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Chapter 763: A slash through the summer season, passionate tearing

What is Jianghu?
Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

Wherever there is the Jianghu, martial arts will never die.

The previous version was the era of famous martial arts writers such as Jin Yong, Gu Long, Liang Yusheng, Huang Yi, and Wen Ruian, and there were countless martial arts film and television adaptations.

Going back ten years, whether he was famous enough would depend on whether he could play the leading role in Jin Yong's martial arts dramas.

That's how Miss Liu became famous.

Wang Yuyan + Xiaolongnu, the white moonlight of so many people.

Online literature has become popular in recent years, such as Fighting Power and Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin.

With its grand imagination and extreme pleasure, it has had a great impact on martial arts.
That is why the reporter asked about the gradual decline of martial arts, which is indeed an indisputable fact.

The path of traditional martial arts has been completely exhausted by our predecessors.

A new version of martial arts must tell stories in a different way and provide more emotional value to the audience in order to survive.

Lu Yang, the director of the "Embroidered Spring Blade" series, is fond of martial arts films.

Zhou Yutang was the same, so the two of them could chat with each other.

Add to that the genius director Xu Ke, who is also a veteran martial arts fan.

"The ups and downs of the world are created by our generation. Once we enter the world, time will pass by. The imperial plan and hegemony are discussed and laughed, but it is not as good as the drunkenness of life."

Many middle school boys have often recited this poem from "Swordsman II: Oriental Invincible".

Pick up a stick and the flowers and plants on the roadside will suffer.

At the cocktail party after the premiere, Xu Ke, with her signature white hair, came over with a glass in hand and expressed her heartfelt emotion.
"Mr. Zhou, what you said about martial arts is really good."

"Director Xu."

"Well, the Blade of the Assassin series is the best martial arts movie I've seen in recent years."

Xu Ke praised him directly, which made Lu Yang, a person who was not very knowledgeable, blush a little. He was no longer as high-spirited as he was at the premiere today, and said modestly:
"There is still a lot to learn from Director Xu."

Lu Yang and Zhou Yutang's generation all came from the golden age of Hong Kong movies, and have all been baptized by Xu Ke's martial arts movies.

"Learn from Mr. Zhou. No one can compare to his grasp of the market."

Xu Ke turned into a boaster and saw Liu Shishi next to Zhou Yutang, and praised her by the way: "Shishi acted very well."

"Thank you, Director Xu."

Liu Shishi responded with a gentle smile.

Seeing that Old Monster Xu was still on the rise, Zhou Yutang quickly changed the subject: "Director Xu, how is the post-production of Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back?"

"It will take a few more months, and the results are not ideal."

Xu Ke shook his head, seemed to be about to say something, and sighed softly.

When it comes to Zhou Xingxing's projects, he always has the final say.

Zhou Yutang has a deep understanding of this.

Stephen Chow wants to promote Fei Xia to a higher position, and Huayi, a Beijing-based company that has made peace with him, also wants to send people to it.

Director Xu Ke has little say and is often constrained in what he does.

"Oh, let's not talk about these disappointing things."

Old Monster Xu pulled Zhou Yutang aside and asked about the progress of the "Snow" project.

The hottest martial arts IP in the mainland market right now is none other than Zhou Yutang's "Snow Swordsman".

"It's still early. Director Xu, come to the crew when you have time and give us some advice."

"Okay, I'll definitely do that after I finish the later stages."

"Boss."

Hearing the two talking about Xue Zhong and the direction of subsequent film project adaptations, Lu Yang was a little curious, "Is Xue Zhong really going to make a movie?"

"Not only the movie, but also the subsequent animation and game derivative projects are being promoted simultaneously."

"Mr. Zhou has always been very methodical in his work."

Old Monster Xu, who has communicated with Zhou Yutang many times in private, has changed his ideas a lot compared with the past.

The whole person has taken on the shape of the mainland film market.

