Chapter 761

For Miller Film and Television, the movie has been a little unsuccessful in the past two years, and it is precisely like this, Zhao Haobo is also desperate to win a hand.

What's more, the movie "The Matrix" was originally directed and acted by Lin Chen, and so far, Lin Chen has directed and acted in a total of two, one is "Journey to the West" and the other is "Truman's World", both of which have achieved unprecedented success.

That's right, Zhao Haobo also has a certain degree of confidence in "The Matrix".

Not to mention that they watched the promotional video for "The Matrix", that is, "Bullet Time".

Zhao Haobo doesn't think "The Matrix" lost to "Annihilation".

Ma Rufei of Jihai Media is similar, he believes in "The Matrix", but after all, it is a science fiction film, and they don't have much money on their books, so they chose 20 million.

As for Imperial Capital Film and Television and Wanya Film and Television, they each voted 20 million, but the two parties did not invest a lot in "Annihilation", especially Wanya Film and Television, which invested 40 million.

For this reason, Wanya Film and Television decided that the first plan must be to praise "Annihilation".

Today, in the office of the general manager of Wanya Film and Television, Guo Qian, who is currently the actual helmsman of Wanya Film and Television, called Cao Yun over.

"How?"

Guo Qian said to Cao Yun: "Who do you think will win the two movies, "Annihilation" and "The Matrix"?"

Cao Yun said with a smile: "Mr. Guo, do you need to talk about this? It must be "Annihilation", after all, the production cost, lineup, and publicity of this movie are the strongest. ’”

"yes, I think so too. ”

Guo Qian nodded slightly, but he changed his words: "Have you heard? This time, Bohan Film and Television seems to have no money on the books." ”

"There's no money on the books. ”

Cao Yun smiled bitterly: "I was drinking with Lao Wang a few days ago, and he told me that the current Tong Jingyun is a little crazy, and even pressed all the treasures on "Annihilation". ”

Guo Qian was stunned: "Why didn't Li Long ask?"

"Hey, Li Long has retired now, after all, he is in his 70s, and his daughter now has a great voice, and there is a grapevine. ”

Cao Yun said this and said with a smile: "It is said that Li Qian is in love with Tong Jingyun, and the two have already talked about marriage." ”

"This ......"

Guo Qian felt a little bloody at first, but suddenly he said: "Speed meeting." ”

"Huh??"

Cao Yun looked at Guo Qian's expression at this time, and he also understood: "Okay." ”

At the same time, Imperial Capital Film and Television did not promote "Annihilation", Ning Chao thought very simply, "Annihilation" is actually not much for their Imperial Capital Film and Television according to the share, since this is the case, it is better to focus on promoting "The Matrix".

Of course, Ning Chao didn't think much about the funding of Bohan Film and Television, what they thought about at the meeting was very simple, and they had to do their best to publicize it, but since the majority of the money is you, Bohan Film and Television, so why should we care about you?

This is the Eight Majors, so to speak, the Eight Congresses, generally have constant friction, and then the two sides are also small means behind the cooperation.

Otherwise, why can Xinghuo Film and Television gradually become the strongest film and television company under the Eight?

This is like the countries that fought against Qin back then, if everyone worked together, then the Qin State would have come earlier, but precisely because the countries also had their own ideas, they were naturally broken by the Qin State one by one.

In the eyes of the Eight Majors, their biggest competitors are still the Eight Majors, and it is impossible for Xinghuo Film and Television to surpass the Eight Majors even if they want to work hard, not to mention that Xinghuo Film and Television has always shown that they do not want to compete for hegemony, and they have not signed too many artists, and even the scripts are all cooperated with the Badas.

So the Eight Congresses took it lightly.

It wasn't until the past two years that the huge success of a series of movies such as "Thai Embarrassment", "Journey to the West", "Truman's World", and "Dear" made the Eight National Congress begin to be secretly vigilant, but it was too late at this time.

It's really late.

What's more, there are a lot of collaborations like Miller Film and Television and Xinghuo Film and Television, although they were torn up once in the middle because of Wu Bing's matter, but in terms of interests, this so-called tearing is nothing at all.

No, the investment in "The Matrix" is 80 million, not including some follow-up announcements, you say, if you change someone else, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get so much money.

