Chapter 282: About the sequel
The new January has started again, hehe, it is the legendary December 2012, oh, in this special month, everyone should hand over the monthly pass, otherwise there may be no chance! ……
And the birth of this "Summer Ink Lotus" has greatly changed the emergence of this situation.
Thea plays an older young woman who is unmarried and unmarried in "Summer Ink Lotus", with a mediocre appearance and average family background, especially when it was very chaotic at the beginning, it almost completely subverted Thea's original image and began to show Thea's acting skills, and Thea has been honing her acting skills for a long time in this regard, and even often returns to Shenhai Art Academy to audit.
Of course, she probably can't do it now, and the opportunity to go out is blocked by a large number of fans.
Because of the role of this girl who looks lively, innocent, and optimistic, Thea's image slowly became full from a vase overnight.
There are also many film critics who like Xiya's transformation very much, like Yang Tian, Xiya is also a subversive performance in it, although there is still a lot of gap compared with Yang Tian's complete subversiveness, but this is also limited by the role, and Xiya's role has also been recognized by many people, from the original advertising model like a vase, to the current movie theater newcomer strength idol actor.
This is a leapfrog development, Xu Cheng personally feels that the most successful part of this movie is not the super high box office, but the recognition of the male and female artists in his films, breaking free from the original image of an idol vase, and being recognized by people as an actor.
Don't look at it as just an endorsement, but it's very important. Because if you become an actor, those people won't look at the two of them with colored glasses. The efforts of both of them will not be erased.
Don't look at it as just a small recognition, but not everyone can get it, just like some singers have made a few movies, but no one really recognizes him as an actor, he is just a musician, a singer, but definitely not an actor, so what he shoots, everyone will feel that he is playing with tickets. It's just playing. There's nothing to pay much attention to, and that's just being watched through the crack in the door.
So Xu Cheng feels that this recognition is more important than the box office, after all, it shows that his films can not only benefit investors, but also his heroes and heroines, so that they can benefit. Those actors will think that your movie is really good, otherwise no matter how high your box office is, if you can't bring popularity to the actors, then how can those excellent actors come to your crew?
Now, the two actors under his screen are on fire, and their brilliance has just begun, and it will definitely not stop now, Xu Cheng is still very confident in this.
But no matter what. Now that the box office has exceeded 200 million, it's time to hold a celebration party, and this is also what many media hope for, another opportunity for interviews.
On February 9, only a week before the release, they had to hold a press conference in order to break 200 million at the box office. And this incident is far beyond everyone's imagination and expectations.
Originally, the most optimistic people in the company just thought that it would be very good to break 100 million, but they didn't expect that it would only break 200 million in six days, which was completely beyond their imagination.
The whole company, all dressed up and ready to attend, because the company is involved in the roles, of course, there are many main creators of the crew, of course, in fact, almost all the main creators are from Huayu Entertainment Company.
However, in the midst of the costumes, Chen Feng appeared in casual clothes, which shocked the glasses of many reporters. …,
Chen Feng is dressed in white sportswear, with a straight figure, looking at the past, he is much more handsome, far more than everyone imagined, at this time, many reporters remembered, don't look at Chen Feng seems to have a strong wrist, turning his hands into clouds and covering his hands for rain, and he has made several big moves that shocked the entertainment industry, he is the best director, one of the best actors, and one of the best singers in China, but in essence, he is only 22 years old, and he is just a young man.
As soon as Chen Feng appeared at the celebration party, a lot of media immediately surrounded him.
"Director Chen, what do you think about this box office breaking 200 million in less than a week, do you know that "Summer Ink Lotus" has occupied the champion of this year's Chinese New Year?" A reporter asked.
"Regarding this matter, in fact, breaking 200 million is still in my expectation, but I really didn't expect it to be so fast, originally I thought that there would be more than 200 million in ten days, which is already very good!" Chen Feng said eloquently, without stage fright at all, what was originally considered a big word by many people is now considered by many people to be insightful, "As for the champion of the Chinese New Year or something, I don't think there is anything!" ”
"Then Director Chen, what are your expectations for the total box office?" Another reporter asked.
