Chapter 554 China Premiere (6K)
The release of "The Joker" has entered its third week. During the working day, the daily box office of the movie can still remain at around 9 million US dollars.
This means that the movie still has a lot of potential, and the box office is firmly moving towards 300 million.
The box office of 300 million yuan in North American market is a watershed.
Generally, only movies in North America with more than 300 million yuan can hit 1 billion yuan in the final global market.
For Chen Linfeng, it is even more relaxed.
Because of his Chinese identity and his huge influence in East Asia, the box office in this area will always be higher.
He has two or more large ticket warehouses.
The pressure comes to the crew of "Iron Man".
The media had previously hyped two movies into fateful opponents. Now that "The Joker" is so fierce, they can't be too embarrassed.
In the end of the month, director Shane Black frequently interacted with Chen Linfeng on Twitter.
It is to make the fans of "Joker" feel that everyone is their own.
Don't believe the media style, it's all hype. In fact, as the creators of the two movies, we have a very good relationship.
"Iron Man 3" was released in North America on May 3, but in China, it was released earlier, on the same day as "The Joker", both No. 1.
This year's May Day holiday is quite interesting.
There were originally a bunch of movies released in large numbers.
Domestic movies such as "Drug War", "Fuchun Mountain Residence", "An unexpected Love Time" and "Dear".
There are Hollywood movies such as Tomco's "The Lost War" and "Django".
Everyone squeezed together.
In March, domestic media began to hype, calling this year's May Day the most tragic May Day period in history.
But then "Iron Man 3" and "The Joker" were scheduled to be released on May Day.
The Rescued Django and "Drug War" first adjusted the schedule and was released in April.
The release time of "Fuchun Mountain Residence" was later postponed to June.
Liu Dehua's fans were still complaining online, thinking that the producer was too timid.
What are you afraid of when many big-name actors + 3D movies + Hollywood teams?
Fight against them!
Well...
I can only say that the opponent just wants to knock you down, and the fans really want you to die.
In mid-to-late April, "The Joker" achieved amazing results in the North American market.
So the release time of "The Lost War" was postponed to the 10th, and the other two love movies were temporarily postponed to be released for 3 days.
All the stages are left to "The Joker" and "Iron Man 3".
You two "fate opponents" fight each other, just don't splash blood on us.
On April 29th, Chen Linfeng deliberately returned from London. The movie premiered in China, and he still had to show his face.
The premiere time of "The Joker" and "Iron Man 3" was two hours apart, and the two premiere locations were not far away.
This even facilitates both parties to attend each other's premiere.
It is obvious that this is the crew of "Iron Man 3", which is specially made like this.
It is to show that everyone has no conflicts with each other and even has a good relationship.
Whether it is Shane Black or Kevin Feige, they all know Chen Linfeng's influence in China.
They have long established a concept that propaganda is a mutual appreciation of opponents, but not enemies.
During these days, the domestic promotional caliber of "Iron Man 3" has been mentioned vaguely, with the personal relationship between Chen Linfeng and Kevin Feige, as well as several Avenger actors.
Chen Linfeng tried his best to take advantage of others' popularity, but now he has to change to others to take advantage of him.
Pingshi Film and Television City.
Although there is no airport here, the distance is not too far from getting off the plane from Xinzheng Airport and then taking a bus. "Hey, Xiaofeng, why are you here? Didn't you say you want to tomorrow?" Liu Qianqian rushed over in surprise.
As soon as Chen Linfeng arrived on the set, she immediately saw it.
"It's a day early, come here to visit the set."
After Liu Qianqian approached, she didn't look forward to hug her at home. At this time, she just leaned closer and looked at him with her hands behind her back to smile. "I actually learned to attack suddenly, really." "I learned from you." "I learned it from you." Others gave the two people a while to talk alone, and then Xu Ke walked up.
