Huayu: From an ordinary person to a happy director

Chapter 25 Domestic shock
China Film has been paying close attention to the North American box office of "The Matrix: A Prophet's Keeper" (formerly known as "No One"), which grossed 1435 million U.S. dollars in its first week. Han Sanpin was satisfied with this result, and inferred that it was possible to exceed 5000 million U.S. dollars, so the film was a success.

A new commercial film director has emerged in the country.

This is a happy event!
The box office for the second weekend totaled 2890 million U.S. dollars, and the total box office reached 6145 million U.S. dollars.

This really made his blood pressure soar. Shi Lei was about to soar to the sky!

His heart was beating rapidly, and he had only one thought: after the release of "No One in Disrespect", he must let Shi Lei make a blockbuster movie.

The North American film market is the largest and most famous film market in the world.

I don’t know how many directors and actors from other countries want to break in and become famous all over the world.

The domestic situation is no exception.

However, mainland China’s film industry has always been influenced by the French New Wave, and is more inclined to enter the European art film circle.

There are very few commercial films that enter Hollywood, and even "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero" were aimed at the Oscars.

The truth is that China is not very good at commercial films, and there are simply no film and television companies that target commercial films overseas.

The only one that has been trying to enter the Hollywood market is Hong Kong's Golden Harvest.

But apart from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, it also experienced several failures before it successfully broke into the market with Cheng Long's Rumble in the Bronx, earning more than 30 million at the box office.

This laid the foundation for Chenglong to create a world-class influence.

When the news that "The Matrix: Guardians of the Galaxy" (originally titled "No One") had grossed $6145 million in North America in ten days came out, it was passed back to China by interested people.

6145 million US dollars, a total of nearly 5 million RMB!
This news is not just being spread by the entertainment media.

Even several serious "provincial TV" news outlets reported on it.

"Another Chinese-language film has successfully entered the North American market, which symbolizes that my country's commercial films are developing rapidly and their international influence is gradually increasing."

Although it was only a few seconds, even people outside the industry knew that the martial arts film "The Matrix: The Prophet Keeper" (originally named "No One") was the second film to enter Hollywood after "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Just a few months after the baptism of "Hero", another martial arts blockbuster was released. The audience is very interested in "The Matrix: Prophet Keeper" (formerly known as "No One". This movie must be very good to achieve such a high box office abroad.

They urged the movie to be released as soon as possible.

People outside the circle are discussing it so enthusiastically.

Not to mention those in the industry, they know very well what 6145 million US dollars means in ten days.

There are still twenty days left. Even if the North American box office does not exceed 100 million, combined with other box office outside North America, the global box office will definitely exceed 100 million. This is over 100 million US dollars!

A director whose global box office revenue exceeds 100 million US dollars is already a world-famous director.

In 02, dozens of movies had box office revenues of over million yuan, and they were evenly divided among the six major companies, meaning that each company produced several movies. In addition, some of the movies were produced by companies other than the six major companies.

No matter what the reason, directors who can earn hundreds of millions of dollars at the global box office are very sought-after directors.

Although they know that the high box office is due to the popularity of "The Matrix 2", it is also a skill to be able to take advantage of the popularity.

It is estimated that people from the six major groups have contacted Shi Lei now.

Shi Lei's directorial career reached a different level and he became a world-famous director.

Countless people envy Shi Lei's achievements.

Feng Dapao was so angry that he broke several cups.

He was a step too slow! If he could shoot a martial arts film sooner, this achievement would be his. Even a young boy like Shi Lei could make over 100 million yuan in box office worldwide with his martial arts film, so could he!

He took out his cell phone and called Wang Zhonglei, "Mr. Wang, is the script for our martial arts film ready? I want to start filming as soon as possible!"

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At the same time, capable domestic directors who wanted to become famous came up with the idea of ​​making martial arts films.

If even a newcomer like Shi Lei can succeed, they will have no problem at all!

Their martial arts films are definitely better and more exciting!

Director Yin Shi wrote the two big characters "Wuji" on his notebook.

Wang Jiawei already had an idea and had revised the script several times. He decided to cut the Gordian knot and start the crew first and consider the plot later. "The Grandmaster" was officially launched.

Hong Jinbao accelerated the progress of his project. He looked for scripts everywhere and finally set his sights on "Ip Man" which had been registered with the Script Bureau. When he saw that the copyright belonged to Shi Lei's personal studio, his face darkened.

Xu Ke also immediately paid a high price to acquire the film and television adaptation rights of "Seven Swords".

In addition to these people, many martial arts films are also being launched at the same time.

They are not only considering the domestic market, but also thinking about how to enter Hollywood.

Within ten days, the Review Bureau received review applications for dozens of martial arts film scripts.

A small number of directors have been working on their scripts since Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and are now getting anxious because of the North American box office performance of Shi Lei's The Matrix: Keeper of Darkness (formerly known as No Man's Land).

Most of them were done on the spur of the moment, and they just picked up a random novel and adapted it and sent it over. Experienced reviewers can see that some of the scripts are full of errors and omissions. No one will watch them in China, let alone abroad.

Of course, the reviewers only check whether the script violates any regulations. As for the quality of the script, they do not make written comments, but just make a few comments to each other.

The directors were excited, and the actors were even more excited. Shi Lei's cell phone number spread quickly in the industry, and as a result, his cell phone kept ringing.

At first, it was just the artists from Taolin Film and Television who called to congratulate him again, and then it was Yang Mi, the most powerful worker in the entertainment industry. She called for the longest time, and after the congratulations, she became a chatterbox, chatting with Shi Lei about everything, trying every way to make Shi Lei happy, and finally they made an appointment to meet for dinner the next day.

The following calls were chaotic, with many unknown numbers calling. He would hang up on unknown numbers and would only answer calls with names displayed.

They are mainly teachers and students he knows at Beijing Film Academy, or who recommend others to him, or who recommend themselves.

For those who wanted to join the company, Shi Lei agreed and asked them to come to Taolin Film and Television for interviews.

As he received so many calls, Shi Lei gradually became more and more irritated.

Suddenly, a phone call made him look excited. It was Liu Yifei.

Looking back, it seemed that after the company's negotiations with Liu Xiaoli failed last time, Liu Yifei took the initiative to call him. They didn't talk about anything, just a few polite words and then hung up. After hanging up, he put it on the notes.

"Hey, what do you want to talk to me about, school beauty?"

"Ah...I...I'm not..." Liu Yifei's sweet voice was intermittent and very shy.

"Not what?"

"I'm not the school belle!" Liu Yifei finally came to her senses and corrected herself.

In fact, she only stayed in Beijing Film Academy for a few days before joining the crew of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils". After the filming was completed, she did not return to Beijing Film Academy, but met all kinds of people, especially those in the Hong Kong circle, under the guidance of her mother.

"If it's not true, then it's not true! You haven't told me what you want from me yet."

(End of this chapter)