The courtyard, no matter how big or small, close the door to live, the outside can't see the inside, the inside doesn't have to see the outside, there is no regret with people, there is no dispute with the world, quiet and serene, is the ideal nest of comfort.

However, with the pace of the times, Yanjing, as the capital, is also changing the appearance of the city faster and faster, all the new ones replace the old, and the courtyard houses will be replaced by more and more concrete buildings.

From the beginning of last year to the present, Lu Bu has bought three more sets of courtyard houses, plus the two sets he bought before, and the holding has reached five sets, which is his limit, and no matter how much he likes it, he can't invest all his net worth into it.

At present, it is exposed to the paparazzi, and it is the small set of the glass factory.

After watching the movie last night, after sending off a large number of people, Lu Bu took a dozen or so people back here.

The men all went to Zhang Guirong next door to barbecue and drink, including Lu Bu, Zhang Guirong, Xu Wei, Jiang Wen, Jiang Kuan, Xia Yu, Wang Baoqiang, and Hu Jiao.

The women are chatting and drinking on Lu Bu's side, including Yu Feihong's four daughters, Tong Yaya, Yuan Yan, Mei Ting, Qin Hailu, and Zhou Yun.

Lu Bu was happy today, and then he broke his vows, and killed all the men and women on both sides by himself.

The crowd finally understood why he didn't want to drink alcohol, because it was the same as drinking water, so what did it mean?

The morning sun is rising, the fiery red morning light is falling, red bricks, green window lattices, white railings, pale yellow tiles...... The courtyard was quiet and peaceful.

"Whew!"

"Whew!"

"Whew!"

Fists, palms, rubbing in the air with the sound of whirring wind.

Lu Bu, who didn't pour a thousand cups last night, was the first to get up today, went outside for half an hour, and returned to the yard to do tai chi.

Self-discipline exercises can keep the body at its peak at all times.

And he found that his body was not reaching its limit, it was still growing, but the speed had slowed down.

This is a good thing, how can you be worthy of the word "Lu Bu" if you are not strong.

"I said second brother, your amount of alcohol, no, it should be your body, very human!" Jiang Wen was the first of all the drunk people to get up, and looking at his eyes, steps, and tone, he was almost sober.

"So-so." Lu Bu said with a smile.

"You honestly tell me the truth, how deep is the amount of alcohol you drink?" Jiang Wen is not ordinary curiosity, three or four of them had a particularly good amount of alcohol last night, but they couldn't resist the wheel battle.

"Let's ...... again" In fact, Lu Bu didn't know how much he could drink, this amount of wine had already exceeded that of him and the original owner, so he could only say: "One round, it is estimated that it will be about the same." ”

"......" the corners of Jiang Wen's mouth twitched slightly.

Isn't that the same as drinking twice as much as last night?

It's really not human.

Next time I don't drink with him, it's boring!

In fact, Lu Bu's good amount of wine is not because of practice, but because of his body, because there are more alcohol dehydrogenases and acetaldehyde dehydrogenases in the body than ordinary people, which can quickly decompose the ethanol entering the body into carbon dioxide and water and excrete it from the body.

It's not that he's not drunk at all, he's just relatively lightly drunk.

Yawning, Jiang Wen walked into the courtyard and went to the small pavilion with Lu Bu to talk for a while.

"Lifted?" Lu Bu forgot that he was punished by the relevant departments for "being banned from being a director for five years".

"Hmm." Jiang Wen nodded, a relieved and slightly excited expression appeared on his face, and said, "In the past few years, I have been polishing a book, and now I can prepare for shooting." ”

It can be seen that he is suffocated.

Zhang Yimou once commented on him: "He is a person who wants to be a commander, and he will not be a soldier underneath." The heart is so high, and he is so capable, it is impossible for you to make him without making movies. ”

This is very pertinent, he just can't sit still.

"Did you bring it?" Lu Bu asked.

"You wait." Jiang Wen naturally brought it, put it in his bag, got up and went to get it.

""The Sun Also Rises", this name is very literary, and it is the same type as "Sunny Days"?" Lu Bu turned the first page of the script.

