Dreams of the Fragrant River

At the headquarters of Xinbao Cinema Line Company, Cen Jianxun patted the table and asked, "Mr. Chen, Mr. Feng, we agreed to release Debao's movies first for Christmas. How can we change now?"

Chen Rongmei shrugged and said, "DreamWorks' promotion of "Shushan" is big enough for the company, and Debao's film can stand it?"

"I know that too," Cen Jianxun said gloomily, "but the name of Debao's new film is "A Christmas Adventure". If it is moved to the Spring Festival, wouldn't it be a joke? Forget it." {First Release}"

Feng Bingzhong smiled and said, "It's not impossible."

Cen Jianxun reminded: "Don't forget, you two are also shareholders of Debao Film Company, and you also have a share of the money earned by "A Christmas Adventure". And Mr. Pan is the third largest shareholder of Xinbao Cinemas. How the lines are arranged has a say."

"Alas," Chen Rongmei shook her head and said, "The offensive of "Shushan" is too fierce, "Christmas Adventure" cannot stop it. Only "Rich Train" has many stars, plus Xinbao Cinema Line and Jiahe Cinema Line have many stars. Together, we may be able to withstand the box office pressure of "Shushan"."

Cen Jianxun also knows about this situation, but his current position and position are that he must arrange "Christmas Adventures" in the Christmas file. Cen Jianxun said: "Although 'Shushan' won awards abroad and sold well in Europe, it is impossible to dominate in Hong Kong. There is absolutely no problem with 'Christmas Adventure' making 10 million at the box office."

"Christmas Adventure" is also a star production. Produced by Hong Jinbao, director Lin Zixiang, deputy director To Qifeng, Pan Huansheng photography, Ke Shouliang Wuzhi, Lin Zixiang and Zhang Manyu are the male and female protagonists respectively. With such a lineup and the Christmas urban comedy that is suitable for the occasion, it will not be released. Accidentally, it is easy to get a good box office.

"Whether 'Shushan' can be a big family, you should take a look at this, we just got the news." Chen Rongmei handed a fax to Cen Jianxun.

Cen Jianxun took a look at it, and was immediately dumbfounded: "It will be released in nine countries and regions around the world at the same time, how is this possible? This situation is rare even for Hollywood blockbusters. DreamWorks can't have such a strong distribution capability."

Feng Bingzhong said: "But this news is absolutely true."

"I have to go back and report the situation to Mr. Pan." Cen Jianxun did not insist on the release of "Christmas Adventures" in the Christmas file. With the global release of "Shushan", it is really not something that an urban comedy can stop. It is very likely to hit Debao with a blue nose and a swollen face.

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December 20, 1985. Friday.

"Shushan" is not only screened across the board in Hong Kong, but also screened globally in North America, the United Kingdom, Australia, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Japan, the Philippines and Singapore. In the following Lunar New Year, "Shushan" will also be released in South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Macau and mainland China. Of course, the box office in mainland China has nothing to do with DreamWorks.

When the global screening plan of "Shushan" was announced, the Hong Kong industry was in an uproar, and they were all shocked by the strong overseas distribution capabilities of DreamWorks.

Distributing Hong Kong films to dozens of countries and regions around the world, not only Golden Harvest and Princess Jin can do it, but also Shaw Brothers in the early years. But for a movie to be released simultaneously in more than ten countries and regions around the world, and the release time is still the golden time of Christmas, "Shushan" is the first time in history.

Although after years of cultivation. DreamWorks has initially established a distribution network in more than 20 countries around the world, but seriously speaking, the distribution channels are still insufficient. In many countries, there is only one office. Whether it can be sold smoothly can only be luck.

"Shushan" can be released simultaneously in nine countries around the world at Christmas, in addition to winning awards at the Venice Film Festival and the Tokyo Film Festival. The most important thing is its excellent box office performance in France. Even if it is a Hollywood blockbuster, there will never be more than five films that can sell more than 10 million US dollars at the box office in France every year, and sometimes there is not even one, and "Shushan", a Chinese-language film, has achieved more than 9 million US dollars at the box office in one fell swoop. , and it was not released in the golden schedule, which made the global distributors optimistic about the box office potential of "Shushan".

Coupled with the liaison and coordination between Jiang Zhiwen and Ye Zhiming. Those distributors finally agreed to participate in the global screening plan, and everyone worked together to build momentum for the screening of "Shushan".

As soon as the global simultaneous screening plan of "Shushan" was announced, DreamWorks suddenly became prosperous in Hong Kong, and even in the whole of Asia, and director Xu Ke also became famous overseas.

As long as "Shushan" is not too bad at the global box office. This global screening program alone is enough to put DreamWorks in the top spot of Hong Kong film companies.

