Perfect Life

The summer vacation is a must for all directors and production companies who aspire to occupy a place in the Chinese film industry - even if it is a summer vacation in a narrow sense, from the end of June to the end of August, it takes about nine weeks. The box office, but it occupies more than 35% of the total box office of the year all the year round! The summer season in a broad sense starts from the end of May and ends in September, which lasts for about 17 weeks, accounting for more than 55% of the total box office of the year!

Liu Chengzhang wanted to prove his position as the No. 1 commercial film in China, and "Sword Immortal" was naturally interested in this. Du Weiyun came with "Assassination Qin" with an investment of up to 80 million yuan, and he wanted to move to a commercial blockbuster. Naturally, he was also interested in this.

On August 10, Tuesday, "Assassination Qin" was officially released.

This week is the fifth week of "Sword Immortal", but everyone knows that the film's poor reputation has made it impossible to recover. This week is the fourth week of "Future World", and with this film Judging from the steady trend of the movie's box office in the first three weeks, it still has the power to fight!

Of course, it was released in Zhou Dynasty, the first commercial blockbuster of the big director, with a group of famous actors, and filmed the legendary story of Jing Ke's assassination of King Qin, which is very well-known among the people. Of course, "Assassination of Qin" must be the most promising one. One!

The result came out, not unexpected.

In other words, it did not exceed Li Qian's expectations.

The aggressive "Assassination Qin" achieved an amazing and almost perfect show with a weekly box office of 66.48 million - poor "My Sassy Girl" was the third in the domestic film history last week's box office list a month ago. Name, but recently he was kicked twice in more than a month, and dropped straight to the fifth place!

Even, this week's box office has already suppressed the 53.83 million box office created by "The Swordsman and the Monk" in the release week of that year, and is currently second only to Liu Chengzhang's "Sword Immortal"!

This box office has shocked many professional and filmmakers - everyone can guess that the weekly box office of "Assassination Qin" is about the same, but they did not expect it to be so fierce!

It gives the impression that as long as it's a "blockbuster", as long as it's a famous director or star, as long as you're willing to spend money on propaganda, it doesn't matter how good the quality of your film is, at least the first week, it's going to be a big box office hit!

Of course, the reality is that "Assassination Qin" is not only a box office hit, but also has a good reputation!

Although it will also be criticized by some fans and film critics for its slow pace, but it is slow, and the overall story is still okay-the characters are barely full, the story is basically smooth and complete, and although this movie does not have many special effects, but The pictures, artwork, etc., have continued the style and characteristics of Du Weiyun as always!

All in all, it's beautiful!

So for a while, Du Weiyun raised his eyebrows!

That is, in this week, "Future World", which came to its fourth week of release, had a normal decline, and won the second place in the weekly box office rankings with a box office of 42.56 million. Its total box office in China has risen to 228.51 million!

And "Sword Immortal", which has received mixed reviews, has once again ushered in a huge drop this week. It only earned 14.15 million at the box office, barely raising the total box office to 235.61 million!

It is still nearly ten million away from the 245.37 million box office of the Hollywood blockbuster "Legend of the Dark Night" that has already been offline - "Legend of the Dark Night" has already been offline, and "Sword Fairy" is still some time away from offline.

Although the story line of "Sword Immortal" is really bad, it is not completely without things to see, at least the special effects are really eye-catching. Ten years after getting it, the special effects are not uncommon, but at the moment, the special effects are good, and for many audiences, it is already worth watching. Therefore, its box office finally catches up with "Legend of the Dark Night", which is probably not a big problem, but this chase...it seems very tiring! Also very difficult!

And now, it has not had time to catch up with "Legend of the Dark Night", but "Future World" is already less than ten million away from it - in terms of the current box office trend of "Future World", this is almost certain to be Something to do next week!

As early as last week, after the box office was cut in half, Liu Chengzhang disappeared, no longer gave any interviews, and no media could find him. The manager, Hu Fei, did not seem to be disappointed in the face of the reporter's snarky questions, but instead replied with a smile: "Although the results were not satisfactory, but now, the problem of capital preservation is not a big problem. Moreover, although " There are indeed mistakes in Sword Immortal, but I dare to say that in the current domestic, when it comes to making special effects movies, Lao Liu is still one of the few! How to make special effects movies is something that even Hollywood is still exploring. Occasionally It's completely normal to miss, and it's right to accumulate experience. Besides, I don't think "Sword Immortal" is a miss..."

Recently, the extremely humble and studious Lu Lingxi came over and asked Li Qian with this question. Li Qian pondered for a long time before answering: "The loss is guaranteed! However, with Hu Fei's skill, did his investment really reach the It’s hard to say what the number is for external publicity. Moreover, the follow-up DVD production, selling the screening rights to TV stations, etc., are all ways to continue to recover the cost. In the long run, even if the loss is limited, it will be limited. About as Hu Fei said, maybe he can barely keep the capital."

Lu Lingxi heard the words thoughtfully and went away.

But the next day, she ran over again and asked Li Qian, "What do you think of "Sword Immortal" being a big hit at the box office, and now Du Weiyun's "Assassin Qin" is also a big hit at the box office as soon as it was released?"

