Chapter 430: "Operation Red Sea" box office exceeded 3 million on the first day! Director
Chapter 430: "Operation Red Sea" box office exceeded 3 million on the first day! Director Zhou made history again!
Zhou Qing: "..."
He didn't know what to say.
Ning Hao has been writing a script for nearly a year and it is still not finished. His speed is really slow.
Are you getting closer to Jiang Wen?
"Brother, you strive for perfection and work meticulously. This attitude is admirable."
Zhou Qing was speechless for a second, then he gave Ning Hao a thumbs up.
"Don't be ridiculous. Do you think everyone is like you? Writing a script is as easy as laying an egg?"
Ning Hao couldn't help but roll his eyes at Zhou Qing and complained crazily in front of him.
He did admit that he was a lot slower in working on the script, but there were others who were as slow as him.
But there is really no one else in the entire entertainment industry who is as fast and quick as Qingzi.
In terms of screenwriting speed, who can compare with Qingzi?
No one can.
"Go away, what do you mean by laying eggs? What kind of a lousy metaphor is that?"
Zhou Qing waved his hands repeatedly at Ning Hao with a look of disgust.
"But Qingzi, it seems that you have never written a script for others?"
Ning Hao smiled and sighed with regret.
If we were to say who is the most reliable person to adapt "Rural Teachers", it would definitely be Zhou Qing, the number one screenwriter in Chinese entertainment.
Ning Hao believed that Zhou Qing would be able to adapt it quickly and well.
But there is one thing Ning Hao has to consider, Zhou Qing's rank in the circle is really extraordinary.
How can I just write a script for someone else?
Since Zhou Qing made his debut, he has indeed written a large number of scripts, at least forty or fifty.
The number is astonishingly large and the quality is astonishingly high, more than the number of scripts most professional screenwriters write in their entire lifetime.
But as Ning Hao said, Zhou Qing either shoots the scripts he writes himself or operates them himself.
I've never written for anyone else.
What's more, Zhou Qing is a director, not a screenwriter.
So even though Ning Hao felt that he had a good relationship with Zhou Qing, he didn't feel comfortable asking Zhou Qing to help him write.
Although Ning Hao also knew that Zhou Qing would most likely not refuse if he asked.
"Congratulations in advance. You have won the Zhang-Zhou Contest this time."
Jiang Wen was also quite considerate and came to support Zhou Qing once again.
It was these words that frightened Zhou Qing.
If this gets to the ears of the media, it will cause a huge stir.
There’s no telling how the media will write about it.
"Director Jiang, The Great Wall has just been released. How did you get that?"
But Zhou Qing was still quite curious, so he asked as a matter of course, "Did you go to see this movie?"
"I didn't see it, and I don't need to see it."
Jiang Wen shook his head, taking it for granted.
"You knew I won without even looking?"
Zhou Qing raised his eyebrows.
"It's a weird combination of traditional Chinese history and monsters, and they even cast a foreigner as the lead actor. How can this movie be good?"
Jiang Wen's analysis was very logical. "Otherwise, why did you turn it down in the first place? Wasn't it because the script was too bad?"
Ah this!
Zhou Qing was speechless. What Jiang Wen said really made sense.
"We still have to believe in Director Zhang's level."
However, Zhou Qing couldn't follow Jiang Wen in openly questioning Master Zhang, so he just answered lightly.
"By the way, Director Jiang, when will your new film start shooting?"
The two sides chatted briefly, and Zhou Qing asked this question out of curiosity.
Last October, Jiang Wen revealed at Han Sanping's birthday party that she was working on a script.
Now, in the blink of an eye, more than a year has passed.
"If nothing unexpected happens, the filming will start in January next year."
Jiang Wen did not hide anything from Zhou Qing and gave the answer directly.
"Then I am looking forward to your masterpiece, Director Jiang."
Zhou Qing gave Jiang Wen high recognition and praise.
Immediately, a smile appeared on Jiang Wen's face subconsciously.
It's naturally a different feeling to be recognized by a big shot like Zhou Qing.
"Director Zhou."
"Director Zhou."
Walking around the venue, people all came over to greet Zhou Qing enthusiastically.
As the host, Zhou Qing also showed his enthusiasm and politely entertained the guests.
By the time everyone was seated in the theater and Zhou Qing finally sat down in his seat, it was more than two hours later.
