1993 My China Entertainment Age

Chapter 338 New Year's Eve, Communication with Bingbing
December 11, late at night.

The second ring, the third entrance to the courtyard.

Since Yanjing had elementary school in the next day, and it was freezing outside, Jiang Xiaofeng didn't go out almost all night, but stayed in the room with Fan Bingbing to communicate physically and mentally.

Compared with a few years ago, Jiang Xiaofeng, who is almost 30 years old, has regressed a bit in terms of energy and physical strength.

On the other hand, Fan Bingbing, who is only 23 years old this year and is far from reaching his peak, has already made Jiang Xiaofeng feel the pressure.

Although Jiang Xiaofeng was still young and strong at this time, compared with the age of 20, there must be a difference.

I saw that Jiang Xiaofeng was lying on the bed and began to close his eyes to rest.

Fan Bingbing did not let Jiang Xiaofeng go, but lay beside him, and asked, "Brother Feng, when is the "Waiting Alone" we filmed going to be released? Didn't it say that it will be released in mid-December? Why not?" Any news?"

Jiang Xiaofeng didn't hide anything from Fan Bingbing, and said bluntly: "The file has been withdrawn. If you choose to release it in mid-December, you will face the front and rear attacks of "A World Without Thieves" and "Kung Fu", and the box office will definitely suffer. affected."

"Also, Zhou Jielun is still filming "Initial D" in Dongying. It is estimated that he will not be able to come back for promotion in January. We can only postpone it until it is released before Valentine's Day on February 1. It happens that we are a movie. Romantic comedy, very appropriate..."

After listening to Jiang Xiaofeng's analysis, Fan Bingbing thought about it for a while and felt it made sense, so he nodded: "You put it this way, "Waiting Alone" is really suitable for the Valentine's Day schedule."

Of course, the reason why Fan Bingbing is so concerned about the movie "Waiting Alone" is because it is a movie in which she plays the heroine, so naturally she has great expectations and hopes.

It may be because the opponent is too strong, and the cast is not as good as "The Thieves in the Afternoon" and "Kung Fu". After consideration, Jiang Xiaofeng chose to avoid the edge.

Although Fan Bingbing wanted to see the movie "Waiting Alone" starring him earlier, he also supported Jiang Xiaofeng's decision very much and hoped that the movie could be postponed later.

On December 12th, the crew of "A World Without Thieves" held a grand premiere ceremony in Yanjing, officially kicking off the curtain of the 5 Lunar New Year.

The so-called Lunar New Year file refers to the movie schedule from the end of November to the beginning of March of the following year, which is about eighty or ninety days.

The consensus in the industry is that from around November 11th until the end of the Spring Festival holiday, the film will be released on a large scale.

The original Lunar New Year stalls extended from mid-to-late December to early January. Later, due to the intensified crowding of blockbusters, the Lunar New Year stalls were repeatedly advanced to early November, and extended to the end of February and early March of the new year, spanning Christmas, New Year’s Day, Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Valentine's Day multiple holidays.

Because of the largest number of movie viewers, the Lunar New Year file is regarded as the most complete movie schedule in China, the most competitive, the highest box office output capacity, and the strongest consumption ability. Many blockbuster films are selected to be released during this schedule.
This time, Feng Xiaogang, who brought the movie "A World Without Thieves" into the Lunar New Year file, is known as the No. 1 Chinese New Year movie in mainland China.

For three consecutive years from "Party A and Party B" in 1997, "See you there or be square" in 1998 to "Endless" in 1999, Feng Xiaogang released comedy films in the Lunar New Year file, all of which achieved good results at the box office and word of mouth. Feng Xiaogang The cooperation with Ge You is also getting better.

In 2001, Feng Xiaogang invited Ge You, the "King of Comedy" in the Mainland, Rosamund Kwan, the "Goddess of Su Yan" in Xiangjiang, and Hollywood actor Donald Sutherland to cooperate with each other, and launched "Big Whistleblower" with a box office of 4300 million, becoming the 2001 New Year's Eve box office champion.

The movie "Hero" was released in the Lunar New Year file in 2002 and won a box office of 2.5 million yuan, breaking dozens of records. The annual box office was only 10 billion that year. This movie exceeded 25% of the annual box office. called a miracle.

Since then, mainland China has opened the era of commercial blockbusters, and this movie has epoch-making significance!
By 2003, for most ordinary people, mobile phones were still a novelty. At that time, whether it was an urban population or an urban population, it was very prestigious to have a mobile phone.

Feng Xiaogang wanted to shoot the story of "1942" at that time, but the conditions were not mature at that time. During the meeting, one of them would answer the phone for a while, and the other would answer the phone for a while.

Feng Xiaogang keenly observed that with the advancement of science and technology and the development of communication, the crisis of trust between people has become prominent, so he started to shoot the movie "Mobile Phone". The combination of Ge You, Xu Fan, Bingbing and Zhang Guoli is done in a humorous way Expose humanity.

The film was released in the Lunar New Year file in 2003, and finally earned 5600 million at the box office.

But this time, Feng Xiaogang brought the movie "A World Without Thieves" directed by himself, starring Andy Lau, Liu Ruoying, Ge You, and Wang Baoqiang, which once again became popular in the Lunar New Year file.

During the publicity period, when asked whether he was confident of defeating Zhou Xingchi, Andy Lau comforted Feng Xiaogang: "Zhou Xingchi has never lost, so many years, losing to him will not be ugly", but Feng Xiaogang said that in the result Before it comes out, we still have to keep the dream of winning.

After "A World Without Thieves" was released, it got off to a good start, earning 3100 million at the box office in its first week, breaking Feng Xiaogang's first-week box office record!
Prior to this, Feng Xiaogang's highest box office was "Mobile", with a total box office of only 5300 million!
Feng Xiaogang is very satisfied with this box office performance, and believes that following this trend, the expected box office of 8500 million can be realized.

But Feng Xiaogang is also self-aware, saying that it is difficult to break through [-] million, and it is impossible to surpass Zhang Yimou's "House of Flying Daggers".

Moreover, "Kung Fu" itself has the advantage of being a latecomer, but it happens to be Zhou Xingchi's movie!

After "A World Without Thieves" achieved an astonishing box office of 8000 million during the two-week schedule, "Kung Fu" that followed it also grossed 5000 million in its first weekend!
Some people predict that "A World Without Thieves" and "Kung Fu" will exceed 1.5 million yuan at the box office. Judging from the current situation, this prediction will soon become a reality.

When it comes to Zhou Xingchi, even Feng Xiaogang, who has always been strong, started to feel apprehensive, saying that he has no choice but to accept his fate: "Whoever meets Master Xing is considered a natural disaster, which is equivalent to war, flood, earthquake, etc. irresistible factor."

Zhou Xingchi's box office appeal is so fierce these days, it is equivalent to "nuclear deterrence", and no one else can do anything about it once the movie is released!

Facing the strong momentum of "Kung Fu", which crushed all other rivals of the same period, Jiang Xiaofeng was also secretly glad that his "Waiting Alone" did not become cannon fodder.

On this point, Jiang Xiaofeng is still self-aware, because "Waiting Alone" itself is a relatively simple love movie, not as unique and popular as "Kung Fu", a kung fu comedy.

In other words, in Jiang Xiaofeng's view, "Waiting Alone" is a fan-oriented movie, which mainly relies on the high popularity of him and Zhou Jielun.

(End of this chapter)