Chapter 1420 This Is a Ceremony, This Is Also a Legacy
Ten days after the release of "The Three-Body Problem", the second week's box office data was released.
The North American box office was 460 million, the Chinese box office was 2.2 billion, and the global box office incomplete statistics exceeded 1.1 billion US dollars.
It is not as crazy as "Legend of the Galactic Heroes", but it has surpassed all his other works, surpassing "Titanic" and catching up with "Avatar". This is only ten days after the release, and it has won the data of two weekly box office champions. It is well known that Chen Hao's works have great stamina. What kind of results will be achieved in the future, no matter how to predict, you know that the data will definitely be gorgeous.
However, the gorgeous data encountered a strong resistance. "Wu" from the "fellow brothers" was strongly launched in mid-December. On the eleventh day of the release of "The Three-Body Problem", it did not even grab the weekend of the third week, and was released simultaneously around the world on Monday.
"Wu" is much more mysterious than "The Three-Body Problem". There is no real transparency in the plot and what the whole movie wants to express. Although the media has taken many pictures of "Wu", you can't tell the story of this movie. You can only look forward to watching this movie after it is released to see what Chen Hao wants to give everyone.
Now it's finally here. It can be said that the expectations for "Wu" are greater than those of its two brothers. "The Three-Body Problem" has the novel as a base, and everyone is at most afraid of making a mess. But what the whole movie wants to express is very clear. "Legend of the Galactic Heroes" is a successful series of movies. As long as the style of the first part is continued, there is absolutely no possibility of failure. Looking back at the series of IP movies over the years, which one have you seen as a real failure?
Only "Wu" is equivalent to a promise made by Chen Hao to the audience. Don't you want to see action scenes? I will give you the purest action scenes to meet all your expectations for such movies.
This time the premiere was held in Hong Kong. It came from Europe and then ran to Australia, and returned to Hong Kong. If the last time was a big gathering, then this time it pulled out the memories of many middle-aged people.
All the martial arts, all the action directors, all the action film directors and actors, and many artists who are deeply in everyone's memory, all appeared at this premiere. The former goddesses and former male gods, perhaps only those who have completely left us can't see them, otherwise at this premiere, the crew and Chen Hao invited all the people who could be invited to the scene, and held a feast for the insiders in the theater, and officially announced that the China Film and Television Promotion Association stood in front of the stage and would issue a series of policies to become a non-governmental organization under the official. These things that are beneficial to the development of the industry will form a group offensive under the promotion of many parties, and become a rule that everyone must abide by.
Today, it is equivalent to showing strength, letting everyone know that although this force cannot block everything, it can make the first few who emerge completely disappear from this circle.
Since the release of "The Three-Body Problem", everyone who saw Chen Hao congratulated him. The success of a movie, both word-of-mouth and box office, will not stop Chen Hao from making money even if the next two movies fail. Investors will still have enough information to continue to invest in him.
However, it seems that there are no investors in his movies. His company is the main investor, followed by friends and fixed partners. If the capital chain of any part is broken, he can make up for it himself. Now no one is afraid of lack of money. To be honest, everyone is a little afraid that Chen Hao will invest in it.
There was a movie before that he made up for the investment. In that movie, from his personal investment and the proportion of various positions in the film investment body, when it came to settlement, everyone found that his personal income even exceeded that of the largest investor. It cannot be said that everyone made wedding clothes for him alone. It can only be said that his investment volume is really unspeakable. Everyone doesn't know what to say. In their hearts, they still don't want him to invest more. You have made enough money, and the rest should be shared by everyone.
This idea is not wrong. Even though the film was made by Chen Hao, such a big thing finally formed an industrial chain. There are many things that need to be dealt with, both openly and secretly. These efforts are equivalent to invisible investments. Even after the film was successful, there were many people who wanted to pick peaches. Whether your sequel can be successfully filmed requires a strong enough force to block the outside forces. These people feel that they have earned less and want to increase the investment amount. Even Chen Hao agrees with both hands.
Even if Chen Hao's products have become a brand over the years, there is a certain risk when everyone invests in real money. The difference in investing in Chen Hao is that this risk will be very small, but no matter how small, there is a possibility of failure.
The concentration of three films in one schedule undoubtedly increases the probability of failure, but everyone is willing to choose to believe in Chen Hao, believe that he can continue to create miracles, and believe that he can continue to be brilliant.
If someone else wants to play like this, not to mention the outside investors, even the investing film and television companies and his own agency will not allow such a crazy move to occur. The Christmas schedule is a chaotic competition with turbulent hegemony. The opponent is strong enough. At this time, you still throw your three works together.
Everyone who has met Chen Hao and had the chance to chat with him has mentioned this: You are too crazy. No filmmaker would dare to do this. You are the first and may even be the last.
Chen Hao smiled and didn't dwell on this question. Just like the clothes he designed for himself today, it was so unique and so individual, different from all of you.
A dress similar to a training suit, made of silk cloth, this dress is not unfamiliar to everyone. There are similar images in many film and television dramas, but suddenly arranged to be the protagonist of a grand premiere. After the initial surprise, there was only a shake of the head and a bitter smile. Mr. Chen is Mr. Chen. What he can do, others really can't learn or do.
Mr. Chen today is also different from the past. As a young man, today his childhood goddess appeared on the scene, and some of them were even goddesses he saw in film and television dramas. Some goddesses were active when Chen Hao was not even born yet. Those classic movies didn't have very good pictures. Many of them Chen Hao watched more than once. In the most prosperous era of Hong Kong movies, those follow-up works were removed. Most of the actors who played the vivid characters in the movies that can be called classics in memory came to the scene today.
The hero is old, and the beauty is old.
