You Made Me a Superstar

   Chapter 215 The Darkest Hour!

   "Why do our Chinese movies only have this amount of box office?"

   "Is this data true or false?"

"it is true!"

   "Are all our Chinese export movies finished?"

   "No way, there is a cultural gap between our Chinese films and overseas films, and this gap has led to Chinese films not being popular overseas..."

   "Then why do Hollywood movies kill us?"

   "Because the Hollywood industry is more developed than us, we are behind others. We are catching up. Our local movies also have excellent works such as "Hero" and "Overlord"..."

   "Hehe, other than these two?"

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   Early morning of December 14th.

  The Chinese film authorities announced the box office results of ten Chinese blockbusters that were exported overseas through regular channels in 2006.

   has exported ten Chinese blockbusters, and the total overseas box office is less than 200 million US dollars, and one "Hero" accounts for most of them.

  After announcing the revenue of export blockbusters, the Chinese film authorities announced the total box office of imported blockbusters in China for the first time.

   also imported ten overseas blockbusters, and the total box office reached an astonishing 2 billion yuan.

  2 billion RMB is converted into US dollars, which seems to be not much different from 200 million US dollars, but...

  Exporting movies is for the whole world…

   Imported movies only count the box office of movies in one place in China.

   After seeing this result, the Internet instantly boiled over. Many filmmakers were a little unbelievable at first, while netizens were a little stunned.

  Some people are explaining the reasons why Huaxia films are not popular overseas. From the perspective of culture, techniques and technology, they think that Huaxia films should cater to overseas markets in order to survive...

  How to cater to overseas markets?

   Netizens were suddenly **** off when they looked at these analyses.

   These analyses seem to be full of splendor, mixed with many jerky movie terms, but after reading them several times, they found that these analyses are full of "publicly known" remarks by foreign adults.

   Some people are discouraged and feel that Huaxia movies are really not good, but some people give examples of "Hero" and "Overlord", but...

   In the ten years of Huaxia Film, these two films were born!

   Of course, being behind for a while is not the source of sadness. What really feels sad is that they can't see any hope of the rise of Huaxia Films.

  The gloomy mood of the Chinese film circle continued to be pushed to the extreme with the next painting of the movie "Superman"!

   The box office of this movie that bombed China for two months finally settled at a peak of 480 million, setting a new box office record for "Time Machine" under the shock of all filmmakers.

   If the relevant departments did not force the film "Superman" to be drawn down according to the regulations, "Superman" would most likely top the box office with an astonishing 500 million yuan.

  A brand new milestone, officially set in the history of Chinese films.

  The record of "Hero" is still eye-catching, it is still the highest peak of Chinese local movies, and it is still taken out and recited...

   However, it looks a little pale under the brilliance of "Superman", like a tragic hero.

   The emotion that "Superman" brought to everyone did not last long. "Jurassic" came to the Chinese film circle as a king, leading its surroundings and various "dinosaur" comics, ravaging the streets of China...

  The children scrambled for the "Jurassic" cartoon, pointed to the dinosaurs on it, and from time to time they said a word or two of "I want to go to the United States to see the Jurassic Dinosaur Park".

   As of the early morning of November 15th.

   This movie, which has not been released for a month, has already exceeded 400 million at the box office, surpassing the previous milestone "Time Machine" once again!

  Fans can't get enough of it!

  The novel special effects and 3D shocking visual effects made everyone cheer in the cinema and enjoy the shock brought by human technology...

   However, some filmmakers in Huaxia felt a strong sense of powerlessness. They looked at the daunting Hollywood box office data and the domestic box office data in China. The indescribable sense of the gap even made them feel humiliated.

   So far, no local movie can surpass "Time Machine"!

   They never dreamed that in the last month of 2006, Huaxia Films would suffer such a terrifying impact.

   And what makes them most desperate is...

  On December 22, another Hollywood blockbuster "Spartan Warriors" will be registered in China.

   This is the last of ten films imported in 2006.

Although the production cost of this film is lower than that of "Superman" and "Jurassic", the film has received a very good response in North America and Europe. Luo Ji", but it is also an existence on its own.

   No one could have imagined that the rise of "Hero" did not give Huaxia Film a good start, but made Huaxia Film usher in the darkest and most embarrassing moment!

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   The morning of December 15th.

   China's film authority held a meeting with the old American film authority.

   Others don't know what the content of the meeting was, but when Zhang Jianguo came back, An Xiao saw that Zhang Jianguo's face was full of seriousness.

   Zhang Jianguo, who rarely smokes, smoked cigarettes in the office all morning, smoking while looking at the documents. When An Xiao came in, he couldn't help coughing and then opened the window.

   "Zhang Ke, what's wrong?"

