Chapter 914 Only Qin Wei Can Surpass Qin Wei!

When the time enters July, almost all film markets in the world have entered the most prosperous state of the year-the so-called summer vacation, July is the heaviest month.

Therefore, no matter which country's film market it is in, blockbuster films from all walks of life are released one after another, like bayonets seeing red, rushing to the hottest box office peak in this period, trying to cut the fattest piece of meat.

As far as the Chinese film market is concerned, on July 1, "The Two Towers of The Lord of the Rings" was released, and it won a staggering 88.31 million box office in the first week - although for the Chinese film market in the past six months, this first week seems to be It doesn't look so amazing, but you know, when the first part of "Lord of the Rings" was released last summer, its first week was only less than 40 million, and the final box office was only 140 million How much.

Anyone in the know can clearly see this reality, that is, now that the Chinese film market is getting hotter and hotter, it is not only Chinese films that sell well, but Hollywood blockbusters, especially Hollywood series blockbusters, are gradually opening up the market— —And once the market is opened, if such a well-produced blockbuster series comes out every year, it's like going to the market to make money!

Fortunately, "The Lord of the Rings" is said to be only a trilogy.

However, in the Chinese film market, although there are some blockbuster films so far, there has not been a successful precedent for operating a series of films.

This is where the embarrassment lies-a big-selling movie is not necessarily suitable for a sequel, if it is not a big hit, no one will watch it if you make a sequel!

Minghu Culture's "Once Upon a Time" series should be regarded as the most successful attempt so far, but whether it will be successful or not, no one dares to say until the box office reflects it.

After "The Two Towers of the Lord of the Rings", on July 9, there will be another blockbuster fantasy blockbuster with an investment of up to 150 million US dollars - "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl".

Just looking at the name, you can tell that this is likely to be another series!

Moreover, this time the Hollywood producers have succeeded again!

In the first week of its release, "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" took a box office of 74.36 million. Although it was not as high as "The Two Towers of the Lord of the Rings" released last week, as the first part of a series, and It's a very strange fantasy style. If it can win the box office in the first week, as long as the follow-up does not collapse or dive, this movie will be officially launched in the Chinese market!

And just this week, "The Two Towers of The Lord of the Rings" also successfully reaped 57.61 million box office, not only ranking second on the weekly box office list, but also only took two weeks to push its total box office in China to 14592. The height of 10,000—it will not be too easy to break through 200 million in the future!

Of course, the fiery July box office, due to the collision of two heavy-tonnage Hollywood blockbusters, caused the other two imported Hollywood movies and the rest of the domestic movies that rushed to enter the theater, causing casualties everywhere.

But in fact, at this time, the box office market is booming, and it is far more booming than usual, but just looking at the weekly market, everyone who often pays attention to this piece of information and has an in-depth understanding of the summer market, will I can clearly feel that the biggest market in July has not yet come!

Even if this year's increase is not counted, it is not difficult to guess based on last year's market market. The audience's pockets are still bulging, but they have not started to spend a lot, as if they are waiting for something.

Therefore, for "Lord of the Rings" and "Pirates of the Caribbean", they feel that the box office has been quite pleasantly surprised, and they feel that they have opened the door to China, a huge market that ranks third in the world and will soon rush to second. For domestic experts - at the beginning of July, the market did not reach its due height! That is to say: the good show is yet to come!

On July 16, Wednesday, "Once Upon a Time: A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" will be released soon.

On Monday, July 21, "Golden Terrace" will follow.

Although in the current domestic film market, Hollywood blockbusters are the most popular, and these imported Hollywood blockbusters are more than one notch higher than domestic films in the general impression and evaluation of the audience-but that is just For "the vast majority of movies"!

At least, judging from last year's situation, Qin Wei's status in the minds of most audiences is significantly higher than that of other domestic film directors.

And with the success of "Once Upon a Time" and "Red Sorghum", as well as Li Qian's unique status and strong appeal in the Chinese entertainment industry, he and Qin Wei are basically treated the same.

Therefore, Li Qian VS Qin Wei, in the hearts of Chinese audiences, is the peak duel and the highest level of Chinese movies - even the best Hollywood blockbusters can't compare with the two of them.

You know, this is China after all!

There are many cultural and national psychological grasps, and the works of great Chinese directors have unique features that foreign works can never appreciate, and they are more in line with the aesthetic concepts of Chinese people.

The specific market reaction is that although the impact of "Titanic" has suddenly raised the record of the Chinese movie box office market by a large margin, and has made domestic moviegoers daunted for a long time, but "" "Once Upon a Time" and "The Gate of Life and Death" easily broke multiple box office records held by that film for several years after a peak confrontation.

Of course, "Huang Feihong" and "Huang Feihong: A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" are two different things.

Although through the analysis of professional survey data, it seems that audiences across the country are looking forward to the sequel of Li Qian's masterpiece "Once Upon a Time", and they all expressed their support for going to the cinema to buy tickets. "When Self-improvement" is advertised that the script was created by Li Qian, but after all, the director has changed.

