""Extreme Escape" is set for December 22."

"The thrilling trailer of "Extreme Escape" is coming, and this is a movie that makes people nervous to the extreme."

"Myth" is 75 million in three weeks, and the total box office will not exceed 100 million."

""Bangkok Trip" was screened for seven days at a box office of 4.8 million, and Hong Jinbao is looking forward to breaking 100 million."

"Zombies are coming, "Bangkok Tour" takes you to feel the world of despair."

""Extreme Escape" sparked a debate on the Internet, and many netizens thought that this film was too high-profile, and the box office could not break 200 million."

"The trailer of "Extreme Escape" has exceeded 5 million views, and tens of thousands of messages are looking forward to playing."

……

The wheels of time are rolling forward, and there are new things in the mainland entertainment industry every day.

After the release of "Myth", the box office can only be said to be at the upper middle level, and the mainland should not be able to break 100 million in the end.

Although Cheng Long often says that he still has an overseas box office, everyone is not very optimistic about this movie, "Myth" is innovative, but Cheng Long's most prominent fighting aspect is not only not as funny as before, but also not exciting.

Less than 20 days after the release of "Myth", "Bangkok Travel" was released, although this movie was filmed in Bangkok, but the starring actors are all Chinese artists, which is a zombie movie made by Chinese people.

It can be said that it is full of gimmicks.

After all, there were no Chinese zombie movies before, and when the movie was released, it immediately attracted a lot of viewers to watch.

For the humanistic care expressed in it, the father sacrifices himself for his daughter, and the husband sacrifices himself for his wife, and the audience can also understand it.

Unlike the blockbuster "Resident Evil", this movie is completely from the perspective of ordinary people, describing the encounter under the zombie crisis.

The sense of substitution is stronger, and the passengers of the last train are almost wiped out, leaving only a pregnant woman and a little girl, which is even more tragic and emotional.

The film was released at the same time in the mainland, Hong Kong Island, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, and Wanwan.

The box office on Hong Kong Island rushed very quickly, with 15 million in the first week.

The mainland box office also performed well, with 31 million in the first three days.

Entering November, three weeks after its release, "Bangkok Tour" has achieved a box office of 38 million on Hong Kong Island, 70 million on the mainland, a total of 30 million in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, and 20 million in Wanwan.

If nothing else, the box office on Hong Kong Island should be 45 million.

In the mainland, there are more than 80 million.

You must know that last year, "New Police Story" only had a box office of 21 million on Hong Kong Island, while "Myth" only had a box office of 17 million.

In the past two years, there are only "Kung Fu", and Zhou Xingxing's movie has 61 million.

You can imagine how popular this film is on Hong Kong Island.

Hong Jinbao was recently interviewed by reporters, the whole person is several years younger, very happy, mentioning his bad son, all said that it doesn't matter, young people have their own path.

In short, although this piece cannot exceed 100 million yuan in the mainland, it will definitely make money.

The mainland, Wanwan, Hong Kong Island, plus Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, should have a total box office of about 180 million.

If it can be sold to the peninsula, island countries, or Europe and the United States in the future, the box office will be even higher.

This movie sold so well, naturally many people envied it, and Hong Kong Island bent a circle of film companies and immediately prepared zombie-themed movies.

"Chicken Coop Walk", "Paris Trip", "Seoul Trip" ...... A whole bunch of all kinds of follow-up films.

And everyone knows that the script comes from Fenghua, which is Li Shengyao's idea.

If you follow the shooting like this, you can drink some soup at most, and if you really want to eat meat, you still have to hurry up and get in the car and strive to enter the next movie.

Of course, there are also people who contradict it, after all, it is only the first movie, and whether the follow-up can turn stones into gold is not necessarily.

……

On this day, Hong Jinbao and Wu Jing came to Fenghua Film and Television Company together.

Hong Jinbao's face was full of spring, and he seemed to be in very good condition, he sat down with a big grin, poured tea from his own ripeness, and beckoned Wu Whale to eat fruit.

Wu Whale is a little restrained, he is still young, and his baby face is still obvious.

In the early years, with the hit of "Tai Chi Grandmaster", Wu Whale can be said to be the top in the mainland, but after acting in a few TV series, he went to Hong Kong Island again.

Messing around on Hong Kong Island, from the protagonist to the supporting role, is becoming more and more boring.

