China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 447: The right time, place and people

"The box office of "The Ninth District" exceeded 1 billion, and the market has set off a movie-watching frenzy in the off-season!"

"The domestic and foreign media praised it, and the irony of human nature makes people feel ashamed!"

"400,000 people scored a high score of 8.8 - a story of the earth in a science fiction guise."

"Dreamworks gained both fame and fortune, Chen Jingxing made a bold statement to create a science fiction universe!"

“What is the relationship between "The Past of the Earth" and "The Wandering Earth"?”

"Faced with CCTV, Chen Jingxing said bluntly: The most important thing in movies is entertainment."

"The Cannes storm has not subsided, and Hollywood stars have also spoken out, and netizens sarcastically say sarcastic words across the Atlantic Ocean."

It can be said that since late May, "The Ninth District" has become the protagonist of the cultural and entertainment industry at home and abroad, and has become a popular topic on the Internet.

The first science fiction movie to win the Palme d'Or, the third Chinese Cannes actor, the most tragic plot, the ugliest alien in history, and the topic of racial discrimination and refugee crisis can be said to be countless issues surrounding it.

Of course, not only is it popular on the Internet, but it also has excellent offline box office performance.

And there is Chen Jingxing pressing on his head. In the eyes of many people, Chen Jingxing may be the main creator of "The Ninth District".

But the so-called cover is mainly for ordinary netizens, audiences and some media. After all, Tian Xinye won the best director, and he also has an ordinary person's appearance, so he is not a celebrity director at all.

But without the award for Best Director, Chen Jingxing and Zhang Yi will inevitably share the glory of Tian Xinye with netizens.

As the protagonist who was congratulated by everyone, Tian Xinye was also humble: "Luck, luck."

The crew of "The Wandering Earth" was suspended for a day. Guo Fan, who finally took the time out of the intense filming, walked into the conference room, and his eyes swept through everyone present, all of whom were quite familiar faces.

Tian Xinye smiled and stopped refuting, and decided not to touch the hearts of these two friends.

In China, "The Ninth District" has the dual halo of DreamWorks and the Palme de Cannes, and won 1 billion box office in ten days. You should know that before the release of "The Ninth District", the box office was only 100 million yuan. After the May Day holiday and before the summer vacation, this period is the absolute off-season of the film market.

Tian Xinye waved his hand, looking like he was unbearable to look back on the past, and he looked really annoying.

"Farewell My Concubine" won the Palme d'Or, but not won the Best Director, does not mean that the Cannes jury believes that Chen Kaige is worse than the director who won the Best Director Award.

The plot that Chen Jingxing had worried about before was a bit depressed, which must have had a negative impact on the box office, but it seemed not as serious as he imagined. According to predictions, "The Ninth District" is expected to have a final box office of 1.5 billion in China with its strong reputation.

However, these thoughts are just thoughts for Tian Xinye.

Guo Fan said angrily: "By luck, take the Palme d'Or, then you can share your luck with me."

"What are you envious? I feel dizzy when I hold various seminars and reports. I am even more busy than when filming. I am getting a big head when I prepare for the speech interview."

Singers are also divided into singers and singers. Singers who do not compose their own songs have never had superstars. Are those who do not write their own songs worthy of being good singers?

The language of the camera is his strength. As long as he encounters a good script, he will definitely produce good works. Without a good script, he will naturally be a clever woman who can cook without rice. There is nothing to be avoided or denied.

The three awards of Palme d'Or, Jury Award and Best Director are actually the ones in the Cannes Film Festival jury ranking first, two or three for the films in the main competition unit.

Maybe someone else might feel angry. Even though I am the director, my light is covered up by you and you are separated, but Tian Xinye himself is very rational.

The conference room staff gradually arrived. Before Chen Jingxing arrived, the topics of the participants in the chat were still mainly focused on "The Ninth District".

Chen Jingxing won the Golden Ball and the Oscar for Best Director, and Tian Xinye won the highest honor of European films. It can basically be said that he won all the top international awards, and he can be regarded as an outstanding representative of young directors.

Guo Fan received a cup of coffee and sat next to Tian Xinye and teased him half-jokingly.

In the past ten days after the release of "The Ninth District", the total domestic box office market was only 1.3 billion, an increase of 70% year-on-year, and "The Ninth District" accounted for nearly 80%.

Without Chen Jingxing's support and Chen Jingxing's creativity, he would definitely not be able to make a work like "The Ninth District" even if he stayed there for another twenty years.

Dreamworks, big conference room.

Various seminars and reports almost fill Tian Xinye's agenda, but most of them are organized by the official or industry associations. People do this to praise you, in order to set you as a model of young directors in the new era. If you don't go, you will be ungrateful.

Therefore, after Tian Xinye and Chen Jingxing returned from the crew, Tian Xinye's itinerary was basically as busy as the new Cannes actor Zhang Yi.

North America won a box office of $31 million in the first week, and it seems that it is not difficult to break 100 million in the end. Europe even got a box office of $45 million. Coupled with the markets in Asia and other regions, it is still easy to have an overseas box office of $200 million in the end.

