China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

"Guan Ling showed up at the premiere of "Hot Pot Heroes", and many bigwigs came to support and caused an industry earthquake!"

"Han Sanpin, Ren Zhonglun, Huangying Yang and many other industry insiders gathered in Chongqing. Guan Ling made his domestic debut after winning many awards!"

"Yang Qing and Xu Zheng happily revealed some secrets at the premiere. Xu Zheng claimed that the box office of "Hot Pot Heroes" may exceed 500 million!"

"Guan Ling spoke on stage and said with a smile that domestic films need movies like "Hot Pot Heroes" that reflect local customs and culture, and they also need directors and screenwriters to work together to present good stories to the audience!"

Shortly after the premiere, a lot of news began to be released online.

And because of Guan Ling's popularity, she swept the hot searches and portal website homepages in a very short time.

At the scene, Guan Ling finally stood on the domestic stage again after the premiere of "Even if the Wind Rises".

"This is a phenomenal film. Whether it is the characters, scenes, structure, interests, or even the quality presented in the end, it is rare for domestic films."

Guan Ling went on stage and praised Yang Qing generously to the media below.

"I did provide some ideas for this script, but the main content was all polished by Yang Qing. Yang Qing worked on Night Club for a long time. I am willing to give him this opportunity to try his hand at screenwriting. If you watch the movie carefully, you may be able to see how Yang Qing humbly learned from Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Scam, Mean Streets and Reservoir Dogs in terms of story structure and form, while retaining the Chongqing story as much as possible.

I have high expectations for Yang Qing. His future achievements will not be less than Ning Hao.

As for the box office of this movie, I don't think it will be low, because this movie is trying very hard to tell a story, and all the plots are like Chongqing hot pot, hot and boiling.

Tingting, Chen Kun, Qin Hao and others also played to their strengths in the movie. Chen Kun rarely plays small people in such a big era, and he portrayed the role very seriously and interpreted it very well.

Maybe this is not a great movie, but this kind of crime movie has made me very satisfied. The future development of Chinese films needs greatness and more support.

And "Hot Pot Heroes" is this support.

In the future, we may see more magical stories about Chongqing, and more movies comparable to Korean crime movies.

So, I hope that all the audience can come and enjoy it, enjoy a hot pot, and enjoy the ordinary heroes in this movie."

After Guan Ling finished saying these words, the first person to be stunned at the scene was Yang Qing.

"His future achievements will be comparable to Ning Hao's."

In Yang Qing's heart, Guan Ling's evaluation was too heavy.

But in his heart, he couldn't help but feel an urge to die for his friend.

In fact, Guan Ling also had expectations for Yang Qing. After all, Yang Qing also participated in the previous life's movie "Lost in Thailand". But since "Hot Pot Heroes", he has kind of disappeared.

If there are similar projects in the future, he can still be asked to provide guidance, but it is impossible for Guan Ling to take full charge of his future.

This reminder I can give him this time is already a great support.

If this circle wants to survive, Guan Ling can certainly support him at any time, but the problem is that he won't do that, because in this circle, some people deserve to be famous, and some don't.

Some people can stand on the top, while others can only rot in the mud.

After the premiere, Ren Zhonglun approached Guan Ling and said, "Director Guan, you've caused me so much trouble. My trip to the United States was..."

Everyone couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Who told you to give Director Guan a surprise? He's the one who always gives us surprises. Does that mean you're the one who's surprised us?"

Han Sanpin also mocked Ren Zhonglun unscrupulously.

Old Ren's face turned pale and blue, and he couldn't refute it.

After waiting for a while, everyone started watching the movie. Han Sanpin came to Guan Ling, looked at him in surprise and asked:

"When you were talking just now, you said there were more Chongqing fantasy stories and more movies comparable to Korean crime films. What did you mean?"

Han Sanpin is Han Sanpin after all, what a keen sense!

