Chapter 229: The True Colors of Heroes Turn On
Today is Saturday, and now it is March, which belongs to the off-season for movies, and movies are generally broadcast in the Chinese New Year, which is one of the reasons why many people are not optimistic about the box office of "Infernal Affairs". Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Except for "National Treasure", which is scheduled to be released on the 18th, there are no blockbusters released throughout March. But being able to get such data still made Shao Shuaijun and Ning Hao unable to come back to their senses.
Mu Hai's "People in Jianghu" has a box office of 360 million, and the box office on the first day is only 33 million, while the box office of "Infernal Affairs" on the first day is twice that of "People in Jianghu".
The first 67 million is definitely the highest in China. If you follow this estimate, the final box office of Infernal Affairs Lake is unimaginable.
In March 08, the film market was very sluggish, and the box office was not ideal, from March 5th to 7th, the total box office of the top ten domestic weekends was only 80 million. Many experts believe that the film market entered a period of weakness after a bombardment of blockbusters, until the release of "Infernal Affairs", which grossed 67 million on the first day in the off-season at the box office.
"The super blockbuster "Infernal Affairs" swept away the weak box office in 08 and topped the championship, injecting a shot in the arm for the off-season film market." Entertainment Report
At the premiere, the director said that the box office would exceed 400 million, and many experts thought that he was making a big statement, and now he slapped the expert in the face nakedly. "Infernal Affairs" cheered on the weekend box office. On this month's box office list, "Infernal Affairs" occupies the top spot with an absolute advantage. Chen Ge proved to everyone that as a commercial director, nothing is impossible. - Movie Flash.
"The police and gangster film seems to be a bad part of the Xiangjiang movie, but we saw something different, and "Infernal Affairs" has become a classic after all." -- Film Movie website.
"'Infernal Affairs' is as good as its title, and it's a movie that will make you think." - The Sound of Cinema.
"The tense music, the fast-moving pictures, the super confrontation between Chen Ge and Liu Dehua on the rooftop, and Chen Ge's successful directing style gave us two wonderful hours." - Soundtrack Magazine.
The media and film critics gave enthusiastic comments and remarks on "Infernal Affairs". It also made the cold March rejuvenate the movie.
The score on Douke has directly rushed to the height of 9.3 points, for a commercial film, it is not only a great victory to reach such a score.
The media has always been a group of undisciplined people, and they have always liked to praise the high and the low, so at this time, those who had mocked Chen Ge before all changed their tone and praised Chen Ge.
Not only praised by the media, but many netizens who have seen Infernal Affairs have also recommended Amway on Weibo to act as tap water, so that the hot trend of Infernal Affairs has spread to the whole network.
Especially now that there are more people watching Infernal Affairs, netizens have compared people in the rivers and lakes with Infernal Affairs.
Word of mouth: With the screening of the movie, Infernal Affairs' reputation has not declined, but has become higher and higher, and it has won countless praises, while the word of mouth in the rivers and lakes is seriously polarized.
In terms of actors' performances: The acting skills of the leading actors in Infernal Affairs are impeccable, the performances are very perfect, and they have won high praise, while in the rivers and lakes, the actors' acting skills are slightly jerky.
As a result, many netizens who really like Infernal Affairs like to use words such as "much better looking than people in the rivers and lakes" when giving Amway to others. This kind of propaganda method of incomparable praise for infernal affairs and incomparable disparagement of people in the rivers and lakes immediately caused dissatisfaction among many fans in the rivers and lakes, and the two sides were the first to have a war of words on the forum, but recently these two movies are too popular, and in the end, this war of words has spread to Weibo, WeChat, movie rating websites, forums and other places.
The momentum of "Infernal Affairs" in China has not stopped.
In three days, the box office of "Infernal Affairs" has won the monthly championship, exceeding 100 million yuan, with a total box office of 140 million.
The success of "Infernal Affairs" is already unstoppable, Chen Ge is not waiting at the box office, and is already thinking about the filming of the next movie "The True Color of Heroes".
In mid-April, the box office of Infernal Affairs, which was released for 21 days, exceeded 500 million.
According to this momentum, the final box office should be in the range of 500 million to 600 million, which is an extremely satisfactory answer, this is Chen Ge's second movie. Such a number ranks first among the films released in China so far.
May 2nd
Super hotel.
There are bright red stalls at the door, and there is a lively scene in the hotel, not only Liu Dehua and Han Dong are here, but Wei Qianxiang is also present in person, and there are naturally many celebrities and media reporters present.
Today, it is the celebration of "Infernal Affairs"!
At 10 o'clock in the morning, a black Mercedes-Benz business sedan slowly stopped, the door opened, and Chen Ge, who was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, took the lead in getting out of the car, followed by Concubine Liu, Liu Dehua, He Man and others, and the main creative lineup of "Infernal Affairs" got off in turn.
