As soon as the couple turned around and walked out of the room, they saw the door of the opposite room slowly opening.
Chen Musheng, Zou Zhaolong, An Zhijie and Liu Yi were walking out chatting and laughing happily.
The two sides looked at each other, were stunned for a moment, and then greeted each other warmly with a smile.
"Director Chen, Master Zou, An Zhijie, Lao Liu." The couple shouted respectively, their voices full of familiarity.
"Here we come." Chen Musheng nodded slightly, with a hint of gentleness in his steady eyes.
"Awesome, he is very successful in Japan and South Korea." Zou Zhaolong grinned and praised, with a bright smile on his face.
"It's true that monkeys are fighting thunder." An Zhijie joked in Cantonese, looking very lively and cheerful.
Liu Yi just smiled and said nothing. His eyes were filled with the joy of meeting old friends again.
The two parties were so familiar that excessive greetings seemed a bit awkward, but the eyes looking at the couple were full of admiration, as well as happiness and excitement that they had not seen for a long time.
Chu Xuan and An Zhijie shook hands tightly, cracked their wrists, and then asked curiously: "Are you going out?"
"'Avatar' has been released for a few days, have you seen it?" Liu Yi said at this moment.
""Avatar"?" Liu Yifei was startled at first, and then said with great interest: "Are you going to watch a movie?"
"Yes." An Zhijie replied.
Chen Musheng nodded and said slowly: "Our movie is going to compete with "Avatar". We have to see what this movie is like."
"It's been a leisurely time since you guys haven't been here these past few days." Liu Yi took over the conversation and said, "Originally, we planned to go see this movie on the first day, but we didn't know that the organizers of the film festival are so enthusiastic and ask for dinner invitations every night.
After drinking, I invited some domestic artists to invite me. It was hard to refuse. When I woke up during the day, I had to go to the exhibition hall to support them. I just had time to watch a movie today."
As he spoke, he shook his head helplessly, but there was no trace of complaint on his face.
"The first one, the newly established film festivals are all almost the same." Zou Zhaolong said, his eyes revealed a look of understanding: "The same was true for the golden horses in Baodao and the golden statues in Xiangjiang. They all needed to win over people.
Come to support me, how about you be polite?"
Liu Yifei said apologetically: "We couldn't help it. We were still in the island country at the time and couldn't make it. Thank you all for your hard work these days."
"It's a small thing." Chen Musheng waved his hand, looking nonchalant, and said indifferently: "There is no such thing as happiness or misery. It's not bad to have a big meal for free every day. Why don't you go and watch this movie together? The award ceremony is still going on.
morning."
Liu Yifei glanced at Chu Xuan, and seeing Chu Xuan's attitude of accepting it readily, she turned and walked into the room: "Okay, let's go together. I'll ask my mother if she can go."
After a while, mother and daughter Liu Xiaoli and Liu Yifei came out and walked to the elevator with everyone, preparing to watch a movie.
Zeng Ni and Lu Tao stayed in the room and prepared the clothing and makeup for Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei to attend the award ceremony.
At the elevator entrance, everyone stopped and waited in front of the door.
Chen Musheng pressed the elevator button and looked sideways at the couple, with admiration in his eyes.
"Sissi and Xuanzai, you two are really powerful. You caused such a big commotion in South Korea. When the news spread to Hong Kong, it can be said that one stone stirred up a thousand waves. Sissi, you are really popular in Asia."
"There is a lot of discussion in the circle about this, comparing you to the birth of another Lin Qingxia."
Everyone's eyes turned to Liu Yifei, who raised her eyebrows slightly, with a flattered look on her face, but she was full of doubts about the sentence "another Lin Qingxia was born".
Chen Musheng saw her confusion and continued with a smile: "Chenglong and Lin Qingxia are close friends. They worked together in Jiahe in the past. In many of Lin Qingxia's film and television dramas, Chenglong helped her design some martial arts moves for free."
"Some of your actions in "The Sky" were seen by the Hong Kong audience as being influenced by Lin Qingxia."
"Among those veteran superstars back then, the three most famous actresses in Asia were Lin Qingxia, Maggie Cheung and Teresa Teng."
"Teresa Teng is a singer. Maggie Cheung's artistic route is only famous for her action scenes. That's why Hong Kong audiences compare you to another Brigitte Lin."
