I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

Chapter 241 Assimilated.

"Evan, it's been half a year since "Fire" was released. Isn't it time to prepare for the next movie?"

Once up, Koch got down to business.

Columbia had previously thought that if "Fire" was successful, it would use tricks to get Wan Qingshan to hand over all the subsequent scripts.

But they never expected that "Fire" would be so successful, with a global box office of nearly one billion US dollars.

It was so successful that there were disagreements among the senior executives of Columbia. Some people thought that it would be safer to force Wan Qingshan to hand over all the subsequent scripts and hold them all in his hands, instead of Wan Qingshan taking the initiative like now. They are passive at every turn.

Some people also think that they can continue filming in Wanqingshan. Anyway, Wanqingshan has no foundation here, and the subsequent audio and video copyrights and peripherals will still have to be sold to them. After all, most of the profits from the movie will still be theirs, so there is no need to risk it. Then, changing directors risks the failure of the cinematic universe and earns the rest of the money.

Neither of the two groups could convince the other. In the end, Colombian president Nashat Dole decided to let Wan Qingshan continue filming first.

It was decided to let Wan Qingshan continue filming, but Wan Qingshan never approached them to discuss the next movie. Instead, he went to shoot a Chinese movie first and then collaborated with Leonardo on a movie.

This made the people in Colombia impatient, so Koch came to urge them today.

Wan Qingshan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "I am already preparing for the next movie. I will come up with the script in half a month."

Koch's expression became relaxed. Wanqingshan was making preparations, so she would have an explanation to the superiors when she went back.

"By the way, the new movie has to be shot in China, and all the actors this time have to be Chinese actors."

What Wan Qingshan added later made Koch lose his smile.

“Then doesn’t this become a Chinese movie?”

"No, no, Colombia's half of the investment remains unchanged."

"Evan, you know I'm not talking about investing."

Seeing Koch's serious expression, Wan Qingshan smiled.

It's just that this smile is a bit sarcastic.

"Okay, but what does it matter? Could it be that the profits brought by "Fire" can't allow Columbia to ignore the damn impact."

Koch looked deeply at Wanqing Mountain and said solemnly, "Of course, Evan, Colombia can be immune to these influences, and I hope you can too.

I know China and the United States are different, but Evan, you are just a director, and it is best not to have anything to do with those things, otherwise it will have a great impact on you in Hollywood. "

"NO, I just make movies to make money, and I don't get involved in those things. Ms. Koch, let me tell you directly, this is a Chinese movie, there will be a Chinese movie later, and there will be an African movie later.

This is just like Marvel, the heroes are not limited to one country, but all over the world. "

Koch took a long breath in his heart and said, "OK, if that's the case, then I have nothing to worry about.

Evan, for your new movie's director's fee, we will increase it according to the market price, 500 million plus 20% of the box office share. Do you have any other requirements? "

"No request."

After the matter was discussed, Koch left, and Wanqingshan went to work on the post-production of "Dallas Buyers Club".

Later, Wan Qingshan wrote the script of "Ati" and worked on the post-production of the film at the same time.

The plot idea of ​​"Ati" was already in his mind when he wrote "Fire", and he continued to ponder the plot in his mind later.

It can be said that the script of "Ati" has been written in his mind for a long time, so it was very easy to write it and was completed in a few days.

As soon as the script was written, Wan Qingshan took it to register with the Screenwriters Guild. After waiting for a few days, he made an appointment with Koch with a copy of the script.

After Koch flipped through the script, he hesitated and said, "Evan, in this script, why is the character not a positive hero? And there is no big battle plot."

"The plot serves the overall purpose of the movie. If the movie as a whole does not require a fighting plot, then it cannot appear.

As for not being a positive hero, Koch, think about it, why did "The Dark Knight" a few years ago make Heath Ledger famous all over the world. He played the Joker and was a villain. "

Koch frowned and replied uncertainly, "Because he died before the movie was released, and also, he acted well!"

"These are also reasons, but the main reason, I think, is that the audience doesn't like characters who are very hypocritical. What they want is a character with a real temperament that can make them feel, no matter whether the character is a positive or negative character."

Koch thought for a moment and spread his hands, "Evan, although I still can't accept your statement, you are the winner and you have the final say.

I think the people in the company won't have any objections to this script. It's just for you to be a successful person.

However, Evan, I want to tell you that now that you are successful, you have to pay more attention. If you fail once, your status will be greatly affected. "

A trace of surprise flashed in Wan Qingshan's eyes, and he smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern, I will pay attention."

"OK, then I will take the script back to the company and let people from the company evaluate it. After the company evaluates it, I will contact you."

"OK!"

After Koch left, Wan Qingshan did not continue working on the post-production of "Dallas Buyers Club". He went to meet the person he had made an appointment with on the phone yesterday.

In a Chinese restaurant, Wan Qingshan saw the person who had been waiting for him, Fox, a young and beautiful woman, Adrienne Moran.

