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Chapter 620 Military Movie Milestone! (The second update asks for a subscription! Ask for a monthly pass!)
Halfway through the summer vacation of 2013, several movies with a box office of more than [-] million yuan were born, and "Interstellar", a movie that broke the box office record in film history, was released, which can be regarded as the most exciting summer vacation ever.

Although it was already the last day of July, the smoke from the Lunar New Year stalls did not dissipate, and the atmosphere became more and more intense.

"Fast and Furious 6", "Tomb Raider Notes", and "Pacific Rim" have just been released, especially the latter two, which have the potential to hit [-] million or more at the box office.

In the past month, although these three blockbuster films were released at the end of the month, the July summer market still exceeded 30 billion.

Among them, "Interstellar" contributed half, and it is undoubtedly the biggest winner of the summer file.

Among other movies, "Rooftop Love" stopped at 8000 million, and "Big Star" exceeded 9000 million at the box office, and it is expected to break through [-] million.

Domestic films such as "Pen Fairy" and "The Purcell Movie" also have good results.

Among the Hollywood blockbusters, "Return to Earth" is close to [-] million, and "White House Down" has a box office of more than [-] million.

The results are good, and now the domestic market is large enough to accommodate multiple blockbuster releases.

It's just that "Tomb Raider Notes", which was originally expected to be high, suffered a tragic defeat. It was released for 7 days and grossed [-] million at the box office.

At first glance, it looks quite high, but it took 3.27 million in the first four days alone, and only 7300 million in the second three days, and the single-day box office even dropped to 1700 million.

The box office has already collapsed, and it is estimated that it will drop faster in the future. According to this trend, it will be almost [-] million box office.

Big production + big IP,.It only got [-] million box office, it is not an exaggeration to say that it was a disastrous failure.

July is over, and the competition for the summer schedule in August has also begun.

Hollywood blockbusters such as "Jurassic World", "Monsters University" and "The Great Gatsby" are released in turn.

Domestic films are led by the military war blockbuster "Wolf Warrior", as well as "Surprise All the Way" starring Fan Binbin, "Guild War" starring Zhang Jiahui, "A Romance", "Made 2" starring Wang Xiaoming and other small-budget films. Movie.

Tomorrow is the Army Day. Today, on the afternoon of the 31st, Hantang Media held a grand premiere ceremony for "Wolf Warrior".

Xin'ao Branch of Hantang International Film City, although it is a small military-themed film, the scale of the premiere scene is not small at all.

Before, Wu Jing traveled to nearly [-] cities in China at the rate of one city per day, and went to almost every province.

Coupled with the previous [-] screenings, the movie's reputation was not bad, but it was overshadowed by the limelight of other movies in the summer.

There were many audiences, media, and stars from all walks of life. In the screening hall, the continuous cheers from outside could be heard.

Tang An also returned to the capital to participate in the premiere and to occupy a stage for Wu Jing. After all, military films are too niche.

Invite Yu Dong, Wang Changtian and the others to casually chat about some trends in the chat circle, who is going to make a movie, which company is making a big move.

Speaking of "Tomb Raiders Notes".

Wang Changtian smiled and said, "Tang Dong is really astute. "Pacific Rim" is really a big hit. It sold 5100 million on the first day, and its word-of-mouth is even higher than "Fast and Furious 6". It is estimated that the box office of [-] million should be no problem."

Tang An waved his hand and said, "I just understand a little bit more. Besides, it's just a guess, and I just guessed it right."

Everyone is noncommittal, everyone is the boss of a large film and television company, and there are a bunch of professionals under him. Basically, every time a new film is released, they will analyze it.

It can be said that few people in "Pacific Rim" would have thought that they could get 5100 million yuan on the first day, but it was Tang An's idea.

Seeing Tang An's still indifferent face, Yu Dong asked curiously, "But Tang Dong is really not worried. Although "Wolf Warrior" has a good reputation, it is an unpopular movie after all."

Tang An said with a smile, "Unpopular movies don't mean they don't have audiences, it's just that military movies in the past weren't accepted by audiences."

Yu Dong also thinks about it, the audience's first impression of military films is the main theme, even after "Assembly", there are several military films lined up by other companies, but they are all old-fashioned, with no sensational skills at all.

Yu Dong naturally went to see a military film with an investment of 8000 million yuan. It is indeed different from ordinary military films, but has the style of an American lone hero.

Between a person and a group of people, the former is definitely better.

Furthermore.

Yu Dong glanced at the poster next to him. Wu Jing was holding a villain's head tightly with one hand, and drew a gun with the other hand to point forward, with a fierce face.

The poster is accompanied by nine bright red characters "Anyone who offends China will be punished no matter how far away!"

Maybe "Wolf Warrior" can really sell well?
Everyone was chatting casually, and when the premiere was about to start, Wang Zhonglei was late.

Tang An smiled and said, "Boss Wang is late today."

Wang Zhonglei said with a little embarrassment, "Sorry everyone, there is something wrong with the company."

Everyone tacitly agreed, probably because they didn't want to be teased for coming early.

Someone just wanted to mention it.

"Mr. Wang, you came at the right time. We were just saying that Dong Dong had a good eye, and he knew at a glance that "Pacific Rim" would be a big hit. Sure enough, he took more than 5000 million on the first day."

Wang Zhonglei didn't feel any embarrassment at all, he laughed and said, "That's right, Tang Dong's vision is nothing to say."

"It's a pity that Mr. Wang and your company's "Tomb Raiders Notes" is not lucky. It has encountered two big-selling Hollywood blockbusters in a row, and the impact is not small."

