At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 713 Celebration and Proposal

In fact, the news network has already reported "Red Cliff" - saying that "Red Cliff" has carried the banner of revitalizing Chinese-language films after "Heroes", "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" and "City Full of Golden Armor".

Unfortunately, that's the effect...

According to theater statistics: "Red Cliff" earned 8400 million in the first week, and was released for five days the following week, with a cumulative box office of 3100 million...

To be precise, it was released for 5 days and the box office exceeded [-] million.

This speed is not to mention compared with "Exquisite Ancient City", even "Golden Armor" and "Mobile Phone 2" are better than it!
According to the forecast, "Red Cliff" should have about 3000 million in the next weekend, that is to say, after ten days of release, the box office will be around 1.5 million...

The landslide effect of word of mouth is too bad!
Even if there is no "Blockbuster", Tianmei Media's Three Kingdoms series is the first, and the original audio-visual products of "Red Cliff" will be officially released at the end of July...

The theater has made a final forecast of about 2 million for the box office of "Red Cliff"...

This achievement may be enough for other films, but it is obviously not enough for a work like "Red Cliff" that has been in preparation for three years and invested tens of millions of dollars.

What's worse, the word-of-mouth of the upper part is likely to affect the start of the lower part...

It's okay, the original time and space, "Red Cliff" started the signature of ridiculous lines, "Red Cliff" simply used it as a publicity, and the interaction between the film crew, the media, and the audience reached a climax...

After that, there was a period of time when Chinese movies were not ashamed to say hello to investors unless the vulgarity was carried through to the end!

Anyway, the box office has become the only criterion for testing the success of a film.

You say "Red Cliff" is rubbish, but it does make money, otherwise, how can investors be willing to spend [-] million yuan to create "Taiping Wheel"?

After all, Tianmei Company mainly focuses on entertainment-type commercial films, not serious enough...

And... Even if the cooperation with state-owned factories such as China Film and Shanghai Film Group is only for distribution, in fact the administrative foundation is lacking, in other words: there is no official support!

What's more, when "The Ancient City of Essence" was promoted, the first version of the poster said "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Ancient City of Essence", and the second version directly lowercased the word "Ghost Blowing the Light", just like many real estate advertisements nowadays : After the slogan "delayed delivery pays you down payment", add "10% of [-]%" in very small font...

It was only in the third edition, which is the official poster, that it was changed to "Exquisite Ancient City"...

Just to please the fans of the original book of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern".

Of course, the main reason is because "Exquisite Ancient City" took back the box office record in mainland film history.

But there are still controversies. The most important thing is that its original work is actually a type of tomb robbery, which cannot be washed away!
Therefore, Tianmei issued a draft, strongly denying the word 'tomb robber', but emphasizing the three attributes of 'treasure hunting', 'adventure', and 'entertainment blockbuster'...

……

Breaking the record in film history, the whole celebration is high and low, and by the way, there is another wave of publicity-the extension key has been obtained, and it should be released until September.

Coupled with the influence of the news broadcast, the box office is estimated to increase by about 3000 million...

If you're lucky, you might break [-] million!

As a result, the crew of "Taking Tiger Mountain Out of Wisdom" suspended filming, and the director, assistant director, producer, and main actors all returned to the capital.

Oh, it's Sun Li who plays the role of Little White Pigeon, and she and Deng Chao have made it public.

Shen Xudong has a good relationship with Deng Chao, Deng Chao requested, Shen Xudong felt that the role of the little white dove didn't have much role - at least "Taking Tiger Mountain Out of Wisdom" didn't have much role.

Moreover, Sun Li starred in the free crew CP. In addition to Jackie Chan and Xu Ke's dream, there was one more point of publicity, so I agreed.

Teacher Ni Dahong played the role of Zuo Shandiao...