Guan Ling smiled and said, "Is Mr. Han nervous?"

"It's not about being nervous or not. There are some things that you shouldn't think about making into a movie." Han Sanpin said, "This is the first of the top ten unsolved cases. It's too sensational to be filmed."

"I was just saying it casually. When the Koreans were filming Memories of Murder, wasn't the case also unsolved? But I have a lot of movies, so I can do this kind of plot or not."

Guan Ling patted the back of Han Sanpin's hand and said, "Don't panic."

"You've been jumping around a bit too much lately." Han Sanpin narrowed his eyes. "You should be more stable. I understand why you screenwriters and directors like this kind of bizarre things, but we should still focus on stability."

"I understand, I understand!"

Guan Ling smiled.

……

The premiere of "Hot Pot Heroes" triggered many people's exclamations.

Many of Chen Kun's fans at the scene screamed in amazement that Chen Kun could actually play such an unremarkable small role, and perform it so perfectly.

"Is Chen Kun going to become a spirit? How can his acting be so good?"

Han Sanpin couldn't help but give Guan Ling a thumbs up, "I feel this movie is not as good as Crazy Stone, but it can be compared with your first movie The Uninvited Visitor, and it is more well-made, with good rhythm, editing and audio-visual language. It is a very good domestic genre film."

"You can praise him if you want, but you are insulting me." Guan Ling was speechless.

"It's the truth, but you have evolved so much already." Han Sanpin said with a smile.

"Director Yang Qing is really good. The first half is a delicate foreshadowing, and the second half is a passionate explosion. The story of this movie seems bizarre, but the several twists and turns are really worth watching."

Wang Changtian praised.

"In fact, this model is worth learning from in the future. The regional characteristics and hot pot stand at the beginning and the end. The whole plot seems tight and full. It has satire, foreshadowing, and is powerful and thrilling. It is considered to be the most scarce film type in the mainland." Yu Dong seemed to be thinking about something.

In their view.

This movie Yang Qing followed up on several of Ning Hao's previous movies. This movie can clearly be called "Crazy Bank", which is like a big hole in the domestic crime film industry, and it really captured the beauty of the city life.

“Chinese dialect films are worth exploring.”

Han Sanpin also saw some potential.

Guan Ling was too lazy to listen to everyone's bragging.

They have been working together for many years. Now the other party is showing off. Guan Ling also knows the other party's true intention.

As soon as the movie ended, Guan Ling left with a few big guys.

Open-air hotpot restaurant, top floor.

The March breeze blew through the entire terrace, and apart from a few big guys, there was no one else in sight.

This is Chongqing style mountaintop hotpot.

The room where several people were staying was a special private room. Although it was open to the sky, people who were not supposed to be able to enter would never be able to enter.

In the midst of toasting.

President Yang of Huangying spoke first.

"Director Guan, since everyone is embarrassed, I will be the first to speak. Ling Yun has previously released a list of this year's big movies. I know "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils", and I'm already planning to shoot this movie, but can we talk about "Hong Kong Trip"?"

President Yang was quite excited. Since this movie was to be produced in Hong Kong, Emperor Entertainment Group would naturally take the lead.

In his mind, no one can compete with them for this movie except Media Asia.

Guan Ling looked around at everyone and said softly, "You can give a portion of the shares to Huangying, but I will give the main force of this film to the new company in Hong Kong."

"A new company?"

Yang always felt his heart tighten. This didn't sound like good news.

In fact, there are only a few large film companies in Hong Kong now. Media Asia became the only film company in Hong Kong that could compete with Emperor Entertainment Group with the movie "Infernal Affairs", but both groups have other scales.

The owner of the number nine license plate naturally has more than just entertainment and culture. But even if it is a sideline business, in their opinion, they all want to become the hegemon in the Hong Kong circle. Although perhaps limited by the current background of the integration of the mainland market, they are giants in Hong Kong, but they cannot reach the heights of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest in the past. But Yang Zong said that he is not worried about a competitor that appeared out of nowhere, which is pure nonsense.

