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Chapter 797: Arthur's Tears, the Peak Battle of the National Service Director
The entire film "Joker" was basically shot on location.

But now this is the ultimate detail.

It can only maintain a range of 200 meters to Newark Street.

Because the entire film's investment was only 55 million US dollars.

It's like building a temple in a nutshell.

The filming in the past few days was mainly focused on several long shots in the movie, which were mainly used to present the simple style of Gotham in the 1980s.

"Ka, this one passed!"

Filming in America is different from filming in China where everything is green-lighted.

There are also many restrictions on the expropriation of this street in Newark.

So Zhou Yutang planned to make a quick decision.

He was in a state of high concentration the whole time, and the entire crew was like a taut bowstring.

In the evening, when Zhou Yutang called several groups to a meeting, Guo Fan and Lu Yang were already used to it.

Apart from Wen Muye who was still working on the post-production of "Bad Genius", two of Jiangdong's three generals came to help.

In their words, come and learn from the Grand Commander.

After all, such opportunities to work on foreign films are rare, and with them as assistant directors, Zhou Yutang saved himself a lot of trouble.

But the director of photography and the leader of the special effects team were both foreigners, and they were not used to Zhou Yutang's way of doing things.

"Doug, fill in all the gaps in the building. No skyline or empty areas..."

"The color and contrast should give people a sense of oppression. This sense of oppression is very important. This city is like a monster that is enveloping Arthur and is devouring him..."

Zhou Yutang explained with gestures in front of the computer screen.

Several special effects teams communicated with each other and quickly came up with a feasible plan.

The visual effect was not far from what Zhou Yutang wanted.

After making a few more detailed requests, Zhou Yutang nodded with satisfaction.

Doug's mercenary special effects team leader was secretly resentful.

Fuck, such a rich guy is still so arrogant.

Damn it.

He was Mister Miracle two days ago.

Dumplings and orange chicken Chinese food are delicious. As Zhou Yutang gradually got into the shooting rhythm, the work intensity increased and he suffered a lot.

Now, he is called a tyrant on the set in private.

"If you exceed the deadline, the bonus for the entire special effects team will be doubled."

Zhou Yutang tapped his finger on the table: "Any questions?"

"No problem, sir!"

……

Li Shuang is quite experienced in doing things.

After receiving the notice of upgraded publicity resources for "Duds", we immediately readjusted our strategy.

Take Zhou Yutang and start hyping it up.

The fact that the Grand Commander of Jiangdong is optimistic about this is enough to make this reality-themed film receive extraordinary attention.

There are always people who go to the movies not for the stars.

With word-of-mouth marketing in place and the absence of strong films at the moment, the cinema’s screening rate will naturally increase accordingly.

The box office in the second week was steady and improved. By the 3.86th, the total box office had reached million.

If it weren't for the sniping of "Doctor Strange", an imported blockbuster planned by Marvel, and the re-screening of "The Founding of a Party" by China Film, which handed over the Japanese crown leader stick, the box office might even have continued to rise.

The former earned 81.5 million on the first day, while the latter, which was a main theme mission and had its own bookings by various government agencies, also earned more than 20 million.

However, even so, it is still a big bargain.

Zhang Cheng felt indescribable admiration at this moment.

Zhou Yutang's vision is indeed enlightened.

This was an unexpected surprise, and Zhou Yutang decided to quit while he was ahead.

After all, due to the limitations of the film's subject matter, publicity resources and connections with theater chains, the potential only extends here.

The next stage will be the rhythm of the national server director's peak competition.

Li An's "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" has lived up to the expectations of the world. La Peikang has placed a heavy bet on him, and China Film Group is concentrating its resources to push it forward.

The young director among the three major directors also made a great splash with his triumphant return from the San Sebastian International Film Festival.

At the same time, Jiang Dong's national master's film "The Great Buddha" was also officially announced to be released in November.

This news was like a bombshell, which shocked the film and television industry.

As a result of discussions within the industry, it was determined that this was to make way for the sequel to "Ghost Blows Out the Light".

This is indeed the case.

This is a professional judgment made by Jiangdong after several rounds of internal analysis and evaluation.

Judging from the film subject matter and market effect alone, "The Great Buddha", which exposes the reality of class relations, does not have a clear advantage in the Lunar New Year period when there are many blockbuster films.

Instead, it will be released in November, stirring up a peak battle among domestic directors, which may have miraculous effects.

Miss Liu attended the wedding of her good friend Zhang Jingying at La Badia Castle in Rome.

She was wearing a purple bridesmaid dress and had light makeup, but her natural beauty could not be concealed.

