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Chapter 623: Red Classic, Explosive Box Office
One of the giants that had locked in the Lunar New Year box office has fallen.

La Peikang, who arrived at the premiere, did not look very happy.

——This was originally a project led by Han Sanping when he was in office, but the blame was put on him.

No one is so blind as to bring up this matter in front of La Peikang.

Everyone was discussing this in private, but on the surface they pretended nothing had happened.

Zhou Yutang’s emotional intelligence was definitely fine. He just greeted everyone and didn’t even mention anything about the “Xian Qin” project.

soon.

Everyone in the venue's eyes were on "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy".

This movie is also one of the "Big Three Lunar New Year Movies".

There were no fancy performances. Director Xu Ke, along with the main cast members Zhang Hanyu, Liang Jiahui, Reyiza, Wang Kai, Chen Xiao, Tong Yaya, etc., narrated the entire filming process on stage.

“It was not easy to make this movie. Mr. Zhou did a lot of work behind the scenes, including the top CG team of Vision Media.”

"My own health also had some problems during the filming process, but fortunately, the final film basically achieved the desired effect."

The genius director Xu Ke did not forget to give Northeast China an advertisement at the end: "The snow-capped mountains in Northeast China are very beautiful. If you have the chance, you must go and enjoy the forest and snow."

"Thank you, Mr. Zhou, and thank you, Director Xu, for giving me the opportunity to act in this movie."

Tong Yaya, who is already a wife, has dimples on both sides of her cheeks when she smiles, which makes her look very charming: "Little White Pigeon is my father's goddess, so I can be considered to have brought honor to my family."

The red classic "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" indeed holds an extraordinary status in the hearts of the older generation of Chinese people.

Zhang Hanyu, Kaikai Wang, Chen Xiao, Reyiza and others have also talked about their thoughts.

Enter the movie screening session.

A brief introduction to the background story.

The camera brings everyone's thoughts back to the time when the north wind was howling and the mountains were covered with snow.

Kaikai Wang is a righteous man, a typical veteran cadre.

Tong Yaya's simplicity and purity, Reyiza's flirtatiousness and charm that broke through the boundaries of previous images, showcased her acting skills very well.

Zhang Hanyu went up the mountain to present the picture, and exchanged jargon with the bandits. The movie gradually got better.

"A cloud appeared in the northwest sky, and a crow fell into a flock of phoenixes. The whole room was filled with heroes. Who was the king and who was the minister?"

"The king of heaven overshadows the tigers of earth!"

"Pagoda suppresses the river demon!"

“Mohamoha!”

"It's noontime and no one has a home."

"Why are you blushing!?"

“Refreshed!”

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“Wow, this is such a great shot!”

Zhou Xun, who came to support the event, heard this jargon dialogue and felt very excited, but he didn't understand its meaning, so he asked in a low voice:

"Boss Zhou, what does this mean?"

"It's good for you to read more books."

Zhou Yutang made a little joke and then briefly explained the jargon to her.

The tone of the whole movie is tough and fierce.

After more than two hours of screening, the audience's first feeling was just excitement. Some people even held their urine, squeezed their legs together, and hurried to the toilet to relieve their bladders.

Famous directors such as Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang, Gu Changwei, and Chen Kexing were also present at the event, and everyone had different thoughts.

Their eyes were all cast on Xu Ke and Zhou Yutang, who was chatting and laughing with him.

"This movie will start at at least 8 million, and maybe even over billion."

Feng Xiaogang said to Xu Fan beside him, his expression suddenly enlightened and his tone full of envy.

Now if you don’t have a box office performance of 1 billion, you’d be embarrassed to call yourself a top director in China.

He dreams of making something big and reviving his reputation as a great director.

"Xu Ke is still as skilled as ever."

Brother Chen Kai took a deep look at Xu Ke who was talking to Zhou Yutang, then turned to his wife beside him and sighed.

"Brother Kai, I believe you can do it too."

Chen Hong could sense her husband's melancholy about not being able to realize his talent, so she stroked his hand gently and comforted him softly.

