Chapter 494 Director Zhou’s most powerful ability, “Detective Chinatown 3” swept the market and brok

Chapter 494 Director Zhou’s most powerful ability, “Detective Chinatown 3” swept the market and brok

"If Luyang didn't have this potential, why did I sign him in the first place?"

Hearing Zhu Yawen's sigh, Zhou Qing couldn't help but grin.

This made Zhu Yawen admire Zhou Qing even more.

The entire industry knows that Zhou Qing is the number one director and screenwriter in Chinese entertainment, and everyone pays homage to Zhou Qing's directing and screenwriting skills.

But in Zhu Yawen's opinion, Zhou Qing's fiery eyes were the most terrifying.

Just as Zhou Qing pretended just now, Lu Yang was really ordinary at the beginning.

Who would have thought that the other party would really have such potential?
It's not just Lu Yang, there are also Xue Xiaolu, Zhu Yawen, