Chapter 916 Scary, but Also Worrying!

One billion?

Zhao Meicheng is really digging holes step by step!

This famous big director has always been known in the industry for his blunt words, but if you think he is really a hot-tempered guy, you are completely wrong.

When the other side saw that it was almost time, Yuan Ke, Zhao Meicheng and the others got up and left one after another, went to sit in the screening room, while Li Qian, Qi Jie and others stayed behind.

She waved her hand and dismissed Liao Min, who seemed to have something to say, Qin Jingjing seemed to wince in the past two years, and she followed her manager to leave, Qi Jie shook her head with a half-smile, "Isn't the method a bit low-level? "

Li Qian also laughed.

To be honest, it’s fine to fool Minghu Culture and Huafei Film and Television, or fool Qin Wei’s "Golden Terrace" to reach the top of 500 million, but I wish your "Once Upon a Time: A Man Should Be Self-Strengthening" break 1 billion, Zhao Meicheng's method feels a bit low-end indeed.

But right now, think about it for him, he is also a clever woman.

In the past few years, Minghu Culture has made a lot of money in a few movies, which naturally made Jinghua Films' group covetous. Qin Wei's unprecedented 700 million sales probably made Zhao Meicheng and the others all over the place.

Still the same sentence, once the eyes are only on the three-acre domestic land, then it is basically inevitable that the peers are enemies-everyone is hostile to Hollywood blockbusters coming to make money every year, and they all try to lead The rise of domestic films is another level.

In short, I hope that all of you are not good, and I am the only one who sells the best!

But the key point is that Jinghua Films and Minghu Culture are currently considered a "honeymoon period"!

To put it bluntly, so far, the two companies have not had the most direct market conflict—in fact, Jinghua Films has not benefited from the rapidly expanding market!

So, congratulations without saying anything, and by the way, provoke the relationship between Minghu Culture and Huafei Film and Television. Anyway, it won't hurt the face of both parties, and it won't be torn apart. This is the limit of what Zhao Meicheng can do.

It's just...it will make Li Qian look down on him a bit!

As far as the current domestic film market is concerned, through last year's summer schedule, and "Red Sorghum" and "Big Wrist" in the first half of this year, in fact, domestic insightful filmmakers have basically explored the current domestic film market. It's the bottom - in fact, Zhao Meicheng also understands it very well!

Qin Wei's huge name and super appeal are hard things. Even if Zhao Meicheng looks down on his clumsy way of making money last year, he has to admit that his "Golden Terrace" must not be underestimated. .

However, he himself said that "Golden Terrace" reached 500 million!

At this time, if you really believe what he said, ""Huang Feihong: A Man Should Be Self-Strengthening" sold for a billion dollars, trampling Lao Qin to the ground!", then you are stupid!

From "Red Sorghum" to "Big Wrist", they are all movies with excellent reputation, but they are full of energy to rush, extend the schedule, strengthen publicity, etc., all possible methods are used, but they can't reach 600 million. This hurdle.

What does this mean?

This shows that in the short term, unless there is another super-sensational phenomenon-level top masterpiece, it is possible to cause a huge sensation in the whole country, and it is possible to break the domestic box office record of 700 million created by "The Gate of Life and Death".

Otherwise, it is basically impossible.

"Huang Feihong: A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" has the foundation of the first "Huang Feihong". It is said that it has a certain foundation to hit the box office record. It is almost impossible to hit the 700 million box office of "The Gate of Life and Death".

The reason is simple: the theme is still within the framework of the previous one, the story has no breakthroughs, and the market has no breakthrough growth.

On the contrary, "The Matrix", which he is about to start filming, in Li Qian's view, has a slight possibility of hitting the domestic box office of 700 million or even higher.

Because it will be something that breaks the Chinese people, and even breaks the world view of the world's film industry!

Li Qian has strong confidence in this.

