At 6 pm on July 14, "The King's Feast" will hold its world premiere at a movie theater in Guomao.
This premiere was organized by China Film Group, the distributor. After all, several major producers, including Ying Huang, do not have much influence in the mainland.
Although there was no investment from China Film Group in the film, Han Sanping still released the film.
As a director from a Beijing film studio, Lu Chuan was very popular with Han Sanping at first.
Moreover, Han Sanping would not get involved in the conflicts between the people below, and the disagreement between Lu Chuan and Tang An had nothing to do with him.
Han Sanping will help Tang An and Lu Chuan.
There were quite a lot of people coming to this premiere. There are a lot of movies released during the summer vacation. Many celebrities basically have premieres at this time and want to go to the premiere to get the buzz. It doesn’t cost anything anyway.
Now that "Painted Skin 2" is in theaters, Lu Chuan will inevitably be asked about the competition for the summer release.
At the premiere, when asked by the host whether the scheduled release in mid-July meant competing with "Painted Skin 2" and "Tangshan Earthquake", Lu Chuan still answered with a straight face.
"The release time is determined through coordination among many parties. It is necessary to determine the appropriate schedule. It is just a coincidence that "Painted Skin 2" and "Tangshan Earthquake" will be released at the same time."
For this reason, Lu Chuan also made a joke, ""The King's Feast" is like a foot fighter. You are locked in a small dark room before the duel. You are not allowed to appear until the official competition. Only then do you realize that your opponents are very powerful.
But I won’t back down because of this!”
But reporters will not let him off so easily and bring out what he said last year.
"Director Lu, last year you said you would compete with Director Tang for the summer season. Now Director Tang has switched to the Lunar New Year season. Do you think it's the pressure you bring?"
It’s a mentally retarded question, but even with such a mentally retarded question, reporters tirelessly ask questions.
Everyone knows that "Edge of Tomorrow" is a blockbuster and requires a lot of special effects and is 3D. How can it be released in the summer?
Furthermore, "Painted Skin 2" was also invested by Tang An, so it's hard for him to compete with himself.
People like it. They have nothing to do but want to watch celebrities and big directors criticize each other.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s true or not, as long as it’s a gimmick.
Lu Chuan was well prepared. He smiled faintly and said, "There are indeed more movies released this summer. Director Feng's "Tangshan Earthquake" will be released next week. The schedule is a bit crowded, so it will be changed to the Lunar New Year movie.
It’s also more appropriate.”
When the reporter heard that there was something going on, wasn't this just a roundabout way of saying that Tang An had escaped!
Although everyone knows that Lu Chuan is talking nonsense, reporters just like you talking nonsense, otherwise there would be no news.
The reporter's questions continued, and Lu Chuan was a bit unscrupulous, except that he didn't directly complain.
Anyway, Tang An has already gone to the Lunar New Year movie. No matter what Lu Chuan says, he can't slap Lu Chuan in the face by releasing it temporarily.
"I spent two years polishing the script of "The King's Feast" and specially built a Spring and Autumn and Warring States city for filming. The actors are all outstanding actors from the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. I tried my best to do every detail well and bring the audience to the stage.
Appreciate the magnificent era more than 2,000 years ago."
"As for the movie box office, our expectation is 700 million. I think the quality of the movie is worthy of this figure, and I also believe in the audience's aesthetic taste."
"Of course, it is inevitable to surpass "Painted Skin 2", which is just a love ethics film under the banner of ancient costume magic. This kind of film is more suitable for being made into a TV series, while "The King's Feast" is a truly epic costume masterpiece!
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Faced with reporters' provocations, Lu Chuan also refused to accept anyone who came. Everyone's goal was 700 to 800 million. Even if they couldn't get it, reporters wouldn't hold on to a box office of 400 million. Not all bragging is like this.
Which one is not Zhang Yimou or Feng Xiaogang?
Other members of the crew were inevitably harassed by reporters, but they were much more restrained in their speech.
Tang An is now one of the top directors in China, so it's not easy to offend him.
Even Wu Yanzu and Zhang Zhen, two actors from Treasure Island and Xiangjiang, did not talk nonsense. After all, Tang An, Guang Xian and Bernard had a good relationship.
The premiere ended and the movie screening began.
In the first half, I kept hearing people behind me whispering, "Wu Yanzu is so handsome" and "Zhang Zhen is so handsome in armor."
Later, Empress Lu, played by Qin Lan, went from an innocent and gentle wife and mother who ran in the fields to discovering Liu Bang's illegitimate daughter and disfigured herself. In the end, she was left with only lust for power and killing to vent her anger.
Later, it almost became Qin Lan's one-man show. Faced with her husband who was already very ill and still wanted to touch other women, Queen Lu began to kill the men around her husband who had accompanied him through life and death one by one.
Coupled with the ugly face with a stooped body, all the viewers shuddered. Even when the camera focused on Queen Lu's face, they felt a chill in their hearts.
"Damn it, how could Qin Lan play such a role!"
"It's pity that I know how to draw!"
"I can't bear to look at it, Qin Lan has become an old woman!"
“It’s a bit like a horror movie!”
Xiao He, Han Xin, Zhang Liang, rival scenes one after another.
This is a character who has been interpreted as both desolate and perverted. From the innocent and kind-hearted at the beginning, to the numbness and forbearance after the disfigurement in the middle, and then to the cold and viciousness at the end, especially in the second half of the film, in the scene of killing Han Xin.
, which even more shows Empress Lu’s arrogant explosive power.
"Director Lu, Qin Lan's performance is very good. Just based on these few scenes, he is qualified to win the Best Actress Award."
"Teacher Zhao praised me, there is still room for improvement."
"The filming of the second half was very good. Although Empress Lu's role was a bit more, the transformation was not inconsistent at all. The story of the early Han Dynasty was well interpreted."
"Liu Bang was lying on the bed dying, and the chess player became Queen Lu. This is a very bold change!"
Several film critics around Lu Chuan and his former teachers all gave the film high praise after seeing it, especially the second half of the film.
He responded humbly, but the smile and pride in his eyes could not be hidden.
We have been polishing the script since "South View, South View". Every detail, every character transformation, and every scene has been carefully crafted.
In the second half of the movie, Queen Lu's transformation and several rival scenes made the audience gasp in surprise, making Lu Chuan even more proud.
Judging from the audience's reaction, Lu Chuan knew that this drama was solid.
"Painted Skin 2" only had a single-day box office of 12 million yesterday. Today, "The King's Feast" still accounts for 35% of the scheduled films, and "Painted Skin 2" only has 38% of the scheduled films.
It should be no problem to exceed 12 million on the first day. Winning the single-day box office championship from "Painted Skin 2" will definitely cause quite a sensation and play a big role in the subsequent publicity of the film.
Moreover, the daily box office champion can also attract more viewers to the cinema.
If we can withstand the pressure of "Tangshan Earthquake" next week, a box office of 300 to 400 million won't be a problem!
Then you can breathe a sigh of relief.
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