Chapter 744: Old Chen wants to save face
"Haha, Thomson, don't worry, I will introduce you to him later."
When Zhao Hong saw the excited and somewhat incoherent little old man, he felt funny in his heart.
But more of a feeling, this old boy is really a pure person!
In this money society, such people are rare.
Bang bang bang!
After the movie was played, many people applauded. They were moved by the movie. It was shot so well. It was like a breath of fresh air in Hong Kong. The emotions of this movie are very touching.
In this film, he even moved the stage to a "castle in the sky" - the sky city Laputa. This is an aerial city powered by flying stones of an anti-gravity device.
Full of strong social consciousness and humanistic care, the film attempts to reflect on the existing shortcomings of human civilization by questioning the fundamental reasons for the loss of civilization, and explores the philosophical proposition of how civilization can survive and develop.
And all of this is shown through the rise and fall of Laputa, the fictional city in the sky.
People can only imagine its prosperity back then through the huge flying stones, countless robots, and mountains of treasures.
Hayao Miyazaki obviously has no intention to focus on introducing the process of the emergence and development of Laputa civilization to the audience.
He only uses the final destruction of this once extremely prosperous civilization to strongly shock and impact the hearts of every audience, thereby questioning all living beings in modern society, and finally thinking about the practical issues of where human civilization should develop.
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After watching this movie, all filmmakers felt that it was very much like Hayao Miyazaki. They thought that the style was very similar to his. It discussed many philosophical issues and was very profound.
In Asia, Hayao Miyazaki is the only one who can present these propositions in animated films.
"Raymond, how much do you think this movie can sell?"
"There are too many that I dare not say. Two hundred million dollars in the world should not be a problem."
"Why not 400 million, or 500 million? I can tolerate it much better than "Kung Fu Panda", and I have deep thoughts on many macro issues."
"Haha, what is the essence of Big Bang? It is a huge audience. Can children understand much of this movie? This directly eliminates some audiences."
"Furthermore, this movie is too oriental. Although cartoons can cross racial differences, can they also cross cultural barriers? I would say that this movie may have a high box office in Japan, but it is hard to say in Europe and the United States.
Of course, the box office will be higher than most movies in these places, but if I want to catch up with "Kung Fu Panda", I'm tired of watching it!"
He Guanchang and Zou Daheng discussed this topic together. In their eyes, box office is the most important thing. As for art? How much is it worth?
Golden Harvest basically does not invest in art films, and they have not invested in the original film Sunglasses King. In fact, as long as it is not a comedy, they will invest cautiously.
Of course, big productions don't count. They took a lot of risks when it came to going to Hollywood.
This also shows something, that is, Zou Daheng is already a film businessman through and through. He may have had some feelings for movies before, but they have been wiped out over a long period of time.
But this is also the fundamental secret to people's long-lasting prosperity.
For example, DreamWorks has invested in more than ten literary films every year since its establishment. If it were not for DreamWorks' strong distribution channels, many of these films would have suffered huge losses.
Many of the saviors take one or two years to recover their capital, or make a small profit.
This is intolerable to many film companies.
After the movie is shot, they just want to realize it quickly, and they still need to make a profit.
The film cycle is best within half a year. If the cost can be recovered, it is actually a loss. After all, time, energy, money, etc. have been invested.
Superboy had a very complicated mood after watching this movie. Their company might not be able to make such a good animated movie in ten years. They have also been producing animated movies in the past two years, but the effect was not very good after it was released.
But I still make a lot of money, mainly because external copyrights are so easy to sell.
After Xiangjiang animated films were popularized by DreamWorks Animation Film Company, film dealers from many places around the world took aim. They could not afford large-scale productions, but small-scale productions could still make films.
This has allowed many animation film companies in Hong Kong that were not very successful to survive and develop to a certain extent.
The animation film company founded by Superboy is one of them. It is currently considered a medium-sized company in Hong Kong, but it still earns tens of millions every year, almost as much as his own film company.
Coupled with peripherals and so on, it can bring more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars to the company every year.
Of course, there will only be more radiation. After all, their family has done a lot of product placement in this area, and the supporting peripheral products have made a lot of money.
In fact, his film company and TV station mainly serve other companies of his own. Although these two are not very profitable, his family makes more money from the advertising placement.
This is also the reason why Li Huanggua spends huge sums of money on entertainment.
"Young Master Hong, congratulations to your company for releasing another hit movie!"