Especially the person who wants to get involved in Hong Kong is Guan Ling.

When Guan Ling finished saying this, everyone was shocked at first.

"Who is Director Guan's partner?"

Mr. Yang reacted quickly and asked in a low voice.

"Gu Tianle." Guan Ling said, "This is no secret. I want to support him, and I also want to use the Hong Kong circle to make some difficult movies. Of course, although we are sitting at the same table, this is competition, but my main development place is definitely in the mainland, so President Yang doesn't need to be too nervous."

"Of course I'm not nervous." President Yang smiled, "On the contrary, the director is going there in person. There's a saying called the catfish effect. It might be a good thing."

He said this with trembling lips, and Guan Ling felt that the other party was indeed very patient.

"Eat vegetables!"

Guan Ling pointed to the hot pot and said to Mr. Yang, "It's very authentic."

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"Although it's competition, there must be cooperation," Guan Ling smiled and looked at President Yang, "Lingyun is about to start preparing for listing, and my several stalls need to achieve some results. Although it's a new company, my goal is still to make money. It's better for everyone to make money together than for some to make money and others to cry."

This time, Yang Shoucheng understood Guan Ling’s meaning and nodded.

This is not the Hongmen Banquet.

But it can also be said that a 38th parallel was drawn.

"What kind of movie must be shot in Hong Kong?" Han Sanpin said as he saw the situation ease up a little. "The mainland doesn't work? Why does Hong Kong have to work? Beijing doesn't work, or Shanghai? If it really doesn't work, go to Shenzhen. Shenzhen should be fine, it's so close."

"That's really not possible," Guan Ling said with a smile, "I went to Hollywood this time and saw that zombie movies are very popular overseas, so I'm going to make one for fun."

After saying this, Han Sanpin said embarrassedly.

"Just pretend I didn't say anything. This is really not okay."

Everyone laughed, except Yang Zong, who said, "Zombie movie? This is familiar to Hong Kong!"

"Almost the same, but not exactly the same." Guan Ling said, "Once the script comes out, everyone will understand."

“This may not be easy to show in mainland China,” Han Sanpin said again.

"Why was "Resident Evil" able to be released in mainland China back then?" President Yang raised a small question, and everyone's eyes fell on Han Sanpin.

"Because in that play he vilified foreign scientific research institutions and governments, and demonstrated that people abroad were living in dire straits."

Han Sanpin touched his nose and answered. For a moment, everyone was silent.

After making a joke, Han Sanpin said, "Some things will never have any official instructions. At most, they can be decided verbally, but the content should not be too extreme."

Guan Ling leaned close to Han Sanpin's ear and whispered, "Boss Han, I can take your verbal notification as an order, so I won't vilify anyone in this script. But in the mainland market, you know, face is always mutual."

"That sounds a bit like what a big director would say." Han Sanpin said, "What? If you can't get your film shown in mainland China, are you going to make a big one in Hollywood?"

"That's not impossible." Guan Ling said, "You know, creators hate being castrated by the environment the most."

"Look at your behavior." Han Sanpin said, "I will work hard on my side. There was a lot of support for "Resident Evil" back then. As long as your problem is not a big problem in principle, you should have a chance."

Guan Ling nodded.

Although this movie was adapted from "Train to Busan", Guan Ling is not particularly worried about its release.

The previous version of "Train to Busan" was not released in mainland China not because of its thriller, horror or bloodiness. Throughout the entire movie, the protagonists not only did not cut a single knife, but also did not fire a single gun, which is very innovative in the zombie genre.

Compared with purely bloody zombie movies, this movie is very different, and more importantly, its main theme is the firm belief that in a collapsed, pre-apocalyptic horror environment, what makes people human is their protection of the weak, their helping hands to their fellow men, their trust in strangers, and even their disappointment with the dark side of humanity. Together, they constitute the rich face of humanity itself.

