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Chapter 397 Miracle escaped. Is million for "The Great Wall" just the starting point?
The plot in the later part of the movie is full of the words "cool" and "exciting".

Coupled with the superb pictures, colors and shocking scenes, it brings the audience an ultimate audio-visual feast.

The movie lasted more than two hours from beginning to end, and only a few of the thousands of people on the scene went to the bathroom during the movie.

This also indirectly illustrates the success of this type of film.

Da Tiantian and Fu Dalong, who were extremely nervous before the screening, also felt relieved.

They all noticed the reactions from the audience and people in the industry.

So when it came time to express her thoughts, Da Tiantian put her hand on Li Yu's left shoulder and said excitedly, "As the biggest investor in the film, I have seen the finished film a long time ago.

But before today, I had no confidence, because Director Li said that we are walking a path that no one has succeeded in before.

Now I think we have succeeded in this path. Director Li is really a very talented and creative person. He has accomplished something that no one has done before.”

Da Tiantian is very supportive of Li Yu.

Li Yu's attitude was very modest: "As Tiantian said, there has never been a historical myth film with such a large investment before.

It is too early to draw conclusions as to whether the road has been successfully taken.

I personally think that if The Great Wall can successfully reach 500 million yuan, it will be considered a success.”

What Li Yu said was true; 500 million for the first film was his expected result.

The next second, Zhang Yingmou refuted Li Yu's words: "The Great Wall is the purest Chinese commercial film I have ever seen, and Director Li is the master who understands commercial films best in China.

Based on my experience, I can infer that The Great Wall definitely cost more than 500 million yuan."

Chen Kaige is about the same and gave a very high evaluation of "The Great Wall".

Interestingly, after the premiere, Feng Xiaogang was blocked by a group of reporters.

Everyone knew that he had a grudge against Li Yu.

The reporter who likes to stir up trouble naturally would not let him go and planned to ask him to comment on Li Yu's "The Great Wall".

Feng Xiaogang held his breath for a long time, and finally said: "The Great Wall is a very good film in terms of commercialization. Director Li is indeed a very talented director."

He really couldn't find fault with this movie.

It would be even more disgraceful to find fault with everything.

He didn't like Li Yu, who took away his position as the third director, but he couldn't deny Li Yu's talent and ability.

Then, the tactless reporter asked whether Feng Xiaogang's "1942" would be released in the near future.

A few months ago, Li Yu announced that "The Great Wall" would be released during the Lunar New Year holiday, and Feng Xiaogang immediately said that his "1942" would also be released during the Lunar New Year holiday.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see this kind of hostile relationship.

Feng Xiaogang said with a dark face: "I said it will be released during the Lunar New Year period, so it will definitely be released during the Lunar New Year period. When have I ever broken my promise?"

The Lunar New Year holiday spans several months, so who can say that his film 1942 would not be released during the Lunar New Year holiday? He certainly kept his word.

After shaking off the reporters, Feng Xiaogang still felt a little scared.

Fortunately, Li Yu decided to schedule the film for the Lunar New Year holiday instead of the short period between May Day and National Day.

If he follows May 1st or November 1st, he won’t even be able to play word games, his face will be swollen.

It is true that he is very confident in his "1942".

But there was nothing wrong with his brain. He knew that there was no chance of winning if he used a film about suffering like "1942" to compete with high-quality commercial films.

The media invited to attend the premiere quickly began to make their move.

"Zhang Yingmou: The end point of The Great Wall is definitely more than 500 million. On the contrary, 500 million is just a beginning."

"Chen Kaige: There are many people in China who are called genius directors or genius directors. I personally think there are only a few who can truly be called geniuses, and Director Li is one of them."

Chen Kaige wanted to say that in the whole of China, only he and Li Yu could be called talented directors.

Considering that it is a bit too wild to say this and may arouse some people's disgust, I said that there are only a few directors who can be called geniuses to avoid some people taking advantage of the issue.

"The national master and the poet have given such high praise, the movie must be good. I have already booked the tickets and am waiting for the movie to be released." "You can choose not to believe the national master and the poet, but you have to believe Xiao Gangpao.

Xiao Gangpao knows everything about the relationship between him and Li Yu, and he gave it a very high evaluation, which shows that "The Great Wall" is really impeccable. "

"As a lucky audience member who attended the premiere, I can give you a spoiler. The movie is very exciting, and the pictures and scenes are not inferior to those of the national master and director Chen. Director Li returned to the film industry after a year or two, and he has improved again."

On the Internet, the discussion about "The Great Wall" has become very popular.

Under the brilliant light of "The Great Wall", all the movies in the Lunar New Year period became dim.

A hotel somewhere in Beijing.

Wang Baoqiang asked Xu Zheng: "Director Xu, I didn't lie to you, did I?
Director Li’s “The Great Wall” is really strong. You saw the audience’s reaction at the premiere today.

You have also seen the popularity of this movie on the Internet.

Get out of here. Our Lost in Thailand is just a low-budget production. If you rush in, you will become cannon fodder."

Li Yu invited Wang Baoqiang to today's premiere.

Li Yu didn't know Xu Zheng and didn't invite him. He came with Wang Baoqiang.

He saw with his own eyes how powerful "The Great Wall" was.

He was really shaken and had the idea of ​​withdrawing the film.

But he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart. He sighed and said, "Let's wait a little longer. Lost in Thailand will be released nine days later than The Great Wall. Let's see how The Great Wall performs after it's released."

Anyway, he is just a new director who has just switched from being an actor, and Li Yu is one of the top directors in China.

No one will laugh at him if he withdraws the film.

Wang Baoqiang felt that Xu Zheng’s struggle was meaningless.

However, since Xu Zheng wanted to struggle a little longer, he couldn't say anything and could only let Xu Zheng go.

He is just an actor, he is not stupid enough to teach the director how to do things.

A few days later, The Great Wall was released.

The box office revenue on the first day was just over 4000 million, and the score was around 8.5 points.

Commercial films are not as popular as art films on rating websites and among film critics.

It is already very good that "The Great Wall" has this rating.

After seeing the first-day performance of "The Great Wall", Xu Zheng finally died.

He hesitated for a long time and finally made the decision to withdraw the film.

Mr. Wang from Fiber Optic naturally supported his decision.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Lost in Thailand will only lead to failure.

In fact, if "Lost in Thailand" is really released, it is very likely to have an impact on "The Great Wall".

In the original time and space, "Lost in Thailand" was the biggest dark horse in the domestic film market in 2012, breaking the highest box office record for domestic films in one fell swoop. The new director Xu Zheng became famous overnight and became the best-selling director in the country.

The reason why a miracle is a miracle is that no one can predict it before it happens. This is called a miracle.

Without Xu Zheng's perspective, he couldn't have known that his "Lost in Thailand" had such great potential, nor could he have believed that "Lost in Thailand", which only had an investment of 30 million, could gross over one billion at the box office.

If someone came up to him and told him that his movie "Lost in Thailand" could earn over 1 billion at the box office, his first reaction would probably not be happiness, but anger.

Because it sounds like cursing no matter how you listen to it.

There were some reports after "Lost in Thailand" was withdrawn from the shelves, but the popularity was not high.

In the eyes of most people, "Lost in Thailand" is an insignificant little role, and it makes no difference whether it is in the Lunar New Year holiday or not.

Only Li Yu knows how great "Lost in Thailand" is.

When he saw the news that "Lost in Thailand" was withdrawn from the schedule, he was ecstatic.

(End of this chapter)