But now...

After learning from Zhang Yimou that the character he was about to play was a general and a warrior, Menjie's heart was immediately filled with joy.

Although it is just a friendly guest appearance, Menjie believes that with his B-level skill of ‘Temperament Rendering (Iron Blood)’, he will be able to play it extremely realistically.

It will definitely make countless viewers feel that Menjie in the movie is a ferocious warrior, not an actor!

In this way, on the one hand, Menjie can gain face by selling to Zhang Yimou, on the other hand, he can also fulfill himself and broaden his acting career!

In the whole of China, there are very few people who can express an emperor-like feeling in movies, only Men Jie and Zhou Runfa.

Among them, Menjie got it because of the Heavenly King System, while Zhou Runfa got it because of his own talent and countless years of hard work. They are really very precious.

But there is probably no one in China who can show the image of a true warrior!

Unless a warrior who has fought in the era of real cold weapons can have such a temperament, otherwise, it is really wishful thinking. Even after more systematic training, it is impossible to have it. It is extremely niche.

temperament.

Unfortunately, Menjie has such a niche temperament!

If Menjie can pass Zhang Yimou's new movie, after the audience accepts his warrior-like image, I am afraid that in the future, all directors and producers in China will prepare to invest in a war movie about ancient weapons.

, everyone will involuntarily think of Menjie at the first time!

There is no fixed standard for the investment in an urban love movie, which can be large or small, but if it is to shoot a movie about ancient cold weapon warfare, then the investment, no matter how small it is, will never be too small!

Even in order to get back the huge investment, there must be countless directors and investors ready to invite Menjie to film!

That is to say...

As long as Menjie can successfully play the roles of generals and warriors in Zhang Yimou's new movie, then Menjie's future acting career will be nearly doubled, and there may not be too many world-class productions.

But at least there will be no shortage of big-budget movies in China!

This is indeed an incredible opportunity for Menjie, how could he refuse it?!

"Haha, okay, if that's the case, I'll contact you again in about two or three months when your part is filmed in the movie. With your participation, Menjie, I believe my new movie will be even more perfect.

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After laughing, Zhang Yimou was very happy to see Menjie agree, and seemed to think that the results of her new movie would be even more sharp.

"call!"

After seeing Menjie and Menjie negotiate everything very smoothly, Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Ziyi, who were still worried that Menjie would refuse and offend Zhang Yimou, could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. Feng Xiaogang also asked Zhang Yimou curiously.

He said, "After talking for a long time, I don't even know the name of your new movie. What is it called? You can't tell Menjie the name just because he agreed to star in it!"

"Of course not!"

With a chuckle, Zhang Yimou said softly, "The name of this movie is..."

"The city is full of golden armor"!

A city full of golden armor?!

After hearing Zhang Yimou say the name of the movie in which Menjie was about to star, Menjie couldn't help but be slightly startled, and he couldn't help but secretly think of the name of this movie...

It’s really weird!

Although in Menjie's view, great directors such as Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Yimou are very literary and artistic. Even the commercial films they produce are extremely literary and artistic, and their names are more unique, which can be regarded as

normal.

But the title of Zhang Yimou's new movie is a bit too weird, right?

The whole city is covered with golden armor? What is this name? Menjie is really confused.

But it doesn’t matter. Although Menjie doesn’t have even the slightest impression of this movie, Menjie has the King System!

As long as it is a movie that Menjie has been exposed to, even if it has not been filmed yet, Menjie can search it in the Tianwang system. Even if it is just a cameo, there will be no problem!

With a thought in his mind, Men Jie was chatting with Zhang Yimou and others on the surface, but most of his mind had already entered the King System in his mind, and he looked up the name of the movie "A City of Golden Armor".

This investigation made Menjie feel shocked.

The results of this movie are a little too outrageous, right?!

Although in terms of status in China, Zhang Yimou is slightly better than Feng Xiaogang, but to be honest, the gap is not very big.

The two's new movies are all planned and produced this year and will be officially released at the end of the year. Menjie thought that the results should not be too big, but it turns out that the gap between the two movies is really not even a tiny bit.

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For this point, you don’t need to look at too many other things. You only need to look at the box office results and award-winning records of the two movies to clearly see the gap between the two!

The box office represents the strength of public support a movie receives. Of course, usually, the box office of commercial movies will be slightly higher.

Awards, on the other hand, represent the connotation and meaning of a film, as well as its evaluation by professionals. Usually, films that are more biased toward literary and artistic films will have a slight advantage in this aspect.

Of course, this does not rule out some extraordinary and very good movies. On the one hand, they have profound connotations, and on the other hand, they are very popular. Whether it is box office, word of mouth, or awards, they are all very good.

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Nowadays, directors in the entire China, and even the entire world, are divided into several levels!

