I just want to be an actor

Chapter 196

"Manchester by the Sea" blew a melancholy wind of life on the other side of the ocean, and this wind also spread to the land of China along with the current of the Pacific Ocean.

The calls for the introduction of "Manchester by the Sea" are also getting louder, but this is actually just a call.

I don't know how many people will be willing to go to the cinema to watch this plain and melancholy life drama when it is really introduced?

And in fact, normal domestic commercial theaters rarely introduce foreign literary and artistic films.

After all, they don't even want domestic literary and artistic films to go to theaters, thinking that they don't make money.What's more, it's a literary film that doesn't seem to make money abroad.

Just look at "Manchester By the Sea". Even if it was hyped like that, just look at the box office data. It hasn't even exceeded 1000 million yet.The 850 million filming cost was probably wasted.

It is really possible to attract a large number of domestic audiences to go to the cinema to watch "Manchester by the Sea", and that is most likely because the audience wants to see Zhou Sen.

Known as the well-deserved king of the new generation in the Chinese film industry, this idol transformed from an idol to an actor at a young age, but instead broke through a higher ceiling of career achievements.Just because of his name, Chinese audiences have a reason to enter the cinema.

This is his box office appeal.

But even so, many media would not have much hope for the box office performance of this movie if it was introduced to China.

High and low, this is what most of them think.

But some people don't think so, and these people are very optimistic about the performance of this classic literary film in China.

At the high-level meeting of Universal Pictures, the Chinese distribution plan of "Manchester by the Sea" was once again put on the table.In fact, normally speaking, for a film with an investment cost of less than [-] million yuan like "Manchester by the Sea", matters of this level do not need to be discussed at high-level meetings.

However, this film has now become Universal Pictures' most promising literary film to win major awards.

Moreover, the current male protagonist in this movie has also begun to gain fame in the United States, and they realized that the movie invested by themselves and Amazon had actually caught such a potential actor.Indeed, in their view, Zhou Sen is a potential movie star, not because they think Zhou Sen is good, but because they think Zhou Sen still has a lot of commercial value that can be developed.

Especially the huge Chinese market behind him.

And even if it's not about commercial value, but artistic value, Zhou Sen and Kenneth deserve to be treated well by Universal Pictures.

After all, if they invest, the films they produce can win the top spot over those of their opponents and win awards, which is also a kind of publicity and influence on the company.

No matter from any angle, Zhou Sen deserves the attention of Universal Pictures.

And after this high-level meeting was over, the people from Universal Pictures also went to contact the people from Huaxia in a sensible way. The partner they chose in Huaxia also has a lot of connections with Zhou Sen.

Linda International, Dongsen Pictures, Xinfeng Platform.

These three companies quickly reached a cooperation agreement with Universal Pictures and signed some cooperation plans with generous benefits. They will serve as Universal Pictures' latest spokesperson in China.

And these companies are inseparable from Zhou Sen.

This attitude is obvious, Universal Pictures wants to treat Zhou Sen as his own son.

As for why he said that, the vice president of Universal Pictures had to go to the door of the National Art Center to cooperate.

They want to get the world distribution rights of "I'm Not the God of Medicine".

And promised to use the best resources of Universal Pictures to announce and release this movie that was originally planned to be released in China.The people from Universal Pictures are also sincere enough to say that the movie will be released in the Amazon rainforest and the Sahara Desert in South America.

In fact, the cooperation between Linda International and Universal Pictures has a feeling of each getting what it needs.

Global's publicity business will fully cooperate with Linda International to enter the markets of various countries around the world, especially in the United States. Global will use a lot of resources and publicity programs to help Linda International's various businesses and products in Promoted in the United States.

Originally, Linda International really wanted to break through the blockade and defense of foreign Internet companies by the Internet companies in the United States. Only after winning the American market can it truly be called a sufficiently powerful multinational company.

Rather than being like some companies that only know how to kill the domestic market and destroy the domestic market environment.

And Linda International will also help Universal Pictures develop the domestic film and television market and the construction of peripheral derivatives, such as the construction of Universal Studios, and some other basic work.

Zhou Sen knew this, but he didn't want to participate too much in the exchange of resources like capital, he just wanted to be his director well.

Now "Manchester by the Sea" has been vigorously promoted by Universal Pictures to the art film market in various countries, while "I Am Not a Medicine God" will be introduced domestically and internationally by Universal Pictures as a commercial film.

In this link, he is the pure beneficiary.

Moreover, Universal Pictures will do its best to help Kenneth and Zhou Sen apply for various awards and help them win more honors.

It is worth mentioning that when the people of Universal Pictures wanted to introduce "I'm Not the God of Medicine", they actually didn't know how far the film was made, what content it was filming, or even who participated in it. Know.

They wanted to win the movie simply because of Zhou Sen's name.

According to the evaluation and statement of Global executives.

"Someone like Jackson, I can't imagine him allowing himself to be in a bad movie."

Although this sentence is very reasonable, if others hear it, they will probably want to ask those high-level officials, you have never even met Zhou Sen in real life, why do you believe him so much?

But this may be a common problem in capitalist society.

Blindly pursue a new trend, regardless of whether the trend brings good or bad, until the hot spot is lost, change to another trend.

This may be the profit-seeking nature of capital, but also the blindness of capital.

Of course, their blind trust is a good thing for Zhou Sen. After all, he doesn't need to work hard on other links, he just needs to do his own job well and make the movie well.

With the joint efforts of Linda International and Universal Pictures.

When "Manchester by the Sea" has been aired in the United States for more than a month, China Radio and Television officially passed the application of Universal Pictures, making "Manchester by the Sea" the first time in history that I am hungry as a literary film to be officially approved. Introduced to China, it is the first special line distribution by the Huaxia Art Film Exhibition Alliance.

