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Chapter 172 [173] Berlin’s ambitions!

"Master, my disciple Yue Laoer, kowtow to you!"

boom!

Actor Li Yu, who plays Yue Laoer, kowtows to Chen Yu. What they are filming is the scene of the three-stroke competition between Yue Laoer and Duan Yu in the Dali Palace.

In the end, Yue Laoer, the four evil villains, lost, accepted his bet, and became Duan Yu's disciple.

Yesterday, Chen Yu came directly from the Magic City Road Show and rushed to Yunnan to start the final filming of Duan Family in Tianlong and Dali.

"Crack!"

Yu Min, the director in charge of filming, looked at the monitor and then waved.

Chen Yu's shooting schedule is over today.

While taking off his costume, he took out his mobile phone. A lot of text messages popped up on it, including those from his classmates and those from Ji Qiannan. Chen Yu scanned them casually before opening the message Lu Xuechang sent him. .

In the past few days, Chen has been particularly concerned about the box office performance of "Hero" and "Kara is a Dog".

In just one week, the box office of "Hero" has exceeded the 9000 million mark, officially moving towards the small goal of 1.2 million yuan; and if nothing unexpected happens, it will be broken tomorrow, and the pre-sale box office has also reached million, which is good. Created the box office myth of mainland Chinese movies.

It exceeded 8 million in 80 days, which is an unprecedented miracle in the history of Chinese movies; and the popularity of the movie is still high. Many theaters have launched popcorn and drink packages, and the ticket price is as high as yuan.

But there are still countless fans rushing to buy it. In fact, this movie has become a phenomenal work nowadays.

If you haven’t seen it, you will even be despised.

It is no longer a question of whether the movie is good or not, especially in first-tier cities.

Even Liu Yifei, when Chen Yu came yesterday, asked him when he was free and wanted to go see it together. However, there are movie theaters around Tianlong Babu City in Dali, but unfortunately...you can't buy tickets.

A vote is truly hard to come by.

Pre-sales are scheduled until the day after tomorrow.

As for "Cara is a Dog", under such a strong opponent, there is no way to resist it, so we can only drink soup together.

On the contrary, only 3% of the current film schedule has been squeezed out, and the total box office has barely exceeded 200 million!

Lu Xuechang is a little desperate. It would be better to release it in February or March next year, and the effect may be better.

But in this world, is there any regret medicine? !

He could only bite the bullet and wait for the final result.

Fortunately, it is only 02 and there are not many movies released. Moreover, with a perverted opponent like "Hero" and a lesson learned from "Kala is a Dog", which director would dare to release his own new movie at this time?

What is the difference between this and courting death?

Therefore, there are really only two movies in the theater - "Hero" and "Kala"!

Lu Xuechang even asked the leaders of the film bureau if there were any movies to be released in January and February, and the results he got were only three in total.

There are two of them, one was released in 2 and is a revival - "Liao Chat". Its release date is the Spring Festival, February 2001st.

It is obvious that there is no concept of Spring Festival release at the moment, and people do not like to watch movies during the Spring Festival and prefer to visit relatives and friends, so the box office of the Spring Festival release is very bleak; releasing it on this day is purely arbitrary.

The box office of this movie in 01 was not very good, about a few hundred thousand.

Now that it is being released again, even if there are movies scheduled, you will make a profit; 1% is estimated to be not... And the other two, except the "Harry Potter" series, the other one is "Black and White", the investment is only 60, you expect it to be released How much box office can there be?

So strictly speaking, in the coming February, only one New Year's Day film will be threatening - "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"!

Of course, the threat is not "Kara is a Dog", but "Hero", and the film schedule will definitely be affected; "Kara is a Dog" will be even more squeezed.

Therefore, Lu Xuechang was ready for a long-term battle.

Anyway, the current release cycle is three months, which means the release date can be March 3.

After 90 days, Lu Xuechang still couldn't believe it. Can the popularity of "Heroes" and "Harry Potter" last for so long?

The reason why Lu Xuechang still retains such a trace of fantasy is simple - attendance.

The schedule of "Kara" is very slow, but the attendance rate is very strong, at 70%-80% every day, which means it is basically full; and the online reputation is also very good, the film reviews are very positive, and many netizens say they can't buy tickets. It’s not that I don’t want to see it.

This is why Lu Xuechang still has some confidence.

Chen Yu... is actually a Buddhist. Because he has never experienced the box office and movies in 02, he has no idea what the situation is.

Anyway, if this kind of thing is done after 09, the movie will basically be taken away.

He can't even stay in the ICU, so there's no need for resuscitation.

It's definitely the kind of thing where you'll throw yourself to death, and there won't even be a splash, because how could there be no new movies released and no new opponents within 2 months? !

But "Kara", there really won't be any in the next two months, just "Heroes" and "Harry Potter"!

"So...it's not like there's no chance!"

This is a text message Lu Xuechang sent to Chen Yu, which can be seen as his self-comfort.

In fact, Huayi has also given up. They are already preparing for a new movie, which is Feng Xiaogang's "Mobile Phone"!

That’s right, “1942” was once again shelved.

It is said that when Feng Xiaogang was discussing the script with Liu Zhenyun, a new idea came into Liu Zhenyun's mind, which was the idea of ​​"Mobile Phone", and Feng Xiaogang suddenly felt that this idea was better.

