Chapter 469: Never Stop

Because there are not many people, and everyone except Gao Yuanyuan has a very close relationship with him, after dinner, Lin Yuquan also logically arranged for everyone to stay at home, and as for the agents or agent assistants who arrived in Rongcheng at the same time on other flights, they arranged to stay in the hotel with other staff of the crew.

Everyone naturally has no opinion on Lin Yuquan's arrangement, and Gao Yuanyuan is even more pleased, this kind of treatment is not something that ordinary actors can get.

"Director Lin, did you shoot a movie like "Immediate Rescue" inspired by the Wenchuan earthquake?"

The Shangri-La Hotel, which opened in Chengdu only last year, has become the most prestigious hotel in Chengdu in just one year, and is considered to be the international meeting room of the Chengdu Hotel, where celebrities, celebrities and international VIPs will invariably choose Shangri-La as their hotel when they arrive in Chengdu.

The next morning, Lin Yuquan and everyone appeared here and held a press conference, as Lin Yuquan's first seven films, and at the time of "Wild Wild: The Rise of the Ape Race" hit the box office myth of "Titanic", and "Wild Wild: Hundred Races" sold amazingly, "Immediate Rescue" attracted global attention, and many media reporters gathered at the scene.

"Yes, during the rescue in the disaster area, there were many scenes that touched me, which made me feel a desire to shoot. Hope. Facing the fiery eyes of the reporters, Lin Yuquan talked eloquently with a calm smile on his face.

"Then why did you choose to shoot a virtual story instead of filming the Wenchuan earthquake directly?" Another reporter asked.

"Do you think I should photograph the Wenchuan earthquake?" Lin Yuquan asked rhetorically, and then continued without waiting for the reporter's answer: "The Wenchuan earthquake has just passed. It is obviously inappropriate to photograph the Wenchuan earthquake at such a moment. It is equivalent to sprinkling a handful of salt on the wounds of Wenchuan earthquake survivors and people across the country. But I also think that I should make such a movie about earthquakes to convey that strong positive energy. ”

"Although most of them agree with Director Lin's filming of "Immediate Rescue", there are also a small number of voices who think that your motives are bad and take advantage of the sensitivity of the Wenchuan earthquake and the hype of the current earthquake theme, what is your opinion on this?" A journalist asked.

"Well, I can only use the word stupid to describe this statement, do I need to use the hype of the Wenchuan earthquake to make money? If my purpose is to make money. I wouldn't make such a Chinese film with a lot of investment, and if I shoot a Hollywood film, the income will only be higher. Lin Yuquan shook his head with a smile on his face.

After the start-up press conference, the report on the press conference of "Immediate Rescue" easily appeared in an important position on the entertainment pages of major media, and "Rongcheng Business Daily" carried out a large-scale report with the title of ""Immediate Rescue" is about to start, Lin Yuquan laughs and talks about the hype of the earthquake".

In the heated discussion caused by the press conference of "Immediate Rescue", August 25-August 31 has become a thing of the past, and in the latest North American box office list, "Tropical Thunder", which has a good reputation, has achieved a thrilling re-election. With a considerable decline of 37.22%, it closed at the box office of $16.03 million.

The reason why it is thrilling is because the new comedy "School Bunny", which was released in 2,712 theaters on a large scale, took home $15.86 million at the opening weekend box office. Narrowly surpassed "Tropic Thunder".

And another new film released on a large scale, starring Jason . Statham's "Death Ride" easily earned $12.29 million at the opening box office with an average of $4,850 in 2,532 theaters, which is definitely worth celebrating, considering its R-rated attributes.

As for "Wild Story: Rise of the Apes", although after two consecutive weeks of box office rebound, it did not achieve a more magical third consecutive week of box office rebound, but this does not mean that it failed, and it finally collected $12.1 million in one fell swoop, occupying the fourth place in the box office list.

At this point, the North American box office of "Wild Wild: Rise of the Apes" has also climbed to $760 million, although this box office figure has been expected, but it is still jaw-dropping.

