Rhapsody of Entertainment Rebirth

Shanhe's speech at the premiere of "The Martian" made headlines in all Chinese entertainment media the next day.

Almost all media published the full text of Shanhe's declaration. This is the first director in China to publicly announce that he will build a heavy film industry. Shanhe's ambition is clearly revealed in this speech.

The heavy film industry cannot be established overnight. Capital, talent and technology are all indispensable, and a stable and large-capacity film market is needed.

Can the current Chinese film market support the lifting of the industrial system?

This report in Huaguo quickly aroused various discussions inside and outside the film industry.

Different from the unanimous support and applause of the general public, many different voices emerged within the Chinese film circle.

A certain sixth-generation director dismissed Shanhe's speech, "Chinese films don't need to aim too high and imitate Hollywood films to build a heavy industrial system. This is very far away from us. It is an invisible goal and slogan. Chinese films must first solve this problem." The problem is the lack of culture in mainstream movies..."

Some veteran directors also put forward different views, "China's film market is not as optimistic as Shanhe said. The establishment of a heavy industrial system requires a process of continuous investment. It cannot be built by one person or a company alone. Shanhe's The intention was good, but it was a little too early to think about it..."

Unlike these veteran seniors of Chinese films, the younger generation of directors, especially film students who are still studying for their movie dreams in school, overwhelmingly support Shan He.

When Ning Hao was interviewed by reporters, he bluntly stated his identification with Shanhe.

"...The establishment of the film industry requires a long process and is very difficult, so why don't we do it? If no one starts, we will never catch up. Shanhe and I have known each other for five years, and I know him very well. , now that he has spoken out, he will go all out and I will join. Whether it is success or failure, Chinese movies need someone to take this step!"

Young directors who are currently studying and graduating from the Beijing Film Academy's Directing Department have spoken out in support of Shanhe's declaration on the online platform.

"I am Lu Yang, a third-level student in the Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy. Shanhe is my senior, but I am much older than him. After I graduated from the University of Science and Technology and started working for one year, I re-entered the Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy to study. , for what, is my dream, the younger generation should act for their dreams, Shanhe has set an example for us, regardless of success or failure, regardless of the future, Chinese movies need pioneers like Shanhe, I really want to Join it…”

"Shanhe's declaration speaks to my heart. My dream is to see China's hard science fiction blockbusters screened in cinemas. I am now going to apply for a postgraduate entrance examination in the directing department of the Film Academy, hoping to contribute to China's heavy film industry system. Fenli, my name is Guo Fan, I work for Tourism TV..."

"When will Shanhe's studio be recruiting? My name is Zhao Ji. I graduated from the School of Animation and Digital Art at Communication University of China, majoring in digital media art. Animated movies are also an indispensable part of movies..."

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Shanhe's passionate declaration aroused cheers from young film practitioners. They understand that with the strength of Shanhe and Chuhe Film and Television, they are fully capable of entering the Chinese animation special effects industry, and even hope to expand further!

Once Colorful Light Studio was established, its appeal has been maximized.

At the same time, "The Martian" began its journey to sweep the box office in China.

The box office on the first day exceeded 15 million, and the next day was the weekend, and the box office reached over 20 million.

In the first four days, the box office of "The Martian" in mainland China exceeded RMB 80 million!

"The Martian" has a very good reputation in China, and with Shanhe's premiere announcement, there is a lot of discussion about it on the Internet.

"After so many years, Shanhe has never disappointed. "The Martian" is as good as ever. Shanhe is right, but it's a bit of a pity. If the male lead had been replaced by Marco Wei, this movie would have surpassed "Titanic" "No. 1" box office record!"

"After watching "The Martian", I especially understand Shan He's mood. It would be a great domestic movie. It's such a pity..."

"By the way, this is the first time we see our country saving the people of country M in a Hollywood movie. Come on, Zeng Li is so beautiful this time!"

"When I saw Li Xuejian, on behalf of the Chinese Space Administration, agreeing to M's request for help, I felt alert and inspired! Shanhe, please speed up, we are just waiting to see the Chinese save the world!"

…

Shanhe's emotions and bold words set fire to the Chinese film industry and "The Martian".

The media has reported and discussed more and more about "The Martian" and Chinese science fiction movies, and the public's attention has been quickly attracted.

At this time, Shanhe couldn't control this. He even put aside the creation of a new book for the past two days.

He paid full attention to the establishment of "Colorful Light Studio".

Chuhe Film and Television invested in the acquisition of Beijing October Digital Animation Studio, and used it as the initial team of Colorful Light Studio to start a large-scale poaching operation.

