After listening to Chen Xunqi, Gu Bei knew that it was really a good and a bad.

Wang Jiawei's "East Evil and West Poison" and Liu Zhenwei's "East Becomes West" were released one after the other some time ago.

A movie is finely crafted, and a movie is pieced together.

But the end result is ......

"East Becomes West" completely exploded its opponents when the amount of film scheduling and publicity investment were completely inferior to "East Becomes West".

Hehe!

Listening to Chen Xunqi's complaints, Gu Bei couldn't help laughing, he was not surprised at all.

"Mr. Gu?"

Chen Xunqi heard Gu Bei's laughter and said in surprise.

"Now the company is almost a joke."

It's not a joke!

20 million was invested in the early stage, "East Evil and West Poison" accounted for three-quarters, and a lot of manpower and material resources were invested in the publicity work before the release, and many celebrities in Xiangjiang were invited to help stand on the platform, and a grand red carpet show was held on the day of the premiere.

The most important thing is that Chen Xunqi personally handled all the music production of "East Evil and West Poison".

Especially the overture "Heaven and Earth Lonely Shadow Let Me Go", which can be said to have exhausted his life's work.

What about "East Becomes West"?

There was no publicity, or it was directly regarded as an alternative propaganda means and foil for "East Evil and West Poison", and it was released hastily.

The two movies use the same set of leading actors, which is also a big gimmick.

But the result is really ...... Off the charts.

"East Evil and West Poison", which was regarded as his own son, was ridiculed by all the crowd in just one day after its release.

"East Becomes West" brought by her mother's remarriage is highly sought after.

In the end, the conclusion was that the people of Guangya Pictures were blind and mistook fish eyes for pearls, which also led to the dust of the real pearls.

Alas......

Gu Bei could hide in the capital and pretend that he didn't know anything.

But Chen Xunqi is the actual person in charge of Guangya, and during this time, he has been criticized by the media and laughed at by his peers.

The conscience of heaven and earth is not his main investment in Wang Jiawei.

What a business!

Chen Xunqi also watched the sample film before the release of "East Evil and West Poison", but he didn't feel so unbearable.

But it wasn't until the crowd ridiculed that he realized that he was looking at it from a professional point of view, and the average audience obviously didn't have such a high level of appreciation.

The story is actually very simple, but this fragmented presentation makes people a little confused.

The main starring role of the movie is concentrated in Ouyang Feng's tavern, and the customers who come and go form various story lines, and in the end, it can all be connected together.

As long as you can figure out the relationship between each character, it is not difficult to understand the story.

At the beginning, Ouyang Feng's friend Huang Yaoshi was entrusted by someone to give him a jar of wine every year - drunk and dreamed of death.

This led to the entanglement between the merry Huang Yaoshi and the master Murong Yan and his friend's wife Taohua.

Huang Yaoshi's amorous affair hurts the two of them, and Peach's pain is transferred to her husband, the blind samurai.

A wandering blind warrior wants to take a look at his wife Momoka before he goes blind, but is attracted by a village girl who tries to kill her with a basket of eggs because she wants revenge.

Eventually, the blind warrior lost his life in a duel with the horse thief and failed to fulfill his wish to return home.

Immediately afterwards, it led to Hong Qi, who was strong in force and came out of the countryside to roam the rivers and lakes.

Hong Qi's behavior of abandoning his wife to break into the world reminded Ouyang Feng of his former self.

And Hong Qi was seriously injured after avenging the village girl, and after picking up his life, he changed his mind and took his wife to walk the rivers and lakes.

Hong Qi had the opportunity to transform, which made Ouyang Feng jealous, and at this time the story line returned to Ouyang Feng's body.

The woman Ouyang Feng likes is his sister-in-law......

This beast!

Ahem......

Back to the topic, the sister-in-law once fell in love with Ouyang Feng, but never got a word of "like", so she chose to marry his eldest brother angrily.

This woman was unfortunate in the depths and did not know it, and it was not until her son Ouyang Ke grew up that she realized that she had lost, and finally died of depression.

On the whole, "East Evil and West Poison" is actually not a martial arts story at all, most of the story lines have nothing to do with the rivers and lakes, and what is shown is full of regrets.

Peach Blossom discovers her true feelings after learning of her husband's death; When the sister-in-law is old, she realizes that the time she doesn't spend with the person she loves the most is a waste; The blind samurai tried his best to achieve his wish; Ouyang Feng and Huang Yaoshi will never be able to truly get drunk and dream of death.

The overall tone is sad, but it leaves a hope, that is, Hong Qi, who is simple and content, even if he is a beggar, he is also the most complete and happy.

But the audience who contributed to the box office of this movie is not Chen Xunqi after all, and he does not have such a high level of appreciation.

Of course, the audience's inability to understand this movie is not all because of everyone's understanding problems, but because "East Evil and West Poison" has flaws in the plot itself, to put it simply, Wang Jiawei told the story too obscurely.