The China Art Film Alliance was established just three months ago. It has more than 100 theaters in nearly [-] major cities across the country. Despite its small scale, its political status is not low, and its structure is also high.Art Alliance mainly screens Chinese and foreign film and television art films with unique artistic value in its theaters.

Also known as a literary film.

This may also represent the country's further opening up and support for literary and artistic undertakings.

It's hard to say exactly where this attitude came from, but what is certain is that Zhou Sen should have played some positive role in this matter.

After all, he also belongs to the group of people who win glory for the country.

The topic is far away.

After "Manchester by the Sea" was officially scheduled to be screened in domestic theaters of the Arts Federation, many viewers who had heard of Zhou Sen's melancholy across the ocean wanted to book tickets for "Manchester by the Sea" at nearby theaters.

But they were surprised to find that there were not many movie theaters around that planned to release the movie.

At first, I thought I was cheated, but some knowledgeable people analyzed the existence of Yilian, and explained that there are only more than 100 theaters in the country that can show "Manchester by the Sea" starring Zhou Sen, and the social network exploded in an instant Open the pot.

Huaxia is not the same as America.

The people here are already accustomed to Zhou Sen's brilliance, and they are looking forward to Zhou Sen's new work more and more.

In particular, this is Zhou Sen's first new work after he won Best Actor in Cannes. Those who are well-informed and able to overcome the wall already know the changes in the film's reputation in the United States, and they also know how the other side of the ocean treats Zhou Sen. kudos, kudos to this movie.

They are eager to see what kind of magic this so-called only Michelin three-star movie has, which can make people mesmerized.

But now the problem is.

They can't see it.

The only movie tickets for the more than 100 movies that could show "Manchester by the Sea" were also sold out by well-informed people.

Most people will never see Zhou Sen's movie.

There are many opinions, but the announcement that this literary film will be introduced by the Art Federation has been announced. In any case, only those films will be released, and no matter how noisy they are, they will not be able to watch it.

What should I do?

Piracy.

But this pirated version is a little different.

It's not that the audience is looking for a pirated version from the United States at home, but that the theater is looking for a pirated version!
Some non-Arts theaters even quietly vacated some halls to secretly play the pirated version of "Manchester by the Sea".

The box office was not recorded, and was pocketed by the theaters that played pirated copies.

And they relied on picking out a little bit from the lineup of this movie, and picking out a little bit from that movie, and finally freed up a lot of filming for "Manchester by the Sea".

If there are audiences nearby who can watch a movie, they don’t care about 21, and just buy a ticket to watch the movie.

At first, this kind of thing only happened on a small scale, but Yilian did not discover this problem at the first time.

After all, to be honest, in fact, very few theaters would think about secretly showing literary films.

What these theaters disliked most before was the arrangement of literary films. They couldn't make money for the theaters, and they were wasting water, electricity and labor.

But reality is telling everyone a fact.

My lord, the sky has changed.

Commercial theaters turned around and secretly released literary films, what kind of world is this?

On social networks, someone discovered the clues of these movie theaters.

Normally, these supporters who are not affiliated with the Arts Federation have no way to show "Manchester by the Sea", because they will never get the genuine copy that Universal Pictures gave to the Arts Federation.Then the source of the film they are showing now can only be a pirated source.

Someone directly used Aite's official account and reported this phenomenon.

I don’t know, it’s okay, but when I found out and investigated, I found that nearly a thousand theaters across the country were secretly playing "Manchester by the Sea".

You know, there are only more than 50000 movie theaters in China.

That one in fifty theaters was willing to take the risk to show the movie is really big news.

In fact, the reason is very simple.

High attendance.

Regardless of whether it is the theaters of Arts Union or the theaters of these pirated films, the attendance rate of "Manchester by the Sea" is astonishingly high.

This also proves that this literary masterpiece still has a certain market in China.

The piracy incident of "Manchester by the Sea" finally fell silent because of two solutions.

First, "Manchester by the Sea" was also screened on the Xinfeng Video platform, just like "I Am Big Brother" in which Zhou Sen participated, but this time you need to pay to watch it, and the price is not high, 6 yuan.

Second, in view of the high commercial value of "Manchester by the Sea", some non-Arts theaters are eligible to be screened. After the research and investigation, the Arts Association made a list. There will be more than 2000 theaters across the country. Will get the screening rights to "Manchester by the Sea".

Of course, the theater that secretly screened it before automatically lost this selection opportunity.

These two measures can give domestic audiences who want to watch this movie hope and more choices.

Even in such a noisy situation, the domestic box office performance of this movie has been rising and is very stable.

Even though it was screened in more than 100 theaters across the country at the beginning, the box office of "Manchester by the Sea" quickly exceeded 100 million. Before more than 2000 theaters went online, "Manchester by the Sea" had been screened for a month. It grossed more than 300 million at the box office.

The momentum of this horror is not at all like a literary movie.

You need to know how low its film output is.

This is almost achieved when the attendance rate has been maintained at an average of more than half.

This also includes the early morning show at [-]:[-] am, and the early morning show.

After being screened in more than 2000 theaters, "Manchester by the Sea" showed a blowout breakthrough at the box office.

Although it may be different from the popular masterpieces at this time, which can easily reach tens of millions or hundreds of millions a day, the box office results that reached one million a day are enough to amaze everyone.

This proves that the film has maintained a high attendance rate despite the expansion of the screening scale.

This also proves one thing again.

Zhou Sen may really be the only person in China who can combine art and business to the best.

At this time, Zhou Sen didn't pay attention to these external affairs at all.

He is frantically checking the filming content of "I'm Not the God of Medicine" and he will prepare to produce the final director's cut version of "I'm Not the God of Medicine".

(End of this chapter)