As for "Huang Feihong: A Man Should Be Self-Reliant", Li Qian once poured cold water on Zhao He and Zhou Baoshan after the film was completed: 300 million is considered a pass, 400 million is very satisfactory, and if it can exceed 500 million, it is already It was very successful——No matter how brilliant the golden signboard of "Once Upon a Time" is, the domestic box office market and the limitations of the film's own subject matter cannot be ignored.

At this time, if Zhao Meicheng fooled him, and the entire crew had extremely high expectations for the movie that far exceeded the reality, then in the future, mentality imbalance would almost be inevitable.

Of course, the current Li Qian and Qi Jie are no longer rookies!

As for the crew, with Li Qian's attitude, the cold water has already been poured on it, and nothing will happen!

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They entered the screening hall together, and sat down according to the seat numbers they got. Yuan Ke deliberately touched Zhao Meicheng's arm, and when he turned his head, he whispered: "You shouldn't say that, Li Qian and Qi Jie are both Such a smart person! As soon as you say it, they probably figured it out on the spot."

Zhao Meicheng smiled and said, "I just want them to understand that I'm making trouble here!"

Yuan Ke was speechless.

Well, according to his understanding of Zhao Meicheng for so many years, he should really think so, instead of prevaricating his own words - hey, I'm just picking things up, what can you do to me? Anyway, it was the two of you fighting, and Qin Wei didn't come over to bully me, so I just saw you making fun of me, what's the matter?

He is such a ruffian!

Yuan Ke sat back and stopped talking.

As far as the three big bosses in the film industry are concerned, he is a relatively honest person, not like Zhou Yanghua who is so hawkish, nor like Hu Fei who is good at dancing. In comparison, he, the big boss behind the scenes, is even more like Zhao Meicheng, the big The director's butler——Zhao Meicheng does what he likes most, and everything else, as long as he doesn't want to do it, just leave it to Yuan Ke, the handyman.

Therefore, it is said that the person Zhou Yanghua despises the most is Yuan Ke.

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As soon as the movie started, there was a wave of climax.

Be it Yuan Ke or Zhao Meicheng, they all watched it with great interest. After all, they also love to watch the first movie.

Then, when "A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" sang, Yuan Ke and others were all excited to hear it, but at this time, about a hundred or so lucky movie fans who were specially invited to attend the premiere ceremony in the back row couldn't help watching Then he sang along.

As a result, countless industry leaders, celebrities, some media reporters who have close contacts with Minghu Culture, and many invited film critics all looked back in surprise.

Those die-hard movie fans sang happily.

With the help of the light on the screen, Yuan Ke and Zhao Meicheng, who turned their heads in surprise, clearly saw the excited expressions on the faces of those people when they sang along with the movie.

Yuan Ke looked a little envious.

For a diehard movie fan like this, who can't be envious?

The movie has just started, and the song "A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" has already aroused the excitement of so many movie fans. It obviously reminds them of some good memories when they saw "Huang Feihong" last year— — To put it bluntly, this thing is feelings!

Once a movie makes the audience have feelings, is the box office still a problem?

Everyone makes movies, who doesn't want to be able to make a movie like this?

Yuan Ke just stared at the audience in the last row, watching them sing along to the movie loudly with a look of fascination on their faces.

At this time, Zhao Meicheng seemed to sneer, feeling very disdainful.

When he turned his head, he saw Zhao Meicheng approaching, and whispered: "Is this the babysitter they are looking for?"

Yuan Ke said: "It is said that the lucky viewers were drawn from the movie tickets of "Once Upon a Time" last year, and they all registered on the official website of Minghu Culture. They must like "Once Upon a Time" very much. Great to say."

Zhao Meicheng sneered again, "It must be Tonger."

Yuan Ke smiled and did not continue to refute anything.

He thought it might not be a good babysitter.

Because Li Qian already has this ability—it’s hard to say anything else, but the music resources needed to make movies, such as theme songs, episodes, soundtracks for TV dramas and movies, etc., in the circle of TV dramas and movies, To say that the resource is the most powerful, it is obviously none other than the Minghu culture.