Logically speaking, getting married should be a happy thing, but the experience of Liu Yifei's best friend was somewhat tortuous.

Before the marriage, Zhang's mother disliked Feng Shao and even wrote a short essay on Weibo to directly criticize him. Later, rumors spread online that Feng Shao had a mistress.

Later, they reached a settlement, but Zhang Ma was not invited to the wedding.

The entertainment industry is so magical.

Liu Yifei is in Rome and Zhou Yutang is out of reach.

Miss Liu said that she would calm down for a while, but secretly told Ni Ni not to let Zhou Yutang smoke...

After all, she is a kind girl at heart.

……

"Mark, do you have any shoes in a slightly larger size?"

"Mr. Miracle, we customized more than twenty pairs of Arthur's shoes alone."

While the executive director was rearranging the scene, Zhou Yutang called the costume director over.

Mark Brugis grinned and said, "As long as you are satisfied, I think he can run in high heels without any problem."

This guy is a well-known fashion designer in Hollywood.

They also designed all the costumes for the movie "Joker".

Including Arthur's clown costume.

Zhou Yutang was very demanding, requiring every detail to be in place, even including Arthur's clown shoes.

"I need Joaquin to wear a bigger shoe size so he can be even more comical when he's running through the streets of Gotham... you know what I'm saying."

"OK."

Faced with Zhou Yutang's request, the old hand understood what he meant and immediately took Joaquin Phoenix to try again.

This clown act is quite technical and is more complicated and difficult to perform than it looks.

The crew specially invited a real clown to teach on the spot. Fenghuangzai trained for about three days and looked pretty good.

Huge brown clown shoes, blue socks, and a clown mask on his head.

Arthur held up the sign and worked hard to make others laugh.

But his life is like a joke.

He was performing on the street and didn't offend anyone, but his sign was snatched away by a gangster. He was wearing huge clown shoes and was chased after by a gangster, which was very funny.

"CUT!"

Zhou Yutang, who was behind the monitor, quickly called for a stop: "One more."

All departments prepared again, but the filming was stopped again before it was halfway through.

"Director, what's wrong with my performance?"

It has been five times in a row. However, Fenghuangzi took off his hood and gasped for breath. After losing weight, his body had some minor problems, which were particularly obvious after several intense exercises.

"It doesn't feel right."

Zhou Yutang held his chin with his hand and replayed the performance just now.

After a moment, he said thoughtfully: "I need an Arthur that is a little different from the usual state. Only when performing a clown show, it is your world that truly belongs to you. Relax a little and try to enjoy this feeling..."

"Relax?" Joaquin Phoenix muttered.

"Arthur should be relaxed at this moment."

"I think... I understand what you're saying."

Joaquin Phoenix took a deep breath, put on his makeup again, and continued the performance he had just unfinished.

Arthur was completely immersed in his own world when performing his clown show.

It was as if a song was playing in his heart, and even his movements had a dance-like flavor.

That's what good actors do.

Without saying too much, he will find the right way to perform himself.

The thugs snatched Arthur's sign, chased him, and beat him up in the alley.

Arthur curled up and lay on the ground in pain.

The clown's sign was smashed in front of him, and Arthur tried to reach out and catch it.

So close, yet out of reach.

Arthur turned over and touched the mechanism on the waist of his performance suit.
Water began to flow out of the gorgeous red flower on her chest.

It's like a clown's tears.

……

From the beginning of the project, "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" was clearly aiming for awards, and it was finally released in November.

Li An attached great importance to this and first held the premiere in Taipei, and then went to Beijing with the leading actors Joe Alwyn, Vin Diesel, Kristen Stewart and others.

On the China Film Group side, La Peikang offered extraordinary courtesy, and Bona's participating investor Yu Pangzi was also gearing up to do a big job.

The main creators just kept on asking clichés, and no one loves China more than they do.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard he promoted himself, Billy Lynn, the American hero, still failed to secure the fat piece of meat from the Chinese vote bank.

It was released on Singles' Day, and the box office revenue was only 25.39 million on Sunday, which is unacceptable in any way.

The screening schedule for "Duds" has already been released, but it still earns over 10 million yuan in a single day.

The Marvel blockbuster "Doctor Strange" is on a rampage, with box office revenue exceeding 300 million in the first week, making it difficult for a number of domestic films to raise their heads.

"Director Li's new 120-frame technology makes me dizzy. Is this a box office flop?"

"All I can say is, don't be anxious, and trust Li An."

"This is normal. Li An's Life of Pi was also suppressed in the early stages, but it made a comeback in the later stages thanks to the audience's good reputation."

"The weekend is the key. It depends on whether Li An can withstand the combined impact of Little Steel Cannon and Zhang Yimou."