Wow!
"Chen Ge!"
"Chen Ge, I love you."
“……”
The many fans guarding the door screamed instantly, and the media reporters were not idle, clapping at them.
The leading actors of Infernal Affairs are all on fire, and Chen Ge, the director, screenwriter and starring, is even more popular.
The first literary film, surpassing the best grossing literary film in history, and the second commercial film, also broke the record in one fell swoop, which made Chen Ge full of legends.
As soon as I walked to the door of the hotel, I saw Lu Liang and Mu Hai coming over.
"Director Chen, congratulations on the box office of your movie exceeding 500 million."
After a period of exchange and greetings, it will enter the official theme, which is the celebration party of "Infernal Affairs" breaking 400 million box office, and according to the custom, a ceremony of smashing ice sculptures will be launched.
Soon, an ice sculpture carved into the figure of 400 million was pushed out by the hotel staff.
Chen Ge, Liu Dehua, Han Dong, and Concubine Liu stood behind the ice sculpture, with Chen Ge and Liu Dehua in the center, each holding a hammer in their hands.
At the host's announcement, the four of them raised their hammers and smashed them down on the ice sculpture at the same time.
Click, click!
The ice sculpture was smashed in an instant, and at the same time, countless flashing lights flickered, faithfully recording the scene.
Afterwards, the reporters excitedly began to ask questions.
"Director Chen, first of all, congratulations to Infernal Affairs on reaching 500 million at the box office, how many hundred million do you expect from Infernal Affairs now?"
Chen Ge smiled, "This "Infernal Affairs" will be low-key, it would be good to break 500 million, and the higher record will be left to my next movie." ”
Wow!
Rao is Chen Ge often spoke wildly, and they were all a little numb, but at this moment, they were still frightened by Chen Ge's unashamed words. However, for reporters, the more Chen Ge dares to speak, the more excited they are, so that the news will be more explosive and eye-catching.
"Director Chen Ge, Infernal Affairs and Director Mu Hai have often been compared in the rivers and lakes recently, what do you think?"
"Have you ever seen a comparison between Journey to the West and Water Margin?" Chen Ge said lightly, "Both movies have my hard work, I won't compare them, I can only say that they will be classics." And, including 40 million box office East Evil West Poison. ”
The reporters' eyes lit up again, and they became more and more excited, this young man just didn't have a door, he dared to say anything, if it was other old oilmen, it would definitely be a scene. At this moment, there are already reporters who have the nickname of a news friend in their hearts.
"Director Chen, it is said that Infernal Affairs is expected to be shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival, and the awards will be presented in half a month, which award do you hope Infernal Affairs will win?"
"I like any award. Okay, enough questions have been asked of me, and the few flowers around me who are waiting for them are thanks, so you should ask them. Chen Ge said.
The reporters laughed for a while, and they didn't make it difficult for Chen Ge, they had gotten enough news, Liu Dehua on the side smiled and shook his head, this kid was quite kind on the set and in the crew, and he was arrogant in front of the media, I really don't know which side is real.
More than an hour later, the Infernal Affairs celebration was a complete success, and the reporters hurried back, and then it didn't take long for the eye-catching news to come out.
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The success of "Infernal Affairs" was a foregone conclusion, Chen Ge threw everything to Shi Zhimin, and began to contact friends to help find actors, and starred in the next film "The True Color of Heroes" that he had already thought about.
Chen Ge has now begun to have his own circle of contacts, so he doesn't have to trouble Lu Liang and Mu Hai for everything.
As for Chen Ge's original statement that he wanted to surpass "People in the Rivers and Lakes" before the screening of "Infernal Affairs", Mu Hai didn't care at all, after all, the relationship between the two was over there, Mu Hai saw Chen Ge's development this year, and knew that Chen Ge was not a thing in the pool.
The actors of "The True Color of Heroes" are all determined by Chen Ge, from the role of the eldest brother to the villain, the actors are all selected according to the appearance of the characters in Chen Ge's ideas.
In May 2008, "The True Color of Heroes" was officially launched.
Chen Ge was dressed in a black Versace suit, a Diordi black windbreaker, and a pair of Givenchy sunglasses, standing in front of the statue of the incense burner tribute god in the sun and charm, with a solemn and serious expression.
Behind Chen Ge were dozens of men with serious expressions, all facing the statues, looking extremely dignified, holding smoky sandalwood in their hands, and following Chen Ge one by one, they stepped forward to burn incense and pray.
This is exactly the filming set of "The True Color of Heroes". When Chen Ge and everyone were praying and burning incense, there were also more than 20 media reporters around who rushed to take pictures, making the flashes also hold one after another, which seemed very lively.