Xu Ke originally wanted to find Liang Jiahui, but Liang Jiahui was busy filming "The Big Brother Gets Wrong" co-directed by Liang Lemin and Lu Jianqing. For the Korean comedy "The Guy in My Body", Shen Xudong was very impressed and wrote a script outline , Liang Lemin and Lu Jianqing took over the task of directing.

A pure novice director, Liang Jiahui helped to suppress the scene, and the other leading actor is Huang Xuan...

Anyway, Liang Jiahui has no skills at all.

Shen Xudong recommended Ni Dahong...

By the way, Ye Tong, a Hong Kong actress, was used as the heroine of "The Big Brother Gets Wrong".

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On the 28th, Beijing.

In the lobby of a hotel, Tianmei Company, Golden Harvest and Shanghai Film Group held a celebration banquet for "Exquisite Ancient City".

In addition to the main creators and company personnel, many media were also invited.

Propaganda, do not invite the media, publicity ass?

"I must declare that although "The Ancient City" has temporarily won the box office championship in film history, judging by the development speed of the domestic market, perhaps this year, there will be a film that breaks its record."

Shen Xudong made a serious statement...

Those chatting were Zhu Wei and Miao Wei from Sanlian Life Weekly, Fang Yimin from Southern Metropolis Daily, and Wang Yuechun from Beijing News...

All bigwigs in the media world.

They agree with Shen Xudong's judgment...

Nowadays, there is a very exaggerated atmosphere inside and outside the circle, which has caused many people who don't know the truth to get involved, and all kinds of nonsense suggestions, such as "The Ancient City of Essence" will be released in North America as soon as possible, overwhelming "Heroes" and the like...

how can that be possible?
"Exquisite Ancient City" will indeed be registered in North American theaters, but it will only be released on a small scale, with a maximum of 68 theaters.

What movie haven't you seen before?

They were quite concerned about "Red Cliff", but Shen Xudong shook his head: "I won't comment..."

"Just say a few words!"

"Then let me summarize the domestic blockbusters in recent years... Some filmmakers only see the gorgeous scenes and magnificent narratives of Hollywood blockbusters, get lost in the gorgeous external structure of the film, ignore the essence of film art, and only regard film as an industry. rather than art."

"The prosperity of the national film industry is not only due to the expansion of technology. Although the emergence of a large number of Hollywood special effects has injected fresh blood into Chinese-language films, it has lost the root of the survival of Chinese-language films-the excavation of cultural connotations."

"I always believe that the story is the foundation and the rough stone of everything, especially commercial films!"

"They say 'Red Cliff' is a reference to 'Trojan Horse'..."

"I do not know then."

"Xudong, I want to ask you something. Gong Li's appearance in the easter egg of "The Dark Knight" means that she will appear in the next film?"

"...That's right," Shen Xudong nodded: "Director Nolan admires Gong Li very much, and I heard that he is also inviting Gong Li for his new work..."

"New product?"

"People haven't announced it yet, so I won't say it."

"The Dark Knight" is definitely the hottest movie in the world so far this year-the North American domestic box office reached 1.58 million US dollars in its first week of release, almost equal to the overall box office of the previous "Batman: Begins War" in the United States...

Nolan and his "Batman" shocked the world.

Oh, "The Twilight Saga" is not bad either. As of July 7, "Twilight Saga" has been released in North America for 28 days, with a cumulative box office of over 35 million and a global box office of 1.95 million US dollars!

According to forecasts, "Twilight" will exceed 4.5 million in North America, and the global box office should be around [-] million US dollars.

"Next month, there will be a "See the Devil" in North America, starring Christian Bale and Jack Nicholson..."

"You did it?"

"Yes... the cost is as high as 6000 million U.S. dollars, and it is a top R-rated suspense crime film!"

"$6000 million for an R-rated movie?"

"No way, this story must be on a large scale to look good."

While chatting, Ren Zhonglun from Shanghai Film Group came over and asked directly, "Xudong, are you interested in the struggle for hegemony between Chu and Han?"

(End of this chapter)