Lin Chen is not a person who holds grudges, he thinks that shopping malls are like battlefields, everyone can snap today, and then blame each other tomorrow, this is not a scumbag and a, on the contrary, this is a very normal phenomenon.

No, Imperial Capital Film and Television has invested in "Annihilation" and "The Matrix", but it is a matter of opinion on which aspect is balanced.

On January 10, 30 days after the release of "The Favorite", the box office also stopped at 400 million.

At this time, the score of the movie "Favorite" on Doudou Online did not break 8 points, but the score of 7.9 points is quite good, and even in the literary film, it is quite strong.

Celebration feast.

In the eyes of the outside world, "Favorite" is a hit on the street as a movie produced by Xinghuo Film and Television, but in the eyes of literary films, the box office of this movie is quite good.

For Xinghuo Film and Television, this box office is also acceptable, at least Lin Chen's expectation is 200 million, and the cost of this movie is not high, so it is natural to hold a celebration banquet.

Not to mention the upcoming release of "The Matrix".

Now "Annihilation" has been screened twice in the empire, and then the industry is rave reviews, almost everyone is saying that "Annihilation" is the future of science fiction films, and film critics are saying that the first year of science fiction in China is coming.

In addition to film critics, there are also some audiences at the scene, and this part of the audience is also touting as much as they can, and then Ping Qingyun, the director of "Annihilation", said in an interview: "Real gold is not afraid of fire, I just want to tell you that our Chinese science fiction is not bad, as long as we can work hard, as long as we don't shoot blindly, then we can also shoot science fiction that is not worse than Hollywood." ”

This interview was also highlighted by the media later, and even the 'Movie Newspaper' praised it.

In this regard, "The Matrix" is a little worse, and not a single trailer for "The Matrix" has not appeared at present, and there is not even any news except for the finalized poster.

As we all know, the more secrecy it is, the more unintentional it is.

There were also some critics who expressed concern about "The Matrix" at this time.

Sometimes if a movie is invested too much, but it is basically kept secret, then many times it must be a bad movie, and then you can circle as many people as you can to come in.

As for where the money goes?

Everyone knows this, so let's not talk about it one by one, for the sake of harmony.

In the face of the disturbance of the outside world, the media wanted to interview Lin Chen, the screenwriter, director and starring of "The Matrix", to see what Lin Chen thought?

After all, the topic is also high.

On the one hand, just rely on the quarrels between Lin Chen and Pingqingyun, because the topic is very large, on the other hand, "The Matrix" and "Annihilation" are both science fiction, and many people's predictions are that "Annihilation" will crush "The Matrix".

This is interesting, everyone knows that Lin Chen is a person who holds grudges very much, in addition to holding grudges, this is also the master who is not convinced, he also quarreled with Ren Yi in the previous paragraph, and posted Weibo to bombard Ren Yi and Zhang Dapeng.

Under the foreshadowing of such things, you said that if you can interview Lin Chen, then how much topic should there be.

But it's a pity that Lin Chen didn't borrow the interview.

This time, "Favorite" is going to hold a celebration banquet, and everyone thinks this is an excellent opportunity, and it would be great if they could interview Lin Chen.

The celebration banquet started at the Imperial Capital Hotel on January 12th, and the scene can be called a cloud of reporters, after all, they all want to interview Lin Chen.

Correspondingly, others have been left out in the cold for a long time.

Except for a few starring media interviews, others, even director Ding Qiuli were not interviewed much.

"Director Lin, Director Lin, this time the trailer of "The Matrix" has not come out so far, what is your prediction for this movie?"

"Director Lin, what do you think of Doudou.com's box office prediction for "The Matrix" is 2 billion?"

"Director Lin, which movie are you most optimistic about during the Spring Festival this time?"

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Everyone really wanted to know Lin Chen's thoughts, it was not easy to catch him, but it was really not easy.

"Hehe, you don't need to worry, the first trailer will come out soon. ”

Lin Chen chuckled and said: "There is a way to be a good meal, not afraid of being late, isn't it? As for Doudou.com's prediction of "The Matrix", I am quite happy, because 2 billion is not low, but what I want to say is how the final box office is, you can just see it." ”

A reporter was obviously dissatisfied with Lin Chen's answer, so he asked again: "So Director Lin, which movie are you most optimistic about during the Spring Festival?"

