Huayu’s ex-husband

Chapter 165 164. Determined to become the best commercial film director in the country

"Director Wei, congratulations to "Those Years" for breaking 100 million, and I wish the new film "Silver Driver" will continue to break 100 million!"

"Thank you very much for your kind words."

"Director Wei, congratulations, you will be the fourth largest director in the mainland from now on!"

"Don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously, you are too flattering!"

"Director Wei, you have already exceeded 100 million as the director of your second film. In the future, you will surpass Zhang Yimou. In the Mainland, you shouldn't be the number one director in China. Who else would you be?"

"What the hell, what an award! Director Zhang's meritorious deeds and honors are second to none. How can a young boy like me compare with him? I will be very satisfied if I can be half as good as him in the future!"

…

Everyone came forward to congratulate him one by one, and Wei Wu responded humbly with a smile.

Wei Wu was undoubtedly the protagonist today. He was the focus of the audience. Basically, no matter where he went, everyone's focus was on him. Celebrities all laughed without saying a word and came up to chat with him. sentence.

At the banquet, the guests and hosts were having a great time, and it was almost time. At this time, the hotel waiter pushed a large ice sculpture to the stage——

The base of the ice sculpture is engraved with "The girl we chased together in those years" and "100,000,000" is written on it. This is the highlight of today's celebration banquet, "100 million icebreaker"!

Of course, this ice sculpture smashing was actually just a formality. The main purpose was for reporters to take photos and distribute promotional materials.

After all, the box office of "Those Years" has already exceeded 100 million! Breaking the Ice is no longer on the way now!

To put it bluntly, today is not so much a celebration banquet as a grand publicity conference, and the "100 million icebreaker" is a good publicity stunt.

Amid the applause of the crowd, Wei Wu was surrounded by the crowd and came to the small temporary stage. Huang Bo, who was the guest host today, also gave him a small wooden hammer, which he would use to break the ice later. of.

Others also came on stage one after another, and standing side by side with him were Chen Kuai, Liu Tianxian, Qiao Shan, Yang Mi, Han Sanping and Yu Dong.

Wei Wu stood in the middle of the seven people, with Han Sanping and Yu Dong on his left and right sides, Chen Xiao and Liu Tianxian outside, and Yang Mi and Qiao Shan outside.

Originally, Wei Wu was planning to ask his teacher Tian Zhuangzhuang to go up, but Tian Zhuangzhuang insisted on refusing, so he had no choice but to give up.

It's said that it's about knocking on the ice sculpture, but actually it's mainly about taking photos and distributing promotional materials. Everyone first stands behind the ice sculpture and poses for a group photo. After knocking on it a few times, the photographer can take pictures, and that's basically it!

After this session, as usual, Wei Wu, as the host, had to say a few words.

So the others went down temporarily, leaving only Wei Wu to stay. Then under the expectant eyes of everyone, Wei Wu took the microphone from Huang Bo, cleared his throat and spoke:

"First of all, thank you very much to all our good friends for coming to support us. We are very lucky. "Those Years" has been loved by the audience and all the friends present. We are honored.

""Those Years" is only my second personal film. It can be said that I, Wei Wu, am still just a primary school student in the film industry."

Although they knew it was modesty, the audience still booed in good faith: "

"Xu..."

"You are still a primary school student like this, can we still survive?"

"You're too humble! You have to be a doctoral supervisor no matter what!"

…

Wei Wu clasped his hands together, bowed to express his gratitude to everyone, and then continued to speak:

"With awe of the big screen, I walked on thin ice and handed over my second report card. During this period, I have been recognized by some audiences and seniors in the industry. I am deeply honored and flattered.

"I am very happy today, and I have such an opportunity. In fact, I also want to talk to you here, why do I want to make a commercial film?

"Actually, many people may have heard that my two films have achieved certain box office results, but there have also been a lot of criticisms along with them.

“Especially recently, there have been people naming me publicly and criticizing me, saying that at my level, I shouldn’t just be limited to making some popcorn commercial films.

"But we should have higher pursuits in terms of artistic ambition, such as making a literary film and winning the Golden Bear Award, Golden Lion Award, Palme d'Or, etc.

“After all, I’m still so young, so it’s not interesting to shoot this kind of stuff all the time. It’s just self-indulgence and no desire to make progress.

"But of course I can't agree. Do I make a movie just to travel tens of thousands of kilometers to take it to a film festival?

"Then there are dozens of foreigners sitting under every screening to watch my films, and they still can't understand Chinese or understand my films. Does this make sense?

"If only the dozen foreign judges on the organizing committee like it, but most of the audience is not interested in the film, then even if it wins an award in the end, what's the point?

