How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 603: The temporary No. director in Mainland China——Old Monster Xu

Reverse decline.

Continued decline.

The single-day box office of "Detective Dee: The Dragon King" on Monday of the following week dropped to RMB 3756.42 million compared to the RMB 4444.04 million on Sunday of the first week, which is already somewhat unexpected.

After all, this is a working day.

But what's even more incredible is that "Detective Dee: The Dragon King" once again reversed its decline on the following Tuesday, with its single-day box office soaring to 6774.45 million yuan.

The cumulative box office for the two days of the next week reached 1.12 million yuan, which was higher than the cumulative box office of 9488 million yuan for the first two days.

Totally unreasonable.

Moreover, the single-day box office performance of [Detective Dee: The Dragon King] in the following weeks and days was also very stable.

5950.97万人民币、5473.50万人民币、4886.81万人民币、4072.86万人民币、3609.37万人民币。

In the following five days, "Detective Dee: The Dragon King" grossed 2.4 million yuan at the box office in the mainland movie market.

Taken together, the cumulative box office value of "Detective Dee: The Dragon King" in the second week has reached 3.51 million yuan.

Plus the box office of 9488 million yuan in the first week.

"Detective Dee: The Dragon King", which was released for two weeks and nine days, has already pushed its box office to 4.5 million yuan.

There is no doubt that according to the current box office trend of "Detective Dee: Dragon King", it is basically certain to break through the box office threshold of 500 million yuan. It is also very promising to hit the box office threshold of 600 million yuan.

For a while.

Old Monster Xu has returned to his former glory after "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" and "Di Renjie: Tongtian Empire".

Now it has become popular again, and it feels like the number one director in Mainland China.

After all, Zhang Yimou has yet to recover from the collapse of his reputation, Feng Xiaogang has just suffered a setback in his move to feature films, Xu Zheng's foundation is still unstable with "囧囧", and Ning Hao has yet to have a movie that is a real box office hit. Zhou Xingxing... But his qualifications are one of two weeks, and his work has just been filmed "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

However, Zhou Xingxing is a bit too unique in terms of interpersonal relationships, and is not popular with many people, so his popularity will naturally not increase.

So at this point in time, Old Monster Xu has really reached the peak of his career, and he is in the limelight for a while.

……

Longbow Film and Television City.

[Transformers 3] crew.

The third installment of the "Transformers" series has been filmed, and the crew has basically been fixed. Occasionally, there are some minor changes, but it does not affect the overall tacit understanding, so the filming process is very smooth.

Plus director Michael Bay is also a veteran.

Three times five times two times, in less than a month, Zhang Nan's scenes were basically completed.

After wrapping up, Zhang Nan was about to leave immediately, but was stopped by Michael Bay.

"Michael, what's the matter?" Zhang Nan looked at Michael Bay who stopped him, a little confused, and his tone was a little anxious.

Because the preparations for "The Wandering Earth" are much faster than he imagined, the original scheduled launch time in 2014 may be advanced to the end of 2013.

It's now October, and there are less than two months until the end of the year. He has to seize some time and contact the all-star lineup he had previously envisioned.

After all, whether it is Teng Huatao or Guo Fan, the level and relationship between the two are indeed not enough to directly connect with the superstars Zhang Nan imagined.

"Zhang, I heard that you have launched a new science fiction film series?" Michael Bay asked knowingly.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Nan thought that Michael Bay was like Lin Yishan and wanted to get involved in the director's position. But as one of our own, Lin Yishan and Zhang Nan didn't give it to him. How could he give it to Michael Bay, an outsider and tool man?

"Michael, it's my role in [Transformers 3] that has been completed, not you. You also have the follow-up directing work of [Transformers 3] on hand. My new project will start at the end of the year. What's wrong with you?" There’s a bit of a scheduling conflict.”

It would definitely be impolite to refuse directly, so I made a tactful joke but expressed my meaning.

"Zhang, you misunderstood. I don't want to participate in your new project. I heard that it is also a science fiction film, and the [Transformers] series is also a science fiction film. After directing two parts of the [Transformers] series, My inspiration was a bit dry, so I wanted to find inspiration through analogy." Michael Bay explained.

Of course.

If Zhang Nan could have wanted him to know the meaning in his tentative words just now, Michael Bay could also change the subsequent words accordingly.

After all, directing a "Transformers" series starring Zhang Nan allowed him to turn around from his previous failure and being somewhat eliminated by Hollywood.

If he can direct two series starring Zhang Nan, then he will probably be able to remain a top director until he is old.

Zhang Nan definitely didn’t believe what Michael Bay said.

Just when he was about to refuse, Zhang Nan recalled that in his movie "The Wandering Earth 2 Revision 1", there was a scene of an aerial combat between a drone and a fifth-generation aircraft.

The original version of [The Wandering Earth 2] had some scenes, but the intensity was only passable.

Of course.

This is because the mainland has not filmed many similar science fiction battle scenes over the years.

It's quite good to be able to shoot like that.

Nowadays, Guo Fan is even younger, and the battle scenes played by Teng Hua on "Magic City Fortress" are also very standard.

So it would be a very good idea if Michael Bay could give some advice.

After all, when this guy became famous in Hollywood, he relied on his ability to shoot big scene explosions.

"That's easy to say, I'll tell the crew over there so you can go and collect scenes at any time." Zhang Nan enthusiastically agreed to Michael Bay's request.

Michael Bay: "..." I always feel like I'm stealing the chicken but losing the rice!

……

After leaving the crew of "Transformers 3", Zhang Nan first came to the crew of "The Wandering Earth" to inspect the progress of the crew.

After all, he couldn’t just believe the crew of [The Wandering Earth] when they said they could start work by the end of the year.

This is the first time that Longbow Special Effects Company has independently undertaken such a large project, and it is also the first time for Teng Huatao and Guo Fan to direct such a large project.

If something goes wrong, the time will be delayed, and he has already confirmed the schedule with the invited superstars.

Then you have to adjust.

In this coming and going, you have to pay two favors, which is not worth it.

And we actually came to the filming location of the "Wandering Earth" crew at Longbow Film and Television City.

See all the noise and dust scattered around.

The crew of [The Wandering Earth] in front of us is more like a construction site than a crew.

"Are you two sure that with this situation, it will be enough to start the machine at the end of the year?"

Zhang Nan asked hesitantly, and then added: "This project is actually not in a hurry. It will be fine as long as it is done normally. There is no need to work overtime. It will be bad if something goes wrong."

(End of this chapter)