"After waiting for two and a half years, it's finally going to be released!" - the cry from the fan base.
As a fan, with the concept that movies over TV series come from nowhere, whether it is correct or not, and which subtly affects everyone, of course I hope that my two idols can make a movie.
It's just that since the movie "New Police Story" in 2004, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei seem to have no intention of entering the film industry and have been filming TV series until now.
However, at the beginning of 2007, there were rumors that Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were going to make a movie, which made their friends very happy and looking forward to it.
However, from the end of 2007 when it was reported on the Internet that Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei appeared in a family class in Hong Kong for pre-shooting training, to the official press conference in early 2008, and then to the announcement of the completion of filming during the summer vacation in the middle of the year, it is now mid-2009.
It's been nearly two and a half years, and there's still no news that this movie will be released. I'm really anxious.
Some time ago, it was rumored that the movie would be released during the National Day holiday, but there was no clear official announcement. In addition, there were too many rumors floating around on the Internet, making this news very doubtful.
It wasn't until they saw the Reuters report on the film's roadshow that some fans were convinced that the film would be released during the National Day holiday.
As a senior entertainment fan, I naturally understand some rules regarding film and television dramas. In terms of movies, if the crew starts a road show, it means that the movie is about to be released.
Fans are very happy. The movie they have been waiting for for two and a half years is about to be released. It is an authentic domestic science fiction movie that has never been seen in China. Their two idols are the male and female protagonists in it, which makes them extremely excited.
“Let’s meet up for Wuzhen! The road show in Zhejiang ends in Wuzhen. Is there anyone going with us?”
Xiaoyun, as the leader of the "Chu Yi Feixuan" fan group, started to organize spontaneously while she was in Shenghai.
Wuzhen is in Jiaxing, and the SJ District of Jiaxing is adjacent to Shenghai in the east. It is very close to Shenghai, and it is a weekend. It is obvious that the time arrangement is very down-to-earth for office workers.
In the past, activities in the capital were organized by Xiao Xi, the deputy leader. Now that the idol is so close to her, it is her turn to organize a wave of offline support activities.
Compared with fans paying attention to their own idols, every news will always spread in the fan circle as soon as possible, making it seem like it is very popular, but in fact it is just a road show, published by passers-by using Reuters.
It didn't cause much popularity on the Internet.
#chuxuanandliuyifei movie roadshow Reuters photo#, this topic was on the hot search for a while, but it fell off the hot search list after only a few hours. It is obvious that netizens are attracted by these two names.
I came here, but I am not interested in the road show and can only go to Wuzhen to watch movies, which is even less attractive.
On the contrary, the official WeChat account of #天禯:兵甲下# has triggered a small-scale heated discussion among many movie fans and sci-fi movie fans.
"It has been two and a half years, and you are finally alive. Do you know how I have lived these two and a half years?"
"China's first science fiction film, I'm highly looking forward to it. I'll take the bus to Wuzhen on the 25th, don't let me run away in vain!"
"When I first heard about it, it was still unconventional. When I saw you again, it was already the Mediterranean. Back then, you left me when you gave me the news. Today, when I hear the news, I will definitely come here bald."
“Since ancient times, the comment section has produced talents, and the one above is outstanding!”
"I'm not available on the 25th, but I'm available on the 26th. I'm coming to Wuzhen. Don't let me down with "Tianmu: The Enemy at the Gate"!!"
In terms of the level of attention and expectations for this movie, fans of Cheng Long and movie fans who love science fiction elements are the most concerned.
For fans of Cheng Long, after returning to China from Hollywood, Cheng Long has filmed "New Police Story" in 2004, "Myth" in 2005, "Baby Project" in 2006, and "Kung Fu Fighter" in 2007.
King", 2008's "At the Gates of the City".
Cheng Long has obvious changes in his character in the first two movies. Movie fans know that Cheng Long is getting too old and can no longer do action movies. He wants to transform, but Ming Ming returns to Ming Ming, but the effect of this change in style is not obvious.
Not satisfying.
The last movie "Baby Project" returns to Chenglong-style comedy. The original feeling is indeed back, but the visual fatigue is still very serious. The plot of the movie has already been deeply rooted in the hearts of movie fans. This movie can only be regarded as unsatisfactory.
Evaluation, in their eyes Chenglong still has not made a breakthrough and has not given any surprises.
As for "The King of Kung Fu" in 2007, it's hard to comment on it. Except for the few minutes of fighting with Jet Li, which are more exciting, it's okay not to watch the rest.
In the minds of movie fans, these four movies are not bad at all, but they are not successful for Cheng Long. Compared with Jackie Chan during the period of "Rush Hour", which was popular around the world, they are far behind.
Now another masterpiece "At the Gate" is about to come, and it will still be paired with Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei. The old couple in "New Police Story" has now been promoted to a male and female protagonist. What will happen when it collides with Jackie Chan?
What kind of changes and sparks?
Moreover, this is a science fiction theme that Jackie Chan has never filmed before. Even though the first four films were not surprising, this movie still made them look forward to it.
