Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 485 Dirty Means

A group of main creators were on stage, accepting media interviews and answering questions from the audience. All the interviews were about the content of the movie "The Blade of the Assassin".

The interpretation of the movie and the expectations for the box office are done to create as much heat for the movie as possible.

Liu Tianxian also told the media at the scene: "This is the best martial arts movie I have seen in recent years. I hope everyone can support the movie."

The theater burst into warm applause again. The audience shared her opinion that this was a very sincere martial arts movie.

The creators of "The Blade of the Assassin" were filled with excitement, and the audience spontaneously applauded many times, which shows that their play was a success. The next step is to see how it performs at the box office.

After everything was over, Lu Yang and other main creative members saw Fang Hong and Liu Tianxian off through the side door.

On the way, Lu Yang revealed to Fang Hong that he was quite worried about the box office results. After all, it was his first work, and poor results would affect subsequent developments.

This movie will be released at midnight.

"We have done what we should do, and we will leave it to fate as to whether it is successful or not. Even if the box office is not good, your future development will remain the same and it will not be affected." Fang Hong said.

Lu Yang felt more confident after hearing this, at least the principal had always supported him.

It's normal for every director to have some concerns when shooting his first big-screen work.

Because this is related to whether they can survive in this circle in the future. Many directors disappear after making a movie. That's because the movies they make are not accepted by the market.

There are only a few directors who can really make a name for themselves.

The other actors present looked at the principal with a kind of affection in their eyes, especially Nazha, whose eyes were full of admiration.

But Fang Hong never looked at her much.

"Director Lu, the movie you shot is very good. Don't worry, you guys stay, we'll leave first." Liu Tianxian also said comfortingly, holding Fang Hong's arm.

Fang Hong waved to them, and left in the car with Liu Tianxian.

After they left, the main creative group went out for a dinner together. Only Nazha saw that the principal looked absent-minded.

Liu Tianxian was very enthusiastic. As soon as she got in the car, she edited a message on Weibo to recommend the movie "The Blade of the Assassin".

"What do you think of this passage?" Liu Tianxian showed the phone to Fang Hong next to her.

Fang Hong was originally looking at his phone. He tilted his head and looked at the words she had edited: "A story of a small person in the martial arts world, a romantic martial arts movie."

"You are too artistic." Fang Hong said.

"Then how should I put it?" Liu Tianxian said.

"Let's just say it's a very good domestic martial arts movie. It's the best domestic martial arts movie in the first thirty years and the last thirty years." Fang Hong boasted.

"You're exaggerating too much. If I say such nonsense, I will definitely be scolded to death and become a black spot." Liu Tianxian hit him.

If she publishes what this man said, there will definitely be haters who will say that she is outspoken and that she brags without thinking.

She didn't listen to the man, thinking it was too exaggerated, so she just sent it out as she edited it, and then tagged Xiu Chundao.

"The Sword of the Assassin" has its own Weibo account.

As soon as Liu Tianxian posted this Weibo, it quickly attracted many likes and comments from fans. Actors in this drama such as Xie Miao, Zhou Yiwei, Nazha, Wang Qianyuan, Nie Yuan, and Zhu Dan also liked and reposted it.

After all, these people are movie actors.

After she finished sending the message, she saw Fang Hong looking at his phone, so she also lowered her head and saw that he was chatting with a girl, so she snatched the message away.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Fang Hong asked.

"Who are you chatting with? Xiao Tiantian, aren't you being too sweet?" Liu Tianxian said with a disgusted tone, obviously a little jealous.

"That's his online name," Fang Hong explained.

Liu Tianxian didn't listen to him and clicked on the avatar. It was a very cute kawaii girl, but she knew her. It was Jing Tian.

After looking at their chat content again, Liu Tianxian read the last message in a sarcastic tone: "Hong, how are you doing recently? I haven't seen you for a long time, and I have been worried about your health.

You two are quite affectionate and I even called you Hong, which I have never called you before."

Liu Tianxian's last sentence was full of dissatisfaction.

"I can't stop others from shouting no matter how they shout. You can shout too!" Fang Hong said.

"Then let me ask you, why does she care so much about your health?" Liu Tianxian asked with her little face raised.

"You can't blame me for this. The only thing you should blame is you for letting me go to the women's restroom last year and she saw me. She has always cared about me and wanted to treat my illness." Fang Hong spread his hands.

After hearing what he said, Liu Tianxian thought about it, and then couldn't help laughing. It was quite funny to think about it.

Last year, the bra sticker on her dress fell off, so she asked Fang Hong to go to the ladies' room to help her fix it, but Jing Tian saw them. Fang Hong then lied and said that she had a health problem and that she was a woman or something.

She had forgotten how Fang Hong had told her that there was something wrong with her body.

"You two have been in touch all the time?" Liu Tianxian scrolled through the chat history to see when they added each other as friends.

