rising director

"The domestic box office is too small, and only Southeast Asia, South Korea and Japan can reach it. If it wants to be released in North America, now we will see if "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" can continue to be popular and win big prizes." Wang Zhonglei took a sip of tea with a rather contented expression.

Co-produced by the United States, the Chinese-language martial arts blockbuster "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Li An has been screened in various locations in the United States since October, and has received mixed reviews.However, after it was released on a similar scale in December, the box office has been very strong, and the decline has been very low.Plus the whole of December to January is award season in Hollywood.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" began to sweep the major Film Critics Association awards, and has been determined to be a hit movie that hit the Oscars, and the enthusiasm of the audience shows no sign of fading.

As the spiritual banner of Hollywood, the Oscar is not like the Golden Rooster Award, which has almost no influence. All Oscar hits, even art films, will be sought after.As long as one wins the best picture or the best foreign language film, the box office will exceed [-] million US dollars in North America, which is basically the same.

Now, the entire Chinese film circle is paying attention to whether "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" can succeed in the Olympics.

Once successful, it will definitely bring countless business opportunities to Chinese-language films.Later, Zhang Yimou made "Hero" and Chen Kai made "The Promise", which was influenced by the trend of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".Brutely raising the domestic film production of several million yuan to the era of blockbuster films of tens of millions of dollars.

The reason why he is so brave is not because he made a lot of money after watching "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

American film studios came directly to China to find films to be shown in North America, but in the end they didn't find a few films that caught the eye, so they invested all their hot money in finding a great Chinese director to let Zhang Yimou and Chen Kai make it. "Hero" was a success, but then "The Promise" and "House of Flying Daggers" all rushed, and this craze gradually faded, and Chinese movies returned to the barbaric era.

However, it is clear that the opening of the era of blockbuster movies has injected a lot of vitality into Chinese movies, making filmmakers bold and taking the first step forward.Even Little Japan couldn't bear the loneliness, came to China to invest in Wu Yusen and filmed "Red Cliff".

"If nothing goes wrong with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the best foreign language film has been selected, and we'll just wait for the American film studio to come and bargain." Wan Xiaohu laughed, and handed the report to Su Ya, "Su Ya All in all, take a look."

Su Ya glanced at it for a while and said, "Since there is no problem, let's sign the contract and transfer the money."

After a busy morning, Dandelion Film Company's account has more than one million more.

After Huayi Brothers left, Su Ya drove, and Wan Xiaohu sat in the co-pilot, swaying in an unclear tone.

"Hey, now that there is money in the account, should I buy a car first, or start a company first?"

Wan Xiaohu tapped his fingers: "Leave some funds first, and give bonuses to the employees during the Chinese New Year. Then the company will allocate a few cars, and how much money is left over. If possible, start a TV program production company first." , After the Chinese New Year, I will plan and contact several satellite TV stations to cooperate on a program."

"What program are you going to collaborate with?"

"A talent show, a national singing talent show, I've already thought of the name, it's called "Super Girl"..." Wan Xiaohu talked eloquently, giving a general introduction to the future Super Girl show.

It is not difficult to organize an entertainment program, the difficulty lies in not being able to come up with something better.There are too many programs in Wan Xiaohu's head. He can provide ideas, hire someone to design, and then cooperate with the TV station to guarantee a lot of money.Making money is still secondary, the main thing is to be able to create stars and brands in these entertainment programs.

Seeing what Wan Xiaohu said was very interesting, Su Ya asked, "Are you not going to be a director anymore, but are you going to change careers to be a planner?"

"That's not the case. My job is to be a director. There's nothing wrong with that. Program planning can be considered a hobby. Anyway, it's just to provide an idea. I spread the blanket and leave it to others to do it. Others can make this stall a success." , I will make money. If it fails, it doesn’t hurt. In short, I just dabbled a little bit, and I won’t go deep into it. My movies are almost too late, and good times can’t always be wasted in work, right.”

