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Chapter 487 "The Martian" Premiere! (The first update asks for a subscription!)
Zhang Weiping, as the boss of New Picture, was also a figure on an equal footing with Wang Zhongjun and Yu Dong in the past few years.

Just such a prominent figure in the entertainment industry, every time Zhang Yimou's new film is released, he has to go off the stage to promote it.

And every time he creates a lot of momentum. During the filming of "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" last year, the stills that were secretly photographed included the scene of the male protagonist "Lao San" riding a bicycle with the female protagonist "Jing Qiu", which is warm and simple.

When asked about it at the time, Zhang Weiping said with a pun: "We will laugh while sitting on a bicycle, let others cry in a BMW."

At that time, a female guest of that issue of "If You Are the One" said, "I would rather cry in a BMW than laugh on a bicycle."

Zhang Weiping's words attracted a lot of attention.

In 09, there was also "Three Guns Surprise". When Zhang Weiping interviewed the reporter, the reporter mentioned that some people in the film industry thought that the total investment in "Three Guns" might not exceed 1000 million.

Zhang Weiping said directly, "People in the movie industry will always watch Zhang Yimou's movies with five words: envy, jealousy, and hatred."

I can understand, you see I never deal with people in the movie business.

These words are so domineering, and envy, jealousy and hatred have become one of Zhang Weiping's classic quotations.

There are many similar situations. The two have worked together for so many years. Zhang Yimou is making films, and Zhang Weiping is equivalent to the big butler.

Zhang Weiping accepted an interview with Xin Lang today, and talked about the fact that "Flying Swords of the Dragon Gate" did not provide copies to movie theaters under Bernard.

"There are no movies in the cinema, isn't it just a pile of chairs!" Zhang Weiping opened his mouth and came.

The matter stemmed from Zhang Weiping's previous bombardment of Yudong's cinemas for not paying off the box office of "Three Guns" and "Hawthorn", and decided not to provide copies of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" to Bernard's cinemas.

The host of Xinlang asked: "Dong Zhang, do you mean to be tit for tat with Berner?"

Zhang Weiping: "It's okay, this is a contract, it's only three or two times, you won't pay me for "Three Shots", and it's the same with "Hawthorn Tree", if it's you, you can't stop?

So it's not tit for tat.First, I don't know Yu Dong, and I haven't said a word until now.

Isn't there a saying on the Internet, "I really don't know you well."

Second, I just feel that if you act according to the contract, you are not honest as a listed company, and I will definitely sanction you. "

An old opponent of more than ten years, fighting all the way, unexpectedly said that I don't know you well
After a few words to Yu Dong, the host asked about the box office expectations of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins".

"15 billion." Zhang Weiping said without thinking.

The reporter asked with a smile, "Mr. Zhang, will you feel any pressure if you say this number in public?"

Zhang Weiping said very easily, "No pressure, because this must be prepared. As I said just now, we have counted the box office data for December and January. Of course, when our film is released, its box office will still increase. .

The domestic film market has an average monthly box office of 10 billion. December and January are still the most popular months, with at least 12 billion per month.

This is 30 billion, 30 billion, let's take 15 billion is not too much, and there is 15 billion for them to share.

In addition, this time, Christian Bale is invited to star, as well as the Hollywood war production team, all of which are the top in the world, including Zhang Yimou, especially after directing the BJ Olympic Games, his influence in the world is also huge. The audience is also huge. "

Zhang Weiping was addicted to bragging, and before the host answered, he continued, "Now there are three companies in Hollywood who are talking to me about the agency of this film, so I received 15 billion from China, and at least 15 billion will be taken back." 6 million.

The cost is back, then I have to earn 2 million, or else I'm sorry for such a freshman investment.

In Hollywood, more than 3000 million US dollars, how big a deal is it?

With the addition of an actor like Bell, let's not say that his "Batman" made 10 billion dollars, can we make 1 million dollars at the box office?
No problem, why should there be more than "Heroes"?
Therefore, I must have come prepared, so 6 million is the highest investment in the history of domestic films, but our film market needs to be stimulated in this way. "

Opening your mouth is a box office of 15 billion, and secretly ridiculing a wave of other movies. You are a blockbuster and contribute to the domestic film market, and everyone else is playing tricks.

Speaking of the investment cost of 6 million, the host had doubts again.

"Director Zhang's film has always attracted a lot of attention, especially the record-breaking [-] million investment. Can you tell me where the money was spent?"

Zhang Weiping said, "I'm not an accountant, but those who know a little bit about the film industry should know the production team and the stars they hired.

An investment of RMB 6 million is a huge amount in China, but in Hollywood you are considered a medium investment. Hollywood films usually cost 2 to 3 million US dollars.

