The Austrian nights are filled with tranquility.
This is a beautiful city and also a city full of art.
To be honest, Lu Yuan likes this city.
This city seemed to have endowed him with a very strange meaning, and he began to re-evaluate the period of time he had traveled through.
Whether it's Fatty Wei, Lu Yihong, Shen Lianjie, Li Qing...
Everyone is growing, of course, he is also growing and working hard.
However, he had always felt lonely while growing up. After a brief pursuit of happiness from money, he was left with endless loneliness. He always wondered, what should I do if one day I have spent all my money?
As I thought about it, it turned into worry and became a knot in my heart.
This kind of loneliness was really uncomfortable, but he couldn't say that he was a time traveler. If he said that, everyone would think he had a mental problem and was locked up.
But now…
He was full of strength, and all the worries and loneliness he had before...
They have all started to be swept away.
He turned around and looked at Wang Jinxue who was standing beside the bed.
Pregnant women sometimes tend to be sleepy, so she fell asleep quietly after Wang Jinxue accompanied Lu Yuan back to the hotel.
He got out of bed carefully and walked silently to the study next door.
On the desk, Lu Yuan gently picked up the conduct manuscript that Wang Jinxue had written for him and began to read it. At the same time, he searched the Internet for a lot of tutorials on conducting and a series of precautions.
Ten days.
He had no idea how much he could learn.
However, Lu Yuan felt that not everything might be the worst possible outcome.
After all, he was quite talented in music and had studied it very hard at Yanying Academy. In addition, he forced himself to learn a little bit of knowledge every day whenever he had free time these days. Lu Yuan actually found that he was quite fast at picking up the skills. At least he could understand a lot of relevant knowledge and simulate it in his mind.
He even carefully planned a detailed study plan for himself. He no longer thought about what would happen if he failed, how unbearable it would be, or how humiliating it would be.
Anyway…
He suddenly realized that what he needed was not too much praise, let alone too much acclaim.
All he needed was understanding.
After understanding, failure doesn’t seem so scary?
and……
What if it succeeds?
What if I really can?
"come on!"
He wrote two words in the blank space of the manuscript, then took a deep breath and started working hard.
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July is over.
August is finally here.
Lu Yuan lived in Austria in an extremely difficult situation. He worked like crazy every day to learn all kinds of knowledge about conducting. At the same time, an unprecedented collision occurred between the Chinese and Hollywood film circles.
August is a huge battleground.
Li Mingrui silently looked at the poster of his film "War Blood 3", then walked into the cinema and watched the prologue of "War Blood 3" gradually begin.
The cinema was still very busy.
In the past two years, many directors have emerged in Chinese films, but there are only four truly cutting-edge directors: Xu Qifeng is one, Shen Lianjie is another, Fatty Wei is one, and Li Qi is also one.
These four directors have all performed well in the Chinese film industry and have broken many records of new directors.
In fact, a lot of talented people have emerged in China in the past two years.
Li Mingrui was very pleased.
After all, the more new directors there are, the more I feel that the rise of Chinese films is not far away...
Hollywood's rampant days will eventually come to an end.
However, when thinking about this, Li Mingrui's relief turned into helplessness...
Among the four new directors, two are from "Far From Home" alone. In addition, Shen Lianjie, who had been on bad terms with "Far From Home", suddenly announced a few days ago that he had terminated his contract with Joaquin and has officially joined "Far From Home".
Well, when you think about it, except for Xu Qifeng, almost all of China's new and powerful directors are "remote".
Do you think this is nonsense?
Afterwards, Li Mingrui realized something else that was even more deceptive!
He originally thought that Fatty Wei would be ranked first among these new directors. After all, he won the Best Director Award in one fell swoop, which was really awesome.
However, he found that he had overlooked one person from beginning to end, and that person was Lu Yuan!
Perhaps it was because Lu Yuan was so cruel in other aspects and his other identities were so shocking that Li Mingrui almost forgot about Lu Yuan's other identity.
Lu Yuan himself is also considered a new director who has emerged in the past two years, and his "The Legend of 1900" also won many awards at the Oscars, and was nominated for the Best Director Award...
Although it is just a nomination award, does anyone still question the value of an Oscar nomination?
Li Mingrui suddenly didn't know what to say. It seemed like Lu Yuan was a guy who would meddle in everything?
Although it is said that the waves behind push the waves in front, this wave behind is really too fierce. It is like a huge wave.
"call……"
never mind.
Anyway, in short, Chinese films are gradually on the rise. At least in their final farewell, they don't have to worry about having no successors.
Afterwards, Li Mingrui began to watch the scenes of "War Blood 3" on the big screen carefully as they gradually unfolded and the music slowly sounded.
This is his last movie.
He hopes that this movie can truly compete with Hollywood!
Even if it’s just one win!
…
In fact, both Xu Qifeng and Shen Lianjie thought so.
Although Shen Lianjie is already a "remote" person, he still hopes to see this "Warframe" can truly create value and shine his own light.
It feels very bad that Hollywood is wreaking havoc on China. All directors hope that one day Chinese films will be able to compete with Hollywood.
The situation has improved a lot in the past two years.
Lu Yuan's movies have overshadowed the popularity of Hollywood movies.
However, Lu Yuan is only one person after all, and all directors and fans feel proud but also a little bit lost.
Can Lu Yuan’s films really represent the overall Chinese film industry?
Lu Yuan was so dazzling that it made people feel that he was not a human being...
He is so weird, so weird that it makes people feel like everyone is not playing the same game.
Lu Yuan's rise seemed to have inspired many directors, and these directors began to try to make movies with their fine work and hard work.
Now……
It's August now.
August is a month when Hollywood movies wreak havoc and Chinese movies rebel.
And this August is particularly important.
