Hualiu Director

Chapter 89

"The high-definition Reuters photos of Lin Qinglan's freshman admission report flow out, her makeup is pure and sweet."

"Wang Fuzhi's new song hit the charts and Hengtai won the AFC Champions League, and missed the headlines again!"

"The stills of Ke Dong's new movie "The Mystery of Love" leak out."

"Su Chen and Liang Qianqian are walking together late at night, is the fake show real or is it hype for a new movie?"

""Three Monks" won the Best Short Film Award at the Berlin Film Festival. Producer Kong Xiao said this is just the beginning."

"The voice of Lin Qinglan's new song "Those Flowers" sang and wept all the judges and the audience. It is a pity that Yawei missed the final of the Bird's Nest by three votes."

Time has entered September, and the entertainment industry has also begun to surge like this scorching weather. A series of entertainment news is rolling out. The people who eat melons really eat big melons, small melons, sweet melons and bitter melons, almost every day. The popularity of newcomers rises, while the older generation steps on the thunder and collapses their houses.

In addition to paying attention to Lin Qinglan, Lin Hong almost devoted himself to the post-production of "Life Kiss Me Painfully". This time, he was not in Beijing Film's editing room, but rented equipment from Beijing Film Studio.

In fact, it's not that Hualiu can't get a set of post-editing equipment, but it's more convenient in a film and television production base like Beijing Film Studio, where various talents and production teams such as dubbing and special effects can gather.

"Life Kiss Me Painfully" finally completed post-production after Lin Hong spent more than 13 days.This morning, Lin Hong informed Huang Li to come to Beijing Film Studio to watch the film. Huang Li thought Lin Hong was joking, but after watching the film from beginning to end, he was convinced that Lin Hong had really finished the post-production.

"Lin Hong, you are really born for movies!"

Lin Hong laughed and accepted Huang Li's compliment.Just kidding, I have seen the finished film in my previous life, the post-editing has already had a direction, the soundtrack and theme song are also ready-made, all I have to do is to slightly modify the classics of the previous life to make it better Efficiency is naturally greatly improved.

Lin Hong solemnly handed over a copy to Huang Li. In the afternoon, Huang Li would take Kong Xiao to **** to apply for a "screening license", which is the dragon badge that must be shown before the film is shown.

"Uncle Huang, do we want to play big?"

play big?Huang Li was a little baffled by what Lin Hong said. The investment of 2000 million is too small?

"You have a new project? Has the script been written yet?"

"No, my next step is to produce the TV series I mentioned before, not the movies you are not interested in, and then I took over the work of Penguin's growth camp. I will not start new projects until the dividends of "Life Kiss Me Pain" arrive. "

Huang Li keenly heard the meaning of Lin Hong's words, that the dividends will not be released before the credit, which means that Hualiu will invest more in the next new film project, which means that it will be a bigger production.This is a good thing. Huang Li and Chun Lei are not short of money in their accounts. As long as the script is suitable, he is willing to vote, and maybe he can win a trophy.

"It's not a new project, so how do you want to make it bigger?"

"Upgrade!"

Lin Hong's simple two words almost made Huang Li throw out the copy in his hand in fright, and raised the file, are you crazy?

"I don't agree, it's too risky!" Huang Li rebuffed straight away. He felt that Lin Hong was a little out of sorts, and he couldn't let the young people mess around anymore.

"You also know that "Life Kiss Me Badly" is not a big production, nor does it have a big star lineup. My original plan was to wait until next year's Valentine's Day. Later, you said that this year's New Year's Day schedule is more suitable. I checked that there is only one on New Year's Day. I also agree to the release of a blockbuster movie and several small and medium-budget films. But you still have to raise the file, do you know what movies are available in the National Day file?"

Of course Lin Hong knew what movies would be released in the National Day file 20 days later, and it was because he knew that he wanted to raise the file.

"Uncle Huang, don't worry. Tonight, you have to go to Hualiu to have a meeting. I will analyze and analyze it for everyone. If you still disagree, then we will go to the New Year's Day stall as originally planned."

