March 1st, the first day of the second lunar month.
All the Spring Festival movies that had been released for 28 days were confirmed to be released on this day.
From New Year's Eve to now, seven Spring Festival movies have been released for a total of one month. The total box office of the Spring Festival movies has reached 15.5 billion yuan, ranking among the top five in the total box office list of the Spring Festival movies in film history.
Among them, "Kung Fu" stands out, with a total box office of 6.1 billion, becoming the box office champion during the Spring Festival.
Followed by "The Path of Immortality 2", relying on the huge influence brought by the first part of the movie and the blessing of this year's Spring Festival, it has a total box office of 3.9 billion.
The third place is "Space Voyage", with a total box office of 2.08 billion.
The fourth place is the animated film "Panda Descending the Mountain", which earned 1.3 billion in box office.
The remaining three movies, added together, had a total box office of only 1.8 billion. Among them, the main theme film "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" received 900 million, the family movie "The Greatest Joy" received 700 million, and the modern drama ranked at the bottom
The romance movie "I'm Not a Lover" only earned 200 million at the box office.
Due to the sluggish performance of the Mandarin version at the box office during the Spring Festival period, "Better Days" and "I'm Not a Love Brain" were forced to be released after less than two weeks in theaters, leaving their schedules to several other films.
Because "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" is a main theme movie, although the subject matter is bad, it is not very popular. Although it was on the Spring Festival for 28 days, the total box office only reached 900 million.
In fact, whether it is "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" or "The Greatest Happiness", being on the Spring Festival block naturally has its attractions and highlights, but it is a pity that it is scheduled in the Spring Festival block, and it coincides with "Kung Fu"
, super top movies like "The Path of Immortality 2", this has caused these already excellent movies to encounter Waterloo during the Spring Festival.
With such fame, everyone went to watch movies such as "Kung Fu" and "The Road to Immortality 2". This resulted in these first movies becoming more and more profitable. Capital is driven by profit. It is impossible for theaters to do charity, so
They will forcefully promote these movies, use all available film schedules, and then reduce the number of films that do not make money, or even only schedule one or two movies a day, all at midnight, forcing the film producers to go offline.
Therefore, film producers who generally do not have very good quality are self-aware and will never compete with other blockbuster films during the Spring Festival, National Day and other popular days. Otherwise, under the influence of the siphon effect, they will definitely
It's a waste of compensation.
This year's Spring Festival performance has given the entire Chinese film industry an excellent answer worthy of a book.
The total box office during the Spring Festival stalls reached 15.5 billion, ranking fifth among all Spring Festival stalls and the highest box office figure in the past three years.
It was also on the day when movies such as "Kung Fu" were released that the super movie "Steel" directed by the well-known director Xu Weizhou officially announced the start of filming.
On this day, Donghai Port International Terminal.
Tens of thousands of people gathered here wearing costumes from a hundred years ago, including Chinese, whites, and blacks. People of all skin colors gathered together at this moment, and they seemed especially busy.
If it weren't for the skyscrapers not far away, I would have thought I was back a hundred years ago.
This is the effect Xu Weizhou wants, and the historical background of "Steel Horn" is already like this.
Seeing the whole port full of bustling people and a huge cruise ship parked not far away on the waterfront, Xu Weizhou stood in front of the director's chair and looked around. He felt as if he had stepped into a historical picture.
I was born with a huge sense of honor.
"Mr. Tan is still awesome. This Donghai Port can be rented at any time!" Xu Weizhou laughed loudly and said: "Although it is not a month, but only a week, and it is only this small area, but even so, I also
I’m very satisfied. I just need the special effects artist to polish the picture in the later stage!”
Donghai Port International Terminal is the largest port in the country and even the world. The port is located at the forefront of the Yangtze River Delta, in the middle of the mainland coastline, and adjacent to the Yangtze River Estuary. It is the main hub of China's coastal ports and the key to China's opening up to the outside world and its participation in the international economic cycle.
One of the important ports.
This is also the largest port in China.
As a world-famous port and one of the top ten ports in the world, Donghai Port has ranked first in the world in terms of cargo and container throughput since 20 years ago.