"Who are my movies for? I always know.

“I am a person who loves to be lively and show off, and I hope that my expression can be seen by more people, instead of being a self-enclosed and self-admiring person.

"What is a good movie? Quite simply, a good movie is a movie that the audience likes to watch.

“I believe that no matter what ideology, values, concepts and artistic pursuits a film is intended to express, it must be loved by the audience and must be good-looking.

"Those of us who are directors, whether we are making art films or commercial films, must first solve this problem. We cannot blindly pursue publicity effects, nor can we blindly pursue the so-called artistic influence.

"Master Han often says: Commercial films are the future of Chinese films. I definitely agree.

"As a serious graduate from Nortel, you asked me if I seriously studied the excellent films of the past when I was in school?

"For example, there are some highly regarded classic movies: "Red Sorghum" and "Farewell My Concubine". They are indeed excellent and have very high artistic value!

"But they belong to the past 20 years, not the next 20 years.

"Sir, times have changed!

“Our country’s economy is developing rapidly and our national strength is increasing day by day. Of course, everyone, including our generation of filmmakers, needs to constantly innovate ideas, technologies and methods so that the world can see the development of China and feel the charm of Chinese culture.

“The era of self-enclosure has passed, and now the goal of the new stage of Chinese cinema is to go global and let Chinese culture go global.

“When people all over the world come to enjoy our movies, it will prove that Chinese movies have a strong influence.

“If you want to go global, it’s definitely not possible to rely on artistic films. You can only have a chance with commercial blockbusters.

“As we all know, our country has the largest movie market in the world, and a good movie often has hundreds of millions of viewers.

"After all, we have a population of 1.3 billion. Even if we look at 1% of the population, there are still 13 million people. If the average ticket price of a movie is 30 yuan, that would be a box office of 390 million yuan, which is completely enough to support a large-scale production worth 100 million yuan. .

"Not to mention anything else, the three cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou alone have a population of 50 to 60 million. There are also more than a dozen first-tier cities with a population of more than 100 million. If you think about it, the potential movie consumer population of more than 100 million is from Hong Kong Island. 15 times, South Korea’s 1.5 times.

“In addition, there are more than 200 medium-sized cities and a rural market with a population of 5.6 billion, which can establish a considerable scale of film consumption system.

"And I believe that with the further development of the economy, the potential customers of our country's film market in the future will definitely be more than 120 million, at least 500 billion, and even the whole people can afford it!

“Our country’s economic growth in recent years is no less than that of Germany and Japan in the 1950s and 1960s. As long as we seize this opportunity, Chinese films will surely have a bright future!

"In addition, I have never been shy about talking about money. After all, in addition to being a director, I am also the boss of a film and television company.

"My identity as a business leader determines my personal nature. Enterprises need to invest and make profits, otherwise the business cannot be maintained, let alone become bigger and stronger.

“If I can’t recoup my investment, I may face bankruptcy, so this determines that we make movies, which is no different from making cars, medicine, or clothing.

"It needs investment, it needs to produce products, it needs to be bought by consumers, it needs to make money and make profits, so that we can expand reproduction, produce better products, let more consumers buy them, and then form a virtuous cycle, Huaguo Film will be better.

"I am very grateful that I was born at the dawn of Chinese film's take-off. This is the best era! I am also grateful to have so many potential audiences. This is also the motivation for my creation as a filmmaker.

“But I also always remind myself that only by producing truly good works can we become the protagonist in the market and support the market with good works, otherwise it will all be a bubble.

"Of course, I also know that there are still many regrets in my current works, and I thank you all for your tolerance for them. I will do my best to create better works with a humble heart to repay everyone's support and love.

"But my goal will never change, and I will strive to become the best commercial film director in China."

Everyone cheered: "Okay, you are ambitious!"

"Director Wei, I believe you can do what you say!"

"Actually, you already are. In my mind, you are definitely the best commercial film director in China!"

…

In fact, Wei Wu originally wanted to say that he has the whole world, but if he shouts this slogan about his current performance, he may be laughed at, so he should keep a low profile.

The truck driver is so arrogant and proud. It was only after "Titanic" became the box office champion in film history that he dared to shout out that sentence:

"I am the king of the world!"

Wei Wu finally took the champagne from the table and raised it high to make a toast:

"Finally, I would like to say one more thing: Even if the future of Chinese film is tortuous, the future must be bright!

"thank you all!"

As soon as Wei Wu finished speaking, thunderous applause erupted from the scene, and some young people even looked at him with a hint of fanaticism.

Especially Han Sanping, the look in his eyes was extremely satisfying. I just had to ask him on the spot if he was interested in taking over my class!

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