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"Chinese has recently filmed a succession of costume action blockbusters, and it is clear that "Golden Armor" is very typical", "The intricate relationship between the characters fully shows the unknown dark world in the Oriental Palace", "Zhang Yimou's obsession with dazzling visuals is almost paranoid", "In "Hero" and "Ambush on All Sides", the story and fights match the extravagant design, while "Golden Armor" is disappointingly sluggish"...... That's what the media says.

Martial arts films are no longer as brave as they used to be, and they don't have the "heroism" of "Heroes" at all.

After experiencing "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Hero", and "Ambush on All Sides", such works have seriously lacked impact, and the oversaturated status quo makes the best foreign language film of "Golden Armor" not optimistic.

Some media even directly pointed out that "Zhang Yimou is not as good as his compatriot Hu Yifei." Hu Yifei has been innovating, but Zhang Yimou has fallen into the pit of martial arts films one after another and can't get up. ”

The box office was dismal, and the word of mouth was also miserable, which directly extinguished Zhang Weiping's dream of making a fortune in the cradle.

He held his breath in his heart, and he couldn't figure it out. "There are big scenes, in-depth adaptations of works like "Thunderstorm", and big stars, how can there be no effect?"

Fortunately, in the domestic box office market, it was developed by Hu Yifei. Now benefiting from "The City Full of Golden Armor", since its release a month ago, although the word-of-mouth is still worrisome, it has broken 280 million RMB, which is much higher than in the previous life.

But these are all life visitors to Hu Yifei, and this Christmas schedule, he only cares about the release of one movie, that is, "When Happiness Knocks on the Door".

took Scarlett, who had not appeared for a long time, to New York for the premiere.

Sitting on a private jet, Hu Yifei half-reclined in a comfortable seat, flipping through a book in his hand. On the cover is a note that reads, "When Happiness Knocks on the Door": "How to go from poor to millionaire?" "It's really a terrible idea, people who don't know why read it, and they think it's teaching people to speculate in stocks.

The book is Chris Gardner's autobiography "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", and since the end of the film, Twentieth Century Fox has started a series of promotional activities with the family studio, and publishing the book is naturally one of the plans.

Chris Gardner himself became popular because of this, accepted his suggestion to publish his autobiography, frequently accepted various media interviews, frequently appeared on various radio programs, and several TV talk shows to promote his story and this autobiography, and share successful experiences.

Some of these exposures don't require money, while others require money to contact and buy, and the cost of these promotions is basically paid for by booksellers and publishers. Of course, half of the sales are paid to the filmmakers. Because the movie was successfully filmed first, there were books that sold well.

Hu Yifei flipped a few pages casually, and then threw them aside in disgust. It's all boasting about the so-called "American dream", boring chicken soup for the soul, but it's not as good as a movie.

When everyone converges in New York, the countdown to the world premiere of "When Happiness Knocks" has begun.

As night fell, moviegoers set off for the cinema, and "When Happiness Knocks" reached 2,985 theaters, each with a screening room, covering major cities throughout North America.

In Toronto, December is already extremely cold. Today, it was snowing heavily in Toronto, and the roads were blocked. Nina Dubrev drove to the cinema with great effort, she was wearing a thick white down jacket, and when she saw the warm poster of Will Smith on the poster wall, she smiled when she looked at the words "Producer: Hu Yifei" and "Screenwriter: Hu Yifei".

"Awesome!"

She couldn't wait to run over to buy a ticket, "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" is a ticket, thank you." ”

At this time, the New York premiere scene was already lively. Everyone in the main creator of the movie is wearing an elegant suit or a beautiful evening dress to attend, Scarlett has a bulging belly and a smile like a flower, and she has become the most eye-catching person on the red carpet, but unfortunately Hu Yifei doesn't like the red carpet catwalk very much, and took her to the red carpet in a hurry.

In addition, there is Will Smith's son, Jaden Smith. The little guy wore a bow tie and an expensive suit, and he was very angry.

finally waited for the movie to start, and finally quieted down.

This is Will Smith's first time competing in the Christmas schedule, and it is not Hu Yifei's first time competing in the Christmas schedule.

The entire movie theater fell silent, only to see the 20th Century Fox logo appear on the big screen, as well as the iconic opening animation of the family studio.

After the opening animation, there is a soft and beautiful piano sound, and the picture shows Jaden Smith sleeping on the bed, and Will Smith in a white vest shouting him to get up, and at the same time, the production information of the film is also constantly displayed, after a series of professional actors, the most important items appear "Starring: Will Smith, Jaden Smith." Producers: Hu Yifei, Will Smith, Director: Gabriel Muchino. Screenwriter: Hu Yifei ......"

There was no one talking in the whole screening room, only the soft and lively music, and the dialogue with the characters in the play: "And this Y, I have said it many times, it is happiness, not Y is happiness, it is i!" ”

"Then the pants he wears must be cool!"

"If you have a dream, you have to defend it! Those who can't do it themselves, will tell you that you can't do it either. If you have any dreams, try to achieve them, don't let your dreams die, that's it! ”

In the subway station, can't wait for the subway. The father had nowhere to live with his children, so he played a childish game of Jurassic. Finally, he found a cave man's lair (bathroom) and locked the door from the inside, so that his son could sleep comfortably.

In the middle of the night, someone knocked on the door outside, but Will in the door was crying with tears on his face, and he covered his son's ears with his hands, for fear of disturbing him.

This scene really moved many people.

The sensual audience all pursed their lips tightly and wiped the tears welling up in their eyes.

The movie continues slowly, until the end, but it still immerses people in the shocking and touching story.

"Oh my God, is this still a Will Smith movie?"

Countless people exclaimed, "Golden Raspberry Award winner? ”

When the movie ended, there was thunderous applause at the premiere. Hu Yifei stood up and hugged Will Smith, "Congratulations, Will, you succeeded." ”

Will Smith was thrilled, "Thank you, Galen. I should thank you even more, and I want to congratulate you on the success of all of you together. ”

"Yes, we succeeded." Hu Yifei laughed.

"When Happiness Knocks on the Door" became Will Smith's best film to date, with an IMDB score of 8.3. Although there will be a normal decline in the score as the number of voters increases in the future, it can be said that it is a classic Oscar-level movie with a score of 8.3 as a drama biopic.

Critics were also not hesitant to praise the film. Mick Russell of the San Francisco Chronicle commented: "The biggest surprise of this film is that it's not rough, it's very honest and unpretentious. ”

The New York Times' Menora Daggis wrote: "The film is a real-world fairy tale, and the performances of Smith and his son are overwhelming. Peter Travis of Rolling Stone magazine said: "A year ago, I was a regular at the Golden Raspberry Awards, and a year later I met Hu Yifei, so Smith started to move towards the Oscars. His role requires a combination of rigor, intelligence, charisma, humor, and passion, and he does just that. ”

It's a big deal.

After the premiere week of Sunday, December 15 to 17, the box office figures for the first day of its premiere came out, with 2,985 theaters showing $6.5 a ticket and a total of $32.57 million in three days. Successfully won the top position in the weekend box office chart.

If you just look at the box office in the first week, you may think it's nothing, but then the film launched a long word-of-mouth release, constantly counterattacking the market, and constantly creating miracles of long-term screening, which is really jaw-dropping.

At this time, Hu Yifei's own work "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" is also about to be released.

He finally took the baby and got on a private flight back to China together. (To be continued.) )