"Evan, before we get down to business, can you sign your autograph for me? I like your movies very much. I have watched all of your movies. I like the one you made a few years ago "Loyal Liver and Righteous Brave" the most. I really like it. It’s so cool.”

When Wan Qingshan saw Mo Lan's excited expression, looking like a little fangirl, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth slightly.

"This Fox still thinks he is a young man, doing this!" Wan Qingshan complained in his heart, and smiled on the surface, "No problem!"

When Wan Qingshan picked up the pen handed over by Mo Lan, at Mo Lan's strong request, Wan Qingshan signed her clothes and the piece of clothing on her chest.

After signing, the two ordered food, and then talked about the promotion of "Explosive Drummer" while eating.

This kind of thing can actually be explained clearly in two or three sentences, but Moran always talks about other things, talking about Wanqingshan movies, asking about Wanqingshan's current situation, and what happened before Wanqingshan...
Wan Qingshan was also bored, so he pretended to be hooked and told Moran about his past affairs with great interest.

Of course, when he said what happened in the past, he was just making it up. He said that he was a bad student before, but later he worked hard because he liked someone...
At first, Moran quite believed Wan Qingshan's story, but what Wan Qingshan said was a bit too much, which made it inconsistent with his experience since his debut.

This made Moran, who had already memorized the experience of Wanqing Mountain by heart, come to his senses.

Being cheated made Moran, who had been deceiving people for a living, feel very embarrassed.

"Evan, your experience is really exciting, but I'm sorry, I have other things to do next. I'll listen to your story next time. Now let's talk about the promotion of "Explosive Drummer"!" Moran gritted his teeth. , forcing a stiff smile.

"Okay!" Wan Qingshan replied with some unfinished thoughts.

After discussing the promotion of "Explosive Drummer", Moran left immediately.Wan Qingshan looked at Mo Lan's bumpy back and said with pity, "Tsk, tsk, you're not qualified. Even if I know I'm deceiving you, you should pretend you don't know."

After creating a little fun for himself, Wan Qingshan started working on the post-production of "Dallas Buyers Club" until a few days later, Moran called.

The publicity for "Exploding Drummer" was not very big. It appeared on a few TV stations in Wanqingshan and was interviewed by a few magazines - but it was gone. The movie didn't even have a premiere.

Han Sanping approached Fox to distribute "Breaking Drummer" in exchange for priority slots for five Fox movies to be released in China.

In exchange for the distribution, Fox can only get agency distribution fees, plus publicity fees, and Han Sanping gets nothing, so Fox will not spend money to hold a movie premiere.

If it weren't for Han Sanping's repeated requests, Fox wouldn't have used its connections to let Wan Qingshang go to the TV station to promote the movie.

After the publicity work was done, Wan Qingshan left it alone and continued to do his own business.

"Crackling Drummer" was released simultaneously around the world and in China. Because of the extensive publicity, many people went to see it on the day of its premiere, with a single-day box office of 2000 million to 300 million!
The box office is not bad, and the reputation - the rating on Douban is very good, 8.8 points, all kinds of praise.

However, in discussions on Mtime.com and Weibo, the reputation is average, even a little bad, with everyone saying that the movie is too fake and unreal.

As for film critics, there are too many film critics now. Anyone can be a film critic online, so some of Han Sanping's greetings are not received.

This has led to many film critics' comments being criticism. Some people say that Wanqingshan has made too many Hollywood movies and will no longer make Chinese movies. The movies are too Western-style and have no Chinese culture at all. He can no longer be called As a Chinese film and television director, he should be a Hollywood director.

There were many reviews for this kind of movie, and many viewers agreed with it. The popularity was so high that Zhang Zhao quickly called Wan Qingshan.

After Wan Qingshan received the call, he didn't take it to heart. Before filming, he had thought that "The Explosive Drummer" would be like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and would not have a good reputation and box office in China, because the movie is essentially Western-style. story.

Wan Qingshan's first Chinese-language film in several years had a bad reputation. In addition, the online criticism was not low, so many media took advantage of it and reported that "Wan Qingshan has been assimilated by Hollywood." '

When people like Yang Shoucheng and Chai Zhiping saw this, they immediately secretly added fuel to the flames.

Although many of their artists have been poached by Wang Zhongjun and others, artists are just commodities to them.As long as there are resources, we can continuously promote artists.

They have no shortage of resources, so they are developing very well and going smoothly.

The development is good, but they are a little worried about the future, because Wanqing Mountain is like a nuclear bomb to the Chinese film and television industry.

"Fire" made Fan Bayi and Liu Yifei become popular actresses in the world. Fan Bayi also went to Hollywood movies to be the leading actress, which they could not do no matter how hard they tried.

Now seeing that Wanqingshan's reputation in China is on the verge of collapse, even if it doesn't affect Wanqingshan's status in Hollywood, they still want to push it, and if they can damage it, it's better!
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When the Internet was introduced into China from abroad, it was already a little late compared to the outside world.

In addition, education was not developed at that time, so many managers of Internet companies were not from China.