Only big productions can invite big stars. Hollywood blockbusters are not scripts and directors that impress superstars, but commercial big productions that impress superstars.

When did domestic movies invite first-line Hollywood stars to work here?

Don't all your directors go to Hollywood to work for others?If you make a purely local movie in China, if people don’t come, you don’t even come to give money.

But we did it because of the 6 million investment! "

Zhang Weiping's words were full of pride, and what he said was that Bell came to work for him.

Indeed, none of Hollywood's first-line stars has acted in a purely local movie, let alone a leading actor.

Finally, we talked about the release of the movie.

"December 12 happened to be the release date of my "Hero", and "Hero" was released on December 16 that year.

It has been 10 years. To commemorate the 10th anniversary of "Heroes", December 12th of this year is "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins", and 16 years happens to be a reincarnation.

Ten years ago, "Hero" ushered in the era of blockbuster movies in the mainland, and there were real commercial blockbusters.

I believe that today, ten years later, "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" will reproduce what happened ten years ago, and once again open a new chapter for domestic films! "

During the Lunar New Year this year, facing the combination of Xu Ke + Li Lianjie and Tang An's two major opponents, Zhang Weiping also frequently spoke out in interviews.

Although they didn't mention the two movies "The Martian" and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate", and didn't diss Tang An, they just bombarded Bernard time and time again.

This is not the first time either. The grievances between New Screen and Berner have lasted for more than ten years, and they have been torn apart countless times.

As for the arrears of the box office share, it was just a little more time.

Yu Dong was also unceremonious. In the face of the reporter's interview, he directly stated that Bernard's cinemas would not show "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins", and most of all the film schedules would supply "Huo Ying Rescue" and "Dragon Gate Flying Armor".

Zhang Weiping doesn't care that there are less than [-] movie theaters in Berner. The distributors of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" are China Film and China Film, and the two theaters of the New Film Federation and China Film Digital of the Light China Film Department are among the top five in China. .

All he wants is heat and attention.

The director didn't end up tearing up the scene, and sat quietly with their respective promotions, and the two producers started working.

Tang An couldn't watch it either, he opened his mouth wide and shouted out half of the 30 billion to take 15 billion at the box office, Tang An didn't show weakness either.

The scene of the event.

The reporter asked, "Director Tang, Zhang Weiping said that "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" can earn 15 billion at the box office and win the Lunar New Year competition. Do you have anything to say?"

"I think Zhang Dong's statement is very interesting. Half of the Lunar New Year's box office is exclusive, which is a bit like the famous Southern Dynasty poet Xie Lingyun's saying "There is only one stone in the world, and Cao Zijian alone has eight buckets"." Tang An joked.

"Then Director Tang, how much box office do you think "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" can make?"

"I think it should be half of "The Martian". After all, the box office can't be lower than the investment. Isn't that too ugly?" Tang An said with a smile.

Facing the interview, Tang An can be regarded as "telling the truth".

But after the words reached Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping's ears, the other party immediately fought back.

Zhang Yimou was more polite at the beginning, just saying that the box office saw the truth.

Zhang Weiping has fully proved why he has the nickname of "Big Mouth", and he is much stronger than Feng Xiaogang in terms of slander.

By the way, Xu Ke was naturally involved, and the three parties even started arguing.

Now that the network is more and more developed, Weibo, as a social media, has completely entered people's lives.

The mutual confrontation between the three directors has also attracted more and more attention.

Tang An said that the box office of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" will not be half that of "The Martian".

Zhang Weiping said that the combined box office of "The Martian" and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" will not be as high as "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins".

Later, he even directly said that Tang An's dominance in the summer and New Year holidays in the past few years was purely lucky not to have met Zhang Yimou.

Xu Ke is a little weaker, but this time he collaborates with Li Lianjie in a martial arts film, and he is also full of confidence to win the Lunar New Year box office champion.

The three big directors plus Zhang Weiping and Yu Dong, the navy of the three companies, spent tens of millions in cash, and the quarrel was turned upside down.

The media also happily ran among the few of them, and provocative press releases flew out like snowflakes.

The respective movie fans are naturally arguing endlessly. Tang An has an impressive record in the past 7 years. Zhang Yimou has single-handedly opened the era of domestic blockbusters, and it is also the first time he has faced Tang An head-on.

Although Xu Ke was close, but with Li Lianjie, he barely formed a three-legged posture in public opinion.

It's also rare for Tang An to get angry with people, he doesn't bother to complain about most people, and the price drops.

On December 2011, 12, after all the turmoil, the Lunar New Year file officially began. The first blockbuster "The Martian" will have a grand premiere ceremony at Xin'ao Branch of Hantang International Film City.

