You don't understand the happiness of the director

Chapter 581 ① The water stopped ② Seizing the bamboo shoots ③ Rumors of being banned ④ The whole country was shocked!

Yang Mi is a smart person. After returning home, she also checked the box office data and discovered that there was something wrong with the box office of "Monster Hunt", which seemed to have started a few days ago.

"Honey, what on earth is Anle Pictures doing?"

Wang Quan reminded: "Look at the total box office in film history."

At this time, "Monster Hunt" has surpassed "Charlotte" and climbed to the third place in the total box office in mainland film history.

Yang Mi suddenly realized: "He is trying to pull you down!"

After understanding this, she became angry. I would be angry if you took away my husband's first place with your true skills, let alone you playing dirty tricks!

To be honest, the water injection of "Monster Hunt" is relatively restrained. After all, Mr. Jiang just wants the honor of being recorded in film history. With such an investment of one or two million per day, the water content of the painting will only be 40 to 50 million.

In addition to the damage to the royal power, the cinemas also benefited. After all, they did not have to serve so many customers, but they could actually receive a share of the box office, so why not do it.

This is different from the false reporting of "Astro Boy"'s box office in the mainland in previous years.

At that time, statistics were not rigorous. Enlight Media, which controlled media resources, could boast that its movie's box office exceeded 40 million in the first week in order to attract the curiosity of potential audiences and thereby increase the box office. This was essentially a kind of targeting of the audience. cheat.

The impact of "Monster Hunt" was also very bad, and it directly inspired those in the financial circle later.

When these people flood into the film industry with money, it doesn’t matter what they film or what the film looks like. The key is to make the box office soar, and then use the gimmick of high box office to boost the stock price and seek huge profits from it.

People don't care about the money at the box office. They don't love movies, they just love money.

For a pure filmmaker like Wang Quan, he is very unhappy with this kind of behavior. By then, many outstanding filmmakers like Ning Hao and Xu Zheng will no longer concentrate on content, which will cause huge damage to the overall quality of the film industry. .

There is also a sequelae of this incident, which is that some amateur movie fans have become very upset. When they see something suspicious of water injection, they start to curse indiscriminately before talking about it, thus stigmatizing many normal movies.

In addition, the trend of movie fandom is becoming more and more serious. For the movies you like, you can brainlessly attack the movies of the same period, making the industry a mess.

Therefore, the royal power must say "no" to this behavior and cut off the water injection situation from the source!

No one can open this Pandora's box!

The only embarrassing thing is that the one who ranks first on the box office list is himself. If he were to challenge this matter, he thinks he is doing it for fairness and justice, but what will others think?

"Tch, you are just afraid that your record will be broken~"

So Wang Quan wants to talk to Jiang Zhiqiang directly and persuade this old man to stop. It's meaningless. Do you really think that winning the first place will solve the problem?

Don't be naive, the record has only been held for less than half a year, and next year it will be surpassed by a new film, and it will be a big lead.

By the time your second film was released, fans had already been put through tinted glasses because of the box office fraud. The quality was not good, and the controversy over the previous film directly ruined this series that had a great future. .

Why bother?

Even for the sake of the heroine Ni Ni, Wang Quan hopes that Jiang Zhiqiang will stop and not ruin the series.

So Wang Quan contacted Jiang Zhiqiang, who is also a filmmaker in Hong Kong, through Shi Nansheng, hoping to have a chat with him.

Jiang Zhiqiang also knew that his move was unreasonable and threatened the interests of Wang Quan. It was quite embarrassing to be approached by Wang Quan, so he pretended to be stupid from the beginning and tried to get through.

So Wang Quan simply made it clear: "Mr. Jiang, since you come to the mainland to develop, you must abide by the rules of the mainland. I respect you as a senior, so I say hello to you in advance. Now YYDS has set its sights on "Monster Hunting". The movie's performance is very eye-catching, and people like Huayi and Bona want to use your reputation as a cross-river dragon, and you don't want your box office success to be known to the whole country."

Jiang Zhiqiang snorted coldly in his heart, you are just worried that my monster hunter will break your undefeated golden body, and you are using others to make excuses. How hypocritical!

"Director Quan, please calm down. Isn't it a pleasure for our two families to cooperate? There is no need to get angry over such a trivial matter."

Tang Wei will continue to star in the "Beijing Loves Seattle" series, and the heroine in the sequel to "Monster Hunt" will still be Ni Ni. We all have a bright future.

