That night, Wang Bin booked a banquet in a very luxurious hotel in Xiangjiang and invited all the main creative staff who attended the premiere ceremony that day.

Although Wang Bin said that he would not return if he was not drunk, he was the first to fall, and after drinking a few glasses of wine, he fell asleep on the table, and Lu Li, who was still not drunk, drove Wang Bin back to the villa.

The next day, after Lu Li waited for Wang Bin to wake up, he said goodbye to Wang Bin and left Xiangjiang to return to Huaqing, and began to record a new album with all his might. After the premiere of "Infernal Affairs", reports from the scene on the day and film reviews from some fans who have already watched the premiere have also appeared.

"The plot of "Infernal Affairs" is wonderful, and the acting skills of the main actors are wonderful and won full applause." Hong Kong Film News.

"The premiere ceremony of "Infernal Affairs" was successfully held, and Wang Bin was full of confidence and had a box office of over 100 million." Star Entertainment.

"The premiere of "Infernal Affairs" was full of stars, and the actors and actresses chatted about filming interesting things."

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The media reports are overwhelming, and almost all of them are praising the movie "Infernal Affairs". Of course, although these reporters have seen the whole film in advance, they all abide by the agreement without any spoilers. Premieres like this invite you to watch, and if you spoil it as a journalist, you're going to be hostile to the whole industry, and you're even going to be in this line of work in the future, after all, every line has its own rules.

And Lu Li's fans also bought tickets for the premiere movie on the same day and watched "Infernal Affairs". After the premiere of "Infernal Affairs", this person made a post on Lu Libar, which simply praised the movie "Infernal Affairs" to the sky.

"I'll go, is it necessary for the landlord to be so exaggerated? It tickles my heart. I really want to spoil it for you, but I don't want you to spoil, oops, it's a contradictory rush. ”

"The landlord just watched it. Don't say it, aren't you deliberately making us uncomfortable for those of us who don't see it? ”

"This is Chiguoguo's show-off sticker."

This person's post in Lu Li's bar was subjected to a lot of "criticism", but it made the landlord who looked at these replies feel very accomplished, and then replied: "You people who can't eat grapes, ha, you just need to believe that my movie is very good, and I will watch it a few more times when it is officially released." Absolutely no lies, absolutely no regrets. ”

These words once again aroused the curiosity of everyone in Lu Li, and they really wanted to see "Infernal Affairs" now. began to look forward to this movie.

Let's say that after the report of the premiere of "Infernal Affairs" came out, Lao Meng, who wanted to invest in "Infernal Affairs", naturally saw these reports. In fact, at the launch conference of "Infernal Affairs", Lao Meng found Pan Yi, another famous director in Xiangjiang who is as famous as Wang Bin, and the two worked together to find a good script. Filming started in a relatively low-key manner.

It's not always true to say it's low-key. Because Pan Yi also held a launch conference after the launch conference of "Infernal Affairs", but the scale is much smaller than that of "Infernal Affairs".

Although this movie also invited many big-name stars, Wang Bin didn't pay much attention to it after seeing the report. Pan Yi is as famous as himself, but Wang Bin and him only stay at the level of understanding, each other's well water does not violate the river water, and they will greet each other with a smile. And no one can stipulate the time for anyone to make a movie, so Wang Bin didn't pay much attention after seeing such a report.

Seeing that the premiere of "Infernal Affairs" was held, Lao Meng was still not in a hurry. He is going to hold another grand premiere on June 29th, and Wang Bin and Lu Li will be caught off guard at that time.

"Huh. Breaking 100 million? Wang Bin, Wang Bin, my investment in this TV series alone is almost 100 million, and it will be released at the same time, how can it also deal a certain blow to the box office of "Infernal Affairs"? Looking at the newspaper report that Wang Bin was full of confidence in the box office exceeding 100 million, Lao Meng said with a smile.

"Hehe, now Lu Li and Wang Bin probably don't know that Mr. Meng has made such an arrangement. And when the time comes, it will be too late for them to know the Tao. He Mei on the side heard Wang Bin's words and smiled coquettishly.

