Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 116: Lively National Day (24)

This year's National Day box office is extremely tragic!
Four films were originally scheduled: Huayi Brothers' "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame," Galloping Horse's Wu Yusen's "Sword Rain," Light Media's "Fist of Fury," and Zhang Yimou's "Under the Hawthorn Tree."

Wang Changtian was initially full of confidence, even shouting out the slogan "We'll definitely break 500 million!" at the Shanghai Film Festival...

He also said, "The golden creative team, the first-class cast, the touching subject matter, the excellent production, and the advantages of Guangguang's distribution are the five major factors that guarantee the victory of "Fist of Fury". "

Indeed, the behind-the-scenes lineup is quite strong - director Andrew Lau and producer Gordon Chan join hands with Donnie Yen to form the "golden triangle".

The supporting cast includes Shu Qi, Huang Qiusheng, Huang Bo, Shawn Yue, Huo Siyan, and Zhang Songwen...

The story of Fist of Fury has long been deeply rooted in people’s hearts…

Then the finished product comes out...

After watching the internal screening, Wang Changtian was a little dumbfounded.

Wang Changtian works in the media industry, so he has some basic judgment on a movie.

Then it was simply moved up to September 9st!
I would rather fight with "Under the Hawthorn Tree" than with "The Mystery of the Phantom Flame" or "Sword Rain".

That’s right!
If it were released at the same time, I guess it would be crushed.

"Fist of Fury" is that standard Hong Kong bad movie: it's clearly an action movie, but you don't have proper fighting, and use the so-called plot to fill in the gaps, which makes it neither fish nor fowl.

Probably inspired by The Whistleblower, they even arranged a few scenes of Zhen Zidan being tortured...

I can't understand why such a scene would be arranged!

I don’t remember how much “Fist of Fury” made at the box office…

It must not be very high, after all, "Inception" is gaining momentum!
However, Shen Yan witnessed an awkward scene at the premiere—the publicity staff held up a banner that read, "A long-lasting box office success, a generation of Zhen heroes!"

Seeing this banner, Shen Yan could feel Zhen Zidan's dramatic mood...

Then, something even more embarrassing happened!
The organizers improvised and had someone bring up a sign that read "Sick Man of East Asia"...

I want Zhen Zidan to kick it to pieces.

But I don’t know what the staff did, they took out a very tough plastic board!
After bringing up the plaque, Zhen Zidan gathered all his strength, shouted loudly, and kicked it away.

In the end, the sign was intact, but the atmosphere was extremely awkward...

Shi Shi asked quietly, "…What's wrong?"

Shen Yan said: "We should get a piece of foam board, or wood. Judging from the material, it should be plastic board... This thing is too tough, even a knife can't cut it, let alone a person!"

Zhen Zidan on the stage smiled and continued to kick, finally creating a hole...

Seeing that the plaque was broken, everyone in the audience cheered and applauded out of respect.

The premiere ended awkwardly...

……

After the premiere, Shen Yan and Shi Shi got in the car and headed back to Hengdian...

It’s about a four-hour drive.

Shi Shi was browsing her phone while saying, "I really admire Zhen Zidan. He has such a good temper!"

“…With so many media outlets around, you can’t just curse at people!”

"Then how much do you estimate the box office for 'Fist of Fury' will be?"

“…I don’t know. All I know is that Andrew Lau won’t be directing The Beauty Inside!”

"What?"

Shen Yan was happy: "He told me he wanted to use Shu Qi!"

Shi Shi was surprised: "...Ah? Sister Bingbing has already been confirmed to star in this movie!" "How would I know what he's thinking... Maybe he thinks she's more suitable..."

Back then, Andrew Lau, Wang Jing, and Wen Jun formed the Best Partner Film Company, and Shu Qi was signed to the company...

After filming movies such as "The Secret Life of Mi Yue 1997", Liu Weiqiang began to mentor her. From "Young and Dangerous" to "Enter the Dragon", "Fighting Storm" and "Chinese Hero", Shu Qi became very popular in the Hong Kong film industry and could participate in four or five movies almost every year.

After moving north, Liu Weiqiang often collaborated with Shu Qi, filming films such as "The Dragon and the Phoenix" and "No Longer Alone".

Shi Shi: "But this is what you wrote to Sister Bingbing!"

"Yes," Shen Yan waved his hand: "So, there is no possibility for him to take over the director's rights..."

"Will the light obey you?"

Shen Yan smiled and said, "If you don't want to listen, let's find another company to cooperate with!"

Hearing this, Shi Shi frowned...

Shen Yan kissed her and held her in his arms: "Don't worry about these things, the light will listen...you should get some sleep first!"

……

Zhen Zidan's action scenes are really beautiful!
The culmination should be "SPL" and "Flash Point" - the action style has turned into mixed martial arts, the UFC fighting style, with more ground fighting techniques, various joint techniques, choke combinations, and some well-organized boxing competitions.

He has very strict requirements for action scenes!

After filming the final fight scene between Donnie Yen and Kang Li in "The Siege of the City in October", Donnie Yen was not satisfied and went to find directors Derek Chan and Peter Chan. The two of them gave up their responsibility and Donnie Yen asked his own crew to reshoot the scene.

Then Chen Kexin approached him to film "Wuxia", and Chen Desen approached him to film "A Man's Martial Arts"...

However, neither of these two films was a success.

It’s a pity that his most successful movie is "Ip Man"!
The action in that movie completely abandoned his strength - the practical combat action style, and instead returned to tradition, because if your name is Ip Man, you must practice Wing Chun!

Even more embarrassing was the Zhen Zidan and Zhao Wenzhuo incident that broke out later...

From then on, Zhen Zidan became a drama tyrant with bad character!

That's the public's impression of him!
Well, "Fist of Fury" was not a box office success. It was released on September 9, the Mid-Autumn Festival, and took the top spot with a box office of 21 million yuan. "Inception" ranked second with 1800 million yuan. The cumulative domestic box office has exceeded 1600 million yuan.

Then there's "Under the Hawthorn Tree," which earned 950 million...

In other words, although we took the lead, we did not widen the gap!

According to the theaters' predictions, "Inception" will eventually earn more than 4 million yuan, and as for "Fist of Fury"... it will probably be around million yuan!
The theaters are too optimistic!

As of September 9th, after one week of release, the cumulative box office of "Fist of Fury" is only 28 million...

On September 9, "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame" was released and earned 28 million yuan at the box office on the first day, setting the best opening record in director Xu Ke's life.

Then on October 10st, "Sword Rain" was released...

Plus "Inception" and "Under the Hawthorn Tree"...

This year’s National Day box office is really lively!

However, these have little to do with Shen Yan...

Not really. Fist of Fury was a box office and critical failure, and Andrew Lau was immediately eliminated...

——The final box office of "Ip Man" did not exceed 1.5 million, which directly silenced Zhang Zhaogan!
Chen Zhengdao, who was supported by Shen Yan, became the director of "The Beauty Inside", and Ji Xiang was one of the producers...

At the same time, "The Beauty Inside" has passed the filing and is scheduled to be released in the summer of next year!

——I can’t make it to the Valentine’s Day slot, so I’ve already booked “B+ Detective” for the May Day slot…

However, Shen Yan never expected that Cai Yinong would come to the "Lotus Tower" crew to discuss the investment in "The Beauty Inside" with him and, by the way, invite him to play the role of Old Thirteen in "Startling by Each Step"...

(End of this chapter)