"Word-of-mouth backlash, Zhang Yi suffered a career Waterloo, and the new film returned to literary films."

"Zhang Yi's new film revisits the love of the old era, is it a soft spot, or a last resort."

""The Legend of the Three-Gun Shooting" is undoubtedly Zhang Yimou's worst, and after the success of the Olympics, he floated."

"The production of "Border Killer" is completed, and Li Shengyao announces the movie schedule."

Feng Xiaogang talked about the current situation of the film and television industry, saying that movies must be innovative and have different things in order to have vitality.

""Sugar Mountain Earthquake" is finalized, and Zhang Weiping satirizes the movie as drinking human blood."

"The older generation of filmmakers is gradually retiring from the stage, and new filmmakers are about to rise."

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The time came to the beginning of March 2010, the mainland film industry was a pool of backwater, and there was no topic, and the hottest news at this time was Lao Mouzi's announcement that the new film would return to literary films.

You don't need to analyze it, the masses can figure it out with their toes.

Although "The Legend of the Three-Gun Shooting" got a box office of 180 million, there is still a huge gap with the producer's expectations.

And the reputation of this movie is even worse.

Lao Mouzi has been filming for so many years, and he can be regarded as having experienced the feeling of Brother Kaizi's "Wuji" after its release.

Even when "Hero" and "Ambush on All Sides" were released, some people praised and some people scolded.

And "The Legend of the Three-Gun Shooting" is almost all scolding, many people say that this is a money-cheating movie, and some people scold Lao Mouzi for becoming a national teacher, and this time it floated away.

For such criticism, Lao Mouzi listened to it.

He has always been a very humble person, so the new film plans to return to literary films.

Lao Mouzi is a national teacher in the end, and his topic is still very high.

Lao Mouzi's choice quickly occupied the headlines of major entertainment sections.

The reason why this is the case is mainly that there is really no big news in the entertainment industry in March, especially in the film industry, a large number of foreign films were released in March, but most of them are movies that have been released a long time ago.

is like "Don't Look Back" starring Sophie Marceau and Monica Bellucci, which was released in May last year, and was only released in the mainland at this time.

There is also the documentary "Little Emperor of Basketball", a documentary about Lao Zhan that was actually released in the beautiful country in 08, but it was postponed in the mainland for a year and a half

There is also a Danmark movie, called "Ecstasy Trap", which was also released in 08 and was released in the mainland a year and a half later.

It's probably just after the New Year, the big guy's wallet is relatively flat, and he has no money to watch movies, and the filmmakers know this truth, so the beginning of March is some foreign films that have been released for a long time.

Domestic films will not be released until the end of March.

For example, "Koshihikari Treasure Box", "Future Police", "Beautiful Order", "Fire Dragon Showdown", and Hollywood's "Alice in Wonderland".

Among them, "Alice in Wonderland" is also said to be a three-D movie, and there are examples of "Avatar" placed there before, and this movie has attracted much attention.

For Lee Shengyao, "Alice in Wonderland" is actually a lot of pressure, because he decided to release "Border Killer" at the end of March, when the two films will face off.

Therefore, Li Shengyao has recently begun to work hard to promote "Border Killer", he will take Zhang Ziyi and Duan Yihong on some variety shows, and he himself has also appeared on some talk shows.

On the morning of this day, after finishing a variety show on the movie channel, Li Shengyao and Zhang Ziyi Duan Yihong separated, and he was about to go home to rest, when the mobile phone rang, and it turned out to be a call from Lao Mouzi.

Li Shengyao has long had Lao Mouzi's contact information, but the age difference between the two is quite large, and they have no other common hobbies except movies, so they don't usually have a lot of contact.

Seeing the phone at this time, Li Shengyao was stunned at first, and then connected the phone with a smile.

Putting down the phone, Li Shengyao asked the driver to turn around.

Not long after, Li Shengyao came to the Huayao Hotel in Xuanwu District, and then under the guidance of the waiter, he came all the way to the box booked by Lao Mouzi.

The sound insulation of the private room of this hotel is naturally very good, but even through the door, Li Shengyao still heard Zhang Weiping's big mouth talking in Balabala.

The waiter pushed open the door, and Zhang Weiping's voice was even louder, like a firecracker.

Li Shengyao frowned slightly, and quickly glanced at the box.

In addition to Zhang Weiping, who was splashing with saliva, there was also Lao Mouzi, and Jiang Zhiqiang, who had not been seen for a long time.

Zhang Weiping's face was red, he should have drunk a lot of wine, he was talking, his hands were still comparing to each other, and he looked very excited.

Lao Mouzi and Jiang Zhiqiang are fine.

Lao Mouzi sat on the side with a smile and listened quietly to Zhang Weiping.

He wore a sweatshirt, a pair of jeans, and a pair of basketball shoes, which was similar to that of a migrant worker.

Jiang Zhiqiang is in a small suit, with trousers and leather shoes, and his hair is meticulously combed, he is a Hong Kong man style.

The three people in the box noticed Li Shengyao and immediately stopped talking, and then got up to invite.

Li Shengyao walked in, sat between Zhang Weiping and Lao Mouzi, and sat face to face with Jiang Zhiqiang.

"Director Li, tell me, is this the truth?"

Zhang Weiping first touched a glass with Li Shengyao, and then continued to output views.

