Chapter 373 Small goal: 40 million
The main focus of "Kowloon Walled City" is the Internet. This is a publicity strategy that has been set very early.
It is not a popular schedule, nor is it a popular movie, so it is difficult to obtain large media resources.
The media also needs to eat. When people look at your cast lineup and see that there are no stars, they won’t bother to promote it.
Xie Miao is not a star, he belongs to the standard debut and peak. His first work was "The Five Ancestors of New Shaolin", playing Jet Li's son.
Then they collaborated on "Letter to Dad", and he was Jet Li's son.
Then there is no more.
Wang Jing wanted to sign him to continue filming, but his parents insisted that he go back to school and missed the opportunity.
In fact, if you don’t miss it, you may not be able to achieve much. It’s hard to say what the future of child stars will be.
The supporting characters in the film "Kowloon Walled City" are all more famous than the protagonist. The director is also a newcomer and there is no news at all.
The biggest news point of the whole film is behind the scenes. The director of "Kowloon Walled City" is the assistant director of "The Rescue", and the action director is also the same person.
This is probably the only thing that interests reporters.
So, there are still some media reports, but they are not large.
The first trailer still had some effect. At least those who paid attention knew the action style of this film.
The edited scenes are very explosive, just like the slogan says - punch to the flesh.
Soon, the publicity team and trolls posted the trailer to major forums, Tieba, Maopu, Tianya, Xisi Hutong...
Many online places where men like to gather have appeared. Some advertisements for "Kowloon Walled City".
Zhang Chen met Lu Yang, Xie Miao and Guo Fan who had just returned from work in the company.
"How was it?"
"I just finished an exclusive interview over there in the light, and there will be another one in the afternoon..."
Once the publicity campaign starts, it will not stop. The main creators basically have no time to rest, let alone they are still newcomers, and every publicity resource is extremely precious.
"I'll say hello to Sina and ask them to arrange an exclusive interview for you~"
Zhang Chen is now the biggest V on Sina Blog, so he still has some face.
"Thank you, senior brother."
Lu Yang has always treated Zhang Chen as his senior brother, but the other two can't. They can only call him boss, and they are not from Nortel.
Zhang Chen turned to Guo Fan and asked: "How is it? What have you learned as an assistant director during this period?"
Guo Fan is a future great, but he is still an eagle that has not spread its wings now. Look at Zhang Chen's eyes were full of admiration.
Hearing Zhang Chen’s question, he scratched his head in embarrassment: “I learned a lot, Director Lu teaches me everything, and he will tell me as long as he knows how to do it. I feel that I have grown very fast during this period. .”
“It’s right to study hard, assistant director. Although it is tiring, it is very training. This is how every director comes."
Zhang Chen gave a few words of encouragement, but Lu Yang next to him said: "Guo Fan is very capable. This afternoon's exclusive interview. He earned it through his own words~"
"Oh, tell me in detail~" Zhang Chen also became interested.
Guo Fan was even more embarrassed when he heard this: "It's okay. The other party is also a small media. As soon as I told them, they agreed."
Lu Yang was nearby and refused: "You are really , you said ten points of credit into one point, let me say it, senior brother, it is like this..."
After adjusting his wording, Lu Yang said: "Then It's a magazine, and it's really not that big. As soon as Guo Fan walked in, he rushed to the front desk and said, "I'm from Xingchen Entertainment, the production company of "Hurricane Rescue". I'd like to find your person in charge~
The other person was confused. When I heard that it was someone from the "Hurricane Rescue" company, they politely invited us to the reception room, and soon their person in charge appeared
Guo Fan told him at this time, we have a new movie to be released, and we want to use your resources to promote it. In return, if there are any developments in the movie, we will notify you as soon as possible to ensure the timeliness of your news.
After saying that, he also took out photos of us having dinner together on the set of "Hurricane Rescue" and a photo with Liang Jiahui.
The person in charge of the other party believed it immediately and said that he would fully cooperate. ”
“Didn’t spend a penny? ”
“It didn’t cost a penny. ”
Zhang Chen immediately took a special look at Guo Fan, "You are really a talent~"
No wonder later generations were able to trick Wu Jing into the crew of "The Wandering Earth" with just one mouth, and invested 60 million.
Guo Fan giggled: "It's all a fluke, a fluke~"
Zhang Chen patted him on the shoulder: "Work hard, grow up early, and be on your own~"
At the same time, he looked at Lu Yang: "You should work hard, let's do this. If the box office of "Kowloon Walled City" can exceed 40 million, I will make the decision to let you direct a movie about the Agent Universe~"
Lu Yang's eyes lit up when he heard this: ""Rescue 2"?"
"What do you want to eat? A side movie."
