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There are a lot of movies by Sing Chi Chow, and many of them have created masterpieces that have created high box office!

But looking at all of Zhou Xingchi's works, the best one can also be said to be two, which is undoubtedly the upper and lower parts of "Journey to the West" - "Moonlight Treasure Box" and "The Great Sage Marrying". Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

However,

Sing Chow's best movie failed to get the box office it deserved when it was released, let alone the glory it deserved.

In the previous life, "Journey to the West" invested a total of more than 60 million Hong Kong dollars.

In order to match the schedule of Chinese New Year films, "Moonlight Treasure Box" was first launched in January 1995, and the box office was a hot one, with a total box office income of more than 5 million Hong Kong dollars in 60 movie theaters in Hong Kong within two days, slightly inferior to Jackie Chan's "Red Fan Zone".

In the same year, "Journey to the West" was released in Shanghai, and then in the three northeastern provinces, and the box office was also very good for a time.

But the "good start" did not last long, and the subsequent overall distribution took a sharp turn, even in the most popular Xiangjiang market at the time, it finally ended up with 25 million, and the final box office of "The Great Sage Marrying", which was released more than a month later, was only 29 million, although it was able to recover the cost, but compared with Chow Xingchi's previous films, it was far from it.

In Beijing, "Journey to the West" was regarded as a case of failed distribution -- in February 1996, "Moonlight Treasure Box" was released as a winter vacation film, and in May "The Great Sage Marries" debuted, both films ended with only about 200,000 yuan at the box office, and some film companies decided to replace "Journey to the West" with a domestic film two days after the screening, so as to avoid more losses.

The box office failure was not the biggest blow to Liu Zhenwei, Zhou Xingchi and others, the biggest blow they received was glory - after the film was filmed, Zhou Xingchi and others' partner in the mainland, the Western Film Studio, had objections to the completion of the film, and Zhang Zien, who was the deputy director of art at the time, believed that the film could not represent the artistic pursuit of the Western Film Studio, and could even only be regarded as cultural garbage.

It was not until after 1997 that "Journey to the West" began to circulate in mainland universities and the Internet and quickly became popular, and in the late nineties, it became a cultural totem and the most culturally influential cultural phenomenon in China, and its language style developed from the influence of the Internet to the style characteristics of the language of the new era, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the film has influenced a generation of Chinese - the film is regarded as a classic among many nonsensical films.

It's really a pity that such a good movie failed to get the box office and glory it deserved!

Moreover, Xu Cun feels that if it is released at the right time and promoted effectively, "Journey to the West" may not be able to bring its influence to the whole of Asia, and even to Europe and the United States.

Therefore, after determining that the movie Zhou Xingchi wanted to make was really "Journey to the West", Xu Cun got straight to the point and said: "Do you have no money to make this 3D "Journey to the West"? ”

Zhou Xingchi said with a little embarrassment: "That...... We still lack actresses with outstanding appearance and good acting skills, Master, which teachers and sisters have time, can you ask them to come and help us? ”

For Zhou Xingchi's careful thinking, how could Xu Cun not know? But Xu Cun didn't bother with him - Xu Cun said bluntly: "I can invest the money, let your teachers and wives participate, and I can also give you this movie to be released on all channels...... I have one condition, though. ”

Hearing that Xu Cun was ready to give them the omni-channel release of this movie, Zhou Xingchi, Chen Jiashang, Wu Mengda and others were all excited - DreamWorks' omni-channel represents money, fame, immeasurable money, and immeasurable fame, it can be said that as long as it is on DreamWorks' omni-channel, "Journey to the West" will be more successful than most movies, and those of them who participate in the production or participation in "Journey to the West" may also achieve world-class success!

After taking a few deep breaths, Zhou Xingchi forced himself to suppress the excitement in his heart, and then said without sparing: "No matter what conditions you put forward, Master, we will definitely agree!" ”

Xu Cun was very satisfied with Zhou Xingchi's attitude, so Xu Cun's tone eased and said: "My condition is that I have the final say on the release time of "Journey to the West", even if I let it be released in ten years, you are not allowed to ask." ”

The condition mentioned by Xu Cun made Zhou Xingchi and the others all confused - they couldn't understand, why did Xu Cun mention this inexplicable condition?

But-

Although he couldn't understand why Xu Cun wanted to mention this inexplicable condition, Zhou Xingchi still said unequivocally: "Okay, Master, it's up to you when "Journey to the West" will be released, and we promise not to ask!" ”

got Zhou Xingchi's unequivocal assurance, Xu Cun said again: "If you need it, I can hang a producer's name for "Journey to the West", and direct your 3D production part by the way, of course, if you don't need it, then forget it." ”

As soon as they heard Xu Cun's words, Zhou Xingchi and others were even more overjoyed - Xu Cun's name is a golden signboard, and others can't ask Xu Cun for his name, it is no exaggeration to say that as long as Xu Cun's name is hung, the box office can sell at least three or five times more, not to mention, Xu Cun also promised to direct their 3D production, you know, in terms of 3D production, Xu Cun is definitely the first in the world at present!

Zhou Xingchi stood up, then bowed respectfully to Xu Cun, and said, "Thank you, Master, for supporting us!" ”

Xu Cun accepted Zhou Xingchi's gift and admitted to carrying Zhou Xingchi.

After receiving Zhou Xingchi's gift, Xu Cun said again: "I heard that you have formed a film company with Yang Guohui and others?" ”

Zhou Xingchi immediately explained with a nervous face: "Master, I'm ...... I'm still an artist at DreamWorks, and the company asked me to make a movie, and I didn't even negotiate the price, and I co-opened a film company with them, just to have fun, I ...... I'll withdraw tomorrow......"

Xu Cun waved his hand lightly to stop Zhou Xingchi from talking, and said: "I'm not against you opening a film company, it's just that Yang Guohui is not a big person, you take out your shares, and then form a film company by yourself, even if "Journey to the West" is co-produced by your film company and DreamWorks, the production fee is all paid by DreamWorks, and your film company is responsible for the production, giving your film company a five-percent omni-channel box office share." ”

In the past two years, film companies in Xiangjiang have sprung up one after another, such as Andy Lau's Tianmu, Wang Jiawei's Zedong who pits the king, Er Dongsheng's Infinite Pictures, Chen Kexin, Zeng Zhiwei, Zhong Zhen's UFO, etc...... There is no more than one film company of Zhou Xingchi, anyway, most of these film companies can't grow the tail of a rabbit.

As soon as they heard it, Xu Cun was wholly owned and gave Zhou Xingchi's film company 5% of the omni-channel box office share, Wu Mengda, Chen Jiashang and others all showed envy and even jealousy, and at the same time, they also thought that Xu Cun's investment in "Journey to the West" and his own appointment as the producer of "Journey to the West" were probably promoting Zhou Xingchi!

As a party to Zhou Xingchi, he was even more deeply touched - Xu Cun cared about his marriage, gave him a big house, and helped him build a career foundation, even his father may not be able to do this!

From this moment on, Zhou Xingchi respected Xu Cun from the bottom of his heart as his master and father!

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