——As long as the thinking is correct, no director in China can resist the temptation to work with Zhou Yutang.

Zhou Yutang had already extended an olive branch to him, and Xu Ke himself was also quite interested in this series of film and television projects.

So there was a lot to talk about. Hong Kong's King Guo came over with a glass of red wine and said auspicious words.
"Mr. Zhou, Director Lu, I wish you a big box office success."

"Lend your auspicious words."

After a round of greetings, Zhou Yutang politely declined the invitation to the premiere of "Cold War 2".

He has to go back to the crew tomorrow and can't wait until the premiere on the 6th.

This is not their own project, it's just a favor and a guest appearance. It would be in place if Li Shuang could attend.

What’s more interesting is that four years ago, “Knife of the Assassin” swept the National Day box office, and “Cold War”, which was originally scheduled to hit the National Day box office, also postponed its release date.

Four years apart, the sequels of the two movies collided in the summer season.

……

Continuing the popularity of the first part of "The Blade of the Assassin", that night Governor Zhou was reciting poems on the eve of his farewell.

Reports related to the movie premiere have filled the headlines of entertainment websites.

Including the up-hosts of Bilibili, as well as the hot lists pushed by Toutiao and Douyin, everything that can be arranged has been arranged.

“Four years of hard work! Zhou Yutang, Huang Xiaoming, and Liu Shishi created the sequel to “The Blade of the Assassin” and it’s coming soon!”

"Zhou Yutang plays the role of a powerful emperor again, and Liu Shishi reaches a new level of beauty!"

"The court, the arena, the battlefield, the brotherhood, the beauty's love!"

"I'll regret missing out on the wonderful martial arts movie 'Blade of the Assassin 2' for a year!"

I don’t know whether the audience regrets it or not, but missing out on the movie tickets that were released in advance on Maoyan for 19.9 yuan feels like losing 100 million yuan.

Nowadays, various group purchases are popular, and watching movies is definitely not a luxury for most ordinary people.

It’s just the price of a cup of milk tea.

Just for the big banner of Zhou Yutang raised by the producer, most of the audience are willing to go to the cinema to show their support.

This is the golden sign.

It has been assumed in the minds of the majority of audiences that any TV series or film produced by Zhou Yutang is either a hit or a masterpiece.

"Shi Shi, Mr. Zhou said that there will be a third sequel to "The Blade of the Assassin". Is this true?"

"Maybe."

During the film roadshow promotion at Beijing Dance Academy, an audience member asked.

Liu Shishi knew what was going on, and a smile spread across her radiant face: "Ask Director Lu about this."

Lu Yang smiled and said, "It definitely depends on the box office performance. If it's within expectations, there should be a third part..."

Well, in this version of Embroidered Spring Blade, Zhou Yutang does have some selfish motives.

Huang Xiaoming doesn't talk about love, he just plays it real and has a strong sense of brotherhood, showing the struggle of small people to survive in the cracks of the officialdom.

Liu Shishi, on the other hand, shoulders the emotional line of the beauty's deep love.

Zhou Yutang did say that if there is a third part, he will definitely give Brother Xiao Ming a happy ending...

……

In the wilderness, people and horses were thrown to the ground.

At this time, there were about a dozen extras of various appearances on the set, lying on the mud with great professionalism.

Guli Nazha is dressed in white as white as snow.

Her toes lightly touched the horse's back, making her figure look even more slender.

He wore a conical hat on his head, and a veil in front of him fluttered in the wind.

Faintly you can see that her eyebrows are as black as a painting, her skin is as white as jade, and she is as sharp and pretty as a fox. She is truly handsome and unparalleled.

With the two swords Xiudong and Chunlei in hand, her pair of red phoenix peach blossom eyes glanced like lightning.

Scanning the battlefield, looking down on others with arrogance.

Not far away were the Crown Prince and Old Huang, both with "shocked" looks on their faces.

