Fooling Huayu for Thirty Years

Chapter 85 The box office success of "That Mountain" continues! Director Chen is narrow-minded!
Of course Chen Hong and Gong Li knew each other.

But, in terms of status in the circle and various aspects.

The gap is really not a little bit!
Gong Li is one of the best Chinese actresses.

Chen Hong is filming in our mainland, but he can't compete with He Qing and others.

But now, it's completely different!

Chen Hong opened up a whole new track.

Beautiful actress turns into a beautiful director!

Now it has also won a major award at an international A-level film festival.

Although everyone agrees that the Tokyo Film Festival is indeed not as good as the three major European ones.

But it is also international A-level.

Moreover, there are better female directors than Chen Hong in our country.

But none of them are as beautiful as her.

There are really not many female stars who are prettier than her. At most, they can be said to be each good at their own thing.

So far, there has been no successful case of being a director.

Sister Hong has no rivals in her own track!
Now he has won another international award and is chatting and laughing with Gong Li. There is nothing wrong with him at all!
Even Sister Qing could feel it clearly.

When Gong Li talked to himself, his tone and everything else were different from before.

She was so arrogant before!
Of course, Gong Li is indeed very capable. Even if he is arrogant, there is nothing wrong with him.

So, Sister Hong is now... happy!

And when he came to visit the Qin Palace, it was of course to hear the moves that Ma Xun whispered in her ear.

This is a great trick!

There are enough reasons to come here.

Hengdian is actually not very far from Shanghai.

Visit friends and chat while on the road.

No problem.

Moreover, this "The Assassination of Qin" is indeed a blockbuster.

Look at this palace.

Such a huge project was undertaken just for a movie.

Of course Sister Hong had to say a few nice words.

I said this to Gong Li.

As for the director of this film...

"Teacher Chen, we still have a lot to learn from you."

This is enough.

You don’t have to say a word after that.

This is the brilliance of Ma Xun's move.

Next, take a brief tour.

Then go to Shanghai.

……

This is how the famous director Chen Hong, who just won the grand prize at the Tokyo Film Festival, left.

Director Chen couldn't hold it in any longer.

“We’re going to the Berlin Film Festival next year!”

As soon as he mentioned the Berlin Film Festival, people who knew him immediately started talking.

"Teacher Chen, Teacher Chen, we don't need to do that. We really don't need to do that. We should think long-term."

"That's it."

“We still have to stick to our own style.”

The reason why everyone says this is very simple.

Everyone knows that your film, Director Chen, is a slow one.

It's really not ordinary ink.

The most intuitive thing is that you can start a side job by following Director Chen.

For example, boxed lunches.

For his crew, box lunches are a big business, and whoever can control the supply will make a fortune.

Because for every movie he shoots, the minimum lunch money is over a million.

The prices here are very cheap now, a bowl of beef is only 2 yuan.

The lunch boxes are really not expensive, but Director Chen has to work on the filming for a long time.

This time, "The Assassination of Qin" will have various big scenes.

There are many people who want it.

Up to now, the cost of lunch boxes has exceeded 200 million.

I estimate that after the filming is completed, 300 million will be enough.

The Berlin Film Festival is usually held in February at the beginning of the year.

Can’t finish shooting!
I couldn’t finish the photo!
Not to mention post-production.

So……

"Cannes Film Festival! Let's strive to complete this work as soon as possible!"

Director Chen spoke with great momentum.

But he has several capable subordinates.

You look at me, I look at you.

"Teacher Chen, why don't we go to the Tokyo Film Festival as well?"

Hey! What's going on?!

Logically speaking, the Cannes Film Festival is in May.

We probably won’t be able to finish the filming.

If you don’t want to go, don’t go.

But, isn’t there the Venice Film Festival after the Cannes Film Festival?

You know, the Venice Film Festival has a very good attitude towards our Chinese films.

And there is a reason for this... Actually, there is someone.

The current president of the Venice Film Festival is Marco Muller.

This person is of course Italian, but he can actually be said to be from Northeast China.

He came to China that year, studied at Liaoning University, and lived there for another ten years.

After returning to China, he built a cultural bridge between China and Europe.

He helped bring many of our Chinese films to Europe, including Red Sorghum.

Although this was at the Berlin Film Festival, Marco Mueller really made a great contribution.

But in this case... Director Chen naturally cannot go to Venice, Italy!

You are biased, Marco Muller!
You tend to be emo~
This guy went to Venice as a jury in 1993 and has never been there since.

Of course, those who know better won’t mention the Venice Film Festival.

After the Venice Film Festival, the next step was to go to Tokyo.

No problem.

Director Chen thought for a while, "But even if I win the grand prize..."

Before he could finish speaking, someone made a move.

"Talk to Kadokawa and nominate one more Best Director."

This is a good idea!
Director Chen was delighted and said, "Let's do it this way."

My fellow men, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, everyone knows that you are slow in filming.

But if you shoot too fast, no one will make any money.

……

"The latest news is that Director Chen has declared that he will become famous in Tokyo next year!"

"The Emperor and the Assassin will be participating in the Tokyo Film Festival!"