"It would be better if we had prepared earlier, so we wouldn't be caught off guard."

Wang Zhonglei's expression didn't change at all as you spoke to me, and he was still smiling.

Soon the main creators entered the venue, and the premiere officially began.

Tang An and Wu Jing came to the stage together, first expressed their support and recognition for "Wolf Warrior", and said that this will be a milestone for domestic military films and will reposition military films.

At the premiere, Wu Jing talked about the original intention of making this film and the hardships in the process, and thanked the Nanjing Military Region and Tang An.

Speaking of the movie, Wu Jing said it would be a heroic dream for young people.

He said excitedly that Chinese people need blood in their bones, tough guys and hormonal movies like "Wolf Warrior".

When asked whether such a military film would shut out female audiences, Wu Jing also laughed, "Girls now like warm men, I hope these people will like "Wolf Warrior" after watching the movie Such a man."

After more than half an hour, the film officially began to be screened.

The standard story frame of Hollywood commercial film screenwriters also determines that as long as you follow this frame, at least the plot can be smooth and self-explanatory.

The hottest scene before should be Ni Dahong smoking a cigar, and the mercenaries shooting with mini guns on the speedboat.

Simple and rude but it makes the adrenal glands fly, Ni Dahong's composure is really full of pretense.

The three-dimensional effect of real-time 3D is also good, and sporadic exclamations can be heard occasionally at the scene.

The following plot is simple. It is nothing more than a desperate struggle between the Wolf Warrior Squadron and the international terrorists. In the end, Wu Jing fought desperately with the opponent's boss.

The story is relatively simple, and there are quite a lot of flaws and flaws, but it is basically a matter of technology and experience. Wu Jing has almost achieved the ultimate within his ability.

The most exciting thing is the war scenes and action scenes, unlike other movies that brag about how awesome their special effects are before they are released, but in the end they are not awesome, only awesome, refer to a certain snake legend.

Although there are flaws in several explosion shots, they are definitely top-notch in the Mainland.

Needless to say, action scenes, what Wu Jing is best at, coupled with extremely frequent camera cuts, in terms of visual effects, action scenes can even be said to be top-notch.

At present, there is no such frequent cutting of shots in China, especially for professional action actors, who can do a shot in one go.

Only in Hollywood, their action scenes rely on editing to achieve the best viewing effect, completeness and fluency

For example, in "Captain America 2", in the scene where the American team and the Winter Soldier fought, countless storyboards were cut. Although professional action actors looked at it with disdain, the viewing effect was achieved.

Although the shot was broken, it avoided the shortcomings of the actor's action scenes, and achieved better results by cutting shots and editing.

As a professional action actor, Wu Jing has no problem completing a long-shot sparring, but he still chooses to use the Hollywood way, but it is not as finely chopped.

The direct effect is that it will be more intense and exciting without affecting the overall fluency.

Although the big villain said in the end, "Do you want to die for your country? Tell you, it won't change anything!"

It's clichéd, but effective, especially when the main character is at a disadvantage and the villain is aggressive.

Suppress first and then rise, it is more exciting when the protagonist fights back.

In the end, a large group of foreign troops drove to the border, and the protagonist restrained another villain, and shouted condescendingly, "Come on! Come on!", but when those troops did not dare to step forward to cross the border, the audience's excitement The heart reached an orgasm.

This is not only substituted into the protagonist, but also the pride of being a citizen of the People's Republic of China. The opponent has hundreds of regular troops, but they dare not cross the border!
"Crack clack clack clack."

After the film was shown, hundreds of audience members expressed their love for the film with the most sincere applause.

"It's so hot, Wu Jing is so awesome!"

"I was worried that it would be a movie with the main theme. I didn't expect that we can make such a good military movie in China. Those explosion scenes made my ears ring."

"Yeah, it's definitely not bad to have military sponsorship. I'm excited to see those tanks and armored vehicles appearing!"

"It's all good, but there are some unreasonable things. The wolves came out too fake."

"It's okay, it's too exciting."

The audience whispered in twos and threes, and Wu Jing took the main creator to the stage to pay tribute.

After being interviewed by reporters on the spot and interacting with the audience for a while, they rushed to a nearby hotel.

"Congratulations Wu Jing, this movie is a success."

Tang An solemnly toasted Wu Jing and everyone in the crew.

Wu Jing hurriedly raised his glass, "Thank you Tang Dong, if you didn't give me the chance, I wouldn't have made the movie "Wolf Warrior". , Lao Gao, gave me a lot of inspiration."

"Wolf Warrior" has four screenwriters, besides Wu Jing, there are three others, two of whom are web writers.

One is Dong Jun, a platinum writer of Singularity military novels, whose pen name is Fen Wu Yao Ji, and he also participated in the screenwriting of "Wolf Warrior 2".

Facing the big boss, Dong Jun also said hello.

Tang An smiled and said, "Mr. Dong, your military novels are very popular. I've read "Bullet Scars" and it's very good."

"Bullet Scars" can be said to be the top work among military novels back then. The protagonist, Zhan Xiage, was almost blind in one eye, but he flew a plane and a submarine and killed countless foreign special forces and mercenaries. A standard online novel is cool.

This guy did very well later on. After the success of "Wolf Warrior 2", he studied as a director. Military movies became very popular. Some investors took a fancy to "Bullet Scars" and asked him to write and direct himself. across.

Wu Jing was very happy at the celebration banquet, undisguised.

After several years of preparation, it is time to harvest.

PS: Happy New Year everyone, see you next year^_^
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