The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 222 Full Firepower (Two in One)

"...This just shows that our country's film market still has a very broad space, and it also proves that domestic films are now on the road to rise..."

"I watched "Monster Hunt". The special effects are very good, and the plot is also very good. It is an excellent family movie. The song and dance scenes and action scenes are above the standard. Huba is also very cute. I can get I'm not surprised by the box office..."

"I think the enlightenment from the success of "Monster Hunt" is that Huaguo's genre films are indeed becoming more and more mature. As long as you make sincere and earnest films of any kind, they can be recognized by the market, such as "Chinatown" "Detective" is a rare suspenseful comedy in China..."

Compared to Chen Jingxing who felt that he could deal with it with eloquence and eloquence, the reporters felt a little boring about his answers.

At the premiere of "Source Code", how did you "spread nonsense" about "Young Avengers", which has just become the box office champion of film history?How did it change so quickly?Just because the male protagonist of "Monster Hunt" is Luo Chen, so he was merciful?
Or is "Tang Detective" not directed by Chen Jingxing after all, and the script has nothing to do with him, so Chen Jingxing has no confidence in "Tang Detective"?
Chen Jingxing certainly did not praise "Monster Hunt" because of Luo Chen, nor did he pretend to be humble because he had no confidence in "Tang Detective". "Monster Hunt" is actually good in terms of the quality of the movie itself, although the plot There is a tendency to be childish, but the degree of completion is very good. If it is regarded as an animated film, this is actually not a shortcoming, and the overall reference to Hollywood is still very successful.

The special effects are definitely top-notch in China, and they are not bad in Hollywood. The box office success of "Monster Hunt" is definitely not only due to overwhelming marketing.

And the most important thing is that "Monster Hunt" has not yet experienced large-scale "box office fraud". "Public welfare field" and false listings to directly inject water, the purpose is to increase the final box office to 21 billion, so as to grab the title of domestic film history box office champion from Hollywood blockbusters.

The cost of falsifying the box office is much higher than falsifying the ratings and the number of broadcasts. The ratings and clicks are not taxed. If tax is deducted from the funded data, China Film Group will also charge an agency fee of 5% to 1% of the total box office, which adds up to ten points of the total box office.

In this plane, because the box office record of "Source Code" is 20 billion, "Monster Hunt" did not spend a lot of time to falsify the box office. There may be some behaviors of stealing the box office and spending money to protect the film, but it is not a big deal. Large-scale water injection, so it did not arouse widespread concern of public opinion.

What's more, the fact that "Source Code" is about to be pulled down by "Monster Hunt" has not aroused the ridicule of the media and Internet public opinion. In fact, "Source Code" is second only to "Young Avengers". The second shortest film in film history, the title of champion has only been done for less than two months.

"Shao Fu" was ridiculed by the crowd after it was surpassed by "Source Code", which is why fans of American comics danced too much when the film broke the record.

To be honest, Chen Jingxing's fans also jumped very high, and they drew a lot of hatred. They were the main force when they ridiculed "Shao Fu". The layout and popularity of " also prevented Chen Jingxing from being backlashed by the Internet.

Of course, the reporters would not give up on Chen Jingxing's harmless reply. It was one thing to respect Chen Jingxing's status in the world, but it was another thing to want to make big news. The two did not conflict.

This time, a reporter from Netease asked: "Director Chen, Zhang Chenming, the gold medal producer of Jangho Culture, said that the "Fantasy City" trilogy is expected to become Huaguo's "Lord of the Rings". "Detective Chinatown" and "Illusion City" were basically released at the same time, what do you think of this strong competitor?"

As soon as the words fell, the eyes of the reporters around were all brightened. This kind of problem was also expected by them. If Chen Jingxing didn't answer, they would use their trump card, such as digging out "Illusion City" starring Wu Tingxuan and Meng The love-hate relationship in the factory legend, but this is a bit risky. It would not be fun to ask Chen Jingxing to blacklist the media reporter who asked the question.

Chen Jingxing thought secretly that he was waiting for you. Dreamworks is famous for its network marketing skills. Doesn't he have a lot of skills as a boss?

