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Volume 1 Chapter 273 Roller Coaster

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    Chapter 273 Roller Coaster The summer of 2004 was like a roller coaster for Chinese fans.  [The same is true for Jack Cheng.  But the difference is that the fans' cars go up first and then get out, while Jack Cheng gets off first and then gets up.  During the entire summer vacation, "New Police Story" earned a box office equivalent to about HK$800 million in Asia. Although the box office share ratios are not the same in each country, on average, 40% of the box office can fall into the hands of the producers.  , this is already considered a profit margin of 80%, not to mention that the follow-up such as the DVD release will make a lot of money, coupled with the fact that it has not yet been released in Europe and North America, Mr. Xiang and Yang Shoucheng, who are making a lot of money, have begun to look forward to the film.  The film's box office success in the United States.  However, of the 800 million box office, Japan alone accounted for half of the box office. Hong Kong contributed 54 million yuan, and then the box office in the mainland was converted from RMB into Hong Kong dollars and reached 100 million yuan. This gave everyone a full understanding of the mainland market.  Growth.  The box office of other countries such as South Korea, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Singapore, and Malaysia together totaled 800 million. The distributor in Taiwan postponed the release after re-editing, and also achieved good box office results.  Jack Cheng finally experienced the feeling of a roller coaster in a short period of time. The June movie "Around the World in Eighty Days" with a US$110 million investment only had a box office of more than 20 million in North America, and because he used a lot of it in the movie  As a Hong Kong actor, his reputation in Hollywood became stink.  Hollywood reached a consensus that control of the film could not be given to Jack himself as an actor.  Historically, due to the failure of this film, he was unable to receive invitations from Hollywood production companies for a long time, so he had to live in Hong Kong.  But now in the world, in July, he made a comeback with "New Police Story", which earned more than 100 million U.S. dollars at the box office in regions other than Europe and North America.  In his mind, this was a response to the voices of Hollywood questioning him.  Because of Columbia's involvement, "New Police Story" has been quickly determined to be released in North America around the Christmas season.  Jack Cheng harbors some kind of ambition to return to Hollywood.  However, his adaptation of his own acting style in "New Police Story" has to some extent deepened Hollywood's consensus that Jack Cheng cannot be allowed to control the rhythm of the film.  On the contrary, this film proves that Shen Zhenghui confirmed this consensus and showed his success in controlling Jack Cheng.  Even though Jack Cheng has restored his reputation in Hollywood with this film, major companies are still full of worries about whether they will still invite Jack Cheng to star in the next big production.  However, the success of this film allowed Jack Cheng to come out of his emotional low point and made him except "Rush Hour 2".  There's a new bragging point.  Because of such achievements, the hearts of Yongsheng and Yinghuang are agitated again. The initial investment of about 80 million Hong Kong dollars each was regarded as a gamble between the two parties. Now it seems that not only the investment has been successfully recovered, but also huge profits have been made. When the United States and Europe  After the release, DVD revenue and so on were even more steady, and both parties couldn't help but want to further expand this achievement.  So Mr. Xiang and Yang Shoucheng met again.  Then they had a detailed discussion with Jack Cheng. The three of them talked about the sequel investment and follow-up shooting.  Hong Kong people want to negotiate a result on their own first, and then come to talk to Shen Zhenghui.  The distribution of profits is a very troublesome issue. If it is not discussed well, there may be no possibility of filming a sequel.  The situation here is more complicated. The copyright of "New Police Story" is jointly owned by Yongsheng and Yinghuang. Shen Zhenghui himself owns part of the income rights, compared with his share of investment.  It is about 20%, and Yongsheng and Yinghuang are each 40%.  But the copyright for the sequel is in the hands of Shen Zhenghui.  Yongsheng and Yinghuang want the rights to shoot the sequel. If Shen Zhenghui is willing to continue shooting in this mode, they agree that they can just sit down and discuss the specific distribution.  But looking at Shen Zhenghui's resume, it seems that he is not too interested in filming the sequel himself.  The subsequent filming rights of "Taken" were sold to Columbia, so both Yongsheng and Yinghuang wanted to buy the subsequent rights.  But Yinghuang said it was more urgent.  Because Jack Cheng was on their side, and this movie seemed tailor-made for Jack Cheng, Yang Shoucheng and Jack Cheng were a little more nervous about the copyright.  Especially Jack Cheng, whose arrogance was, in a sense, reinvigorated by the film.  He was waiting to take over the directing job of the sequel if Shen Zhenghui didn't direct it.  The result is naturally that there is no result at all in a short period of time.  The two parties' expectations for the movie's revenue are quite different. They were almost contradictory when negotiating. They both wanted the other party to release it, but they didn't want to pay too much for it.  The only good reason for Mr. Xiang is that this film has such a high box office because it was directed by Shen Zhenghui. Therefore, if Shen Zhenghui no longer directs the sequel, it is likely to cause the sequel's box office to decline.  Jack Cheng ambitiously expressed his confidence in his box office appeal.  But Around the World in Eighty Days just hit himFace.  The box office performance of this film in Asia also shows that it is an unparalleled bad film.  Faced with the possibility that the sequel would not be lower than the box office of the first one, both parties refused to give in.  