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Chapter 401 It's Up To Movie Fans Whether It's Good To Watch

On the 8th, the premiere of "Slaying the Wolf" was held in Shanghai, and everyone from the main creator came except Zhen Bullet.

Zhen Dan went to Europe to serve as the action director and co-director of "Codenamed Puma". It was a turning point in his career development. He had said hello beforehand, but Jiang Yan only found out today.

So Baoqiang felt lonely.

Jiang Yan, as the screenwriter, also appeared with the main creator.

Just like the original plan, Jiang Yan deliberately concealed his sense of existence and handed over the scene to the main creative team.

However, "Slaying the Wolf" is the second movie released by Xing Chen Da Hai in the Mainland after all, and it is very difficult for Jiang Yan not to attract attention.

Fortunately, there are plans for everything. When Jiang Yan answered reporters' questions, he always left the topic to the creators.

So the interview session before the opening of the premiere seemed very lively, but it was all about the main creators.

To put it bluntly, this is to return the topic to the movie itself.

Soon the film came to an end.

"Slaying the Wolf" was released in the mainland, so the ending is naturally different from the Hong Kong version.

In the mainland release, the final ending is that Wang Bao was beaten to the ground by Ma Jun, and Ma Jun sat down to drink in silence, without Wang Bao's sudden fraud, and then came the finale.

Compared with the Hong Kong version where Ma Jun was pushed downstairs by the fraudulent Wang Bao and then smashed to death Wang Bao's wife and children, the mainland version has a lot less sense of fate.

Judging from the score, the ending of the two versions can affect at least 1 point, the Hong Kong version has 8 points, and the mainland version has 7 points.

In fact, when "Infernal Affairs 1" was released last year, the ending was changed a bit.

Liu Jianming killed Lin Jiadong in the elevator, walked out of the elevator and held up the whole thing, saying that I was a policeman, and then continued to be a policeman, and even appeared at Chen Yongren's funeral.

But in the release version in the mainland, the villain must have evil rewards, so the original ending was that after Liu Jianming killed Lin Jiadong and walked out of the elevator, he was handcuffed by other investigation teams with his documents in hand, saying that he had obtained evidence that Liu Jianming was an undercover gangster.

But considering that "Infernal Affairs" still has a follow-up, some modifications were made at that time.

Liu Jianming walked out of the elevator, took his ID and said, "I am a policeman", and then other investigation teams came up, did not handcuff him, but said that he wanted Liu to assist in the investigation, which meant a state of suspicion, and there was no conclusive evidence. This is the beginning of "Infernal Affairs 3". Liu Jianming went through a ten-month investigation period to lay the groundwork.

Don't underestimate the details of handcuffing or not. Han Sanpin and Lao Fan took the script of "Infernal Affairs 3" and publicized it for several days.

Therefore, the ending of "Infernal Affairs 1" generally does not affect the core of the story, and the scores of the Hong Kong version and the mainland version are almost the same.

But "Slaying the Wolf" is different. This film is not an epoch-making masterpiece like "Infernal Affairs", nor does it have a core worth protecting. Talking to the superior about the ending, Jiang Yan couldn't bear this embarrassment himself.

So in the end, evil is rewarded with evil, and justice triumphs over evil.

Fortunately, after the film ended, the fans still gave warm applause.

That's right, regardless of fate or anything else, the core of "Slaying the Wolf" is still fighting.

Control violence with violence, punch to the flesh, this kind of martial arts movie looks cool and it's over.

After the film ended, the main creators came to the stage, and the fans present also started to ask questions.

Wu Jing, Yuan Long, Ren Dahua and other main creators answered questions one by one according to the plan.

Jiang Yan was also asked a question, some fans asked if he hadn't watched it enough, when would he make another action movie.

Jiang Yan simply said: "I'll write the script when I go back today, how about these three?"

"it is good..."

Everyone is happy.

When the main creators returned to the hotel for dinner, Yuan Long asked, "I'm really not having fun. Are you serious about writing a script?"

Jiang Yan smiled and said, "Of course it's true. The script has already been conceived. How about playing the role of the eldest brother next time?"

"Okay, I like it very much." Yuan Long was happy.

"Uncle Hua, how about you just come and talk to the boss' brother?" Jiang Yanyou asked Ren Dahua.

"It doesn't matter to me, everything is fine." Ren Dahua said with a smile.

"Akiko plays a villain, how about playing with a sword?"