For science fiction movie fans, the reason for looking forward to this movie is even simpler: there are no real science fiction movies in China.
Even though there have been one or two movies and TV series with science fiction elements in the past, it is difficult for people to associate the word "science fiction" with things that cannot be considered film and television special effects at all, and there are many films and TV shows with science fiction elements.
In Xiangjiang and Baodao, the mainland has a "Magic Phone".
"Magic Phone", it's okay to call it a fantasy drama, but forget it as a science fiction drama.
Since the "Hope" micro-movie came out in 2006, its gorgeous special effects and high-precision picture quality made science fiction fans temporarily regard it as a domestic science fiction masterpiece. Later, "Hope" won the Cannes Grand Prix abroad, making fans even more excited.
of pleasure and appreciation.
I thought that the next step would be the big movie "Hope", which would expand the micro-movie into a normal screen movie, but who knew that the production team, which was once in the limelight, chose to settle down and come up with "At the Gate".
The official account of "Hope" said that "we need to prepare, we need to adjust, and we hope that fans will give us time." Fans regret not being able to see the film in time, but they can understand it. After all, micro-movies are different from regular movies, and there are more things to prepare for.
It's cumbersome.
However, the special effects team of "Attack" and the special effects team of "Hope" are from the same company. With the quality of "Hope" being the best, then "Attack" is not bad in terms of special effects, and Chenglong, Chu Xuan
With Liu Yifei and a number of veteran actors joining the cast, this movie is well worth looking forward to.
The Zhejiang roadshow ends in Wuzhen. Even though they are far away from Wuzhen across the country, there are still some Chenglong movie fans and science fiction movie fans who are ready to buy tickets to come.
Fans chase celebrities, movie fans chase movies, amateurs watch Reuters, and melon-eaters peek at the screen... The small repercussions caused by road shows are treated differently by different groups of people.
However, in addition to this, those who take this matter more deeply and are more concerned about it are the competitors in this year’s National Day season.
——Beijing Huayi Brothers Group.
On the sofa in the office, Wang Zhongjun was sitting in front of the tea tray, holding a tea cup in his hand. The lid of the cup partially covered a small slit, and the tea trickled down from the slit into the small cup.
He was pouring tea slowly, looking like a master of tea art: "There are still more than two months until the release, and the road show is about to begin. There is a lot of anticipation."
Although "The Enemy" has not yet been officially announced, the theater alliance's planning news, given their size, Huayi is naturally qualified to know in advance.
Although the release date has not yet been set, the release date of October 1st is certain. With a large production and a large lineup and the support of China Film Group, there is no objection or doubt about occupying a place in the National Day release.
Wang Zhonglei chuckled: "With an investment of 200 million, it comes from Chenglong, Chu Xuan, and Liu Yifei. Isn't the expectation high? It's expected."
Under normal circumstances, it is enough to go to a few road shows a month before the movie is released. The road show will be followed immediately by screenings, and the premiere and pre-sales will be completed in one go. A shorter time can better build up the popularity and allow the audience's enthusiasm to be effectively and timely exerted.
When buying movie tickets, this "one-month" promotion model is also common in the industry.
In the past few years, Bright Era has also released two movies, both of which are Ning Hao's "Crazy" series. The two films were separated by two or three years. This obviously shows that Bright Era did not give too many resources to film development before, otherwise it would
It's not just one movie every two or three years, but a development model like their Huayi's two or three movies a year.
The speculation of their brothers is that Bright Era was not ready to compete before and had been waiting for an opportunity.
This opportunity is when the box office market rises to a certain level, and the theater system of Brilliant Era expands to a certain scale. When the two are achieved and added together, Brilliant Era drops another bomb, and then it can ride on the wind.
The high box office proves that the local science fiction pioneered by Brilliant Times works. This means that Brilliant Times is leading the industry. If the market recognizes the strength of this domestic science fiction brand, then Brilliant Times will benefit endlessly.
Needless to say, in the theater system, the larger the scale, the higher the voice. The higher the voice, the less constraints there are on film arranging, and naturally the greater the push for high box office.
Bright Times launched the road show of "Attack on the Wall" so early, which is completely different from Ning Hao's "Crazy" series in terms of publicity.
Bright Era also obviously had the idea of raising the popularity of the film to a higher level than the normal market situation, so that when it was released, it attempted to make an instant hit in the film circle and officially enter the film industry.
In this way, the bright era of several movies a year may be coming, and they will have to share some of this growing cake.
This is the speculation of the two brothers, and they should be close to each other.
"When "Hope" came out, I thought "King of Kung Fu" could have a shot at this movie, but I didn't know I wouldn't make "Hope."
"Another film called "Attack" was coming, and I thought it could compete with "The King of Kung Fu" at the same time. I didn't expect that their efficiency was a bit slow. It took almost three years for it to be released."
Hearing Wang Zhonglei's words, Wang Zhongjun smiled lightly and poured him a cup of tea: "Science fiction, pre-preparation and post-production are complicated. Hollywood science fiction takes two years to start, let alone them."