"It can be said that they are all literary films, but they are very different." Jiang Wen explained.

This book still has a literary background, the writer Ye Mi's short story "Velvet".

But according to Jiang Wen's character, it must have changed beyond recognition.

And it is.

It adopts a multi-threaded narrative method, which is divided into four stories, the first part is "crazy", the second part is "love", the third part is "gun", and the fourth part is "dream".

Lu Bu didn't understand what Jiang Wen was trying to express, so he asked, "What is the central idea of your movie?" ”

Jiang Wen pondered for a moment, and then replied: "It's hard to describe this movie in words, when I make a movie, I don't know how to express it in words, if a story can be easily expressed in words and words, then why is there any need to make it?" ”

Lu Bu raised his eyebrows, which made sense.

In the world of Jiang Wen, there are only two kinds of movies, energetic and boring.

And he only shoots energetically.

may have learned the lesson of "The Devil is Coming", in order to avoid the "scissorhands" of the relevant departments, the script was written in an obscure and difficult way, and the magical reality narrative is really confusing.

But as always, the "ginger-style pride" is still there, and these four stories are wild and vigorous.

At this time, Jiang Wen added: "This is a movie that completely breaks all boundaries." ”

Lu Bu closed the script and asked quite directly, "How much do you want?" ”

Jiang Wen was a little embarrassed, last time he took 2 million to help Xu Jinglei shoot "Letter from a Strange Woman", but he didn't earn a penny back, but this is the movie, everything is unknown before the release, and finally he said hard: "I have found some investment, about more than 20 million." ”

Lu Bu asked again, "Who are you looking for?" ”

Jiang Wen said truthfully: "Dahe Film and Television has 18 million, and Jiang Kuan and Zhou Yun have 11 million. ”

Lu Bu learned that Zhou Yun was Jiang Wen's current wife through Jiang Kuan's introduction last night.

The two met in 2001 while filming "Heroes of Heaven and Earth", and since then they have become closer and closer.

Once Zhou Yun went to Jiang Wen's studio for casting, Jiang Wen drank too much at the time, and pulled Zhou Yun to talk about his daughter and wife, and this time he was deeply moved by Zhou Yun and fell in love with Jiang Wen.

Since Jiang Wen is developing in China, his wife and daughter are living in France, and they have been in a foreign country for a long time, which has led to the relationship between the two parties becoming weaker and weaker, and finally chose to divorce.

In the second half of this year, Jiang Wen and Zhou Yun officially registered their marriage, and they didn't even hold a banquet in a low-key manner.

The two of them are still a couple with a large age span, Jiang Wen is forty-two years old, and Zhou Yun is twenty-six years old.

Sure enough, except for him, they all like young people.

It's not that he likes to be older, it's that his situation is special.

The actual age of the soul is on the older side, which is one thing, and the other is the feeling, and the feeling is right, age is not a problem.

However, more than 50 million to make art films is a bit choking.

There are already living examples.

But Jiang Wen is not a little stronger than Xu Jinglei, and he is his own person.

After thinking about it, Lu Bu said: "Then 21 million, make up 50 million, I'll find a way." ”

Find Yang Huangying, Zhou Yi, and add him, and a few million will be enough.

The risk is shared, even if the box office fails, it will not lose too much.

The kind of movies and TV series that can make him invest more than 10 million must have a very good script.

It's not that Jiang Wen's "The Sun Also Rises" is bad, but it doesn't make his eyes shine.

In this, subjective consciousness predominates.

And Jiang Wen got his strong support, and the big stone in his heart finally landed, and said, "Thank you." ”

Lu Bu smiled faintly and said jokingly: "I wrote it down in the small notebook, and I have to make up for it after I lose it." ”

After chatting for a while, Jiang Wen went to wash up.

Lu Bu saw that it was already nine o'clock, so he went out to buy a newspaper.

