Chapter 221 No. 1 at the Mainland Box Office
They knew very well that Wang Shu didn’t like drinking coffee, and it was difficult to refuse, so in the end he forced himself to drink it.
Then, because Wang Shu drank the coffee, everyone thought that Wang Shu did not resist coffee, so more people brought coffee to Wang Shu.
Wang Shu was tortured so much.
“That’s what happened.” Mei Ting answered with a smile.
"What is it specifically like? Can you tell me?" The host then asked for details
Hearing this, Zhou Xun and Mei Ting looked at each other again, and then said in a deep voice: "Well, how should I say it? "
" Director Wang was already a great director who won an award at Cannes when he was filming "The Legend of Zhen Huan". We wanted to leave a good impression in front of Director Wang, so we brought him Coffee."
"Then everyone saw that Director Wang was in a good mood after drinking coffee, so they all brought coffee to Director Wang."
"Finally, it was discovered that Director Wang was not. Those of us who love coffee are just stupid.”
When filming "The Legend of Zhen Huan", Mei Ting was not the first person to bring coffee to Wang Shu. At this time, she joined in with herself and Zhou Xun.
After hearing this, Zhou Xun also nodded and answered: "Yes, that was the case at that time."
In this interview, there were only two of them, and the questions asked by the host Only they can answer.
"So. Director Wang doesn't like to drink coffee, but he drank a lot of it because of your 'kindness' on the set of "The Legend of Zhen Huan"?" The host heard this and asked with joy. When the word "good intentions" is used, emphasis is placed on the pronunciation.
Zhou Xun said with a smile: "Actually, it's not that Director Wang doesn't like drinking coffee."
Seeing that the host seemed to take a breath, she smiled and said again, "He doesn't drink coffee at all."
"Huh?" The host was instantly surprised when he heard this.
Mei Ting added some exciting news at the right time, "Director Wang thinks coffee hurts his stomach, so he doesn't drink it."
"Then on the set, it was difficult to refuse our kindness, I just kept on drinking.”
“It took a long time for us to discover this.”
The host was speechless when he heard this, opened his mouth and said: "So, Director Wang was really tortured by you when he was filming "The Legend of Zhen Huan"?"
Confrontation between Zhou Xun and Mei Ting Take a look, then nod with a knowing smile.
October 21st.
The daily box office of "Space Traveler" has plummeted to more than one million.
The total box office has reached 260 million, surpassing "Hero" directed by Zhang Yimou and becoming the highest-grossing movie in the mainland.
At this time, Wang Shu was not only the second mainland movie with a single-film box office exceeding 200 million, but also broke the record set by Zhang Yimou and became the new mainland single-film box office number one.
"Hero" has a box office of 250 million in the mainland, and has always been the top single-film box office. Whether it is Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kaige, or Hong Kong's Zhou Xingxing, no one has been able to break it.
Today, the mainland box office of "Space Traveler" has exceeded 260 million, but it has broken this record.
From then on, Wang Shu began to defend the ring.
Of course, in terms of global box office, "Space Traveler" is naturally no match for "Hero".
But the new box office record for mainland movies was set by "Space Traveler".
Han Sanping is very happy that "Time Traveler" has set a new record. There have been many reports in the print media and online media circles, and there are endless voices of boasting and exclamation.
Wang Shu was embarrassed.
He knows that although "Space Traveler" broke the mainland box office record of "Hero" and became the number one box office in the mainland.
But if you can’t even sit still, you will be refreshed by Lao Mouzi.
It's already October 21st, and Zhang Yimou's "The Golden Armor" will be released in less than two months. The mainland box office was 290 million, setting a new record.
Although "Space Traveler" is the number one box office movie in mainland China at this time, it can only stay on the throne for two months at most before it is broken.
The louder you blow now, the more embarrassing it will be when the record is refreshed in the future.
Therefore, when facing these voices, he remained silent, just so that he would not be embarrassed.
If it were Chen Kaige, he would have been in high spirits a long time ago. Not only would he not avoid interviews, but he would also be eager for someone to interview him so that he could show off loudly.
If Wang Shu hadn't known that the mainland box office of "The Golden Armor" would be 290 million, he would have spoken loudly.
But now he feels it is necessary to keep a low profile.
Of course, if the box office of "Space Traveler" can exceed 290 million, there is no need for Wang Shu to keep a low profile amidst all the boasting.
It's just that "Time Traveler" has been released for three weeks, and there is only one week left before it will be released.
There is usually no comment on the box office in the last week. Unless the Yin soldiers pass through, it is impossible to get more than 30 million in box office.
This means that the box office of "Space Traveler" will never exceed 290 million, and will only reach 270 million at most.
On that day, Wang Shu did not go to the crew of "Secret Garden". Instead, after adjusting the scenes, he handed over the filming of the crew to the assistant directors, and then stayed at the company to preside over the auditions.
This audition is just a preliminary try on the makeup and will not directly determine the candidate.
Of course.
Although the candidates will not be directly confirmed, some actors will be screened out.
Wang Shu will audition the remaining actors after finishing filming "Secret Garden".
Since they were auditioning at Yishu Company, the actors all took it seriously, and all of them came early to wait.
The roles in the "blockbuster" are limited, and the actors who received the invitation to audition were already involved with each other from the beginning.
Among the actors who came to audition, there were Chen Kun, Zhang Hanyu, Huang Xiaoming, Liu Ye, Fu Dalong, Huang Bo, Guo Tao, etc.
Wang Shu glanced around and found that there were actually relatively few new-generation movie actors in the Mainland.
He also knows this in his heart.
In recent major productions, the male protagonists are basically played by actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Over time, he became one of the few successful movie actors in the Mainland.
Comparatively speaking, actresses have improved their status by co-starring with male actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Hong Kong movies flourished earlier, and Hong Kong movie stars became famous earlier.
The times dictate that there is no way around it.
After this period of labor pains, the mainland will slowly nurture actors who can take the lead.
Now even if Wang Shu wants to find a leading actor in the film field in the mainland who can co-star with Gong Li, it is difficult to find him.
It’s not impossible. For example, Zhang Yimou is enough to play a supporting role with Gong Li, but this is impossible.
Another example is Chen Baoguo. In terms of status, he is far enough to play a supporting role with Gong Li.
It’s just that this guy is currently out of action and won’t come out again for about 10 years.
(End of this chapter)