Chapter 257: Creating a Mercenary World

The popularity of "Kung Fu" gave Wen Yi great confidence. Although the word-of-mouth of this film is not all good, it is the majority of the applause. It can be regarded as a well-received film.

Columbia Pictures has planted a big heel this time, and it has been planted a little badly. Although the movie is not low in the eyes of film critics, it is not popular, and fans don't buy it, and it can only be barely regarded as a film that is not popular.

Blocked others, but was sniped by others. Columbia Pictures has become a joke in the film industry. Who is holding back who without knowing it? People have to be self-aware!

The president of Columbia Pictures was much more depressed by this.

Because, this decision was not made by him. In fact, he, like Lucas, does not want this film to be released at the same time as Wen Yi's "Kung Fu".

The showdown between these two films apparently ended in the failure of the Columbia Pictures film. But its impact is not limited to the film industry. It has also affected the martial arts world.

Among the two movies, one is about Japanese fighting and the other is about Chinese kung fu. And the two films, in terms of fighting, Columbia Pictures' film can be said to be weak. Whether in terms of the wonderful Cheng dù or the power shown, the designed action in "Kung Fu" directly exploded the action of Columbia Pictures' film.

And the duel between these two films has also caused a big discussion about whether Japanese fighting skills are more powerful or Chinese kung fu is more powerful. The results speak for themselves. Whether it is analyzed and judged from the film, or from reality. The results obtained. That's just one:

Chinese kung fu is still full of Japanese martial arts.

The movie was completely blown up by Huaxia. The fighting technique has to be blown out. To say that Columbia Pictures lost badly is already somewhat humanitarian, and there is nothing unpleasant to say.

Actions speak louder than words! Previously, Wen Yi killed karate master Ichiro Miyamoto and crippled Aikido master Ichiro Ueshiba, which was once again hyped by the media. The Japanese martial arts world is sad again.

So, those fans of Columbia Pictures found a lame reason for the failure of that film.

It's not that Columbia Pictures' movies are inferior to Wen Yi's films. It's that Japanese fighting techniques are not as good as Chinese kung fu, and whoever shoots it will lose! This has nothing to do with the movie, it's all because of the content of the movie.

This also confirms why Columbia Pictures' film was not a hit!

As soon as this reason came out, the Japanese martial arts community became even more sad, and martial arts gyms around the world were greatly affected.

Anyway, Wen Yi's film has become popular all over the world, and it is very popular. And because of this film, Wen Yi once again became a hot figure in the world's discussion, and at the same time set off a wave of Chinese kung fu fever.

This film gave Wen Yi great confidence. But he knew in his heart that this film was a hit. Not because of the movie itself, but because of its own fists. What really makes him famous in the world is not the movie that he owns the plug-in, but the kung fu that Wenyi himself has in this world.

However, Wen Yi believes that his kung fu practice to this level is not only the foundation left by Wen Yi in this world, but also his unremitting efforts.

Wen Yi's films have achieved excellent results in the world one after another, which has made his fame in the Chinese film industry increase by leaps and bounds. After all, although he has been debuting for a long time, his background or ability cannot be compared with those veteran directors, but I have to say that in terms of results, especially at the box office, he has left many big directors behind, and he has left them far behind.

Of course, Wen Yi's weakness in the world is less than the foil of the trophy compared to some big domestic directors.

However, many people can see that Wen Yi's films focus on business rather than art. He himself is also focused on the box office, not the trophy. This has also caused some people to criticize others with their own goals. However, perhaps because of this, it is easier for him to develop in Hollywood than other directors.

And just when "Kung Fu" was killing all corners of the world, the sequel to "Infernal Affairs" started with a high profile. And "The Departed", adapted from "Infernal Affairs", is also about to be released in North America.

Although this film is an adaptation of a Chinese-language film, director Francisco is still extremely attentive, not only "Kung Fu" has been in preparation for several months behind it, and it has been released now, and "The Departed" has been in front for several months, and now the release time has been determined.