Wu Jing already has plans to return to the mainland, and he even wants to continue filming TV series.

At this time, Hong Jinbao called and said that he had the opportunity to star in the next movie.

This was completely unexpected, Wu Whale never expected that there would be such an opportunity when he was about to give up the movie.

And listening to Hong Jinbao's meaning, it is not a Hong Kong Island movie, but a co-production of Fenghua and Hong Jinbao.

He was even more excited.

As we all know, Hong Jinbao cooperated with Li Shengyao this time, and "Bangkok Tour" made a lot of money.

If you can star in the co-production of Lee Shengyao and Hong Jinbao, can't it be popular?

So Wu Jing came over with excitement, he was still a little worried, afraid that he would not meet Li Shengyao's requirements.

Although we had met before, we didn't talk much.

However, Director Li is strict with actors, which is something that everyone in the circle knows.

Li Shengyao sat opposite Wu Jing, looked at the mainland kung fu star, smiled and nodded.

Wu Whale's skills are absolutely no problem, he is a national martial arts champion, but traditional kung fu movies are basically monopolized by Cheng Long and Li Lianjie, and it is difficult for others to intervene.

Later, Li Lianjie grew old, and Zhen Bullet came to the fore.

In Li Shengyao's previous life, Wu Whale finally relied on military films, but after "Wolf Warrior II", he basically gave up action movies.

After Wu Whale, there are almost no action movies in the mainland, which has to be said to be a pity.

Action movies are the most distinctive type of Chinese films, and they are also the most widely spread films in the world.

It can be said that you have recruited 100,000 international students, and you have not yet produced an action star with great influence.

When foreigners talk about Huaxia, most people know Bruce Li and Cheng Long.

Although Hollywood quickly learned these action stunts after the new century, even Cheng Long and Li Lianjie were not popular in Hollywood.

But in terms of action scenes, Hollywood can't shoot it now, and it won't be able to shoot it in more than ten years.

Later, the popular "Fast Pursuit" was like an elderly person playing Tai Chi before a Chinese action movie.

Keanu Reeves's fight scenes, in a Chinese action movie, can be said to be a fart.

Not to mention Li Lianjie's bullet level, Nicholas Tse played better than Keanu Reeves.

But why didn't the mainland stop filming action scenes later?

Regarding this, Li Shengyao is also depressed.

He thinks there are two main problems, one is that there are no excellent kung fu stars, and the other is that there is no excellent script.

Regarding the first point, it's actually not just a matter of kung fu stars, with the development of technology, there are more and more entertainment activities.

There are fewer and fewer stars of all genres, more and more featureless, and uncharismatic.

It's like Hollywood, before Lee Shengyao crossed over, the top superstars were Tom Cruise, Little Plum.

There is simply no one in the new generation who can carry the banner.

The reddest sweet tea is not comparable to Brother Tom, when Xiao Lizi was young.

The actors of such feature films are still like this, and the action actors are even more withered.

The second point is that there is no good plot, there is no excellent story, "Ip Man 123" has a theme, and "Huo Yuanjia" has the same.

And "Zhang Tianzhi" starring Zhang Jin is embarrassing to death.

It can be said that action movies all over the world are getting worse and worse.

But can action movies make money?

Did the audience really abandon action movies?

Of course not.

If you don't have a good story and no good innovation, then let's just make it simple.

Facts have proved that as long as the play is good-looking and refreshing, there is a market.

At a time when kung fu movies in the mainland are becoming more and more popular.

Tyrande came out of Tony Ja, and the action movies he made had a few connotations, didn't they just hit from beginning to end?

followed by several wonderful action movies, "Raid 1" and "Raid 2", these two movies are even more from beginning to end.

The later Hollywood "Fast Pursuit" is the same routine, the only difference is that "Fast Pursuit" is produced by Hollywood.

But in terms of skill, Keanu Reeves is not comparable to the other two, and he is obviously aging slowly.

However, because "Fast and Furious" is a Hollywood movie, there are many more people who follow it.

Many mainland film critics ridiculed the two films, thinking that they had no great love, no theme, and no fun.

It's all an outdated design of a Chinese-language action movie.

But people can make money.

"Raid 1" only invested 1 million US dollars, and most of the scenes were filmed in a moving and unfinished building, but they got 13 million US dollars at the box office and 15 million US dollars in DVD income in the beautiful country, and was rated as the best action movie by beautiful country netizens in 2011.

