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Wu Jing admitted it.

He even had a bad feeling.

"We should release it before Director Wei."

Wu Jing lamented, "Otherwise, if the audience is used to eating big meals and then has to eat small dishes, they will feel a sense of disparity and trouble."

Wu Jing is not the only one who feels troubled.

After watching the premiere of "The Great Conquest", cold sweat broke out on Jackie Chan's head.

He directly discussed with Tang Jili, the director of Kung Fu Yoga, “Old Tang, should we withdraw the film from the schedule?”

Tang Jili was also covered in cold sweat.

"Brother Long, actually our film and Director Wei's are about different subjects."

Jackie Chan: "Old Tang, do you think there is a fight?

Tang Jili: “We are not competing with Director Wei, we just need to beat other films.

Director Wei is a beast... there's no point playing with him."

Jackie Chan: "What if Wei Daotong eats it?"

Tang Jili: "Impossible, absolutely impossible. The Spring Festival period is still suitable for comedy movies..."

Facing Jackie Chan's suspicious eyes, Tang Jili didn't say anything else.

The Spring Festival period is indeed very suitable for comedy movies.

The problem is that Director Wei's "The Age of Contenders" seems to be able to kill every movie no matter what time it is released.

We are all professionals in the industry and we do have some vision.

You can't deceive each other by deceiving yourself.

Therefore, Tang Jili swallowed his saliva and hesitated, “Brother Long, wait a little longer and think about it. Our opponent is not Director Wei.”

Jackie Chan sighed helplessly, "I know our rival is not Director Wei, and I have never thought about competing with Director Wei for the box office.

The problem is that we originally thought Director Wei's films would have a different audience than ours, but now it seems Director Wei's films have the ability to keep audiences coming back for more than a second viewing."

If it's just a one-time thing, he's actually not really worried.

Anyway, it is normal to watch a military film and then a comedy during the Spring Festival.

However, if "The Great Contest" is too shocking and causes audiences to watch it multiple times, it will squeeze the box office space of other movies.

Jackie Chan is a veteran, and from the shock that "The Great Controversy" gave him, he felt that "The Great Controversy" really has the potential to attract audiences to watch it many times.

In this case... other movies in the same period will be in danger.

"Old Tang, our investment in this movie is quite large.

Think about it carefully, maybe withdrawing the film from the schedule would be a wise choice."

Jackie Chan said.

It is no coincidence.

When Brother Long was scared, Tsui Hark and Stephen Chow were also scared.

Stephen Chow looked at Tsui Hark and asked, "Director Tsui, do you think Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back can beat The Last Emperor?"

Tsui Hark looked at Stephen Chow as if he were a fool.

"Master Xing, do you think I'm an idiot or you're an idiot?"

Stephen Chow covered his face.

He really hoped that his judgment was wrong.

but……

"Is there any hope of grabbing some of the box office?" Stephen Chow said, "Half of the box office of 'The Great Conquest' would be enough."

Tsui Hark remained sane.

In recent years, Tsui Hark has made many mainstream red films.

So even though he is not from mainland China, he knows the box office potential of this type of movie.

And... Director Wei's movie is so closely following current affairs.

There's really no way to fight.

“Given the quality and subject matter of ‘The Great Controversy’, it’s likely to be a winner-takes-all affair.

Then, the competition during this Spring Festival period is very fierce.

After The Great Controversy monopolized more than half of the market, other films have to compete for a small portion of the box office market..."

At the end, Tsui Hark sighed helplessly: "Even if we beat other films, we can only drink the soup without eating the meat.

This Spring Festival, the only movie that can make a splash is probably The Great Controversy.

Stephen Chow agrees with Tsui Hark's point of view.

During last year's Spring Festival box office battle, if "Detective Chinatown" had not come out of nowhere, the box office of "The Mermaid" would have reached 30 billion.

However, because the main actors of "Detective Chinatown 3" are much more popular than in the previous life, and the heroine Fei Xia of "The Mermaid" has repeatedly failed in the variety show "I Am an Actor", which affected part of the box office of "The Mermaid". The most important thing is that the marketing method of "owing Stephen Chow a movie ticket" was used by Director Wei on Jackie Chan a long time ago, resulting in the marketing of "The Mermaid" unable to be repeated.

Due to the combination of various factors, the box office of "The Mermaid" ultimately failed to exceed 30 billion.

Even so, my jaw dropped.

After all, the box office of a single movie almost broke 30 billion.

There aren't many big-ticket movies during the Spring Festival.

