The third master admires Shen Mengxi very much, just as he admires Ning Hao...

As early as 1999, when China Film was established, Sanye, then deputy general manager of China Film, launched the "Youth Film Project" project and funded a group of sixth-generation directors, such as Senior Lu's "Very Summer", Wang Xiaoshuai's "Dream Pastoral", Guan Xuan's "Goodbye, Our 1948", Wang Quanan's "Lunar Eclipse", Ah Nian's "Call Me"...

But these people are not angry!

It's okay if you don't fight for it, and you still feel like you're awesome.

If you can't make a movie and sell it, the audience in your own country won't buy it, and you still think you're awesome?

Complaining that the system is not working and hindering my own performance...

Fortunately, there is a Lu Chuan, and there is a Ning Hao...

Shen Mengxi is not a director after all, he is a screenwriter, investor, producer...

"I heard that the American version of "Rose Red Lotus" is a big hit?"

“... Well, it sold well, but the story had nothing to do with the script I wrote, and it became the story of a serial murderer of a mentally ill person..."

The third master asked again: "... Is it big?"

"It's big, it's bloody, it's violent, and it's all about sensory stimulation!"

“... That's impossible to introduce!"

"So, I didn't even mention it..."

"Moving Labyrinth..."

Shen Mengxi replied: "I will ask them to delete some scenes that are too violent, or cut them into long shots..."

"It's so easy to talk to you!" The third master looked at Shen Mengxi with satisfaction, and then said, "I'll introduce a few people to you!"

“... That's troublesome for the third master!"

......

Who can you introduce?

Of course, Cheng Long and Rob Minkoff, the director of "The King of Kung Fu"...

As an aside, director Rob Minkoff is quite famous, he is the director of "The Lion King".

Because he loves Chinese martial arts very much, he asked screenwriter John Fusk to refer to "The Lord of the Rings" and made the script of "The King of Kung Fu";

After the script was formed, he first looked for Li Lianjie, Li Lianjie thought it was interesting after reading the script and agreed to participate, and Cheng Long also agreed to participate on the premise of knowing that Li Lian was outstanding in acting.

Here's the problem!

The script was written by an American screenwriter - a martial arts action movie featuring Chinese kung fu stars actually found an American screenwriter to write it!

And this play John Foske, who is not a particularly famous screenwriter, what is his masterpiece?

"Marco Polo" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Sword of the Underworld"...

Therefore, the virtue of "The King of Kung Fu" can also be expected by everyone!

Of course, Shen Mengxi couldn't be stupid enough to sing in such a scene, he behaved like most people on the scene, smiling and saying all kinds of polite words...

There is a small detail, Shen Mengxi originally thought that Cheng Long didn't know him, or he hadn't heard his name at all, but after thinking too much, Uncle Long directly called out his name and said, ""Moving Labyrinth" is such a good work, why don't you look for me!"

"Next time..."

"It is not easy for Chinese to work hard in Hollywood, we must unite!"

"You're right..."

After chatting for five minutes, Cheng Long was the hero of the whole banquet, and a bunch of people lined up to meet him...

Shen Mengxi brushed his face, and while no one was paying attention, he walked towards the corridor aisle...

There's not a lot of people in this place...

Still not used to such occasions!

I suddenly wanted to smoke a cigarette, so I touched my pocket, not to mention cigarettes, and I didn't even bring a lighter...

"Why are you hiding here?"

“... Aren't you here too?"

Turning his head, it was Liu Yifei, wearing a black off-the-shoulder dress...

Liu Yifei didn't speak, and Shen Mengxi asked her, "Is there any smoke?"

"Do you think I'll have that?"

“... It's hard to say, you celebrities are under a lot of pressure, who knows what to do in private?"

"I don't smoke!"

Shen Mengxi changed the topic: ""The King of Kung Fu" is about to be released, do you have any feelings?"

“... What can I think, I'm almost tired of running propaganda every day!"

"Good work..."

It's really hard to approach, can't you leave a little leeway?

As long as a sentence leaves room to play, it will not be so much that the relationship has not been determined until now...

......

Hard publicity is still useful!

"The King of Kung Fu", on the 18th, was the first to be released in North America, winning $20.87 million in the first weekend, winning the single-week box office championship, and the opening theater line was 3151...

Uncle Long + Li Lianjie, this card is still there!

On the 24th, it was released in the mainland and won a box office result of 80 million yuan in the first weekend, setting a new box office record in the mainland.

Impeccable in every way!

In North America, the North American box office forecast for "The King of Kung Fu" is around $50 million...

So, the first weekend won $20.87 million, which is decent...

Word-of-mouth is also OK, with a positive rating of 68% on Rotten Tomatoes and an IMDb score of 7.2...

But the hinterland...

The reputation is so bad that it flies!

The main reason is that the publicity is too much, and the content presentation is just passing...

You see, Cheng Long and Li Lianjie cooperated for the first time, and they received super high attention, and they emphasized all kinds of drama when publicizing...

Double J melee!

But the fighting effect, there are no special highlights.

The King of Kung Fu!

The two Chinese action superstars, eh, fight, just like that...

It's not as good as Xing Ye's "Kung Fu", at least it gives people a refreshing feeling!

The action director Yuan Baye has done his best, Uncle Long and Li Lianjie are already old, and their movements are getting slower and slower now...

There is no way to re-embody Cheng Long's sense of power in "Drunken Fist", or Li Lianjie's elegance in "Huang Feihong".

In order to cover up this, Yuan Baye asked the two of them to wear very large and thick clothes, trying to show the "strength" in kung fu, rather than simply attacking with neat movements.

Strictly speaking, this martial arts movement design makes them look more like dance than martial arts!

For viewers who are used to watching Chinese-language action movies, this design is not funny at all...

Many viewers complained: The game between the two Chinese action movie superstars looks neither majestic nor light and smart!

As for the plot...

completely copied "The Lord of the Rings", and by the way, mixed all the screenwriter's thoughts on Chinese action movies: from the opening of the Shaw Brothers to Li Lianjie's stick, Cheng Long's drunken boxing, the white-haired witch, and various elements and episodes of Hong Kong films, juvenile frustration, apprenticeship, strong villains, duels, and revenge of Yicheng, etc...

According to many film critics, "The King of Kung Fu" just borrowed a few iconic oriental symbols and blended the Lord of the Rings-style Western-style magic to build the plot, and that's it!

Many netizens directly threw off the "mentally retarded" plot!

Feng pants also scolded the plot for being very mentally retarded...

Therefore, even if it won 80 million at the box office in the first weekend, due to word-of-mouth and piracy, many people are not optimistic about the trend of this movie...

What's more, on April 30, "Iron Man" was the first to land in the mainland market.

It's really the first, and the North American release time is May 2nd...