Chapter 346: About to sweep the Oscars, Life of Pi is finished

"The third billion-yuan box office movie in Chinese film history was born, and the total box office of "Lost in Thailand" reached 10 billion yuan!"

"'Lost in Thailand' grossed 10.35 billion yuan at the box office, becoming the first movie to exceed 10 billion yuan this year."

"A new record has been set in 12. "Lost in Thailand" temporarily tops the box office with a box office of 10.35 billion!"

On September 9, "Lost in Thailand," which had been the standout throughout the summer season, was withdrawn from theaters, blinding the eyes of everyone in the industry.

10.35 billion!

This is a bit too exaggerated.

It is worth mentioning that the current box office of "Lost in Thailand" of 10.35 billion is actually less than the 11.69 billion in the original time and space.

This is not surprising. After all, due to Zhou Qing's intervention, the film was released two years earlier.

But this kind of thing is not really important.

What’s important is that the total box office of “Lost in Thailand” has actually exceeded 10 billion!

Although "Lost in Thailand" was a huge hit when it was first released, there were also many voices in the industry saying that the film could make 10 billion yuan.

But when the box office of "Lost in Thailand" broke 10 billion yuan, everyone was still deeply shocked.

This is the third movie in the history of Chinese entertainment to break 3 billion.

Although everyone knows that as the film market becomes larger and the number of big screens increases, it will no longer be difficult for a movie to break 10 billion in the future.

But even so, being the third film to break 3 billion is of great significance.

So from the director's perspective, the weight is even greater.

Ning Hao is the second person in the entire Chinese entertainment industry to achieve a box office achievement of 10 billion.

In the entire 10 billion director club, besides Zhou Qing, there is only Ning Hao.

Need I say more about this portion?
It can be said that the drama "Lost in Thailand" made Ning Hao become the most popular star.

"One billion! Haozi's movie really made over one billion! He's really something!"

Huang Bo, the leading actor, was so excited that his face flushed and he slapped his thighs loudly.

He had previously envied Liu Yifei for being the heroine of a billion-dollar box office movie, and had been fantasizing about when he could achieve the same achievement.

Who would have thought that this could be achieved in the blink of an eye.

He is now also the leading actor in a movie with a box office of 10 billion!
Even Huang Bo's 10 billion box office leading actor and Ning Hao's 10 billion director are different.

As the leading actor of a billion-dollar box office movie, his weight in the circle is even greater than Ning Hao's billion-dollar director.

There is no other reason, except for "Lost in Thailand", the situations of the other two billion-box office movies are somewhat special.

"The Witch" is a movie with a strong female lead, and there is no male lead at all.

Although "Your Name" has a male lead, the male lead is a director!

His real job is director, not actor.

He has said more than once that he prefers being a director rather than acting, and that acting is something he does occasionally when he feels like it.

Under such circumstances, Huang Bo's 10 billion male protagonist becomes even more rare.

The producers of "The Militiaman Ge Erdan" are also very excited, because the drama will premiere on Shenzhen Metropolitan Channel in a few days.

Now that "Lost in Thailand" starring Huang Bo is so popular, Huang Bo's popularity is also unprecedentedly high.

It has had a great positive impact on "The Militiaman Ge Erdan".

After all, "The Militiaman Ge Erdan" is Huang Bo's first personal TV series.

With the help of Huang Bo, the producers believe that the performance of "The Militiaman Ge Erdan" will definitely reach a higher level.

Facts have proved that this is indeed the case. The drama was aired on September 9, and the ratings exceeded 8 on the first day of its premiere.

After a week, it broke 6 and jumped to the third place in the ratings in the same period.

The results are indeed better than those in the original time and space.

All I can say is that the producers were lucky, as they happened to catch up with the huge hit of "Lost in Thailand", and gained a lot of popularity for nothing.

What can I say about the viewership of over 6? It might be a bit of an exaggeration to call it a big hit, but it is definitely a hit drama, that is a foregone conclusion.

Huang Bo’s TV drama debut wasn’t a huge hit, but it was definitely a success.

Although Huang Bo felt a little jealous that his "The Militiaman Ge Erdan" was not as popular as "The Disguiser" or "Shun Liu", he was still quite satisfied with it overall.

