The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 372 This schedule is not good

"It's too fierce. The total box office of "Raid 1" has reached 800 million U.S. dollars."

"'Raid 1' has a box office of 400 million euros in France, and it is the highest-grossing Asian film in France this year."

""The Raid 1" shines in Britain, and the British audience likes it very much, giving it [-] points."

"Hong Jinbao announced that "Raid 2" will start filming in March next year, with an investment of 3000 million."

"Wu Jing will be a new generation of action superstar."

"Lee Sing Yew: "Taken" will succeed "The Raid 1" and revitalize Chinese-language action movies."

""Ink Attack" will be released soon, and the producer's goal is to exceed [-] million."

""Taken" is scheduled to be released on December [-]th, and it will compete with "Golden Armor in the City"."

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Time flies, October 2006 passed quickly, and November arrived in a hurry. "Taken" completed the post-production and then submitted it for review.

Although "Raid 1" earned US dollars in a beautiful country and euros in France, the entire Chinese entertainment circle was shocked, and they admired Lee Sheng Yew even more. Many people said that as long as Lee Sheng Yew invests in movies, he will definitely make money.

However, as the craze of "Raid" passed, the big guys soon discovered that "Taken" was scheduled to be released on December [-]th, and it was going to compete with "Golden Armor in the City".

Moreover, this film will compete with "Revelation" in the beautiful country. Both China and the beautiful country have chosen heavyweight opponents.

Many people think that Lee Sheng Yew made a few good movies, and his mentality became crazy, and he didn't know the heights of the sky and the earth.

Even Cheng Long and Jiang Zhiqiang persuaded Li Shengyao again later, hoping that he would move the schedule back a little bit.

However, Lee Sing Yew still insisted on premiering on December [-]th.

At nine o'clock in the morning this day, Li Shengyao had just arrived at Fenghua Film and Television Company, and then met Han Sanping who was in a hurry.

Mr. Han probably didn't sleep well, his eyes were small, but the bags under his eyes were big. He came in a hurry, his suit was a little wrinkled. His small eyes looked at Li Shengyao, full of puzzlement.

"Director Li, does "Taken" have to be released in early December? Can we release it in late December?"

In the beautiful country, there will be "007: Casino Royale" at the end of November, and two super blockbusters "Revelation" at the beginning of December.

In the mainland, there will be "Mo Gong" at the end of November, "The Gate" and "Yun Shui Ballad" at the beginning of December, "The Good Man in Three Gorges" and "The Golden Armor in the City" in mid-December.

It can be said that the competition between the two countries in early December was fierce.

At the end of December, Pretty Country plans to release several comedy movies.

In the mainland, the only thing that can be played is "Scarred City". Others such as "The Veil" and "Big Movie: Tens of Billions" are just blockbusters.

After thinking about it, Han Sanping couldn't understand Li Shengyao's choice.

Director Li was clearly a monkey spirit before, why was he so reckless this time?
China Film Group invested 6000 million in "Taken", although not hundreds of millions, only [-]% of the box office dividends, which is not too important logically, but Han Sanping needs performance.

Almost all the mainland films invested in before were wiped out.

He is now pointing to "Taken", so he pays special attention to this movie.

Li Shengyao poured tea for Han Sanping, and then slowly said: "Director Han, the investment in "Taken" is 6000 million, which is 2000 million U.S. dollars. It is absolutely impossible to get back the cost depending on the domestic box office."

"We can only focus on the beautiful country. I met some people in the beautiful country. According to the information they revealed, the filming of "Revelation" is not very ideal."

He was actually fooling Han Sanping.

It can't be said that "Revelation" hit the market in his previous life, and "Night at the Museum" is a big hit.

Han Sanping paused after hearing the words, and then asked: "Really?"

"Revelation" is claimed to be the sequel to "The Passion of the Christ", and "The Passion of the Christ" can get [-] million US dollars at the global box office.

Han Sanping couldn't believe that "Revelation" would fail.

Li Shengyao nodded and said affirmatively: "Apart from the content of "Revelation", their publicity strategy is also wrong. According to my understanding, they have nothing to do with "The Passion of the Christ", but they advertised that it is the sequel of "The Passion of the Christ".

"The Passion of the Christ" exploded, and Mel Gibson's next movie "Revelation" obviously had nothing to do with the former, but he insisted that it was a sequel.

In addition to Mel Gibson's drunk driving and rebellion against youth, in the next ten years, he will be scolded for any movie he plays and the director.

It was not until 2016 that he relied on "Hacksaw Ridge" to regain respect.

