The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 342 "Travel to Bangkok" released, new project "Raid"

""Extreme Escape" is scheduled for December 22."

"The thrilling preview of "Extreme Escape" is coming. This is a movie that makes people extremely nervous."

""Mythology" earned 500 million in three weeks, and the total box office will not exceed [-] million."

""Travel to Bangkok" has a box office of 480 million in seven days, Hong Jinbao expects to exceed [-] million."

"Zombies are coming, "Travel to Bangkok" takes you to experience the world of despair."

""Extreme Escape" has sparked controversy on the Internet. Many netizens think that this film is too high-profile, and the box office cannot exceed [-] million."

"The "Extreme Escape" teaser Fenghua video hits more than 500 million hits, tens of thousands of messages look forward to playing."

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The wheel of time is rolling forward, and there are new things in the mainland entertainment industry every day.

After the release of "Mythology", the box office can only be said to be at an upper-middle level, and the mainland may not be able to break through [-] million in the end.

Although Cheng Long often said that he still has overseas box office, everyone is not very optimistic about this movie. "Mythology" is innovative, but Cheng Long's most prominent fighting aspect is not only not as funny as before, but also not exciting.

Less than 20 days after "Myth" was released, "Travel to Bangkok" was released. Although this movie was filmed in Bangkok, the starring actors were all Chinese artists. It can be regarded as a zombie movie made by Chinese people.

It can be said that it is full of gimmicks.

After all, there were no Chinese-language zombie films before. When the film was released, it immediately attracted many viewers to watch.

For the humanistic care expressed in it, the father sacrificed himself for his daughter, and the husband sacrificed himself for his wife. The audience can also understand it.

Unlike the blockbuster "Resident Evil", this movie is completely from the perspective of ordinary people, describing the encounters under the zombie crisis.

The sense of substitution is stronger. The passengers on the last train are almost wiped out, leaving only a pregnant woman and a little girl, which is even more tragic and touching.

The movie will be screened in Mainland China, Hong Kong Island, New Malaysia, Thailand, and Wanwan at the same time.

The box office on Hong Kong Island was soaring very fast, with 500 million in the first week.

The mainland box office also performed well, with 100 million in the first three days.

Entering November, it has been released for three weeks. "Travel to Bangkok" has earned 800 million box office in Hong Kong Island, 7000 million box office in the mainland, 3000 million box office in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, and 2000 million box office in Wanwan. .

If nothing else, the box office on Hong Kong Island should be 500 million.

And the mainland can have more than 8000 million.

You must know that last year "New Police Story" only had a box office of 100 million in Hong Kong Island, while "Mythology" only had a box office of 700 million.

In the past two years, only "Kung Fu" has surpassed "Travel to Bangkok". Zhou Xingxing's movie has 100 million.

One can imagine how popular this film is on Hong Kong Island.

Hong Jinbao was recently interviewed by a reporter. He was several years younger and very happy. When he mentioned his troubled son, he said that it was okay. Young people have their own paths.

In short, although this film cannot exceed [-] million yuan in the Mainland, it will definitely make money.

The mainland, Wanwan, Hong Kong Island, and Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand should have a total box office of about 8000 million.

If it can be sold to the peninsula, island countries, or Europe and the United States in the future, the box office will be even higher.

The movie sold so well, naturally many people envied it, Hong Kong island circled film companies, and immediately prepared a zombie-themed movie.

"Travel to the Chicken Coop", "Travel to Paris", "Travel to Seoul"... There are a lot of various movies.

And everyone knows that the script comes from Fenghua, and it is Li Shengyao's idea.

If you follow the film like this, at most you can drink some soup. If you really want to eat meat, you still have to get in the car quickly and try to get in the game in the next movie.

Of course, there are also people who say otherwise. After all, it is only the first movie. Whether it can be turned into gold in the follow-up is not certain.

……

On this day, Hong Jinbao and Wu Jing came to Fenghua Film and Television Company.

Hong Jinbao's face was full of happiness, and he seemed to be in very good condition. He sat down carelessly, poured tea from the ripe one, and greeted Wu Jing to eat some fruit.

Wu Jing was a little cautious, he was still young, and his baby face was still obvious.

With the popularity of "Tai Chi Master" in the early years, Wu Jing can be said to be the top performer in the mainland. However, after acting in a few TV series, he went to Hong Kong Island again.

