You don't understand the happiness of the director

The mainland's Lunar New Year movie market is surging. First, Chen Kaige's "Mei Lanfang" fired the first shot of the Lunar New Year movie. It won the mainland's weekly box office championship for two consecutive weeks, earning 82 million in two weeks.

In the second week, the popular Hong Kong film "Ip Man" and Xu Ke's "Women Are Not Bad" were all overshadowed. As for Wu Jing's "Spike", it has no sense of existence at all and can only be found in corners where no one is paying attention. Silently hit the street.

It's just that the reputation of "Mei Lanfang" cannot be compared with "Farewell My Concubine" or even with "Feng Yue".

Director Kai Ge secretly stated that it was because the Mei family interfered too much, which affected his creation, and deleting A Jiao's scenes made the play incomplete.

Two weeks later, Feng Xiaogang teamed up with Ge You's "If You Are the One" to make its debut. It received nearly 80 million in box office in the first week. Xiaogang easily defeated Director Chen again, forcing "Mei Lanfang" to halve the box office in a single week. He defended his authority as well as that of Zhang Yimou and Wang Quan, the three major mainland directors.

In the second week, "If You Are the One" even achieved a box office of RMB 112 million in a single week, setting a record for a single-week box office for a Chinese-language film!

This result was something neither Feng Xiaogang nor the Huayi brothers expected. In just two weeks, or 10 days to be exact, the box office reached 190 million, almost approaching the total box office of "Assembly Number".

When "Assembly Number" exceeded 200 million, Feng Xiaogang was very shocked. He and a few non-famous mainland actors actually won the "Voucher" where big names gathered!

But today he was even more shocked. It was almost 200 million. Is he so good?

"Mei Lanfang" can no longer stop itself, what about "Red Cliff Part 1"? The annual box office champion in 2008 will not be yours, right?

At first, due to the influence of Qiankun Pictures, "Red Cliff Part 1" failed to break the 300 million mark, but Feng Xiaogang suddenly felt that his "If You Are the One" has the potential to become the first Chinese film to break the 300 million mark!

How popular is "If You Are the One"? A guy named Jin Ah Huan saw the popularity of this movie and registered the trademark "If You Are the One".

Later, Jiangsu TV created a blind date program, obtained the authorization from Huayi, and used the name "If You Are the One". As a result, Jin Ahuan sued her, and the lawsuit lasted for nearly four years. This program once became the most popular program in mainland China. A popular variety show that can compete with Mango Channel’s Happy Camp and Tiantian Shang Shang.

However, If You Are the One is about to face a formidable enemy. On January 1st, New Year’s Day, produced by Jiahe and Wangdao, distributed by Qiankun and China Film, Zhen Zidan, Wang Xueqi, Wu Jing, Liu Yifei, Fan Bingbing, Hu Jun, Liang Jiahui, Wu Mengda , Yu Shaoqun, Yam Dahua, Battelle, Li Ming, Yang Mi, Zhang Xueyou, Li Jiaxin, Ma Shaohua, Tao Zeru and other powerful stars from Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, "October Siege" co-starred is officially released!

Such a shining star lineup, coupled with Zhen Zidan's popularity has soared with the two movies "Painted Skin" and "Ip Man", Yang Mi and Liu Yifei have also maintained high popularity, and popular idol Li Yuchun sang the theme song " "Powder" can be said to be coming in force.

Otakus like Liu Yifei have begun to frequently participate in programs to promote movies. Although it is only four times and the box office is not good for her, she is the main force in publicity. She has now regarded the affairs of Wangdao and Qiankun as her own. Of course, I work hard to promote my own movie.

For this reason, when she and Li Yuchun had dinner together after the premiere, and there were rumors of an affair between them because they were photographed by paparazzi while hooking up, Liu Yifei did not clarify it and let them guess, so that there would be a topic.

But I have to explain to Wang Quan, she is very straight.

And Li Yuchun didn't clarify, which made Liu Yifei couldn't help but mutter, she, she didn't really have any thoughts about herself, right?

In short, after the premiere, the topic of "October Siege" continued. Wang Quan and Yang Mi, who are overseas, also expressed support from Weibo. They are the two people with the most fans on Weibo.

As a result, the film quickly became the most popular movie online and offline. Dawang Cinema and Jiahe Cinema have almost fully booked the film, and their support for their own films is extraordinary.

"October Siege" was released on New Year's Day, which is not only a legal holiday, but also has special meaning for young men and women, so the midnight screening plus Thursday grossed 28 million at the box office.

The next day was Friday, and the box office was also good, with 23 million!

On the third day, Saturday, the box office was upgraded again, 31 million!

It fell back on Sunday, the fourth day, 27 million!