October Digital Animation Studio is well-known in the animation production field in Beijing. It was founded in 1999 by several young computer animation practitioners.

Although this studio has been cooperating with CCTV in the past few years, it has never been able to become bigger and stronger due to a lack of funds and talents. The intervention of Chuhe Film and Television gave them hope.

As a result, the two parties hit it off immediately. Chuhe Film and Television invested 8 million to establish Colorful Light Studio, accounting for 80% of the studio's equity. In October, Digital Animation Studio joined as a whole, and several founders accounted for 20% of the equity. .

Chuhe Film and Television has promised to invest no less than 10 million yuan in Colorful Light Studio every year for five consecutive years to purchase equipment and recruit talents.

Chuhe Film and Television is only responsible for the administrative and financial management of the studio. Other positions are selected by the studio itself. The production of the project is decided by the production director and director.

Shanhe made a special trip to Chuhe Film and Television to meet Tian Xiaopeng, the newly appointed production director of Colorful Light Studio.

This fat director with glasses and messy hair looked like an out-and-out technical geek, and the two of them didn't exchange too many pleasantries.

In two sentences, we got to the point.

Tian Xiaopeng adjusted his glasses with his hand, looked at Shanhe and said: "Shanhe, the main work in the studio now is to make special effects animation for CCTV's large-scale documentary "1405 Zheng He's Voyages to the West". Our original studio lacked many special effects rendering equipment. , the talent reserve is also insufficient, and we can't do any good projects. I heard your speech, and we also watched "The Martian". We all understand your feelings, because this is also the dream and goal of several of us. So we’re excited to add Colorful Light Prism to the mix!”

Shanhe also looked directly at Tian Haipeng and responded: "I have learned about you October Digital Animation. You are a group of great Chinese special effects animation pioneers. I am also very happy that you can join Chuhe's plan. If nothing else, I have entrusted a company in Hollywood to purchase some equipment. Someone will give you the equipment list in a moment. If you have any needs, you can add it to it. Talent Chu He is also exploring at home and abroad at the same time. Director Tian, ​​I have only one request, please get it as soon as possible. The colorful light prism is built, although we can't get it right in one step, but the sparrow is small but has all the internal organs. I need a relatively complete animation production team that can complete the most basic special effects animation production, no problem!"

"No problem!" Tian Haipeng nodded and replied, "The studio has been able to complete some basic special effects rendering. Although the fineness and smoothness are very rough, it can already meet the needs of some TV series or low-cost movies."

Shanhe shook his head and smiled, "Director Tian, ​​what we are competing against is Hollywood special effects. Although it is still a little far away, we have to work hard to catch up. There is no other way but constant practice and learning. After a while, I will give you Looking for a project, I will be filming a science fiction movie next year, your Colorful Light Studio will be very busy!"

"If you have a job, do it well!" Tian Xiaopeng said with a smile, "We used to have to find work every day to support the studio, uh~ Shanhe has one more thing I want to discuss with you!"

"you say!"

"Shan He, I have made the animated film "Journey to the West" before, and I have always had an idea lingering in my mind. I want to make a 3D animated film about Sun Wukong's "Havoc in Heaven". I have already thought of the name. It's called "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage", but it's just a prototype now. I want to write the script first, can you help me take a look?" Tian Xiaopeng asked hesitantly.

"Yes!" Shanhe nodded and replied, "Journey to the West is a good subject, and putting it on the big screen is a good idea, but we probably can't complete the production of a pure 3D animated film now!"

After getting Shanhe's approval, Tian Xiaopeng responded with excitement, "We don't have to rush. I'll finish the script first, and then I'll start the project when the conditions are mature. The production time of animated films is already long, and it doesn't matter if I wait a few years to make it." Late!"

"Okay!" Shanhe agreed with a smile, "It seems that I have found the right person. Director Tian is as ambitious about animated films as I am!"

Tian Xiaopeng replied with excitement: "This is my dream. I have had this dream since I first saw 3D animation in 1991. I have struggled for more than ten years, and now I finally have hope of realizing it!"

Shanhe stood up, stretched out his hand and said to Tian Xiaopeng: "Then I won't talk nonsense. Let's work together. The time I gave myself is ten years, and I will use ten years to raise Colorful Light!"

Tian Xiaopeng then stood up, held Shanhe's right hand, and replied affirmatively: "Shanhe, it won't take ten or five years. If you give us five years, we can support ourselves and start making 3D animated movies!"

"I hope it goes as you wish. Don't worry, Chuhe will ensure that the funds are in place!" Shanhe promised again.

