Chapter 297: Foreshadowing the Storm
The next day, Lu Lin cut a version of the trailer and posted it on the Internet, but it only talked about the Wu clan. Gonggong and Zhurong fought with each other, and the ancestors and witches teamed up one after another, and they didn't even hit Buzhou Mountain, obviously to awaken everyone's memory of "Houyi Shooting the Sun".
Although the trailer is only 60 seconds long, there are no intense fights. But the appearance of Zhu Ronghe and Gonggong alone has already excited many audiences. Some people even turned out the Huayi version of "Nuwa Mending the Sky" and criticized it.
After all, this version is too cheating, and the good "flood special effects blockbuster" is made into a bloody love drama. Although the box office did not lose in the name of "Hou Yi Shooting the Sun", it can even be said to have a slight surplus. But the word of mouth is a big loss.
Beijing, located on the 30th floor of a building in CBD, in the studio shared by Wang Zhongjun and Feng Xiaogang.
The king is always staring at the canvas opposite, holding a cheap plastic basin with paint in his left hand and a brush about 5 cm wide in his right hand, and is concentrating on painting.
As an entrepreneurial boss, Wang Zhongjun is becoming more and more like an artist. He has a painting for 400,000 yuan, and there are actually many people who buy it. Now that the National Day and the New Year are approaching, there are still orders for three paintings to be delivered, which is obviously in a hurry.
Standing in front of the large floor-to-ceiling window on the side was Wang Zhonglei. He originally came to talk to his brother, but the king was always painting well, so he could only wait.
"Whew, it's finally finished!" Wang Zhongjun put down his paintbrush and paint box, admiring his work, no matter how he looked at it, he felt good.
Wang Zhonglei turned around and approached, praised a few words at random, and then said: "Lu Lin, that kid, put the trailer of 'Nuwa'!"
Wang Zhongjun was still immersed in the joy of making a painting, and said casually: "Oh, as long as he doesn't choose the schedule for the first day of the Lunar New Year, it has nothing to do with us!"
Because Director Feng's creation fell into a bottleneck, Huayi also carried out a "de-cinematicization" strategy, which led to a reduction in Huayi's production this year, and there was only one "Heavenly Lion" as the main projection of the Chinese New Year, and the schedule was set early on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
As for "Taiping Wheel", it also invested, but it followed Xiaoma, Leshi, and Zhongying and invested some money.
Wang Zhonglei frowned and said, ""Nuwa Mends the Sky" should be in December, but his "Yitian" should be the first day of the Lunar New Year!"
Although Lu Lin expected to shoot quickly, "The Three-Body Problem" had not started at that time, so the schedule of "Yitian" has been very vague, and he did not say a quasi-date.
When Wang Zhongjun heard this, he was finally a little moved. After all, Huayi's Chinese New Year file this year is such a façade-supporting film, and it would be too embarrassing if it was beaten down by Longlin Pictures.
"Fortunately, it's not "Nuwa Mends the Sky"!" The king always has palpitations, Lu Lin's movies have been selling well in recent years, and the global box office of "Company of Soldiers" can actually exceed 1.3 billion US dollars, which makes him lose his ambition to compete more and more.
I don't like to make movies more and more, and I keep acquiring some high-quality assets, and I have nothing to do with oil painting...... How moist the days are!
Wang Zhonglei said depressedly: "His "Yitian" is also a strong rival, the most important thing is that Longlin's version of "Nuwa" is a big hit, and our version is becoming more and more unbearable!"
Xiao Wang was always very depressed, he thought that if he could take the opportunity to get a vote, it didn't matter if he was scolded twice, but he didn't want to make a general profit, and he was scolded very badly.
This kind of thing is actually very common in the glory days of Hong Kong films, which work is not copied by anyone, and who dares to say that it has not been copied by others? However, this is the mainland market, and there is really no one who rubs Lu Lin's traffic so much.
