"It's too fierce, the total box office of "Raid 1" has reached 38 million US dollars."

"The 4 million euro box office of 'Raid 1' in France is the highest-grossing Asian film in France this year."

""Raid 1" shines in the UK, and the British audience likes it very much, giving 8.3 points."

"Hong Jinbao announced that "Raid 2" will start filming in March next year, with an investment of 30 million."

"Wu Whale will be a new generation of action superstars."

"Li Shengyao: "Hurricane Rescue" will take over "Raid 1" and revitalize Chinese action movies."

""Ink Attack" is about to be released, and the producer's goal is to break 100 million."

""Hurricane Rescue" is scheduled for December 6th, and it will fight with "The City Full of Golden Armor"."

……

Time flies, October 2006 passed quickly, November came in a hurry, and "Hurricane Rescue" completed post-production and was then submitted for review.

Although "Raid 1" made American knives in a beautiful country and euros in France, the entire Chinese entertainment industry was shocked, and they admired Li Shengyao even more, and many people said that as long as Li Shengyao invested in the movie, he would definitely make money.

However, as the craze of "Raid" passed, the big guy soon discovered that "Hurricane Rescue" was scheduled for December 6, which was to fight with "The City Full of Golden Armor".

Moreover, this film will fight against "Revelation" in the beautiful country, and both China and the beautiful country have chosen heavyweight opponents.

Many people think that Li Shengyao has made a few good movies, and his mentality is crazy, and he doesn't know how thick the sky is.

Even Cheng Long and Jiang Zhiqiang later persuaded Li Shengyao again, hoping that he would move the schedule back a little.

However, Lee still insisted on the premiere on December 6.

At nine o'clock in the morning of this day, Li Shengyao just came to Fenghua Film and Television Company, and then met Han Sanping, who was in a hurry.

Han Sanye probably didn't sleep well, he had a pair of small eyes, but the bags under his eyes were bigger, he came in a hurry, his suit was a little wrinkled, and his small eyes looked at Li Shengyao, his eyes were full of incomprehension.

"Director Li, does "Hurricane Rescue" have to be placed in early December? We can put it in late December, right? ”

In terms of beautiful countries, there are "007: Casino Royale" at the end of November and "Revelation" at the beginning of December.

In the mainland, there is "Ink Attack" at the end of November, "The Gate" and "The Ballad of Yunshui" at the beginning of December, and "The Good Man of the Three Gorges" and "The City Full of Golden Armor" in mid-December

The beginning of December in both countries can be described as fiercely competitive.

And at the end of December, the beautiful country plans to release several comedy movies.

In the mainland, the only thing that can be played is "Wounded City", what else is "Veil", "Tens of Billions of Big Movies", at first glance, it is a street movie.

Han Sanping thought about it, but she didn't understand Li Shengyao's choice.

Li Dadao was obviously a monkey spirit monkey spirit before, why was he reckless this time?

China Film invested 60 million in "Hurricane Rescue", although it is not hundreds of millions, only taking 30% of the box office dividends, which is not too important logically, but Han Sanping needs performance.

The mainland films that were invested in before were almost wiped out.

He is now pointing to "Hurricane Rescue", so for this movie, he pays special attention.

Li Shengyao poured tea for Han Sanping, and then said slowly: "Director Han, "Hurricane Rescue" invested 160 million, that is, 20 million US dollars, relying on the mainland box office, it is absolutely impossible to return to the cost."

"We can only focus on the beautiful country, I know some people in the beautiful country, and according to the information they revealed, the filming of "Revelation" is not very ideal."

He is actually fooling Han Sanping.

It can't be said that "Revelation" hit the street in his previous life, and "Wonderful Night at the Museum" exploded.

Han Sanping was stunned when she heard this, and then asked, "Really?"

"Revelation" claims to be the sequel to "The Passion of the Christ", and "The Passion of the Christ" has earned 600 million US dollars at the global box office.

Han Sanping couldn't believe that "Revelation" would fail.

Li Shengyao nodded, and said affirmatively: "In addition to the content of "Revelation", their propaganda strategy is also wrong, according to my understanding, they have nothing to do with "The Passion of the Christ", but they advertise that this is a sequel to "The Passion of the Christ", the publicity of this movie is now full of deception, once it is released, the reputation must be very bad,"

"The Passion of the Christ" was a big hit, Mel Gibson's next movie "Revelation", obviously has nothing to do with the former, but it insists on being a sequel, in Lee Shengyao's previous life, after the release of "Revelation", he scolded the audience to death in the beautiful country.

Coupled with Mel Gibson's drunk driving, in the next ten years, he was scolded for acting in any movie and director.

