You don't understand the happiness of the director

Chapter 631 ① Dog work ② Let's Wrestle ③ All nominations ④ The Great Wall is worse than a dog ⑤ Kai Ge's defense is broken

The box office of "Detective Chinatown 2" on the first day of the Lunar New Year was 316 million.

The second-ranked "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" only had 258 million on the first day, and this was the result of Wu Qian's fans' crazy support for his brother.

The excellent performance of "Detective Chinatown 2" even exceeded Chen Sicheng's own expectations. Now he began to look forward to the box office breaking the 3 billion mark and suppressing the king's power.

Humph, let you bully me!

Because of the copyright ownership of the first "Detective Chinatown", he, as a director, basically made no money, and lost it all to Wang Dao.

But on second thought, the higher the box office of "Detective Chinatown 2", the more Wang Dao made, and more than himself, Chen Sicheng was not happy again.

No, I have to create a new series! A series that gets rid of Wang Dao and a series that I dominate!

At this time, a draft of a script about aliens was already lying in his computer. He planned to connect aliens with famous musicians and painters to create China's own "ET Alien"!

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After Wang Quan left Guo Biting, he received a call from Dorothy on the way. She brought her wife and son to wish Wang Quan a happy new year.

Five-year-old Alex became more calm and majestic, with the appearance of an emperor. Little K still looked like a high school girl, her face had not aged, and she felt more like a brother and sister when she walked with Alex.

As for Taozi, her young woman temperament became more prominent. Although she did not say it clearly, her crystal eyes seemed to invite him to come to the United States and Japan.

After chatting for a while about the Spring Festival, Little K took Alex to bed, and Dorothy talked about the company.

"You have a good eye. Jordan Peele is really good. His movie is a big hit!"

"Oh? How much is the box office?"

"It's been less than two weeks since its release, and the box office has exceeded 100 million yuan. It has also sparked widespread discussion in the public opinion circle. It is the most talked-about work in North America in January."

Wang Quan smiled and said, "I'll ask my dad to import it later. Although this movie is a horror movie, there are no ghosts and not too much blood. Social horror can also give some inspiration to colleagues in China who make horror movies."

The movie "Original Time and Space" has not been imported into China, but now Hollywood movies are defeated by domestic movies. The Film Bureau also hopes that more overseas masterpieces can be imported to attract more potential audiences to the cinema.

"That's what I mean. The Chinese mainland market is too powerful now. I believe it will surpass North America in a few years."

The total box office in North America in 2016 was 11 billion US dollars, equivalent to 73 billion yuan, and it has not fluctuated much for several consecutive years. Of course, Dragon Head Rising has occupied the first place in market share for several consecutive years.

And last year, the mainland market was 56.8 billion. According to the usual growth rate, it will only take two or three years.

Dorothy saw the big golden retriever Jinbi passing in front of her and patted her head: "Oh, by the way, the movie starring Jinbi is about to be released, and it will be released in the mainland in early March. Alex will accompany him to promote the movie in China at that time. You should accompany him more."

"Oh, it will be released so soon." Wang Quan was surprised.

The movie starring the dog Jinbi is called "A Dog's Purpose". The director of the film is Lasse Hallstrom, the director of the famous American version of "Hachiko's Story". It is adapted from the novel of the same name by W. Bruce Cameron.

This story was not chosen by Wang Quan, but Alex discovered it when he was reading it and recommended it to his mother, so Dorothy simply chose the obedient Jinbi to play the first life of the male protagonist dog.

Wang Quan said that he was looking forward to Jinbi's first dog work, "I will definitely help to shout a few times when the time comes."

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This Jiang Wenzhou, this Jiang Wenzhou! Jiangnan...

There are many beauties in Jiangnan. After Zhang Ruonan returned home, many aunts and grandmas in the village came to see her. It was rumored that she starred in the movie of the great director Wang Quan.

She did star in a movie, but it was not Wang Quan's, but "In the Grass" by Sun Rui, a young and famous director.

The movie was finished long ago and will be released in the first half of the year. By then, everyone will know that she is not the woman chosen by Director Quan.

But she kissed Director Quan, so the trip to Beijing was not in vain.

In order to avoid the villagers coming to watch the fun, she took her younger brother and sister to the city to watch "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" on the second day of the Chinese New Year.

After watching it, the conclusion was that it was not as good as "Legend of the Sun", "Detective Chinatown 2" and "Riding the Wind and Waves" that I watched yesterday.

Today, the schedule of "The Demons Strike Back" has dropped to third place, and the box office gap with "Detective Chinatown 2" is getting bigger and bigger.

As the producer and project leader, Zhou Xingchi did not lose money on this movie, but disappointed the capital that followed up, and did not reach the 2 billion they expected.