Chen Ge led the entire crew of "The True Color of Heroes" to start filming and pray for a smooth shooting. So everybody looked serious, very serious. For the people of Xiangjiang, immortals are things that are closely linked to each other in their daily lives. There is no room for them not to take it seriously.
In Xiangjiang, worshipping God is definitely the top priority of the movie. Every time the camera is turned on, an auspicious day of the zodiac will be chosen, and incense will be burned to pray for the success of the shooting. This can also be regarded as a spiritual sustenance for filmmakers to place their good wishes.
The tradition of Hong Kong is very exquisite. When the machine is turned on to worship God, everyone is very serious and will never dare to be sloppy.
Crackling ......"
A burst of fiery firecrackers crackled and flew everywhere, and the vibrating firecrackers made the whole shooting scene a little more energetic and festive. Approaching the Spring Festival, this firecracker also made everyone in the crew happy and felt the breath of spring in advance.
Come on, come on, everyone eats suckling pig, good luck, good luck! I also want reporter friends, eat something, these red envelopes are a celebration, thank you for coming to cheer, everyone has a share, and they have prepared a box lunch for everyone, I hope you don't dislike it"
As soon as the ceremony ended, Chen Ge smiled and held the tray and gave each reporter a red envelope representing auspiciousness one by one.
Especially when Chen Ge sent the same fast food box lunch to each reporter as the crew, these reporters were also a little moved. This is the first time anyone has treated these journalists with such respect. Even in the past, it was just a tribute and a little taste, not to mention eating, even if you drank water, no one cared about you. And this time, these reporters were also deeply moved.
A box lunch box is insignificant, but it represents respect and attention. Many times, people get along with each other and care about such an attitude. Therefore, the more than 20 reporters present all had a good impression of Chen Ge.
This young man has always had a mixed reputation in the circle, most of the reputation is because of his talent, and because he is young and frivolous, he often speaks wildly, and he has a short temper, and there are rumors of many beatings.
Even the reporters of those small magazines who have always liked to work against Chen Ge, sensationalize and stimulate sales, also read this favor. I have to say that Chen Ge's hand is so beautiful, and the beauty makes these reporters all grateful.
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Looking at the kind interviews of the reporters outside, cooperating with the work of the on-site staff in a very regular manner, and even some reporters took the initiative to help the props, field affairs, tea and other staff to help with the work, this happy phenomenon made some people who have been in this industry for many years dumbfounded and full of disbelief.
This hand is playing beautifully, I'm afraid that tomorrow's newspapers will be full of news about Chen Ge, this "True Colors of Heroes" will be expected by the audience before filming starts, even if these reporters don't like you, I'm afraid they will have to cooperate with a few words of praise! Eat other people's soft mouths, take other people's hands short......
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In this play, although Chen Ge planned to direct it completely by himself, he still found Feng Gang for the sake of insurance and asked him to take the position of producer.
Feng Gang was not there when "The True Color of Heroes" was launched, so the reporter did not find Feng Gang.
When reporters from several newspapers came to the set on the third day of filming of "The True Colors of Heroes", Feng Gang was supervising the production of "The True Colors of Heroes".
Feng Gang's influence in the domestic film industry is very important, and it can be said that he is a character who shakes three times when he stomps his feet, and he is the producer of "The True Color of Heroes", which is big news.
The reporters immediately contacted the newspaper and said that there was big news here. The news spread quickly, and in less than half an hour, half of the media reporters in Hong Kong rushed to the filming site of "The True Color of Heroes". Although they were stopped outside by the crew and couldn't interview Chen Ge and Feng Gang for the time being, the lack of them didn't affect their search for news points!
Heung Kong Entertainment has a continuous sense of news, the endurance of news tracking, the patience to wait for the news, and even the unique news judgment, otherwise it would not be called a paparazzi.
Standing on the periphery and observing the shooting scene, I soon found familiar faces.
Chen Ge, Han Dong, Wu Jing...... Could this be the starring role of "The True Color of Heroes"?
Shi Zhimin walked to Chen Ge's side: "There are a lot of reporters outside. ”
Chen Ge had known that the reporters were coming, if he hadn't deliberately let people let out the news, those reporters really wouldn't have found this place so quickly.
"Let's shoot it here today. With so many reporters, it's just the opportunity to publicize it. ”
arranged for someone to pack up the props and equipment, and asked people to clear an empty space to let the reporter in, and Chen Ge appeared in front of the reporter with the cast and crew of "The True Color of Heroes".
Producer: Feng Gang.
Director: Chen Ge.
Screenwriter: Chen Ge.
Photo: Bao Xi
Soundtrack: Chen Ge.
Art Design: Dong Wei.
Action Direction: Ke Liang.
Starring: Chen Ge, Han Dong, Wu Jing, Zhang Qi.
(To be continued.) )