Wang Quan smiled and said: "I'm not angry, it's just a pity. Mr. Jiang has been in the film industry for decades. How can he be so smart and confused for a while? Do you think the level of "Monster Hunt" can be like this last year? What about the box office results? Do you think if it were postponed to next year, it would only have this result?

"Before the mainland market is far from saturated, all box office records will not be maintained for too long. Next Spring Festival, Monster Xu will join forces with Liu Yifei and Yang Mi to fight Xianxia again, and Zhou Xingchi will join forces with Deng Chao. What do you think of "Monster Hunt"? Even if it reaches 2.4 billion, how long can this record be maintained? How long can the record of "Leng Feng" be maintained? I don't care about being surpassed by Xu Ke and Zhou Xingchi. Do you think I will care about being surpassed by "Monster Hunt"?"

Jiang Zhiqiang was silent. Could it be that he really wanted justice?

Wang Quan sighed: "Finally, if "Monster Hunt" surpasses "Leng Feng" with water injection, then I will personally break the tradition of congratulatory posters."

Jiang Zhiqiang's heart skipped a beat. Isn't this just a slap in the face, clearly indicating that there is something wrong with the box office of "Monster Hunt"? When the time comes, netizens will follow suit and add fuel to the flames. Think about how popular he and Wang Quan are in the hearts of netizens. Regarding word of mouth, Jiang Zhiqiang does not think he can win this public opinion war.

"Director Quan, you are serious, you are serious~"

Jiang Zhiqiang had many thoughts and soon decided to stop after a series of trade-offs. A royal power was so terrifying. If he united with the other five YYDS families to target him, it would be troublesome.

I am afraid that Anle will be difficult to achieve in the mainland in the future.

"Don't worry, my subordinates are confused for a moment. I will make it clear to them. However, the sudden drop in box office can easily arouse suspicion. Please allow me three days to slowly squeeze out the water, okay." Jiang Zhiqiang gave in to Wang Quan. .

Wang Quan said: "Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Zhiqiang felt very unhappy. A mere junior was talking to him like this. I thought back then, he was the one behind "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero". Without him, there wouldn't even be a Chinese blockbuster. This concept!

He relies on his high moral character and high prestige, and today he was refuted by the royal power. Although he can't do anything against the royal power, this face must be regained!

After thinking about it, I said, "Then let's start with you."

He guessed that Ni Ni had a close relationship with Wang Quan. Because of the popularity of "Monster Hunt", Ni Ni was once again dubbed the "Box Office Queen".

So Jiang Zhiqiang plans to deprive Ni Ni of her status in the new film, find a big star to overpower her, and also severely reduce her role!

In fact, not only Wang Quan, but also many senior movie lovers, especially box office data fans, have discovered that there is something wrong with "Monster Hunt" these days, but it has not yet spread to the collar, and it is basically just a few words in small circles.

Or someone wanted to stir up the buzz on Weibo, but was completely overshadowed by the popularity of "Who Is He?"

Jing Tian saw relevant news just after the filming of "The Great Wall" was completed, and saw his teacher Zhang Songwen in the group photo.

She excitedly called Teacher Zhang and said, "Teacher Zhang, have you acted in Director Quan's play?"

"yes."

"No, why didn't you tell me about such a good thing!" Jing Tian shouted.

"It needs to be kept secret, but there is no need to keep it secret now." Zhang Songwen's voice was as unhurried as ever.

"Then what male number are you?"

Zhang Songwen said modestly: "It seems to be No. 1."

Jing Tian: "..."

Jing Tian suddenly thought of his fellow junior sister Naza. Is the relationship between Naza and Director Quan so strong? !

Thinking about myself again, I only arranged a small supporting role in "The Great Wall" for my mentor, and I couldn't help but feel a little ashamed of myself.

I am so useless!

No, director Kai Ge also doesn’t know talent. Thinking of "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain", which failed miserably at the box office, Jing Tian, ​​who has already mentioned the queen of bad movies, can’t help but feel a little worried. A super blockbuster with an investment of 150 million U.S. dollars, and Matt Da Meng, Liu Dehua and other big names are helping out, it won’t be enough this time, right?

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"Okay, why not? That's what I meant." Wang Quan gently hugged Xiao Yu'er.

She mentioned that she wanted to go to Johto to see her Po, and the father and daughter decided to go there together. "Xiaoyaoyou" needed a cute panda pet, and Wang Quan decided to use Po's image.

