Chapter 116: The Challenge of 2 Million vs. 9 Million
The first-day box office results of "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone" are very weird, so weird that even the heart picture does not even announce the results of the first-day box office, and Wang Zhongjun used his connections in order to get the exact news, and in the five cities that are the easiest to play at the box office in the country, there are eleven theaters in the five cities that are easiest to play at the box office, and the box office record of "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone" is coming, these eleven theaters are the largest theaters in the country, and they are also the easiest places for movies to produce results, but the final statistics are only 850,000!
Among these eleven theaters, there is also an unprecedented record of 400,000 results in the Beijing New Film Association, which is the highest record of a single theater's literary film!
This also proves that under the crazy offensive of "Embroidered Spring Knife", the first day of "Thousands of Miles to Ride Alone" failed fiascoly!
In other words, it is absolutely impossible for the box office of "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone" to exceed two million on the first day...... They have already lost.
Zhang Weiping was a little panicked, he wanted to rely on "Thousands of Miles to Ride Alone" to snipe Hua Yi's "Embroidered Spring Knife" to avenge the revenge of the original "Hero" premiere press conference, but after taking out "Hero" and "Ambush on All Sides", Lao Mouzi actually suffered another Waterloo at the box office, although now the film reviews from all parties have not yet risen, what is the use of relying on word-of-mouth alone? The box office is the weapon to take out the enemy......
"Wei Ping, "Embroidered Spring Knife" ......" Zhang Yimou said lightly at Zhang Weiping's home: "How much is the box office on the first day?" ”
Zhang Weiping sighed, he knew that Zhang Yimou didn't care, when filming "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone", Zhang Yimou said that he would bring back the lost reputation. Now it is expected that this movie has a box office slip, for Zhang Yimou, literary films rely on word of mouth. Commercial films will chase the box office.
"Nine million, this is still the box office record on the first day." Zhang Weiping looked at Zhang Yimou and said softly, as if he was missing some middle energy.
Zhang Yimou nodded noncommittally: "I want to go and see." ”
"No way!"
Zhang Weiping immediately denied: "Lao Mou, if this is another movie, I don't have any opinion if you go to see it, and you can still stir up the news for the producers." Let's be considered a good match, but if this is a Huayi movie, you must not go. Even Gu Changwei and they can't go, if you go, we will not only lose the battle, but also lose people. ”
"I know what you mean. Don't you just want to know what's so good about "Embroidered Spring Knife"? That's it. I'll find someone from our company who is born, I'll let him go and have a look, and after reading it, describe it to us, okay? ”
Zhang Weiping must not spoil Zhang Yimou this time, this is about the face of Yu Xin's picture, he grabbed the phone and dialed a number before he spoke: "Xiao Sun, I am your boss, you buy a movie ticket tomorrow to watch "Embroidered Spring Knife", and give you a task." When you come back, you must clearly describe the plot, and you must not forget it after reading it. In addition, the movie ticket money comes back for reimbursement, which is considered as the company inviting you to watch the movie. ”
"Isn't that enough?" Zhang Weiping said to Zhang Yimou.
The next day, the little grandson of Heart Picture Company, that is, Zhang Weiping's secretary, returned to the company after watching the movie at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, but as soon as she came back, she immediately asked Zhang Yimou to ask him stupidly.
"Xiao Sun, what's the plot?" Zhang Yimou asked.
Xiao Sun said: "At the beginning, it was a chaotic raid, after the fall of Wei Zhongxian, Jin Yiwei raided the officials related to Wei Zhongxian, the first few households were not described in much detail, the most important thing is Zhou Miaotong's family, Zhou Miaotong was later sold as an official-prostitute...... And then, and then...... It's a subtitle, saying that Wei Eunuch fell, and the emperor ordered a thorough investigation of the eunuch party ......"
"Well, little grandson, there will be some action scenes when you raid your house, right? What are the characteristics of this action scene? Is it cruel, aesthetic, realistic, or a more exaggerated expression? ”
Xiao Sun lowered his head when he heard this: "This ...... Anyway, it's very good-looking, especially Shao Yingying, who is full of muscles, as soon as he rushed into Zhou Miaotong's house, he smashed a caretaker and lay down with one punch, by the way, that person first took off in the air, and then lay down......"
Zhang Yimou glanced at Zhang Weiping, this is simply the answer to the question, the form of this punch can be used well There can be countless shooting techniques, how can people guess?
"Okay, is the opening scene a rail shot, or a high-altitude shot, or is the photographer running and shooting to show the movement?"