At this time, everyone will not regard Chen Feng as a person who can only talk big, in fact, everyone thinks that where is this big talk, it is clearly modest, too modest, not big talk at all.
What is a box office of 100 million, according to this momentum, four or five billion is very possible.
Chen Feng smiled slightly and said: "In terms of box office, I don't think it's a problem to reach 300 million, but it's hard to say whether it can reach 400 million!" ”
If you compare purely from the box office data, it is even possible to conclude that the final "Summer Ink Lotus" can have a box office of more than 800 million yuan.
But of course, insiders will not speculate so wildly, although the momentum at the beginning is very good, but it is also bewitched by the media, many people want to see why a dark horse movie is so popular, but in fact, this situation will slowly cool down sooner or later, and it will not last forever, the second week can be half of the first week, then it is very good, and the third week will only be half of the second week, so it will continue to decrease, and in the end, of course, it will not be possible to have such a high box office.
The reporters were a little disappointed, Chen Feng still didn't say anything too amazing after all, if it was before the movie began to be released, many people might think that Chen Feng was whimsical, even if it was the super blockbuster "The Adventures of Sinbad", "Dragon's Kiss", "National Champion", etc., they were not sure, and they definitely didn't dare to say that the final box office would definitely be 300 million, and "Summer Ink Lotus" was just a small-budget movie with an investment of less than 20 million, why should it be compared with "The Adventures of Sinbad".
But now, everyone's reporters don't think this is a big deal, but feel that Chen Feng's ideas are too conservative, or too cautious, and they are not exciting at all, and they don't have the feeling of arrogance before the release.
But think about it carefully, it seems that Chen Feng has always been cautious, as for arrogance, it is just what those media themselves think, those media think that Chen Feng is just arrogant, there is no credibility at all, now think about it, Chen Feng was not ordinary modest at that time, if you move the words of that time to the present, it is definitely a typical example of caution.
Therefore, Chen Feng has not changed, what has really changed is the change of these reporters because of the box office.
"Director Chen, many people have said that the script you wrote is very distinctive, especially this "Summer Ink Lotus", all the characters are portrayed very well, I don't know, have you ever considered whether to shoot a sequel?" At this time, a reporter asked at the right time. …,
In fact, in China, this situation is too common, sequel, this is equivalent to a synonym for a word, that is, to make money, any movie is like this, no matter how much the audience wants to watch it, but unless it is planned to be divided into several episodes from the beginning, otherwise, it is simply to cheat money.
And the sequels of many movies are simply dogtail mink sequels, and they completely lose the charm and feeling of the first episode, which is different from foreign blockbusters.
Abroad, especially DreamWorks blockbusters, they often have blockbusters with several episodes in a row, that's because they have experience and money, so they will be more accustomed to this model, they have already begun to think about the sequel before filming, so they often leave a certain amount of suspense in the first episode, in order to prepare for the sequel, they originally had such a plan, so whether there is a sequel or not, the story will seem more coherent.
But it's different in China, because many domestic movies haven't thought about the sequel at all, they don't even know if they can make money after the movie is released, let alone the sequel, if the first part doesn't make money, then they will lose all their support, let alone what the sequel is.
Besides, if the results are really good, wouldn't it be good to think about a sequel at that time, which can be seen everywhere in TV series and movies, such as the famous "Home Alone" and "Home Alone 2", as well as "Palace" in the previous life, "Palace 2" In fact, "Palace" has finished the story, "Palace 2" is completely far-fetched, and it is forced to make a sequel, looking at the past is ridiculous, for what, not just to make money.
Even if it is the most successful typical case in this regard, it is Chen Feng's "Infernal Affairs" in Hong Kong that he watched in his previous life, and the "Infernal Affairs" trilogy is the best in this regard, but it still can't escape the suspicion of the dog's tail mink, because in the first part, a protagonist was killed, if the filming of the second "Infernal Affairs 2" can still be said to be a prequel, and it can still be said, then the third part is purely just to make money, so to speak, if there is only the first part of "Infernal Affairs", The whole story will become much more classic, not just now, it can be said that the two sequels that will be added later, completely destroying the classics of the first part.
Of course, "Summer Lotus" is not the same. (Your support on this site is my biggest motivation.) )