This star is too fierce

Chapter 324, A Good Start
Siheyuan, no matter big or small, live with the door closed, the outside cannot see the inside, and the inside does not need to see the outside, no regrets with others, no competition with the world, quiet and serene, it is an ideal nest.

However, with the pace of the times, Yanjing, as the capital, is also changing the appearance of the city more and more quickly. All new ones replace the old ones, and the courtyard houses will also be replaced by more and more concrete buildings. There must be fewer and fewer quiet, simple, and ancient courtyard houses that can represent the style of Yanjing.

From the beginning of last year to now, Lu Bu bought three more courtyard houses. Adding the two he bought before, his holdings have reached five. This is his limit.

The ones that have been exposed to the paparazzi so far are the small ones in Liulichang.

After watching the movie last night, Lu Bu brought a dozen people back here after sending off a large number of people.

The men all went to barbecue and drink at Zhang Guorong's next door, including Lu Bu, Zhang Guorong, Xu Wei, Jiang Wen, Jiang Yu, Xia Yu, Wang Baoqiang, and Hu Jing.

The women chatted and drank with Lu Bu. There were Yu Feihong's four daughters, Tong Yaya, Yuan Wei, Mei Ting, Qin Hailu, and Zhou Yun.

Lu Bu was happy today, and then he broke the precept, and killed all directions, drinking all the men and women on both sides to the ground by himself.

Everyone finally understood why he didn't want to drink, because it was like drinking water, so what's the point?
As the sun rises, the fiery red morning light falls, red bricks, green window lattices, white railings, light yellow tiles... the courtyard is peaceful and peaceful.

"call!"

"call!"

"call!"

Fists, palms, rubbed against the air to make a whistling sound.

Lu Bu, who never poured a thousand cups last night, was the first to get up today, ran outside for half an hour, and returned to the yard to practice Tai Chi.

Self-discipline exercise can keep the body functioning at its peak state at all times.

And he discovered that his body hadn't reached its limit, and was still growing, but at a slower rate.

This is a good thing, if you are not strong, how can you deserve the word "Lu Bu".

"I said, second brother, your drinking capacity is wrong, it should be your body, which is very human!" Jiang Wen was the first to wake up among all the drunk people, looking at his eyes, steps and tone, he was almost sober .

"So-so." Lu Bu laughed.

"Tell me honestly, how much is your drinking capacity?" Jiang Wen was unusually curious. Last night, there were three or four people in their group who were particularly good at drinking, but they couldn't resist even a wheel fight.

"One more..." In fact, Lu Bu didn't know how much he could drink. This drinking capacity has surpassed him and the original owner before, so he could only say: "One round, I guess it's about the same."

"..." The corners of Jiang Wen's mouth twitched slightly.

Isn't it equivalent to drinking twice the amount of last night?
It's really not human.

Don't drink with him next time, it's boring!
In fact, Lu Bu's good drinking capacity is not due to training, but because of his body, because there are more and more active alcohol dehydrogenase and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase in the body than ordinary people, which can quickly detoxify Decompose the ethanol that enters the body into carbon dioxide and water to be excreted from the body.

It's not that he wasn't drunk at all, but he was slightly drunk.

Yawning, Jiang Wen walked into the yard, and went to the small pavilion with Lu Bu to talk for a while.

"The ban has been lifted?" Lu Bu had forgotten that he was "banned from being a director for five years" by the relevant department.

"En." Jiang Wen nodded, with a relieved yet slightly excited expression on his face, and said: "I have been polishing a notebook for the past few years, and now I can prepare for shooting."

It can be seen that he is suffocated.

Zhang Yimou once commented on him: "He is a person who wants to be a commander, not a soldier. He is so ambitious and capable, it is impossible for him not to make movies."

The words were so to the point that he just couldn't sit still.

"Did you bring it?" Lu Bu asked.

"Wait." Jiang Wen naturally brought it with her, put it in her bag, and got up to get it.

"The Sun Also Rises, the name is very artistic, is it the same type as "Sunny Day"?" Lu Bu opened the first page of the script.

