China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 468: National Release, Tickets Hard to Get

A month before "Operation Nujiang" was released, the movie was very popular on the Internet.

Chen Kaige's assist pushed the popularity of this movie to its peak.

"Director Li, is this your influence? I feel like people are paying more attention to your films than Zhang Yingmou and Chen Kaige."

Wu Jing was envious after observing the popularity of "Operation Nujiang" on the Internet.

I'm afraid there is no film director in China who does not envy Li Yu's influence.

Li Yu put his hand on Wu Jing's shoulder, looked at him and said, "Brother Jing, you don't have to envy me. Wolf Warrior is your lucky break. This movie helped you secure your position as a director.

It's very simple if you are like me. In the next ten years, every movie you make will score at least 7 points on DouMiao, and every movie except art films will be a big hit at the box office.

Then, you can be like me."

"..."

Wu Jing was dumbfounded.

Simple? Is this simple? It's obviously harder than climbing to the sky, okay?
Li Yu's top-level Versailles almost made Wu Jing vomit blood.

He was helpless against Li Yu's pretentious behavior of doing whatever he wanted.

There's nothing we can do. Who can help them have such ability?

If he could achieve the achievements that Li Yu just mentioned, he would pretend to be even more ruthless than Li Yu.

Li Yu suddenly sighed and said with some regret: "Brother Jing, it's lonely at the top, you can't just see the scenery on the top of the mountain.

You also have to see the risks involved. When you stand on the top of the mountain, you must stay highly focused. If you are not careful, a rock thrown by someone or a gust of wind can make you fall from the top of the mountain."

"The higher you stand, the harder you fall. I understand this truth."

Wu Jing nodded several times with a solemn expression.

The starting point when he debuted was far beyond the reach of many mainland actors.

At that time, he was known as Li Lianjie's successor. He played the leading role in a movie as soon as he debuted. The director was Yuan Heping, who was known as China's number one martial arts director.

Zhen Zidan would be so envious that he would drool when he saw such starting resources.

Zhen Zidan slowly climbed up from a supporting role.

However, Wu Jing, who reached the peak of his career as soon as he debuted, soon made himself obsolete with confusing operations.

He knew firsthand what it felt like to fall from a mountain top.

Recalling his life experiences of ups and downs, Wu Jing said with emotion: "Director Li, you are so right, I suddenly don't envy you so much.

You are right, climbing a mountain is difficult, and it is difficult to gain a foothold on the top and maintain a leading position for a long time.

If one day a mistake disappoints people, there will be as much doubt and slander as there are praises in normal times.”

“That’s true, but I think it’s hard for me to fail.

You know, I’ve been a director for so many years and have made so many films, and I’ve never failed.”

Li Yu changed the subject.

Blanch!
Wu Jing cursed.

He thought Li Yu was comforting him.

In the end, Li Yu went through a big detour and still wanted to show off to him.

He hated those who pretended to be cool, and he hated it even more because the one who pretended to be cool was Li Yu and not him.

After being hit twice in a row, Wu Jing learned his lesson and did not continue to discuss the same topic with Li Yu.

He turned the topic to the expected box office of Operation Nujiang River.

"What is your expected performance for this movie?"

Wu Jing was very curious about this.

In his opinion, this is a film full of potential.

"I don't know. I'm just a director. I'm only responsible for doing my best to make a good movie in my mind. How much success I can achieve depends on the support from the audience." It's hard for Li Yu to draw a conclusion.

The main reason is that the domestic film market is developing at such a fast pace that it is no exaggeration to say that it changes every two years.

Two years ago, a movie with a box office of 10 billion could be the national champion, but today, two years later, a movie with a box office of 10 billion is no longer surprising.

As of now, there are more than 6,000 cinemas in China, and the number of screens has reached 30,000.

The rapid development of the film market is already a big enough variable in itself. "Fast and Furious 4" will be released in China in early April.

A strong opponent makes the situation more uncertain.

Li Yu could only say that he was confident in his "Operation Nujiang River".

His "Operation Nujiang River" is definitely not worse than "Fast and Furious 7". He did better in terms of plot and logic.

However, "Fast and Furious 7" should not be underestimated. The plot logic of this movie is somewhat confusing, with scenes for the sake of scenes and violence for the sake of violence.

However, these problems are not a big problem for a commercial film with particularly good pictures, particularly exciting and pure style.

The most important thing for a commercial film is to make the audience feel good, and this movie does that in a simple and crude way.

A movie that's less than two hours long has an hour that gives the audience an adrenaline rush.

It's hard for a movie like this to fail.

……

On March 3, Li Yu's "Operation Nujiang River" was released nationwide.

According to the reporter's on-site visits and photos uploaded online by real audiences, it can be seen that major cinemas are still full of people late at night.

The level of crowding in major cinemas is comparable to that of trains during the Spring Festival travel rush.

It is so hard to get daytime tickets that some viewers specifically book midnight tickets, eat and sleep after get off work, and then go to the cinema in their pajamas to watch movies in the second half of the night.

This time, Li Yu's movie really attracted a lot of people.

It’s outrageous that the leading actors such as Huang Xiaoming and Zhang Yi couldn’t even get movie tickets to give to their family or friends.

They can only @李煜 in the group.

Huang Xiaoming: "Director Li, do you have tickets for gifting? I was thinking of buying tickets for friends and family after the movie is released.

As a result, even I can’t get a ticket now, and many of my relatives and friends can’t get a ticket either.

They wanted to see our movie sooner, so they came to me.”

Generally speaking, the crew will have some friendship tickets to give away.

Huang Xiaoming and Zhang Yi had not asked for these friendly tickets before. They thought that buying tickets with their own money and giving them to others would make the box office data look better.

Later, they realized that they had underestimated the popularity of the movie.

Like many other viewers, they couldn't get tickets, let alone buy a large number of tickets to give away.

Zhang Yi: "Yes, Director Li, can you give us some tickets? My relatives at home asked me to help them get tickets.

If I can't even help with this little favor, they might think I'm too proud and look down on my poor relatives."

"Small problem, I can help you solve it."

There is no need to hesitate too much about this little thing.

Every time a movie is released, major theaters will give some tickets to the crew, especially large crews like Li Yu, which will give even more.

This is a form of marketing promotion.

The cinema chain sends some tickets to the crew, the crew gives these tickets to the actors, and the actors give them to their relatives, friends, and friends in the circle.

Doing so can create an atmosphere in potential viewers that the movie is good.

If there are celebrities inside or outside the circle among these people, it can become material for further hype.

(End of this chapter)