Yenching in July is much hotter, and even at night, you can still feel the heat.

However, such an environment still can't resist the enthusiasm of the people.

There are tour groups everywhere, college students everywhere, people with money and leisure everywhere.

These people make Yanjing's nights lively and prosperous, making Yanjing the most dazzling city on the planet.

At this time, the film market has naturally become a sweet spot for all parties to compete for.

In Yanjing Xinli International Cinema, there is a long red carpet at this time, and stars from the mainland, Hong Kong Island, and crooked stars walk on the red carpet with humble and gentle smiles on their faces.

can make the stars so docile and polite, and it is natural that the premiere of the works of the great directors will be held.

This time, the movie that reported the premiere in Xinli International Cinema was Kai Zige's "Taoist Priest Descending the Mountain".

At present, mainland directors are forced to qualify, Li Shengyao is the first person, the second is Lao Mouzi, and the third is Brother Kaizi.

In fact, Brother Kaizi is far behind the top two in terms of awards and box office, but the honor is too high, and it is still enough for him to eat his old book.

After producing "Search" in 2012, Kai Zige sharpened his sword for three years and produced "Taoist Priest Descending the Mountain".

This movie invited Baoqiang, Guo Tianwang, Zhang Zhen, Fan Wei, Wu Jianhao, Lin Zhiling...... And so on for a star.

The movie has both kung fu special effects and some down-to-earth elements, such as the bed scene between Lin Zhiling and Fan Wei.

Whether it is an audience that likes elegance and profundity, or who likes the vulgar public, they can find their favorite elements in the movie.

Kai Zige called this movie a fantasy comedy, which can be described as ambitious, and wants to kill all audiences.

He naturally has a lot of expectations for this movie, and the premiere is also very grand at this time.

Baoqiang, Guo Tianwang, and Lin Zhiling stood at the gate of the studio to greet the star artists who came to cheer.

And Brother Kai Zi was in the theater, holding his hands on his chest, looking at the big screen expectantly.

"This time it's definitely going to be a billion."

In recent years, the mainland film market has developed rapidly, and the highest box office has soared from one billion to two billion.

For example, Xu Zheng and Huang Bo have several movies worth more than one billion.

And Deng Chao also has several movies of six or seven billion.

As a mainland director, Brother Kai Zi has a maximum box office of more than 200 million, and I have to say that this result is a bit unsuccessful.

He has always been arrogant, so naturally he is not willing to stop there.

2012's "Searching" had an excellent reputation, but Kai Zige felt that it was not enough, and he wanted to make a high-grossing movie.

After the release of "Search", he was thinking about what movie to make, and finally chose "Taoist Priest Descending the Mountain", a fantasy and comedy movie.

He wants to rely on this film to re-erect the banner of a great director.

At this moment, a teenager with long hair walked over and sat next to Brother Kaizi, "Dad, I watched "Roadside Picnic" and felt very ordinary. ”

This boy is Brother Kaizi's boy, a patriotic boy with beautiful nationality, nicknamed Arthur.

Arthur is only fifteen years old this year, studying in a beautiful country, his English is very good, he is like a copy of Brother Kaizi, a tall man of more than one meter and eight, with deep eyes and a prominent mouth.

Arthur wants to enter the entertainment industry, wants to be an idol actor, and wants to be a fan.

Brother Kaizi has already said hello to his alma mater, and when Arthur graduates from high school, he will come to school.

In order to cultivate Arthur's aesthetics and deepen his understanding of the mainland entertainment industry.

Kaizi asks Arthur to study a recently released movie.

In addition, he has a careful thought, he hopes that "The Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain" will stand out and let Arthur see his father's strength.

Arthur listened to Brother Kaizi's words, and he has been watching the recently released movies for the past few days.

"Roadside Picnic" is Bi Gan's work, which has been screened in several small film festivals and has a good reputation.

However, this movie is very personal and absolutely literary film.

Those who watch it like it very much, and those who can't watch it think it's just a disease-free moaning and messy movie.

Arthur has watched Hollywood movies since he was a child, so he naturally can't watch such a slow, grinding and chirping, and slow plot progression.

"Isn't Bi Gan Li Shengyao's apprentice, how could Li Shengyao let him make such a movie, I feel so bored."

When Brother Kai Zi heard this, he smiled and nodded: "Li Shengyao is Li Shengyao, and the apprentice is an apprentice, it is impossible to say that everyone is as talented as him, and he can make money in any movie." ”

Arthur nodded, "I also watched "The Sword of the Third Young Master", "Under the Peace Wheel", and "Small Times 4".

"The Sword of the Third Young Master" is so cliché, the plot is inexplicable, and the characters in it are very fake.

"Taiping Wheel 4" doesn't know what it's talking about, John Woo is really not good, I feel that the movie is a pile of stars.

