Chapter 242 Don’t be too greedy
"The Monkey King: Hero is Back" got the secret key for postponement, but several movies released during the Spring Festival have been taken off the screen one after another.
"Zhong Kui Fu Mo: Snow Demon Spirit" starring Chen Kun and Li Bingbing achieved a box office of 400 million yuan, which is the lowest box office among the several movies released on the first day of the Chinese New Year.
Although the producers have recouped their investment and even made a small profit at the box office, the film's reputation has collapsed. More than 80,000 people rated the film on Douban, but only 4,000 gave it 4 stars, 2,000 gave it 5 stars, and the remaining 70,000 gave it less than 3 stars, with more than half giving it 2 stars or 1 star.
As of the time the movie was taken off the screen, it had a Douban score of 4.4. When you click on the comments, you'll see nothing but insults.
More than half of the 400 million yuan box office was achieved during the 7 days of the Spring Festival, which is quite similar to the rhythm of Guo Xiaosi's "Tiny Times". In the early stage, it relied on publicity to reap a wave of box office revenue, but in the later stage, it stopped controlling reviews, and the reputation collapsed and the box office also collapsed.
Jackie Chan's "Dragon Blade" finally achieved a good result of 740 million. Although the performance was good, it was a pity that the movie failed to break 1 billion. After all, the two words "Jackie Chan" are a box office guarantee.
The most important thing is that the movie is not Jackie Chan's traditional kung fu comedy type, and the director of the movie is not good at shooting historical war films, so it is normal to achieve this result in the end.
The director of "Dragon Blade" is Hong Kong director Li Rengang, the one who loves flying saucer hats.
He previously filmed "The Dragon Resurrection", "The Imperial Guards" and "The Banquet", which were jokingly called the UFO Hat Trilogy by netizens.
It can only be said that Hong Kong directors are really not familiar with Chinese history. When they make historical films, they make a lot of changes. From Liu Bang to Zhao Yun, and then to the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty, although there are more than a thousand years between them, everyone's clothing and equipment are similar, and they wear the same style of flying saucer hats.
War films always give the feeling of Hong Kong underworld gangs fighting for territory, and the situation never improves.
Apart from "The Monkey King: Hero is Back", the biggest winner of the Spring Festival box office is "From Vegas to Macau 2" directed by Wang Jing and starring Chow Yun-fat.
In one month after its release, it grossed 972 million yuan, almost breaking 1 billion yuan, becoming the runner-up in the Spring Festival box office.
The success of "From Vegas to Macau 2" was beyond everyone's expectations. After all, the first film had a box office of 570 million yuan and its reputation was not good. Unexpectedly, the second film's performance almost doubled.
All I can say is that Director Wang Jing has completely mastered this kind of "shit, piss and fart spoof" comedy film in Hong Kong.
No matter whether the plot is reasonable or not, the movie has everything from comedy, gunfights, bikinis, and cute kids, with A380s flying in the sky and cruise ships sailing on the sea.
The director's goal was very clear and simple: to please the audience! He certainly succeeded, and the audience was clearly enjoying the film.
During the Chinese New Year when people eat a lot, watching a movie like this with friends or family without thinking is undoubtedly very helpful for digestion!
With the right timing and people, it is not surprising that such results were achieved.
In addition, the love movie "Somewhere Only We Know", which was released one day later than "The Return of the Great Sage", has also been taken off the screen, with a final box office revenue of 275 million yuan.
Although the box office performance cannot be compared with "The Monkey King: Hero is Back" and several blockbusters during the same period of the Spring Festival, it is already above average for a low-budget romance film.
Through this movie, Li Jiaheng also proved his ability to single-handedly carry the box office.
In fact, the box office of this movie exceeded 260 million in the first ten days, and there was basically no revenue in the remaining 20 days. It was entirely dependent on the box office revenue generated by Li Jiaheng's fans in the early stage.
But film and television companies like it this way. The more fanatical the fans are, the happier they are. They rely on these fans to make money.
The sun has risen high in the sky, and the sunlight shines into the house through the curtains.
Gu Wei sat up from the bed and stretched slightly. It was another energetic day.
His subtle movement caused the big Mimi hanging on his body to slowly wake up.
With his hands still on Gu Wei's strong abdominal muscles, Yang Mi slowly opened his eyes and asked in a hoarse voice:
"What time is it?"
Gu Wei reached out and took the phone on the bedside.
"It's almost noon, get up and pack up, we have a scene to shoot this afternoon."
Last night, a night scene was filmed until 1 a.m. After returning to the hotel, Gu Wei went to Yang Mi's room again and cooperated with her in some intense exercise. Both of them were really exhausted.
It can only be said that when money reaches a certain level, it will naturally enhance a person's charm. For example, Ma Yun, although her appearance is not outstanding, every girl who sees her will say that she is a handsome man with a lot of money.
Another example is Brother Xiao Ma, who is usually low-key, but as long as he stands in the crowd, he is the most handsome guy and his radiance cannot be blocked.
Gu Wei's appearance is top-notch, and coupled with the halo of being rich and wealthy, he can be said to be a walking goddess harvester. It is understandable that Yang Mi couldn't control herself.
Getting off the bed, Gu Wei began to put on his clothes.
Yang Mi leaned on his head with one hand and looked at him while lying sideways.
He has a slender and strong figure, with arms and waist like an ape, and muscles like an ancient Greek sculpture. His outline is clear but not overly bloated, and he is full of male hormones.
In fact, if you look at his body alone, Gu Wei is obviously more attractive to older women. However, with his handsome face that still has a youthful feel, the hormonal feeling shown by his body is somewhat neutralized. Overall, there is only one word to describe him - perfect.
