On January 9th, the New Year file has become relatively clear, and the total box office of "The Adventures of Li Xianji" reached 470 million in three weeks after its release, and after the New Year's Day holiday, the box office was significantly higher than that of the other two blockbusters.

And "Dragon Gate Flying Armor", which includes a small long holiday, has less than 70 million box office left, with a total box office of 480 million.

And "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" is already in its fifth week, with 25 million in a single week and a total box office of 550 million.

"Dragon Gate Flying Armor" has fallen behind, "The Adventures of Li Xianji" was released two weeks later, and the box office is only 80 million, judging from the current trend, it is only a matter of time before it overtakes.

Zhang Weiping is also getting more and more anxious, although the investment is definitely not as high as 600 million, but the domestic box office alone, the loss is ironclad, and now he just wants to lose a little less.

I don't want to make any money, less loss is earning, and at least I have to get the champion of the Chinese New Year!

Zhang Weiping began to give various interviews more and more frequently, and his words became more and more exaggerated.

Tengxun Entertainment reporter asked: "Mr. Zhang, the box office of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" is currently less than 600 million, and even the cost has not been reached, this will be Zhang Yimou's first loss-making film, what do you think is the reason, do you have any thoughts on today's domestic film market?"

Zhang Weiping smiled confidently: ""The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" has sold the rights of many countries outside North America and Asia, and after the screening in North America, it will be fully released in 150 countries around the world. ”

No matter what, it must not be said that it is a loss now, as soon as I hear that it is a loss, the audience's first reaction is that this film is not good.

Instead, I have to blow it up, and after the painting, I will sell it miserably.

That's not all, when mentioning Ni Ni, Zhang Weiping even said, "Ni Ni's English is good, if she wins the Oscars this time, she can become an international superstar all of a sudden."

In 'Mou Girl', Ni Ni may be the one who rises the fastest, because there has never been a film that is so highly anticipated by the international film industry as "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling"!"

As for the prospect of the Oscars, Zhang Weiping also ignored the ridicule of netizens.

"The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling is a global film, where a completely international cast and crew is assembled, in this film, the technical part is Mi Lijian people, the special effects part is Anglican, the visual part is neon people, the costumes are Xiangjiang people, and the actors are Chinese, neon people, and Mi Lijian people.

There is also a famous blasting special effects team in England to shoot war scenes, which can be described as a rare multinational force in the history of Chinese films, and our film is 50% foreign language dialogue, and the film has taken a purely "international style" route at the beginning.

This is completely different from the previous domestic films, our goal from the beginning is to set globalization, this is a global film, which will change the perception of overseas audiences on Chinese films, it is definitely the highest level of Chinese films!"

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Watching Zhang Weiping's interview at home, Li Qian had a question mark in his mind, this person looks quite shrewd, how can he do stupid things.

"Hey, Zhang Weiping said that Ni Ni wants to become an international superstar, and it seems that she also signed up for the Oscar for Best Actress, right?"

Tong Liya leaned on Li Qian's shoulder and said with a narrow face.

As he spoke, he felt funny, "This person is really bragging, and he doesn't even make drafts, and you see that he is not embarrassed at all, and what he says is vibrating, as if it is true." ”

International superstar?

Li Qian shook his head, leaned back on the sofa, and said with a smile, "What is an international superstar, I signed up for the Best Actress Dare to say that, Zhang Weiping is really open-minded." ”

Not to mention, the new picture really dares to promote, what Zhang Ziyi's successor, the next Chinese actress to go international, has been arranged for Ni Ni.

If you don't know, you think you've been nominated, so you just apply for a name, and if you apply for a Qinghua in the college entrance examination, you will think you're a Qinghua student?

It's almost the New Year, and Li Qian occasionally goes to participate in some interviews or something, rushing the performance for the media, you give others face, and others will give you face.

In the afternoon, I was interviewed by Xinlang Entertainment in the hotel.

Lu Chao, who fought for this opportunity to interview, as a fan of Li Qian, was also the first time to face to face like this, less than a meter apart, and he was still a little excited to see Li Qian alone.

"Hello Director Li, I'm Lu Chao, a reporter from Xinlang Entertainment, just call me Xiao Lu. ”

"Hello Reporter Lu. Li Qian smiled.

"Director Li, shall we start directly?"

