Chapter 316 Looking to the Future
Chapter 316 Looking to the Future (End of this Volume)
The movie "Wolf Warrior" completely made Wang Hao possess a pivotal position in the domestic film and television industry, and also allowed him to successfully break out of the circle and become more than just a director.
He has become a symbol on the Internet.
[Modernization], [Science Fiction], [Movie Universe], [Film Industry], [Young Filmmakers]…
These words appear frequently in the news related to him. In order to distinguish him from the older generation of directors, many people even give directors of his age the title of "ultra-modern director".
Yes, Wang Hao explicitly stated that he is not a seventh-generation director, so he became a "super-modern director" and became even more popular among young people.
Moreover, as his fame grew to a certain level and he broke through a certain bottleneck, many things that were originally out of his reach naturally appeared in front of him.
For example, Mr. Han Sanye from Huaying called him and said that there would be a national outstanding youth selection activity next year. He asked if he wanted to participate. If so, he should prepare the materials in advance, and Huaying could help him sign up.
Or maybe the leader of the TZ district called and asked if he was interested in the district RD representative.
In addition, regarding the quota issue for employees of their Galaxy Group to settle in Beijing, the TZ District had been holding up the issue, but now the leaders have readily approved it.
There is also the [Galaxy Movie Metropolis], which was originally just a cultural and tourism construction project in the TZ district. Now, with the increase of Wang Hao's influence, its importance is also rising.
It is said that the Shangjing Municipal Government has planned to incorporate their [Galaxy Film City] Industrial Park project into the city's main development plan for the next few years, clarify its status as a cultural tourism area, and perhaps focus on developing cultural creativity, tourism services, exhibitions and other industries around this project.
This also means that Galaxy Movie Metropolis will usher in a golden period of development and construction in the next few years.
Even more than 100 municipal supporting projects such as subways, highways and Beijing-Harbin Expressway interchange nodes will enter the submission stage to provide comprehensive support and guarantee for the future development of [Galaxy Film Metropolis].
Of course, these are also derivative products brought about by the release of "Wolf Warrior". Wang Hao knows in his heart that the reason why he can receive these preferential treatments is fundamentally due to its excellent work.
Therefore, he did not lose himself or become proud and complacent.
On the contrary, he put more effort into his next work, Inception.
40 days after Wolf Warriors was released, he shifted his energy and attention away from the film. Even when the film began to be released overseas, he did not pay too much attention to it, leaving it entirely to the people below him to handle.
As for himself, he was mainly devoted to polishing the script of "Inception" and the early preparations for the film.
Compared to the original "Inception", Wang Hao's version will use more computer special effects.
However, the shooting of many scenes still requires the cooperation of real-life props.
For example, the extremely classic shot of weightlessness in the corridor in the original movie, and the shot of the coffee shop explosion where the protagonist explains his dreams in a roadside coffee shop, all of these require advance design and preparation of props.
Although Wang Hao placed the original "Paris Folding" scene in Shanghai, the special effects department still needed to do a lot of work in advance.
These are all things that director Wang Hao needs to worry about.
He must first know what kind of picture he needs, and then tell the people in the special effects department and the art department accurately, which requires the crew members to hold meetings, communicate and discuss constantly.
According to Galaxy Pictures' plan, the company will complete its Series A financing in March 2011.
Then, with the money in place, Inception can officially start filming at the end of March. The shooting is scheduled for three months, and most of the shots will be completed in the 3-square-meter studio at Galaxy Film City, which was just completed two months ago.
Of course, necessary location shooting is still necessary, mainly in Shanghai and Japan, in addition to Morocco, the United Kingdom, the United States and other places.
The photography departments of these crews have already arranged people to scout locations.
In addition to "Inception", Wang Hao, as the chairman of Galaxy Group, has many extra things that also take up his time.
For example, the New Year will be here in a month or two. After a year of hard work, the company's year-end welfare arrangements and this year's annual meeting activities all need to be decided by Wang Hao, the chairman.
In addition, as a well-known director, many blockbuster movies will be released at the end of the year, and there are also many social obligations that he needs to repay one by one, or socialize and entertain.
After all, he is now a small figure in the Chinese film and television circles, and is about to join the Directors Guild and the Screenwriters Guild. Naturally, he can no longer focus on development as before, but must build good relationships with other colleagues.