["Mythology", which was released on the night of Qixi Festival, showed a strong market impact, winning 10 million in just one night, which has exceeded the first-day box office of "Initial D", which is currently ranked first in the year! ] 】

["Mythology" has seen a box office climax in Yanjing, Guangzhou, Magic City, Chengdu, Nanjing, Hangzhou and other places! ] 】

[Judging from the results achieved so far, "Myth" will likely become the first film in history to have a box office of over 100 million during the Qixi Festival! ] 】

[Myth = Box Office Myth? Lu Bu wants to get rid of the name of "box office poison"? 】

[Qin Shi Huang's elixir of immortality, reincarnation, dreams, and underground palaces...... This is a romance unique to the mysterious East! 】

[Bronze sword, no stirrups, Qin army battle array, Qin armor, Qin bow and countless other details that follow history, this is a historical film, not a commercial film!] 】

……

Basically, the entertainment newspapers that are popular and not popular all report on the release of "Myth".

Based on the box office on the first day, there is no problem with more than 100 million.

But this result is expected, after all, the investment in this movie has reached 160 million.

This number is one of the best in today's film market, ranking second among domestic blockbusters this year, the first is Chen Kaige's 300 million "Wuji", and the third is Xu Krypton's 140 million "Seven Swords".

Of course, only the director himself knows how much money was spent.

With such a high investment, many costist people have a very conservative prediction for the box office of "Myth", with 100 million RMB in the mainland, 35 million RMB in Xiangjiang, 20 million RMB in Baodao Province, plus 100 million RMB overseas, a total of only 255 million.

And this is far from the 480 million that has been recovered.

In fact, Lu Bu, Tang Jili and others are very aware of this, and it is possible that they will not be able to recover their costs from the box office.

But after the official release yesterday, judging from word of mouth, it is better than "Hero" and "Ambush on All Sides".

The new combination of [Lu Bu + Tang Jili] handed over an answer sheet with surprises in the unexpected.

Impeccable war scenes, realistic fight scenes, touching emotional scenes, historical basis that can stand scrutiny, and scenes that are both fantasy and reality...... All of them have been well received by the audience.

Therefore, the box office prediction of "Myth" needs to be reconsidered, and it will definitely not be as much as 255 million.

Moreover, taking a step back, if you want to return to your original cost or even make money, you don't completely rely on the cinema.

In addition to box office sharing, there are several important profit channels, such as overseas copyrights, which have 70 million; Another example is the pre-release film advertisement, which earned 40 million here; Another example is the copyright of audio-visual products in the Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, the advertising implantation income of the modern part of the film, the mobile version of the value-added service, the entertainment industry, and so on.

And there are also online games, mobile games, books, various stage performances, cartoons, theme parks, and ...... After the development of the film market, these also have good benefits.

Now just wait and time will tell.

Lu Bu was not in a hurry at all, but he looked and thought as he walked, and he didn't pay attention to it, and opened the door of his courtyard.

"Second brother."

When I went in, I saw Yu Xiaoli cleaning up the messy dining table in the yard, and now many of them, regardless of age, call him that, Lu Bu asked casually: "You came so early?" ”

Yu Xiaoli explained: "I bought breakfast for Feihong and sent it over, have you eaten it?" ”

Lu Bu nodded and said, "Eat, they haven't gotten up yet?" ”

Yu Xiaoli replied: "Fei Hong is up, washing. ”

When everyone came, Lu Bu rolled up his sleeves and put away the empty wine bottles and unfinished wine on the ground.

After being busy for a while, I saw Yu Feihong coming out of the house.

Without makeup, she has a slightly oily face and her complexion is not particularly fair-skinned.

Under the sunlight, the facial features are very three-dimensional, and the cheeks are ruddy and translucent, looking quiet and lazy.

"Don't sleep more?" Lu Bu looked at her and said.

"Headache." Yu Feihong rubbed his head.

"Come sit here, I'll give you a massage." Lu Bu put down his broom and walked to the small pavilion.

"Drinking too much." We chatted too happily last night, Yu Feihong, as the oldest, was toasted by a round of wine at the beginning, and he was already a little drunk, and then Lu Bu came over with a barbecue, and saw that he was full of alcohol, knowing that he had made an exception to drink, so he pulled him to drink together, and as a result, they all drank down.