Lu Li and Wang Bin didn't know about Lu Dao, Lao Meng's plan to snipe at the box office of "Infernal Affairs". Of course, even if Lu Li knew about Lu Dao in advance, he wouldn't be too worried, he had enough confidence in "Infernal Affairs", even if the other party invested a little more, it didn't matter much.

However, Wang Bin is expected to be very worried if he knew Lu Dao in advance, firstly, Pan Yi is a director as famous as himself, secondly, the main actors in the other party's movies are not low-famous, and thirdly, the other party's investment far exceeds "Infernal Affairs". Although Wang Bin is also very confident in "Infernal Affairs", he must have some worries about this matter, after all, the other party is not inferior to himself in all aspects, in this case, the advantages and disadvantages of the script will be subconsciously ignored.

And now these two people don't know yet, one of them took the main actors of "Infernal Affairs" to run propaganda in major cities across the country, and the other returned to Huaqing to concentrate on recording new experts.

The time soon came to June 29th, Wang Bin was still doing publicity with Liu Hua a few days ago, and Lu Li had already recorded one or two new songs on the album at this time.

It was at this time that Pan Yi's new film "Extreme" also began to hold a grand premiere in Xiangjiang.

After a series of processes, it is time for reporters to ask questions.

"Director Pan, your movie "Extreme" will be released tomorrow, do you know that the new movie directed by Wang Bin, who is as famous as you, will also be released nationwide tomorrow?" When the reporter asked questions, the first reporter's question made many reporters excited.

Pan Yi is not younger than Wang Bin, but he looks thinner than Wang Bin, wears a pair of glasses, and pretends to be surprised when he hears this: "Is it?" I've been busy with the filming of the movie before, and then I've been busy with post-processing, and this movie just finished post-processing yesterday. This is also the reason why the premiere was held today and the official release will be released tomorrow, and the time is relatively rushed. So I have been busy during this time, and I haven't paid much attention to the news from the outside world, and I don't know about it. ”

How could Pan Yi not know that Wang Bin's movie will be released tomorrow, isn't it because he wants to block the other party's movie box office tomorrow? As for the rest, Pan Yi didn't tell a lie. The movie "Extreme" did post-processing only yesterday.

As for Pan Yi pretending to be surprised, pretending not to know the release date of Wang Bin's movie, Lao Meng asked him to do so. As for the reason, he didn't know.

The reporters were a little disappointed when they heard Pan Yi say that he didn't know about Lu Dao, and they thought that Pan Yi was deliberately choosing to release a new movie on the same day as knowing Lu Dao, so that the media would have a topic of hype.

But it doesn't matter, there is no topic to find a topic, I just heard another reporter ask: "Director Pan, Director Wang Bin was full of confidence at the premiere ceremony, believing that his "Infernal Affairs" box office can exceed 100 million, I wonder if Director Pan is confident that he can beat "Infernal Affairs" at the box office?" ”

"Over 100 million? I don't know how much the investment in the new movie of Director Lu Dao Wang is? "Since I pretended not to know the news of Wang Bin's new movie. Pan Yi simply pretended to be the end, did not answer this question, but asked the reporter such a question.

The reporters below were also stunned when they heard Pan Yi's question. I don't know why Pan Yi asked this question, but someone still replied: "It seems to be more than 20 million and less than 30 million." ”

Pan Yi nodded when he heard this answer, and then said: "The total investment in "Extreme" is close to 100 million, which is close to the expected box office of Director Wang's new movie. I think "Extreme" should be able to beat "Infernal Affairs" at the box office. ”

Pan Yi heard the number of words in the reporter's answer. He said without hesitation.

When the reporter below heard Pan Yi's answer, he became excited. Although Pan Yi's film held a press conference before, it was relatively low-key, and it was even more low-key after the start of filming, so the outside world did not know about the investment of the movie "Extreme", and it was not until this moment that Pan Yi broke out.

And hearing Pan Yi confidently say that he can win Infernal Affairs, the reporter is more like a doping, and there is nothing more exciting than this. It seems that the box office battle at the beginning of the summer season will be very lively.

