Song Yi must have been disappointed when Cao Jun rejected this request.

Seeing that Song Yi was in a low mood, Cao Jun said sincerely: "Xiao Yi, don't think Brother Jun is stingy and reluctant to let you play Zhao Min."

"I won't let you play Zhao Min because it's for your own good. Think about it for yourself. I'm willing to let you be the heroine of the movie "Love Is Not Blind", so why won't I let you play Zhao Min?"

"It's a very simple reason. You are not suitable for the role of Zhao Min because it is not suitable. If you are not suitable, I will insist on letting you play the role. It will not only affect the reputation of the work, but also make you scolded..."

Under Cao Jun's patient persuasion, Song Yi finally figured it out and accepted this reality.

Song Yi has reason to believe that Cao Jun did not let her play Zhao Min for her own good, rather than being reluctant to allocate good resources to her.

Moreover, for Jin Yong's "She Withering Trilogy", Cao Jun plans to shoot "The Legend of the Withering Heroes" first, then "The Legend of the Withering Heroes", then "The Legend of the Divine Withering Heroes", and finally "The Legend of the Heaven and the Dragon Slayer".

However, Cao Jun also had a headache. It was not easy to choose the right actors and actresses for the male and female protagonists of "The Legend of the Withered Heroes".

Cao Jun even considered playing Guo Jing himself, but he just didn't know who would be suitable to partner him in the role of Huang Rong.

Because the character Huang Rong is one of the most popular female characters among Jin Yong fans, if not the only one.

If the actress who plays Huang Rong is not chosen well, it may affect the performance of the entire drama.

The next day, February 10th, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

The movie "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" directed by Zhou Xingchi and starring Cao Jun, Shu Qi, Huang Bo, Luo Zhixiang and others was released nationwide.

It is worth mentioning that "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" is Zhou Xingchi's first work in five years after "Yangtze River No. 7". In addition, it continues the creative ideas of his classic "Journey to the West" and is released during the prime time of the Spring Festival. Movie fans will watch the movie

Enthusiasm naturally rises.

Naturally, theaters will not miss this golden business opportunity. On the first day of the film's release, the top 20 cities across the country gave an extremely high number of 9,608 screenings.

Driven by a strong film schedule ratio of 39.86%, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" also made its first success at the box office.

In addition to "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", three films including "The Better and Better Village Evening" co-directed by Zhang Yibai and Xie Dongshen, and Zhu Shimao's "Love Is Not NG" were released at the same time, setting off the first confrontation in the Spring Festival.

As of 23:00 on the 10th, the first-day box office of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" has exceeded 68 million, and it is expected to set a first-day box office of over 70 million.

This number has surpassed the first-day record of 45 million for "Journey to Thailand" directed by Cao Jun, becoming the runner-up in the first-day box office of Chinese-language films.

If the box office really exceeds 70 million as expected, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" will beat "Painted Skin 2" and become the box office champion of Chinese-language films on the first day of release.

It is worth mentioning that during the Spring Festival last year, the total box office nationwide exceeded 400 million, and according to expert analysis, this year's total box office will exceed 500 million.

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The strong opening of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" shows that its final box office will be a very impressive figure.

Although "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" achieved great success at the box office on its first day, its reputation has been polarized.

The focus of the dispute between the pros and cons is centered on the "feelings" caused by "Produced by Zhou Xingchi".

"The first work in five years" and "a sequel to the classic "Westward Journey"", these gimmicks have greatly amplified the expectations of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

But in fact, Zhou Xingchi never thought about rebuilding a building. "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was more about "decoration".

This fact, in the eyes of audiences with different values, has become a watershed that distinguishes the quality of a film from a bad one.

Fans who like the film believe that "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" maintains the usual Zhou Xingchi-style comedy sequences, which is worthy of praise.

Film critic Yin Zhi said that "Journey to the West" made people laugh from beginning to end, and that Zhou Xingchi from "Kung Fu" was back.

Luo Yonghao also crossed the line and said that there is only one Zhou Xingchi in the world who can reach the realm of psychosis in nonsensical comedy.

Other netizens who expressed "like" also said that such as the soundtrack of "The Love of My Life" and the setting of the love scene where a woman pursues a man, etc., are all nostalgic elements that can easily be associated with "Journey to the West", and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" can

It is easy for people to accept it and enjoy it.

A small number of dissenting fans said that although "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" has a strong nostalgia, it does not show new imagination because it is too "fried" and makes people feel boring.

Zhu Bai, a well-known critic, said that Shu Qi and Huang Bo were both brilliant and embarrassing, and Cao Jun's Tang Sanzang was also refreshing.

Film critic Da Qiqi believes that the soundtrack of "A Road to Darkness" and the old wine in new bottles of "Tathagata Palm" and "Iron Fist" are more repetitive than innovative.

Although the reviews of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" tend to be polarized, generally speaking, the praise outweighs the criticism.

On Douban and Time, two major domestic movie rating websites, the ratings of "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" reached 7.6 and 7.9. The performance is not particularly outstanding, but the scores are already good.

According to incomplete statistics on the first day of release, the box office of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" on its first day finally reached about 72 million yuan, which has exceeded the 45 million box office of "Journey to Thailand: Lost in Thailand" and also surpassed "Painted Skin 2"

The box office record for a Chinese-language film in the Mainland was 70 million on the first day.

In other words, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" broke the single-day box office record of "Painted Skin 2" and became the highest-grossing single-day box office movie in Chinese film history.

However, Cao Jun was not too excited that the movie "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" achieved such excellent results, because no matter how good the movie's results are, it is all the credit of Zhou Xingchi, and it will not be attributed to him.

Moreover, Cao Jun was not short of money, and it was Chinese New Year, so he really didn't want to make himself too tired and busy.

Therefore, Cao Jun, who is the star and one of the investors of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", only wished his family a Happy New Year on Weibo and promoted the movie by the way.

Of course, it's not that Cao Jun doesn't cooperate with the promotion. He will also take time out in the next few days to cooperate with the film promotion in Beijing, Shanghai and other places.

Throughout the first day of the new year, Cao Jun didn't go anywhere, just stayed at home, and even brought Liu Shishi, Song Yi, and Zhang Hanyun to the house to make dumplings.

Although Cao Jun has never made their relationship public, the three of them are more or less aware of each other's existence.

But this time, Cao Jun specially called the three of them to Dongshan Villa to celebrate the New Year with them. He didn't want to neglect any of them, so he simply called them all together.
Chapter completed!