0371 [Peak Dialogue]
I spent a day at the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. The meeting talked about all aspects of the film industry, the high layout at the national level, the establishment of rural digital theaters, what movies improve the national image, what film and television companies fully accept the financial industry, what film and television system and censorship system are perfected, etc.
Meetings are held every year and every quarter, which has become a habit.
Wan Xiaohu always comes to the meeting when he has time, and ignores it directly if he has time. This time, the reason for coming here is naturally because he has time is that he has time, because it will be October 1st after the meeting.
2009 is the 60th anniversary of the founding of China. The country will hold a National Day military parade before **. As a member of non-partisans, Wan Xiaohu was invited by the state to attend the National Day military parade and watch it with the national leaders on the city tower.
The military parade is the best time to test the national defense power. Although the 60th anniversary parade is smaller than the 50th anniversary parade, it is the most complete of troops. Moreover, unlike the previous military parades, there were always a large number of imported weapons. At this military parade, from aircraft, missiles, tanks, artillery, automatic rifles, all the weapons and equipment referenced were "made-in-china (Made in China)."
Moreover, this airplane performance was the first time that it had been flying with a missile after the founding ceremony.
During the military parade for more than 60 minutes, Wan Xiaohu was so excited that he watched the country was growing stronger bit by bit, and his sense of pride was slowly rising.
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After watching the military parade, Wan Xiaohu started his vacation trip again, and accompanied Jun Ji-hyun and Wan Chengjun to go there with her.
Time flies, and it will be the end of the year soon.
During this period, three of the movies produced by Jiahe Entertainment have very good reviews. One is directed by Chen Desen, produced by Chen Kexin, starring Nicholas Tse, Wang Xueqi, Leung Ka-hui, Donnie Yen, Li Yuchun, Fan Bingbing, and Lai Ming. The mainland won a box office of RMB 293.3 million and Hong Kong 16.09 million.
The other is "Epilogue" co-directed by Mai Zhaohui and Zhuang Wenqiang, which won 86.6 million yuan in the mainland. Hong Kong is 15.24 million Hong Kong dollars, and the box office and evaluation are very good.
Another one is "Lost in Thailand", starring Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang, which won nearly 50 million yuan in box office, becoming an excellent work with a low-cost and high box office.
Jiahe Entertainment's overseas investment is also very powerful. First, it was the joint Indian movie "Three Idiots Make a Fight for Bollywood", with a budget of 350 million Indian rupees (7.46 million US dollars), and it ended up winning a box office of nearly 4.7 billion rupees (100 million US dollars), almost all of which were made local contributions from India, and they frantically won the championship in Indian film history.
The second is that it has already been classified as a Korean film company under Jeon Ji-hyun. It has invested in movies by several Korean directors, Yoon Qi-kun's "Haiyuntai" and Kim Yong-hwa's "National Representative", which have all achieved super box office in South Korea.
Of course, the money-making ability of Asian movies is still a bit poor, especially Korean movies, who basically die when they go abroad. The real money-making power is Sasha Entertainment.
Sasha Entertainment released several movies in the second half of this year. "The Bomb Demolition Force", which began to be screened in a small scale in September, was sloppy at the box office, but because of its reflection on the Iraq War. Although this kind of occupier's reflection is particularly hypocritical in Wan Xiaohu's opinion, Americans only take this set.
Back then, Bush was deceived by force and conquered Iraq. As a result, the Iraqis now do not engage in a head-on battle and launched suicide attacks. The killing made the Americans frightened, fearing that their families would die in Iraq, and they wanted to withdraw immediately. Therefore, anti-war movies like "Bomb Disposal Force" were immediately highly praised by the media and the film critics.
Sasha Entertainment did not spare any effort to start building public relations for the Olympics road to "Bomb Disposal Force", and wanted to win two consecutive championships in the Oscar Best Picture.
Artistically, and even more so in box office. "Detective Sherlock Holmes", adapted from the comic of the same name, was released in October, and was unexpectedly powerful, with a US$209 million in North America and a US$524 million in the world, making a big profit. The sequel naturally entered the preparation without any surprise.
"Saw 7" was released in November, with US$45.71 million in North America and US$136 million worldwide, which finally reversed the junk score of the sixth part and reached more than US$100 million. Therefore, Sasha Entertainment announced without hesitation that "Saw 8" will continue to be launched next year and will be launched in 3D format.
The highlight of December is here, Sasha Entertainment's most anticipated movie of the year, "Twilight: Crescent Moon", was released. The opening score was 142.84 million US dollars, setting the highest opening weekend record in 2009. It ranked second in history in December, and second in history holidays (non-weekend).
It left everyone stunned. You know, the cost of this movie is only $50 million.
Compared with the cost of several hundred million yuan in the "Harry Potter" series, this money-making ability is really exaggerated.
In the end, relying on a strong fan club, "Twilight: Crescent" won $297 million in North America and $710 million in the world, almost twice the box office of the first movie.
"Sasha Entertainment has a super gold mine. In the predictable future, with the Twilight series alone, you don't need to worry about annual profits!" - Wall Street Journal special comment.
"The most glorious independent film company in 2009 - Sasha Entertainment!" - "Variety Show".
"The Seventh Largest in Hollywood?" - "Empire".
