Chapter 494: Spring Festival Battle
The premiere of "Police Incident 2" was not as big as Chen Linfeng's films.
After all, Cheng Er's face hasn't reached that level yet.
However, a few people who were relatively close to each other came to join in the fun for Chen Linfeng's sake.
Not long after Chen Linfeng and Liu Qianqian sat down, they saw Zhou Xun sitting next to Qianqian.
"Yo~" She said hello through Sissi, and then the two started chatting intimately.
After four days together, Zhou Xun and Liu Qianqian are now the only ones who have a good relationship.
Some of the other big flowers were kept at a distance.
Since you can't compare, it's best not to meet him.
Without you, we would still be top stars.
Zhou Xun is a little different. She seems to get along well with everyone. Even some male celebrities can probably have a few words with her.
Among the four lovers, she had the least amount of fights with anyone.
However, the situation has changed somewhat now.
Two women were chatting over there. Chen Linfeng listened carefully and found that Zhou Xun was complaining that Zhao Yanzi was not a good person.
The reason seemed to be that Sissi curiously asked what the gossip was about recently.
"Painted Skin 2" started shooting around the middle of last year and was completed by the end of the year.
There was some big news during this period.
Even at that time, when the "100 Years of Film and Television" selection was the most popular, news still came out.
Such as the "dressing room kicking incident", "remuneration competition incident" and "poster ranking incident", it is a wonderful event.
Liu Qianqian asked casually, and Zhou Xun just said it casually.
"Originally, it was decided that I would be the first heroine, but they refused to accept it and insisted on causing trouble."
"In the dressing room, she was the one who made the first move. My chair was well placed there. She insisted on kicking it down because it was blocking her way.
Then of course I have to give her some retaliation. Who doesn't know how to act petty? ”
Liu Qianqian helped to correct the injustice in a serious manner.
"Why is this like this? It's too much!"
"Yeah, we had a pretty good relationship originally, but if we have to keep it like this, no one will have it easy now."
Chen Linfeng was secretly amused. This seemed to be the only way to fight between female stars.
Zhou Xun may indeed be a little upset because of this incident.
She turned to look at Liu Qianqian and said, "If only you had come to act, no matter who of us stayed, nothing like this would have happened."
Liu Qianqian shook her head quickly, "I can't do it."
"Why not? I heard that Mr. Wang wanted to invite you, but you didn't accept it."
"It's hard for me to steal your role."
"Hey, it would be better if you really snatched it." Zhou Xun looked a little melancholy.
She murmured, "It was clearly decided from the beginning that I would be the number one heroine. If she insists on snatching her away from her, and there is no reason at all, then I won't let her succeed."
Seeing her unhappy look, Liu Qianqian repeatedly comforted her and asked her to relax.
Chen Linfeng couldn't help but shake his head as he listened to the two people talking in low voices.
He believed that what Zhou Xun said was most likely true, but her so-called "first heroine" did not necessarily have just one.
This is what the producer of the custom film production promised Zhao Yanzi.
Otherwise, the opponent wouldn't be so confident.
However, Chen Linfeng was not interested in reminding him about this.
Zhou Xun is not stupid. There is no way he has been fighting until now. He still doesn’t know the situation. He might have figured out the whole story a long time ago.
But there is no way, we have reached this situation now, there is no room to turn back.
Thinking of this, Chen Linfeng couldn't help but secretly rejoice.
When I co-produced "Sunset" with Zhang Yimou, there were actually similar risks.
At the beginning, it was not decided who would be the leading director, and there was a danger of fighting among the crew.
Fortunately, both of them were restrained enough.
In the later stage of publicity, all aspects related to ranking, such as posters, will be as balanced as possible.
During the award evaluation stage, try to be as humble as possible so that it can end in peace.
Here, Chen Linfeng actually made some sacrifices.
After all, he is also a screenwriter. If he insists on using this as an excuse to be ranked first, it actually makes sense.
However, in his opinion, this temporary length is not worth mentioning after lengthening the time scale.
The final result is what matters most.
Just like the "Farewell My Concubine" back then, so what about the double yolk egg.
Years later, no one cares at all.
Chen Kaige enjoys exclusive honors in the country.
When selecting century-old classics, no one would rank "Farewell My Concubine" down because of this.
Chen Linfeng's restraint is effective. It is also a century-old classic selection, and "Sunset" is more on his head.
Zhang Yimou reciprocated the favor and made concessions.
As Chen Linfeng made outstanding achievements in the follow-up, the world gradually increased his proportion in "Sunset".