"Regarding the slow progress of filming, Director Chen said: Movies should be shot slowly..."

When Sister Hong and others arrived in Shanghai, they had just started their publicity work.

Director Chen did respond. His situation... When Sister Hong saw the news in the newspaper, she couldn't help but smile.

It's so uncomfortable to hold it in.

This was all within Ma Xun’s calculations!

Really, it’s just like Ma Xun is teaching Director Chen how to do it.

But actually, it’s not difficult at all.

As long as you know a little about Director Chen, you will know that it should be done.

As for him...his ex-wife, Ms. Hong, gave a very accurate evaluation of him.

Your heart is as small as a needle!
This evaluation is really accurate.

So Ma Xun came up with a little trick.

Director Chen fell into the trap directly.

Sprinkle some water.

And now it gets interesting.

Sister Hong started to do various activities in Shanghai.

The main creative team of "That Mountain" is still the same as before, going out everywhere and constantly meeting with fans.

The effect is very good.

For example, Liu Ye.

Don't think that you are just a newcomer now.

But because our movie won a big award, his photos were also reported by many media.

Hey~ This guy is so handsome and sunny!

This guy is definitely someone who can get into the Central Academy of Drama just by relying on a few shooting moves.

This face is still very punchable.

So, whenever there was an event, he would show up.

"Ahhh! So handsome!"

"Liu Ye! Liu Ye!"

There was a lot of noise in the cinema.

Especially the female fans, they are crazy.

Liu Ye is still quite shy now.

He has a really good appearance, but he is definitely from Northeast China.

Anyone from Northeast China will instantly recognize this thing when they see it.

This guy must be someone who can't even fart even if you hit him with three sticks.

So, this shy, not very talkative look...

Hey! It's even more popular!

Now he can run a business by himself.

Of course, Sister Hong is even more relaxed.

The film atmosphere in Shanghai is still very strong, and the film "That Mountain" is originally an art film.

Need I say more about the artistic style of this city?
What’s more, he won a big prize in Tokyo before!

Shanghai movie fans have actually been looking forward to it for a long time!
What’s interesting is that when she was at the event, many reporters would ask Sister Hong.

"Regarding the fact that The Emperor and the Assassin will also attend the Tokyo Film Festival, does Director Chen have anything to say?"

That’s a good question. This is hot news in our domestic film industry right now.

Sister Hong’s answer was also excellent.

"This is their movie's business, it has nothing to do with us."

Smiling and light-hearted.

That’s the answer, the best!
The more you answer like this, the more articles the reporters will have to write.

Then the news focus will definitely shift towards the movie "That Mountain".

And it will naturally be reflected in the box office soon.

It’s still the first week.

This Shanghai is indeed big Shanghai.

400 million!
It is definitely an outstanding achievement!
If this goes on...

The total box office of "That Mountain Man and That Dog" was estimated by the industry to be over 2300 million!

Sister Hong was overjoyed, and then she had to head south.

……

"That Mountain" has been making great progress in the south.

This result was achieved after a lot of effort by Ma Xun.

Let’s not even look at the money.

Just the sense of accomplishment.

Ma Xun was already very satisfied.

The movie is actually a good movie, but it really didn’t know how to market itself in the original time and space.

Well, not that I can’t, but not at all!

Anyone who has studied this case will be shocked.

There was absolutely no marketing done, so how could it have a good box office?

Of course, we were indeed poor.

In the original time and space, it would be good enough if this film could be completed.

But now it's different.

It's not just Sister Hong who leads the team around.

Ma Xun actually bought some billboards.

This is also a considerable expense.

Billboards on bus shelters are actually very effective for movies.

Especially those near the cinema.

There is no need to go into details about these.

In short, you have to know how to market and have money to do it.

And now, Ma Xun is facing a new challenge.

"Brother, I heard that some Japanese wanted to buy your movie?"

"Yes."

"Wow! Awesome! Bro, you are really amazing. I didn't think much of this movie at first, but you actually made it a success."

“The main thing is the movie itself is good.”

"Well, what are you going to do with the Japs this time?"

"Let me keep it a secret first, how about that?"

"That's really... good, but if it works, you must tell me about it!"

Sun Donghai called, and I could tell he was extremely greedy.

But Ma Xun didn't say everything.

Anyway, if you want to do business with the Japanese, you have to be smarter than them.

And this deal...had already started before they even arrived.

Ma Xun first made several phone calls to Kenta Fukasaku.

Fukasaku's family has a good relationship with Toei.

Therefore, the people who came this time through his connections were from Toei.

But, there is more.

There are two other major film companies in Japan, Toho and Shochiku.

Both of them have their own cinema chains, and they are actually stronger, especially Shochiku.

The original leader in the industry.

But Ma Xun took the initiative and confirmed a "small matter" with the people from these three families.

"We Chinese are a country of etiquette. You have come from afar, so of course I have to do my best to be a good host. So, leave the hotel booking to me."

Book a hotel?
Yes, that's the trick.

Ma Xun booked all three groups of people into one hotel, on the same floor...

(End of this chapter)