Of course, when a film is released, there are many issues to consider, and if the timing of the release is not grasped well, there will definitely be a loss at the box office. is like the Columbia Pictures film, obviously the timing of the release was not right, and it fought with Wen Yi's "Kung Fu", which not only lost the movie, but also affected the martial arts world.

Of course, the reason why that movie fights with Wen Yi's "Kung Fu" is that there must be a shadow of the Japanese martial arts world in it. It's just that those people in the martial arts world are obviously laymen for movies, otherwise it wouldn't be this result. It can be said that they can't steal chickens and rice!

"The Departed" was released at this time, obviously seeing that Wen Yi is now booming, and in the name of his screenwriter, it is obvious that it can still attract many fans and increase the box office.

The sequel to "Infernal Affairs" is extremely high-profile to start, so it is natural to hold a launch conference. As the most popular and now the most famous Wen Yi, Xu Ke will naturally not let him be absent, although this film is invested by Wen Yi, but relying on the old and selling the old, that is Xu Ke's strength.

"You're not afraid that I'll come to participate and make this good start-up conference taste different." Wen Yi looked at Xu Ke with a smile and said.

"Hehe, I'm sure you can take care of this." Xu Ke smiled and said, "Who made you so popular this time, and if you don't use your name to attract the attention of the media, wouldn't my film be unpopular." ”

"Huh!" Wen Yi smiled and shook his head silently.

The filming of the sequel to "Infernal Affairs", even if it is not its own, will definitely attract a lot of media attention, not to mention the cast of this film, the first part of this film swept the Academy Awards and Golden Horse Awards, not to mention, and also won extremely high box office results. The sequel to the film, how can no one care?

At the start-up press conference, Wen Yi's appearance naturally caused a wave of frenzy in the media, and Liu Qinghua, Liang Wei and others sighed. They envy, but they don't envy, and they don't hate. Especially Liu Qinghua, who has a good relationship with Wen Yi, is even happier for him.

What's more, Wen Yi shines in the world, which is somewhat beneficial for Chinese films to go to the world and for Chinese actors to go to the world.

At the launch conference, it was undoubtedly inevitable to be asked about "Kung Fu" and "The Departed", which will be released in North America. Nowadays, the topic of Wen Yi is undoubtedly the most talked about these two films.

Of course, when the film "Kung Fu" was mentioned, Wen Yi did not answer at all, but smiled and said that this was the launch conference of the sequel film of "Infernal Affairs", and he would not answer anything that had nothing to do with it.

But "The Departed" You say that he has nothing to do with the sequel to "Infernal Affairs", which is obviously a bit far-fetched. One is an adaptation, and the other is a continuation.

Asked about this Wen Yi, Wen Yi naturally couldn't refuse directly, after all, there were many reporters in the audience, and there were many people from North America, if they refused directly, it would obviously be inappropriate. Those reporters obviously won't come for the sequel to "Infernal Affairs", if they are let go back empty-handed, it will naturally be a little unkind.

However, what Wen Yi didn't expect was that those reporters from North America, in addition to coming for Francisco's upcoming "The Departed", also because in the North American film circle, a hot news was related to Wen Yi.

Brad. Smith, a Hollywood superstar who has just stepped down from the governorship of California, is about to make a comeback and is contacting those veteran action superstars to prepare for an action blockbuster, and it is said that the script for this film will be provided by Wen Yi, and the investment and distribution will also be by Wen Yi's Jiayi Company and Hollywood's Lionsgate.

The veteran action superstar, in fact, is an outdated action superstar. When these people get together, do they still have a head?

Gathering these people, Wen Yi naturally thought of a series of movies he liked very much in his previous life: "The Expendables"!

However, after Wen Yi went through "Kung Fu", he didn't want to copy it completely, he wanted to create a world of mercenaries, and use this series of movies to push Chinese actors to the world one by one. (To be continued......)