"The Ninth District" has become a tool for the rapid rise of the right wing in the European literary and artistic circles - the political spectrum of the literary and artistic circles is of course left - warning that in recent years, as the conflict between refugees and local residents has become increasingly fierce, the right wing has risen rapidly.

Tian Xinye was not so lucky. The official, association, and TV station's seminars were one after another, which made him a little overwhelmed.

"Old Tian, ​​you are in a glorious place. When Ning Hao came to visit the set a while ago, I envied you very much."

In fact, the best result for Tian Xinye is definitely to win the Best Director of Cannes. The Palme d'Or in a sense is a bit like the best film, and the blessing of the director is definitely not as great as that of the Best Director.

With Zhang Yi and Chen Jingxing's concealment, Tian Xinye's brilliance was covered to a certain extent.

There is even a voice on the Internet that Tian Xinye and Guo Fan call "system directors". The main reason is that Tian Xinye filmed the web drama before coming to DreamWorks and Guo Fan's previous filming "You, the Deskmate" was very mediocre. It was not until he entered DreamWorks and had a good script, a good team, and a good special effects technical support shined.

Either the company's senior executives, producers and directors, they are all members of the DreamWorks project establishment and content review committee. The works that have stirred up the storm in the domestic and foreign film markets, making the entertainment industry's capital and celebrities envious was decided at such a meeting.

Although there are many good directors at the domestic box office and are basically the younger generation of directors, awards, especially top international awards, are still the shortcomings of young directors.

His complaints were made to the executives of DreamWorks and the producers, and to the directors such as Guo Fan and Ning Weiqiang, it was in "Versailles".

As the producer of "The Ninth District", Universal also has great strength in distributing this movie, and it is not difficult to deal with the east wind of Cannes.

After all, refugees thousands of miles away and refugees right at home are completely different things.

Time is the current affairs in Europe. The refugee crisis has been brewing for several years. The refugee problem has spread to various fields such as public security and economy. The naive European people have finally evolved from "The Virgin standing on the river bank and showing great compassion" to "I really have a cow in my family", and the right wing has risen rapidly.

For example, for Chen Jingxing, he won the Oscar for Best Director with "Graining" and the Oscar for Best Film with "Graining" and the Best Director will definitely bring him greater blessing.

Another director, Ning Weiqiang, held the thermos and cursed with a smile: "Don't behave like a cheap person here. I don't know how many directors want to get the treatment but can't get it."

Chen Jingxing is the boss of DreamWorks, and when dealing with Chen Jingxing, he must consider his other identity as a director. Therefore, in addition to some important events of the cultural authorities, Chen Jingxing must attend, and other industry associations and CCTV are confident to refuse seminars. The other party is also aware of it. It is impossible for the big boss of DreamWorks to hold a report meeting to you every day.

In fact, Tian Xinye himself has secretly regretted it. However, if Tian Xinye wins the best director in Cannes, the Palme d'Or will naturally say goodbye to "The Ninth District".

"It's really not an exaggeration. In fact, it's just a matter of time, place, and people..."

Overseas, "The Ninth District" was premiered as the opening film of Cannes, and was quickly released in Europe and North America.

In addition to Zhang Yi, the big winner of "The Ninth District" who won the Cannes Palme d'Or, is naturally Tian Xinye.

Tian Xinye himself actually does not reject this statement. Not all directors are good at screenwriters, or the few are good at screenwriters.

In fact, at a film festival like Cannes, Palme d'Or is actually an award that combines Best Director and Best Film. The individual award of Best Director is a bit like a row of fruits and fruits ranked third.

Perhaps in the eyes of domestic audiences, "The Ninth District" is just cruel and dark, but in the eyes of European and American audiences who are racially discriminatory, segregated and even in the refugee crisis, there is a sense of déjà vu everywhere in the movie, so it has also set off a wave of public opinion topics and movie viewing.

Even if the fifth generation of directors who won sluggish awards, Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, have one count, are they good at writing scripts? Are they good at telling stories?

If they encounter bad scripts or screenwriters who do not have high-level screenwriters, they are not unable to make bad movies.

Of course, the industry still recognizes Tian Xinye's Palme d'Or. Chen Kaige has never won the best director in Europe, but his status is similar to winning the best director in Cannes. The Palme d'Or is still very important, not to mention that "The Ninth District" itself is also a star movie.

It can be said that the box office off-season during this period was completely supported by "The Ninth District".

The geographical advantage is not only the chairman of the jury, but also the film master from France is a firm white left and wants to "take advantage of the topic", but also a judge from the United States is a senior director of the Global Department.

Of course, "The Ninth District" is indeed politically correct and the quality of the film is also excellent.

But after listening to Tian Xinye's analysis, directors such as Guo Fan, Ning Weiqiang and others became even more terrible. They were caught up with such a rare "time, place, and people". Will there be a second "Ninth District" in the future? Will there be such a lucky opportunity?

It was not until the conference room door was pushed open that Chen Jingxing and Xu Wenshen walked to the front of the long conference table that rescued Tian Xinye from the "siege".

(End of this chapter)