At the moment when MGM is bankrupt, Warner Bros., Disney, Paramount, Sony Columbia, 20th Century Fox and Universal Studios are the six major Hollywood studios. Whether in terms of film market share, distribution channels and peripheral development, the six majors are all behemoths.
Sasha Entertainment has surpassed Universal and Paramount in box office this year, but in terms of the level of film development, it is far less than these major studios.
However, the future of Sasha Entertainment is brilliant and dazzling, and it is only a matter of time before it becomes the seventh largest!
“Crazy Sasha Entertainment!”
This is the latest title for Sasha Entertainment in Hollywood media.
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New Year's Day on January 1, 2010.
The Dandelion Building in Beijing, live broadcast hall No. 1, three sofas, a small coffee table and a high-legged bench. On the coffee table is a "clock man" puppet from the Time Network and a "Navi Princess Natily" puppet.
The clock man is the mascot of mtime Time. It is an alarm clock with a mouth and eyes. The two hands clenched into fists represent the alarm clock and also represents the meaning of time. The navi princess Natily is the heroine in the movie "Avatar", a blue alien.
There were three people sitting on the three sofas. On the left is a beautiful host Liu Yan. In the middle is James Cameron, the director of "Avatar", and on the right is Wan Xiaohu. The high-legged bench is Cameron's translator.
Today, James Cameron brought "Avatar" to China for publicity. As one of the investors, Wan Xiaohu should cooperate and help with publicity, and the domestic distribution rights of "Avatar" are in the hands of Jiahe Entertainment. Therefore, mtime Time Network specially hosted a live online program.
"Celebrities face to face: The pinnacle dialogue of the movie master - Cameron, director of the 3D blockbuster "Avatar", is a guest on mtime time network with Wan Xiaohu!"
The host of the program is Liu Yan, the former host of Southeast TV. Because Time Internet Group has fully entered the field of online video programs, it has produced many online programs and has invested heavily in digging corners of major TV stations. This is how Liu Yan was poached to host Time Network's ace program "Celebrities Face to Face".
Before the show started, Wan Xiaohu and Cameron both leaned on the sofa and relaxed themselves. The live broadcast hall was not very big, but there was an audience. Today, about 100 people came. These more than 100 people were all students from art universities such as Shanghai Theater, Beijing Film Academy, Central Academy of Drama, and Media College.
The director directed the staff to keep busy. After everything was ready, he gave Liu Yan a signal.
So, Liu Yan, who was just peeking at the script, immediately smiled at the camera with a smile on his face.
"Celebrities face to face, you will be with you! It's 9:30 am now. Friends on site, and friends in front of the computer, welcome to watch "Celebrities face to face" co-organized by mtime Time Network and Youku Video on time. I am the host Liu Yan."
"Today, we are very honored to invite two world-class directors..."
After the opening remarks, the interview officially began.
Because it is mainly for publicity, the topic naturally starts with "Avatar". The movie has been released in North America for two weeks, and the first week of painting score is only 77 million US dollars. Compared with the cost of 500 million US dollars, this score can only be said to be unsatisfactory.
Many media even directly despised it, saying that 20th Century Fox was cheated by Cameron and was not far from bankruptcy.
But on the second weekend, "Avatar" won $75.6 million with an incredible 1.8%, and in ten days, North America soared to $213 million, and the world rushed to the height of $617 million. No one dared to laugh at "Avatar". They shouted wildly, and the phenomenon of "Titanic" reappeared.
When you make a fortune at the box office, you will naturally be more vigorous in publicity.
Because in recent years, under the promotion of Jiahe Entertainment, 3D cinemas and imax cinemas have emerged like bamboo shoots after a rain, and have become the world's second largest 3D market and imax market. The 3D blockbuster "Avatar" naturally shifted its publicity position from North America to China.
“What kind of story is Avatar?”
James Cameron: "It happens in the next 2154 years..."
"I heard that this is a blockbuster film shot in 3D format. Is there any difference between 3D and ordinary movies?"
The answer is Wan Xiaohu: "3d is not a new technology, it actually existed very early. This time, Cameron used the latest 3D photography technology in "Avatar" to create the most perfect 3D effect. It can convert flat images into three-dimensional images through three-dimensional glasses, just like you are really in a movie."
"Wow, that's awesome. I'm very curious. Although you haven't made 3D movies, I know that you have always been driving the 3D market in China?" Liu Yan
"That's right. When I was filming "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" in 2007, I went to Cameron's team to seek technical support, and then I came into contact with 3D. I have also discussed it with Cameron many times and felt that 3D movies would be a trend in the future." Wan Xiaohu said.
Cameron also interrupted: "tiger is a very visionary director. He has given me a lot of inspiration in 3D promotion. We often communicate with each other on the pursuit of technology, and we are consistent."
"No, no, no, you are much more exaggerated than me. I like and accept new technologies. You are developing new technologies with different levels. I dare not make a submersible and run into the sea water ten thousand meters deep just to see what is there. I am still young and cherish life." I smiled and shook my head.
Cameron is a lunatic, in his fifties, and he also made his own submersible to explore the seabed at a depth of ten thousand meters. Wan Xiaohu never dared to try this kind of behavior similar to seeking death. He is young and has many beautiful things waiting for him (to be continued...)
Chapter completed!