Chapter 195 Good movies are like a tide, box office battle!

After negotiating Stephen Chow and Wu Mengda, Lu Yan's filming of "Rouge Buckle" is even worse. [No pop-up novel network] (hand-hit novel) and the post-production of "God of Gamblers", Lu Yan can be said to be completely unconcerned. The main work is naturally in charge of Wang Jing, who is a director. In the post-production of special effects, Cheng Xiaodong is in the lineup.

The current Dongcheng Imaging has slowly begun to improve the division of labor in post-production. And now that Dongcheng Imaging is in the limelight, Debao's Pan Disheng is also happy that they have joined the competition for the summer file. After all, since the development of the other side cannot be contained, it is better to form a strategic alliance.

As a veteran in the business field, Pan Disheng's vision is still quite accurate.

Although the current Debao has replaced Shaw Brothers Film Company, it is obviously very insufficient compared to New Arts City and Golden Harvest. And Dongcheng Images, as an independent film company, can just pull an alliance to fight together.

It is precisely because of this that Dongcheng Imaging has signed a contract with Debao Film Company before the filming of "God of Gamblers" began. Therefore, in terms of the schedule schedule, "God of Gamblers" will definitely not suffer

"Dawei, I didn't expect you to become the queen editor of Dongcheng Image" In the editing room, Wang Jing looked at Hu Dawei with emotion. He and the other party have long known each other.

It's just that Hu Dawei wears many hats, so he won't come over when there are no movies to edit at Dongcheng Images. It wasn't until today that "God of Gamblers" began to be edited, and Wang Jing laughed when he saw him.

"I already knew that you were the director of "God of Gamblers", so I still pay more attention to you," Hu Dawei said, but his hand did not stop.

"Stop, big deal. I'll keep that shot, but don't cut it back. Wang Jing listened to Hu Dawei's words, but her eyes were firmly fixed on the camera. Seeing that one of the shots was about to be deleted, he immediately hurriedly said: "How do I think you don't seem to be able to repair the few shots taken by Yan Zai, you are really willing to ...... my shots"

Of course, this is just a joke. In addition to the superb shots shot by Lu Yan, compared to Wang Jing, the director, he only shot a few sets of shots

Wang Jing's worried look is obviously a must-have expression for every director when he enters the editing room. Hu Dawei just smiled at him and continued to edit seriously again. Compared with the beginning of the previous year, Lu Yan was pointing fingers, and Wang Jing was obviously a lot older. Although it looks distressing, it is also helpless. After all, it is to be combined into a movie, and there are some shots that you can't keep after all, no matter how much you like them

In terms of special effects production, Cheng Xiaodong is much easier. The movie "God of Gamblers" obviously does not need to be particularly aggravated. Except for the wonderful fight scenes that Long Wu played by Lu Yan participated in, he was more comfortable

Although he has been very involved in the filming of "Rouge Buckle", in terms of soundtrack, he still needs Lu Yan to personally invite Huang Zhan, the master, to come over.

"Yan Zai, you kid is not kind, if you continue like this, I seem to have become the special soundtrack of your Dongcheng Image" Facing Lu Yan, who was already familiar with the road, came over with good wine to 'buy' himself. Although Huang Zhan said this, he still seemed very happy and said: ""God of Gamblers, let's go over and take a look first, but I am very interested in "Rouge Buckle", the novel written by Li Bihua is still very good. Ni Kuang has all said in front of me......"

"Don't worry, Uncle Zhan, I can't ask for help if you are willing to help. I'm afraid I'll be tired of you......" Lu Yan smiled, and immediately nodded in agreement.

"Come on, I'm afraid I'm tired? I heard that your "Rouge Buckle" is filming so slowly, you want to wait until it is finished and then look for me."

Lu Yan, who was broken by Huang Zhan, is not hypocritical. Instead, he said very simply: "There's no way, Uncle Zhan, you play music so brilliantly, not to mention the soundtrack for my movie, you don't lose it." The little golden man of the Academy Awards and the Golden Horse Awards is regarded as a collection, and if you can't do it well, you can go to Cannes and the like......"

