Chapter 328: Breaking 2 billion in 10 weeks, "Your Name" is selling like crazy, "The
As for whether Nolan would agree to his conditions, Zhou Qing frankly had no idea.
But just as he himself showed, it doesn't matter.
Nolan can shoot it if he wants. It’s no big deal if he is not afraid. Zhou Qing is also a top director, right?
"I understand, Director Zhou."
Director Yang responded quickly, and then reported another matter to Zhou Qing.
"Nina Jacobson came again, but this time, she brought people from Lionsgate with her."
Nina Jacobson, this person is the one who bought the adaptation rights of "The Hunger Games" in the original time and space.
And successfully turned this novel into four hugely successful movies.
But this time, because Zhou Qing acted early, Nina Jacobson fell behind.
But I have to say that Nina Jacobson is really a persistent person.
Although he does not have the adaptation rights, it does not stop him from being optimistic about "The Hunger Games".
The other party had approached Director Yang many times, trying to lead the development of "The Hunger Games" film project.
Needless to say, the result was completely nonsense.
The adaptation rights of "The Hunger Games" are in Zhou Qing's hands, so Zhou Qing is the boss!
This person can participate, but can only be a worker.
But Nina Jacobson is not willing to be just a worker, as the other party has a big appetite.
Therefore, Zhou Qing never let Director Yang deal with this guy, intending to slowly develop "The Hunger Games" on his own after he had time.
I just didn't expect that Nina Jacobson is really capable.
We haven’t even reached an agreement with the upstream copyright holders yet, but we’ve already found the investors.
"Did Nina actually convince Lionsgate? Isn't this just a case of getting something for nothing?"
Zhou Qing couldn't help laughing.
This Nina is definitely a talent.
"The adaptation rights of The Hunger Games are in our hands, and we are the ones who hold the initiative."
"You know my style. You can talk to Lionsgate first."
Zhou Qing didn't plan to waste too much time on it now, and threw the matter completely to Director Yang.
Zhou Qing is not worried about the movie adaptation of "The Hunger Games".
The original series of films was produced by Lionsgate.
There is no doubt that Lionsgate is optimistic about The Hunger Games novels.
It all depends on what outcome the two sides will eventually negotiate.
"The 48th Golden Horse Awards came to an end, and the favorite "Seediq Bale" won the Best Film."
"'Seediq Bale' won four awards including the Best Film, becoming the biggest winner of this year's Golden Horse Awards."
"It's a huge embarrassment that Let the Bullets Fly only won two consolation prizes out of nine nominations."
On November 11, the final results of the 26th Golden Horse Awards were announced, attracting a lot of attention in the circle.
Although the value of the Golden Horse Awards has not been as high in the past two years, it is still one of the most important film festivals in the Chinese entertainment industry.
Zhou Qing also paid a little attention to it.
The success of "Seediq Bale" did not come as a surprise to Zhou Qing, or to anyone else in the Chinese entertainment industry.
After all, this is a big production from Taiwan.
In addition, "Seediq Bale" itself is also well-made, so it is bound to be the most handsome one in this year's Golden Horse Awards.
The film received 13 nominations, making it the undisputed number one favorite to win the award.
More nominations than Jiang Wen’s “Let the Bullets Fly”.
Even a great movie like "Let the Bullets Fly" only received 9 nominations.
Of course, 9 nominations are not a small number, especially since they include heavyweight nominations such as Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor.
When the nomination list was announced, Jiang Wen was quite satisfied.
Even when he was talking to Zhou Qing on the phone, he was still very sure that he would win the Best Director award.
But who could have imagined that the final result would be so embarrassing.
Despite so many nominations, "Let the Bullets Fly" only won two insignificant awards: Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Cinematography.
Jiang Wen's face was filled with embarrassment.
However, compared with "The Piano in a Factory" directed by Zhang Meng and starring Wang Qianyuan, "Let the Bullets Fly" at least retained a bit of its dignity.
"The Piano in a Factory" has completely become cannon fodder.
The film received a total of 7 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress, without missing a single one.
It is also a definite favorite to win an award.
Who would have thought that in the end, I would gain nothing and not even win a single award.
You know, before this, "The Piano in a Factory" had achieved great success at other film festivals.
For example, the Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the Tokyo International Film Festival, the Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the Shanghai International Film Festival, and the Best Director award.
