The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 468 The schedule is fixed
"Word of mouth is backlash, Zhang Yimou has suffered a career loss, and the new film returns to literary films."

"Zhang Yimou's new film revisits the love of the old era. Is it a soft spot or a last resort?"

"Zhang Yimou was undoubtedly the worst in "Legend of Three Guns". After his success in the Olympics, he drifted away."

"The production of "Sicario Sicario" is finished, and Lee Sing Yew announced the film schedule."

"Feng Xiaogang talked freely about the status quo of the film and television industry, saying that movies must be innovative and different in order to have vitality."

""Tangshan Earthquake" is finalized, and Zhang Weiping satirizes the movie as drinking human blood."

"The old generation of filmmakers are gradually leaving the stage, and new filmmakers are about to rise."

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The time came to the beginning of March 2010, the mainland film industry was stagnant, and there was no topic to talk about. The hottest news at this time was that Lao Mouzi announced that his new film would return to literary films.

No one needs to analyze it, the masses can figure it out with their toes.

Although "Legend of Three Guns" received a box office of [-] million, there is still a huge gap with the expectations of the producers.

And the reputation of this movie is even worse.

Lao Mouzi has been filming for so many years, and he can be regarded as experiencing the feeling of Brother Kaizi after "The Promise" was released.

Even when "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" were released, some people praised them and others scolded them.

And "Legend of Three Guns" was almost full of criticism. Many people said that it was a money-making movie, and some people criticized Lao Mouzi for becoming a national master, which suddenly became popular.

Lao Mouzi listened to such criticism.

He has always been a very humble person, so the new film intends to return to literary films.

Whether Lao Mouzi is a national teacher after all, he is still very topical.

Lao Mouzi's choice quickly occupied the headlines of major entertainment sections.

The reason for this is mainly because there is really no big news in the entertainment industry in March, especially in the film industry. A large number of foreign films were released in March, but most of them were films that had been released long ago.

Just like "Don't Look Back" starring Sophie Marceau and Monica Bellucci, this movie was released in May last year, but it was only released in the mainland at this time.

There is also the documentary "Basketball Little Emperor". This documentary introducing Lao Zhan was actually released in the beautiful country in 08, but it was postponed for a year and a half in the mainland.
There is also a Danmark movie called "The Trap", which was also released in 08 and was released in the mainland a year and a half later.

Probably because the Chinese New Year has just passed, everyone has a tight wallet and no money to watch movies. Film producers know this, so in early March there are some foreign films that have been released early.

Domestic films will not be released until the end of March.

For example, "The Box of Light", "Future Police", "Beauty Code", "Dragon Showdown", and Hollywood's "Alice in Wonderland".

Among them, "Alice in Wonderland" is said to be a [-]D movie. There was an example of "Avatar" there before, and this movie has attracted much attention.

For Lee Sing Yew, "Alice in Wonderland" is actually a lot of pressure, because he decided to release "Sicario" at the end of March, when the two films will face off.

So recently Lee Shing Yew has started to promote "Sicario Sicario". He will bring Zhang Ziyi and Duan Yihong on some variety shows, and he will also appear on some talk shows.

This morning, after a variety show on the movie channel ended, Li Shengyao separated from Zhang Ziyi and Duan Yihong. He was about to go home to rest when his cell phone rang, and it turned out to be a call from Lao Mouzi.

Li Shengyao has already had contact information with Lao Mouzi, but the age difference between the two is quite large and they have no other common hobbies except movies, so they don't have much contact with each other.

Seeing the phone at this time, Li Shengyao was stunned for a moment, then smiled and answered the phone.

Putting down the phone, Li Shengyao asked the driver to turn around.

Soon after, Li Shengyao arrived at the Huayao Hotel in Xuanwu District, and then under the guidance of the waiter, he went all the way to the box reserved by Lao Mouzi.

The sound insulation of the box in this big hotel is naturally very good, but even through the door, Li Shengyao still heard Zhang Weiping's big mouth talking in Balabala.

The waiter pushed open the door, and Zhang Weiping's voice became even louder, like firecrackers.

Li Shengyao frowned slightly and quickly glanced at the box.

In addition to Zhang Weiping who was drooling, there was also Lao Mouzi, and Jiang Zhiqiang who hadn't seen him for a long time.

Zhang Weiping's face was red, he must have drunk a lot of wine, he was talking, his hands were moving back and forth, he looked very excited.

Lao Mouzi and Jiang Zhiqiang were fine.

Lao Mouzi sat on the side with a smile, quietly listening to Zhang Weiping's words.

He was wearing a sportswear, a pair of jeans, and a pair of basketball shoes, which was similar to that of a migrant worker.

Jiang Zhiqiang is in a small suit, paired with trousers and leather shoes, and his hair is combed meticulously. He has the style of a Hong Kong man.

The three people in the box noticed Li Shengyao, immediately stopped talking, and then stood up to invite him.

Li Shengyao walked in and sat between Zhang Weiping and Lao Mouzi, facing Jiang Zhiqiang.

"Director Li, tell me, is this the truth?"

Zhang Weiping first had a drink with Li Shengyao, and then continued to express her views.

It turns out that Zhang Weiping is very unhappy with Feng Xiaogang now. He feels that Xiaogangpao is a villain now. A few years ago, Xiaogangpao was no match for Lao Mouzi.