The original novel does not describe in detail the process of the two people's meeting. This is an extra scene added to the TV version.

It is also a rare highlight scene for Nangong Pushe in the early stage.

Xu Fengnian was a wanderer in the martial world. Because of his identity as the Crown Prince, he attracted countless pursuers and lived a precarious life.

He happened to meet Nangong Pushe, and their fate became intertwined.

Nazha was fighting a shark earlier, and this scene was delayed until now. It was not until Zhou Yutang returned from Beijing and rejoined the crew that filming began.

"Beiliang Palace, is there any secret manual you need?"

Upon learning that the beauty in front of him was seeking advancement, His Royal Highness, after revealing his identity, immediately activated his skill of making big promises:
"That half of the magic sect's treasure book "Swallowing Gold Treasure Scroll" is considered as a deposit. You escort me back to Beiliang. After we arrive in Beiliang, I will give him the second half of "Swallowing Gold Treasure Scroll". This deal is guaranteed to be profitable for you. How do you think?"

"Xu is a beggar."

The peach blossom eyes on Baihu'er's face moved, and his lips slightly opened: "The words have been spoken."

"It's hard to chase a horse."

Even being ranked number one on the Rouge Rankings couldn’t stop the money-raising method.

Thus, such a peerless beauty was abducted by the Crown Prince back to the Beiliang Palace.

The director yelled "cut" and the extras, who were lying on the ground eating dust, looked eagerly at the Grand Commander, the director, the martial arts director, the cameraman and others who were discussing something behind the surveillance camera.

Like a prisoner about to be taken to the execution ground, waiting for another trial.

"Naza is quite talented in making martial arts films." Zhang Jing said.

After checking the footage, Li Muge felt it was impeccable: "It feels pretty good, Mr. Zhou, do you want to save another one?"

"No, this is the effect I want."

Zhou Yutang raised his hand and called Wu Yuze over, and said, "Brothers, you have worked hard. Each extra will get an extra 500."

"Fuck! The Grand Commander is awesome!"

The extras, who were originally listless, were instantly cheered up after receiving an injection of chicken blood.

This is really not easy.

This seemingly simple action scene has several designs. Nazha flies around with wires.

After two days of hard work, I finally found the most perfect one among dozens of shots.

The brothers fell down dozens of times in various ways, and their spit was covered with dust. Fortunately, the governor offered them triple wages and a bonus at the end, so this little bit of hardship was worth it.

Zhang Jing gave a thumbs up and praised: "Naza, you played beautifully just now!"

"Thank you, Coach Zhang."

Nazha, who had a cold temperament just now, now had a sweet smile on her face.

The praise from martial arts instructor Zhang Jing certainly made her happy, but Zhou Yutang's satisfaction and praise made her smile even more.

At this time, Zhou Yutang switched to ragged skin to suit the needs of the plot.

He thought the makeup artist was afraid to do the job, so he asked Ni Ni to do the makeup himself.

In short, his shoes and clothes were torn, and he was as miserable as he could be.

Nazha usually saw Zhou Yutang in a business casual style. She had never seen a battle-damaged version of the Grand Commander, so she was also eye-opening.

After Nazha joined the crew, Teacher Fan Ming completed the reshoots for the remaining shots and the filming was wrapped up.

That night, the crew held a fairly grand wrap-up party. Since the filming started at the end of May, people have been leaving the crew one after another.

For example, the court dramas of several veteran actors such as Chen Baoguo and others in the Liyang Dynasty have come to a temporary end.

After seeing off Teacher Fan Ming, we continued filming.

The crew was all talking about the super gossip about Luo Xiaozhu’s concert.

"Brother Bo is too open-minded, just kissing me like that."

"A kiss on the cheek, I'm blind."

"..."

Out of curiosity, Zhou Yutang opened his phone and looked at the trending searches, and saw the same emoji on the phone of the old man on the subway.