You have to know that this is a serious A-level film festival.
It received a lot of nominations for both the Huabiao and Golden Rooster Awards, and ultimately won the Best Picture award at the Huabiao Awards.
To be honest, it is really eye-catching and amazing.
I didn't expect to encounter such an embarrassment at the Golden Horse Awards.
So what about the movies released by Zhou Qing Pictures?
I can only say that the harvest is quite average.
The first is "The Witch" directed by Zhou Qing himself.
The film also received seven nominations at this year's Golden Horse Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actress. Some of the other nominations were insignificant marginal nominations.
He was also one of the popular seeded players at the time.
As for the final result, the Best Picture award lost to "Seediq Bale" and the Best Director award lost to "A Simple Life".
Instead, Li Xiaoran won the Best Supporting Actress award.
There are also three awards for Best Action Design, Best Visual Effects and Best Editing.
Although there were no big awards, we still won 4 awards in the end.
The weight of the Best Supporting Actress award is actually not light.
Overall, the gains from "The Witch" are pretty good.
This result was not unexpected by Zhou Qing.
For a pure action film like this, it is extremely difficult to win Best Director and Best Picture awards.
The male and female protagonists have very limited room to perform, so it is quite difficult to win an acting award with this.
In addition, there are Lu Yang's "Hypnotist" and Wu Jing's "No Mercy", both of whom have registered for the Golden Horse Awards.
But the treatment is relatively unpopular.
There is no need to say much about "No Mercy". Movies of this kind are destined not to win awards.
There were only three nominations at the Golden Horse Awards: Best Action Design, Best Visual Effects and Best Sound Effects.
The final result, as expected, was nothing.
The situation of "Hypnotist" is relatively better.
It received a total of 5 nominations, including heavyweight nominations such as Best Director and Best Actor.
In the end, he only won the Best Screenwriter Award. Zhou Qing's words didn't matter. Anyway, with his current vision and level, he didn't care about such a small award.
But Lu Yang was still very excited.
In any case, the works I directed also won some awards at the Golden Horse Awards.
This is the real result!
……
"Your Name" is still sweeping across the country like a whirlwind.
After earning 6 million yuan in the first week, the box office potential remained unabated in the second week, and it once again achieved a good result of 4.5 million yuan.
As of November 11, just two short weeks later, the total box office of "Your Name" has officially exceeded 29 billion.
A total of 10.5 billion yuan was achieved!
Everyone in the circle couldn't help but twitch wildly at the corners of their mouths.
Has it broken 10 billion already?
It only took two weeks?
What a joke!
Even though people in the industry generally believed that "Your Name" would have no problem breaking 10 billion, isn't this a little too easy?
The release period is only halfway through.
The result is almost catching up with the record-breaking "The Witch"?
This isn't just fierce, this is so fierce that it's cheating, right?
Judging from the terrifying momentum of "Your Name", the total box office will surpass "Avatar", which is not just talk!
The possibility is really not small.
No, it cannot be said that it is not small, but it is very big.
After all, the current box office gap between "Your Name" and "Avatar" is only more than 3 million.
But "Your Name" is still halfway through its release period. Is it difficult to get a box office of 3 million in the remaining half?
It is indeed extremely difficult for other movies, but for "Your Name", it is not a problem at all.
They made 10 billion in the first half of the release period, so what’s the point of making 3 million in the second half?
"Not bad, very good."
Han Sanping was so pleased with himself that his mouth was almost stretched behind his ears.
Once "Your Name" surpasses "Avatar", Han Sanping will have accomplished another great feat!
Han Sanping was in a good mood and immediately asked his secretary to make him a pot of good tea, which he drank with great relish.
There is still half a month left, so let’s wait for good news from Director Zhou!
"Director Wu Ershan, are the preparations for Painted Skin 2 almost done?"
Zhou Qing was also in a good mood, but he did not forget to do his work and went to the crew of "Painted Skin 2" for a visit.
Although Zhou Qing was quite confident in Wu Ershan's abilities and basically did not interfere, he still had to be aware of the specific situation.
"Don't worry, Director Zhou. There's only a little left. It won't delay the start of filming next month."
How could he dare to be negligent in the face of his big boss Wu Ershan? He reported every detail to Zhou Qing.
Everything, including costumes, makeup, and storyboards drawn by Wu Ershan, were shown to Zhou Qing one by one.
