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Chapter 239 A series of costume blockbusters hit the street (two-in-one chapters please subscribe!)

Zhang Ziming greeted Tang An and entered the screening room, where there were already some guests.

Yu Dong apologized to the other guests and greeted them with a smile.

"Director Tang is here, welcome to show your respect."

"Hello Yu Dong!"

Tang An reached out his hand and shook his hand, "Another movie is released, and Yu Dong released a lot of blockbuster movies this year."

"Director Tang, please don't make fun of me. These two films together probably don't have as much box office as your new film!" Yu Dong sighed.

Invested and released two costume blockbusters in two months. Although they were not in the popular schedule, they never expected that the box office of "Jiangshan Beauty" was only 800 million.

An investment of 800 million yuan, in exchange for an investment of [-] million yuan!

This is a joke in the entire entertainment industry, and this investment return ratio is a record.

The lowest-grossing costume blockbuster in Chinese film history.

"Yu Dong, what's the matter with "Jiangshan Beauty", it is said that no matter what, the box office is more than 800 million, right?"

In the past, no matter how low the box office was for blockbuster costume movies, like "Mo Gong" has 6700 million.

Even "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" 5 years ago had 4100 million, still the second domestic film of the year.

"We have also analyzed this. It is likely that the audience has already felt tired of the costume blockbusters, and the quality of the film is not good enough to guarantee the bottom line of the box office."

Yu Dong sighed, the iron rule that period costume blockbusters are sure to sell well has been broken, without a famous director, if the quality cannot be guaranteed, period costume films will no longer be the best choice, and a new genre must be found.

"It's been six or seven years, and I have to watch at least two or three movies every year. No matter what genre, I will get tired of watching it."

Tang An nodded in agreement.

Then he asked again, "By the way, Yu Dong, how is your lawsuit going?"

"Director Tang also knows about this trivial matter?" Yu Dong was a little surprised.

"Cracking down on piracy is something we film workers should all care about!"

"The court will start in two days. There is no problem in winning the case, but there is nothing to be gained."

Now Berna is in a lawsuit with an Internet cafe in the capital city. That Internet cafe saves the video of "Jiangshan Beauty" in the Internet cafe's local area network, and then there is a link on the screen when the computer is turned on, and you can watch the movie by clicking on it.

This is a lawsuit of copyright infringement. Speaking of which, this kind of thing exists in all Internet cafes across the country. They have a lot of music and movies on their local area networks, and they can watch them without going to those video websites.

What's even more weird is that when "Lust, Caution" was released last year, when some Internet cafes were turned on, a poster of "Lust, Caution" would appear on the computer screen. .

It can be said that 90% of the netizens in the country have seen this film.

As for why Berner sued the Internet cafe, it is unknown, but it seems that he got 1 yuan in compensation in the end.

There are so many Internet cafes across the country, if you sue them one by one, you can make a lot of money!
After chatting for a while, Tang An also learned that Berner didn't actually lose too much money.

There are 6 investors in this film, and it is a project led by Xiangjiang's World Films and UFO Films.

Both Tianxia Pictures and Meiya Films belong to Meiya Entertainment, which means that the former invests in the production and the latter is responsible for the distribution of Xiangjiang, earning box office and distribution fees.

Mei Ya Entertainment Group, which is the company that Yang Mi went to later, is getting old at sunset, and it doesn't even rank in the top three in Xiangjiang, and it has nothing to do in the mainland.

UFO Films was jointly funded and established by Chen Kexin, Zheng Zhiwei and a Hong Kong producer.

To put it simply, Chen Kexin hooked up with Bernard through "Certificate of Voting", and with the mainland distribution promised by Bernard, he also joined Tianxia Films for joint investment.

So Chen Kexin was the producer, but he was busy with the post-production and release of "Certificate of Fame" and had no time to shoot, so he called Cheng Xiaodong.

Together with the other three investors, Berner did not contribute much.

Originally, I thought that with the distribution fee and the copyright of some parts of Southeast Asia bought by Star Tun, I could make a little money.

Li Ming and Chen Huilin are well-known in Southeast Asia, and the cost is much higher than that of "Painted Skin".

But I never expected that the box office would be so low that it was outrageously low, not to mention not earning a penny, and losing a few million.

But the unlucky ones were UFO and Tianxia Pictures, who lost everything.

Therefore, Berner actually didn't have much influence, and just lost a few million.

After chatting for a while, the creators also came in, and Tang An also said hello.

At around 8 in the evening, the movie officially started.

How to say this film, many people scolded, a suave and suave Zhao Zilong with a silver gun on a white horse was photographed as a farmer with a towel wrapped around his head.

