China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 400: Thanks to the opponent for assisting, "The Great Wall" continues to be popular

Huayi and Feng Xiaogang expected the box office revenue of "8" to be around million yuan.

The investment in this movie alone is no less than 200 million.

In terms of cast and production level, it is indeed not inferior to "The Great Earthquake" a few years ago, and in many aspects it is even better.

But again, the success of "Earthquake" is the result of multiple factors, including the excellent film and the right time, place and people.

By the time of "1942", the film was indeed very good, but those positive factors had disappeared.

The audience recognized that "1942" was a good movie.

However, the audience has been busy all year and has suffered enough in this year. They don’t want to spend money to cry in the cinema during the New Year’s Day holiday at the end of the year.

This situation resulted in the performance of "1942" being far below expectations.

It only grossed over 100 million yuan in one week after its release, which is even worse than the performance in the original time and space.

Thanks to the assistance of "1942".

Many viewers who were looking forward to Feng Xiaogang's new movie chose "The Great Wall" which is more exciting, passionate and without tears after learning that the overall story of "1942" is very sad.

It can be said that "The Great Wall" really has a bit of the flavor of Son of Desire.

First, the king of dark horses, "Lost in Thailand", fled without a fight, leaving "The Great Wall" with a great situation without interference from strong rivals in the early stages of its release.

The decline of "The Great Wall" became apparent, and Feng Xiaogang's very heavy and sad "1942" came out to help.

Li Yu has to thank Xu Zheng and Feng Xiaogang very much. Without them, the performance of "The Great Wall" would definitely not be so good.

Feng Xiaogang's commercial failure has further enhanced the value of Li Yu, the new box office king.

"Feng Xiaogang is really not doing well now. His comedies are getting worse and worse. If he doesn't make comedies, they won't sell. The former king of Lunar New Year films is really getting old."

"Li Yu, the rising star, is better than Feng Xiaogang in every aspect. Now everyone should have no doubt about this, right?"

"As expected of Director Li, The Great Wall can be called the king of the 2012 Lunar New Year movie season. It is so dominant that all its rivals during the same period are no match for The Great Wall."

"By the way, the upper part is already so strong, shouldn't the lower part start with 1 billion? After finishing the upper part, I still have this feeling that the bigger part is in the lower part."

"You are not alone. I also think the big things are in the second part. The real battle of the Great Wall will officially begin in the second part. The plot of the second part will only be more exciting and more bloody than the first part."

Feng Xiaogang could hear the doubts everywhere.

He could also hear people comparing him with Li Yu.

He was anxious, wanting to prove that he was not old, and that he was still the king of Lunar New Year films and commercial films.

He posted a Weibo post, announcing that his next film would be a classic Feng-style comedy, and his goal is to release it during the Lunar New Year holiday next year.

He wanted to prove with practical actions that he could take back what he had lost with his own hands.

Mr. Wang from Huayi was very happy to learn about Feng Xiaogang's decision.

He now felt a little grateful to Li Yu in his heart.

Thanks to Li Yu for waking Feng Xiaogang up with a slap, which made Feng Xiaogang realize that it was a wise choice to just make comedy films.

What’s the point of doing that kind of crappy art? The artistic quality of “1942” is high, but it was a box office flop, and even Huayi’s stock price plummeted.

Fortunately, Feng Xiaogang changed his mind.

As long as Feng Xiaogang is willing to make comedies, everything will be fine.

The money lost in "1942" can be earned back with just one high-quality comedy, and the falling stock price can rise again.

Feng Xiaogang's appeal in the field of comedy cannot be underestimated.

Feng Xiaogang initially proposed to go back to find Wang Shuo to help him write a script.

Wang Shuo played an indispensable role in his becoming the king of Lunar New Year films in mainland China.

The films he and Wang Shuo create together are true Feng-style comedies. Feng-style comedies are incomplete without Wang Shuo.

But Mr. Wang's words made Feng Xiaogang give up the idea: "Given your current situation, if you go to Wang Shuo to discuss the script, will he not embarrass you?"

Feng Xiaogang and Wang Shuo have had a long-standing feud. Back then, Feng Xiaogang became a great director in China thanks to Wang Shuo's works.

Feng Xiaogang, who has achieved great success, never mentioned Wang Shuo at all, and even erased Wang Shuo's name in the column of screenwriters of some films and wrote his own name instead.

Wang Shuo, who was in trouble at the time, was very angry at his former follower for taking advantage of his misfortune.

Later, Feng Xiaogang offered Wang Shuo money as compensation, but he refused.

Wang Shuo is known as a ruffian writer. To put it nicely, he is a person of true temperament. To put it bluntly, his emotional intelligence drops offline when he gets carried away. He scolds anyone he meets, regardless of whether it will offend others or not. He just wants to scold them first to make himself feel good.

Now Feng Xiaogang's "1942" has just failed and was a complete commercial failure.

He wanted to find Wang Shuo in order to reiterate to the world that his status as the king of commercial films could not be replaced.

He once offended Wang Shuo so badly.

With Wang Shuo's personality, even if they could finally successfully reach a cooperation, he would not feel good in the process if he made demands on Wang Shuo.

"Why not continue to shoot If You Are the One? It's a big hit."

Mr. Wang said again.

The first two parts of If You Are the One were very profitable.

The investment in the first two films was not large, but the returns were very high.

Take "If You Are the One 2" for example, it had an investment of 4.6 million and a box office of million.

Moreover, half of the 50 million investment has been earned back through advertising placement and other means in the early stage, which can be said to be a huge profit.

There is indeed potential to film "If You Are the One 3".

Feng Xiaogang also thought so and he accepted Mr. Wang’s advice.

Soon, Feng Xiaogang announced on Weibo that his next film would be the third in the If You Are the One series, and that it would be starred by the original cast of the first two films.

This news attracted considerable attention.

Da Tiantian was one of the people who paid attention to this news. She said: "Li Yu, have you seen the message sent by Feng Xiaogang?

He is preparing to shoot If You Are the One 3. From what he said, he is probably aiming for the next part of our The Great Wall. "

Da Tiantian takes this matter very seriously.

Feng Xiaogang is good at making comedies.

"If You Are the One 2" had a box office of 4.6 million yuan, and that was more than two years ago. This result was a great achievement at the time.

Even now, there are only a handful of movies that can gross 4.6 million yuan.

Once "If You Are the One 3" is released, it will not be a problem to start with million yuan.

Many people think so, including Da Tiantian.

"If You Are the One 3", which started with a budget of million yuan, might have a certain impact on the second part of "The Great Wall".

But Li Yu couldn't help laughing.

"If You Are the One 3", are you serious?

In Li Yu's impression, this is a huge flop and a terrible movie.

However, it has something to do with the release time of the movie. "If You Are the One 3" will be released in 2023 in the original time and space.

Feng Xiaogang's Feng-style comedies have not changed in response to market changes.

The time span between 2010 and 2023 is so long that the audience has changed.

Feng Xiaogang is using the same stuff from more than a decade ago to fool the audience in 2023, and the audience will naturally vote with their feet.

It hasn’t been long since the release of If You Are the One 2, and the market hasn’t changed that much. The performance of If You Are the One 3 should be better.

But judging from the quality, I'm afraid it won't be that good.

(End of this chapter)