Obviously, this kind of movie should be the world of Chinese films, and it should be a weapon for us to earn foreign exchange.

Later, it was difficult to produce a masterpiece.

Regarding kung fu films, Li Shengyao has always been uneasy.

Now that he has the opportunity, he naturally wants to do something.

This time, Hong Jinbao invited Wu Whale over, just to invite Wu Whale to shoot "Raid 1".

The film is about a group of gang members who are lawless and do all kinds of evil, and the boss hides in a building with dozens of floors.

It was full of thugs he had adopted and people who had been destitute.

The male protagonist is a SWAT officer, and his and his teammates are tasked with catching the boss and bringing him to justice.

But he didn't know that there were spies inside, and they were arranged to be sent to death.

Therefore, at the beginning, they advanced very smoothly, breaking through from the bottom all the way up, and then it was much more difficult.

His teammates died one by one, leaving him alone and making it to the top......

The movie is 100 minutes long, of which 95 minutes are tense and exciting fights, and only a few minutes are the scenes where the male protagonist recalls being with his wife.

The movie does not have a female lead, and except for the male lead's wife, the other female characters are either killed or the camera flashes by.

Now that Wu Whale is invited, Li Shengyao's only concern is whether Wu Whale can still "fight".

This "fight" is a bit special, it's not a regular fight, but to do some very cool actions.

It's like the hero jumps up, flips in the air, and then throws out with a whip leg.

Such an action, it is naturally no problem to change to the peak Cheng Long and Li Lianjie, but now they may not be able to do it.

The same is true for Wu Whale, who was naturally able to make such difficult movements when he was twenty years old.

But not necessarily, Wu Whale has also been injured in recent years.

Li Shengyao first chatted with Hong Jinbao for a while, and then turned to Wu Jing, "How is your body, can you still fight?" ”

Wu Whale was stunned for a moment, and quickly reacted, "It's okay, Director Li, I'm in good health, and I'm practicing every day." ”

"I want to make a kung fu movie next, a pure kung fu film from beginning to end, which requires the male protagonist to have all kinds of fights, hand-to-hand combat, with knives, sticks, guns, cool and fancy duels, there will be a lot of difficult actions, can you do it?"

When Wu Whale heard this, he did not answer immediately.

Seeing this, Hong Jinbao immediately said, "Wu Whale, aren't you able to fight?" Why don't you speak? ”

Wu Whale came back to his senses, and then said, "Brother Sanmao, I ......"

Hong Jinbao is an action actor and has always taken good care of Wu Whale.

In the next co-production, he will still be the director, and he naturally hopes that Wu Jing will act.

Anyway, his son can't be the leading actor, so it's better to choose one that can play.

However, Wu Whale was a little worried, his leg was seriously injured in his early years, and now his leg skills are much weaker than at his peak.

"It's okay, you can tell me if there's any problem."

Li Shengyao saw it in his eyes.

Wu Jing is a real person, and with such cooperation, he is more at ease, and now he can say anything he has.

"Director Li, my right knee was cut by an axe before, and now my leg skills are not as good as before."

"Other than that, are there any problems?"

Wu Jing thought for a while, "There are still some small injuries, but they don't affect the movement, it's this right foot, it's not as flexible as before." ”

Li Shengyao nodded and did not answer immediately.

He thought of Zhao Wenbei and Baoqiang, as well as Wu Yue.

These three people should be able to act in the same way.

However, Baoqiang is too short to look like a SWAT.

The problem of Zhao Wenbei and Wu Yue is that the audience is not popular enough, and they don't have superstar statues.

After thinking about it, it is more suitable for Wu Whale.

The leg skills are not so good, and when filming, there are a little more edits.

The clay version of "Raid" has a lot of action, and the male lead actor can't do it, and it needs to be edited in post-production.

"It's okay, you can still fight, this time we're going to have a good time."

Hong Jinbao and Wu Whale were relieved when they heard this.

Li Shengyao then took out the two prepared scripts and handed them to Hong Jinbao and Wu Jing.

Both of them took the script and were very excited.

However, half an hour later, Wu Whale and Hong Jinbao glanced at each other, and there was some uncertainty in their eyes.

Compared to the excellent script of "Bangkok Trip", this script is too simple.