Although in order to make shooting easier and safer, technology will basically be used to replace the real Po, just like the tiger in "Pi", but it would be great if some shots could be done by Po himself. , is also more meaningful.

However, this requires the consent of the park. It would be awkward to bring Po out for filming, but they can set up a filming stage specifically for Po at the panda base and let Po complete the filming under the supervision of breeders and experts.

Yang Mi doesn't plan to go. Her hair hasn't grown yet, so she shouldn't travel far.

Liu Yifei is not going either. She can accompany Wang Quan with Yang Mi, but it is not suitable for her alone.

So it was Wang Quan and the eldest daughter together, and there were two assistants, Xiao Tian and Xiao Meng.

Xiaotian had a good rest these two days, but Xiaomeng was miserable. She seemed to be poisoned. She rarely entertained herself in the past, and she just couldn't get enough of it these days. The key is to have tools that are convenient.

She has been staying in a rented house for the past few days. In order not to be discovered, she has to close the curtains, so she has not seen the sun for several days.

When I walked out of the rental house today, I finally regained some of my popularity.

Wang Quan only thought that she was participating in some kind of late-night competition, and that it was normal for young people.

Xiaotian picked up Xiao Meng's backpack and was about to open it: "Xiao Meng, do you have any snacks here?"

Xiao Meng quickly took it back and said nervously: "I don't eat snacks. I'm losing weight recently."

Xiaotian lowered his voice: "I won't eat either. It's for Xiao Yu'er. You just came here and you don't want to have a good relationship with the eldest princess."

Meng Ziyi thought for a while, then opened the bag, reached in and took out a bag of chocolates, "That's the only thing."

Then she quickly closed the bag and put it away. She regretted it a little. That kind of thing should be put in the suitcase.

When Wang Quan and his party arrived in Chengdu, the 30th Golden Rooster Awards announced the nomination list and announced that it would be held in JL City on the 19th next month.

Then netizens exploded again.

No, it’s a good movie that I’ve been saving for two years, and this is it?

In the past two years, Chinese-language films have indeed produced many acclaimed and critically acclaimed masterpieces.

But this nomination list looks very mysterious.

In terms of Best Director, except for Zhang Yimou who was nominated for "The Return", the other three, Xu Anhua for "The Golden Age" were considered unworthy, and the other two have simply never been heard of.

As for the best actor, although Xin Boqing of "The Return", Huang Xiaoming of "Partners" and Chen Jianbin of "A Spoon" were shortlisted, Wang Baoqiang, Zhang Hanyu, Feng Yuanzheng, Qin Hao and Huang Xuan also had high voices. It's a pity that I didn't get the ticket.

The best female lead is considered the most outrageous.

Yan Bingyan and Lu Zhong are considered to be popular, Fan Bingbing's performance is also remarkable, and there is also an ethnic minority actor who is also an old tradition, but what the hell is Xu Fan's "Foreign Girl Comes to My House".

There is nothing wrong with her being shortlisted for "Earthquake", but for such a bad TV movie to be shortlisted, is it because she feels that there have been no outstanding performances in the past two years?

"Xin Zhilei's film debut is amazing!"

"Sissi in "The Farewell" is simply amazing, but it's a pity she wasn't shortlisted."

"Jiang Qinqin in "A Spoon" is also pretty good."

"It feels like Feng Xiaogang paid for the Golden Rooster Awards."

Five films were shortlisted for the best film, namely "I'm Not Pan Jinlian", "Wolf Warrior", "Wolf Totem", "Golden Age" and "Xizang Sky".

Netizens once again expressed their dissatisfaction.

"What about "Return"? If the National Master can only be shortlisted for one film, then "Return" is obviously better. "Pan Jinlian" is indeed good, but how can it compare to "Return"!"

"Holy shit! "Wolf Warrior" was shortlisted. Isn't it funny? If "Wolf Warrior" was shortlisted, why wasn't the even better "Leng Feng" shortlisted?"

"There is also "The Golden Age". I admit that the pictures are quite beautiful, but the core is just a mess. It can't be compared with "The Tribulation of the Ming Dynasty"!"

"Yes, "The Tribulation of the Ming Dynasty", "I'm Not Wang Mao", "Return", "Dear", so many excellent movies, how could it be that they were not nominated for Best Picture?"

"Where did that "Xizang Fill in the Blank" come from? I've never heard of it at all!"