Tian Xiaopeng nodded and responded: "Shanhe, there are actually a lot of animation talents in the country. There are hundreds of professional artists in one Magic City Art Studio alone. Their current situation is not good. Don't worry, we will develop very quickly. Compared with You can imagine it faster!”

"You go ahead and do it! I'm looking forward to it!"

The ambitious Tian Xiaopeng left the office. He didn't seem to want to delay for a moment. It had been his long-standing dream to form a complete animation production team. Now that he had the conditions, he had to take action immediately!

Shanhe sat alone in his office chair, carefully searching for memories before his rebirth.

He always felt that "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage" mentioned by Tian Xiaopeng was a bit familiar. Shan He should have heard of it somewhere!

It's just that Shan He didn't watch many animated movies in his previous life. The only ones that impressed him deeply were "Kung Fu Panda" and "Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes to the World", and he couldn't remember the information about "The Return of the Great Sage" no matter how hard he tried.

On the contrary, the animated short film "Those Things About That Rabbit That Year" reappeared in front of Shanhe.

The ending song "Chasing Dreams" has already borrowed the mountains and rivers, so this time we might as well take away the pot too!

Shanhe picked up the pen and drew a rabbit wearing a military hat on the paper. Suddenly, the music of "Chasing Dreams" sounded in Shanhe's mind again.

"Running forward, facing cold words and ridicule, how can one feel the vastness of life without experiencing hardships..."

"Those Things About That Rabbit That Year" is indeed a very touching animated short film. In his previous life, Shan He was often moved by the rabbit in the story and his eyes turned red.

The only drawback is that the production is too rough!

Qicai Guangling will practice his skills with "Those Things About That Rabbit That Year" first, and it will be just right to make a name for himself at the same time!

In the days that followed, Shanhe immersed himself in the intersection of time and space in "The Signal". In his spare time, he picked up his paintbrush and drew the story of the first season of "That Rabbit That Year" in his picture book.

On October 25, "The Martian" has entered its third week in China, and its cumulative box office in North America has exceeded 180 million US dollars.

It has topped the North American box office charts for two weeks in a row, but this week "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" was released.

The box office of "The Martian" remained at around 30 million US dollars this weekend, but it was pushed out of the top spot by "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire".

The same is true in Europe, where "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" swept most of the world's movie markets this week.

Apart from China, "The Martian" is still unstoppable in the Chinese market.

"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", which was released simultaneously around the world, was beaten by "The Martian" in China!

As soon as China's box office data came out this week, Warner China's branch was shocked. "Harry Potter" only had 28 million yuan, which was nearly half lower than the expected 50 million yuan!

"The Martian" at the top of the list has exceeded 100 million, 10.8 million!

"The Martian" dominates the Chinese film market, with box office accumulation approaching 200 million yuan in two weeks.

The news quickly spread to Hollywood. "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" had a poor reputation and was criticized by the media in China. It was called the worst film in the Harry Potter series.

The news that "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" was flopped by "The Martian" in China immediately aroused ridicule from the media.

"Harry Potter met a real magician in China..."

"Kyuubi of China is more terrifying than Voldemort, and Harry Potter was defeated magnificently by the magician of China..."

"The Goblet of Fire was thrown to Mars by a Far Eastern magician, and Harry Potter couldn't reach outer space riding a rocket crossbow..."

"Hua Guoqiu told Harry Potter that real magicians never use sticks..."

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The media's ridicule aroused public attention and joy, and the box office of "The Martian" immediately recovered a lot!

As soon as Disney Pictures saw the profits, they immediately increased their hype, and Warner Bros. Pictures naturally fought back. For a while, chickens crowed everywhere in the North American entertainment industry, and chicken feathers flew everywhere!

Disney mocks Warner Bros. for turning J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" into "Harry Potter: A Pile of Shit"!

Warner satirized that Disney should let Shanhe be the president. Without Shanhe, Disney would only be able to make cartoons!

As soon as the two sides quarreled, the attention of the melon-eating crowd soared, and neither film suffered any loss.

Well, since everyone likes it, let’s continue!

Several other Hollywood movie giants looked jealous. You guys are going too far. One family owns a box office production machine. Where are we?

Shanhe and J.K. Rowling inexplicably received a wave of upgrade experience!

October has passed, and the total box office of "The Martian" in North America has accumulated to 230 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office has exceeded 500 million U.S. dollars. Sunward and Disney have once again achieved magnificent success!

The prediction given by the media is that the North American box office will be 260 million US dollars, and the global box office will be over 600 million US dollars.