The total box office in the first week was 109 million, which took the weekly box office away from "If You Are the One". The key point is that this movie has a very good reputation. It is the best-known costume blockbuster since "Hero". The action scenes are explosive and the core is sufficient. moving.

The box office of "If You Are the One", which has been strong for two weeks, dropped to 65 million in the third week, which is quite good. There is still hope for 300 million, if there is no "Red Cliff Part 2" later.

As early as November last year, "Red Cliff Part 1" successfully landed on the neon market and achieved unprecedented success. How successful is it? The box office of this movie in neon is higher than that in China, with a score of 4.8 billion yen. Ranking fifth in Neon’s annual box office.

Neon people really love the Three Kingdoms.

Although Wu Yusen failed to realize his long-cherished wish of surpassing "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to be the first Chinese-language film at the global box office, and even "Hero" did not surpass it, he still has the next part, and the big scenes, emotions and layout of Red Cliff are all in the second part. , he is more confident in the lower part and can definitely surpass the upper part!

He was confident, and the producer China Film had no choice but to follow him and have confidence, and advertisers were also confident, so "Red Cliff Part 2" rarely had a 20-minute pre-roll advertisement, which was even more brutal than "Twilight 2".

On January 4, "Red Cliff Part 2" held its world premiere with the theme of "Heroes Reunion, Epic Return" at the Kerry Center in Beijing. Alan, the singer of the theme song "War of the Heart" opened the show with a shocking singing voice prelude to the premiere.

Not only Liang Chaowei, Jincheng Wu, Zhang Fengyi, Zhang Zhen, Hu Jun, Zhao V, Lin Chiling, Tong Dawei, You Yong, Hou Yong and other main creators appeared at the scene, toasting wine and tea to discuss heroes, there were also two young directors present to support .

During the passing of the torch, director Wu Yusen and two directors Lu Chuan and Ning Hao interacted enthusiastically. The two young directors carefully prepared the trailer materials of the new films "Jinling Jinling" and "No Man's Land" and gave them to Director Wu to express their gratitude to the master. pay tribute.

Both films are scheduled to be released in 2009, and Ning Hao is basically sure that "No Man's Land" was chosen by the Berlin International Film Festival. However, the Berlin Film Festival did not officially announce this, so he had to hide his joy. In the bottom of my heart.

"Red Cliff Part 2" will be released on the 7th. Before that, "October Siege" was in full swing, making crazy money at the box office, which greatly squeezed the living space of "If You Are the One". When "Red Cliff Part 2" is officially released in theaters, Even though the attendance rate of "If You Are the One" is quite good, it still suffered the most serious impact.

However, the box office of "Red Cliff Part 2" was not as brutal as everyone imagined. It only had a box office of 14 million on the first day. Although the film started at 14:00 in the afternoon, and although it was a Wednesday working day, who watched the movie in the morning? Looking at it this way, it seemed It might as well be "October Siege".

The main reason is that the first part left a bad impression on the audience. Even if you say that the second part is a big scene, people are not willing to support it. After all, the ticket price of movies nowadays is quite high compared with the income. "October" has a stable reputation. "Fortress Under Siege" and "If You Are the One" are more trustworthy.

Before everyone had time to laugh at the box office of "Red Cliff Part 2", which was about to hit the market, good news came from the United States again.

At the Critics' Choice Awards, one of the four major trendsetters, "Slumdog Millionaire" won five awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Teen Actor, and Best Film Music, becoming The biggest winner of the night!

This means that "Slumdog" is one step closer to winning an Oscar. More and more people are optimistic about this movie with great humanistic care and a twists and turns of the story. The theater chain took the opportunity to expand its theaters and show theaters. The number finally exceeded 500, but attendance remained high.

Wang Quan received a congratulatory call from Yang Mi at home. Now that she has returned to China with the crew of "Twelve Zodiac Signs", the next part will be filmed in China. Yang Mi also has the opportunity to help promote "October Siege".

She also took the opportunity to claim credit, "I've done it more than a dozen times, and I even appeared in "Happy Camp" for this movie. I think that's quite interesting."

"That's enough."

"Then will you come back for the New Year?"

"Of course I have to go back. Gadot and I have just established a relationship, and I must take her to meet her family. She has met her relatives on my mother's side, but she hasn't met her relatives on my father's side yet."

Yang Mi felt unhappy for a moment, "You don't want to meet our Yang family relatives."

Wang Quan felt a little guilty, "I'm too familiar with it, so I don't think it's necessary."

Yang Mi, "Don't worry, Lao Yang can't cuff you for what I want you to do."

"I still have confidence in Lao Yang's professional ethics."

Yang Mi, "The most I can do is break your legs."

Royal power, "..."

