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Chapter 399: Opponent Assists

I guess even Li Yu himself wouldn’t have thought of this.

Feng Xiaogang, who has been deeply involved in art in recent years, was inspired by "The Great Wall" to think about remaking his own comedy films.

The stimulation of "The Great Wall" is more effective than a hundred words of advice from Mr. Wang of Huayi.

Feng Xiaogang is still very strong when it comes to directing Feng-style comedies.

If nothing else, at least it won’t be bad at the box office.

"The Great Wall" has influenced more than just Feng Xiaogang in the circle.

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President Wang said to Xu Zheng earnestly, "Look, Old Xu, it's a good thing you withdrew Lost in Thailand.

Sunglasses Wang's "The Grandmaster" was powerless in front of "The Great Wall" and became a green leaf beside the red flower. "

"Yeah, The Great Wall is so strong."

Xu Zheng felt a little scared.

Fortunately, he is not stubborn. 3.1 million in one week is really scary.

How can his low-budget comedy film "Lost in Thailand" compete with others?
“There’s nothing we can do about it, the competition during the Lunar New Year period is so fierce every year.

Now that everything has been withdrawn, let’s study carefully when is the appropriate time to release it.

It definitely won’t work during the Spring Festival, as the Spring Festival period includes Stephen Chow’s “Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons” and Director Li and Fatty Wang’s “Detective Chinatown”.

The competition during the Spring Festival is not much less than that during the Lunar New Year."

Mr. Wang said.

Before making a change, Xu Zheng would definitely be stubborn and set the release date in advance before considering whether to withdraw the film.

Now he has completely lost his temper.

Wang Baoqiang told him that "The Great Wall" is a concentrated reflection of the experience and skills accumulated by Li Yu over the years.

Li Yu is very confident about "The Great Wall".

Then The Great Wall became a hit.

Wang Baoqiang also told him that the script of "Detective Chinatown" was of very high quality, and Wang Jing was very serious during the filming and was aiming to make a good film.

Wang Baoqiang also said that Li Yu plans to develop "Detective Chinatown" into a series, and the first film in this series will definitely be well-made.

In this case, there is no need for him to do something as unnecessary as withdrawing the film from the schedule temporarily.

"Boss Wang, I'll listen to you. We won't release it during the Spring Festival. Let's wait and see next year's May Day, Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day.

Anyway, I don’t want to wait until next year’s Lunar New Year holiday. The second part of The Great Wall will most likely be released during next year’s Lunar New Year holiday.”

The smile on Xu Zheng's face was bitterer than bitter gourd.

He wanted Lost in Thailand to be released during the most appropriate Lunar New Year and Spring Festival period, but Li Yu didn't give him the chance.

The "Great Wall" series occupied the Lunar New Year box office for two years.

He can't wait that long, and investors won't let him wait that long either.

Besides, even if he waits and finishes making "The Great Wall", Li Yu might make another movie. Would his "Lost in Thailand" still be released?

Instead of waiting, it would be better to release it at a time next year when the competition is not so fierce.

Another week later, the box office of "The Great Wall" reached 500 million.

The box office in the second week has dropped a lot compared to the first week, but it is still the number one in the same period.

Moreover, the first part of "The Great Wall" has met Li Yu's expectations.

He always felt that the upper part could make a small loss.

Since the upper part suffered a small loss and its reputation remained strong, it was inevitable that the lower part would maintain its quality and sell well.

The "Great Wall" series is very similar to the "Guan Du" series, in that the plots of the second part are far more exciting than the first part.

It now seems that the first part of "The Great Wall" will not lose money at all and may even make a profit.

The total investment for the first part is 200 million yuan, and the box office only needs to exceed 600 million yuan to ensure that there will be no loss.

Judging from the current box office trends, there is no doubt that the first part will break 600 million.

The result of this first battle was much better than Li Yu expected.

Mr. Han from China Film Corporation was all smiles; he liked this kind of large-scale commercial film with huge investment.