"Poof" Huang Zhan suddenly laughed, clapped his hands and said: "I like your temperament, haha"

And what Lu Yan is most concerned about is naturally the music that the God of Gambling enters and exits. But he could only say the melody, but Huang Zhan and Dai Lemin began to find similar music one by one, and began to tune ......

According to Lu Yan's request, the first thing to be edited was of course a promotional video. For this propaganda offensive, Lu Yan is naturally unusually concerned.

According to the latest news, this year's summer file is indeed not optimistic

"Rich Train" is of course regarded by Lu Yan as the number one enemy, whether it is its strong lineup or Sammo Hung's self-written, directed and acted series, it is enough to make all the movies in this issue begin to pay attention.

Sammo Hung is clearly poised to start making a big splash this year, in addition to his own heavyweight film at Golden Harvest. Its satellite company is naturally chasing after the victory, and continues to launch "Zombie Family" after the box office fire of "Mr. Zombie" last year to take advantage of the situation. And in terms of the lineup, it is also a continuation of the actors and behind-the-scenes personnel of "Mr. Zombie". In this way, it naturally attracted countless audiences to look forward to it.

However, even if you Golden Harvest blossomed this year, Xinyicheng, as an old rival, obviously failed to be as calm as last year. Because in the box office war last year, those small-budget productions finally lost again and again in the hands of Golden Harvest and Dongcheng Images. This year, they are regrouping and building momentum.

Among them, the biggest cast production is undoubtedly "The Best Partner: A Thousand Miles to Save the Poor Woman". As the fourth installment of "Best Partner", this series of films has always been loved by the audience. It is still Xu Guanjie, Mai Jia, and Zhang Aijia who are starring, and it is still a big investment, and the audience's expectations for this movie can be described as the highest movie in the summer.

Several giants of the new art city, which have been estranged, have begun to operate separately. Huang Baiming seems to have seen that the "Happy Ghost" series is still deeply liked by the student group, so he took out "Happy Ghost Hitting Ghost". And Tsui Hark's "Sword and Horse" attracted the attention of the audience when it was launched.

Because there are always some good people who compare it to the female version of "The True Colors of Heroes", so that "Dao Ma Dan" can't keep a low profile

Of course, the most aggrieved is still Debao Film Company. Although Pan Disheng is the boss of Debao, his director does not deal with this boss. Even, some people threatened to boycott the film......

In the end, the only blockbuster that the company really took out in the summer file was "Royal Warrior" as the female lead, which was naturally the heroine of the very popular "Royal Senior Sister" in the upper part - Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh's first film was "Little Shrimp vs. Big Whale", which was very popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan after its release. Debao Company considers her to be its lucky star and cultivates her greatly. From thousands of miles away, she invited the popular Japanese student Hiroyuki Makai to partner with her and perform "Royal Warrior", hoping that Hiroyuki Sanada would become famous and drive the film of "Debao" to hit the Japanese market. At the same time, Michelle Yeoh will become internationally famous as soon as possible. Michelle Yeoh, who never thought that she would play a female Rakshasa on the screen, was even more devoted to practicing martial arts, practicing kung fu with punches and kicks, and going all out to play "Royal Warrior"

In this golden age of Hong Kong films, it can be said that every time the box office battle is particularly tragic. Because everyone is not only competing for the box office of the movie, but also the status of the company's films in Hong Kong.

Among the independently produced film companies, the character with the table is, of course, Lu Yan's Dongcheng Image

"God of Gamblers" starring Chow Yun-fat and Andy Lau all have their own appeal, plus Wu Mengda, Zhang Min, Wang Zuxian and many other green leaves, this movie is actually considerable in terms of lineup. It's just that the current Andy Lau and Wu Mengda are obviously not as brilliant as later generations, not to mention that Andy Lau has also been banned.

