Actor: My Entertainment Era

Chapter 341 Explosion again!
There are two main supporters of Zhang Yuanjun in Hong Kong, Yindu Organization and Anle Pictures.

Both companies know that Zhang Yuanjun actually doesn't care about the Hong Kong market. The box office ceiling for local Hong Kong films is the performance of "Kung Fu", which exceeded the 5000 million to 6000 million Hong Kong dollars in Tiansi.

As a mainland producer, Zhang Yuanjun doesn't get a big share of the money.

Zhang Yuanjun placed "Transcendence" and "The Lonely Agent" on Hong Kong Island. The only reason is that Hong Kong Island is closer and more convenient than Thailand.

The story of "Transcendence" can still be filmed in a Chinese school in Thailand. The story of "The Lonely Agent" cannot be filmed in the mainland, but can be filmed in any Chinese area in the world.

Zhang Yuanjun doesn't care at all about the so-called Hong Kong flavor.

By setting the story in Thailand, Zhang Yuanjun, as a producer, could bring people from the capital to film. He didn't need to speak Cantonese on the crew, which made filming more comfortable for him.

But as a result, the Hong Kong filmmakers who were originally working with Zhang Yuanjun were out of work, and they would make less money.

Therefore, Yindu Agency and Anle Pictures least want Zhang Yuanjun’s remarks last night to spread in Hong Kong.

Because they know that although the sense of superiority in Hong Kong Island's film industry is gradually disappearing - Hong Kong Island really has no food and must go north. They say they will stick to it, but their bodies are honest.

But ordinary people in Hong Kong still have a sense of superiority towards mainlanders. They just think that mainlanders are country bumpkins, and they feel that nothing in the mainland can compare with Hong Kong Island.

Now a mainland actor said that "it's uncomfortable to film in Hong Kong Island" and "the level of film production in Hong Kong Island is not very high", which makes them very uncomfortable.

The most disgusting thing is that he actually said that he doesn’t watch Hong Kong movies!

This is the most unacceptable thing for them.

In their perception, the 90s and [-]s were the most glorious era of Hong Kong films, sweeping across Southeast Asia. Many big stars in Japan and South Korea grew up watching Hong Kong films at that time, let alone an ignorant Yankee.

Now this Yankee openly says that he did not watch these Hong Kong movies when he was a child. This seems to be denying the glory of Hong Kong movies.

This makes the local Hong Kong audience who are still immersed in old-fashioned Hong Kong movies and past glory feel extremely insulted.

How dare you ignore my most glorious achievements!
Zhang Yuanjun's remarks last night were published by the Hong Kong media. Under the guidance of the media's highly inflammatory headlines, ordinary viewers and a small number of people in the film and television industry declared that they would boycott Zhang Yuanjun and "The Lonely Agent".

“I’m making money from Hong Kong Island and scolding Hong Kong Island, and I’m going to throw people on the streets and shovel them down!”

They didn't even bother to watch last night's video to hear Zhang Yuanjun's original words.

If you want to boycott, just boycott. Anyway, Yindu and Anle Pictures are Hong Kong film companies. If they can't make money, what does it have to do with Zhang Yuanjun? Besides, Zhang Yuanjun's base is the mainland.

The reporter's question last night was obviously ill-intentioned, why should he be coddled?

Zhang Yuanjun didn't take this matter seriously. This kind of news could not leave Hong Kong Island.

Zhang Yuanjun and the crew were too busy to do promotional activities.

The box office of "Tangshan Earthquake" has exceeded 4 million, just one step away from 5 million, and its momentum has not diminished at all, putting great pressure on the film released in early August.

And don't forget, there is also "City Alert" released on the same day as "The Lonely Agent" with a super luxurious lineup: Aaron Kwok + Zhang Jingchu + Wu Jing + Shu Qi + Zou Zhaolong, the director has made "Love" and "S.W.A.T." Chen Musheng of classic works such as "New Humanity" and "Sanchakou".

The theme of "City Alert" has also been recognized by the market: the world's first Chinese-language mutant action movie.