"The ratings of 'FireWire Brothers' must be higher, right?"

Huang Bo couldn't help but think so again.

The cast of "Brothers in Fire" is much stronger than that of "The Militiaman Ge Erdan", both behind the scenes and in front of the stage.

Huang Bo naturally had higher expectations for this TV series.

"Sura Sharma, are you ready?"

The filming of "Life of Pi" is proceeding in an orderly manner.

After the filming of Asanguo was completed, the remaining scenes were all water scenes of Life of Pi.

This is undoubtedly a challenge for Surah Sharma, and of course the same is true for Zhou Qing.

Because all of Suraj Sharma's subsequent performances will be non-property performances.

Not only the other protagonist, the tiger Richard Parker, but all the other animals on the ship are actually synthesized with special effects.

But those who have seen the movie know that there is actually a lot of interaction between Pi and these animals, but now they all have to perform to the air.

This made the filming progress slower than in India.

It's mid-September now and Tiger Richard Parker hasn't played yet.

The zebras and monkeys had just been killed by hyenas.

"I'm ready, Director."

Sura carefully reviewed the play that Zhou Qing had told him and nodded heavily.

The preparations for other units had also been completed, so Zhou Qing didn't waste any more time and just shouted to start.

"no, do not want!"

"Stop it!"

In front of the camera, Sura stood at the bow and shouted in great sorrow towards the direction of the cabin in front.

At this moment they are drifting on the vast ocean, and God knows when they will be rescued.

Those animals are our companions.

If Sura hadn't had the company of these animals during the days he was drifting on the sea, he would have gone crazy long ago.

“Stop it now!”

Sura subconsciously wanted to rush forward to stop it, but in the end he did not dare to take that step.

The hyena was obviously extremely hungry, which led to its brutal behavior and it bit the monkey and zebra to death.

If he goes alone, he will probably end up in the same situation.

"Crack!"

"Pass!"

Behind the monitor, Zhou Qing finally showed a satisfied smile.

This scene was shot five times before Sura finally met Zhou Qing's requirements.

However, Zhou Qing also believed that once Sura gradually got used to this kind of non-property performance, the progress would definitely be faster.

Even if Sura continues to maintain this progress, the filming of "Life of Pi" can be completed in October.

After all, all the subsequent filming involved one actor per scene, so the scale was really not large, on the contrary it was very small.

Even if you grind it slowly, you can grind it out in October.

"The martial arts masterpiece "Embroidered Spring Blade 2" directed by Lu Yang and written by Zhou Qing has started filming, and Zhu Yawen once again picked up the Embroidered Spring Blade."

"'Blade of the Assassin 2: Battle of Shura' has started filming, with Zhu Yawen and Xin Zhilei playing opposite each other." "'Blade of the Assassin 2' launched by Zhou Qing Pictures has started filming in a low-key manner, and Lu Yang said he is confident that it will surpass the previous work."

In mid-September, Lu Yang's long-awaited "Assassin 9" finally started filming.

People in the industry take this sequel much more seriously than "The Blade of the Assassin 1".

You have to know that the total box office of "Knife of the Assassin 1" is 2.46 million, which is a hit in any case.

It’s not a huge hit, but it’s definitely a blockbuster.

So with the foundation laid by "Knife of the Assassin 1", how could the box office of "Knife of the Assassin 2" be bad?
The starting box office must be over 2 million, right?

There is hope of reaching 3 million!

To be honest, it is really great that a martial arts movie can get this level of box office these days.

Anyway, Zhou Qing himself was very satisfied and did not have high expectations for this.

"Director Zhou, the post-production of Twilight 4 has been completed!"

Director Yang of Crown Pictures contacted Zhou Qing and reported an important matter to him.

The finished film of "Twilight 4" has been released.

But Zhou Qing was busy filming "Life of Pi" and definitely had no time to watch the movie.

What's more, the "Twilight" series has already successfully released three films, so Zhou Qing is very confident about the fourth one.

They are all the original team, what could go wrong?

"We plan to release Twilight 4 in mid-November. What do you think, Director Zhou?"

Director Yang then continued to report on some related matters, including publicity and promotion plans and release schedules.

Zhou Qing had no objection to this.