Li Qian was a little surprised that Lu Lingxi would ask this question.

This question seems to be very common, but in fact, in Li Qian's opinion, since she will think about trying to understand the rules, it proves that she has noticed something, but she is not blindly thinking like others. , As long as it is a blockbuster, as long as it is a famous director or something, it can be a big hit when it is released - just this, it is already very rare. Not to brag, it is at least 90% of the film practitioners in the country!

Or it can be said that Lu Lingxi's many years of teaching at the Shuntian Film Academy is not for nothing.

Therefore, Li Qian patiently organized some answers, and then answered cautiously: "This shows that the current domestic market already has the foundation to carry a movie with a box office of over 400 million, over 500 million, or even over 600 million. , also shows that... everyone is eagerly looking forward to such a movie! Everyone has money, and there is a need to consume movies!"

With a very simple answer, Lu Lingxi looked thoughtful again.

Li Qian didn't know how such an answer he gave would affect Lu Lingxi. He just hoped that practitioners in the domestic film industry, especially those under his own banner, would be more sober and more aware of the development of the domestic film industry. A clearer understanding.

Then, while Lu Lingxi was thinking hard about the complex relationship between film art and the market, while clumsily playing the role of Thirteenth Aunt, unknowingly, the filming of the movie "Once Upon a Time" finally ushered in The last few shots!

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"Crack! It's over!"

When the last shot was finished, the actors stood still, and the crew waited with bated breath.

Amid everyone's attention, Li Qian stood up, holding a loudspeaker in his hand, and said with a smile, "Now, I announce that "Once Upon a Time" is officially finished!"

"yeah!"

A burst of cheers suddenly burst out, and it felt like it almost lifted the roof of this retro wooden teahouse!

Since preparations began in April, the filming officially started in Qingdao House in mid-June. Up to now, many staff and actors have been busy with this drama for more than four months, and people like Guo Ziming, Zhou Baoshan, Zhong Yuanfu, etc., From the initial martial arts action rehearsal to the fight over and over again in the later filming, to be honest, even if these martial arts actors are all skilled, facing such four months of hard training is really a hard work. .

And now, finally, the movie is over.

This means that their hardships are over.

Of course, it also means, um, everyone will get their full paycheck right away!

Li Qian smiled and saw them venting there. At this time, Sun Yuting had come over, asked Li Qian to pass the horn, and shouted: "Everyone, please pay attention, go to change clothes and remove makeup first, and be careful not to damage the clothes. It was very expensive to make, and, no matter how happy you are, you must be careful not to break other people's tables and chairs! Then... as you think, our director is very generous. Tonight, we directly booked a restaurant in Xiamen House and cleared the scene. Celebrate the kill!"

Before she could finish shouting, another wave of cheers and shouts drowned out her voice! Sun Yuting smiled helplessly, and when the cheers became weaker, she continued: "Everyone, go back to the hotel and take a break. At 5:30, we will take the bus together. Remember, we will meet at 5:30, it will not be too late!"

After shouting here, she saw that everyone had stopped, looked at her, smiled and waved her hand, "Fuck!"

"yeah!"

Cheers again!

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At 5:30 p.m., the crew rented a bus and a minibus, pulling more than 50 people from the crew and heading straight to the city. In the hotel lobby that was wrapped up, they lined up and arranged A full six tables!

When the food and drinks were ready, Li Qian stood up with a cup and said, "Our filming has ended, and now is the time to celebrate, but I want to say that our cooperation has just begun, and we will continue to cooperate in the future, often cooperation. Here, my glass of wine, to everyone! Not only would I like to thank you for your hard work for the film "Once Upon a Time", but at the same time, I hope to see you again when we collaborate on the next film Everyone, please raise your glasses... Cheers!"

First there was the sound of tables and chairs moving, and then everyone raised their cups. Following Li Qian's words, everyone said in unison, "Cheers!"

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Not long after the banquet started, after Li Qian, there were two assistant directors, Zhao He and Feng Bicheng. After the two assistant directors, there was Huang Wenjuan, the executive producer, who toasted the whole crew in three rounds.

After their toasts were over, everyone started eating and drinking by themselves at each table.

On the actor's side, Zhou Baoshan was the first to stand up, come over with a glass of wine, and started to toast the group of creators at the congratulation table.

When Li Qian saw his shy smile, as if he didn't know how to persuade him to drink, he couldn't help but want to laugh. When he smiled, Zhou Baoshan felt even more embarrassed. After clinking glasses, he simply said, "Director Li, I can't say anything pretty, anyway...you chose me, trained me, taught me how to act, and let me play the leading role. I, Zhou Baoshan, will do it with you for the rest of my life!...I did it! "

After he finished speaking, he tilted his neck and really did it!

Li Qian smiled, thought for a while, then tilted his neck and did it.

Zhou Baoshan's eyes lit up, "Assistant Sun really doesn't lie, Director Li is really massive!"

Over there, Sun Yuting was on a table with a group of photographers and artists, but her ears were listening to this side. She heard the words without waiting for Li Qian to speak, and said directly: "Hey, Zhou Baoshan, you are the one who sent me out like this. Well!"