Lin Chen asked rhetorically: "You just became a reporter, right?" ”

The other person said, "No, I've been doing it for 5 years." ”

"That proves that your business is not professional, I have been in the film industry for almost 9 years, do you say that I am afraid of anyone every time my movie is released?"

Lin Chen said with a smile: "So you ask me who I am most optimistic about, let me tell you, I am most optimistic about "The Matrix""

Okay.

That's right for a lot of journalists.

Or this is Lin Chen's temper.

The reporter at the scene also asked Lin Chen about the screening or premiere of "The Matrix".

Lin Chen nodded lightly: "It's definitely impossible, but the premiere will be held on the evening of January 31, and everyone will be invited to watch it." ”

"Will you still invite the audience this time?"

"Definitely, the works produced by our Xinghuo Film and Television have never been engaged in bribing film critics, and at the same time, we have offended a lot of film critics because of this, they basically belong to us who did not get the money. ”

Lin Chen said lightly: "Therefore, the audience will still be invited to the premiere this time, and there will be a ticket giveaway activity on Weibo when the time comes, so you can pay attention to it." ”

That's the thing, that's the way.

Lin Chen roughly said that he refused to be interviewed again.

The celebration continued.

During the meal, a group of actors also came to toast Lin Chen.

Xiangjiang actor Chen Le also gave Lin Chen a toast, Lin Chen knew that ordinary Xiangjiang actors actually couldn't speak Mandarin well, most of them spoke Cantonese, like the scum of the original time and space.

The actor's acting skills are good, but Mandarin is just not good.

At the beginning, when "The Favorite" used Chen Le to play Zhao Deyi, Lin Chen was still a little worried, but it was Ding Qiuli who dispelled Lin Chen's concerns, she said that Chen Le's Mandarin was quite good, and there was no Hong Kong accent.

Sure enough, Chen Le doesn't need dubbing, and the dialect he is learning now interprets the character of Zhao Deyi to the fullest.

In this way, Chen Le also successfully went to the mainland with "Favorite".

He also wanted to go further.

While eating, Lin Chen looked at Chen Le and had some thoughts, of course, this is a later story.

"There will be opportunities to work together in the future. ”

Lin Chen nodded lightly and said.

I didn't say too much, after all, no one knew what would happen in the future, and the most important thing for Lin Chen at the moment was the matter of "The Matrix".

For the sake of this movie, Lin Chen is not even going home this year.

Victory or defeat is here.

Lin Chen drank too much at the celebration banquet, but some actresses wanted to come over to support Lin Chen, but they were pushed away by Lin Chen, and Lin Chen's agent Li Yue also stopped at this time.

For Li Yue, these are too normal, over the years, many girl actors want to climb on Lin Chen's bed, even if they applaud for the play, but Lin Chen is unmoved.

At first, Li Yue was a little worried about whether Lin Chen was really sick, but now she is used to it, and even one day if Lin Chen tells him that he is a GAY, Li Yue will not be surprised.

Speaking of both ends, the media also reported on the celebration banquet of "Favorite", not only reporting on the celebration banquet, but also focusing on Lin Chen's response to "The Matrix".

"Hahaha, I knew that it was impossible for Lin Chen to take the initiative to admit defeat. ”

"Do you have too high requirements for Lin Chen? Not to mention anything else, if "The Matrix" really has a box office of more than 2 billion, this is not low. ”

"No, you're wrong, you're describing it as normal, but is Lin Chen an ordinary person? Look at the two movies he directed and acted in, one "Journey to the West" and the other "Truman's World", what has become the box office strength of these two movies?"

"That's right, I think so too, don't say anything else, anyway, I think ah, since Lin Chen said that "The Matrix" wants to defeat "Annihilation", then the box office must not be 2 billion. ”

"Wait a minute, don't end up easily now, don't forget those things that were slapped in the face by Lin Chen. ”

"It's just, haha, it's a little funny, it's all fucking suitable, and there are fucking people who don't believe Lin Chen. ”

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There are still big differences in the response to Lin Chen on the Internet.

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