The headlines of the next day's major newspapers and magazines were naturally dominated by the freshly released "Red Cliff" film review, who called it the most watched domestic film of the year.

As long as you open a newspaper related to entertainment or open a major web portal, you can almost always see an eye-catching title containing the word "Red Cliff" at a glance.

""Red Cliff" premiered in Beijing yesterday, and the star-studded audience is comparable to the awards ceremony."

"The excitement is continuous, and "Red Cliff" shows the true colors of the blockbuster."

"The premiere day of "Red Cliff" set a new record, with a box office of 22.18 million yuan."

In the report, media reporters and film critics praised the performance of "Red Cliff" in unison, in fact, as long as the movie is not bad to a certain extent, such as the kind of anger and resentment, the media and film critics have picked up the good and said, no one wants to offend people casually, it is not easy to find advantages, any movie that is not bad has merits, not to mention that "Red Cliff" is originally a good movie, this is not to pick the merits, but to pick the best merits.

Among the many reports, there are two aspects that have attracted the most attention.

The first time to know the box office of "Red Cliff" reported: "According to the box office statistics obtained by the reporter, the box office of "Wuji" landed in major theaters across the country yesterday reached 22.18 million yuan, refreshing the box office records of all blockbusters released before this year, including "Myth", "Seven Swords", "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", and "Star Wars Prequel III: Revenge of the Sith", and won a gratifying start. ”

At present, the best Chinese New Year schedule in China is from mid-December to mid-January, including Christmas and New Year's Day. But the results showed. The early opening of the Chinese New Year did not disappoint. And it fully shows that the movie itself is the most important factor in attracting audiences, and it is by no means completely dependent on the schedule.

Of course, the report also mentioned that the reason why "Red Cliff" can achieve such good results is directly related to the film schedule of the theater side, because "Red Cliff" is the most high-profile Chinese film of the year, in order to meet the enthusiasm of fans and audiences to watch the film, the major theaters have arranged all the films to make way for it, and given the best treatment, this week and the next week will be a veritable "Red Cliff" week.

The box office is one aspect of concern. On the other hand, it attracted huge attention at the beginning of the year.

"Kyoto Daily" used the largest space to report on this, the title is a huge eye-catching font "I'm coming", following the last "you wait", in the report, "Kyoto Daily" first mentioned the cause and effect of the gambling contract, and then evaluated the film according to the first day of viewing, and finally concluded: "The three-month shooting cycle and the so-called hasty launch did not cause any obstacles, and director Lin Yuquan once again proved his amazing directorial talent and martial arts coaching ability, Bringing us such a wonderful and shocking Chinese epic war blockbuster "Red Cliff", as for whether this film can be profitable, no one must doubt this. Maybe it's time to be prepared accordingly, if you really want to fulfill your bet. ”

It's similar to last time. The Kyoto Daily did not directly ask Feng Zhongji to abide by the gambling contract, but used a joking hypothetical sentence to put Feng Zhongji in a dilemma.

And this move also successfully detonated the topic of air gambling, and major websites have reprinted it, making it the focus of people's interest again in a very short time.

However, Feng Zhongji didn't answer this time, he naturally knew the shape of "Red Cliff" after entering the theater, and his only hope now was that the box office of "Red Cliff" would not exceed "Huo Yuanjia", otherwise he would accept the heaviest bet, but what is there to respond to, in short, he lost, just to see how miserable he lost.

Feng Zhongji was silent, but "Kyoto Daily" would not be merciful, for the sake of newspaper sales, what did he do to stick a knife into his peers, this kind of thing is normal, so the next day's report quoted the premiere box office of "Red Cliff" and said: "22.18 million yuan, the mainland premiere of "Red Cliff" broke the record, this figure is much higher than the results of "Huo Yuanjia" last year, and "Red Cliff" in Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and other places is also gratifying at the box office. The box office of the premiere in Hong Kong is 3.15 million Hong Kong dollars, Taiwan 13.36 million Taiwan dollars, South Korea 180,000 people, Japan 4.3 million US dollars, Singapore 173,500 US dollars, Malaysia 89,300 US dollars, the box office in all places is a significant increase compared to last year's "Huo Yuanjia", for "Red Cliff", it is only a matter of time before the profit is made, maybe it is time to consider whether the box office of "Red Cliff" can surpass "Huo Yuanjia". ”