Phoenix TV helped Kang Jianfei boast in the program: "Shushan can be released simultaneously around the world, which shows that Oriental DreamWorks has gone out of Asia and has truly become a world-class film company."

In fact, the real situation is not as evil as DreamWorks advertised.

When "Terminator" came out a few years ago, a movie was showing in no more than 1,300 theaters in North America at the same time. Today, the number of theaters in North America is growing every year. Many Hollywood blockbusters have opened more than 1,500 theaters. "First Blood 2", which was released in the summer vacation a few months ago, has a frenzied number of 2,074 theaters.

Although "Shushan" was arranged by American distributors into the Christmas season, as a Chinese-language film, it has inherent deficiencies in North American release, and it is impossible to compete with big directors from big companies in the United States. There are only 715 theaters.

No way, the competition in the North American Christmas stalls is too fierce, if not "Shushan" is not sold to 20th Century Fox for distribution, even these 715 theaters can't be lined up.

As for "Out of Africa", which Kang Jianfei participated in the investment, it will be released in North America on the same day as "Shushan". Although the director and heroine of "Out of Africa" ​​are very famous, but unfortunately this is a humanities documentary, and only 922 companies have opened the box office.

"Shushan" has been a big hit in Hong Kong, but in the North American Christmas season, which is surrounded by strong films, the number of theaters released can only be said to be average, and the publicity offensive has never been able to increase, and it is likely to be overwhelmed by the Christmas season. In the shadow tide.

On the contrary, in Europe, Japan and Nanyang, due to various reasons, "Shushan" was very popular and was rated as the top three most anticipated Christmas movies by local media.

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In response to the strong attack of "Shushan", Jiahe Cinema Line and Xinbao Cinema Line joined hands to screen "Rich Train" in the summer.

Although "Shushan" was touted on Hong Kong Island because of its overseas scenery. But "Rich Train" is not easy, with dozens of well-known Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japanese stars joining in, plus the director and copy are very powerful, and two theaters will be jointly released. Shushan" firmly suppressed.

As for Xinyicheng, the release scheduled for the summer is "Treasure Hunting Plan". Its director, Chen Xinjian, has a lot of background. He was originally a superintendent of the Hong Kong Police Force, and then he changed his career to enter the film industry. He wrote the scripts for the classic movies "Dumping Ash" and "Curry Brown".

Chen Xinjian was originally the screenwriter and director of Golden Harvest, but he has a good personal relationship with McDonald's, and once helped DreamWorks McDonald's Film Studio to create the script for "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers". This summer, the directorial talents of Jiahe lost a lot. Chen Xinjian was poached by Xinyi City at that time. "Treasure Hunt" is his first film directed in Xinyicheng.

But people with discerning eyes know that "Treasures of Treasures" is the cannon fodder thrown by Xinyi City. Under the attack of "Shushan" and "Rich Train", it is possible that there are no pants left.

Xinyicheng has set the real battlefield in the Spring Festival, and the film released is the signature of Xinyicheng.

The news of the conflict between the three giants of Xinyicheng is basically well known in the Hong Kong film circle, especially when Mecca ran out half a year ago to cooperate with Zeng Zhiwei and Hong Jinbao in "Rich Train", which caused a lot of uproar and made the new filmmakers. Both Yicheng and Lei Juekun had a dull face.

Lei Juekun was getting older, and his body and energy were not as good as before, but he still called Mecca, Huang Baiming and Shi Tian together, and managed to ease the conflict between the three.

In the original time and space, the first three works of "Best Partner" were all created by them together. However, due to the expansion of the conflict between the three, and the development of Xinyi City is not bad, the fourth part is all handled by Mecca alone~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Not only Huang Baiming and Shi Tian did not participate, even the soundtrack is not Thai Di Robin is in charge. Although "Best Partner 4" earned 27 million at the box office, it sold poorly compared to the previous films, and was even regarded by some as the worst of the Best Partner series.

Although the three of them have animosity with each other now, Xinyi City really declined sharply last year, which is something they do not want to see. Therefore, the current "Best Partner 4" is very different from the original time and space. Not only Huang Baiming personally served as the screenwriter, but Shi Tian and Teddy Robin also actively participated in it. Teddy Robin also specially invited Zhang Aijia from Jiahe to be a female. The protagonist and director is Lin Lingdong.

At least in terms of the quality of the film, it is much better than the original "Best Partner 4" in the original time and space, and it also deliberately avoided "Shushan" and "Rich Train" in terms of schedule. A reinvigorated ambition.

Mecca and Huang Baiming made a wishful thinking, and when "Shushan" and "Fugui Train" are going to fight to the death, "Best Partner 4" will come out and dominate the Spring Festival file in one go.

As for the new film "A Chinese Ghost Story" directed by Kang Jianfei, due to the lack of publicity, it did not get too into the eyes of the three giants of Xinyi City.