Chapter 559 Premiere of "The Richest Man in Xihong City"
In another time and space, it only took more than ten years for special effects blockbusters to go from being sought after by the audience to being hated.
By 2025, people are too lazy to even go to the cinema.
One reason is the rapid development of short videos, which are indeed more interesting.
But in the final analysis, it is still the problem of this industry. There are too many bad movies, which have hurt the audience. No director or actor is trustworthy, and there are too many "collapses" in word of mouth.
Let's talk about "The Great Wall" in 2015. Brother Cheng Long may want to play this movie well, but he can't stand the fact that this movie has too many flaws.
Coupled with the impact of special effects blockbusters, the action scenes in this movie are just so-so, and there is really nothing to watch.
In the previous life, this movie won more than 700 million box office, but this time, if "The Great Wall" dares to be released during the Spring Festival and compete with "The Three-Body Problem 2" and "The Richest Man in Xihong City" for the box office, it will be good to have 500 million.
The problem is that the total investment of this film is as high as 400 million. If the box office is only 400 million, the investors may lose everything.
This is also the fundamental reason why Huayi, China Film, Yaolai and other companies decided to advance the release date.
Although Cheng Long has a certain influence, he is only the leading actor. After several producers have reached an agreement, they must advance the release date, and Cheng Long cannot stop it.
It's just that when it comes to that situation, everyone's face is a little embarrassed.
Jiang Heng thought about it and persuaded him: "The film "Three-Body 2" may be a peak in my career. Even if my previous and future films encounter it, they must avoid it!
Besides, if your film does not compete with me for the box office during the Spring Festival, it may sell more and set a higher record!"
Cheng Long was indeed much happier after hearing this. He picked up the wine glass and drank it all. "Yes, "Three-Body 2" will definitely set a record. Although my film cannot grab much box office, it will be good to have an extra 100 million or 200 million!"
Jiang Heng said: "If your "Heavenly Blade" is advanced, mine will definitely exceed 4 billion!"
Brother Cheng Long was choked when he heard this. 4 billion, he dared not think of a single film exceeding 4 billion in his lifetime!
After taking a sip, he suddenly said: "Do you think my action comedy and special effects can be integrated?"
Jiang Heng laughed and said: "Maybe we can try it!"
Cheng Long was thoughtful after hearing this, and actually started to think about it!
Big brother is more aware of current affairs most of the time. After returning, he communicated with people from Huayi, Shanghai Film Group, and Yaolai, and the matter of advancing the release date was successfully approved, and then began to increase the publicity efforts.
In order to make the film more popular among fans, Cheng Long also invited Jiang Heng to attend the premiere of "Heavenly Blade".
Jiang Heng couldn't refuse, so he took Zhang Ruolan with him.
The reason was simple. It was to warm up for the upcoming release of "The Three-Body Problem 2" and "The Richest Man in Xihong City". Zhang Ruolan was the heroine of the two films, and she must be brought out for everyone to know.
The finished film of "Heavenly Blade" was shown at the premiere. Jiang Heng felt that it was not interesting, but Zhang Ruolan thought it was very lively.
Of course, after the film, Jiang Heng asked her what she thought. The girl thought about it and still said the word lively.
A week later, "The Great Wall" was released, and the box office on the first day was only 120 million, which was not as good as Xu Ke's "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", and it was even worse than Zhang Yimou's "The Great Wall".
What's more terrible is the reputation. Douban's opening score is only 5.8, and it is almost reduced to the ranks of bad movies.
Wang Zhonglei and others are very lucky. If it is released during the Spring Festival, it will definitely be crushed by "The Three-Body Problem 2"!
As for low-cost comedy movies like "The Richest Man in Xihong City", Wang Zhonglei and others still don't take it seriously.
But the Happy Twist team cares a lot and is confident in the box office performance of the film.
The Spring Festival in 2015 is February 19, and the premiere of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" is scheduled on February 8, and "The Three-Body Problem 2" is on February 12, and the venues are all arranged at the Olympic venues.
Judging from the arrangement of this venue, the publicity and promotion investment of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" exceeds that of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", which shows that iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Pictures are more optimistic about this film.
The market is also curious about this point, and it can only be attributed to Jiang Heng's support for Zhang Ruolan!
In a blink of an eye, it was February 8, the day of the premiere of "The Richest Man in Xihong City".
Zhang Ruolan came to iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Pictures after lunch in the morning and started to put on makeup and make up. Because as the heroine, she has to walk the red carpet with Jiang Heng in the film.
Her parents, sister, and brothers also arrived at the scene, ready to witness her important moment.
After entering the entertainment industry for so long, the film she starred in is finally going to be released, and the whole family is very excited.
"Wow, sister is so beautiful, like a bride!" Zhang Ruolan's brother said.
"Sister, will you marry Director Jiang then?" The sister asked in a low voice.
Zhang Ruolan's cheeks were slightly red, and she hurriedly asked them not to talk nonsense.
Soon, Jiang Heng came in, wearing a custom-made suit, looking even more handsome.
"Hello, uncle, aunt, brothers and sisters!" Jiang Heng greeted politely.
"Hello, Director Jiang!"
"Hello!"
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Zhang Ruolan's parents are very reserved, but her brothers and sisters are very brave.
"Are you my brother-in-law?" the little girl asked.
Jiang Heng just smiled and touched her head, "You will know later!"
He immediately took Zhang Ruolan's hand, went out together, got into the car, and headed straight for the Olympic venue.
Zhang Ruolan's parents and brothers and sisters followed behind and arrived at the scene together in the other cars.
Because of Jiang Heng’s title of producer and the relatively large location, Aiyouteng Films proactively invited many reporters and guests to the scene, as well as many audiences. The atmosphere was no better than Jiang Heng’s previous special effects Bad blockbuster!
A reporter sighed while taking pictures, "Director Jiang is trying to praise Zhang Ruonan!"
"Yes, it was originally a small-to-medium-budget movie, but this scene is comparable to a special effects blockbuster!"
"Looking at this attitude, she will become the boss lady of Aiyouteng!"
"Nine times out of ten!"
"Zhang Ruonan, and that milk tea girl named Zhang, they are all pretty awesome!"
"This is what makes a hero sad to be a beauty!"
While the reporters were talking, Jiang Heng had already put his arm around Zhang Ruonan and stepped onto the red carpet together.
Instantly, the flash lights came on, and the whole place was filled with the sound of taking pictures.
After a while, the host Xie Nancai on the red carpet said: "Welcome, Director Jiang Heng, Miss Zhang Ruonan, then we can see that the scene of this premiere ceremony is very big, obviously beyond this." The film’s investment scale deserves the treatment it deserves. Can Director Jiang tell us why?”
After Xie Nan said this, he looked at Zhang Ruonan with a smile.
Jiang Heng chuckled: "That's right, because I think this is a very good comedy movie, so I want to use bigger scenes and more publicity to let the audience know about this movie!"
"Oh, Aiyouteng has produced "Thailand" and "Heart Blossoms" before, which also achieved good results, but they don't seem to have such a big scene. Is it because of someone?" (End of Chapter)