What's even more jaw-dropping is the mainland box office rankings, because "Wild Story: The Rise of the Apes" also achieved a second consecutive week of box office rebound in China, and the rebound is amazing, after the previous increase of 117% to close the box office of 36.76 million, last week it closed another 94.38 million, an increase of 156%, which has exceeded the single-week box office results of all mainland films released except for a few blockbusters.

There is no doubt that this is another supernatural phenomenon, and behind the supernatural phenomenon, the major media have summarized it with Lin Yuquan's amazing handwriting, such as the madness of giving away movie tickets in North America before, after the release of "Wild Stories: Hundred Races" last Monday on August 25, with the sale of "Wild Stories: Hundred Races", a total of 950,000 movie tickets for "Wild Stories: Rise of the Apes" were given.

Because of Lin Yuquan's amazing handwriting, he thought that he would cross the 1 billion hurdle with difficulty, but in the end it did not cause any obstacles, and "Wild Story: The Rise of the Ape Race", which has a cumulative box office of 1.043 billion, successfully became the first member of the billion-dollar box office club in China, creating a new legend of its own.

At the same time, South Korea, which signed on August 24, and Hong Kong and Treasure Island, which simultaneously released "Wild Story: Hundred Tribes" in China, also achieved a box office rebound, thanks to which, "Wild Story: Rise of the Apes" finally collected another $35.55 million at the box office in countries and regions other than the United States in a single week, which was a very small drop compared to the box office of the previous week.

After another brilliant week, the global box office of "Wild Story: Rise of the Apes", which was released for 12 weeks, reached 1.862 billion US dollars, officially surpassing the 11-year record of "Titanic" and becoming the highest-grossing film in world film history, and Lin Yuquan also became the new "king of the world".

"Wow", even after last week's box office, everyone expected this result, but when this result did appear, it still shocked the world.

"Wild Age: The Rise of the Apes" surpassed "Titanic" and set a new global box office record."

The Los Angeles Times reported on this with a striking headline: "11 years ago, a "Titanic" was born. Jean James. Cameron ascended to the throne of the king of the world. During these 11 years. There have been many high-grossing films such as "The Lord of the Rings", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Shrek", "Spider-Man", "Harry. Potter" and so on, but none of them have been able to surpass or come close to the record set by "Titanic".

And now, in just 12 weeks, "Wild Story: Rise of the Apes" surpassed the 11-year-old box office record of "Titanic" with a total income of 1.862 billion, and successfully topped the global box office, and as the creator of Lin Yuquan, his name will also be destined to be written into film history as a legend. ”

Needless to say, there has been a lot of media coverage. Nothing is more excited about this than the fans who love and support "Wild Wild: Rise of the Apes", and after so much anticipation, "Wild Wild: Rise of the Apes" has finally done just that, with a happy ending to end the craziest myth of the summer, which is really perfect.

"Congratulations to Director Lin, the box office champion in global film history, it's really amazing, you are the pride of all our Chinese." Weekly News.

"Yuquan, it's amazing, keep it up. I look forward to a better performance from you. "Zhang Yimou.

"Completely Dafa's performance, if there is a suitable role in the future, you must consider me!" Liu Dehua.

"Lin. Congratulations, I think Cameron should be excited right now. "Chris. Columbus.

For a while, Lin Yuquan was once again overwhelmed by the incoming calls and text messages, and fell into the busyness of being unable to receive calls and text messages.

"These people are also so hateful, why should you think about inflation, the situation then is completely different from now." Liu Yifei puffed out her bun face and said dissatisfied.

After "Savage: Rise of the Apes" was announced to be the highest-grossing film in the film industry, although there was a wave of amazement and admiration, many people questioned this record, believing that if inflation and the depreciation of the dollar were excluded, "Savage: Rise of the Apes" would only be the grossing champion of the year.

After considering factors such as the depreciation of the dollar and ticket prices, after conversion, "Gone with the Wind" released in 1939 is a well-deserved king of the world film box office, with a box office of about 400 million US dollars that year, equivalent to about 6 billion US dollars now.

In addition, 1937's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", 1977's "Star Wars", 1982's "E.T. the Extra-Terregal", and 1997's "Titanic" all exceeded $2 billion at the box office.

