"When three of us travel together, we must be my teacher!"
"We are all brothers within the four seas..."
"..."
The night is hazy.
In the mighty Bird's Nest Square, the sound of drums was loud.
Three thousand actors dressed in ancient costumes, holding bamboo slips in their hands, lined up and walked forward step by step, chanting words and phrases from "The Analects" with loud sounds that shook the eardrums.
Under the surging and majestic momentum, the blood of the onlookers boiled. Shen Changwei in front of the camera clenched his fists, and vaguely, tears were about to burst out of his eyes.
Five thousand years of Chinese culture, papermaking, movable type printing, opera, ritual and music culture...
In the lingering moonlight, people seem to be transported into the world thousands of years ago, an era when wars were raging and hundreds of schools of thought contended!
Shen Changwei took a deep breath and tried to keep himself calm, but as waves of higher-pitched voices sounded, uniform officers and soldiers slowly moved forward, and when a picture was displayed in front of the camera, Shen Changwei again It was hard to calm down, I just felt a surge of pride.
Laomei, known as the lighthouse of the world, only has a history of more than two hundred years, while the land he is in has a history of thousands of years!
Our ancestors searched high and low in the darkness and created a splendid culture. They were once a kingdom in the heavens and one of the four ancient civilizations that continues to this day. They left countless stories in the long history and suffered endless humiliation in the trough. Trembling in grief and anger...
And at this moment!
They will use this Olympic Games to show the tip of the iceberg of Chinese culture to the world.
As bursts of fireworks lit up, illuminating Shen Changwei's face, Shen Changwei looked into the distance. After being excited for a long time, he let out a long sigh of relief.
The first rehearsal of the opening ceremony was a complete success!
I can finally have a good sleep tonight!
"Congratulations, Director Shen!"
"Director Zhou, we are all happy, we have successfully completed the task assigned by the organization!"
"No, no, no, I'm not just talking about the Olympic opening ceremony, but also your movie..."
"Ah? "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"?"
"Yes! The movie has a pretty good reputation at its premiere. The score on Douban has reached 9.0, which is an incredible score. Compared with Douban, the scores on American Movie Network and Movie Home are even more exaggerated, reaching 9.5. This is The movie is quite suitable for those foreigners!”
"Ha... This is everyone's credit. I'm just responsible for organizing people and filming the movie, that's all..."
Fireworks light up and then go out.
When the sound gradually stopped, the entire bird's nest began to become quieter.
Shen Changwei listened to Zhou Yilin next to him talking about the premiere performance of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" with a smile on his face.
Shen Changwei also laughed, heartily and of course maintaining his usual modesty.
After chatting with Zhou Yilin for a few words, Shen Changwei continued to follow other directors and handed over the arrangements for tomorrow's rehearsal one by one, as if he didn't take "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" at all.
It was not until early in the morning, after finishing the work for the opening ceremony, that Shen Changwei, accompanied by his assistant, left the Bird's Nest and got into the car.
After a hard day's work, he didn't even look tired. Instead, he was extremely energetic. After getting in the car, he listened to his assistant talking about the grand occasion when "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was released...
Throughout the day, the average occupancy rate reached an astonishing over 85%. After watching the movie, almost all fans gave "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" a high score. It is expected that the box office will reach 6,000 on the opening day. More than 10,000 yuan, and it is very possible to even compete with "Mutation"!
The assistant kept talking about all the good news about "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Shen Changwei nodded, but closed his eyes, looking at ease.
Two years ago, when "Hero" was released, Shen Changwei also experienced such a grand occasion. Now times have changed, China's film industry is expanding day by day, and the box office is naturally rising.
The first-day box office performance of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was within Shen Changwei's expectations.
After the assistant excitedly told the good news about "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the car fell into a brief calm.
Compared to the box office performance in China, Shen Changwei is more concerned about the box office in North America, which is the main battlefield of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."
Vaguely, Zhou Yilin's ears heard what Zhou Yang had said to him when he was holding the script of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"...
This movie is preparing him to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film!
That year, "Hero" failed to compete for the Olympics, which was a lingering regret in Shen Changwei's heart. He thought that with "Hero" he could shine internationally and win the Oscar in one fell swoop, but no one could have imagined that there would be an accident midway Everything happened, Berlin failed, Cannes failed, and the Oscars ended helplessly...
After a long while, Shen Changwei opened his eyes. Somehow, as he served as the general director of the Olympic Games opening ceremony and directed one opening ceremony program after another, and after thinking of Zhou Yang's various experiences in the United States, Shen Changwei suddenly became interested in Oscar. My interest has faded a lot, and I even feel that I used to be a bit ridiculous, and I felt a little bit admiring foreign things.
