I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

Chapter 84 Breaking
A celebration banquet for "Crazy Diamond" was being held in a large hotel near China Film Studio.

The day before yesterday, "Crazy Diamond" had been released for more than a month, and after the box office reached 800 million, it couldn't go any further, so Han Sanping notified Ning Hua and Wan Qingshan to cancel the screening.

Then, a celebration banquet will be held today.

Under the stage, while Wan Qingshan was chatting with Zeng Li, a voice came to his ears.

"Director Wan, Miss Zeng."

Wan Qingshan turned around and looked over, seeing Wang Changtian holding a wine glass and smiling broadly at him.

"Mr. Wang."

Zeng Li knew that Wang Changtian must have something to do with Wan Qingshan, so after greeting him politely, she turned around and walked towards Chen Kun.

"Mr. Wang, at the premiere of "The True Meaning of Love," I received your business card. I didn't have a business card prepared at that time. I'm very sorry. I'll make up for it."

Wan Qingshan took out the business card that Chen Chen had printed for him a few days ago.

Wang Changtian took the business card, and at this time, Han Sanping led Yu Dong from Bona Film and Television Company over.

Wang Changtian smiled and called, "Director Han, Mr. Yu."

"Mr. Wang." Han Sanping called him,
"Director Han, Mr. Yu."

"Guide Wan."

After Wan Qingshan and Yu Dong exchanged business cards, Wang Changtian saw that Han Sanping and Yu Dong were still not leaving. He knew that there was no hope of chatting with Wan Qingshan for a while, so he left and walked towards Ning Huo, who had just stepped down.

After Yu Dong and Wan Qingshan exchanged a few words, Han Sanping signaled Yu Dong to leave first with his eyes.

After Dong left, Han Sanping said to Wan Qingshan, "Qingshan, come with me."

Wan Qingshan and Han Sanping came to the private room on the second floor of the hotel. After the waiter left, Han Sanping said with a smile,
"Qingshan, the box office of "The True Meaning of Love" has exceeded my imagination. It has reached 800 million in the two weeks since its release. There were more than 400 million in the box office yesterday. It is estimated that the total box office will be around 3000 million."

Zhang Yimou's reply caused the popularity of "The True Meaning of Love" to rise, and it was already the weekend.

Therefore, the single-day box office of "The True Meaning of Love" exceeded [-] million for two consecutive days, and the subsequent single-day box office will also be close to [-] million.

Later, Zhang Yimou did not respond to criticism from a group of film experts. Wan Qingshan saw that "A World Without Thieves" had been completely suppressed, so he did not make any further moves.

The popularity of "The True Meaning of Love" slowly dropped, and then - "Kung Fu" was released.

Stephen Chow's movies attract young audiences, and most of the people interested in "The True Meaning of Love" are also young people.

The audience overlapped too much, causing the box office of "The True Meaning of Love" to plummet, from nearly 700 million in a single day to [-] million in an instant.

"Director Han, the main reason for the high box office is that you did a good job of prevention. Pirated discs only appeared in half a month. Otherwise, there would not be such a high box office."

Normally, pirated discs of a movie will appear within a week of its release.

As for "The True Meaning of Love," Wanqingshan didn't discover a pirated disc until two days ago.

Wan Qingshan knew that Han Sanping had worked hard to combat piracy, otherwise pirated discs would not have appeared half a month after the film was released.

"This is what China Film should do. If China Film does nothing and just sits there and shares half of the profits, then I can't be ashamed." Han Sanping said with a smile.

Wan Qingshan smiled, then changed the topic and asked,

"By the way, Director Han, how much is the box office of "A World Without Thieves"?"

During the road show, Wan Qingshan was busy with the road show and making some small moves, so he had no time to pay attention to the box office of "A World Without Thieves".

After the road show, the box office of "The True Meaning of Love" had exceeded 6000 million, and he became a favorite of mainland film and television companies.

People come to him every day to talk about cooperation. He is busy dealing with these people and has no time to pay attention to the box office of "A World Without Thieves".

The smile on Han Sanping's face suddenly disappeared, and he said with great pity,
"'A World Without Thieves' is a bit of a pity. Although the Postal Service did not sue 'A World Without Thieves', the news made a fuss at the time.

In addition, those people's criticism of Zhang Yimou and You caused an uproar on the Internet, causing many people to boycott "A World Without Thieves". As a result, the box office has only exceeded 7000 million until now.