"It can be said that they are all literary films, but they are very different." Jiang Wen explained.

This book still has a literary base, the short story "Velvet" by writer Ye Mi.

But according to Jiang Wen's personality, it must be changed beyond recognition again.

And it does.

It adopts a multi-threaded narrative method and is divided into four stories. The first part is "crazy", the second part is "love", the third part is "gun", and the fourth part is "dream". The timeline is disrupted. In the end, it formed a closed loop. There are many obscure places in the connection of the four stories.

Lu Bu didn't understand what Jiang Wen wanted to express, so he asked, "What is the central idea of ​​your movie?"

Jiang Wen pondered for a moment, and then replied: "It's hard to describe this movie in words. When I make a movie, I don't know how to express it in words. If a story can be expressed in words and words, it's easy. If you can express it clearly, then what is the need to photograph it?"

Lu Bu raised his eyebrows, which made sense.

In Jiang Wen's world, there are only two kinds of movies, interesting ones and boring ones.

And he only shoots vigorously.

Perhaps after learning the lessons of "The Devil Is Coming", in order to avoid the "scissors" of the relevant departments, the script was written in a more obscure and difficult way. The magical reality narrative is really confusing.

But as always, the "ginger pattern pride" is still there, and these four stories are full of wildness and vitality.

At this time, Jiang Wen added another sentence: "This is a movie that completely breaks all boundaries."

Lu Bu closed the script and asked quite directly, "How much do you want?"

Jiang Wen was a little embarrassed. Last time, he took 200 million to help Xu Jinglei film "A Letter from a Strange Woman", but he didn't make any money back. But this is a movie. Everything is unknown before it is released. Scratching his scalp, he said, "I've already found some investment, and the difference is probably more than 2000 million."

Lu Bu asked again: "Who are you looking for?"

Jiang Wen said truthfully: "Dahe Film and Television released 1800 million, and Jiang Tu and Zhou Yun paid 1100 million."

It was through Jiang Tu's introduction last night that Lu Bu found out that Zhou Yun was Jiang Wen's current wife.

The two met while filming "Heaven and Earth Heroes" in 2001, and their relationship has become closer since then.

Once Zhou Yun went to Jiang Wen's studio to cast a role. Jiang Wen was drunk at the time, and pulled Zhou Yun to chat about his daughter and wife, but this time Zhou Yun was deeply moved by the recounting, and fell in love with Jiang Wen.

Because Jiang Wen developed in China, his wife and daughter lived in France, and the long-term foreign country caused the relationship between the two parties to become weaker and weaker, and they finally chose to divorce.

In the second half of this year, Jiang Wen and Zhou Yun officially registered for marriage, and they kept a low profile without even having a banquet.

The two of them are also a couple with a wide age gap. Jiang Wen is 42 years old and Zhou Yun is 26 years old.

Sure enough, except for him, everyone likes young people.

It's not that he just likes older people, it's that his situation is special.

The actual age of the soul is one of them, the other is the feeling, the feeling is right, age is not a problem.

However, more than 5000 million yuan went to make an art film, and it was a bit difficult to pay back.

There are already living examples.

But Jiang Wen is not a bit stronger than Xu Jinglei, and he is from his own family.

After thinking about it, Lu Bu said, "Then 2100 million, make up 5000 million, and I'll figure out a way."

Find Yang Huangying, Zhou Yi, and Jiata, and a few million will be enough.

If the risk is shared, even if the box office hits, it won't lose too much.

The kind of movies and TV dramas that allow him to invest more than [-] million must have excellent scripts.

It's not that Jiang Wen's "The Sun Also Rises" is bad, it's just that it doesn't make his eyes shine.

Here, subjective consciousness dominates.

And Jiang Wen received his strong support, the big rock in his heart finally fell to the ground, and said: "Thank you."

Lu Bu smiled lightly, and jokingly said: "I wrote it down in my notebook, and I have to make up for the loss later."

After chatting for a while, Jiang Wen went to wash up.

Seeing that it was already nine o'clock, Lu Bu went out to buy newspapers.

