The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 464 Zhang Weiping Has No Confidence

There are very few domestic films this summer. Even during the Protection Month, there are only about a dozen films.

But at the end of November, domestic films popped up like mushrooms after a spring rain.

Movies released at this time include "It's Okay to Mars", "Guests From the Sui Dynasty", "Unspoken Rules of Love", "Panda Heroes", "Mulan" and a number of other movies.

Except for Zhao Yanzi and Chen Kun's "Mulan" which is a little splashy, other movies are cannon fodder. Under the bombardment of "2012", it is difficult to make 1000 million box office.

In December, when the Lunar New Year holidays are coming, and "2012" is gradually coming to an end, more domestic films will be released.

"Assassin's Tomb", "Fengyun 2", "October Siege", "Three Shots", "Poker King", and "Midnight Taxi" were screened in sequence.

This time, no movies are chosen to be released at the end of the month, mostly in early December or mid-December.

Although "Avatar" has not yet been released, the word-of-mouth of this blockbuster has already been faintly revealed, and no movie wants to be tough with "Avatar".

After "Sicario" was finished, Li Shengyao quickly returned to Yanjing with the filming team, and then prepared to edit.

With so many movies released, naturally many invited him to attend the premiere.

He chose "Assassin's Tomb" and "Legend of Three Guns Against Criminals", "Assassin's Tomb" because of Jay Chou, and "Legend of Three Guns Against Criminals" because of Lao Mouzi.

Since Jie Lun filmed "The Golden Armor", his resources suddenly dropped again.

Even if it wasn't Lao Mouzi's blockbuster before, it was still an interesting movie like "Initial D".

But it didn't work later, and ran to hang out with Zhu Yanping.

"Assassin's Tomb" is undoubtedly a bad movie. When Lee Sung Yew watched it in the past, although most of the theaters at the premiere were Jay Chou fans, at the end of the movie, most of the fans did not applaud. Bad movies stopped.

When Jie Lun came on stage, the fans realized what he was doing and clapped hurriedly.

Jie Lun and Lin Zhiling were very embarrassed.

Lin Zhiling stole the limelight in the two "Red Cliff", and the publicity even overwhelmed Zhao Yanzi.

But the subsequent movies were very bad, and she exposed her original strength.

He has no acting skills and no charisma.

She can only dawdle in the movies that Wan Wan invested in, or the movies directed by Wan Wan.

Later, at the celebration banquet of the premiere, Lin Zhiling wanted to approach Lee Shengyao, but he refused.

A day later, Li Shengyao took Chen Xun to the premiere of "Legend of Three Guns".

Lao Mouzi's appeal is naturally greater than that of Jie Lun, let alone Zhao Binshan in this movie.

When Li Shengyao arrived, he found that the three rows in front of the theater were filled with celebrities, directors, and producers from the entertainment industry. It could be said that there was a gathering of stars.

Lao Mouzi and Zhang Weiping had already prepared their seats for Li Shengyao, right in the middle of the first row.

When Lao Mouzi and his gang fell behind, Li Shengyao sat next to Zhang Weiping, and Lao Mouzi sat on the other side of Zhang Weiping.

Zhang Weiping and Lao Mouzi are both Chinese tunic suits with trousers and leather shoes today.

Lao Mouzi looked a little worried, and his eyes were a little erratic.

And Zhang Weiping looked left and right, he kept watching the reflections of other people watching the movie, until the theater started to burst into laughter, and then he restrained himself a little.

"Director Li, the mainland film market is changing so fast now, I'm really worried that we won't be able to adapt."

Zhang Weiping said something in a low voice.

His expression was sad, and he didn't look like he was acting.

An arrogant person like Lao Zhang looks like this, naturally because the mainland film market is indeed changing too fast.

September's "Jianguo Daye" has more than 1000 million, and then November's "2012" is now almost 5000 million.

Such an achievement was something that would have been unimaginable a few years ago.

The mainland box office of Lao Mouzi's "A City of Gold" was only 9000 million. Both Lao Mouzi and Zhang Weiping were under pressure.

Lee Sheng Yew was also under pressure. He filmed "Sicario Sicario". Although the film's ratings were high, he had no idea whether it could achieve a high box office.

"The living standards of the people in our country have improved. There will be more and more theaters and more box office. Things will change faster in the future. You still have to be mentally prepared in advance."

Zhang Weiping paused after hearing the words, "Director Li, you mean the box office will continue to grow in the future?"