"That's okay." Lu Yang is not picky about food at all. .
What Zhang Chen is talking about is "The Lonely Agent", which can be regarded as Zhang Jin's personal line work in the agent universe.
After finishing the pie painting, Zhang Chen turned around and left, but Lu Yang felt as if he had been injected with chicken blood, his face was red.
The people around him looked at him with envy.
Directing a branch movie of the Agent Universe alone. Although it is a branch movie, it is also a branch movie of the Agent Universe.
"Taken" is currently the highest-grossing movie in China.
The Agent Universe is the core of Star Entertainment.
Dong Jianqiang came to the side at some point and patted Lu Yang on the shoulder: "Yangzi, you have to work hard. The 40 million box office set by Director Zhang for you is not high..."
The people around looked shocked. 40 million in box office was not high. Last year it would have been in the top ten of the annual box office. But then they thought about it and they were relieved to think that this was Star Entertainment.
Where is Xingchen Entertainment? It is known as the monster room in the film industry.
Founder Zhang Chen's first movie "Dark Invasion" had a box office of 60 million. Starting from the second movie, he averaged two movies a year, and none of them was less than 100 million.
The second director Ning Hao, the first "Dark Invasion 2" has a box office of 60 million, the second "Stone" also successfully exceeded 100 million, and the third "Racing" will be launched soon, according to the company's internal policy It is said that breaking 100 million is certain.
Lu Yang is the third one, and only a small target of 40 million has been set for him, which is indeed not high.
Lu Yang suddenly felt Alexander, knowing what pain was and feeling happy.
Pick up your clothes and walk out.
"What are you doing?"
"Looking for resources~"
"Wait for me~"
The trio who have just returned are on the journey again, working hard for their own future.
Lu Yang has hope, but Guo Fan sees prospects.
Lu Yang has done well and can direct core masterpieces, so will he also have the opportunity to direct, even a small production like "Kowloon Walled City".
Guo Fan feels one step closer to his science fiction dream.
On the other side, Zhang Chen and Dong Jianqiang got together again.
"You are still cunning. In just one sentence, that boy has fully exerted his subjective initiative~"
Zhang Chen smiled confidently: "Do you think the success rate of directors in our country is so low? Is it because they lack talent? No, it’s because they lack opportunities.
The new director wants to work in the film industry. It is easy for the crew to get the position of assistant director, but it is too difficult to get a full-time position. It is as difficult as collecting seven dragon balls~"
"That Guo Fan is not bad~"
" It’s good and can be cultivated. If he can be independent, he can also be given the opportunity to direct~”
Zhang Chen is a bit of a collector now. There are too few directors in China who don't have any dirty information, so he doesn't want to let go of any of them who can be used.
"Don't take "Slay the Wolf" lightly, Hung Chin-po still has some abilities, and Wilson Yip is also a good director."
The promotion of "Slay the Wolf" features Yan Yan + Hung Chin-po + Simon Yam , Wu Jing also appeared on the poster, but it was in the background.
Wu Jing actually has nothing bad about him, but many people don't like him and think he consumes too much sentiment.
This bowl of rice is delicious, but after eating it for a long time, it eventually got worse.
In this regard, he is a bit similar to Jia Ling.
When I watched "Li Huanying", I was shocked, but when I watched "Hot and Hot", I suddenly became very annoying.
Back to Wu Jing, this person’s life is really full of ups and downs, more exciting than the movies.
In 1988, when he was 14 years old, he was almost paralyzed. God blessed him, but he later recovered.
When he starred in "The Kung Fu Kid" in 1995, Zhang Xinyan trained him as the second Jet Li, but unfortunately he failed to become popular.
"The Master of Tai Chi" in 1998 and "Xiao Li's Flying Knife" in 1999.
It didn’t become a big hit, but it gained a lot of popularity.
Then, they went to Hong Kong to develop.
“In a kung fu drama, I broke the table, and the floor manager told me, Brother Jing, stop cracking it, because it will be used in the next scene.”
Wu Jing’s original story This shows that the action movie environment in the Mainland is indeed not good. Many media said that he wanted to make action movies and become a real action star, and the best resources for action movies were in Hong Kong, so he decided to leave Hong Kong and start all over again.
There may be this reason, but there is also another reason. His girlfriend's career is in Hong Kong.
His friend is Fan Yimin, the heroine of "Tai Chi Master" and a Hong Kong sister.
Here comes the drama.
Wu Jing went to Hong Kong for a whole year and couldn't get any roles. His girlfriend broke up with him, and he was tricked by his manager into boxing.
It’s okay not to fight, but I’ll pay one million, because I already trusted the agent and signed the contract.