The first two "Twilight" films were also released in mid-November, which is an old tradition of the "Twilight" series.

"By the way, how is Gravity going? What stage has it reached?"

What Zhou Qing is most concerned about is "Gravity".

The film started shooting in May last year, and it has been nearly a year and a half now. Even the completion date has been over a year.

The time is really not short.

"It's almost done. I've talked to director Cuarón and he expects the film to be out in November."

This was a key project of Crown Pictures, so Director Yang was naturally well aware of it and reported directly without thinking.

Zhou Qing's eyes lit up.

After procrastinating for so long, I am finally about to see results.

What is more critical?
Zhou Qing plans to submit "Gravity" to the Oscars next year!

If it was any later, Zhou Qing would really be afraid of missing it.

Why does Zhou Qing insist on submitting "Gravity" to the Oscars next year?
There is no other reason, because Zhou Qing's "Life of Pi" is aiming for the Oscars next year.

If "Gravity" misses next year's Oscars, won't it become a competitor with "Life of Pi"?
One is a film produced by Crown Pictures, and the other is a film made by themselves. Isn't this internal friction?
Of course Zhou Qing didn't want to see this happen.

"I plan to participate in the Oscars next year for Gravity. You need to be ready for a series of preparations in the early stages."

Zhou Qing once again gave Director Yang serious instructions.

Participating in the Oscars is not an easy thing and requires corresponding public relations work.

Although on the surface it seems that the three rounds of public relations were all carried out after the nomination list was announced, a lot of effort had to be put in before that, right?
"Director Zhou is so optimistic about Gravity?"

Director Yang was secretly surprised. You know, participating in the Oscars costs a lot of money.

That's all real money.

It would be fine if you could really win a prize, but if you are just a runner-up, then it would be a waste of time.

However, Director Yang is still quite convinced of Zhou Qing's vision.

Hearing this, he agreed immediately without any hesitation.

"Every unit prepares!"

"start!"

After ending the call, Zhou Qing continued to be busy with the filming of "Life of Pi".

The following plot can be summarized in one sentence: the story of a man and a tiger.

It turns out that the animals that survived with Pi include not only hyenas, zebras and monkeys, but also a tiger!

After biting the zebra and the monkey to death, the hyena was tragically bitten to death by the tiger.

Young Pi will be forced to stay on the same boat with a man-eating tiger.

At first, Pi was naturally very afraid of tigers, fearing that they would eat him.

Always fighting wits and courage with the tiger.

But as his drifting career continued, the attitude of the young party tiger slowly changed.

In this vast sea where there is no visible future and one may be buried in the huge waves at any time, the tiger is the only companion of the young Pi.

It is the only spiritual comfort for the young Pi.

Without the company of the tiger Richard Parker, Pi would not have been able to hold out for so long.

This is also the reason why Pi cried so sadly after Richard Parker left him in the end.

It is worth mentioning that the exterior scenes for the finale were actually shot in India.

All the scenes being filmed at the China Film Digital Base at the moment are at sea.

Nothing else.

As the filming progressed day by day, Sura became more and more proficient and adapted to performing without props.

Zhou Qing's filming went more smoothly, and the overall shooting progress was smooth and seamless.

On October 10th, the last shot was taken.

Young Pi didn't know how many days he had been drifting on the sea. He fought against the heavens and the earth but finally reached a desperate situation.

I’m almost starving to death!

Not only him, even his partner Richard Parker was almost starving to death.

Young Pi came to Richard Parker, held his big head in his arms with a sad face, and stroked it gently with his hand.

“Do you feel the rain?”

Young Pi looked down at Richard Parker, muttering to himself, but his face was already covered with tears.

"Crack!"

"Pass!"

This crying scene was not easy to shoot, especially for a non-professional actor like Sura.

Zhou Qing shot it over and over again for 6 times before he achieved the effect that satisfied him.

"call!"

With Zhou Qing's announcement, Sura's tense nerves finally relaxed.

A knowing smile appeared on his face.

"Now I declare that Life of Pi has officially wrapped up!"

Zhou Qing stood up from behind the monitor and spoke loudly to Sura and the staff behind the scenes.

"It's done!"

Wow!
There was immediate applause and cheers from the audience.

(End of this chapter)

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