Chapter 462 2014 Lunar New Year

Chapter 462 2014 Lunar New Year

Chapter 462 2014 Lunar New Year

I have to say that the sudden decline of Pentium is indeed regrettable.

At its peak, it joined forces with India's Reliance Media to form the "Pony Ma Reliance" joint venture and acquired the United States' "Digital Kingdom" for US$3020 million.

For a time, Pentium Pony was very popular, and then it revealed its ambition. It imitated Galaxy Group and developed businesses such as advertising, film and television production and distribution, cinema investment, artist management, animation, and new media, intending to become the next media company involved in the entire film and television industry chain.

But all his ambitions and dreams came to an abrupt end the moment Li Ming suffered a myocardial infarction.

This Hunan native, who was born into a military family, is relatively low-key in the industry, but because of his upright character and generous personality, he is often called "Big Dog" or "Dog Brother" by friends in the circle.

The reason why well-known directors and screenwriters like Ning Hao joined Pony.com is very simple - that is Li Ming's personal charm.

However, everything has changed. The original tireless and demanding pursuit of content was the foundation of Xiaoma Pentium, but after Li Ming's death, everything was destroyed.

On the contrary, there is endless power struggle within the company.

First, the deceased Li Ming was involved in a bribery scandal, then the sister-in-law and the sister-in-law quarreled, the chairman was eliminated, the senior executives resigned, the screenwriter left, and investors defended their rights...

Nowadays, Xiaoma Pentium has gone completely bankrupt. Li Ming's sister Li Li joined hands with China Construction Bank Culture to force Li Ming's widow Jin Yan out and became the chairman herself.

The core figures of Xiaoma also resigned one after another. Five of the seven general managers of branches left, leaving only Li Ping and her husband.

Li Ming's close friends during his lifetime, such as Kong Ergou and Ning Hao, also left and set up their own companies.

With the departure of all the people, the film and television company that was once a dark horse in the circle and had the potential to catch up with Huayi has come to a standstill in its business and is even facing the fate of having its debts liquidated by the court.

As a result, the movie "The Crossing" invested by Xiaoma Pentium naturally became a character that was neither loved by grandma nor uncle.

Even though LeTV has taken over the distribution of "The Crossing" for the sake of Li Ming, the former chairman of Xiaoma Pentium, it is just a pretense and it has not taken care of the promotion of the film at all.

In addition, the movie "The Crossing" itself had serious problems, so Wang Hao was not worried at all that the Taiwanese entertainment industry would be able to make a comeback in the mainland with the help of this movie.

"John Woo is now completely finished!"

In the bedroom of the villa at night, Wang Hao was enjoying Jing Tian massaging his shoulders while looking through the market box office forecast analysis of "The Crossing" by the company's information department. He couldn't help but say briskly:
"He screwed up Red Cliff, and now he's screwed up a big production like The Crossing, which cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Which film and television company will dare to use him in the future?"

"Is the movie The Crossing bad?" Jing Tian asked curiously, "The movie hasn't been released yet, have you already seen it?"

"That's not the case," Wang Hao shook his head, "but the company does have connections. The Radio and Television Bureau has already reviewed the film. According to the news from the bureau, it's not very good."

"And there's no need to look at this. We can make a rough analysis based on the existing information."

Wang Hao patiently explained to Jing Tian:
"John Woo used to be famous for his gangster hero films, and his violent aesthetics were nothing more than personal grudges and private vendettas between three or five people.

And judging from his past actions, this kind of person doesn't have much vision or perspective, and doesn't even have a correct materialist view of history.

So in his opinion, historical war films are like expanding the stage that was originally confined to the church by ten thousand or one hundred thousand times.

But how could history and war be so simple?

What he needs to deal with is a confrontation between tens of thousands of people, but it shouldn't be tens of thousands of little guys wearing windbreakers and holding guns sweeping through.

Obviously, John Woo didn't care about this.

His approach is far away from the war films we are used to, with strategic planning and one general achieving success. It is still like when he shot gangster films in the past, using drastic changes and conflicts to contrast the emotions between people.

In fact, he had already suffered a loss in this regard in "Red Cliff".