It wasn't until 2016 that he relied on "Hacksaw Ridge" to regain respect.

Hearing this, Han Sanping picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and then said slowly: "Director Li, can we release it on December 6 in the beautiful country, and in China, it will be released on December 29."

There are no blockbusters in the mainland in late December, there is a "Wounded City" on the 22nd, and "Tens of Billions of Big Movies" on the 29th, as well as "The Veil".

In the two-hero drama "Wounded City", the male protagonists are Liang Chaowei and Takeshi Kaneshiro, but these two people have never had appeal in the mainland.

"Big Movie: Tens of Billions" is completely a star platter movie, and there is no discussion value.

As for "The Veil" is a foreign movie shot in the mainland, the male and female protagonists are foreigners, and the only more famous Chinese artist is the second devil Huang Qiusheng, so it's no wonder that such a movie can have a good box office.

Han Sanping felt that putting "Hurricane Rescue" at the end of December should make it easier to harvest the box office.

He went on to add: "Don't worry about piracy, those who watch piracy, don't go to the cinema in the first place."

Li Shengyao glanced at Han Sanping, and then shook his head, "Director Han, our movie must be released simultaneously in China and the United States, how can it be released in a beautiful country after the mainland, this is said, others still say that we value beautiful countries and don't care about mainland audiences?" ”

Han Sanping is a person in the system, and when he heard this, he immediately understood the seriousness of the problem, and he hurriedly nodded, "You're right, I was negligent." ”

"It's okay, it's just the two of us here."

Han Sanping sighed, "Okay, then it will be released on December 6th." ”

His face was even more bitter, "In this case, "Hurricane Rescue" will compete with "The Ballad of Yunshui", "The Gate", and "The City Full of Golden Armor" to compete for the box office." ”

Li Shengyao nodded, "If you are in the mainland, do your best." ”

……

On November 23, 2006, "Ink Attack" began to be released on a large scale in the mainland, and the film brought together Liu Dehua, Zhu Bingbing, and two traffic stars from the peninsula, obviously with ideas.

I not only want Hong Kong Island in the mainland, but also think about the box office in the peninsula and Southeast Asia.

However, the fact that the film is ambitious does not mean that it will be successful.

The Mo family is still too strange to modern audiences.

In the first three days of the movie, it only got 30 million box office.

Unless the follow-up reputation is good, otherwise, the box office of this movie in the mainland is more than 60 million, plus the box office of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, it will be the same loss.

At the beginning of the year, mainland film fan media looked forward to 2006, hoping to have more than 200 million movies this year.

And now, as the end of the year approaches, everyone's expectation is not to lose money.

This change has disappointed many mainland fans and the media.

In the mainland film market this year, except for "Crazy Stone" and "Huo Yuanjia", other films have performed too poorly at the box office.

Suddenly there are only a handful of movies that can make a profit.

Now "Ink Attack" is not good, the object of expectation has become the upcoming "Hurricane Rescue", as for "The Ballad of Yunshui" and "Gate", no one expects them to return to their original cost, it's good not to lose too much.

A reporter asked Li Shengyao if he could return to his original cost, and Li Shengyao honestly replied that he would definitely not be able to recover his original cost by relying on the mainland box office, and his goal was still the international market.

And Li Shengyao is more passive, and the two movies released on December 14 are full of confidence.

"The City Full of Golden Armor" is very powerful, and Zhang Weiping has made wild remarks to reporters many times, saying that he wants to surpass the box office record of "Hero" in the mainland.

He does have the confidence to say this, in addition to Lao Mouzi's basic plate, there are also Jay Chou's fans.

Although "The City Full of Golden Armor" has not yet been officially pre-sold, the market feedback has been very good.

The new picture arranged for some people to do research, and many fans wanted to watch the movie.

Another film released on December 14 is "The Good Man of the Three Gorges", which just won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival.

The film was a big hit at the Venice Film Festival, and it should have been earned selling international rights.

Chief Jia clearly has greater ambitions, and he hopes to make a fortune in the mainland as well.

After all, last year's "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone" was also a literary film, and it won 30 million box office.

Therefore, Section Chief Jia, who has always been relatively low-key before, is much more high-profile this time and often attends some publicity activities.

On December 1, 2006, "The Ballad of Yunshui" was officially released on a large scale, but there was very little news, and everyone in the industry understood that there was no hope for this movie.

At the same time, Cheng Long began to run around to promote "Hurricane Rescue".

In terms of "The City Full of Golden Armor", it also began to run publicity.

At 11:30 a.m. on December 2, Li Shengyao met Zhang Weiping who was invited to dinner at the Liangmahe Hotel.

The two had had some contact before, but not by much.

