director of the millennium
Chapter 82 Opening the curtain of the blockbuster era
Chapter 82 Opening the curtain of the blockbuster era
After four major domestic directors gathered together to chat for a while, director Zhang Yimou, who had met a circle of other guests, also came to the circle.
As soon as he saw Zhang Yimou, Director Kaigo showed a complicated expression on his face.
"Yimou, with such a high investment in a movie, is there a lot of pressure?" Director Kege said with a bit of envy in his tone, but also a bit worried for his friends.
Zhang Yimou must be a friend to Director Kaigo.
Although the two parted ways after "Yellow Earth" because of disagreement in film concepts, they still regard each other as friends.
The mentality of director Kego can be expressed in one sentence: he is afraid that his friends will suffer, and he is also afraid that his friends will drive Land Rover.
I don’t want director Yimou to fail too much, and I don’t want him to be too successful.
Director Yimou still had that introverted look, and smiled shyly: "There must be pressure, so this time I will fully cooperate with the promotion, and I will do whatever Wei Ping asks me to do."
"For me, there are bosses who are willing to pay so much money and gather so many stars together to give me such a chance. I shouldn't be too selfish. I should fully cooperate with them to recover the cost."
"This will be a great comfort to my conscience personally."
"Of course, let's talk about utilitarianism. When the investment is recovered, more people will come to me to make movies, and more bosses will pay attention to the movie industry. This will also benefit the development of our mainland movies."
Wu Yuan on the side nodded in admiration and gave a thumbs up: "Director Yimou, your courage to be the first in the world is really admirable!"
Last year, that is, in 2001, the total box office of mainland movies was only 8.9 million.
When the market is only so big, Zhang Yimou dared to make a super blockbuster movie with an investment of 3000 million US dollars, which is equivalent to 2.4 million yuan. This is definitely an unprecedented gamble in the history of mainland movies!
Wu Yuan, who knew the result, knew that the gamble was successful, but others did not know, and Zhang Yimou was even less sure!
But he still bravely accepted the challenge.
This is indeed commendable, and Wu Yuan will not think that director Yimou is not great just because he knows the future.
"Then what about the next film, do you have any ideas?" Jiang Wen also leaned over and asked curiously.
Everyone knows that Director Yimou is a well-known workaholic. He often has ideas and ideas before the film in hand is finished. Jiang Wen is also curious about the situation of Director Yimou's next film.
This "Hero" has already reached 3000 million U.S. dollars, so the next movie must not be lower in style!
"It's still martial arts!" Sure enough, director Yimou said confidently: "In fact, before "Hero" was started, I wrote the script for the next movie at the same time."
"The next one is going to be a martial arts movie!"
""Hero" is the first time I have made a martial arts movie, and the first time I have made an action movie."
"Although we have very good action directors, the action is too unfamiliar to me, and I am very passive."
"So my own thoughts and actions are very rough in combination, and the shooting is actually not so perfect."
"Now I feel that I have accumulated experience in this area. If I make another martial arts film, it will be even better!"
"Of course, the story of the next film will be different. I want to create a different feeling."
Wu Yuan nodded understandingly.
"House of Flying Daggers"!
The handsome guy Jin + Brother Hua + International Chapter, this lineup looks really good, and the box office is also pretty good.
"Then I wish "Hero" can be a big hit and revitalize our mainland film market!" Feng Xiaogang also said his blessing with a smile on his face.
He really hopes that "Hero" will be a hit, after all, he attaches the most importance to the commercial film market. If "Hero" can arouse the public's desire to go to the cinema, it will be good news for Feng Xiaogang.
He has already thought in his mind that he also wants to make a commercial blockbuster, and he can no longer just make comedy movies on a small scale.
Director Kai Ge and Jiang Wen also nodded thoughtfully.
They are also thinking about transforming into a commercial film.
It can be said that the success or failure of the movie "Hero" will affect the career planning of several top directors in the mainland!
Once "Hero" achieves big sales and proves that there is a market for commercial blockbusters in the mainland, they will immediately try to shoot their own commercial blockbusters!
Who doesn't want to earn money?
Only Wu Yuan sat firmly on the Diaoyutai without any change in his expression.
Commercial blockbuster?
