Millennium director

Chapter 330 Commercial movies rely on box office, while literary movies rely on selling copyrights!

At one o'clock in the morning China time, the domestic online media exploded.

"Venice News, the 65th Venice International Film Festival has come to an end. The famous Chinese director Wu Yuan won the Golden Lion Award for Best Film at this Venice International Film Festival, becoming the fifth person to win this honor after Hou Xiaoxian, Zhang Yimou, Cai Mingliang, and Jia Zhangke Chinese director!"

""A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die" won the Golden Lion, and Wu Yuan affectionately confessed to his girlfriend at the award-winning scene!"

"The woman who made the international director and Golden Lion Award winner change her view on love details the past love affairs between Wu Yuan and his girlfriend."

"A new film master has been born, and Wu Yuan, the youngest sixth-generation director, has taken over the banner of leading Chinese films!"

Although, it is still early morning in the country.

But in modern society, there are more and more night owls. The closer it is at night, the more netizens surf the Internet.

The news that Wu Yuan won the Golden Lion Award in Venice immediately exploded on the Chinese Internet.

These past few years have really been a proud year for the Chinese film industry.

Starting from Zhang Yimou's "Hero", not only the domestic commercial film industry has fully recovered, but the box office has soared every year, and it has also won art awards and honors every year.

In 2006, Jia Zhangke had just won the Golden Lion Award, but only one year later. In 2008, Wu Yuan won the Golden Lion Award again.

Among the three major Chinese-language films in Europe, they have become more and more mainstream and even strong contenders for awards.

Wu Yuan, who is born in the 1980s and is classified as the sixth generation director, also established his position as the leading figure of the sixth generation director because of this Golden Lion Award.

In fact, based on the year 2000 when he debuted, Wu Yuan can be regarded as either a sixth-generation director or a seventh-generation director.

Moreover, his film style is actually significantly different from that of sixth-generation directors.

Sixth-generation directors such as Jia Zhangke, Wang Xiaoshuai, Lu Xuechang, and Lou Ye entered the directing department of the Film Academy in the mid-to-late 1980s and began directing films after the 1990s. Most of their film works are based on criticizing reality and focusing on the injustice at the bottom. , extremely rebellious.

Otherwise, the sixth generation would not be called the underground generation.

Logically speaking, Wu Yuan, a director who entered the directing department of the Film Academy in the mid-to-late 1990s and started directing films in the millennium, should be considered a seventh-generation director.

But who told him to take off too fast?

If you really put him in the seventh generation of directors, it would be like putting a whale into a small pond. It would be too fishy and would not give any way for new seventh generation directors to survive.

Therefore, whether inside or outside the circle, there was a tacit understanding that he was divided into the field of the sixth generation, and he became a generation with his senior brothers.

In this way, Wu Yuan has now become a leader and leader alongside Jia Zhangke in the seventh generation.

Early the next morning, the print media quickly followed up and published a photo of Wu Yuan standing on the podium in Cannes holding the trophy in the morning newspaper.

Public opinion really exploded now.

From the Internet to the streets, everyone is discussing Wu Yuan who once again brought glory to the country.

In 2008, the four words "win glory for the country" were the topic of most concern to all Chinese people.

On TV, CCTV's morning news column made a special report on the video materials sent back. It reviewed the entire process from Wu Yuan's arrival in Venice to his interview with CCTV and finally the award-winning ceremony at the closing ceremony.

At noon, the midday news again broadcast the short message plus a two-minute video of the acceptance speech.

In the evening, after the news broadcast, the "Focus" column once again did a special report, and even connected with Chinese film critics who had watched the premiere in Venice, specifically asking them to express their opinions on "A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die" Reviews of this movie.

In short, it’s just one sentence. I’m afraid some Chinese people don’t know that Wu Yuan won the award.

Compared with the more serious official media, the online media have more fun.