Zhang Yimou's question was too professional, Xiao Sun was just an ordinary clerk, she really went to watch a movie, and she didn't pay attention to these at all. When ordinary people who are not people in the circle watch a movie, who cares what method these shots are filmed with? Isn't that a fuss?
Xiao Sun stopped opening his mouth, Zhang Yimou looked up at Zhang Weiping again, and said helplessly: "Wei Ping, let's go." ”
Zhang Weiping glared at Xiao Sun fiercely: "You can't go, once you go, let the reporter block you, what do you say?" Not beat around the bush? said that Zhang Yimou came to see his Shao Yingxing's movie? Then you have to let the media hype Zhang Yimou start to learn shooting techniques like Shao Yingying? ”
"I'll go!"
The first-day box office of 9 million can be called 9 million, and so far the box office is higher than the first-day box office of this movie, only "Hero", "Ambush on All Sides", "Night Banquet", and even "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" have left "Embroidered Spring Knife" behind, which shows that the movie is a movie that deserves the attention of the same and industry insiders.
Heart Picture only has Zhang Yimou as a contracted director, and Zhang Yimou's crew and creators have not signed a contract with Heart Picture, so Zhang Weiping is now unavailable, he can't send out a person like Xiao Sun, and he can't even speak clearly after he comes back, right?
So, Zhang Weiping set off, drove to the parking lot downstairs of the New Film Association, and appeared in the cinema, he had to go to see it, this Shao Hero is growing too fast, if he continues to grow at this rate, he may become a big problem for the heart picture.
"Mr. Zhang?"
"Isn't it Boss Zhang!"
"Mr. Zhang, why are you here?"
The reporter was invited by Huayi to record the hot scene of the box office in the first week of "Embroidered Spring Knife", but he didn't expect to encounter a big news before he was filmed for two days, when Embroidered Spring Knife became the box office champion during the current National Day Golden Week for less than two days. Zhang Weiping appeared.
"Mr. Zhang, are you here to count the box office of "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone"? What do you think of the gap between "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone" and "Embroidered Spring Knife"? It is said that the box office of "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone" on the first day was less than two million, while "Embroidered Spring Knife" reached nine million...... Boss Zhang. Can you answer the question? ”
Zhang Weiping didn't have time to deal with the reporters, so he walked upstairs to the management, and all the reporters were carrying cameras outside the theater to Zhang Weiping's back.
When Zhang Weiping entered the manager's room of the New Film Federation and met his old friend, who was the general manager of the New Film Federation, he opened his mouth and said: "Prepare a separate theater for me, don't let anyone in." I want to watch "Embroidered Spring Knife". ”
"Lao Zhang, don't be kidding, okay?"
Zhang Weiping glared and said, "Who is kidding?" ”
"You misunderstood, I mean. Isn't it a joke that you want to watch "Embroidered Spring Knife" in a separate theater now? You just said that my ten theaters broadcast forty embroidered spring knives every day, and now that the tickets are all sold, where do you let me go to prepare a separate theater for you? ”
"So hot?"
"Isn't it! It's only been two days since the news came out from Time Magazine, and "Embroidered Spring Knife" can't be popular if it doesn't want to. Who doesn't want to see the movies made by Shao Yingying, a character who can be on the cover of Time Magazine? ”
"Lao Zhang. In this way, the only thing I can do is to find you a movie ticket, otherwise I can only ask you to go to another house to see, as long as there is an idle theater in the capital, I will pay for you to watch it, you say okay. ”
The New Film Association is the first theater to digitize, and they are also the key partners of Huayi, and "Embroidered Spring Knife" almost occupies the best broadcast time of Embroidered Spring Knife. It was played from the afternoon until nine o'clock in the evening, and that's it. The New Film Association also said hello to Hua Yi.
"Okay."
Zhang Weiping never thought that since he became the boss, he would have to watch movies in the same theater with the audience......
"Look, Mr. Zhang is down."
The sharp-eyed reporter waited at the door for a while and immediately found Zhang Weiping, raised the camera one by one to point at Zhang Weiping and began to shoot wildly, until they saw Zhang Weiping enter the theater, and everyone opened their mouths in surprise.
They thought that Zhang Weiping was here to count the box office of "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone", but they didn't expect that the LED on the door frame of the theater where Zhang Weiping walked into actually appeared the subtitles of "Embroidered Spring Knife"!
Zhang Weiping came to see "Embroidered Spring Knife"?
It's a bit of a joke!!