But there are gimmicks of Chow Yun-fat and Wang Zuxian, plus Lu Yan himself staged it. Such an attraction is not strong.

Wang Jing's analysis is naturally "Rich Train" and other threatening movies, but Lu Yan set his sights on "Happy Ghost Crashing Ghost" starring Huang Baiming.

Of course, it's not how appealing the movie is at the box office, it's not that there is any dark horse situation. But Lu Yan paid very careful attention to the director of this "Happy Ghost", and this person immediately aroused Lu Yan's interest

Because the executive director of this "Happy Ghost Crashing into Ghost" is actually To Qifeng

The director's impression of Lu Yan is that movies such as "The Birth of a Word", "Dark War", and "Gunfire". What Lu Yan didn't know was that Johnny To was actually one of the new generation of producers of Hong Kong TVB.

Classic dramas such as "Jinghua * Dream", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and "The Legend of Deer and Ding" are all written by him

If Lu Yan knew that he was a good friend of Chow Yun-fat, he would be Wang Jing's father, Wang Tianlin's apprentice. Then it is estimated that Lu Yan will be distressed, because this director is one of the directors he wants to dig up Dongcheng Images. But now the other party has obviously gained a firm foothold in Xinyi City

"Yan Zai, "Thunderbolt Trumpet" has been released and the box office results are very good. Congratulations."

Everyone was discussing the box office chase battle of this year's summer file, but Cheng Xiaodong suddenly mentioned "Thunderbolt Horn".

But after thinking about it, Lu Yan also understood. When "God of Gamblers" returned to Hong Kong after completion, "Thunderbolt Trumpet" was ready to be released. Now he has been busy with the filming of "Rouge Buckle", but he has ignored this problem. After all, this is Wang Zuxian's first work after the fire of "A Chinese Ghost Story".

"If you want to congratulate Brother Sanmao, how is the box office?" Despite this, Lu Yan was still very curious. After all, Sammo Hung actually excluded "Thunderbolt Horn" from the competition for the summer file, which shows that the quality of several other movies is even more exquisite

"It's about to break 10 million"

"Hiss" Lu Yan suddenly took a cool breath, frowned and said, "How long has it been in theaters, and it's about to break through 10 million?" Looks like this movie, I'm going to have to see it. ”

"Thunderbolt Trumpet" has not been released for a long time, but the box office will be so hot?

"Funny style, the results are almost like that." Wang Jing was very calm, and said with a smile: "Yan Zai, you may not know. Because each of your films is competing for summer and Spring Festival files, in fact, this time is a blank period for movies, and it is normal for "Thunderbolt Horn" to have such a box office. Once the summer file starts, then this movie will be out of action The reason why Brother Sanmao was released ahead of schedule was because he was afraid of the box office Waterloo during the summer vacation"

Lu Yan, who heard this, thought about it, and it was really so. There is a flood of good movies in the summer, and it is difficult for "Thunderbolt Trumpet" to have such results even if it is not annihilated. Sammo Hung's early release is indeed a trick used by Hong Kong filmmakers now. Because many movies, even if they have been post-produced, are waiting for the arrival of the summer file. Once the summer season opens, then movies like "Thunderbolt Horn" will immediately lose the market......

"It seems that I am still inexperienced, but to be able to sweep the box office of tens of millions so quickly, "Thunderbolt Trumpet" still has merit." Lu Yan sighed with emotion, and then smiled and said: "Tomorrow, the publicity offensive of "God of Gamblers" will officially begin, and TVB has already negotiated. Now we seem to be working very well with Tvb."

"Just relying on the footage of the Lisboa Casino in Macau is enough to attract a lot of attention. Now, it's up to us to see if we can come out on top in these films."

"It's not the top one, I can only watch the box office after the release, anyway, I'm quite confident, and the pressure is all on you." As he spoke, Lu Yan stood up and looked at his watch and said, "It's getting late again, it's time for me to shoot "Rouge Buckle". You guys take a look at the **, where you need to modify it to try to do the best ......"