So no results were discussed, and the dispute could only be put aside for the time being. The only consensus reached was to try to get Shen Zhenghui to continue directing the sequel. The two parties can continue to negotiate if Shen Zhenghui does not direct the sequel. If Shen Zhenghui does not direct the sequel, Mr. Xiang agreed to help Yinghuang fight for the filming rights of the sequel.  , while retaining the right to invest in the sequel, but the investment amount will not exceed 40%.  This is just a principled opinion. Although both parties are very anxious, they also know that the production of the sequel will be at least a year away.  Until then, just try to be happy with the box office.  This box office result once again deepened the impression of the big guys. As the world's second largest economy, Japan's ticket warehouse is huge. The box office of 400 million Hong Kong dollars is dazzling. It is difficult to break into Hollywood.  In this case, the nearby Japanese Film Market seems to be a good choice.  However, the quality of Hong Kong movies has declined too much. It is no longer at the level of the golden period of movies in the 1980s. Over the years, Mr. Xiang has been paying attention to the distribution of Hong Kong movies in Japan. The Hong Kong movies that bought the copyright in Kasuga have not been released in Japan.  When they had very good results, many films relied on the aura of their stars to gain some box office, but these box offices have far exceeded the box office in Hong Kong.  Mr. Xiang has been worrying about how his film empire should develop.  In the past, it seemed that there was only one way to go north, but now even if he wanted to enter the East, he didn't seem to have enough cards in his hand.  Hong Kong is a small place after all.  Not many top stars can be produced.  The top star in the Hong Kong film industry, Jack Cheng is already Ying Huang's partner, and Jet Lee has jumped out of the Hong Kong film industry.  Even if he comes back, he is returning to the mainland; Xiao Ma will definitely not go back to the small pond of Hong Kong, but will only go to the mainland; not to mention Zhou Xingxing, he is the best and most promising among the four, and there is still a big gap  There is room for improvement, and the quality of his works is also the most guaranteed.  After "Shaolin Soccer", with the help of Kasuga, he has completely embarked on the path of globalization. In addition, he has long been his own boss, so the possibility of cooperation is pitifully low.  Not to mention treating it as the card in your hand.  Mr. Xiang counted over and over again and found that except for Zhang Zhizhi, he didn¡¯t have any useful cards in his hand, and even Yang Shoucheng couldn¡¯t compare.  The other party has focused on promoting young male and female stars in recent years, and has almost monopolized the resources of the new generation. Although these people have no acting skills or level, they are well-known as idols and can gain recognition.  By this time.  It seems it's too late to go back and regret your company's development strategy.  However, Mr. Xiang already has a preliminary idea in his mind, which is to continue working hard to enter the mainland market.  If there is no manpower, capital will be used to fight for cooperative status.  At the same time, Shen Zhenghui also completed the promotion of his movie. Under the guidance of his father, he worshiped the mountains one by one.  The domestic distribution of "New Police Story" was not promoted by Shen Zhenghui, but as the director of this film, sometimes he has to show mercy.  After all, you never know what the next movie will be like.  Shen Xingguo has been fooling around in Pingjing all year round. According to him, many film bureau officials have visited him during this time.  The banner was all about wanting to talk to Shen Zhenghui.  So Shen Zhenghui had to follow his father to visit these big guys one by one.  In fact, it¡¯s not a big deal, it¡¯s just this: a new government has officially come to power, and this government takes the open card and strives to be more liberal in form than the previous government, which is reflected in the film field.  It¡¯s the issue of unbanning a group of sixth-generation directors who were banned in 1994.  When these young people started directing, the country's system was undergoing huge changes, the film market was undergoing a huge turning point, and the state's power to support film development began to decline. So they, who had just graduated from school, had to use their own strength in the market.  Instead of being able to realize their artistic ideals within the system like previous directors, they shoot their own films in the tide of globalization.  Therefore, what this generation of directors expresses and records is the true, ugly, and shocking side they saw during the historical transition of this country. During this historical transition period, the chaos in the artistic, ideological and political circles made their expressions difficult.  Deeply tabooed by those in power.  And this kind of true, ugly and shocking performance has gained international recognition in the name of art. The sixth generation directors have also acquired the skills to raise money from outside the system to make films and distribute them outside the country, so they are directly criticized by the government film management department.  Banned.  In 2003, the government changed and the leaders made an enlightened gesture. At the same time, the signing of the WTO treaty and the opening of the film market became a hanging sword of Damocles. After several years of observation,  It is almost a fact that Chinese commercial films are powerless in the face of foreign blockbusters, so a combination of several reasons led to the decision to recruit the Sixth Generation.  This has nothing to do with Shen Zhenghui.  But in recent yearsTime, the influence of Shen Zhenghui's films in the Chinese film market is impressive. Therefore, even if a group of underground film directors are recruited, Chinese films still have to face such a situation: How should commercial films develop?  Shen Zhenghui set an outstanding example in this regard.  Commercially, he even defeated the national director Zhang. The three views of his film were incomparable, and he also achieved amazing success in overseas distributors of the film, especially the last point.  