Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 626 Business blowback
Apart from the ongoing "foreign restrictions" storm, box office competition in the market remains in full swing.

The entire summer season lasts about two months.

As it is almost the end of July, "Wushuang" will be released soon. Starring Chen Daoming, Zhang Songwen and others, this movie will compete with Huayi's "Fate" and "The Crossing".

This is another round of competition, but "The Crossing" is the lower part. Last year's upper part was criticized and failed both in terms of reputation and box office.

This movie also has a huge investment, bringing together actors from China, Japan and South Korea, including Zhang Ziyi, Huang Xiaoming, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Song Hye Kyo. Takeshi Kaneshiro is a Japanese citizen.

The production cost was around 4 million, similar to that of "Monster Hunt", and it originally intended to replicate the successful model of "Red Cliff" Parts and .

Unexpectedly, Chinese, Japanese and Korean audiences did not buy it, causing Wu Baige's reputation to collapse and no one asked him to make a movie afterwards.

If the box office performance of this movie is not ideal, Huayi will suffer serious losses.

On July 7, the day when "Fated" was recently released, "Wushuang" held its premiere at Chaoyangmen Crystal Cinema, formerly Bona Cinema.

Yutu has its own cinema to hold premieres for its movies, so it doesn’t have to ask others for help.

Many celebrities from the circle came to support the event that day, including Shen Teng and Ma Li. The two of them will have their movie "Charlotte's Troubles" released in two months, so it was a good opportunity for them to show up and support each other.

There are also Chen Sicheng and his wife, Guo Fan, etc. They all have movies to be released this year. It can be said to be a year of breakthrough.

In addition, the two leading actors Chen Daoming and Zhang Songwen were also there, as were other actors Song Jia, Wang Yanhui, Zhou Yiwei, Ren Suxi, etc., and they naturally greeted them.

Also invited are media professionals, film critics, and some movie fans.

The light in the cinema was dim. Everyone was staring at the big screen with a serious and earnest look on their faces.

This film has a non-linear narrative and looks like a traditional crime memoir, but in fact it progresses through layers of reversals and there are not many gun battles.

For example, the original version did not have the scene where one person wiped out an armed group. It was too exaggerated.

This version tells the story of a counterfeit money group trying to create a "perfect fake", but exposing their flaws because of their pursuit of perfection.

A suspenseful crime drama about who the "painter" is.

Especially the shocking truth revealed at the end completely overturned the audience's understanding of the relationships between the characters and the logic of events. The truth was unexpected, but reasonable.

At the end of the movie, a group of main creators walked to the front and stood in a row. The audience had not yet recovered from the shock of the movie.

When everyone introduced themselves one by one, the audience burst into warm applause, and the applause continued one after another.

Chen Daoming, Zhang Songwen and others couldn't help but look at each other, with relief in their eyes.

With so many people present, there was bound to be a wave of commercial praise. Zhang Songwen took the microphone and said: "This movie made me feel the soul of the movie. I am very grateful to the director for letting me act in this movie, and I am also very grateful to the principal for recommending me to act in this movie.

In addition, Mr. Chen has always been my idol. I find it incredible to be able to work with him. I think this is the true charm of film, and the energy to create dreams is very great. "

"You are my idol."

Chen Daoming smiled and said, "In my more than 50 years of working in the industry, this is the first time I have promoted a film in a theater. I dedicated my first time to this film and to the director."

"Thank you!" Director Wang Ran bowed and said.

There was applause and laughter at the scene.

"'Wushuang' is indeed an excellent work. I would like to mention this by the way. I would like to thank the principal for recommending me to play this role." Chen Daoming spoke very casually, with the aura of a big boss.

Such people have a kind of confidence and composure that is honed through practice.

Some of the audience were holding up their mobile phones, some were clapping, and there was a lot of noise. It was not as quiet as before, and they were all looking at the stage.

Of course, there are also media carrying cameras and filming, which also serves as news material.

Then Chen Sicheng stood up in the audience, took the microphone and said: "This kind of non-linear narrative shooting is very difficult, its structure is very complicated. The key is that this "Wushuang" under the direction of director Wang Ran has a unique industrial texture, which is a very difficult thing."

His wife also stood up and said, "I felt a lot of very natural textures. I was shocked."

Afterwards, Guo Fan stood up to comment, saying in one sentence: "This movie is beautiful, with the cool-toned factories, the warm-toned fiery red, the color-changing inks of reality and fantasy, and a kind of craftsman aesthetic."

Everyone spoke very well and praised the movie to the sky. They were there to praise it. The audience and fans also looked at them curiously. After all, they are stars, so there was still some novelty in them.

But there was no particularly chaotic scene.

At this moment, a pretty figure stood up among the audience. She was wearing a baseball cap and black-framed glasses. It was Liu Tianxian, who looked like a college student.

Her appearance attracted the attention of the audience. There was not only a commotion, but also loud cries of surprise.

The media reporters also pointed their cameras at her!

I really didn't expect Liu Tianxian to be here, and she was sitting among them without anyone noticing.

The girl next to Liu Tianxian was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth. For a long time she didn't notice that Liu Tianxian was sitting next to her watching the movie.

"Hey, Liu Tianxian is next to you, why didn't you tell me?" said her boyfriend next to her.

"I don't know either. I remember that I seemed to have sneaked in." said the girl.

When the movie started in the middle, the theater was very dim and I couldn't see the people at all.

At this time, Liu Tianxian was wearing a white belly-baring top with a light blue plaid long-sleeved shirt on the outside, and loose denim shorts. Her pair of long white legs was very dazzling.

The casual outfit showed that he was here to watch a movie, not to attend an event.