Listening to the long-lasting thunderous applause, a smile quietly appeared on Zhou Yutang's lips.

That's it.

This kind of wild and majestic Jianghu flavor, coupled with the classic red story and top-notch special effects.

Even if there are some minor flaws, it won't have much impact.

Of course, the most important thing is to thank Wu Baige.

If the total score of this movie can be given as 8 points, then with the comparison of Wu Baige's "The Crossing", it can at least reach 9 points.

After the movie was over, the reporter found Zhou Yutang and asked, "Mr. Zhou, can I ask what your expectations are for the box office of this movie?"

"I think, let's be conservative and aim for 10 billion box office."

Zhou Yutang smiled calmly and said, "Of course, my words don't count. It all depends on the audience's feedback."

Okay, okay, you start with ten billion, right?

The reporters at the scene were also happy. Wasn’t this going to be the breaking news for tomorrow?

The scene was even more uproar.

Although the Chinese film market has begun to take off, movies that can actually achieve a box office of over 10 billion are still rare.

But then I thought about it.

But I don't think there is anything discordant about it.

Seven out of ten movies that have grossed over 1 billion yuan have something to do with Zhou Yutang.

It was the Grand Commander of Jiangdong who created the 10 billion box office era.

He even raised the box office revenue of Chinese films to 20 billion. He has the confidence to say this!

After the premiere, each media reporter present received a red envelope.

A cocktail reception was also arranged.

Everyone is busy socializing.

Zhou Yutang unexpectedly met a round-faced young man who came up to him and offered a toast: "Mr. Zhou, I toast you a glass."

At first glance, it seemed familiar, and as my mind turned slightly, I immediately remembered it.

"Thank you, meow. You did a good job in this play."

Zhou Yutang took the initiative to speak: "Leave me your contact information."

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Xie Miao stood there for a long time without reacting.

"WeChat?"

Zhou Yutang reminded.

"Okay, okay, I'll scan you."

Xie Miao excitedly took out his cell phone, and with trembling hands, he scanned the QR code and added Zhou Yutang's WeChat.

I don’t know if it was because of the strong red wine, but the little round face turned red.

There were quite a few artists at the cocktail party, most of whom were first- and second-tier celebrities in the circle.

Seeing that Zhou Yutang actually added the contact information of this unknown little person, I felt indescribably envious.

"Wife, I added Zhou Yutang on WeChat today!"

There were many big names at the party, and they were all socializing until the end. No one noticed Xie Miao, the little Karami.

He drank some wine and asked his wife to pick him up. After they got in the car, he couldn't wait to share the food with her.

"Me too."

Xie Miao's wife He Yanni gripped the steering wheel tightly with both hands. The female driver was driving at night and was a little nervous.

"what?"

Xie Miao was slightly stunned.

"Ah what? Did you forget that I starred in The Legend of Sword and Fairy III?"

He Yanni looked forward and laughed: "Later, I acted in "Tianya Zhinu" with Shi Shi. I added her WeChat, as well as Hu Ge, Yang Mi, and Tang Yan's WeChat."

"Wife, you have such a strong network of contacts."

"There's too much difference between our levels. We can't even talk to each other."

He Yanni stopped the car at the traffic light: "Besides, I'm not taking any acting jobs right now, but I usually look at their circle of friends, which is quite interesting."

"Honey, thank you for your hard work."

Xie Miao lowered his head and sighed.

From falling in love with He Yanni to getting married and then having a child.

My wife has really sacrificed a lot for this family, and now she is basically in retirement.

He only knows Kung Fu and has little education, so no matter how you look at it, he seems to be the type with no future.

"Why are you saying this? We are a family."

"Yes, we are a family."

Xie Miao's eyes gradually became firm: "I will definitely let you live a good life."

"It's good like this now."

He Yanni continued to start the car. Suddenly, she thought of something and looked a little excited. "I heard that Boss Zhou has two numbers. Usually, he doesn't add people to his personal number. Tonight, he took the initiative to add you on WeChat. Maybe he will need to find you for a project in the future."

