Before Christmas in 1990, there was a movie that was a huge hit in the off-season, with a box office of 20.99 million in 38 consecutive days of screening. This box office figure has surpassed many popular summer movies, and it was simply a dark horse that fell from the sky.
This off-season high-grossing movie is called "Ancient and Modern War between the Qin Dynasty and the Terracotta Warriors." DreamWorks is the largest investor, and the theaters in which it is released are also Oriental Cinemas.
In the original time and space, after Gan Guoliang and Yu Zheng jointly opened a film company, due to lack of funds, they went to Jiahe to get investment. "Terracotta Warriors" was eventually directed by Cheng Xiaodong, starring Zhang Yimou, Gong Li and Yu Guangrong, with Xu Ke only responsible for the film.
Special effects work.
And now for this "Terracotta Warriors", Xu Ke's film studio has become one of the producers, and he personally serves as the film's producer.
Anyone who knows Xu Ke knows that this guy likes to point fingers on the set. The original director Zhang Yimou is also a director with a strong style. When the two of them bumped into each other, it was like adding cold water to a frying pan, and the pot exploded immediately. There was no need to wait.
Once it was started, the film would not proceed in the preparation stage.
There was no way, Xu Ke and Zhang Yimou's film ideas were so different that they couldn't even urinate into the same pot. They were reluctant to give in at first, but in the end they got upset and both gave up.
Gan Guoliang was immediately dumbfounded, and finally had to find his friend Cheng Xiaodong to save the situation. Zhang Yimou, who resigned as director, was not able to become the leading actor because the candidate for the leading actor had long been determined to be Zhang Fengyi.
In fact, when Zhang Yimou first got the script, he felt a little apprehensive because he had no confidence in making such a commercial film. At first, Zhang Yimou also wanted to listen to Xu Ke's opinions, but when they started working together, he found that they couldn't communicate at all, so he had to give up in the end.
Director duties.
The popularity of "Ancient and Modern War" in Hong Kong is both surprising and reasonable. What is surprising is that the male and female protagonists of this film are all mainland actors, even Gong Li has been a "flying girl"
", it still doesn't have much box office appeal in Hong Kong; it makes sense. This movie is purely Hong Kong in terms of rhythm and style, and Hong Kong audiences have no pressure to accept it. Not to mention the plot, special effects, action, and art.
Design and other aspects are excellent.
Gong Li has really made a name for herself in Hong Kong, but Zhang Fengyi and Yu Guangrong, the leading and second male leads, still have very low presence. The so-called drama celebrities are not popular. Although "Ancient and Modern War between Qin Terracotta Warriors" sold well
, but it is not enough to make Zhang Fengyi famous in Hong Kong.
In Jiahe, it was almost December before Cheng Long returned with the crew of "Eagle Project". This movie, which was originally planned to be shot for 30 million, took a full seven or eight months and cost more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars.
It was difficult to complete the filming, and now the producer is still squatting in a cell in Morocco.
"It definitely won't be released on Christmas, there's not enough time." Zou Wenhuai said after watching the rough version of "Eagle Project".
Under normal circumstances, Zou Wenhuai has to watch every Jiahe movie before it is released. However, he only watches it after the post-production of the movie is completed. This time, Zou Wenhuai seemed a little anxious. The soundtrack of "Eagle Project" was
Before it was finished, Boss Zou was eager to see the cut pornographic film.
There was no way, there were too many variables during the filming of "Eagle Project", and more than 100 million of Jiahe's funds had been invested. Boss Zou must listen to the sound.
He Guanchang said: "If "Eagle Project" is released during the Spring Festival, it can avoid Kang Jianfei's films."
Zou Wenhuai suddenly laughed and said: "Hao Chang, do you feel that the publicity campaign for Kang Jianfei's new film is not big?"
"The publicity of "The Truman Show" is not as big as "Tomb Robbers"." He Guanchang understood the elegant meaning after hearing the strings and said, "You mean, Kang Jianfei himself is very interested in "The Truman Show".
"Not so promising at the box office?"
Zou Wenhuai nodded and said, "I heard that "The Truman Show" is a literary film."
He Guanchang said in surprise: "Isn't it a comedy that has been promoted all the time?"
"If it's a pure comedy, wouldn't it be better to have Stephen Chow as the leading actor? Why let Tony Leung Ka Fai play the role?" Zou Wenhuai speculated, "I'm sure Kang Jianfei is playing with art again this time. I don't know what he will produce.
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He Guanchang said with a smile: "If it is really a literary and artistic film, it would make people look forward to it. I heard that the budget of that movie was 65 million. Gee, an investment of tens of millions for a literary and artistic film. Kang Jianfei is really brave."
He Guanchang mused: "With Kang Jianfei's box office appeal, the films he makes, let alone literary and artistic films. Even if they are a piece of shit, they can still make their money back. If the film is too bad, it will at most affect his reputation. He should make a profit."
You still make money."
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Rich and willful, these four words are not suitable for Kang Jianfei, because with his character, he is still willful even when he has no money.