He has a "Pirates of the Caribbean" coming out worldwide next year
Several major directors have to consider the risks of transitioning to commercial films, whether they can make commercial films, and whether the consequences will be serious if the transition fails.
Wu Yuan doesn't have to think about this.
Dude was originally a director of commercial films!
Don't forget his films "The Night the Comet Came" and "Juno" just because "The Undertaker" won the Berlin International Film Festival Award.
Wu Yuan still holds the box office record for mainland directors!
Juno's global box office of 2 million US dollars, even "Heroes" can't beat it!
It's just that "Juno" was not screened in the mainland, and most mainland audiences and filmmakers often subconsciously ignore this matter!
It doesn't matter, "Pirates of the Caribbean" will be released globally next year, and if nothing unexpected happens, it will also be released in the mainland.
At that time, the "box office record for mainland directors" held by "Juno" should be broken, and it can reach more than 6 million US dollars at once.
It is estimated that this mainland director's box office record will not be broken until the mainland movie box office enters the era of 50 billion.
However, when calculating the box office records of mainland movies, "Juno" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" must not be included in the calculation.
"Hero" can still win the title of No. [-] box office among mainland movies.
Wu Yuan is the top-grossing director in the Mainland, and "Hero" will be the top-grossing movie in the Mainland. Everyone wins!
With a sincere smile on his face, Wu Yuan held director Yimou's hand and said in a sincere tone: "I have a hunch that "Hero" will set a new box office record for mainland movies!"
"I hope." Director Yimou's tone was full of anticipation.
"Hey, Director Wu! Are you free? Let's chat!" Not far away, Director Han, who had just finished chatting with some other guests, waved to Wu Yuan.
"Excuse me." Wu Yuan smiled apologetically to Director Yimou, temporarily left the director circle, and walked to Director Han, "Director Han, do you have anything to do with me?"
"I can't talk to you if I have nothing to do?" Han Dong smiled and glared at Wu Yuan.
"But there is indeed something wrong. Director Wu, look at this "Hero" directed by Yimou. The investment of 3000 million US dollars is expected to cost 2000 million in domestic promotion expenses!"
"There will be a grand premiere, Zhang Weiping wants to do a 0 o'clock premiere."
"You are not moved after seeing it?"
"What am I so excited about?" Wu Yuan was a little strange.
"Shoot a blockbuster movie!" Han Dong patted Wu Yuan's shoulder vigorously, and said with hatred.
When it comes to which domestic director he is most optimistic about now, it is no longer director Yimou, but Wu Yuan!
Director Han is now focused on building a big domestic film market, and wants to create an oriental Hollywood!
In this regard, domestic art film directors really can't put much effort into it.
Even Zhang Yimou's "Hero" is still on the edge of a cliff.
Even if the premiere is coming soon, no one dares to say that the investment of 3000 million US dollars can be returned!
But Wu Yuan can!
In North America, where the commercial film market is so mature, Wu Yuan's films can be hits!
North American audiences who are accustomed to watching all kinds of commercial movies are willing to go to the cinema to contribute to Wu Yuan's box office!
His commercial value no longer needs to be proven!
If he makes a commercial blockbuster in the mainland, it will definitely be a blockbuster!
Even if it is not a hit, with his reputation as a Hollywood director, his movie rights are sold more expensively than others, and people in Japan, South Korea and even North America are willing to buy his movies.
If you invest in him to make a commercial blockbuster, the loss rate is definitely the lowest among all mainland directors!
Now China Film Group wants to send money to Wu Yuan!
Wu Yuan also understood Han Dong's thoughts, he shook his head: "Next year, I'm still filming "Pirates of the Caribbean"."
"However, even if I want to make a commercial film in the mainland next year, I plan to invest my own money."
"No problem, just leave the distribution to China Film Group Corporation! I'll help you with the rest!" Director Han assured, patting his chest.
As long as Wu Yuan is willing to make commercial films in the mainland instead of focusing on literary films, Director Han will be satisfied.
"Hero" China Film did not invest a dime, and Director Han was still active!
Now what China Film wants is to expand the cake of the mainland commercial film market!
As long as Wu Yuan is willing to make commercial films in the Mainland, he will definitely drive the development of the Mainland commercial film market!