"A World Without Thieves" was released simultaneously on Hong Kong Island and the Mainland, but even with Andy Lau starring, it was still acclimated, and the box office on Hong Kong Island was only a few million.

China Film made an estimate two days ago, and the total box office of "A World Without Thieves" in both places was around 9000 million.

However, the day before yesterday, Wang Zhongjun had renewed the contract with theaters for a half-month extension for "A World Without Thieves".

It is estimated that he wanted to delay the release until the box office exceeded 9000 million.After all, a director with a box office of over [-] million and a director with a box office of [-] million are two different concepts. "

Wan Qingshan was a little surprised. Wang Zhongjun spent a lot of money to promote Feng Xiaogang to the position of a director with a box office of over [-] million.

The pirated discs of "A World Without Thieves" have already spread all over the country, and no matter how hard it is delayed, the box office may be over 1000 million. Wang Zhongjun can only make "A World Without Thieves" a box office of over [-] million by spending money to buy the box office.

"By the way, Qingshan, Jiang Zhiqiang from Anle Film and Television wants to introduce "The True Meaning of Love" to Hong Kong Island and Wanwan, and I have agreed.

After it is released here, it will be released on Hong Kong Island. Jiang Zhiqiang invites you to go to Hong Kong Island to promote it. "

Wan Qingshan frowned and thought for a moment, "Director Han, we don't agree with the Hong Kong release. After all, we can make some money.

But forget about the promotion. Andy Lau is in "A World Without Thieves" and we don't have any Hong Kong stars on the crew, so it would probably be a no-show if we went to promote it.

Plus, it’s almost the end of the year and I’m too lazy to run, so I might as well forget it.”

"That's okay, then I'll reject Jiang Zhiqiang."

Wan Qingshan nodded, and then asked, "Director Han, how was the box office of "Heart" in Hong Kong Island and Wanwan."

Han Sanping sighed, "Oh, Hong Kong Island and Wanwan are a bit too exclusive. Due to the Venice Golden Lion Award, the combined box office of the two places is only 500 million.

The money over there won't be transferred until next year. Qingshan, don't get your hopes up. Once the money is deducted, it will probably be 100 million in our hands. "

Wan Qingshan shook his head slightly, "Director Han, it shouldn't be a matter of xenophobia. The film I made for "Heart" is too artistic. Even if it is released in the mainland, the box office will definitely not be high."

Han Sanping recalled the content of "Heart", then he nodded and said with a smile, "It seems that my expectations for "Heart" were too high because of the box office of "Selection"."

Immediately, Han Sanping's expression changed slightly, and he looked at Wanqing Mountain with suspicious eyes.
"Qingshan, are you the one responsible for the online boycott of "A World Without Thieves"?"

Han Sanping is not a fool. Things on the Internet caused the box office of "The True Meaning of Love" to rise steadily, and the box office of "A World Without Thieves" plummeted.The box office trends of the two movies were so abnormal, and the person who benefited from this was Wan Qingshan, so he had to doubt Wan Qingshan.

But he didn’t understand how to operate online, so he was just suspicious.

Wan Qingshan's heart trembled, and then he immediately made an aggrieved expression and cried out,

"Director Han, how should I handle this kind of thing? I can't force others to boycott "A World Without Thieves".

I have to say that this matter was caused by Director Feng and others. If Director Feng had not criticized me, he would not have caused the subsequent incident and would not have ended up like this.

Director Han, it’s not like before now. The condescending and critical attitude of those people makes young people very disgusted. They feel the same and spontaneously boycott "A World Without Thieves". "

Han Sanping, who was just suspicious at first, saw Wan Qingshan's aggrieved expression and thought about what Wan Qingshan said, and he immediately gave up his doubts about Wan Qingshan.

"Yeah, this kind of thing can't be done. I'm too worried."

Immediately, Han Sanping changed the topic, "Qingshan, do you know how many new theater companies have been established this year?"

Wan Qingshan knew that after the policy was liberalized in early 2004, many companies began to enter the cinema industry.

Cinema chains began to develop rapidly, and the number of screens increased rapidly every year.

But he didn't know the exact amount, let alone how much it increased in 2004 when the information is now opaque.

Han Sanping also knew that it was useless to ask Wan Qingshan this question, he just used these words as an introduction.So without waiting for Wan Qingshan's answer, he continued,
“Four cinema chain companies have been added this year. They have just started this year and do not have many cinemas. In a few years, when they have more cinemas, they will become a new force in the cinema chain.