"Director Chen, "The Joker" has shown its power in North America, which is amazing." "Haha, I'm lucky, and it happened to make the audience over there empathize." Liu Qianqian interrupted, "We have always talked about the movie "The Joker" in the crew. They are all puzzled, how can an art film get such a high box office?" "Yes," Shi Nansheng echoed, "We just think how you, Director Chen, can do it. It's great that other directors can make movies with a box office of tens of millions in Hollywood, and you can always get hundreds of millions of dollars.
No wonder others say that you are the director in China who understands the minds of the audience the most. "
"This is so high-minded," Chen Linfeng waved his hand.
He glanced at Shi Nansheng and thought that these two should be divorced soon, but there was no trace on the surface.
Let gossip down, Chen Linfeng focused on the movie "Shushan".
The nature of Xu Ke's film is similar to Zhang Yimou's "The Battle of Song and Meng". When writing scripts, he focused on Chen Linfeng's opinions.
He has invested about 30%. After that, he will show it to him after the movie is edited.
The role of Chen Linfeng is almost equivalent to a screenwriter and producer.
So he took a day to visit the set, not only to meet his wife, but also to see the crew.
The few people exchanged a few greetings, and then Xu Ke took him to check the current shooting situation.
The plot of "Shushan" has basically nothing to do with "New Shushan" filmed by Xu Keqian.
It's a new start.
The content mainly refers to the novel "The Legend of the Swordsman in Shushan". The main story is the three Emei sword fighting oppositions, and it also comes with the dark line of struggle within the Emei Sect.
Deng Yin, the son of the Blood God, and several people who are obviously biased towards Buddhism, are all the products of this struggle.
Of course, for this movie alone, it will not involve such a grand background.
The above is the story of the entire series. Xu may have to make the first film before there will be a follow-up.
Today, this movie is mainly about the growth story of the protagonist Lee Young-kyung.
She has many adventures in the novel, and is already very legendary, and is easy to use as the protagonist of the movie.
In addition, with her as the introduction, we can also shape the "Three Heroes and Two Clouds" in Emei and other people in Emei.
Sanying and Eryun are basically top-tier domestic stars today. Xu Ke chose the younger 85 Flowers, just to make it easier to use if you want to shoot a sequel.
No, Xixi plays Lee Young-qiong in this movie.
Only when she plays the most core protagonist can she suppress the stars without breaking the status.
The other people, Yu Yingnan is Liu Shishi. The novel describes her appearance and body similar to Li Yingqiong, but she can match her number.
Qi Lingyun is played by Shu Chang. His character looks like he is seventeen or eighteen years old, and his acting skills are just right with Shu Chang.
Zhou Qingyun and Yan Renying have a previous relationship, one is played by Jing Tian and the other is played by Hu Ge.
Hu Ge is more suitable for ancient costume fairy tales, perhaps this is a stereotype.
But it has to be said that just by publishing the list of actors to the public, a large number of audiences were in a state of excitement.
Chen Linfeng looked at some shots taken by Xu Ke.
It seems that he is much more attentive than his previous films.
It seems that such a large investment has put a lot of pressure on him.
Chen Linfeng alone invested 120 million in the movie "Shushan".
The total cost of the planning book is 400 million, in order to create a good fairy-tale special effects movie.
If you want to be bigger, just be bigger.
Once it fails, Xu Kehou doesn't have to get involved in the mainland film industry.
This is also Chen Linfeng's purpose. Everyone is making big productions, and on the one hand, it forces the production to upgrade.
In addition, I also force them to do so. Don’t always think about asking a few traffic to get along.
If you can't handle the big production special effects film, just retire and you can still maintain your reputation.
"Try not to use dark colors for the special effects, and pay attention to the background light..." Chen Linfeng couldn't help but want to emphasize a few more words.
Many domestic directors like to learn foreign magical special effects styles, but that is obviously contrary to domestic aesthetics.
Xu Keqian's aesthetic taste is very online, but "Tongtian Empire" also has a future pigeon movie, which makes him a little worried.
