Chapter 109 Premiere of 'Di Renjie: The Empire of Heaven'
Chapter 109 Premiere of "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven" (please subscribe)
Author: Box and Orange
Chapter 109 Premiere of "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven" (please subscribe)
"Director Tsui Hark is a director that I have always admired and studied. His films such as "The Ghost Rider" and "Once Upon a Time in the Sky" are fond memories of my childhood.
I believe that Director Tsui Hark will tell us a very exciting story this time in "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven."
Zhang Hao was caught by reporters at the entrance of the theater where the premiere was held. This is what he answered when asked by reporters.
Of course the reporter was not willing to let him go so easily: "Director Zhang Hao, can you tell us any news about your new film?"
"I'm sorry, today I came to watch "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven". I hope everyone will pay more attention to this movie."
After that, Zhang Hao got rid of the media and entered the theater.
Mr. Wang and Mr. Xu stood at the door to greet him. Seeing Zhang Hao come in, Mr. Wang shook Zhang Hao's hand enthusiastically: "Director Zhang, let me introduce to you. This is Director Tsui Hark, Director Xu, this
It’s Zhang Hao.”
Zhang Hao shook hands with Mr. Xu politely: "Hello, Director Xu, I am a fan of You. I like the martial arts films you directed very, very much."
"Haha, you're welcome. Sit inside." After being complimented by Zhang Hao, Old Monster Xu was very satisfied and invited Zhang Hao to sit inside.
In fact, Zhang Hao said that he was a fan of every director he faced, including Chen Gege.
Anyway, he is young and can make a living by selling small things.
Huayi has a great reputation, and many of its artists, including Feng Dapao, also attended the premiere.
Zhang Hao also met Liu Tianwang, the male lead of the show. As rumored, Liu Tianwang is very nice. It is not because Zhang Hao is young and from the mainland, like many Hong Kong filmmakers.
despise him.
"Brother Hua, I finally see you in person. I'm your fan. Can you sign your autograph for me?" Zhang Hao said, and actually took out a small notebook to ask for an autograph.
Liu Tianwang joked while signing: "Do you say this to everyone you meet?"
"How is that possible?" Zhang Hao shook his head, and then added: "I only refer to the others as movie fans."
"Hahahaha..." Zhang Hao's humorous reply made Liu Tianwang laugh.
"Brother Hua, let's see if we can work together someday. My biggest dream since I was a kid is to make a movie with you." Zhang Hao rubbed his fingers.
"Okay, okay, that's no problem." Liu Tianwang agreed very readily.
"Sister Binbing, Brother Chao, you have all heard that Brother Hua has promised me." Zhang Hao said to Li Binbing and Deng Chao who were talking next to him.
Li Binbing was not to be outdone: "Director Zhang, when working with Andy, you can't forget me!"
"Of course, of course, we all cooperate."
A few people were chatting and laughing here. Mr. Wang and Mr. Xu also came in through the door after receiving them.
Mr. Xu joked: "Okay, my movie hasn't even been released yet, Director Zhang, you want to poach me, that's too much."
"That's right..." Li Binbing added insult to injury.
"It's not fair, I want to star too." Mr. Xu added.
"Ah?" Zhang Hao was stunned.
"What? You think I can't do it? I've also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, so it's no problem to play a role, right?" Mr. Xu laughed.
"Of course. It would be an honor for me if you are willing to star in my movie." Zhang Hao would definitely not refuse.
"Then it's settled, Hua Zai and I will act in your next project." Mr. Xu agreed.
All the kings were smiling and thinking about the next project. Huayi took the lead again and tied Zhang Hao to Huayi's chariot step by step.
Amid the pleasantries, the movie premiere soon began.
Zhang Hao has watched the entire movie. Frankly speaking, "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven" is a qualified commercial movie for theaters.
This film has a large number of visual effects shots. The film cost a lot of money. All the visual effects shots were led by a Korean special effects company, supplemented by several special effects companies in Hong Kong Island and Mainland China.
The effect is not bad, but the CG synthesis of the exterior scenes of Tongtian Pagoda lacks texture on the big screen. I don’t know whether it is a matter of time or money, and there are obviously many loopholes in the plot logic.
The film's producer is Chen Guofu, the former president of Sony Columbia Pictures Greater China, and the film is also targeting overseas copyright markets.
It would be difficult for the film to recover its costs if it relied solely on the box office in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, but through overseas pre-sale of copyrights, it would not be a big problem to make a profit.
After the premiere, Zhang Hao and Deng Chao made an appointment to report to the crew and continued to work in the studio.
The next day, Zhang Hao and the crew of "The Magic" rushed to Shanghai to officially start the filming journey.
As Zhang Hao expected, "Detective Dee: The Heavenly Empire" received somewhat polarized reviews from the audience, with the media also giving it an equal share of criticism and praise.
"Shanghai Daily" said that "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven" is the first Chinese-language film since "Hero" to be called an epic entertainment masterpiece.
Hong Kong's Ming Pao newspaper believes that this film is currently the Chinese-language genre film closest to Hollywood standards, and also believes that Mr. Xu has revived the Chinese hero Dee Renjie.
On the contrary, many professional film critics criticized the film very loudly. Zhou Yang, who has become a loyal fan of Zhang Hao, immediately said in his column:
"'Detective Detective' is not the martial arts film that the audience expected. In the final analysis, it is a suspenseful mystery film in ancient costume with a strong sense of political criticism.
Even with the full support of producer Chen Guofu, the film's logical clues are still a bit off-kilter, which once again proves that the reasoning in Chinese-language movies cannot always be rigorous.
It has always been difficult for Mr. Xu’s movies to be thorough and tactful at the script level. This is an old problem, not least in “Detective Dee”.”
Then Zhou Yang started bragging about Zhang Hao again: "Here I want to mention my favorite director Zhang Hao. Looking at Zhang Hao's two films, they have reasonable narratives and strict logic. The audience can always find clues in his films.
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The new generation of Chinese film directors are showing us their unbridled imagination and creating incredible miracle stories. We look forward to Director Zhang’s "The Magic"."
There are many similar film reviews. For a time, Zhang Hao's film became a textbook for suspense crime thriller films and was used as a positive teaching material by many film critics and fans.
Such remarks naturally dissatisfied Liu Tianwang, Li Binbing's fans, and Xu's fans.
They believed that Zhang Hao was just a junior with insufficient qualifications and no trophy for best director, so why could he be compared with Mr. Xu.
Both sides insisted on their own opinions and couldn't argue.
Such debates will never come to fruition. Fortunately, "Detective Dee: The Empire" did well at the box office. After taking in 31 million at the box office on the first day, it made 102 million at the box office in the first week.
This data has become the best box office performance of Liu Tianwang and Xu Laoguai in the mainland, and they continue to set new records.
It also proves that with the booming Chinese-language film market, high box office is no longer a fantasy.
Because of the success of the movie, Chen Guofu plans to start a sequel to tell the story of Dee Renjie's prequel.
I vaguely remember that the Dee Renjie IP later became the most popular IP series in Internet University. Various Detective Dees appeared in endlessly, but only a few were of good quality.
To a certain extent, this also consumes the value of Di Renjie’s IP.
As for Zhang Hao, he has no interest in participating in this IP war. Finishing his movie honestly is his first priority.