Chapter 517: The leader is top-notch, and the flowers are blooming in the future
“Yu Tang, congratulations on the box office success.”
“Brother Xiao Ming, thank you for your hard work on the publicity.”
When Huang Xiaoming received the call, Zhou Yutang and Guo Fan were finishing a meeting with several special effects teams on the set.
It has been nearly two months since the filming started in May, and the day when "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" will be completed is getting closer and closer.
"It's my job."
Huang Xiaoming laughed heartily: "When will the filming be completed at your end?"
Zhou Yutang is busy filming, and Liu Shishi is also very busy with his schedule, only participating in a few scenes The main promotion work for the variety show "Jing Zhong Yue Fei" still falls on Huang Xiaoming and Fan Binbin.
The studios of these two are also producers of this drama, and they are very active in their work.
I only appeared at the premiere of Hui Province Satellite TV in the afternoon the day before yesterday, and rushed to the premiere of Zhejiang Province early yesterday morning. I also paid homage to Yue Fei at the Yue Fei Temple in Hangzhou, which became a hot search.
"It's almost over, it will be over this month."
Zhou Yutang chatted with Huang Xiaoming for a few words, and then looked at the messages on his phone.
In the circle, familiar and unfamiliar people all sent congratulatory messages.
Everyone with a discerning eye can see that "Sha Po Lang 2" is another blockbuster movie, sweeping the summer movies without any rivals.
Many people have Zhou Yutang’s work mobile phone number, but many friends have also sent messages to his personal number.
Zhou Yutang only selected some friends who were relatively close to him to reply, and ignored the others who were flattering.
Then he threw all his mobile phones to Ni Ni and left the rest to her.
During the following period, Zhou Yutang continued to join the crew for filming. Huo Wenxi took Wu Jing, Zhang Jing and other crew chiefs to run road shows one stop at a time, and good news came frequently,
" "Tiny Times" has a total box office of 320 million in one week after its release, but only 12.5 million in a single day. The film schedule was severely cut off. Director Guo Xiaosi cried bitterly and accused the film industry of xenophobia and was suppressed by theaters. "
"One week after the release of "The Wolf 2", the mainland box office exceeded 448 million, leading the summer season. The box office has grown steadily. The most powerful action movie is an unstoppable hit this summer!"
There is smoke everywhere in the movie market.
But the expected fight between the dragon and the tiger did not happen. After all, it was just a joke that "Tiny Times" hit the box office record of "Love in a Bouquet".
After "Sha Po Lang 2" joined the battlefield, the battle for the summer release has already decided the winner.
Since its release, this most explosive action movie in recent years has strongly ended the discussion that Chinese movies have entered an era of inferiority.
Zhou Yutang felt a little surprised when he saw the box office data that Ni Ni compiled and sent every day.
Originally, according to Soochow Pictures' internal assessment, the box office target for this movie was probably around 400 million.
As I said before, it all depends on peers.
With "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" and "Tiny Times" feeding the audience, "Slaying the Wolf 2" originally had an 80-point score, but it achieved at least a 90-point box office score.
If you have the choice, who wouldn’t want to eat something good?
Zack Snyder took control of DC's first game, and "Man of Steel" grossed 37.64 million at the box office on its first day.
This was also suppressed by "Slaying the Wolf 2", with only 20% of the films scheduled on the first day, and the box office performance was not as expected.
As for "The Detective" produced by Enlight, it was also released at the end of June, with a box office of approximately 24 million on the first day.
Compared to the production cost of over 100 million, the box office performance was somewhat dismal.
The participation of these two new films in the competition further weakened the film schedule of "Tiny Times", which was an unexpected surprise.
The filming of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" crew is still in progress. The crew is highly concentrated and is nearing the final stage.
"Reba, pay attention to your position."
"Adjust the angle of the second camera, I want to reflect the exciting and nervous feeling of life hanging by a thread."
Zhou Yutang wore a mask, Sitting behind the monitor, he kept giving orders: "Attention all units, it's time to start!"
The recorder slapped the board: "Scene 58, Shot 6 of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", Action!"
< br>There is still a dark mist in the air.
Several members of Hu Bayi's main group walked through a long and narrow stone beam.
The coffin of the exquisite queen is in sight.
At this moment, the corpse-scented konjac on the coffin bloomed faintly.
A demonic mysterious power began to spread.
The protagonist group seemed to be in a dream, as if they had seen something incredible. They all took a breath and looked horrified.
Dozens of resurrected Japanese soldiers climbed up from the abyss of purgatory.
Like a hundred ghosts walking at night.
In fact, this is just an illusion caused by corpse-scented konjac.
Those who come into contact with Queen Jingjue, whatever they are most afraid of and most eager to see, the corresponding scene will appear in front of them.
This scene went wrong many times. When these ghost soldiers took off their hoods, they were all sweating.
July in the capital is no joke, so Ni Ni quickly arranged for the venue to provide iced drinks to cool down.
While the crew was resting, Zhou Yutang and Guo Fan discussed the shooting effects. During the chat, Guo Fan asked curiously: "Director Zhou, I heard that there will be a TV series after Ghost Blowing the Lamp?"< br>
“If nothing else happens, we will make a TV series.”
