"...As long as I think about it, I can start shooting a movie that will be a hit at the box office..." Shao Shuaijun said loudly and in a low tone, but no one doubted how strong his confidence was.
"I started paying attention to movies in 2002. I remember Zhang Yimou directed "Hero" with an unprecedented box office of 250 million. But the annual box office was 59 million for "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" and "The Lord of the Rings":
"The Fellowship of the Ring" with 56.2 million, "Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones" with 45 million, and "Spider-Man" with 41 million, occupying four of the top five places.
In 2003, "Mobile Phone" directed by Feng Xiaogang led the way with 56 million, followed by "Harry Potter: The Lost Chamber of Secrets" with 52 million, "The Matrix 2: Reloaded" with 43 million, and "The Matrix 3: The Last Battle"
43 million are among the top four.
This year, "House of Flying Daggers" and "Crazy Stone" are temporarily ranked first and second, followed by "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" with 86.3 million, "The Day After Tomorrow" with 82.5 million, "Troy" with 64 million, and "Spider-Man 2" with 50 million.
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Hollywood's science fiction blockbusters have begun to occupy the Chinese-language film market. Now we can interfere a little bit in the arrangement of films. But this kind of protectionism cannot exist forever. Chinese-language films will eventually compete face-to-face with Hollywood blockbusters. What should we do?
face?
Literary film or martial arts film?
How many people are still watching it now?
Small-budget comedies can be further developed, but what influence do they have internationally?
Hollywood blockbusters, especially science fiction blockbusters, are sent here in batches. Once the market's taste is assimilated, we are unable to resist. We can only watch helplessly as others make money and meat from us. To put it bluntly, Hollywood
Science fiction movies are ten years ahead of us in terms of ideas and special effects!
We are unable to stifle this trend, so we can only learn from the foreigners and learn their skills to control the foreigners, learn from each other's strengths, increase our strength, and then gain recognition from foreign audiences. We cannot allow others to make money from us, but we can only stare at it. Based on the above
For this reason, I decided to make a science fiction movie, a sci-fi movie without any mess. This is my little personal ambition."
The words were beautiful, but the media obviously didn't buy it: "Director Shao, so you take investors' money and do your own thing for granted? If the movie loses money, will you think of attacking the United States again? Director Shao, should you?
You just finished watching "Crazy Stone", and you still haven't come back to your senses, right?"
"Haha." There was laughter below, full of sarcasm.
Shao Shuaijun squinted slightly and saw clearly the reporter who was speaking, a reporter from "Next Weekly", and secretly remembered it in his heart.
"Successful people can see the bright future, losers care about the thorns in front of them." Shao Shuaijun said.
"Director Shao, it's hard for me to figure out where your confidence comes from. We have countless great directors in Hong Kong, but no one dares to say that making science fiction films makes money. You just made a plagiarized comedy film in the mainland. This kind of film,
We in Hong Kong produce countless films every year, so why are you confident that you have the ability to make science fiction films?"
"Mr. Wang, I am deeply worried about your investment. Investing in an unknown director or investing over 100 million is not a foolish choice for Huayi Brothers. Mr. Stephen, TOM Group
Do you regret acquiring Huayi’s shares now?”
"Director Shao, can you explain to us why a newcomer is so confident? Have you ever won the Academy Award? Have you ever won the Golden Horse Award? Or the Mainland's Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards? As far as I know, you are now
I am only eighteen years old and have never attended college. Do you know what the word science fiction means?"
"Out of the good intentions of the media people, I would like to tell Director Shao that if you don't have the skills to make movies, especially science fiction movies, don't do it. Otherwise, it will be a disaster that will knock you back into your mother's womb."
"It is said that Huayi Brothers is a major film company in the mainland and has plans to go public in the future. But judging from this action, Mr. Wang, do you think Huayi Brothers is qualified to go public and benefit shareholders? At least as a Hong Kong citizen,
I am not optimistic about director Shao Shuaijun. If we really want to put it into production, our Hong Kong director Liu Zhenwei would be a good choice. Why doesn't Mr. Wang consider it?"
"Director Shao..."
"Mr. Wang..."
On the stage, the expressions of Wang Zhongjun, Wang Zhonglei and Shao Shuaijun became increasingly ugly. Although the words of these reporters, especially the Hong Kong reporters, did not contain any curse words, their arrogance, looking down on others, and sarcastic tone were simply unbearable.
Just treat Huayi Brothers and Shao Shuaijun as fools.
This may no longer be a problem with a movie, but with the xenophobia of the Hong Kong film industry.
Shao Shuaijun clenched his fists, his knuckles turning white. Since his rebirth, he has been on a smooth journey. He has not felt this kind of anger and humiliation for a long time. This feeling is like that in his previous life, being shouted around by directors and investors, and even using
The feeling of being kicked. He knows that the Hong Kong film industry is very exclusive. This can be seen from the fact that the selection criteria for the Academy Awards must have Hong Kong capital and Hong Kong actors.
But now Hong Kong movies have declined. The box office is declining day by day, and the box office in Waifu has basically dried up. The entire Southeast Asian movie market is 80% occupied by Hollywood, and even mainland movies have surpassed Hong Kong movies in terms of sales.
overseas market share.
It was such a film industry with one foot in the grave that they laughed at him so innocently.
This made Shao Shuaijun very unhappy and was deeply slapped in the face.
Many people say that "Crazy Stone" is a plagiarism from "Two Smoking Barrels". In fact, at most it is a reference to and inheritance of this comedy method, and there is no such thing as plagiarism.
It is true that he has not won any awards. There is no Academy Award, Golden Horse Award, and Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Award. But the Academy Award, Golden Horse Award and Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Award are nothing! Is it a Category A international award? No! At most, it is the Chinese themselves.
An award for self-entertainment! If you take it abroad, foreigners won’t even look at it!
Counting the medals behind closed doors, any director, like the director who sells shoes that Shao Shuaijun knows, has also won awards. It doesn’t matter if you win too many awards. Have you ever won an Oscar? If you make a movie, in
Will it be able to receive box office receipts in the United States, or even be released in theaters?
Holding on to the glory of the past and looking down on others is what Hong Kong movies are today.
"Shut up!" Shao Shuai was worried, and he didn't care about his grace or self-cultivation. In fact, he had a bad temper, and he was the same in this life. "You look down on my "Source Code"? You look down on science fiction movies.
?You don’t understand my confidence, and I don’t know either, what qualifications do you have to give me advice. If others can’t make good science fiction movies, it doesn’t mean that I, Shao Shuaijun, can’t make them! I, Shao Shuaijun, didn’t win the award because I just entered the industry.
It will prove how crude and short-sighted your vision is! You are so self-righteous!"
Wow!
Flashbulbs flashed and the entire press conference seemed to explode.