China Entertainment started in 2004

Chapter 15 "Buried Alive" Released

Monday, January 2005, 2.

The Film and Television Bureau was at work today. Wang Shu walked in at around ten o'clock with the script he had written and registered the copyright for last year.

The staff of the Film and Television Bureau thought Wang Shu looked familiar and couldn't help but take a few more glances.

You don’t know if you don’t see it, but you will be happy once you see it.

Isn’t this the young director in China who won the Alfred Bauer Silver Bear Award in Berlin at the age of 18?
  Although the Alfred Bauer Silver Bear Award is the lowest-ranked award in Berlin besides the European guaranteed Blue Angel Award, it is still not to be underestimated.

There are so many directors in China that it is difficult to even be shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival, let alone win an award in Berlin.

This guy came back with a trophy at such a young age.

and.

Or self-written and directed.

This is not a director who can only direct movies.

The future is expected.

Several people looked at each other and gathered together to read the script handed over by Wang Shu.

Just after reading the beginning, the foreheads of several staff members were filled with question marks.

An award-winning film director, writing this?
  ???

In the afternoon of that day, Wang Shu started to establish a film and television company.

After busy for several days, Yishu Film and Television Co., Ltd. was officially established.

In the small start-up company, apart from the boss Wang Shu, there are only a few soldiers and crab generals.

Although there are not many people, the five internal organs are complete.

Then, I got another piece of good news.

The script sent to the Film and Television Bureau has been reviewed and the project can be approved for filming.

Just as he was preparing to take the next step, he received a call from China Film and Television, telling him that "Buried Alive" had been reviewed and was scheduled to be released in theaters on March 3 (Friday), hoping that he would cooperate with the promotion.

Wang Shu nodded in agreement without any hesitation.

In the next few days, he and Zhang Hanyu ran to promote "Buried Alive" to officially enter theaters.

During this period, Wang Shu also met Han Sanping from China Film Group. While Wang Shu went to see the gift, Han Sanping asked with a smile: "Do you have the confidence to surpass Gu Changwei's Peacock?"

"Peacock" was released in domestic theaters on February 2. At that time, both Wang Shu and Gu Changwei were in Berlin.

"This." Wang Shu was asked and didn't know how to answer.

Saying he can surpass him is too offending. He has just entered the industry and is far from being so arrogant.

To say that it cannot be surpassed would be a bit overwhelming in front of Han Sanping.

What's more, "Buried Alive" is exclusively distributed by China Film Group Corporation, so it goes without saying that Han Sanping hopes that "Buried Alive" will surpass "Peacock" at the box office.

"I have confidence in "Buried Alive"!" Wang Shu finally choked out.

"It seems that you think that the box office of "Buried Alive" can surpass "Peacock"." Han Sanping said with a smile.

"Uh," Wang Shu was about to explain, but Han Sanping said immediately, "Okay, I still have something to do, so I won't talk to you anymore."

"." Wang Shu looked at Han Sanping's leaving figure, alone and messy in the wind.

Suddenly, he realized something and his expression changed.

"Old silver coin!"

The next day, a piece of news appeared on various portal websites and print media.

"The 18-year-old young director is extremely confident in his self-written and directed film "Buried Alive" and claims that the box office will surpass Gu Changwei's "Peacock"."

"What a big old silver coin!" Wang Shu heard this news from the company employees. Even though he had expected it yesterday, he couldn't help but feel dark when he saw it turned out to be as expected today.

Gu Changwei also heard about this from the comments around him. Although he knew that this was a means of promoting the release of the movie, he was still quite unhappy in his heart. Hype is just hype, what does it mean to use it as a backdrop?
  This young man is quite disrespectful of the old and loves the young.

An entertainment reporter came to Gu Changwei and wanted to interview him. Even if Gu Changwei felt that he had eaten rice fields, he would not do it.

It's not that he has a bad temper, but that he knows that responding to reporters at this time is undoubtedly helping to build up the popularity of "Buried Alive".

He won't do such stupid things.

Isn’t it just eating rice fields?

It's not like I haven't eaten before when I was called Xiaomouzi's royal photographer.

What kind of Xiaomouzi is the photographer?
  Shit!

With such popularity, Wang Shu knew that there would be third-rate media coming to interview him. Taking advantage of the fact that "Buried Alive" was only a few days away from being released in theaters, he decisively ran away.

After taking a plane and traveling to many places, I finally acquired two small factories that were on the verge of bankruptcy due to poor management.

One is located in Ningbo and the other is located in Guangzhou.

The scale is not large, around fifty people.

With a net worth of more than 20 million, after setting up a film and television company and acquiring factories to provide reserved funds, there is now less than 1 million left.

When I returned to the capital, it was already March 3, and the box office of "Buried Alive" on its first day came out, 12 million.

"The box office on the first day was 150 million. If China Film Group continues to increase its publicity, the final box office may exceed million." Wang Shu touched his nose, feeling very happy in his heart.

These days, there are very few award-winning films with a box office of over 10 million. If he can achieve such an achievement, it will be a lot of benefits.

Although, the higher the box office, the more he will lose compared to the price he originally sold it to China Film.

However, this is just a temporary loss of money.

China Film is not only a state-owned enterprise, but also the well-deserved leader in the domestic film and television industry.

If the movie "Buried Alive" can make a lot of money in domestic theaters, then China Film will naturally take the initiative to further contact Wang Shu. Isn't this how a personal relationship is formed?
  "Buried Alive" is like a stepping stone, helping Wang Shu knock on the door of mainstream circles.

What's more, Wang Shu also knows in his heart that if the distribution rights were not packaged all to China Film, the domestic release of "Buried Alive" would not be as strong as it is.

Whether it's promotion or theater arrangement, it's all a big deal.

For an award-winning film, the box office on the first day was 150 million, which is a pretty good figure.

Gu Changwei and Zhang Jingchu looked startled when they saw this report, and walked into the cinema at the same time.

Zhang Yimou was also curious and walked into the cinema.

Liu Yifei, who had no job, was also very curious about a young director who won an award in Berlin at the age of 18, and also went to the cinema.

She wanted to see what kind of film could make an 18-year-old young man who directed a film for the first time win an award in Berlin.

As an actress, she naturally wanted to go to Berlin, but she had no chance.

In addition to them, many well-known and unknown filmmakers in the film and television industry walked into the theater out of curiosity as long as they had no work at hand.

The young director who won an award in Berlin at the age of 18 even said that it would surpass "Peacock" at the box office.

They wanted to see how a film that received far less honors than another film at the same film festival had the courage to touch Director Zhang's royal photographer?
  Did Liang Jingru give it to me?

As for Zhang Hanyu, he took his family into the cinema on the first day the film was released.

"Buried Alive" is his first starring film, and he can't wait to take his family to see it.

Yang Meizi is his wife, and she has always been with him. She watched the movie very seriously when she was sitting in the cinema, and from time to time she pinched her clothes nervously as the plot progressed.

Zhang Hanyu saw this in his eyes and felt a little proud in his heart.

After walking out of the cinema, under Zhang Hanyu's expectant gaze, Yang Meizi said her first words.

"An 18-year-old young director who writes and directs himself and can win an award in Berlin is really amazing. You have to get close to him in the future."

"?" Zhang Hanyu's expectant look suddenly stopped, and his speechlessness was unspoken. Shouldn't the first thing he said to his heart be to praise the person standing next to him?
  The person standing next to you is not only the leading actor in the film, but also your husband!
  Can't you see such a big living person standing next to you?

(End of this chapter)