Chapter 405: Repeated Blows
“The gap between “Passengers” and “Future Police” is really big?”
Big? Huge is not enough to describe it.
Fan Congcheng didn’t know how to describe it to Mu Xiaoguang.
Liu Dehua asked her just now, and Wang Jing also called and made insinuations.
But she still had the basic qualities of an actor, so how could she reveal too much, so she could only be vague and perfunctory about the two of them.
“You already knew it when it premiered. I’ll just say a little bit and you’ll almost understand it.”
“Brother Chen never asked me about “Future Police” from the beginning to the end.”
Mu Xiaoguang understood. He didn’t take Wang Jing seriously at all.
“According to what you said, I am really looking forward to this “Passengers” more and more!”
"栤栤, maybe this "Space Passenger" will bring you unexpected gains." Mu Xiaoguang's eyes lit up.
Fan Congcheng also had brilliance in his eyes.
At midnight that night, "Avatar" began to be shown nationwide.
Starting from the moment of zero o'clock, "Avatar", which has been sharpening its sword for 10 years, started an unreasonable and record-breaking journey to the earth as the first imported blockbuster in 2010.
The current global box office of "Avatar" has exceeded 1 billion US dollars.
The eight major theater chains in China have their eyes wide open to see how much the domestic box office of "Avatar" can reach on the first day.
This 1 billion bet is closely related to them.
Even Yang Siwei and Li Chen's subordinates were all sleepless and tossing and turning.
Only Li Chen was exhausted by Ms. Liu and fell asleep in a dark place.
“January 4th is the first day of the official release of the legendary science fiction blockbuster “Avatar.” According to theater estimates, the film’s box office revenue alone was about 4 million, surpassing the summer release of “Transformers 2” "3.5 million"
"The zero-hour screening set a domestic record!"
"According to incomplete statistics, there were 54 cinemas in Beijing on January 4, showing "Avatar" 2,244 times, more than all other films combined."
"The attendance rate for the midnight premiere at Beijing Wanda CBD Store was 100%, and the attendance rate for the 3 a.m. show was also 60%."
"In Beijing, the film schedule of "Avatar" on January 4 exceeded The total number of screenings for all other films, "October Siege", which ranked second, was less than 500."
"Almost only one-fifth of "Avatar", and Zhang Yimou's "Three Guns" was even more rejected. , several theaters in Guangdong abandoned it. This is the first time in Zhang Yimou’s career that his film has not completed the entire theatrical release period.”
"According to industry insiders, the box office of "Avatar" at midnight and on the first day has exceeded 35 million. Driven by this, the domestic Monday box office reached an all-time peak of 35 million."
"Following this trend, "Avatar" is very likely to exceed 100 million on Wednesday and 250 million in the first week, which will create a new miracle for Chinese movies."
In the early morning, the Internet was full of news about "Avatar". The opening celebrations were covered up.
The audience who watched the premiere praised "Avatar" unstintingly, and many netizens even sprayed "Three Guns" all over.
There is no harm without contrast.
"Amazing visual effects!"
"Avatar and the Na'vi are nothing like computer characters, they are simply real people."
"After Cameron finished talking about beautiful love, he also told A higher-level caring story; and Zhang Yimou just hired a few duo actors to sell a bowl of fried noodles."
"It was just a charlatan's trick to get everyone into the theater for Zhang Yimou's new film. We shouted that we were fooled!”
“It was obviously a group fight against demolition, but it had an epic atmosphere.”
"Cameron created a planet, as if he had a dream, and now he is back on Earth. I am convinced."
The audience burst into praise.
The eight major theater chains collectively breathed a sigh of relief: there were only 35 million on the first day. Not bad, not bad.
When Li Chen woke up, the Avatar effect had already begun to appear.
Filmmakers, writers, and businessmen are also busy.
"The director of "2012" could only kowtow after watching "Avatar". - Kong Chiang, President of Hong Kong Island Anle."
"This is a great movie, and I give full marks to Avatar - Han Han. "
Damn it, it's my turn as promised, Lao Jiang, Ahan, why don't you practice martial ethics!
It’s great to have a theater chain, Lao Jiang? I'll go see it now.
After reading the results, Taro racked his brains and vowed to regain his position as the number one commentator in domestic entertainment.
