You made me a superstar

Chapter 70 Unexpectedly Sold the Copyright

The lineup of "Warring States" is very strong.

There is Zhang Shaolei, the new tough guy actor from mainland China, and Liu Yufei, one of the four leading actresses, as well as Li Keming, a veteran actor from Hong Kong and Taiwan. .

It stands to reason that this kind of acting requires acting skills and a good-looking crew, which can definitely produce a terrifying chemical reaction. Not only can it max out various awards in Berlin, the sales of overseas copyrights will skyrocket, and it can even go back to China before sweeping it. The box office decline brought about by "Tianji" created a box office record in the film industry, and even once again became the leader of Chinese blockbusters!

Xu Xiaoming, who was sent to the hospital by Zhou Yang, thought so, Zhou Yilin thought so, and even An Xiao thought so.

however……

Zhou Yang was dumbfounded when the gorgeous pictures appeared on the screen and the strange costumes of the protagonist appeared in front of Zhou Yang.

The movie is similar to the "Warring States" in the original world, except that the protagonist has become Pang Juan and the villain has become Sun Bin.

It's a huge sense of subversion.

Of course, if the film is made from a subversive perspective, it is not a problem to be able to tell why, but it will also cause a burst of applause.

A good shot can even become a masterpiece!

but!

The picture of the mentally ill protagonist and the neurotic emperor in the magnificent imperial palace, wearing exotic clothes, yelling like a madman in front of all the ministers, made Zhou Yang feel very divided.

He felt that he couldn't understand what the nonsense was talking about at all...

Moreover, the editing of the movie is very problematic. Generally, at the beginning of the movie, there will be more or less the background of the characters in the movie.

However, the plot lasted for 5 minutes, and there were about [-] scattered characters, basically every character was an unpopular character that Zhou Yang had never heard of, and the relationship between these unpopular characters was impressive. He was so confused, he didn't know the logical relationship between them at all. Some characters seemed to have given enough shots and cards, but Zhou Yang was in a daze for a long time before he realized that this character was a marginal character.

The first 10 minutes were basically cloudless. I just felt that everyone was wearing different clothes. I only felt that the pictures and special effects were really gorgeous, and the overall atmosphere was very different...

After 10 minutes, Sun Bin finally appeared in the movie.

Then, Sun Bin, played by veteran Hong Kong actor Li Keming, looks very wretched. Not only is he hunchbacked, but he deliberately cut his patella in the plot, and then framed Pang Juan.

Zhou Yang saw it with a sense of fragmentation, and was almost dumbfounded.

Although history is written by successful people, Zhou Yang always feels a little strange to deliberately fabricate history in order to create an alternative movie.

Of course, these are plots that Zhou Yang can understand.

When the movie entered the second half, he found himself like a fool.

Not only did he not understand the dialogues of the characters in the movie, but also the plot in the movie went in a direction that he couldn't understand.

There is a love story in this movie, but the love is inexplicable. Because of a trivial incident, the hero and heroine start to kiss inexplicably, and the kissing time lasts for 30 seconds, interspersed with a memory that appeared from nowhere.

Zhou Yang finally understood what Wang Shuai meant by Zhou Yilin's evaluation of the director.

At the same time, he was a little dazed.

Why are big directors like Zhou Yilin and Chen Kai, who obviously did a good job in making movies before, but why they start to shoot in places that people don't understand.

From the beginning to the end of the plot of "Warring States", Zhou Yang was stunned because he didn't understand what the movie was talking about. He always felt that the plot of the movie was obscure and difficult to understand. The suspense left in the last scene, Zhou Yang always felt that Zhou Yilin was scolding himself through the screen!
Scolding myself for not having artistic talent, scolding myself for being poor in understanding, scolding myself for not being worthy of sitting in a movie theater and watching movies...

When the lights came on, Zhou Yang, who was dealing with a state of confusion, heard applause from the back row.

"GOOD!"

"Well done! This movie is really well done, classic!"

"It's great, this is one of the few masterpieces of Chinese movies!"

"..."

Zhou Yang turned his head subconsciously, and found that a large group of people in the back row looked very excited, and some of them watched with tears in their eyes, and kept wiping their tears with napkins.

"So touching!"

Is it my problem?

Maybe, it's really my problem?

Maybe I don't know how to appreciate...

Subconsciously, Zhou Yang also applauded.

The premiere of "Warring States" is over.

A group of reporters swarmed around Zhou Yilin, bragging about him.

Zhou Yang and the others left the screening room.

Zhang Genshui walked out blankly with Xu Li in his arms...

"Brother, your snoring is too loud, it's too impolite!"

"This movie dazzled me, and I was sleepy after watching it..."

"..."

Xu Li glanced at Zhang Genshui with some reproach, but Zhang Genshui shook his head speechlessly.

Chen Shuangbao and Zhao Zhen also came out. The expressions of the two of them were the same as Zhou Yang's. They were at a loss from the beginning to the end. After watching the movie, they felt that they hadn't watched anything...

perhaps……

They are all a group of people without artistic talent.

"What do you think of this movie, Director Zhou?" Liu Tingting approached Zhou Yang and asked earnestly.

"This movie..." Zhou Yang pondered for a long time but couldn't figure out how to describe this movie.

"I think it's a bad movie!" Liu Tingting replied, "The people sitting next to me looked like extras, and they started crying for no reason..."

........................

Zhou Yang never commented on anyone or any movie.