This is almost a belief for many people, and they all pin their hopes on this war.
If Chinese films can really withstand this wave and become equal to Hollywood films, then the future will represent the rise of Chinese films.
…
The day passed quickly.
On the first day of the premiere, the reputation of "War Blood 3" was very good, especially some of the thrilling scenes made with special effects in "War Blood 3", which made all the fans scream with excitement. Li Mingrui's shooting skills are also very good, directly showing what "War Blood 3" wants to express to the fullest, and the ending is also meaningful, which makes people linger.
Xu Qifeng's "Alien" has very good special effects, but the word of mouth is very average. Some people say that this "Alien" is supported by special effects, but in fact it has no connotation and is empty. Some people say that this movie is just a purely visual movie with no nutrition...
In fact, "Alien" is not a bad movie. On the contrary, it is better than Xu Qifeng's first two films. However, it was released in August, and the ending is a bit disappointing. After all, his competitors in August are not only China, but also Hollywood. If you compare "Alien" with Hollywood blockbusters such as "God of War" and "The Last of Us", there is indeed some gap.
There is no way around this.
After all, both Smith, the director of "God of War", and Art, the director of "The Last Days of Mars", are Hollywood figures comparable to James. It is really too much to ask of Xu Qifeng to compare such powerful directors.
As for Shen Lianjie's "Warframe", the word of mouth is very disappointing. Although the special effects are very good, the plot is really empty, and it is not even as good as Xu Qifeng's "Aliens". After watching the whole movie, fans don't know what they are watching. The biggest impression is that everyone is flying around in the sky. The special effects are very cool and explosive, and then...
No more!
"Warframe" was once again singled out and severely criticized by all Chinese movie fans, and some even thought that Shen Lianjie was the most professional in making bad movies among the new directors.
This is not a problem with Shen Lianjie's directing skills, but a complete problem with the script...
In short, after the first day of release, when everyone was looking at the word-of-mouth charts, the Chinese film community inexplicably had a bad feeling.
certainly……
Everyone is still nervously waiting for the movie's box office results on its opening day.
They are looking forward to the results of this confrontation!
…
August 2nd.
The box office finally came out.
"The Last Days of Mars" earned 55 million RMB at the box office on its opening day in China, directly breaking the record for Hollywood films in China and topping the list, even surpassing the record previously set by Lu Yuan, becoming an absolute hit movie.
"God of War" ranked second, with a box office of just 50 million, which was also a brilliant performance and explosive popularity.
The third place, Dawn Island, had a box office of 40 million, also breaking the box office record for the same type of suspense film...
When the box office rankings came out, everyone looked at the fourth place.
They carried their last hope.
result……
They found that the fourth place was not Li Mingrui's "War Blood 3", but a dark horse movie directed by a new director called "Heroic Era" with a box office of 38 million. Li Mingrui's "War Blood 3" was second only to "Heroic Era" and earned 37 million box office.
The box office of 37 million is already a very good figure for the entire "Blood War 3", and the performance is also very good.
but……
He ultimately lost the battle for the opening box office.
Didn't make the top four.
Xu Qifeng's "Alien" also did well at the box office, earning 30 million yuan, and Shen Lianjie's "Warframe" was not bad either, earning 25 million yuan...
However, all these cannot conceal one fact, that is, Chinese films finally failed to withstand the impact of Hollywood films and still lost in the premiere box office.
…
August 3rd.
If the box office results on the first day were disappointing, then the results on the second day were unacceptable.
The top three are still "Mars End", "God of War", and "Island of Dawn", with box office revenues of 52 million, 48 million, and 39 million respectively. The fourth is still the dark horse "Age of Heroes" with box office revenues of 34 million, and the fifth is "Blood of War 3" with box office revenues of 30 million...
As for Xu Qifeng's movie "Alien Creatures", it dropped to 25 million.
And Shen Lianjie...
Fourteen million!
Under the impact of these blockbusters, the box office of Shen Lianjie's "Warframe" has reached a very dangerous point...
seem……
It failed again.
…
After seeing this data, Li Mingrui let out a long sigh.
He knew that his "Dark Blood 3" really couldn't beat the three Hollywood blockbusters.
The investments in these three blockbusters are more massive than that of "Dark Blood 3", and the publicity efforts are also terrifying.
He, Li Mingrui, really can't compare to him.
Chinese films seem to have lost the movie war in August. The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
Apart from its own "Blood Wars 3", which can be considered to be a strong presence, the other movies are not even worth watching.
The disappointment is indescribable.
Of course, if you think about it, it is not unacceptable. In fact, his movies have done very well at the box office. Except for Shen Lianjie's movie "Very Dangerous", his other movies are pretty good.
Disappointment aside, at least Chinese films are making progress, right?
After all, it’s a Hollywood blockbuster, and Rome wasn’t built in a day.
Take your time.
Li Mingrui breathed a sigh of relief and was about to have a good sleep when his cell phone rang.
He answered a phone call.
Then, a discordant voice suddenly came from Hollywood.
…
"Dear Mr. Jax, your film Age of Heroes has achieved great success in China, even surpassing the film Blood War 3 by veteran director Li Mingrui. What do you think of this?"
"'Blood War 3' is not on the same level as my movie... We have never thought of competing with it. I will not compete with any Chinese movie in terms of box office. After all, there is no sense of accomplishment even if I win. After all, that is China, and this is Hollywood! My goal is Hollywood movies! I really don't want you to confuse my movie with Chinese movies!"
"So, in your mind, Chinese movies are incomparable? Do you think Chinese movies are rubbish?"
"I didn't say that. That's what you said... I just want to say that the box office in August can actually explain a lot of things. We in Hollywood are the dominant force after all. After all, this is a fact! Besides, I am very disappointed with Chinese movies..."
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