This star is too fierce

Chapter 395 Just ask if you are good or not
"Farewell My Concubine" won an award in Cannes, and the popularity is amazing.

Today, the main creative team is still in Cannes and has never returned to China.

Zhang Sheng, who stayed in China, became the target of the media.

It is impossible for too many media to temporarily go to Cannes.

If you want to obtain relevant information, Zhang Sheng is the best candidate.

"Director Zhang, "Farewell My Concubine" won the Palme d'Or at Cannes this year. As a screenwriter, how do you feel?"

Media reporters blocked the entrance of Changsheng Entertainment and wanted to do an interview with Zhang Sheng.

Zhang Sheng did not evade.

Good thing, why avoid it?

What's more, his album is still selling well.

Showing your face can also play a role in promoting the album.

"How do you feel? I'm very happy that "Farewell My Concubine" won this award." Zhang Sheng said, "Director Zhang Wen is worthy of being one of the best directors in China. It's a pity that I didn't go to Cannes because of the album."

Zhang Sheng did not go to Cannes, not only because of his album.

Just mentioning this at this time is obviously just a propaganda.

After all, the album has been released for a while, and the popularity has declined.

"As we all know, the works written by director Zhang are more box-office, and they are mainly commercial films. Why did you write a script like "Farewell My Concubine" this time?"

A reporter asked many people's doubts.

Zhang Sheng is good at commercial films.

He directed and even wrote all commercial films.

But "Farewell My Concubine" is obviously a piece of literature and art.

How could a commercial film win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival?

"Farewell My Concubine hasn't been released yet, so you know that the box office of this movie is not good?" Zhang Sheng said with a smile, "In addition, the works I wrote before are indeed more box office, mainly commercial films, but my screenwriter Is it possible that his works can only hit the box office? Can they only be commercial films? There must be some other attempts.”

"Will the new film directed by you also make such an attempt?"

Zhang Sheng's new film should be released soon.

This can be inferred from the past situation.

Well-informed reporters already knew that Zhang Sheng's new film was in preparation.

If Zhang Sheng hadn't released a music album, it is estimated that his new film has already started shooting.

"Is it my new movie?" Zhang Sheng said, "My new movie is a blockbuster science fiction movie."

sci-fi movie?
Are you competing with science fiction movies?

Except that Zhang Sheng's first movie "Baby Wisdom Star" is a comedy.

The films he directed after that were all sci-fi films.

It's just that there are more or less sci-fi elements.

Ok?
wrong!

The reporters suddenly reacted.

What Zhang Sheng is talking about this time is not a sci-fi movie, but a sci-fi blockbuster.

It seems that Zhang Sheng's film investment is getting bigger and bigger.

The scenes are also getting bigger and bigger.

"How much is the estimated investment for Director Zhang's new film?"

a reporter asked.

"Seven to eight hundred million!" Zhang Sheng said, "The exact amount is still uncertain."

Seven or eight hundred million?
This is a bit amazing!

Directly created the most investment in domestic films.

And it's almost doubled.

If the box office doesn't reach 20 billion, I'm afraid I won't even get back the capital.

And how many domestic box office of 20 billion?

As soon as this news came out, it still attracted the attention of many people.

However, what movie fans are most concerned about now is the award of "Farewell My Concubine" in Cannes.

That's an international award.

This matter itself is very topical, and with the promotion of Penglai Film and Television, the popularity is not only high, but also very long-lasting.

The first film invested and produced by Penglai Film and Television won the highest award in Cannes.

Just ask if you are good or not?

This is of great significance to Penglai Film and Television.

They were also an instant hit.

Although the screenwriter of this movie is Zhang Sheng, Changsheng Entertainment is also one of the investors.

But it is Penglai Film and Television that dominates.

The director is, the team is.
It's the first film to do so.

It can be described as a good start.

Not long after, Zhang Wen, Gu Sisi and others returned to China.

Its heat goes even further.

And the promotion of the film began immediately.

Taking advantage of the popularity of winning awards, "Farewell My Concubine" is scheduled to be released in early June, before "I'm Not the God of Medicine".

Why the rush to release it?

In addition to the popularity of "Farewell My Concubine" winning the Palme d'Or in Cannes, which can save a lot of publicity costs, it may be related to the fact that distributors such as Penglai Film and Television are not optimistic about the film's box office.

If it is released on other schedules, the competitors are strong, and it is inevitable that it will not be able to do it due to its box office competitiveness.

Of course, there must be other reasons.

The release at this time must be a result of comprehensive consideration of many factors.

The movie is about to be released, and Gu Sisi has been busy promoting it after returning to China.

As a screenwriter, Zhang Sheng didn't show up much.

He just wrote the screenplay for this movie.

If the movie doesn't win an award, he really doesn't mind doing more publicity.

The main actors of "Inception" are gradually determined.

Dream Stealer is played by Jiang Bin.

Dream Builder is played by Gu Sisi.

Peng Yuqian starred as the second male outpost.

Shen Bo plays the pretender.

Nowadays, Shen Bo doesn't appear in many Changsheng Entertainment's movies, but he also has a lot of resources.

Evergreen Entertainment won many film contracts for him.

His development is not worse than Wang Jun's.

It's just that he doesn't have a series of movies like Wang Jun.