Because Wu Yuan thanked Liu Yifei in his acceptance speech and made a disgusting confession, many online media once again hyped up the relationship between Wu Yuan and Liu Yifei.

To be precise, this cannot be called hype. After all, Wu Yuan took the lead in exaggerating the atmosphere, and everyone just helped light the fire.

"Liu Yifei saved the galaxy in her previous life, so she can have a boyfriend as good as Director Wu in this life, right?"

"What kind of love is like an idol drama? Liu Yifei was less than 16 years old when she entered film school. I heard that she met Director Wu at that time, and then after she graduated, she fell in love with Director Wu."

"The love that started on campus is pure and sweet!"

"Tch, it's obvious that Director Wu saved the galaxy in his previous life, so he's now talking about a fairy like Liu Yifei!"

"Didn't you hear what Director Wu said? He wants to thank Liu Yifei for teaching him what love is, which allowed him to make this award-winning movie."

"Should I say it, I tried to watch Director Wu's previous "Love", but I couldn't finish it. The beginning was boring, and the whole story was quite boring. It can be seen that Director Wu, who has never been in a relationship, has no interest in love. It’s really pessimistic, it was Liu Yifei who saved him!”

"Ah, what kind of idol drama is this two-way rescue? The big director who doesn't understand love and the passionate little star, this pair is really sweet!"

On major forums, the so-called "fairy love" between Wu Yuan and Liu Yifei began to flood the screen, and the discussion was heated.

Compared with Wu Yuan winning the award, netizens were more interested in the love he mentioned in his acceptance speech.

It's a pity that Weibo is not online yet, otherwise they would have dominated Weibo for a week.

After the news that Wu Yuan won the award came back to China, the promotional activities of Light and Shadow Times also followed up immediately.

The posters and first trailer for "A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die" were immediately released online, all under the banner of "Venice Golden Lion Award-winning film."

However, the publicity effect is not very good.

Everyone makes all kinds of rainbow compliments about the award-winning title, but you really don’t think how many movie fans will go to the theater to watch this movie just because of this.

Jia Zhangke's "The Three Gorges" won the 2006 Venice Golden Lion Award. How much box office did it receive when it was released in mainland China?

The first two days were only 1,400 yuan, and the final box office was 100,000 yuan.

Although Wu Yuan is much more famous than Jia Zhangke, and the theme of "A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die" is a healing film, which is related to love and family relationships, so it is easier for the audience to be interested, it is unlikely to get too much attention. Lots of box office.

The high probability is between 10 million and 20 million, and the small probability is between 20 and 30 million.

In this regard, 90% depends on Wu Yuan's own fame and appeal.

In the whole of China, there are currently only two directors whose literary films can expect to earn more than 10 million yuan at the box office.

One is the newly appointed National Master Zhang Yimou, and the other is Wu Yuan, the mainland commercial film champion.

However, what is lost in the east is gained in the mulberry tree.

Why does Jia Zhangke keep making literary films even though he knows there is no market for them in China?

Of course there is profit!

The copyrights for award-winning literary films are expensive!

"Three Gorges" bought a copyright fee of 40 million yuan in Venice.

This money does not need to be divided with the theaters, it is directly taken by the production side.

This is equivalent to a domestic box office of about 130 million, a profit that only the producers can get!

The cost of "The Good Man in Three Gorges" was not even 10 million.

In this era when domestic blockbusters are struggling to hit the box office of over 100 million, Jia Zhangke's movies are really profitable.

Do you now know why in the first ten years of the millennium, artistic film directors were so influential and were sought after and respected by various circles?

Not only because they can win honors, but mainly because directors of artistic films who can win awards can really make money, and the efficiency of making money is higher than that of directors of commercial films.

Capital is so realistic!

At this time, Wu Yuan was handling copyright sales in Venice.

He also won the Golden Lion Award, and Wu Yuan is much more famous internationally than Jia Zhangke. "A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die" was a hit in Venice!

The copyrights of his award-winning movies are even more valuable!