Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 386

"Hero" will have its world premiere at the Great Hall of the People on December [-], the day after tomorrow.Li Tang was shocked when he received the notice.That's the Great Hall of the People. How could it actually agree to hold a premiere of a movie?

Think about it, this is the equivalent of a Hollywood movie premiering at the Capitol. Is that possible?
A director is a director after all, and he is the only one in the country who has this qualification and this honor.

Then came the publicity roadshow. Mr. Zhang, the film’s investor and domestic distributor, New Picture, was very ambitious. As early as the press conference announcing the film’s premiere, he threatened that the domestic box office target of “Hero” was [-] million.

This news caused an uproar in the public opinion. You must know that in the past five years, apart from the 4000 million box office of "Life and Death", the highest box office record for mainstream commercial films was Feng Xiaogang's "See You or Separate", with a total of just over [-] million.

Without the support of "booked theaters", it is simply a fantasy for a domestic film to have a box office of over [-] million.

However, Li Tang is quite confident about this, because the only two popular Chinese-language movies he saw in the United States in his previous life were Li Yu's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and this "Hero".

And unlike "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" which opened in more than 2000 theaters as soon as it was released, "Heroes" was first screened on a small scale and then slowly spread to the United States.

Therefore, compared to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Hero" is more difficult. If "Hero" is like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and is fully rolled out in more than 2000 theaters as soon as it is released, it may be able to break the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" "Tiger, Hidden Dragon" holds the box office record for Chinese-language films in North America.

The domestic promotional roadshow cycle is from December 20th to the end of the New Year's Day holiday, a total of [-] days.Other actors may be absent for a few days due to this or that schedule, or take turns traveling to several places, but Li Tang will definitely follow the whole process.

On the one hand, the director gave him such a huge favor last time when "Onward" premiered, and this favor must be repaid.

On the other hand, he also has his own small thoughts. The director's new film will be launched next year. In fact, the script has already been worked on during the filming of "Hero". It is said that it is still a costumed martial arts film.

If nothing else, the investors must still be Anle Film and Television of New Picture and the short-legged Jiang Ergongzi.He wants to take advantage of this promotional roadshow to perform well so that he can play a role in the director's new film in the future.

This time he is ranked as the fourth male lead after Li Lianjie, Tony Leung Chaowei and Dao Mingshu, but next time he will have to be the second male lead no matter what.

Today is already No. 12. Thinking that Li Tang will leave the day after tomorrow, his ex-girlfriend looked disappointed and said: "It's so boring!"

Then he said in a bad voice: "Have you finished smoking? Come out quickly, I'm going to cook."

The ex-girlfriend's cooking skills are quite good, so it's no wonder that she used a sinister tone to mock Xiaopang about learning to cook.

A bottle of liquor was shared between two people, four liang for Li and Tang, and six liang for her. It was just right for everyone. They could stay awake and relax at the same time. The key was that it would not affect the state of studying the script.

"Hey, when will she come back?" the ex-girlfriend asked.

"At the end of the month. When I called yesterday, I said that her drama will be finished in about half a month." Li Tang replied while eating some peanuts from the Kung Pao Chicken.

Although the two of them are together, the topic of Xiaopang cannot be avoided.

"I heard that your relationship with Jiang Qinqin is unusual?" His ex-girlfriend looked at him with a half-smile, and said something else out of the blue.

"Don't listen to nonsense, it's nothing." This guy said with a normal expression, and he didn't even shake the chopsticks used to pick up peanuts.

As a result, the ex-girlfriend snorted coldly: "Tch, I don't know you yet? Stop pretending, your ears will turn red whenever you lie. Don't you feel that your ears are getting hot?"

Li Tang remained unmoved, just glanced at her lightly and said, "Believe it or not, I don't have this obligation to you now anyway."

The playful expression on the ex-girlfriend's face condensed, and then she said with a self-deprecating look: "Yes - you have no obligation to me. What do you think she will do if she finds out?"

Li Tang finally stopped picking up the peanuts with his chopsticks. He looked up at his ex-girlfriend and sighed: "You said it was over, why are you still holding on?"

His ex-girlfriend raised her eyes and looked at him for a long time before saying, "I know you are lying, but it doesn't matter. I just hope you will pay more attention to your personal hygiene in the future. This will be good for everyone."

"Uh... no, what do you mean?"

Li Tang was completely depressed by his ex-girlfriend. No wonder he wiped it with a wet wipe before sitting on it.

There is no way, my ex-girlfriend knows me too well, or to be precise, she knows this body too well.In addition to integrating the memories of his previous life, his current body is still dominated by his original emotions and habits.Although he had been pretending to be calm just now, as his ex-girlfriend said, he did clearly feel that his ears were burning.

In fact, he had known about his problem for a long time. Even if he told lies very frankly, he might not even be able to detect it with a lie detector, but he still could not overcome the physiological reaction of his ears being hot and red.

Li Tang thought this was a boring thing, but it turned out that there was no airtight wall.But if you ask her to provide solid evidence, she will definitely not have it, but she just thinks that something is wrong with you.

