Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 335 Wow, is this what mainstream filmmakers are like? (44)

Many domestic marketing accounts tout A24 as "disrupting Hollywood," "Hollywood's new 'traffic code,'" and "a shining pearl of independent films"...

Actually... it's not that complicated. It was just lucky to have come across a few movies that did well at the box office and received rave reviews.

Similar to "Moonlight" and "Lady Bird"...

As for boldness and unique vision, those are labels many people attach to A24 after its success…

In fact, A24 was not the only producer of "Moonlight"; Brad Pitt's Plan B Films also produced it.

If we're talking about having a keen eye, Megan Ellison is definitely got it right when it comes to art!
Her Annapurna Films productions, including "The Master," "Zero Dark Thirty," and "Her," are all great movies!
Of course, they all suffered losses...

But they have a wealthy father!
He saved the company directly with his financial power…

Back to A24, Shen Yan signed the agreement and casually added, "You'd better hurry up and start production next month so it can be released this October!"

Daniel Katz nodded: "Don't worry..."

"Don't even think about entering the Chinese market; R-rated movies have no chance of getting in..."

After chatting for a while, Shen Yan left the company…

Then I went sightseeing in Buffalo with Yang Mi, including Niagara Falls and the zoo...

He returned to China on the 7th.

That day, I attended a symposium for young directors…

Okay, it was basically a May Day movie theater promotion conference...

Logically speaking, this conference has nothing to do with him, but who cares when he's a producer with a thriving reputation in the industry!

……

As of April 7th, "The Telephone" had been in theaters for 18 days, accumulating a box office of 3.68 million yuan…

Yes, it has already exceeded Shen Yan's box office prediction.

The film grossed 3500 million yuan over the three-day Qingming Festival holiday, marking three consecutive days of declining box office revenue…

To be honest, Yan Ge was a little surprised.

"Love in the Buff" has a Douban rating of 7.6, 0.3 points higher than "Telephone" (7.3)...

The film has a good reputation, and Pang Ho-cheung's reputation is also quite good - the two films "Fulltime Killer" and "You Shoot, I Shoot" have made him a rising genius director in the Hong Kong film industry in the new century.

The perspectives are novel, the questions are incisive, and there are many excellent works.

Many people are optimistic about him.

Shen Yan didn't like him much. His movies were interesting, but that kind of interestingness required a high degree of timeliness.

Interest is a product of society's broader culture, which is constantly evolving. Once time passes, what is interesting may fade into boredom...

Moreover, his films are petty and narrow-minded, indulging in narcissistic self-importance and showing off petty cleverness, lacking breadth of vision and short-sightedness.

However, he remembered that the box office of "Love in the Buff" in the original timeline was quite good, with more than 60 million!
How come it can't even beat "Telephone," which has been in theaters for over ten days?

Okay, enough about him, Wrath of the Gods' market performance was pretty bad too...

A $1.5 million big-budget production, after 8 days in theaters, has only grossed 5500 million yuan at the Chinese box office!
The three-day Qingming Festival was even reversed by "The Telephone"...

However, even though "The Telephone" has already grossed 3.65 million yuan, Shen Yan still thinks it is unlikely to break 400 million yuan - "Titanic" will be released the day after tomorrow!
Oh, the so-called symposium for young directors is just a group of young directors gesticulating wildly on stage.

This time, Ning Hao, Guan Hu, Yang Shupeng, and Lu Chuan were invited... Lu Chuan's "The Last Supper" was initially scheduled to be released on July 5th.

Media press releases all touted "The Last Supper" opening in July, along with Lu Chuan's bold statement: "I want to use this film to shine the light of history into everyone's heart."

However, he seems rather quiet right now…

I hope I'm not going to cry again.

Uh, Lu Chuan cries almost every time he makes a public appearance...

"The Missing Gun," "Kekexili: Mountain Patrol," "Nanjing! Nanjing!"...

Damn it, even the promotional tour for "Bureau 749" brought tears to the audience...

What's wrong? Are you Lin Daiyu? Why are you crying so much?

When watching "Let the Bullets Fly," Jiang Wen's line, "Crying? Crying counts as time too!" might have been directed at Lu Chuan...

Shen Yan had been sitting quietly, listening to a group of people bragging...

The host said, "The May Day holiday is not a good time to release movies. It's like being caught between two fierce competitions: the re-release of *Titanic*, *Battleship*, and *The Avengers*..."

Then Yang Shupeng said, "I don't think the re-release of 'Titanic' will cause much of a stir in China. Who would pay for a movie that they've already seen countless times?"

Ning Hao nodded in agreement: "I agree with this view. After all, it's 2012 now, not 1998. The source material for 'Titanic' is readily available online!"

Yang Shupeng continued, "As for 'Battleship'... I've never even heard of that movie..."

Shen Yan couldn't hold back any longer: "Let me interrupt for a moment. 'Battleship,' 'Transformers,' and 'G.I. Joe' belong to Hasbro's cinematic universe plan... Peter Berg, the director of 'Battleship,' is no nobody either. He directed 'Hancock,' which grossed $6.3 million worldwide. He's a very capable commercial film director... Please continue!"

Yang Shupeng paused for a moment, then waved his hand dismissively: "It's no use. I don't even recognize them. How many viewers would recognize them?"

The host then asked, "...So, you have a lot of confidence in 'The Ruffian'?"

"Of course, this is probably the most commercially successful film I've ever directed..."

Then Guan Hu said, "Killing is an allegorical film, so the box office might not be very high..."

Yes, the box office performance of "Killing" was indeed not very high!
But it's a good movie.

It's so good it makes you sweat buckets, much like reading a Lu Xun novel...

To be honest, Shen Yan didn't like to talk big either. People like him were just like Gao Xiaosong. Many people born in the 70s, from families with high-ranking positions or artistic backgrounds, had a biased view of America...

Information cocoons have already formed.

It's hard to change!

Back then, Runmei was the trend...

Over the past forty years of reform and opening up, countless elite talents have gone to America to help with its development…

As it turns out, the so-called elites are nothing special!
After Guan Hu finished discussing "Killing," there was a brief silence, followed by thunderous applause from the audience.

Then Lu Chuan shared about "The Last Supper"... He started crying as soon as he opened his mouth: "We might not be able to release it on schedule... I feel so sorry for the producer... He has always given me his greatest support, and I once thought that it was only right to use the producer's money. But making 'The Last Supper' this time was particularly moving. I learned a lot through this film, and I can no longer make movies with a spoiled attitude..."

Shen Yan couldn't help but roll her eyes...

Is this what our mainstream young directors are like?

This truly continues the academic trend—when *Titanic* swept the Chinese market, many Chinese directors sharply criticized the film, calling it a "money game," "utterly devoid of art," and stating, "I don't think *Titanic* is a good film; I admit it was a big-budget, big-production movie."

Hey, almost 15 years have passed and nothing has changed!
(End of this chapter)