"We're not in constant contact. Usually she just talks and I just reply casually. It's only been a few months since we added each other as friends. She added me using my mobile number." Fang Hong said.

Liu Tianxian took a look and found that it was indeed Jing Tian who usually sent the messages. Fang Hong rarely replied, either once every few hours or his replies were very perfunctory.

Jing Tian’s messages were usually words of concern, nothing out of the ordinary, except for the way he addressed her.

"Okay, I get it. Leave it to me, I'll talk to her." Liu Tianxian patted his chest, looking very relaxed and his anger subsided.

I know this man wouldn't do such a thing, it's just that his status and social status are high, and he's been in a high position for a long time, so he has some charm, and it's inevitable that he'll attract a lot of women, which is normal.

It's mainly because she's mysterious and doesn't show up, which gives her a certain charm. But if you see her so often, you won't notice it.

"Don't get emotional with her. She sold me out. Let me tell you, she's a very cool girl." Fang Hong said.

"Oh, are you feeling sad?" Liu Tianxian said playfully.

"Nonsense." Fang Hong was speechless.

Liu Tianxian smiled and started chatting with Jing Tian on the phone.

Since "The Blade of the Assassin" started the pre-sale and ticket subsidy mode, the pre-sale was not ideal, with only a few hundred thousand box office.

But the popularity has been very high, and no effort has been spared in hyping it up during this period.

"Knife of the Assassin" was officially released on August 8, which happened to be a Friday, one day later than the previous life.

The first day box office was pretty good, 3585 million!
This result is about five times higher than the previous one. This is the role of channels and publicity. If there had not been large-scale publicity to position this film, the box office would not have achieved such results.

In today's film market, even bad films can get high box office, while it is common for good films to fail miserably at the box office.

The Douban score for the film at the time of release was 7.8, which is a very high score and is almost a masterpiece. It is definitely worth watching.

Seeing such results and reputation, Lu Yang, Xie Miao and others were also very happy, and they reported the good news to each other. As long as the box office does not collapse in the future, they will make money.

After all, the investment in this movie was only over 20 million.

The audience response was also unanimously positive.

"When I was watching it, I had the illusion that this was actually a good movie, which is very rare in domestic films."

"The biggest surprise of this movie is Xie Miao. His fighting scenes are cool and beautiful, and his acting is also convincing. This is a very good costume drama in recent years."

"I didn't expect to be able to see Xie Miao's martial arts scenes decades later. It's a surprise!"

"Jet Li's successor!"

"What's wrong with Nazha? It would be almost the same if her wax figure were to act in the role!"

“It has the flavor of Chang Cheh’s films, with brotherhood, sinister politics, and an inevitable tragic fate. The story is not big, but the images are beautiful and the rhythm is excellent, but the ending is dragged out. The director has great potential, keep it up!”

"Silently, I feel the rhythm is brisk and exciting!" "."

Apart from complaining about Nazha's acting skills, netizens basically didn't complain about the movie and gave it unanimous praise.

This made Nazha very depressed. What was wrong with her acting? It was obviously very good.

This girl has quite a misunderstanding of herself.

On the first day of its release, "Knife of the Assassin" had a good attendance rate of nearly 20%. The film should have been scheduled for more screenings, but it was not favored by theater managers in the industry, and the screening schedule was reduced instead.

The next day, the screening schedule dropped from 18% to 15%, a full drop of three points.

However, the attendance rate continued to rise on the second day, from 20% to 26%, but the box office dropped by 2241 million to million.

Obviously, such scheduling is unreasonable, and the box office is also unreasonable, after all, it is still the weekend.

Even so, "The Blade of the Assassin" has won unanimous praise from film critics and professional filmmakers.

Gao Qunshu, Guan Hu, Chen Sicheng, Yu Baimei and other people unanimously recommended it on Weibo and gave it positive comments.

Guan Hu said: "If the essence of the film is no longer important, if the characters and narratives have gone against human appreciation habits, if 'playing' movies has become the mainstream, if you think that industry 'reverence' is nonsense, then you must go and watch "The Blade Strikes". You will be disappointed! By the way, the director is very young."

He also posted a poster of "Embroidered Spring Blade", which was a still of the three brothers.

Anyway, few people who have seen this movie would say it is bad. It is a rare good movie this summer.

The box office and the screening schedule are not ideal.

Of course, there were also discordant voices. On that day, Xiao Wang, Lao Wang’s son, complained on a program called “Banana New Director Digging Project”:

"I think "Blade of the Assassin" is a typical rubbish movie. It has no nutritional value. It's the kind of thing I watch when I'm on the toilet and have nothing to do."

Reading this while sitting on the toilet, these remarks basically mean that "The Blade Strikes Back" is history.

His remarks immediately caused great dissatisfaction among netizens, who criticized him repeatedly.

"Xiao Wang is just a loser!"