The annual cargo throughput is more than 50 million containers. If operations here are suspended for one day, the losses will affect the normal operation of the world economy. If operations are suspended for one month, the world economy will collapse.
And now, at Tan Gaohan's request, Donghai Port has actually agreed to let the crew of "Steel" use it for filming.
Because only a small area is divided, it will not affect the movement of port cargo at all, or in other words, the impact will be very small.
When Xu Weizhou proposed to lease Donghai Port, Tan Gaohan was completely numb. He even directly proposed to replace Donghai Port with Bangkok Port. However, the two ports are completely different in terms of transportation, geography, specifications, etc.
It is not a size or level.
Of course Xu Weizhou disagreed with this. He wanted to capture the epic feel of the steel cruise ship. Going to Bangkok Port would be a waste of money, so he settled for the next best thing and wanted to choose Temasek Port.
Temasek Port is also one of the top ten ports in the world. Compared with Donghai Port, it is only slightly inferior. The throughput is not as fast as Donghai Port. For many foreign shipping merchants who come to China to do business, Temasek Port is just a
It's just a transit port.
Xu Weizhou would be able to accept it if the filming took place at Temasek Port, and Tam Kohan also said he would give it a try.
Who would have thought that when the filming was about to start, Tan Gaohan lent the Donghai Port for use. Although it was only for seven days and a specific area was divided, Xu Weizhou was already overjoyed. He even admired Tan Gaohan very much for his connections.
It is so wide that even Donghai Port can be rented.
But Tan Gaohan said slowly: "Rent? Such a port, just this area, is beyond the measure of money. You are too vulgar. The leaders of Donghai Port gave it to us for free, just to support domestic movies."
"
Hearing these words, Xu Weizhou was in awe: "Then I must make this movie well, so as not to disappoint the leaders."
While the two were talking, Di Rongjie, dressed in a tuxedo and with shiny hair, appeared in front of him.
He will play Deng Qingsi's fiancé, Xie Keduo, in this movie.
All the TV series filmed by the TV star Di Rongjie are all high-quality, and he has also made several masterpieces, but none of them are big hits. Although this time "Steel" is fully invested by Hansen Studio, Di Rongjie has
However, he did not seek out Han Sen's connections. Instead, when Xu Weizhou cast a wide net to invite domestic actors to audition, he quietly signed up and successfully stood out from the crowd of auditioners.
Even Tan Gaohan, the agent, only discovered Di Rongjie's existence when he saw the specific list of actors.
"You're a little too pushy with your outfit." Tan Gaohan saw Di Rongjie and frowned slightly: "You are the second male lead, not the first male lead."
Hearing this, Di Rongjie chuckled, conjured up a short top hat from nowhere, and put it on his head comfortably. He took out a cigar from his pocket, stuffed it into his mouth, and looked at Tan Gaohan sideways.
: “I don’t want to be in the limelight.
, but this is how the script sets up the characters. Lao Tan, do you know what character I am playing this time? Personable, dedicated in love, born in a wealthy family, heir to an international steel giant family, a typical diamond king.
ah!"
Tan Gaohan was stunned: "Really?"
He had not carefully polished the script, and in fact it was not his strong point, so he looked at Xu Weizhou with suspicion.
"This description is actually correct. There are objective facts."
Xu Weizhou nodded and said: "But in the subjective view of the audience, you are just a vulgar man who is full of conspiracy and has the smell of copper."
"you're right."
Di Rongjie sighed, put the cigar back in the box, and said with a grimace: "Maybe this is the second male lead! Damn sense of destiny!"
The Xie Keduo he plays is the undisputed second male lead in the drama "Steel" and the biggest villain of the entire movie. He has very high requirements for acting skills and temperament.
In order to prepare for this drama and better integrate into the character, Di Rongjie read through the script every day for a month and looked up various relevant information about the history of the Steel.
Every time he inquired about the key points that led to the silence of the ship, Di Rongjie felt shocked from the depths of his heart.
After the shock, there was a deep sense of regret and powerlessness.
Even during this period, because he studied the script too deeply and consulted a large amount of images and text materials, Di Rongjie could always dream about that scene a hundred years ago.
That year was April 14, 1912.