"Small Times 4" is okay, I think it's very beautiful, but the actors are not tall, they are too short, if they can be as tall as me, it should be better-looking. ”

Arthur is eloquent and very confident.

Brother Kaizi was very happy to see his son so energetic, but when he heard that Arthur felt that "Little Times 4" was filmed well, he couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

I almost wanted to learn a lesson.

Thinking that Arthur was in a rebellious period, he held back.

He is sixty-three years old, and he can be Arthur's grandfather in terms of age, so there is no need to worry about a child.

"How are these movies doing at the box office?"

These movies were all released in early July, and they can be regarded as movies of the same time period as "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain", so they naturally compete with each other.

When Arthur heard this, he grinned, "Dad, these movies are not good at the box office, "Small Times 4" and "Under the Peace Wheel" may have more than 200 million, so there is no need to worry." ”

The level of more than 200 million is indeed very ordinary.

Brother Kaizi secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

Arthur continued: "Dad, there are new movies coming out in a few days, and I think those movies are more threatening. ”

"Oh, what movie?"

""Monster Hunt", as well as "Wolf Warrior", "Pancake Man".

The director of "Monster Hunt" is a beautiful overseas Chinese, and he feels a bit level.

"Wolf Warrior" is a movie by Wu Jing, who directed and acted himself.

"Pancake Man" is a movie by Dapeng, which is also self-directed and self-acted.

Wu Jing and Dapeng are both Li Shengyao's people, and many people seem to be looking forward to their movies. ”

Arthur browsed the major forums and found that there were a lot of people discussing "Wolf Warrior" and "Pancake Man", and he felt that it attracted much attention.

Brother Kai Zige doesn't think these two movies can succeed, his old god is there, "Wu Jing has directed and acted in movies before, and the technology is very rough, even if there is progress now, he can't make excellent works."

Dapeng is a small director who makes short dramas, and his ability will not be stronger than that of the students of the directing department of the film school, and the name "Pancake Man" is not good when you hear it, and the movies of these two people are not good.

"Monster Hunt" is indeed a threat, and the film is expensive to make. ”

Brother Kaizi doesn't know much about Xu Chengyi, the director of "Monster Hunt", but he is in the industry, he knows that the cost of "Monster Hunt" is very high, and the publicity and distribution costs are said to be hundreds of millions.

Arthur heard this and nodded approvingly.

Brother Kai Zige continued: "Li Shengyao also has an apprentice, what is Wen Muye, a movie called "I Am Not the God of Medicine" will be released next month, and the new director's Virgo should also be a loss-making movie." ”

"Well, Li Shengyao's fame doesn't mean that he will teach his disciples."

When the father and son were talking, the movie was officially released.

After ninety minutes of torment, Arthur's eyes widened, full of confusion.

He can't read "Roadside Picnic", and he can't understand "Taoist Priest Descending the Mountain".

"How's the movie?"

Brother Kaizi took the initiative to ask.

Arthur hurriedly said: "I think it's very good, this movie is full of imagination and accidents, there are a lot of hooks, people can't help but want to explore to the end, and there are a lot of laughs, just like you said, it is a movie that has both fantasy and comedy." ”

This is a report he has read, in which Brother Kaizi said.

Brother Kaizi felt that this comment was somewhat familiar, and then felt that Arthur coincided with his own thoughts, and couldn't help but be very happy.

is worthy of a father and son, and they have a good heart.

In this way, in the vigorous summer file, "Taoist Priest Descending the Mountain" was released, and it won 100 million on the first day, far surpassing street films such as "Under the Taiping Wheel" and "The Sword of the Third Young Master".

The release generally lasts for one month.

It's 100 million on the first day, but it's not 2 billion a month.

Brother Kai Zi is full of confidence and stares at the box office rankings all day long, looking forward to "Taoist Priest Descending the Mountain" becoming the champion movie of the annual box office list.

However, it exceeded 100 million on the first day, only 200 million in the first week, and 120 million in the second week, and Maoyan predicted that the box office would drop from one billion all the way to 400 million.

This box office is much better than "The Sword of the Third Young Master" and "Under the Taiping Wheel", but it is far from the box office expected by Brother Kaizi.

He shook his head again and again, feeling that the passing years were not good.

At this time, "Wolf Warrior", "Monster Hunt", and "Pancake Man" were released one after another.

"Wolf Warrior" is a positive energy movie, telling the story of a domestic special forces actor who kills foreign mercenaries.

For such a movie, mainland audiences are still not very comfortable, they don't like Captain Huaxia to save the world.

However, compared with before, there is still some progress, Li Shengyao arranged several "rescue" series movies for Wu Jing in the past, and the box office was mostly about 200 million.

This time, the box office of "Wolf Warrior" reached 700 million.