As for the 760 million US dollar box office of "Wild Wild: Rise of the Apes", which is now the box office champion in North American film history, after conversion, it has not even squeezed into the top 10, in this item, the top of the list is still "Gone with the Wind", the second place is "Star Wars", the third place is "The Sound of Music" in 1965, and "Titanic" can be ranked fifth, "Wild Wild: Rise of the Apes" can only be ranked 11th, after "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", and there is almost no possibility of going further.

"It's too complicated to consider inflation, and even the international practice is to rank according to the absolute value of the box office." Liu Shishi said.

"That's right, in fact, there is no need to care about these, taking "Gone with the Wind" as an example, aside from the depreciation of the dollar and ticket prices, although the number of moviegoers of "Gone with the Wind" seems terrifying now, but this is inseparable from the general environment at that time, after all, the number of films produced annually at that time and various entertainment activities are completely incomparable with the present, "Wild Wild: Rise of the Apes" can achieve such an amazing box office in this era, it is absolutely incredible." Jiang Yan said with a smile.

"Okay, how do you feel more excited than I am." Lin Yuquan smiled: "Actually, others are not wrong, if you calculate according to the number of moviegoers, the two movies "Gone with the Wind" and "Shaolin Temple", one is far more than my "Wild Story" in terms of total viewers, and the other is that the number of domestic moviegoers is far from being comparable to my "Wild Story", it is true that this is due to various factors, but the facts are the facts, there is no doubt. ”

"But thinking about it this way, isn't it unfair to "Wild Story" and the current film?" Liu Yifei was a little unwilling, in her heart, she naturally hoped that "Wild Story" was the best.

"How can there be absolute fairness in this world, the scale of blockbuster films and the cost of publicity and promotion are not comparable to those of small-budget films? In fact, the most important thing is to be myself, and it also gives me the motivation to keep moving forward, because there are still many goals ahead of me that are waiting to be surpassed, and I can't just stop moving forward. Lin Yuquan tilted his head slightly and said sonorously.

Feeling the determination that Lin Yuquan would never stop in his words, the three girls suddenly shook their bodies.

Liu Yifei's previous dissatisfied look was quickly replaced by a sweet smile, and he said with a smile: "Hehe, I believe that Brother Yuquan, you will definitely be able to, and when the time comes, we will see what excuses those people have." ”

"Uh, in fact, I'm just talking, Yifei, you believe in me so much, it makes me suddenly feel so stressed." Lin Yuquan said with a bitter face, which made the three girls laugh.

The lively topic of "Wild Story: The Rise of the Apes" breaking the record of "Titanic" did not affect the filming of "Immediate Rescue".

According to the shooting plan, the crew will first shoot the movie scenes before the disaster, including the main scenes such as schools, shopping malls and shops opposite the school, which will be completed in Chengdu, and then move to the ruins of the disaster area to shoot the main scene of the film.

On this day, a large shopping mall in Chengdu suspended the film industry and ushered in the filming of the start-up scene of "Immediate Rescue".

"Well, it's good, it's beautiful." In one of the rooms in the shopping mall, looking at Gao Yuanyuan, who had finished putting on makeup, Lin Yuquan said with satisfaction that for Gao Yuanyuan's appearance in "Immediate Rescue", when communicating with the makeup stylist, his only requirement was to be fashionable and beautiful, and how to look Gao Yuanyuan fashionable and beautiful was how to get it.

After explaining the performance to Gao Yuanyuan again, checking it carefully on the set, and communicating with the person in charge of each position in the crew, Lin Yuquan sat in front of the monitor screen.

Even though it is the seventh film directed by himself, at the moment when the movie is about to start shooting, Lin Yuquan's heart still seems difficult to calm down, but it is not because of nervousness, but because of impatient excitement.

This state is naturally not conducive to shooting, he took a deep breath, calmed the excitement in his heart, and then raised his right hand high.

"Each department is in place ACTION!"

With Lin Yuquan's shouts all over the audience, "Immediate Rescue" officially started filming! (To be continued......)