Going around on Hong Kong Island, from the protagonist to the supporting role, is getting more and more boring.

Wu Jing already has plans to return to the mainland, and he even wants to continue filming TV series.

At this time, Hong Jinbao called and said that he had the opportunity to star in the next movie.

This was a complete surprise, Wu Jing never expected that he would have such an opportunity when he was about to give up the movie.

And what Hong Jinbao meant was not a Hong Kong movie, but a co-production between Fenghua and Hong Jinbao.

It made him even more excited.

As we all know, Hong Jinbao cooperated with Lee Sing Yew this time, and "Travel to Bangkok" made a lot of money.

If you can star in the co-production of Lee Sung Yew and Hong Jinbao, wouldn't it be popular?
So Wu Jing came over with excitement, but he was somewhat worried, afraid that he would not be able to meet Li Shengyao's request.

Although we met before, we didn't talk much.

However, Director Li has strict requirements on actors, which is something that everyone in the circle knows.

Li Shengyao sat across from Wu Jing, looked at this mainland kung fu star, and nodded with a smile.

There is absolutely no problem with Wu Jing's skills. He is the national martial arts champion, but traditional kung fu movies are basically monopolized by Cheng Long and Li Lianjie, and it is difficult for others to get involved.

Later, when Li Lianjie got old, Zhen Bullet took the lead.

In Li Shengyao's previous life, Wu Jing finally relied on military movies, but basically gave up action movies after "Wolf Warrior II".

After Wu Jing, there are almost no action movies in the mainland, which has to be said to be a pity.

Action movies are the most distinctive type of Chinese-language movies, and they are also the most widely spread movies of China Entertainment Films in the world.

It can be said that you have recruited [-] foreign students, and you haven't produced a single action star with great influence.

When foreigners talk about Huaxia, most people know Bruce Lee and Cheng Long.

Although Hollywood quickly learned these action stunts after the new century, even Cheng Long and Li Lianjie were not popular in Hollywood.

But as far as action scenes are concerned, they can't be made in Hollywood now, and they won't be able to make them in more than ten years.

Before the Chinese-language action movie "Quick Chase", which became popular later, it was like old people practicing Tai Chi.

Those fighting scenes of Keanu Reeves, in Chinese action movies, can be said to be farts.

Not to mention the level of Li Lianjie Zhen Bullets, Nicholas Tse is better than Keanu Reeves.

But why didn't the mainland stop making action movies?
Regarding this point, Li Shengyao was also depressed.

He thinks there are two main problems, one is that there are no excellent kung fu stars, and the other is that there are no excellent scripts.

Regarding the first point, it is actually not just a matter of kung fu stars, with the development of technology, there are more and more entertainment activities.

There are fewer and fewer stars of all types, less and less distinctive, and less attractive.

Just like Hollywood, before Lee Sung Yew crossed over, the top superstar was Tom Cruise, Little Li.

No one in the new generation can carry the banner.

The hottest sweet tea is nothing compared to Brother Cruise and Xiao Lizi when they were young.

The actors of such drama films are still like this, and the action actors are even more withered.

The second point is that there is no good plot, no excellent story, "Ip Man 123" has themes, and "Fearless" has the same.

And "Zhang Tianzhi" starring Zhang Jin is so embarrassing to death.

It can be said that action movies all over the world are getting worse and worse.

But can action movies make money?
Did the audience really abandon action movies?
of course not.

If you don't have a good story or a good innovation, then just come up with something simple.

Facts have proved that as long as you play well and play well, there is still a market.

When Kung Fu movies in the mainland are getting worse and worse.

Tyrande produced Tony Jia. The few action movies he made have a lot of connotations, don't they just fight from beginning to end?
Then there were several wonderful action films released by Indy, "Raid 1" and "Raid 2", these two films played from beginning to end.

The following Hollywood "John Wick" is the same routine, the only difference is that "John Wick" is produced by Hollywood.

But in terms of skill, Keanu Reeves is not comparable to the other two, obviously old and slow.

But because "John Wick" is a Hollywood movie, there are many more people who follow it.

Many mainland film critics ridiculed the two films of Yin Pai, thinking that they did not have much love, no theme, and no interest.

They are all outdated designs of Chinese action movies.

But people can make money.

