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A reporter from Jiangsu TV in the mainland stood up and looked at Li Xiaole and asked:

"May I ask Director Li, have you watched the trailers of "Wuji", "Assembly Number", and "Riding Alone for a Thousand Miles"?"

"I've watched it a few times online." Li Xiaole nodded and said, to say that Feng Xiaogang would not have been able to shoot "The Assembly" this year, if he hadn't given Huayi Company the script before, and he would have used the Shuo Xuan to exchange the Zhan Zhan for the Xuan

As for "Wuji", Chen Kaige returned to shoot many parts of this film after watching "Let the Bullets Fly", and judging from the trailer, the production is far more exquisite than he remembers...... This time it is true that the competitors are much stronger than in previous years.

"Judging from the trailer, the films of the three directors of Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang, and Zhang Yimou are very competitive, and from the perspective of production specifications, "Wuji" is not weaker than "Saidek Balai", and the investment in "Assembly" and "Riding Alone for a Thousand Miles" is far more than the films of the three directors of Black Pearl Company, can I please predict the final box office of the three directors and your Black Pearl Three Musketeers in the Chinese New Year?"

In recent years, the Chinese film market has developed rapidly, and this year is a rare gathering of new and old Chinese filmmakers for the New Year.

With "Let the Bullets Fly", which swept the mainland film industry last year, everyone originally predicted that Li Xiaole would continue to stand out in the Chinese New Year, but this time Li Xiaole chose an unpopular campus aiqing film with an investment of less than 20 million yuan, and most people feel that even if he reproduces the low-cost miracle of "Crazy Stone", I am afraid that he will not be able to compete head-on with blockbusters such as "Wuji" and "Assembly Number".

And Ning Hao's "No Man's Land" and Wei Desheng's "Cape No. 7" are not optimistic, and the general opinion is that the total box office of the three films of the Black Pearl Three Musketeers should be roughly equivalent to one of "Wuji" and "Assembly".

And the more practical competitor of "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years" should be Zhang Yimou's "Riding Alone for a Thousand Miles", which is also a small cost, which is not to say that Li Xiaole and Zhang Yimou's level is weaker than that of Chen Kaige and Feng Xiaogang, this is completely determined by the cost and subject matter of the film, and the level of the director and the script is not much different, and the gap between investment and subject matter will determine the box office.

Li Xiaole also thought about this question for a while, and then touched his chin and asked the reporter who asked the question:

"Can you start by telling us about your prediction? I'm curious what you journalists think. This is Li Xiaole's old routine, every time he wants to throw out a news point, he is used to letting reporters follow his rhythm, which is also his habit of being a director, controlling everything by himself.

"I'll predict?" The reporter also hesitated, but immediately held the mentality that he was reluctant to let the child trap the wolf, and said frankly:

"I think "Wuji" and "Assembly" each have a box office of about 200 million, and "Those Years", "Cape No. 7" and "No Man's Land" are not pleasing due to their themes, and the total box office of the three films should be about 200 million, and "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone" is probably worse than the audience acceptance due to the use of Japanese actors as the leading actors, at most 50 million......"

"Do you agree with his prediction?" Li Xiaole looked curiously at the dozens of reporters below and asked.

The reporters in the audience all nodded with ambiguous expressions, and many old reporters were familiar with Li Xiaole's rhythm, and they didn't dare to echo it casually

"I think so......" Li Xiaole laughed and looked at the reporters in the audience and said:

"Everyone has seen that the Chinese film market has gradually recovered in recent years, and fans should be able to accept different types of films, according to me, the total box office of our three films of Black Pearl Company should exceed the total box office of the other three directors."

"Scared ......" After the reporters were in a soft uproar together, after looking at each other a few times, they all showed excited looks, of course they didn't think that Li Crazy's prediction was very reasonable, because Li Crazy's prediction was never reasonable, but thinking about Li Crazy's prediction every time it made people feel ridiculous, but when did his prediction not materialize?

Now everyone in the industry estimates that the box office of "Wuji" and "The Assembly" should be around 200 million, plus "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone", it is normal for the total of the three films to exceed 500 million, if the three young directors of Black Pearl want to surpass this number, that is, each movie must have an average box office of 200 million......

According to Li Crazy's record, this is not impossible, but look at the comparison of investment and production specifications, "Wuji" 3.4 billion + "Assembly" 80 million + plus "Thousands of Miles to Ride Alone" 60 million, the total investment of the three films is close to 500 million yuan......

And the total investment of "Those Years" + "Haijiao No. 7" + "No Man's Land" is only 50 million yuan, which is almost one-tenth of that of the other party......

Can the two sides really be compared side by side?