"It's okay to get drunk once in a while, just don't get a hangover every day." Lu Bu massaged her temples, Guan Chong acupoints, and Neiguan acupoints.

"It's so comfortable." Yu Feihong said softly.

"Massage massage, I'm a professional, okay, the kind that can open a shop." Lu Bu said with a smile.

"Okay, I just have time, I have some work to report to you." Yu Feihong was afraid that other people would get up and come out and see it in a while, and this kind of overly intimate behavior was difficult to explain.

"Say it." Lu Bu sat down across from her and opened a bun and porridge on the stone table.

"Thank you." Yu Feihong smiled sweetly, ate a bun and a few mouthfuls of porridge, and then said: "It's about our studio's investment in movies and TV series next year, first of all, the movie." ”

"The first is "The Good Man of the Three Gorges" directed by Jia Zhangke, this one has my personal preferences, I like Director Jia's movie very much, the budget is 6 million, and we can get a share of 3 million."

"The second is "Crazy Stone" by newcomer director Ning Hao, which is mainly invested by Andy Lau's company, with a budget of 3 million, I went to talk to Andy Lau about it, and we can add 2 million."

"With a million-dollar investment, you can make your own decisions." Quan Lu Bu can still let this go, and continued: "I have also watched Jia Zhangke's movie, it is quite in-depth, and I can cooperate more if I have the opportunity." ”

Jia Zhangke, known as Section Chief Jia.

This director, who was born in the yellow earth in the 70s, is difficult to say whether he is famous in China.

But among the audience who knew him well, there was no less controversy.

His films, stepping on the yellow earth, walking close to the ground, always tell the things of the little people, the story is flat and straightforward, never using too much embellishment, and the camera is either shot at a fixed point or hand-held.

But these unpretentious collocations can always excite the soul many times.

"Then I voted for them all?" Yu Feihong knew that Lu Bu respected her and loved her, but she also had to separate public and private, and she couldn't use chicken feathers as arrows and invest indiscriminately with the studio's money.

"Hmm." Lu Bu nodded, and asked again, "Can you get the distribution right?" ”

If Mengjiang Studio wants to develop better, it can't do without its own mature distribution channels.

It is possible to hug the thighs of distribution companies such as Huangying Entertainment and Zhou Yi Entertainment, and Yang Huangying and Zhou Yi must be very happy, but other people's are someone else's after all.

In fact, since "Blind Well" and "Conquest", Yu Feihong has participated in the distribution in the name of Mengjiang Studio, and he has already gained experience and can try to release a movie or TV series independently.

"I'll talk about it." After Yu Feihong replied, he continued: "The movie is not over yet, there are two films that I am looking for you to shoot. ”

"It's Feng Xiaogang's "Night Banquet" and Zhang Yimou's "The City is Full of Golden Armor", and the script has not been obtained for the time being."

"At present, the information that can be determined is that "Night Banquet" is expected to invest 120 million, and the main actors are Zhang Ziyi and Ge Wei, and "The City is Full of Golden Armor" is expected to invest 360 million, and the main actors are Zhou Yanfa and Gong Li."

"Now why can't you move now, it's hundreds of millions of shooting costs......" Lu Bu didn't know what to say.

"The commercial films made by Director Feng and Director Zhang are still okay to make money." Yu Feihong trusted the two of them.

"Let's refuse, there are many movies to be made next year, and the schedule is likely to be wrong." Lu Bu didn't think too much about it.

"Okay." Yu Feihong nodded, and continued: "Then there is the TV series, there are three to vote for." ”

"Director Shang Jing took the martial arts sitcom "Wulin Gaiden" created by the original team of "The Story of the Cooking Class", I read the script, there are a lot of highlights, the budget is 10 million, and we can get a share of 3 million."

"The remaining two "Flying Immortals" and "Young Yang Jiajiang" are specially for Hu Jiao, he is a good seedling, you can focus on cultivating, this adds up to a total of 8 million."