The two agreed to have a meeting in the evening, and then they separated at the Beijing Film Studio.Seeing Huang Li as an assistant and driver, traveling in a Mercedes-Benz Pullman, Lin Hong was really envious, but as long as he operates properly this time and is lucky, these things will not be too far away.

After returning to the company, Lin Hong first told Xiao Di about the meeting with Huang Li tonight, and then also revealed to him that he wanted to move the file to the National Day file.Sure enough, Xiao Di was as strongly opposed as Huang Li, even more resolute than Huang Li.

But Lin Hong still said the same thing, everyone listened to his analysis at night, and if it’s okay, they will move up the file, if not, they will go to the New Year’s Day file as originally planned.

"The Propaganda Department will stop what it's doing for a while, and give me all the information about the two films "Crazy Rich Asians" and "Guarding the Great Wall" before five o'clock. The more detailed the better, including news and gossip."

The big boss spoke, and the Hualiu Propaganda Department immediately took action.Fortunately, the two films the boss wanted have been widely promoted recently, so it is not too difficult to find information about them.

With the help of his staff, Lin Hong felt much more relaxed.He himself was lying on the sofa with his eyes closed and thinking about something, and suddenly felt that the world was really interesting.

Although there are many differences between the two worlds, similar flowers can always appear, but why are there so many identical flowers abroad?

As the representative of the famous Nanjubeibeizhi movie "Crazy Rich Asians" in his previous life, it is difficult for Lin Hong to forget.Then two days ago he was horrified to discover that this movie actually appeared in the National Day file list, and the trailer couldn't be said to be very similar, it could only be said to be exactly the same.The actors in the film look similar to the male and female protagonists in Lin Hong’s impression. The only difference is that the male protagonist’s mother, who is the older sister of Michelle Yeoh in her previous life, has been replaced by another Chinese kung fu queen Yang Feiying who is working hard in Hollywood.

Another National Day movie that has attracted much attention is the Sino-American film "Guarding the Great Wall". However, Lin Hong's trailer's style and lineup are [-]% similar to Zhang Yimou's "The Great Wall". Even the actors in the film are basically the corresponding flowers in this world, and the foreign actors are simply Matt Damon.

At 16:50, the person in charge of the publicity and distribution department sent all the collected materials about the two films to Lin Hong's office, a paper version and a powerpoint.

Lin Hong was very satisfied with the work efficiency of the staff, and comparing the information they collected, the two films still had the familiar rotten smell.

On the branch of the month, the eight shareholders in Hualiu's conference room, as well as the producer, producer, and number one actor all came. Lin Hong opened the ppt and started his adventure plan.

"Currently, there are 6 movies confirmed to be released on the National Day file, which is relatively small compared to previous years, and there are also pitifully few big-budget movies. The reason is that everyone knows that they are avoiding "Guarding the Great Wall."

"Self-Portrait of a Mother" and "Whispering Youth" are released at the same time. The National Day file is chosen only because the huge number of viewers during the Golden Week will always have some leftovers for them to eat. It belongs to picking up some leftovers under the mouth of a monster , Even they themselves know very well that they will become cannon fodder, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

The target audience of the animated film "Battle in Yangcun" is very clear, and it hardly competes with other films. It is expected to have a box office of 2 to 3 million.

Of the remaining three, this one is my favorite. "

What appeared on the big screen was not "Crazy Rich Asians" or "Guardian of the Great Wall", but a movie called "Wolf Warrior Special Forces".

"Let me say Lin Hong, if you don't like Hollywood double-high movies and super blockbusters of the National Teacher, you just like such an action movie with a domestic theme and military theme?"

Let alone Huang Li and Xiao Di, even Kong Xiao and Zhang Wentong are very puzzled.But Lin Hong had cheated, of course he knew that this similar flower had shown its fangs, and soon the world would know how ferocious this wolf is.

"What's wrong with the main theme, don't look at it with old eyes. I am optimistic about this "Wolf Warrior Special Forces" because I am optimistic about this actor." The big screen switched again, this time it was the profile of the leading actor Wu Jin.