Very bluffing.

Zhang Yuanjun knew that this film was just a piece of shit, but other colleagues in the team still valued it.

Both sides are action movies, and the other side's lineup is even more luxurious.

Audiences will generally only watch one film of the same type at the same time.

It just depends on who can grab more viewers.

Wu Jing is in trouble. He is the second male lead in both films and has signed promotion contracts for both.He had no choice but to rack up flight miles - he was busier than the leading actor.The outside media doesn't care how these two fight, they only care about the "Tangshan Earthquake" in the head.

The headlines for the press releases for "One Man" and "All About Us" were:

"Zhang Yuanjun joins forces with Aaron Kwok, who can break through "Earthquake"?"

"Tangshan Earthquake" still retains its prestige, and its film schedule remains high.

The outside world generally believes that if two action movies of the same type, "Alone" and "Alert" are released in this way, both sides will suffer.

At noon on the 7th, Zhang Yuanjun was promoting in Guangling and got the first-day results of the film.

The first day's combined box office (including on-demand screenings and midnight screenings) of "Lonely Agent" was 873.3 million, slightly behind the 1021.8 million of "City Alert".

After all, such a luxurious lineup is worth a lot of money.

The crew of "The Alone Agent" breathed a sigh of relief. This result is not bad, and it is even considered a big victory for a small-cost movie with less than 3000 million yuan.

But the crew of "City Alert" was panicking.

Their investment can exceed 1 million, making it the largest-cost movie that Chen Musheng has ever managed.

They also hired such a luxurious lineup, but on the first day they led the opponent by less than 200 million.

How could the whole group accept this!

What makes them even more uncomfortable is what lies behind.

After entering the weekend, "Agent" began to exert its strength. On Saturday, it grossed 3200 million, killing "Earthquake" and becoming the champion of the day. On Sunday, the growth declined, and it closed at 2700 million.

At 2 pm on Monday, China Film Group and Anle Pictures, the mainland distributors of "Alone", successively issued announcements confirming that "Avalanche" had a first-weekend score of 6778.6 million, topping the box office list for the week.

At the same time, Douban lifted the ban on movie ratings in advance, and more than 3 viewers gave the film a super high score of 8.5 in the first week!

"I guarantee you will fall in love with Zhang Yuanjun after watching it!"

"I don't object to him being with Liu Yifei now. I even want to reflect on whether Liu Yifei is worthy of Zhang Yuanjun!"

"The plot still cannot stand up to scrutiny, and the emotional foreshadowing is relatively weak, but the director said in advance that this is a pure action cinema, and the action scenes are really surprising. I haven't seen such a refreshing action movie in a cinema for a long time. . The biggest surprise is of course Zhang Yuanjun, he finally knows that he is good-looking, and in this contemporary era of 'flower boys', it is so hard to find a clean, cool and handsome guy with a crew cut!"

"Lin An'er has not been doing her job in the past few years, but finally regained the feeling of being the best editor in the world on "The Lonely Agent"."

In contrast, after "City Alert" reached 1000 million on its first day, its results over the two weekends were very unsatisfactory.

It sold 2300 million in the first three days of the weekend, and its reputation was completely unstoppable.

A large number of viewers criticized "City Alert" for "selling sheep over dogs' meat" and "shoddy production."

"From "Future Cop" to "Robot" to "City Alert", Hong Kong films' tendency to plagiarize and follow trends has really not changed at all from the 80s to now. It remains unchanged."

The Hong Kong audience even called for a boycott a few days ago, but they were still impressed by "The Alone Agent", which scored nearly 400 million on the first day and over 1700 million in the first week!

Some public opinions are just the complaints of a small number of people exaggerated by the media.

Most ordinary people don't care what Zhang Yuanjun said. They buy a ticket and go to the theater. They praise it if it's good and criticize it if it's bad. It's that simple.

"The Lonely Agent" will definitely bring huge returns to investors. Zhang Yuanjun has once again proved that he is indeed the most investable and trustworthy actor in China.

(End of this chapter)