Chapter 210: Painted Skin wins a Best Actress award, Now You See Me earns 1 billion before it’s rele
"Wesley."
"Thomas."
Following Gaga, international film producers were invited to watch the film one after another, and they were generally optimistic about "Now You See Me".
After all, the movie "Now You See Me" really has a "Hollywood vibe".
Although the main actors are all Chinese, the overall background is Hollywood.
All the supporting actors except the leading actor are also Hollywood faces.
As for the story?
Not to mention, it is a true "Hollywood story".
It suits Hollywood's taste very well.
In particular, North American film producers such as Warner Bros. and Westin Brothers are obviously more interested in "Now You See Me" than "Painted Skin".
The quotes for "Now You See Me" are generally higher than those for "Painted Skin".
Overall, the sales momentum of the copyright of "Now You See Me" is still quite encouraging.
Both Han Sanping and Zhou Qing were confident that they could sell "Now You See Me" at a higher price than "Painted Skin".
Facts have proved to be true. By the end of November, when the copyright transaction of "Now You See Me" was almost completed, the copyrights of North America, Europe and Japan alone were sold for 11 million US dollars!
Converted into RMB, it is about 2.4 million!
Not only has the cost of 1.6 million been recovered long ago, but the company has also made a profit of at least 8000 million RMB.
In addition, the advertising placement of "Now You See Me" has already sold 6000 million.
So yes, the movie "Now You See Me" has earned 1.4 million before it was released.
Be it China Film Group, Shanghai Film Group and Wanda Film Group, all the producers are going crazy with joy.
If you follow Director Zhou, you can really get some meat to eat!
The film industry has always been a high-risk industry. Of the many films released every year, more than half actually lose money.
Including those blockbusters that seem to have high box office.
It is even more fatal for those blockbuster movies to suffer losses, after all, the costs are too high.
But Director Zhou’s films are a complete exception, and are guaranteed to make investors lucrative, even by selling copyrights alone.
It's really too tough.
This is probably why so many investors in the industry are vying to get Director Zhou’s express train, right?
It is also worth mentioning that Zhou Qing has also reached agreements with some distributors for this film "Now You See Me".
It adopts the same distribution method as "Painted Skin", and is released simultaneously in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and other regions as well as the mainland.
As for North America, that is of course impossible.
The specific release date will be adjusted based on the market.
“I hope that this time, Now You See Me will sell well in North America.”
Han Sanping is not too worried about the Japanese and Korean regions, but he still has some special expectations for the North American market.
After all, Chinese-language films have never been a good seller in North America.
Although Director Zhou's "127 Hours" and "Painted Skin" sold very well in North America, there are reasons that cannot be replicated.
If this movie "Now You See Me" also sells well, it will be a testament to Zhou Qing's true strength.
Considering the authentic "Hollywood style" of "Now You See Me", Han Sanping is still optimistic about it.
"It's a pity that the subject matter of Now You See Me isn't suitable, otherwise it would have been nice to give it an Oscar."
When mentioning this, Han Sanping also felt regretful.
If it can win an Oscar, won't the overseas box office of Now You See Me be secure?
But unfortunately, the film to be submitted for this year's Oscars has already been decided, and it is the main theme blockbuster "The Clouds and the Water".
Frankly speaking, Han Sanping was not optimistic about this movie at all.
But who says they are more "correct"?
On December 12, "Lust, Caution", which had been released for a month, was withdrawn from theaters, having earned a total of 1 million yuan at the box office.
Frankly speaking, it is still very eye-catching.
In any case, this is also an art film!
You know, many commercial films cannot achieve such results.
Even in 07, it was still very, very difficult to break the million mark, let alone art films.
All in all, it seems that there is only one movie called "Hearing Girl" by Zhou Qing!
Apart from this, even Master Zhang’s “A Thousand Miles Alone” failed to achieve this!
So Li An’s movie is really awesome, and it has truly achieved huge success in both art and commerce.
“It feels just like your “Hearing Girl”.”
Zhu Yawen made such a summary, which I have to say makes a lot of sense.
Didn’t both of them first win the Golden Lion in Venice and then earn over 100 million yuan at the box office in theaters?
So this is the ability of those truly awesome top directors?
It's so scary.
However, the final box office of Li An's "Lust, Caution" was not as high as "The Hearing Girl". So it seems that Qingzi is more awesome?
"Director Zhou!"
"Aoko!"
"Crazy Racing" started filming on the 3rd. Zhou Qing, the exclusive producer, attended the launch conference specially.
Director Ning Hao and starring actor Huang Bo chatted and laughed with Zhou Qing.
The other actors didn't have much to say.