["Mythology" screened on the night of Qixi Festival showed a strong market impact, and it won 1000 million in just one night. This result has surpassed the first-day box office of "Initial D", which is currently ranked first in the year! 】

["Mythology" has seen box office booms in Yanjing, Guangzhou, Magic City, Chengdu, Nanjing, Hangzhou and other places! 】

[Judging from the current achievements, "Mythology" may become the first movie in history with a box office of over [-] million during the Qixi Festival! 】

[Myth = box office myth?Lu Bu wants to get rid of the name of "box office poison"? 】

[Qin Shihuang's elixir of immortality, reincarnation, dreams, underground palace... This is the unique romance of the mysterious East! 】

[Bronze sword, no stirrups, Qin army battle formation, Qin Jia, Qin Gong, etc. Countless details that follow history, this is a historical film, not a commercial film! 】

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Basically, popular and not-selling entertainment newspapers all reported the release of "Myth".

Calculated based on the box office on the first day, there is no problem with exceeding [-] million.

But this result was expected, after all, the investment in this movie reached 1.6 million.

This number is one of the best in today's movie market, ranking second among domestic blockbusters this year. The first is Chen Kaige's "The Promise" with 3 million yuan, and the third is Xu Krypton's "Seven Swords" with 1.4 million yuan.

Of course, only the director himself knows how much it cost.

With such a high investment, many cost-only people predict the box office of "Mythology" quite conservatively, with RMB 1 million in the Mainland, RMB 3500 million in Hong Kong, RMB 2000 million in Taiwan, and RMB 1 million overseas. 2.55 million.

And this is far from the 4.8 million that was paid back.

In fact, Lu Bu, Tang Jili and others are very aware of this, and they may not be able to recover from the box office split.

But after it was officially released yesterday, judging from word of mouth, it is better than "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers".

The brand-new combination of [Lu Bu + Tang Jili] handed over an unexpected answer sheet with surprises.

The impeccable war scenes, the realistic fighting scenes, the touching emotional scenes, the historical basis that can withstand scrutiny, and the scenes that are both imaginary and real...all have won unanimous praise from the audience.

Therefore, the box office forecast of "Mythology" needs to be reconsidered, and it will definitely not be as much as 2.55 million.

Moreover, to take a step back, if you want to pay back your capital, or even make money, you don't completely rely on movie theaters.

There are several important profit channels besides box office distribution, such as overseas copyright, which has 7000 million yuan; another example is the pre-screening advertisement, which has earned 4000 million yuan; and another example is the copyright of audio-visual products in Hong Kong and Taiwan. , the advertising placement income of the modern part of the movie, the value-added service entertainment industry of the mobile phone version, etc.

Moreover, there are online games, mobile games, books, various stage performances, cartoons, theme parks, etc. that are already being done and will be done soon...the development of the post-movie market, which also has good benefits.

Now just wait, time will tell.

Lu Bu was not in a hurry, but as he walked and looked and thought, one of them accidentally opened the door of his own courtyard.

"Second brother."

When I went in, I saw Yu Xiaoli who was cleaning up the messy dining table in the yard. Now many of them, regardless of their age, all called him that. Lu Bu asked casually, "You came so early?"

Yu Xiaoli explained: "I bought breakfast for Feihong and the others, have you eaten yet?"

Lu Bu nodded and said, "After eating, they haven't woken up yet?"

Yu Xiaoli replied, "Feihong got up and is washing up."

It's all here, Lu Bu rolled up his sleeves, and put away the empty wine bottles and unfinished wine on the ground.

After working for a while, I saw Yu Feihong coming out of the room.

She has no makeup, her face is a little oily, and her skin tone is not particularly fair with milky skin.

Under the sunlight, the facial features are very three-dimensional, the cheeks are rosy and bright, appearing peaceful and lazy.

"Sleep more?" Lu Bu looked at her and said.

"Headache." Yu Feihong rubbed his head.

"Come and sit here, I'll give you a massage." Lu Bu put down the broom and walked into the small pavilion.

