Chapter 282: Amazing
"Hello, Jaylen, all the fans and viewers are curious about what your "unspeakable secret" is, can you share it with us? â
"The secret that can't be said is that it can't be said, it's like a ball game, it doesn't make sense to know the result first, so everyone should watch the movie by themselves!"
"Recently, some friends who have watched the clip in advance have reported that "The Secret That Can't Be Said" looks familiar, and many of the episodes are familiar, thinking that there is a suspicion of plagiarizing "The Pianist at Sea" and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets".
"Anyway, I just learned the idea of piano fighting from "The Pianist of the Sea", but my specific form is different from his. And "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", I still don't seem to be the same as him! â
"What do you expect from the box office of the film, Jay, many friends now expect your box office to beat "Transformers"."
"I haven't thought about this specifically, of course, the higher the box office, the better, and I hope the evaluation will be better than the box office, preferably better than "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix".
"Hello, Director Ning, what do you think about Hollywood movies continuing to dominate the weekly box office charts in the mainland in the past few months
"This is not surprising, Hollywood films have obvious advantages in terms of investment and technology, and the films we introduce are almost the best among them, so naturally the gap is even greater."
"Ning Dao. Do you mean to say that it is difficult for domestic films to beat Hollywood films? â
"That's right. It's hard. But it's not impossible, we also have excellent filmmakers in China, as long as there are good creative conditions, we can naturally make good movies, and what we have to do now should be how to improve the creative conditions of films. â
"Next week, Jay Chou's directorial debut "The Unspeakable Secret" and Yip Wai Shun and Zhen Zidan's "Fuse" will be released, what do you think of the box office prospects of these two films. Is it possible to reclaim the top spot at the box office from the hands of Transformers. â
"The box office prospects of these two movies are of course very bright, although this is Jay Chou's directorial debut, but he is the idol of young people and has a huge fan base, which will become the first booster of his movie box office, Ye Weixin and Zhen Zidan will not talk about it, I believe this is another wonderful action movie, action movies have always been the most popular category in the summer file, and they will definitely do well at the box office. I think both have the potential to threaten the location of Transformers, though. It's still hard to do that. â
"What about your video!"
"Oh, that's hard to say. Bystanders are clear! When I talk about my own films, it is inevitable that I will be biased, and the audience will soon tell us the answer with concrete actions, and in my opinion, the opponent of our film is always ourselves, and we should not always compare ourselves with others. â
"Okay, thank you Director Ning for being a guest on our "Light and Shadow Star Podcast"."
After "Transformers" won the game twice in a row by breaking a number of records, for a while, several heavyweight Chinese movies that were about to be released were frequently asked by the media about the box office and "Transformers", "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" in various promotional occasions, and everyone was looking forward to the appearance of that hero.
Chen Musheng's "The True Colors of Men" really did not create too much trouble for the soaring "Transformers", and on the mainland weekly box office list from July 23rd to July 29th, the unstoppable "Autobot" won the weekly box office list for the third time with a box office of 48 million, and the cumulative box office in three weeks has reached 235 million, which is getting closer and closer to the 250 million of Zhang Yi's "Hero".
Chen Musheng's "The True Colors of Men" also performed quite well, and in the second week of its release, it ranked second in the weekly box office list with a box office of 15 million, but such a result is insignificant in front of the "Autobots".
Of course, this is not surprising, "Transformers" in the third week of release has not yet reached the point of exhaustion at the box office, and "The True Color of a Man" is just a typical Hong Kong-made medium-investment action movie, which is normal.
Compared with "The True Colors of Men", people are still more optimistic about "The Secret That Can't Be Said" and "The Fuse" that will be released in the week of July 30-August 5.
One is the directorial debut of Jay Chou, the king of Asia's super popular music scene, and has been highly praised by Zhang Yimou, Liu Weiqiang, and Zhu Yanping, three previous co-directors, Zhang Yimou "I just watched "The Secret That Can't Be Said", and I was surprised after watching it, where is this surprise? You don't feel like a debut film, it's more atmospheric in all aspects, and its graphics, rhythm, music, storyline promotion, editing so, in a word, the shooting is very good. "Liu Weiqiang" is the first time he is a director, and he has done quite well, and I hope he will continue to work on this thing in this direction in the future, because he has this talent. "Zhu Yanping" Jay Lun's movie, the first director, I only gave him two words: wonderful. "Jay Chou's huge fan base, the support of directors and stars, 250 film copies and the scale of 180 digital screens, so on, naturally look forward to it.
