Huayu: Everyone's been reborn, who's still going to be an actor?

Time flies, and it's already the end of October.

The film "Buried" has grossed over 30 million yuan at the box office after nearly a month in theaters.

This movie grossed 10 million in four days, 20 million in eight days, and only grossed 30 million in nearly a month.

If you say there's no piracy involved, probably no one would believe it.

However, China Film Group, the distributor, still threw a celebration banquet for the film.

As for Remote Films, the investor and producer?

Although it's no longer a shell company, there are only a handful of them now.

The industry doesn't value this company as much as Cheng Yuan himself.

Many industry bigwigs attended the celebration banquet.

Han Sanping came in person.

This victory celebration banquet was something he insisted on hosting.

In addition, Bona Film Group's Yu Dong came, Wang Changtian from Guangxian came, and even Wang Zhonglei from Huayi Brothers came.

He arrived with Shuang Bing by his side.

Not one, but two.

Cheng Yuan had to admit that both Li Shuangbing and Fan Shuangbing were very attractive at that time.

Especially the latter.

However, Cheng Yuan had no sexual interest in her.

"welcome!"

You can't hit someone who's smiling, so Cheng Yuan wouldn't go so far as to give Wang Zhonglei a hard time here.

Although he was twenty years old, he had been beaten down by society in his previous life, so naturally he wouldn't show all his emotions on his face.

Of course, that smile also carried a polite but perfunctory and distant air.

Congratulations!

Wang Zhonglei said with a smile that it seemed there was no dissent between him and Cheng Yuan, and that there had been no unpleasantness between them.

"Director Cheng, hello. I'm Li Shuangbing!"

"Director Cheng, hello. I'm Fan Shuangbing, and I hope we'll have the opportunity to work together."

Cheng Yuan shook hands with the two briefly, then smiled and gave them a perfunctory reply.

Cooperation?

As long as you're still with Huayi Brothers, cooperation is impossible.

"I thought you guys would at least start arguing, if not fight."

Jiang Wen smiled and said to Cheng Yuan that he hadn't actually expected Wang Zhonglei to come.

"Am I such a reckless person?" Cheng Yuan said. "Besides, some things are better left unsaid. If a fight breaks out, I'm afraid I won't be able to control myself and might kill him."

"When does your movie start filming?" Jiang Wen, changing the subject because of low sales, asked, "Buried is nominated for a Golden Horse Award, are you going to the awards ceremony?"

"I'm afraid it's a bit risky," Cheng Yuan said, shaking his head. "If I go, I'll probably just be a runner-up."

These days, the Golden Horse Awards are still highly prestigious.

Buried was nominated for Best Director and Best Actor.

Both of these awards are quite prestigious.

"You still have a chance to win an award," Jiang Wen said. "After all, you were nominated for Best Director at Venice, right?"

"I don't think they'll give the award to a new director like me, especially since the film is so controversial," Cheng Yuan said. "Besides, 'The Hunt' starts filming every two days. I can't just abandon my new film and go to the Golden Horse Awards after only two days of filming, can I? Don't get your hopes up too high; the competition for Best Actor at the Golden Horse Awards is pretty fierce."

Besides Jiang Wen, the nominees for Best Actor at this year's Golden Horse Awards include Andy Lau for Infernal Affairs III, Tony Leung for 2046, Cheung Suet-yu for Golden Chicken II, and Dobu Jie for Kekexili.

Although Jiang Wen has the advantage of being a Venice Film Festival Best Actor winner, it doesn't necessarily mean he'll win the award.

"Kekexili" was also nominated for Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Actor, and Outstanding Artistic Contribution Award (Best Cinematography).

It must be said that Huayi Brothers and Columbia Pictures have amazing resources; they resolved the plagiarism issue in a very short time.

Public opinion subsided, and no one caused any more trouble.

I heard they directly paid to buy the copyright to "Me and the Tibetan Antelope".

Of course, whether it will be affected is hard to say.