Lu Bu is also quite optimistic about Hu Jiao, as soon as Yu Feihong said this, he remembered one thing again, and said: "Director Tang pulled me to chat for a long time last night, and I don't know if it was drunk, he said that he wanted to create a drama version of "Myth", if this is implemented, I think Hu Jiao can star in it." ”

Yu Feihong's eyes flashed and said, "Aren't you acting?" ”

Lu Bu smiled and said, "Play Meng Yi again?" There's no need for that. ”

Yu Feihong thought about it, with his character of not acting in a sequel, how could he play a role repeatedly, and said: "By the way, there are three TV series that asked you to shoot, are they all refused?" ”

Lu Bu said curiously: "What drama?" ”

Yu Feihong replied: "A historical drama "The Legend of Xue Rengui", a mythological drama "The Legend of the White Snake", and the last part of Zhou Yi Entertainment's fantasy martial arts trilogy "Eight Formations of Gods and Ghosts". ”

Lu Bu raised his hand and rubbed his chin, and said, "If you say "The Legend of the White Snake", who am I going to play?" Xu Xian? Fahai? ”

Hearing him ask, it seemed that he was interested in this one, Yu Feihong immediately said: "If you take it, it must be the first male protagonist Xu Xian." ”

Lu Bu hooked the corners of his mouth, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Then ...... You play Bai Suzhen, and Yuan Yuan plays Xiaoqing. ”

Yu Feihong was stunned, and immediately reacted to his purpose, and snorted softly: "You think beautifully." ”

Lu Bu is not afraid of any Shura field now, but this matter needs to be done slowly, after all, Yu Feihong and Gao Yuanyuan don't seem to have the same feelings as sisters as Zeng Yu and Hu Jing, so they sighed lightly: "Forget it." ”

Seeing him like this, Yu Feihong's eyes softened a little, and said: "It's not that I don't depend on you, it's just that my age is not suitable for playing Bai Suzhen, if you really want to take it, you can let Xiao Yi or Jingjing play." ”

Lu Bu smiled at her and said, "It's okay, let's push it away, there are too many things next year." ”

"Abu, Sister Yu." At this time, Gao Yuanyuan came out of the house.

"Come and have breakfast." Yu Feihong beckoned to her.

"Are you sober?" Lu Bu asked her.

"And a little headache." Gao Yuanyuan sat down in the middle of the two.

"I'll give you a massage." Lu Bu got up and gave her what Yu Feihong had just said.

"Yuanyuan, after signing the contract with Bulgari, did you let you shoot commercials?" Yu Feihong opened a topic.

"I shot three commercials." Gao Yuanyuan replied.

"Xiaoli went to talk to you about clothing and cosmetics brands, and there should be results at the end of the month." Yu Feihong said again.

"Well, thank you, Sister Yu." Gao Yuanyuan smiled.

"Family, what's polite." Yu Feihong regretted it the moment she said this, what she meant was that it was all from the same studio, but because of the relationship with Lu Bu, it became a different meaning.

"Ahh Gao Yuanyuan lowered his head, his face flushed with shame.

"Haha." Lu Bu laughed, stroked her hair, and said, "I'll go next door to see if they're up." ”

"Hmm."

"Okay."

Yu Feihong and Gao Yuanyuan responded.

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Yanjing, a mansion.

"The box office of "Myth" on the first day was a bit fierce, it started at 6 o'clock in the afternoon, and it got a box office of 10 million in just six hours, and it is conservatively estimated that there will be a box office of 19 million today." Chen Hong said with a newspaper.

"What about word of mouth?" Brother Chen Kai frowned slightly, this result far exceeded his expectations.

"These media outlets give very high reviews." Chen Hong handed over the newspaper.

"Their words are too untrustworthy." Brother Chen Kai thought for a while, got up and said, "Go and have a look on the Internet." ”

The two came to the study, turned on the computer, and logged in to Douban.

