Entertainment upstart

Chapter 792 Questioning
Zhou Xia is still looking forward to the two films of Jiang Wen and Wu Yusen, after all, they are both long-established figures in the circle.

Zhou Xia has two movies, "Legend of Sword and Sword 4" released this year.

No matter how it is arranged, it will hit the schedule with these two movies.

According to the plan, the upper part of "Legend of Sword and Sword 4" is a summer vacation, and currently there are only less than two months left, and it is very likely that it will collide with the two Hollywood blockbusters "Transformers 4" and "American Hustle".

"American Hustle" is okay to say, "Transformers 4" is a tough battle.

In that time and space, it swept the summer of 2014, creating a box office of 19.79 billion in the mainland, nearly 20 billion, much higher than the 2.4 million box office in North America.

And "Taiping Wheel" and "One Step Away" should still be released in the Lunar New Year file.

At that time, it was the domestic protection month, and the second part of "Legend of Sword and Sword 4" would collide with these two films.

With Zhou Xia's current box office appeal, it is estimated that Jiang Wen and Wu Yusen may avoid the battle.

After all, they are just directors, and the announcement still depends on the arrangement of the distribution company, otherwise they will lose money, and the loss will be all the investor's money.

In this case, there may be only the strong enemy of "Transformers 4".

I hope that the opponent will not avoid the battle by then, otherwise it will be a bit boring.

Zhou Xia completed the filming of "Chinese Paladin 4" the year before last, and now after two years of production, Zhou Xia has already seen the finished film and is very confident.

At least in China, he will definitely not be afraid to head-to-head with "Transformers 4".

But in the global market, it should not be able to compare with "Transformers 4".

Even so, Zhou Xia still hopes that this film, which he has put in so much effort and invested heavily in two years, will not only achieve great success in China, but also hope that the global market will like Huaxia. A genre similar to their western fantasy movies.

The novels written by Dianniang in later generations became popular in the West and gained many fans.

A good story, with unique and different imaginations, and if the oriental genre films presented are told in the film language commonly used in the world, Zhou Xia feels that it may not be able to capture the hearts of audiences all over the world.

No gossip.

At the Cannes Film Festival, in addition to the main creators of the four films "Legend of Sword and Sword 4", "Taiping Wheel", "One Step Away" and "Return", this year's Cannes Film Festival held an exchange meeting between Chinese and French filmmakers. Film and television companies sent stars, executives, and bosses to attend.

Lao Mouzi, International Zhang, Jiang Wei, Wu Yusen, Shuangbing, Baiby, Nini, Yu Dong and his wife, Liu Jialing, Chun Ge and many other stars walked the red carpet.

It can be said that at the Cannes Film Festival this time, Chinese-speaking film stars gathered, shining brightly, and Chinese elements can be seen everywhere. It is indeed a brilliant festival.

But in fact, there are very few achievements. Except for a few co-production films that have been negotiated, perhaps the biggest achievement is the many domestic heavyweight actresses Meimei walking on the red carpet.

After all, in today's domestic entertainment industry, Xia Hua Film and Television's many big and small flowers, with many good works, and movie box office, have proved their appeal and become the most sought after actress by capital.

Their film appointments and endorsements continue, and other established female artists have fewer opportunities and are gradually being forgotten, which is already a bit outdated.

Through a grand event like the Cannes Film Festival, an announcement is made to tell domestic audiences and fans that they still exist, and this is probably the reason why they compete on the red carpet.

On the way to the film crew, Zhou Xia used her mobile phone to surf the Internet in the car, glanced at the photos of the red carpet show, and saw that Xia Hua's Xiao Ai, Nini, Er Di, Mina and others were even better, and they had the international chapter, double Bing and others were overwhelmed by the limelight, so he didn't bother to watch it anymore, and personally sent a WeChat message to Lao Mouzi, congratulating him on winning the award, and then continued to work on filming.