In China, anyone who can make a big-budget commercial film can become his guest of honor.

There is no doubt that Li Yu has achieved this.

On the day when the box office of "The Great Wall" exceeded 500 million, President Han personally called Li Yu to congratulate him and advised Li Yu to do more such commercial productions in the future.

What? Lack of money? He can solve the money problem, as long as Li Yu dares to shoot. Even shooting mythological special effects films, which no one has succeeded in before, can make money.

As long as Li Yu dares to play, he can attract three to five hundred million yuan of investment for Li Yu in minutes.

Li Yu cleared his throat and said, "Boss Han, isn't there a movie called "Under the Great Wall" that hasn't been released yet? I don't plan to make any commercial films for now. I want to make an art film and see if I can win an award in Europe."

"Good, very good, art film is also good."

Director Han hesitated for two seconds.

Compared with art films, he prefers commercial blockbusters.

However, he also supported Li Yu's plan to make art films.

Li Yu’s previous art film “Secret of the Sun” was also good, and successfully helped the mainland win its first Cannes Best Actress.

After many years, Li Yu is making an art film again, and Mr. Han is looking forward to what achievements Li Yu can make.

"How much money do you plan to spend to make this art film?"

Mr. Han thought about it and asked a question.

He wouldn't invest if it was only a few hundred or twenty million.

Li Yu is not a new director and he has his own film and television company, so he can easily get the investment.

If the investment is large, he can help share part of it.

He doesn't care whether there is a profit or not, because investing in art films itself carries the risk of losing money.

If I can win the grand prize, the loss will be worth it.

It doesn’t matter if he can’t win the award. Li Yu has helped China Film Group make so much money over the years. Let alone losing tens of millions, he will still invest next time even if he loses 200 million.

After all, in the original time and space, after Wu Baige's "Red Cliff" flopped, China Film Group invested in "The Crossing".

This is the big director effect. There will be no lack of investment until the movie is completely dead.

"About 70 million."

Li Yu gave an accurate number.

"Is it going to be such a big deal this time?"

Mr. Han was shocked by this number.

An investment of 70 million is already higher than many commercial films, and it is indeed a bit risky.

“I hope this movie does better in every way.”

Li Yu replied.

Having money in place can really solve a lot of problems.

"If you need investment, I can provide 30 million at any time."

Li Yu wanted to play, so Director Han followed.

Again, 30 million is nothing.

Take the currently released "Above the Great Wall" and the upcoming "Under the Great Wall" for example, these two films can help China Film earn more than 30 million yuan.

Li Yu did not reject Mr. Han's kindness.

However, he would not take all the 30 million promised by President Han, he would only take part of it.

Because Li Yu is confident in "Parasite", he plans to take a larger share.

To obtain part of China Film's investment is a matter of human relations.

People invested their money at the risk of losing money together with him. If he doesn't take a penny, it would be considered as being disrespectful.

As time went by, "The Great Wall" only earned more than 100 million yuan in the third week, and the total box office in three weeks was about 670 million yuan.

The decline of "The Great Wall" has already become apparent, and 800 million should be the limit of "The Great Wall".

But life is full of surprises.

Feng Xiaogang noticed that the momentum of "The Great Wall" has weakened, and the box office of more than 100 million yuan a week will not squeeze his "1942".

So his "1942" is coming out, and Huayi has been using a massive advertising campaign to promote the film.

The beautiful scene that Feng Xiaogang and Huayi imagined to surpass "Earthquake" did not appear.

The first-day box office of "2" was only million, far less than Feng Xiaogang's previous works "If You Are the One " and "Aftershock".

What made Feng Xiaogang and Huayi even more upset was that four days after the release of "1942", "The Great Wall", which had been gradually losing box office revenue, actually enjoyed a second spring.

The reason is that a large number of viewers who were looking forward to "1942" were disappointed and turned to "The Great Wall".

This situation is a typical case of the opponent giving assists.

(End of this chapter)