"Director Pan, do you mean that the investment in "Extreme" is more than 100 million?" A reporter immediately asked.

Pan Yi was noncommittal when he heard this question. Just an inaudible "um".

In fact, although the total investment in "Extreme" is relatively high, it still does not exceed 100 million, but Pan Yi did not say it. This is also one of the unspoken rules of the Chinese film industry, when announcing film investment to the outside world, it is generally inflated or low for various reasons, and the real investment in the extra world will not be announced to the outside world. If you believe the amount of investment announced by the investor, then you have lost.

Although Pan Yi's voice was small, the reporters could still hear it very clearly through the amplification of the microphone. Hearing that the investment in "Extreme" is indeed over 100 million, reporters are looking forward to this movie. Although the Chinese film market has been relatively prosperous in recent years, there are still not many blockbusters with an investment of more than 100 million yuan, so Pan Yi's "Extreme" can be regarded as a domestic blockbuster.

And Pan Yi is not a new director, he is a big director with the same name as Wang Bin, and he has shot many classic films under his hands, so the reporter is more optimistic about the domestic blockbuster "Extreme".

However, what if these reporters are optimistic, these reporters now want to find out more interesting topics on the two films "Infernal Affairs" and "Extreme", so soon a reporter asked: "Director Pan, although Director Wang Bin's film does not have an advantage in investment, but this time Director Wang is cooperating with Lu Li, it is said that the script is very classic, I don't know what do you think about this?" ”

Hearing this question, many reporters secretly praised this question for being clever. The subtext in this sentence is that the other party's script is very good, what if the other party wins by virtue of this advantage? It's just that if you ask this directly, not only will you not have a level, but you will also offend people, so this person changed the sentence "I don't know what you think about this", so that such a problem was avoided.

Even if you Pan Yi want to find fault, this reporter can directly say that I just asked you what you think of the other party's script, and there is no other meaning. That's why other journalists think it's a clever question.

The reporter below understands such a question, how can he, Pan Yi, an old oilman who has been in the entertainment industry for so many years, not understand the meaning. Although Pan Yi still kept smiling after hearing this question, he was extremely uncomfortable in his heart.

He is as famous as Wang Bin, in fact, it is more because the movies he shoots pursue more beauty on the picture and the application of special effects, and he doesn't pay much attention to the script. On the contrary, the movie shot by Wang Bin has a better reputation in the plot. This is also the reason why Wang Bin is very picky about the script, otherwise he would not have stopped filming for two years because he couldn't find the script.

Although no one usually says these things, Wang Bin and Pan Yi themselves understand their respective advantages. And now this question of the journalist is asked. Naturally, it will make Pan Yi feel unhappy.

Paralyzed, how can the other party's script be excellent, is Lao Tzu's script necessarily worse than the other party? In the case of your own investment absolutely crushing the other party, you still ask such a question, it is simply contempt for me.

Although the eighteenth generation of the ancestors of the reporter who asked this sentence was greeted in his heart, Pan Yi still maintained a smile on his face and said with a smile: "Hehe, the movie directed by Wang Bin is famous for its wonderful plot. I also know this. I have also heard of the cooperation between director Wang Bin and Lu Li this time, but this time our script has also been selected for a long time. So in terms of script, we are no worse than director Wang Bin. So I still believe that the box office of "Extreme" can beat "Infernal Affairs". ”

Pan Yi also said before that he was busy with the filming of the movie and did not pay attention to the outside news, but at this time, he said that he had heard of the cooperation between Wang Bin and Lu Li, and no one doubted it. After all, a long time ago, the news of Wang Bin's cooperation with Lu Li spread widely. It is not impossible for Pan Yi to say that he has heard about this.

However, the actual situation, Pan Yi didn't know about this matter before. It wasn't until Lao Meng found him that he knew what he was doing. After he finished saying this, he realized that he couldn't control his emotions because of the question just now, and he almost missed his mouth. Fortunately, no one raised any doubts, which also made Pan Yi breathe a sigh of relief.

And the reporters below also recorded Pan Yi's answers.