I originally thought that Deng Chao’s letting himself go at Lu Han’s concert was already exaggerated, but I didn’t expect that there is always someone better.

Huang Bo, who was a guest at Luo Xiaozhu's concert in Beijing, unexpectedly gave him a gorgeous wet kiss on the stage, which was a feast for the eyes for the audience.

In fact, several of the Go Fighting men have a good relationship in private and often have dinner and entertainment activities together.

Luo Xiaozhu doesn't have any idol baggage and he has a lot of fun. His extraordinary performance this time was truly unrestrained.

When men become coquettish, what do women have to do?

In the film market, the wave of imported blockbusters in June is gradually receding.

It turns out that Chinese audiences are not very interested in Americans becoming the light of humanity and saving the earth.

The box office performance of "Independence Day 2" was not very good, and after the box office exceeded million, it was difficult to maintain.

However, Du Qifeng still has a long way to go in grasping the tastes of mainland audiences.

The box office of "Three's Journey" barely exceeded 100 million yuan, and the single-day box office has dropped to around 1 million.

As time entered July, the highly anticipated "Knife of the Assassin 2" and "The Bounty Hunter" finally hit the big screen.

Everything that needed to be arranged had been arranged, and Lu Yang, Liu Shishi, Huang Xiaoming and other main creators of the crew were going on the roadshow according to the established publicity plan.

Today's scene is scheduled to be Zhou Yutang's scene with Nazha at Tingchao Pavilion.

To ensure everything goes well, I had been discussing the script until midnight last night. I did some morning exercises in the morning and reviewed the script again. Then I received a call from Ren Zhonglun:

"Director Ren, you also get up so early to exercise?"

"What's with all the exercise? The first day's box office is out." Ren Zhonglun's voice could hardly conceal his joy.

"Oh, how much?"

Zhou Yutang became more energetic.

"1.03 million, it's 1.03 million!"

"Not bad, congratulations to Director Ren."

"Haha, congratulations..."

Ren Zhonglun laughed a little loudly. Zhou Yutang held the phone a little further away and nodded reluctantly.

Channels are rolled out and publicity and promotion are maximized.

Jiangdong Entertainment's strategy has become very mature.

He originally thought that the revenue on the first day would be 1.2 million, and there was still hope of hitting 1.5 million.

I didn’t expect it to be only 1.03 million.

Even with such mediocre results, Nintendo was filled with passion.

Ren Zhonglun was indeed very excited.

Shanghai Film Group has also invested in many film and television projects of its own, with some profits and some losses, and the results are mediocre.

For him, the opening performance of "The Blade of the Assassin 2" is the best start he has ever had.

The key is that Shanghai Film Group will be listed next month, and by then, "Assassin's Blade 2" will be ready for release.

With such a good start, and a little hype about the concept, won’t the stock price take off?
This is the benefit of maintaining a consistent relationship with Zhou Yutang over the years.

Sitting in the office, after looking over the first-day attendance data several times, Ren Zhonglun couldn't help but clap his hands and laugh: "There is a lot of potential, a lot of potential!"

On the other side, China Film Group.

La Peikang was also in a good mood.

China Film Group is also scheduled to be released next month. This shocking blow to the summer season is undoubtedly the best booster.

La Peikang was eager to remove the label of Han Sanping, but it was undeniable that Zuoshandiao had left him many precious treasures.

Among them, the "Embroidered Spring Knife" series is one of them.

But the biggest treasure is still Zhou Yutang.

……

All the major film and television headlines in China are filled with news about "Knife Identity 2".

After both parties closed at 1.03 million on the first day.

The next day, the box office was 1.1 million.

On the 3rd, which happened to be Sunday, it once again earned 1.25 million.

The total box office in the first weekend was 3.38 million yuan, successfully topping the throne of China's summer domestic film champion.

There is no doubt that this embroidered spring sword is already unstoppable and has the momentum to kill through the summer season.

