Huayu Entertainment: Tianxian really wants to improve

Chapter 115 Uninvited Chinese Entertainment Stars
Gu Bei still felt that

The box office of Nezha 2 is too exaggerated.
It's too advanced for this era.

But Avatar's billion-dollar goal can be achieved in less than three years and is already within reach.

"I think... Director Gu Bei, you may be a little too optimistic." Zhao Guanxiang's words were very tactful, but the meaning of his rebuttal was very obvious.

“This is not optimism, but it is supported by data.”

Gu Bei said calmly, "Look at the box office data of the past three years. In 2004, it was 15 billion, in 2005 it was 20 billion, and in 2006 it was 26 billion.
而这三年的年度票房冠军功夫、无极和满城尽带黄金甲的票房，则是1.7亿、1.8亿和2.9亿，都在票房的9%到12%之间。

That means as long as the total box office in mainland China reaches 80 billion, the annual box office champion will likely reach 10 billion!"

Gu Bei paused, then looked at Zhao Guanxiang with a smile:
"You don't think the domestic box office can't reach 80 billion, right?

That's less than 3 million moviegoers, which means only one in five people sees a movie once a year!"

Zhao Guanxiang opened his mouth.

He instinctively wanted to refute, but found that he couldn't refute.
Because he knew that the total domestic box office was less than 10 billion three years ago,

It quadrupled in three years.
Gu Bei’s 80 billion goal may be achieved in three years!

"Director Gu Bei, you are quite sensitive to numbers."

Zhao Guanxiang wiped the sweat from his forehead.
He was a little sweaty.

Gu Bei smiled and said, "No way, I'm studying engineering."

"Since you think the small goal for the box office record is 1 billion, what kind of movie do you think can achieve such a high goal?" Zhao Guanxiang asked again.

Gu Bei answered without hesitation:

"New genre films! Especially those that are popular with the general public, such as comedy and science fiction.

Hollywood has been developing new genres since the New Hollywood era.

Only by constantly changing the genre and giving the audience a sense of freshness can we keep the audience in the habit of going to the cinema."

Sci-fi?

There are no science fiction films in China nowadays!

As for comedy films, Feng's comedies have indeed always been at the top of the box office, but in the past two years they have been somewhat overshadowed by costume blockbusters.

It just fits with Gu Bei's theory of genre film replacement.

The more Zhao Guanxiang thought about it, the more he found that Gu Bei's analysis made sense.

From the beginning, he
I think the domestic film market is just like that.

Gradually turning it into a billion-dollar box office seems to be just a small goal!

The interview is over.

Zhao Guanxiang took the initiative to shake hands with Gu Bei and said, "Director Gu Bei, this interview has been very beneficial. It can be seen that you have done a lot of research on the domestic film market. I hope to see your Chinese-language films soon."

When leaving,
Zhao Guanxiang also asked Gu Bei for a few tickets for tomorrow's screening.

This kind of screening ticket is valuable.

After all, it is on the first floor, so you can get close to the stars.

But the prerequisite is that there are stars of sufficient weight at the screening event.

the next day.

The Whiplash screening event has begun.

This kind of screening event is often an opportunity to show off your connections.

The crack drummers in other halls have already started playing,
The reason why movie fans come here is,

Just to see if there are any directors and stars I like at the screening.

Producer Joe used his connections to
Invited Brad Pitt, who had just worked with me.

He attended with his wife Angelina Jolie and adopted son. Plus Anthony Hopkins from the crew,

With three superstars attending the event, Gu Bei naturally didn't need to worry about the seats for fans on the second floor, as they were already full.

However, there is still 30% vacancy on the first floor. Producer Joe has invited all the media familiar to him, but they still cannot fill the vacancies.

"Bruce, how many of the people you invited are left? I'll let the fans fill the remaining spots." Joe looked at the time and the screening was about to begin.

“There aren’t many empty seats, so let them be.”

Gu Bei took a look inside.
There aren't many empty seats on the first floor. If fans were allowed to sit in there, it would cause chaos. At most, some of the empty seats would look a little unsightly when taking photos.

at this time,

Gu Bei saw Jiang Zhiqiang and his group walking in through the door.
With just a quick glance, he recognized several Hong Kong celebrities, including Bai Gu, director Xu Ke... about ten people in total.

"Look, isn't this almost full?"

Gu Bei nodded to Jiang Zhiqiang and others, then said to Qiao with a smile.

However, he was a little confused. He had only invited Jiang Zhiqiang and Wang Jiawei, but so many Hong Kong celebrities came.

Before Gu Bei's doubts were resolved,

Another unexpected person appeared at the door.

Gong Li!

Gu Bei and Gong Li had no connection at all, so he didn't even invite her.

Now that Gong Li had suddenly arrived, Gu Bei had to arrange for Liu Yifei to go and greet her: "Xixi, go and bring Gong Li in and arrange a seat for her."

After all, Gong Li doesn’t even have a ticket and is now stopped at the door!
Qiao was a little confused: "Bruce, did you invite so many Chinese stars?"

Gu Bei shook his head.

He vaguely sensed that some changes had occurred that he was unaware of.

Otherwise, how could such a Chinese star come uninvited?

Before Gu Bei could think about it, he saw another familiar face stopped at the door, the King of Looks Sun Honglei, who was also an uninvited Chinese star.

He glanced at it.
Liu Yifei is having a happy chat with Gong Li.

Gu Bei could only walk over by himself, say hello to Sun Honglei, and ask the security guard to let the person in.

"Director Gu, I'm definitely not good at Hollywood movies, but if you want Chinese-language movies, you have to consider me!" Sun Honglei said to Gu Bei with a smile before walking in.

What do you know?
Gu Bei was full of doubts, but he didn't feel comfortable asking directly.

He was about to turn backstage.
Another familiar face approached.

Zhang Ziyi smiled and extended her hand to Gu Bei: "Director Gu, I came here uninvited, you should not be unwelcome, right?"

"Thank you for your support!"

Gu Bei reached out and gently held half of her palm.

Zhang Ziyi entered the venue with a smile.

Gu Bei became more and more confused.

More than half of the Chinese stars in Cannes should be here.

When did I have such connections in Huayu?

He simply didn't go backstage, but wanted to see who else would come.

"Director Gu Bei!" Zhao Guanxiang trotted up the stairs, followed by several middle-aged men. "I was looking for you. These are the leaders of China Film Group."

"Zhongying Han Sanpin!"

Han Sanpin walked in front, smiling and extending his hand. "I heard Xiao Zhao talking about your interview yesterday, so I wanted to come and take a look. I wonder if I'll disturb your screening?"

(End of this chapter)