He obviously chose the theme of the grand war that took place at the turning point of the times, but he also focused on the theme of the complex human nature reflected in the war. His vision was so broad..."

Wang Hao chuckled, seeming a little speechless.

“People who come from small places are like this, they always think they can make a fortune with a small investment, but their minds are too small.

Even if I went to Hollywood, I didn’t gain any vision or perspective, but instead I got infected with the bad habit of so-called humanistic care.”

Jing Tian didn't care about Wang Hao's blunt comments on John Woo. In her eyes, her husband was undoubtedly the most powerful director in the world.

"Then isn't this story of his very similar to your "Ball Lightning"? Both focus on small people in an era of great change."

Snapped!
Wang Hao slapped Jing Tian on the buttocks with his backhand.

"You didn't even understand the script, how are these two stories similar?
His "The Taiping" looks grand, and is said to show the magnificent destiny of a special era, but in fact it focuses on characters such as generals, soldiers, doctors, and prostitutes, and the connection between the characters and the background is not actually close.

In that situation, in the movie plot, individuals are just drifting duckweed in the times, like trees without roots, so that the so-called tragic love in troubled times is nothing but beautiful soap bubbles.

"Ball Lightning" is different. Both Ding Yi and Chen Ang are characters closely connected with the fate of the times.

Their every word and action has the ability to change the development and direction of history. In this case, even if I added so-called emotional scenes to them, it was made into insignificant trifles.

It is precisely this insignificance that highlights the preciousness of personal choices and the legend of shaking the sky with one hand, giving the audience more shock and rare aftertaste. "

"Yes, yes, Master, you are right. I am shallow. But shouldn't you go to bed now and let me wait on you?"

Jing Tian hugged Wang Hao's neck from behind, leaned close to his ear and made sweet sounds, which made people feel itchy.

Wang Hao could no longer bear it, and immediately turned into a vicious tiger and pounced on her on the bed. For a moment, she was tossed around by the waves and screams were heard everywhere.

After the incident was over, Wang Hao hugged Jing Tian and said seriously:
"But the incident with Xiao Ma Pentium has reminded me that health is the most important thing in life. No matter how much wealth you have or how big your career is, it is not as good as a good body." Jing Tian was originally leaning on his chest with her head buried. Her body had just recovered from the trembling state. Hearing this, she glanced at him charmingly and said coquettishly:
"So that's why you only came today?"

"I'm just worried that you'll get dehydrated if you do it again."

Wang Hao subconsciously teased, and then said:
"Okay, let's get down to business. In a few days, you should take your parents and the others to get a comprehensive physical examination, and we will do one ourselves as well.

I have been busy with the film before and neglected this aspect. Some things are not done well, and I need you to help me pay more attention to it. After all, you are the hostess of this house. "

Upon hearing this, Jing Tian immediately hugged Wang Hao tighter and uttered a soft "hmm". It seemed that her soul, like her body, was filled with happiness at this moment.

The release of "The Crossing" did not attract Wang Hao's attention at all. Its only effect was to remind Wang Hao of the importance of health.

Although his health has been very good since his rebirth, and he can even be said to be energetic and strong, he is still at the level of a mortal.

After all, this is just the real urban world. There are no supernatural powers or ancient martial arts. We only have one life, and we are still mortals, so we naturally have to cherish it.

Therefore, he consciously reduced things like staying up late to film.

In addition to "The Crossing", there are many other films directed by big directors that will be released in the Lunar New Year holiday in December.

For example, "One Step Away", which was directed and acted by Jiang Wen and took several years to create. It was adapted from the real historical case of the Republic of China, the "Yan Ruisheng Case".

Because of the success of his previous film "Let the Bullets Fly", many theaters and film producers are very optimistic about this film and have high hopes for it.

Unfortunately, after its release, the reputation of this movie became polarized.

People who love it say that "One Step Away" is a masterpiece with profound connotations that becomes more delicious the more you chew on it.

People who don't like it say that "One Step Away" is a bad movie, pretending to be profound, with fragmented content and depressing plot, and it is a waste of their movie ticket.