"Pancake Man", which was not favored by Brother Kaizi, actually got a box office of 1.1 billion.

I saw Dapeng wearing a pair of black-framed glasses, looking triumphant in front of the camera.

Brother Kaizi is really very envious.

Virgo has 1.1 billion, is it another Li Shengyao.

He couldn't help but take Arthur to buy a ticket to watch "Pancake Man", and after watching it, Kai Zige asked Arthur, "How is the movie?" ”

Arthur pouted, "It's so boring, it's such an embarrassing movie, I prefer R-rated comedies like "The Hangover" and "Due Date", this kind of comedy that doesn't hurt or itch, it's not interesting." ”

Arthur's aesthetic is more American, and he likes heavy comedy.

Hearing this, Brother Kaizi nodded, "It's a very superficial comedy, how can the audience like such a comedy and not like my "Taoist Priest Descending the Mountain"?"

This year's audience can't do it! ”

The father and son discussed it for a long time, and they both felt that this movie was boring and the sketches were piled up.

But the box office of "Pancake Man" is much higher than that of "Taoist Priest Descending the Mountain".

Brother Kaizi can only think that the audience is not good.

The two of them then watched "Monster Hunt" and further thought that the audience was not good.

"Monster Hunt" was a big hit, with a box office of 2.2 billion, and it became a hit.

Brother Kaizi's envious eyes turned green.

2.4 billion, why not the results of "Taoist Priest Descending the Mountain"?

At this time, many media began to discuss the big winners of summer movies, and many people thought that Xu Chengyi, the director of "Monster Hunt", would become a new generation of big directors.

There are also many who think Lee Shengyao is the big winner this summer.

"Wolf Warrior" is 700 million, and "Pancake Man" is 1.1 billion, all of which are invested by Li Shengyao.

In addition, although "Roadside Picnic" did not do well at the box office, it had a good reputation.

Brother Kaizi thinks that these people are just sycophants, three movies released, two are profitable, and one is at a loss, this level can only be said to be okay, where can I say that I am a big winner.

After some time, "I Am Not the God of Medicine" was released, and the movie was released, easily breaking the records that "Monster Hunt" had just set.

and Monster Hunt are popular at the box office, and the word-of-mouth is generally different.

"I Am Not the God of Medicine" has a very good reputation at the box office.

The film was released and brought about a huge discussion.

Not only the male lead Xu Zheng has attracted much attention, but several supporting roles have been widely recognized by the public.

Such an effect is placed in the TV series, which is the same existence as "The Legend of Zhen Huan", not only with good ratings, but also with the same popular actors.

In the end, "I Am Not the God of Medicine" won the box office of 3.2 billion and became the champion film in the box office list in 2015.

When Brother Kaizi saw the news, he was stunned.

"Pancake Man" is 1.1 billion, and "I Am Not the God of Medicine" is 3.2 billion.

Li Shengyao's two apprentices are too good, can he really turn stones into gold? The commercial film invested in has not lost money.

Literary films like "Roadside Picnic" don't count.

In this summer file, Li Shengyao's "Pancake Man", "Wolf Warrior", and "I Am Not the God of Medicine" all made money.

It can be said that Li Shengyao is the big winner of the summer file.

This time, Brother Kaizi was really convinced.

He couldn't help but take Arthur to buy tickets to watch "I Am Not the God of Medicine" again.

"How's the movie?"

After watching the movie, Brother Kaizi asked Arthur as usual.

For this movie, Arthur really understands it, it is completely different from "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain", and the story line of "I Am Not the God of Medicine" is very clear and clear.

Arthur, despite his young age, understood.

"Dad, I think this movie is very good, the actor went from a down-and-out bastard who went to Ah Sanguo to buy medicine for money, to the later conscience found out, and sold pirated drugs for morality, the overall character changes are very clear, the story conflict is very reasonable, I was very moved after watching it.

I watched so many movies this summer, "I Am Not the God of Medicine" is the best. ”

When Brother Kaizi heard this, he realized that in Arthur's heart, "I Am Not the God of Medicine" was better than "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain".

He was a little disappointed, and he was a little emotional.

Just like the media said, Li Shengyao is the big winner of this summer file.

"Wolf Warrior", "Pancake Man", and "I Am Not the God of Medicine" add up to a total box office of 5 billion.

Li Shengyao should be able to make a billion.

Thinking of this, Brother Kaizi couldn't help but want to hug the quilt and cry.

It's so cruel, why aren't his movies liked?

He then thought that the box office of movies in the Chinese market exploded, and Li Shengyao also did not have a movie above the billion level, so he was in a slightly better mood.

"I heard that "Joker" is not a traditional superhero film, and the box office is definitely not good, I can't do it, and neither can Li Shengyao."

(End of chapter)