One is the third action movie "Fuse" cooperated by Chinese kung fu superstar Zhen Zidan and director Ye Weixin after "Killing the Wolf" and "Dragon Tiger Gate" two years ago, the film brings together Louis Koo, Zhou Zhaolong, Fan Binbin and other stars, "Kill the Wolf" was not released in the mainland before, but it received a good box office of more than 8 million in Hong Kong, "Dragon Tiger Gate" received 49 million box office last year, ranking 16th in the year-end box office list, as the third film of the two cooperation, the box office of "Fuse" is also optimistic.
And this is already the fourth week of the release of "Transformers", which is when the box office has dropped sharply, plus the other "Bean's Golden Week" and "Doraemon" are not strong films, this is definitely a good time to overtake Hollywood movies, and "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" will be here again next week, although "Harry Bit and the Order of the Phoenix" only landed on Friday. It will only be released for three days in the first week. But who would doubt its powerful ability to attract gold.
In case you missed the week. Then it may really be in late September, when there are no Hollywood blockbusters to overtake.
In anticipation, the week of July 30-August 5 came to an end.
"Hey! It's a shame. "When I saw the box office rankings, many people let out a heavy sigh, which was not only a sigh that the two Chinese-language films did not reach the expected heights, but also a sigh of the strong sustained power of "Transformers", in the fourth week of its release. The mighty "Autobot" fell by 47.9% and received another 25 million, strongly achieving 4 consecutive hegemony, and the cumulative box office of 260 million also surpassed Zhang Yi's "Hero" 250 million as scheduled, and promoted to the fifth place in the total box office list in the mainland, and at the same time only one step away from Lin Yuquan's "Red Cliff" 267 million.
The two works with high hopes won the box office of 16 million and 11 million respectively, ranking second and third in the weekly box office list. The results and reputation are good, but they failed to take the opportunity to surpass "Transformers". Let everyone's hearts be filled with regrets.
At this point, everyone's hope of defeating Hollywood blockbusters in a head-to-head duel is almost shattered, and everyone is not optimistic about Ning Hao's new film "Crazy Stone", which will be released soon, but its opponent is too strong, it is "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" that has swept the world, and only Lin Yuquan and Zhang Yi's blockbusters in China can compete with it head-on.
At this time, the Dawning Film was busy and unaffected by the slightest.
In this special year when Lin Yuquan went to Hollywood for development, Shuguang Film Company has confirmed a total of four films to be released this year, namely Xu Jinglei's "Dreams into Reality", Ning Hao's new work "Crazy Racing" that will be released tomorrow night on August 7, October 1, Chen Jiashang's "Painted Wall", and on December 21, Xiao Yang's directorial debut "Destiny Call Transfer".
There is no high or low, for Dawning Movies, each of these four movies is equally important, and there is nothing that must be defeated against anyone, just like Ning Hao said, the opponent of Dawning Movies is only himself, and he only needs to be himself.
Previously, "Dream into Reality" had been successful with extremely amazing results, and now the dawning film only hopes that "Crazy Racing" can achieve good results again.
It's Tuesday, August 7th, Half Price Day in Movie Theaters Nationwide, and today is also the day of the premiere of "Crazy Racing."
"Hey, Rain Fountains!" Ning Hao waved his hand, and Ding Wei next to him also smiled.
"Be quiet, afraid I won't be able to see it?" Lin Yuquan walked over with a smile, the last time "Dreams Come into Reality" premiered because he was busy filming and couldn't leave, this time "Crazy Racing" premiered, of course he had to come back to support, he flew to Kyoto in the morning, and after returning home, he came to meet with the crew of "Crazy Racing" and had lunch together by the way.
After saying hello, the three of them walked towards the box booked by the hotel, except for the crew of "Crazy Racing", only Ding Zhi and Xiao Ran of Shuguang Film Company participated in this dinner at noon, and the crew of "Crazy Racing", Xu Zheng and Huang Bo needless to say, the others, Lin Yuquan did not know anyone.
"Yuquan, let me introduce to you, this is Jiukong who plays Li Fala, this is Rong Xiang, who plays Donghai, this is Gao Jie, who plays Ajie, these two are Wang Shuangbao and Bado, and they play the killer A and B, this is from Thailand, he was a Muay Thai champion, and he is a well-known kung fu actor in Thailand, who plays the drug lord Chachai in the film."
I have to say that Ning Hao is very good at casting, although his appearance is not good, but the appearance and temperament of these actors are very distinctive, and they can't be performed in ordinary dramas, but they are just suitable for his Ning's comedy.