A rough calculation, including later disc rentals and peripheral products, Chuhe Group can earn at least more than 30 million US dollars in profit from the movie "The Martian"!

Hollywood is such a great place to make money!

The renewed success of the film adaptation is bound to increase Shanhe's influence in Hollywood.

Shanhe didn't have time to calculate these things. At this moment, he was making tea to entertain Ning Hao and Wu Ershan who came to visit them!

Wu Ershan was born in 1972. He is older than Shanhe and Ning Hao in terms of age. He graduated from the directing department of Beijing Film Academy in 1998. He is considered their senior brother, but in the film industry he is A complete newcomer.

This time Ning Hao brought him to Shanhe's house as a guest. He was in a state of anxiety. The two big guys were going to take me to play. Am I about to take off?

Shanhe looked at Wu Ershan across from him. He had a square face, black-rimmed glasses, and a distinctive mustache on his chin. At a glance, he knew he was a Mongolian man. His appearance was so recognizable!

"Director Wu, drink tea!" Shanhe poured tea for the two of them.

"You called it wrong!" Ning Hao corrected Shanhe with a smile, "Wuershan is a Mongolian, but his surname is not Wu. Wuershan is his name. His last name is too long. Besides, he is Our seniors all graduated from the Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy!"

Shanhe looked at Ning Hao, then smiled and said, "Oh, I made a stupid mistake. I won't violate your taboos, right? I should call you Senior Brother!"

Wu Ershan waved his hand and replied: "The Mongols are not so particular. Many people call me that. I came to the capital with my parents when I was four years old. I can't even speak Mongolian well. Director Qiu, please just call me Wu Ershan." That’s it!”

"Okay!" Shanhe nodded in response, "I'll call you Wu Ershan. Don't call me Director Qiu. Just call me Shanhe. Let's drink tea and let the three of us chat casually!"

Ning Hao took a sip of tea and introduced Shanhe: "Wu Ershan has set up a studio. Last year he made an independent film "Soap Opera", which won the International Film Critics Award at the Busan International Film Festival in the United States. He also won the Best Director Award at the International Film Festival. I have seen it and it was very interesting. I think he has the talent to make commercial films, and the story is very complete and interesting!"

"Director Ning received the award. Those awards I received were just pheasant awards, not worth mentioning!" Wu Ershan waved his hand and said modestly.

Shanhe naturally knew that Wu Ershan had a talent for making commercial films. He was very famous in later generations. The success of the sequel to "Painted Skin" made him known as the most money-making director in the film industry. "Ghost Blowing the Lamp: The Secret of the Dragon" made him One step closer, he has become one of the great commercial directors in China. As for "The Trilogy of the Gods" that has been brewing for many years, it is unknown. It has not been released when he was reborn. According to media reports, it should be a special effects blockbuster.

How could Shanhe let go of such a talent who had the same goal as him!

"Wu Ershan, you don't have to be modest. Lao Ning has made several movies, and he has only won two pheasant awards. I haven't won one yet!" Shanhe joked with a smile.

"Haha..." Ning Hao responded with a smile, "I was dragged into a trap by you, Shanhe, and I will probably be insulated from awards and other awards in the future!"

"If I don't pull you, you have to jump in by yourself. Besides, I'm not stopping you from getting the prize!" After Shanhe replied to Ning Hao, he turned to Wu Ershan and asked, "Wu Ershan, are you right?" What do you think about winning the award?”

Wu Ershan replied directly: "I have no obsession with winning awards. I agree with your concept. Commercial films are the general trend of Chinese films. I admire Shanhe's speech at the premiere of "The Martian". , the film industry must do it, the sooner the better!”

"Wu Ershan and I have talked a long time ago. We are both sixth-generation traitors. Like me, he wears a big gold chain!" Ning Hao joked with a smile.

hehe…

Both of them were amused by Ning Hao's words.

"Don't show off your big gold chain to everyone!" Shanhe said with a smile, "Wu Ershan, what are your next ideas? Do you have any plans to make a movie?"

Wu Ershan nodded excitedly, "I want to make a theater movie to test my skills, but I don't have a project yet, and my ideas are not yet mature. Let's give it a while!"

After listening to this, Shanhe thought for a moment and said to Wu Ershan: "How about I give you an opportunity to learn and practice first, and you can think about it while you learn?"

"Ah?" Wu Ershan was a little surprised, "Of course it would be great to have the opportunity to learn and practice. I can't help but wish for it!"

Shanhe nodded, "Xu Ke's new film will start shooting soon. "Painted Skin" can be regarded as a commercial blockbuster in China. How about you go to him and become an assistant director?"

