Chapter 485 South
It’s two o’clock in the morning on the 27th.
Although it was already late at night, the creative team of "Operation Kunpeng" seemed quite excited after boarding the passenger plane to Shanghai.
Because just before boarding the plane, the box office for September 26 has been basically calculated, which is around 28.5 million. This once again broke the record set by "Red Cliff" in July and became the highest-grossing first-day domestic movie. .
Compared with the mixed reviews of "Red Cliff" after its release, "Operation Kunpeng" has an excellent reputation. In random interviews with audiences, it received a praise rate of 96%.
And this was achieved without many new gimmicks being spread.
This also means that "Operation Kunpeng" not only starts better than "Red Cliff", but the subsequent trend will most likely be better.
After hearing the news in the departure hall, the entire creative team was a little excited and agitated. Even Teacher Fan was laughing from ear to ear, which meant that Ge You and Xu Kun could still remain unfazed.
However, the former is used to seeing wind and waves, while the latter is mainly tired.
I thought it was the teaching bureau that night, but Jiang Wenli suddenly threw her shame out of the window and turned from passive to active.
As a result, that slightly plump body is really full of murderous intent.
[Two hundred words of Confucian famous sayings and their explanations have been deleted here...]
It's not like Xu Kun has never faced this move before, but he was basically the one who took the initiative, so at most it was a 70-30 attack. This time, Jiang Wenli took the lead, and it was reversed to a 30-70 attack.
As a result, he was defeated in a daze.
For this reason, after taking his seat in the business class, Xu Kun simply adjusted his sitting posture, put on a blindfold and started to sleep.
Sun Honglei was originally making a fuss about having a drink to celebrate, but seeing Xu Kun's attitude, he had to stop and give Ge You a thumbs up and said: "Director Xu is really becoming more and more like a general. If it were to be replaced by someone else, I guess I was jumping up and down with joy.”
Ge You smiled, shook his head and said: "I'm not worried about him jumping up and down, but I'm worried that he will achieve too high an achievement all at once and lose his goals in the future. I don't know what to do."
With that said, he called the stewardess to bring him a blanket. Seeing that Xu Kun didn't respond, Baoqiang shook it off and covered him with it.
Ge You was not surprised to find that Xu Kun had fallen asleep so quickly. For the director, the premiere was no more than a college entrance examination. For a new director like Xu Kun who has not had enough works and is not strong enough. Especially so.
After the exam, you are exhausted both physically and mentally and just want to sleep, which is human nature.
However, when his eyes moved away from Xu Kun, Ge Youke's emotion could not be calmed down for a long time.
At the end of 2002, when Xu Kun approached the old man with the calligraphy, who would have thought that such a young man with no background and a halfway monk would be able to break into such a situation in the film and television industry in just a few years?
And right next to Ge You, Wang Zhonglei, who serves as the team leader as a producer, is also silently thinking about his thoughts.
Feng Xiaogang did not participate in this road show, which is somewhat unexpected - Xu Kun was supposed to work so hard during the promotion of "Assembly Number", how could Feng Xiaogang accompany him for a few days, and then leave the team for reasons such as illness? , is more appropriate.
But Feng Xiaogang, the nominal producer, simply stepped aside.
The reason for this is intriguing.
Before coming to the airport, brothers Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei held a small meeting to discuss the matter.
In terms of their true intentions, they want to take advantage of the situation and get some benefits. Even if they can't get any benefits, making Xu Kun and Feng Xiaogang less united can prevent them from becoming bigger in Huayi.
But in the end, the two gave up this idea because Xu Kun's current momentum was too strong, and the events at the beginning of the year also made the two of them somewhat unsure about Xu Kun.
Yinghuang's lesson is not far away. If this fails to catch chestnuts from the fire, it will end up being burned...
Thinking of this, Wang Zhonglei couldn't help but cast a sidelong glance at Xu Kun, and secretly sighed in his heart. This kid is less than 30 years old and can make his elder brother jealous. It's really hard to compete with a lion.
Not far behind the two of them, Sun Honglei, Zhao Wenzhuo, and Wu Jing, who had calmed down, also had their own thoughts.
Sun Honglei recalled the scene where he and Xu Kun were fighting openly and secretly on the set of "Conquest". At that time, he acted like a big brother, hinting that Xu Kun understood his status and identity.
Xu Kun said that no matter when, he would admit that Sun Honglei had played his eldest brother.
Sun Honglei didn't think so at the time, but looking back now, playing the role of Xu Kun's eldest brother may really be one of the greatest honors in his life.
Zhao Wenzhuo was both envious and jealous of Xu Kun, but more importantly, he felt desolate about the hero's twilight years. Although he was not very old, he had long lost his original ambition.
Although he could see the back of Xu Kun's head when he raised his head, he always felt that the person in front of him was an existence that was beyond his reach.
Wu Jing's mind is relatively simple, mainly due to his excitement to try. Although after watching the finished film, he also felt that it would be difficult for him to surpass Xu Kun, but it was still possible to make a movie with a similar core by following the example, and it was successful. There is still great hope!
