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Chapter 396: The Flowers of War

During the May Day holiday, Zhang Yimou's new film "Under the Hawthorn Tree" was released. Due to proper publicity, the total box office reached 2.37 million yuan.

Not only did it break the box office record for mainland art films, it also earned nearly 100 million more than the results in another time and space.

Not counting the copyright and box office revenue from Hong Kong, Taiwan and overseas, the mainland's share of the box office alone is a huge 80 million, so it is certain that the film made a fortune.

After hearing the relevant reports, Zhang Weiping was so angry that he almost smashed the office.

He cursed "Lao Mouzi" for being disloyal and Jiang Heng for not following the rules, but apart from venting his anger by cursing in the office, he had no effective countermeasures and could only watch Zhang Yimou being proud of himself.

Zhang Yimou came to visit the China Film Digital Base, but he mainly talked about the start of filming of "The Flowers of War". He didn't want to seek Jiang Heng's opinion, he just wanted to inform him.

After all, when he joined iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video, both parties agreed that Jiang Heng would not interfere with his creation.

Therefore, after listening to Zhang Yimou's brief introduction, Jiang Heng just said solemnly, "Please make this movie well!"

Zhang Yimou felt a little pressured after hearing this.

In fact, the previous version of "The Flowers of War" was a good movie, but Zhang Weiping's vulgarity and pursuit of box office lowered the quality of the film.

In fact, the two people in their previous life broke up because of this movie. It can be said that they fought from beginning to end.

The heroine is Zhao Yumo, and Zhang Yimou has his eyes on Ni Ni.

Zhang Weiping disagreed. He wanted Han Xiting to play the role, but Zhang Yimou disagreed.

In the end, Ni Ni played Zhao Yumo, but she was overshadowed in the promotional poster.

Zhang Weiping also complained that the film was too small in scale and wanted to add war scenes.

During the promotional stage, they wanted to use Ni Ni's intimate scenes as a gimmick, but Zhang Yimou naturally disagreed.

The two of them finished the entire movie in this awkward manner, and in the end Zhang Yimou simply refused to answer the phone.

Later, when the film was completed and the premiere was held, the two met again, but it was also the last time.

After the "breakup between the two Zhangs", Zhang Yimou began to look for her former self, and a new generation of "Mou Girl" came onto the stage.

It’s just a pity that Ni Ni, who debuted when the fight between the two broke out, quickly fell silent after her high-profile debut, and could only rely on love affairs and scandals to maintain her low-profile topic.

However, in this life, Ni Ni's star path should be different.

Because she was signed to iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video, a place that countless female stars in the circle dream of.

Therefore, at this moment, Ni Ni is full of confidence and hope for her future.

What surprised her even more was that she actually met Jiang Heng, whom she had admired for a long time, at the new film launch of "The Flowers of War".

"Hello there!"

"Hello, Director Jiang!"

Ni Ni had an expression of disbelief on her face. She couldn't believe that Jiang Heng was talking to her. She still felt dizzy until Jiang Heng left.

On the other hand, a female actress from the same group looked at the direction where Jiang Heng disappeared with extremely envious eyes and said, "Ni Ni, did you know Director Jiang before?"

"I do not know?"

"Then why does he look at you so enthusiastically, as if you are so familiar with him?"

"Maybe, it's because of Director Zhang's favor!"

The actresses in the same group sneered when they heard this, but when they thought about the fact that Ni Ni was already the heroine of "The Flowers of War", and with Jiang Heng's support, she would become a popular star in no time, so they dared not offend her.

She immediately said many nice things about the "deep sisterly love" and hoped that Ni Ni would take care of her when she became famous. Ni Ni was still young and embarrassed, so she naturally agreed.

I was thinking, will Director Jiang really support me? What would it feel like to be famous?

After the interview at the new film press conference, Jiang Heng left immediately. Jing Tian, ​​who was accompanying him, wondered, "Do you think highly of this Ni Ni?"

Jiang Heng drove the car himself and said casually, "It's okay!"

"Well, she has a good foundation, a tall figure and a very good temperament. After she makes her debut with this movie, if you give her a little support, she should be famous soon!"

Da Tiantian analyzed as the company's vice president, but finally said doubtfully, "But why do I always feel that the way you look at her is so kind?"

Jiang Heng was a little upset when he heard this, and thought to himself, "Can I say that it's because I really like her role as Zhu Suosuo in The Golden Years?"

Of course, Jiang Heng only likes the role of "Zhu Suosuo" and doesn't have any feelings about the TV series.

After returning to the China Film Digital Base, we continued shooting the special effects shots for "Fights Break Sphere".

Speaking of the special effects shots of domestic film and television dramas, some of them are so bad that they are not as good as the later Tik Tok short videos.

When promoting some film and television dramas, they claim that they spent hundreds of millions of dollars on special effects, but the effects of the films are actually terrible. I really don’t know where the money went.

Many Tik Tok short videos do not spend too much money to create special effects fighting scenes that are full of the atmosphere of the underworld and martial arts.

Although it was only played on a mobile phone with a very small screen, the audience still felt excited.

It can be seen that many times, it is not a matter of money, but whether it is done with care.

By 2024, the summer movie season has seen a series of failures, largely due to the audience's loss of confidence in domestic films.

Of course, it’s not just domestic films that have failed, Hollywood films have also failed.

It can only be said that after years of shoddy production, the global film market has finally suffered a backlash in terms of reputation.

The audience has been "cheated" so many times that they naturally don't want to be fooled anymore.

Secondly, under the impact of short videos, watching movies has become a "high-risk" form of entertainment.

Imagine two people going out to the cinema, which takes some time, and then watching a movie for an hour and a half to two hours.

It would be fine if the movie was good, but the probability is that you will see a not-so-good movie.

After I walked out of the cinema, I was still wondering why I watched this. Thinking back to the time and money I spent, the viewing experience was not satisfactory.

This is why more and more young people would rather stay at home and watch short videos than go to the cinema to watch movies.

Of course, if the star or director has a very good reputation, the audience will still be willing to pay for it.

For example, before "The New King of Comedy", Stephen Chow was the best box office guarantee in the mainland market.

However, after "The New King of Comedy", its reputation has declined significantly.

At this time and in this space, these few words "Director Jiang Heng" are the strongest guarantee of quality.

When audiences walked into the cinema, they could say that Director Jiang's film lacked artistic value, and they could also complain that the story was not novel or tortuous enough, but even the most demanding film critics did not question the visual effects of Jiang Heng's film.

Every film made by Jiang Heng brings some surprises in visual effects.

The same is true for the second part of "Under One Person". If the film tells the story of the Heavenly Master Conference in Longhu Mountain, the competition among various extraordinary people, and Quan Xing's rampage in Longhu Mountain, it can be said to be a fight from beginning to end.

It just so happens that each contestant’s skills are different and highly recognizable, and coupled with the ultimate special effects, it is a visual feast.

(End of this chapter)