"That's great! I really like director Xu Ke's style, and I'm very interested in special effects shooting!" Wu Ershan agreed excitedly.

Shanhe gave Wu Ershan some tea and responded with a smile: "That's okay! You can join the crew tomorrow. I will help you communicate with Xu Ke in a moment."

"Thank you so much! I don't even know what to say!"

"You're welcome, we are all alumni!" Shanhe waved his hand and said, "The fact that Lao Ning can bring you here means that you have talent, but you just lack opportunities. I trust Lao Ning's vision. I have thought about it, and I can do it at any time." Contact us, Chuhe Film and Television has a support fund, and I am very much looking forward to your first theatrical movie!"

Ning Hao looked at Shanhe and nodded in agreement: "Wu Ershan, please stop being pretentious. When Shanhe came to find me, I was not as good as you!"

"Then I won't be polite!" Wu Ershan said gratefully, "Shanhe, I heard you say that the investment in director Xu Ke's new film is not small. Is the screenwriter of "Painted Skin" really your handiwork?"

"I gave the outline of the story!" Shanhe replied, "The specific plot and scenes are the collective wisdom of Xu Kehe's company's screenwriting team. The total investment in "Painted Skin" this time is about 100 million yuan, which is considered to be the highest in China. It’s a big investment, Xu Ke’s understanding of special effects movies is unparalleled in China, Ning Hao and I will take the time to learn from it!”

Ning Hao nodded in agreement: ""Painted Skin" is a turnaround for director Xu Ke. He will definitely try his best. It is estimated that there will be many magical genres in Chinese movies in the future, which is very suitable for our Chinese culture!"

Shanhe looked at Ning Hao and said, "Why, you are also interested in fantasy blockbusters. How about you try the next one too?"

"I'm not sure about this genre!" Ning Hao shook his head and replied, "Let's start with realistic films first. I'm very interested in the science fiction film you mentioned last time!"

"Shanhe, will your next movie be a science fiction movie?" Wu Ershan asked in surprise, "Is it a science fiction blockbuster? So soon!"

"How is that possible?" Shanhe waved his hand and replied, "I'm not that arrogant. Don't say I'm not good enough. The current Chinese film market can't support science fiction blockbusters. I just want to make a soft science fiction film, barely covering it as science fiction. It’s a coat, but the scenes and special effects still require some thought!”

"Do you have the outline of the script?" Ning Hao asked.

"Not yet, I still have to think about it!"

"I'm looking forward to it! If word spreads about the science fiction movie you made at Shanhe, the entire Chinese film industry will be watching you!" Ning Hao said with a smile.

"Don't let me miss it!"

After drinking a pot of tea, Ning Hao and Wu Ershan said goodbye and left.

Shanhe sat under the grape trellis and sighed alone, how come there were so many things happening all of a sudden!

We have to hurry up on "Signal", and we have to finish the first season of "That Year of the Rabbit". Plus there are new movie plans, so we don't have enough time!

Throughout November, Shanhe spent time entangled with three things.

He has no intention of paying attention to anything else, and all his time and energy are spent on creation!

During this period, "The Martian" ended one month after its release in China, and the total box office in China just exceeded 260 million.

All media have concluded that if it were not for the impact of piracy, "The Martian" would definitely hit 300 million, and even break the record of "Titanic"!

The release of "The Martian" in North America a week earlier than in China did great damage to the box office of "The Martian", and pirated discs appeared too quickly!

The North American box office of "The Martian" will exceed 300 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office will reach 680 million U.S. dollars.

What's amazing is that the total box office of "The Martian" in North America actually surpassed "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" by just over 10 million US dollars.

It seems that in the mutual ridicule and mutual hype between Disney and Warner, Disney is the winner!

Of course, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" made a comeback at the global box office, taking in US$840 million!

Both sides have their own victories and defeats!

Many media have extended the head-to-head competition between the two movies into a showdown between J.K. Rowling and Shan He.

Cambridge Street in England took this as an example, trumpeting that J.K. Rowling’s global influence is greater than that of mountains and rivers, and even created a global best-selling author ranking list.

Agatha Christie, the author of "Murder on the Orient Express", ranked first, Dan Brown, the author of "The Da Vinci Code", was ranked second, followed by J.K. Rowling!

Shanhe was ranked far away at tenth place! The introduction to Shanhe also specifically states that Qiu’s inclusion on the list is due to Hollywood’s adaptation of his novel.

Pretend to be aloof and reluctant to give alms!