The two most concerned topics can be said to be closely linked, with the release of the amazing premiere box office of "Red Cliff" in various places, more and more people are beginning to care about what height the box office of "Red Cliff" can reach? is not only ordinary fans, the entertainment industry is even more concerned about this, and fans are purely curious, the box office of "Red Cliff" will have a huge impact on the entire entertainment industry, from the content of the film company's future films, to the actors' attitude towards Lin Yuquan, to the Shuguang brokerage company, and then to the development prospects of grassroots employees in the entertainment industry, the real impact is far-reaching. The key now is to look at the box office situation in Europe and the United States.

At the same time, more and more people are ready to watch Feng Zhongji's jokes, whether he fulfills the promise or not? People are interested in what kind of torture they will suffer if they fulfill their promises.

Generally speaking, in order to create a good box office atmosphere, films will choose to be released on weekends with better box office, that is, the box office of three weekends including Friday, which is often said, and some? It is simply chosen on Monday, which is convenient for counting the box office and arranging plans, which is extremely rare to choose on Thursday, and "Red Cliff" is Thursday this time, after the premiere day, with the arrival of the weekend holiday, it can be expected that "Red Cliff" will usher in a real box office peak.

Lin Yuquan didn't have time to stay to witness this moment, and after seeing the box office results of several places on the premiere day, he flew directly to Los Angeles with Liu Yifei on the noon flight on December 3.

The flight time from Kyoto to Los Angeles is generally eleven or twelve hours, which is just enough time for a late night's sleep due to the time difference. When Lin Yuquan and Liu Yifei arrived in Los Angeles, it was half past nine in the morning. The two of them went to the hotel to put their luggage first. After that, the two of them went out without jet lag.

Yifei used to live in New York in the United States, so there is no problem of zài no novelty when he comes to Los Angeles, both of them go out with curiosity and playfulness, and they go out until they are hungry, and then they find a place to eat, and then they don't rest, and then they go shopping, and soon come to the Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard.

The Hollywood Walk of Fame was founded by Southern California artist Oliver. Wiesmula was established in 1958. The sidewalk, which stretches along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street, features more than 2,000 star-shaped medallions embedded in dark gray squares, each made of terrazzo with the names of the awardees engraved in bronze to commemorate their contributions to the entertainment industry.

For filmmakers, it is undoubtedly a supreme honor to be named on the Avenue of Fame, since he is coming to Los Angeles to see Hollywood, how can Lin Yuquan not come here to see it.

Liu Yifei, an actor, has also been fascinated by the Avenue of Stars for a long time, and as soon as he came here, he immediately became extremely excited. Seeing Lin Yuquan's move to glance at every star, he asked curiously.

"Brother Yuquan. What are you looking for? ”

"Oh, I'm looking for Cheng Long, Bruce Lee, and Huang Liushuang to leave the stars here." Lin Yuquan said with a smile.

"Did they leave stars here? And who is Huang Liushuang? Liu Yifei's eyes flickered and looked at him, like a curious baby.

Lin Yuquan had already checked the information when formulating the itinerary, and he knew this very well, and said without thinking: "Of course, since the construction of the Avenue of Stars, only the three Chinese filmmakers have left their names on the Avenue of Stars, which is something that even Li Yu and John Woo have not been able to do, as for Huang Liushuang, it is normal for you not to know, in fact, I didn't know before, she is the first Chinese actress in Hollywood history, active in the twenties and thirties of the last century." ”

Lin Yuquan did not introduce Huang Liushuang in detail, in fact, due to the strict racial discrimination in the United States at that time, although Huang Liushuang participated in the filming of many films, she has never really become popular, she has no chance to play the heroine, and she has no chance to receive a good script, her greatest achievement in Hollywood is only because she created the beautiful image of a Chinese doll on the screen.