Behind the film, the audience will see the Korean director's consideration of human nature, the completely international operation, and the black satire that hits the throat hard.

In fact, a domestic company did purchase the copyright of this movie, but because of a ban on Korean culture, all Korean movies and TV series were cut short.

This is of course related to the fact that South Korea was doing big business at that time.

The film became popular before it was even released. It not only became the box office champion in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam and other regions, but also received wide acclaim in Europe and North America. After that, it was quickly illegally circulated on a large scale under the promotion of domestic pirates. Basically everyone had seen this film.
But because of these things, this movie, which could have been released in mainland China, was completely stillborn.

In fact, in terms of bloodiness and horror, this movie is much less than "Resident Evil". It can be released anyway even if it is deleted.

I can only say that time is also destiny.

But it must be said that the strong response caused by this movie has also, to a certain extent, triggered the development of zombie movies in the entire East Asia region.

Everyone was very interested in the movie "Hong Kong Trip". We couldn't help but chat a little more.

"In fact, the mainland has not banned this type of film. At least the top leaders are still discussing it. Such a film was released at the beginning of the year."

Han Sanpin saw that everyone was interested and didn't mind chatting about it.

"what movie?"

"No one cared at the time. I produced the movie, called 'Survival'." Han Sanpin said with a smile, "I just invested in this movie casually at the time. In the end, the box office performance was very poor, and it only earned about 4 million."

"As long as the film does not contain any political or military conspiracy and does not discredit companies that have been reported, it will not be a big problem."

"This is really informative." Wang Changtian said in amazement, "We haven't thought about this before, and we really don't understand why there is such a rule."

"No one understands the flexibility of the bottom line of the rules better than me." Han Sanpin said with a smile, "So Director Guan, go ahead and shoot. Give a portion of the share to China Film Group, and I'll clean up your mess later."

Upon hearing about the share, Mr. Yang became anxious.

It was originally said to be a movie produced in Hong Kong, how can someone snatch it away just like that?

After that, several people started arguing over a movie that didn't even have a script, and the one that could make so many bigwigs bang their tables to fight for it, was probably only Lingyun Media.

After everyone finished chatting, Guan Ling's expression finally relaxed.

They also talked about the introduction time of a few movies, such as "Scarlet Witch" and "Uncharted". Guan Ling did not want this movie to compete with "Along with the Gods" and would rather compete with Hollywood blockbusters in the second half of the year.

The release date of "Aquaman" has been set. Twenty days after the release of "Hot Pot Heroes", Amber will bring her beauty and superhero movie to China.

As for several anime, everyone is very interested in them.

Guan Ling had almost no share in "Someone" and "Frozen". These two movies made too much money, and Guan Ling could share the profits, but as the films are about to be released, the interests of Lingyun Media will definitely come first.

However, everyone was very interested in the movie "Time Traveler".

Guan Ling didn't mind giving away some of his shares, at a premium of course, just as if he and Liu Yifei were filming a love movie, so everyone could just give him a gift.

Although people did not get a satisfactory share in the distribution of shares this time.

But at least those who come here can eat something.

Guan Ling now has the final say on whether or not to take them with him. Everyone is aware of this subtle change, so they don't dare to question it too much.

Guan Ling said softly, "My movie is going to be hard to divide because it's going to be released. But if Yang Qing and his team make another movie, everyone can do whatever they want."

The hot pot was emitting steam, and everyone's eyes were naturally filled with excitement as well.

This sentence finally finalized today's meeting.

.........

No one knew what to say, even though it seemed like Yang Qing’s movie share was of little use.

But everyone heard Guan Ling's words.

We should not underestimate the future directors who can be compared with Ning Hao.

As for the specifics, it depends on how well "Hot Pot Heroes" can achieve. (End of this chapter)