This point is like shooting a MV for a song. No one in the entire music world can compare with Minghu Culture.

And everything is done well!

Let’s just talk about movie episodes. Almost every one of Li Qian’s past works is a song that became popular in the movie. In turn, the wide-scale popularity of the song has attracted a lot of votes for the movie.

From "I-Believe" in "My Sassy Girlfriend", to "A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" in "Once Upon a Time", to "Red Sorghum", which is full of strange and rough taste, "Sister, you go boldly" "Go Forward", could it be—and, in the past few years, some audiences sang along to the songs in the movie while watching director Li Qian's work, which has already been reported by the media many times.

Even the TV series produced by Minghu Culture, basically every TV series can make a few songs or even a few singers popular!

From "Legend of the New White Snake", "Meteor Garden", "Princess Returning the Pearl", to the recent "Carrying Love Through to the End", isn't it all like this?

So, this is really not a rare thing.

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After the song was sung, the movie gradually entered the alley, and the audience behind naturally stopped singing.

Yuan Ke came back to his senses, turned to Zhao Meicheng and said, "I guess the box office won't be lower!"

Zhao Meicheng turned her head in surprise, with an inexplicable smile on the corner of her mouth, and said with a half-smile: "Could it be that I have a crow's mouth, and I can really do a billion?"

Yuan Ke smiled and said: "One billion... I guess there is no hope, but I think three or four billion should be underestimating them! Just for the performance of these audiences, I reckon that there is hope for 500 million."

Hearing this, the expression on Zhao Meicheng's face finally became more serious.

Looking back at Baoshan's handsome actions on the big screen last week, he finally nodded his head against all odds, sighed, and said, "Maybe! This should be the first sequel to be sold!"

While speaking, he raised his hands to pick his ears and eyes with a tangled expression, and muttered something to himself.

Yuan Ke didn't hear clearly, and asked, "What did you say?"

Zhao Meicheng said: "I said... If the fuck can be sold by another person, Li Qian will be happy in the future! Start his own business, sell well, and immediately change directors, not only earn a lot of money, but also praise people !……Grass!"

While speaking, he couldn't help but sighed.

After a pause, he turned his head to look at his boss again, lowered his voice and said: "I hope Lao Qin can come up with something good, otherwise, there is really no one here in Minghu who can suppress it!"

Yuan Ke was silent for a moment, then nodded.

If this movie breaks through the domestic box office of 500 million in one fell swoop as I expected, then Minghu Culture will really be invincible!

It's only been a few years, "Once Upon a Time" is 470 million, "Red Sorghum" is 575 million, and "Big Wrist" is 578 million. If "Huang Feihong" gets a sequel and changes directors, it will be another 500 million... I can't even think about it !

Except for Qin Wei's "Gate of Life and Death", which sold 700 million yuan, these other domestic directors, including Du Weiyun, Liu Chengzhang, and Zhao Meicheng, have not broken 500 million yuan yet! But the Minghu culture family has already come up with three films...is it scary?

scary!

Also worry about people!

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After the movie screening ended, the audience burst into thunderous applause. Yuan Ke followed the applause while looking around, and found that not only himself, but also many people who had finished watching the movie, whether they were reporters, celebrities, theater managers, or ordinary people The audience, everyone seems to have a very satisfied look on their faces - yes, he himself thinks that this movie is indeed very good!

He thought to himself: This time, maybe he won't guess wrong!

Zhao He, a new director who was not well-known before, is probably going to become famous in one fell swoop - the fourth director in China with a box office of over 500 million! Absolute battle to fame!

By the time the media interview and fan interaction were over, the entire premiere ceremony was completely over. Zhao Meicheng got up expressionlessly and walked out, looking preoccupied and unhappy. Yuan Ke wanted to stop him, but After thinking about it, he decided to give up. In the end, he had to bring Li Linlin with him, and went over to congratulate Li Qian and Qi Jie.