Several big directors came out to fight each other, which became a hot topic.

Naturally, people inside and outside the industry paid much attention to this and discussed it a lot.

This year's Double Eleven is still the popular cat-dog war.

The Alibaba Gala was held in Shenzhen, with more than 600 Chinese and foreign media reporters participating in the coverage. It also teamed up with Blueberry TV to create a celebrity gala.

Breaking one billion in fifty-two seconds!
The total transaction volume for the day exceeded 1200 billion!
It accounts for 70% of the sales of China's entire e-commerce platform.

Records were shattered one after another, and the whole world was shocked!

Teacher Ma once again proved his absolute king status in the field of e-commerce.

But Brother Dong is no ordinary person.

There was earlier hype about competing against Teacher Ma, but it turned out to be a bluff.

The market strategy changed in a timely manner, and there was no large-scale investment in advertising and media.

Instead, the investment in the drama’s marketing was converted into subsidies and left to the merchants and consumers on the platform.

In the end, Jingdong’s sales accounted for more than 11% of the entire market, almost sharing the Double basic market with Alibaba.

Especially when it comes to home appliances and three C digital products, Jingdong has a solid reputation and a large number of fans.

As the second largest e-commerce platform, it is not as popular as the first one, but it is also making a fortune quietly.

……

“Why are the poor poor?”

“Because they have worked hard…”

Thomas Wayne is on TV.

He said this with confidence, his head tilted back slightly, his eyes slightly downward, inadvertently revealing his contempt.

"Great job, Brett!"

Zhou Yutang expressed his recognition of Brett Cullen's acting skills.

Barton Blazer, who played the role in the masterpiece "Ghost Rider", has also given wonderful performances in "Lost", "Under the Dome", and "Person of Interest", and even played a congressman in "The Dark Knight Rises".

"Thank you for the compliment, sir."

Brett Cullen, dressed like a big boss, shrugged his shoulders and said, "This Thomas Wayne setting is very interesting."

As Batman's father, he has always been portrayed as a great and glorious philanthropist.

But there are many controversies in this movie.

Looks more like an unscrupulous capitalist.

Moreover, it played a very crucial role in the transformation of the character Arthur.

The filming of "Joker" went smoothly, and the Newark scenes were completed in just over ten days.

Then we will move to New York to continue filming.

In China, the box office of "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" still did not make a comeback.

In the first three days of the weekend, it closed at only 79 million.

Although the Douban score is as high as 8.5, surpassing other films released in the same period, it was critically acclaimed but not commercially successful.

It even had a back-and-forth battle with the little-publicized "One Piece: Gold".

This was obviously difficult to accept for Li An, who was ambitious and wanted to carve out a big piece of the Chinese film market.

However, the market is so cruel.

Li An, the internationally renowned director who fired the first shot in the November National Director Peak Competition, was the first to be carried away.

Those who had previously been optimistic about Li An's ability to beat the national director's peak competition, including La Peikang, were all speechless.

With the current depth of the Chinese film market, as long as the content and quality of the film are up to par, and the marketing is in place, "Duds" can gross 400 million yuan at the box office.

Li An's film was a flop, which only shows that Chinese audiences have their own aesthetics and cognition, and do not buy into what his film conveys.

When the market abandons a person, it doesn't even say hello.

You finish your song, and I will take the stage.

Feng Xiaogang's "I Am Not Madame Bovary" held its premiere immediately afterwards.

The old leading company Huayi has been making frequent moves recently. First, it used the main theme "Sky Hunter" to take advantage of the publicity bombardment, and then Huayi Film Club opened.

It claims to be a communication platform that integrates film screenings, high-end catering, and private customized luxury services.

"Director Feng, what do you think about the poor box office performance of director Li An's new film in the same period? And director Zhang Yimou's "The Great Buddha" is about to be released. Do you have confidence?"

"There will be no rivals in this schedule."

The little cannon is as always good at making shocking remarks.

However, Mr. Xiao Wang’s tone was even more crazy than his, he took the microphone and publicly stated, “Feng’s comedies have always been a guarantee of box office success.

As long as the screening schedule keeps up, "Pan Jinlian" will most likely guarantee a billion yuan!

If it performs normally, it can surely earn 1.5 billion. If there is a surprise, it may be able to keep pace with "Red Ling" and break the 2 billion mark..."

"Two billion?"

After hanging up the call with Wanda’s Liu Xiaobing, Zhou Yutang had a cold smile on his face.

It won’t be long before Wanda will give the arrogant Little Steel Cannon and the domineering Little Wang another huge “surprise”…

(End of this chapter)