"Young Master Hong, it's really amazing. This animated film has put Hong Kong's animated films at least ten years ahead. This is a classic film that can be recorded in the annals of film history."
"Master Hong, it's up to your company to shoot animated films! Xiangjiang animated films can be divided into two levels, one is animated films from DreamWorks, and the other is animated films from other companies."
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A flood of flattery!
Zhao Hong suddenly felt the enthusiasm of the entertainment industry. Everyone was a ‘good person’!
He accepted all of this one by one. After the production team came on stage to talk about their feelings, the premiere was finally over.
Zhao Hong also specially invited them to have a meal, and everyone was very excited.
When he saw that everyone had serious dark circles under their eyes, he knew that they had stayed up day and night for this movie. Who knew the hard work involved?
For this reason, I directly approved a major health care program for them, and the bonus was also huge.
In their excitement, Zhao Hong said goodbye and left.
Ever since Thomson was introduced to Mayumi Tanaka, Keiko Yokozawa, Enei Hatsui, Nora Terada and others by Zhao Hong, he has been talking about it all day long, and even pulled the group of people together to score "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily"
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So far, the film's soundtrack team is unprecedentedly powerful, and Zhao Hong is looking forward to more extraordinary music.
Before the filming of Zhao Hong's movie even started, Asian film selectors from the three major European film festivals were targeting him. Although he only won the Best Picture award at Cannes, his other movies were very popular in Europe.
Hot.
The main problem is that the Big Three want to increase their influence in Asia, and Zhao Hong is a figure who cannot be avoided.
DreamWorks is a behemoth in Europe, Asia and even the world. Especially in the film industry, there is really no one that can compete with it.
Even Disney, the most famous company in Hollywood, cannot do this. Their distribution channel is not like DreamWorks, which is completely their own.
Among them, the investment from theater chains alone is beyond what they can afford.
Disney will have to wait until after the millennium to develop.
At that time, they launched a merger and acquisition frenzy, and finally entered the forefront of the world's top 500 companies.
In fact, Zhao Hong's films generally do not participate in film festivals, but are often exhibited in exhibitions. This is also a kind of publicity for the film itself.
Zhao Hong's film has been submitted to the Berlin Film Festival and is confirmed to participate in the festival in February next year.
What I haven’t mentioned yet is that Lao Mouzi’s popularity has skyrocketed during this period.
His film "Raise the Red Lantern" won the Jury Prize and the International Association of Film Critics Award at the 48th Venice International Film Festival, the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 46th British Film Academy Awards, and the 36th Italian Film David Award.
Best Foreign Language Film Award, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film Award, and was nominated for a series of foreign awards such as the 64th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Award.
During this period, he took Gong Li around the world, and received high praise every time he returned home.
It can be said that Lao Mouzi is now considered one of the best directors in China. His two films have made him famous internationally, let alone domestically.
Even in Hong Kong, his popularity is top-notch, mainly because DreamWorks media reported on him.
Comparing him to Zhao Hong from the Mainland, Zhao Hong blushed after reading this newspaper, a bit embarrassed.
Immediately, I felt a burst of joy. Being in a movie can be regarded as a good reputation.
Seeing Lao Mouzi doing this, he couldn't sit still. He had some expectations for the Berlin Film Festival next year.
The most uncomfortable person is Lao Chen. He is really speechless when facing Jiangdong and his elders. Therefore, he basically stayed in Xiangjiang during this period, and he is known as: "Participating in the later period of "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily"
Production and production of this movie are inseparable from him, so he doesn’t even have time to go back to the mainland.”
Lao Chen has a bit of an ostrich mentality right now. As for talking about the post-processing of "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily", that's nonsense.
He is not doing anything now. He often hangs out with the screenwriting team of DreamWorks and asks them to write a script for Mei Lanfang's autobiography for him. For this purpose, he also invited Lu Wei, the screenwriter of "Farewell My Concubine" in the original time and space.
Participate in screenwriting together.
Lu Wei is a very good screenwriter. His resume is quite amazing. He has written scripts such as "The Last Madness", "Xingtang Azhi - The Story of Qi Baishi", "The Price of Madness", "Lamp Shadow Spring and Autumn",
"Nine Summers", "Yellow River Ballad", "Black Scenery", "Blood Building" (i.e. "Qin Song"), "Peach Blossoms in the Sky", "Red Cherry", "The Long Road to Xixia" and so on.
In the original time and space, "Alive" was also a script adapted by him. It is reasonable to say that he is the number one screenwriter in the Mainland.
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Chapter completed!