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Chapter 250: Times create heroes and opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared (please subscribe!)
When Chen Dong led the creative staff of "Interstellar" to finish their North American road show and came to Germany, the first stop in Europe, the Berlin International Film Festival was being held here.

Although Lao Mouzi's "Three Guns" was badly criticized in China, it was shortlisted for the main competition of this Berlin Film Festival.

Also shortlisted is Wang Anquan's "Reunion".

What Chen Dong didn't expect was that the two directors also organized a group to come over to promote their trip.

As courtesy was reciprocated, of course Chen Dong had to treat them to a meal.

The topic of conversation among several directors was naturally movies.

"What is Director Zhang planning to make in his next movie? "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling"?"

As soon as Chen Dong asked this question, even the nearby tables looked over.

But Zhang Yimou shook his head: "That project will have to wait. I'm going to make a love movie first called "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree"."

Zhang Yimou saw that everyone was very interested, so he had a brief chat.

When Wang Anquan heard that the story was set in the 1960s and 1970s, he frowned and said, "Lao Zhang, you are a bit sensitive in choosing the time."

Zhang Yimou smiled nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter, I will handle the background within the allowable range."

After chatting about Zhang Yimou's "Hawthorn Tree Love", Wang Anquan said with a smile that he plans to learn from Chen Dong in writing and directing his next film, and the first draft has already been released, and it will be called "Textile Girl".

"Director Chen, what about you?"

Finally it was Chen Dong's turn. He took a look at his wife, who also happened to look up at him, and decided to film "Hearing Girl", so he also gave the outline.

"Hey, Director Chen, your next project is another award-winning film."

"more or less."

That night, Liu Yifei insisted on pestering Chen Dong to tell her the complete story of "Hearing Girl". As a result, when the couple set off to the next place for a road show the next day, they could not be said to be in a bad state, at least they were listless.

They spent more than half a month on this global roadshow, traveling to dozens of countries and regions. They were full of energy when they first set off, but when they came back they were all weak and exhausted.

It’s really, really tiring compared to filming.

It’s not just one person who complains like this, it’s everyone.

It was already March when they returned to the embrace of their motherland.

Together with it, the overseas box office brought back is about US$8 million.

It cannot be compared with the 27 billion box office of "Avatar".

But in China, "Interstellar" did not lose, and even steadily dominated the opponent.

Because the movie is currently released for 27 days, it has already obtained the data of "Avatar" for 30 days.

And the daily box office is still above 2200 million. As expected, the record of China's first single-month cumulative box office exceeding 10 billion will be won by "Interstellar".

In fact, we have to thank "Avatar" because without the external pressure from this movie, if "Interstellar" had been released normally, it would not have had so much publicity resources, and naturally it would not have been able to achieve its current achievements.

What the ancients said about the right time, the right place, the right people, and the right people are all ruined by this movie.

Three days later, "Interstellar" exceeded 10 billion in box office without any suspense, and at the same time, it also received a one-month extension key without any surprise.

Cameron's "Avatar" has already been released from theaters, with a total box office of 13.39 billion when it was released.

It has temporarily written a box office record in the history of Chinese movies. But many people believe that this record will soon be broken.

Broken by China's own movies.

"Why do you feel so hot for no reason?"

"Haha, I feel the same. Let's go and go to the cinema to contribute a movie ticket to "Interstellar"."

"Let's go together. Although I also like "Avatar" very much, I still feel a little uncomfortable when a foreign movie dominates our box office record."

"Yes, this record must be broken in one go, otherwise we will miss this opportunity. If Chinese films want to achieve a box office of more than 13.39 billion, it feels like they have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse."

"Director Chen has made a lot of money this time! I believe that in many people's minds, "Interstellar" is not as good as "Avatar", but it can achieve a higher box office than "Avatar" in our country. This reminds me of a sentence : Times make heroes!”

"The person upstairs simply attributed the success of "Interstellar" to the times that make heroes. This seems to me to be one-sided, because after all, opportunities are not reserved for those who are prepared? If Director Chen "Interstellar" itself is a bad movie. Even if you really give it a chance, do you think it can take off? "

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After the box office of "Interstellar" exceeded 10 billion in its first month, the topic of this movie was once again heated up by the media.

It is not ruled out that the public relations team is behind this, but it mainly relies on itself to arouse national discussion.

This Berlin International Film Festival has come to an end long ago. Lao Mouzi's "Three Guns" was reduced to a supporting role, and Wang Anquan's "Reunion" won the Silver Bear Award for Best Screenplay.

Lao Mouzi moved faster. In February, the three of them discussed their new movies in Berlin.

It was only mid-March, Wang Anquan was still polishing his script, Chen Dong had just submitted the nationalized "Hearing Girl" for review, and Lao Mouzi was already selecting actors.

There are many opinions on the Internet about the male and female protagonists of Lao Mouzi's new movie, and many actors want to come forward, including Dongcheng Pictures' first sister Yang Mi.

Moreover, after this girl was promoted to the front line, she became more confident and actually found a relationship with Chen Dong.

"If you are the heroine who wants to star in Lao Mouzi's new play, then I can tell you for him right now that there is no chance for you."

"Uh, why?" Yang Mi didn't expect that she would be disappointed when she first arrived, and she didn't understand why the boss in front of her seemed to know Zhang Yimou's new movie very well.

Chen Dong did understand her very well, and he even dared to say that he knew her better than Zhang Yimou himself. Of course, this was definitely not the reason given to Yang Mi, and his explanation was: "Have you ever seen a famous actor as a Mou girl? "

Watching Yang Mi leave in anger.

Then Chen Dong asked someone to send a message to Zhu Yilong, asking him to try out for the male lead in "Hawthorn Tree Love". He might not lose to Dou Xiao.

The 82nd Oscars have just ended. Cameron's "Avatar" lost to his ex-wife Bigelow's "The Bomb Guy"... Today's best foreign language film was awarded to "Mysterious Eyes" from Argentina.

As for the only Chinese film sent to the competition, Poet Chen's "Mei Lanfang", emmmmm, it didn't even qualify for the finals.

But Poet Chen, who took a year off, is here with his new film project.

I remember that this actor publicly stated at the premiere of "Mei Lanfang" that he didn't like drama, so the new movie "The Orphan of Zhao" is another drama movie.

It doesn't matter whether you like it or not as a co-author. What's important is whether you can produce results when filming a drama.

As quickly as the love between Hexun and the rich second-generation Wang Pei progressed, this relationship ended just as quickly.

No, it was over in less than half a year.

(End of this chapter)