Zhou Qing quickly reviewed it and nodded secretly.
Wu Ershan is indeed a man who can get things done.
Especially this guy's camera language, which is unique.
The storyboards alone reveal a kind of beauty, making it most suitable for a film like "Painted Skin 2".
Coupled with his own optimized script, Zhou Qing believes that the quality of "Painted Skin 2" will definitely not be bad.
At the very least, it is much better than the original version of "Painted Skin 2".
"Director Zhou, congratulations! Another movie has made over 10 billion!"
After receiving the news, Zhou Xun came over to say hello to Zhou Qing.
"Painted Skin 2" will start filming on the 10th of next month, so Zhou Xun, the absolute leading actor, will naturally join the crew in advance.
It's not just Zhou Xun. Except for Liu Yifei who is currently promoting the series "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate", all the other main creators are in place.
Including the important supporting role Zhao Liying.
Especially Zhao Liying.
Zhou Qing has already informed Wu Ershan and several leading actors that they will concentrate on filming Zhao Liying's scenes in advance.
Things went as smoothly as expected.
Wu Ershan, the "puppet director", was very tactful and readily agreed, and both Hu Jun and Zhou Xun, two big names, also gave him face.
As for those other supporting characters, big and small?
Then there won't be any problem.
When the investor and the mainland's top director speaks, who can be angry?
Therefore, after the filming started, the focus was on Zhao Liying's scenes, and she was the well-deserved "protagonist".
"Haha, we are happy together."
Zhou Qing chatted with Zhou Xun very familiarly.
Speaking of Zhou Qing and Zhou Xun, the two were quite familiar with each other, after all, they had dealt with each other many times.
Zhou Xun was asked to act in two of the films that Zhou Qing directed himself, and Zhou Xun also starred in two other films that he invested in.
Whether it is "Li Mi's Conjecture" or "The Sound of Wind", she is definitely the female lead.
He is considered one of the actors in the entertainment industry who has the closest interactions with Zhou Qing.
"I really envy Yifei, she is already a 'double 10 billion' heroine."
Zhou Xun did not hide her envy of Liu Yifei at all and started muttering in front of Zhou Qing.
"You envy her, but she also envies you. You are the 'Triple Golden Award winner'."
Zhou Qing responded with a smile.
When it comes to awards, Zhou Xun is truly at the cheating level, and there are few in the entire Chinese entertainment industry who can compare to her.
She has won the Hundred Flowers, Golden Rooster, Golden Horse and Golden Image Awards, except for the Huabiao Award.
But everyone knows what kind of award the Huabiao is, and everyone also knows what kind of films can win the Huabiao Award.
What's more, under normal circumstances, the Huabiao Award is only awarded to those who have graduated from professional schools.
What is Zhou Xun’s educational background?
Zhejiang Art School, majoring in social culture dance.
So the fact that Zhou Xun didn’t win the Huabiao Award doesn’t mean anything and it doesn’t mean that Zhou Xun’s acting is bad.
Otherwise, how could it be possible for Mr. Zhou to win all the awards except the Huabiao?
She even has a Venice Film Festival winner.
Looking at the entire entertainment industry, he is far ahead of others.
"What do you mean by 'Three Golden Horse Awards'? Isn't it still up to directors like you, Director Zhou, to give me opportunities?"
Zhou Xun didn't dare to be arrogant in front of Zhou Qing, and to be honest, he was really envious.
She has indeed won enough awards, but she is really far behind Liu Yifei in terms of box office.
"But Director Zhou, you haven't asked me to film a movie for a long time, right? When will you ask me to film again? I also want to experience what it's like to be the leading lady of a movie with a box office of 10 billion."
Zhou Xun then spoke to Zhou Qing half jokingly and half seriously.
"It's still 10 billion. When Director Zhou makes a movie next time, I'm afraid it will only make 20 billion, right?"
Hu Jun corrected Zhou Xun's statement with a smile, and a wave of agreement immediately rang out from the audience.
Regardless of whether they really felt this way or were simply trying to flatter Zhou Qing, the atmosphere was still quite lively.
"Brother Hu, no matter how much you say nice things, I can't change the script to give you more scenes."
Although he agreed with Hu Jun's words in his heart, Zhou Qing still waved his hand and responded with a joke.
"Hahaha."
A burst of laughter immediately broke out at the scene. (End of this chapter)