Sighing and sighing cannot erase the irreversible facts. The only thing we can do is to tell ourselves that we must continue to create well, leaving behind works for ourselves if not for others. When we are old, we can look at these works and recall the past. If we really leave this world one day, we can leave some classic scenes for future generations.
The once chaotic Hong Kong film market in the 1980s and 1990s caused many events that are now talked about and are disasters for the parties involved. As time goes by, so many years have passed, and people sometimes avoid appearing in the same occasion. It is not only embarrassing, but also more likely to ignite the pain that is unwilling to touch deep in the memory.
At the premiere of "Wu", there was no audience in the whole venue. All of them were insiders, well-known film critics and media people, some familiar faces behind the scenes in the industry, some celebrities in the entertainment industry, and many elderly people who are already old. The most touching among them are undoubtedly those martial arts instructors or martial arts stand-ins in the old Hong Kong film industry who are older than Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan.
There was an awkward feeling of "enemies meeting" at the scene. Such a big occasion inevitably led to the appearance of people who had never appeared on the stage before.
There were also these elderly people who had made contributions at the scene, which brought back memories for everyone. Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah, Yuen Kwai, and many others, including Yuan Heping, Liang Xiaolong, etc., are no longer seniors in everyone's eyes today. They are all juniors. Just two of the prototypes of the characters in the movie "Ip Man" came today, and they are both close to 100 years old. There are also many juniors of the level of masters like Ip Man.
Chen Hao also visited many people when filming "Wu". Today, together with Sammo Hung and others, he made all the arrangements, from arranging cars to arranging people, and finally even arranged medical vehicles and temporary medical teams. People respectfully took these seniors to the scene, and everyone let their juniors accompany them. There was a medical team on the scene anytime and anywhere if there were any physical problems.
These old men are not familiar faces in movies and TV series, but they have made great contributions to the development of action movies. Today, everyone welcomes them as juniors, gives them the highest respect and etiquette, and allows them to witness the rekindling of action movies with their own eyes.
At the Oscars and the Grammys, there are some tribute sessions, and some movies also have tribute sessions. Chen Hao also made a short film of the tribute session today. He did not put it at the end of the movie. He wanted to convey this feeling to everyone in advance.
With the session of welcoming the old predecessors, some embarrassing scenes before the opening were covered up, and everyone no longer paid attention to those scenes.
Wang Jing came, and there was another figure at the scene today. The former goddess Qiu Shuzhen was also invited to come. They did not meet, but as long as they were in this world, the simultaneous existence of the two people was the favorite topic of the media.
Like Qiu Shuzhen, they came to support Hong Kong movies and the China Film and Television Promotion Association. In the eyes of Zeng Zhiwei and others, "Wu" can be regarded as a Hong Kong movie. There are many tributes to Hong Kong movies in it. Supporting this movie is to support the once glorious Hong Kong movies.
Zhu Yin came, and Xing Ye also came. Xing Ye, who is not very popular, also saw many people he didn't want to see at the scene. The past grievances were only covered by the hats sitting quietly here.
No one would cause trouble in the current occasion, but some people don't want to see each other, and some eyes don't want to meet again.
Nicholas Tse came, Faye Wong came, and Cecilia Cheung came. Fortunately, Li Yapeng and photographer Chen were not invited. Although this is a moment of reminiscence, Chen Hao still has a standard of preference in his heart. If you don't like it, you don't need to support it.
The Hong Kong entertainment industry has been around for decades, and with so many people appearing on the scene today, there are many grievances and grudges, and love is just a drop in the ocean. If you find entertainment reporters from various entertainment gossip magazines from the 1980s and 1990s and let them enter the scene, there will definitely be news that is thicker than a magazine coming out tomorrow. They don't even need to interview anyone. Just seeing two people appear in a picture, they can write an article of entertainment news with rich content.
Many times, Chen Hao didn't want to talk, and he also talked too much. He would avoid talking if he could, and wouldn't talk if he couldn't. But today, he took the microphone and walked onto the stage. The big screen behind him flashed across the faces of the guests. He would take the initiative to introduce each scene.
Ip Man's two sons.
Bruce Lee's daughter.
The grandson of XXX, the master of XX boxing.
Senior martial arts instructor XXX.
Chen Hao not only introduced the names, but also introduced some unfamiliar people, especially martial arts instructors and action instructors, and let his works appear on the big screen. These homeworks were done in advance.
People like Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan must know these people, but people after them no longer recognize them. When Jet Li was filming "Dragon Gate Flying Daggers", he chatted with some action directors in the crew at that time, talking about the action directors he had worked with. He said frankly that the action directors he had worked with were four or five generations older than them in terms of seniority. While lamenting the speed of industry updates, he could not help but feel sad. Without a good market, there would be four or five generations in twenty years. In the past, it was normal for good martial arts to be active for more than ten years.
These old predecessors won the warmest applause at the scene. This respect is an honor in the hearts of people in the Hong Kong circle. This is more heartwarming than the mainland circle. At least there are still people here who are willing to respect the elderly and retain some of the past traditions. The seemingly outdated worship of the master, kowtow and serve tea, and the old-fashioned things are not outdated. It's just that everyone is no longer willing to accept the constraints hanging over their heads for a lifetime, so they slowly break these rules and crush them into the dust of the times, and let the four words of quick success and quick profit gradually replace respect for teachers.
Following the master, I may not become famous until I become a master for ten years. It's really successful. More than half of the credit belongs to Master. I will remember Master's kindness for the rest of my life.
I learned from you for a while and felt that I could become famous when I got the chance. All the success belongs to me. No one can restrain me.
"I stand here and thank everyone for coming. Many of my predecessors in the audience have entrusted me to take their place. I bow to the predecessors present here!"