In fact, after the box office of "Falcon" came out in the third week, the entire Xiangjiang film circle already knew that the box office of "Falcon" would definitely surpass "Modern Bodyguard", the only question was when it would be superceed.

In the fourth week of the movie's release, the box office of "Falcon" fell by more than 50% due to the impact of the release of new films, but Ren Ran won the box office championship for four consecutive weeks with a score of 1.86 million, with a cumulative box office of 18.08 million. This result surpassed the 17.76 million of "Modern Bodyguard", setting a new box office record for Xiangjiang movies and becoming the king of the box office in Xiangjiang.

The pro-Taiwan media all chose to ignore the huge success of "Falcon", pretending that nothing had happened, and that "Falcon" did not even exist, while both pro-mainland and neutral media reported the news as soon as possible.

"Falcon" broke the box office record of "Modern Bodyguard", and mainland films became the king of the box office in Hong Kong. ”

Xu Wangqiu punched Xu Guanwen, and "Falcon" stepped on "Modern Bodyguard" and became the champion. ”

"Falcon" surpassed "Modern Bodyguard" and set a new box office record!"

Mainland films have too strong political connotations and have always been unpopular in Xiangjiang, but now "Falcon" actually broke the record set by "Modern Bodyguard" at the beginning of this year and became the box office king of the Xiangjiang film market, which made countless Xiangjiang people stunned, and also made Xu Wangqiu and "Falcon" a hot topic of discussion on the streets and alleys of Xiangjiang.

After Xu Wangqiu's "Hoe Rape" was released in Southeast Asia last year, it achieved very good results. After hearing the news of the release of "Falcon" in Xiangjiang, Southeast Asian filmmakers have inquired about the news of the movie. However, after hearing that "Falcon" was about self-defense and counterattack, these studios gave up. Vietnam is a hegemon in Southeast Asia, Southeast Asian countries dare not offend Vietnam, the story of "Falcon" is too sensitive, and it is likely that it will not pass the trial after buying it back.

Marx once said: "If there is 100% profit, the capitalists will take risks, if there is 200% profit, the capitalists will defy the law, and if there is 300% profit, then the capitalists will trample everything in the world." ”

After "Falcon" broke the box office record of "Modern Bodyguard", filmmakers from Southeast Asian countries still couldn't resist their inner impulses and came to talk to Yindu about buying "Falcon". If you buy the copyright of "Falcon" and fail the censorship, you will lose some money, but if you pass the censorship, it will definitely make a lot of money, and the filmmakers decided to gamble.

In the negotiation process, the filmmakers tried desperately to lower the price on the grounds that the censorship risk was too great, while the Yindu organization argued that "Falcon" had broken the box office in Xiangjiang, and it would definitely be a box office hit in Southeast Asian countries, and the price should not be too low. After some painstaking negotiations, "Falcon" sold a total of $970,000 in Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

After receiving the news that "Falcon" had set a box office record in Hong Kong, Su Bai immediately wrote an article about the success of "Falcon" overseas, reporting that "Falcon" had broken the box office record in Hong Kong and earned nearly 10 million US dollars overseas. After this news was reported, it immediately triggered a carnival of mainland audiences and fans.

In this era, the Chinese have a particularly strong sense of national honor and are particularly eager to be recognized by the world. As long as there are Chinese who achieve good results overseas, they will be frantically sought after by the Chinese people. For example, the women's volleyball team, such as Li Ning. The reason why Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige are so famous is that they won gold and silver at the three major film festivals, which made many people feel that their faces were bright.

Now I hear that Xu Wangqiu's "Falcon" not only refreshed the box office record in Xiangjiang, but also sold nearly 10 million US dollars overseas, earning a lot of foreign exchange for the country, so Xu Wangqiu has become a national hero in the hearts of domestic audiences and fans, and Xu Wangqiu can be heard on the streets and alleys.

"Xu Wangqiu is so awesome, he actually compares the movies of all countries in Xiangjiang, breaking the box office record of Xiangjiang movies, and earns nearly 10 million foreign exchange, which really gives us a long face!"

"Xu Wangqiu is the pride of Chinese films, the pride of China, and he has beaten American movies to the ground in Xiangjiang!"

"I used to think that Xie Jin was the best director in China, but now I think Xu Wangqiu has surpassed Xie Jin. At least Xie Jin's movies can't be sold overseas, and there is no way to earn foreign exchange for the country like Xu Wangqiu. ”

After the news of "Falcon" breaking the box office record in Hong Kong reached the art center, many people who were dissatisfied with Xu Wangqiu were speechless, and those who scolded and scolded also kept their mouths shut. The winner does not accept accusations, where are the achievements of others, you don't have this result, it is useless to say anything.

Many people begin to think on the bright side, at least go to Xiangjiang to investigate to open their eyes to the world of flowers in Xiangjiang, and they can bring some good things back by the way. More importantly, there is a subsidy for conducting research, especially for research in Xiangjiang, there is a subsidy of ten yuan a day, which is 300 yuan a month, which is equivalent to half a year's work.

Thinking about it this way, the indignant directors and screenwriters also figured it out, although Xu Wangqiu looked down on himself, felt that he didn't understand the audience, and let himself do research, but at least he was not the kind of leader who let the horses run and didn't give the horses graze, at least everyone got benefits.

As a result, the directors and editors began to conduct questionnaires in various cinemas in Peking according to Xu Wangqiu's request. None of them had done surveys, and they didn't know how to do it. Xu Wangqiu designed a book for them, a total of ten questions, what kind of movie do you like the most? What do you choose when you watch the movie, do you want to go to the cinema......