Maybe the audience buys tickets to watch the movie and doesn't pay attention to who the director is, but insiders know that in the film production industry chain, especially in the Chinese film circle where the core director system prevails, , the director's importance to a movie cannot be overstated.

For example, "Red Sorghum" won the Berlin Grand Prix and became a hit at the domestic box office. Do you think this movie is amazing, what kind of shots, what performances, what depth of story, what ethnicity, etc. , Anyway, don't care about any aspect, it seems to be able to blow a wave.

However, if Li Qian handed over the complete script to another director, the story remained the same, the director changed, and "Red Sorghum" made by another director would still be so good?

So now, audiences have high expectations for the sequel of "Once Upon a Time". As soon as the movie is released, there will definitely be many people who can't wait to watch it immediately. Going for the three words "Huang Feihong"!

The movie is good, and once the word of mouth comes out, that's good, the movie will naturally sell well, but if the quality of the movie itself is not good... Even in Hollywood in the United States, the sequel smashed the word of mouth, which caused the box office to plummet. Not once or twice.

But the question is, who is the director Zhao He who will largely determine the film quality of "Huang Feihong: A Man Should Be Self-improvement"?

Few people know.

Although the lead-time publicity started before the film was released, the popular kung fu martial arts superstar Zhou Baoshan praised the director Zhao He again and again, not only repeatedly emphasizing that Zhao He was already Li Qian's assistant director when he was filming "Once Upon a Time". , can be said to be one of the few people in China who have the deepest understanding of the "Huang Feihong" series and can best grasp the spiritual core of Li Qian's film. He even specifically emphasized that as a director, he taught himself during the filming process. Many things, one of the two directors I admire the most since I was a filmmaker!

But in fact, this statement is not convincing-he has only made two films since he started filming.

Lu Lingxi, a beautiful actress and a talented director who has become popular in the past year, also said with a smile in an interview, "Although Li Qian was very busy during the filming, he still often called the crew and sometimes called Zhao He. , and sometimes to me, asking about the shooting situation, we told him, very good, he was still worried, so we took the time to run over to watch it, but after watching the whole morning on the set, he was completely relieved. After leaving, he didn't even say treat us to a meal or reward us! He just said: I'm relieved!"

Whether this kind of thing is true or not, anyway, no one can find Li Qian to verify it, even if it is verified, it is conceivable. Although the movie was not made by Li Qian, it was produced by Minghu Culture. Do you expect him to refute it?

In short, whether it is true or not, it is propaganda.

The entire Minghu cultural system seems to be desperately advocating the concept that "Huang Feihong: A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" is an "orthodox" sequel to "Huang Feihong" taught by Li Qian's magic skills.

Even the well-known director Feng Bicheng, who has always lived reclusively, smiled and said when he was blocked by reporters and forced to accept a few interviews: "In the entire Minghu culture, there are seven or eight contracted directors, all of whom have masterpieces, but let Mr. Li choose There is only one director candidate for the sequel of "Huang Feihong", Director Zhao He Zhao."

"Me? I can't! I'm only qualified to help Director Zhao. I'm the assistant director of "Once Upon a Time: A Man Should Be Self-improvement"! Brother Zhao's level of directing is much better than mine! From the first film , the two of us acted as assistant directors for Mr. Li together, and I acted as an assistant director for him in the second film, and participated in the filming from beginning to end. The directors of the two of them inspired me a lot, and I benefited a lot. "

In a word, the meaning is to push Zhao He up with all his strength.

Among the people in Minghu, Zhao He is Li Qian's favorite sequel director. His ability and talent surpass Han Shunzhang, the director and producer of the "Princess Returning Pearl" series, and Feng Bicheng, the director of "Big Wrist", is a famous talented woman. Director Lu Lingxi and others are above.

Therefore, "Huang Feihong: A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" is absolutely authentic, go watch it with confidence!

Of course, because of the super high box office and popularity of the first part of "Huang Feihong", as well as its excellent reputation and influence, "Huang Feihong: A Man Should Be Self-improvement" attracted a lot of fans before it was released. Pay attention, Minghu culture will do its best to promote and praise, and naturally some media will sing the opposite.

For example, some media have given away the whole of Zhao He's previous career. He graduated from the director department of Songjiang Drama Academy in his early years, then joined SHANDONG Satellite TV as an assistant and intern photographer, and later became a member of Yu Bojun's family. As the producer of his film company, he helped Yu Bojun as an assistant director and producer, and then he started to independently direct two small-budget urban romance films and urban comedy films, until he finally entered Minghu Culture and began to work for Li Qian, Jin Han, Han Shunzhang and others started to work together, and then suddenly took over "Once Upon a Time" and became the producer and director of "Once Upon a Time in China" and became the producer and director of "Once Upon a Time in China". Well, Zhao He hasn't had any works that can prove that he has enough director ability-his past two films are so-called "theatre films", and they can't be said to be released nationwide at all. To be honest, they are theater films It is conceivable that Fang usually uses it to occupy the theater and fill in the gaps. The quality of the film and the box office can be imagined.

