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The Banquet, with an investment of over 100 million, is indeed generating tremendous buzz.

"Let the Bullets Fly" generated considerable buzz, but ultimately fell short. Of course, this is partly due to the fact that "Let the Bullets Fly" hadn't started its promotional campaign yet.

Cheng Yuan actually wanted the two films to be matched up.

He was confident that "Let the Bullets Fly" would win.

Who made "The Banquet" so bad?

Although the box office exceeded 100 million, Cheng Yuan still thought it was terrible.

However, the two films will obviously not be released at the same time.

Even if Han Sanping disagrees, Jiang Wen will not agree either.

His relationship with Huayi is not good now, but he has a good relationship with Feng Xiaogang, Ge You and others.

Ge You starred in "Let the Bullets Fly," and Feng Xiaogang also made a cameo appearance in the film, just like in the original version.

When is your movie "Taken" scheduled for release?

Jiang Wen looked at Cheng Yuan and asked.

He didn't want to get involved with Feng Xiaogang, Zhang Yimou, or others, but he also didn't want to get involved with Cheng Yuan's commercial film.

This guy's art films are so successful at the box office, imagine how good his commercial blockbusters will be.

Besides, even if he wanted to compete with "Taken", it was impossible. The two films had almost the same investors, so how could they compete against themselves?

"Post-production isn't even finished yet," Cheng Yuan said. "You can choose first. My movie isn't in a rush; it's fine to release it next year."

Jiang Wen didn't speak, but looked at Han Sanping, seemingly undecided.

"How about November or New Year's Day?" Han Sanping said. "If you want to release it during the Spring Festival, that seems like a good option too."

"Then let's go with New Year's Day," Jiang Wen said after thinking for a moment. "November is a bad time slot, and it would make it seem like I'm afraid of 'The Banquet' and 'Rob-B-Hood'."

As for "A Battle of Wits"?

Jiang Wen didn't take it to heart at all.

"Then it'll be December 31st," Han Sanping finally decided, then looked at Cheng Yuan and said, "Is 'Taken' going to be released during the Spring Festival, or when?"

"Ning Hao's film 'Lost in Thailand' should be released during the Spring Festival."

Cheng Yuan didn't say when "Taken" would be released, but it's clear it won't be released during the Spring Festival.

Filming for "Lost in Thailand" hasn't started yet, but it can begin once the weather gets a bit colder.

This year, we went on Lunar New Year's Eve in mid-February, so we had plenty of time.

How's summer vacation going?

Han Sanping asked the question, and Cheng Yuan nodded.

Currently, the best domestic films are those released during the Lunar New Year season.

With a plethora of blockbuster films, moviegoers seem to have gotten used to going to the cinema at that time.

However, the summer movie season is also good.

As for the movie "Lost in Thailand," Han Sanping couldn't bring himself to comment, otherwise he would definitely have gotten involved.

He had wanted to participate before, but Cheng Yuan went to Hollywood to get a blockbuster for China Film Group, so he couldn't bring himself to ask.

With the film's release date set, Cheng Yuan continues working on post-production.

Two days later, it was Liu Yifei's birthday, and Cheng Yuan went to her house with the prepared gift.

"Happy birthday."

Cheng Yuan handed the gift to Liu Yifei and then followed her into the house.

Hello, Auntie.

As soon as Cheng Yuan entered the room, he saw Liu Xiaoli and quickly greeted her.

Besides Liu Xiaoli, Shu Chang was also in the room.

"Director Cheng, hello there."

Shu Chang greeted Cheng Yuan with a smile.

"Hello," Cheng Yuan replied with a smile. "Just call me Cheng Yuan."

"You know him?" Liu Yifei smiled at Cheng Yuan and said, "I haven't introduced you yet."

"Yes, I know her," Cheng Yuan said. "She's the Heavenly Child Granny, the fox demon Xiaoyu."

Besides these two roles, she will have an even more interesting role in two years: Silly Girl.

Not long after, Wang Jia, Zhou Yang, and others arrived.

Zhu Yawen didn't come; it's unclear whether she wasn't invited or simply couldn't make it.

Cheng Yuan didn't ask.

The next day, Cheng Yuan flew to Hollywood.

"Lurking" was released in July, but Cheng Yuan was still filming "Taken," so he didn't pay any attention to it at all.

The movie has now finished its run.

This movie was released several years earlier than the original, and its global box office was not much different from the original, with a global box office of nearly 100 million.

The film cost only one million two hundred thousand US dollars.

It's even a bit cheaper than the original.

It has to be said that this movie made Cheng Yuan go crazy.

The box office revenue was tens of millions of dollars, and the DVD market for this kind of horror film was also very popular.

This is absolutely a huge profit.

Damn, he earned more from one movie than he had earned from all the movies he had made before.

It's true that it's easier to make money with US dollars.

No wonder so many people are desperately trying to get into Hollywood.

This is way more profitable than robbing a bank!

"Boss, you've finally arrived," John said to Cheng Yuan with a smile. "Aren't you afraid I'll run off with the money?"

"Do you think you can run away with the money?" Cheng Yuan said with a sneer. "Besides, if you really do run away with the money, it just shows that you're short-sighted."

Cheng Yuan wasn't very good at business, but he understood the importance of having control over the company's finances.

"How could I be short-sighted?" John said with a smile. "Boss, Lionsgate wants to talk to you."

"Insidious" was released by Lionsgate, and they have a keen eye for horror films.

Besides, with the huge box office success of "Lurking," how could they not be tempted?

In Hollywood, as long as a movie makes money, sequels can be made until they stop making money.

"They want to be involved in the sequel to 'Lurking'?" Cheng Yuan said. "Let's meet them."

Far East Films is just a small production company, unlike Lionsgate which has distribution channels.

If we cooperate, each of us will naturally get what we need.

Of course, if you want a share of the pie, you have to show sincerity. Otherwise, why should we cooperate with you instead of the big Hollywood companies?

Cheng Yuan doesn't know much about this, but John does.

Just listen to his analysis, and that will solve the problem.

Before meeting with the Lionsgate representatives, Cheng Yuan met with Wen Zhiren first.

He has now become famous overnight.

However, compared to those great directors, they are still far behind.

"Continue the cooperation?"

Cheng Yuan didn't waste any words and went straight to the point.

"It's my pleasure."

Wen Zhiren replied with a smile.

Then, the two shifted the conversation to the movie.

How to cooperate?

This requires Wen Zhiren to talk to John.

However, although Yuanfang Film & Television is just starting out, it is much more generous than those big companies.

The key is that Cheng Yuan can provide good scripts and also lets him improvise.

The cut rights are given out readily, and the producers rarely interfere.

It's fair to say he was in charge of the entire movie.

Even if the treatment was less favorable, Wen Zhiren would find it hard to refuse such trust.

Cheng Yuan's visit included not only discussing cooperation with Wen Zhiren, but also some other arrangements.

For example, selling copyrights.

The show "Lurking" made a lot of money, so naturally they could buy some copyrights.

For example, Stephen King's "It".

That's the highest-grossing horror film in the world.

"Lurking" grossed nearly 100 million yuan, and "Lurking 2" grossed over 100 million yuan, but compared to "It" grossing over 700 million yuan, they are far behind.

Even if it had been filmed ten years earlier, it probably wouldn't have been too different.

Of course, buying the copyright does not necessarily mean that filming must begin immediately.

Cheng Yuan has quite a few scripts in his hands.

Although they were all low-budget films, the original versions performed extremely well at the box office.

As for big productions?

It's estimated that Yuanfang Films won't be able to make it work.