Lin Yuquan greeted everyone in turn and shook hands, and when it was the turn of the man from Thailand, the kung fu actor was particularly excited: "Hello, Director Lin, I am your fan, you are the best action actor in the world, I hope to have the opportunity to learn from you and get your advice." â
"No problem." Lin Yuquan smiled, he cooperated with Muslim when filming "Huo Yuanjia". Abdulaev is a Muay Thai champion, and he knows a lot about Muay Thai because he fights him.
After saying hello and sitting down, everyone naturally talked about the box office situation of the recently released movies.
"In other words, the outside world doesn't seem to be very optimistic that our film will snatch the box office champion from "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"!" Lin Yuquan said out loud.
"It's not that I'm not optimistic. It's not hopeful at all. People don't think we're on the same level as Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Huang Bo pouted.
"It's normal. Other people's "Harry Potter" is a Hollywood blockbuster with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, and the previous few have swept billions of dollars at the box office, but our film is only a small and medium-budget comedy. Who knows? The most important thing is that we compare ourselves to others? I have paid attention to the situation of the North American summer file, and this year's North American summer file has another comedy box office dark horse "One Night Big Belly", this movie has not won a weekly box office championship under the glory of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", "Ocean's Thirteen", and "Fantastic Four 2", but who dares to say that this movie is not a successful movie, in fact, the year-end inventory is that it is definitely one of the most successful movies of the year. Xu Zheng said meaningfully.
"Brother Hao, what do you think?" Lin Yuquan looked at Ning Hao.
"I agree with Xu Zheng's statement, it's useless to compare with others. The key is to be ourselves, in fact, others are not optimistic about us. In my opinion, this should be a good thing, so that we don't have to bear the pressure of not being able to save zĂ i, and we don't let other people disappoint us at the end, like "The Unspeakable Secret" and "The Fuse>, the box office of these two movies is actually not wrong, but because they hope they will beat "Transformers", the result is very disappointing. Ning Hao said with a smile.
Lin Yuquan's thoughts in his heart were actually similar to the two of them, but he said with a bad taste: "How can it work, Brother Hao, as a director, you should be confident in your work, even if you don't have confidence in yourself, you should be confident in investment!" â
"How does this have anything to do with investment?" Ning Hao smiled dumbly.
Lin Yuquan smiled brightly: "It doesn't matter, the investment in "Crazy Stone" is 8 million, the premiere box office, if I remember correctly, it is 19.6 million, and the final box office is 41.6 million, "Love Call Transfer" has an investment of 15 million, the premiere box office is 25.3 million, and the final box office is 76.4 million, and this time "Crazy Racing" has an investment of 30 million, how much box office do you think should be appropriate?" According to this trend, shouldn't "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", which was released for 3 days in the first week, win the championship? â
The crowd laughed.
"Please, where are you so calculated!" Ning Hao's helpless voice sounded.
Like "Dreams Come True", the premiere of "Crazy Racing" was also held at Akebono Cinemas' own cinema in Kyoto, and many moviegoers flocked to the cinema after a star-studded red carpet show.
At the same time, countless theaters across the country are also staging the phenomenon of fans pouring into theaters, the most eye-catching of the films released this week is of course "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", followed by Ning Hao's new work "Crazy Racing", although few people are optimistic about "Crazy Racing" box office victory over "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", but as the three most outstanding young directors in the mainland, and also a few commercial directors second only to Lin Yuquan and Zhang Yi in commercial films, Ning Hao has already passed "Crazy Stone" , The success of "Love Call Transfer" has established his personal brand of Ning's comedy, and too many fans who like comedy are full of expectations for his new comedy work.
And even ordinary audiences, who may not have seen Ning Hao's works before, will inevitably become interested in this director who is always associated with Lin Yuquan, plus today is a half-price day of the week, which suddenly detonated a movie-watching frenzy.
"Haha, that's funny." At the beginning of the film, more than 600 theaters across the country were full of laughter, in a bicycle race, the bicycle rider Geng Hao played by Huang Bo took the lead in crossing the finish line, when he was triumphantly surrounded by reporters for interviews, the on-site referee changed the verdict that the champion was someone else, and the camera showed that the winner was because he accidentally hit the line with his head before the finish line, and Zhang Ting, a player who was 0.01 seconds faster than Geng Hao, instantly disappeared without a trace of the reporters around him, and all ran to Zhang Ting's side.