"Also, it seems that you can sign up even if Golden Rooster is not released. What about "Parasite"? Did you not sign up?"

Speaking of "Parasite", netizens are excited again. Compared with Wang Quan's "Who Is He", which will be released in September, movie fans are obviously more interested in "Parasite", which won the Palme d'Or and Best Actor at Cannes. interested.

However, after Cannes, there was absolutely no news about the film, and the Golden Rooster Awards were not involved this time, so rumors began to appear on the Internet.

Someone anonymously spoke: "Everyone can't see "Parasite" because the scale is too big. It's not about men and women, but it touches on the pain of society."

Shiliting: What do you mean, you didn’t pass the trial?

No real meaning: WTF: banned? No, that's royal power. How can his films be banned? I'm really not afraid of people going back to Hollywood in anger.

Alien No. 1: If King Power’s movie is banned, then there will be no hope for Chinese-language movies.

Ancient technology: Don't spread it randomly, it won't matter.

Red Shield Door Industry: If you are not shortlisted, it can only be said that you have not registered. You will probably have to wait for the next session.

Informal Critic: Indeed, no matter who’s movie you’re banned from, you can’t ban King Power, which is China’s biggest business card in the world.

Lucifer's Heart: But what if this business card shows the dark side of China? What if his movie will damage China's international reputation?

Jagged: Damn, I’m even more curious about this movie after listening to what people above said.

Hair is like snow and tears are like sea: To be honest, even if King Quan's movie is banned, I would not be surprised at all. Why? Because Chinese-language films are so good now, and Hollywood is not our opponent at all in the mainland, so now King Quan is not the same. More or less, if you feel that your creative freedom is restricted, you can leave, but who is stopping you?

Life? Ignore: The person upstairs is black and the identification is complete.

Wang Quan didn't pay much attention to the rumors that "Parasite" was banned. After all, it had been expected for a long time. He would not respond to it, nor would the film bureau.

He is more concerned about the Golden Rooster Award. This shortlist is really unpopular. Many outstanding filmmakers are not even shortlisted.

There is also "Xizang Sky" that was shortlisted for multiple projects. If it is really a high-quality Shaomin theme, that's it. The key shot is just that, but because of its special status, it takes someone else's place, which hurts other colleagues. feelings.

In addition to the need to take care of political needs such as the main theme and the small number of people in the Golden Rooster nomination, there is also the issue of biennialization.

It is held every two years, but the size of the nominations has not been expanded. There are four or five nominations for each category. With the current output and quality of Chinese-language films, many excellent films cannot participate in the competition.

Chinese-language films have changed, but changes in awards will probably take many years. Everyone has to endure it in the past few years.

If the Golden Horse hadn't committed suicide later, who would care about the Golden Rooster Award?

In the hotel, Wang Quan opened his circle of friends to see if anyone in the circle had complained about the Golden Rooster Award shortlist. However, he didn't see anyone complaining, but he did see Liu Shishi's new status.

She took this photo of, um, Kuanzhai Alley?

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In a certain hotel, Master Liu was taking a bath when Wang Quan called, "Master, are you in Chengdu?"

"Yes." Liu Shishi blushed a little. Although it was a voice conversation, it seemed as if his body was being seen by the other party.

"Are there any jobs in the city?" he asked again.

"Oh, that's not true. It's just a trip," Master Liu responded, "Why do you ask this?"

Wang Quan: "What a coincidence, Xiao Yu'er and I are also in Chengdu. If you haven't been to the Giant Panda Base, I can take you there."

If Wang Quan had scrolled further back, he would have seen photos of Master Liu at the panda base, but she replied: "I didn't go. Wouldn't it be too troublesome for you?"

"It doesn't matter. I still have some privileges here. You probably can't get close to pandas by yourself."

Master Liu: "Thank you, Director Quan."

"Send me the hotel and I'll pick you up tomorrow."

"OK, all right."

After hanging up the phone, Master Liu quickly deleted the post about the panda base that he posted on his WeChat Moments yesterday, and then he couldn't help but feel guilty.

Master Liu, what are you doing? He is a married man, and he is also the husband of your good sister!

"Just, just look at the pandas. I didn't see them yesterday, so it won't work~" After that, Master Liu blew the bubbles in the bathtub with peace of mind.

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"Come on, let's take a picture of Shishi and Abao first."

A Bao is now a half-giant panda, not small in size, but docile and plump. With the help of the breeder, Liu Shishi successfully took a photo with A Bao.