A martial arts champion from the Mainland was tricked into coming to Hong Kong to fight in the underworld. His girlfriend also ran away, and his real career and love were gone. It was really miserable.
After a year of hard work, his life changed. Some say it was Huang Baigao who admired him, others said it was Jet Li who helped him and introduced him to Hong Jinbao. Anyway, he joined the crew of "Slaying the Wolf" and starred in He turned out to be a ruthless and highly skilled martial artist.
An actual battle without tricks gave "Slaying the Wolf" enough gimmicks and a way out for itself.
Since then, there have been many film appointments, such as "Black Fist", "Gemini Thieves", "The Handsome Man", and "A Better Man". Although they are all supporting roles, they are much better than before.
Among them, "Black Fist" is about his real experience in the year when he first came to Hong Kong.
Later, my senior brother Li Lian was filming "The Mummy 3" and he was also invited.
It is said that Sun Entertainment's film and television director Huang Baogao admires him very much. After "Slaying the Wolf 2" became a hit, reporters asked Huang when he would make a sequel. Huang's answer was 'it depends on when Wu Jing is free' ~
By the way, Sun Entertainment is Xi Mihua’s company.
“Ning Hao has left?”
"Well, I went to Qingdao the day before yesterday. I should have started filming today. Liu Jiang and the crew of "Before Dawn" have also left for Xiangshan. What about you, when will you leave?"
"It's just these two days. "
The crew of "Painted Skin" is almost ready. There are three main filming locations, the desert in Yinchuan, Qingshuiying Village in Ningwu and Mentougou in Beijing. They will go to Qingshuiying Village first.
Zhang Chen actually didn’t think that “Kowloon Walled City” would be able to beat “Slaying the Wolf”, so he only set a task of 40 million for Lu Yang.
"Slaying the Wolf" did not enter the mainland in the previous life, and the Hong Kong box office was not good either, but honestly speaking, it was actually a good film.
Very Hong Kong movie style.
Action actors are also actors, just like ordinary actors.
Ordinary actors must have acting skills, and action actors must have kung fu.
This is the basic requirement. In addition, it must have characteristics.
Zhen Zhuan and Xie Miao both have ordinary appearances and ordinary looks.
But Zhen Bullet is a little better than Xie Miao, because he focuses on the actual combat style of free fighting.
This is the characteristic.
But the irony is that he won the championship not by free fighting, but by "Ip Man".
Let’s talk about the characteristics of action actors. In the field of action movies, who has the most characteristics? Haha, it’s Wang Baoqiang.
Can’t guess it?
Look at "One Man's Martial Arts", Feng Yuxiu is the villain. Strictly speaking, he can only be regarded as the second male lead, but he turns the first male lead, Zhen Bull, into a scumbag in an instant.
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Sun Entertainment
Huang Baigao is also discussing the movie with Hong Jinbao.
“I asked some Hong Kong actors who participated in "Kowloon Walled City" and they said that the filming was very fierce and the style was completely different from that in Hong Kong..."
Huang Baigao was a little worried.
Hong Jinbao didn't care: "Don't worry, I paid attention to "Kowloon Walled City". In that movie, except for the action direction, which is slightly famous, we scorned us in all other aspects. They themselves affirmed that I have no confidence either, otherwise why would I find so many Hong Kong actors? The staff helped to support the scene..."
Huang Baigao nodded when he heard this, as if he had taken reassurance: "You are right, Danny Boy is still very popular at the box office~"
< br>Compared with "Kowloon Walled City", "Sha Po Lang" is indeed a few steps ahead of them.
Zhen Zhen's resume alone is more exciting than all the people in "Kowloon Walled City" put together. He has acted in "Heroes", "Blade Runner", and "Shanghai Noon 2".
Although they are all supporting roles, they are still regarded as protagonists. The movie "Iron Horse" starring him also sold for more than 10 million US dollars in the United States.
“When it comes to Kung Fu movies, we in Hong Kong think we are second, and no one dares to think we are number one~”
Hung Chin-po said it very confidently, but in fact, this is no longer the case.
In the past two years, Hong Kong kung fu movies have declined, but Southeast Asian kung fu movies have been on the rise.
What is really popular right now are Thai kung fu movies, such as "Kung Fu" and "Tom Yum Kung".
Tony Jaa is having a lot of momentum right now.
Hong Jinbao is purely living in the glory of the past.
......
The story of the original work "Painted Skin" is: There was a scholar named Wang Sheng in the late Ming Dynasty. He met a beautiful homeless woman on the road and took her home. Sex every day.
Then there was a nosy Taoist priest who discovered that the beautiful woman was not a normal person, but an evil ghost who specialized in eating people's hearts.
Instead of slaying the demons, he made a show and prepared to give the evil spirits a way out.