The lights went out, Zhang Weiping was a little uncomfortable in the fifth row of the theater, in fact, he was even more uncomfortable, he didn't see the reporter's lens at the door, since they were all here, he couldn't leave without taking a look at "Embroidered Spring Knife", but the reporter was really unwilling to go to the theater with the LED of "Embroidered Spring Knife" in his legs, if it wasn't for Zhang Yimou to see what flowers Shao Yingying could shoot, he Zhang Weiping would never walk into this theater with his teeth gritted, I'm afraid he would never watch "Embroidered Spring Knife" even a glance in his life.
The various promotional videos played on the big screen have come to an end, and after the opening of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television's "Dragon" appeared, Huayi's opening gradually flashed.
Immediately after the film began to be officially played, the night sky of the Ming Dynasty appeared on the big screen and the lights of every household under the night sky in the capital, at this moment, a figure on the roof passed lightly, and then, countless figures were like locusts churning in the wheat field, and hundreds of figures began to jump through the house under the night sky one after another.
Zhang Weiping remembered that this was the effect of the post-production process, reducing the movement of the people under the green screen, then enlarging the shooting location, and then placing the figures on the top of the entire city, so that the audience could not see the flaws clearly from the angle of high-altitude photography that was not clear, and there was even a pleasure of seeing many brocade guards flying on the wall.
"What the hell?"
Zhang Weiping muttered alone.
A vicious voice suddenly came from the side: "Don't speak! ”
Zhang Weiping gritted his teeth and endured his anger, he would not compete with this group of ordinary people, he really couldn't do it.
The camera on the big screen began to speed up the rhythm of the whole movie, hundreds of brocade guards were divided into three teams and pounced on the three huge mansions in the capital, Liang Jiahui and Wen Zhang ran to both sides, only Shao Yingying's team gave a close-up.
"General flag, there are soldiers patrolling ahead." After his subordinate Jinyi Wei replied, Shao Yingying shouted sharply: "Hidden!" ”
All the brocade guards instantly completely entered the alley, next. A scene of the husband having a conversation in the movie appears.
So far, Shao Yingying has not made any changes to the film except for adding a post-production opening scene. Even the scene where the night patrol soldier Ding discovered Jinyiwei is very similar to the original film, but when he looks back, it is completely different.
The red gate of the Zhou Mansion appeared in front of all the brocade guards, and while Shao Yingying smoothed both sides with both hands, many brocade guards behind him began to look at every corner of the mansion.
Pap, papa, pap, at this moment, the door of the Zhou Mansion was knocked.
"Who?"
"Jin Yiwei. Capture the eunuchs. ”
"Your Excellency, are you in the wrong place? Our lord is the ...... of the imperial court"|
"Open the door and talk!"
"My lord, I'm just a porter. Let me say ......"
Shao Yingying took a step back, and a Jinyi guard had already knelt down not far from the courtyard wall, and at that time, Shao Yingying stepped on the Jinyiwei's supported legs, supported the wall with one hand, and fell into the courtyard with a backflip.
"How did you get in. Don't you say it, wait for me to say it? ”
Jin Yiwei's ruthlessness was completely played by Shao Yingying. He stepped forward as if he hadn't heard, until the porter stopped him in the way, Shao Yingying glared and said, "Wait for you to pass the people and run away!" ”
Shao Yingying's body is pulled back like a bow, with his fist as an arrow, and the whole body is very prepared for action, and there is no secret before the martial artist makes a move, but this kind of action is still real and beautiful in the movie.
Touch!
Just a punch. The action characteristics of "Embroidered Spring Knife" were instantly displayed, and the porter did not exaggerate his feet flying off the ground. Instead, he used a very realistic approach to show the strength of Shen Lian...... The porter who was hit jumped high, as if it was bounced from the ground under the pressure of a huge force, and then landed not far from Shao Yingying's feet, dusty.
This is Shao Yingying's action design of learning 'Cheng Xiaodong' in "Casting a Name", and this kind of action has a strong visual effect, whether it is a single battle or a table xiàn war, it has a strong visual impact.
Click.
The door latch was removed, when the door was pushed open, the door brocade guard rushed out with his life, at this time, Shao Yingying pulled out the embroidered spring knife under his waist, and threw it at the door of a closed house in the courtyard, the blade broke through the air at this time, the knife in the shot was the focus, and the other qiē were all virtual, even if it was empty, the door was pushed open, and a girl opened the door from the door and walked out can still be seen by everyone.
Empty!
The tip of the knife stabbed directly into the door, only an inch above the woman's head.
The woman stood trembling at the door, frightening and motionless, her upper and lower lips touched slightly, and a mosquito-like voice came out from the miserable white flower and moon appearance under the close-up: "Shen ...... Refine. ”
"If you resist, shoot and kill!"