[Action Design]: 8 points, the normal level of the family class;

[War Scene]: 9.5 points, first-class level;

[Fuhua Dao]: 9 points, follow history, exquisite and aesthetic;

[Actor]: 8.5 points, the acting skills of the protagonist and supporting roles are online;

[Plot]: 7 points, ancient and modern grafting, double lines intertwined, and finally reached a climax in the dungeon, but the Indian side is a little dragging and a little redundant, because the correlation with the main line is not so great;

[Post]: 8 points, special effects, soundtrack, dubbing, etc. are worthy of the name of blockbusters;

[Emotions and thoughts]: 7 points, there is a feeling of "the wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man will never return" and "the poor and uncertain riverside bones are still people in the dream of spring";

……

"Mythology" has a score of 8.5, and it is also more than seventy percent of the praise, and the final score should be around 8 points.

A commercial film can exceed 7 points, which is already a very high score.

Lao Mouzi's "Hero" scored 7.6 points, Feng Pants's "No Thieves in the World" scored 8.1 points, and Zhou Gaochi's "Kung Fu" scored 8.8 points.

And these three movies are both box office and word-of-mouth.

Does that mean that the same is true of Mythology?

When he landed, an invisible pressure enveloped Chen Kaige, but it soon disappeared, and he swore solemnly: "It seems that this year's annual crown, without a box office of more than 300 million, will not be able to win." ”

If there is really this achievement, it will not only be the annual crown, because now the first box office in the mainland is 250 million for "Hero".

Chen Hong shook his head and said: ""Myth" is not a movie that can exceed 300 million, and there is a chance to exceed 200 million. ”

Brother Chen Kai smiled: "The hero sees the same thing. ”

So which movie can pass 300 million, needless to say, I know!

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Yanjing, brother of friendship.

"The box office on this first day was not bad." Wang Lei said.

"It's not too late to wait for the box office of the first week to come out, and we can see how the word-of-mouth is in four days." Wang Jundao.

"Judging from the feedback from the audience who watched it last night, the quality of the movie is good, 100 million can't be stopped, and 200 million is going." Wang Lei is quite confident in his vision.

"No, it won't." Wang Jun was skeptical.

"Don't forget, there are no competitors in this schedule, and it's in the summer, don't underestimate the spending power of college students." Wang Lei reminded.

"If it can really reach 200 million, plus Xiangjiang, Baodao Province and overseas, it is very likely that it will be recouped by box office sharing." Wang Jun said.

"This one is sure to make money." Wang Lei is very sure.

"In this way, Lu Bu can be regarded as having a certain box office appeal." Wang Jun said.

"Did "Night Banquet" sign a contract with him?" Wang Lei asked.

"It's talking, and he needs time to think about it." Wang Jun replied.

"How much is the pay?" Wang Lei asked again.

"13 million." Wang Jun replied.

"Less." Wang Lei thought for a moment and said, "Add it to 18 million." ”

Now I see that it is less, because "Myth" is a big hit, and Lu Bu's value will also rise.

The two brothers hated Lu Bu so much.

All kinds of grabbing resources.

But the entertainment industry is aligned with interests, as long as you can make more money, this little thing can't be taken care of.

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On the 15th, Lu Bu took a group of people to Xiangjiang to support the drama "Amber" starring Yuan Xiang and Liu Ye.

It was the first time he had seen a play.

The actor "knocks" on the stage, talking loudly, panting, his chest rises and falls, blinking and frowning, and all kinds of pictures will appear more directly in front of him, which is different from across the screen.

From the world constructed by the images, I have traveled to a new world, which is both dramatic and real.

But you have to have a good position, or it's too far away, and you can't see the actor's expression clearly, then there will be less experience.

Yuan Yang and Liu Ye's acting skills are as good as ever, and they are worthy of being award-winning actors.

However, Lu Bu didn't understand why there was a chain of contempt.

Those who act in dramas despise those who make movies, and those who make movies despise those who make TV series.

Maybe it's a live performance, once something goes wrong, it's very troublesome, and it's a higher test for the actors.

Or maybe the so-called "artistry" is higher, because ordinary people have less contact in their daily lives.

In his opinion, it doesn't make much difference, it's all entertainment.

(End of chapter)