The widespread spread of good word-of-mouth has also injected strong vitality into the subsequent box office. In the days after the premiere, all major theaters and theaters for "A Chinese Ghost Story" were sold out!
Judging from the current popularity, the box office of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is likely to catch up with "The Wandering Earth" and "Westward Journey"!
Horror films have always been a shortcoming of Chinese-language films. After all, they were not allowed to become spooks after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
However, compared to modern themes, the restrictions on ancient settings are obviously much smaller, but a film that is purely based on thrilling horror will still not be able to be released smoothly.
Therefore, in the past, whenever Chinese movies involved horror themes, the modern ones were about mental illness or delusion, and the ancient ones were about pure love in a ghost shell. The audience has long stopped buying it, so the box office of such movies is quite miserable!
The total box office of most horror films that can be released in China is far less than the premiere box office of "A Chinese Ghost Story"!
A box office revenue of tens of millions is considered quite good, but if it exceeds 100 million, the film studio will be happy from ear to ear.
The emergence of "A Chinese Ghost Story" not only made the audience feel the charm of a different genre film, but also provided an excellent reference and example for other directors!
Strictly speaking, "A Chinese Ghost Story" is certainly not a horror film, but it has elements of horror and horror. The film is quite heavy-duty, but it has a very good sense of proportion.
And it integrates martial arts, romance, comedy, fantasy and other elements, and the effect is unexpectedly good!
So Ping, taking advantage of the popularity of "A Chinese Ghost Story", many directors in the industry have begun to imitate Li Yi's methods and start preparing movies of the same type.
Among them, there are quite a few who are just trying to ride on the popularity of Li Yi and "A Chinese Ghost Story" and also film the story of Nie Xiaoqian and Ning Caichen. Among them, the most watched one is the new "A Chinese Ghost Story" which has already confirmed its starring cast!
Among them, Liu Yifei, who plays the heroine, and Louis Koo, who plays the role of Yan Chixia, are not questioned by anyone. After all, their appearance and acting skills are there. However, Yu Shaoqun, who plays the male lead, was scolded very miserably. Under great pressure!
There is no way, who asked him to play the role played by Li Yi? With Li Yi in front of him, in anyone's eyes, he has already lost a lot before he even acted!
However, no matter how much people criticize him, Director Ye of this drama has no intention of replacing him.
Not because I believe in him, but because no one in the industry dares to take this role!
Director Ye originally planned to let Louis Koo be the leading actor for this role, but he rejected it outright. He also tried other actors who were relatively capable and well-known, but they were also rejected.
Why fight a battle you know you will lose?
As a new actor, Yu Shaoqun is not afraid of tigers, so he dares to accept this challenge!
Li Yi did not pay attention to or care about the heated discussion and chain effects caused by "A Chinese Ghost Story". He had already withdrawn from "A Chinese Ghost Story" and stayed with Cheng Yajie at home for a few days before returning to the company to handle daily tasks. affairs.
Although many things in the company are handled by Chen Yanyu and Qiu Haifeng, there are always some things that require Li Yi, the boss, to make decisions.
This morning, Li Yi was in his office, drinking tea and reading the company's latest financial report, when he heard a knock on the door.
"Speaking."
Before Li Yi finished speaking, he saw Sister Yu walking in with a cheerful face and holding a tablet computer.
"Xiaoyi, look at this quickly!"
As Sister Yu spoke, she handed the tablet in her hand to Li Yi and tapped a report on the screen with her finger.
Li Yi took a closer look and recognized that this was the electronic version of a very famous and authoritative professional film review magazine on the Internet. The article that Sister Yu asked him to read was the most prominent film review in the most recent issue of the magazine.
The movie reviewed in this review is Li Yi's "A Chinese Ghost Story".
While Li Yi was reading movie reviews, Sister Yu walked back and forth, fearing that Li Yi wouldn't know about it, so she excitedly introduced him to him, telling him about the magazine's status in the hearts of foreign cinemas and movie fans, and how it could play a role.
positive effect.
It can be said that being featured in this magazine and receiving positive reports and reviews is the pride and pursuit of many filmmakers!
However, the ones reported above are basically movies from Europe and the United States, with very few from Asia, and even fewer from China.
Even though Li Yi, Infernal Affairs and "Westward Journey" were so successful, they only received passing reports in this magazine.