Xu Ke patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I understand that in the past, I lowered the brightness of the picture to save money and prevent flaws from being seen. Our budget is completely enough this time, and we must bring up the top-notch effect."
Producer Xu Tianlei said, "That's right, Director Xu has put a lot of effort into special effects."
There was something in his words, and Chen Linfeng understood it.
This is a producer from the Qilin department, and he is mainly responsible for watching Xu Ke's expenses in the crew.
Although Xu Ke's reputation is slightly better, the director of Hong Kong Island has to be on guard against it.
Since Xu Tianlei said that, Chen Linfeng was relieved.
He still believes in Xu Ke's ability and level. As long as he is not disturbed by off-site factors, he can still make a good movie.
The crew was still filming, and Chen Linfeng watched Xu Ke take a picture.
Several actors saw Director Chen hard and wanted to perform, but Xu Ke scolded him.
I used too much force.
Then, Chen Linfeng chatted with Hu Ge, Jing Tian and others for a few words.
Hu Ge has gradually gained a foothold in the film industry. He has a large fan base. Such a huge number of fans is still easy to convert into box office results.
To a certain extent, he is similar to Xixi, and both are more popular with the early group of drama fans.
It's just that Xixi's future trend was better, and Hu Ge was not taken by anyone, so she walked relatively slowly.
But it is much better than the situation in my previous life.
Now that I play with Xu Ke's movie, maybe it will be another leap.
In contrast, Jing Tian is never short of resources, but the audience is not that good.
"Zhu Xian" gave her a lot of bonus, but she still lacked acting skills.
Jingtian is now honestly honing his acting skills, and he has also embarked on a completely different path from his previous life.
Chen Linfeng did not stay in Pingshi for much time, so he went back to Yanjing with Qianxi that night. They will attend the premiere together tomorrow.
On the afternoon of the 30th, the premiere of "The Joker" was first.
With Chen Linfeng's connections, there are naturally many stars present.
Zhang Yimou, Jiang Wen, Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang are almost regular guests. In addition, Fang Long, Liu Dehua, Gu Tianfeng, Huang Xiaoming, Chen Kun, Yang Mi, Sidan Shuangbing, etc. have almost all come.
It is particularly worth mentioning that all the crew members of "Iron Man 3" were here. With Chen Linfeng's example, Hollywood's emphasis on the Chinese film market has risen to a higher level.
Now those who are interested in this market will bring the main creators to hold events as much as possible.
This time there is a head-on competition between "The Joker" and "Iron Man 3", and Kevin Feige attaches great importance to it and sends all the main creators to China.
Every time the movie directed by Chen Linfeng is premiered, it will be a carnival for media reporters.
They were excited by the gathering of various stars.
Before the premiere began, the photos of Chen Linfeng, Leonardo and Robert Downey Jr. hugging each other quickly spread to the world.
In the photo, Chen Linfeng is in the middle, and two other top Hollywood stars are on both sides.
Chen Linfeng was as calm as usual, and Leonardo smiled brightly.
Robert Downey Jr.'s face was slightly stiff.
This was interpreted by European and American media as Donnie was a little nervous in the face of the pressure of "The Joker".
Domestic media are more excited about the statement "contemporary world-class top male star trio".
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Once upon a time, who dared to imagine that domestic filmmakers could be ranked among the top stars along with Hollywood stars.
In particular, Chinese people also stand in the C position.
On Weibo, an entertainment big V just reposted this photo, which attracted more than 100,000 netizens to watch.
"Every time I see media reports that Hollywood stars respect Director Chen very much, they will feel a sense of incongruity, but when I think about it, I feel it is normal."
"This is also a kind of stone hammer. Little Lizi and Iron Man are the top Hollywood stars, so Feng Shen still has to stand in the middle."