Coupled with the role of screenwriter, everyone does think he is more important.
In fact, in "Painted Skin 2", the crew has been thinking about being the Duan Shui Master.
It's a pity that the producers didn't take it seriously from the beginning and didn't make it clear.
The two actresses are not good at each other.
The result was a complete collapse.
Of course, female celebrities can still maintain a close sisterly relationship on the surface.
This seems to be a natural talent, even Sissi is proficient in this skill.
In fact, he always felt that the relationship between her and Zhou Xun was not that good.
But every time they were so close, Chen Linfeng really couldn't tell the difference.
Time flew by as he listened to the gossip.
Soon, the premiere of "Police Case 2" began.
After the dragon logo, there is the opening animation of a unicorn roaring up to the sky, and then the logos of producers and distributors such as Huaying and Maoyan appear one by one.
Chen Linfeng looked at the red and black logo of Maoyan and sighed that Xu Wu had done a good job.
As soon as the screen went black, the movie officially started.
The beginning of "Police Incident 2" is the same as the first one, with an opening show by Ma Dong.
A robber was blocked in a supermarket and took a hostage.
Several policemen were afraid of the knife in the opponent's hand and did not dare to step forward.
At this time, a generous figure appeared, accompanied by passionate BGM.
When Ma Dong jumped over the shelves awkwardly, he even knocked down the supermarket products because of his huge body, and he couldn't get up no matter how hard he tried.
The bgm is much smaller.
Ma Dong still followed the same old routine and stepped forward regardless.
The robber saw his arrogance and couldn't stand it, so he rushed over with a knife.
Then he was slapped and sent to sleep, and the bgm also stopped abruptly at this moment.
The whole beginning is very smooth, the characters are established, and the effect of cold humor is sufficient.
It can only be said that Cheng Er really knows Director Chen and has learned this skill very well.
Coupled with the cooperation of Chen Linfeng's editing, the overall effect is very good.
Because Ma Dong violently enforced the law in public, he made the front page of the news.
Although the police station was used to it, they still wanted to avoid the limelight and assigned him a mission to extradite criminals in Annan.
My boss thought this was a fat job, so he went along with me, treating it like a trip.
So, half of the scene this time was moved to Annan.
The overall story is not complicated. The extradited criminal Xiao Liu voluntarily surrendered.
The reason is to avoid being hunted. He was originally from Hong Kong Island. He committed a crime on Hong Kong Island and ran away to Annan.
This kind of character was too common in Hong Kong in the 1980s.
Together with others, he formed a theft gang in Annan and made a living through petty theft.
Recently I hooked up with a group of kidnappers.
The kidnappers kidnapped the son of a rich man in Hong Kong who used to be a gangster.
There are a lot of people like this in Hong Kong Island.
As a result, the rich second generation ran away halfway.
During the chase, the robber boss got angry and chopped up the rich second generation.
By the way, one of the dissatisfied members of the theft gang was also killed.
Xiao Liu felt that his life was at risk, so he ran to surrender.
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At this time, the kidnapper boss Jiang Haishang had cut off the arms of the dead rich second generation and continued to extort money.
The result can be imagined, the rich man is definitely not the one who was taken advantage of.
The result was a melee between three gangs: the killers sent by the rich man, Jiang Haishang and his gang, Ma Dong and his boss.
The gang of eight killers were defeated by the two kidnappers from Jiang Haishang, and they were all hacked to death.
The kidnappers couldn't beat Ma Dong.
Only Jiang Haishang escaped.
Ma Dong learned from the captured kidnappers that Jiang Haishang was going back to Hong Kong Island to ask for money from the rich.
The final decisive battle returns to Hong Kong Island.
When Chen Linfeng first wrote the story based on the original work, it felt like deja vu.
Looking back, isn't this the same plot as the first one?
The main characters are gangsters who are arrogant and difficult to control. The gangster boss is like a lunatic, but he can still fight.
It wasn't until he met the male protagonist that he stumbled and his younger brother was arrested.
The bandit leader persisted and was finally eliminated by Ma Dong.
The routine is still the same.
Some of the little routines in it, such as "interrogation with a hidden camera" and "slapped into sleep", have also been inherited.
But the premise of maintaining the villain's unrivaled ferocity is maintained.
It looks really cool to have Ma Dong, a very safe character, play from beginning to end.
Chen Linfeng looked at this unfamiliar villain on the big screen and couldn't help but sigh that Cheng Er had chosen the role well.