"Let's get started. ”

Time is precious, although he is a loyal fan, Lu Chao has not forgotten his work.

"Director Li, first of all, the audience is very concerned about a question, what does Truman mean in your comedy "Truman's World", is it a person's name, a place name, or something else?"

"Truman is a personal name, and it is also the name of the male protagonist in this movie. "This kind of small problem still doesn't need to be kept secret.

Lu Chao then asked, "Then can you reveal a little bit the meaning of the title, what is this story about, Truman's world, does it refer to another time and space?"

Li Qian shook his head, "Spoilers are not a good habit, after the movie is released, everyone will naturally know, and I believe that it will surprise you at that time." ”

Throw a fit?

Lu Chao's spirits perked up, it was really extraordinary, although Li Qian often bragged, but he realized it all by himself.

In other words, this is still a brain-wrenching movie!

As a veteran movie fan, Lu Chao gave a definition of "Truman's World" in his heart.

"Previously, Jiangning City announced that it would spend 7 billion yuan in Xinzhou District to create a location for "Truman's World", what kind of world is this?"

"Actually, it's nothing special, it's just like our real city. ”

Similar in the real world?

The corners of Lu Chao's mouth twitched, just like the city in reality, what kind of exterior location did it cost seven billion to build, and it would not be over if it was shot directly.

"I Am a Legend" was so troublesome before, and it was all filmed on location in the magic capital, but now it is a comedy, and it costs so much money to build a location, isn't it nonsense.

Looking at the suspicious gaze of this reporter Lu, Li Qian couldn't help it, he was telling the truth, it was indeed similar to the city in reality.

Then Lu Chao tapped the content of "Truman's World" on the side, but basically didn't ask for any important information.

I can only give up, what can I do if I meet such a person who doesn't eat oil and salt.

So, I turned to ask about the "Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" to the Olympics.

"Director Li, do you think it is possible for the international "Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film again after 10 years?"

I only asked about the best foreign language film, and I was embarrassed to ask about various other individual awards, but anyone with a brain would not believe that he could be nominated for other individual awards.

"Not much hope. Li Qian seeks truth from facts, "The biggest advantage of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" against Austria is that a homeless man and a wine dealer, that is, an ordinary foreigner, participated in the redemption work of Jinling that year, and such an ordinary foreigner truly embodies human nature and is also in line with Western personal heroism.

However, there may not have been an in-depth study of the Oscars, in fact, the selection of the Oscars first focuses on the theme, and the theme must be acceptable to them, when "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was in the era when Oriental kung fu was popular all over the world, Cheng Long and Li Lianjie were well known to audiences around the world, and DVDs and videotapes sold tens of millions of dollars.

Oriental kung fu, this theme is very popular, coupled with the experience of director Li An, some Western cores have been added to the film, so it won four awards in one fell swoop, including the best foreign language film.

Previously, Director Zhang's "Ju Dou" and "Hang the Red Lantern High" were nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, also because of the theme, at that time, overseas impressions of China, if these two films were changed to now, I think the probability of nomination would be greatly reduced. ”

The Oscars have traces to follow, otherwise how could there be so many movies dedicated to the Olympics.

In fact, if "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is released today, the probability of winning the award is very low, because in the past ten years, Hollywood has become tired of costume movies and oriental kung fu, and it will even lose points in terms of theme.

But after all, he won the award, and Li Qian is not good at commenting at will.

It's just that this directly says that Zhang Yimou's Oscar Best Foreign Language Film of two films in the 90s is a product of the times, and Lu Chao still secretly smacks his tongue.

"Director Li..."

Lu Chao wanted to remind Li Qian, but Li Qian smiled and interrupted him, "I didn't deny the meaning of Director Zhang's two films, any movie with the characteristics of the times cannot be viewed out of the times, no matter what, it is the pinnacle representative of Chinese films in that era, and decades later, it will still be recorded in the history of Chinese films."

Now we are talking about the Oscars, and looking at the Oscars for decades, award-winning movies are actually inseparable from three characteristics.

The first is the technical level, which is the foundation of Hollywood's global leadership, including the technology at the technical level, and the technology at the creative level.

The second point is the theme, which can be seen from Hollywood's marketing of the Oscars, and many award-winning movies will carry a hot social topic.

The 2010 Oscars attracted a lot of attention, "Avatar" finally lost to "Bomb Disposal Unit" in the competition for best picture, the former was the hottest topic at the time, sweeping the world, but the topic behind the latter has been going on for ten years.