"I heard that Iron Man and Li Zi have a conflict. Now I have taken photos together because of Director Chen's face?" "Okay, the American news reprinted online at Front-end Time said that these two people were just fighting each other in person." Chen Linfeng didn't know that any photo of the group attracted the attention of the melon-eating crowd.
As soon as he finished taking the photo, he let go of the two of them disliked, and it was still my Xixi who felt comfortable hugging her.
I have watched the movie many times, and Chen Linfeng is not interested in watching it again.
During the movie, he observed the expressions of other audiences more.
It can be seen that domestic audiences do not feel very empathetic or empathetic.
But overall, everyone is still considering it.
In fact, the movie "The Joker" can better understand the beauty of the movie in the art of light and shadow and plot arrangement from a third-party perspective.
Arthur's several involuntary dances almost clearly tells you that I've shot this part very awesome.
From the perspectives of Zhang Yimou, Jiang Wen and others, this is a little deliberate, losing the unique blank space and tactfulness of China.
But for ordinary audiences or ordinary filmmakers, they will look particularly artistic.
It is a sense of art that ordinary people can appreciate and perceive.
From this perspective, you will feel that this is just right.
Jiang Wen thought of this and understood why everyone said they couldn't understand "The Sun Rises As Ordinary".
What is missing is the mentality of deliberately presenting this sense of art.
It is not good to be too obscure.
After the movie screening, Liu Qianqian came back to her senses in shock.
"Arthur was a bit miserable. In the end, the clown became the master's personality. Did Arthur disappear?"
"Sixi, what do you think?" Chen Linfeng replied, "Well..., that's about it."
"Hey, I don't like watching tragedies the most." Liu Qianqian murmured.
"But the quality of this movie is still very good. I can see that many things have been put into their hearts."
She quickly added a few more words, "Leo's acting skills are also very good, it makes people want to send him a little golden man at the first time."
Leonardo, who was sitting on the other side of Chen Linfeng, heard this and laughed, "cc, thank you for your praise."
Liu Qianxi wrinkled her nose, "I didn't praise you. I mean that my Xiaofeng trained your acting skills very well."
Then came a brief reporter's question and audience Q&A.
These are all conventional questions. I don’t know how many times I have answered them, so I won’t repeat them.
As the end of the show, several domestic leaders came over and had a brief exchange.
"This movie talks too little about the class."
Jiang Wen shook his head dissatisfiedly, "It's boring to stop just by tasting it."
Chen Linfeng spread his hands helplessly, "I want to say more, but how can I review it."
Feng Xiaogang widened his eyes, "The Americans also need to pass the review?"
"No special department said whether you can pass the review, but when I was writing the script, I showed it to the people from Warner Company, and they called it back."
Chen Linfeng curled his lips, "So, how can we set up a department specifically? When we don't like the plot, we rule out movies that we don't want to pass the review when we attract investment."
"Capitalist countries have their own national conditions." Zhang Yimou concluded.
"By the way."
Chen Kaige blinked, "Then the capitalists of this beautiful country are not as good as those of the Bangguo. They don't even have to say such a narrative."
Whatever they say to, no matter where they sit on their butt, now Chen, Chen Linfeng and Jiang Wen are talking to each other, and they often mock the Americans. "This movie makes ordinary audiences look okay. I think it's average, too explicit, and the content is a bit superficial." Jiang Wen said bluntly.
"It's not for you to show it," Chen Linfeng rolled his eyes, "It's enough for ordinary audiences to watch it well, and this film sets off the male lead, and there is still hope of winning the award."
Zhang Yimou nodded, "Indeed, Li Zi has a great hope this time." Jiang Wen also said, "This is right. The film shows the protagonist very well. If you focus on the actor award, you really may win the award." Feng Xiaogang said, "In fact, not only the actor award, but "The Joker" can resonate with the public. Who knows whether the judges will give the director or the best movie award because of this." "I still don't want to be that far away." Chen Linfeng shook his head, it's better to be humble in front of his peers.
I didn't see these people now are jealous.
