Chapter 744 Assassinate Qin, Finish!

The summer file is a must for all directors and production companies who are interested in occupying a place in the Chinese film industry-even the summer file in the narrow sense, from the end of June to the end of August, about nine weeks, its production box office, but it accounts for more than 35% of the total annual box office all the year round! In a broad sense, the summer season starts from the end of May to September, and lasts about 17 weeks, accounting for more than 55% of the total annual box office!

Liu Chengzhang wants to prove his position as the No. 1 commercial film in China. "Sword and Immortal" naturally has this ambition. Du Weiyun came with "Assassin" with an investment of up to 80 million yuan. If he wants to move to commercial blockbusters, he naturally has this ambition.

On Tuesday, August 10th, "The Assassin" was officially released.

This week is the fifth week of "Sword Immortal", but everyone knows that the bad reputation of this movie has made it unable to recover. This week is the fourth week of "Future World", and with this movie Judging from the steady trend of the film's box office in the first three weeks, it still has the power to fight!

Of course, it was released in the first week, the first commercial blockbuster of a great director, and a group of famous actors joined hands to film Jing Ke's assassination of the King of Qin, which has a very high reputation among the people. Of course, "Assassination of the Qin Dynasty" must be the most optimistic that one!

The results came out, not surprising.

In other words, it did not exceed Li Qian's expectations.

The menacing "Assassin" made an amazing debut with a box office of 66.48 million in the first week. Poor "My Sassy Girl" was still the first-week box office ranking in the history of domestic films a month ago. Recently, he was kicked twice in a row for more than a month, and fell to fifth place in a straight line!

Even, this first week's box office has suppressed the 53.83 million box office created by "The Swordsman and the Monk" in the first week of its release, which is currently second only to Liu Chengzhang's "Sword Immortal"!

This box office has shocked many professional filmmakers—everyone can guess that the box office of "The Assassins" will be about the same in the first week, but they didn't expect it to be so strong!

It gives people the impression that as long as it is a "blockbuster", as long as it is a famous director or star, as long as you are willing to spend money on overwhelming publicity, then regardless of the quality of your film, at least in the first week, it will be a big hit at the box office!

Of course, the reality is that "Assassin" is not just a box office hit, but also has a pretty good reputation!

Although it will be criticized by some fans and critics for its slow pace, but the overall story is still okay--the characters can barely be considered plump, the story is basically smooth and complete, and although this movie does not have many special effects, but The graphics, artwork, etc., have continued Du Weiyun's style and characteristics as always!

All in all, it looks great!

So for a while, Du Weiyun was elated!

That is, in this week, "Future World", which came to the fourth week of release, had a normal decline, and won the second place in the weekly box office list with a box office of 42.56 million. Its total box office in China has risen to 228.51 million!

However, "Sword Immortal", which has both reputation and reputation, once again ushered in a huge drop this week, only earning 14.15 million box office, barely raising the total box office to 235.61 million!

It is still nearly 10 million away from the 245.37 million box office of the Hollywood blockbuster "Dark Tale" that has already been offline-"Dark Tale" has already been offline, and "Sword Fairy" is still some time away from being offline.

Although the story line of "Sword Fairy" is indeed bad, it is not completely unattractive, at least the special effects are really eye-catching. After ten years of getting it, special effects are not uncommon, but for many audiences, the fact that special effects are good is already worth watching. Therefore, its box office finally caught up with "Legend of the Dark Night", probably not a big problem, but this pursuit... seems very tiring! It is also very difficult!

But now, it has not had time to catch up with "Legend of the Dark Night", but "Future World" is only less than 10 million away from it - judging from the current box office trend of "Future World", this is almost certain. Something to do next week!

As early as last week, after the box office was cut in half, Liu Chengzhang had disappeared and no longer accepted any interviews, and no media could find him. However, after the box office rankings of this issue were released, a reporter interviewed the president of Huafei Film and Television. Hu Fei, the manager, didn't seem to be disappointed when faced with the reporter's harsh questions. Instead, he replied with a smile: "Although the results are not satisfactory, looking at it now, the problem of capital preservation is not a big problem. Moreover, although " There are indeed mistakes in "Sword Fairy", but I dare say that Lao Liu is still one of the few who make special effects movies in China at present! How to make special effects movies is something that even Hollywood is still exploring. It is purely normal to miss, and it is right to accumulate experience. Besides, I don’t think "Sword Immortal" is considered a miss..."

Recently, Lu Lingxi, who is very humble and studious, came over to ask Li Qian with this question. After pondering for a long time, Li Qian replied: "The loss is guaranteed! However, with Hu Fei's wrist, did his investment really reach the level of the original? It’s really hard to say the number of publicity, and the subsequent DVD releases, selling the rights to the TV stations, etc., are also ways to continue to recover the cost. In the long run, even if the compensation is limited, it will be limited. Probably as Hu Fei said, maybe we can barely keep our capital."

Lu Lingxi was taught thoughtfully and left after hearing the words.

But the next day, she ran over again and asked Li Qian, "What do you think of the box office hit of "Sword Immortal" and Du Weiyun's "Assassin" as soon as it was released?"