This review of "A Chinese Ghost Story" occupies a large space and the sincerity of the praise is absolutely rare in reports related to Asian movies!
Soon, Li Yi finished reading the film review and found that although the author of this film review used a pseudonym, there were photos attached, which made him recognize him at a glance. He was the person he met in the cinema a few days ago.
That foreign beauty named Lucy.
After reading the relevant introduction, I found that this Lucy is really not that simple, she is quite famous, and her reputation is not worse than that of many movie stars.
Li Yi already knew from their conversation that she was a foreign professional film critic, but she didn't expect that she was so famous.
Sister Yu was still excited and said that this indicates that Li Yi, both as an actor and a director, will soon enter the European and American markets and become a world-renowned filmmaker.
I believe that through this film review, the European and American film circles and movie fans will start to pay attention to him, so that his movies can be released simultaneously in Europe and the United States in the future.
However, Li Yi only felt that Sister Yu was too optimistic about this.
Because from the comments below and the evaluations given by other film critics, it is not difficult to see that most audiences and filmmakers in Europe and the United States do not agree with this film review.
The influence and effect it can have are not great.
It’s not that Lucy or this film review magazine isn’t influential enough, it’s that the deep-rooted prejudice and contempt for Chinese films there are too deep.
But in the final analysis, we can’t blame them. It’s really the Chinese filmmakers and related agencies who are really weak.
Regarding the European and American markets, Li Yi was not in a hurry, so he didn't care. He just said to Sister Yu twice to express that he understood.
"By the way, this film critic sent an email to our company not long ago, hoping to conduct an independent interview with him. I think this is a very good opportunity, we should..."
Sister Yu then said enthusiastically.
But when Li Yi heard this, she immediately shook her head like a rattle, rejected Sister Yu's proposal, and asked her to turn down the interview!
Li Yi couldn't help but shudder when he thought of the burning gleam in Lucy's eyes when she mentioned him, and the fantasy that she didn't shy away from at all!
Sister Yu naturally felt very sorry for Li Yi's decision, but she also knew Li Yi's character, so she didn't try to persuade him anymore, and left after chatting for a few more words.
Just as Sister Yu left, Xia Yaoting walked in and said to Li Yi: "Brother Yi, that Director Li is here again. After he knew you were here today, he refused to leave no matter what. He insisted on seeing you, do you think?
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The Director Li mentioned by Xia Yaoting is named Li Lu. He is a well-known domestic film and television investor and producer. He is also a national first-class director and even holds an important position.
Director Li specializes in making TV series. Although his works are not many, each one is very resounding and his reputation is still very resounding in the industry.
Before Li Yi finished filming "A Chinese Ghost Story", he sent the script to the company and invited Li Yi to cooperate and play the leading role in the play.
Because of Director Li's status and the background of this drama, Sister Yu took it very seriously and was very optimistic about the script, so she quickly informed Li Yi.
Li Yi had naturally read the content of the script. In fact, he hadn't read the content yet. Just by seeing the title of the script - "In the Name of the People", he knew that it was a script with more than eight parts.
Although it was a TV drama script, Li Yi did not resist it. In fact, he also liked the script very much.
He is not like many people inside or outside the industry who think those who make TV series are lower than those who make movies. For him, actors are not big or small, they are only judged on their acting skills!
However, this drama has been in preparation for a long time, and the schedule is relatively tight. In addition, the filming cycle of TV series is longer than that of movies, and it cannot be postponed until Li Yi's next drama is completed, so Li Yi naturally refused.
After all, he has already made an agreement with Xingye to film The King of Comedy with him after filming "A Chinese Ghost Story". He is a person who values friendship more than commitment, and he will definitely abide by what he promised.
Li Yi originally thought that the matter would be over, but unexpectedly, Director Li refused to give up. He insisted on carrying the pressure from all parties and asked the entire crew to wait with him.
After Li Yi finished filming "A Chinese Ghost Story", Director Li immediately rushed to Hangzhou without stopping and wanted to invite Li Yi to participate.
It’s just that every time I came, Li Yi was not in the company, so every time I came back with no success. The first few times I came, I happened to catch up with Li Yi and took everyone out to eat and sing karaoke.
Didn't go in!
Back then, Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times in order to invite Zhuge Liang to come out, but Director Li had come more than three times.
Li Yi originally thought that the other party would give up, but unexpectedly it happened again.