There is always a shortage of beautiful women around Zhou Yutang.

After the cocktail party, they went back to Zeng Li's home and talked about Xie Miao. Zeng Li always had a strange feeling.

"This person looks familiar, I think I've seen him somewhere."

"Haven't you seen the movie 'A Letter to Dad' that I filmed with Kung Fu Emperor and Mr. Yu Rongguang?"

"Oh, I remembered it."

The blue-clad beauty nodded in realization: "I remember that he debuted as a child star and has filmed several Hong Kong action movies. His kung fu skills are pretty good. Why haven't I heard any news about him recently?"

“It’s not easy for child stars to become famous when they grow up.”

Zhou Yutang shook his head and laughed: "In the end, only one Yang Mi made it."

It is said that one should become famous as early as possible, especially in the entertainment industry.

Da Mimi debuted as a child star. She was so cute in Stephen Chow's "Once Upon a Time in China".

Xie Miao was also very cute when he was a child, with a round little head and a pair of big black eyes.

After "The New Shaolin Five Ancestors", he starred in several Hong Kong movies, and then co-starred in "A Letter to Dad" with the Kung Fu Emperor, gaining a certain degree of fame.

However, at that time, after discussion, Xie Miao's parents decided to let him return to school to receive education.

As a result, his studies were delayed and his college entrance examination results were not ideal. When he re-entered this circle, he had lost his exposure and had to start all over again.

This time he played Ma Baoguo in Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy, and Xu Ke's feedback was that his performance was pretty good.

"Do you think highly of him?"

"There are too few stars in the mainland who can fight now."

Zhou Yutang thought of Xie Miao's agile figure, and smiled faintly: "Only Wu Jing can carry the banner. Zhao Wenzhuo didn't walk the right path, so he is useless. Xie Miao is steady and can be trained if there is a chance."

"The Crossing: Part I" received poor reviews and box office, and Wu Baige has run out of ideas!"

"Genius director Xu Ke fired the first shot of the Lunar New Year celebration, and Zhou Yutang boasted that the box office of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" would exceed 1 billion!"

The next day, the most popular news was still the sinking of the Titanic in the East.

The audience probably wants to see where the bottom line of this movie is.

Wu Baige did not disappoint everyone. The box office in the first weekend was 6500 million, a number so bleak that it made the producers question their lives.

Even the loyal fans of director Wu Baige couldn't stand the dragging pace of the movie, and even their beloved Baige was not enough to comfort their hearts.

"The Taiping" had just set sail and sank directly, and has been expelled from the list of New Year's blockbusters.

Now everyone's attention is on "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy". After the premiere, various media outlets rushed to report on it, and the first wave of film reviews came out, which were almost all positive.

“Like a genius director, he tells the main story of the previous generation in a modern and fresh way, and it is very moving.”

"I watched this movie live, it was absolutely thrilling and exciting."

“I suggest that all big directors in the industry cooperate with Jiangdong Entertainment. The quality of the films produced by Zhou Yutang is very high.”

"People from Mudanjiang burst into tears when they saw the snow-covered forest at the premiere!"

Zhou Yutang browsed the news in the office for a while, and found out that Milk Tea Zhou had indeed made an official announcement on Weibo, which was quite lively.

Surprisingly, I also saw the South Korean drama "Myeongryang" as a hot search.

It just swept the South Korean Film Daejong Awards, winning four major awards including Best Actor, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Picture.

"You bought a lot of trending searches. You don't really want to stir up trouble, do you?"

Zhou Yutang glanced at it but didn't take it seriously.

The Chinese film industry is a complicated place, and even Koreans can't easily get into it.

Given the relationship he maintains with theater chains, how could he allow his competitor "Myeongryang" to get a high screening schedule?

Many people in the industry are also waiting to see whether "Tiger Mountain" can first defeat South Korea's masterpiece "The Battle of Myeongryang" and then snipe Jiang Wen's "One Step Away".

The promotion plan for the film has also been finalised.