On that day, there were only the last three hours left until midnight.
The cruise ship Steel, known as the "unsinkable ship", was sailing rapidly on the dark and cold ocean at a speed of 45 kilometers per hour at that moment!
It was like a dagger, charging bravely regardless of all dangers, as if it was going to make a huge gash in the black velvet cloth!
At that time, the maximum speed of the entire ship was 23 knots.
The speed of the cruise ship reached 22 knots, which was infinitely close to the limit.
While traveling at such a rapid pace, it is also difficult to "brake" if an emergency occurs.
At that time, Hua Xinjie, the owner of this giant ship, in order to make this giant ship popular all over the world, under the influence of comparison, ordered the captain to sail at the fastest speed and strive to reach the destination in the shortest time, and then
It shocked the world and made headlines in newspapers around the world.
If it had been at any other time, if the giant ship Steel had moved forward at full speed regardless of speed, perhaps no accident would have happened.
But at that time, it coincided with a mild winter, and the icebergs in the Arctic Ocean moved further south than in previous years. Therefore, the probability of icebergs appearing on the established route was much greater than in previous years!
Therefore, ships traveling in the North Atlantic often receive notifications of iceberg conditions from other ships.
Everyone understands each other, passes information to each other, and helps navigate.
"Steel" is certainly no exception.
The captain at the time ordered the lookouts many times to pay close attention to the icebergs floating on the sea.
But what makes people speechless is that the giant oil tanker Steel, which has attracted worldwide attention, does not even have a pair of binoculars that can be used for lookout!
It is said that the crew member in charge of the telescope carefully locked the telescope in the cabinet, and then, for some reason, he did not get on the ship...
Therefore, the lookouts on duty could only rely on human eyes to identify them in the sea breeze.
It was a calm journey along the way.
But it was just too calm that led to the tragedy that followed.
Because even if there is a little wave undulating, when the waves hit the iceberg, the movement caused by it can be easily detected by the naked eye.
But precisely because there is no telescope, the lookout cannot notice the scene hundreds of meters away in the dark night.
As time goes by, it's approaching midnight.
When the lookout spotted the dark shadow of the iceberg.
I saw the tip of the iceberg shrouded in darkness in the distance, growing in size at lightning speed.
He woke up immediately, rang the alarm bell three times in a row, then quickly grabbed the phone and shouted: "There is an iceberg right ahead!".
Although the deputy captain received the report calmly and immediately ordered to slow down all engines, turn the rudder full to the left, and turn the No. 3 propeller into reverse quickly, an investigation later confirmed that the order of the deputy captain to turn the rudder full left was a
Fatal error.
At that time, the Steel was less than 400 meters away from the iceberg.
Only 37 seconds passed between the time the lookout spotted the iceberg and the ship hit the iceberg on its starboard side.
In the dark night, when the ship's hull collides with the iceberg at extremely fast speeds, any decision is made in a single thought.
37 seconds later, because the hull of the Steel was too big, the rudder was too small, and the forward speed was too fast, it was impossible to stop and turn in time, so it rushed towards the iceberg diagonally.
Everyone knows the phenomenon of the "tip of the iceberg" - when you see an iceberg floating on the sea, there may actually be super icebergs dozens or hundreds of times larger below the sea level.
So, on that day, the Steel and Iceberg had a kiss of death——
"The starboard side of the ship was torn open by an iceberg below the sea level. The rivets began to break rapidly below the waterline at the front, and huge amounts of seawater continued to pour into the cargo hold."
"Even some passengers in the lower cabin can see the milky white iceberg passing by outside the porthole!"
"In the first 10 minutes after the collision with the iceberg, 4,000 tons of seawater poured into the bow of the ship!"
"At the end, more than 7,000 tons of seawater quickly poured into the bow of the ship. The water had flooded three bow cargo holds and further covered the upper deck..."
When Di Rongjie, who was checking the information, saw these descriptions, his whole body felt numb, not to mention the lives that unfortunately died due to accidents and cold!
These living lives, after that day, turned into cold numbers...
Therefore, the closer it is to the start of the filming, the more Di Rongjie looks forward to it, mixed with great confusion:
How should a director shoot such a large and detailed scene?