In its previous life, this film won Best Feature Film and Best Cinematography at this year's Golden Horse Awards.

It's hard to say now.

However, we'll know in a while.

"Where's your confidence?" Jiang Wen said with a smile. "It's a pity there's no Best New Director award, otherwise it would definitely be yours."

"It's not that I lack confidence, it's that I'm very confident," Cheng Yuan laughed. "You should also trust their nature."

What awards don't involve public relations?

The same goes for the Golden Horse Awards.

They didn't do any public relations work in this area. Just look at the investors of the other nominated films and you'll see.

"Director Jiang, Director Cheng!"

"Mr. Wang!"

As the two were chatting, Wang Changtian walked over and greeted them with a smile.

"Director Jiang, Director Cheng, and President Wang are here too."

Before Wang Changtian could speak, Yu Dong followed closely behind.

"Mr. Yu!"

Cheng Yuan greeted him.

Wang Changtian and Yu Dong had both called him before, inviting him to visit Berna and experience its glamour.

Compared to Huayi Brothers, the terms they offered were much more sincere.

Cheng Yuan simply declined.

"I heard that Director Cheng is preparing a new film."

Wang Changtian couldn't help but speak up.

If we can't sign Cheng Yuan, investing in his new film would be a good alternative.

A film with an investment of several hundred thousand yuan raked in more than thirty million yuan at the box office, an astonishing return on investment.

The key point is that the money to make the movie was provided by GG Entertainment.

Yu Dong simply smiled upon hearing this.

He knows far more than Wang Changtian.

He had considered participating, but when he heard it was a low-budget art film, and that Cheng Yuan himself said it wasn't very entertaining and would only break even if it appeared at international film festivals and sold the rights, he lost interest.

The key point is that China Film Group and Qingdao Film Studio were involved.

"Hmm!" Cheng Yuan nodded and said, "It's a low-budget art film. Filming will start in a few days."

"So fast?" Wang Changtian said. "If you need any help, just ask. Guangxian is quite capable in areas like distribution."

"I'll definitely contact Mr. Wang if I need anything in the future."

Cheng Yuan replied with a smile.

after?

It means we'll let it go this time.

Indeed, there is no room for glamorous intervention.

There was no chance of it being released.

With China Film Group involved in the investment, how could they possibly allow Guangxin to distribute it?

Wang Changtian naturally understood and nodded with a smile. As for whether Cheng Yuan's words were just polite talk, that was not important.

Cooperation would be ideal.

If cooperation is not possible, then we will look for other opportunities.

"Let's go, you two are the stars today."

Han Sanping walked over and said to Cheng Yuan and Jiang Wen.

At this moment, an ice sculpture bearing the Arabic numeral 30 million was pushed out.

This was the first time Cheng Yuan had ever used this device.

His first and only theatrical film in his previous life, although its box office was much higher than this one, the 200 million yuan box office at that time was not as amazing as the 30 million yuan box office today.

"How does it feel?"

After finishing the ice sculpture, Jiang Wen asked Cheng Yuan with a smile.

"I don't feel anything," Cheng Yuan said. "If there were one or two more zeros, then maybe I'd feel something."

"You actually dare to think that way?"

Jiang Wen shook his head and said with a smile.

Nowadays, very few domestic films have grossed over 100 million yuan, and none have reached 300 million yuan.

"I wouldn't even dare to dream of it, so how could I possibly achieve it?" Cheng Yuan said. "With the expansion of the domestic market, there will definitely be no shortage of movies that break 100 million or even 1 billion, and it's not impossible to even break 10 billion."

"Ten billion?" Han Sanping walked over and asked, "What ten billion?"

"That kid's daydreaming," Jiang Wen said. "He says domestic films can break 10 billion yuan."

"Year-end box office?"

Han Sanping said that he felt it was conceivable.

"Single volume!"

Jiang Wen pursed his lips and said that although the total box office for the year is still far from breaking 10 billion, he felt that it was indeed worth considering.

Can a single film break 10 billion?

Young people really dare to dream big.