Han Sanping heard the words, picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and then said slowly: "Director Li, can we show it in Beautiful Country on December 29th, and in China, it will be released on December [-]th."

There are no big movies in the mainland in late December. On the 22nd there will be "Scarred City", and on the 29th there will be "Tens of Billions of Big Movies" and "The Veil".

In the two-hero drama "Scarred City", the male protagonists are Liang Chaowei and Kaneshiro Takeshi, but these two people have never had any appeal in the mainland.

"Tens of Billions of Big Movies" is completely a star platter movie, which is of no value for discussion.

As for "The Veil" is a foreign movie filmed in the Mainland, the male and female protagonists are foreigners, and the only well-known Chinese artist is Huang Qiusheng, the second ghost. It's no wonder that such a movie can do well at the box office.

Han Sanping felt that putting "Taken" at the end of December would make it easier to reap the box office.

He went on to add: "Don't worry about the piracy issue, those who watch the piracy, would not have gone to the cinema in the first place."

Li Shengyao glanced at Han Sanping, then shook his head, "Director Han, our movie must be released simultaneously in China and the United States. How can it be released in the mainland later in the beautiful country? People will say that we value the beautiful country and don't care about mainland audiences?"

Han Sanping is a member of the system, and immediately understood the seriousness of the problem when he heard the words, he nodded hurriedly, "You are right, I was negligent."

"It's okay, it's just the two of us here."

Han Sanping sighed, "Okay, then it will be released on December [-]th."

His face became even more bitter, "In this case, "Taken" will compete with "Yun Shui Ballad", "Gate", and "City of Golden Flowers" at the box office."

Li Shengyao nodded, "If you are in the mainland, do your best."

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On November 2006, 11, "Mo Gong" began to be released on a large scale in the mainland. This movie brought together Liu Dehua, Jian Bingbing, and two traffic stars from the peninsula. Obviously, they had ideas.

Not only want the Hong Kong Island in the Mainland, but also the box office of the Peninsula and Southeast Asia.

However, the film's ambition does not mean it will be successful.

The Mohists are still too unfamiliar to modern audiences.

In the first three days of the movie, it only got 3000 million box office.

Unless the subsequent word-of-mouth is good, otherwise, this movie will have a box office of more than 6000 million in the Mainland, plus the box office in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, and it will also lose money.

At the beginning of the year, the mainland movie fan media looked forward to 2006, hoping that there would be more than [-] million movies this year.

But now, towards the end of the year, everyone's expectation is not to lose money.

This change made many mainland movie fans and the media very disappointed.

In the mainland film market this year, except for "Crazy Stone" and "Fearless", other films performed poorly at the box office.

Suddenly there are only a handful of movies that can make a profit.

Now "Mo Gong" is not good, and the object of expectation has become the upcoming "Taken". As for "Yun Shui Yao" and "Gate", no one expects them to make back their money. It is good not to lose too much.

A reporter asked Lee Sheng Yew if he could make up his money. Lee Sheng Yew honestly replied that relying on the domestic box office would definitely not make it back. His goal is still the international market.

On the other hand, Lee Sing Yew is relatively negative, and the two films released on December 14 are full of confidence.

"Golden Flowers in the City" is full of momentum. Zhang Weiping has repeatedly uttered nonsense to reporters, expressing that he wants to surpass the box office record of "Hero" in the Mainland.

He does have the confidence to say this, not only Lao Mouzi's basic set, but also Jay Chou's fans.

Although "Golden Armor in the City" has not been officially pre-sold, the market feedback has been very good.

The new screen arranged some people to do research, and many fans want to watch this movie.

And another movie released on NO.14 in December is "The Good Man in Three Gorges", which just won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival.

This film was a big hit at the Venice Film Festival, and it should have already earned its international rights.

Director Jia Ke obviously has greater ambitions, and he hopes to make a fortune in the mainland.

After all, last year's "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles" was also a literary film, earning 3000 million at the box office.

Therefore, Chief Jia, who has always been relatively low-key before, is much more high-profile this time, and often attends some promotional activities.

On December 2006, 12, "Yun Shui Yao" was officially released on a large scale, but there was very little news, and everyone in the industry knew that there was no hope for this movie.

At the same time, Cheng Long began to run around to promote "Taken".

As for "Curse of the Golden Armor", it also started to run publicity.

At 12:2 am on December 11, Li Shengyao met Zhang Weiping who was having dinner at the Landmark Hotel.

The two had some contacts before, but not many.

Zhang Weiping has a big mouth and has always been open-minded.

Li Shengyao doesn't like to communicate with people who have no limit to their mouths.