Most of the managers of Sina Weibo are from the same hometown as Chai Zhiping. They live in the same place, so their relationship will naturally be closer.

Sina Weibo needs celebrities to attract traffic in many aspects, so they are fellow villagers and have mutual benefits, so they have been together for a long time.

The original 'Heavenly Banquet' has continued to gain popularity, and Sina Weibo has also been a great help.

This time, Chai Zhiping and the others asked Sina Weibo for help.

Although Sina Weibo has only been established for two years, it has developed rapidly thanks to Sina.com.

With this move, the news that "Wan Qingshan has been assimilated by Hollywood" instantly became popular!
Later, the first-day box office and word-of-mouth success of "The Big Bang" overseas came back, but Sina Weibo has been pushing the news that "Wan Qingshan has been assimilated by Hollywood", and also suppressed the news about the overseas situation of "The Big Bang".

Sina Weibo wants to suppress it, but Penguin disagrees. After all, Wanqingshan and Penguin are still partners, especially since Sina Weibo is still my competitor on Tencent Weibo.

Once Penguin takes action, as long as the bullet box flicks, no one can stop him.

The situation of "Explosive Drummer" overseas soon appeared in the eyes of the public.

But the news about "Wanqingshan being assimilated by Hollywood" came out first, and the movie was really a Western-style story. Therefore, even if Penguin took action, there were still many voices on the Internet saying "Wanqingshan was assimilated by Hollywood."

However, Li Yancheng was not a vegetarian. After Zhang Zhao informed him without telling Wan Qingshan, he started to hype it up on the Internet. With Penguin's push, another voice suddenly emerged: "Wan Qingshan can make money from movies." Other countries’ money, what about the rest of the people? '

Now that the economy is on the rise, and with all kinds of news preaching about catching up with the United States, the public will be proud of the country's development.

But in real life, most people's lives are of low quality, far from the American life they know from the Internet and TV, which makes people feel very inferior.

These two emotions are intertwined, causing them to be more sensitive to foreign news than before. Like a bomb, as long as it hits that point, it will explode.

This led to the fact that when the topic of Li Yancheng's hype came up, it spread instantly on the Internet, and the voice of "Wan Qingshan was assimilated by Hollywood" was immediately covered up.

Seeing that there are a lot of voices praising Wan Qingshan on the Internet, it is hard for Sina Weibo to make trouble again. If it makes trouble again, it will be to stand on the opposite side of the netizens. Now there are many competitors on Sina Weibo, and they do not dare to do this.

Sina Weibo stopped causing trouble, and instead promoted news praising Wanqingshan for the sake of traffic.

In fact, the overseas box office of "Cracking Drummer" is actually average. The first-day box office in North America was nearly 500 million US dollars, but the number of theaters was only [-]. This box office is worthy of Wan Qingshan's box office appeal in North America.

That is to say, Fox did not promote it too much, otherwise the box office should have increased by another 200 million.

As for how much higher it is, it's impossible. Many North American audiences already resist Chinese-language movies, especially if it's an art film, which makes them even more resistant.

The box office is neither high nor low, and the reputation is slightly lower than the previous movies in Wanqingshan when they were first released. The Rotten Tomatoes freshness index is 80%, and the IMDB score is only 7.8.

The evaluation given by many film critics is, 'This is a good movie, which makes people understand why many successful people are paranoid, because to be successful, you have to be paranoid, but the feeling of oppression is lacking a lot, and the subsequent twists and turns Somewhat stiff. '

'Ignore the slightly bad jazz, this is a wonderful movie, but this is a jazz movie, and it's impossible to ignore the jazz.

Evan, it’s normal that you don’t understand jazz, but why don’t you want to find a top jazz band to do the soundtrack? '

'Evan missed the mark this time. Although the movie was not bad, it had too many flaws compared to his previous films. '

Fox didn't pay film critics. "Bangkong" is a literary film and will not have any impact on the box office of other movies in the same period. It's still early before the Oscars, so no one paid film critics to criticize "Bangkong". These movie reviews are very sincere reviews!
These sincere and appropriate comments, coupled with the good box office, made the Chinese people's pride but lack of recognition instantly rise. Under the guidance of Li Yancheng, they all supported Wan Qingshan.

The North American box office is neither high nor low, and the global box office is neither high nor low, with a box office of US$300 million. If it maintains a normal box office trend in the future, the movie should be able to make money.

Domestic support surged, but the box office did not. On the second day, the box office was only a few million higher, nearly 3000 million.

Support is support, but if they are asked to spend money to watch an artistic film, not many people will do it. Of course, if it is a commercial film, it will be different.

The North American box office is just over 500 million US dollars, and the global box office is still 300 million US dollars. It can be said that there is almost no change.

When "Crackling Drummer" hit a global box office of US$600 million within one week of its release, Wan Qingshan temporarily put aside his focus on the post-production of "Dallas Buyers Club".

Because Chen Yumo is here.

(End of this chapter)