Chapter 62: Hanging and Beating (1/5)
There's a word in the MarchΓ© du Film called winner-takes-all.
Especially the phenomenal head works, such as "Wolf Warrior 2", stepping on the bones of a bunch of works...
But "Wolf Warrior 2" has been staggered for a week before it was released, and "The Great Cause of the Army" was beaten at the same time.
"Staggered?
"At least two weeks apart..."
"It's unlikely, there aren't many release schedules available for Chinese movies now..."
Hollywood imported films have basic plates, so it's impossible to compete with them, right?
In the summer of next year, Orange will have three movies "I Am Not the God of Medicine", "The Richest Man in Xihong City" and "The Nine Phantom Generals", three movies, and the box office is expected to be 9 billion.
Wang Changtian: "Guangming's annual meeting will release "Animal World", and the film investment will exceed 200 million..."
"When, exactly?"
"June 29th!"
β... A week in advance, we will meet "God of Medicine" on July 4th, starring Huang Bo, Wu Jing and me!"
Yu Dongleng paused: "The three of you will act in a movie together, who is the director?"
"Wen Muye is the director of "Chinese Partner". β
"On July 4th... Okay, I'll be a week early!"
Wang Changtian hurriedly remembered...
He is going to touch "Jurassic World 2", which has been released for a week...
Huang Bo + Wu Jing + Lu Xiaoran, the weight of these three people is too heavy, and they would rather go toe-to-toe with "Jurassic"...
"Old Yu?"
"We don't have any plans for next summer..."
"In fact, the Chinese film market has gradually stabilized, and the next film should be adjusted according to the schedule..."
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The three of them don't seem to be talking about anything, but they are actually discussing the sharing of market share next year...
The best thing about oranges is that they create explosive styles!
Explosive style is not a natural manifestation of quick success, but a direct reflection of whether a company's content production ability conforms to market trends.
Throughout the past five years, as long as Orange is really a major work, it is often a hit work.
Avoiding oranges' 'hits' has become a task in the Chinese film industry!
In the past, there would be players with head irons, so if you choose to ramble, it's best to step on the top position.
This year has taught these companies a bloody lesson: even "The Great Cause of the Army" has failed!
Wang Changtian said that his box office expectation for "Sewing Machine Band" is 300 million - as long as it can make money.
This is the second film after "Pancake Man".
Dapeng is a member of the billion-dollar box office club, and you actually predict that it is only 300 million?
Yu Dong's box office prediction for "Chasing the Dragon" is also 300 million - based on the consistent level of director Wang Jing.
Lao Wang is still very far-sighted, on the 29th, "Sewing Machine Band" won the first-day box office of 26 million, "Sky Hunting" was only 23 million, and on the contrary, the first-day box office of "Wushuang" was 130 million!
Even the next day, the two new films "British Showdown" and "Chasing the Dragon" opened, "Wushuang" still won 160 million...
It's called dominance!
Moreover, word of mouth exploded...
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The necessary propaganda still needs to be done, and the media also needs something new to write about.
At the media conference of Shanghai Station, the reporter asked Zhou Yunfa why he was willing to accept "Wushuang":
"The script is good, I feel like the script is writing me, so I'll take it!"
"As an actor, sometimes I need to perform different roles according to the requirements of the director and screenwriter. "Wushuang" is because the director had special feelings for Zhou Yunfa when he was young, so he wrote a role for me. β
"The director told me that he wanted to take the best movies of Chow Yun-fat in the 80s, and put them together to make a general character review. Now when you watch every scene of "Wushuang", there is a little bit of a series of meanings, which is quite good-looking. After the 80s, I didn't have the opportunity to play a script that could express the characters so richly. Therefore, for me, "Wushuang" is the summary of more than 40 years of acting in my acting career. β
Lu Xiaoran is all kinds of praise: "I think so, Zhou Yunfa is a symbol, just like Tom Hanks of the United States, Jean Reynaud of France, Song Kanghao of South Korea, Chow Yun-fat is also the most representative of the temperament of Chinese filmmakers, at least that's what I think!"
Chow Yun-fat hurriedly waved his hand: "Every era has its own idols, so it's hard to say for sure." β
A reporter mentioned that "Wushuang" is very similar to a Hong Kong film...
Liang Jiahui: "Actually, the term Hong Kong film is a bit xenophobic, when I came to the mainland to film, Hong Kong was still a British colony, and now our Hong Kong has also become a part of the motherland, so in terms of my views and perspectives, in fact, I have never distinguished between Hong Kong films or mainland films, I have always sat on my post as an actor, no matter where I perform anywhere in the world, I am just a movie actor." Hong Kong is fortunate because of the mainland market, no matter what, everyone is integrating, and we are all Greater Chinese films now. β
"Yes, I see it this way too, there is no need to divide it so carefully, they are all Chinese-language movies, and they are all released nationwide..."
Here's some promotional slogans:
"Ziyi's role, she did it very well, there are some actors, you just mention it, he can give it to you, talent and experience are off the charts, with the three of them, I only need to sit behind the monitor every day, and then take a nap, the on-site executive director is responsible for shouting and action!"
"The current market is so big, it is impossible for one family to win, and good movies will not be buried!"
By the way, there is also the part to answer the question - many netizens questioned the plagiarism of "Wushuang" and "The Extraordinary Suspect"...
Some viewers will think that "Wushuang" may be more or less influenced by "The Extraordinary Suspect", but it is not. There are only 36 ways to write a story in modern screenwriting, and even if you add many techniques to create a new way of writing, you still can't create a so-called new way of writing. β
"So a lot of stories are written in the same way, and the same is true for "Wushuang" and "The Extraordinary Suspect", you can't say that one movie uses one of the 36 ways to write a story, and other works can't be used. This is a misconception, and "Mushuang" is a completely new story created on this way of storytelling. β
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The Douban score of "Wushuang" is 8.6 points, with most of the praises and bad reviews, most of them questioning the plagiarism of "The Extraordinary Suspect"...
"Lu Xiaoran needs to study "Ecstasy" well, and just staying at the flipping and shifting of information on the surface of the story is at the level of a TV series!'
'I can't accept it at all...'
Lu Xiaoran is quite sad.
The audience demanded too much of him.
Fortunately, word-of-mouth and box office have always occupied the first place among the five movies, and they have surpassed the last four combined...
From October 1st to October 8th, the box office did not fall by more than 200 million in a single day...
On October 9th, the National Day file ended, and "Wushuang" won the National Day box office championship with a box office score of 1.76 billion...