In addition to traditional channels, Maoyan launched a special pre-sale, and Bilibili strongly promoted it on its homepage.
Xu Ke began to lead the creative team on a roadshow as planned.

Everything is ready, just waiting for the movie to be released.

On the 5th, "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" was released.

The entire film and television industry is paying attention to the attendance rate of this movie, but the most nervous person is Wu Baige.

The Lunar New Year holiday is a battleground for box office success, with the release dates of the two films, "The Crossing" and "Tiger Mountain," being four days apart.

Although the Titanic of the East had a bad start, Wu Baige was always comforting himself in his heart:

Grit your teeth, hold on, and never give up.

It's just that the start was not good.

I’ve been buying articles and getting good reviews these days, hoping that I can be resurrected?
Once the box office makes a comeback, there may be a chance for him to take on a Hollywood A-level production jointly produced by China Film, Legendary Film Group and Universal Studios.

Wu Baige also had his own information channels. When he learned that Zhou Yutang took the initiative to promote the fantastic resource of "The Great Wall", he found it incredible.

At the same time, I was quite excited and submitted my own proposal upon invitation.

I can only say that imagination is always beautiful.

But the reality is particularly bleak.

If the first day invoices for "The Crossing" were released, half of Wu Baige's body would be buried in the ground.

So by the time "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" opened the Lunar New Year box office, his coffin had been nailed shut.

The box office of the midnight show exceeded 800 million, and including the previews and pre-sales, the total box office on the first day reached 9583 million.

This result is more than the box office of "The Crossing" in its first three days of weekend.

Click!

Looking at the first-day attendance and box office report of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" sent by China Film.

Wu Baige's faith in Taoism was shattered.

In just a few days, the screening schedule of "The Crossing" in theaters has been cut from 30% to 17%, and there is still room for decline.

Theater chains are not fools. They know very well the quality of a movie.

On the third day of its release, the total box office of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" reached 2.56 million yuan, and the single-day box office still remained above million yuan.

In the first 7 days of its release, "The Crossing" grossed only 1.21 million yuan at the box office, with the daily box office dropping to just over 1000 million yuan, which is really ugly.

Xu Ke is still on the roadshow, but he is in contact with Zhou Yutang every day.

It can be seen that the talented director is full of energy and his tone is quite excited when talking about the box office.

Judging from the current situation, this movie is likely to create the peak box office record in his directorial career.

In addition to Zhou Yutang's Soochow Pictures and Wanda, China Film Group is also a major producer.

For La Peikang.

I can only say that it is painful and happy.

When Hou Hongliang of Noon Sunshine received the notice to come to Jiangdong Entertainment Building, he felt a little dizzy:
"Mr. Zhou, if you don't act in Nirvana in Fire, what about this project?"

"Boss Hou, don't be in a hurry."

Zhou Yutang personally poured tea for Hou Hongliang: "I really can't make it with my schedule."

"We can postpone the shooting, even until after the New Year."

Hou Hongliang tried to persuade Zhou Yutang.

"The final season of Joy of Life after the New Year has been scheduled."

Zhou Yutang shook his head and laughed: "I have another movie in the first half of the year."

Hou Hongliang is like this.

He only needs to do the preparation work for "Nirvana in Fire". As the big boss behind the scenes, Zhou Yutang has a lot of things to consider.

The casting for Lu Yang's "Assassin 2" is in full swing. Zhou Yutang will definitely be in charge of the screening for him, and he will have several guest appearances at that time.

The publicity work for the upcoming opening drama of the new year, "Joy of Life 2", is underway and the final season is also being prepared, and is expected to start filming after the new year.

"Operation Mekong", which has just passed the final review, has entered the preparation stage, and several producers will soon come to Jiangdong to discuss this matter.

In addition, the major project "Xian Qin", which was derived from "The Great Wall", will continue to check for omissions and fill in the gaps, and work with the screenwriter team at the same level to improve the plot.

Zhou Yutang even has to take time out to record variety shows on Mango TV, as well as to promote the "Zhou Chu" roadshow during the Spring Festival, not to mention that he also has to manage his time with many beauties.

