Life in the Light and Shadow of Chinese Entertainment

This includes several science fiction movies and special effects blockbusters. It is said that the six major Hollywood studios offered high prices to buy the scripts, but Wu Yang rejected them all. However, there are still rumors that they may cooperate in the future.

It goes without saying that Wu Yang planned to film all these scripts himself.

Moreover, both Random House and HarperCollins, two major publishing groups, are soliciting articles from Wu Yang.

The reason is simply because those movie scripts all have complete world backgrounds, and the science fiction approach is more gimmicky.

Despite being the youngest among the directors present, Wu Yang has the greatest potential!

Both films that have been released have brought substantial returns to investors.

The third film released today has reportedly already recouped its entire investment cost through overseas rights alone.

The domestic box office is a net profit; otherwise, they wouldn't have challenged the somewhat unpopular Spring Festival period.

Today, due to time zone differences, 68 countries, including China, screened "Love Like a Bouquet" at 9 a.m.

Specific box office results are not yet available, but given the promotional efforts of China Film Group and Huayi Brothers, the figures are still uncertain.

Given the overwhelming amount of discussion about it online, it's easy to imagine that as long as the film's quality isn't bad...

The box office will be at least 2 million yuan. As for whether it can break the box office record of 4.1 million yuan set by "First Love", only time will tell!

Back in the day, breaking 1 million yuan in domestic box office revenue was something to brag about. But now, just one year later, the baseline for top domestic directors has risen to the 2 million yuan mark.

1 million is only the starting point for becoming a great director; only those with box office earnings of over 2 million can enter the realm of great directors.

Those who earn less than 1 million are at best considered promising young talents, while those art-house film directors who are still losing money are no longer sought after.

The natural law of commercial films is this realistic: whether or not they can make money for investors is the only measure of success.

Over time, the three major European film festivals have gradually declined.

The award-winning films they favor are increasingly performing poorly at the global box office.

Today, the United States and China are recognized as the world's two major voting blocs.

If a movie cannot appeal to the audiences in these two major box office markets, then it is unlikely to be a big hit.

Haven't you seen how the once-glorious Section Chief Jia is now in a state of no investment?

Don't listen to the hype in the press releases; commercial value doesn't lie.

The film and television bosses or major investors who can enter the banquet hall are not fools, nor would they turn down money.

Since Wu Yang has film scripts that are sought after by Hollywood, the ability to direct films, and the skill to make money for investors.

So naturally, we should cultivate a good relationship with this rising international director.

Since Liu Yifei was always by his side, and Wu Yang was not very old, the possibility of seduction was directly ruled out.

All that was left was to use money. With the basic strategy in place, major film and television bosses and investors were willing to spend money.

They all followed China Film Group's lead, directly promising Wu Yang that no matter what movie he was making, he would provide the personnel and script, and take 30% of the global revenue.

Even the beaming young CEO Wang realized the crisis, so for the second half of the banquet, he acted like a bodyguard, never leaving Wu Yang's side even when talking to others.

Many top male and female celebrities at the scene are also eager to join Wu Yang in making their way to Hollywood, so they are all gathering here.

Among the crowd, most people had some connection to the Beijing Film Academy, so even if you approached them abruptly, you wouldn't lack topics to discuss.

However, while Wu Yang accepted all the advances from top female stars, she did not respond at all.

Of course, it's also related to Liu Yifei being by his side all the time.

If she misunderstands, Wu Yang herself will suffer the consequences.

However, whenever Liu Yifei is present, no matter who she is with, she can immediately attract people's attention.

Even among the top actresses like the "Four Dan and Two Bing" (referring to four top actresses and two top actresses from the Bing family), Liu Yifei can still hold her own. If it were actresses born in the 80s, 90s, or even 00s, she would easily dominate them whenever they appeared together!

In the end, out of the hundreds of people present, at least 80 people surrounded Wu Yang.

The invited domestic directors, apart from Zhang Yimou, Chen Yimou, and Feng Xiaogang, were already awkwardly hiding in a corner, using food to cover up their embarrassment.

Zhang Yimou's low emotional intelligence, coupled with the ridicule he received from audiences for "A Simple Noodle Story," has made him appear very low-key.

Even though there were fewer and fewer people around me, I didn't care much.

Chen Shiren, who considers himself the number one director in China, looked somewhat displeased, but he didn't show it on the spot. Instead, he talked at length with the people around him about his esoteric film art.

Only Feng Kuzi lost his temper on the spot, ever since Wu Yang became a shareholder of Huayi.

In fact, he was very unhappy because he had worked for Huayi for many years and had only received the same 300 million shares as Wu Yang.

However, due to limited funds, he could only purchase 288 million shares, while Wu Yang was able to directly exchange his movie shares for 300 million shares.

If it were just that, it wouldn't be a big deal, but since Huayi went public, several positive news items have all been due to Wu Yang.

The increase in valuation has been attributed by outsiders to Wu Yang.

He was originally in the directing department of Huayi Brothers, where he was practically the emperor, and even the big and small bosses would coax him to start productions.

But ever since Wu Yang arrived, the eldest Wang has rarely invited him for tea, and the youngest Wang has rarely joined him for entertainment.

Furthermore, Wu Yang is the main character at today's banquet, and all the male and female celebrities who used to surround him have left.

Various grievances and jealousy suddenly erupted, so when chatting with a few lackeys around him...

He couldn't help but speak out and say a lot of unpleasant things.

Although the lackeys outwardly flattered him, they were secretly resentful, simply because they had followed Feng Kuzi for a long time.

Therefore, they all knew that if Feng Kuzi broke down, it meant that Feng Kuzi was in a state of impotent rage.

Ning Hao, who joined the 100 million yuan club last year, was eating and drinking with a few girls in a corner.

She would occasionally raise her head, her gaze filled with envy as she looked towards Wu Yang.

He has too many thoughts and desires, and he is determined to become the fourth greatest director in China.

They believe that commercial success is not enough; they also want to achieve success in the art of filmmaking.

Then, in a moment of folly, he invested all his savings in "No Man's Land," a movie full of villains.

After filming, it was delayed for four years before it was released due to various reasons that it could not pass censorship.

Although he will be hailed as one of the top directors in China in the future, his status and position are not as high as those of the three oldest directors.

In terms of box office performance, he couldn't compare to those rising stars, and in the end, he could only be considered a second-tier director.

The two best buddies who were having a get-together just a few days ago, talking animatedly together, are now both siding with Wu Yang.

Although Ning Hao understands that this is only natural, since he always takes a long break after finishing a film.