Relatively low-level novice directors can naturally shoot commercial films or literary films, but no matter what kind of film they shoot, whether it is box office or awards, they basically have no chance. And under such circumstances, most of them

People will choose a direction in which they are more interested in working hard.

Either change careers and become a commercial director, or just make art films safely.

The subsequent levels are ordinary novice directors who advance to become commercial directors, or directors of artistic films. The divisions are relatively clear.

And after that, they are on the level of Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Yimou!

In their movies, relying on their unique understanding of movies, they are able to blend business and literature together, condensing the two natures into one movie.

As for this movie, it will not only have high commercial value and entertainment value, but also have a relatively far-reaching meaning and be quite literary and artistic.

The only difference is whether a movie is slightly more commercial or more literary and artistic.

For commercial directors, their achievements can only be evaluated by the box office of their films, while for directors of literary and artistic films, people pay more attention to the awards they have won.

But for directors of the level of Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Yimou, what people usually notice is everything. They will not only pay attention to the box office of their movies, but also pay attention to their award-winning records!

In the past, whenever new works by two top directors came out at the same time, there was usually not much contrast.

One of them has a stronger commercial feel and will have a slightly higher box office, while the other film has a more artistic style and is more likely to be favored by the organizer in terms of awards. It can be regarded as a tie.

As for Men Jie, he thought that the same would happen with Feng Xiaogang's "The Night Banquet" and Zhang Yimou's new movie "The City of Golden Armor", which he participated in. One movie had a slightly higher box office, but the other had a higher reputation and awards.

It's even better.

But it turns out that in the near future, when "The Night Banquet" competes with the movie "A City of Golden Armor", whether it is in terms of box office or awards, it will be the movie "A City of Golden Armor" directed by Zhang Yimou that will be more popular.

Better than that!

First of all, in terms of awards and nominations, the gap between the two films is not too big, but in terms of awards, there is a huge gap!

The movie "The Banquet" starring Men Jie only won two very important awards at the Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards: Best Art Design and Best Costume Design, and the gold content is not very high.

In addition, the movie "The Banquet" also won the Best Supporting Actress, Best Art Director and Best Film Song at the Hong Kong Film Golden Bauhinia Awards, which are also not very valuable awards.

Of course, the movie "The Banquet" also participated in several foreign film festivals, but the final results were not very gratifying, so I am not allowed to describe it one by one.

And the movie "A City of Golden Armor" directed by Zhang Yimou has won too many awards...

First of all, in China's Xiangjiang Film Awards, the movie "The City of Gold" has won four major awards: Best Actress, Best Art Design, Best Costume Design, and Best Original Film Song.

'Best Actress' is such a highly valuable award for an actress, and its overall value naturally far exceeds that of the movie "The Banquet".

In addition, there are other awards, such as the Best Actress Award in the Hong Kong Film Golden Bauhinia Award, which was also won by Gong Li.

At the same time, many awards, including the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award, Shanghai Film Critics Best Actor, etc., which are not very valuable but are still good, have also been included in the movie "The Golden Armor". As for the nomination,

It's much more.

Even the movie "A City of Gold" was unexpectedly nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design.

Although it is only an award for Best Costume Design, and it is only a nomination, what you need to know is that once a certain movie or a certain star gets involved with the Academy Award, no matter how soy sauce it is,

Even if it is just a nomination for a trivial award, it would be quite unbelievable.

Directly, it raised the level of the movie "A City of Golden Armor" to a new level!

With so many awards and nominations, even a few of them are far more than those of the movie "The Night Banquet". It can be said that in terms of content, the movie "The Night Banquet" was a huge failure!

Let’s talk about the first-day box office of the two movies first. In terms of this data, the gap between the two movies is not very big. Among them, the first-day box office of the movie "The Night Banquet" reached 12 million, while the movie "The City of Golden Armor" was

It has reached such a number of 15 million. In this first round, Zhang Yimou was naturally the winner.

And in the week after this, the gap between the two movies in the box office has obviously widened a lot!

Among them, the box office of the movie "The Night Banquet" reached 55 million yuan in the first week. Although it was officially released on Thursday, the first week was only four days, but the movie "The City of Golden Armor" was also released at the same time.

It's Thursday, so in this regard, there's no need to delve into the differences.

Four days, 55 million Soft Girl Coins, such a number is indeed very terrifying. Even in previous years, with such box office results, we would definitely be able to successfully reach the top and become the movie box office champion of the year, but it is a pity

Unfortunately, this year, the movie "The Night Banquet" encountered an extremely powerful opponent, Zhang Yimou!

The box office performance of the movie "The Banquet" was very good, but the box office of the movie "The City of Gold", just like his award, was still extremely impressive. The first-day box office did not beat "The Banquet" by much, only 15 million.
To be continued...