Xiangjiang old events [entertainment circle]

This year is definitely a year of major turning point for the Xiangjiang film industry.

Since Lu Shaolong returned from the United States with a self-written and acted "Big Brother Tangshan", together with the new film company Jiahe, broke the box office record in Hong Kong with a box office of 320 million. The Zhao family, who has been at the top of the box office for a long time, seems to be fading away like an old man in his twilight years.

Even though the Zhao Group can still rely on the number of films produced, and use the film-sea strategy to accumulate the total box office to become the total box office of the film company; The single-film box office performance of Xiangjiang Films has been raised to the 500 million dividing line.

The annual output of Zhao's more than 2000 films can accumulate a total annual box office of more than 876 million; while Jiahe's annual output of only eight films has reached [-] million. Needless to say.

If it weren't for Jiahe's still in its infancy and insufficient film production, the Zhao Film Company's dominance in Xiangjiang Film Company might have changed a long time ago.

I don't know whether to regret or be grateful. Lu Shaolong, who supported Jiahe with his own strength, suddenly fell down when Jiahe's situation was very good and he was ambitious to hit the European and American markets.

When he fell, Jiahe almost had to follow suit.

However, the co-production of the Xu brothers and Su Yun's child "A Pair in Heaven" actually managed to sustain the scene. Not only did it reap a wave of box office in Taiwan and Southeast Asia, it also won this year's Golden Horse Best Actor and Best Actor. Child star, together with the three awards of best color film art design, best music (non-opera) and excellent drama, a total of five awards have successfully earned a lot of money from the Golden Horse Awards, becoming this year's Golden Horse Awards Biggest winner of the prize.

It's a pity that Su Yun's child is still rushing to shoot the film in the United States to pay off the teacher's debts, so she can't be there to accept the award, so it should be accepted by her master Xu Gujie who is also the best actor of this year.

But what's the use of Jiahe getting this wave of awards?The most impressive thing is still the box office.

Fang Mona looked at the box office record of "72 Tenants" with satisfaction: Until the moment the picture was drawn, "72 Tenants" officially broke the 562 million box office myth created by "Raptor Crossing the River" with a box office of 530 million. Unexpectedly, this must be Xiangjiang's annual box office champion this year.

Just as she was rejoicing, she suddenly saw Zhao Rifu walking in with a gloomy expression.

"What's wrong?" Fang Mo Na asked with concern.

"Just now someone from the United States made a long-distance call, telling me that the North American box office record of "Tiger Fights the Dragon" has been released." Zhao Rifu said in a low tone.

"Really? How many?" Even the headquarters of Xiangjiang only got 330 million box office. Now the United States, which is openly and secretly resisting Chinese, how much can it win?

Seeing Zhao Rifu's still stern face, Fang Mona has already smiled slightly: Although Zhao Rifu is much older than her, his temperament is a combination of the calmness of a middle-aged man and the flying spirit of a young man. Occasionally, he wants to tell her good news Sometimes, she would put on such a low look as if she wanted to tell her bad news...

Zhao Rifu sat down with a sleepy expression, raised his hand and compared two fingers.

"Could it be possible to have a box office of 200 million? Is it in US dollars?" Fang Mona restrained her smile: Calculated according to the current exchange rate, if "Tiger Fights the Dragon" can have a box office of 200 million US dollars in North America, plus the Hong Kong box office ...Converted to a box office of nearly 2000 million Hong Kong dollars!

Although the combined box office of Zhao's films after they are released in Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia can often exceed [-] million per film, Jiahe also has these channels!

Every year, the Zhao family passes the Hong Kong Film Producers Association, which has obtained the qualification for the Oscar's best foreign language film application, to submit Zhao's films to participate in the Oscars, in order to open up the European and American markets, but they often go out for a while to be a spectator party and then leave. Endings that can only make a small profit in Chinatowns everywhere.Jiahe, a new company that has only been established for a few years, can open a movie market in the United States? !