The policy has just started, and four companies have been added in one year, and there will be more and more in the future.

As a director, if you want your movie to not be squeezed out in the film schedule, you have to get to know some powerful distribution companies. "

Wan Qingshan suddenly frowned, thought for a moment, and asked in a low voice, "Director Han, are you from China Film Group Corporation?"

Han Sanping started talking about theater companies, which made Wan Qingshan very confused. Why was Han Sanping telling him this.

The last sentence seemed to reveal that China Film Group would not help him as before, which made Wan Qingshan immediately think of something.

Han Sanping nodded slightly, "Qingshan, since you have thought of it, I won't beat around the bush with you. China Film is responsible for the national film market, and I have to be responsible for some things. I can't just leave it to your whim."

Looking at Han Sanping's deep eyes, Wan Qingshan understood everything at once.

At that time, Wan Qingshan used the excuse of "the protected market will collapse in a rush" to persuade Han Sanping to agree to compete in "The True Meaning of Love" and "A World Without Thieves".

But when Han Sanping turned around, he realized that Wan Qingshan was talking nonsense.

If we want to compete, we have to wait until the Mainland film market develops. Now the film market is too weak, so we have to protect it.

Now "The True Meaning of Love" has surpassed "A World Without Thieves", giving Wan Qingshan more confidence.

Based on the grievances between Wan Qingshan and Beijing Circle, Han Sanping knew that Wan Qingshan would always use movies to compete with Feng Xiaogang in the future.

For the sake of the film market, Han Sanping couldn't just sit back and watch this happen, but he also knew that he couldn't convince Wan Qingshan.

In addition, Ning Hua, whose first commercial film was a box-office success, has emerged. With a replacement, Han Sanping is preparing to launch Wanqingshan from China Film.

After Wan Qingshan figured it out, he smiled lightly and said, "Director Han, I understand. Thank you for taking care of me this year."

Han Sanping looked at Wan Qingshan and sighed, "Qingshan, as an elder, I understand you very well. But as the chairman of China Film Group, I hate you using movies to fight conflicts of will, so don't blame me."

"Director Han, what are you talking about? Without your care this year, I might have collapsed long ago. How can I blame you?"

Han Sanping smiled, stood up, walked over, and patted Wan Qingshan on the shoulder.

"Qingshan, if you need investment in making movies in the future, you can still find China Film. But from now on, China Film will only invest and won't help with some things."

Watching Han Sanping walk out, Wan Qingshan was silent for a moment before getting up and walking out of the box.

Arriving at the lobby on the first floor, Wan Qingshan held a glass full of drinks and approached Ning Hua, who was chatting with Gao Yuanyuan.
"Brother Hu, I haven't congratulated you yet. Come on, congratulate you."

"Senior, I should be delighted. Not to mention that my senior also invested in "Crazy Diamond", but "The True Meaning of Love" is a huge success. I should also congratulate my senior."

Ning Hua chuckled, picked up his wine glass and clinked it with Wan Qingshan.

After Wan Qingshan took a sip of his drink, he turned to Gao Yuanyuan and said, "You worked hard on the road show some time ago. Now you can have a good rest."

Hearing that Wanqingshan was chasing people away, Gao Yuanyuan smiled and said,

"Director Wan, I have to thank you for accommodating me.

Director Wan, Director Ning, you guys chat, we’ll go over first. "

After Gao Yuanyuan left, Ning Hua smiled and said, "Senior, you sent a beautiful woman away because you have something important to tell me."

"It's nothing important. I just wanted to ask you if you have any ideas for your next movie."

Ning Hua's expression froze, and he said with a smile, "Senior, "Crazy Diamond" has just been released, so I don't have any ideas."

Wan Qingshan's pupils shrank slightly and he said with a smile, "That's it, Brother Ha, when you have ideas for your next movie, remember to think of me."

"Haha, senior, I don't even have this idea. I don't know when I will have an idea."

"Yes." Wan Qingshan forced a smile and said.

Immediately, Wan Qingshan placed the wine glass in his hand on the table beside him.
"Director Ning, I'm going to leave first."

The sound of 'Director Ning' made Ning Hua stunned. Then, there was a hint of guilt in his eyes.

By the time he came to his senses, Wan Qingshan had turned around and walked away.

"Senior, walk slowly." Ning Hua shouted at Wan Qingshan's back.

Ning Hua's voice made the people around him look over. After a few glances, they looked away again after not seeing anything.

(End of this chapter)