There are many slots. It can be said that except for the last scene, it completely subverts people's understanding of Zhao Yun. He was even on par with Cao Cao's granddaughter, and was seriously injured by a sneak attack by an unknown general.

If the background of the Three Kingdoms is discarded and the character Zhao Yun is not included, it is actually a good costume film.

The action is good, and the hand-held photography method shows every detail of the war, which is stern and real.

The picture, camera, action, and sound effects are all okay, especially the last scene in it, the scene where Zhao Zilong charges against Wei Jun from top to bottom.

That scene, the sky is full of snow, Zhao Zilong's beard and hair are completely white, he is seriously injured and rushes forward. It is definitely a classic scene in film history, and the BGM is also classic enough.

However, the most fearful thing about biographical films of similar characters is to subvert people's inherent impressions, unless the characters created by the director are more perfect than the image in the audience's heart.

Otherwise, rushing to the street is a must.

900 million on the first day, which is much better than the barely 500 million on the first day of "Jiangshan Beauty".

However, what followed was overwhelming negative reviews and abuse, and those comments on the Internet sprinted with words such as "garbage", "destroy the three views", "blind", "the director pointed the gun at history".

The box office began to drop sharply, with 4 million in 2500 days in the first weekend.

This data is obviously a failure.

However, Bernard still won’t lose too much. This is a blockbuster joint venture between China, Hong Kong and South Korea. The main investors are South Korea’s Taiyuan Entertainment Company, China Film and a Hong Kong company. This Taiyuan Entertainment is also one of the main investors of "Red Cliff". Berner's investment share should be less than 20%.

If it was all invested by Berner himself, it would definitely not survive now, and would have gone bankrupt long ago.

Two consecutive major costume productions with an investment of over [-] million hit the market, and people in the industry have begun to realize that the market for costume movies has become smaller and smaller, and it is time to find other ways.

It is said that several costume films in preparation have also been called to a halt, and they are ready to wait and see. Berner, as the party involved, no longer intends to touch costume films.

Then, a bunch of "bricks" and "beasts" jumped out again, saying that domestic films are dead. At first, it was the ancient costume blockbusters that saved domestic films. Now the ancient costume blockbusters are also dead. Domestic films are completely hopeless. Import some foreign films.

People with bad butts are everywhere, and these voices are no surprise.

Later, when a certain station was named and criticized by the Propaganda Department, some people even left a message under Weibo saying that if they dare to block a certain station, they will conquer it. I really don’t know what they think, even those words Dare to say.

In modern times, freedom of speech is emphasized, and one can say anything. In ancient times, this is a serious crime of ransacking one's family and exterminating one's ancestors.

"Three Kingdoms Seeing the Dragon Unloading Armor" and "Children of Yellowstone" released at the same time have nothing to do with Tang An.

After a short two-day break, Tang An devoted himself to filming again.

For the next half month, there were indoor scenes in the studio, and the crew could finally settle down without wandering around.

After resting for a few days and stabilizing, the filming of the crew was still going smoothly, without any slack naturally caused by long hours of work.

New day, new weather.

"Morning, everyone, I brought fried buns over, let's eat together."

"Thank you Director Tang."

"Director Tang, let's have a cup of soybean juice, it's still hot." Liu Ye said and handed over a cup of grey-green sticky soybean juice.

"Hey Brother Ye, your bean juice is like swill, and it has a sour smell from far away." Tang Yan who was on the side pinched his nose exaggeratedly, with a look of disgust.

"What's wrong with the stinky tofu, didn't you enjoy eating the stinky tofu that Liao Fan brought yesterday!" Tang An teased, and turned to Liao Fan again.

"By the way, Liao Fan, where did you buy the stinky tofu yesterday? It's not dark, and the smell has a fragrance in it. The taste is very good."

Liao Fan quickly swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "Director Tang, yesterday I came to see me from a fellow villager, and I brought along the authentic long yarn stinky tofu."

Tang An nodded, and said with a smile, "Not to mention, every place has some disgusting or smelly local characteristics. It doesn't look good but tastes good."

"By the way, Liu Ye, do you have pickles?" Tang An took a sip of the bean juice.

"Of course there is. Shredded kale in salt water, mixed with chili oil is just right for soy sauce, and there are burnt rings."

The deep-fried browned and cooked coke rings, served with pickles, just this soy sauce, it's really good to eat.

It just smells a little bad, but acceptable.

In fact, Tang An is not picky about food. As long as it is not disgusting like a pig's brain, he will have no appetite. If he throws it into the hot pot, he will not move the whole pot.