I thought that the box office performance of the film "Tiger Fighting the Dragon" would make Jiahe, which invested nearly one million US dollars in United Warner, lose completely, and lose the cooperation with Warner since then... Unexpectedly, Lu Shaolong has already been lying down. A patient who can't even walk in bed can still continue his myth of breaking Xiangjiang's box office record in one fell swoop?

No, she has to calm down: The filming investment of "Tiger Fighting the Dragon" is already so high, and the total box office results estimated before are calculated carefully, and the profit is not too much...

Fang Mona, who was so preoccupied here, couldn't calm down, but Zhao Rifu answered her question just now with a complicated expression: "It's not 200 million, but 2500 million... US dollars."

Looking at Fang Mona's widening eyes suddenly, Zhao Rifu sighed a long way: "This time, our Zhao family lost."

Fang Mona gritted her teeth, and suddenly felt that she could no longer speak a word.

"Mona, Hollywood is a gold mine that is difficult to open but has great wealth. We need to change our previous concepts." Zhao Rifu patted her hand lightly to show comfort, and then slowly said He planned to organize a sum of funds to open up the idea of ​​European and American markets.

"You can do it if you want, here in Xiangjiang... Liming and I will guard it for you." Fang Mona finally said something.

That's right, so what if he got such good grades, after all, Lu Shaolong is now a patient who has to lie in the hospital bed for at least ten or eight years, no matter how good the grades are this time, it can't make Jiahe a step forward .

As for Su Yun who was still filming outside and didn't even have time to come back to receive the award, Fang Mona really cared about her, but she didn't seriously put her in the position of her opponent.

After all, movies are still a game for adults.

How much market can a children's movie starring a child have?

The twins played by Su Yun were a great highlight of the success of "A Natural Couple" at the beginning, but the core is the comedy love of Xu Gujie pairing Deng Niyun, Zhou Yuanfa pairing Zhao Xiashi, which made this movie famous and profitable.

People who don't know how to do it will think that Su Yun's twins full of freshness are the main line and the factor of box office success, and they can't see the core and real reason for its success.

However, something like freshness can only be used once.

The trick of copying and pasting the pictures is to deceive the local people in Xiangjiang who are not well-informed. When they come to a foreign country where the audience is well-informed and picky, even if they copy a row and put them in front of the audience, they will play the multiple-birth trick. Probably can only end up being ridiculed, right?

Coincidentally, when Fang Mona was thinking about Su Yun, Su Yun, who was filming in New Jersey, was actually cutting out pictures and preparing to copy and paste a large group of herself...

"Look, I redesigned the make-up of a lifeless puppet similar to the one you've seen before, and shot a still 'Mary'..." Su Yun looked at the TV in front of her according to the storyboard. Then, when Mary, who thought she was unique, came here and saw a row of 'self' who were exactly the same as her, she would find that she was not only A unique 'child'..."

"It's mass-produced 'artificial intelligence robots'."

Kubrick nodded, and then stared at Su Yun's magic-modified computer with interest—Su Yun learned all kinds of filmmaking skills from this all-round ghost, and at the same time, he paid her in exchange. Computer knowledge refined for this age.

Not only is it knowledge, this modified version of the personal computer will also be given to him as a collection after the filming is completed.

For this reason, Kubrick, like a bear kid who got a new toy, deliberately squeezed out a whole night, holding the telephone and telegraph to show off to people everywhere.

If it weren't for the fact that the computer is not yet mass-produced, he would probably have everyone in Amway buy one...

Comparing with Su Yun who is holding another telegraph and sending her current situation back to Xiangjiang, so as not to worry about her, Su Yun simply doesn't know who is an old child and who is a young adult.

Overseas long-distance calls are still a rarity in this era, that is, companies such as Zhao, Jiahe, etc. that need to communicate with foreign countries frequently, or the two staff members who came to negotiate contracts like Warner before. Great price to install.Normally, the telegraph is the most economical choice.