Then the reporters asked some questions, and the press conference of Pan Yi's film premiere celebration officially ended, and the film premiere session began. And soon, the news of the premiere celebration of the movie "Extreme" spread on the Internet that day.

After finishing the publicity in Huazhou, Wang Bin returned to the hotel in a good mood. Due to the high popularity of Liu Hua, Liang Wei and others, the publicity in the mainland of China went very smoothly, and Wang Bin's mood was naturally not bad.

"Director Wang. You look at this message. It's just that he didn't wait long for Wang Bin to be happy, and Wang Bin's assistant came to Wang Bin's room. After turning on the computer, he said to Wang Bin with some concern.

When Wang Bin heard this, he came to the computer and saw a message that he didn't want to see.

"The movie "Extreme" and "Infernal Affairs" were released at the same time, kicking off the summer box office battle!"

"Pan Yi is full of confidence, 'Our script is not bad!' ”

"Extreme" VS "Infernal Affairs", Pan Yi VS Wang Bin."

""Extreme" is better than "Infernal Affairs", and Pan Yi is full of confidence in the box office."

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After Wang Bin watched in detail the reports of various media on the premiere of "Extreme" on the Internet, he was really worried. He never thought that Pan Yi, who was as famous as himself, would release a new movie on the same day.

There are indeed many new movies released in the summer file, but Wang Bin doesn't have much worry about other films, but he doesn't dare to underestimate Pan Yi Wang Bin, who is as famous as himself. And seeing what Pan Yi said from media reports, Wang Bin became even more worried, if this is the case, then it will definitely affect the box office of "Infernal Affairs".

And looking at the other party's investment of more than 100 million, although Wang Bin, as a well-known director, is estimated to be a bit inflated, but it is obviously several times more than the investment in "Infernal Affairs", Wang Bin is even more worried, no wonder Pan Yi is so confident this time.

I don't know what happened, Wang Bin thought of Lu Li as soon as he saw the news, and couldn't help but want to make a phone call to tell Lu Li about the news.

And Wang Bin did exactly that.

After receiving a call from Wang Bin, Lu Li had just come out of the Farewell Entertainment Recording Studio. Now that the Farewell Building has been put into use, although Lu Li's previous house has not been sold, now the family has moved into the Farewell Building. And Mengqi too, now I don't have to drive Mengqi after work every day.

And now everyone who is separated from entertainment lives in the Farewell Building, and Lu Li thinks that it is more convenient for everyone, so he is still recording a new album at night.

"Director Wang? You shouldn't call me because the movie is going to be released tomorrow and you're nervous, right? Lu Li answered the phone and joked that Wang Bin is a well-known director, and he will definitely not be like this, but it is possible to replace Jiang You.

Lu Li was just a joke, but when Wang Bin heard this, he sighed before he said worriedly: "Lu Li, the situation is a little bad." ”

"Oh, what's wrong?" Lu Li was a little puzzled when he heard this, and asked.

"Pan Yi's new movie will be released tomorrow, Pan Yi is a director with the same name as me, you will find out the specific situation if you search for "Extreme" on the Internet, I am a little worried that the box office of "Infernal Affairs" will be affected." Wang Bin expressed his worries.

"Well, I'll see the situation first." Lu Li listened to Wang Bin's words and said that he still didn't understand the situation a little. It is definitely impossible to have only one movie released every day, I don't know why Wang Bin is so worried about the movie "Extreme".

Even if the director of this film is as famous as Wang Bin, it stands to reason that Wang Bin should not be worried. So after Lu Li said this, he hung up the phone, ready to take a look.

According to what Wang Bin said, Lu Li opened the search network and typed in the keyword "Extreme", and sure enough, a lot of news jumped out, and Lu Li clicked in and read it.

After reading these reports, Lu Li somewhat understood how Wang Bin could be worried.

PS: First of all, thank you for the recommendation vote cast by Thirty Yunyan, Xie Lu Xie support. Then it's still a two-in-one 5000-word chapter, and the final exam starts from No. 1 to No. 4, so the update is suspended for the past few days. The update will be resumed after the exam, so please rest assured (to be continued......)