After watching "The Last Hundred Flowers", it is hard for Stephen Chow not to think that "The Last Hundred Flowers" has higher box office potential than "The Mermaid".

So there is no way to fight.

Because he only participated in the investment of "The Monkey King 2" and was listed as a producer, but was not even the director, so "The Monkey King 2" will definitely not be able to beat "The Mermaid".

Compared with "The Age of Great Controversy", it is just a forced fraud.

"Director Xu, what should we do?" asked Stephen Chow.

Tsui Hark gritted his teeth and said, "If it really doesn't work, then let's withdraw it from the schedule.

It’s better to lose face than to lose money. Given the quality of Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back, it’s hard to break through.”

The director has a good idea of ​​how the movie turns out.

Not all directors are Bi Dao.

The reason why the King of Wei allowed "The Age of Great Strife" to premiere early was to scare away the various princes.

As long as I am alive, you will always be the crown prince. Don't think about usurping the throne all the time.

It would be great to see the gods fight for supremacy and come out on top, but it would more or less affect the box office.

From the very beginning, Wei Jun didn't think that he would have any rivals during the Spring Festival.

He just hopes that there will be fewer victims of the gun and that everyone will be less stubborn.

After all, Director Wei doesn't want the number of domestic films with high box office to decrease because of his presence.

His intention was achieved.

Moreover, the effect received far exceeded his own expectations.

Soon after attending the premiere of "The Great Conquest," the crew of "Kung Fu Yoga" announced that the film's release was temporarily postponed due to technical reasons. "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" followed suit.

With Brother Long setting an example for them, it would not be so embarrassing for them to withdraw from the competition for the Spring Festival period.

Also due to technical reasons, they chose to postpone.

Wu Jing felt relieved.

Fortunately, they were persuaded by people around them. Although the promotion had already started, most of the "Wolf Warrior 2" crew still preferred to release it in the summer of 2017 instead of stubbornly asking Director Wei for his life.

In addition, what surprised Wei Jun the most was that Han Han’s "Surfing the Waves" was also announced to be withdrawn from the schedule.

Wei Jun asked Zhao Liying.

Zhao Liying said that Director Han was also scared, and that Director Han had been making too many moves recently, so she wanted to keep a low profile to avoid being in the spotlight again.

After all, Director Han didn't sign any gambling agreement, so it wouldn't be a big problem to put the film on hold for a year and then release it during next year's Spring Festival.

What can Director Wei say?

He didn't think it was really that serious.

But the so-called fight between gods...it was over before it even started.

Director Wei’s power is so terrifying.

In the 2017 Spring Festival movie box office battle, the only ones left were Baoqiang's "Journey to India" and Zhang Yimou's "Parasite".

Director Wei doesn't look down on Baoqiang and the national teacher.

The problem is that these two movies are really not enough for him to do on his own.

The market thinks so too.

So... after the premiere of "The Great Contest", film reviews about "The Great Contest" came out one after another.

With the arrival of the Spring Festival, "The World of Conquest" was released as scheduled.

The audience went crazy!

Chapter 103: Great audience, soaring box office!

"The Age of Conquest" was originally the first choice for audiences to watch during the Spring Festival.

Director Wei has always been willing to spend money on publicity and promotion.

Moreover, Director Wei has never experienced nor wanted to experience what it means to strike back after being attacked.

He is just used to standing behind female stars.

Ahem, that’s too far off topic.

Closer to home.

Director Wei has always been used to taking the lead.

Therefore, on the first day of its release, "The Great Contest" led the Spring Festival movie market by a large margin with its absolute box office advantage and screening schedule.

Moreover, after the audience's word of mouth came out, the advantage of "The World of Contenders" became even greater.

"Fuck, please forgive my lack of education, but the word 'fuck' is universally accepted."

“My mother asked me why I was kneeling to watch a movie?

"This is actually true? This is actually true?"

"Fuck you, I'm shocked."

"I came out of the cinema and looked it up online, and I was instantly blown away."

"No more talking, brothers. I bought another ticket."

After watching "The Great Contest", the general reaction of the audience was shock.

This is normal.

Because the South China Sea standoff was not widely publicized, not many people knew about it.

This is not the audience’s fault.

The main reason is that the country didn’t want to publicize it.

If the country really wants you to know something, then you will definitely know it, and all mobile phone apps will push that news.

For example, during the epidemic in the previous life.

There are some news that you can't avoid knowing.

But when the country doesn't want you to know, the official platform will take the initiative to reduce your popularity.

Not only will they not actively push it to you, they will also try to place it in a corner where you can't even see it.