Li Qian was a little surprised that Lu Lingxi would ask this question.

This question seems to be very common, but in fact, in Li Qian's view, since she would think about understanding the rules, it proves that she has already noticed some things, but she did not blindly think that Well, as long as it's a blockbuster movie, as long as it's a famous director or something, it will be a big hit when it's released -- this alone is already hard to come by. To put it bluntly, it leads at least 90% of film practitioners in the country!

Or it can be said that Lu Lingxi's years of coaching at Shuncheon Film Academy were not for nothing.

Therefore, Li Qian patiently organized some answers, and then replied cautiously: "This shows that the current domestic market already has the foundation to support a movie with a box office of over 400 million, 500 million, or even 600 million. , It also shows that... everyone is eagerly looking forward to such a movie! Everyone has money and needs to consume movies!"

Very simple answer, Lu Lingxi looked thoughtful again.

Li Qian doesn't know what impact such an answer he gave will have on Lu Lingxi. He just hopes that practitioners in the domestic film industry, especially those under his banner, will be more sober and more aware of the development of the domestic film industry. Have a clearer understanding.

Then, while Lu Lingxi was thinking hard about the complex relationship between film art and the market, and clumsily performing the role of Aunt Thirteen, unknowingly, the shooting of the movie "Once Upon a Time" finally ushered in The last few shots!

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"Crack! It's over!"

When the last shot was finished, the actors stood still, and the staff waited with bated breath.

In the ceremony of everyone's attention, Li Qian stood up, holding the trumpet in his hand, and said with a smile: "Now, I announce that "Once Upon a Time" has officially finished!"

"yeah!"

A huge burst of cheers suddenly erupted, and that feeling almost lifted the roof of this retro wooden teahouse!

Preparations began in April, and filming began in Qingdao in mid-June. Up to now, many staff members and actors have been busy working on this film for more than four months, and people like Guo Ziming, Zhou Baoshan, Zhong Yuanfu, etc., From the initial rehearsal of martial arts movements to the rehearsal of the later filming, to be honest, even if these martial arts actors are skilled, it is really hard work to face such four months of hard training .

And now, finally, the movie is done.

It also means that their arduous journey is over.

Of course, it also means, um, everyone will get the full paycheck right away!

Li Qian smiled, watching them venting their anger. At this time, Sun Yuting had come over, asked for the loudspeaker from Li Qian, and shouted: "Please pay attention, please change your clothes and remove your makeup first, and be careful not to damage the clothes. It was very expensive to make, and, no matter how happy you are, you must be careful not to damage other people's tables and chairs! Then... As you can imagine, our director is very generous. Tonight, we directly booked a restaurant in Xiamen Mansion, cleared the venue, Celebrate the finale!"

Before she finished shouting, there was another wave of cheers and shouts, which directly drowned out her voice! Sun Yuting smiled helplessly, and waited for the cheers to subside before continuing: "Everyone, go back to the hotel and take a rest. At 5:30, we will take the bus there. Remember, gather at 5:30, and you won't wait when you are late!"

After shouting here, she saw that everyone had stopped, looked at her, smiled and waved her hands, and said, "It's gone!"

"yeah!"

Cheers again!

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At 5:30 p.m., a bus and a minibus rented by the production crew took more than 50 people from the whole production crew to the downtown area. There are six tables!

When the food and drink were served, Li Qian stood up holding a cup and said: "Our filming is over, now is the time to celebrate, but I want to say that our cooperation has just begun, and we will continue to cooperate in the future, often. Here, I would like to offer a toast to everyone! I would like to thank you for your hard work for the film "Once Upon a Time" in the past, and at the same time hope to see you again when we cooperate in the next film Everyone, please raise your glass... Cheers!"

First, there was a sound of tables and chairs being moved, and then everyone raised their glasses. Following Li Qian's words, everyone said in unison: "Cheers!"

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Not long after the wrap-up banquet started, Li Qian was followed by two assistant directors, Zhao He and Feng Bicheng, and after the two assistant directors, was Huang Wenjuan, the executive producer, who toasted the entire crew for three rounds.

After their toasts were over, everyone started eating and drinking at each table.

On the male actor's side, Zhou Baoshan was the first to stand up, came over with a wine glass, and began to toast the group of main creators on the table.

Li Qian saw his shy smile, and he looked like he was not very good at persuading drinks, so he couldn't help but want to laugh. When he smiled, Zhou Baoshan felt even more embarrassed. After clinking glasses, he simply said: "Director Li, I don't know how to say nice words, anyway...you chose me, trained me, taught me how to act, and let me play the leading role. I, Zhou Baoshan, will do it with you in my life!...I did it! "

After finishing speaking, he raised his neck, and he really did it!

Li Qian smiled, thought for a while, raised his neck, and did it.

Zhou Baoshan's eyes lit up, "Assistant Sun really isn't lying, Director Li is really huge!"

Over there, Sun Yuting was at the same table with a group of photographers and artists, but her ears were listening to this side. Hearing this, she didn't wait for Li Qian to speak, and said directly: "Hey, Zhou Baoshan, you are the one who sells me out like this!" Well!"