"First of all, "Tang Detective" and "Fantasy City" are not the same type of movie, each has its own audience. I don't think "Fantasy City" is a competitor of "Tang Detective". Our audience and market are enough to accommodate two different types of movies. "Chen Jingxing's words were hidden in the needle, obviously he didn't think that "Illusion City" would overwhelm "Tang Detective".

You can make a fuss, but you can't make a big one. The reporters present were a little disappointed, but soon Chen Jingxing surprised them.

Hmph, Zhang Chenming, the gold medal producer of Jianghe Culture?Chen Jingxing had "competed" with this dear friend from a distance in "Fatal Identity", since he "met" again, he shouldn't complain.

"As for saying that the "City of Illusion" trilogy is Huaguo's "Lord of the Rings", I think this is just director Zhang's praise of his own film. It is understandable, but in fact the two works are not comparable, and the original work is not. At the same level, Huaguo's current market does have a lot of room, but not every movie can earn 20 billion at the box office."

Jianghe Culture is one of the main producers of "Monster Hunting", and the production of "Illusion City" is almost wholly invested by Jianghe Culture. Jianghe can be called the most beautiful film and television company at present. Turn over.

Therefore, when you are full of ambition, you will inevitably have the idea that ""Monster Hunt" dominates the first half of the summer season, and "Illusion City" dominates the second half", and at the same time underestimate the difficulty of 20 billion box office.

To be honest, anyone who has experienced three movies breaking 20 billion in half a year, and the film history record being broken as if it is worthless, will also unconsciously produce "It turns out that it is not how good DreamWorks or Chen Jingxing is, how good Hollywood is, the market has reached this point." The feeling that a cat or a dog can do it.”

Regarding the sarcasm in Chen Jingxing's words, NetEase's reporters could hardly control the smile on their lips, but his extraordinary professional ability still allowed him to respond quickly, and the voice of asking questions was once loud.

"Director Chen, but "Fantasy City" not only has the blessing of Guo Xiaosi, but also has an unprecedentedly strong starring lineup, especially the addition of the popular idol Wu Tingxuan. The top 5 on the US Billboard, setting a record for a Chinese singer, some media analysis said that he alone has a box office appeal of more than [-] million, do you still think "Illusion City" is not to be feared?"

Guo Xiaosi is the producer and screenwriter of "Fantasy City". His last film "Little Times" has been released for more than half a month, and has received 5 million box office. The total box office of the entire series has exceeded 18 billion, and the total cost of the entire series It is only in the early 1 million. It can be said that among the young directors in Huaguo, in terms of commercial value, Chen Jingxing is Guo Xiaosi, and everyone else has to be in the back row.

With the record-breaking power of "Monster Hunt", Guo Xiaosi's fame, Huaguo's "Lord of the Rings" touting, as well as the addition of a lot of traffic big names and the injection of production costs, "Fantasy City" is full of momentum. Overwhelmed "Tang Detective".

Even with the blessings of DreamWorks and Chen Jingxing, Chen Jingxing is neither the director nor the screenwriter of "Tang Detective", and he doesn't even have a named producer or producer—Chen Sicheng proposed to be a producer or producer when he launched the announcement Chen Jingxing added Chen Jingxing's name, but Chen Jingxing refused. Apart from paying for it, he really didn't contribute much to the filming of "Tang Detective", and he didn't intend to take credit for other people's credit.

To put it bluntly, Chen Jingxing is the boss of the main investor of "Tang Detective". His word of mouth and fame can only give "Tang Detective" a limited boost.

If it was in other schedules, it would be no problem to have the fame of Chen Sicheng and Wang Baoqiang. In the summer schedule, it happened to hit "Monster Hunt" and "Illusionary City", which was not enough to watch in the media, Internet popularity and theaters.

However, for his old rival Jianghe Culture, Chen Jingxing still had a way to gain popularity. He came to the platform of "Tang Detective" this time as the representative of the producer, and he came to fish. The domestic media did not disappoint him.

"As a director who has already made four movies in theaters, I would like to talk about my understanding of the movie market." Chen Jingxing said with an expression of "I'm going to make a violent comment": "The ratings of the movie market and TV stations, There is a big difference between clicks on online platforms, and even sales of so-called singles and albums.”

The media reporters present and even some of the film critics showed a happy smile on their faces.