It turned out that Zhang Weiping was very unhappy with Feng Xiaogang now, he felt that the little steel cannon was now a villain, but a few years ago, the little steel cannon was not comparable to the old man.

But taking advantage of Lao Mouzi to prepare for the Olympics, he took a two-year break in the film industry.

The small steel cannon took the opportunity to rise and picked up the cheap.

"Director Li, do you say that's the case, if it weren't for Lao Mouzi's preparation for the Olympics, if you didn't go to Hollywood to develop, where would it be his turn to guide the country?"

Xiao Gangcang has been very proud recently, not only the success of "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb", but also one of the reasons why he holds a large number of Huayi stocks and his value has skyrocketed.

Of course, this kind of behavior may not be pleasing to the eye of peers.

I'm not afraid of being miserable, I'm afraid that you're doing well.

Lao Mouzi and Jiang Zhiqiang didn't fight with Zhang Weiping, they just smiled and listened.

Li Shengyao naturally didn't bother to talk to Zhang Weiping about this, and it was not a good thing to talk about others behind his back.

Zhang Weiping saw that Li Shengyao did not agree, so he could only drink a few glasses of wine in a row.

At this time, Director Li had already washed the dishes and chopsticks, and then started eating, Zhang Weiping saw it, and his eyes rolled, "Director Li, is "Border Killer" finalized?" ”

"Well, it's set, March 26th."

"Director Li, your schedule, to be honest, I think it's very average, you should push it back a few months."

Zhang Weiping then got up and poured tea for Li Shengyao, "The March schedule is really not good, you look at the movies released now, they are all messy garbage films, and none of them are new films." ”

"And no one has watched these garbage films yet, the whole schedule is lifeless, and the first-place movie has no box office of 10 million in a single day."

March is indeed the off-season for movie-watching, and the market will generally pick up at the end of March, just like the weather in the mainland.

Zhang Weiping's mouth is still very good at talking, he continued: "And you saw the fate of Lao Mouzi, after the release of "The Legend of the Three-Gun Shooting", this public opinion is eager to force him to death."

"Of course I'm not saying that "Border Killer" will have bad results, I mean you have to be careful, whether it's word-of-mouth or box office, if one of them pulls, then people who don't like you will start to say bad things."

"Think about it, what kind of bad movies are there in March, as soon as your movie comes out, it will definitely get the greatest attention, everyone is staring at you, once the effect is not good, it will be overwhelming bad reviews."

Although Zhang Weiping's words are somewhat alarmist, they are not unreasonable.

March is the off-season for movie-watching, and there are very few new movies at this time, although there are movies like "Koshihikari Treasure Box", "Future Police", and "Beautiful Order".

But if "Border Killer" is released, the movie that attracts the most attention will definitely be "Border Killer".

When the time comes, the sunspots will concentrate their firepower to pick and provoke.

When Li Shengyao heard this, he smiled and nodded, "You're right. ”

Zhang Weiping was overjoyed, and then said: "Yes, Director Li, I see, you still postpone the release for three or four months, you don't need to be in such a hurry, why don't you arrange it in the summer?"

When Li Shengyao heard this, he paused slightly, "Summer file?"

"Yes, how good the summer file is, your movie is a police movie, young people like to watch it, and it is just right for the summer file to be released."

Li Shengyao's brain turned, he thought of the domestic blockbusters released in the summer, and soon thought of Feng Xiaogang's "Sugar Mountain Earthquake", he glanced at Zhang Weiping with blazing eyes, and probably understood Zhang Weiping's thoughts.

However, Lee Shengyao scheduled "Border Killer" to be released at the end of March, which is not a date that he came up with with a lap on his thigh.

Mainly considering that at the end of March and the beginning of April, except for "Alice in Wonderland", there are no competitive films.

Movies such as "Future Police", "Beautiful Secret Order", "Koshihikari Treasure Box", "Fire Dragon Showdown" and other movies have a very poor reputation.

And "Alice in Wonderland" was actually released on March 5 in the beautiful country, and the mainland was postponed for 20 days.

As long as "Border Killer" has a good reputation, it can stand out among these domestic bad films.

becomes a stand-alone existence, and I believe that the box office will be better when the time comes.

Thinking of this, Li Shengyao picked up a red pepper and put it in his mouth.

"Mr. Zhang, forget it, my side has already set the file, and it's too late to change the file now."

Zhang Weiping wanted to fool Li Shengyao into fighting Feng Xiaogang, but he was naturally unwilling to fail like this.

"Director Li, isn't it a common thing in the film and television industry to change files, you just haven't completed the post-production, with your reputation and connections, fans will not be disgusted, they will recognize you more, put it in the summer file, I think your movie has 400 million."

Li Shengyao smiled, "Forget it, I've already decided, it's March 26th." ”

Zhang Weiping was stunned for a moment, and wanted to continue to persuade again, but noticed that Li Shengyao lowered his head to eat, and didn't pay attention to him at all, so he could only hold back the words in his heart.

"If you don't listen to me, see how you pounce."

He pursed his lips secretly, cursing in his heart.

After eating, Lao Mouzi said that the reason why he invited Li Shengyao was to ask him to help read the script of "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree".

Although he has been very busy recently, Lao Mouzi opened his mouth, and Li Shengyao was naturally willing to take a look.

In fact, as far as literary films are concerned, "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" is very successful, and there are very few places that need to be reminded by Li Shengyao if there is a reputation and box office.

It would have been a good movie.

(End of chapter)