Zhou Yutang nodded. Ba Chang himself is also on the screenwriting team and was deeply involved in the creation of the script. According to him, "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" was just a writing practice at the beginning.
The first volume can basically be divided into two parts.
In the first half, which ends at the underground military fortress at the black wind outlet of Yerengou, there are no clear clues related to the main plot. It is similar to folklore and country talk.
The second half is about the main plot. It can only be said that Ba is extremely talented in singing. He has been upgraded every time, and his skills have gradually become more and more proficient. From now on, he will get better and better as he writes.
It would be unrealistic if the movie were to be completely based on the novel.
The whole movie is only two hours long, with about 60 or 70 scenes, and each scene is about two minutes. To tell a complete movie story, a certain degree of magic modification is necessary.
Ding Sitian plays a role in connecting the plot of the movie.
Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang always remember Ding Sitian who stayed deep in the eternal grassland.
They have never really seen Queen Jingjue, but they were affected by the corpse-scented konjac and subconsciously projected Ding Sitian's appearance.
Zhou Yutang took a sip of ice-cold pear soup, turned around and asked: "What do you think after finishing "Ghost Blowing the Lamp"?"
Guo Fan looked solemn and began to think seriously. .
The way Zhou Yutang usually treats him is not like a leader treating his subordinates, but more like a friend.
But Guo Fan knew what he was doing and set his position correctly.
He scratched his head and grinned: "Thank you, Director Zhou, for giving me this rare opportunity."
"One of my own."
Zhou Yutang shook his head and smiled: "Don't Come on.”
"Then I'll just say it casually."
"Making a special effects blockbuster like "Ghost Blowing Out the Lamp" takes a lot of time and energy. Many things have been decided before the filming starts. The early preparations, the communication with the actors Communication, as well as docking with the coordinator, special effects team, and art and lighting team during shooting”
“Every step requires a lot of effort. To achieve the expected artistic effect, the entire process must be It’s very important. Compared with the shooting period, I think the entire post-production special effects takes longer.”
“There are no shortcuts in doing visual effects.”
Zhou Yutang nodded and said with a smile. You need to invest time and capital, and put more thought into it than during the filming period.”
With an investment of 250 million, only a small part of the actors' remuneration was spent on special effects and scenes.
“I really learned a lot from being able to work with Director Zhou as an assistant director.”
This is not flattery, it comes entirely from Guo Fan’s heart.
After following Zhou Yutang for several dramas, I realized that his control over the crew was indeed outrageous, which made Guo Fan extremely admired.
“The follow-up movie of Ghost Blowing the Lantern is left to you.”
Zhou Yutangneng patted him on the shoulder, and seeing his confused look, he suddenly felt a little funny.
For this project, he specially gave many scenes, including the docking with several groups, to Guo Fan to practice, and he was subtly guiding and observing most of the time.
The result was a big surprise. Guo Fan was probably born to eat this kind of rice. It can be said that he has made rapid progress.
One of Jiangdong's three generals, Zhou Yutang's attention and training for Guo Fan was not inferior to that of Lu Yang and Wen Muye.
Now he keeps planting seeds.
In the near future, there may be Chinese Nolans and Spielbergs growing up in this land of China.
"The movie "Blind Detective", a trio of Johnnie To, Andy Lau, and Sammi Cheng, grossed 17 million at the box office on its first day of release!"
"The new film "Man of Tai Chi" directed by Keanu Reeves ”, the first-day box office revenue was only 5 million, and the Hollywood star’s directorial debut failed miserably at the box office! "
" "Man of Steel" had a box office revenue of 160 million in its first week, and the total box office in two weeks was nearly 300 million! , the film schedule has dropped to 9.9%!"
"The total box office of "Little Times" has dropped to 358 million, and the single-day box office has dropped to 6 million. Guo Xiaosi boldly said that he will come back!"< br>
The war has been raging all over the summer holiday recently, and Guangguang Laowang is not in a good mood.
After "Fuji Detective" took in a box office of 110 million in the three days of its first weekend, its daily box office continued to plummet.
Liu Shishi is one of the female protagonists, but her role is not many. It is mainly because the Kung Fu Emperor wants to praise his godson. Unfortunately, the audience did not pay for it.
The failure of this large-scale commercial film project directly led to the stock price of RayLight falling for several days.
Du Qifeng is also an old hapless man.
Strictly speaking, his "Blind Detective" can beat "Fuji Detective" and "Tai Chi", and it also beats "Tiny Times". It can be regarded as a movie of good quality.
It's just that the lead actor Andy Lau was affected by the reputation of "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains". At this time, "Slaying the Wolf 2" was still raging in the film market, so it seemed a bit lackluster.
"Slaying the Wolf 2" was released for two weeks, with a total box office of 574 million. The single-day box office inevitably dropped to just over 20 million, but the theater schedule is still as high as 28%!
The box office of 600 million is only one step away.
Guo Xiaosi originally shouted slogans, preparing to hit the box office record of Love Myth.
Now people in the industry look at him like a clown who is just trying to make people laugh.
Zhou Yutang didn't even take action himself, but the work "Slaying the Wolf 2" that he produced has easily suppressed it.
The outstanding performance of "Slaying the Wolf 2" has completely established Jiangdong Longtou's top position.
Whether the summer season is chaotic or not, Zhou Yutang has the final say.
(End of this chapter)