But taking Lao Mouzi to prepare for the Olympics, he took a two-year break in the film industry.Xiaogangpao took the opportunity to rise and took advantage of it.

"Director Li, do you think this is the case? If it wasn't for Lao Mouzi preparing for the Olympics, if it wasn't for you to go to Hollywood to develop, where would it be his turn to give advice?"

Xiaogangpao is very proud recently, not only the success of "If You Are the One", but also one of the reasons why he holds a large number of Huayi stocks, and his net worth has skyrocketed.

Of course, such behavior may not be viewed favorably by peers.

I'm not afraid of your miserable life, but I'm afraid of your good life.

Lao Mouzi and Jiang Zhiqiang didn't argue with Zhang Weiping, they just smiled and listened.

Naturally, Li Shengyao was too lazy to talk about this with Zhang Weiping, talking about others behind their backs is not a good thing.

Seeing that Li Shengyao did not agree, Zhang Weiping could only drink a few glasses of wine.

At this time, Director Li had already washed the dishes and chopsticks, and then started to eat. Zhang Weiping saw her and rolled her eyes, "Director Li, is "Sicario Sicario" finalized?"

"Well, the file is set, March 26."

"Director Li, to be honest, I think your schedule is very average. You should push it back a few months."

Zhang Weiping then got up and poured tea for Li Shengyao, "The March schedule is really not good. If you look at the movies that are showing now, they are all a mess of rubbish movies, and none of them are new movies."

"Moreover, no one has watched these garbage movies. The entire schedule is lifeless. The No. 1 movie has not even made 1000 million at the box office in a single day."

March is indeed the off-season for movie watching. Generally, the market will not pick up until the end of March, just like the weather in the mainland.

Zhang Weiping's mouth is still very eloquent, and he continued: "And you have seen the fate of Lao Mouzi. After the release of "Legend of Three Guns and Murders", the public opinion can't wait to kill him."

"Of course I'm not saying that "Sicario" will not perform well. What I mean is that you have to be careful. Whether it's word of mouth or box office, if one item fails, people who don't like you will start to say bad things."

"Think about it, there are so many bad movies released in March. Once your movie comes out, it will definitely get the most attention. Everyone is staring at you. If the effect is not good, there will be overwhelming negative reviews."

Although Zhang Weiping's words were a bit alarmist, they were not without reason.

March is the off-season for moviegoing, and there are very few new movies at this time, although there are movies such as "The Treasure Box", "Future Cop" and "Beauty Code".

But if "Sicario" is released, the most watched movie will definitely be "Sicario".

At that time, the sunspots will concentrate their firepower on picking the thorns.

Hearing this, Li Shengyao nodded with a smile, "You are right."

Zhang Weiping was overjoyed, and then said: "Yes, Director Li, I see, you still postpone the release for three or four months, there is no need to be so anxious, why don't you arrange it in the summer?"

Hearing this, Li Shengyao paused slightly, "Summer time?"

"Yeah, the summer time is great. Your movie is a police and gangster movie. Young people like to watch it. It's just right for the summer time."

Li Shengyao's mind turned and he thought of the domestic blockbusters released in the summer. He quickly thought of Feng Xiaogang's "Sugar Mountain Earthquake". He glanced at Zhang Weiping with bright eyes and roughly understood what Zhang Weiping was thinking.

However, Lee Sing-yew's schedule for "Sicario" to be released at the end of March was not a date that he just thought of.

The main reason is that in late March and early April, except for "Alice in Wonderland", there were no competitive movies.

Movies such as "Future Cop", "Beautiful Secret Code", "The Treasure Box", "Dragon Showdown", etc. all have very poor reputations.

"Alice in Wonderland" was actually released in the beautiful country on March 20th, but it was delayed by a full [-] days in the mainland.

As long as "Sicario" has a good reputation, it can stand out among all the bad domestic films.

Become a thriving existence, and I believe the box office will be better by then.

Thinking of this, Li Shengyao picked up a red pepper and put it in his mouth.

"Mr. Zhang, let's forget it. I've already fixed the schedule here. It's too late to change the schedule now."

Zhang Weiping wanted to fool Li Shengyao into a fight with Feng Xiaogang, so he was naturally unwilling to fail like this.

"Director Li, isn't it a common thing in the film and television industry to change files? You just haven't finished the post-production yet. With your reputation and connections, movie fans won't be disgusted. On the contrary, they will recognize you more and put it in the summer file. I think Your movie has [-] million."

Li Shengyao smiled, "Let's forget it, I have already decided, it will be March 26th."

Zhang Weiping was stunned and wanted to continue to persuade her. She noticed that Li Shengyao lowered his head to eat and ignored him at all, so he could only hold back what he was saying.

"Don't listen to my advice, let's see how you pounce."

He pouted secretly, cursing in his heart.

After dinner, Lao Mouzi revealed the reason why he invited Li Shengyao, which was to ask him to help read the script of "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree".

Although he has been very busy recently, Li Shengyao was naturally willing to take a look when Lao Mouzi opened his mouth.

In fact, as far as literary and artistic films are concerned, "The Hawthorn Tree" is very successful. It has good reputation and box office. There are very few things that need to be reminded by Lee Sheng Yew.

This would have been a good movie.

(End of this chapter)