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Chapter 873 Discussion before filming, failed New Year celebration
"Huang Xuan appeared in Chengdu with the movie "Only Yun Knows": "Feng Yun" has a tragic love story and cherishes the person in front of him!"

"Feng Xiaogang returns to the Lunar New Year season with the touching film Only Yun Knows, which opens nationwide!"

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The Lunar New Year holiday season has arrived, but since December, it has been lukewarm, or even quiet.

"Two Tigers", "Sherlock on the Plains", "Knives Out", "My Life With You 2019".
The release of these movies kicked off the Lunar New Year celebrations, but their actual box office performance was not outstanding.

《勇敢者游戏2：再战巅峰》(上映首日)、《南方车站的聚会》(上映首日)、《两只老虎》(上映8日)、《一生有你2019》(上映8日)4部影片票房分别为4550万元、3417万元、1.97亿元、4067万元。

Compared to last year when Li Mu's "Aquaman" was in charge, this year can be said to be bleak.

However, there are also some highly anticipated films in the mid-year Lunar New Year period, one of which is Feng Xiaogang's "Only Yun Knows", which is scheduled to be released on December 12.

It’s just that Huayi and Feng Xiaogang are very low-key.

This masterpiece, co-produced by Feng Xiaogang and his wife, had almost no publicity from the start of filming to the release date, and there were surprisingly few press releases online.

Even now, there have only been a few news reports during roadshows.

"Xiaogang, we're all depending on you this year." Wang Zhongjun said earnestly and patted Feng Xiaogang on the shoulder.

He knew Huayi's current situation very well. If he wanted to negotiate a good price, Feng Xiaogang's movie this year could not fail and must win beautifully.

However, the problem is that due to certain events, Feng Xiaogang did not dare to publicize it, as usual, for fear of causing disgust or netizens' memories of certain things.

This also made Huayi very uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Feng Xiaogang has confidence.

"Don't worry, Mr. Wang, with the success of Youth, we can rely on word of mouth to win this time."

Feng Xiaogang was still very confident at this time. He had been able to make over 10 billion yuan at the box office with an art film like "Youth". Now that he was already familiar with this kind of art film, it would not be difficult for him to do it again.

What's more, Li Mu will not appear during the Lunar New Year period, so he is not afraid even if Zhang Yi and Chen Kaige get together.

"That's naturally best."

Wang Zhongjun smiled and said that as long as Feng Xiaogang was confident, he didn't think he would fail. It was just a matter of how much money he could earn.

If we can release another "Youth", the negotiations next year will be smoother.

"By the way, Mr. Wang, some matters concerning the film are with Mr. Ye."

"No need, just fight against Zhong Lei yourself." Feng Xiaogang was interrupted by Wang Zhongjun before he could finish his words.

Feng Xiaogang naturally understood Wang Zhongjun's meaning of this change. He nodded and didn't say much.

In another office, Ye Ning sighed deeply. He knew very well that his time at Huayi had begun to count down.

"Only Yun Knows." Ye Ning muttered, "Can it really save Huayi?"

If he were allowed to choose, "Eight Hundred" might have a chance, but as for Feng Xiaogang's art film, he felt that there was little hope, and it seemed that it had nothing to do with him.

Originally, he was in charge of the movie, but as 2020 approaches, a lot of work has fallen on Wang Zhonglei's head, and it seems like we have returned to the time before he joined Huayi.

At this time, Li Mu, Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, Huang Jianxin and others gathered together in the "Changjin Lake" working group.

It was originally just an arrangement for future work, but unexpectedly, when Brother Chen Kai was reading the script, he suddenly had an idea.

"Director Chen, do you mean to further enrich the details of the photo of Mei Sheng's daughter?" Huang Jianxin asked.

"Yes, I just thought of one thing, that is, one of the themes of our movie is to express 'the sacrifice of our generation is to exchange for hundreds of years of peace in China', if it is just expressed in words, it is still too thin.

We were able to mention his daughter several times in the film, and by showing how much he cherishes his daughter’s photo, we were able to express the family feelings and hope for the future that are in every soldier’s heart.”

"Everyone please give your opinions and ideas. Teacher Lan, what do you think?"

Li Mu greeted the directors and producers in the crew. Screenwriter Lan Xiaolong was also there, and his ideas were naturally very important.

“I think Director Chen’s idea is good, but the details may require some more thought from the directors.”

Lan Xiaolong also agreed with Chen Kai's idea, but it was the director's job to implement the specific details.

"So, let's imagine that Meisheng will leave the Magic City with his medal of merit and his daughter's photo. He doesn't want to stay at home because he's afraid that his family will miss him when they see him.
If we want to continue to enrich this detail, we have to let this detail run through the entire film, become an implicit clue, and convey profound meaning through Meisheng's actions and words. "

Li Mu went on to express his views and ideas one by one.