He hung his own dust in front of the house, hoping that the evil ghost would retreat when it was difficult, but he did not expect that the evil ghost also had a temper. You asked me to retreat, but I refused to retreat, and I also had to sweep Your face.
The evil ghost dug out Wang Sheng's heart and angered the Taoist priest, who killed him in anger.
Wang Sheng’s wife, Chen, went to beg a beggar to save her husband.
The beggar asked Chen to eat his thick phlegm. After Chen swallowed it, the beggar disappeared.
Mrs. Chen felt that she had been cheated, so she went home and cried in front of the coffin. Unexpectedly, her stomach and intestines retched repeatedly, and finally she vomited out a living heart, and her husband came back to life.
The story is very strange, but it celebrates positive energy, staying true to your marriage and staying away from mistresses.
Of course, the screenwriting team of Xingchen Entertainment will not adapt the original work. What they will improve is the version dictated by Zhang Chen.
Overall, it is not much different from the original time and space. It is still a story about a mistress.
The crew of "Painted Skin" arrived in Ningwu, Ningxia.
A number of starring cast members also arrived one after another.
Fox Demon Fan Binbin~
Mrs. Wang and Mr. Zhou~
Wang Sheng Huang Xiaoming~
Little Bird Spirit Yang Xiaomi~
Monster Catcher Zhang Jin~
Zhang Chen's version of "Painted Skin" removed the character Pang Yong. He still felt that the original story was too confusing.
Pang Yong loves Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Wang loves Wang Sheng, Wang Sheng is wavering between Mrs. Wang and Xiao Wei, Xiao Wei loves Wang Sheng, and Lizard Jing loves Xiao Wei. This is no longer a love triangle, but a love triangle. , Wujia...
And the main theme is a love that cannot be obtained.
Aunt Qiong Yao shook her head after seeing it.
Zhang Chen simplified it, it was just a story where the mistress intervened, don't make it so complicated.
The function of Pang Yong is actually very simple. He is responsible for the force of the decent camp. He can also be replaced by a monster hunter.
The Monster Hunter was originally intended to be a female character, but the whole film had a bit of a yin and yang imbalance, so it was changed back to a male character.
Zhang Jin is the martial arts star he will support in the future. People have a falling out with Hong Jiaban because of him, so Zhang Chen always has to give him some good resources.
A thousand dollars to buy horse bones!
The current crew of "Painted Skin" is star-studded~
This is a project directed by Zhang Chen himself, and the slogan is 'Break 200 million'.
A bunch of companies want to fill it with people.
The leading role was impossible. It was decided a year ago. For this reason, Huang Xiaoming and Zhou Gongzi put forward countless scenes.
As for Fan Xiaopang, that is even more impossible, she is Zhang Chen’s queen heroine.
After a few movies, everyone had already figured out that Fan Xiaopang might have fed Director Zhang some kind of ecstasy soup.
As long as there is a movie with her in it, everyone will consciously compete for the second and third female lead, and the first female lead will definitely be theirs.
This is the case in "Painted Skin", even the supporting characters in it have become the meat and potatoes, and the three major agents have used their own methods to beat them to pieces.
Yang Xiaomi hid in the corner and shivered, fearing that he would be replaced again. It was really...
Look who played the maids, Li Xiaoran, Chang Jihong Qin Lan was brought in for Huang Xiaoming's sake, and Wang Luodan was brought in because of Dong Jianqiang's connections.
The male actors are similar, the leader of the soldiers is Wang Qianyuan, the leader of the horse bandits is Chen Minghao, and the watchman Zhang Yi~
They are all capable actors, but now they are not famous.
This is also Zhang Chen's bad taste. When people look back a few years later, wow, it turns out that the people in "Painted Skin" are all big names.
The supporting characters don't have much role, but these celebrities are willing to come and make guest appearances. Even if it's just to show their face, it's good for Zhang Chen's project.
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Let me tell you something first. I’ve been thinking like a fool lately, and I’m crazy about cooperating with Cheng Long to film “The Collapse”.
This idea came up once before, and I pressed it. In the past two days, I wrote about the plot of cooperating with Cheng Long, and it came up again. I really don’t know what movie I should cooperate with to steadily exceed 100 million. .
The main reason is that I want to use "Doomsday Collapse" to give the author a reasonable reason to train Wenchuan in advance, but I don't want to write "Tangshan Earthquake".
The reason why I dare not write it is that I think it is a poisonous point. In 2006, it was too unrealistic to control a project worth 100 million US dollars. The number of domestic screens would definitely not be able to recover the cost, so global distribution was needed.
For global distribution, you need to find the top six. You will definitely be devoured and no bones will be left. The main character is too small.
What do you think~
(End of this chapter)