Liu Yifei nodded slowly as if she was suddenly enlightened, and her heart suddenly became clear.
"Director Chen, thank you for the award." Liu Xiaoli said with a show of face.
The Xiangjiang market has always been a bit arrogant, and often looks down upon artists from the mainland. When Chen Musheng said that the public opinion in Xiangjiang praised her daughter Sissi so much, she was extremely happy in her heart.
However, thinking of her daughter's current state of mind, she still tried to suppress it a little: "How can Sissi compare to Lin Qingxia now? She has to continue to work hard. Don't be anxious, you know?"
When Liu Yifei heard what her mother said, she looked at her mother, winked mischievously, and nodded obediently.
This lovely move of her daughter made Liu Xiaoli have a doting look on her face. She raised her hand and put it on her daughter's shoulder, showing her intimacy and motherly love.
Seeing the harmonious and loving appearance of the mother and daughter, and hearing Liu Xiaoli's advice to Sissi, Chen Musheng said gently: "Sissi is only 22 years old. With such achievements at such a young age, she will definitely have a bright future."
Zou Zhaolong nodded slightly, looked at Liu Yifei and said: "Lin Qingxia is not as popular as you at this age. Besides, Lin Qingxia is Lin Qingxia, and you are you. Excellent actors should have their own unique style. In my opinion,
It's only a matter of time before you surpass her."
Being praised one after another made Liu Yifei elated and her joy was beyond words.
Unexpectedly, Liu Xiaoli said: "Just praise her as hard as you can. If one day she expands too much, I will cause trouble for you."
Chen Musheng's expression changed, and he immediately pretended to be extremely serious, and told Liu Yifei: "You must continue to work hard, and you must not be arrogant and impetuous. Fame and wealth are just illusions. You should stabilize your mentality."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Yes, it is better to keep a low profile." Zou Zhaolong quickly agreed.
Chu Xuan and An Zhijie stood aside as if they were watching a big show. This rapid change in attitude made the two of them laugh so hard that they couldn't help but laugh, each putting their arms around each other's shoulders.
Chen Musheng, Zou Zhaolong and Liu Xiaoli looked at each other. These three people, all in their forties or fifties, looked very interesting.
"Why are you so funny?" Liu Yifei didn't know whether to laugh or cry, she just felt that it was full of fun.
Seeing the elevator door open, she stepped into the elevator first, turned around and asked, "Master Zou, how is the situation in Europe?"
Everyone walked into the elevator one after another. Zou Zhaolong pressed the button for the first floor, turned half sideways and said, "It's not bad. Chenglong is very famous in Europe. Almost every road show is overcrowded."
Then, with a hint of interest in his eyes, he said to Liu Yifei: "Thank you to your father for allowing us to hold two large-scale roadshows at the Confucius Institutes in France and Italy, which attracted many Chinese and overseas Chinese, which greatly enhanced the
It increased the publicity of the movie.”
Liu Xiaoli couldn't help frowning when she heard that Ankang was also credited. She didn't help much during the road show of the movie, but Ankang provided assistance to Chenglong in Europe. This made her feel a little unbalanced and not very happy.
Liu Yifei glanced at her mother's face, knowing that her mother would definitely be unhappy when she heard her father's name. But probably because there were other people around, she couldn't complain or say anything. She just frowned and said nothing. Her mother was in such a state.
It made her secretly laugh a few times.
"Actually," Chen Musheng said: "As long as we can win the Asian market, it is enough. In the global market outside of the Asian market, we cannot compete with Hollywood. No matter how good the movies are, we can't compete. The West's attitude towards China cannot compete with us."
The anti-Chinese cultural environment formed by this influence has already destined this result."
Everyone nodded and recognized Chen Musheng's statement. What he stated was indeed the truth.
The elevator door slowly opened and Chen Musheng walked out: "So, when the momentum you created in South Korea came out, and the public opinion situation was extremely beneficial to the movie, it can be said that it gave us reassurance that there is an Asian market.
, the movie’s global release performance will not be bad, as long as the gap with the two Hollywood movies is not too huge, we will be considered successful.”
Everyone walked out of the elevator and nodded slightly, once again expressing their agreement with his point of view.
"Where to watch a movie?" Chu Xuan asked.
"Your Brilliant Times Cinema is right next to the Venetian Shopping Center, didn't you know?" An Zhijie said.
