Chapter 334: A Lively New Year's Stall

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On December 9, 2004, "No Thieves in the World" was officially released in China. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoThe domestic film market, which has been tired for several months, will usher in another wave of box office peaks!

The guy company in this movie is willing to be a green leaf and promote Huayi.

Of course, the premiere ceremony of the movie was also held in the newly opened tenth cinema of the Friends Cinema Line. It is also the influence of the film that brings popularity to the newly opened cinemas.

The plot of "No Thieves in the World" mainly tells the story of the male thief King Bo and the female thief Wang Li, who are a pair of pickpocketing partners and a pair of outlaw lovers. The two set a trap in the rich man's house, deceived and threatened to steal the man's BMW, and then traveled all the way to the west to sell the car. Wang Li found out that she was pregnant, so she wanted to get out of this "precarious life", but out of shame about the identity of the two thieves, she doubted whether she and Wang Bo could be good parents, so her feelings were very complicated, and Wang Bo had no way of knowing this, and the two had several conflicts on the way. On the train back, the two met a migrant worker named Silly Gen, who wanted to go back to his hometown to build a house and marry a daughter-in-law with a sum of money he earned from working in the west. Silly Gen didn't believe that there were thieves in the world who insisted on taking money on the road, Wang Li was deeply moved by his simplicity because he had a relationship with Silly Gen, and decided to protect Silly Gen and the money in his bag, and fulfill his dream of a thief-free world. And there was another pickpocketing gang in the car, wanting to steal Silly Gen's money, so Wang Bo and Wang Li launched a series of open and secret battles with this gang......

The film was a success, and in fact it was obvious. The script adapted from the novel is full of conflicts from the beginning to the end, ** overlapping, suspense is one ring after another, this is a textbook-like successful commercial film.

In the plot, Andy Lau plays Wang Bo. In the end, he was killed by Uncle Li, the ruthless thief king. The thief woman played by Liu Ruoying became a widow.

As for Uncle Li, the thief who thinks he is the winner, he has actually been targeted by plainclothes police for a long time. After he killed someone, the police arrested him on the spot. Therefore, no matter how powerful the thief is, he still can't escape justice.

As for the stupid root played by Wang Baoqiang, he finally realized the dream of "no thieves in the world". Smoothly brought the money back to his hometown safely.

This movie is a bit idealistic, in which a thief husband and wife will risk their lives to fight wits with another more ruthless thief in order to maintain the worldview of stupid roots who are naïve and naïve enough to believe that there are no thieves in the world.

Liu Tianwang's Wang Bo looks highly intelligent, but he is actually very stupid, and he sacrificed his life to save a stranger. Of course, this is mainly an underestimation of Uncle Li's ferocity.

And what is even more complaining is the character of the mother of the thief Liu Ruoying, if it is not her mother's character. will not drag her husband Wang Bo into the water and kill her, and she will become a widow.

This movie, although it does not have larger scenes and special effects technology, it is very well done in terms of topicality, rhythm, suspense and sensationalism.

What's more important is that "Dragon and Phoenix Fight", which has just been painted for less than a month, has not yet dissipated the topic. Many viewers and media still remember "Dragon and Phoenix Fight". And, for the end of "Dragon and Phoenix Fight", "There Are No Thieves in the World" was promoted. I remember it vividly.

Therefore, the movie has not yet been released, and it has already begun to become popular.

"I heard that Liu Tianwang has acted in a thief movie, "There Are No Thieves in the World"!" In the office building of a certain magazine, some editors are hotly discussed.

"Thief film? Could it be that Liu Tianwang wants to create a trend of thief films? Another editor laughed.

"I don't think so. It is estimated that after "No Thieves in the World", in the No Thieves film! After that, enter the Ragnarok period of the thief film. Similar to "Infernal Affairs", the popularity of underworld and police films began to plummet. After "The Legend of the Deer and Ding". Martial arts novels began to fall into the twilight period...... "Soon someone interjected again!"

In just one office, there are many people talking about it. It can be seen that "No Thieves in the World" has not yet been released, but it has actually succeeded for most of it!

The publicity is in place, and the audience is very interested in the subject matter of the movie. Director Feng Xiaogang, Liu Tianwang, 's box office appeal, and Liu Ruoying, Wang Baoqiang,

So much so that on the first day of the film's release, it not only achieved a box office of 15 million, but also a box office of 50 million yuan in the first week!

Such an impressive box office result not only made Wang Zhongjun, the boss of Huayi Brothers, feel excited, but Feng Xiaogang also felt angry.

For Feng Xiaogang and Liu Tianwang, the film is just the icing on the cake. And Huayi also praised its actress Li Bingbing, but it seems that Li Bingbing has no sense of existence in this movie at all.

Only Wang Baoqiang's stupid root is the protagonist who leads to the theme of the plot, and Wang Baoqiang, who is stupid, became popular all over the country overnight.

In addition to the memorable performance of the movie characters, the media excavates more into the identity background of Wang Baoqiang.