So I'm afraid I have to do it myself next time.

In order to attract funds for cinema investment, he signed a bet with the capital, and had requirements for the company's box office and profits. In order to maximize the benefits, he is going to make the sequel of the 3 billion hit movie "Mermaid 2", which will be a hit.

However, he does not plan to use Deng Chao, Deng Chao is too expensive now. The key is that the box office of "Mermaid" was more than 3 billion, and he did not make much profit, so he wanted to participate in the investment and dividends of "Mermaid 2", which touched Zhou Xingchi's bottom line.

In fact, Zhou Xingchi now wants to use Shen Teng more. He thinks Shen Teng is more humorous than Deng Chao, but Shen Teng also has his own company, and his salary is only higher than Deng Chao. If it doesn't work, just use the big silly Chun next to him.

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After Zhang Ruonan came home from watching the movie, she found that someone in the "11 Beautiful Girls" group had sent out red envelopes, and then she grabbed 31.4 yuan, and quickly thanked Chen Duling.

Ding Xiaoying: Sister Dudu sent us red envelopes, could it be that Director Quan chose you!

Hu Lianxin: Sister Xiaoxiao, you are really wrong!

Chen Duling: No way, I am the oldest in this group, and I have already started working, what's wrong with sending out red envelopes.

Chen Duling: By the way, we watched movies during the Spring Festival, which one do you like?

Yang Chaoyue: I like "Riding the Wind and Breaking the Waves", it would be great if I could be reborn, then I can make a fortune with my advanced consciousness, and I also want to be a shareholder of Tencent!

Song Zuer: This movie seems to be plagiarized.

Zhang Ruonan: Ah, no way!

Song Zuer @Zhang Xueying: You from Beijing Film Academy, haven't you seen a similar Hong Kong movie?

Zhang Xueying: I'm from the Central Academy of Drama, thank you.

Sun Yining: Is it a movie by Liang Chaowei and Liang Jiahui?

Song Zuer: Yes, "New Hard Times", an old Hong Kong movie.

Zhang Jingyi: Ah, I like Han Han's movie very much.

Wang Churan: I'll look for some resources to see how similar it is. In fact, this kind of time-travel story is almost the same routine.

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On the second day of the Chinese New Year, Wang Quan was still with his wife and children, but he was also paying attention to the news of the Spring Festival.

Unexpectedly, on the second day, the well-received "Riding the Wind and Waves" was exposed to plagiarize Chen Kexin's "New Hard Times".

And on the third day, "Detective Chinatown 2" was also exposed to plagiarize the core idea of ​​"Double Vision" directed by Chen Guofu.

Coincidentally, the male protagonists of "Double Vision" and "New Hard Times" are Liang Jiahui, but many mainland audiences are actually very unfamiliar with these two movies.

"Detective Chinatown 2" reacted quickly. On the same day, Chen Guofu posted a Weibo to clarify that the two movies were very different. He admired Chen Sicheng and "Detective Chinatown" blah blah.

However, Detective Chinatown 2 was not only not affected, but on the other hand, it surpassed the more popular and larger-scale Legend of the Sun on that day, which shocked everyone.

Industry insiders came out to analyze the reasons for this situation.

Screenwriter Wang Hailin said: "There are two main reasons for this situation. One is the capital behind the movie.

Behind the Sun is Wang Dao, and behind Detective Chinatown 2 is Wanda + Wang Dao. With the addition of Wanda, there is the support of the top-ranked theater chain in China. It is not surprising that Detective Chinatown 2 can surpass it.

The second reason is the subject matter. The genre labels of Detective Chinatown 2 are comedy and suspense, while those of Chasing the Sun are fantasy, action and comedy.

From the perspective of the proportion of comedy, Detective Chinatown 2 is higher, which is more in line with the audience's need to relax and watch movies with their families during the Spring Festival. Therefore, Detective Chinatown 2 has maintained the first place in attendance since its release, and it cannot be shaken."

Some people also analyzed that Chinese people have begun to be desensitized to special effects blockbusters.

Last year, Wangdao successively produced special effects blockbusters such as "Zhu Xian 1", "Wu Qing Xiangxi", and "Pacific Rim 2", and other companies also had blockbusters such as "Journey to the West: The Three Strikes of the White Bone Demon", "The Mysterious Kingdom 2", and "The Legend of Wukong".

Throughout 2016, except for "The Golden Circle 3" ranked 11th in the year, which is a comedy, the rest are basically special effects blockbusters and dramas. The audience needs laughter too much.

So "Tang Detective 2", which focuses on happy detectives, can win the Spring Festival market.

After another two days of delay, on the fifth day of release, in response to the plagiarism storm of "Surfing the Waves", Chen Kexin finally stood up and posted a Weibo.