Chu Xuan was confused for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Brilliant Times Cinemas are all over the country, and I haven't been to every place. How could I know."
With a smile on his face, Chen Musheng turned to Chu Xuan and said, "As expected of being the boss, these words sound particularly heroic."
"Are you drifting too?" Liu Xiaoli teased her son-in-law, and the others looked at Chu Xuan jokingly. Chu Xuan just smiled and said nothing to hide the embarrassment in his heart.
The Mandarin Hotel where I stayed is very close to the Venetian Shopping Center, and it only takes a few hundred meters to reach it.
If you travel openly, you will inevitably be recognized by passers-by and tourists.
The commotion attracted several people to watch and take photos.
Some people also knew that the group was here to participate in the film festival, and they wished from the bottom of their hearts: "I wish you win the grand prize!"
"Thank you." The group expressed their gratitude and walked into the Bright Times Cinema.
Seeing the arrival of the boss and his wife, the manager of the theater greeted them enthusiastically, which also attracted the attention of the staff present.
After asking around for a while, everyone was surprised to find that the ticket price for the "Avatar" movie was ridiculously expensive.
"120 yuan a ticket? So expensive!" Liu Yifei was shocked.
The theater manager said: "The 3D version is 120, the normal digital version is 60, regardless of regional economic differences, it is unified across the country."
Hearing this, Chu Xuan suddenly realized in his heart and said: "No wonder the box office reached 500 million in five days of release. It turns out that the ticket price is so high."
We don’t know the overseas situation of “Avatar” yet, but we can get first-hand information about the domestic situation.
When the couple was still in the island country, they heard in the group that "Avatar" had a box office of 160 million on the first day it was released, which was higher than the 120 million box office of "Skyliner" on the first day.
Such amazing results shocked the friends in the group.
But Chu Xuan knew it, because deep in his memory, he knew that the box office results of "Avatar" would be extremely high.
But now when he heard what the theater manager said, he suddenly realized that it was the ridiculously expensive ticket prices that contributed to the incredible box office performance of "Avatar."
According to the original trajectory, the total domestic box office of "Avatar" seems to be 1.3 billion, far exceeding the 320 million of "Red Cliff" which topped last year's box office, and also crushing the more than 400 million of "The Founding of a People's Republic", which originally topped this year's box office.
It's just that under the current trajectory, with their "Sky Curtain", everything has changed.
Comparing "Tianmu" with the current "Avatar", the average ticket price of "Tianmu" is RMB 50, and the box office on the first day is 120 million, while the average ticket price of "Avatar" is RMB 80, and the box office on the first day is RMB 160 million.
If the average movie ticket price of "Tianmu" is also increased to 80, the box office on the first day will be close to 200 million!
Looking at it this way, it seems that the situation of "Avatar" in China is not that great!
Since he decided to engage in science fiction a few years ago, if he wants to make science fiction famous, and if he wants science fiction and special effects themes to be recognized in the domestic market, he must release a blockbuster before "Avatar", otherwise the audience will be preconceived.
They use "Avatar" to deny domestic science fiction.
Since developing the science fiction film "Hope", what he is most worried about is that his science fiction works will compete with "Avatar", or be released after "Avatar". In this way, the influence of domestic science fiction will be greatly reduced. Science fiction and special effects
The future of the subject matter is even more worrying.
Fortunately, "Sky Curtain" avoided all of this from happening, and has achieved extraordinary results and high market recognition.
In this way, Chu Xuan also strengthened his confidence in engaging in science fiction and special effects themes, and also eliminated his fear of "Avatar" to a large extent.
But now, I suddenly realized it.
Although the superficial performance of "Avatar" is better than that of "The Sky", if the ticket prices are compared equally, then "Avatar" is even weaker than "The Sky" in the domestic market!
The number of moviegoers was less than that of "Cinema"!
The market share is lower than that of "Tianmu"!
Such an astonishing discovery made Chu Xuan instantly burst with self-confidence, thinking confidently in his heart: As long as he dares to invest money, as long as he persists in working hard, as long as he devotes himself to creation and production, as long as the publicity is widespread and effective, then there is nothing wrong with it.
Things that are possible.
Before that, with his foresight, if "Sky Curtain" could beat "Avatar"? He himself couldn't believe it.