After greeting Zhou Qing politely, they all stepped aside obediently.
They still have that ratio. With their status, they are not qualified to join in at all.
On the contrary, Xu Zheng, who played a major supporting role, was chatting and talking nonsense with them, making it very lively.
It’s not because of Xu Zheng’s status, but because Xu Zheng is an old acquaintance.
If you count carefully, Ning Hao has now made three movies, and Xu Zheng appears in each of them.
In Ning Hao’s two Crazy series movies, Xu Zheng played supporting roles, but in Lost on Journey, Xu Zheng was the protagonist!
Especially the movie "Lost on Journey", which can be said to have allowed Xu Zheng to officially enter the film industry.
Therefore, Xu Zheng was very positive and enthusiastic towards Zhou Qing and Ning Hao.
Although he only played a supporting role with few scenes in "Racing", he still came to attend the press conference specially.
"Director Zhou, if you need a role in the future, just let me know. I can also play supporting roles or extras."
When the atmosphere was almost relaxed, Xu Zheng spoke to Zhou Qing half seriously and half jokingly.
And it's not perfunctory or polite, it's absolutely from the heart.
Xu Zheng was able to fully understand this account.
What happened to the supporting cast?
After playing supporting roles once and twice, he doesn't believe that others will ask him to play supporting roles every time. Maybe he will get the leading role after playing for a while.
Isn't that how relationships are maintained?
If he hadn't played a supporting role in "Stone" at the beginning, Ning Hao, the protagonist of "Lost on Journey", would definitely not have thought of him, right?
"There will come a day."
Zhou Qing said meaningfully.
I can’t say about other movies, but he will definitely continue to ask Xu Zheng to play the role in “Lost in Thailand”.
However, the domestic film market environment has not yet reached its best, the number of screens is not sufficient, and the upper limit of the film's size is about 4 million box office.
It’s not appropriate to make a billion-dollar movie like “Lost in Thailand” now. We have to wait at least another two years.
The same goes for "Painted Skin 2". Zhou Qing will not start a sequel in the short term.
Xu Zheng saw that Zhou Qing didn't seem to be perfunctory in his treatment, and he looked extremely excited.
"By the way, I heard that the girl who plays my assistant this time is an artist under Director Zhou?"
After Xu Zheng said a few polite words, he mentioned this point with great interest.
That’s right, Zhou Qing also arranged a supporting role for Zhao Liying in "Crazy Racing".
As for the female assistant of "Graveyard Brother" Xu Zheng, whose professional ability is questionable, she doesn't have many scenes but is still quite impressive.
"Senior Brother Xu and Liying will have a lot of rivalry scenes, so you can guide her when the time comes."
Zhou Qing nodded accordingly.
Xu Zheng naturally agreed.
"Director Zhou, Director Ning, get ready, the press conference is about to begin." Ning Hao was chatting idly when his assistant director came over to remind him.
Everyone then perked up and entered the venue, and the launch conference of "Crazy Racing" began immediately.
"Director Ning Hao's "Crazy Racing" has started filming, with producer Zhou Qing, lead actor Huang Bo and other main creators all making appearances."
"After Crazy Stone, Ning Hao went crazy again. The launch conference of Crazy Racing was held grandly."
"The film "Crazy Racing" has started filming, and the golden combination of Zhou Qing and Ning Hao has attracted attention."
With Ning Hao's current position in the circle and Zhou Qing's support, "Crazy Racing" is still very popular.
Many people in the circle are paying attention to this film, and netizens are also full of expectations for it.
After all, to be honest, there’s really no bad movie made by Zhou Qing + Ning Hao!
"Director Zhou!"
The publicity and promotion team from China Film Group came over and discussed the corresponding work arrangements with Zhou Qing.
"Now You See Me" will be released on New Year's Day, and intensive promotion will begin this month.
Among the Four Horsemen, Huang Bo was busy filming for "Crazy Racing" and couldn't get away, but Huang Xiaoming, who was preparing for an album, made time for it.
As the second blockbuster after "The Banquet", Huang Xiaoming attaches great importance to it.
Moreover, Huang Xiaoming was only a supporting role in "The Banquet", but in "Now You See Me", Huang Xiaoming was the real leading actor!
This is naturally different.
"I am back!"
Liu Yifei, who had returned to Sony to release her album, also arrived in time and joined everyone in a hurry.
Zhu Yawen?
Needless to say, the artists under his management don’t have anything to do at the moment, so of course they will follow suit to promote the company.
In addition, Chen Daoming, Duan Yihong and Wan Qian also actively cooperated with the various promotional activities of the film.
