's almost five or six o'clock in the morning in Los Angeles.

Guo Fan was very happy to receive Zhang Hao's congratulations. He put aside the fatigue of the road show and showed a rare relaxed smile: "Thank you all for this. Without your support, I would not have been able to complete this movie."

"Forget it, I don't know what you are capable of." Zhang Hao refused to accept the credit being given to himself.

He then asked Guo Fan: "How was it? After this movie ends, what new plans do you have?"

The success of "The Wandering Earth" is certain. After that, Guo Fan will be busy with the project "My Motherland and Me" and everything will be fine.

Guo Fan hesitated and said: "Actually, I have always wanted to make a war-themed movie..."

"Aren't you going to film "The Wandering Earth 2" anymore?" Zhang Hao asked curiously.

Guo Fan replied honestly: "I want to wait for "The Wandering Earth 2".

Zhang Hao thought so. After all, this is not the past life.Let’s not talk about Chinese-language movies, but just talking about Tianmi Film and Television Production Company, its film production pipeline is already quite mature.

To make a big-project movie, you don't have to be busy for four years like Guo Fan in his previous life.

Fast ones like Zhang Hao, who produces one movie a year, can be called a role model for men, super fast shooters.

In fact, Zhang Hao can be faster, but in this case, the quality of the movie cannot be guaranteed.

No matter how experienced and capable he is, no matter how mature his production pipeline is, under the existing basic framework, Zhang Hao still cannot violate the laws of the film production cycle.

Those surreal things like those in Qidian novels, in which the protagonist makes two or three movies a year, can also film a few TV series, appear on a few variety shows, and then release records, will never happen.

It's very simple. Human energy is limited. If you can do one thing well and perfectly within a period of time, you are already a very powerful person.

What's even more powerful is called a monster...

Since Guo Fan expressed his thoughts and Zhang Hao also expressed his support, Tianmi Film and Television Production Company is completely different from other domestic film and television companies in this regard.

Zhang Hao gives directors of his companies a large degree of creative freedom. Of course, the premise is that Scissors can get by.

Fortunately, the directors of the company are all excellent commercial film directors, and they do not let themselves go too far. While pursuing artistic expression, they do not forget to take business into consideration.

The combination of business and art is the characteristic of director Zhang Xi.

"Submit your idea for a war movie later, and we'll discuss it together and look at the script then." Zhang Hao agreed to Guo Fan's request.

Of course Guo Fan was very happy and immediately promised that he would find a screenwriter to complete the work as soon as possible and give the script to Zhang Hao for reading.

After talking about Guo Fan's plans for the next film, Zhang Hao talked about the overseas distribution journey of "The Wandering Earth".

(End of this chapter)