Fang Jing had not yet completed the formalities. On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, director Tian Xiaopeng was anxious to release The Return of the Monkey King, eight years of hard work.
There are too many movies on the first day of the new year, many of them are big productions, the scenes are comparable to the fight between gods, The Return of the Great Sage was rushed into being a cartoon, and it was afraid that the waves would not be able to roll over, so the director thought of delaying it until the tenth day of the lunar month, so that the previous excitement would pass.
Come up again.
In order to make money, Yang Ning used the studio's publicity for free to advertise The Return of the Great Sage, spending more than 400,000 yuan in three consecutive days.
Just after twelve o'clock on the 12th day of the lunar month, the box office of Return of the Great Sage on the first day was 39 million.
The highest single-day box office in the history of domestic comics!
"yeah!"
"We made it!"
"What a profit! Great."
Hot blood rushed to his heart. Director Tian Xiaopeng was so excited that his smoking hand was shaking, and tears fell from his eyes at some point.
Eight years of hard work, countless days and nights, the house was sold, the car was sold, and I finally saw the rewards.
The Return of the Monkey King is an animated film, and it is not expensive to film in theaters. It is incredible to achieve such good results. If nothing goes wrong, it will be stable at 300 million. How much it can earn in the end depends on God's will.
Tian Xiaopeng was not the only one who was destined to be unable to sleep that night. Dozens of investors were also unable to sleep. Some invested hundreds of thousands and millions of dollars, and some of them had invested everything. They had been worried for so long, and they were so excited when they saw something happening.
On the second day, the third day, and the fourth day, the return of the great sage was a triumph, and the box office skyrocketed at a terrifying speed. The theaters stepped up their time to increase the filming rate, from the original 11% to 20%.
many.
On the seventh day, the box office for the first week was released, 320 million, and the biggest dark horse of 2016 was born.
The momentum has not stopped at all, the box office of The Return of the Monkey King continues to rise, 3.5, 3.8, 4.3, 5.0, the Chinese box office ranks 23rd, 20th, 18th...
"The first scene of the first shot of Laojiu Gate, let's begin!"
While the outside world is still discussing the box office of The Return of the Great Sage, as a tycoon with an investment of 10 million, Fang Jing is already sitting in Hengdian and starting to shoot Nanjing Entertainment's first online drama Lao Jiumen.
He had calculated the box office revenue of The Return of the Monkey King when he invested. If the trajectory remained unchanged, it would still be the original one billion. After excluding taxes and the share of theater chains, there would still be about 60% left.
He accounts for 8% of the more than 600 million, which is about 48 million to 50 million, which is more than five times. After excluding the 10 million principal, there is still 40 million, even if he works hard for half a year.
income.
Make a lot of money! This is the advantage of investing and being a man of two generations.
"Stuck! Pay attention to the light. Where did the lighting engineer go? What I want is darkness, is that darkness of yours? Make it so cute for me!"
"I shoot suspense, ghost stories, scary ones, not joyous ones! Come again!"
The filming of the first episode of "Old Nine Gates" started. The first scene is a train driven by dead people at night. Zhang Qishan, played by Cheng Weiting, was the highest commander of the Shacheng Army during the Republic of China and the leader of the Nine Gates.
When you open the train, you will find corpses that have been dead for a long time. Where did the mysterious train come from, and what happened to the people on the train? The first scene begins like this.
Although there was no scene involving Fang Jing, he still watched from the sidelines. In this scene, Cheng Weiting, Ying Haoming, and Zhang Mingen had a dialogue scene.
Cheng Weiting and Fang Jing are not worried, what he wants to see is Zhang Mingen's Ying Haoming's acting skills.
After all, what I hear is just what I heard, and what is shown on TV is also the result of editing and acting many times, which is far less easy to judge than the original performance on the set.
"Hello, Master Ba!"
"Hello, Master Ba!"
"Hello everyone, where is your Buddha?"
"Lord Buddha is in the carriage."
Ying Haoming's Qi Tiezui makeup photo was originally quite elegant, but when he appeared, he was hunched over, unable to stand, and spoke glibly, which gave people a wretched feeling.
Without looking for Buddha first, he looked at it with a stern look, tore apart the carriage with his hands, then pinched his fingers and his face changed drastically, secretly saying that he would run away if something bad happened.
"Tell your parents, I have something to do at home, so I'll take my leave!"
Outside the court, Fang Jing looked at Xu Shi and the two nodded.
There are only lines in the script, not so many actions. Breaking up the carriage, staring at the markings on the carriage, and walking crookedly were all added by Ying Haoming himself.
It can be seen from this that an experienced actor brings life to the character and his performance is "live".
Obviously, Ying Haoming played the image of Qi Tiezui, a timid and fearful person.
"Eighth Master!" Zhang Mingen walked over and said with a chuckle: "The immortal walks alone, and his family is gone. Where can the family affairs come from?"
"Adjutant Zhang, you, what are you talking about?"
"The Buddha told me that if the fortune teller dares to leave the station, he will be killed. You know the character of the Buddha, please don't embarrass me."
With a frown on his face, Ying Haoming swallowed his saliva and said, "I'm telling you, I didn't come here on my own. If you Buddha hadn't invited me, I wouldn't have come even if you begged me."
"Then Master Ba, please!"
"Click! Pass!"
Fang Jing and Xu Shi left and walked to the director's studio to watch the playback.
"I don't know about acting. What do you think of Zhang Mingen's performance?"
"It's okay, not bad, but it's not outstanding either. It's quite satisfactory. You are the author, and you know best whether it looks like Adjutant Zhang or not, don't you?"
"Haha! I think they are quite similar, but Ying Haoming's Qi Tiezui is better."
"Yeah! He has been acting for ten years and has all the qualities an actor should have. He has experience on set, long and short shots, close-ups, and his movements and expressions are not bad at all. He is indeed much better than Zhang Mingen."
Fang Jing had to lament that Ying Haoming's acting skills were really strong. He had been supporting Li Yifeng in Ancient Swords and Legends two years ago, and it was a bit of a waste to play a small supporting role.
After a while, Zhang Mingen also ran to the director's studio to watch the playback. The more he watched, the more he felt guilty.
I didn't realize it when I was acting, but now I can see the gap between Ying Haoming and him from the perspective of watching from the sidelines. For more than three minutes, he stood at attention the whole time, and his smile and eyes did not change at all.
Ying Haoming's pacing, lowering his head, frowning, bending down, and raising his hands are all part of it.
"Mr. Fang, can I play it again?"
He looked at the director and Fang nodded, "Okay, you go find Ying Haoming and communicate with him, and we'll do it again in ten minutes."
"Thank you! Sorry for bothering you all!"
A dozen years ago, anyone who dared to tell the director about a comeback would have had grass on their graves several meters high.
Zhang Mingen should be grateful that we are in the digital age and do not need expensive film.
In order to obtain light, the crew started working at four or five in the morning and continued filming until 6:30 in the evening. More than ten hours of high-intensity work was a bit unbearable for most people.
Fortunately, the hard work paid off and the results were good. Eight scenes were shot in one day, and the first day was a good start.
After finishing work in the evening, everyone went back to the hotel to rest. Fang Jing stayed at the end and followed the director to watch the day's shooting video.
Guo Qi was a film maker and had a high vision. Fang Jing sat aside and listened to him explain what was good about these clips, what was bad about them, where to cut them when editing, and which ones should not be...