But now the facts are before our eyes, "Sky Curtain" really rivals "Avatar"!
"Awesome!" Chu Xuan was extremely excited. The work he participated in actually did such an amazing thing, and he was really happy.
"Looking at it this way, as far as the current situation is concerned, our "Sky Curtain" is better than "Avatar" in the domestic market." Chen Musheng said happily, and he obviously also drew the comparison results from the ticket prices.
"That's right, from the perspective of market share and number of moviegoers, "Sky Curtain" is currently slightly better." The theater manager confirmed.
Liu Xiaoli, Liu Yifei, Zou Zhaolong and An Zhijie all had happy expressions on their faces and were happy for this.
They didn't have Chu Xuan's vision for the future, and they weren't as excited as Chu Xuan. They couldn't deeply understand the excitement point of their own movie surpassing "Avatar".
They are just in awe of the name of "Cameron", a world-famous director, and are wary of the publicity stunt of "ten years of careful creation".
I am worried about the impact of my own movies.
But judging from the current release situation of "Avatar", although it is true that it is popular, no matter how popular it is, it still loses to its own "Sky Curtain". So this "Avatar" does not seem to be as powerful as advertised.
They have no control over how this movie fares overseas.
But it has become a fact that it lost to "Sky Curtain" in China, which means that "Sky Curtain" has achieved great success. The strong rise of domestic science fiction and special effects themes also means that domestic films have successfully resisted in this battlefield without gunpowder.
A wave of powerful foreign cultural input!
This made them not as excited as Chu Xuan, but their happy expressions and full sense of glory were equally palpable.
Chu Xuan felt very happy. The theater manager repeatedly offered to watch the movie for free, but he waved his hand and insisted on paying for everyone to watch the movie.
Just like that, everyone took a pair of 3D glasses and walked into the 3D movie screening room.
After everyone took their seats, they looked at the screen together with the audience to see what strange features the legendary "Avatar" had.
For Chu Xuan, it was like reliving this epoch-making blockbuster that had gradually faded in his memory.
Having been both a director and a producer, and growing up in an environment where his capital status was also improving, his aesthetic perspective on movies has become both broad and in-depth.
Throughout the entire movie, he found that the biggest highlight was the special effects, while the character setting and story line were very weak.
The story tells a story about humans wanting to colonize an alien planet, which is very much in line with the "werewolf" thinking of Western capital.
Moreover, the story develops in a single line, with a very simple linear structure, straight forward.
But aside from these, the visual effects of the scene have an absolute and super impact.
Compare it to "Sky Curtain", such as the Mountain House, the countless silver bridges between mountains and rivers, countless caves, tall waterfalls and flowing water pipes, etc. The combination of many elements will distract the audience's attention and make the audience shocked by the complex scene.
Construction, ignoring the details that are lacking in special effects technology.
Many of the big scenes in "The Sky" are like this, using multi-element methods to construct scenes to make up for the shortcomings in special effects technology, allowing the audience to focus more on the multi-element scenes rather than the rendering of special effects.
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But "Avatar" is different. Its large scenes are not complicated. For example, it is just an ocean, a forest, or a vast plain. The beautiful visual effects bring a very strong impact to people.
The elements are very simple, so it can better reflect the development and power of special effects technology. This aspect cannot be compared with "Sky Curtain".
The visual effects of the scenes in "Cover" pay more attention to the diverse structure of aesthetics, further reflecting the diversity of cultures.
The scene visual effects of "Avatar" pay more attention to the aesthetic impression created in the virtual world, highlighting an absolute technical control.
This difference is reflected in the photography process, that is, the shooting of "Ceiling" requires many models to serve as real scenes, while the shooting of "Avatar" only requires a piece of green cloth, and the rest is all done by technology.
If you take off the 3D glasses, the two movies can compete with each other. Although "Canopy" is technically inferior to "Avatar", "Avatar" cannot compare to "Canopy" in terms of the diversity of scenes and cultural diversity.
However, if you put on 3D glasses, it will be an immersive visual experience, which is a level above "Sky Curtain" in terms of movie viewing.
Thinking of this, Chu Xuan came to the conclusion: "Even if "Sky Curtain" loses the global box office, it will be lost in technology, not in the content of the movie itself. If "Sky Curtain" is also a 3D movie, you can also wear 3D glasses to experience it.
