494: No Pressure, More Motivation

"Jiuzhaigou is so beautiful this season. You don't even need a filter. It's like a fairy tale world with no trace of dust and pure nature." Chen Qian was amazed.

He came to Chengdu to discuss business. When he heard that Jiang Ge and Zhou Lingwei were taking wedding photos in Jiuzhaigou, he ran to watch the excitement.

"Spring, summer, autumn and winter, each season has different beauty here." A slight smile appeared on the corner of Jiang Ge's mouth.

Looking around, the red leaves and colorful forests are reflected in the blue lake water, and the colorful fallen flowers are floating among the lakes and mountains, which is colorful and beautiful.

After enjoying the beautiful scenery for a while, Chen Qian said: "The daily box office of "On the Road" has suffered another big drop."

Jiang Ge said calmly: "It's expected."

Now, his name is indeed a golden sign and a symbol of box office, but it does not mean that every movie can sell three to four billion.

Phenomenal movies are not so easy to come out. The right time, place and people are indispensable.

Chen Qian added: "The total box office is estimated to be only about 2.8 billion."

"You use the word 'only' so much..." Jiang Ge lay back, pillowed his head with his hands, and said with a smile: "Don't forget, the cost of this movie is only 30 million."

Chen Qian curled his lips and said, "You didn't include your script. There are rumors on the Internet that your script sold for more than 100 million, and it's still priceless."

When Jiang Ge heard this, he felt funny in his heart, but there was no market for it, because he didn't sell it at all. Then he said seriously: "Sell it to you for 100 million."

Chen Qian rolled his eyes and said, "Honestly, your script needs to be filmed or supervised by you, otherwise it will be a waste and the film will be tasteless."

He knows very well that the reason why Django's play can make money depends not only on the script, but also on the director, actors, post-production, etc. No aspect can be careless.

Django didn't say anything. This was indeed his advantage, and some original versions were used as reference.

Chen Qian continued: "This year's New Year's Day release, there are a lot of blockbusters, and there are already five scheduled for release."

Jiang Ge said in surprise: "Why is it released on New Year's Day?"

Chen Gan said with a smile: "I'm afraid that if it is released during the Spring Festival, I will become cannon fodder."

Jiang Ge said: "Actually, the competitiveness of "A Chinese Ghost Story 2: The Way of the World" and "The Deer and the Cauldron: The Battle for the Imperial City" are not much different."

In 1990, "A Chinese Ghost Story 2: Human World" grossed HK$20.78 million, ranking sixth on the annual box office list; in 1992, "The Deer and the Cauldron: The Battle for the Imperial City" grossed HK$40.86 million, ranking third on the annual box office list; this is no joke.

Django is the producer of one film and the director of another. From the script to the actors, from the service to the soundtrack, I participated in the whole process and tried my best. It is not a shocking work, but it is definitely worthy of the title of "good film". Character.

Therefore, if other movies want to grab the box office from these two movies, they must have real skills.

Chen Gan added: "I have watched the trailers of these five blockbusters, including Red Maple Entertainment's comedy film "Dead on the Moon" starring Xia Duoyu and Ma Zhu, and Penguin Film and Television's romance film starring Gao Jin and Hongdou. "Spring Fairy Tale" has received the most attention, and its popularity is comparable to your "A Chinese Ghost Story 2: The Way of the World."

Jiang Ge licked his lower lips and said, "One of them is the most popular comedy couple today, and the other is the old partner of the most popular actor and actress in the 1990s, Qiang."

Chen Qian became interested and said, "Are you stressed?"

Jiang Ge smiled slightly and said: "Pressure is not bad, you will have more motivation."

Chen Qian smiled and said, "That's right. It's boring to compete with those bad movies all the time."

Aren't you afraid of losing money?

The words "fear" and "loss" are no longer in their dictionaries.

but……

These opponents are not so relaxed.

Put on variety shows, play GG, stir up news, and publicity methods cover all channels such as "print + online media + new media + client + video + activities", just to detonate topics that can resonate with the broad society and lock in the target audience of the film. This will lay a certain box office base for the official release of the movie.

Of course, Django also did it.

He is confident in his movie, but not so confident that he is invincible.

Besides, if you drink well, you may also be afraid of deep alleys, so you must do everything you need to do.

After chatting for a while, Zhou Lingwei ran over, handed a mobile phone to Jiang Ge, and said: "Your phone number."

Jiang Ge took it and saw that it was a call from Li Wei, manager of the economic department of Huafeng Media. He immediately pressed the connect button: "Hey, Li Wei, what's the matter?"

Li Wei hurriedly said: "Director Jiang, I have something to ask you. The organizers of this year's Golden Eagle Award and Golden Rooster Award have sent you invitations. The time and place are respectively the Star City International Convention and Exhibition Center on December 17th and the Magic Awards on December 28th. Metropolitan Theatre, do you want to attend?”

Jiang Ge didn't even think about it and said, "Please decline for me. There are too many things to do at the wedding and I can't spare the time."

Li Wei responded: "Okay, then I won't disturb you."

Usually, as long as he is not too busy, Django will go to support these award ceremonies. This time, he has no choice but to put his life-long events first.

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Time flies so fast. November is almost gone in Shangri-La, Lijiang and Jiuzhaigou. Jiang Ge and his party returned to Hangzhou at noon on the 24th.

Today happens to be Thanksgiving in the West, the day when "The Suicide Squad" is officially released.

Jiang Ge and Zhou Lingwei couldn't catch up with the first wave, so they simply booked tickets for the evening and took a rest in the afternoon.

They were late, but some were not, and a large number of audiences flocked to the cinema to see it.

"They're all a bunch of 'old' men, what's there to see?" Wang Lu looked at the row of actors who together were over a thousand years old on the poster for "The Expendables" and couldn't help complaining.

"You don't understand this. They are all the most popular tough guy actors in the world since the 1980s. My youth!" Zhang Gang said excitedly.

"Okay, go buy some more popcorn. It will help you pass the time if you're bored." Having already arrived and bought the tickets, Wang Lu couldn't say anything more.

"Okay, wait for me here." It's already rare to have a girlfriend with you, and Zhang Gang doesn't expect her to like the movie as much as he does.

Since Thanksgiving is a Western holiday, there is no movie schedule in China. The only movies that are being released are postponed National Day schedules and low-cost movies.

But Wang Lu saw a lot of people in the cinema and couldn't help but wonder, is this kind of movie really that good? Or is it because of the word "Django"?

She had watched a lot of Long Wei's early movies when she was a child, but not a single one in recent years. As for the remaining movies featuring Hollywood actors, she couldn't get enough of them.

"Here comes the popcorn and milk tea." Zhang Gang came over carrying snacks. When he saw the ticket gate starting to check tickets, he said again: "It's starting, let's go over."

So, one entered the cinema with excitement and the other with companionship.