Volume 4 Crazy Growth 2017 Chapter 856: Building a High Building to Host a Banquet for Guests
The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. The breeze from the river dispelled the heat of the summer and brought a precious coolness.
In the night, Li Jiajia's sudden and simple words were so sincere that they touched people's hearts, so much so that Zhou Dongsheng didn't dare to look directly into those sparkling eyes.
Pretending to be casual, he turned his head and looked up at the sky, the corners of his mouth curled up involuntarily, "I really want to eat something, but I really can't think of it for the time being..."
Although it is difficult to taste all the delicacies in the world in a lifetime, Zhou Dongsheng has now tasted many delicacies from mountains and seas, and his basic appetite has been satisfied.
So if you suddenly say there is something you particularly want to eat, I really can’t think of it right away.
Of course, Zhou Dongsheng now knows that the answer to this question is obviously not simply delicious food...
Upon hearing this, Li Jiajia, who was standing by, showed a hint of disappointment on her face, but Zhou Dongsheng changed the subject and said.
"However, your cooking skills are indeed unique. I still remember them till now. Instead of letting me, a diner, make the decision, it is better to keep it a little suspenseful. Next time you learn a dish that you can show off, it won't be too late to treat me."
"You know, I'm not picky about food. I like to try everything..."
Zhou Dongsheng crossed his hands behind his head and spoke lazily, but his words seemed to hint at something.
But Li Jiajia seemed to be completely unaware of it. Instead, she showed a sincere smile and said, "Okay, boss, it's a deal!"
"Okay, it's a deal." Looking at that smiling face, Zhou Dongsheng could only nod and say.
Then I looked up at the sky, hey, you know what, the moonlight is so beautiful tonight.
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Two flowers bloom, each showing its own beauty.
At the same time, "Wolf Warrior 2" is still making great strides. In just less than three weeks, or less than a month, its box office record has unsurprisingly broken the 5 billion mark!
Not only did it create the 5 billion club, which is unique to the Chinese film market, it also broke a historical record that had been dormant for many years.
A historical record was created twenty years ago by a galactic battleship "Titanic". At that time, this movie, which was not favored by the market, swept the world with its unparalleled reputation.
Not only did it top the global box office charts for 12 years, it also set a historical record that no one has surpassed to this day, that is, "number of moviegoers in a single market."
At that time, this galactic battleship sailed through the wind and waves and completely swept the global film market. It was also the most powerful proof that the global film market is Hollywood's ticket base.
Such an epoch-making film swept the North American market and set a record of 138 million viewers. It should be noted that the national population of the United States at that time was only 273 million.
It can be said that almost half of the population went to the cinema and paid for such a movie. Apart from the movie itself, this record is undoubtedly a reflection of the soft power of the world's largest country.
It is not only the national economy, but also many other factors such as cinema infrastructure that have contributed to the creation of such a record that no one can match to this day.
However, times have changed. With the movie Wolf Warrior 2 sweeping across China, for the first time, the flag of China's mainstream films has been so clearly planted on this cultural high ground.
Although the phenomenal effect it produced could not set off a magnificent prologue on a global scale like the former, its performance in the domestic market was even better.
"Wolf Warrior 2" successfully broke this historical record that had been dormant for twenty years with more than 140 million viewers in a single market.
At the same time, based on its box office performance in a single market alone, it successfully entered the global top 100 movie box office rankings, breaking the absolute monopoly of Hollywood movies on the list.
This is not only the first time for Chinese films, but also the first time for Asian films. It is also the first time in the collision between Chinese and Western cultures that a voice has been heard in the face of an absolutely overwhelming gap!
History is a cycle. Objective laws tell us that nothing can last forever. This truth has been verified countless times in our 5,000-year-long cultural heritage.
It can be succinctly summarized in sixteen words: "Everything that goes up must decline, everything that goes to extremes must turn around, the moon waxes and wanes, and good times will come after bad times"!
The three-foot-thick ice does not form overnight, and the building does not collapse in one day. There is always a gradual process.
After completing the breakthrough from 0 to 1, the process from 1 to 99 will often come naturally.