In the past few times, Li Yi was not in the company. Although he had received the news, Bi Yi had already rejected it. It didn't matter if the other party insisted on finding him.
But this time since he was in the company and not seeing the other person, it couldn't be justified both emotionally and rationally, so Li Yi nodded and asked Xia Yaoting to invite the person over.
Soon, Director Li was brought over by Xia Yaoting. Li Yi invited him to sit on the sofa and personally
I poured him a cup of tea, and then without waiting for Director Li to speak first, he said straight to the point: "Director Li, I'm sorry for making you make these hard trips, but I made it very clear before that there is indeed a time limit.
Conflict, I really can’t handle this drama!”
With one sentence, Director Li was silenced!
When Director Li heard this, his expression froze, he put down the teacup he had just picked up, and frowned, not knowing what he was thinking.
In fact, the filming of this drama should have started a long time ago, but it was delayed for a long time in order to invite Li Yi to star. For this, he was really under a lot of pressure.
After persisting for so long, and now finally meeting Li Yi, he would definitely not be willing to give up like this.
But Li Yiyan also made it very clear. It wasn't that he didn't want to pick up the phone, but that he couldn't pick it up. What else could he say?
After being silent for a long time, Director Li suddenly thought of something and asked: "Xiaoyi, I know you have an appointment with Zhou Xingchi, but his movie hasn't been finished yet, so there is still some time in between. If there is something in this drama,
, your scene can be filmed within this period of time, will you be willing to take it?"
Li Yi didn't expect that Director Li would take such time. After thinking about it, he expressed his willingness because the script was really good.
"You're willing even if you're not the protagonist?" Director Li's face suddenly lit up and he immediately asked again.
"The role doesn't matter, big or small, of course I'm willing." Li Yi nodded again.
Although after Li Yi became famous, he basically played male protagonists, and even if he wasn't, the role was still very important. But as long as there is a good script and a good role, Li Yi is willing to play even a supporting role with not many roles.
Because he never forgot that he was an actor.
A real actor pursues creating more classic roles, not the size of the role or the level of the role!
"Okay! Okay! Okay!" Director Li was very happy, clapped his hands and said "ok" three times in a row.
Then he looked at Li Yi with excitement and said: "Xiao Yi, I will go back now and ask the screenwriter to revise the script and add a role specifically for you. The role will not be too much, but it will definitely be outstanding! Tomorrow
At this time, remember to wait for me here, I will come to you with the script!"
After speaking, without waiting for Li Yi to respond, he took out his cell phone to make a call and left in a hurry.
Li Yi looked at the cup of tea on the table. From the time Director Li came in and left, he hadn't touched a single morsel.
Director Li seems to be an impatient person. He goes straight to the topic when talking and acts very competently. He really likes to deal with such people.
If the other party can really come up with a character that satisfies him and can complete all the scenes without delaying his cooperation with Xingye, Li Yi will not refuse to cooperate!
The next day, Director Li actually arrived as scheduled with the revised script. Judging from his red eyes and dark circles, it was obvious that in order to supervise the screenwriter to revise the script, he also stayed up all night, day and night.
Neither slept.
As for the screenwriter, he must have been even more tired than him, but fortunately, although he was short on time, he successfully completed the task.
Li Yi took the script and looked at it carefully. Director Li made annotations, so he could see at a glance the difference between the script before and after, as well as the role and scenes he played in it.
It is true that there are not many scenes, but the character named Zhao Dehan is quite outstanding, and he appears very early, so no matter how he shoots, it will not waste time.
"Okay, I'll take this role!" Li Yi closed the script and said.
Hearing no response, Li Yi turned around and realized that because he was too tired, Director Li came in and leaned on the sofa while he was reading the script. When he heard his promise, he relaxed and closed his eyes.
I fell asleep immediately!
Li Yi smiled and asked Xia Yaoting to bring in a blanket, let her cover Director Li, and let him sleep on the sofa until evening.
After sleeping until dusk, Director Li woke up, opened his eyes and said the first thing he said, which was "Great, with your words, I finally didn't wait in vain!"
What I said to Li Yi before was a match and I gave him a response, but the delay was too long. Some of the crew said that everything was ready, and Director Li said that filming could start at any time.
So Li Yi familiarized himself with the script at home, and after briefly tidying up, two days later, he rushed to the filming location with his assistant to prepare for filming "In the Name of the People"!
