Soon, the list of movies being released in real time changed.
After "Pretty Mom" was released for two weeks and took in 7.76 million at the box office, it was officially announced that it was out.
The three newly added movies are still cannon fodder level.
Nowadays, there are only four movies released during the Spring Festival: "Westward Journey", "Across the Pacific", "Strike Back" and "New Year's Wish".
Among them, "New Year's Wish" had a total box office of 11.46 million in two weeks.
"The Last Jedi" had a total box office of 17.64 million in two weeks.
"Across the Pacific", 13.86 million.
"Westward Journey", 30.79 million.
"Thirty million in two weeks."
When Jiang Chendong, a well-known commercial film director in the Mainland, was discussing his new movie with the best actor Chen Xindao, he suddenly mentioned the news that "Journey to the West" would be worth $30 million in two weeks. He sighed with emotion: "Liu Weilin is indeed Liu Weilin, a genius!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Xindao smiled slightly: "I personally think that the main thing is that the script is well written."
"No, not just the script."
Jiang Chendong shook his head: "Including the script, the actors, the director and even the dubbing were all chosen very well. If there were any mistakes in any detail, it would be impossible for today's "Westward Journey" to be born. Especially the actors in it, I think Li Qing
The Sun Wukong she played was perfect, and she also had a beautiful face. The Zixia she played refreshed my understanding of her. She is a real actor. It is a pity that she has not won an award."
"Have you seen this movie?" Chen Xindao asked.
Jiang Chendong nodded: "How can it be impossible for me to go and watch a high-box-office movie that can cause such a huge stir, and it is a phenomenal movie? I went to see it yesterday, and after watching it, I felt very disappointed."
"Doesn't it look good?" Chen Xindao asked with a smile.
"It's not that it doesn't look good, it's just that it's very different from my directing style. I may never be able to direct a movie with this style in my life." Jiang Chendong said with a smile, "So I feel very disappointed."
Chen Xindao smiled: "You and Liu Weilin are indeed two directors with different styles."
Jiang Chendong, who is in his forties this year, is not only a visiting professor at the Directing Department of the Beijing Academy of Drama, but also one of the leading commercial film directors in China. From the mid-1990s to the present, the box office of the mainland movies he has shot has never fallen below the mainland's annual box office.
Ranking top ten.
In the Mainland, the box office appeal that Jiang Chendong has cultivated over the years is comparable to that of contemporary movie kings and super A-list stars.
But even he felt trembling in his heart when faced with the box office of "Westward Journey" which reached 30 million in the past two weeks.
It's not that he can't make such a high-grossing movie, it's just that when he thinks about Liu Weilin's box office appeal in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and the box office performance of "Westward Journey" in Hong Kong and Taiwan, he feels sad.
Although "Westward Journey" has achieved a box office of 30 million in two weeks in the mainland, the box office in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao has already exceeded 50 million.
Taken together in the four places, "Westward Journey" has already received 80 million in box office within two weeks.
So scary!
It can only be described as terrifying!
There are only a handful of domestic movies that have grossed over 100 million yuan. Even Jiang Chendong has many movies in his hands, and the highest grossing movie is only 60 million yuan.
However, he never made movies about ghosts and myths, and only focused on documentaries. Therefore, his movies have extremely high box office returns. Movies with a multi-million investment often earn more than ten times the return. Therefore, he is often called a commercial film director.
king.
Of course, in Li Qing's view, directors like Jiang Chendong only belong to this era. If he doesn't know how to learn, in another three to five years, the title of King of Commercial Film Directors will sooner or later be changed.
"Do you think that on my behalf, you can ask Li Qing to write a tailor-made script for me?"
After a while, Jiang Chendong suddenly asked.
Chen Xindao was stunned: "Looking for Li Qing to write a script?"
Jiang Chendong hummed: "Li Qing is a master in the field of novels. Mr. Cha Liangyong was full of praise for him, saying that his imagination is unconstrained. I have also read all his works, and I found that he has a deep understanding of traveling through time and space.
He seems to have a special liking for stories of this kind, such as "The Story of the Qin Dynasty", "Journey to the West", and "The Three-Body Problem", all of which have elements of time travel."
"You continue." Chen Xindao said with a smile.
Jiang Chendong said: "But what makes me a little confused is that Li Qing seems to have never written about the lives of ordinary people. His recent best-selling novel "Harry Potter" in Europe and the United States is still a fairy tale. This kind of novel, anyway, I
It’s hard to understand.”
"I understand what you mean." Chen Xindao nodded: "It is true that Li Qing has never written a documentary script. I can ask him for you, but don't have high hopes. I may not be as good as you think.
It’s a good thing.”
Jiang Chendong said gratefully: "Okay, thank you very much. It would be great if I could work with an actor like Li Qing."
At this moment, Chen Xindao completely understood Jiang Chendong's intention of having tea with him.
It is said that he is talking about his new play, which is indeed the case, but the target of Jiang Chendong's new play is to target the now popular Li Qing.
Moreover, Director Jiang not only wanted Li Qing to write a script for him, but also wanted Li Qing to be his starring role, hoping that with a good script and story, as well as Li Qing's huge popularity, he could become a billionaire.
Box office directors club dream.
If it had been anyone else, Chen Xindao would have lacked the energy to deal with him.
But for Jiang Chendong's face, regardless of whether Li Qing gave it to him or not, Chen Xindao had to give it to him, so he agreed.
Soon after, Chen Xindao discussed the matter with Li Qing at a business gathering.
"Jiang Chendong?"
Li Qing was thoughtful.
He knew that this director could be said to be the person who single-handedly made Jiang Meier, the queen of literary films, famous.
"Director Jiang wants to cooperate with you."
Chen Xindao coughed and said with some embarrassment: "He wants you to write a literary and documentary script, and then he will find you as the male lead and he will direct. The specific profit distribution will definitely satisfy you.
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"Brother Xindao."
Li Qing smiled and said: "This is no small matter. You can ask Director Jiang to come and talk to me in person. If you are the middleman, this matter will not be explained clearly."
Chen Xindao smiled awkwardly: "I'm just here to start a battle and get a feel for what's going on. If you agree, then I'll help you two. If you don't agree, just pretend it never happened. I still respect your opinion.
"
"Since it's Director Jiang's face, of course I have to give it to you."
Li Qing shrugged: "But judging from the current situation, I don't have time to shoot new movies yet, but I can provide the script, but in terms of price..."
Chen Xindao laughed: "This is easy to talk about. Director Jiang is not short of money."
"That's okay." Li Qing thought for a while and said, "The day after tomorrow. In the morning, you ask Director Jiang to come to our company, or you can tell me a location and I will send someone to pick him up."