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In the afternoon of the same day, Lao Mouzi, Gong Huang, Uncle Daoming, Zhang Huiwen and other main creators of "Return" returned from Cannes.

In the evening, the premiere of "Return" was held at the Shanghai Metropolitan Theater.

Zhou Xia, Xiaohu, Yufei, Xiaoying and others stopped filming in the afternoon, handed over the crew to the assistant director, and also went to Shanghai to attend the premiere.

Previously, in order to prevent the film from not winning an award and having an impact on the release of the film, the promotion and release arrangements for the final stage of "Return" had already been made.

According to the original plan, regardless of whether they won the award or not, Lao Mouzi, Gong Huang, Dao Mingshu and others returned from Cannes, and the premiere ceremony will be held on the same day, and then the movie will be officially released that night.

In this way, you can avoid the embarrassment of not being awarded, and you can get nominated for the film in advance, and strive for a higher ranking.

But now that he has won an award and received good reviews in Cannes, the publicity should be stronger.

Zhou Xia stopped filming and specially attended the premiere, and brought Xiaohu, Yufei, Xiaoying and others there. This is the best support and publicity.

For a literary film with a serious theme, such a big premiere ceremony is actually a bit too noisy.

But this is the case in this era. Everyone likes to watch blockbuster movies and comedy movies. If such serious movies are not promoted, fewer people will watch them.

returning a Favour many times more.

Zhou Xia's first movie "Charlotte's Annoyance" back then, he was nothing at that time, but he attended the premiere in person with the status of an old man, and gave the movie good reviews.

Zhou Xia will never forget this affection.

Now that his first film in Xia Hua is released, Zhou Xia of course wants to support it.

At the premiere that night, because it was Sunday, Zhou Xia's parents also came to attend in a low-key manner.

They all just entered to watch the movie in advance, and they didn't leave the red carpet or anything.

They were all born in the late 60s. Although they were young at that time, they still had some memories of that era.

So they are very interested in the theme of "Return", just like "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree", which is a story about the same age, they also went to see the movie for the first time.

Zhou Xia took Xiaohu, Yufei, Xiaoying and other main creators of "Zhu Xian" through the red carpet, and watched the movie with his parents in a low-key manner. He didn't go to the next event, and went to dinner with his parents.

However, his mother had to call Erdi no matter what, which caused Zhou Xia a bit of a headache, so he had to send someone to secretly pick up Erdi, lest other people find out and cause any trouble.

The family had a meal at the Golden Gate Hotel near People's Square. Looking at Erdi who was full of expectations, Zhou Xia thought about what he had promised Xiaohu, so he simply used the excuse of sending his parents home and said goodbye to her helplessly. .

After sending his parents home in person, Zhou Xia didn't sit still, and asked the driver to drive [-] kilometers overnight, and sent him back to the film crew at Xiangshanying Base.

The other main creators of "Zhu Xian", including the director Lao Mouzi, were all busy with the premiere and had to rush back to the set that night.

As for the promotion of "Return", Lao Mouzi and others went to Cannes one day in advance, where they accepted interviews from many domestic media.

Coupled with this grand premiere ceremony and several variety shows arranged for the young actor Zhang Huiwen, this is enough publicity.

It was already twelve o'clock in the evening when I returned to the hotel where I stayed in the film and television city.

After Zhou Xia inquired with the relevant personnel about the arrangement of the next day's shooting plan, he was about to rest when Xiaohu, who came back later, came to him.

As soon as Xiaohu entered the door, a smell of alcohol rushed into Zhou Xia's nose. She had drunk a lot of wine, her cheeks were flushed, and her steps were sloppy, as if she was really drunk.

"Why do you drink so much?" Zhou Xia asked with a frown.

"Yi Yi, why did you arrange for me to meet those annoying theater managers, and it's not my movie release!"

As soon as Xiaohu entered the door, he kicked off his high heels, ignored Zhou Xia's question, and questioned loudly.

Seeing her like this, Zhou Xia didn't stutter, and suddenly understood what was going on.

(End of this chapter)