You don't understand the happiness of the director

King Quan was in the special effects company. They had an encounter at night. Dorothy was very angry. There was no pornography in a movie like "Slumdog" and the violence was very restrained. It could be rated R. The reason was that the tone was too tense and she was sick. Ah, the damn big six are targeting us!

To put it bluntly, the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) is the Big Six in Hollywood. They are responsible for film rating and external relations. For example, China's quota for subtitled films is determined by the MPAA, and small companies have no chance at all.

Although Long Head Top ranked sixth at the North American box office, it had nothing to do with the six major movies.

Dorothy, "Is it because our box office is so good that these people are deliberately making things difficult for us?"

If it was like "District 9", which did have some bloody scenes and was rated R, Dorothy wouldn't say anything.

King Quan is relatively calm, because the movie "Original Time" was released with an R rating and achieved a box office success of $140 million in North America.

Of course, the R-rating is certainly unfair to the film. Wang Quan said, "Complain."

Dorothy snorted, "If they don't change things for me, I'll go all out and use all the money I made from this movie to publicize the Oscars. None of them will get the Best Picture statuette!"

"Oh?" Wang Quan smiled, "Then I have to pray that they don't change the classification. If you act impulsively, maybe I can win the best picture."

Dorothy patted him and said, "Let's hope for the best, but for one thing, don't you think this year's award-winning movies are not very good?"

We are currently halfway through 2008, but not a single decent award-winning movie has appeared.

Wang Quan, "Maybe everyone is waiting for the release at the end of the year~"

He saw from the film and television library that all the films nominated for next year's Oscars will be released in November or December.

However, there is really nothing to beat. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" has become one of the favorites due to David Fincher's status in the film industry, but it is not at his peak level.

As for "The Dark Knight", which Nolan fans now claim to be the best comic book movie in history and a work of art, even if Heath Ledger died, it was not nominated for Best Director and Best Picture, let alone that he was still alive. Yes,

Maybe this time Long Head Up can really win a few awards, but we must consider our Chinese debuff. Although the original version was directed by a British director, foreigners are different from foreigners.

Then Wang Quan called Aunt Wendy, "Ask those old guys, I help them make money, they use rating cards for my movies, right? Do they think it's too easy to make money in the stock market, and don't want to continue to get something for nothing!"

After hanging up the phone, a week later, "Slumdog Millionaire" successfully appealed and was changed to a PG-13 rating (guideline rating) without deleting a single scene.

This incident even made the news. Dorothy hyped it up a little bit to remind fans that director David King has another movie like this. The presence of this movie in King Power's inventory is really low. , Dorothy also pointed to how many statuettes this movie had won.

It was already the end of July. The North American box office of "The Dark Knight" reached 200 million dollars after its eighth day of release. This speed was second only to the six days of "Twilight 2", and "The Dark Knight" has continued to gain momentum with the support of strong word-of-mouth. It's obviously stronger.

The new film "Brothers" released in North America this week couldn't stop "The Dark Knight" at all, and it almost didn't even beat "Mamma Mia".

"Mamma Mia" is trending steadily, and "The Dark Knight" is a foregone conclusion as it continues to be the weekly champion.

The next step is to see if "The Mummy 3" can dislodge it.

At the same time, the North American box office of "Twilight Saga 2" reached 318 million U.S. dollars, surpassing "Iron Man" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark 4" and temporarily ranking as the North American annual box office champion. It is also the global annual box office champion in 2008 so far. Box office champion.

Wu Yusen, who was in Beijing, was a little shocked. Although Wang Quan's blog had been very useful to him before, he still didn't want all his box office records to be surpassed by the other party. Now his only noteworthy one is the 1999 global annual box office champion. , and this honor is difficult to surpass. This "Twilight 2" can't really win the championship every year, right?

However, some people think that Wu Yusen should be more worried about the domestic box office of "Red Cliff Part 1". The situation of "Red Cliff Part 1" is not optimistic.

This week Qiankun Culture released two new films at the same time, one introduced Gal Gadot's work "Shark Beach", one starring Yang Mi "Crazy Supermarket", and last week's 3D movie "Journey to the Center of the Earth" "Record" still maintains a good popularity, and took away more than 30 million box office in the second week.

The movie "Supermarket" is Yang Mi's work. Although the comedy of this movie mainly depends on Xu Zheng, Yang Mi is an investor, and now her popularity far exceeds the rest of the crew combined.

This movie currently stars Yang Mi and is produced by Ning Hao. While mobilizing Yang Mi's fans to buy tickets to support it, it also rides on the popularity of the crazy series to market the plot to be funny.