Both sides were exchanging good news. After Su Yun thanked Xu Gujie via telegram, she asked him to take care of and greet Su Apo and the Wang family and others, and said that she would try her best to return to Xiangjiang at the end of the year.

After solving the problem of reporting the letter, Su Yun looked at Zhuang Long who was filming his solo scene.

It's okay if you don't look at it, but after looking at it, I almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

In the novel, there may be things where the explosion of acting skills infects the entire staff, but in fact, the most common situation during filming is a group of physically and mentally exhausted people waiting for the filming to finish.Except for some funny jokes or small accidents that can liven up the atmosphere, most people don't bother to pay attention to a child of luck's explosion of acting skills that shocks the audience.

From such a distance, except for the director and photographer, most people can clearly see your eyes and micro-expressions!

The most eye-catching thing on the scene is actually the roaring interpretation of the large range of body movements...

As for the warming up of the relationship between the male and female protagonists when shooting intimate scenes... It’s fine when shooting two-person scenes, but if it’s a single-person scene, it’s so "cruel" that it makes people laugh.

After filming the flirting scenes between Zhuang Long and the extra actress, the one who turned his head and let him stare affectionately under him was the assistant photographer who was lying on the bed instead of the actress’s perspective to shoot close-ups of him uncle...

Seeing the familiar dead fish face on the face of the assistant photographer uncle, thanks to his dedication and dedication, he can continue to stare affectionately.

"It's not for kids." Kubrick waved.

"I made up the plot!" Su Yun, who was secretly asking the system to film Zhuang Long's "black history" in a vicious way, argued with reason: public housing residents are a mixed bag, and there are not many people who make a living by being dancers or even "Feng Jie" Few, that's why Su Yun has the excuse of this little ghost capitalizing on the plot of Gigolo.

So Kubrick had no choice but to let her continue: this kind of scene without even a kiss is indeed avoided by Su Yun who does not even need to participate in "violent" plots.

As for the "violent" plot, it was Su Yun's selfish temporary addition: Lin Jingying, who accompanied her to the United States, is usually used as a field staff and has been doing chores, so Su Yun is in the middle of the film. Officially in the forest, when he encountered a man who picked up discarded parts to repair himself but was hunted down by a machine slaughterhouse, Lin Jingying was arranged to play a robot that was once used as a "warrior type" and was too broken to be humanoid.

Compared with the latest "companion type" of the little robot Mary and the popular "lover type" of Gigolo Joe, the setting of the "warrior type" is the old robot that was once used as a soldier—because human beings are afraid of robots, so This model used to assist in combat has long been abandoned and has become a history, while various new types of robots that are only used by humans for fun are flooding the market one after another.

The little robot Mary has always believed that she will become a real child, but she chooses to stand behind the most human-like "warrior" for shelter when she runs away...Kubrick is very satisfied with this.

In line with this plot, when Kubrick was filming scenes of the bustling streets, he placed some careful devices in the corners of the walls: under the colorful promotional posters of "companion-type" robots, it was vaguely revealed that a character's tone had faded. A promotional poster of a "warrior" robot imprinted in time.

There is no need to clearly instill information into the audience's ears. People with a heart will naturally understand the reasons why "warrior" robots are abandoned through these small details.

The selection of film materials lies in the mystery of blank space, and to strive for a balance between plot and time as much as possible.

Time slipped away in the tense shooting and busy post-production.

When Lu Shaolong's "Tiger Fights the Dragon" set off a box office boom of 2500 million yuan and the temperature has not subsided with the coolness of autumn, "AI Artificial Intelligence" has begun to be shown in theaters near the university on November 11, the International Student Day A small-scale screening was held.

For various reasons, this legendary movie has already attracted the eager attention of countless people.

With such a little Chinese girl paired with a director who is said to be very eccentric, will she be able to continue this box office myth, or will she lose her wings and fall to the altar? It is to see this round of "battle" that is still extremely cruel without gunpowder. .