The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 470 Wang Jing feels very tired
In late March, most places in the mainland are still relatively cold.

Just like in Shanghai, you still have to wear thick clothes to go out at this time, especially at night. If you only wear a thin layer of clothes, it is easy to catch a cold.

For Wang Jing and Liu Dehua from Hong Kong Island, it was even colder.

That night, at 02:30 in the morning, Fatty Wang and Liu Dehua were eating hot pot together in Xiaonanguo in Shanghai.

The weather is cold, but looking at the steaming hot pot makes me feel much warmer.

The two of them have been busy promoting the movie these days, and they are so cold and hungry that they even went out to eat hot pot at this time.

Wang Jing had always liked hot pot before, but now he was a little absent-minded.

Liu Dehua said with a smile: "Stop thinking about things and eat meat."

"You eat, you eat. I'm already so fat. It's okay to eat less."

Fatty Wang responded, still not paying attention.

After he stopped co-producing TV series with Lee Sheng Yew, he quickly returned to the film industry. He once wanted to ask Lee Sheng Yew for a script and asked Fok Wenxi to pass on the message, but Lee Sheng Yew ignored him.

Later, Wang Jing started thinking about a project on his own, which was "Future Police".

The movie's promotional slogan is China's first science fiction movie.

The inspiration comes from the Disney superhero movies that have become popular in the past two years.

Wang Jing felt that this movie had a promising future. He spent some money on Hong Kong Island, Wanwan, and the Mainland, and then invited Andy Lau to be the male lead, and Big S was hired as the female lead.

The reason why it is a big S is naturally because of Wanwan Capital.

Fatty Wang's ex-girlfriend was a goddess like Qiu Shuzhen. Later, he chose Zhang Min or Lin Xilei for filming movies. These two are all beauties among beauties.

This time it was a huge loss of quality, and of course it wasn’t that his aesthetics had been downgraded.

Mainly due to Wanwan Capital's requirements, Fatty Wang had no choice but to use Big S.

The movie has been filmed and is scheduled to be released on March 30th.

Fatty Wang is still looking forward to this movie. He has watched so many classic Hollywood science fiction movies, and he knows very well that this movie is a piece of shit.

But it doesn't matter, Liu Dehua has many fans.

Moreover, mainland audiences just like to watch bad movies. As long as they are well promoted, movies can make money.

The gimmick of "China's first science fiction movie" is enough.

But...

No matter what it is or who it is, when you're telling a story, it's best to make sure you're the only one telling it.

Or maybe other people’s stories are even more ridiculous and unattractive.

Only in this way will your story be heard and attract people.

It's the same thing with movies.

If "Future Cop" is broadcast in January, "Avatar" will be released at that time.

You said that you are China's first science fiction film. If you are a science fiction film like this, it is like ten tons of shit compared to "Avatar" and will be scolded by the audience.

"Future Police" now needs to tell a story and promote it, so it naturally needs to be compared with movies of the same period.

Wang Jing is not afraid of "The Treasure Box", not afraid of "The Secret Code", not afraid of "Dragon Showdown", not afraid of "Alice in Wonderland", just "Sicario".

The male protagonist of "Koshikoshi Treasure Box" is Zheng Zhongji.

Tai Ziji's voice is really nice, but he is not suitable to be the leading actor, especially not suitable to be the leading actor in a comedy movie.

Except for those idiots from France, all the comedy stars from the United States and China are actually pretty good-looking.

Just like Zhou Xingxing, like Jim Carrey.

Their facial features are quite handsome, and their faces look good, so the audience won't feel uncomfortable watching them.

But Zheng Zhongji is not good, he is too ugly, and the audience will really feel disgusted when he makes faces.

Therefore, it is impossible for Tai Ziji to become a comedy star, not in Hong Kong Island, and even less so in the Mainland.

"Koshikoshi Treasure Box" uses Zheng Zhongji and will definitely hit the street.

As for "Beauty Secret", it is also a comedy and a street movie. This movie is a co-production, and the heroines are Wu Junru and Asa.

To put it bluntly, after leaving Hong Kong comedies, all the mainland comedies that Sandra Ng starred in were shit.

As for "Fire Dragon", a classic Hong Kong two-hero drama, the male protagonists are Li Ming and Ren Xianqi, which have no appeal in the mainland.

"Alice in Wonderland" was released on the [-]th of this month, and pirated copies have long been available in the mainland.

Therefore, Fatty Wang is not worried about these movies. The only thing he is worried about is "Sicario".

"I heard that "Sicario" was filmed very well and very professionally. The martial arts masters from the Married Family Class and the Hong Family Class all studied there."

In the past two months, such news was circulating in the Hong Kong film and television circles.

Wang Jing went to verify it himself and found out that it was true.

Originally, he felt that Lee Sheng Yew's filming of police and gangster films this time was a bit substandard.

After all, Hong Kong has long been tired of police and gangster movies, and he doesn't think Lee Sheng-yew can come up with new tricks.

However, the matter of the martial arts masters of the Married Family Class and the Hong Family Class made him cautious.

In early March, "Sicario" began a large-scale promotion, claiming to "redefine the gunfight movie."

This tone is really loud.

Wang Jing laughed secretly at the time, he felt that Director Li was going to capsize in the gutter this time.