"Xiao Zhou, are you ready to compete with Oscar?"
Outside the car window, the night was hazy and the moonlight was clear, Shen Changwei said these words.
"Yes, Director Zhou... we are planning to hold a Howard International Film Festival in Delaware next year. I heard that Governor Howard there has started to build a grand theater..."
"oh."
Shen Changwei nodded and continued to look at the moonlight in the sky, his eyes flashing with admiration.
Regardless of the final outcome, this era...
Destined to dance because of him!
The car drove on the road for half an hour. When it was about to arrive at Shen Changwei's villa, the assistant's phone rang. Then the assistant got excited and looked at Shen Changwei in surprise!
"The premiere box office is out. China's premiere box office is 64 million, which is one million higher than "Aberration"! We won, and we broke the record of Hollywood movies!"
The excited voice appeared in the night, causing Shen Changwei's eardrums to hurt...
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"Wow, the king of Hollywood science fiction films, Delson's "Alien" was a complete failure!"
"Not only was it successfully sniped by "Liao Zhai Painted Skin 2" and "The Grandmaster 2", but now it has been broken by "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to break the premiere record!"
"Holy shit, what the hell is going on in June and July? Why are you still witnessing history!"
"August 1st is such a surprising day!"
"Damn it! The daily box office champion is "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the runner-up at the Japanese box office is "The Grandmaster 2", and the third place is "Alien". The box office of "Alien" has dropped to more than 20 million, and they are all about to follow. ‘Spider-Man’ is flat!”
"However, it is a pity that "The Golden Guard 2" and "Liao Zhai Painted Skin 2" had not been released at this time, the box office of these two movies would not have been like this. This is simply a fight between gods!"
"Yes, although it is a pity, Director Jiang Ge dares to show his sword!"
"..."
In the early morning, when Douban Movie Network announced the daily box office data, the entire Chinese film industry was almost in a state of excitement.
All Chinese filmmakers looked at the box office data of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" with surprise!
Sixty-four million!
Amazing box office data, reaching the top of China’s daily box office on July 30th!
"The Grandmaster 2" ranked second at the box office with a box office of 35 million yuan...
Once upon a time, it had high hopes and everyone thought it was going to massacre the Chinese market. However, due to the impact of siege and popularity, the global movie "Mutation" dropped to 22 million yuan in box office, ranking third in the daily box office.
!
This is the first time in the history of Chinese films that a Chinese film has besieged a Hollywood film and pushed the Hollywood film to third place at the box office. It is even very likely that after being released for more than a month, there are already 18 million viewers of "Spider-Man"
》Exceeded!
While countless people are excited, it is inevitable that some people will feel regretful.
There are shining existences, and naturally there are movies that are eclipsed by the brilliance and appear to be vaguely ordinary.
The box office of "Liao Zhai Painted Skin 2" dropped to 10 million...
"Jinyiwei 2" is even more unlucky. Although it has been released for a while, due to the impact of blockbusters, the box office dropped to 8 million. Although there is still a long way to go, everyone feels that the upper limit of this movie is
During this fight between gods, he was pressed to an extremely ugly point.
But this feeling of regret did not last long, as Chinese filmmakers were once again inspired by several pieces of news from overseas.
It has been nearly a week since "The Golden Guard 2" and "Liao Zhai Painted Skin 2" were released overseas, and both overseas box office exceeded 20 million US dollars!
"Spider-Man" has been released for more than a month, and its total overseas box office has exceeded 500 million US dollars, and is heading towards the astonishing mark of 600 million US dollars...
As for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", its overseas premiere box office was a direct hit!
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"How is it possible that this movie could have a box office of 37 million U.S. dollars in its global premiere? "Alien" is only 53 million U.S. dollars! Wait, "Alien" will be released on July 30
"How much is the total daily box office?"
"Thirty-five million dollars!"
"What? The total daily box office of "Alien" is not as good as the premiere box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"?"
"After all, "Alien" has been released for a week, while "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has just been released and is gaining momentum..."
"But this is a Hollywood movie. This is the work of the king of science fiction Delson. How come, damn, the final total box office of this movie is not as good as "Spider-Man", right?"
"..."
DV company.
Although "King Kong" has been put into production, director Tony Orman is still concerned about "Spider-Man".
August 1st.
Hollywood is a bit gloomy.
In front of the DV company, it started to rain lightly.
Looking at the drizzle outside the window, Tony Orman continued to look down at the box office data of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and the astonishing box office number of "Spider-Man" exceeding 500 million US dollars!
He just felt that bad news had come...
even……
I feel that the future pattern of old-American movies may not be good...
Even the so-called Howard International Film Festival was regarded as a joke...