Chapter 247: National Arts and Firearms, Kung Fu and Guns (Part II)

The promotion of "Mulan" actually didn't take up much of Wen Yi's time at all, after all, he is only a screenwriter and an investor in this film, and he is not even the main creator of the film. Even, from the start of filming to the completion of this film, he has not even been to the crew.

Just provide a script and funding. If it weren't for his high popularity and strong box office appeal, it is estimated that his name would not even be mentioned when he was promoted!

After all, who saw which film was promoted and talked about by the screenwriter?

After attending the premiere of "Mulan", Wen Yi didn't even ask about the box office of this film, but directly devoted himself to the post-production of "Kung Fu".

"Mulan" is undoubtedly a blockbuster, a costume blockbuster. Whether it is from the cast or from the scene, it has the qualifications of a blockbuster. Of course, as far as the cast is concerned, except for the heroine Yuan Fang, who is weaker, the other male protagonists, even the supporting roles, are all big-name figures.

These characters, if it weren't for Zhang Xiaogang, it is estimated that Wen Yi at that time would not have been invited.

Needless to say, the level of director Zhang Xiaogang, especially the use of pictures and the control of big scenes, can be called a must. The battlefield scenes in this film can be directly described as shocking.

At least in Wen Yi's opinion, this one surpasses the original version of the previous life.

Not to mention the quality of the movie, with Wen Yi and Zhang Xiaogang and the cast, it is enough to attract countless fans to enter the theater, and Wen Yi does not need to worry about it at the box office.

After the premiere, although the film's reputation did not explode, it was almost overshadowed by praise. Two days in theaters. Directly break 100 million. A week later. With a box office of nearly 300 million, it directly topped the box office list, and directly pulled the second place by nearly 200 million.

In the second week, it still topped the box office charts, but the box office slipped to more than 100 million, and the total box office reached a little more than 400 million.

In the third week, it still occupied the top spot at the box office, but the box office was less than 100 million. The heat has dropped dramatically. But for a costume film, this achievement is enough to make countless film and television companies envious, jealous and hateful.

The box office of three and five hundred million yuan naturally satisfied Jiayi Company and Zhang Xiaogang's company, Huaxia Pictures. At least. There is no suspense that this film will make a lot of money. What's more, it's still a double harvest at the box office and word of mouth!

During this period, the list of nominees for the Golden Horse Awards was announced, and "Infernal Affairs" and "My Sassy Girlfriend" were all on the list, although they were not as exaggerated as the Academy Awards, but the number of nominations was also extremely amazing. Especially in "Infernal Affairs", those heavyweight awards are all nominated, and they are the most popular awards.

Among them, the most talked-about is the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. Both awards, like the Academy Awards, were nominated for two. Best Actor Liang Wei and Liu Qinghua were nominated. Best Supporting Actor Zeng Wei and Huang Qiuye were both nominated.

This makes countless people look forward to it, if "Infernal Affairs" wins these two awards, will it be the same as the Academy Awards?

The winner of the Best Actor at the Academy Awards is Liang Wei. The competition between Liu Qinghua and Liang Wei ended in failure again. This matter was also hyped by the media, which made Liu Qinghua depressed for a long time.

And Zeng Wei and Huang Qiu do not have the treatment of Liu Qinghua and Liang Wei, which may have a lot to do with the popularity of the two of them.

"What? Feeling apprehensive? Wen Yi looked at Liu Qinghua next to him and said with a smile.

"What would you do if you were me?" Liu Qinghua sighed, and then said, "The pressure on me is not small!" Actually, I don't really care about this award. It's just that if the title of actor at this Golden Horse Awards falls to Wei Zai, those media will definitely be hyped again. The thought of this gives me a headache. ”

"Just ignore the media." Wen Yi smiled and said, "What's more, in my opinion, your chances are probably greater than Liang Wei's." You and Liang Wei have their own merits in the film, and you can't talk about who is better. It is likely that the judges' preferences will determine the winner. Liang Wei has been selected for the Academy Awards, if Liang Wei is still chosen for the Golden Horse Awards, it will inevitably be talked about, not to mention that it is not the style of the Golden Horse Awards? ”

"When you say that, my heart is a lot more relaxed." Liu Qinghua spoke, then shook his head and sighed, "I don't have your heart, I don't like the media, I don't worry about the media." I'm afraid that except for you, there is no artist who doesn't care how the media reports on him! I'd love to know, how did you do that? ”

"Hehe, I never watch entertainment news!" Wen Yi smiled and said.