In China, which is such a big country, it is not difficult to find a fierce-looking actor.
Chen Linfeng had never even seen this person in his previous life.
But think about it, this is a bit like gambling, which is actually a bit unsafe.
When Chen Linfeng decides to make another movie, he can look for actors from the original movie.
That has gone through the quality inspection of the original work.
After the entire movie was shown, the audience responded enthusiastically.
As the Chinese New Year is approaching, it would be nice to have a hearty feast.
Not only some viewers who attended the premiere thought so, but some guests who were filmmakers also felt so.
A small number of film critics found problems with the script and felt that the crew was a bit unrefined.
But looking back, maybe this is the true meaning of genre films.
A main story line can become a new story by re-splitting and combining it and adding new materials.
It would be better if all domestic screenwriters had this ability.
Therefore, few film critics criticized this lazy operation.
Even if it is mentioned, it is used as a merit to praise Chen Linfeng's high level of screenwriting.
This made him feel a little uncomfortable when he saw it.
But speaking of it, few people dare to question the screenwriter's ability to reach his level.
It's hard to say that even if Chen Linfeng writes a nonsense story, someone will still see something of the master's artistic conception in it.
After the premiere.
The box office of "Police Case 2" in the first three days, that is, the year before, was very average, with a total of just over 60 million.
Some media began to regard this as unprecedented news and came to speak ill of Chen Linfeng.
Oh my god, it’s only 60 million in three days.
Director Chen, you also have today!
They don't care that the director is Cheng Er.
"Police Incident" was started by Chen Linfeng, and the second film was written and produced by him, so this is his movie.
But since the first day of the Lunar New Year, the box office has skyrocketed, reaching the level of 80 million a day.
During the Spring Festival period at the same time, "Your Name" is no longer the dominant one like last year.
With Chen Linfeng's arrival, every film and television company knows that the Spring Festival film is likely to have great potential.
However, isolation does not prove it, and the Lunar New Year stall has been performing well.
Therefore, no one is putting all their money on the Spring Festival release, not to mention that it has to face Chen Linfeng's movie.
Among the movies released during the Spring Festival this year, apart from "Police 2", there are no substantial blockbusters, but there are quite a few.
7 domestic movies are involved in the competition for the Spring Festival slot.
Among them, the most famous is Er Dongsheng's new film "The Magician", starring Tony Leung and Zhou Xun.
This is why Zhou Xunhui still found time to attend the premiere of "Police 2" a few years ago.
Anyway, I am not idle.
As a return favor, Liu Qianqian later attended the premiere of "The Magician".
However, there are some problems with the plot connection of this film, and it cannot be compared in terms of publicity and competition to schedule the film.
The overall film arrangement is basically a 4:3:3 situation.
"Police 2" accounted for 40%.
The other one, accounting for 30%, is a Hollywood movie - "Mission: Impossible 4".
These are all close numbers, and some will have to be left for other movies.
During the Spring Festival in China, a beautiful Chinese movie was released, which was also a scene that would be rare to see in later generations.
In the battle for the box office on the first day of the new year, "Police 2" took the lead with a box office of 81 million.
"Mission: Impossible 4" ranked second, with a score of 62 million, which is not bad.
Then "The Magician", with a box office of 44 million.
The rest are basically small fish and shrimps.
For example, Hong Kong's "Eight Stars Announcement" is actually a movie similar to "The Greatest Happiness". It is completely fried and has no market at all.
I remember that Yang Mi joined the team in my previous life. Now that Yang Mi is developing well under Long Lin, there is no such thing.
Speaking of which, "Your Name" was released last year, and the single-day box office during the Chinese New Year was pushed up to nearly 200 million.
It has shocked many people.
Because of this, many companies have taken a fancy to the Spring Festival stalls this year.
Many people have been affected, and entertainment methods during the Spring Festival have changed.
As a result, this year's box office market has risen further.
It exceeded 200 million directly on the first day of junior high school.
The second grade of junior high school reached a new high.
"Police Incident 2" reported 90.7 million;
The second "Mission: Impossible 4" still maintains around 60 million;
"The Magician" also grew slightly, reaching 45 million.
The box office of all three companies has increased, and the film schedule has also increased.
Of course, all I ate were the slices of small shrimps.
During the Spring Festival, theaters are more sensitive to data such as attendance and box office, adjusting almost every day.
In this case, the reputation of the movie is even more important.
In this regard, Chen Linfeng has never been afraid.
(End of chapter)