Even if there was a commotion in the theater, people present stayed in their seats and did not move, and order had to be maintained.

Everyone present was looking at her with a kind of ardent admiration in their eyes, as if they were looking at an idol.

Previously, Liu Tianxian's "Gravity" raked in more than 70 billion yuan at the box office, and was featured in major world-renowned weekly magazines. She later won the Temple of Heaven Award, which made people express their admiration for her.

But later, Liu Tianxian fell silent. Apart from getting married, she has not appeared again for almost half a year. Otherwise, she would be on the hot search list for the slightest movement, and this is the reason.

Yaya pursed her lips and remained silent. The difference between her and Liu Tianxian was not a little bit. When she appeared and spoke just now, the fans' reactions were very normal.

As soon as Liu Tianxian appeared, movie fans became excited.

Other stars and directors all looked at her with smiles and kindness. After all, she was the principal's wife, not an ordinary person.

"Yesterday Fang Hong came back and said that 'Wushuang' was great and asked me to come and see it. I told him not to lie to me or I would beat him up, but I came and saw it."

Liu Tianxian paused at this point and said with a smile: "It's really good looking. What should I do? I can't beat him."

"Hahaha!" the audience laughed.

This is praising the movie in a joking way.

"When you go back, you don't have to tell him that the movie is good. Beat him up first and then tell him." Chen Daoming gave her advice.

"How can that be? I think it looks good, so I have to keep my word." Liu Tianxian said.

"Hahahahahahaha!" The theater was filled with laughter again, and there was also the sound of "pa pa" applause.

Liu Tianxian is really too straight.

The main creators standing at the front desk all smiled and said nothing.

"The plot and setting of the movie "Wushuang" create a rich drama and character diversity. It not only conducts in-depth analysis of the characters both horizontally and vertically, but also redefines the height of Chinese-language suspense crime films in terms of viewing pleasure."

Liu Tianxian spoke seriously about her understanding of the movie, and the people present calmed down and listened to her carefully.

"In my opinion, profound works are often like this, which can make the characters more three-dimensional and rich, and also contain many metaphors in details and colors."

After she finished speaking, she said to Chen Daoming: "Mr. Chen's performance subverted the image, but it was completely invisible. His acting skills are worth learning for us younger generations."

"I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it." Chen Daoming was humble. He took the initiative to leave the team and walked towards the audience seats. He even climbed several steps and shook hands with Liu Tianxian.

Chen Daoming said: "I have also watched the play you acted in. It exceeded my expectations. I am happy with your performance. If there is a chance, I hope to work with you on a play."

"Me too, looking forward to it." Liu Tianxian said.

The two shook hands and blew whistles to each other, which was all captured by the media reporters. It can be said that this scene brought the show to its full potential.

After the premiere, the headlines of major entertainment and film media were:

"Chen Daoming's first run for 'Wushuang'!"

"Chen Daoming and Liu Tianxian appear in the same frame!"

"Liu Tianxian praised Chen Daoming's acting skills, which are worthy of learning for the younger generation."

"Chen Daoming praised Liu Tianxian's performance as exceeding expectations."

For a time, all kinds of videos, pictures and texts of "Wushuang" flooded all major Internet media. Liu Tianxian's popularity was not overstated, which made the movie even more popular and quickly attracted tens of millions of readers.

Nowadays, you can read information with a mobile phone without using a computer, so the spread of information is still very fast.

On July 7, the first day box office of Huayi Film's "Fate" was released, which was 24 million.

The next day, it was defeated by "Wushuang", with only 1255 million, a full five million less.

"Wushuang" had 25 million on its first day on the 5481th, and soared to 8848 million on the second day; correspondingly, "Fate" only had 608 million, and it was getting lower and lower every day afterwards.

In addition, there is another movie "Monster Hunt" squeezing the market share!

In the next few days, the box office of "Wushuang" increased to more than 90 million, showing a crushing trend.

In just three days, the box office of "Fate" was completely cut off, and by the way, the rising market value of Huayi was also cut off.

The market value of 790 billion at its peak suddenly dropped to 581 billion, a loss of about 200 billion.

This is normal. Investors were not optimistic about the subsequent film "The Crossing". Has Huayi ever won against the principal? No.

As soon as I meet the principal, I lose confidence.

What's more, the previous movie had already been tested by the market and was a huge flop.

Mr. Wang was so angry that he told the media: "The principal's methods are despicable. He uses capital to manipulate the film schedule and limits the flow of other films to squeeze out their peers, which harms market fairness."

This means that Yutu uses ticket subsidy tactics to increase the number of screenings for theaters and squeeze them through distribution resources.

For several years, when I couldn’t beat them, I would scold them. After scolding them, I would fight again. I couldn’t beat them, and when I couldn’t beat them, I wouldn’t admit defeat.

After this incident, he probably won’t be able to curse anymore. This is just Fang Hong’s appetizer, and there will be continuous blows waiting for Hua Yi.

It will take more than one or two times to defeat such a large company. Moreover, they have capital support behind them. Let the capital lose confidence in them first.

In the next few days, "Wushuang" not only caused the box office of "Fated to Be the First of the Three Kingdoms" to collapse, but also caused the box office of "The Crossing" to collapse.

The box office of this movie on the first day of its release was only 401 million. It was directed by a big name and starred several famous stars, but it was a complete failure.

In the previous life, this movie made 6 or 7 million on the first day, but this time it’s a huge loss.

There is a rumor that "The Crossing" cost 4 million yuan. After the news broke, investors lost confidence in Huayi again, and its market value fell to 423 billion yuan.

The original peak market value of 790 billion fell by almost half in just about a week.

(End of this chapter)