China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 43 It's Impossible, Why Are Hollywood Blockbusters Only Leading the Box Office by 2000?

At noon the next day, He Fang and the crew had just finished running to a theater when he received a call, which he saw was from the capital city (Beijing and Beijing cannot be connected together, and this city will be replaced by Beijing city in the future).

At first, He Fang thought it was a reporter calling, and he had already prepared his speech to the reporter.

"Hi, hello, where am I?"

"He Fang, hello, I'm Wang Zhonglei from Huayi Brothers Pictures."

"Ah? Wang...Xiao Wang?" He Fang was a little surprised.

"Yes, it's me."

"Oh, Mr. Wang, what do you want from me?" He Fang didn't know what to say, so he had to ask the most direct question.

"Oh, that's right. First of all, congratulations on the success of your debut film. Huayi is very concerned about new directors like you. The company specially organized people to analyze your films and found that you are a rare outstanding young man. Director. I wonder if Director He is interested in joining Huayi?"

"..." What surprised He Fang even more was that the other party invited him to join Huayi.

"Uh, Mr. Wang, you may not know that my company is invested by Huying Group, and Huying Group owns 30% of the shares." He Fang explained, he was still muttering in his heart that he didn't want to sign the director and didn't know the background ah.

"We know this. As long as you are personally willing, these are not problems. If you are interested, we can talk about the favorable conditions after joining Huayi sometime. You see, Director Feng Xiaogang has signed with us for so many years. Our conditions It’s all very good. After all, Huayi is going to go public soon, which should be in September, and if you join at this time, there will only be benefits and no harm.”

Wang Zhonglei said on the phone that the box office of "Far Cry" was too amazing in the first weekend, and the senior management of Huayi invited some professionals in the circle to watch "Far Cry" and praised the filming as professional. Commercial success is by no means accidental, and after Huayi's understanding and analysis, he discovered that He Fang is a commercial film director who has been educated in Hollywood.

That's right, it was Lu Chuan.

So He Fang is different from Lu Chuan and the others.

Therefore, try to invite someone after they have a meeting to decide.

"Thank you Mr. Wang for your sincere invitation, and thank you Huayi for your appreciation. However, my relationship with Huying is unusual. I am a younger brother of Huying, and the first film was also supported by Huying. I can't make a successful film now. We will split up with them, so I can only thank you for your appreciation. There will be other cooperation opportunities in the future, if Huayi still has intentions, we can cooperate." He Fang speaks very cautiously, every word is considered in his heart passed.

After all, this is Huayi, no matter how much the world scolds and accuses them.In the current year of 2009, they are the targets of support from above, representatives and models of private film and television companies.

If they offend them, they will splash dirty water, even if the Huying Group is standing behind He Fang, they will not be able to eat and walk around.

After all, in the eyes of some people, privatization is an excellent way to move towards an advanced Western system. The state-owned Huying Group represents backwardness and must be reformed to affect the free market.

Last time He Fang said that film studios can industrialize films, some people on the Internet cursed him. He Fang didn't want to be involved in this kind of struggle, he just wanted to be a director to make money.

The rest are not contaminated at all.

So his attitude back to Huayi was very decent, neither offending nor overly enthusiastic.

"Ah, so that's the case. It seems that we don't understand enough about the relationship between you and Huying Group. It doesn't matter, we can still cooperate next time. By the way, you must remember to call me next time you come to Beijing , I can be found at this number, and we will have a good chat then." Wang Zhonglei said on the phone.

"Ha, okay, President Xiao Wang's phone number must be kept well, and I will definitely call you next time."

"Okay, then I won't disturb your promotion, see you next time in Beijing."

"Okay, Mr. Wang, goodbye."

After hanging up Wang Zhonglei's call, He Fang breathed a sigh of relief. It's better not to get involved with this company that is destined to leave a lot of rumors in the history of Chinese film.

Before 09, they were still solid, but after 09, the company's top executives drifted away after being listed. In addition, they failed to sign Liu Yifei, but were put together by Chen Jinhui, and then forced Liu Yifei to withdraw from the domestic market all the way. I am the only hostility in the world.

Although He Fang dealt with Huayi carefully, he wasn't really afraid of them, but just didn't want trouble.Although the film studio was being shouted and killed, it was really urgent, and Huayi, the Huying Group, was also unable to eat and walk around.

However, there is no need to develop things that way, there is no point.

Why engage in confrontation when what can be resolved with a few words of kindness?
After "Far Cry"'s successful opening weekend at the box office, the entire script roadshow has been working harder.

So in the second week, "Far Cry" did not collapse, maintained good-looking data, and the box office dropped moderately and remained stable.

On February 7, 18 million.

On February 7, 19 million.

On February 7, 20 million.

On February 7, 21 million.

On February 7, 22 million.

On February 7, 23 million.

On February 7, 24 million.

The box office for the entire second week was 5162 million, and the total box office reached 8634 million. It has only been released for ten days, and the box office has reached more than 8000 million. Waiting for 20 days to release, hundreds of millions, isn't it easy?Now it's time to reach a few hundred million.

It can be said that this movie is now a big success, not only at the box office, but also has a score of 6.8 on Douban. It is generally said that this is a qualified commercial movie, but at least no one scolds this movie as a bad movie. , just saying that many people criticized this movie as vulgar and artless.

According to Douban's "domestic films drop one point automatically", in fact, this can be said to be a good commercial film with a score of 7.8.

Because the box office of "Far Cry" is so good, even a few actors are now worth soaring, especially Liu Yan and Xu Dongdong, they now receive calls from their agents every day, saying that a certain movie or TV invitation.There is even no shortage of Hong Kong movies, because Hong Kong movies are the most popular, and whoever has a good flow of Hong Kong movies will be hired.

Even Zhu Yilong has become popular, a new generation of popular niche, the leading actor with a box office of [-] million yuan.

"Released on the same day, [Harry Polly and the Half-Blood Prince] is only 2000 million more than [Far Cry] at the box office"

Suddenly a press release became popular all over the Internet, and it was frantically reproduced on blogs, Tianya, Maopu and other forums.

"I'm going, my God, our domestic film is only a small loser in the arena with Hollywood blockbusters? This... how is it possible?"

"Is "Far Cry" really that good? I went to see "Harry Potter" and it wasn't bad. How could it be so much better than domestic movies? When did domestic movies get on the stage? There must be someone in it Played tricks."

"Yes, it must be like this. The biggest joke I heard in 2009 was that domestic films were only a small loser when they competed with world-renowned blockbusters. I don't think domestic films are rising, but someone is playing tricks. How can we compare to Hollywood? Blockbuster?"

"Strictly investigate, some people don't even want their faces to whitewash domestic films."

"There must be someone playing tricks, we can't make a movie that looks better than Hollywood, and "Harry Potter" is still a blockbuster special effects movie."

……

Everyone on the production team of "Far Cry" who was finishing the promotion in Shenyang was stunned. Why did such news suddenly break out?
(End of this chapter)