Laugh out loud.

Zhou Baoshan scratched his head in embarrassment, laughed twice, and turned to leave, but Li Qian stopped him. Seeing his puzzled expression, he waved at him again, called him over, and whispered: "After the filming is over, go back and rest for a few days. I will sign you up for a class. Your acting skills still have room to improve. Go and follow the teacher to study hard. Next year, there are still your scenes to be filmed!"

Among the few people present, only Zhao He and Huang Wenjuan knew that Li Qian had already prepared the script for the second and even the third part before the preparations for "Once Upon a Time in Huang Feihong" had begun. Naturally, he understood. The meaning of Li Qian's words, but other people don't know, especially Zhou Baoshan, it is even more impossible to know!

Hearing the words at this time, he was stunned for a moment, then his face was full of surprise, and he nodded, "Thank you Director Li, thank you Director Li! I will definitely study hard when I go back! Think about my acting skills!"

Li Qian nodded with a smile, "Go back, let go of eating, let go of drinking!"

So Zhou Baoshan just went back, but even the walking posture seems to be different - although Li Qian's voice is not loud, but his status makes him so long as he speaks, everyone will subconsciously lighten the movement and lower the pressure. Voice, pay attention to what he said, so when Li Qian said what he said just now, many actors looked at Zhou Baoshan, and suddenly there was a touch of indescribable envy!

They didn't know that "Once Upon a Time" would definitely have a sequel and a second film, but they thought that Zhou Baoshan was really favored by Li Qian, and he was going to play another drama for him next year. Naturally, they were extremely envious!

You know, four months ago, Zhou Baoshan was just a small group performer in Jinhua Film and Television City!

But now, he has been appreciated by Li Qian. One "Once Upon a Time" is not counted, and there will be a second one - this is the current Minghu Culture actor, such as Zhu Qiang, Zhou Zhiyu, Bai Yujing Wait, the high-level treatment you haven't gotten!

When Zhou Baoshan returned to his table, everyone naturally congratulated him and toasted him!

At this time, Zhou Baoshan was so happy that his bones were lighter. In fact, his alcohol intake was not very good, but he was basically drinking to the glass!

But at this time, Li Qian didn't have the time to pay attention to it, because the heroine Lu Lingxi also came to toast.

When it was her turn, Li Qian stood up naturally.

After all, she used to be Li Qian's teacher after all, and the treatment is not comparable to others.

Lu Lingxi held the wine glass, touched Li Qian lightly, and asked, "I know that my acting is actually quite bad, but thank you for giving me such a chance to experience what acting is all about."

Li Qian smiled, thought about it, and took the initiative to touch a glass with her, and said, "Okay, then I'll do it!"

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Zhou Baoshan and Lu Lingxi are the male and female protagonists, and Li Qian wants to save face, but then when the others come over, Li Qian just takes a sip. That is, when they come in groups of three or five, such as five or six photographers, Li Qian will drink deeper.

We basically finished paying respects to Li Qian here. Starting from Zhou Baoshan again, everyone started to come over with cups one after another, starting with Zhao He, Feng Bicheng and Huang Wenjuan, and raised the group of creators on the main table.

Then, it's totally messed up.

Liquor, beer, drink mixed.

You respect me, I respect you, drink chaos.

Slowly, Zhao He, Feng Bicheng and others got up one after another and were pulled over to drink by different tables. Instead, Lu Lingxi, Sun Yuting, and Zhu Yu ran over—staying on this table~www.wuxiaspot.com~Yes You may not drink.

Of course, Sun Yuting came to sit for a while, and was soon pulled away by her "buddies" - she was a wine woman, and at the wine table, she was always a womanizer!

In the midst of the chaos, Zhong Yuanfu ran over with a glass of wine, sat down on the seat of Zhao He, next to Li Qian, raised a glass to Li Qian carefully, and said, "I'm done, you can do what you want!"

Li Qian smiled and took a sip of wine and looked at him.

Fatty Zhong's face was flushed red from drinking, but he should be awake by looking at his eyes. This guy is good-natured, easy-going, and has no temper, so his popularity in the crew is good, almost on par with Sun Yuting.

After toasting at this time, he asked in a low voice, "Director Li, do you think that after filming this film, can I continue to make movies in the future? I mean..." He hesitated, as if he was afraid of his own. The question was displeased by Li Qian, "I mean, do you think I have the talent for acting? I can continue in the future..."

"certainly!"

Before he could finish his question, Li Qian interrupted him with a serious look and replied, "Do you think I picked you in casually? Or did I just see that your appearance is more suitable? You were chosen to play Pork Rong, of course, because of your talent! Then, after filming this drama, of course you can continue to work as an actor, and you can take on many roles!"

Seeing Zhong Yuanfu's excited and surprised look, he smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "Don't worry, since you signed up for Minghu Culture, it proves that I am optimistic about you! After I go back, I will join you in Baoshan. Study hard and make up for the acting lessons that you missed in the past. In the future, you will all have opportunities!"

Zhou Baoshan's throat twitched several times, and finally nodded suddenly, "Hey! I know the director! Don't worry!"