The saxophone music of "Going Home" played over and over again.
Graceful, ethereal, lingering.
Since that concert in Vienna, many public places in China have obtained the copyright to play the saxophone song "Going Home" and continue to play it.
Jiang Ge used to like coming to coffee shops. He used to like the atmosphere and mellow literary and artistic feel in coffee shops.
This kind of environment can stimulate an extremely strong desire to create.
But after that concert, he rarely came to the coffee shop. Even if he came to the coffee shop, he would not stay until the coffee shop was about to close.
That would make him feel dominated by Zhou Yang, and remind him all the time that that annoying figure was already standing at the top, overlooking him.
Being in the same era as Zhou Yang is definitely painful and has a blow to your self-confidence.
You helplessly witness his rise, and then, when you really react, you can only see his back and look up, as if he is not in the same class.
But today, he sat in the coffee shop for a long time.
Feng Kai kept pestering him and talked to him about many things in the past. He talked to him about movies, Yan Film Academy, and how much he envied Django when he became famous.
How longing to be side by side with him, this has become an obsession.
Later, Feng Kai talked about his past acquaintance with Zhou Yang.
"When I first met Zhou Yang, I was in a disdainful and even irritable attitude..."
"He takes things too seriously, down to his core, and he is too paranoid, as paranoid as a lunatic, so crazy that people feel speechless..."
"No one believes that he will land in Berlin. After all, some things are too ridiculous to say. In fact, I still find it extremely ridiculous..."
"..."
Django was listening, feeling a little irritated and instinctively feeling sick.
Feng Kai admired Zhou Yang very much. When he talked about the past, he naturally had a lot of personal emotions. Jiang Ge said several times that he had something to do and had to leave. The movie "Liao Zhai Painted Skin" will be completed soon. If it is released one day later,
If so, I'm afraid the investors will be held accountable...
But Feng Kai shook his head.
"Director Jiang, if the investors hold you accountable, you can come to me. I will pay you as much liquidated damages as they ask you to pay. You can record what I am saying now, or make a video..."
"Director Jiang, I am talking to you about the future now. Really, you believe me. Some of the things I tell you today may change your life, at least your development in the next ten years..."
Feng Kai was smiling. This smile made Jiang Ge very uncomfortable, as if he knew something, but Jiang Ge vaguely felt that it was impossible.
But he finally sat down, listening impatiently to Feng Kai's ramblings.
Time passed little by little and we finally arrived at the cafe for closing time.
"Join us Huaxing! Really!"
When Feng Kai suddenly said this, Jiang Ge suddenly wanted to laugh, really wanted to laugh.
It turned out that he was recruiting himself.
Is he worthy?
Is his Hua Xing worthy?
This thought came to Jiang Ge's mind and he looked at Feng Kai jokingly: "What can you give me? How much money can you give me to betray Xinghui?"
"This is not a matter of money, but a matter of good birds choosing the right wood to roost in. In the next five years of the Chinese film industry, the world will definitely be dominated by Huaxing! You have also seen what happened in the second half of this year. When everyone was questioning Zhou Yang's
At that time, he single-handedly supported the film industry. Not only that, he also discovered many directors who had been suppressed. Don't movies like "Crazy Stone" and "Laughing All the Way" prove nothing? Director Jiang, Zhou Yang
In fact, I admire you very much, but there are some reasons. I can’t tell you why I admire you for the time being, but the platform of Huaxing is definitely better than Xinghui!”
Jiang Ge's questions became more and more ridiculous, and finally he couldn't help but laugh: "Director Feng, your serious look is quite humorous. Okay, I have to go, otherwise, I will laugh until my stomach hurts!"
Then under Feng Kai's serious expression, he shook his head and left the coffee shop.
Feng Kai did not give up, but chased him out and continued to chat with him about job-hopping. Jiang Ge became impatient: "Zhou Yang! Zhou Yang! If you don't leave Zhou Yang in three words, the whole world will be around you."
Are you talented? My movie "Liao Zhai Painted Skin" is definitely not worse than any of Zhou Yang's movies! If you want to poach me, you Chinese stars are not qualified enough! When "Liao Zhai Painted Skin" is released, you will know why I am
Said these words!”
In the cold wind, Jiang Ge was furious at Feng Kai.
But Feng Kai was not angry, but looked at him seriously: "Yes, we all believe in your talent, "Liao Zhai Painted Skin" will definitely become a hit!"
"Neuropathy!"
Jiang Ge cursed and finally got on the car home.
Along the way, the more Jiang Ge thought about it, the more inexplicable he felt. Then he remembered the reaction of the China Star staff to him when "Infernal Affairs 2" was released today, and the more he thought about it, the weirder he felt.
But in the end, he shook his head.
"Making my own movie is the best way to go!"
"They just messed with my mentality!"
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With a burst of snowflakes falling.
The bell of 2008 finally rang.
Along with the bell, everyone saw the box office of "Infernal Affairs 2".
30.3 million opening box office.
It was higher than expected, even more than two million yuan higher than the premiere box office of "Infernal Affairs 1".
In the past, such box office results would have been extremely shocking, but now, although such box office results are good, they are not amazing.