Yes, this film, in his opinion, is really beautiful.

After Zhao He took over the director's baton, he basically continued the overall style of the first film. From story design, action design, to camera style and director's language, many places followed Li Qian's style in the first film. Audiences who like the first part will feel that this rhythm and temperament are very familiar, and they can watch it effortlessly, but in some subtle places, such as in the interpretation of characters, in the editing of some fine-cut shots and In terms of arrangement, he has many small handwritings that can be noticed with a little attention.

It can be regarded as innovation in inheritance.

It's quite beautifully done.

After congratulating her with a smile all over her face, Yuan Ke took Li Linlin out.

However, as soon as he left the crowd, Yuan Ke's expression immediately became gloomy, and he was a little preoccupied.

When he returned to his car, he immediately took out his mobile phone and called his assistant, "When the sequel to "Once Upon a Time" is released tomorrow, I want to see its daily box office situation as soon as possible."

Li Linlin looked at him, and when he hung up the phone, she said, "There's no need to be so worried, right? We can't bump into him again!"

Yuan Ke shook his head with a wry smile, first patted the front seat, let the driver drive, and then said to his beautiful concubine: "It's fine this year, what about next year?"

Li Linlin looked surprised, "Next year?" She smiled as she said, "Next year, maybe they will make a third part of "Once Upon a Time"?"

This made Yuan Ke couldn't help laughing, but he immediately said: "That's hard to say! As long as it sells well and the audience wants to see it, tell me, I will definitely make a third one!"

After a pause, he said with a sad face: "I never thought of stepping on them, but in this circle... Guess Qi Minghu culture will turn around and step on others when they feel that they have become stronger and their position is stable?"

Speaking of this, he looked at Li Linlin, "Qin Wei and the others dare not step on it, will they find Old Zhao? You know that Old Zhao is more likely to cause trouble!"

Li Linlin was expecting Ai Ai for a while, and didn't know how to answer this question.

After a long time, the car had already entered the fast lane, and she said: "Actually, there is no need to worry too much, right? This movie is pretty good, and the filming is good, but Qin Wei must have a unique skill. His "Golden "Taiwan" is here for this "Once Upon a Time"! When the time comes, "Golden Terrace" will step down "Once Upon a Time" for the second time, and the enmity between them will never be resolved!"

After a pause, she smiled, "By that time, Li Qian still has the mind to confront others? Shouldn't he ease up with the others, including us, and then concentrate on fighting Lao Qin?" ?”

Hearing this, Yuan Ke looked at Li Linlin in surprise and surprise, and suddenly laughed, "It's really possible!"

After a pause, he smiled, "I hope so!"

Li Linlin patted her man's hand and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Qin Wei is amazing! We will definitely make our wishes come true!"

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The premiere ceremony is over. Tomorrow, "Once Upon a Time: A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" will be officially released nationwide.

One of the most important significances of holding the premiere ceremony lies in the preheating of public opinion, word-of-mouth and Internet communication-this is a very important step in the publicity war before the release.

And just in the afternoon and evening of that day, there were already more than a dozen post-viewing comments written by lucky viewers who had watched the premiere on the Internet—undoubtedly, unanimous praise.

For this sequel, for the sequel director Zhao He, who was controversial and doubted by many media before, almost everyone gave a high evaluation of the sequel's story, style, etc.!

And at this time, fans of "Once Upon a Time" were eagerly looking forward to the release of the movie so that they could see it quickly. Therefore, as soon as these rare post-viewing articles appeared, they were quickly pushed up. Within hours, there were thousands of replies!

Many people said in the message: After reading the poster's post, I am even more greedy, and I will watch it tomorrow!

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Scratching my head: monthly pass, it’s really a good thing! Can't get enough! And the more you eat, the more energetic you are! Don't look at me as a big fat man, since everyone started to vote monthly, I can now go up ten steps in one breath without any effort! It is not easy to get wow!