Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 692 The Summer Movie Season Soars (Part 2) (23)

"Gardenia in Blossom" is a terrible movie...

It's a standard fan film, starring Li Yifeng, directed by He Jiong, with a lot of money spent on promotion, and then a large number of fans are willing to pay for it.

By the way, Huang Lei, the producer of "Gardenia in Blossom," commented on the film: "He Jiong is an excellent host. This isn't a big-budget movie; it's just a memento of He Jiong's youth. It's light and simple, reflecting He Jiong's personal feelings. It only needs to be rated 60 points, and those 60 points include 20 years of emotional connection."

Well, he also looked down on "Gardenia in Blossom," and then he remade Japanese director Yoji Yamada's "What a Wonderful Family!" which received terrible reviews and box office results...

Calling it a remake might not be quite right—this movie copied everything from the character settings and plot development to the dialogue.

The only difference is that the Schnauzer in "What a Wonderful Family!" becomes a Bichon Frise in "What a Wonderful Family!"...

There are differences, after all!

And yet, they still try to save face by saying, "Our audience doesn't like family dramas!"
This truly echoes Su Shi's lines in "Xingxiangzi: Expressing My Feelings": "Fleeting fame and fortune, vainly toiling and wasting energy. Alas, life is like a fleeting moment, a spark from a stone, a dream!"

Oh, back to "Gardenia in Blossom" and "Tiny Times 4"...

Everyone initially thought that the release of two terrible movies would cause a huge stir…

结果7月13号，已经上映19天的《大圣归来》重新拿了单日票房冠军——14%的排片，另外两部都是30%以上！

The daily box office was 3300 million, while the latter two were 3100 million and 3080 million respectively…

It's worth noting that "Monkey King: Hero Is Back" has grossed 11.42 billion yuan in total...

This prompted Shen Yan to respond during his live stream: "I'm genuinely quite surprised. You know, 'Monkey King: Hero Is Back' has already been in theaters for 19 days, and suddenly the number of viewers skyrocketed..."

"I think it's highly likely that audiences can't stand bad movies... no, they can't stand fan-made movies!"

"Aesthetics are subjective. As filmmakers, we can't just call someone else's movie a bad film unless it's one that's stigmatized, like 'Switch' and 'The Treasure Hunter'... those two can be said to be bad in public!"

"However, judging from public opinion, movies featuring young, attractive actors, or rather, movies made for fan groups... have already been rejected. I estimate that at most, they can only survive for a year thanks to a few top stars..."

Then some netizens asked, 'Who are the top celebrities?'...

Shen Yan replied without hesitation, "Isn't it supposed to be four big and three small... I can't really say whether I'm optimistic or pessimistic. As for cooperation, let's wait a few years and see!"

While we were chatting, a netizen posted a picture of "Monster Hunt"...

"Monster Hunt... Yes, I did invest 1.5 million. Jiang Zhiqiang is a top producer; he handled the overseas marketing for films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero, and House of Flying Daggers..."

"You've probably all heard that 'Hero' was originally just an art film. According to Zhang Yimou's idea, it would only cost about 3000 million to make. Then Jiang Zhiqiang brought in Li Lianjie, Liang Chaowei, Zhang Manyu..."

"The director of 'Monster Hunt' is Raman Hui, who has extensive experience at DreamWorks. He was the character designer and animation director for Tin in 'Shrek'..."

"I talked to him for a bit, and I felt that the world-building of 'Monster Hunt' was quite interesting, so I invested 8000 million yuan, which accounted for half of the investment. Recasting and reshooting would cost money, and on the other hand, the special effects needed to be upgraded... He originally used Hong Kong special effects, which were pretty third-rate. I had my special effects company get involved and upgraded them, so they're at least second-rate..."

"I feel the box office should be no less than 10 billion, and very likely exceed 18 billion... This movie is a family-friendly film, and the story itself is decent and enjoyable..."

"You can go and take a look then!"

……

Before the release of "Monster Hunt," Jiang Zhiqiang was extremely nervous...

This movie can be described as a do-or-die battle!

With a production cost of 2.8 million yuan and a marketing budget of 7000 million yuan… If it fails, Edko Films might as well just shut down…

However, after the first four days, the box office results came out, and Jiang Zhiqiang breathed a sigh of relief—the box office reached 6.97 million yuan in the first four days!
1.72 million on the first day;
1.65 million the following day;
On the third day, it reached 1.84 million.
On the fourth day, 1.82 million…

Moreover, its subsequent performance was also amazing. It broke 1 billion yuan in 7 days, 16.8 billion yuan in 15 days, and broke 2 billion yuan in 22 days!
A huge profit in every sense of the word!

Not only was "Monster Hunt" a huge hit, but "Jian Bing Man," which was released at the same time, also grossed 11 billion yuan...

That's right. As of August 7th, four movies have grossed over 8 billion yuan during this summer's box office season, and one of them has even surpassed 20 billion yuan!
Jurassic World grossed 13.8 billion yuan; Monkey King: Hero Is Back grossed 16.72 billion yuan; Monster Hunt grossed 20.02 billion yuan (currently in theaters); and Jian Bing Man grossed 11.01 billion yuan…

However, "Jianbing Man" was quite mediocre, relying entirely on its billion-dollar marketing campaign...

Then Da Peng began paying off his debts for more than ten years—which also serves as a reminder to all directors: don't make bad movies casually, or you'll have to pay off your debts later.

Of course, this is a later story...

On August 7th, "Your Wedding" was released, grossing 97 million yuan on its opening day, 1.21 million yuan on the second day, 1.42 million yuan on the third day, and 1.17 million yuan on the fourth day…

Yes, it grossed 4.77 million yuan in its first four days!
Judging from this trend, it's clear that this will be another movie to break the billion-yuan mark...

Five movies grossed over 1 billion yuan in one summer season…

That's right, the 2015 summer movie season!

That summer, new movies, new projects, huge box office returns, new records... all the accumulated energy, resentment, ambition, and explosive power erupted in this year: it was the best year for the Chinese film market, and also the craziest year.

It's important to understand that these films are basically new products from new directors and new teams...

It's no longer exclusive to those so-called mainstream filmmakers!
However, these things have little to do with Shen Yan…

This summer, the only movie that is truly related to him is "Your Wedding". The other two were invested in by Spark Studio, but he did not participate in the creation of them!
Actually, for "Your Wedding," Spark Studio was only the third production company; the first production company was Free Whale, and the second production company was Easy Entertainment…

However, the total box office for this summer's films exceeded 150 billion yuan, and Spark Studio participated in three films, with a total box office of over 46 billion yuan!
An absolute industry leader.

……

On August 10th, filming wrapped up for the final scene of "Zhou Chu Eliminates the Three Evils"...

That is, Chen Guilin was shot and executed.

"Do you have any last words to say?"

"I...I'm sorry to everyone, I'm sorry to society..."

"Come on, please sign here..."

Shen Yan ate his last meal and smoked his last cigarette without any expression on his face.

Then he was taken away...

This filming was conducted entirely in accordance with criminal law: death row inmates are placed in a kneeling position and shot from behind by judicial or armed police. If the first shot does not kill, a second shot is required until a forensic doctor confirms death.

Shen Yan knelt down, and then two lines of tears streamed down her face as she faced the camera…

The filming ended with the sound of a gunshot!

(End of this chapter)