At the same time, the literary editors of the creative studio also analyzed nearly 200 scripts handed over to the export company by the film factory and Xiangjiang Film Company in accordance with Xu Wangqiu's requirements, but only two scripts met the requirements, one was "Bloody Demon Capture" by Liu Lin and Wu Zhiliu, and the other was "Wulin Zhi" by Zhang Huaxun of Beijing Film Studio.

Zhang Huaxun is the director of "The Mysterious Buddha", which was fiercely criticized by critics after the test screening, and almost failed to be released. After the official release, the critics were even more scolded, so much so that Zhang Huaxun would hide when he saw other directors in Beijing Film Studio, feeling that he was too embarrassed.

However, the criticism could not stop the audience's enthusiasm for "The Mysterious Buddha", and China Film Company released nearly 300 copies, and the attendance rate was also extremely high, almost full house. After the release of the film, Zhang Huaxun received hundreds of letters from audiences from all over the country, expressing support for him and the film, and some viewers even said, "If "The Mysterious Buddha" is banned, we will defend this film like 'Master Haineng' defends the Buddha."

The care and encouragement of the audience, the support of the leaders of Beijing Film Studio, and Zhang Huaxun himself was very unconvinced by the criticism of the critics, so he and Xie Hong, the screenwriter of Beijing Film Studio, made up the script of a kung fu film "Wulin Zhi".

Because Zhang Huaxun wanted to prove himself, he worked the script with screenwriter Xie Hong, and the script was written very solidly.

The story of "Wulin Zhi" is very similar to "Ip Man 2", and it can even be said that "Ip Man 2" is a copy of "Wulin Zhi". This is not the plagiarism of "Ip Man 2", but "Wulin Zhi" created a model of martial arts genre films, the model of the grandmaster film in the ring, in which Chinese martial artists abandon internal fighting, and fight foreign strongmen in the ring for the sake of national integrity. Like the later movie "Huo Yuanjia" is this model, and "Ip Man 2" is also this model.

After the editor of the creation room selected the two scripts of "Bloody Demon Capture" and "Wulin Zhi", the person in charge reported it to Xu Wangqiu. Subsequently, Xu Wangqiu convened a meeting with the management of the art center, as well as the heads of five departments, including the director office and the drama studio, to review the script.

In the process of discussion, everyone agreed that "Bloody Capture of Demons" is an extremely rare good script, the storyline is ups and downs, exciting, especially after Yan Nanxiang received the order and began to reconnoiter the enemy's movements, every step of the development led the audience's heart;

The script of "Wulin Zhi" is very good, but everyone is not too sure how "Wulin Zhi" can be filmed and whether it can be sold overseas. "The Mysterious Buddha" is very popular in China and is warmly sought after by the audience, but it does not sell well in Xiangjiang and Southeast Asia, because Xiangjiang is already good at kung fu films. Kung fu films in the mainland can't catch up with Xiangjiang kung fu films, and if there is no novelty, it may be difficult to make a difference overseas.

Xu Wangqiu knows that everyone's analysis of "Wulin Zhi" is right, in the last life, "Wulin Zhi" was very popular in China, with nearly 500 million viewers, but its overseas performance was not very good, and there was only less than 200,000 box office in Xiangjiang, which was very different from "Shaolin Temple". "Wulin Zhi" can be filmed, but some adjustments must be made before it can be filmed.

After the meeting, Xu Wangqiu reported "Bloody Capture of Demons" to the company, and then called Beijing Film Studio to ask Zhang Huaxun to go to the art center to talk about the adjustment of the script of "Wulin Zhi".

Zhang Huaxun is a native of Peng County, Xichuan, and Xu Wangqiu are fellow villagers in Xichuan, and he is also a graduate of the directing department of Beiping Film Academy, so he is Xu Wangqiu's senior brother. After the two met, they first talked about the customs of Xichuan, and then talked about the teachers of Nortel's directing department. It took a while for them to get to the point.

Xu Wangqiu smiled and said: "The script of "Wulin Zhi" is very well written, and what is especially commendable is the ideological melody reflected in the film, which can be said to be a hymn to our national spirit. However, as a commercial film, there are two problems, the first is that the actor Dongfang Xu is too forbearing, which will make people feel depressed, and the second is that the ending is too tragic, I think it should still give people a little hope. ”

Zhang Huaxun has repeatedly polished the script of "Wulin Zhi", and has his own consideration of the characters and details in the story, explaining: "In the process of writing the script of "Wulin Zhi", I have been thinking, what is a martial arts film and a kung fu film? According to my personal understanding, martial arts films and kung fu films are mainly aimed at pursuing the effect of martial arts. This kind of film often ignores the background of the times, the storyline, whether the characters are real or not, and whether they are reasonable, as long as they find a reason for the martial arts fight, lead to the martial arts scenes, you come and go, and the fight is lively.

Director Wang Yang told me that we should make a new type of socialist martial arts film, which is different from the kind of martial arts film that simply pursues the effect of martial arts. My idea is to make "Wulin Zhi" into a new type of martial arts film, an art film with a martial arts theme, rather than a martial arts film like Hong Kong and Taiwan. When writing the script, some comrades pointed out that Dongfang Xu's personality is not cool enough, but we think that a truly excellent martial artist should not be fierce and forbearing; and Dongfang Xu's forbearance is complementary to another important figure, He Da, Dongfang Xu's forbearance, He Dahai is domineering. ”

Xu Wangqiu heard that Zhang Huaxun regarded "Wulin Zhi" as an art film, and sighed secretly in his heart, no wonder Zhang Huaxun didn't make kung fu films after filming "Wulin Zhi", Jin Yong called him three times and asked him to shoot "Book of Swords and Enmity", but he resolutely refused to accept it; it seems that "The Mysterious Buddha" was scolded too harshly, so that he was a little silent about martial arts films and kung fu films, and he was already moving closer to art films.