Jiang Yan finally asked Wu Jing.

Wu Jing was slightly taken aback: "You're playing cheap?"

"It's the Eight-faced Han Sword."

"Hey, I thought I was being funny, okay, I'll practice swords later." Wu Jing breathed a sigh of relief.

So "Capture the Commander" quickly completed the verbal agreement.

As for when to shoot, it depends on everyone's time.

Anyway, take your time, the movie is secondary, and the relationship is the main thing.

. . . . . .

"Slaying the Wolf" was released in the mainland, and comments from various parties came out. Xiangjiang action films have their own critics and benchmarking groups, so no matter how popular "Slaying the Wolf" is, its popularity is also numerous.

According to the forecast of media people, the box office will eventually be between 2500 million and 3500 million yuan.

This data is very low from the perspective of later generations, but in this era, it can basically be locked in the top five of the domestic Chinese film box office list in 2000.

2000年的票房排行，No.1《生死抉择》1.2亿，No.2冯大炮的《没完没了》3300万，No.3冯大炮的《一声叹息》3000万，第四《东京攻略》2000万。

Why is there such a big difference between the data behind and No.1?
Not because of the quality of the film, but because of the deformity of the domestic film market.

"Life and Death" received strong support from above, so the box office broke the Chinese film record.

"Endless" is a purely commercial film, without much support, purely commercial promotion, and purely relying on the quality of the film to win the world, so it only has a box office of 3300 million, but this figure is reasonable.

After all, people's movie-watching habits haven't been cultivated these days, and the enthusiasm of movie fans is more based on the quality of movies and the real appeal of stars themselves.

Therefore, judging from the tastes of mainland movie fans, it is quite a good result for "Slaying the Wolf" to predict so much box office.

This proves the quality of the film itself, as well as the box office appeal of Jiang Yan and the main creators.

This is a real appeal. Movie fans don't have a lot of money in their pockets. If the movie is really not good, everyone is really unwilling to spend money.

The most typical example is the commercial blockbuster "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which was also released in 2000. Fa Ge starred in it. It has a strong appeal, but the film is very nondescript, so what is the box office data in the Mainland? 1500 dollars!
Why is it so low? Movie fans have the final say. Don’t they know if it’s good or not?

But in 2001, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won the Oscar immediately, so many movie fans fell into self-doubt there.

Is his aesthetics so bad?
Therefore, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won an Oscar. For Chinese films, it is really hard to say whether it is a good thing or a bad thing. . .

. . . . . .

After the premiere, Wu Jing and the main creators started the road show.

Now the domestic theater environment is far less commercialized than later generations, but with the success of the road show of "Infernal Affairs", the film opening road show has formed a form of publicity that only blockbuster films can afford.

We must know that the current theaters are all large-scale theaters with hundreds or even thousands of people, and there are very few theaters with separate halls. In addition, pirated copies will appear about a week after the film is released, so the road show will increase the box office. Achievements seem to matter.

A road show, when stars come to the theater, the attendance rate of the entire movie theater will be higher than usual, which is the box office revenue visible to the naked eye.

Afterwards, the media reported again: "Every seat is packed", and the box office and prestige can be much higher.

Of course, more here is just to make money, and the box office share that can really go to the film studio is actually not much different from the usual ones. There are even too many road shows, and people eat horses, and they may still lose money in the end.

But after all, the current film environment is like this. There are no theaters. Film companies in various provinces subcontract separately. The theater has a considerable say. It's just to give the creators a name.

Fortunately, Jiang Yan is not short of money, "Slaying the Wolf" has already paid off in Xiangjiang, and overseas related interests have also made "Slaying the Wolf" a lot of money, so spending some money to promote it is no problem for Xingchenhai .

And what Wu Jing lacks now is fame. Now, according to some media predictions, after the road show of "Slaying the Wolf", Wu Jing can basically be ranked first among domestic martial arts stars, and even all types of stars.

This is not bad. With popularity, stars will have the appeal of box office and ratings. In the future, the film and TV drama market will gradually mature, and the income they will create will naturally be much greater than that of being unknown. This is a very simple reason.

Of course, Jiang Yan is not being taken advantage of, so he decided to focus on the overseas film market for the next two years.

As for the domestic ones, they are mostly used to make famous artists. If they want to make a lot of money, let's wait until his theater chain is established, or the higher-ups make big moves on the reform of the film industry.

(End of this chapter)