Gaining influence overseas means that the influence of Chinese culture has gone abroad. From this perspective, Shen Zhenghui cannot but be regarded as a representative figure of Chinese films.  Especially during the previous two sessions, he submitted a proposal on the development of Chinese films.  After one or two years of observation, his many astonishing predictions increasingly demonstrated his foresight.  So whether the film bureau is making a gesture or really preparing to improve his performance, the film bureau wants to get in touch with him.  On the other hand, the leaders of the film bureau suffered a lot when recruiting the gang of thorns in An'an.  It was a bit like getting beaten in the face, but in the blink of an eye, they hoped to save a round with Shen Zhenghui.  This symposium with Shen Zhenghui was also arranged very cleverly. It was also in the conference room of Pingjing Film Academy. The leaders of the film bureau came and even notified a group of directors and big shots in the film industry.  Many sixth-generation directors were invited to listen and participate in the discussion. The most famous directors Zhang, Feng, and Chen also came, as well as many seniors in the industry, filling a conference room.  Shen Zhenghui had already written a manuscript of his previous proposal and sent it to the leaders of the film bureau in advance, but after receiving the manuscript, these leaders decided to hold such a meeting.  Moreover, Shen Zhenghui did not expect the grand occasion of this meeting.  The people present may want to discuss the techniques and ideas of commercial films from Shen Zhenghui, or they may want to take this opportunity to criticize commercial films, support artistic films, etc.  When Shen Zhenghui and his father arrived at the meeting place, they were surprised by the grand occasion.  The film bureau said it would notify some directors.  But what is unexpected is that there are so many "some" directors.  The official host's speech was extremely brief. It was nothing more than an explanation of Shen Zhenghui's achievements. These achievements were simply shocking. They even attributed the results of several cartoons that Shen Zhenghui invested and produced by Liu Xin to Shen Zhenghui, so many of them also attributed them to Shen Zhenghui.  Those who didn't know Shen Zhenghui heard that the box office was priced in hundreds of millions. Some eyes turned red and some turned blue.  Then the leader began to speak.  It is an understatement to say that it is an honor to invite Asia's number one commercial director to have a direct dialogue with the film bureau, and also to communicate with his colleagues in mainland China.  He also said that today everyone can speak freely, and those who speak are not guilty, and those who hear are warned.  The film bureau is facing management tasks under the new situation, and its purpose is to better protect the development of Chinese films.  Shen Zhenghui really didn¡¯t expect that there would be so many green eyes staring at him at the scene. There were only a few big directors and bosses who looked at him in a normal way. Some extreme film directors could kill with their eyes.  His heart and lungs had already been pierced.  So he took out the speech notes, which as meeting materials had actually been distributed to the participants on site.  So someone immediately shouted, "Director Shen, we have read what you wrote, can I ask you some questions directly?" The person who stood up was the famous international Chinese director Jia Yuan.  In terms of international reputation in the film industry, he completely surpasses Shen Zhenghui. Shen Zhenghui is only recognized by others when he mentions his works. The awards he won at the Venice Film Festival are largely regarded as Venice's attempt to maintain influence.  Regarding the compromise of commercial films, no one took this award seriously, including Shen Zhenghui himself.  After seeing the leader's forehead, the host said somewhat remedially, "During this exchange and speech, please obey the order and raise your hands to signal to me. Please also maintain good order and demeanor during the discussion." Jia Yuan and other hosts said  After finishing this sentence, he couldn't wait to ask, "Director Shen, I have read your analysis and prediction of the Chinese film market, and I also know your experience in making films. Many people think that you know the Chinese film market very well, and you also know a lot about commercial films.  , but I think you actually don¡¯t understand the history and current situation of Chinese filmmakers at all,¡± he said gushingly, ¡°Our generation is different from yours when we started with sufficient funds. When we came out to work, we didn¡¯t film at all.  The organization didn¡¯t give me a chance to make the film, and I didn¡¯t have any money. After I finally raised the funds for the film, I didn¡¯t let it be released in China at all. I sent it to the international market to sell some money, and soon the country banned making any more films,¡± he said with  Some kind of sneer, "No matter how you say it, film is a practical art. Do you think with China's current film production, how can we train directors? How can directors survive?" The leader sitting at the main table was a little agitated.  He slapped the table angrily, "Let's talk about the current situation andIn the future, let¡¯s not talk about the past, it¡¯s unclear.  " Jia Yuan twisted his neck and said, "How can we talk about the present if we don't talk about the past?  Did the production volume increase overnight?  Are directors trained overnight?  If the talent support and other facilities cannot keep up, how is it possible to increase the number of films produced?  He shook his head as he spoke, "It took a lot of effort to make the film but not release it. All the hard work of several years was in vain. The director wants to grow and has no chance to practice. If we talk about the current situation, isn't this the current situation?  Can the leader provide a solution?  He glanced around at the leaders and then at Shen Zhenghui, "Director Shen, do you have a solution?"  " Shen Zhenghui was choked by the leader of the sixth generation of directors, and was a little dazed. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
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