There are still people who think pig brains are delicious, God knows what they think! ! !

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After breakfast, the shooting started.

Today's filming is the scene of the four knights being interrogated one by one by the police station.

Since there was no need to shoot scenes outside the police station at the same time, I didn't shoot in Omen and moved back to the mainland.

Several small studios have been prepared, ready to start shooting.

"All departments prepare!"

"The actors are in place!"

"No.20 two scenes, one shot, one shot!"

"start!"

The first person to be interrogated was the person who used the teleportation helmet from Omen to Singapore. He was also the one selected by the Four Horsemen through long-term hints, confusion, and hypnosis.

Liao Fan propped his hands on the table, looking down at the other party, his body slowly moved forward, forming a sense of oppression.

"Well, tell me now, how did you get from Omen to Singapore in just three seconds!"

"Use the teleportation helmet."

Liao Fan was stunned, obviously not believing this ridiculous statement.

At this time, Yu Nan walked over with her arms folded and explained, "He was already hypnotized at the moment of the performance. I told you that I couldn't find any useful value in auditing from him!"

"No. 20 four games, one shot once!"

Then interrogate Liu Ye
Then came Deng Chao.

"No.20 five scenes, one shot, one shot!"

The scene was divided into two shots, Liao Fan couldn't bear Deng Chao's broken thoughts, stood up abruptly and grabbed his collar, but Deng Chao put the handcuffs on his hands in an instant .

It is of course impossible for Deng Chao to complete this kind of magic trick. We can only shoot it separately and edit it later.

"The number one rule of a magician is to always be the smartest person in the room!" Deng Chao smiled slightly.

"Okay, let's go!"

"Go to the next scene."

I came to a studio next door again, but I didn't shoot the scene where Deng Kai and Tang Yan were interrogated, which would make this episode look long and stinky.

Moreover, the Interpol had suffered from the two of them, and they would still encounter the same thing when facing two other equally superb magicians.

However, Tang Yanna still took a shot of a chair standing on one foot on the ground and turning itself, even if it is a magician showing his strength.

It is nothing more than using a transparent rope, and it will be processed later, without any difficulty.

Time passed slowly, and it was number 10 in a blink of an eye.

On this day, Huayi officially announced to the outside world that Tang An will film the scene of stealing bank money 2000 meters away in the renovated Workers' Gymnasium in ten days' time. Age, gender, and skin color are limited, but there is no remuneration, only board and lodging.

Food and lodging for 1 people is a lot of money, even if the shooting time is only a few days, the food alone is a lot of money.

However, we invite dozens of chefs who cook in large pots, and some aunts to wash and chop vegetables. So many vegetables are directly collected in large quantities in nearby provinces, which is much cheaper and hygienic than ordering boxed meals in restaurants.

Accommodation is also a big problem, but Huayi does not choose too many foreigners. Basically, there are thirty or forty people in each province, and most of them are locals in the capital. Otherwise, how many houses do you need to find for 1 people? .

There are more than 30 people in more than 1000 provinces across the country.It doesn't cost much to stay in a hotel.

It's a pity that I can't live in Gongti. For example, thousands of ensemble performers in "Wearing the Golden Armor in the City" are playing on the floor of the palace where the movie is filmed.

Almost half a year later, the long-awaited bank robbery trick is finally about to appear, and it is still happening under the noses of the audience, and everyone has the opportunity to watch it live.

Everyone was very excited. Those who were free immediately went to the official website to register and fill in the form. Those who were not free were also thinking about how to take a long vacation, whether it was a brother or sister getting married or some good excuse.

For a while, Huayi's official website server was almost overwhelmed, and countless people were filling out forms. Huayi mobilized most of the company's employees to screen them. Each province selected [-] to [-] people from various occupations.

Those who need accommodation are also stated on the form, and everyone's room is arranged according to the region, so that it will not be so messy.

Tang An also came to Huayi after filming that afternoon and watched them screen there.

"These people are our best publicity channels, covering all age groups and various industries. Through their mouths, we can spread the word!"

Wang Zhongjun also admired Tang An's idea. This method is more effective than any publicity. People like to show off. Fans who have been to the scene will definitely be eager to tell their relatives, friends, classmates and colleagues when they go back.

"At that time, I just thought that these audiences don't need to use CG to do it. We are not in the United States. The labor costs are so expensive that dozens of people dare to shoot large-scale war scenes!" Tang An laughed.

"However, we must ensure that the two scenes are sufficiently attractive to the audience, so as to be effective." Wang Zhongjun then said again.

"Don't worry, Director Wang, I will definitely make the audience worthwhile!" Tang An said confidently with a smile.

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