Shao Yingying shouted again at the door with a cold face: "Lord Zhou, you have the grace to support me, but the emperor's fate is difficult to do, please Lord Zhou and his family members come with us, the law department has its own judgment!" ”
The screen went black, and rows of small words came out on the screen with the narration: "Wei Eunuch falls, purge the eunuch party...... Shen Lian had to make a move against Lord Zhou, who had carried him, because he knew that if he didn't come, the Zhou family would be even more miserable. ”
Zhang Weiping had forgotten what he was here for in a completely different style of fighting, he saw the Zhou family being copied, and he also saw the Chen Mansion flashing on the screen (the scene of the Chen Mansion being copied was cut, and the whole movie can be linked together with the Zhou family's copied plot, and the Chen Mansion was copied and the whole plot is not too much to do), and he also saw Li Zixiong fake a holy decree to let the three brothers Lu Jianxing, Shen Lian, and Jin Yichuan attack Wei Zhongxian at night to take his life.
He was caught in the plot, he wanted to know what Wu Zhenyu, who appeared in the capital with a Miao knife, would make Wen Zhang, and he also wanted to know what kind of tandem task Wei Zhongxian, who faked his death, in this drama after the fight scene in Wei Zhongxian's old nest, he was more like until Shen Lian was a good guy or a bad guy, whether he deducted the money alone, or gave it to the three brothers.
is just a beginning, but it leaves too much suspense, so that people can't get out of the theater without watching it.
In the battle of Yanfu, the martial arts moves of the three brothers instantly showed the characters to the fullest, and Lu Jianxing's sword path opened and closed widely, and he would not turn around; Shao Yingying flew up and down with an embroidered spring knife, but he would always draw a cold sentence and take out a crossbow arrow to shoot a shot; Wen Zhang used two short knives to fight in close quarters, playing the ferocious routine of life and death on the rivers and lakes.
The moves of the three people are different, but they are all very enjoyable!
For example, Lu Jianxing slashed the move that Yan Mansion swordsman was parrying, and the other party sat on the ground; Another example is that Wen Chang brandished two short knives and stabbed his opponent more than a dozen times in a row, until the opponent was completely dead, and then let people fall to the ground; Another example is that Shao Yingying inserted an embroidered spring knife into the opponent's abdomen in one hand, and the crossbow arrows in his hand were fired one after another to relieve the siege of the two brothers......
Enjoyable!
Lu Jianxing didn't have the weakness of constantly shouting 'stop fighting' in the original film, and shouted like a big brother: "Kill them, the fame of freedom falls on our brothers, kill !!!! ”
Fame, a hundred households is his life's thoughts!
Liang Jiahui interpreted this person to the extreme!
Not only are the action scenes characteristic, the story rhythm is tight, in Zhang Weiping's eyes, there are even ups and downs in the action scenes in the whole movie.
For example, in the Zhou Mansion, Shao Yingying only used one punch, and then stood in the courtyard of the Zhou Mansion and shouted, this is Fu; For example, on the rainy night when the three brothers went to kill Wei Zhongxian, the blade slid through the rain and dew-like shots made him feel a biting chill, the three brothers were pitted and didn't know it, the rain was slowed down and became a water drop hanging in the air, when someone smashed the water drop at this time, the effect was naturally very shocking, but this scene was left over from the game in "Hero", but when it was put here, it made people feel nervous, this is the beginning!
No wonder, no wonder "Embroidered Spring Knife" was able to win nine million at the box office on the first day, the direction of the three brothers, Shen Lian's ruthlessness in cutting the tendons of Yan Gongzi in Yan Mansion, Zhou Miaotong hated Shen Lian but died under his care and was unwilling to accept the helplessness of the apologetic love......
Even Wu Zhenyu fought the Jurchen cavalry alone on the grassland, and was cut down and injured by the cavalry who came and went like the wind, and he had to give Shen Lian and Zhao Jingzhong a chance to fight a decisive battle, and every scene involved people's hearts.
Zhang Weiping also found that no one went to the toilet during the whole movie, until the moment the subtitles appeared, and a ticket left in a hurry, which can prove the good-looking nature of this movie.
"What the hell?"
Zhang Weiping, who had already praised the movie in his heart, still shouted unconvinced.
The next day, photos of Zhang Weiping appearing at the premiere of "Embroidered Spring Knife" appeared in major newspapers across the country, and even newspapers wrote with a mocking title: "The boss of the heart picture with a box office of less than 2 million on the first day appeared in the theater of "Embroidered Spring Knife" to spy on the military situation, which is a challenge of 2 million to 9 million'! (To be continued......)