Needless to say, this trick really worked. On Friday, the single-day box office of "Crazy Supermarket" exceeded 10 million, easily surpassing "Red Cliff". If the publicity and distribution expenses are not included, it achieved a return on the first day. This is it.

It was even stronger on Saturday, reaching 12.8 million, and more than 9 million on Sunday, with the box office reaching 32 million in the first week!

The critical reputation has also been stabilized, with general reviews saying it is funny and romantic, and is suitable for watching with family and lovers.

Boss Yang was very happy. After the promotional event on Monday, he gave big red envelopes to all the cast members and threw money around like crazy.

Jing Boran felt that he had made a profit. He acted casually with a small budget and it turned out to be like this. He was also the third male lead. He might not miss the opportunity to get involved in the throne of Huayi's first brother in the future!

However, Yang Mi felt that Xiaojing's performance was decent. What really impressed her was Xu Zheng, and the red envelope she gave him was the thickest. She felt that Xu Zheng was the greatest hero in this movie, second only to herself.

Oh, there is also Ning Hao, but Director Ning is still filming a movie in the northwest. In a few days, the male lead Xu Zheng will also have to go there, so I have to wait for Director Ning to come back and give him a red envelope.

In a desert camp somewhere in the northwest, Ning Hao was filming Huang Bo's scene. After the break, Huang Bo read him a piece of the latest box office performance of "Crazy Supermarket".

Ning Hao was stunned for a moment. Just this, a movie shot in a supermarket, actually exceeded the total box office of his own "Crazy Stone" in the first three days of the weekend? !

They were said to be the most powerful twins in the royal family, how come they couldn't even compare to a newcomer? !

Seeing Ning Hao's dejected look, Huang Bo comforted him, "It's normal. Now even our classmate Yi Fei will shy away from Yang Mi when we see her. She is too popular, and Chinese people really like comedies."

Ning Hao, "After we finish filming "No Man's Land", we will start "Crazy Racing", and then you, Bo'er, will be the male lead."

Huang Bo, "Hey, I'm just waiting for you to say this!"

In fact, Northeastern Lao Zhao wanted to introduce his apprentice Nicholas Zhaosi to Ning Hao, but Ning Hao felt that Huang Bo's acting skills were better, and they were used to working together and were more comfortable.

Ning Hao finally sighed, "Today's young people are so fierce."

Huang Bo, "In the eyes of many people, you are also a young man."

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At this time, another older young man was a little panicked. His name was Wang Yuelun, and he was a director. On August 1st, his first film "Nine Beauties" will be released in theaters across the country. This is almost the last film before the Olympics. The release window is now, and the investor of this movie is his girlfriend, the famous host Li Xiang. If the movie fails, I don’t know if it will affect their relationship.

However, the legacy of the previous "Red Cliff" is still there, and the key point is that "Crazy Supermarket" is a comedy like them, so this will do too much damage.

In the second week of its release, "Crazy Supermarket" once again scored 38 million box office, winning the weekly box office championship, and the cumulative box office reached 70 million!

Suddenly, Yang Mi’s box office appeal became a hot topic. It only took her three years to go from being a famous female supporting actress in a TV series to being a self-employed boss, to becoming a super popular idol who won the ratings championship and was a dark horse at the box office.

Even Liu Yifei, who is extremely popular, does not have a high-grossing movie of her own.

Yang Mi is now swollen, and she feels that it is not hopeless to exceed 100 million. The key is to beat Gadot, which is enough for her to show off to Liu Yifei.

"Shark Beach" was released in the mainland for two weeks, with a cumulative box office of 23 million. Although it is not bad, it cannot compare with the popular Yang Mi.

At the same time, influenced by the similar movie "Crazy Supermarket", the box office of "The Perfect Nine" in its first week was only 4 million, and neither the theaters nor the audience bought it.

Wang Yuelun cried and fainted in Li Xiang's arms. Unexpectedly, Li Xiang not only did not blame him, but the relationship between the two became better, and it seemed that they were not far away from getting married.

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After getting off the plane at Beijing International Airport, Wang Quan received two text messages from Liu Yifei and Yang Mi, informing them of their specific locations in the parking lot.

They were very happy to hear that Wang Quan did not bring Gadot back this time, and they all came to the airport to pick him up in person, but it seemed that they did not notice each other.

This time Wang Quan came back to watch the Olympics. He kindly invited Gadot, but she refused because the university was starting. She took a year off, hoping to catch up on the courses quickly and get her degree certificate as soon as possible.

But Wang Quan always felt that this reason was not sufficient. She understood the importance of the Olympics to her. Wang Quan had also dreamed of bringing Gadot to the capital to watch the Olympics more than once.