"Raid 1" only invested 100 million U.S. dollars, and most of the scenes were filmed in unfinished buildings, but they got 300 million U.S. dollars at the box office and 500 million U.S. dollars in DVD revenue in the beautiful country. In 2011, it was voted the best action movie by netizens in the beautiful country.

Obviously this kind of movie should be the world of Chinese movies, and it should be our sharp weapon to earn foreign exchange.

Later, it was difficult to produce a good work.

Regarding kung fu movies, Lee Sing Yew has always been difficult to understand.

Now that he has the opportunity, he naturally wants to do something.

This time Hong Jinbao invited Wu Jing to come over, because he wanted to invite Wu Jing to film "Raid 1".

This movie tells the story of a group of gang members who are lawless and commit all kinds of crimes. The boss hides in a building with dozens of floors.

Inside are his adopted thugs and impoverished people.

The hero is a special police officer, and the task of him and his teammates is to catch the boss and bring him to justice.

But he didn't know that there were spies inside, and they were arranged to die.

Therefore, they advanced very smoothly at the beginning, breaking through from the bottom all the way up, and then it was much more difficult.

Teammates died one by one, leaving him alone, killing the highest level...

The film has a total of 95 minutes, [-] minutes of which are intense and exciting fighting, and only a few minutes of the hero recalls the scene with his wife.

There is no heroine in the movie, except for the hero's wife, other female characters are either killed or the camera flashes by.

Now that Wu Jing is invited, Li Shengyao's only worry is whether Wu Jing can still "fight".

This "fighting" is a bit special. It is not about whether you can fight or not, but to do some very cool moves.

It was as if the male protagonist jumped up, flipped in the air, and then threw out with a whip leg.

It would be no problem for Cheng Long and Li Lianjie to replace this kind of action, but they may not be able to perform it now.

The same is true for Wu Jing, he was naturally able to perform such difficult movements when he was 20 years old.

But not necessarily now, Wu Jing has also been injured all over the past few years.

Li Shengyao first chatted with Hong Jinbao for a while, then turned to Wu Jing, "How is your body, can you still fight?"

Wu Jing was taken aback, and quickly realized, "It's ok, Director Li, I'm in good health, and I practice every day."

"I want to make a kung fu movie next, a pure kung fu movie from the beginning to the end, which requires the hero to have all kinds of fights, unarmed, with knives, sticks, guns, cool and fancy duels, will There are many difficult moves, can you do it?"

Wu Jing heard the words, but did not answer immediately.

Seeing this, Hong Jinbao immediately said: "Wu Jing, can't you fight? Why are you silent?"

Wu Jing came back to his senses, and then said: "Brother Sanmao, I..."

Hong Jinbao was born as an action actor and has always taken good care of Wu Jing.

He will still be the director of the next co-production, so he naturally hopes that Wu Jing will act.

Anyway, his son can't be the leading actor, so it's better to choose one who can play.

But Wu Jing is a little worried. His leg was seriously injured in the early years, and his leg skills are now much weaker than when he was at his peak.

"It's okay, you can talk about it if you have any questions."

Li Shengyao saw it.

Wu Jing is a real person, with this kind of cooperation, he is more at ease, now he can speak out any problems.

"Director Li, my right knee was injured by an ax before, and now my leg skills are not as good as before."

"Other than that, is there any other problem?"

Wu Jing thought for a while, "There are still some minor injuries, but they don't affect the movements. It's just the right foot, which is not as flexible as before."

Li Shengyao nodded, but did not answer immediately.

He thought of Zhao Wenzhuo, Baoqiang, and Wu Yue.

All three should be equally capable of acting.

But Baoqiang is too short to be a special police officer.

The problem with Zhao Wenzhuo and Wu Yue is that the audience is not popular enough, they don't have superstar images.

After much deliberation, Wu Jing is more suitable.

Leg skills are not that good, so when filming, there are a little more editing shots.

The ink pad version of "Raid" also has a lot of action, which the male lead actor can't do, and needs post-editing.

"It's okay, as long as you can still fight, this time we will have a good fight."

Hong Jinbao and Wu Jing breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the words.

Li Shengyao then took out the two prepared scripts and handed them to Hong Jinbao and Wu Jing.

The two were very excited when they took the script.

But half an hour later, Wu Jing and Hong Jinbao looked at each other with some uncertainty in their eyes.