Although from a purely cinematic perspective, the film itself may not be considered a top-notch work, but when it is pushed to the forefront of the times, the meaning it represents has long transcended the film itself.
Although there is still an insurmountable chasm between us objectively, it is just that everything is difficult at the beginning. It is not easy to have a good start. What follows is just “the road ahead is long and hard, but we will start over again!”
Although there is still a long way to go in the future, it does not prevent us from celebrating the little success we have achieved so far.
The movie itself not only raised the ceiling of the Chinese film market, but also served as a shot in the arm to boost the entire market, forming a spiritual storm from top to bottom that swept across the country.
As the instigator, the brave man who once risked everything and staked everything on one throw, all these rewards are undoubtedly what he deserves.
Even though the film's release was postponed twice, delaying it to after the National Day seems to be a tribute to the National Day.
However, after the box office broke through the 5 billion mark, its box office growth momentum, after passing the initial stage, naturally could not avoid entering a process of decline and exhaustion.
Obviously, relying solely on the support of the local market to reach this level is undoubtedly the limit. If you want to get involved in the global box office, it may no longer be a contest of soft power of the film itself, but a collision of hard power at the national level.
Now, the only suspense may be how far "Wolf Warrior 2" will push the ceiling during the final long postponement of its release, and whether it will be possible to create a miracle of 6 billion box office?
This final suspense is also a question that Zhou Dongsheng is very curious about. After all, in his memory, until the moment he was reborn, no Chinese film could accomplish this feat.
Even later, after the championship throne changed hands, the ceiling was only pushed forward a small step based on "Wolf Warrior 2".
However, "times are different now", although it did not happen in Zhou Dongsheng's memory, nowadays, how much impact this variable of his has had, still has to be measured by this final constant.
After all, not only did he personally take part in the film's promotion and marketing, he also put in a lot of effort. Judging from the performance of the film itself, he has at least avoided the possibility of making a mess of things.
As for whether he could achieve further results and prove the role of himself as a variable, Zhou Dongsheng still had some expectations and concerns in his heart.
And as the box office has exceeded the 5 billion mark, the main creative team can basically retire and it's time to enjoy the fruits of victory.
To this end, Master Wu naturally did not hesitate to hold a celebration banquet and invited guests from all over the world, especially the people in front of and behind the scenes of the movie itself, and invited many people in the circle.
With the unprecedented achievement of "Wolf Warrior 2" in hand, it is no exaggeration to say that Master Wu is now the answer to the entire entertainment industry and the hottest celebrity, no doubt about it!
After all, the entertainment industry has always been a place where each generation has its own version and god. No one can be an evergreen on the stage forever. The baton of the times will always be passed from one generation to another.
There is no doubt that Master Wu has now taken over the baton and become the undisputed protagonist on the stage, with his star power shining brightly and no one can match him.
Now that a tall building has been built, hosting a banquet for guests has naturally become something that many people are eager to do. I don't know how many people want to take this opportunity to make friends with Master Wu, either openly or secretly.
As for the olive branches, they are countless. Whether as a director or an actor, Master Wu has undoubtedly reached a milestone.
Who wouldn’t want to take advantage of this “traffic password” that is unrivaled at this stage?
Apart from anything else, Master Wu had previously announced that after the filming of "Wolf Warrior 2", the script for the third part was already in the planning stage.
Just based on the unprecedented bonus achieved by the second film, even if the third film is terrible, it will definitely be a sure-win business. There are many people willing to invest in such a project.
Not to mention, the rewards of being able to participate in this project are far more than just box office revenue. Whether it is the influence or the accumulation of qualifications, it is enough to attract people.
It can be said that now, as long as Master Wu raises his hand and calls for action, it should not be difficult for companies and actors in the entertainment industry who are willing to cooperate with him to line up and go to France.
Seeing that the competition is too fierce, many people choose to settle for second best and do not expect to be able to participate in the next movie, but they sincerely invite Master Wu to join as an actor and you can choose the role and part you want.