So a few people tinkered there for a few days and directly came up with the script for "Mobile Phone".

Ge You is still the male lead, and he also roped in Feng Xiaogang's wife Xu Fan to play the female lead.

"The world that only Lu Xuechang insisted on has been achieved!"

At present, in the whole world, I guess...he is the only one who is still full of obsession with the movie he wrote and directed!

"Director Lu, there will be, there will definitely be!"

Chen Yu said it with certainty. Although it was a comforting word, Lu Xuechang was very pleased.

"Have you reported to Berlin?"

Chen Yu sent a message, and Lu Xuechang responded quickly. He had stopped the road show and returned to his home in the imperial capital.

This nearly half-month-long road show has been very taxing for him. His health is not good to begin with. He had a kidney transplant in 93 due to kidney disease. Now that he is working so hard now, he almost relapses. "Reported!"

"This year's Berlin Film Festival starts on February 2th and ends on the 6th. We have to go there on the 16rd and 3th to negotiate a booth in advance!"

“So after the Spring Festival, we have to leave, so get your passport as soon as possible!”

"Ah? Shall I go too?"

In fact, Chen Yu does not have the movie "Kara is a Dog", but he is actually going to Germany.

Because Li Yang's "The Blind Shaft" has already been completed, he is waiting for the opening in Berlin to sell it to make money; domestic review has been rejected several times, and he has completely given up on public screening.

"Yeah, Lao Ge won't go, and Ding Jiali won't go either. You have to accompany me, right?"

"..."

Chen Yu really didn't want to irritate him anymore. After thinking about it, he and Li Yang were two people, so he had to say: "Well, let's go together. Is there anyone else?"

"Won't Huayi send a representative there?"

Does this make sense?

Because they didn't go there in his previous life, Lu Xuechang gave up on the screening rights from many countries.

Because he is not an investor, he is just a director and has no power to buy or sell.

In the end, "Kara" got a chance to be screened. The main reason is that Huayi was really too ambitious. After seeing so many countries coming to consult, he thought Kara would be a hit, and he even dreamed of letting "Kara" be released globally.

Unexpectedly, in the end, I became a loser and made money in Japan and Hong Kong. I didn’t even know the people who lost money.

They also don't think about how a movie like "Kala" with such a Chinese plot could be released in various countries?

If film companies from other countries want to buy it, they have their own manipulation methods. Public screening distributors only make a little money, so who is willing to contribute? !

"Just...the two of us!"

When Lu Xuechang sent this text message, Chen Yu could tell his helplessness.

"Okay, I'll introduce you to a director then, and he'll come with me!"

"what?"

Lu Xuechang didn't understand what it meant?

Chen Yu hurriedly said: "I also participated in another movie I accepted, but it was co-produced with a German guy, and the director is a Chinese!"

"Underground... movie?"

Lu Xuechang understood it at a glance.

"Yes, underground!"

The so-called underground movies are just a good name, but in fact they are banned movies in China.

Of course Lu Xuechang knew, and in his time, "Grown Up" almost went underground. If he hadn't insisted on releasing it, it took him three years of continuous revision and more than 3 deletions before this work could be seen again. , released in domestic theaters.

Otherwise, among the sixth generation directors, there will be one more banned film director.

Lou Ye and Zhang Xiaoshuai in his dormitory, as well as his classmate Zhang Yuan, are all the "godfathers" of underground movies. They are the killers of the world's three major film festivals!

Everyone has been shortlisted many times, and there are even winners.

Of course, Lu Xuechang actually became famous earlier than them. After the revised version of "Grown Up" was released in China, it won the box office championship in 97.

It defeated Cheng Long's "A Good Man", Lao Mouzi's "Speak Well", Feng Xiaogang's "Party A and Party B", Feng Xiaoning's "Red River Valley", and "Jurassic Park 2"!

More than 2000 million went directly to the leader.

In 97, it made more than 2000 million yuan, and it was still a debut film. It was absolutely a mess.

At that time, directors including Lou Ye were convinced by Lu Xuechang, because he could use the original version of "Grown Up" to win awards at three major film festivals.

But he didn't do that. Instead, he revised it over and over again just to have his work released in China.

This kind of spirit is the reason why Lou Ye and others are convinced.

They couldn't do it, but Lu Xuechang did it and won the box office championship.

Such obsession is the most terrifying resilience of a director.

Just like now, he believes that his "Kara is a Dog" can still create miracles.

Just like when he had a kidney transplant for 21 years, he still had no rejection; in the end, he actually found a kidney source for his second kidney transplant, and he could definitely live longer, but he suffered a heart attack because he spent too long watching movies as a judge. obstruction……

"What role?"

A text message from Lu Xuechang came, and Chen Yu knew what he meant.

"The male lead!"

Fortunately, there are no thumbs-up emoticons now, otherwise Lu Xuechang would definitely send two.

"Awesome, you are going to be popular in Berlin this time!"

Bringing two works to Berlin is obviously rare among previous film festivals!

"It's all thanks to two great directors!"

Chen Yu was smiling there, but he saw Liu Yifei, who had changed her clothes, walking towards him.

This girl isn't going to invite me to watch a movie again, is she?

(End of this chapter)