When reading the information, Lin Yuquan couldn't help but sigh, not to mention before, even now Hollywood is still relatively exclusive to Chinese actors, especially actresses, Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, Yang Ziyun and other top actresses who are popular in the Chinese film industry have hardly received any decent roles and decent films after arriving in Hollywood, and the only influential and main role "Memoirs of a Geisha" is a geisha who plays little Japan, which is really ridiculous and ironic.

Shaking his head, Lin Yuquan continued to look for the stars of the three along the sidewalk, preparing to take pictures when the time came, and Liu Yifei was also on the side to help find them.

More than 2,000 stars are placed, the area of the Avenue of Stars is obviously not small, the east and west directions extend from Gower Street to La Brea Avenue, and the north and south are along the Vine Street between Yucca Street and Sunset Avenue, if the area is large, and it is not easy to find three of them from more than 2,000 stars.

"Brother Yuquan, I found it." Liu Yifei shouted in surprise, waving to Lin Yuquan while shouting.

Lin Yuquan glanced at her, and Liu Yifei found that many Americans around her were looking at her with strange eyes, and hurriedly closed her voice, but because she was abroad, she was not afraid of being recognized, and she didn't have any dodge moves, just smiled sweetly at Lin Yuquan.

Lin Yuquan hurriedly walked over, and sure enough, Jackie Chan's English name "jackiechan" was engraved in the star, and there was a pattern of a movie camera underneath, representing Jackie Chan's contribution to the film industry.

"Wow, that looks cool, when can I make a name here." Liu Yifei's tone was indescribably envious and expectant.

"It's not easy, work hard, work hard to have hope." Lin Yuquan said encouragingly, not only is it difficult, it is simply as difficult as the sky, film, television, records, radio, live drama five major fields are only more than 2,000 stars, and from the beginning of the last century to the present, the world's five major fields of practitioners are more than 10 million, even if you use one of 10,000 to describe its difficulty is low, and strength alone is not enough, you need luck or even unspoken rules to stay famous, because the way stars are nominated and confirmed is still full of controversy and mystery.

Liu Yifei nodded seriously.

After taking pictures, next, Lin Yuquan and Liu Yifei found the stars of Bruce Lee and Huang Liushuang, and after taking pictures, an afternoon passed.

"Brother Yuquan, where are we going next?" Liu Yifei's bun face did not show any tiredness, and he asked with interest.

"Find a movie theater to watch "Red Cliff"." Lin Yuquan already had a comprehensive plan in mind.

"Ahh Liu Yifei looked at him in surprise, wondering if he had heard it wrong.

"You heard it right, it's to watch "Red Cliff", I want to know how the American audience reacts to our "Red Cliff", whether they like it, hate it, or get sleepy, or something else, there is nothing more obvious than feeling it in the theater, and not only tonight, but when we go to Seoul and Hong Kong, we will also go to the cinema to see the audience's reaction to the film."

Liu Yifei's little face suddenly became bitter and abnormal.

"Of course, if you don't want to go, you can go back to the hotel by yourself, I will never force it." Lin Yuquan said with a smile, this trick may not work against Wang Luodan and Jiang Yan, but it has been tried and tested against Liu Yifei.

Sure enough, Liu Yifei immediately said with a bitter face: "I'll go." ”

As the world's largest box office market and a metropolis close to Hollywood, Los Angeles has a predictable density of cinema coverage, and it didn't take much effort for the two to find a large movie theater.

"Give me a ticket to Red Cliff."

"Trouble two "Red Cliffs", thank you!"

"I also want two copies of "Red Cliff", what, only midnight show, or tomorrow, damn, I don't want to wait for a day, two midnight shows."

Looking at the surging crowd in the theater that was almost all heading for "Red Cliff", Liu Yifei, who was still bitter just now, became extremely excited again: "Brother Yuquan, there are so many people, it seems that our movie is very popular here in North America, hehe." ”

"yes!" Lin Yuquan is full of pride, there are several Chinese movies that can be popular in North America, and now he has done it with "Red Cliff", of course, the audience's reaction will not be known until after entering the theater.

"Let's change to a different theater, see the queue, and when it's our turn to have a midnight show, there will be no more."

It was the third day of the North American release and the weekend after the release. (To be continued......) R1292