Chapter 421: The First King Kong, "The Ugly Duckling" is released
Suddenly, Chen Linfeng has placed a lot of national expectations on him.
Just like Zhang Yimou back then, no matter how harshly the newspapers and media scolded him, people would still go to the movies in his name.
It was under this circumstance that "Hurricane Rescue" applied for an extension key.
Today, the daily box office data is still around 10 million, so there is no need to go offline.
Both China Film and the film bureau hope that this movie will go as far as possible.
In their opinion, it will be difficult for domestic films to compete with it at the box office in the short term.
Of course, I will try my best to work hard on this movie first. There are different opinions about 900 million and 800 million. The leaders also need a nice number to report their performance.
This year "Avatar" is definitely going to occupy the top spot at the box office, so it has to be so far away from the second place.
Of course, the 800 million celebration party still has to be held, and it happens to be the end of the whole month. Both China Film and Yinghuang are determined to hold a big one.
This is not only a celebration, but also a swearing-in ceremony for the upcoming movies in East and Southeast Asia.
Disney had the same idea, and also prepared a grand celebration party.
Originally it was just a bit of fun, but when I got a share of it in Chen's movie, who would have thought that it would turn out to be a lot of fun.
The film, which cost less than 50 million dollars (additional publicity costs were added later), took home US$200 million at the North American box office in one fell swoop.
The global box office is at least 500 million US dollars. Taking into account the cost, it is a huge profit, comparable to the money earned by "Pirates of the Caribbean 1".
"Taken" is also a series of movies. Disney executives thought about the wonderful scenes in the second and third movies, and tears of joy almost flowed from the corners of their mouths.
But everyone knows that the two are still incomparable.
After all, "Taken" is a pure action movie. It is impossible for the second part of the series to directly reach 1 billion US dollars like "Pirates of the Caribbean".
With the cost definitely increasing, it would be great if the box office could be higher than the first one.
Judging from the conventions of the series of movies, the probability is still very high.
"Iron Man 2" is one of the rare cases where the box office is 10 million lower than the first film.
Chen Linfeng’s plan to hook the Big Six in Hollywood with a series has begun to bear fruit.
At least now, several senior executives looked at him kindly at the celebration party.
Before I saw a little bit of "Infinite World" again, I felt a vague disdain for him.
Presumably if "Infinite World" achieves good results, the attitude will be better.
Chen Linfeng is waiting for the day when Hollywood will pursue him.
After traveling around the world in 10 days, it was time for the pre-publicity of "The Ugly Duckling Can Turn into a Swan".
The main attraction of this movie is Liu Qianqian, which is also her first solo role.
The main publicity angle is all on her.
Chen Linfeng reduced his presence as much as possible to save Cheng Er enough face.
As a screenwriter and producer, it is easy for outsiders to think that this film is purely his work.
It even feels like he is in control of the entire filming process.
In fact, Chen Linfeng only cared about the main actors and the editing process after filming.
In addition to being a screenwriter, he exercises the power more like a Hollywood producer.
But it’s hard for others to tell the difference.
It's often difficult for big directors to handle this aspect.
A typical example is Wu Yusen's "Sword Rain". Even though Su Zhaobin wrote and directed it, many years later people still thought that the movie was shot by Wu Yusen.
Chen Linfeng didn’t want it to happen like this.
He asked Cheng Er to be the director, and he really meant to train him.
A big boss must always have a few Dharma Protectors to guard him.
Even if Cheng Er no longer works at Qilin in the future, he must still let others remember his kindness after leaving.
So when Chen Linfeng was interviewed, he made it clear:
The movie was directed by Cheng Er, and he had no involvement at all during the filming process.
The success or failure of the movie depends on Director Cheng's directing level and Liu Qianqian's performance.
These two talents are the most critical creatives.
When he said this, the reporters just listened to him.
Then I still use the title "Chen Linfeng's Works".
Fortunately, such constant emphasis is still of some use.
At least there are voices discussing Cheng Er on the Internet, so they will not be completely ignored.
After all, he has been following Chen Linfeng for several years and has participated in many classic works in the past.
Netizens made statistics and found that this person is also a talent, so they paid more attention to him.
Even Cao Yu, a photographer who has won several awards, became famous.
Cheng Er was so moved. Where can I find such a good boss?
He constantly expresses his determination on various publicity occasions: Director Chen is the guiding light, and he has received guidance from Director Chen during many filming processes in the past.
Needless to say, the military medal must be half of Director Chen’s.
Liu Qianqian: Meow meow meow, what about me?
In short, the entire publicity process became a show where the two directors showed sympathy and humility to each other.
On the evening of August 19th, "The Ugly Duckling Can Turn into a Swan" premiered.
For this movie, which is rumored to be the work of Chen Linfeng and then claimed not to be.
The industry attaches great importance to it and there are many curious people.
A movie that Xiao Chen can use to praise his girlfriend shouldn't be too bad.
And in previous media promotions, director Cheng Er appeared a lot, as if Xiao Chen was recommending new talents.
To be so highly praised by Xiao Chen, he should have two brushes.
Of course everyone will pay more attention to it. A director who has established a foothold in Hollywood is of great significance.
It has enough reputation to support the younger generations.
Even though this "senior" should be a junior in terms of age.
But Xiao Chen, no one has noticed his age for a long time. Is there any younger generation who can hang up and beat the seniors?
Feng Xiaogang, who had just received a box office of 600 million and was supposed to be prosperous, but was still suppressed to death, had something to say.
Furthermore, after "Hurricane Rescue", many people in the industry are thinking about it.
It is said that action movies are not so popular anymore. How come every one of them, such as "Police", "Ip Man" and "The Rescue", are so successful at the box office.