But how to show it, Taro scratched his head anxiously.
Ah ah ah, the good wind helps me, Taro, to rise to the top with his strength.
Taro couldn't help shouting in his heart.
Maybe Taro has been depressed for too long.
From being made to cry by Jiang Wen, to being defeated by Li Chen, Nan Jing, and then falling out of favor in front of Han Sanping.
Taro was so miserable that he played a big game this time and almost lost himself.
“I’m so ashamed! This is a complete defeat that we Chinese filmmakers must collectively witness and be collectively convinced by! I can’t help but worry that if domestic films don’t advance, they will retreat and lose to foreign forces—director Lu Chuan.”< br>
I saw that my blog post quickly became a hot topic on portal headlines and Weibo.
Excited heart, trembling hands, Taro's mung bean eyes did not blink.
"Stay away, don't hurt your eyes," Ms. Qin comforted her softly.
When he woke up in the morning, the man went out in a hurry, saying he was going to see Avatar, but he came back in a hurry.
She even doubted whether he had finished watching it. Avatar was nearly three hours long.
It took less than two hours for him to come back and forth.
As soon as I came back, it was like being in front of a computer screen.
Taro’s blog is both shameful and concerned about the country and the people, and also quoted Jiang Zhihao’s theory of ‘kneeling down’.
It immediately triggered a storm of public opinion.
Netizens were the first to give him a slap in the face, leaving Taro completely confused.
“He thinks he is Xiao Lizi, Lao Mouzi, or the great director Kai Ge.”
“For us Chinese filmmakers, who is Lu Chuan? He is plagiarizing Xiao Daren? You are such a talented person? We Chinese filmmakers are so proud of themselves.” Don’t take yourself too seriously.”
How could this happen? Taro collapsed. I just wanted to liven up the atmosphere and touch the Avatar.
Do you want to be so serious?
Soon, Taro found himself collectively despised by his peers.
Compared with Taro, this controversy did not affect other domestic directors.
Everyone basically does what they are supposed to do.
Feng Xiaogang is currently in post-production for his recently completed disaster film "Tangshan Earthquake".
The staff around him revealed that Director Feng was too busy with his own movies, so he had no time to watch other movies.
First-level architect and director Kai Ge is even busier.
According to insiders, Lao Chen is busy with the first large-scale live performance that reflects the beautiful scenery of Yunnan.
He himself still has to prepare "Zhao Orphan", and the entire Zhao Orphan City has not yet been completed.
The poet not only has to be the foreman to supervise the progress of the project, but is also busy looking for male and female actors.
He didn't even watch "Warriors" and "Three Guns", how could he have time to watch "Avatar"!
Li Chen’s new company has just opened and is so busy that he can’t be contacted at all.
The terrifying film schedules of major theaters directly led to the cancellation of "Three Guns", "Wind and Cloud 2" and "The Tomb" one after another.
"Three Guns" finally won 210 million at the box office, making a lot of money.
An insider revealed that the cost of "Three Guns" was only 30 million, and the actual cost is probably only about 20 million.
"Wind and Cloud 2" and "Chilling" are evenly matched, each taking over 60 million yuan and losing all their money.
Li Chen accompanied Ms. Liu to the CBD Wanda to watch the IMAX version of "Avatar". After coming out and getting in the car, the two took off their masks and smiled at each other.
"It seems, it doesn't seem like it. It's not as mysterious as what is said on the Internet, right?" Miss Liu said uncertainly.
It was the praises of industry insiders such as Lu Chuan, Jiang Zhiru, Han Hanning Caishen and others that attracted her.
That’s why I couldn’t wait to drag my fiancé along to have a look.
Maybe it’s because I’ve been with my fiancé for a long time, and my horizons have improved a lot.
This drama was good to watch, but it didn’t make her feel like she wanted to commit herself to it after watching it.
“The core of the story is ordinary, but it’s just packaged with high-tech to be charming.”
“Sissi, you have to believe in yourself and dare to question authority, not to mention that a few of them are just Just a drop in the ocean.”
"It doesn't represent Chinese filmmakers." Li Chen encouraged, holding his fiancée's hand.
The driver Lao Liu basically never interferes in the conversation between the boss and his wife.
I couldn't help but laugh this time: "Miss, what Mr. said is that apart from Mr., the only authority in the film industry is Zhang Yimou."