"Too much to drink." Last night we had a very happy chat. As the oldest person, Yu Feihong was toasted for a round at the beginning, and he was already a little drunk. Later, when Lu Buna came over to barbecue, he smelled of alcohol, Knowing that he made an exception to drink, he dragged him to drink together, but they all drank and fell down.

"It's okay to get drunk once in a while, just don't get hungover every day." Lu Bu massaged her temples, Guanchong points, and Neiguan points.

"It's so comfortable." Yu Feihong said softly.

"I'm a professional massager, okay? I can open a shop." Lu Bu said with a smile.

"Okay, I just have time, and I have something to report to you at work." Yu Feihong was afraid that other people would wake up and come out to see this kind of overly intimate behavior, which is hard to explain.

"Tell me." Lu Bu sat across from her, and opened another order of her favorite buns and porridge on the stone table.

"Thank you." Yu Feihong smiled sweetly, ate a steamed stuffed bun and a few mouthfuls of porridge, and said, "It's about our studio's investment in next year's movies and TV dramas, first of all about movies."

"The first one is "The Good Man in Three Gorges" directed by Jia Zhangke. This one has my personal preferences. I like director Jia's films very much. The budget is 600 million, and we can get a share of 300 million."

"The second one is "Crazy Stone" by new director Ning Hao. Andy Lau's company is the lead investor. The budget is 300 million. I went to talk with Andy Lau. We can add 200 million."

"With a few million investment, you can make your own decision." Lu Bu can still let go of this point, and continued: "I have also watched Jia Zhangke's movie. It is quite in-depth. If there is an opportunity, we can cooperate more."

Jia Zhangke, known as Chief Jia.

This director who was born in the yellow land in the 70s is hard to say whether he is famous in China or not.

But among the audience who are familiar with him, it is also full of controversy.

His films, stepping on the yellow land and walking close to the ground, always talk about the things of ordinary people. The stories are told in a straightforward manner without excessive embellishments. The shots are either fixed-point shots or hand-held follow-up shots.

But these unpretentious collocations can always deeply stimulate the soul in many cases.

"Then I voted?" Feihong Yu knew that Lu Bu respected her and loved her, but she also had to separate public and private affairs, and she couldn't use chicken feathers as arrows to invest indiscriminately with the studio's money.

"En." Lu Bu nodded, and asked again: "Can I get the distribution rights?"

If Mengjiang Studio wants to develop better, it cannot do without its own mature distribution channels.

Instead, you can embrace the thighs of Huangying Entertainment, Zhouyi Entertainment and other well-established distribution companies, and Yang Huangying and Zhouyi are definitely very happy, but others belong to others after all.

In fact, since "Blind Well" and "Conquer", Yu Feihong has participated in the distribution matters under the name of "Steammaster Studio". He has already gained experience and can try to release a movie or TV series independently.

"I'll go and talk about it." After Yu Feihong replied, he continued: "The movie is not over yet, and I asked you to make two of them."

"It's Feng Xiaogang's "Night Banquet" and Zhang Yimou's "Curse of the Golden Flower". The scripts have not yet been obtained."

"The information that can be confirmed at present is that "The Banquet" is expected to invest 1.2 million yuan, and the main actors are Zhang Ziyi and Ge You, while "The Golden Flower" is expected to invest 3.6 million yuan, and the main actors are Zhou Runfa and Gong Li."

"However, the cost of filming is hundreds of millions now..." Lu Bu didn't know what to say.

"The commercial films made by Director Feng and Director Zhang are still capable of making money." Feihong Yu trusted them both.

"Let's say no. There are a lot of movies to be shot next year, and there is a high probability that the schedule won't match." Lu Bu didn't think too much about it.

"Okay." Yu Feihong nodded, and continued: "Then there are TV dramas, there are three to vote for."

"Director Shang Jing brought the martial arts sitcom "Wulin Biography" created by the original crew of "The Story of the Cooking Class". I read the script, and there are quite a lot to watch. The budget is 1000 million, and we can get a share of 300 million."

"The remaining two "Flying Immortals" and "Young General of the Yang Family" are specially discussed for Hu Ying. He is a good seed, and he can focus on training. This will add up to a total of 800 million investment."