There are still a few days before the release of blockbusters such as "Cold War 2", and the Chinese film market is completely at its disposal.

Compared to the strong momentum of "Knife of the Assassin 2", the situation of "The Bounty Hunter" released on the same day is not so good.

The producers sat together for a meeting, looking gloomy.

According to the original forecast of the data department, the box office of this Sino-Korean co-production was guaranteed to start at at least 6 million yuan.

But now, it grossed 2825 million on the first day and 8241 million in the first three days of the weekend.

It’s not even as high as their daily box office!
The most important thing is that word-of-mouth feedback is sluggish, and affected by the regulation from above, even subsequent publicity is difficult to carry out.

The upper limit of the box office potential is obvious to the naked eye.

Zhang Zhao's body was like a puddle of mud, and he slumped powerlessly into the wide chair.

After making movies for so many years, how could he not understand what this means.

According to the current situation, it is nothing short of a fantasy to want to recover the 200 million yuan production cost, which means it is just a matter of how much loss will be incurred.

Thinking of LeEco's recent funding problems, Zhang Zhao's heart was overshadowed by a layer of shadow...

……

The collision of two blockbusters at the same time is like Mars hitting the Earth.

Online media are also hyping up the match between Liu Shishi and Tang Yan. The fans of these two groups have been sparking and fighting each other for a long time.

For Tang Yan’s fans.

As long as she can step on the top sister to get to the top this time, Tang Yan's status will undoubtedly soar.

But how can a little lion be easily provoked?
In the Golden Eagle Goddess voting in the past two years, Liu Shishi was able to suppress all the young actresses in the domestic entertainment industry by herself, which shows the fighting power of the little lions.

The first day box office results are out, and "Knife of the Assassin 2" continued the strong performance of the previous film and firmly suppressed its opponents.

Three days later, the undercurrent of the dispute between the Fairy Sword sisters has come to an end.

Whether it is word of mouth, box office, attendance, screening schedule and other data, the little lions have made tables for them all and arranged them clearly.

There is no need to say who wins or loses.

The little lions were very proud.

As for Tang Yan’s fans, they couldn’t help but feel dejected.

Finally, the reason was summarized: this defeat was not caused by war.

It’s not fair. It’s absolutely not fair.

Tang Yan's fans have something to say, "Blade of the Assassin" is hailed as the most anticipated martial arts film series in recent years. It is an IP specially tailored for Liu Shishi by the Grand Commander of Jiangdong.

For this purpose, he even starred in the film himself, and the film was directed by Lu Yang, one of the three great generals of Jiangdong.

If Tang Yan had Zhou Yutang to protect her, she would definitely be able to take off.

"The Bounty Hunter" is directed by a Korean and written by a Hong Kong screenwriter, which is totally unreliable.

Lee Min Ho has issued many press releases in China, calling him "long-legged Oppa" and "South Korean male god".

Before the movie was released, there were all kinds of bold statements.

As a result, the movie flopped immediately after its release and had no box office appeal at all. The Korean agency said that it was due to some force majeure factors and would not participate in the roadshow in China.

Tang Yan’s fans were filled with resentment and attacked Lee Min Ho’s Weibo.

What professional qualities?
He is not even worthy of carrying shoes for the Grand Commander.

The recent hit "My Dangerous Wife" has also added to the popularity of "Knife of the Assassin 2".

To the passers-by, the silly and cute Xiao Ming has changed his image of a scumbag in "Dangerous Wife" and is now dressed in a flying fish suit with an embroidered spring sword hanging from his waist. How can he be so handsome?
There is no need to say much about Liu Shishi, her fighting scenes are neat, cool and beautiful.

There are also fans of Tang Yan who went to Zhou Yutang's comments and recommended Tang Tang's new play "Shang Jiangdong"...

As the summer movie season opens, The Blade of the Assassin 2 is taking the lead.

(End of this chapter)