Of course, the main reason is that Zhou Yutang doesn’t want to make himself so tired.

Having taken on the role of Nirvana in Fire, I’m afraid I’ll have to spend the rest of the year staying on the set.

After fighting for so many years and conquering this territory, we must relax and enjoy ourselves.

Zhou Yutang was very calm, but Hou Hongliang felt like the sky was falling.

From the very beginning, he had locked on Zhou Yutang to play Mei Changsu. Now that the Grand Commander was busy and had no schedule, what else could he do?
Zhou Yutang obviously put more of his energy into the final season of "Joy of Life".

Hou Hongliang opened his mouth and finally sighed: "Boss Zhou, the crew will probably be ready this month. What do you think we should do with the protagonist?"

"How's Hugo?"

Zhou Yutang thought about it and recommended a candidate to Hou Hongliang.

The role of Mei Changsu should have similar effects when played by Zhu Yilong or Hu Ge, being elegant and weak.

However, Zhu Yilong is currently still filming "The Journey of Flower", and his schedule is very full at the end of the year. However, Tangren's top star has not taken on many roles this year except for "Now You See Me 2", and has been immersed in drama most of the time.

“Let’s try it first.”

Hou Hongliang nodded reluctantly and then gave a report on the project as a whole.

The story of "Nirvana in Fire" may seem exciting at first glance, but if you think about it carefully, you will find that there are many unreasonable aspects.

From a God's perspective, if we follow the setting of "Nirvana in Fire", Mei Changsu has the ability to kill the emperor from the beginning.

The Marshal of the Southern Military Region is his fiancée, and he obeys her at her mere words.

The marshal of a certain border military region is his brother, the commander of the imperial guards is an old comrade-in-arms, he holds an intelligence network covering the entire world, and the big boss in the court, Lord Yan, is an old friend.

If Li Yunlong had this lineup, he would dare to lead his troops to land in Tokyo.

Mei Changsu directly hit him in the face like a flying dragon. Not only could he ask the emperor to re-examine the Chiyan case, he could even posthumously confer the title of Supreme Emperor on Prince Qi.

But he later did a series of things to let the emperor know that he was wrong.
Ultimately, it’s because male and female authors think differently.

Male authors are more logical, while female authors tend to be more emotional and are more accustomed to telling stories within a set framework.

The emperor is the emperor.

He has supreme power.

If it were a male author, it would be "The emperor is the one with the strongest soldiers and horses."

Just like in "The Son-in-Law", there is also a revenge plot. When the bloody butcher takes the knife to the throne, it is so cool that it takes off.

But putting aside some of the criticisms, this political and intrigue drama does have its merits.

Otherwise, an old veteran like Hou Hongliang wouldn't have wanted to bring it to the small screen for several years.
Zhou Yutang took out his cell phone and called Hu Ge on the spot.

"Old Hu, are you busy?"

"Holding a meeting at Tangren."

Hu Ge laughed and said, "Boss Zhou, did you call me by mistake? Why did you call me so suddenly?"

When friends have something to discuss, they usually communicate via WeChat and rarely chat on the phone.

Zhou Yutang said succinctly: "It's like this, Jiangdong and Noon Sunshine have a project for you, you don't have any film offers recently, right?"

"Your boss Zhou has spoken. I am available anytime."

Hu Ge reacted: "Wait, you are talking about Nirvana in Fire?"

"It's Nirvana in Fire."

After Wu Baige was expelled from the Big Three of the Lunar New Year period, netizens replaced Gu Changwei with the Big Three.

"Micro Love", which has been locked in the New Year's Day slot, has begun to carry out extensive publicity, and Chen Chichi and Yang Ying have repeatedly appeared on the hot search headlines.
After one week of release, "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" took the lead in the Lunar New Year box office with a brilliant box office of 5.39 million yuan, making the red classic far ahead.

Many people in the industry have found that what Zhou Yutang said seems to be correct.

Box office statistics agencies have raised their estimate of the potential of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" to 11 billion.

(End of this chapter)