Lu Bu is also very optimistic about Hu Jia. When Yu Feihong said this, he remembered something again, and said: "Last night, Director Tang took me to chat for a long time, and I don't know if it was drunk. He said that he would create a drama version. "Mythology", if this is implemented, I think Hu Jing can be cast as the leading role."

Yu Feihong's eyes flickered and said: "Aren't you going to act?"

Lu Bu smiled and said, "Play Meng Yi again? There's no need for that."

Yu Feihong thought about it too. With his character that he didn't play in the sequel, how could he repeat a role, and then said: "By the way, there are three more TV dramas that you are looking for, are they all rejected?"

Lu Bu asked curiously, "What drama?"

Yu Feihong replied: "A historical drama "Legend of Xue Rengui", a mythological drama "Legend of the White Snake", and the last one of Zhouyi Entertainment's fantasy martial arts trilogy "The Eight Diagrams of Gods and Ghosts."

Lu Bu rubbed his chin with his hand, and said, "Who shall I play in "Legend of the White Snake"? Xu Xian? Fa Hai?"

Hearing his question, it seemed that he was interested in this movie, and Yu Feihong immediately said: "If you accept it, then it must be the number one hero Xu Xian."

Lu Bu raised the corner of his mouth, raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Then... you play Bai Suzhen, and Yuan Yuan plays Xiaoqing."

Yu Feihong was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized his purpose, and hummed softly: "You have a beautiful idea."

Lu Bu is not afraid of any Shura field now, but this matter needs to be done slowly. After all, Yu Feihong and Gao Yuanyuan don't seem to have the same affection and sisterhood as Zeng Lai and Hu Jing, so he sighed softly: "Forget it."

Seeing him like this, Yu Feihong's eyes softened a little, and he said: "It's not that I don't agree with you, it's just that my age is not suitable for playing Bai Suzhen. If you really want to take it, you can let Xiao Lai or Jing Jing play it."

Lu Bu smiled at her and said, "It's okay, let's push it away, there are too many things to do next year."

"Abu, Sister Yu." At this moment, Gao Yuanyuan came out of the room.

"Come and have breakfast." Yu Feihong waved to her.

"Are you sober?" Lu Bu asked her.

"I still have a little headache." Gao Yuanyuan sat down between the two of them.

"Let me give you a massage." Lu Bu got up, and gave her the same massage that Yu Feihong had just given.

"Yuanyuan, did Bulgari ask you to shoot commercials after signing the contract with Bulgari?" Feihong Yu started a topic.

"Three advertisements were taken." Gao Yuanyuan replied.

"Xiaoli went to talk to you about the brands of clothing and cosmetics, and there should be results at the end of the month." Yu Feihong said again.

"Well, thank you sister Yu." Gao Yuanyuan smiled sweetly.

"Family, why are you being polite?" Yu Feihong regretted the moment she said this, she meant that they all belong to the same studio, but because of the relationship with Lu Bu, it became another meaning.

"Ah, oh." Gao Yuanyuan lowered her head, her face flushed with shame.

"Haha." Lu Bu laughed, stroked her hair, and said, "I'll go to the next door to see if they're up or not."

"Ah."

"it is good."

Yu Feihong and Gao Yuanyuan responded.

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Yanjing, a mansion.

"The box office of "Mythology" was a bit strong on the first day. It opened at 1000:1900 p.m., and in just six hours it earned [-] million at the box office. Today it is conservatively estimated that it will have a box office of [-] million." Chen Hong said holding the newspaper.

"Word of mouth?" Brother Chen Kai frowned slightly, this result far exceeded his expectations.

"The evaluation from these media is very high." Chen Hong handed over the newspaper.

"The credibility of their words is too low." Brother Chen Kai thought for a while, got up and said, "Go online and have a look."

The two came to the study, turned on the computer, and logged in to Douban.com.