Wang Zhonglei nodded: "I couldn't touch them when I wanted to. I didn't have this idea and now we bump into them. It's a coincidence."
"The Wind" is a spy movie, starring Zou Xun and Huang Xiaoming, two ace Chinese artists, and "Little Swallow" Zhao Wei, with Zhang Hanyu, Su Youpeng, Wang Zhiwen, Yingda and other big names as supporting actors. It is scheduled to be released in October
It was released on the 1st, which happened to coincide with "At the Battle of the City".
As Wang Zhonglei said, when you want to use special effects, you can't. If you don't have this idea, competition just happens to happen.
If it is released at a staggered time, head-on confrontation can be avoided, and the loss of profits caused by the collision will be reduced.
But they are all released on October 1st, which means they will be released on the same day and in the same day, and they will have to fight head-on for 30 consecutive days.
However, science fiction cannot be said to be unpopular in China, it can only be said to be a pioneering work that is worse than unpopular.
In the past two years, espionage has become the mainstream, and it is a theme that conforms to the current public aesthetics.
"The mainstream and the land reclamation stream are fighting. It goes without saying that if you win, it won't look good if you lose." Wang Zhonglei picked up the tea cup and said with a bit of joking tone, but also mixed with seriousness.
Wang Zhongjun said "heh", said nothing, picked up the tea cup and drank tea.
It stands to reason that if the mainstream is involved in land reclamation, then the natural mass market of the former cannot be compared with that of the latter, so there is nothing to worry about.
But to be honest, the special effects capabilities shown by Brilliant Era in the previous "Hope", Tang Jili, a blockbuster director who knows the Hollywood style very well, the audience's aesthetics for blockbusters are increasingly leaning towards the Western market conditions, and Cheng Long
, Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and a large number of actors who are no weaker or even stronger than "The Wind", these are existences that cannot be ignored.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! And when these elements are superimposed, it is hard to say whether the so-called mainstream, so-called land reclamation, has the advantage, me or him.
It would be fine if other companies competed with them, but this company is in a bright era.
When Wang Jinhua led others to leave Huayi, this grudge made their brothers' perception of the glorious era not bad, but at least they were still unhappy.
No permanent friends, only permanent interests.
We have collaborated before on "Zhu Xian" and "Assembly Number", which can be regarded as a win-win situation in terms of interests, and grudges can be put aside.
But now that the Brilliant Era is about to enter the film industry, a head-on collision in the film industry is coming, and then there will be a collision between enterprises. This is an iron-clad competitive relationship. It is no longer the difference between one producing TV series and the other film.
side relationship.
Whether Wang Jinhua or Chu Xuan, they were just their subordinates before, but now they have to confront them head-on.
Based on this kind of grudge relationship, as an established company, if you win in a head-to-head encounter, it’s okay, but if you lose, it’s going to be a bit of a loss of reputation in the industry.
Of course, face is a trivial matter and nothing in the face of interests.
His focus is not on this competition. This time, there is a market judgment of who will win during the National Day holiday. If "At the Gate" is a big hit, will their "The Wind" come out on top or if another dark horse emerges?
It's just another game of the year in the film industry for so many years.
His focus is that if "At the Gate" is a winner, it will be a pioneering science fiction that has won over a group of market mainstream, and then Brilliant Era will be the leading industry players in the capital market such as investors. The subsequent development will have a great impact on Huayi Brothers.
There are many obstacles to its development.
But having said that, if "At the Gate" is the winner, it proves the excavability of the domestic science fiction market, and it will open up an additional path for the development plan of the industry, including Huayi, which is also beneficial to them. This is something they brothers
We've also talked before.
However, even if it is advantageous, it cannot escape the fact that Bright Times is ahead of them and the industry.
As long as there is strength, no one is willing to follow others.
The Huayi Brothers are the top names in mainland China. Even if many people in the industry believe that Bright Times is already the leader in the entertainment industry in mainland China, let’s not mention this for now, but in terms of movies, it is undisputed that they are the number one.
If you can always be number one, who wants to be number two?
If you want to achieve this, you have to make "At the Gate" not a winner.
"Let's see, it's just a road show, and we'll see the pre-sales then." Wang Zhongjun stood up, stretched, and yawned: "There are four confirmed movies to be released in October, including our "The Wind" and the proposed "Attack".
, the 11 or 2 movies we are still discussing now are estimated to be competitors. No one can clearly see the situation before the pre-sales are released. As long as the pre-sales meet the standards, then everyone may become a dark horse."
"That's true." Wang Zhonglei nodded.
The potential of a movie before its release is largely reflected in the pre-sale box office. The pre-sale period that starts a few days in advance on October 1st is still two months away, whether it is their "The Wind" or "The Enemy".
, we can predict the release situation at that time through the pre-sales situation.
However, pre-sales are different from screenings. Tickets for screenings are non-refundable, while tickets for pre-sales are refundable.
Once there is a wave of refunds, the movie schedule will be greatly affected by the theaters.
If the pre-sales of "At the Gate" are considerable, then it would be the best time to think of ways to do something at this stage...