I didn't want to be an actor

The director producer of "Seven Band" is Du Qifeng...

Including "Seven-Man Band", he has already made eight consecutive attacks...

He is a typical frustrated Hong Kong director who cannot catch the rapid development of the Chinese film market.

Now, no one is looking for him to make movies.

Then I got nervous...

It’s the general environment that’s not working, the audience that’s not working this time, or else it’s the censorship.

Especially censorship, Hong Kong filmmakers especially like to use this as an excuse.

Tian Qiwen was also in a weird mood all day long, refusing to allow filming of this or that.

However, there are many successful Hong Kong directors. In the final analysis, if they cannot adapt to the mainland audience, there is no point in pretending to be cheerful, or they will be eliminated by the market.

Many Hong Kong filmmakers are so awkward, relying on the mainland to make a living, but they still have to act aloof.

"Tomorrow's War" created a new situation: it sold miserably!

At the beginning, the promotion of "Tomorrow's War" focused on conventional brands such as "domestic science fiction" and "mecha cool movies", but its reputation was average (Douban score 6.4) and the competition from "Walking Alone on the Moon" during the same period was fierce. At the end of the first week The box office was already in decline.

Until August 13, the film's official Douyin account released a video saying "The world is so cruel, and 10 years of hard work will not pay off." It received 1.38 million likes, which was in sharp contrast to the video which had only tens of thousands of likes in the early days of its release. Things came to a turning point.

As if grasping a life-saving straw, the film crew continued to launch marketing based on the poor sales, quickly gathering a group of fans of "Tomorrow", and then derived "suspected films released at the same time stealing box office" and "kidnapping other Hong Kong films". Farces such as "Taiwanese celebrities are promoting "Tomorrow's War" have even reached the point where "capital will not let "Tomorrow's War" have an easy time.

Don’t be afraid of old tricks, just be useful.

In the original time and space, Louis Koo's "misfortune" was still successful!

But after all, what is consumed is his popularity and the popularity of Hong Kong movies...

If you use it too much, it will be like a "crying wolf". The replicability of "selling miserably" marketing is very low, and it is a self-destructive trick.

So here comes the question. Louis Koo has starred in many movies before, many of which failed at the box office. Why did he waste his 28 years of popularity on "Tomorrow"?

The reason is very simple, there is no capital to take over!

In the original time and space, in addition to "Walking Alone on the Moon" which was rumored to steal the box office, several movies released after "Tomorrow's War", such as "Broken Bridge" and "New Gods: Yang Jian", all had "rumors" that stole the box office of "Tomorrow's War". "Short video.

In the world of short videos, it seems that all domestic movies are stealing the box office of "Tomorrow War"!

"Broken Bridge" and "New Gods: Yang Jian" are not big productions, and their box office ambitions are not big. They were rumored to steal the box office, and they did not speak out...

This time, if he dares to touch "Novelist", Shen Liang will definitely start to complain!

…

In the capital, Shen Liang greeted Yu Hewei, Lei Jiayin, Dong Zijian, and... Yang Mi.

Lu Yang asked him: "What do you think of "Novelist"?"

Shen Liang praised: "I think it's pretty good, a bit like "Charlie's Chocolate Factory" or "The Magic Show"..."

"Then what score would you give?"

"Seven points...the special effects are really impressive."

"Only 7 points?"

"I feel that at the beginning, the movie shows that novels can indeed affect reality, but it cannot come back later...the logic breaks down!"

"It does have an impact..."

"But the ending is too nonsensical..."

The appearance of Blue Fire Gatling... is actually an exaggeration to achieve a contrast. One is that the author of the novel has been replaced, the other is to express Guan Ning's urgency, and in the end it is also a burden...

But the contrast between this paragraph and the previous plot is too great!

This caused the whole drama to collapse.

After all, what you created earlier is very realist...

After a pause, Shen Liang waved his hand: "It's not bad. If you like it, you will like it very much... When the various districts in the capital attack each other, whether it is a float or a candle dragon, it is really shocking!"

The fighting scene in "Novelist" is really awesome, much better than "Fengshen"!

Yang Mi interjected: "Then how much box office do you think it can get?"

"...It's hard to say, I think it's at least a billion!"

"That's not bad..." Yang Mi added: "Don't go to our premiere tomorrow..."

"Why?"

"You don't praise us..."

"Okay," Shen Liang nodded.

Yang Mi changed the subject: "Has "New Travel Notes" been released?"

"...Not yet, we got the extension key..."

Lei Jiayin interjected: "'Keep You Safe' is a National Day release?"

"Yes, the National Day movie will be officially released on September 30th... and "Ten Thousand Miles Homeward Bound" will compete with each other for the National Day box office championship!"

"Are you stressed?"

Shen Liang smiled and said: "It's not a big problem... everyone is tired of watching traditional movies with main themes... not to mention that this year's National Day movie has only one comedy for us, and the other three are all dramas with main themes!"

"Ten Thousand Miles Home", "Ordinary Heroes" and "Iron Will"...

Then the entire schedule collapsed, and by the way, "Hello, Brother", which was released for 25 days, took away 85 million at the box office!

Lu Yang couldn't listen anymore: "Let's continue talking about "Novelist"..."

…

Shen Liang stayed with them for more than half an hour, and then...he went home.

He really isn't attending the premiere.

Brother Liang’s character is here, he is upright and tells the truth!

This is his label as he walks around the world.

Then if you ask him to evaluate "Assassination Novelist"...

You can’t just give up your character for a movie!

Oh, the idol didn’t invite him to discuss art together…

It’s understandable. She must be looking forward to “Assassination of Novelist”. This is her first movie after “Famous”. It has a big investment, a female lead, and a fighting woman character…

The most important thing is that she has completely broken up with Jiaxing recently. The success or failure of “Assassination of Novelist” is related to her future film resources!

The idol is still very ambitious - it should be because Zhou Dongyu became the “Hong Kong Film and Golden Horse Film Queen” a few years ago. Many 85 flowers were dissed by netizens. Faced with these so-called “pull downs”, many post-85 actresses are eager to get rid of this title, but Yang Mi wears “post-85” on her body…

If she didn’t have ambition, she wouldn’t have announced at iQiyi Scream Night that ‘2024, see you with your work! ’

Compared with her career, Shen Liang is fine…

So, this sister is really brave but not wise!

Even less than Tian, ​​Xiao Tian knows that Shen Liang represents resources...

Forget it, Brother Liang is going to go home and do a live broadcast to promote "Novelist"...

Just got in the car, he received a call from Chen Jiadong, saying something like "There are rumors online that we stole the box office?"

Shen Liang didn't react: "...What the hell?"

Chen Jiadong explained: "On Douyin...someone said that "New Journey" stole the box office of "Tomorrow's War"...and posted the ticket stub..."

"New Journey?" Shen Liang was stunned: "Are you crazy? We have a box office of 3.3 billion, and there are more than 6,000 screenings a day. How can we steal the box office?"

"Take a look for yourself..."

Then he sent him a video...

It was a staff member of XX Cinema who reported it in real name, and he also showed his ID card...