Fortunately, my ex-girlfriend knew how to stop it and didn't hold on to her anymore.Li Tang simply broke the pot and threw it away. Anyway, if you think this is true, then I don't care.

Just like the line Jiang Wen came up with on the spur of the moment when filming the scene of "My Dad and Me" that day: People with a high moral bottom line will always suffer more than people with a low moral bottom line, because you can't do it, but he can.

My moral bottom line is low in this matter, so what?
"I've just finished the work on hand during this period. After New Year's Day, I plan to go on a trip with my parents with Xiuxiu." "Where to go?"

"Hong Kong, Macao, New Malaysia and Thailand, they haven't even left the country at such an old age."

Also, for Northeasterners, winter is particularly longing for tropical areas.As the wave of layoffs in Northeast China has become more and more severe in recent years, I heard that many people have gone to Hainan to find a living.

"What about celebrating the New Year? Should we stay here or go back to the Northeast?" Li Tang asked casually.

"I'm not going back anywhere. Xiuxiu and I have made plans to stay in Hainan when we get back from our trip, and then come back after the Spring Festival. After so many years, we haven't had time to spend time with them."

"Hey, didn't the two movies you filmed be released around the Spring Festival?"

These days, apart from the Lunar New Year festival, there is no concept of Spring Festival festival. After all, the current Spring Festival is about family reunion.

"It's okay, I'll fly when the time comes. Besides, the two movies are released only one month apart."

When it comes to filial piety, these two sisters can definitely do it.

In fact, squeezing out time to spend time with my family this time was a huge loss for my ex-girlfriend.After all, the period from New Year's Day to Spring Festival is the peak season for celebrities to perform and perform acupuncture.For a celebrity like my ex-girlfriend, you can easily earn 200 million by running around for ten days and a half.

"What about your job next year? Do you have any plans?"

At this point, the ex-girlfriend finally showed a happy smile and said: "I will be in Director Feng's new movie next year."

"Hey, didn't Feng Xiaogang terminate his contract with your company a long time ago?" Li Tang said in surprise.

The ex-girlfriend sighed and said: "The films invested by the company in the past two years either have a long cycle, or they are not popular but not popular. There is no way, the boss just wants to invite Director Feng back."

Think about it, Huayi has invested in a lot of movies in the past two years, such as He Ping and Jiang Wen's "Heroes of Heaven and Earth". Both preparations and production started earlier than "Heroes", which will premiere in two days. But there is no news yet.I'm afraid that when it is released in the future, it will probably be considered a follow-up to "Hero".

There is also "Looking for a Gun", which is famously directed by young director Lu Chuan. This film has been released in China before participating in the Venice Film Festival.As my ex-girlfriend said before, the film was a hit but not a box office hit. The domestic box office was less than [-] million, and even a fraction of the investment could not be recovered.As for the overseas rights represented by Colombia, it is said that it follows the path of commercial films, but it is said that the box office is not satisfactory when it is released in Australia. As for Europe and North America, it has not been released yet.

Others such as "Kara is a Dog" directed by Mr. Lu and starring Uncle Ge; "My Heart Is Flying" directed by Gao Xiaosong and starring Uncle Dao Ming. These are all art films. In addition to going to overseas film festivals, domestic films Box office expectations are actually not high.

"So Director Feng's new movie will still follow the path of a New Year movie?"

To be honest, even if the director's "Hero" is released during the Lunar New Year this year, the lack of Feng's comedy will make even Li Tang feel a bit regretful.

"That's for sure. Director Feng's new movie will be the company's most important project next year." His ex-girlfriend nodded happily.

Speaking of which, it has been more than two years since she joined Huayi with Sister Hua. She didn't make it in the first year, and Feng Xiaogang terminated the contract in the second year. Now Feng Xiaogang and Huayi have joined forces again, and finally she can be in a movie by a big director. How does her ex-girlfriend feel? very excited.

When Li Tang saw this, he couldn't help but said: "Then you will play the female lead this time?"

"What are you thinking about, number two female!"

It seems that the ex-girlfriend is already very satisfied with the role of the second female lead.

"Who is the female lead? Is it still the combination of Feng Xiaogang and Uncle Ge this time?" Li Tang then asked curiously.

Feng's comedy, the iron-clad Ge You, the flowing female lead.

"Well, the leading lady is the director's wife." The ex-girlfriend nodded.

Seeing that Li Tang still wanted to ask, he quickly added: "I can only tell you so much now, I signed a confidentiality agreement."

"..."

As the boss of Shengtang Film and Television, to be honest, Li Tang still envies Huayi Brothers for having such a cash cow like Feng Xiaogang.Let’s not talk too far, let’s just say that the movie “Big Shot” released during the Lunar New Year last year, the advertising legend alone was enough to recoup the investment. The domestic box office was nearly 4000 million, including overseas profits from sales in nearly [-] countries. Then But it's all a net profit.

In comparison, "The Third Man" making 3000 million sounds scary, but compared with others, it pales into insignificance.

　The second update, I have the audacity to ask for a ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)