Applause and flowers poured in, and all of this was enough to make Master Wu anxious. As for the third movie... perhaps only Zhou Dongsheng knew it well, and it was most likely to be stillborn.
After all, the historical height reached by the previous game alone is destined to become a mountain that the sequel cannot overcome...
Therefore, although Zhou Dongsheng, as the investor and main creator of the second film, has reaped a lot of benefits from it, he did not rush to participate in the sequel like others.
On the contrary, before coming to attend this celebration banquet, Zhou Dongsheng did not choose to bring his beautiful wife to the banquet, but instead specially brought along a harmless, bearded middle-aged man.
At this time, the middle-aged uncle looked excited, pushed up his black-framed glasses and asked, "Um, Jay Chou! Thank you for bringing me to this celebration party. Director Wu is my idol. I grew up watching his works..."
Zhou Dongsheng laughed when he heard this, "Shouldn't I be the one saying this? Director Wu seems to be only a few years older than you, right?"
Guo Fan couldn't help but touch his head and said with a chuckle: "That's right, but when Director Wu made his first movie, I wasn't even in high school yet..."
Zhou Dongsheng was speechless when he heard this, but compared with his experience of graduating from law school and then studying for a master's degree at the Beijing Film Academy, "abandoning law to pursue art" and becoming a director halfway through, this was nothing.
The director's last film was a mainstream campus romance film, "My Deskmate"...
Because of his first two decent works, he was recognized as a new generation of directors and was subsequently selected to go on a business trip to Hollywood.
After he saw what the film industry was, a seed was quietly planted in his heart: Why can't we have our own film industry system?
It was not until the opportunity to direct "The Wandering Earth 2" came up that this seed began to sprout and grow.
What subject could be more suitable for the film industry than hardcore science fiction!
Of course, if you want to be the first to try something new, in addition to ambition, the energy required in other aspects is a huge challenge. To meet this demand, you need a huge amount of money.
Fortunately, the film itself is endorsed by China Film Group and funded by Yida, so the funding is guaranteed to a certain extent. However, when Guo Fan rolled up his sleeves and prepared to work hard, he found that the money was really not enough.
After all, the film industry system has never been a castle in the air, but requires real screws to be tightened one by one, which is a completely thankless task.
Even with all this effort, there is no guarantee that a good movie will be made. Even Hollywood cannot guarantee that.
After all, the market is so unpredictable. Instead of ending up with nothing, it is better to be more accommodating and use a home-based shooting mode. Hasn't it always been like this?
It’s not like they haven’t made good movies before, and the audiences are pretty satisfied with them.
In the final analysis, it's all about making money, it's not shabby, what's the difference between standing and kneeling? Even so, how many people want to kneel but can't (funny)...
Ahem, when some people witness the huge industrial beast and realize the huge gap like a chasm, they will feel despair and dare not have any unreasonable thoughts.
But some people will try every possible means to get such an awesome thing and have to make their own set no matter what, not for any reason, just to avoid being bullied.
The former may not be uncommon, but fortunately, the latter is never absent either.
However, things are unpredictable. Just when Director Guo was full of confidence and wanted to do something big, he suddenly heard the bad news that Yida was in trouble.
At first, when Director Guo heard the news, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart. After all, as one of the two pillars of film financing, if one of them is broken, this project, which is already struggling to run, might be completely aborted.
Although money is not everything, without it, everything is over. However, the development of things was somewhat beyond Director Guo's expectations. Although the leg was broken, it was immediately reconnected.
Although Yida withdrew from the ranks of investors, it did not withdraw its capital. Instead, it gave its shares to the third thigh. Although this thigh may not be as strong as Yida, it is at its peak!
Regardless of Zhou Dongsheng's own wealth of hundreds of billions, or the fact that his first film investment became the ceiling of Chinese film, it is enough to make people sigh.
Director Guo, who has always been different from ordinary people in thinking, was already thinking about how to pluck more leg hair from this new thigh...
Unexpectedly, before he could make a move, he received an invitation from Zhou Dongsheng to participate in this celebration banquet, which is considered to be the best in the entertainment industry today.
At this moment, Director Guo's thoughts became more active.