"Wu Jin was born as a martial arts athlete. Wu Ying class, which is the highest level athlete in our country, has won many national championships in martial arts competitions. Wu Jin developed in Hong Kong in his early years, but he played some supporting roles and villains. In the past two years, he returned to the mainland to play Several TV series performed well. This "Wolf Warrior Special Forces" is the first film he directed and acted in.

I collected the lace news about him when he made this movie. Look, in order to play a special soldier well, he specially applied to live and train with the soldiers for 18 months in the army. military record.

Also, many of the characters in this movie are retired soldiers, and there are very few professional actors. This means that the authenticity of the fighting and fighting scenes is stronger than other movies, and ordinary action movies are simply not comparable.

Also, why did the troops agree to train with Woo Jin?The weapons and equipment in the movie are also specially approved by the army. What does this mean?As far as I know, Wu Jin and his team are not characters with good hands and eyes, so it can only explain one point, his script has moved the above, and there must be some merits in him.

The above are the internal reasons why I am optimistic about "Wolf Warriors". The most important thing is that the remaining two movies in the National Day file are not useful. With the support of the opposite, "Wolf Warriors" will definitely be the National Day The big winner of the file. "

Although Lin Hong's words were very firm, the others didn't express anything special. They all signaled Lin Hong to continue acting. How did these two movies with the characteristics of a big hit become a domestic action movie with the main theme? Foil?

"Let's talk about "Crazy Rich Asians" first. A Hollywood production costing US$3000 million is not a particularly large production, but it has earned US$1.9 million in North America and US$6500 million in Europe. In the past ten years, Hollywood The highest-grossing romantic comedy, 92% freshness in the first week of Rotten Tomatoes in North America, and 86% popcorn index. It has won the Golden Globe Awards and MTV Awards. It is a proper production with high box office and high reputation, but such a film Can the glory of North America really be replicated in the Mainland?

no!

First of all, everyone should be clear that this is a romance movie, not a big-budget popcorn movie that Hollywood is good at, and Chinese people don’t seem to have much affection for Hollywood romance movies, and the difference in values ​​between the two lies there.

Of course, you may say that this is a movie about Asian love, but it is precisely because it is about Asian love that it is even more terrible.Please take a look at the heroines in the posters, and then compare them with our romance movie heroines. Do you see any difference? "

Everyone looked at the comparison on the big screen, and finally Liao Xingmin made a joke, "The one on the right looks better."

Lin Hong pointed to his good brother Liao Xingmin, and snapped his fingers.

"That's right, the one on the right is the heroine of "Whistling Youth", a young actor who is far away from the fourth line, her acting skills are touching, and her only selling point is her internet celebrity face and fake breasts.

To be honest, there is a big difference between the aesthetics of the East and the West. We can't appreciate many things that they think are beautiful, and they don't buy what we think is beautiful.I took a look at the actors in the trailer, and I didn’t know any of them except Yang Feiying, and the appearance, one of the most important factors in a romance film, can lose to that of a cannon fodder film, which made me see its potential to hit the street.

In addition to the actor's appearance, another thing that is very doubtful is the plot. I read the synopsis of the plot on the Internet. It is about a Chinese-American economics professor born in the United States. He grew up in a single-parent family. His mother is a junior. A middle-class man struggling to earn his place in society, he works as a professor in the economics department at New York University.With a healthy wheat complexion and a confident and generous smile, she is a high-faced, high-energy goddess.The story of young men and women changing the prejudice of Chinese mother-in-law with love, and finally living together without shame.

So the core of this story is still Hollywood's consistent routine of selling the American dream, while incorporating the cultural differences between the East and the West, and then American values ​​win the respect and recognition of Chinese culture, and finally Chinese culture compromises with American culture.

Based on this biggest and most fatal flaw, "Crazy Rich Asians" is destined to hit the street miserably. "

Lin Hong's words made everyone present have to re-examine their previous judgments. Although "Crazy Rich Asians" has the potential to be a big hit, and Yang Feiying's trump card is blessed, Lin Hong's analysis seems to be more reliable.If you think about it carefully, anything in Hollywood selling the American dream will end badly in China.

Everyone communicated with each other for a long time, and in the end they all tended to agree with Lin Hong's judgment. Among them, Xiao Di's rebellion was the most thorough. This has to be said to be an accident.