[Action design]: 8 points, the normal level of the family class;

[War scene]: 9.5 points, first-class level;
[Fuhuadao]: 9 points, follow the history, exquisite and beautiful;
[Actor]: 8.5 points, the acting skills of the leading role and supporting role are online;
[Plot]: 7 points, ancient and modern grafting, two lines intertwined, and finally reached a climax in the underground palace, but India is a bit procrastinated, a bit redundant, because it is not so related to the main line;
[Later stage]: 8 points, special effects, soundtrack, dubbing, etc. are worthy of the name of blockbuster;

[Emotion and thought]: 7 points, with the feeling of "the wind is rustling, the water is cold, and the strong man will never return when he is gone" and "the poor bone beside the Wuding River, still like a person in a spring girl's dream";

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"Mythology" has a score of 8.5, and there are more than 8% of the praise at the bottom. The final score should be around [-] points.

A commercial film can score more than 7 points, which is already a very high score.

Lao Mouzi's "Hero" scored 7.6 points, Feng Kuan's "A World Without Thieves" scored 8.1 points, and Zhou Suichi's "Kung Fu" scored 8.8 points.

And these three movies are both box office and word-of-mouth.

Does it mean that the same is true for "Myth"?
Immediately, an invisible pressure enveloped Brother Chen Kai, but it disappeared quickly. He vowed: "It seems that this year's annual championship does not have a box office of more than 3 million. It is impossible to win."

If there is such a result, it will not only be the annual crown, because now the No. 2.5 box office in the mainland is "Hero" with [-] million.

Chen Hong shook her head and said, ""Mythology" is not a movie that can exceed 3 million, there is a chance to exceed 2 million."

Brother Chen Kai smiled and said, "Heroes see the same thing."

So which movie can exceed 3 million, needless to say, I know!
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Yanjing, brothers of friendship.

"The first day's box office is not bad." Wang Lei said.

"It won't be too late to wait until the first week's box office comes out. You can see how the word of mouth is doing in four days." Wang Jun said.

"Judging from the feedback from the audience who watched it last night, the quality of the movie is excellent. 1 million is unstoppable, and we are going to 2 million." Wang Lei is quite confident in his own vision.

"No way." Wang Jun was skeptical.

"Don't forget, there are no competitors in this schedule, and it's summer vacation, so don't underestimate the spending power of college students." Wang Lei reminded.

"If it can reach 2 million, plus Xiangjiang, Baodao province and overseas, it is very likely that the box office will make up the money." Wang Jun said.

"This is a stable and profitable one." Wang Lei is very sure.

"In this way, Lu Bu has a certain box office appeal." Wang Jun said.

"Did "Night Banquet" sign a contract with him?" Wang Lei asked.

"We're talking, he needs time to think about it." Wang Jun replied.

"How much is the salary?" Wang Lei asked again.

"1300 million." Wang Jun replied.

"Less." Wang Lei thought for a moment and said, "Add to 1800 million."

Now it seems that there are fewer, because "Mythology" is a big hit, and Lu Bu's worth will also rise accordingly.

The two brothers hated Lu Bu very much.

All kinds of grabbing resources.

But the entertainment industry is all about profit, as long as they can make more money, there is no need to worry about such a small matter.

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On the 15th, Lu Bu took a group of people to Xiangjiang to support the play "Amber" starring Yuan Wei and Liu Ye.

It was his first time watching a play.

Actors run "boom-boom-boom" on the stage, speak loudly, gasp for breath, heave their chests, blink and frown, and all kinds of images will appear in front of them more directly, which is different from being separated from the screen.

From the world constructed by images, it travels to another new world, which is both dramatic and real.

But you have to have a good location. If the distance is too far, you can’t see the expressions of the actors clearly, and you will lose a part of the experience.

The acting skills of Yuan Wei and Liu Ye are as good as ever, and they are worthy of all kinds of award-winning actors.

However, Lu Bu didn't understand why there was a chain of contempt.

Those who act in plays despise those who make movies, and those who make movies despise those who make TV dramas.

Perhaps it is a live performance, once something goes wrong, it will be very troublesome, and the test for actors is even higher.

Or maybe the so-called "artistic quality" is higher, because ordinary people have less contact with it in their daily life, and the music is high and few.

In his opinion, there is not much difference, they are all entertainment.

(End of this chapter)