Li Chen ignored Old Liu : "Listen, this is Lao Liu's true insight."
Liu Yifei snorted and laughed: "I know, authoritative!"
After New Year's Day, the two began to get busy again, and Ms. Liu was busy participating in various activities.
Li Chen is also busy with perfecting his painting skills.
Zhizhen Painting Li Chen is going to hand it over to Wu Bin to manage. His nine-month trip to Hollywood is not a tourist trip.
It turned out that his position was handed over to Yu Miao to take over.
“The top priority now is to improve the company structure as soon as possible.”
"Don't worry, Director Li. I have already been looking for talents in major universities and have also hired headhunters."
"At the opening ceremony reception that day, Director Tian and Dean Sun also expressed their strong support for us. Perfect painting skills."
"Director Sun Lijun of the School of Animation?"
"Yes, that's him. He saw our equipment and environment and laughed at me. My dream is animation. I really want to quit my job at school and work for you.”
“You told him we want to make cartoons?”
"Without your nod, how could I dare to reveal the company's secrets? I just said that I have this intention."
After Li Chen explained the work to Wu Bin, he remembered that Jiang Wen invited him to visit the class that day, so he called Jiang Wen. Made a phone call.
When Jiang Wen heard that he was coming, he immediately asked him to come quickly.
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Wen muttered to himself: I finally tricked you.
Then he asked his wife to inform the media.
If we don't take this opportunity to build momentum for his "Let the Bullets Fly", I'm afraid the media will forget who he is, Jiang Wen.
"Avatar" was released on Monday, January 4th, and a week has passed.
On Saturday, January 9, "Avatar" set a record for the highest single-day box office in mainland China with a box office of 60 million in a single day.
Following this, it once again broke the weekly box office record with a first-week box office of 270 million yuan in the mainland.
The industry was amazed.
The eight major theater chains are still as stable as an old dog.
The latest data shows that the North American box office of the film has reached 485 million US dollars, and the global box office has been 1.43 billion US dollars.
There is only US$508 million left before the overall championship "Titanic".
Judging from the film's current box office trend in the mainland, industry insiders still generally believe that the box office of "Avatar" is expected to exceed 500 million.
The film’s release period is as long as 2 months, and it is not ruled out that it will continue to be released after the end of February.
Therefore, whether the film can hit the mainland box office of US$100 million, or 680 million yuan, will become the biggest suspense next.
As for the one-billion-dollar bet, it’s time to cool down the situation.
This is the unanimous view of the industry. The media scratched their heads anxiously and wanted to ask the billionaire gamblers what they thought.
I still thought Li Chen could reply to Taro’s controversial remarks about Hami.
Chen Kaige and Feng Xiaogang both replied directly: No time!
But the two leaders, Li Chen and Zhang Yimou, have not spoken out yet.
As a result, after hearing the news from the Let the Bullets Fly crew, Li Chen visited the Let the Bullets Fly team today.
The media suddenly rushed to Huairou from all directions like hungry wolves.
"Boss, are you going to the crew of "Let the Bullets Fly"?"
"You are very smart, how do you know?"
Yang Siwei was speechless: "Boss, everyone on earth knows about it, okay."
"I heard it was released by the crew of "Let the Bullets Fly" "The wind."
When Yang Siwei heard this, she immediately thought that her boss might have let Jiang Wenchuan.
Which is more spicy, ginger or wen?
When she first heard that Jiang Wen had staged an empty city plan to deceive Ge You and Chow Yun-fat, she still didn't believe it.
Now she believed it all
Li Chen thought about it and figured it out. No wonder Jiang Wen invited him to visit the class again and again.
It’s just that I want to give him free publicity and platform before the filming is completed.
What a great Jiang Wen, this is a rush to put on the shelves.
Bah, bah, bah, he is the duck!
"Okay, I understand." Li Chen hung up on Yang Siwei.
Yang Siwei was speechless for a long time. What do you mean, I know?
"Let the Bullets Fly" is indeed good, and there is nothing wrong with returning to Taiwan for Jiang Wen.
Li Chen's mind is not so narrow-minded.
It's just that I'm very unhappy about being used as a gunman by this old boy, so I have to give him some color today.