After hanging up Yang Mi's phone, Wang Quan called Lao Wang again. With the current momentum of "Slumdog", the Oscar nomination should be within reach, so the schedule can be announced.

Lao Wang was very excited, "I'm really stifled. I think I'm sure I'll win the prize this time."

Wang Quan, "Nothing is guaranteed. "Saving Private Ryan" even failed at the Oscars, but still lost to "Shakespeare in Love." So anything can happen on the Oscar stage, not to mention that I am still Chinese. .”

Lao Wang said distressedly, "Quan'er, are you being squeezed out by foreigners? Why don't you just come back? We won't tolerate that!"

"It's almost, it's almost, I have to get good results before I go back, otherwise what will my fellow villagers think of me, oh, why do I think of returning to China if I can't survive?"

Wang Quan definitely does not reflect Director Wu's intention. The director's career has its ups and downs, which is normal, but he hopes to return to his hometown in glory at the highest level and travel in splendid clothes every day.

What Wang Quan is really confident about is not the Oscar, but "Inception". That is the pinnacle of his dream, so he takes the award issue very lightly.

On this day, Qiankun Pictures announced that "Slumdog Millionaire" will be released in the mainland on February 22. It was said that it would have to wait for more than a month. Wang Quan's fans turned into little black men and attacked Wang Quan's Weibo, and then expressed their disapproval of the real The sunspots criticized him both verbally and in writing.

Soon, there will be a bigger awards stage waiting for Wang Quan. This time he rarely appears in person, this time it is the Golden Globe Awards.

Time flies faster in China. The first-week box office of "Red Cliff Part 2" over there has been officially released. The box office in the first five days was 85 million, but it did not exceed 100 million, and the results were far inferior to the previous film.

The box office of "October Siege" in its second week of release was 91 million!

Affected by the bad reputation, "Red Cliff Part 2" didn't even get Zhou Guan's attention.

Wang Qiankun laughed, it seems that the first Chinese-language film to exceed 300 million yuan may be our king!

Huang Jianxin, "This is our kingly way."

"We are all a family, don't worry about the details, Lao Huang, the Golden Globe Awards will be broadcast soon."

"Well, it's about to start." Huang Jianxin quickly found the broadcast platform on the Internet. The two old men watched it together and soon found Wang Quan. There were basically Indian faces around him, which was very easy to find.

Lao Wang commented, "The little Indian girl next to him is pretty good."

He knew that this was the heroine of "Slumdog", but he didn't know how deep the relationship with his son was.

Anne Hathaway, who has a close relationship with Wang Quan at the scene, has won several Best Actress awards for a comedy like "Rachel's Wedding", and now she even dares to think about an Oscar-winning actress. .

After a talk show, the awards officially began. "Slumdog" quickly won the Best Original Music Award, and then the Best Original Song was won by "The Wrestler", another film by Long Tioutou.

However, perhaps due to the rise of the balance dragon, the original "The Wrestler" also won the best drama actor, but this time it was given to Leonardo DiCaprio's "Revolutionary Road".

Fortunately, the Best Screenplay Award for "Slumdog" was not eliminated by the butterfly effect, and now I have won two awards.

Then the Best Musical/Comedy Film was awarded to the leading actor and actress, and the Best Musical/Comedy Film was won by "Midnight in Barcelona".

Then there is the best picture in the drama category. In the competition with Revolutionary Road, Nick Song, The Reader, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, "Slumdog Millionaire" won as expected.

Seeing that they had received this award, Yang Mi and Liu Yifei also breathed a sigh of relief. Now they gathered together to watch the award ceremony. Liu Yifei said, "I am more nervous than when I was nominated for the Golden Horse Best Actress."

Yang Mi said, "Well, I'm more nervous than I was after I was shortlisted for the Golden Eagle Film Festival."

The two women looked at each other, with only five words in their eyes: Look what you can do!

When it came to the Best Director award, Wang Quan was also a little nervous. This award is not divided into drama and music/comedy categories. All directors compete for this award. It is also the only individual award related to him. He did not win it last year.

Throne's antagonists are David Fincher, Sam Mendes, Stephen Daldry, and Head of the Dragon's downstairs neighbor, Bryce Dallas Howard's father, director Ron Howard.

With the announcement by award presenter Martin Scorsese, King Power’s Golden Globe journey is finally over.

"The winner is "Slumdog Millionaire", director Wang Quan. Congratulations to this young director!"

Wang Quan breathed a sigh of relief. A week later, greater excitement came. The Oscar shortlist was announced!

"Slumdog Millionaire" won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Effects, Best Film Editing, Best Original Song, Best Sound Effects Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Score, with a total of ten nominations, leading the Oscars this year!