Although he is suspected of imitating others, Wu Jing really likes the plot and core of "Operation Kunpeng" - he didn't think anything of it when he was in the mainland before, but the longer he has been living in Hong Kong, the more his patriotic enthusiasm has grown. .
Zhang Jin and Yang Junyi, who were sitting behind the three of them, were discussing in low voices, preparing to terminate Zhou Yi's contract and defect to Brother Kun. Zhou Yi has become more and more chaotic in the past two years. Although the filming of a TV series has become a hit, it is always difficult to get the funds back, and it has even been involved in lawsuits over financial disputes.
The relationship between the landlady and Yu Bo is becoming more and more disrespectful.
Based on this, even if the two of them became famous because of "Operation Kunpeng", they would not be able to surpass Yu Bo in the company.
In this case, what else is there to do with this terrible Zhou Yi?
However, Yang Junyi is still a little uneasy: "It is necessary to leave Zhouyi, but Brother Kun does not have his own film and television company, we can't just be someone's younger brother without a name or status, right?"
"Don't worry, Jiang Yiyan has approached me before. When the time comes, we will be affiliated with her studio first..."
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When the plane landed in Shanghai, it was just after a quarter past four.
Everyone rested in the nearby hotel for another four hours, and it wasn't until about eight o'clock that they rushed to the Magic City Cinema.
According to the box office data compiled yesterday, the Magic City is slightly worse than the Beijing. This is understandable. After all, the Beijing has just experienced the Olympic Games, and the public is naturally more receptive to patriotic movies.
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Although it was not a premiere, the road show of "Operation Kunpeng" still attracted many media to participate.
And compared to those in the capital, the reporters here were obviously well prepared and asked much more pointed questions.
For example, a female reporter from Southern Metropolis Daily asked Xu Kun on the spot why there were no positive female characters in the movie and the only two female characters were two foreign villains.
"This is it."
Facing the female reporter's question, Xu Kun answered frankly: "At that time, I wanted to make a pure action movie, so I deliberately eliminated the emotional scenes when preparing the script."
The female reporter was not satisfied with the answer at all, and continued to ask aggressively: "If a female character appears, can it only be a love scene? Can't one of the members of the rescue team be replaced by an elite female warrior?!
Director Xu, are your thoughts and actions discriminating against the majority of female soldiers and warriors? ! Aren't they just soldiers and not contributing their own strength? ! ”
Xu Kun had been a prison cellmate for more than 20 years in his previous life. This was the first time he faced the new era of female boxing. For a while, he really didn't know how to deal with it.
The female reporter from Nandu did not let him go, and continued to ask: "Director Xu, I noticed that your debut novel "People on the Road" is also based on two men. In reality, you have been with Many women have been rumored to have affairs, but they claim that they will not get married before the age of 35.
Can I think that "Operation Kunpeng" is a true reflection of part of your inner thoughts, and those two blond and blue-eyed female villains in scantily clad clothes are the positioning you give to the women around you..."
"No no no!"
Xu Kun quickly cut her off: "I didn't mean it at all. If you know anything about me, you should know that I have invested in the film "To Youth", which is recognized as a female-oriented film. I have no discrimination against women at all. I just I think "Operation Kunpeng" is more suitable for male actors, that's all! Okay, next one!"
Seeing that the female host on the Magic City side was doing nothing, looking like she was just sitting around, Xu Kun had no choice but to step over and announce the end of the Q&A.
But the next question made him feel even more stuck in his throat.
This time it was a male reporter wearing glasses. He started to question what was the difference between the bloody killing scenes shot by Xu Kun and the recent anti-Japanese dramas that were ridiculed by the audience?
"I make action movies."
Xu Kun emphasized speechlessly: "First of all, the theme of anti-Japanese resistance is completely fine. It is ridiculed by the audience because the plots of these TV series are too outrageous in logic.
On the whole, "Operation Kunpeng" is logical and realistic - every action performed by the rescue team in the movie can be done in reality, but because the five of us are not the real kings of soldiers. , so some technical means are needed to assist.
As for the bloody killings... There are a lot of similar scenes in both domestic and foreign movies, especially in Hollywood movies. Why does no one feel something is wrong when foreigners film it? Why do we Dongda people get criticized when we film it? ? ”
"No no no!"
The reporter shook his head: "You are the best actor in Venice, a flag and a window to foreign countries, but the movie you made is about the crazy massacre of citizens of other countries abroad. This kind of..."
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"This kind of plot can be found in Hollywood movies!"
Xu Kun interrupted him and emphasized: "And those people are not ordinary citizens, but crazy dealers. I think every ordinary Dongda citizen should sympathize with the martyrs who died heroically and the victims after watching the movie. Brutally killing innocent people instead of sympathizing with a group of inhumane traffickers!”
"No no no!"
The guy with glasses continued to sing the opposite: "You are the Venice Best Actor after all, you should have paid more attention..."
"I am the Venice Best Actor, not a Venetian traitor! Next!"
(End of chapter)