Arrived at Qingshiling Village in Huairou.
Jiang Wen and Zhou Yun came forward together.
"Hahaha, I finally invited you here!" Jiang Wen, dressed in a gray cloth military uniform, gave Li Chen a big hug.
"I hope I don't invite you into the urn!" Li Chen and Zhou Yun shook hands and hummed.
Jiang Wen laughed, knowing that the media would definitely not be able to hide the matter from the octopus-like Li Chen.
I simply admitted it openly: "I was the one who let the media know."
"Can I finally invite you, a big shot, so that I can't make the best use of him?"
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Zhou Yun was afraid that Li Chen would fall out, so he quickly stepped aside and said, "Don't mind, Director Li, Lao Jiang is very happy that you can come."
"Haha, let's go in and talk. ." Jiang Wen hugged Li Chen and strode toward the crew.
Liu Jialing, Ge Youmiaopu and others are all there.
I didn’t see Chow Yun-fat, maybe because there was no role for him in Qingshiling.
“Our Director Li is here, welcome.” Ge You looked like a cunning master dressed as a master.
No one dared to mention the 1 billion bet.
Even Jiang Wen never mentioned this matter, for fear that Li Chen would be embarrassed.
"Welcome Director Li." Liu Jialing shook hands with Li Chen.
Jiang Wen glanced at the 'eight-year-old' giant baby not far away and had a bold idea in his mind.
Immediately smiled and said: "How about it, are you interested in a guest role?"
Li Chen refused without thinking: "Dream!"
Ha Haha. Ge You and Jiang Wen both laughed.
Liu Jialing and Zhou Yun also covered their mouths and chuckled.
Jiang Wen sighed softly in his heart, it would be great if Li Chen could play Miao Pu’s son ‘Eight Years Old’.
"Let's not talk about it for now. Let my wife accompany you. Once I have passed these points, the media will come and there will be no time."
Zhou Yunching He gave Jiang Wen a light kick. What nonsense are you talking about?
Asking my wife to accompany you sounded strange to Li Chen.
Jiang Wen also reacted, and he laughed and said: "Oh, where did you go? I wanted you to accompany him to watch the show!"
"Let the Bullets Fly" is indeed a good show, this choice The roles and acting skills are all top-notch.
The ‘eight-year-old’ mother played by Miao Pu brought this stupid and unrecognizable woman to life.
Just this short paragraph is full of doubts and endless aftertaste.
"How's it going? Feng Xiaogang shouted the slogan of 500 million, so I'm not bad either!" Jiang Wen said carelessly, with a face full of confidence.
In fact, Jiang Wen was trying to make a fool of himself at this moment, and he still cared about Li Chen's opinion.
Li Chen glanced at him, took a slow sip of water, and deliberately teased him.
The anxious Jiang Wen was restless.
"Five hundred million! Humph!" Li Chen said disdainfully.
Jiang Wen, Ge You and everyone's expressions immediately changed, and their hearts were extremely heavy.
But then Li Chen gasped again and said: "You are so good at it, you have won the Cannes Jury Prize, and you are regarded by the best actor."
"The investment is not less than that of "Earthquake", The cast is even better than that of "Earthquake""
"Sister-in-law, has your husband lost his courage?"
Jiang Wen laughed, feeling relieved at all. Care about Li Chen's revenge.
Zhou Yun smiled gently and said, "That's right. I don't know why I was blind and followed him in the first place."
Ge You also smiled and considered: "It seems that Director Li is very optimistic about us."
Jiang Wen said confidently: "That is, I, Jiang Wen, will not imitate Zhang Yimou and let the producer coerce us."
Zhou Yun glared at Jiang Wen and winked at her husband.
Don’t get carried away when you are proud, not all of us are our own people here.
Jiang Wen didn't care. He, like Li Chen, was the master of Nezha Naohai.
"By the way, what you just meant is that the box office of my movie is more than 500 million?"
This aroused everyone's interest.
Li Chen nodded: "A glimpse of one spot reveals the whole leopard."
"I just watched this short segment, coupled with your cast and your Jiang Wen's signature, it works well At least 500 million guaranteed.”
It’s 500 million guaranteed again. Everyone looked at each other, feeling uneasy.
Li Chen and Yu Dong's 500 million guarantee is still in their ears.