"It's finally about to begin."
Director Zhao of the Navy Political Department couldn't help but rub his hands, looking completely impatient.
Is this extremely exciting and blood-boiling naval propaganda film about to begin?
He couldn't wait to let everyone appreciate the style of the navy.
La Peikang and several other producers also had smiles on their faces, expecting everyone at the scene to be shocked by "Operation Red Sea".
What about the other audience members in the theater?
Looking forward to it as well.
Although "Operation Red Sea" is a mainstream movie, with the examples of "Operation Mekong" and "The Taking of Tiger Mountain", the industry's impression of mainstream movies has indeed changed.
In addition, the publicity and promotion efforts of Zhou Qing and others during this period were not in vain.
The popularity of "Operation Red Sea" has been completely hyped up, and everyone knows that this is a "different" main theme blockbuster.
Now we are waiting to see what the results are.
"Emergency call, emergency call!"
"This is the Chinese merchant ship Handong!"
"We're under attack from pirates! We're under attack from pirates!"
The beginning had a fast pace, which made everyone's nerves tense right from the start.
Along with the merchant ship hijacked by pirates, the protagonists of "Operation Red Sea" began to make a shining appearance.
A clean and efficient operation quickly wiped out the pirates, who were forced to flee in panic.
Just a few shots make one's blood boil.
But this is just the beginning, just a prelude.
It is just used to briefly introduce the character's background and set the tone of the film.
The whole movie only gets into its theme when the protagonists begin to receive the mission to evacuate overseas Chinese and go to the war-torn Yemen to protect the evacuation of overseas Chinese.
The movie really started to get exciting. There is not much to say about the plot of this movie. It is very simple and can even be summarized in one word.
beat.
It's all about beating, beating from beginning to end.
But thanks to the director's profound skills, those intensive fights not only do not make people feel boring, but instead completely arouse everyone's emotions.
Seeing this, everyone felt their blood boiling.
It’s so hot. It’s really too hot.
Director Zhou is right, "Operation Red Sea" is indeed a film with a different main theme.
It looks good. It’s really beautiful.
"It's not over yet, is this the end? I haven't seen enough!"
"I've decided. I'm going to watch it for the second time, no, the third time!"
“I never thought that a mainstream blockbuster could be so good!”
After the movie ended, such sounds were heard almost everywhere in the theater.
Without exception, everyone gave "Operation Red Sea" extremely high praise.
As expected, you can always trust Director Zhou.
What happened to mainstream movies?
Director Zhou can still shoot beautifully and touch everyone’s heart.
For such main theme movies, everyone said that ten copies are not enough.
Many people who have watched "Operation Mekong" before said that "Operation Mekong" is good, but "Operation Red Sea" is much better!
As for The Great Wall?
What the hell! Compared to "The Great Wall" and "Operation Red Sea", it's just a bunch of shit!
This is certainly due to the fact that "Operation Red Sea" was well filmed, but the more fatal reason is that "The Great Wall" was poorly filmed.
"Director Zhao, President Ye, President Wang, Operation Red Sea has received such a warm response, I think it will be no problem to have a box office of 30 billion."
La Peikang took the reactions from all around him into consideration and couldn't help but say this to several producers.
However, several other producers were also very excited and expressed high expectations for "Operation Red Sea".
It is of course impossible for a main theme movie to break the 30 billion box office under normal circumstances, but "Operation Red Sea" is different.
This is the second time several producers have watched it, but they still don’t feel satisfied, let alone others?
30 billion!
It must be 30 billion.
"Director Zhou, Director Zhang's The Great Wall has been released and the box office data is very impressive. Do you think your Operation Red Sea can surpass Director Zhang's The Great Wall?"
The question-and-answer session of the interview began soon, and Zhou Qing was asked this question as expected.
"I said a long time ago that I don't compare myself with other directors, that's meaningless, I only compare myself with myself."
"What I care about is whether I can improve and surpass my previous self. That's what I focus on."
This was obviously a big pit that had been dug, and there was no way Zhou Qing would jump into it.
Even though he knew that Master Zhang's "The Great Wall" was nothing compared to his "Operation Red Sea".
"Then... Director Zhou, what is your box office forecast for Operation Red Sea? Do you think the box office of Operation Red Sea can exceed that of Dying to Survive?"