"That's for sure," Li Shengyao noticed that Lao Mouzi was also listening attentively, and continued, "If we chase the box office, we may never catch up. Just calm down and make a good movie."

"What a pity. With such a good market, we should strive for high box office at this time."

Zhang Weiping did not agree with Li Shengyao's words and immediately answered.

"I'm not saying that you can't think about high box office, but that you can't be controlled by this matter, and you must have a stable mentality."

Zhang Weiping wanted to refute, and Lao Mouzi said first: "Director Li is right, we can't say that this movie will cost [-] million, and the next movie will cost [-] million. This is not just shouting slogans, it can be done by just shouting."

Seeing this, Zhang Weiping froze, nodded and did not continue speaking.

Li Shengyao saw it in his eyes and secretly smiled in his heart.

Lao Mouzi and Zhang Weiping will fall out in a few years, and they don't know when the conflict between the two started.

Li Shengyao personally feels that he should start with "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree".

At this time, the film market was growing continuously. With Zhang Weiping's temperament, she definitely wanted to continue making commercial films.

As a result, Lao Mouzi wanted to regain his blood because of the bad reputation of "Legend of Three Guns Shooting Crimes", so he made a literary film.

In the cinema hall, movies continue to be shown. In such a closed environment, human perception is easily amplified.

At this time, the audience watching "Legend of Three Shots Shooting Murder" will be affected by various factors, and many people will laugh along with it.

When Lao Mouzi heard the laughter from the audience, his face improved a little.

Zhang Weiping's face was full of pride.

"Look, comedy movies are a popular trend now, and ordinary people just like to watch comedies."

Sitting beside him, Li Shengyao could hear clearly, but he didn't say much.

After a long time, amidst the laughter of the audience, the movie ended, and all the main creators stepped onto the stage excitedly to express their ideas.

Li Shengyao took Chen Xun's hand and watched quietly.

Chen Xun just laughed along with him for a while, when she noticed Li Shengyao's state, she asked puzzledly, "What's the matter with you? You don't like watching it?"

Li Shengyao shook his head, "I can't say whether I like it or not, it's just a very ordinary movie."

Chen Xun glanced back, making sure that their voices would not be heard by the people behind, then lowered his voice and said, "Don't say that, it's the premiere."

She then asked, "How much box office do you think you can get?"

Li Shengyao has always been very accurate in guessing the box office, Chen Xun was a little curious, how much box office would Li Shengyao think Lao Mouzi's comeback film could have.

"No more than [-] million."

When Chen Xun heard this, his eyes widened.

Lao Mouzi has already made more than [-] million movies, and a few years ago, Lao Mouzi was the annual box office champion in the mainland.

Now that the film market has grown by four or five times, and we still cooperate with Zhao Jiaban, how come the box office is even less?
"Wait, I don't have to lie to you."

Not long after, Li Shengyao and Chen Xun participated in the celebration banquet organized by Zhao's class. This time, he didn't say anything depressing, but only good things.

Lao Mouzi, Zhang Weiping, and Zhao Binshan were all very happy, and they all looked forward to the film's further glory.

But such movies have obviously been eliminated by young people.

Movies based on Zhao's class are too sketchy. Young people nowadays are unwilling to watch the Spring Festival Gala, and it is even more impossible for them to spend money to watch comedies based on Zhao's class.

So the reputation of the movie was good after the premiere, but when "The Legend of Three Guns" was released on a large scale, the reputation took a turn for the worse. This movie, which Zhang Weiping had high hopes for, became trash in the eyes of many people.

Many viewers said that even if Lao Mouzi doesn't make blockbuster movies, he doesn't need to make such a silly two-person movie.

Some people say that Lao Mouzi has fallen behind this era, and has not made movies for two years, and has been abandoned by the new generation of audiences.

This situation is something that many people did not expect.

Only Chen Xun often looked at Li Shengyao with admiring eyes, "You really guessed right, "Legend of Three Guns" is really not good."

"That's right, it's not that the comedies of Xiaogangpao can make money, but the comedies of Lao Mouzi can also make money. It still depends on the quality of the movie."

Chen Xun was full of admiration, and repeatedly praised Director Li for his good vision.

She was actually worried that the situation of "Sicario Sicario" would be the same as that of "Three Shots", but she didn't say it.

Having been with Li Shengyao for so long, she knew that Li Shengyao was not a person who liked to talk about frustration.

Even if he was worried in his heart, Director Li would not say it out, but kept it in his heart.

(End of this chapter)