"The Truman Show" was indeed not as heavily promoted as "Tomb Raiders" before its release, but compared with other films of the same period, it was still aggressive. Even if Kang Jianfei didn't spend money on promotion, reporters heard that the new drama directed by Kang Da was going to
When it is released, they will automatically come to interview and report.
The premiere of the new play was about to be held, but Kang Jianfei was still leisurely writing serial novels at home, and writing songs for her who had not yet written her horoscope. At this time, he was flipping through the newspaper randomly, sitting across from her
Zhao Yazhi, who was reading a magazine not far away, sighed: "Hey, why didn't this Hong Kong newspaper report the scandal about me? Yesterday, I and Jiahui were photographed on the street together by reporters, but today we are just one family.
The gossip magazine gave me half a page, but they didn’t take me seriously."
Zhao Yazhi couldn't help but laugh and said: "You still have the nerve to say that there have been scandals about you every now and then these years. The audience is not tired of seeing it, and the newspaper editors are tired of reviewing the manuscripts."
"That's right. Reporting my scandal won't increase sales, unless a new scandal heroine appears." Kang Jianfei looked at the photos of Cheng Long and Zheng Yuling in the newspaper and said to himself, "Azhi, you said they
Are the two really dating?"
"Who knows," Zhao Yazhi asked curiously, "why do you suddenly care about gossip news?"
"I have nothing to do. I just read the newspaper and feel emotional." Kang Jianfei explained casually. He actually saw this news and suddenly thought of Lin Fengjiao. Because Kang Jianfei robbed someone else's wife, Cheng Long is still unmarried.
Although "Eagle Project" won't be released until before the Spring Festival, the promotion has already begun. The first thing to come out is the scandal between Cheng Long and Zheng Yuling.
But anyone who knows them well knows that Cheng Long and Zheng Yuling can never be together. Their personalities are too different, and the scandal in the newspapers is definitely a hype.
Cheng Yuling's evaluation in the Hong Kong entertainment circle is very polarized. Those who admire her think she is self-reliant and abide by her principles, while those who dislike her think she spends every penny and is greedy for money.
This is a woman who dares to ask for pay from the underworld. Moreover, when the entire crew cannot get paid, her agent is threatened, and she has no background behind her, she has the courage to ask for money from the underworld.
Money. In the end, Zheng Yuling actually asked for it. During that filming, she was the only one in the entire crew who received the paycheck.
Judging from this incident, Zheng Yuling is a courageous woman, but she also has another side. For example, in another time and space, a director who had a good relationship with Zheng Yuling needed to add two scenes after the filming, which took half a day.
It could be done in time, and if it were another actor, there would definitely be no charge. After all, we would still be collaborating in the future, but Zheng Yuling was stunned to receive someone else's salary of 100,000 yuan in half a day, which offended the director and the producer.
Another thing is that Zheng Yuling never lends money to others. No matter how good her friends are, she will never lend them a penny. When she has money, she keeps it all in the bank. She neither speculates in real estate nor does business. She has the most conservative financial management concepts among Hong Kong artists.
of one.
Cheng Long is a very generous person to his friends. He and Zheng Yuling can at best be good friends, but how can they become lovers?
But throughout Christmas, the romance between Cheng Long and Zheng Yuling was still hotly debated, and "Eagle Project" starring them was gradually becoming more popular, and it was already more than half a success even before it was released.
The Spring Festival period in February next year is destined to belong to Cheng Long.
But as for Christmas, everyone agrees that Kang Jianfei belongs to the world. Except for Wong Kar-Wai's "Days of Wild", which is more anticipated, there is no movie that can rival it during Christmas.
As for the sinkhole in "Days of Being Wild"...well, no one knows that it is a sinkhole yet. We only know that Deng Guangrong invested 40 million, and Wong Kar-wai hired Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Carina Lau, Andy Lau, and Jacky Cheung to star (the original starring roles were
Liang Chaowei (later changed to a guest appearance), it took more than a year, including explosive shootouts, car chases, and even helicopters were used during filming, and now the movie is finally finished.
Now the audience is looking forward to going to the cinema to watch the shootout scene between Leslie Cheung and Andy Lau and the hot helicopter explosion scene.
Unlike "The Truman Show" which held a grand premiere, "Days of Being Wild" chose a traditional midnight premiere.
Some movie fans excitedly bought tickets to take a sneak peek and watched for a full hour and a half. Some were so bored that they left halfway, and some were so sleepy that they fell asleep directly until the end credits of the movie appeared. The viewers who persisted until the end finally realized that they had been tricked by the director.
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What about the fiery shootout we promised?
Where's the promised helicopter?
What about the flying car scene you promised?
Damn it, what the hell was this movie about?
“Refund the ticket!”
"Director, please die!"
"Watching this movie is worse than eating shit."
"A waste of my youth!"
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The King of Sunglasses sneaked away as soon as he saw something was wrong. The investor Deng Guangrong's face was ashen, and with the last trace of luck, he called the editor overnight to re-edit the film.
It’s a big investment of 40 million yuan. All the money earned over the years has been invested in it. Deng Guangrong simply couldn’t imagine it. (To be continued) r655