There was a roar of laughter.

Zhou Baoshan scratched his head in embarrassment, laughed a few times, and turned to leave, but Li Qian called him to stop, seeing his puzzled face, he waved to him again, called him over, and said in a low voice: "The filming is over, go back and rest for a few days, I will enroll you in a class, your acting skills still have room for improvement, go and study with the teacher, there are still your films to be filmed next year!"

Among the people present, probably only Zhao He and Huang Wenjuan knew that Li Qian had already prepared the script for the second and even the third part before the preparations for "Once Upon a Time" started, so he naturally understood The meaning of Li Qian's words, but others don't know, especially Zhou Baoshan, it is even more impossible to know!

Hearing this, he was taken aback for a moment, and then he was full of surprise, nodding persistently, "Thank you, Director Li, thank you Director Li! I will definitely study hard when I go back! Think hard about acting!"

Li Qian smiled and nodded, "Go back, let go of eating and drinking!"

So Zhou Baoshan went back now, but even his walking posture seemed to be different——Although Li Qian's voice was not loud, his status made it so that as long as he spoke, everyone would subconsciously lower his movements and lower his voice. Voice, pay attention to what he said, so when Li Qian said what he said just now, many actors looked at Zhou Baoshan with a touch of indescribable envy!

They didn't know that "Huang Feihong" would definitely have a sequel or a second part. They only thought that Zhou Baoshan was really liked by Li Qian, and they planned to make another movie for him next year. Naturally, they were extremely envious!

You know, four months ago, Zhou Baoshan was just a small group performer in Jinhua Film and Television City!

But now, he has been appreciated by Li Qian. One "Huang Feihong" is not counted, and there will be a second one - this is the current Minghu culture's several big actors, such as Zhu Qiang, Zhou Zhiyu, Bai Yujing Waiting for the super high-level treatment that they didn't get!

When Zhou Baoshan returned to his table, everyone naturally congratulated him and toasted him one after another!

At this time, Zhou Baoshan was so happy that even his bones were light. In fact, he didn't drink much, but he was basically drunk to the brim!

But at this time Li Qian didn't have the mind to pay attention to that side, because the heroine Lu Lingxi also came to toast.

When it was her turn, Li Qian stood up naturally.

After all, she used to be Li Qian's teacher after all, and her treatment was not comparable to that of others.

Holding the wine glass, Lu Lingxi touched Li Qian lightly, and asked, "I know my acting is actually pretty bad, but thank you for giving me such a chance to experience what acting is all about."

Li Qian smiled, thought for a while, clinked glasses with her again, and said, "Okay, then I'll do it!"

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Zhou Baoshan and Lu Lingxi are the protagonists, and Li Qian wanted to save face, but when the others came again, Li Qian just took a sip and let it go. That is to say, when they came in groups of three or five, for example, five or six photographers, Li Qian would drink a little deeper.

This side basically finished respecting Li Qian, starting from Zhou Baoshan again, everyone started to bring cups over, starting from Zhao He, Feng Bicheng and Huang Wenjuan, and respected the group of creators on the main table.

And then, it's a total mess.

Liquor, beer, mixed up.

You respect me, I respect you, drinking messy.

Slowly, Zhao He, Feng Bicheng and others got up one after another, and were pulled over by different tables to drink, but Lu Lingxi, Sun Yuting, and Zhu Yu ran over - they could stay at this table without drinking.

Of course, Sun Yuting just came and sat for a while, and was soon dragged away by her "buddies" - she is a wine woman, and she has always been a woman at the wine table!

In the midst of the commotion, Zhong Yuanfu ran over with a wine glass, sat down on Zhao He's original seat, next to Li Qian, raised his glass carefully to toast Li Qian, and said, "I've done it, you can do whatever you want!"

Li Qian smiled and took a sip of his wine, looking at him.

Fatty Zhong's face was flushed from drinking, but from the look in his eyes, he should still be sober. This guy has a good personality, easy-going, and no temper, so he is very popular with the crew, almost on par with Sun Yuting.

At this time, after toasting, he asked in a low voice: "Director Li, do you think I can continue to make movies after finishing this movie? I mean..." He hesitated a little, as if he was afraid of himself Li Qian didn't like the question, "I mean, do you think I have a talent for acting? I can continue in the future..."

"certainly!"

Before he could finish asking, Li Qian interrupted him with a serious face, and replied: "Do you think I picked you in casually? Or did I just find your appearance more suitable? The reason why I would I chose you to play Pork Rong, of course because you are talented! Then, after filming this movie, you can of course continue to work as an actor, and you can take on many roles!"

Seeing Zhong Yuanfu's expression of excitement and surprise, he smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and said seriously: "Don't worry, since you have signed with Minghu Culture, it proves that I am optimistic about you! After returning, together with Baoshan and you, Study hard and make up for the missing acting lessons. In the future, you will all have opportunities!"

Zhong Yuanfu's throat moved several times, and finally he nodded suddenly, "Hey! I know the director! Don't worry!"