For example, when he was in college in his previous life, there was a classmate from Northeastern who was handsome and played like Kobe. Many classmates liked to play around him.

Li Shengyao didn't like it, because this classmate's catchphrase was "fuck you".

If this classmate talked to Li Shengyao like this, he would punch him without saying a word.

In order to avoid conflict, he kept his distance.

The same is true for Zhang Weiping, Li Shengyao is willing to chat with Xiao Gangpao, but he doesn't want to talk to Zhang Weiping.

But just received a call from Zhang Weiping, Lao Zhang said that he was treating guests to dinner, and he would discuss with Li Shengyao if he had anything to do.

Since someone invites you to dinner, there is no need to refuse.

Zhang Weiping's face was ruddy at this time, her eyes were shining brightly, and she was in a very good mood just by looking at it.

When he saw Li Shengyao, he immediately stood up to greet him.

"Director Li, please sit down quickly, please sit down quickly."

After a while, the waiter served the dishes, and there were nine dishes for two people. Zhang Weiping really bleeds this time.

Li Shengyao was not polite, picked up his chopsticks and started eating.

Half an hour later, the two of them were full, and Zhang Weiping poured a cup of tea for Li Shengyao, "Director Li, I'm here this time because I want to discuss two things with you."

"You said."

"The first one is about the schedule of "Taken". Director Li, why didn't you put the movie at the end of this month? It would be great then."

Li Shengyao shook his head, "I have some considerations, and it's not convenient to tell you at the moment, but we have already decided on this matter, so we won't change it."

Jiang Zhiqiang has already negotiated with the publishers of Beautiful Country, France, Great Britain, and Spanish Duck. The premiere will be on December [-]th, and there is no need to change it.

Zhang Weiping lowered his head and curled his lips.

He had heard that many people tried to persuade Li Shengyao, but it didn't work, they just didn't want to change it. Now it seems that Li Shengyao is really a fool.

He laughed silently, then shook his head, put away his smile, and continued, "Director Li, let me talk about the second thing. "Curse of the Golden Armor" will be screened for seven days at that time. Can your Fenghua Cinema become a screening venue for "The Golden Armor of the City"?"

Li Shengyao was taken aback when he heard the words, Zhang Weiping should have a relatively good relationship with the cinema, why should he be screened at the Fenghua cinema this time?

"Mr. Zhang, why did you switch to Fenghua this time?"

"Your cinema facilities are more fashionable and comfortable. The equipment is new and the effect is good. When you show a movie in Fenghua Cinema, the audience will feel better after watching it."

Li Shengyao did not expect to receive such an evaluation.

However, this is indeed true. Compared with the previous theaters with old equipment and rustic decoration, Fenghua Cinema was decorated in the style of the cinema before Li Shengyao found him. It can be said to be very fashionable.

"It's a small thing, I agree."

"Golden Flowers in the City" ended up with a total of 9000 million in the mainland. It is definitely the most profitable movie at this time.

Li Shengyao naturally wouldn't push it out, the movie theater can make money, just show other people's movies every day.

Zhang Weiping was overjoyed, and then he had a drink with Li Shengyao.

The first thing was to mention casually, he didn't care what Li Shengyao did.

Li Shengyao agreed to the second thing, and he was very happy.

In a happy mood, he couldn't help but want to brag, "Director Li, our previous "Hero" had more than 2 million hits in the mainland, and this time "City Full of Golden Armor" has a target of [-] million."

"I think there is a great opportunity. By then, New Picture will have a movie worth [-] million yuan and a movie worth [-] million yuan."

"In addition to the new picture, other film and television production companies in the mainland, I think you have the most potential. If there are any films that can exceed [-] million yuan in the future, it must be from your Fenghua."

Li Shengyao knew that Zhang Weiping was not malicious this time, so he nodded, "I would like to borrow your blessing."

Seeing that Li Shengyao was easy to talk to, Zhang Weiping was also very proud.

He then thought that he had arranged for assistant Hei Li Shengyao and "Extreme Escape" before, but the release of "Extreme Escape" stopped.

Fortunately no one knew about it.

"Director Li, I wish both "Taken" and "The Golden Flower" will sell well at the box office, and become celebrities in film history."

"it is good."

The two clinked a glass again, and the table ended.

Li Shengyao returned to the office, thinking of Zhang Weiping's words, he felt a little emotional.

If his next movie can't break [-] million, then "Certificate of Fame" and "Assembly" will break [-] million, and I don't know how long it will take for his mainland single film to break [-] million.

(End of this chapter)