"The capacity of the Huaguo movie market has expanded to 400 billion, and the box office performance of Huaguo movies has long been driven by word-of-mouth instead of cast. I don't think that the purchasing power of Wu Tingxuan's fans can surpass that of a blockbuster movie like "Fantasy City." What role does it play, the box office appeal of traffic may just be a false proposition, maybe we can wait and see."

Chen Jingxing's remarks can be described as a real "violent theory", because this is the peak moment of the commercial value of traffic, and the low-cost drama "Back to 20 Years Old" starring Lu Han, who returned to China at the same time as Wu Tingxuan, has been released at the beginning of the year. It was released and performed well at the box office. Wu Tingxuan even won the leading actor in "Illusion City" after being rejected by DreamWorks.

And the purchasing power of fans is actually not as bad as what Chen Jingxing said. After all, capital is not a fool. This era is when all major traffics are competing for splendor and fans are the most sticky and fanatical. Traffic must be helpful to the box office, and it will not be small Otherwise, there would not be so many well-known filmmakers and even master directors acting like the group owners of the "traffic exaggeration group" in front of the media.

In the previous life, the trend of spurning and scolding the traffic actually appeared when the fans really couldn’t cut it, and the commercial value of the traffic was overdrawn and unable to do what they wanted. Do charity.

And Chen Jingxing said this kind of thing against the trend of the times when the traffic star was at its most brilliant. It can be said that he was the first major director to express a negative view on the commercial value of top idol movies.

Standing beside Chen Jingxing, who was preparing for the whole soy sauce, Chen Sicheng's patterned smile also seemed a little stiff. He was prepared to invite Chen Jingxing to face the media, to stir up some topics, to catch the heat of his competitors, and to gamble for the page. Yes, even if it's a dry fight with Guo Xiaosi?To be honest, Guo Xiaosi doesn't have a good reputation, and he is not afraid of him.

But I didn't expect that Chen Jingxing would directly target Wu Tingxuan. My good guy, Wu Tingxuan may not have a big background in the industry, but traffic fans are not easy to mess with. It seems that he should spend less time surfing the Internet recently.

Media reporters and film critics made a commotion. In terms of wanting to hype, the media and the film crew of "Tang Detective" really hit it off, but Chen Jingxing was too generous, and the cooperation was beyond their imagination. It seems that the dream The factory really attached great importance to the drama "Tang Detective", which made Chen Jingxing throw thunder directly.

Of course, I was also complaining in my heart. Chen Jingxing pretended to be a coward and acted like he was out of the mud, as if you had never invited Luo Chen to be the protagonist. Wasn't Luo Chen also a traffic star at that time, but just a generation ago? That's all, the trend in the film and television circles to invite traffic stars to be the protagonists of commercial blockbusters is closely related to Chen Jingxing, and he is even the instigator.

But the complaints in my heart are all complaints, Chen Jingxing's "gratitude" is still essential, and the enthusiasm for interviewing other main creative personnel has also increased a lot. Before the feature film of "Tang Detective" started, the film crew and media reporters formed a happy atmosphere.

After the pre-screening press conference ended in the media's reluctance, Chen Jingxing led Chen Sicheng and other film's main creative team back to the backstage. Facing the somewhat stiff faces of Chen Sicheng and others, he made an OK gesture refreshedly: "The mission is complete Done! Oh, by the way, everyone should try to avoid surfing the Internet recently if it is not necessary."

The Internet public opinion did not surprise Chen Jingxing, he did not provoke Guo Xiaosi, or the point is not Guo Xiaosi, how many fans does Guo Xiaosi have?

Wu Tingxuan's fans, like their brother's career, are at the most brilliant and "future promising" time, how can they tolerate such direct embarrassment?What's more, it came from the mouth of Chen Jingxing, an "enemy".

It's just that from "Signal" to "Source Code", word of mouth and box office are needed. Wu Tingxuan's first film has not yet been released, and without the results in hand, fans can only say that DreamWorks rejected his brother. The hatred outside the gate is recorded in the account, and the general account will be calculated after "30 years of Hexi".

Seeing that "Illusion City" is gaining popularity, looking like a king coming to the summer, Wu Tingxuan and even fans of other "Illusion City" stars responded unceremoniously to Chen Jingxing's "violence theory".

(End of this chapter)