"But I found out that you are a workaholic."

“How come you see?”

"Don't you realize that you have too many goals?"

"Too many goals?" Wan Xiaohu yelled.

While driving, Su Ya sighed with emotion: "In the beginning, I planned to start a film company and invest in a few films for fun. But after I partnered with you, I can hardly keep up with you. You will open a novel website later. , I will be doing online games for a while, and I will be signing artists for a while, and then, now I am doing entertainment shows. If you do the same thing and lose the same thing, I will just scold you and let go. But what?"

"But what?"

"But everything you do seems to make sense. Make money by making movies, make money by making games, open novel websites, and make entertainment shows. You seem to know everything. You know when to make money and when to develop. What is it like? I was already the pride of heaven in school, but after being with you for a long time, I almost lost my confidence."

Wan Xiaohu rubbed his chin. If he didn't shave for two days, his beard would prick his hands. He said, "It seems that I'm a little too high-profile."

"It's too high-profile. Others are as busy as they are busy. You have to carry everything on your shoulders. Are you a workaholic? Are you tired of living? I am tired."

Wan Xiaohu didn't speak.

lost in thought.

I was reborn once, and I agreed to live a chic and comfortable life, but it seemed that I was bound by the future, or I got too many opportunities, and I was greedy.I always want to maximize the benefits of everything, and I want to occupy everything. I am busy writing scripts today, planning tomorrow, and thinking about what I missed the day after tomorrow.

Here, he lives like a donkey, spinning around the mill all day, never idle for a moment.

Busy with entertainment, busy with communication, busy with work, busy with the future.

Being busy, as Su Ya said, turned into a workaholic.

How can there be any kind of comfortable life?

"Am I tired?"

Looking at the rapidly retreating tall buildings, Wan Xiaohu frowned in confusion.When Su Ya didn't say it, he didn't feel it, but when Su Ya mentioned it, Wan Xiaohu really felt that his body was very heavy, there was no time to rest, and no time to spend aimlessly and freely.

"You're right." Wan Xiaohu said with a foul breath, "I've also discovered it now, I've become a workaholic. It's like an ant, coming in and out of the hole all day long, looking Insects, looking for rice grains, looking for something to eat. It’s not even as good as them, they look for food to survive, and I, for the so-called.”

Su Ya smiled and said, "I remember you said that you want to be an international director."

"Being a great international director is what I said casually. In fact, I used to have a very humble one."

"what?"

Wan Xiaohu put his hands behind his head and looked forward: "I used to want to make a movie that can make money..."

"Then you've already achieved it."

"Yes." Wan Xiaohu said with emotion, this track has been realized, and the last track, 14 years, has achieved nothing, "That's why I now feel that I am a little too self-righteous in trying to find things to do under the guise of myself."

"Then, what's the matter now, don't tell lies, tell the truth."

"Now, uh, peasant women, mountain springs, a little field."

"It's deceiving again, treat me as a three-year-old child, right?"

"What I'm talking about is true. I have a little field. I can understand that I have my own business. Shanquan, that is, has a house, a car and savings. Flags fluttering. This is my ultimate goal."

"This is shameless behavior!" Su Ya despised.

"Every man has the ambition to be an emperor in his heart, not because he envies the country, but because he loves beauties!"

"That's why I said, you are a pervert."

Talking and laughing, the company is here, and it's noon when the accounts are done.

"Let's go, treat you to dinner." Wan Xiaohu stood at the door of the office and said to Su Ya.

"Rare."

"Eat or not?"

"Of course I have to eat. Hey, that's right. As you said before, how do you decide to start a program production company?"

"You decide, I will hand over the "Super Girl" plan to you later, and you decide whether to start the company or not."

"Hey, hey, why did you push it to me?"

Wan Xiaohu spread his hands: "Didn't you say that I'm too tired to live? Didn't I just feel that I really should live a chic life, and I can't do it myself for such trivial things. Let's go, five-star hotel, Please have a big meal!"