It has almost become synonymous with Li Chen.
Seeing a one-billion-dollar bet is heartbreaking, the five-billion-dollar guarantee is even more illusory.
However, Jiang Wen is confident that his "Let the Bullets Fly" can't be compared to Li Chen's "Charlotte".
Jiang Wen laughed, then changed the topic and said: "If you can give me a whole theme song, then it will be at least 600 million guaranteed."
"Are you right?"
Li Chen ignored Jiang Wen, but said to Zhou Yun: "Sister-in-law, take Comrade Jiang to the brain department when you have time. He probably has a Vata on his head."
“I was daydreaming.”
While everyone was enjoying themselves, a person ran up not far away and said that the media had arrived.
Jiang Wen asked the media to come in to visit the class, and then hugged Li Chen: "Say a few more nice words, and I'll treat you to a drink tonight!"
"Forget it. Now that I'm here, I won't tear you down. Let's forget about the wine."
"Hahaha, okay, if the box office exceeds 500 million, I will give you a big red envelope."< br>
"By the way, I'm afraid the media will definitely ask about "Avatar" later. The person you made him cry has been very active recently. Do you want to make him cry again?"
Jiang Wen Li Chen just raised his head and understood who he was.
He just made Lu Chuan cry, but Li Chen knocked Lu Chuan into the dust, much more cruelly than him.
"Okay, although I didn't watch it, it's not difficult to make him cry again."
The media were like a flood, swarming towards Jiang Wen and Li Chen.
When you open your mouth, you are the king of bombs.
"Director Li, Director Jiang, what do you two think about the recent "Avatar"?"
"Director Lu Chuan said that all Chinese filmmakers should be ashamed, are you two ashamed? ?”
Ge You unconsciously moved his buttocks and stayed away from these two people, for fear of being affected.
He knew Jiang Wen very well, and he was typically unreasonable and unforgiving.
When you meet Li Chen, a famous director with a vicious tongue who can make people want to die with just one sentence, you will meet a great talent.
Sure enough, Jiang Wen fired first.
"Haha, what am I ashamed of? "Let the Bullets Fly" is not necessarily worse than "Avatar"."
Listen, Jiang Wen is so confident, and Li Chen's heart beats when he hears it.
However, the Douban score of "Let the Bullets Fly" is indeed higher than that of "Avatar".
“We are better than technology or the United States, but we also have our strengths.”
“The word belittle oneself has never been in my dictionary. What about you, Director Li?”< br>
Jiang Wenxiao laughed and handed the knife to Li Chen.
Jiang Wen is quite gentle. It seems that I have to deal the fatal blow to Tarang, Li Chen thought to himself.
“In the last century, America’s mushroom clouds did not frighten our revolutionary forefathers. How can people of my generation bow down and kneel down for a movie?”
“I’m sorry, old man. It is well said that a man should strengthen himself and kneel to his parents. "
"It is his business to kneel down. He cannot represent Chinese filmmakers, he can only represent himself. "
Ge You moved his butt unconsciously again.
The media were immediately petrified.
Everyone in the venue was stunned.
Only Jiang Wen laughed loudly: "Well said!"
"Director Li, when you say 'him', do you mean Director Lu Chuan?"
A female reporter wanted to press her body against Li Chen and put the microphone into Li Chen's mouth.
"It still generally refers to Han Han, Jiang Zhiru and others." A male reporter was afraid of causing trouble.
"Whoever is ashamed knows better, and whoever likes to kneel down should kneel down." Li Chen did not answer directly, but the answer was already very clear.
“I, Li Chen, don’t have the time to show off my posture and be sad for the spring and autumn.”
“Avatar only allowed me to see the unlimited potential of our country’s market. I believe Hollywood and the whole world have also seen it.”
“This is a crisis but also a turning point, challenges and opportunities coexist.”
"What we have to do is to face up to the gap, make use of our strengths to make up for our weaknesses, and don't regard admiration for foreigners as a character, and treating foreigners as a personality!"
"It's been a hundred years since the braids were cut off, how come the movie "Avatar" still makes some people feel bad The pigtails are reborn?”
Even Jiang Wen couldn’t laugh this time.
Didn’t you agree to support his "Let the Bullets Fly" today?
Why does it seem to have gone astray?
(End of this chapter)