Soon, Gu Wei put on his clothes, covering up his good figure.
Yang Mi, who was lying on the bed, looked at Gu Wei and suddenly sighed.
"What's wrong, Miss Mi?"
Gu Wei asked curiously.
"There's a really good thing, but I only have the right to use it but not the right to own it. Don't you think that's a very regrettable thing?"
"Don't be too greedy, as long as it's given to you to use, why bother about whether it's yours or not?"
Gu Wei said with a smile on his face.
“What if one day it’s no longer available?”
Yang Mi asked.
"No, with my sister's beauty, how could anyone have the heart to refuse you? Besides, there's nothing to lose by using her, so why not?"
"You're the only one who can speak~"
After hearing what Gu Wei said, Yang Mi's face suddenly brightened up.
[Assassin's Blade II: Shura Battlefield] is the prequel to the first part, telling the story of "Chen Lian" who escaped death in the "Battle of Sarhu" and became a Jinyiwei of the Northern Pacification Division.
However, during a mission to eliminate a rebel party, he killed his colleague "Ling Yun Kai" in order to save the painter "Hokusai", but he did not expect that he would be involved in a shocking conspiracy concerning the ownership of the throne.
He struggled hard to survive, but he got deeper and deeper into the Shura field where love, loyalty, brotherhood and betrayal were intertwined.
The scene to be filmed this afternoon is the scene where "Chen Lian" is threatened by "Ding Baiying" to burn the Jinyiwei's file library, and then comes back to ask her for the painter "Hokusai", and the two of them confront each other.
A well-arranged venue in the ancient city.
"Chen Lian", played by Gu Wei, wears a Feiyu suit, an embroidered spring sword on his waist, and strides into the Qingfeng Teahouse.
This was the agreed meeting place between him and "Ding Baiying".
After entering the teahouse, "Ding Baiying" played by Zhang Tianai was wearing a clean and neat plain suit and sitting on the armchair with a stern face.
Gu Wei stood in front of her, but she didn't look at him.
"I saw that fire."
"Where's Hokusai?"
"Feel sorry."
After she finished speaking, Zhang Tianai raised her hand, and a group of subordinates armed with weapons rushed out from all over the restaurant, waiting for her hand to fall and then hacking Gu Wei to death with their swords.
However, Gu Wei, who was standing in the middle, was not at all flustered.
"Did you really silence Guo?
Unexpectedly, he had been the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department.
He tampered with the treasure ship and nearly killed the emperor."
"What do you want?"
Hearing these words, Zhang Tianai stood up and asked in a deep voice.
"The Treasure Ship Supervision Record is in my hands. Use it to exchange for the girl from Hokusai."
"The girl isn't here."
"You and she are a gang of thieves. If you can't make up your mind, tell your master to come to me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Tianai slowly placed his hand on the hilt of the knife and was about to attack.
"If I die, the booklet will be sent to the Northern Pacification Office."
Gu Wei threatened.
Zhang Tianai frowned slightly, glanced at him, and put the half-unsheathed Qi family sword back into the sheath.
"Crack! This is much better. Tian Ai's expression and demeanor are both great. Passed!"
Today's scene was Zhang Tianai's first scene. It involved several shot switchings and was shot back and forth several times before it was approved.
Director Lu Yang has very high requirements for actors' performances.
Several main actors in the crew, Gu Wei, Zhang Yi, and even Lei Jiayin, had very good acting skills, so Lu Yang basically didn't have to worry about anything. Only Zhang Tianai and Yang Mi had more NGs.
Yang Mi's role was relatively easier because of her character's personality. However, it was Zhang Tianai's first time playing a "fighting girl" role, which was a bit more difficult.
In fact, in the movie, the first meeting between "Ding Baiying" played by Zhang Tianai and "Chen Lian" was in a bamboo forest at night, and the second meeting was in the teahouse.
However, there are no bamboo forests in the ancient city of Taierzhuang, so we must shoot the shots that can be taken at this location. Later, the crew will move to Anji in Zhejiang Province to shoot a series of shots involving bamboo forests, small rivers and even the residence of "Hokusai".
"Xiao Ai, thank you for your hard work. You did a great job today!"
The staff were busy moving to another location and packing up. Gu Wei encouraged Zhang Tianai, who had relaxed after the show.
"It's all my fault for not performing well just now. I had so many NGs, and you had to accompany me to retake again and again."
Zhang Tianai said with some guilt.
"What's the big deal? What actor never fails to do NGs during filming? Just take your time. As long as you work hard, you'll get better and better at it.
The most important part of your role is the fighting scenes. Train hard and I believe your performance will amaze everyone!"
Gu Wei patted Zhang Tianai's shoulder and said.
"Well, I will definitely train hard! I won't let you down."
Zhang Tianai said with determination after being encouraged by Gu Wei.
The original Zhang Tianai only became famous in 2016 through "The Princess Weiyoung", and she has not had any representative works since then. In order to maintain her fame and popularity, she did many things that annoyed netizens at the request of her team, and got herself a lot of negative news.
Now Zhang Tianai became famous through "The Princess Wei" three years earlier because she knew Gu Wei earlier and signed with Gu Wei's company.
She doesn't need to be as eager for quick success as she was in the original time and space, because she knows that she has Gu Wei as her backer. In addition, her agent and other personal teams will not do anything for fame and profit, and will consider her long-term development.
The whole person is in a completely different state from the impetuous state he showed in the original time and space.
There is a feeling of contentment.
Just do whatever you are asked to do. Anyway, the company and Gu Wei will help her arrange everything, and the results will definitely get better and better.
(End of this chapter)
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