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Chapter 264 To Become a Main Dinner

"What movie is it?" Huang Ze asked.

“Ruan Lingyu.”

"Oh."

Man Yu's voice immediately appeared in Huang Ze's mind, "What's the point of my death? But people's words are scary, people's words are scary."

Ruan Lingyu was a famous film queen in Shanghai during the Republic of China. She was forced to commit suicide by public opinion because of her relationship problems.

"It's really suitable for you to play this role."

One was forced to commit suicide, and the other was forced to leave the country.

Two movie queens.

When performing, there is a feeling of breaking through time and space.

It is also more realistic. Fifty years have passed since the two Shanghai movie stars, but people's opinions are still formidable.

"But you are indeed not suitable. He was only 25 years old when he died."

"Let's not learn from some people who always like to act young."

Of course, this is only one of the reasons. The main reason is that acting requires substitution. Let Gong Xing put himself in the shoes of Ruan Lingyu. Don't let him choose the same ending in the end and put some sleeping pills in his own food. That would not be good.

Life is good now, why would you want to suffer?
"Someone? Who are you referring to?"

"Liu Xiaoqing!"

"It's not an exaggeration, is it? He's only thirty-five."

You don't know that Grandma Liu was over seventy years old and played a young girl.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. If you want to be a producer, why don't you just invest in it?" Huang Ze said, "For films like this, directors are usually short of investment and will be more demanding, always thinking that it's not perfect no matter what. If you take out the money, the other party won't refuse it. Besides, we have a theater chain."

"Ruan Lingyu" is actually a money-losing movie.

But who made my woman want to invest? So let her invest. She has the cinema chain, so the loss won’t be much.

Moreover, Xinghai's films have always been very profitable, so an occasional loss would help prevent others from having wild thoughts.

Besides, this film does have some significance. After all, it gave birth to the first Chinese-language film actress to win the Best Actress award at the West Berlin Film Festival, Zhang Manyu.

This marked the beginning of Zhang Manyu’s journey to becoming a god.

Huang Ze is happy to invest.

"He didn't refuse, but he didn't agree either. He just kept saying he wanted to meet you and talk to you about the movie. I think he wanted to agree to this before he could invest."

"Meet me? Then come and meet me." Huang Ze did not refuse. "I will continue to promote for another week and then go back for a few days before coming to the United States to compete for the Olympics. I will meet him then."

"Well, that director is quite interesting."

"Hmm?" Huang Ze had several question marks on his head, "What do you mean?"

"I don't know how to put it, I just feel that he is very sentimental, more delicate than women. He wiped away tears while we were chatting, and he did so several times. He also spoke in a soft voice, which made me feel that something was not right."

"It's normal, don't you know?" Huang Ze laughed.

"What do I know?" Gong Xing asked.

"I have a boyfriend."

"That's not right..." Gong Xing was stuck, "Boyfriend? What? Are you sure you didn't say it wrong?"

"uh-huh."

Not only is what he said not wrong, but they have been in a very long-term relationship together.

"..."

Gong Xing didn't know what to say. A few years ago, she still thought that hugging and kissing in public was a hooliganism. After living in Hong Kong for a few years, she could accept it. But she couldn't wrap her head around the fact that a man had a boyfriend.

"Okay, then I'll talk to you when you come back."

……

As the number of screening venues reached one thousand, Huang Ze and Li Lianjie also changed their promotional methods.

He no longer stays with the audience to watch a movie before leaving. He basically signs as many autographs as he can within ten minutes and rushes to the next show a few minutes after the movie starts.

And the audience did not disappoint Huang Ze.

The box office revenue for the seven days of the new week reached 10.3 million.

The total box office exceeded 15 million.

However, the number of screening venues will not be increased this time and will remain at this level.

It’s not that Warner doesn’t take it seriously.

Warner also made an estimate for Huang Ze's movie, and the final box office will not be less than 50 million US dollars.

The key is that it is not suitable to have one thousand theaters, and even reduce them later, to maintain a long screening period, to ensure that there is still a not small scale on the day of the Oscars, which is more conducive to winning awards.

If it can win a few awards, we can then expand the screening and fully squeeze out the box office potential. There's no need to do it on such a large scale in advance.

Huang Ze also knew that this was better, so after a week of promotion, he and Li Lianjie boarded a flight back to Hong Kong Island.

On the plane, Li Lianjie, who was sitting next to Huang Ze, was still in an excited state.

"Brother Huang, I feel like I have endless energy. I'll promote it for another month. No, two months or three months won't be a problem!"

"There's no need to promote it now. The momentum has already built up. With a box office of over 10 million US dollars, how much impact do you think our promotion will have?"

Huang Ze patted Li Lianjie on the shoulder.

"Even if we are made of iron, we can't endure this. You might as well take a good rest. I'm taking this opportunity to register a script in the United States. If Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon can enter the Oscars, we can take a month or two off and shoot another one after the Oscars."

"No problem!" Li Lianjie nodded affirmatively, "I will definitely make time for it and make all the preparations!"

"By the way, Brother Huang, what kind of movie is it? Which martial arts do I need to use? Do I need to prepare in advance?"

"If you want to prepare in advance, you can practice modern fighting skills or find a place to practice with a pistol. You need to play a policeman." Huang Ze wanted to shoot a martial arts film to promote traditional elements and publicize the beautiful scenery, but there were not so many films of the level of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in the past life!

As a result, this is the only movie in my mind that is worth filming now!
You can’t make a movie like “The Promise”, right?

You can't promote a city within a ring, right?

Isn't that nonsense?
This kind of film can only be authentic if it is shot by old classmates.

He has lost Farewell My Concubine.

I, Huang, can no longer take away someone else's love.

"Modern action movie?" Li Lianjie asked when he heard Huang Ze asked him to practice fighting and shooting.

"Yes!" Huang Ze nodded, put on his sunglasses, and lay down comfortably.

"In the global film market, martial arts films are ultimately a dessert that is tasted occasionally. If you eat too much, the audience will get choked."

"The second film may still be able to make some money, but it will be difficult for the later ones. I am afraid we will have to wait for more than ten years, when there are fewer films of this kind on the market, before another hit can be made."

"If we want to be a regular meal, we still have to choose modern action movies."

"If this movie is also successful, you can make it in Hollywood even if you don't make movies in Hong Kong anymore."

"How can I not film in Hong Kong Island? As long as it's your movie, I'll film it anywhere."

Li Lianjie glanced at Huang Ze's profile, his eyes shining, and nodded heavily. Then he also lay down on the chair and closed his eyes.

(End of this chapter)