In the field of film, he may not be worse than Peng Yuqian.

Maybe even better.

This time I played a supporting role in "Inception", so I didn't lose my identity.

After all, Jiang Bin, the protagonist of this movie, has bigger wrists than him.

This is also Shen Bo's second appearance in Zhang Sheng's film.

Still a supporting role.

His first feature was as one of the goofy thieves in "Baby Wisdom".

For the role of Phantom, Zhang Sheng did not use Wen Feifei and other signed artists of Changsheng Entertainment.

They are a little older, too young.

Of course, the most important thing is that the acting skills are not enough.

Playing with Jiang Bin, if he is overwhelmed, the role will be ruined.

Among them, Liu Yun, who had the best acting skills, might be a little overwhelmed in front of Jiang Bin.

Acting skills and age are both immature, it is obviously inappropriate to act with Jiang Bin.

Therefore, Zhang Sheng invited Gao Yue.

Needless to say, Gao Yue's acting skills, she and Jiang Bin acted opposite each other, and maybe they would have an astonishing cremation.

In addition, although Gao Yue is not a signed artist of Changsheng Entertainment, the two parties have cooperated many times and are very happy.

As for the character of Tycoon in the original film.

Zhang Sheng here changed from a Japanese tycoon to an American tycoon.

Cobb is also Chinese American.

If it is a domestic background, some plots are not so reasonable.

In addition, the target of the tycoon was changed to the heir of a certain Japanese consortium.

It is not a matter of slander and provocation to make American tycoons so afraid of competing by "implanting" an idea.

The threat of Japanese consortiums to American capital is not fabricated by Zhang Sheng.

Their competition is probably much bloodier than this.

For whatever reason.

For the role of American Tycoon, Zhang Sheng invited a well-known third-tier actor in Hollywood.

The kind that used to be hot.

The target invited was a Japanese actor.

It is also well-known in Japan.

Domestic actors can also play this role.

However, Zhang Sheng's invitation to Japanese actors is obviously based on market considerations.

When the domestic film market did not rise, Japan was the second largest film market in the world.

Even if it ranks third now, it cannot be ignored.

The reason why Zhang Sheng thinks so is nothing more than "Terminator" has tasted the sweetness.

That movie was a big box office hit in Japan.

In addition, there is also a role of pharmacist, which Zhang Sheng gave to Miao Hua, a subsidiary of Huanna Film and Television.

He once played Yang Guo in "The Legend of Condor Heroes".

Nowadays, the popularity is not low, but it mostly develops in the TV circle.

It is estimated that I also want to use this movie to set foot in the movie circle.

As for other roles, it is not so important.

There is no need to be in such a hurry.

The main actors are confirmed, but there are still many things to prepare for the film.

However, Changsheng Entertainment is now gradually improving, and its preparations are methodical.

In early June, "Farewell My Concubine" was released.

Zhang Sheng participated in the film premiere.

Zhang Sheng actually doesn't like this kind of film.

But he does not deny the classics of this film.

Zhang Wen's version of "Farewell My Concubine" is somewhat different from the original version.

However, it is hard to say which is better.

Of course, in terms of production, it must be much better than the original.

After all, the shooting technology, shooting equipment, etc. are not comparable to the original version.

The picture quality is obviously much better than the original.

The reputation of the film is amazing.

The film network scored [-].

This came as no surprise to many people.

After all, if he won the highest award in Cannes, how could his reputation be so bad.

You don't have to like it, but you can't call him bad.

Because this movie has won glory for Chinese-language movies.

No one is worried about word of mouth, but the box office is different.

It is an art film after all.

This kind of film is not very popular with moviegoers.

However, because there are no competitive films in the same period, coupled with the popularity of the film, and the strength of the distributor.

"Farewell My Concubine" premiered, and won 30.00% of the six film schedules.

This is definitely an extremely high lineup, and it definitely broke the record for the lineup of literary films.

However, this movie has Gu Sisi starring and Zhang Sheng as the screenwriter.

With the gimmick of international awards, movie fans are still looking forward to it.

Fans of Zhang Sheng and Gu Sisi can support a wave.

On the first day of release, the box office exceeded [-] million.

This is beyond many people's expectations.

how?

That depends on what to do.

Such arranging of the films earned [-] million yuan on the first day, which is obviously a lot worse than other films written by Zhang Sheng.

But this box office broke the single-day box office record of a literary film.

Even doubled.

Whether it is Zhang Sheng or Penglai Film and Television, they are still very satisfied with the box office.

Although the box office dropped a lot the next day, it was already very good.

The online box office estimate for the film is nearly one billion.

Although it didn't break one billion, it is undoubtedly an unprecedented box office for a literary film.

Some commercial films with a large investment may not have such a high box office yet.

And the investment in this movie is actually not that big.

Among the actors, Gu Sisi's salary is the highest, and he asks for a friendship price.

In addition, the biggest expenditure is estimated to be on the shooting and production.

With all the calculations, the investment of this film is not more than 1 million, less than [-] million.

[-] million on the first day.

More than 3 million in two days.

Nearly [-] million in three days.

This has paid off.

Perhaps not as much as previous films written by Zhang Sheng.

But this movie is amazing in terms of awards!

This can be regarded as a movie with a double harvest of box office awards.

(End of this chapter)