Even Shi Xiaolong, a young man, made money from his savings.
At this time, they started to look at age again.
Is it a mistake in judgment, or is Xiao Chen's script the key? You can’t tell much from the name “An Ugly Duckling Can Turn into a Swan”.
But after watching a few trailers, everyone in the know guessed that this should be a campus inspirational film.
This is a subject that is rarely touched on in China, and Xiao Chen really likes to create this kind of fresh work.
It should be interesting.
The professionals sitting in the theater thought.
Chen Linfeng participated in the entire editing process and watched it countless times.
This was Liu Qianqian’s first time watching it, and she felt a strange sense of strangeness when she looked at her own image in the movie.
A girl who wasn't very good at studies and whose school was mediocre was supposed to adapt to the environment, but she fell down like this.
But she met a teacher who could redeem herself, although this teacher was just a novice in the tutoring class.
But a miracle happened.
A student who was a poor student when he first entered high school finally got into the top university in the country after two years of hard work.
Everyone understands its difficulty.
When Chen Linfeng first wrote the novel, he made many changes to the original story based on the deeds of girls from the same county.
After all, there is a big gap between the national conditions of China and Neon.
If according to the setting of the original work, the heroine does not even know a lot of junior high school knowledge, she will not be able to be saved in a short time.
Therefore, he not only set the heroine’s grades in junior high school to be just okay, but at least the basics were reasonable.
It’s just that due to the continuous degeneration of the first year of high school, in the final exam of the first year of high school, except for Chinese and history, everything else was failed.
The study time has also been extended, giving two years to the second and third years of high school.
When I was in my senior year of high school, I started to enter the ranks of good students, and I sprinted to the top in my final year.
Overall progress is smoother.
Because of this, the sense of reality is stronger.
Some of the audience at the scene cried while watching it, thinking of their youth.
After the movie ended, there was warm applause.
Feng Xiaogang couldn't keep patting with his hands, and he almost couldn't keep his smile.
The era he experienced was very early. It stands to reason that there are many things that are inconsistent with the storyline in the movie, but it actually resonates with it.
With his eyes, he can naturally see the greatness of this movie.
It is so empathetic to the audience.
Especially the scene where the tension before the college entrance examination is created, and the students in the top class learn to vomit, and even have an emotional breakdown.
Presumably many students have experienced it, or at least seen it.
Who wouldn’t want to bring in the heroine and her friends and fight it out at the last moment?
High quality movies visible to the naked eye.
Fuck, wouldn’t the new movie also have to suppress him?
No, you are doing this one after the other. Are you not very ethical?
The premiere ended completely and the audience left the seats.
Many of the film’s creators couldn’t leave, and the media surrounded them.
"Director Chen, please say something."
"Congratulations to Director Chen for another excellent work."
Chen Linfeng raised his hand, "I would like to emphasize again that this is the work of director Cheng. Don't get me wrong."
"Yes, it is the work of director chen(g)."
No, why can't you speak clearly? Please pronounce it more accurately.
Many reporters also watched the movie just now.
The quality of this movie is now beyond doubt, as you can tell by the constant sighs and discussions among the audience members who left.
"Director Chen, cough, Director Cheng, do you think this movie has any hope of surpassing "Hurricane Rescue"?"
"No," Cheng Er couldn't stand it anymore, "You think too highly of me, even if With Director Chen’s script, it would be too exaggerated to think that this film could surpass “Tangshan Earthquake”.”
Feng Xiaogang. The elemental noticed it instantly and looked over with sharp eyes. He hadn't left yet.
Of course Cheng Er knew that director Feng Xiaogang had not left, and these reporters were too bold to ignite him in front of them.
He smiled bitterly and said, "Director Feng is also a senior director. I don't dare to think so far ahead. Let's do my best."
He didn't want to belittle himself too much. After all, Director Chen's hard work was in it, and so was Liu Qianqian. Why can't we compete with the most powerful female celebrities today?
The reporter saw that Cheng Er was a bit cunning and didn't want to ask him, so he asked Liu Qianqian.
“Do you think there is hope that the box office will exceed 600 million?”
Liu Qianqian’s head is full of black threads. Isn’t this the same question you just asked? Replace "Tangshan Earthquake" with 600 million , I don’t know what it means?
She smiled and said, "Director Cheng and I have the same opinion. It is better not to think about these things and do our best."
Other reporters saw that they could not stir up trouble, so they began to ask real questions,
< br>"Sissi, you are not here I went to high school in China, so why do I act like a college entrance examination student?"
"I haven't experienced it before. You can learn from it. Xiaofeng also gave me some advice."
Liu Qianqian hugged me. Chen Linfeng's arm smiled.
"Ah, by the way, there is a documentary called "High School Senior Year", which is very realistic. I benefited a lot after watching it."
Chen Linfeng explained helpfully, "Sissi's current acting skills have reached a certain level. If the director directs it well, he will be completely qualified for the role."
He is deeply aware of this, as many popular stars in later generations cannot perform well.
A large part of the reason is that the director cannot forcefully demand these actors, resulting in lax control.
In fact, many times, the director plays a greater role in the performance than the actor himself.
It is also the director's responsibility to train actors and determine whether the performance is good or not.
The performance of 85 Flowers got worse and worse later on, which had a lot to do with the director relaxing his requirements.
In "The Ugly Duckling", Liu Qianqian has high demands on herself and doesn't mind acting a few more times.
Cheng Er knew her character, so he didn't need to consider things like her status as an actress, so he naturally dared to set high standards and strict requirements.
Of course, if you meet an actor like Yang Beibi, there is nothing you can do.
Xu Ke, who is the best at training actresses, almost collapsed.
This is simply an actor's basic skills failing.
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