How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 404 The financial crisis and [Red Cliff] are coming

“Also, Universal Pictures intends to promote the shooting of [Jurassic World 2], but Spielberg is currently working on the [Raiders of the Lost Ark 4] project, and it seems that Spielberg still has some It was against the preparation of [Jurassic World 2], so Universal Pictures came to us and wanted us to talk to Spielberg about how to deal with it?" Old Luke continued to ask.

Zhang Nan explained: "[Jurassic World 1] has finally revitalized the [Jurassic] series. Spielberg is still counting on this series as pension insurance, so naturally he is not willing to quickly turn this series around." After filming, I don’t have any shortage of projects now anyway, so let’s not get involved in this matter.”

When Old Luke heard this, he nodded and said nothing.

Zhang Nan didn't hear Disney's thoughts on "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" from Old Luke.

It also makes it clear that Disney Pictures wants to repeat what New Line Cinema did with "Lord of the Rings - Legend of Sauron" - stretch themselves.

It is estimated that Disney Pictures also wants to take a look at the situation of [Transformers 1].

After all, although he has never suffered a defeat since his debut, he has a good reputation.

But for things like capital, one would rather spend more to add icing on the cake than spend less to provide help in times of need.

And movie box office is very erratic.

While the risks of this top blockbuster sequel project are not small, the risks of new projects are even higher.

Once the box office of "Transformers 1" takes off, Disney Pictures will immediately lower the price of his salary in "Pirates of the Caribbean 3".

"By the way, Zhang, the 79th Oscars will be held in February this year. Several invitations have been sent to me. Do you want to go?" Old Luke said suddenly.

Zhang Nan shook his head when he heard this, "I plan to return to China to prepare for the [Rebirth 2] project."

It’s the end of 2006, and it will be 2007 soon, and the global financial crisis of 2008 is coming soon.

The economic downturn has a profound impact on the film and television industry, especially the film industry.

Its form of expression is not intuitively reflected in the annual total box office.

Of course, there will definitely be some performance.

For example, The Original Spacetime's total North American box office in 2008 was US$96.1 billion, which was a decrease of 2007% compared to 96.6's total North American box office of US$[-] billion.

You must know that since the beginning of the new millennium, except for 2005, the total annual box office data in North America has been rising in the previous years, with the average rate even staying above [-]%.

But the more important impact is that the financial crisis in 2008 has paved the way for the blackization of the Little Mermaid, the blackization of the Harry Potter remake... and other Hollywood's desolation.

With the general situation being like this, Zhang Nan naturally had to make plans for himself early.

So is there any better place than having a mainland film market that can generate more than 50 billion yuan in box office?

The answer is of course no.

……

Mainland.

When Zhang Nan returned here again, it was January 2007, near the end of the year.

In major theaters in the Mainland, the world is still full of "golden armor".

With a box office of over RMB 1500 million on the first day of release and over RMB 9600 million in the first week of release, it has been more than a month since its release, and "The Golden Armor" still maintains a strong presence in theaters.

So far, the cumulative box office of "The Golden Armor" has exceeded 2.5 million yuan, and it has broken its own box office record of [-] million yuan for "Hero" and is heading towards the box office of [-] million yuan.

But the stamina is obviously lacking.

And the performance of "The Golden Armor" in the global movie market is even more impressive.

Fortunately, this wave of "Golden Armor in the City" has discovered overseas that Laopi Pictures sells copyrights and does not have any box office sharing operations. It is not that Laopi Pictures does not want to, but other distributors do not have Zhang. Nan is so easy to talk to.

But as a blessing in disguise, the film's poor overseas box office did not have any bad impact on the producer, Old Picture Pictures.

Even compared to the overseas copyright distributor of the movie, the overseas income of the old pictures in "The Golden Armor" is higher than that of the distributor.

However, this situation dealt a severe blow to Zhang Yimou's career as an international director.

……

Pengcheng, Longbow Film and Television City.

It has been the leading film and television city in mainland China for many years, so there are more than 10,000 extra actors here who have dreams of becoming stars.

Therefore, if Zhang Nan wants to gather a large number of extras, he no longer needs to rely on the power of the construction group.But as soon as Zhang Nan revealed the news about the project, Han Sanpin came directly to visit, which caught Zhang Nan off guard.

Because Zhang Nan plans to set up the stage for "Rebirth 2" here, and then he will return to Hollywood immediately.

After all, Zhang Nan doesn't want to share the profits from the "Rebirth" series with Huaying at all.

But now that Han Sanpin has arrived, Zhang Nan didn't know what to say for a while.

As a result, before Zhang Nan could speak, Han Sanpin took the lead and said angrily: "Director Zhang, how can this person Li An be like this?"

After hearing this, Zhang Nan was stunned.

Li'an?

Then Zhang Nan calculated the time.

It's already January, so "Lust, Caution", which will be released on November 1, must have been filmed by now and has started to be submitted for review.

No wonder Han Sanpin is so angry. Anyone who has watched a romantic action movie will be angry.

What's more, this love action movie was made by an Oscar-winning director.

And this Oscar for Best Director is not just a general Best Director. People can win Oscars for Best Director when they shoot gay relationships. Wouldn’t it be even more convenient to shoot heterosexual relationships?

Zhang Nan's heart was filled with all kinds of teasing thoughts, but he still pretended to be stupid and said: "What's wrong with Director Li'an?"

"I asked him to make a spy movie, and he actually made one..." Han Sanpin couldn't continue what he said.

Zhang Nan particularly understands Han Third Grade's mood at this time. If someone were in Han Third Grade's position, he would probably be in the same situation now.

You gave someone money and a subject, and in the end, you ended up shooting something like this?
I can only say that Li An is very good at playing.

Let alone the current era, let’s look at it ten years from now.

Even if it is to bring out Lu San (Chuan) who created [Nanjing Nanjing].

Li'an's "Lust, Caution" protagonist is an explosive choice.

A spy movie!

Today's mainstream male protagonists are naturally underground workers.

Those who are not mainstream can be said to be lurkers of the military command, those who abandon darkness and turn to the light. Even if you learn from Lu San's perspective and start from the direction of neon, others will at most think that your three views are particularly problematic.

But from Er Gouzi's point of view, Li An's behavior is simply disgusting.

……

Han Sanpin hesitated for a while and then slowly told what happened. Zhang Nan also pretended to listen.

"Director Zhang, because of what Li An did to me, I can't continue to work at Huaying." Han Sanpin complained.

Zhang Nan comforted him when he heard this: "It won't happen, it won't happen."

"Really, the discussion within Huaying about the [Lust, Caution] project is so loud that it can't be suppressed." Han Sanpin said with a bitter smile.

After hearing this, Zhang Nan said subconsciously: "Of course it is impossible to suppress the popularity of such a dual-sensitive subject, and the discussion of the popularity is usually done by using one incident to cover up another incident."

"Director Zhang, what you mean is to start another big project." Han Sanpin suddenly opened his eyes and said.

Zhang Nan was taken aback when he heard the words.

Is this what you understand?

But after being stunned for a moment, Zhang Nan panicked again, because Zhang Nan was afraid that the third-level Han would do this to him because he was interested in the [Doomsday Rebirth 2] that he was preparing recently.

So Zhang Nan quickly wanted to wave his hand to express that he didn't mean it that way.

As a result, Han Sanpin was the first to speak: "Director Zhang, what do you think of Wu Baige?"

Zhang Nan: "..."

and so--

[Chibi], are you coming?
(End of this chapter)