If you want to say that the movie is well-made, forget it, but it's a big bad movie, which is particularly embarrassing!
As a result, Huayi's version of "Nuwa Mends the Sky" was scolded when it was released, and whenever there is any movement in the Longlin version, someone will scold it on the Internet.
But if it's just like this, it's a big deal to go online less and read less Weibo, but I can't stand some reporters who want to stir up trouble to ask!
Wang Zhongjun also knew this, and sighed: "That's also a helpless thing, your film has been filmed, and other people's films have been released, and the audience has to compare, can you still think of making people unable to get on it?"
Wang Zhonglei's eyes lit up when he heard this, but then they dimmed. He does have that heart, but he really doesn't have that strength, because Lu Lin's momentum has already been achieved. Not to mention anything else, the Film Bureau also wants results.
Longlin Pictures has contributed more than 6 billion to the mainland box office in 14 years, and the overseas box office accounts for a higher proportion. In this case, as long as Lu Lin and Longlin Pictures don't die by themselves, the General Administration will definitely support it!
Xiao Wang always became more and more depressed, "I really can't do anything about him?"
Wang Zhongjun said: "If you want me to say, anyway, we are all 'de-cinematic', and we can't make a few films in a year, so let's get less involved with those!"
When Wang Zhonglei heard this, his face was cloudy. According to what my brother said, will there still be a foothold for Huayi in the Chinese film market in the future?
said that this year's Chinese New Year, the most ambitious is the producer of "Taiping Wheel".
The film is jointly produced by Xiaoma Pentium, Leshi Films, China Film, Huayi and other companies, with an investment of 400 million yuan, and directed by the great director Wu Baige.
The prototype of the story, "The Taiping Ship Sinking Incident", is also known as the "Chinese version of Titanic". The accident occurred in January 1949 and departed from Shanghai. It was hit and sunk due to overloading and not turning on the navigation lights during night navigation, resulting in the death of nearly 1,000 people on board.
And Cai Tianyi, who ran the Zoomlion Steamship Company at that time, was the father of Cai Kangyong, the popular host of Baodao.
In terms of story background, investment, topicality, actors, and directors, even if this is not as shocking as "Titanic", it should not be too different. The latter was re-released in 3D in 12 years, and also won a box office of 940 million yuan.
There is no reason why "Taiping Wheel" can't be surpassed! Even if it can't be sold abroad, there should always be two billion in the mainland, Zhang Zhao of Leshi Pictures thought optimistically.
On September 21, "Taiping Wheel" held a "Stars Set Sail" press conference in Beijing and exposed the first trailer, which is much more official than Lu Lin uploading the trailer on the official website of "Flood Cinematic Universe".
In addition to Wu Baige and a vote of stars, the four producers also attended as the "helmsmen" of the giant ship.
They are La, chairman of China Film, Jin Yan, chairman of Pony Galloping, Wang Zhonglei, president of Huayi, and Zhang Zhao, CEO of Leshi Pictures.
The director and others were interviewed by the media on stage, and these people also talked about Longlin Pictures' "Nuwa Mending the Sky".
Jin Yan, chairman of Xiaoma, asked La Dong of China Film if he knew the specific schedule of "Nuwa Mending the Sky", because the "Taiping Wheel" had already been set, December 2.
It can be said that I am not afraid of other films in the same schedule, but I am afraid of Long Lin's "Nuwa Mending the Sky"!
However, the new head of China Film has a general relationship with Longlin Pictures, so he naturally doesn't know the schedule of "Nuwa".
Wang Zhonglei said with a smile: "I heard that Lu Lin is now in a hurry to shoot "The Three-Body Problem", and is counting on filming "Yitian" as soon as possible. At that time, "Nuwa Mends the Sky" will be in December, and "Yitian" will be the first day of the Lunar New Year!"
Zhang Zhao sneered when he heard this, "He is greedy enough to want to wipe out all the New Year stalls!"