Zhou Yang didn't talk to anyone about "Warring States" after he left.

He only knew that the fans who watched the movie that day spoke highly of the movie, and some even commented that the movie was a masterpiece not inferior to "Hero", saying that he would do it twice, or even three times, four times. brush……

It stands to reason that such a highly rated movie should be sold as crazy as "Hero", but the copyright of "Warring States" is very unsatisfactory.

Not to mention the comparison with "Hero", but it is far behind some low-budget films of the same film festival!
After tossing and tossing for a long time, in the end, only Italian filmmakers bought out the copyright of "Warring States" at a not-so-high price.

Zhou Yang began to lose his understanding of the world.

2 month 24 day.

There is only one day until the first screening of "Mine Bottom".

Wang Shuai took Zhou Yang to the No. 6 screening hall to familiarize himself with the scene. When he passed by the screening hall of "Warring States" and saw a large group of fans scrambling to get a seat in the screening hall, Wang Shuai showed a sneer.

"Oh, cheating!"

"Director Wang, what do you mean?" Zhou Yang looked at the group of people, and when he saw a few familiar figures among the group of "movie fans", Zhou Yang suddenly understood.

"Just a little bit of emotion, let's go." Wang Shuai squinted his eyes, and then walked towards the No. 6 screening hall.

Auditorium 6 is playing the movie "Kardashian Holiday" at this moment.

This is a pure romantic love story film, the producer and director want to create a "New Era Charlotte Sally".

The movie was shot very well, and the director's standard is quite high, even if Zhou Yang can't understand foreign languages, he can still understand the plot.

It's a pity that this film couldn't be shortlisted in Berlin. Berlin's official opinion is that "love" can indeed be praised, but it is not deep enough, and some are too empty.

After Wang Shuai saw this movie, his expression suddenly became very ugly.

The movie came out early after watching it for a while.

"What's the matter, Director Wang?"

"It suddenly occurred to me that this is an Italian movie!"

"and then?"

"..."

Wang Shuai didn't speak, but just looked at Zhou Yang silently.

Zhou Yang was a little appalled by Wang Shuai's stare, and then his eyes widened as if he had thought of something.

"Could it be that Director Zhou..."

Could it be that Zhou Yilin squeezed out the time for "Mine Bottom" in private, changed the filming schedule, and gave the normal time to "Kardashian's Holiday" in exchange for the copyright of the Italian film company?

"It's possible...but not necessarily." A cold light flashed in Wang Shuai's eyes.

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The evening of June 2.

The night before the premiere of "The Bottom."

After the second round of screenings, "Warring States" finally sold the rights of Serbia and Berlin, Germany.

When the assistant told An Xiao the good news, An Xiao didn't have any happy expression on his face, but became colder and colder.

Things are bad for Warring States.

Worse than expected.

Not to mention the battle between "Warring States" and "Heroes", even if it is compared with other niche literary films released, "Warring States" may not be able to compare.

The overseas data of "Warring States" may be on the street, not to mention getting back the money, it is a good thing to lose less money.

An Xiao began to review his investment projects since he started the company.

The early film "Mine Bottom" was cheated of an investment!
The box office of the movie "Youth" was okay, but it was only okay, it didn't reach the point of being a blockbuster, and it didn't make much money.

"Warring States"?
The situation of "Warring States" seems to be much worse than that of "Youth". The dilemma of this film can be seen from the fact that overseas film producers are not too interested in this film.

It is understandable that domestic stars go overseas without any box office appeal at all.

In fact, after watching the samples of "Warring States", An Xiao felt something was wrong. There were many discrepancies between the samples of "Warring States" and the content of the script. She realized that Zhou Yilin was holding investors' money. He went to let himself go and make the movie he wanted to make.

Based on Zhou Yilin's previous brilliant achievements and trust in the data, An Xiao didn't say anything, and although she is the largest investor in this movie, there are actually a lot of scattered investors. She also hopes to rely on this movie To open up overseas markets and cultivate more overseas superstars.

But when such data from overseas markets appeared in front of An Xiao, no matter how stupid An Xiao was, she realized that something was wrong!
In two days, only three copyrights were sold!

This!
"Boss An..."

"what happened?"

"There's news from Huaxia!"

"what news?"

""Flying Against the Wind" was overtaken by "Girl Waving Wings". Moreover, once the song "Encounter" was released, it reached the top ten of the new song list in just three hours, and now two songs are on the singles list It has completely surpassed "Huahuo" and "Meeting You"..." Assistant Zhong Tingting pushed open the door of the hotel excitedly and announced the news.

After receiving the news, An Xiao, who was a little disappointed, was slightly taken aback.

Almost at the same time, there was a knock on the door.

"Boss An..."

"Director Zhou, please sit down, eh? Director Zhou, what are you holding in your hand?"

"The copyright contract of "Mine Bottom"..."

"Huh? Isn't the premiere of "Mine Bottom" tomorrow? If there is no premiere, how can you sell the copyright?" An Xiao was taken aback.

"I'm not very clear about the details. When Director Wang and I were wandering in the screening room just now, we saw a few film dealers who came to our door. I couldn't understand what Director Wang was talking to them, but for some reason, he gave it to us on the spot. Five buyout agreements, what do you think of the price, is it suitable?" Zhou Yang put the contract on the table in the shock of An Xiao and his assistant, and said these words with a puzzled face.

(End of this chapter)