Chapter 299: Ip Man
"That's the case, isn't this "Seeing the Dragon Unloading" going to be released in more than 20 days, and you, the leading actor, can't be absent from the crew's publicity!"
After greeting for a while, Li Rengang said his intention.
Today is March 10th, and there are only 23 days left before the release date of "Three Kingdoms: Seeing the Dragon Unloaded", and the publicity plan is about to be put on the agenda.
April is not like March, there is only one "Beauty of the Country", which is a bit competitive!
No. 1, the ethical film "Left and Right" directed by Wang Xiaoshuai can be ignored.
"Children of Yellowstone", which was released on the same day on the 3rd, was a blockbuster co-production, starring Fa Ge, which was about the sensitive topic of the Nanjin Massacre, and was also a strong opponent.
On the 17th, the imported blockbuster "Secret Code" was released, and on the 24th, "The King of Kung Fu" was released, and there was a superhero movie "Iron Man" at the end of the month
"The King of Kung Fu" is separated by 20 days, and the impact is not great, and the real opponent is "Children of Yellowstone".
Although Fa Ge's several movies made in Hollywood are not satisfactory at the box office, the three words Zhou Runfa alone deserve the attention of any filmmaker.
Liu Dong thought for a moment and said, "Director Li, when will our trip start?"
Compared with "Seeing the Dragon Unloading the Armor", Liu Dong actually cares more about "The Beauty of the Mountains".
After all, no matter whether the former succeeds or not, the final scenery and abuse will be concentrated on Li Rengang and Liu Dehua.
And his role in "Jiangshan Beauty" is no less than that of Li Ming, and the current reviews are also full of praise for him, and it can be said that the success of the first weekend has a lot to do with him.
"In a week's time!"
Li Rengang thought about it and gave Liu Dong a few days, and he also knew that now "Jiangshan Beauty" is inseparable from his publicity.
"Okay, thank you Director Li, I'll come to meet you early on Thursday!"
Liu Dong breathed a sigh of relief, if Li Rengang really asked to start cooperating with the crew's publicity tomorrow, he would really not be able to refuse, after all, the contract stated that he would fully cooperate with the crew's publicity in the two months before and after the release of the movie.
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On Monday, March 11th, the ancient town of Xinchang in the magic capital, the crew of "Ip Man" filmed here.
This ancient town located in an international metropolis is known as the "Little New Race Suzhou", and the antique architecture of the Republic of China has attracted many crews to come to film.
The great director Li Press, who just won the third place in the annual box office of Chinese films, "Lust and Caution" was filmed here.
Early in the morning, Donnie Yen and Ye Weixin were eating breakfast at the same table.
"Smack!"
Donnie Yen slapped the table hatefully, and the numbers in the newspaper in front of him stung his eyes deeply.
"On the fourth day of the release of "Jiangshan Beauty", it won 4.2 million box office on the first working day, and the trend is extremely strong!"
This was originally his movie, and the last time he won such a high box office was starring in "Seven Swords", with a box office of more than 80 million.
But at that time, Xu Ke's movie, the media praised him, and the producer also valued him.
And he, a dignified actor, can only make modern action movies after that.
24.3 million + 4.2 million, with a total box office of 28.5 million in four days of release.
Donnie Yen's starring role in "The Fuse" last year is just this number.
is less than 50% down, and there are no new films released at the back door, and the remaining six days of the second week can get at least 20 million, and the box office will break 50 million in 10 days of release.
The final total box office may even reach 70 million, which is a top five result of the year last year.
This was originally my movie!
That kid can get 70 million box office, if I play... Maybe there can be 80 million, or even more than 100 million!
The more Donnie Yen thought about it, the more excited he became, staring at the newspaper on the table with his eyes breathing fire.
Ye Weixin, who was eating next to him, frowned and shouted in a low voice, "Zidan!"
"Don't think about it anymore, make this "Ip Man" well! I believe this will be the most successful movie in your and my lives, and it is not a dream to win 100 million box office!"
"I hope so!"
When Donnie Yen was filming, he felt that this film was different from Ye Weixin's other movies in the past, and it was also different from all the action movies made by Donnie Yen alone.
In order to stabilize Donnie Yen's state and not be affected by that incident, Ye Weixin directly let him live in the ancient town for a month and live like Ip Man in the movie.
Donnie Yen also realized the change in his state, threw the newspaper aside, and continued to eat.
However, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a photo of Liu Dong on another page of the newspaper, which seemed to be participating in some variety show.
Donnie Yen picked up the newspaper again.
"Liu Dong: If someone bullies me, I will fight back!"
The title gave Donnie Yen a bad premonition, and sure enough, looking down further, someone brought up the old story again, making a fuss about him being beaten down by Liu Dong
Donnie's face became darker and darker the more he looked at it, he clutched the newspaper with both hands, screamed, and tore it in half.
"Ahh
Ye Weixin didn't know why, so he took the half of the newspaper and read it.
"It turned out that I was waiting for this time!" Ye Weixin smiled contemptuously, and he was relieved.
Seeing that he was not shocked and laughed, Donnie Yen looked a little unsightly on his face, "What do you mean?"
"I originally thought they were going to leave it before the release of "Ip Man" to get you, but I didn't expect it to promote this "Beauty of the Mountains"!" Ye Weixin smiled and said.
Hearing this, Donnie Yen was also shocked, if it was difficult when "Ip Man" was released, it would be a devastating blow to him.
"Prepare, there will definitely be a reporter coming, don't be angry!"
Ye Weixin reminded him and began to tell the crew to prepare to start.
As expected, before 9 o'clock in the morning, a large number of reporters hurried over.
"Click! Rest for an hour!"
Ye Weixin also knew that he couldn't hide, so he simply let Donnie Yen deal with this group of reporters.
"Hello Zidan, "Jiangshan Beauty" got a box office of 28.5 million in 4 days after its release, leading the 38th gear, it is said that you were invited to participate in the role of Murong Xuehu at the beginning, and later missed this role because of the scandal that you once had a black hand on Liu Dong in the crew, do you regret it now?"
"Can you talk about why you attacked Liu Dong?"
"Have you bullied other actors in other crews as well?"
"Liu Dong knocked you down in less than ten moves, and many fans think that you don't know kung fu at all, do you have anything to say about this?"
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These problems were experienced by Donnie Yen a few months ago, coupled with the long-term image of a simple, humble, forbearing, sincere, and kind grandmaster, he was not angry at all in the face of aggressive reporters.
It's like in the film, Ip Man didn't make a move in the face of repeated provocations by the Japanese people.
Ye Weixin, who was not far away, nodded with satisfaction, originally he was worried that Donnie Yen, who had a somewhat violent temper, would not be able to perfectly interpret the role of Ip Man, and made another "Slaying the Wolf" and "Fuse".
may have suffered a big loss on Liu Dong, losing two starring roles in big productions in a row, and his reputation was also stained, and all kinds of blows made him grow a lot.