"Director Zhou Qing's another epic film, Now You See Me, will be released on New Year's Day. Director Zhou and his main creative team will appear at the fan meeting."
"The media screening of Now You See Me was held smoothly, the premiere received rave reviews, and all major film critics gave it high praise."
"This year's most anticipated movie, Now You See Me, will be released on New Year's Day, and Director Zhou's fans say they can't wait."
The effect of hard publicity is obvious.
In just one week, the popularity of "Now You See Me" has been boosted.
However, on December 12, Zhou Qing was temporarily absent from the promotion of "Now You See Me".
Why?
The Golden Horse Awards ceremony has begun.
"Painted Skin" is a hot favorite for this year's Golden Horse Awards, so it's natural for director Zhou Qing to attend.
The nominated female lead Zhou Xun and male lead Hu Jun also came to the venue with Zhou Qing and became the most eye-catching people at the scene.
"Zhou Xun, I wish you can win another Best Actress award this time!"
Hu Jun sent his blessings to Zhou Xun.
"Haha, thank you, and I hope you win the Best Actor award!"
Zhou Xun was very happy and gave Hu Jun a blessing in return.
However, although Hu Jun was also very happy, to be honest, he was not that confident, after all, there was a real super god among his competitors.
But even if he doesn't win the Best Actor award, just being nominated is worthwhile for Hu Jun.
After all, being nominated for Best Actor is not an easy thing.
"Brother, I was laughed at by many people this time."
When he saw Jiang Wen again, he felt a lot more emotional.
The other party's "The Sun Also Rises" was also nominated at the Golden Horse Awards.
Since Wisney failed, the Golden Horse became Jiang Wen's last comfort.
“This doesn’t mean that The Sun Also Rises is not a good movie, it’s just that some people just can’t understand it.”
Zhou Qing smiled, not really trying to comfort Jiang Wen, he was just telling the truth.
"I think you're right. In my next movie, I'll make something that everyone can understand."
It seemed that Jiang Wen was really hit and his attitude changed.
"I still say the same thing, I can invest."
Zhou Qing spoke to Jiang Wen seriously again.
"Do you trust me so much? Mr. Yang lost a lot of money on my movie 'The Sun Also Rises'."
Jiang Wen looked at Zhou Qing and asked.
"I believe in Director Jiang's talent."
Zhou Qing answered seriously.
"You said that, and I'll remember it."
Jiang Wen pointed at Zhou Qing half seriously and half jokingly.
"You can even post it as evidence."
"Haha, that's not necessary."
Compared to Jiang Wen, Li An was even more high-spirited.
It won the Golden Lion in Venice and earned 100 million at the box office, which was truly a glorious achievement.
"Congratulations to Director Li for winning the Golden Lion, and congratulations to Director Li for the box office success."
Zhou Qing naturally expressed appropriate congratulations.
"Don't dare to say anything about box office hits in front of Director Zhou. If there is a big hit, it should be your Now You See Me."
Li An waved his hands hurriedly and acted modestly in front of Zhou Qing.
But what Zhou Qing was talking about was not just the domestic box office, but the global box office.
"Lust, Caution" has already been released in North America and many other countries, and the box office is very good.
As a reborn person, Zhou Qing knows that the overseas box office of "Lust, Caution" reached 3600 million US dollars.
For an art film, it is really very, very eye-catching.
"Then I'll take Director Li's good words. However, this time at the Golden Horse Awards, Lust, Caution is definitely the biggest winner."
"No, no, the grand prize must be your Painted Skin, Director Zhou."
The two of them exchanged some meaningless pleasantries, but the scene was very harmonious and pleasant.
The two great directors gathered together and chatted and laughed, attracting a lot of attention on the scene.
Of course, even if the two great directors separated, there was still a constant stream of people coming to Zhou Qing to say hello until the award ceremony officially began.
Because he had already made a judgment, Zhou Qing just watched the fun the whole time.
Not at all as nervous as the others.
The only thing he was interested in was whether Zhou Xun could win the Best Actress award. He didn't really care about anything else.
"The next award is the FIPRESCI Prize..."
Starting from this small award to relatively important awards such as Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor, it took a full hour to present the awards.
During this period, "Painted Skin" won the Best Art Design and Best Screenplay awards.
Zhou Qing went on stage to receive the award as usual, without any fuss.
"The next award to be presented is the Best Actress Award..."
It was obvious that Zhou Xun subconsciously sat up straighter, and stared at the award presenter without blinking.
Zhou Qing couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
Can Zhou Xun get this award?
"The winner of the Best Actress Award is... Zhou Xun, "Painted Skin"!" (End of this chapter)