"Then make a film that's not trashy so that the Chinese can see it. Even without your dad you'd still be trash. You bitch."

"If you say The Blade of the Assassin is a rubbish movie, then I wonder how many rubbish movies there are in China."

"The Swords of Immortal is pretty good. If it were rubbish, there are a few better movies out there."

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Xiao Wang is a popular person by nature, and he carries hundreds of millions of dollars with him whenever he goes out, so as soon as he speaks, a lot of traffic will gather around him.

But he didn't care, he just wanted to complain.

Not only him, many people on the Internet said that this movie was a mess and useless, as if there was a group of people suppressing it.

On the third day, the screening rate of "The Blade of the Assassin" continued to decrease, from 15% to 13%, a decrease of another 2 points.

However, the attendance rate increased to 28%, which was two points higher, but the box office was 2630 million.

The box office has increased a bit, the attendance rate has also increased, but the number of screenings has decreased. Even if Fang Hong is a fool, he can see that there is something abnormal about the data.

He asked Chen Zhixi about the situation.

"There is a group of people suppressing this movie." Chen Zhixi admitted.

"Who?" Fang Hong asked.

"Full!"

Chen Zhixi leaned forward and spoke in a low voice.

This word made Fang Hong look at her in surprise, with confusion and confusion in his eyes, as if he didn't understand.

It seems like he didn't provoke those people?

"They think this movie is a smear campaign against their ancestors, and one person killed a group of them in the movie. Do you think they would be happy? Movies are cultural in nature, and you know, these people are very sensitive.

They are very happy when we talk about us, but not a single word when we talk about them.”

Chen Zhixi explained, and then said again: "Of course, they dare not openly expose the conflict, so they can only resort to such dirty means."

These words made Fang Hong think. This force was huge and also extremely sensitive. If he wasn't careful, he would be accused of unity.

No wonder The Swordsman had a poor box office. There are many reasons. The second part was not ideal either. Of course, the second part was not well filmed.

But the ending was so bad that it felt unreasonable.

Because "The Blade of the Assassin" can indeed be built as an IP, the first part had a great influence and there was no competition of the same type at all.

Even if the second part is not good, it will not affect the profitability of such an IP.

"Has Wanda reduced our screening schedule?" Fang Hong asked.

It can only be put aside for now. It seems unwise to fight with that group of people. The only way out is to strengthen my own strength.

Let them not interfere with the promotion and scheduling of the film.

“Yes, there has been a decline. The last movie ‘See You Tomorrow’ had a decline, and our subsequent box office also collapsed.” Chen Zhixi said.

The box office of "See You Tomorrow" collapsed in the later period, and it was a poor performance all the way. The number of screenings has always been in the teens and has never been higher.

Of course, this movie is not aimed at this group, but Wanda may be targeting it.

After all, this movie doesn't talk about any ethnic issues.

The box office of "See You Tomorrow" is also pretty good, at 6.65 million yuan. It has been released for more than a month and is about to be taken off the screen.

The profits of this movie will not be shared among the people behind the scenes, only the director will be given. The producer also has option stocks.

Han Han owns 20%. In terms of profits, he can get about million. Others have also invested, plus the director's share, it is this much.

His company is called Guomai Culture Media.

The lion’s share of course belongs to Yutu, which is around 1.2 million yuan, although copyright is not included.

Han Han was a little scared when filming a movie for the first time, so it was normal for him to give the bulk of the investment to Yutu.

Tu Piaopiao also earned nearly 40 million shares through its distribution. Tu Piaopiao is calculated based on the total box office, not the profit.

Of course, Tupiaopiao’s expenses are also huge, including ticket subsidies, door-to-door promotion, online maintenance and operation, as well as monitoring the screening situation in theaters across the country to prevent ticket theft, which is very costly.

"The Breakup Master" has 6.28 million, which is a little less than "See You Tomorrow". After all, the Jade Rabbit promotion is still very powerful and is not worse than Guang Guang.

Guangguang must have made a lot of money from this movie, and they are also getting a piece of the pie.

Deng Chao also tasted the sweetness and started to tinker with his "Bad Angels" again.

Once this person finds the code to wealth, he won't care whether the audience can accept it or not, and he will just keep feeding them history. Of course, everyone is the same, so there is no need for anyone to criticize anyone else.

The most popular movie this year is "Transformers 4". Needless to say, this movie created a box office of 19 billion, which can be said to have shaken the entire film market.

This is a movie that set a record in film history. No other movie in China has ever achieved such a high box office.

Of course, records will be broken in the following years.

It’s a pity that it’s not a domestic film, which is quite frustrating. The Film Bureau became anxious again and urged the directors to work harder to make blockbusters and industrial films.

A plan was also made to send Guo Fan, Ning Hao, Chen Sicheng, Xiao Yang and Lu Yang to Hollywood for inspection.

It is called: talent exchange.

(End of this chapter)