This guy was so sad, looking at Geng Hao who said sourly and sarcastically, "Give him 200,000, will he spend it?" The corners of the audience's mouths pulled into a smile, on the screen. A businessman dressed in Sven Wen, Li Fala, appeared in front of Geng Hao. Find him an advertising endorsement. When I saw Geng Hao holding a bottle of medicine, he said to the camera, "Kidney silver deer antler syrup, showing the masculinity of men, as soon as the kidney silver is opened, good things will come casually." The smile on the corner of everyone's mouth suddenly became stronger, and when they saw Geng Hao because he drank "kidney silver", the urine test failed. When he was banned for life, everyone was dumbfounded, "Ni Mei, this guy is too sad." â
At this time, the words "crazy racing" appeared on the screen, and the show was officially staged, two magical turns in a row, making Geng Hao the first unlucky guy in the sky, everyone began to look forward to the follow-up story after laughing at the beginning, what kind of story will happen to this unlucky guy?
Lin Yuquan smiled. is worthy of Ning Hao, his storytelling ability is too good. The two twists full of comedic effects not only shape Geng Hao's character, but also suddenly enhance the attractiveness of the follow-up of the story, which makes people very eager to watch it.
Like "Crazy Stone", "Crazy Racing" is also a comedy style of multi-threaded crazy narrative, Geng Hao is just the first line, and then, in just a few minutes, in the endless jokes, the other three lines and six groups of people have appeared, the gangster foursome from Taiwan, they intend to make a big deal in the mainland; the first and second funny thieves who take people's money and eliminate disasters for others; The two policemen who accompanied Li Fala to arrest Geng Hao, plus Chachai, a drug lord from Thailand who is also a killer, and Li Farah, an illegal businessman, and Li Fala's wife, who had a broken relationship with her husband. And after the characters appeared one after another, the subsequent multi-line story and the intersecting development of the characters' inconsistencies also occurred.
Li Fala hired thief 1 and thief 2 to murder his wife, but thief 1 and thief 2 were bought by his wife in turn, and as a result, the two mistakenly took Chachai, who robbed Li Fala's clothes, as Li Farah, and when the thief 1 and thief 2 came to collect money from Li Fala's wife, Li Fala, who was supposed to disappear, came back, and the two had to leave with a wolf, and then when Li Fala and his wife argued, an accident happened, and Li Farah's wife slipped and fell, and she crashed into the knife edge The story of twists and turns continued to happen. made everyone in the theater laugh and was hooked.
Coupled with Ning Hao's unbearable and memorable lines, such as Thief 1 and Thief 2's "Do a line to love a line", "How can you have a production without guts", "How can you complain about the society with a little back", "The post-90s generation has come out to mix", "You want to go to graduate school", "Character determines fate" and so on, it is really hilarious.
In the almost non-stop laughter, the film soon came to an end, and the first and second thieves who were holding the rice cooker got out of the car, came to the two policemen, and regarded them as the objects of the drug trade, "Pay the money with one hand, deliver the goods with the other hand, what are you doing with so much effort to take us so far." "That's right." "Do you want this or not?" "Look, hurry up and get the money, dollars!" "Black eats black." "What black eats black, police." When they saw such a scene, the crowd who had laughed too much before burst into laughter again: "Haha, laughing to death." â
At this time, the cast and crew subtitles appeared on the screen, and suddenly, the theater resounded with deafening applause and cheers.
"I really didn't kill anyone, I saw that Li Fala kill someone." Suddenly, the theater became extremely quiet, and everyone stared motionless at the big screen, and the ending scene of the police interrogating the two thieves and Geng Hao appeared on the screen.
This scene happened at the same time in more than 600 theaters, after the interrogation screen, the cast and crew appeared on the screen, countless people also laughed and got up, ready to leave, some of the audience walked to the aisle of the exit of the theater, at this time the screen suddenly sounded "outside the long pavilion, by the ancient road" music, everyone's eyes instantly fell on the screen, it turned out that Xu Zheng was buried in the tomb of Master Geng Hao, this sudden appearance of the ending of the film retained the footsteps of everyone who was ready to leave, at this time you can clearly see the front of the seat, on the steps, and on the side of the corridor, At the exit, there were audiences everywhere who had stopped, Ning Hao still did not forget to carry out the funny to the end in this short ending, and everyone stood in the theater and continued to laugh in the movie.
Sure enough, it was Ning Hao, Lin Yuquan looked at the man next to him with amusement and admiration, even the story with such twists and turns in the ending is really amazing.
"Final" - when the subtitles of the film are completely exhausted, the word that appeared at the beginning of the show is typed, if the appearance at the beginning of the performance is a little surprising, then the subtitles that appear at this time are a little reluctant, Lin Yuquan is in the theater, countless theaters without Ning Hao, almost everyone applauds.
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