The third category is the position of the film, when "Brokeback Mountain" and "Crash" competed that year, "Brokeback Mountain" won the best director, and "Crash" won the best picture, which was difficult for most domestic filmmakers to accept at that time.

Even the director of "Crash" said in an interview a few years later that "Brokeback Mountain" should win the Best Picture Award, and even in the hearts of mainstream Hollywood filmmakers, they all think that "Brokeback Mountain" is better.

But even so, when voting, most people still voted for "Crash", the main reason is because "Brokeback Mountain" tells the story of a few people, and "Crash" is indeed about collision and contradiction between races, communication and reconciliation, sympathy and redemption, to put it bluntly, it is politically correct. ”

After a long speech, Lu Chao was a little difficult to understand for a while.

It's not that I don't understand what Li Qian said, but I can't figure out how Li Qian, a commercial director, knows so much about the Oscars, and he is not as keen on various awards as other directors.

Before the release of serious blockbusters, they would go around Europe, and then take advantage of the situation to vigorously promote it, but I didn't see Li Qian participate in major international film festivals.

However, this is not the focus of the interview, Lu Chao then asked, "Director Li, Zhang Weiping said that "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" is an international film, called a film composed of multinational coalition forces, and the influence of Mi Lijian's little gangsters who have transformed into saviors is in line with Mi Lijian's personal heroism, won't Oscar accept it?"

The Multinational Coalition...

How stupid it must be to say such a thing, flaunting internationalization every day, as if this way can really go international.

The technical part is Mi Lijian, the special effects part is English, the visual part is neon people, the costumes are Xiangjiang people, the actors are Chinese, neon people, and Mi Lijian people, and nearly half of the dialogues are foreign languages.

Good guy, it's just that the director is not a foreigner.

Constantly emphasizing the importance of foreigners and ignoring the role of Chinese people, it is really a few years ago that they blindly worship foreigners.

There are some ugly words, Li Qian doesn't want to say them, from beginning to end, Zhang Weiping is looking for a sense of existence everywhere, Zhang Yimou didn't say anything, and he still has basic respect for him Li Qian.

After thinking about it, Li Qian just said euphemistically, ""The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" is actually not in line with Oscar's preferences in terms of theme and position, the movie is about the war between the Chinese and the neon people, and it has nothing to do with the Mi Lijian people, it can't be solved by you stuffing a Mi Lijian protagonist in, even if..."

Almost saying this, Li Qian coughed lightly, and continued, "Even if they do this, they won't accept it, because they haven't been involved in the war between our two countries much in history." ”

The technical level is not enough, and people don't care about the topic, let alone the position......

After speaking, Li Qian really couldn't help but want to scold Zhang Weiping, and added.

Zhang Weiping, as a layman, uses words such as multinational forces and internationalization to describe a film that depicts the suffering of the Chinese nation, he is no longer worthy of being a filmmaker, what he has done for so many days is the biggest insult to this movie, insulting his country and people, and insulting director Zhang Yimou. ”

Directly scolded...

Lu Chao smacked his tongue, but there was no need to fan the flames, this sentence was enough, and there was not much time for the interview.

He then asked, "But Schindler's List is also not a war in which Mi Lijian participated, and it also won the Oscar for Best Picture?"

Li Qian shook his head, "Just think about the content of this movie." ”

International jokes, that's Jews, Hollywood is all controlled by Jews.

The interview was not long, and near the end, Lu Chao asked Li Qian again if he had any thoughts about rushing to the Olympics.

"To be precise, you can't use the word "Ao", when you want to impact a certain achievement, you have to go in that direction, but I don't make a movie specifically to cater to their tastes, I'm just a cheesy commercial film director, a director who makes movies that the audience likes. Li Qian said with a smile.

Everything that should be said was said, and seeing that the time was almost up, Li Qian stopped the interview.

"That's all for today, Reporter Lu has worked hard. ”

Lu Chao hurriedly said, "Thank you Director Li for taking time out of your busy schedule to accept our interview, in fact, I have always been your idol, whether it is the movie, or the emotional and humanistic care conveyed by the movie, I feel that you are a director with a sense of social responsibility." ”

Li Qian smiled, "Thank you, I'm just making movies that the audience likes, which shows that most audiences still like positive movies." ”