How could the reporter let Zhou Qing go so easily? He caught up with him and questioned him further.
"It's really hard for me to answer this question, but I'll still set a small goal. I hope the box office of Operation Red Sea can exceed 30 billion!"
In front of reporters and audiences, Zhou Qing very "modestly" expressed his expectations.
The scene became lively.
Director Zhou actually dared to claim a box office of 30 billion for a mainstream movie?
You are really quite arrogant.
Although everyone who has seen "Operation Red Sea" knows that it is indeed a good movie, 30 billion is not a small goal.
Looking at the entire Chinese entertainment industry so far, there is only one movie with a box office of 30 billion yuan, and that is Director Zhou’s "Dying to Survive"!
But thinking back carefully, it seems that Director Zhou's previous box office expectations for his films have actually been realized.
There really don't seem to be any exceptions.
That would be really interesting.
Could it be possible that the box office of "Operation Red Sea" could really exceed 30 billion?
"Operation Red Sea had its grand premiere, and director Zhou Qing said the box office could exceed 30 billion!"
"Can a mainstream blockbuster break 30 billion? At the premiere of Operation Red Sea, Director Zhou announced his goal."
"Operation Red Sea premiered in Beijing, with Director Zhao from the Naval Political Department Television Art Center on hand to support the event."
After the premiere, "Operation Red Sea" became a hot topic in the circle, and all major media were reporting on it.
In particular, Zhou Qing’s “small goal” of a total box office of 30 billion yuan was widely publicized by all parties.
Many people in the circle couldn't help but be amazed.
How dare a mainstream movie set such a high box office target?
Director Zhou is truly a man of great talent and courage. If he fails to get it, wouldn’t it be a slap in his own face?
"With a box office of 30 billion, is Qingzi so optimistic about Operation Red Sea?"
On the set of "Life Events", Zhu Yawen couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
The slogan of 30 billion that Zhou Qing shouted surprised him.
To be honest, although Zhu Yawen is the male lead of "Operation Red Sea", he was not so optimistic about the film at the beginning.
I think a box office of just over 10 billion is already amazing.
After all, the market potential of mainstream movies has never been very good.
Even though I saw that "Operation Mekong" had a box office of over 10 billion, I still thought that 20 billion was the upper limit of "Operation Red Sea".
As a result, now Qingzi asks for 30 billion?
It really caught Zhu Yawen off guard.
But soon after, Zhu Yawen began to become extremely excited and expectant.
Others may not understand Qingzi, but Zhu Yawen does.
Qingzi never brags!
Qingzi's sensitivity to the film market is extraordinary, and Zhu Yawen has never seen any of his predictions about the box office go wrong!
Taking all these factors into consideration, the total box office of "Operation Red Sea" is very likely to exceed 30 billion!
When Zhu Yawen thought about starring in a movie with a box office of 30 billion like Huang Bo, he felt his heart pounding.
Am I going to turn things around?
Although he has no starring role in any movie with a box office of 10 billion or 20 billion, he can suddenly become the leading actor of a movie with a box office of 30 billion?
Just thinking about this kind of thing makes people feel a little bit unbearable!
Zhu Yawen couldn't help but flash a light in his eyes.
The only question is, can "Operation Red Sea" really make 30 billion yuan as Zhou Qing said?
On December 12, "Operation Red Sea" was officially released in major theaters, and the first day's box office was quickly revealed.
The entire circle was immediately stimulated.
It’s nothing else, "Operation Red Sea" has set a new record again.
The box office on the first day was 3 million!
3 million!
It broke the first-day box office record of 2.6 million held by "The Mermaid" and set a new record.
It's not just a record-breaking movie, it's also the first movie in the history of Chinese entertainment to gross over 3 million yuan on the first day!
It’s so fierce. It’s really so fierce.
Everyone in the circle was shocked by this number.
You should know that so far, there are only three films in the entire Chinese entertainment industry whose first-day box office exceeded 2 million!
One of them was shot by Director Zhou himself, and the other was written by Director Zhou and produced by his own company.
The only movie that has nothing to do with Zhou Qing and grossed over 2 million yuan on the first day is Stephen Chow’s "The Mermaid"!
As a result, Director Zhou’s "Operation Red Sea" broke 3 million yuan at the box office on the first day?
Do you want to be so exaggerated?
(End of this chapter)