Not to mention professional screenwriters, just find a high school student who has watched some kung fu movies, and you can write it.

What's wrong with Director Li this time.

Given such a simple story.

Isn't this the plot of the finale of "Tai Chi Grandmaster"?

Does the male protagonist go up layer by layer, defeat the enemies one by one, and then kill the final boss?

Li Shengyao saw the expressions of the two people in his eyes.

To be honest, the plot of "The Raid" is indeed simple, but this is "The Raid", and this movie is the feature.

However, since you want to cooperate and want to go to a beautiful country to earn a beautiful sword, you naturally have to make it clear to Hong Jinbao and Wu Jing, at least to convince these two people.

Li Shengyao drank a cup of tea, and then said slowly: "Now action movies around the world are becoming more and more difficult, and Hollywood is also thinking about the direction of action movies." ”

"We write a complex story that doesn't necessarily make the audience like it."

"It's better to come directly to a simple story, the special police catch the gang leader, this is a matter of course, the story will not be awkward, and there is a reason to fight."

"And the feature of this movie is the action, I hope it is very sharp, happy, handsome action, not like "Once Upon a Time", it is too sven."

"Like Li Lianjie's action movies filmed in the beautiful country, the fight is very intense, and it attracts blood."

Li Shengyao finally said: "You all know that although Li Lianjie is not high at the box office of beautiful movies, the sales of video discs are very good, basically tens of millions. ”

"The main filming location of our film is an unfinished building, not to mention Hong Kong Island, it can be filmed in a small county in the mainland, the cost is not 20 million, as long as we can sell it in a beautiful country, we can make a lot of money."

When Hong Jinbao heard this, he was slightly moved.

The story of "Raid" is indeed simple, but the cost is also really low.

And just like Lee Shengyao said, if this movie is played happily, it may really attract the audience.

"Director Li, where are you going to shoot?"

"This movie is still shot on Hong Kong Island, 20 million investment should be enough, we still share it according to the previous proportion."

"Raid 1" has a plot of high-level SWAT conspirators, and the gang that controls thousands of poor people is too terrifying, and it should be difficult for the mainland to pass the trial.

It can only be filmed on Hong Kong Island, and then, like "Bangkok Travel", it will be introduced to the mainland for release in the form of an imported film.

The last movie made a lot of money, which gave Hong Jinbao a lot of confidence.

He didn't hesitate, "Okay, just do it." ”

Wu Jing didn't quite understand, he looked at Hong Jinbao, and when he saw Hong Jinbao say this, he basically knew what Hong Jinbao meant.

He is now an actor, and since Director Li and Hong Jinbao have agreed, they naturally will not object.

Lee Shengyao was very happy that Hung Jinbao and Wu Jing could work with him, and he believed that the Hong Kong Island martial arts director at this time would definitely be better than the Yin Ni martial arts director a few years later.

As long as they reach the level of "Raid 1" in his previous life, they will definitely be able to make more money.

Because there are not a large number of ethnic groups in the beautiful country, and there are many Chinese in the beautiful country.

As long as the quality of the movie is okay, most of the Chinese over there will support it.

Not to mention that there is a huge mainland market.

Li Shengyao then arranged for someone to prepare the contract, and then signed the contract with Hong Jinbao and Wu Jing.

This movie Fenghua will invest 10 million, and the other 10 million will be handed over to Hong Jinbao, they provide the script, Hong Jinbao is the director, and the last two parties are divided into 46 points, 60% on Fenghua's side, and 40% on Hong Jinbao's side.

After signing the contract, Li Shengyao then waved his hand, "Let's go, let's have a meal together." ”

"Trip to Bangkok" currently makes about 20 million after excluding costs.

This "Raid" costs less, and if it can be harvested in a beautiful country, it can make more money.

Li Shengyao likes to make money, and he wants to make more money now, and then buy a building and build a new cinema.

"Extreme Escape" may not be as profitable as "Raid".

Because "Extreme Escape" should not be able to make money in the beautiful country, although parkour climbing is very exciting, but the audience in the beautiful country should like more exciting.

The actor of "Extreme Escape" did not kill anyone, and there are almost no bloody scenes in the movie, and the group of people in the beautiful country should not like it.

"Extreme Escape" can only watch the box office in China and Hong Kong Island, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.

So now that he has decided to cooperate with "The Raid", he is especially happy.

(End of chapter)