Compared with the excellent script of "Travel to Bangkok", this script is too simple.

Not to mention professional screenwriters, any high school student who has seen some kung fu movies can write them.

What happened to Director Li this time?

Given such a simple story.

Isn't this the plot of the finale of "The Grandmaster of Tai Chi"?

The male protagonist goes up layer by layer, defeats the enemies one by one, and then kills the final big boss?
Li Shengyao saw the expressions of the two of them.

To be honest, the plot of "The Raid" is really simple, but this is "The Raid", and this movie has this feature.

But since they want to cooperate and want to go to the beautiful country to make money, it is natural to make it clear to Hong Jinbao and Wu Jing, at least to convince these two people.

Li Shengyao drank a cup of tea, and then slowly said: "Now the action movies all over the world are getting worse and worse, and Hollywood is also thinking about the direction of action movies."

"We write a complicated story, and it doesn't necessarily make the audience like it."

"It's better to just tell a simple story. It's a matter of course for the special police to catch the gang leader. The story will not be awkward. There is a reason for fighting and killing."

"And the feature of this movie is the action. I hope it will be very sharp, joyful, and handsome. Don't be too gentle like "Once Upon a Time"."

"It should be like Li Lianjie's action movies shot in the beautiful country, the fighting is very intense, and the tricks are bloody."

Li Shengyao finally said: "You all know that although Li Lianjie's box office in the beautiful country is not high, the sales of DVDs are very good, basically tens of millions."

"The main location of our film is an unfinished building. Not to mention Hong Kong Island, it can be shot in a small county in the Mainland. The cost is 2000 million. As long as we can sell it in the beautiful country, we can make a lot of money. .”

When Hong Jinbao heard this, he was slightly moved.

The story of "Raid" is indeed simple, but the cost is also really low.

And just like what Li Shengyao said, if this movie is played happily, maybe it will really attract the audience.

"Director Li, where do you plan to shoot?"

"This movie should be filmed on Hong Kong Island. The investment of 2000 million should be enough, and we will share it according to the previous ratio."

"Raid 1" has a plot where high-level special police officers are spies, and the gang that controls thousands of poor people is too terrifying, and it should be very difficult for the mainland to pass the trial.

It can only be filmed on Hong Kong Island, and then, like "Travel to Bangkok", it will be introduced to the mainland for release in the form of an imported film.

The last movie made a lot of money, which gave Hong Jinbao a lot of confidence.

He didn't hesitate, "Okay, let's do it."

Wu Jing didn't quite understand, he looked at Hong Jinbao, and seeing what Hong Jinbao said, he basically understood what Hong Jinbao meant.

He is an actor now, since Director Li and Hong Jinbao have agreed, naturally they will not object.

Li Shengyao is very happy that Hong Jinbao and Wu Jing can cooperate with him. He believes that the Hong Kong Island martial arts director at this time is definitely better than the inkpad martial arts director a few years later.

As long as they reach the level of "Raid 1" in his previous life, they will definitely make more money.

Because India does not have a large number of ethnic groups in the beautiful country, but there are a lot of Chinese in the beautiful country.

As long as the quality of the film is acceptable, most of the Chinese over there will support it.

Not to mention there is a huge mainland market.

Li Shengyao then arranged for someone to prepare the contract, and then signed the contract with Hong Jinbao and Wu Jing.

Fenghua will invest 1000 million in this movie, and the other 1000 million will be given to Hong Jinbao. They will provide the script.

After signing the contract, Li Shengyao then waved his hand, "Let's have a meal together."

"Bangkok Tour" currently can earn about 2000 million after excluding the cost.

The cost of this "Raid" is lower, and if it can be harvested in the beautiful country, it can make more money.

Li Shengyao likes to make money, he wants to make more money now, and then buy a building and build a new movie theater.

"Extreme Escape" might not be as profitable as "Raid".

Because "Extreme Escape" should not be able to make money in the beautiful country, although parkour climbing is very exciting, but the audience in the beautiful country should like more exciting.

The male lead in "Extreme Escape" didn't kill anyone, and the movie has almost no bloody scenes, so the people in the beautiful country probably wouldn't like it.

"Extreme Escape" can only be seen at the box office in China, Hong Kong Island, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.

So now that he has decided to cooperate with "Raid", he is very happy.

(End of this chapter)