Zhang Weiping is a big mouth and has always been open-mouthed.

Lee doesn't like to communicate with people who don't have a mouth.

For example, when he was in college in his previous life, there was a classmate from Northeast China who was handsome and played like Kobe, and many classmates liked to play around him.

Li Shengyao didn't like it, because this classmate's mantra was "mud horses".

If this classmate talked to Li Shengyao like this, he didn't say a word and punched him.

To avoid conflict, he stayed away.

Zhang Weiping is the same, Li Shengyao is willing to chat with Xiao Gangcang, but he doesn't want to talk to Zhang Weiping.

However, I just received a call from Zhang Weiping, and Lao Zhang said that he was invited to dinner and had something to discuss with Li Shengyao.

Since someone invited someone to eat, there was naturally no need to refuse.

Zhang Weiping's face was ruddy at this time, her eyes were shining, and she was in a very good mood at first glance.

When he saw Li Shengyao, he immediately got up to greet him.

"Director Li, please take a seat, please take a seat."

After a while, the waiter served the food, and there were nine dishes for two people, and Zhang Weiping really bleed this time.

Li Shengyao was not polite, picked up the chopsticks and ate them.

Half an hour later, the two of them were full of wine and food, and Zhang Weiping poured a cup of tea for Li Shengyao, "Director Li, I came here this time because I wanted to discuss two things with you." ”

"You say."

"The first thing is the schedule of "Hurricane Rescue", why didn't Director Li put the movie at the end of this month? How good it was back then. ”

Li Shengyao shook his head, "There are some considerations, and it is inconvenient to tell you for the time being, but we have already decided on this matter, so it will not be changed." ”

Jiang Zhiqiang's side has already negotiated with the distributors of Beautiful Country, France, Great Britain, and Spanish Duck, and it will premiere on December 6, and it has not been changed.

Zhang Weiping lowered her head and pursed her lips.

He had long heard that many people had persuaded Li Shengyao, but it was useless, he was unwilling to change it, and now it seems that Li Shengyao is really the first iron.

He smiled silently, then shook his head, put away his smile, and then said: "Director Li, then I'll say the second thing, "The City with Golden Armor" will be screened for seven days, can your Fenghua Cinema become the screening venue of "The City with Golden Armor"."

Li Shengyao was stunned when he heard this, Zhang Weiping should have a theater with a better relationship, why should it be screened in Fenghua Cinema this time?

"Mr. Zhang, why did you change to Fenghua this time?"

"Your cinema facilities are more fashionable and comfortable, the equipment is new, the effect is good, and the audience will be in a better mood when you show a movie in Fenghua Cinema."

Li Shengyao didn't expect to get such an evaluation.

But this is indeed a fact, compared with the old equipment and rustic decoration of the theater before, Fenghua Cinema is decorated in the style of the cinema before Li Shengyao found him to cross, which can be said to be very fashionable.

"It's a trifle, and I agree."

"The City Full of Golden Armor" ended up with 290 million in the mainland, and it was definitely the most profitable movie at this time.

Li Shengyao naturally won't push it out, the cinema can make money, and other people's movies can be shown every day.

Zhang Weiping was overjoyed, and he then touched a glass with Li Shengyao.

The first thing was to mention it casually, he didn't care what Li Shengyao did.

Lee Shengyao agreed to the second thing, and he was very happy.

In a happy mood, he couldn't help but want to blow water, "Director Li, our previous "Hero" is more than 200 million in the mainland, and this time "The City is Full of Golden Armor", the target is 300 million. ”

"I think there is a great opportunity, and when the new picture is there, there will be a 200 million movie and a 300 million movie."

"In addition to the new picture, other film and television production companies in the mainland, I think the most potential is you, if there is a movie that can break 200 million in the future, it must come from your elegance."

Li Shengyao knew that Zhang Weiping had no ill intentions this time, so he nodded, "I will borrow your auspicious words." ”

Zhang Weiping was also very proud when she saw that Li Shengyao was easy to speak.

He then thought that he had also arranged for his assistant Hei Li Shengyao and "Extreme Escape" before, but "Extreme Escape" stopped when it was released.

Thankfully, no one knew about it.

"Director Li, I wish "Hurricane Rescue" and "The City Full of Golden Armor" both box office hits and celebrity film history."

"Okay."

The two of them touched another glass before the table dispersed.

Li Shengyao returned to the office, thinking of Zhang Weiping's words, and felt a little emotional.

If his next movies can't break 200 million, the next "Vote for Fame" and "Assembly Number" will break 200 million, and he doesn't know how long he will have to wait for the box office of 200 million in a single mainland film.

(End of chapter)