"That's good. I think Director Li's plan is fine." Zhang Yi nodded at this time. "We can also set up some plots later. For example, the photos were lost during the war and he had to find them. How to find them better? We can then string it all together."

After the three directors spoke, the others also offered their opinions, and Wu Jing also expressed his views.

“I think we can let Meisheng reveal it during our conversation with Wu Qianli, the character I play, and then express that the soldiers went through life and death just for the future peace of their children. The photo of the daughter represents hope, and symbolizes the sacrifices made by the ancestors so that the next generation can enjoy a peaceful life.” Just like that, with everyone talking, this detail was soon finalized.

"Hahaha, I said there is strength in numbers. If it were just a few people, we would have to discuss this detail for several days." Huang Jianxin laughed after everyone confirmed it.

Li Mu couldn't help but nodded. Compared with working alone, discussing with a group of people would indeed be more efficient. Especially since those who came were elites in the industry and had some skills.

At this moment, in another conference room, the leading actors had finished their script discussion meeting and were about to leave, when Hu Jun knocked on the door and walked in.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Li Mu asked in surprise.

"Director Li, Director Zhang, Director Chen, I had an idea when we were discussing the script." Seeing that everyone was there, Hu Jun did not feel stage fright and directly stated his idea.

Zhang Yi turned around with interest at this time, because he is a director who likes actors to have ideas the most.

Some of the actors' occasional ideas are God-given inspirations, but for a fixed script, such ideas are hard to come by.

"Everyone knows that I am from Shandong." Hu Jun said calmly, "When I was thinking about the script, Lei Gong died in the end, so I wanted to be able to recall the most familiar things in my heart when I was dying.

Then the “Yimeng Mountain Minor Tune” came to my mind. It was at that moment when the battle suddenly stopped and Lei Gong was trapped under the car, and when his life was about to end, the “Yimeng Mountain Minor Tune” sounded in my ears like an illusion.

"Yimeng Mountain Minor" is a classic folk song from SD Province. It is a minor tune and probably many people don't know it except those from Shandong area.

But when it comes to "Jasmine Flower", many people have an impression.

"Dial of Yimeng Mountains" and "Jasmine Flower" are recognized by UNESCO as two of China's most representative folk songs, and are famous both at home and abroad.

"To be honest, I'm from Cantonese and have never heard of it. How about playing a song live?" Li Mu said with a smile.

"Hahaha, yes, let us listen to it!"

Everyone also started to laugh and joke around.

"Well, I won't embarrass myself on that one, let's listen to the original version, the original version."

Hu Jun immediately smiled awkwardly, took out his mobile phone and played the "Yimeng Mountain Folk Song" he had prepared.

"Everyone says that Yimeng Mountain is beautiful and the scenery on Yimeng Mountain is beautiful."

"Yimeng Mountain Folk Song" has the characteristics of Shandong dialect and a strong "sweet potato flavor".

And through songs and tunes, the "beautiful scenery of the Yimeng Mountains" has gradually seeped into people's hearts.

"This song is representative." Zhang Yi took the lead in affirming.

"This shouldn't be considered a realistic approach, but rather an imagistic or romantic approach. It's pretty good. This section seems to be your plot, brother. You decide. I support it!"

Li Mu nodded, he agreed with Hu Jun's proposal.

"Very good, this kind of inspiration is rare."

Brother Chen Kai was also generous in his praise.

"Everyone has said so, and I think it's great too. That's it, let's do it together when we shoot later, and you have to hum a few lines too." Zhang Yi looked at Hu Jun and couldn't help but teasing.

"Hahaha"

Everyone burst into laughter.

Seeing that everyone in the crew was temporarily harmonious, Li Mu also relaxed. What he feared most was that there would be a rift in the crew, which would make the filming of the movie difficult, and he might not even be able to complete the task.

Time flies and it’s already the 20th.

Feng Xiaogang's "Only Yun Knows" has officially met the public. Of course, there are also many heavyweight films such as "Half a Comedy" and "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" released in this period, which also has a strong smell of gunpowder.

What is surprising is that after more than 20 years of dominating the Lunar New Year box office, this is the first time that Feng Xiaogang has lost the magic of his "box office elixir".

"Only Yun Knows" only earned 2020 million on the first day.

Of course, "The Rise of Skywalker", which was released simultaneously in North America, also failed on its first day, earning just over 1700 million.

This world's top IP doesn't seem to work well in China, but this is not the first time that it has not worked well. For example, the spin-off "Rogue One" starring Jiang Wen and Zhen Zidan only grossed 4.7 million yuan.

The first-day box office of "Half a Comedy" during the same period was even lower, earning only 1200 million.

The three films all failed, which really disappointed the theaters.

When Feng Xiaogang saw the first-day box office data, he was stunned for a few seconds. He knew very well that this first-day data meant that the film would most likely fail miserably.
(End of this chapter)