Anyway, no matter how good or bad the content of this movie is, its commercial performance is ultimately poor. The box office on the first day was only 2000 million, far lower than the reputation of director Jiang Wen.

As for the other miscellaneous things, they can only be left for people to slowly appreciate in the future.

In comparison, "The Taking of Tiger Mountain by Strategy", a film by another great director, Tsui Hark, became the biggest winner of this Lunar New Year holiday.

This film was jointly produced by Galaxy Group and China Film Group. It was considered a move in the "one hit, one pull" plan to win over the Hong Kong film and television circles, so the opportunity to direct was given to Tsui Hark who tried hard to get closer.

Of course, there are not many changes in the actors. Zhang Hanyu still plays the protagonist, Tony Leung plays the villain Zuoshandiao, and Lin Gengxin and Yu Nan are supporting roles. In addition, Wang Zhi replaced Tong Liya's role.

With the support of Galaxy Group, Tsui Hark was able to let go of his hands and feet for a rare time. When shooting this 3D spy action movie, he not only added a lot of 3D effects, but also added many special effects shots.

This also led to Wang Hao feeling that the quality of this movie was better than the original when he watched it within the company.

Let’s not talk about anything else, just talk about the snow scene. Under the rendering of the special effects department of Galaxy Group, it will be more natural and realistic.

In addition, the digital tiger is even more intimidating. The technology used to create its hair special effects is a processing algorithm independently developed by Starlight Fantasy in recent years. It is currently the best and can almost be compared with the top special effects companies in Hollywood. It does not distract from the film.

Some viewers even thought that Tsui Hark really found a tiger to film the movie.

With the support of Galaxy Group’s film industrialization, "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" gained good reputation after its premiere.

According to the ratings and reviews collected by Tao Piao, the advantages of this movie are that the story is innovative, the production is excellent, and it is entertaining, so it covers a wide audience and has become the first choice for viewing during this New Year's Day holiday.

Its first-day box office directly exceeded 5000 million, directly surpassing Jiang Wen's "One Step Away", which also caused the theaters to immediately adjust their screening schedules.

According to the data reported by the company, in the latest national screening schedule, the screening volume of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" was as high as 28516, accounting for 35.44% nationwide, ranking first in the day's screening volume; the latest release "Micro Love" accounted for 27.15% of the screening volume, ranking second; and "One Step Away" fell to third place, which is 20.71%, and no longer has the grand occasion of 53.26% of the screening volume on the first day of release.

In response to this, Taopiao.com also raised its forecast for the total box office of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" from 8 million to 10 billion.

In the following days, the Lunar New Year box office market performed well. The box office performance of the three films "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", "Micro Love" and "One Step Away" all exceeded 100 million yuan, accounting for the vast majority of the entire box office.

"Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" continued to rise, breaking 1 million in two days and million in three days, and there is no sign of decline.

According to this situation, Galaxy Group will be able to make a fortune again this time. While making many peers in the industry envious and jealous, the reflection on the capital market is that Galaxy Pictures' stocks have ushered in another "small" increase.

As a result, as 2014 is coming to an end, China's goal of annual cumulative box office exceeding 300 billion seems to be about to be achieved.

This achievement has naturally increased significantly compared with last year, and has almost doubled compared with the year before.

The key point is that in today's domestic film market, because of the flapping of Wang Hao's wings, the proportion of domestic films has completely surpassed that of Hollywood films.

Let’s not talk about anything else, just take “Wolf Warrior 2” directed by Wang Hao, which is still ranked first in the domestic film rankings.

In addition, among the top ten movie box office rankings, "Wolf Warrior 2", "Now You See Me" and "Cold War" produced by Galaxy Group are all among them, accounting for one third of the total.

Together with "My Lucky Star" and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", the top ten Chinese films can now compete with Hollywood films.

This situation naturally made the leaders of Huaying Group and the optoelectronics and cultural departments above them very happy. At least there was a lot to write about in the work report summary of this year.

It is also foreseeable that next year, the power of Chinese-language films in the Chinese film market will become even stronger.

At least as long as Wang Hao and the Galaxy Group are there, those leaders can rest assured.

The country has a good general! The country has a good general!

(End of this chapter)