The market has developed and the cake has grown bigger. Are you afraid that China Film will not make money?
(End of this chapter)
After four major domestic directors gathered together to chat for a while, director Zhang Yimou, who had met a circle of other guests, also came to the circle.
As soon as he saw Zhang Yimou, Director Kaigo showed a complicated expression on his face.
"Yimou, with such a high investment in a movie, is there a lot of pressure?" Director Kege said with a bit of envy in his tone, but also a bit worried for his friends.
Zhang Yimou must be a friend to Director Kaigo.
Although the two parted ways after "Yellow Earth" because of disagreement in film concepts, they still regard each other as friends.
The mentality of director Kego can be expressed in one sentence: he is afraid that his friends will suffer, and he is also afraid that his friends will drive Land Rover.
I don’t want director Yimou to fail too much, and I don’t want him to be too successful.
Director Yimou still had that introverted look, and smiled shyly: "There must be pressure, so this time I will fully cooperate with the promotion, and I will do whatever Wei Ping asks me to do."
"For me, there are bosses who are willing to pay so much money and gather so many stars together to give me such a chance. I shouldn't be too selfish. I should fully cooperate with them to recover the cost."
"This will be a great comfort to my conscience personally."
"Of course, let's talk about utilitarianism. When the investment is recovered, more people will come to me to make movies, and more bosses will pay attention to the movie industry. This will also benefit the development of our mainland movies."
Wu Yuan on the side nodded in admiration and gave a thumbs up: "Director Yimou, your courage to be the first in the world is really admirable!"
Last year, that is, in 2001, the total box office of mainland movies was only 8.9 million.
When the market is only so big, Zhang Yimou dared to make a super blockbuster movie with an investment of 3000 million US dollars, which is equivalent to 2.4 million yuan. This is definitely an unprecedented gamble in the history of mainland movies!
Wu Yuan, who knew the result, knew that the gamble was successful, but others did not know, and Zhang Yimou was even less sure!
But he still bravely accepted the challenge.
This is indeed commendable, and Wu Yuan will not think that director Yimou is not great just because he knows the future.
"Then what about the next film, do you have any ideas?" Jiang Wen also leaned over and asked curiously.
Everyone knows that Director Yimou is a well-known workaholic. He often has ideas and ideas before the film in hand is finished. Jiang Wen is also curious about the situation of Director Yimou's next film.
This "Hero" has already reached 3000 million U.S. dollars, so the next movie must not be lower in style!
"It's still martial arts!" Sure enough, director Yimou said confidently: "In fact, before "Hero" was started, I wrote the script for the next movie at the same time."
"The next one is going to be a martial arts movie!"
""Hero" is the first time I have made a martial arts movie, and the first time I have made an action movie."
"Although we have very good action directors, the action is too unfamiliar to me, and I am very passive."
"So my own thoughts and actions are very rough in combination, and the shooting is actually not so perfect."
"Now I feel that I have accumulated experience in this area. If I make another martial arts film, it will be even better!"
"Of course, the story of the next film will be different. I want to create a different feeling."
Wu Yuan nodded understandingly.
"House of Flying Daggers"!
The handsome guy Jin + Brother Hua + International Chapter, this lineup looks really good, and the box office is also pretty good.
"Then I wish "Hero" can be a big hit and revitalize our mainland film market!" Feng Xiaogang also said his blessing with a smile on his face.
He really hopes that "Hero" will be a hit, after all, he attaches the most importance to the commercial film market. If "Hero" can arouse the public's desire to go to the cinema, it will be good news for Feng Xiaogang.
He has already thought in his mind that he also wants to make a commercial blockbuster, and he can no longer just make comedy movies on a small scale.
Director Kai Ge and Jiang Wen also nodded thoughtfully.
They are also thinking about transforming into a commercial film.
It can be said that the success or failure of the movie "Hero" will affect the career planning of several top directors in the mainland!
Once "Hero" achieves big sales and proves that there is a market for commercial blockbusters in the mainland, they will immediately try to shoot their own commercial blockbusters!
Who doesn't want to earn money?
Only Wu Yuan sat firmly on the Diaoyutai without any change in his expression.
Commercial blockbuster?
He has a "Pirates of the Caribbean" coming out worldwide next year
Several major directors have to consider the risks of transitioning to commercial films, whether they can make commercial films, and whether the consequences will be serious if the transition fails.