So Wang Hao accepted the invitation from Jiang Wen and Feng Xiaogang and attended their movie premiere in December.
Among them, Jiang Wen’s movie was the famous "Let the Bullets Fly", which was also the first one Wang Hao went to see.
To be honest, Wang Hao had almost no connection with Jiang Wen, this great man, before. This time, he was invited by mentor Tian Zhuang from Beijing Film Academy, who specifically gave him a message to convey Jiang Wen's invitation.
On December 12, Wang Hao attended the premiere of "Let the Bullets Fly" in casual clothes and met with the well-known director Jiang Wen. The two sides exchanged some pleasantries.
Although they didn't have a very deep exchange, they were both talented people who appreciated each other and a relationship was established.
Then, Wang Hao quietly watched the first screening of "Let the Bullets Fly". After the movie was screened, he was recognized by media reporters, accepted an interview, and expressed his views on the movie "Let the Bullets Fly".
What do you think? Of course it’s awesome!
Wang Hao really likes the movie "Let the Bullets Fly". Not to mention how exciting it is to see several big movie stars acting together, nor to mention its hidden connotations.
Just the lines from those movies are so memorable that one can't help but revisit them.
"Do good people have to be pointed at guns?"
"Killing someone and destroying their heart?!"
"What the fuck is a fucking surprise!"
"Get up! Don't kneel! The emperor is gone, there is no one worthy of your kneeling!"
"I came to Goose City to do only three things: fairness! Still fairness! Still damn fairness!"
"The tax revenue of Goose City will be transferred to the next ninety years."
……
Otherwise, why is the name of the movie called "Let the Bullets Fly"? The lines in this movie really need to be allowed to fly for a while and stand the test of time before they will be more flavorful.
The majority of movie fans and audiences seem to share the same opinion as Wang Hao.
After setting a record of 6000 million in a single-day box office, "Let the Bullets Fly" earned over million in two and a half days, and over million in four and a half days, almost replicating the success of "Wolf Warrior" and continuing the movie-watching craze that "Wolf Warrior" had set off, achieving a win-win situation in terms of box office and word of mouth.
The audience was also very happy. It was really a pleasure to be able to enjoy such an excellent film feast at the end of the year and watch two masterpieces in a row.
And soon, "If You Are the One 12" was released on December 22 in this lively movie-watching atmosphere.
The three directors took over one after another, which really made the audience feel satisfied. Wang Hao also attended the premiere of Feng Xiaogang's film and watched If You Are the One 2.
However, compared to "Let the Bullets Fly" which he praised highly, Wang Hao was not so fond of "If You Are the One 2".
Of course, this does not mean that "If You Are the One 2" is bad.
The movie is pretty good. After the training from a series of previous movies, Feng Xiaogang's directing skills have reached a level of mastery in this movie.
And the core story of the movie is also quite good.
If "If You Are the One 1" is about love, it ends with the joys and sorrows of Qin Fen and Xiaoxiao.
"If You Are the One 2" tells the story of Li Xiangshan and Mango's separation, life and death, and makes people understand the mystery of life and the relationship between marriage and love.
However, Wang Hao has no idea about marriage and love now, so many contents in this movie are difficult to impress him.
However, other viewers may not think so. At least thanks to the reputation of Feng Xiaogang and "If You Are the One 1", the box office performance of "If You Are the One 2" is also good.
In the last week of 2010, the new films "If You Are the One 2" and "Let the Bullets Fly" were a perfect match, bringing the final big boom to the entire mainland film market.
Not only did the champion "If You Are the One 2" accumulate about 2.1 million yuan, the runner-up "Let the Bullets Fly" also had a weekly box office performance of more than 2 million yuan.
Thanks to the influence of several blockbuster films, the total box office performance of the Chinese film market this year has successfully passed the 100 billion mark.
This can be regarded as a milestone in China's film and television industry. At least at the Directors Guild Conference at the end of the year, Wang Hao heard several invited leaders of the Film Bureau talking about it.
Yes, Wang Hao joined the Directors Guild quite quickly, and after joining he was able to catch up with the association’s various activities at the end of the year.
As a newcomer to the association, he found it difficult to refuse some activities.
At the same time, as the most successful commercial film director in the country today, he has also gained a lot of attention and "goodwill" through these association activities.