The vast majority of viewers can't understand what Wang Jiawei wants to express at all.

There are also many viewers who were affected by the negative emotions in the film, and left scolding halfway through it.

Even Chen Xunqi has many things that he can't understand.

It can be seen how brain-burning this movie is.

"East Becomes West" is completely different, the plot is simpler, it tells the story of a good guy defeating a bad guy, straight into it, no need to think at all, just laugh along.

In just one week of its release, it received tens of millions of box office, and the filter bonus of the cast was an important factor in the box office hit.

However, the film's success isn't just because of the strong cast.

First of all, the characters in the movie are distinctive, and each actor plays a very individual role, which is either funny, affectionate, or cute, which leaves a very deep impression on the audience.

Secondly, the storyline is also interesting, although the movie is mainly comedy, the storyline in it is not just made up for the sake of being funny.

Each plot has its own logic and integrity, although it may be a little absurd, but it can make the audience feel the emotions that the movie wants to express in laughter.

As a result, these two films, which were completed by the same cast of actors, were polarized in terms of evaluation and box office results.

Listening to Chen Xunqi's constant complaints, Gu Bei hurriedly stopped.

What he said, Gu Bei had seen it on the Internet in his last life.

"How much is the box office of East Evil and West Poison now?"

Counting the time, both movies have been released for almost half a month.

"There are 2.6 million poisons in the east and west, 1.2 million on the day of the premiere, and more than 14 million in the east and west, if nothing else, this movie will definitely break 20 million, and it is not impossible to break 30 million."

Reasonable.

"East Evil and West Poison" received a box office of more than 9 million in its previous life, but it was still scolded by the audience.

Don't underestimate people's curiosity, the more you are scolded, the more people can't hold back, driven by curiosity, go into the cinema to see what this movie that has been scolded as a melon can be rotten.

"East Becomes West" is a good reputation, near the end of the year, who doesn't want to say goodbye to 1994 happily and welcome the new 1995.

"If that counts...... We didn't lose any money either. ”

Use one movie to fill the gap of another.

It's just that what makes Chen Xunqi depressed is that it is obviously more worth looking forward to before "East Evil and West Poison".

Of course, there are also things to be happy about, and the soundtrack he made for "East Evil and West Poison" has been well received by the industry.

Listen to how ridiculous it is, what is finally affirmed for a movie is actually the soundtrack.

Alas......

"In that case, I want to congratulate you, maybe you can win an award with this movie."

Hehe!

It's not funny at all.

"You didn't just call me to complain, did you?"

"One more thing."

Really.

"Say, I'll listen."

"Yesterday, Liu Zhenwei and Wang Jiawei came to the company together, and then ...... Wang Jiawei gave me a script...... Outline. ”

Hehe!

What kind of thickening skin does this man have?

I just lost a movie, and I'm embarrassed to move forward at this juncture.

Chen Xunqi didn't want to tell Gu Bei, even when Wang Jiawei came over yesterday, he wanted the company's security guards to throw people out.

But thinking that Gu Bei seemed to have some inexplicable affection for Wang Jiawei's street, he decided to ask Gu Bei's attitude.

Favor? Watch?

Slander, someone is slandering me!

Gu Bei was speechless when he heard it, the reason why he was willing to invest in Wang Jiawei was completely because it was fun, besides, there was Liu Zhenwei who helped stop the loss.

As long as Wang Jiawei's movie can win an award, even if it is earned, it can also enhance the company's reputation, why not.

Now that Wang Jiawei has come over again......

"With an investment of around 10 million, you can try it, and the company also needs a director outside of genre films."

I was right.

Chen Xunqi's misunderstanding deepened.

Gu Bei didn't want to continue this topic: "What is the situation in the later stage of the Journey to the West?" ”

Hearing Gu Bei talk about this, Chen Xunqi couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Maybe...... It's going to take a while. ”

Belch?

"Journey to the West" was completed earlier than "East Evil and West Poison", why hasn't it been completed until now?

"It's Liu Zhenwei and Zhou Xingchi, they have a big difference when editing, and they often bring lawsuits to me because of this matter."

it!

Gu Bei was also convinced, he had long known that Zhou Xingchi was stubborn, but he didn't expect to be able to fight with the director.

Gu Bei now regrets a little that he shouldn't have promised Zhou Xingchi to let him participate in the production of the movie.

"Tell them that before the end of the year, I want to see the finished film, and also, after the post-production is done, I won't be busy releasing it in Xiangjiang, and send me a copy."

Although Chen Xunqi was puzzled, he still responded.

Speaking from the bottom of his heart, his expectations for the movie "Journey to the West" are not high.

I've seen rough cut samples before, and although the story line is not as messy as "East Evil and West Poison", it is equally obscure.

Moreover, the most important point is that it is very different from Zhou Xingchi's previous movies in style.

Will the audience accept it?

And a big question mark.