Chapter 109 Sit and watch him lose money

After Li Jiezhi went to Hollywood to develop, he has not returned to China to make films for several years. This time, Zhang Le's new film naturally caused a great sensation.

Of course, Li Jie has not had any works in China for several years, in addition to his own focus on Hollywood, there is another important reason, which is undoubtedly that his salary is too high, the box office pressure is too high, and the risk is too great.

There are too few films with big domestic investment. And Li Jie's salary is as high as tens of millions of US dollars, that is, more than 60 million yuan, which can almost be invested in two good movies. Too few people are willing to take that risk. Unless, with certainty, let the film be released internationally. After all, Li Jie still has international box office appeal.

The cast of Zhang Le's new film is undoubtedly strong, in addition to Li Jie, there are two major golden dragon queens, Yang Liu and Yang Xin'er. Among the main creators of the movie, there are also famous filmmakers such as Ye Ming and Bao Zhen.

Zhang Le is undoubtedly here for a big production this time. This was somewhat unexpected.

Although Zhang Le's first two films were extremely high at the box office, they were both low-budget films. In the eyes of everyone, Zhang Le is a director who is good at using small to make a big deal. And this time, he came to this big production all at once, and it suddenly made people a little unaccustomed.

Inviting Li to act, there is no doubt about the big production. But whether Zhang Le can control this kind of big production, everyone is skeptical. After all, his investment in his previous two films, even plus the publicity fee, was not as much as Li Jie's salary.

And what is even more incredible is that Zhang Le's new film is actually a martial arts film. He gave up the comedy he was good at, isn't this the rhythm of looking for death?

Martial arts films are almost dead, and they are no longer the grand occasion of the past. The downturn is already a minefield. Yueyang's martial arts film has a good reputation, but fortunately, the investment is small, and it barely escaped the fate of losing money and making money.

Zhang Lelai is like this, and countless people are ready to sit and watch his new film and lose money.

Zhang Le's two consecutive low-cost movies were box office hits, and I don't know how many people are red-eyed. There are more people who want to see him at the box office.

Being sung down, Zhang Le has become accustomed to it. When "Crazy Stone" was filmed, there was almost a voice of decline. And this time, although there are a lot of voices of decline, there are still countless fans looking forward to it.

Through the accumulation of two films, Zhang Le still has a certain box office appeal as a director.

After more than three months of preparation, in mid-July, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was launched, and Zhang Lexuan was selected at the foot of Wudang Mountain for the launch conference.

Zhang Le's film is very loud, but it is still very attractive. At the launch conference, countless media flocked to the conference.

Zhang Le and Yang Xin'er were the focus of the media. And Li Jie returned to China to make a film after many years. For this, whether it means that he will return to China for development, countless people are concerned. And Yang Liu made a comeback after marriage, but chose this film, is it because of Zhang Le, or because of Li Jie, or because of Yang Xin'er?

Both the media and the public have too many questions that need to be answered. Of course, they are also full of doubts about Zhang Le's filming of such a film!

At the press conference, Zhang Le said to the media reporters in the audience with a smile: "Thank you very much for coming, I announce that the press conference of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" will start now, if you have anything to ask, we will answer as much as possible, of course, the premise is that your questions are related to this film. For example, if you ask me when Xin'er and I will get married, this kind of question that has nothing to do with this film, we will not answer it. ”

"When you get married, everyone on earth will know."

As soon as Zhang Le's words fell, many media reporters below laughed, and one of them laughed loudly.

Zhang Le smiled and looked at Yang Xin'er, but Yang Xin'er rolled her eyes and pretended not to know him.

"Mr. Li Jie, this time you took over the play directed by Zhang Le, does it mean that your development in Hollywood is not going well, and you are ready to return to China for development?" A reporter asked Li Jie as soon as he opened his mouth, and his words were unceremonious.

"I've been developing in Hollywood in the past few years, so it should be pretty good, right?" Li Jie smiled and said, "I took this play because the script of this play moved me, and I also have a great interest in Director Zhang." It's not like you said that you can't get along in Hollywood, and you came back to take over this drama. In order to take on this drama, I can push a big Hollywood production. ”

In order to take over this drama, a big Hollywood production was pushed down?

The crowd was in disbelief. However, it is impossible for Li Jie to talk about this matter and put gold on his face. That's what he always does, he says whatever he says, and he doesn't and doesn't need to tell a lie.

The crowd was incredulous, but they didn't doubt it.

It's just that everyone wonders, why did Zhang Le's movie make Li Jie give up Hollywood's big production?

For this Zhang Le knew before. Yang Xin'er also said that this person owes a lot of favor. However, Zhang Le only smiled at this. Perhaps, I don't know who owes the favor.

Of course, Li Jie's salary does give a friendship price, and there is no lack of human affection in it. And this favor is measured by Huaxia coins, that is, tens of millions.

"Is there anything Director Zhang would like to say about this?" A reporter looked at Zhang Le and asked.

"Naturally, I am very grateful to Brother Jie for his support. There is no way to repay it, only to make this film well to prove that Brother Jie's choice is right. Zhang Le said.

Zhang Le said it politely, but the confidence in his words was overflowing. didn't choose a Hollywood blockbuster, but chose his film, or chose the right one. Zhang Le's self-confidence is not too much, it seems a little arrogant.

But looking at Zhang Le's expression at this moment, no one felt like this. It seems that his film is really outstanding compared to that Hollywood blockbuster.

"May I ask Director Zhang, what is the purpose of inviting Mr. Li Jie to star in your new film? You must know that Mr. Li Jie's salary is enough for you to shoot more than ten "Crazy Stones"! With such a large investment, aren't you afraid of losing money? A reporter asked Zhang Le.

One "Crazy Stone" made a profit of nearly 200 million, how many will ten be made? That's definitely a horror is the number. Of course, the account is not counted like this, but it also expresses a well-known meaning, that is, Zhang Le invited Li to perform, and some of the gains outweighed the losses.

"Brother Jie was invited to star, because Brother Jie is the best choice for Li Mubai, the protagonist of the film." Zhang Le smiled and said, "As for you saying that if you invest too much, you will lose money, then it is a bit unfounded." Let's not talk about the box office appeal of Brother Jie and Sister Liu, even Xin'er and I can still attract many fans. What's more, I'm still very confident in my film. I, Zhang Le, don't just play small-budget movies, I can do the same with big productions! ”

"Then Miss Yang Liu, did you take this film because you were attracted by reading the script?" A reporter asked Xiang Yangliu and said.

"I didn't read the script and I agreed." Yang Liu smiled and said, "Director Zhang told me that he was going to make a martial arts film, and I was a little moved." I've watched "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance", and the martial arts design in it is great. And when I heard that I would play against Brother Jie and Xin'er, I agreed without hesitation. ”