Wang Baoqiang is a real migrant worker, drifting north. Because I have always had a dream of a movie, I can often play tricks in some crews for a salary of thousands of yuan. And by mistake, because it conforms to the character image in "No Thieves in the World", it became an instant hit!

From an unknown grassroots, extras, and migrant workers, to a first-line star, it has aroused countless people's star dreams!

Because Huayi Brothers also wants to set an example -- using Wang Baoqiang's example -- it has attracted a large number of young people with dreams of stardom to throw themselves into the net.

If it weren't for the larger pattern of the partner company, and the growth dividend of Huayi had been shared through shareholding, I am afraid that I would be envious and jealous now!

But now Wang Qinian doesn't have much jealousy, but thinks that the film market should be more lively. There are constantly popular movies being released, which can cultivate the consumption habit of the audience to go into the cinema to watch movies.

The movies that are constantly selling well now are also laying the foundation for the future market development!

"Congratulations, Director Feng, "No Thieves in the World" is conservatively estimated that the box office can exceed 100 million yuan!" After the box office of "No Thieves in the World" was released in the first week of release, Wang Qinian said to him kindly after seeing Feng Xiaogang.

"Hehe, I also hope to be hundreds of millions at the box office!" Feng Xiaogang said with confidence, "After the box office of "No Thieves in the World" reaches 100 million, I plan to make a blockbuster film with an investment budget of more than 100 million yuan! ”

"Okay! What is the subject of the movie? Wang Qinian asked.

"It's not decided yet." Feng Xiaogang said, "However, the script is inspired by "Hamlet", but combined with ancient Chinese history and culture, it is filmed in classical Chinese court struggles!" ”

In this way, Wang Qinian already knows - "Night Banquet"!

The movie "Night Banquet" invested more than 100 million yuan, but the box office results were average, only about the same as "No Thieves in the World"! And the investment budget of "No Thieves in the World" is only 50 million yuan!

Therefore, a blockbuster with an investment of 100 million yuan may not have a higher rate of return than a movie with tens of millions of dollars, and the risk will increase greatly. But for a commercial film director, a blockbuster of 100 million yuan is a proof of his identity and status!

Capable directors all want to make blockbusters with 100 million yuan!

And Huayi Brothers, with the outbreak of Feng Xiaogang, was once again regarded as the top three film and television giants in the industry.

After all, the capital advantage and the layout of the industrial chain, as well as the abundance of talents, let everyone acquiesce to the status of the boss of the small partner company.

Relying on Zhang Yimou's trump card, the new picture company is considered to be the second in the industry, as long as Zhang Yimou is there, the new picture company is a giant that cannot be ignored.

As for Shanshan Entertainment, which is backed by Sony, and Huayi Brothers, which is allied with Warner and Xiaobian, who is strong and who is weak in these two companies is still constantly changing.

Last year, Shanshan Entertainment was stronger than Huayi Brothers, and this year, relying on "No Thieves in the World", Huayi Brothers' share in the box office market will exceed 10%, and the third in the industry is appropriate.

In addition, Huayi Brothers has made two preparations, and after the release of their self-made movie "No Thieves in the World", Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu" was also released!

On December 26, 2004, after the box office performance of "No Thieves in the World" exceeded 100 million, "Kung Fu" made a strong debut! This blockbuster is much more fierce than "No Thieves in the World"!

After all, at present, domestic Stephen Chow fans have accumulated a lot of enthusiasm, and they have walked into the cinema to watch another Stephen Chow movie after "Journey to the West".

It seems that after the box office dismal of the "Journey to the West" series, Stephen Chow's subsequent films "God of Food", "King of Comedy" and "Shaolin Football" failed to be released in the mainland.

And the reason why "God of Food" and "Shaolin Football" cannot be released in China is to blame Shaolin Temple! Because, both movies involve Shaolin Temple and Shaolin Kung Fu-related settings.

Shaolin Temple believes that the brand ownership of "Shaolin" belongs to it, and no one is allowed to use the brand of Shaolin Temple at will. If you want to use it, you must communicate and approve it with Shaolin Temple. It is precisely because of this that the Shaolin Temple is too wide, so that the work "Shaolin Football" has not been released in China.

It is also unknown why "The King of Comedy" was not released in the mainland. It is estimated that it was because Hong Kong films were still imported films at that time, and they were limited by the number of imported films every year.

But these three movies that were not released in China later entered the market through genuine and pirated discs, which made Stephen Chow's fame increase day by day.

has accumulated a lot of word-of-mouth and popularity over the years, so that Stephen Chow has a new film entering the domestic market after a few years and nine years, so the popularity has quickly exceeded expectations!

"Kung Fu" box office exceeded 20 million on the first day!

Prior to this, only two blockbusters, "Hero" and "Sea Tiger", set such a record at the single-day box office. And the sharp box office of "Kung Fu" also fully proves how amazing Stephen Chow's box office appeal is!

Next, the box office broke 80 million in the first week, and since "Kung Fu" was released at the end of the year, the total box office was counted as 2004. As a result, many people no longer doubt that the box office champion in 2004 should be "Kung Fu"! (To be continued......)

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