But she still refused. She couldn't understand. It's really hard to guess a woman's mind.

Wang Quan looked at these two text messages and first found Yang Mi's car. She drove here by herself and was wearing a mask in the car. She was really red and purple.

"A new BMW?" Wang Quan looked at the interior of the car.

Yang Mi laughed happily, "Didn't I just make a little money? It's a luxury. Just sit back."

"No hurry, let's talk for a while," Wang Quan asked, "How is the shock absorption of your car?"

Yang Mi, "Do you want its shock absorption effect to be good, or not~"

"Naughty~" Wang Quan pinched Mimi's face. The collagen was still there. As long as she didn't work too hard, she could continue to be known as the most powerful girl in the future.

"Brother, how about we sit in the back? The back is spacious~" Yang Mi rolled her eyes.

Wang Quan, "Okay."

After entering the back, Yang Mi leaned on Wang Quan's shoulder and kept moving her little hands on Wang Quan's chest.

Wang Quan was very useful and asked, "If I did this to you, I would be considered a hooligan."

Yang Mi puffed up her chest and said, "Come here, I will never scream."

Seeing her serious expression, Wang Quan looked at her for a moment and then took the initiative to kiss her, his hands not idle.

After all, they couldn't hold it back, and the two adults ended up tarnishing their friendship of more than twenty years.

Almost ten minutes later, a car horn interrupted the two of them. This was the anti-addiction system that Wang Quan had set for himself.

Before finding Mimi, he first sent the location of Mimi's car to Sissi and asked her to pick him up.

Wang Quan looked at Liu Yifei's driveway outside and said, "Sissi is here to pick me up. I agreed to ride in her car first."

Yang Mi straightened her clothes, "Why is she here too?"

"I was afraid that you would be too busy, so I also informed her. I thought someone would come to pick me up. I didn't expect you all to come."

"Hmph!" Yang Mi beat his chest depressedly, then lowered the car window, "Sissi, why don't you let Brother Quan go to my car? He hasn't been in my new car yet."

Seeing the two people in the back seat, Liu Yifei probably had some guesses. She didn't follow Yang Mi, "I haven't sat there either, let's come together."

Then she got out of the car and asked Zhuzhu to drive back by herself.

But seeing that both Yang Mi and Wang Quan were motionless in the back seat, she said to Yang Mi, "Go and drive."

Yang Mi, "My legs are weak, why don't you drive?"

Liu Yifei, "..." Are your legs weak? What did they just do?

Wang Quan was worried, "Sissi, can you drive? How about I do it?"

Yang Mi, "Brother Quan has been on a plane for more than ten hours and is so tired. Can you bear it?"

"I have a driver's license," Liu Yifei sat directly on the driver's seat and said stubbornly, "Let's go, where are we going?"

Wang Quan, "Beiying Community."

Yang Mi put her arm around Wang Quan's shoulders, "Brother Quan, I heard that you bought two new houses, but you haven't taken us to see them yet."

Wang Quan said, "That's a wedding room. It's for weddings. It's not suitable for messing around."

At this time, the car made a "chun!" sound.

Yang Mi's heart suddenly twitched, "Did my car get hit?"

Liu Yifei said, "It's okay. I have insurance. Keep driving. Are you getting married?" The latter sentence was asked to Wang Quan.

Wang Quan, "No, I mean we will live there when we get married."

Liu Yifei breathed a sigh of relief, only Yang Mi's heart was bleeding, I am a new car!

In order to take revenge on Liu Yifei, Yang Mi deliberately said loudly, "Brother, my "Crazy Supermarket" has already grossed more than 70 million at the box office. Am I very powerful!"

"Well, it's really great."

"And she is also a great heroine. The box office is basically obtained by my own appeal."

Although this statement seems to deny Xu Zheng's contribution, the original box office of this movie was only 10 million. To achieve such a high box office now, Yang Mi's contribution is indeed greater.

This movie is a bit like "Far Cry" after "Palace". It is a review of Yang Mi's box office appeal, except this time she did not show off her bear, but showed off her comedy talent.

Yang Mi's words were meant to stimulate Liu Yifei, but she didn't take them seriously at all. All she could think about was stop at the red light, go at the green light, brake on the left, accelerator on the right, turn and go straight...

She had already obtained her driver's license, but she had never driven the car much.

Fortunately, the three of them were still alive when they arrived at Beiying Community. Yang Mi quickly got out of the car to check the condition of the car, but there was a big scratch in front of them.

Just as he was about to ask Liu Yifei to compensate, she had already entered the building with Wang Quan on her arm.

Upstairs, Nazha, who was drying clothes on the balcony, happened to witness this scene.

Director Wang, has he returned to China to see me? !