It wasn't until "Sicario" participated in the Las Palmas International Film Festival that he had a vague premonition.

The news from the Spanish Ducks is that "Sicario" is indeed good and has an excellent reputation.

That's bad.

If "Sicario" is released and the reputation is still very good, then when "Future Cop" is released, the reputation is not good. If you compare it, isn't it a huge slap in the face?By then, the so-called "China's No. [-] science fiction blockbuster" will be a shameful thing.

The more Wang Jing thought about it, the more flustered he became. He was easily distracted by publicity these days.

"Okay, okay, eat quickly, go to bed after eating, and think about anything tomorrow."

Andy Lau is much more magnanimous.

The main reason is that he has a lot of blood, relies on his excellent popularity with the public, and is one of the top three in the entire Chinese entertainment industry.

Even if this movie is a bloodbath, Hua Tsai is still a top entertainer in China's entertainment industry, with a movie salary of 3000 million.

Fatty Wang glanced at Hua Tsai, thought about it, and felt that this was the truth. Then he stopped thinking about "Sicario" and just started eating.

After eating for more than ten minutes, my stomach felt much warmer.

He was more energetic and was about to talk to Andy Lau about tomorrow's promotion, but he couldn't help but think of "Sicario" again.

At this moment, the cold wind blew outside, knocking down some hard objects, and a car beeped sirens.

Wang Jing was stunned and had a bad feeling for no reason.

"Ring bell bell!"

Wang Jing's cell phone rang, but it was his secretary who called.

"Brother Jing, Lee Sung-Yao's "Sicario" won the Grand Jury Prize."

"What did you say?"

"Lee Sing-yew's film, Sicario, won the Grand Jury Prize at the Las Palmas Film Festival. It has now been circulated on the Internet, with videos and photos."

Wang Jing's eyes darkened and he almost fainted.

It’s true that the more you fear something, the more likely it will come.

"Sicario" can also win the Grand Jury Prize at the Las Palmas International Film Festival, so it cannot be a bad film, and it must have a good reputation.

Although there are still deals at these film festivals in Europe, the thresholds are much higher than those at film festivals in Asia.

Movies that can win awards are basically not bad movies.

Under such circumstances, "Future Police" will be released after "Sicario", so the comparison should not be too harsh.

The secretary's words rang out again, "China Film Network has sent out congratulatory news, and on the 26th, the film schedule of "Sicario" will be increased by 5.00%, from 40.00% to 50.00%."

"On the Internet, there are many people praising "Sicario". Many people say that Lee Sheng-yew is the new flagship director of Chinese-language films. In the future, we need him to conquer the three major European cities and contribute to Chinese-language films."

"On Douban, even before the movie was released, there were already more than 1 comments."

The secretary's voice was sweet, but it dealt a crit to Wang Jing.

Fatty Wang didn't want to hear or see these things about "Sicario".

"I know, that's it."

Fatty Wang then hung up the phone and looked at the fragrant and white smoke-filled hot pot. This time he was really in no mood.

"Wazai, let's go, go to bed early and don't eat so much."

Liu Dehua just vaguely heard the content of Wang Jing's phone call, and he understood Wang Jing's mood.

"Okay, let's go back to the room and sleep."

Soon after, Fatty Wang and Liu Dehua returned to the hotel where they lived, and they waved goodbye.

Wang Jing then reviewed what happened today and couldn't help but frown when he thought of "Sicario" winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Las Palmas International Film Festival.

It seems that Hong Kong films have never won at this film festival.

Is it possible for Li Shengyao to take action?
Is this a lie?

He then called his secretary back and confirmed that "Sicario" had won the award.

"Brother Jing, it's true. There are pictures on the Internet, not only Lee Sheng-yew's selfies, but also photos taken by movie fans in Europe and posted on Facebook."

It turned out to be true.

Wang Jing shook his head speechlessly. The gap between people is really big. Some people can accomplish something easily, while some people have worked hard for decades and still can't.

Although the Las Palmas Film Festival is not famous, it is an international A-class film festival and a Spanish film festival.

It is definitely not easy to win the jury award.

And if Lee Sung-yew made a slightly more profound film, he would win the award.

So unfair.

Wang Jing shook his head, then fell on the bed, picked up the pillow, covered his head and went to sleep.

As we get older, we wake up more easily.

That's what happened to Wang Jing. He didn't have an alarm clock, but he woke up at 06:30 in the morning.

After only sleeping for less than four hours, his head felt heavy but he was not sleepy.

He picked up his phone and found two messages from his secretary.

"The Yunnan Provincial Public Security Department issued a document praising "Sicario", saying that this movie reflects the dangerous work of anti-drug heroes."

"The People's Daily published an article congratulating "Sicario", saying that this film represents a new level of domestic films and is an example for other domestic films to learn from."

Wang Jing glanced at the message, then let go and let the phone fall on the bed. He then pulled the quilt and covered him. He didn't want to get up.

Really afraid of what to come.

"Sicario" won the award, and not only netizens praised it, but now the government also praised it. This reputation has exploded.

Under such circumstances, is "Future Police" really suitable for release on March [-]?

"Sicario" is ahead of others, "Future Police" must not be ridiculed to death.

(End of this chapter)