In the Weibo, he sincerely praised Han Han, "He is really good at telling stories", "His film sense, rhythm, and aesthetics are so good", "I envy and jealous", "He cleverly solved most of the shortcomings of time-travel movies, including my "New Difficult Buddies", "Congratulations to Director Han Han, I hope the movie can break 1 billion, which is the greatest encouragement for those of us who make movies honestly."

This Weibo post saved "Sisters Who Make Waves" from the public opinion storm, but it also missed the best stage of word-of-mouth fermentation.

Soon the Spring Festival holiday ended, and "Sisters Who Make Waves" completely lost the possibility of surpassing "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" with word-of-mouth and comedy.

"Kung Fu Yoga" is also a comedy theme, and its word-of-mouth is slightly better than "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back", and its single-day box office has also begun to surpass and counterattack.

In order to promote the movie, the heroine Deepika Padukone also came to Beijing to promote it.

However, after finishing her daytime work, she returned to the hotel, and Wang Quan was waiting for her in the hotel room.

"Long time no see~"

The two of them were attracted to each other as soon as they met. Wang Quan missed Deepika's authentic Indian yoga. He felt that he was far from developing Deepika's body, and she could challenge more limits.

Among the domestic female stars that Wang Quan was familiar with, Tangtang was the best at yoga, but there was still a gap with Deepika.

Kung Fu Yoga was also released in India. Wang Quan asked Deepika about the box office performance of the film.

Deepika said that it was just average, "Mr. Cheng Long's box office appeal is a bit weak now."

"What is the most popular movie in India right now?"

"Of course it is Shamier Khan's Dangal, which has been in theaters for more than a month. He is really amazing and willing to speak up for women."

Wang Quan nodded. The film will soon be available in China. Three Stooges introduced the film and it will be released in March, renamed Dangal.

The next day, the crew of Happy Journey resumed work.

After a week's rest, although everyone is full of energy, the state has not yet fully returned.

Wang Quan was not in a hurry, and there was still plenty of time for the project. After finishing work in the afternoon, he went to attend the Directors Association Award.

"Parasite" was released last year, so it was also shortlisted for the Directors Association Award this year. Like the Asian Film Awards, where the nominations were just announced, it was shortlisted for almost all the awards that can be shortlisted, and they are all popular choices.

Not long ago, the 11th Asian Film Awards announced the nominations. "Parasite" was nominated for Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Actress Fan Bingbing, and Best Supporting Actress Hui Ying Hong, Best Supporting Actor Li Ming, Best Newcomer Huang Kaijie, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Original Music, Best Art Direction, Best Sound Effects, a total of 13 awards!

Nominated for almost every award except Best Styling and Best Visual Effects.

This forced Wang Quan to go, but fortunately it was in Xiangjiang, and the day of the award was still a weekend, so it was not too late.

It is also worth mentioning that Lao Wang has continued to be nominated for the Best Actor at the Asian Film Awards for "Maze of the Heart" and will compete with Liang Jiahui, Kong Yoo, Asano Tadanobu, Fan Wei and others.

Just as domestic directors and actors gathered in Beijing, director Chen Kaige, who had just celebrated the New Year, ran back to the United States.

Because his Hollywood masterpiece "The Great Wall" is about to be released in North America.

"The Great Wall" was released in the mainland in December last year. It grossed more than 1 billion, making it the highest-grossing film directed by Kai Ge. However, he was jealous of it (he thought) and received a lot of bad reviews.

Director Kai Ge thought to himself, you guys know nothing about monster blockbusters, monster movies must be made by Americans.

And the leading actor in his movie is Matt Damon, a big name in Hollywood.

Even if people don’t know those top Chinese celebrities in China, they must know Matt Damon and Willem Dafoe.

After the first day of release, Chen Hong brought him good news.

"Yes, "The Great Wall" ranked second among new films at the box office on its first day."

Chen Kaige frowned. She didn't say how much the daily box office was, but she said that the new film was second in the daily box office, which meant it was not as good as the old film. "

"How much is that?"

"6...6 million."

Chen Kaige's heart suddenly stopped, Matt Damon, that's it? Damn it, Legendary Pictures really took advantage of it by paying him so much!

After complaining about Matt Damon, Chen Kaige asked again, "Which new movie is the first?"

""A Dog's Purpose" sold over 7 million on the first day."

"Who starred in it?" he asked again.

"It's a dog," Chen Hong explained, "Oh, it seems to be starring Wang Quan's son's golden retriever."

Hearing this, Director Kai Ge's throat felt sweet and he felt like vomiting blood.

Listening to this, I am worse than a dog owned by Wang Quan’s son!