Although "The Legend of Wukong" is known as a blockbuster, it cannot be compared with films such as "Lich War" and "Houyi Shooting the Sun" with an investment of more than hundreds of millions of US dollars, both in terms of production cost and publicity efforts.

It can be seen from the premiere that Longlin Pictures' blockbusters are basically selected in the stadium, not to mention the rental cost, just to build an IMAX screen on the spot, the cost is about one million. The premiere of "The Legend of Wukong" was in theaters, and there were only promotional activities, no film viewing links.

I think it was because the filmmaker was weak and didn't dare to play the feature film in advance, so as not to be affected by negative word-of-mouth on the first day of box office.

And such a premiere event generally does not have any guests. But since Cao Huayi, the boss of the new calendar, was invited, Lu Lin was not very busy for a while, and it was quite interesting to look at the other party's nonsense in the past, and to see the slap in the face in two days, it was only an hour or two of activities.

At two o'clock in the afternoon on the 9th, Lu Lin stepped on the spot to the premiere of "The Legend of Wukong" in Beijing, and Cao Huayi, the boss of Xinli Media, came out to greet him.

"Director Lu is here, it's shining!" Cao Huayi smiled and stepped forward to shake hands, and patted Lu Lin on the back.

said that Long Lin's activities, Lao Cao really didn't come less. Although there is no cooperation, he and Lu Lin are friends.

"Haha, everyone is making a film about "Journey to the West", so I naturally want to come over and see how you play this one!" Lu Lin said with a smile.

Cao Huayi shook his head slightly, and said: "Our little fight is not comparable to Director Lu's blockbusters! Not only is the domestic box office high, but also overseas, North American Zhou Guan, "Lich War", I'm afraid I won't get two billion US dollars, right?"

"It's so easy, Europe and the United States have cultural barriers with us, so this will be a fresh, barely reaching the level of Hollywood blockbusters. It's so difficult for Chinese movies to trigger a movie-watching boom on other people's territory!"

Cao Huayi thought so, and said: "That's the reason, but even if it can't reach the box office of "Avatar", there is a box office of 17.8 billion US dollars, which is enough for our gang to envy!"

Lu Linxin said that the company's box office income in the past two years is not just a matter of envy and jealousy for many domestic film companies, but simply looking up.

Just like when "Avatar" was released in China, some domestic filmmakers felt that they could not compete at all after watching it.

"Mr. Cao is polite, it's too much to say that!"

Entering the ceremony hall, the event has begun. Director Guo Zhijian, starring Peng Yuyan, Ni Ni, Zheng Yi, Qiao Dashan, Yu Wenle, Yu Feihong, etc., all appeared on stage to share the behind-the-scenes story of the filming.

The screenwriter and the original author Jin Hezhai were sitting in the guest seat, and when they saw Lu Lin and Lao Cao coming over, they hurriedly got up and shook hands, and said very politely: "Director Lu, long admiration, long admiration!"

Lu Lin said: "I should tell you that Jiu Yang is, when your "Legend of Wukong" was born, I was still just a small actor!"

Jin Hezhai is middle-aged, thin, and does not look greasy, but he is no longer the literary teenager who wrote full of "rebellious" spirit more than ten years ago. Between gestures, words and demeanors, there is a Confucian businessman posture.

But there is nothing to blame, just like Sun Wukong once scared the heavens and the earth, and in the end, he didn't want to take the golden hoop to the west...... The so-called growth price, probably so!

On the stage, a group of creators talked about the inside story of filming and how wonderful the movie was. At the guest seat, Cao Huayi also whispered to Lu Lin, to the effect that he hoped that Lu Lin could shout for "The Legend of Wukong".

Xinli Media has hit the IPO for the third time in five years, and Ciwen Media and Joyce Film and Television have successfully IPOed in the same period, but Xinli has failed, and the road to listing can be described as bumpy.

On June 30, 17, Xinli Media resubmitted the prospectus, wanting to raise 2 billion, and it was too much needed for "The Legend of Wukong" to have a good box office performance.

And Jin Hezhai welcomed the request of the joint venture party, and it became a matter of course to publicize all kinds of life on Weibo.

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"Lao Cao, you know my character, even if it is a movie produced by my Longlin, if it is not done well, I will not help promote it. It's okay to help you publicize, I have to watch the film, and the shooting is really good!"

Lu Lin didn't lie about this, in fact, in addition to special effects blockbusters, Longlin Pictures also has youth and romance films starring Fat Di, comedy movies starring Chen He and Zheng Kai, and literary films by literary coffee Du Xiaorao, not only special effects blockbusters.

But the reputation of those movies is relatively average most of the time, and the company's publicity and distribution department is basically responsible for it, and Lu Lin rarely asks, let alone helps with publicity.

Cao Huayi smiled bitterly when he heard this, so he dispelled his thoughts. As for asking Lu Lin to watch the film and then make an evaluation, he really doesn't have that confidence.

Of course, he can see the quality of the film. It's like an ordinary person watching chess, if you let him play, the level may not be enough. But let him watch the battle, and look at it to make one understand.

While speaking, screenwriter Jin Hezhai came to the stage and talked about his feelings about the work: he expressed his approval very much, and the adaptation cannot be set in stone. Wukong is everyone's story, and each creator can integrate their own ideas into it to restore an indomitable image of Wukong on the big screen, which is also a ...... to bring new vitality to Wukong.

Lu Lin in the audience couldn't help laughing, and said to Cao Huayi: "Hey, Lao Cao, tell me the truth, how is this film?"

"What's the matter, of course it's good, really, you'll know when the film is released!"

"Then you don't show the feature film to everyone!"

Cao Huayi said with a smile: "I'm afraid of spoilers, the audience is too familiar with the story of Journey to the West, and it is difficult to innovate, if this is spoiled in advance, it will be miserable." When the year-end Chinese New Year is celebrated, your "Havoc in Heaven" is not afraid of spoilers?"

Lu Lin was stunned when he heard this, and he actually had a feeling that what you said was so reasonable, and I was speechless. It seems that those who can become entrepreneurs from scratch are not idle people!

At the end of the ceremony, a reporter came to interview, "Hello Director Lu, as a busy international director, I can come to participate in the premiere of "The Legend of Wukong", I think I must be very interested in this film, right?"

"Well, I'm looking forward to it!" Lu Lin said in a decent manner, and said: "I thought I could have a sneak peek here, but I didn't expect them to show the feature film!"

But in his heart, he said: "Fortunately, I didn't let it go, otherwise it would be bad enough to watch it here for two hours!"

When the reporter heard this answer, he didn't know how to ask, so he asked about the news of "Lich War", but Lu Lin refused because it had nothing to do with this event.

After the whole event was completely over, Cao Huayi invited Lu Lin to participate in the thank-you reception, and several actors also surrounded and invited him to go. After all, it's a rare opportunity for them!

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