   "This year's data is very ugly, and the top is very angry..." Zhang Jianguo looked at An Xiao and shook his head.

"What is the content of the meeting of the Chinese and American film authorities this time?" An Xiao naturally knows that imported films are ravaging China this year, and there are two more popular films "Superman" and "Jurassic" that bombed the world. If you look good, there will be ghosts. What he cares most about is the content of the meeting between China and the old American film authorities.

  Although Huaxia and Laomei were not in the honeymoon period in 2006, they basically communicated smoothly. Although they were dissatisfied with each other, some people in Laomei criticized some of Huaxia's national conditions and systems in private, but it did not affect the economic cooperation between the two sides...

   Film cooperation naturally belongs to the content of economy and culture, and every time the exchange meeting of the Chinese and American film authorities, there will be new information.

After hearing An Xiao's words, Zhang Jianguo shook his head, and his mood seemed to be even more depressed: "The previous ten old American imported films will be doubled to twenty next year, and correspondingly, our export films will also get a series of old American films. The support of the policy..."

   "Twenty?" An Xiao was stunned when she heard this data: "Agreed?"

   "Agreed, we finalized the details of the cooperation and signed the contract today, and the cooperation resolution will become a formal project in two days..."

   "The data for next year may be even more ugly..." An Xiao frowned deeply.

"Not necessarily, we will have several blockbusters next year, a "Grandmaster" by Huang Jiacheng, a "Mechanical Man" by Django, and "Golden Armor" by Zhou Yilin, of course, there are also projects in the record. For other movies, the situation should be better than this year..." Zhang Jianguo shook his head: "But it is still impossible to break the previous peak of the data, we can only hold on to it."

   Then Zhang Jianguo added something like a sigh with emotion: "Huaxia's movie market is indeed huge, and many overseas companies are staring at our market..."

  An Xiao was silent.

   She is pessimistic about the Chinese film situation in 2007.

   "Is there any "Fatal Crisis" in the imported movie?" An Xiao finally asked again.

"I have applied to Fox, but Fox has not responded for the time being, saying that it will depend on the box office situation and then reply carefully." Zhang Jianguo replied: "Chinese movie fans actually have expectations for Hollywood blockbusters, but that is only limited to The movies made by big Hollywood directors are not very enthusiastic about the Hollywood blockbusters shot by the so-called Huaxia directors, and Fox knows this.”

   "What about the movie "The Chainsaw"?" An Xiao asked again.

"Although I haven't seen the demo, it's definitely impossible to import such a controversial film in Laomei, unless a series of deletions are made, and this film may not be released in Laomei, let alone imported from China. The older Chinese directors are disgusted with Zhou Yang..." As soon as Zhang Jianguo finished saying this, his cell phone rang.

   He took out his mobile phone and answered the call, but after answering the call, his expression was very strange.

"Look, when Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrived, President Feng of the Huaxia Directors Association called me just now. What he meant was that Zhou Yang's influence in the United States was too bad, and he was like a cancerous existence of the Chinese director. He suggested that we block it. Zhou Yang, even if he is not banned, he will be banned for two years for Zhou Yang to reflect on it..." Zhang Jianguo showed a helpless expression on his face.

  An Xiao's face was cold.

Just as    was about to say something, her cell phone rang.

   She took her mobile phone and went to a secluded place to answer the call. After a while, her icy expression eased slightly.

   "The schedule of Zhou Yang's new movie has been confirmed in Laomei, and it is scheduled for January 1st. The distribution company signed Warner."

   "Oh? Can this movie be released?" Zhang Jianguo was stunned for a moment, and suddenly a little incredulous.

   "Well, it can be released, and Warner's condition for "Chainsaw" is the condition of a blockbuster movie. They are very optimistic about this movie!"

   "This movie has only been filmed for half a month, right?"

"Yes, but it doesn't affect people's optimism about him, and, Zhang Ke, I hope you can follow up and react a little bit. If the movie "The Chainsaw" meets the import conditions after the rectification, I hope to give some more relaxed scale……"

   "Okay, I'll try, but don't get your hopes up for this movie..."

"Um."

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   Time goes by day by day.

  After Christmas, the weather in Laomei is getting colder and colder.

   At the end of December, the poster of the movie "Chainsaw" was officially registered in major theaters in the United States.

  Many fans of Laomei are unbelievable that this "cruel" movie can be released...

   They were a little surprised when they saw that the posters were marked in bright red letters: "Patients with heart conditions are not allowed to watch Chainsaw".

   Immediately afterwards, they saw another piece of news.

   "God, the official Warner Bros. moviegoer went to the hospital for a heart attack after watching Chainsaw?"

"This……"

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   The third one will continue to be delivered~

   (end of this chapter)