Although "The Joker" has something wrong, it seems a bit simple in front of many directors.
But you have to ask them if they want to have a similar movie.
Then they will agree immediately.
There is hope for a billion dollar movie, I dream of it.
Mad, this kid hasn't had enough of a movie, so he wants to come back.
Really lack of greed.
The premiere of "The Joker" ended, and these directors came to participate purely to give Chen Linfeng face.
The next premiere of "Iron Man 3", they are no longer interested in joining in the fun.
Chen Linfeng, Liu Qianqian, Leonardo and others moved to another venue to participate in the premiere of "Iron Man 3".
The two men don’t need to change their clothes, and Xixi still needs to change one.
It happened to be Hanfu before, but now I have changed into a Western style dress.
"Is it good-looking?" Liu Qianqian walked around.
Chen Linfeng decisively gave her a thumbs up, and then put on her cloaked jacket. "It's cold outside, let's not freeze." Liu Qianqian gave him a pretty look and said, "Don't freeze."
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but burst into laughter. "What's wrong?" "Nothing, just feel good." There are many people coming to the premiere of "Iron Man 3".
There are many celebrities who are looking for Disney's face, and some people want to meet Robert Downey Jr.
In addition, Fan Binbin also greeted a group of people. Although the heavyweight is not as good as "The Joker", it is lively enough.
Finally, Fan Binbin looks in a good mood.
Unfortunately, this movie only brings ridicule.
When watching the movie, Chen Linfeng paid special attention and it was indeed a special edition.
The content released in China is different from that in foreign countries, with some of Fan Binbin's scenes.
Fan Binbin said he joined "Iron Man" and starred in an international Hollywood blockbuster.
The result is that only domestically can see the version of the global screening and Fan Binbin's scenes are almost gone.
What's the point of this?
The main content of the movie is no different from the previous life, a typical popcorn movie.
After the screening, Shane Black and Robert Downey Jr. came here to thank him for supporting him.
Chen Linfeng bluntly pointed out the special offer. "If you want the Chinese market, it is best to respect it from the bottom of your heart. What is the difference between you doing this and an insulting actor?
Do you still expect the Chinese audience to think you are doing the right thing after you know it?
Or, do you think you look down on Chinese actors at all and start boycotting?"
The two of them were a little embarrassed. It was really unauthorized to do this.
Especially Shane Black, his face was not very good-looking. "Chen, we absolutely did not discriminate against Chinese actors. It's..."
He couldn't say bad things about the producers, after all, his status was not that level.
"If you feel discriminated against, I apologize to you."
Chen Linfeng shook his head, "Although I am not very happy, the matter did not happen to me. I am not qualified to accept your apology, and you don't have to worry about what I do extra."
He knew that what the other party feared the most was his influence in China.
"But, in your movie, there is more than this problem. That 'Mandarin' is also a hot spot. The country hates this discriminatory villain."
When Black was about to explain again, he immediately raised his hand to stop, "I just mentioned my opinion, but there is no other meaning, don't misunderstand."
He continued, "There is something wrong in these plots, and domestic audiences will definitely find it.
If public opinion starts at that time, the above may have to use the method of removing the shelves.
Because this setting will indeed hurt the emotions of the Chinese people. "
Faced with the other party's increasingly ugly expression, Chen Linfeng's expression was sincere.
"I have no other meaning to say this, but because everyone knows that our two movies are rivals.
And I have a lot of fans and fans.
Maybe someone will stare at the problem of your movie, then make things bigger and eventually turn them off the shelves. ”
"In this case, there are other companies or forces that promote the fire." Chen Linfeng spread his hands, "I can only guarantee that I won't do more, but I hope you don't think that what others do is my hand."
"After all, Disney and I have been working happily, and we are all friends."
Shan Black and Robert Downey Jr.: "..."
The two looked at each other, and both felt their scalp numb.
They are just here to promote, why are they still involved in such a thing? ! ?
(This chapter ends)