When it comes to the immersive viewing mode, everything is hard to say.”
The movie viewing ended with the audience's unfinished exclamations.
"To be honest, in terms of imagination and setting, it is not as good as "Sky Curtain", but the picture is really beautiful and the visual impact is so refreshing." One audience member said with emotion.
"Yes, the world view is not as grand as "Sky Curtain", nor does it have the cultural connotation of "Sky Curtain". It is a purely popcorn-style cool movie, but the special effects are so awesome. Wearing these 3D glasses feels like you are experiencing the real thing in the movie.
Everything, "Sky Curtain" cannot compare to this," one audience member said.
"No wonder a ticket is so expensive. It cost me 120, but it's worth it. Watching a movie for the first time felt like I was actually there, which made me feel so happy." One audience member said happily.
said.
"It would be great if "The Sky" was also in 3D. Those big scenes would definitely be more enjoyable to watch." Some viewers expressed regret.
Amidst the noisy chatter of the leaving audience, a family of three and others also stood up and left.
Chen Musheng said: "I'm not complaining with colored glasses, but I'm saying that this story is really not that good. It's an obvious Hollywood cool movie template. It establishes the good guys and villains in a linear story. The logic is really incapable of complaining.
.”
"Let's just say that a decent person doesn't help humans but helps aliens. This position is very strange." An Zhijie said.
Zou Zhaolong smiled and nodded: "The most important thing is, why would that decent person have feelings for Nami? Nami are not beautiful, and they are not in line with normal people's aesthetics. It is even more strange that a human would like such an alien woman.
.”
"Don't be politically correct again." Liu Xiaoli said.
The couple listened to their discussion and found it very interesting.
Chu Xuan said: "It is undeniable that their special effects are really strong. And 3D technology, including 3D cameras, video cameras and other equipment, can allow Hollywood capital to make a lot of money on a global scale."
Everyone was stunned, as if this was really the case.
Chen Musheng admired him: "As expected of a boss, his vision of looking at things is far-reaching. Yes, the global film industry may undergo major changes, and the ultimate beneficiary will be the capital behind Hollywood, which sells 3D equipment."
"Sure enough." Liu Xiaoli reacted and nodded: "Hollywood has a deep-seated purpose in making such a movie. No wonder they spared no effort to invest money in publicizing it to make it known to the world. Everything is to make a lot of money for equipment."
"Then we can also buy their equipment!" Liu Yifei took Chu Xuan's hand and shook it again.
"I'm afraid..." Zou Zhaolong paused and said: "I'm afraid that our performance of "Tianmu" will be too good, so that Hollywood will block us in this area and not sell us new equipment.
, thereby preventing our development.”
Chen Musheng picked up the 3D glasses in his hand and looked at them, then raised his head and said: "The special effects genre in China has just started. No, except for the bright ones in "Sky Curtain", Yinghuang, and China Film and Television can be said to be in their infancy. The entire market is still in its infancy.
You haven't started yet, and you want to run before you can walk? This is obviously not the normal way of development, so even if Hollywood is blocked, it has no real meaning. We don't need 3D yet."
"Heroes see the same thing." Chu Xuan nodded slightly: "Although it sounds unpleasant to say, we are indeed lagging far behind as a whole. Even if we get the most advanced things, it is of no use. The middle development stage is still blank.
The entire market still needs to improve and catch up.”
"Yes." Chen Musheng nodded in agreement, and everyone nodded in agreement.
Judging from the current situation of the domestic film industry, the only domestic special effects blockbuster is "Sky Curtain", and the development of this aspect of the entire market is still almost zero.
Even normal digital special effects movies are still in their infancy, and it is really too early to mention more advanced 3D special effects now.
After hearing what they said, Liu Yifei also understood and no longer struggled with 3D or not.
Anyway, no matter how good "Avatar" is, it has been proven that it cannot compete with "Sky Curtain" in the domestic market, which is enough for her to be happy.
As for future development, that will be discussed in the future.
Liu Xiaoli walked out of the theater, checked the time on her mobile phone, and said: "It's 3 p.m., we can prepare for the award ceremony. Let's go back to the hotel and have a meal first, and have lunch and dinner together, so as not to leave the award ceremony without being hungry.
Belly."
Everyone nodded slightly and headed back to the hotel together.