"If you don't see it, it doesn't mean you don't know!" Liu Qinghua said.

"That's it!" Wen Yi smiled and said, "You are looking for me this time, you won't just find me for comfort!" ”

"I'm here to attend an event in the East China Sea, and I'll come by the way to ask someone!" Liu Qinghua smiled and said, "Director Xu wants to make a sequel to "Infernal Affairs"! ”

"Then shoot!" Wen Yi smiled and said, "Although I have more scenes in the sequel than in the first part, it mainly depends on you." It shouldn't take me much time. It is estimated that when he is almost ready, my new film has already been released, and it can be arranged in time. ”

"Your film, so soon?" Liu Qinghua asked with some surprise.

"The post-production zuò is almost there. Once the production is completed, it immediately enters the publicity. Hollywood, on the other hand, wants to take advantage of the fact that the influence of the international martial arts exchange competition has not completely dissipated. ”

When Liu Qinghua heard this, he nodded. This film, to put it bluntly, is because Wen Yi made Hollywood people see that it was profitable in the international martial arts exchange competition.

In fact, when Wen Yi was filming, he was blown by Frank several times. They want to release the film as soon as possible. But I didn't expect Wen Yi to shoot for four months.

The longer the time passes, the more the residual heat of the international martial arts exchange competition will slowly fall silent, so when promoting the movie, it will take more effort.

After all, on the International Wushu Exchange Competition, Wen Yi's name is almost known to everyone all over the world, and has become a topic of discussion all over the world, and has also set off a Chinese kung fu craze all over the world. The re-release of "Ip Man" and its amazing box office performance actually took advantage of this.

The topics caused by the international martial arts exchange competition and the kung fu fever are gradually fading.

Wen Yi nodded and made a sequel to "Infernal Affairs", one is at the right time, and the other also wants to borrow the east wind of Hollywood's adapted film.

If the Hollywood adaptation is released and its sequel is released immediately after, it must have unexpected benefits at the box office! At least, on top of the publicity, there can be a little less effort.

When "Mulan" was about to be painted, it was rumored that the sequel to "Infernal Affairs" was already in preparation, and Wen Yi's new film "Kung Fu" was almost completed. And it is rumored that this film will be released this year, and it will be released simultaneously worldwide.

This will be the first Chinese film to be released simultaneously worldwide.

Of course, this film cannot simply be said to be a Chinese movie. After all, it's a co-production with Hollywood. However, in the eyes of Chinese people, this is a Chinese movie.

The director is Chinese, the starring Chinese are Chinese, the screenwriter is Chinese, and the most important thing is that the story told by this film is also the story of Chinese people. And as you can see from the title, this is a movie that promotes Chinese kung fu.

This is not a Chinese movie, or what?

Released simultaneously worldwide, this is undoubtedly a gimmick. And just when everyone was looking forward to it, a teaser of the film appeared on major websites around the world, as well as a special feature of the film's filming.

The teaser of the advance version, naturally, is not long, less than a minute. There wasn't a single line in it, just a few flashes.

The first picture is Wen Yi practicing martial arts in prison, and then he was released from prison and arrived in Los Angeles, and then flashed a scene of Lin Yuyan's car accident.

Then the fight between Yuan Fang and Jason, Wen Yi and a group of people showed a group fight scene with a lot of orders, and the picture of the heavily armed police chasing Jason, and then the picture of Wen Yi and Jason standing opposite each other, wanting to show a big battle. And that's not the last scene, though.

In the last scene, a person is holding a pistol and pointing at Wen Yi. (To be continued......)