Li Xiaole looked at these reporters with suspicion and ridicule, and actually felt very helpless in his heart, in fact, according to the truth in his heart, the movie "Those Years" should be on top of the three "Wuji", but Brother Chen Kai, Zhang Yimou, and Feng Xiaogang are all predecessors who have promoted him, and he doesn't dare to be too presumptuous.

"Director Li, can you specifically talk about the specific box office predictions for the three Black Pearl films? Do you mean that "Those Years" will surpass the box office of "Crazy Stone", which is also your low-budget movie? ”

"Director Li, are you going to the North American market next year to make a co-production? Is this the first time you zuihou have made a wholly-owned film in China? ”

The reporters began to excitedly ask all kinds of related questions one by one, but Li Xiaole smiled and did not answer, but continued to start the activity of signing and selling books to fans, and the publicity activities stopped.

This time, Li Xiaole didn't want to simply create any propaganda offensive, but just let the media show his attitude to Han Sanpin and Director Zhou, if it was just him "Those Years", he could still rely on Han Sanpin's support, but this time it was the release of three movies of the Black Pearl Company, so he could only make a fuss, even if Brother Chen Kai, Zhang Yimou, and Feng Xiaogang came together, their Black Pearl Company would not take a step back, and it was time to get it back.

To put it bluntly, he doesn't expect any preferential treatment, he only needs one chance, that is, his own Black Pearl Company, which can have a fair competition with the giants of China Film, Huayi, and New Picture Chinese film industry, and let fans choose the results by themselves.

On the second day of Li Xiaole's book-selling event, almost all entertainment media put the news of Li Xiaole's box office prediction in an important position, and the headline of "Chuzhejiang Evening News" was very sensational:

"50 million against 500 million, Lee's crazy bold prediction."

The relevant headline of "China Film News" is: "The game between small cost and big production, the head-to-head competition between the new and old second-generation directors". "Following the 600 million publicity of "Let the Bullets Fly", Li Xiaole once again threw out amazing words.

When the written media are scrambling to report the news, the TV media also focused on the box office war of the Chinese New Year file, Phoenix Satellite TV's "Qiang Qiang Threesome" made a special program for this purpose, Dou Wentao and Liang Wendao sat down together to discuss the box office results of the Chinese New Year film.

"I think whether the movie is good or not is not about the investment, but about the movie itself, so it is very ridiculous for the media to emphasize the investment of 5000 versus 500 million." Dou Wentao's opinion on TV is obviously more supportive of Li Xiaole.

"Wen Tao, you are obviously talking for a friend, I think you just don't dare to offend Director Li~" Liang Wendao commented more directly: "Do you admit it or not, when the director and the script are at a similar level, the amount of investment is almost proportional to the box office?" ”

"That's for sure~" Dou Wentao nodded helplessly.

Liang Wendao then explained his point of view: "Think about it, after Li Xiaole returned to China, the only time he didn't win the box office championship, who did he lose to? It's not that you lose to investment 2. 500 million "Hero", at that time, the investment in "Crazy Stone" was not lower than the current "Those Years" if the actor's salary was excluded, but Zhang Yimou's big production beat him to the ground.

And this time, although Zhang Yimou did not make a big production, but Chen Kaige came, although I haven't watched "Wuji", but the investment is 340 million more than "Hero", and when it comes to the director's achievements, Chen Kaige, who has won the Palme d'Or, is more powerful than Zhang Yimou, so this time under this investment comparison condition, I don't like Li Xiaole, let alone Ning Hao and Wei Desheng. ”

Liang Wendao's views in this issue of Qiang Qiang Threesome basically represent the views of Hiroshima's fans, and an online poll was held on Sohu Entertainment. "The total box office prediction of the fifth generation of the three major directors in the mainland VS the three musketeers of Black Pearl, who are you more optimistic about?"

The result of the vote was unsurprising, with 73 percent. 8 people all chose: "Brother Chen Kai, Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, the three fifth-generation directors have obvious advantages in the scale of investment, and Li Crazy is powerless this time." ”

And only 19 out of 100. 6 people chose: "Li Crazy has been creating miracles in the film industry, and this time he will definitely overwhelm Brother Chen Kai with a small and big picture." ”

The rest of them all chosen: "I can't tell, the box office of the movie fluctuates too much to predict." ”

The following replies netizens also generally have a clear position, and netizens "Fresh Orange Duoduo" commented:

"To be honest, I admire Li Xiaole, his "Let the Bullets Fly" and "Saidek Balai" are simply amazing, but his theme, investment, and actors this time are really not in the stream, even if he can reproduce the low-cost miracle of "Crazy Stone", he will definitely not be able to compete with "Wuji" at the box office......"