Then it was Sister Meng's turn, and Abao still cooperated. After all, every beauty in the photo would offer a fresh bamboo shoot, and it was only responsible for grabbing the bamboo shoots.

On the other side, Wang Quan is discussing with the deputy director about using Abao to make a movie. There are many benefits in this.

First of all, Po's remuneration will not be short of that. Ten tons of bamboo shoots for a single film is not a problem, and there are three films to be made.

In addition, through this movie, Abao will directly become a movie star, gain more ticket appeal, and provide more performance growth points for the park.

However, the deputy director told him regretfully: "A Bao has been selected by the Beijing Zoo and will go there next month. We can't decide on this matter."

"The Beijing Zoo." Wang Quan was happy when he heard the news. It would be easier, and the province's team would come to the city to film the movie, which would be more convenient.

"Director Quan, come and take a photo too." Master Liu greeted Wang Quan and took a group photo with him while holding up a selfie stick.

Although there was no panda in the same frame, Liu Shishi treasured this photo afterwards and took it out from time to time to look at it. This was the only photo of her and Wang Quan alone.

When I was filming "Ghost Blowing Out the Lamp" before, why didn't I think of taking a few more pictures?

At that time, Master Liu really had no feeling for royal power at all, but after experiencing the bridal chamber incident, he could never go back to his past.

However, Liu Shishi restrained himself very well. If Wang Quan's wife was Liu Yifei, she might have rushed in, but Yang Mi really couldn't do it, otherwise she would be too inhumane.

It's a pity that she hasn't communicated with Tang Yan. Tangtang is very open now: You two don't need to treat me as a human being!

Afterwards, Wang Quan took several beauties, big and small, to visit the attractions in the city. Although Wang Quan and Liu Shishi were also photographed and posted online, the two did not cause any scandals.

This is mainly because Liu Shishi has a good reputation and has no criminal record. If it were Liu Yifei or Fan Bingbing, it is uncertain what the spread would be like.

Originally, Liu Shishi had other travel plans, because Wang Quan was going back to the capital the next day, so she directly changed her plan and returned to the capital with Wang Quan's plane.

After taking a few days' rest after filming the movie, it's time for Wang Quan to edit the film. People in Venice are in a hurry. There is only less than half a month left before the opening ceremony of the Venice Film Festival.

Wang Quan first apologized to Xiao Yu'er for not being able to play with her full time, but he would try his best to go home early every day to accompany them.

After just two days of work, Wang Quan received a call from Baiyin Laozhou.

He said to Wang Quan in a choked tone: "Director Quan, I won't say anything else. Thank you, thank you!"

"You knew already?"

Lao Zhou said "Yes": "The Baiyin Police Department just called my home and confirmed that the person has been caught. The evidence is conclusive and he admitted it himself."

We have already started notifying the victim's family, so the chain of evidence should have been completed and can be sent to trial.

This work efficiency is still acceptable.

Lao Zhou added: "And they told me that it was because of your movie that they finally caught him. Our whole family, no, our 11 family members, all thank you on my behalf! You are a living Bodhisattva!"

Lao Zhou was so excited that he also represented the extinct family.

Wang Quan comforted him a few words, and then Lao Zhou asked Wang Quan, "Director Quan, can you do us one more favor?"

"you say."

Lao Zhou: "Do you know where he lives? There is also..."

"Shut up!" Wang Quan sternly scolded, "I know this hatred is too strong to be resolved. I don't want to say anything about his family being innocent. I just want to say, do you really think such a person would care about him? The life and death of your family, shit, this is of no use except getting yourselves involved, don’t do anything stupid!”

Lao Zhou was scolded by Wang Quan and quickly explained, "I didn't want to do anything to his family, I just wanted to find someone to scold and vent my anger."

"Let's wait for the police report. The police know what can and cannot be said. This is not something I can go beyond."

Not long after, Wang Quan received another call from Baiyin Zhang Team. He informed Wang Quan that Baiyin officials would announce the news tomorrow, and Wang Quan's role in it would also be revealed at that time.

He also specifically asked Wang Quan to review the announcement in advance, and Wang Quan said there was no problem.

So the next day, a notice that shocked the whole country was released from the official media of Gansu Province.

"The serial murderer who brutally murdered 11 women in Gansu and Mongolia from 1988 to 2002 has been officially arrested. I would like to thank Director Wang Quan and the entire crew of "Who is He" who made great contributions in this process!"

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