Wu Yuan doesn't have to think about this.
Dude was originally a director of commercial films!
Don't forget his films "The Night the Comet Came" and "Juno" just because "The Undertaker" won the Berlin International Film Festival Award.
Wu Yuan still holds the box office record for mainland directors!
Juno's global box office of 2 million US dollars, even "Heroes" can't beat it!
It's just that "Juno" was not screened in the mainland, and most mainland audiences and filmmakers often subconsciously ignore this matter!
It doesn't matter, "Pirates of the Caribbean" will be released globally next year, and if nothing unexpected happens, it will also be released in the mainland.
At that time, the "box office record for mainland directors" held by "Juno" should be broken, and it can reach more than 6 million US dollars at once.
It is estimated that this mainland director's box office record will not be broken until the mainland movie box office enters the era of 50 billion.
However, when calculating the box office records of mainland movies, "Juno" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" must not be included in the calculation.
"Hero" can still win the title of No. [-] box office among mainland movies.
Wu Yuan is the top-grossing director in the Mainland, and "Hero" will be the top-grossing movie in the Mainland. Everyone wins!
With a sincere smile on his face, Wu Yuan held director Yimou's hand and said in a sincere tone: "I have a hunch that "Hero" will set a new box office record for mainland movies!"
"I hope." Director Yimou's tone was full of anticipation.
"Hey, Director Wu! Are you free? Let's chat!" Not far away, Director Han, who had just finished chatting with some other guests, waved to Wu Yuan.
"Excuse me." Wu Yuan smiled apologetically to Director Yimou, temporarily left the director circle, and walked to Director Han, "Director Han, do you have anything to do with me?"
"I can't talk to you if I have nothing to do?" Han Dong smiled and glared at Wu Yuan.
"But there is indeed something wrong. Director Wu, look at this "Hero" directed by Yimou. The investment of 3000 million US dollars is expected to cost 2000 million in domestic promotion expenses!"
"There will be a grand premiere, Zhang Weiping wants to do a 0 o'clock premiere."
"You are not moved after seeing it?"
"What am I so excited about?" Wu Yuan was a little strange.
"Shoot a blockbuster movie!" Han Dong patted Wu Yuan's shoulder vigorously, and said with hatred.
When it comes to which domestic director he is most optimistic about now, it is no longer director Yimou, but Wu Yuan!
Director Han is now focused on building a big domestic film market, and wants to create an oriental Hollywood!
In this regard, domestic art film directors really can't put much effort into it.
Even Zhang Yimou's "Hero" is still on the edge of a cliff.
Even if the premiere is coming soon, no one dares to say that the investment of 3000 million US dollars can be returned!
But Wu Yuan can!
In North America, where the commercial film market is so mature, Wu Yuan's films can be hits!
North American audiences who are accustomed to watching all kinds of commercial movies are willing to go to the cinema to contribute to Wu Yuan's box office!
His commercial value no longer needs to be proven!
If he makes a commercial blockbuster in the mainland, it will definitely be a blockbuster!
Even if it is not a hit, with his reputation as a Hollywood director, his movie rights are sold more expensively than others, and people in Japan, South Korea and even North America are willing to buy his movies.
If you invest in him to make a commercial blockbuster, the loss rate is definitely the lowest among all mainland directors!
Now China Film Group wants to send money to Wu Yuan!
Wu Yuan also understood Han Dong's thoughts, he shook his head: "Next year, I'm still filming "Pirates of the Caribbean"."
"However, even if I want to make a commercial film in the mainland next year, I plan to invest my own money."
"No problem, just leave the distribution to China Film Group Corporation! I'll help you with the rest!" Director Han assured, patting his chest.
As long as Wu Yuan is willing to make commercial films in the mainland instead of focusing on literary films, Director Han will be satisfied.
"Hero" China Film did not invest a dime, and Director Han was still active!
Now what China Film wants is to expand the cake of the mainland commercial film market!
As long as Wu Yuan is willing to make commercial films in the Mainland, he will definitely drive the development of the Mainland commercial film market!
The market has developed and the cake has grown bigger. Are you afraid that China Film will not make money?
(End of this chapter)
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