This time, the premiere was not held in any gymnasium or auditorium, and it was held in the giant screen hall of a thousand people in my own movie theater, which can be regarded as driving traffic.

Now there is no need to rely on a large-scale premiere for publicity. In the first 20 days or so, 3500 million publicity fees have been spent, and Tang An does not keep a cent of the 1 million publicity budget. All the time is spent.

This year's Lunar New Year's first blockbuster movie, although there are only a thousand seats, but there are not many people here, even fans who didn't grab the premiere tickets came to watch a grand red carpet show , waiting for the start of the zero field.

At 5:[-] in the afternoon, Tang An brought the actors to the scene.

The moment Tang An stepped onto the red carpet, countless fans at the scene erupted with the warmest applause and shouts, and the momentum was no less than that in the Ten Thousand People Stadium.

After getting off the red carpet and dealing with the reporters, I went to the screening room.

The reporters didn't have any new questions, they asked all the questions they could think of in the past half month, and Tang An didn't answer them directly.

The guests had almost arrived, and Chen Guofu and Xu Manyun led people to greet them.

Wang Zhongjun, Yu Dong, Wang Changtian, Song Ge and others have all come. Besides the film industry, there are Tudou CEO Wang Wei, Xinlang.com CEO Cao Wei, UCCEO Yu Yongfu, Fujixun Group’s vice president in charge of interactive entertainment business group Cheng Wu
Zhang Hongsheng and Han Sanping, deputy directors of the Photoelectric Film Bureau, also came.

Tang An stepped forward to say hello one by one, "Ju Zhang, Director Han, welcome."

Zhang Hongsheng said with a smile, "Director Tang, we really look forward to your defeating "Avatar" and regaining our country's own record."

Tang An nodded and said, "What Director Zhang said, we can't let imported movies dominate our records."

Tang An chatted with the leader for a while, greeted the bosses of other companies, and waited until 7 o'clock to officially start the premiere.

It is still Tu Wei, the host of the movie channel, and there is also a filming crew, which will be broadcast on the movie channel in two days.

Tang An led the crew onto the stage, looked around, and said slowly, "First of all, I would like to thank the audience at the scene for supporting me as always. Thank you for coming, which gave me more confidence in this movie."

After finishing the polite words, Tang An talked about some thoughts about the shooting.

Liu Ye, Li Binbin, and Li Youbing also said something.

After more than an hour, Tang An sat in his seat, waiting for the movie to start.

Both movie fans and industry insiders at the scene also wore 3D glasses, ready to enjoy Tang An's new film.

The quality of Tang An's movies is nothing to say, the past seven years have proved enough, and the fans behind are still chatting and discussing in a low voice before the movie starts.

"After waiting for a year, it is finally about to be released. It is said that 80% of the scenes of this film are played by Liu Ye alone."

"It should be like this. Didn't Tang An say that this is the Martian version of "Cast Away"? I hope Liu Ye can perform as well as Tom Hanks."

"Tom Hanks is still on Earth anyway, and Liu Ye was left on Mars by himself."

"Thinking about it is even more terrifying than living on a deserted island. There are no animals or plants on Mars."

"Looking at the trailer, it seems that people grow potatoes to get food to survive. If potatoes can be grown on Mars, then it is not possible to immigrate."

"X** made it up, I believe it, and the screenwriter has never been to Mars."

Amidst the anticipation of the audience, the 20-meter-high IMAX screen in front of it slowly lit up, and a khaki-yellow planet appeared on the big screen. The opening scene was a barren road on Mars.

The whole land including the picture is dark yellow, desolate and sad.

A five-second wide-angle long shot, the audience followed the camera over mountains and hills, and fully appreciated the surface of Mars thousands of miles away.

Several astronauts are sitting on the surface to sample soil, and there are small flags on the ground to mark each area.

Astronauts were chatting nonsense on the communicator while working, but the storm followed, and yellow sand was flying all over the sky. Under the realistic special effects and 3D effects, there were bursts of shouts on the scene.

Some viewers even waved their hands unconsciously, wanting to wave away the wind and sand in front of them, as if they were sticking out in the storm.

During the storm, Liu Ye was hit by a signal receiver, and the space team had to leave after searching for nothing.

Liu Ye was the only one left on Mars. Thinking of the desolation on Mars, he couldn't help feeling a little hopeless. At the same time, he was even more curious about how Liu Ye survived on Mars and how he returned to Earth safely.

The audience's emotions were immediately mobilized, and they completely entered the plot from the beginning.

"The 3D effect is very realistic. The storm just now was so real that I felt like my body was being blown."

"I subconsciously closed my eyes."

"I should have been hit by something just now, and I must be injured. How can I survive?"

(End of this chapter)