For another example, some media invited relevant experts to explain and explain the huge impact of a director's directing ability on the final film from a professional point of view—there is no doubt that the spearhead is still directed at Zhao He of.

Of course, everyone's starting point is unusually upright: "Huang Feihong" is a classic, we don't want to see this classic destroyed!

Or else: the Chinese film market has not seen a series of blockbuster movies so far. "Once Upon a Time" is the first film with characters as the core and patriotism as the latitude and longitude. It was originally the easiest to make a blockbuster movie series. As one of the most watched movies in China at the moment, whether the second part of "Once Upon a Time" can be a big hit will have a huge impact on the attitude of the entire Chinese film industry towards sequel movies. Therefore, we deeply hope that Minghu Culture can come up with a wonderful sequel movie.

Of course, there are still some media arguments, which are purely nonsense to attract attention.

For example, a newspaper actually declared that they had entrusted three of the most professional market research agencies to conduct market research on the sequels of "Once Upon a Time". Big expectations, so they speculate based on this, thinking that as a sequel to the popular movie, the collective return of the original cast, and at the same time the blessing of Li Qian's script, makes this movie very likely to hit the box office of Chinese movies this year new heights in the market.

According to their "professional" box office predictions: The box office of "Once Upon a Time" is expected to surpass last year's "Once Upon a Time" and "The Gate of Life and Death", and eventually even exceed 800 million yuan, settling at 830 million Between 850 million!

Such reports are sensational.

People in the industry are both looking forward to it and feel that it is impossible.

If "Huang Feihong" failed to exceed 500 million at the box office, it was because it was strongly squeezed by "The Gate of Life and Death" in the same period. It is entirely possible for "Huang Feihong" to exceed 500 million last year, a big collision of movies.

But the 700 million box office of "The Gate of Life and Death" - anyone with a discerning eye knows that at least half of the 700 million box office is the huge bonus brought about by "Qin Wei's feelings".

China's number one director, a master, and a huge investment, so of course you have to watch it, if you don't watch it, you will lose money!

Therefore, the height of 700 million, even those who are fanatical at the moment and have placed great expectations on the development of the Chinese film market this year, know very clearly in their hearts that it is an unattainable height.

Because it was an excessive consumption of the enthusiasm of domestic movie audiences.

What's more, although there is no precedent in China, there are many examples in Hollywood that can be used for reference. Generally speaking, if the first blockbuster movie has a sequel, as long as it doesn't collapse, the box office is often good, because there is influence and word-of-mouth. There is a bonus of fermentation, but there are not many that can surpass the first film at the box office!

So, 800 million?

Just kidding!

Chatting privately in the industry, based on some information reflected by Minghu Culture in advance of the screening clubs held by the theaters, and some quite good evaluations of "Huang Feihong: A Man Should Be Self-Reliant", analyzed and speculated based on experience, and came up with a A relatively reliable guess——

"Huang Feihong: A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" as a sequel has a box office of over 300 million, not a big problem, 400 million is also very promising, but 500 million is definitely difficult! As for the box office exceeding 600 million, it is even more impossible!

At this time, just before the release of "Huang Feihong: A Man Should Be Self-Reliant", a reporter interviewed Hu Fei, the producer of "Golden Terrace", Qin Wei's behind-the-scenes financial backer, and the general manager of Huafei Film and Television.

Facing the reporter's question, Hu Fei said with a smile on his face: "I'm definitely looking forward to it! "Once Upon a Time" is a wonderful movie. In fact, I am not the only one who is looking forward to his sequel, but the entire Chinese film circle is looking forward to it. Because before that, we There has never been a series of blockbuster movies in the domestic film industry, and Li Qian has always been good at creating miracles, so this time, let's see if he can create miracles again."

"Director Zhao He? Uh... sorry, I don't know him, and I haven't heard of it, so I can't comment."

And when the reporter asked if the release date of "Golden Terrace" and "Once Upon a Time" was only six days away from "Once Upon a Time", if he wanted to squeeze the box office space of the second part of "Once Upon a Time" like last year, Hu Fei burst into action. "Nonsense! Pure nonsense! What a bunch of nonsense!"

After a pause, he stopped in a rare way, and actively and seriously said to the reporter's microphone: "Qin Wei is Qin Wei. He is a recognized film master in the past thirty years in China. He is also the creator of the highest domestic film box office record and the Holder! Therefore, we don’t need to compete with anyone, to compete with anyone, we only compare ourselves!”

Speaking of this, he looked at the reporter with eyes, and said loudly, "Qin Wei is the only one who can surpass Qin Wei!"

After saying that, without making a sound, he turned and left.

Countless reporters asked behind him, "May I ask if you say this in response to the media's statement that the box office of "Once Upon a Time: A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" may exceed 800 million yuan?"

Hu Fei didn't answer anymore.

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