Just like what Huang Bo said, when you are rich, you will be surrounded by good people.
Although Wang Hao was successful in the past and his movies were all big sellers, his age was there, and the fact that he only made commercial science fiction films made him a lot of so-called old "artists". Therefore, many so-called old "artists" do not think highly of Wang Hao's works.
This is also the reason why Wang Hao did not win many awards in the circle before. After all, no matter how rich you are, the Directors Association will still ignore you.
But now the wind has changed. Since Wang Hao has already joined the Directors Association, it at least proves that he has initially integrated into this circle.
At this time, most of the old "artists" who had originally looked down on him also smiled kindly and encouraged him with warm words.
Such an attitude of taking advantage of one's seniority really made Wang Hao feel a little uncomfortable.
Fortunately, there are not many such people, so Wang Hao will not make the scene too ugly in public. At most, he will write down these people in a small notebook, and in the future, whenever there is business involving these people, he will just turn on the red light.
However, in addition to these "old artists" who took advantage of their seniority, there were also many members of the Directors Association who showed flattery to Wang Hao.
For example, as soon as Wang Hao arrived at the meeting, he quickly came over and greeted him enthusiastically, with a generous demeanor.
This director was selected for the "Asian Star Gravity Project" last year. As the first new director launched by the project, he has just produced a pioneering martial arts comedy film "Blades of Laughter" and is considered a well-known newcomer in the director circle.
He is capable, has a good attitude, and is also a new generation director. Logically speaking, he is indeed a suitable candidate to be won over.
However, Wang Hao was not very fond of him. Looking at that fat face with a kind smile, he even felt a little disgusted.
Wang Hao, who has memories of later generations, knows that this guy is a staunch supporter of the Golden Family. He likes nomadic culture the most and looks down on traditional Chinese culture.
In many of his later films, he also liked to secretly include his own side projects, using Hollywood's methods to shoot Chinese films.
For example, the comic-adapted movie "Under One Person" that he took over was changed by him into "Under Stranger". Not only did he completely delete the original Taoist culture of the comic, he also said that he was going to shoot a Chinese "superhero" movie.
He also said that the Han nationality was formed after the Yuan Dynasty. Just from this one sentence, Wang Hao could be completely sure that he had ulterior motives.
What's more, even if we don't look at what he did in later life, the performance art he did before becoming a director is disgusting.
So when faced with Wuertan who took the initiative to come forward to please him, Wang Hao did not give him any face at all. He behaved extremely coldly and did not even say hello.
This made Wuertan, who had just become famous and felt somewhat proud of himself, very angry. He looked at Wang Hao's receding back and clenched his teeth secretly.
Wang Hao didn't care at all about what such people thought.
However, a guy like Wuertan will be able to make it in the director industry of the Chinese entertainment industry in the future, which is enough to show that most of the people in this industry are just a bunch of rotten fish and shrimp.
"Perhaps I can take a bigger step. Instead of letting those guys ruin the Chinese entertainment industry, it is better to let more outstanding talents take the positions they deserve."
Wang Hao listened to the leader's speech on the stage, nodded and smiled, while thinking secretly in his heart.
“Zhang Yang has been working in special effects for so long, it’s time for him to try his hand at directing.
There is also Zhang Jinzhan. He has been the assistant director for several years, so it should not be a problem for him to be promoted.
With the addition of Zhuang Wenqiang, Li Qian and Li Kui, the director lineup for the second phase of the movie universe is almost complete.
The next step is to bring them all into the Directors Association. Oh, and also the Screenwriters Association, and we can also bring in a group of company employees.
The development of the industry still needs people like us!"
The Directors Guild Conference at the end of 2010 was held in great excitement. The leaders on the stage were talking loudly, but Wang Hao, who was sitting in the audience, had already become more thoughtful and began to look toward the more distant future.
As soon as the wind and thunder rise from the earth, there will be a pile of fine bones.
A monk is still a fool, but a demon is a disaster for a ghost.
The golden monkey rose to a great height, and Yuyu clarified Wan Liai.
Cheers to Sun Dasheng today, only because the demon mist is coming back again.
The revolution has not yet succeeded, Chinese filmmakers still need to work hard!
(This volume is over. Please look forward to the next volume: "The Three-Body War Era"!)
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