This year is less than a year old, and it seems that times have changed.
[The box office of the premiere is only one aspect! The key is to look at the follow-up, the subsequent box office!]
Although the reputation of "Infernal Affairs 2" is very good, Liu Tianwang was almost praised by many film critics. Many people are saying that this script was written for Liu Tianwang, and all other characters, including Chen Yongren who was played by Zhou Yang before, are
Responsible for Liu Tianwang, the premiere box office was also very good, but there are still people on the Internet questioning "Infernal Affairs 2"...
This kind of doubt suddenly disappeared until January 2, when the box office data came out the next day.
[The second-day box office of "Infernal Affairs 2" was 35 million, second only to "Time Travel", becoming the runner-up in the daily box office, with 700 million, it is a sure thing! 】
The box office of 35 million was higher than the box office on the opening day. Such an amazing record really left many doubters and trolls speechless.
Unable to troll the box office, they began to troll the movie "Infernal Affairs 2" itself.
There are too many actors in this movie, it is too mixed, the narrative of this movie is a bit messy, and it is not as good as the predecessor "Infernal Affairs". It is a follow-up work, and even the quality of the script written by Zhou Yang is declining.
…
This world is so strange. As long as they want to criticize or belittle someone, they can always find a point and then give lots of messy examples.
Then, after such a comparison, due to preconceptions, the rating of "Infernal Affairs 2" on Douban is naturally not as good as "Infernal Affairs".
"Infernal Affairs" has a score of 9.0, and "Infernal Affairs 2" has a score of 8.7.
However, the box office was not affected by the ratings. It still remained at 30 million, and it lasted for four full days, and then slowly fell to 30 million...
As time goes by, the weather is getting colder and colder.
Snow has begun to fall in some parts of China.
Someone on the Internet broke the news that Liu Tianwang had terminated his contract with China Star for no apparent reason and joined Wang Jing's artist studio, essentially switching jobs to China Star.
The moment this incident was first revealed, it caused a sensation, but then the sensation was suppressed by another series of entertainment news.
Xinghui invested heavily in "The Beast", directed by the famous director Zhang Liansong. The actor Lu Zitao and the heroine Zhang Yan became a hot topic due to the romantic atmosphere of the drama. It was rumored that the two kissed in the street.
Then...
Weibo, Tieba, and all major media are all full of news about Lu Zitao, a young star. Later, various news broke out, which indirectly pushed the movie "The Beast" to the hot search
, once occupied Weibo for a whole day.
After this Weibo post went down, Zhang Liansong, the director of "Beast", made a bold statement on Weibo: This movie has been honed for ten years. He is so ambitious for this movie that even if he encounters "Time Travel" at its peak,
Can fight with it.
Zhang Liansong's shocking words naturally aroused the excitement of countless netizens. It was even revealed that the movie "Beast" was originally released in December. It was originally a movie that Xinghui officially prepared to compete with "Time Travel". Later, due to some
After the news broke, countless film critics came forward and said that after watching the screening of the movie "Beast", they were very excited and felt that this movie was a masterpiece, and even
The venomous film critic Ba Li Ming even stood up and said some good things about the film.
Under this amazing popularity, on January 8, "The Beast" directed by Zhang Liansong was finally released to the public's attention.
After the premiere, the audience was disappointed.
It's not a bad movie, but it's definitely not a masterpiece, and some scenes and plots are very clichéd. Although the special effects in the movie are not bad, they are really not as good as "Time Travel".
There are unanimously positive reviews on the Internet, and there are actually no negative reviews.
The box office of the premiere also reached an astonishing 40 million yuan, making countless filmmakers think that this is another amazing blockbuster movie.
However, the opening box office seems to be the limit.
After the second day, the box office of "Beast" began to plummet, falling directly to 30 million, a total loss of 10 million. On the third day, the box office dropped by more than 10 million.
Many people have begun to realize that "The Beast" has been criticized on Douban, which only allows positive reviews and does not allow negative reviews.
The box office will not lie. Even if a blockbuster movie receives good reviews on the Internet, the audience's willingness to spend money to buy tickets is still realistic.
After the fourth day, Xinghui finally stopped spending money to control reviews. A lot of comments were "disappointed", "don't hype it so high", "expected in vain", "this is just an ordinary movie, don't hype it so high".
Follow the entire Douban...
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"What? What did you say? Will Zhou Yang go back to China to watch the premiere of "Liao Zhai Painted Skin"?"
"Wait, what did you say? He also promoted "Liao Zhai Painted Skin" on Weibo?"
"Is this person really brave, or is he really sick?"
"..."
The failure of "Beast" made Xinghui's Li Zhongjun feel a little overwhelmed, and then he set his sights on another movie "Liao Zhai Painted Skin".
He has seen a sample of this movie and it is very impressive!
but……
When Li Zhongjun saw Zhou Yang's Weibo, he was instantly confused.
Then frowned!
"Wait a minute, go and investigate the capital of "Liao Zhai Painted Skin"!"
"Mr. Li, this capital comes from abroad. The previous investigation has made it clear..."
"No, please investigate in detail. I suspect that this capital may be related to Zhou Yang, or maybe we are all working for him!"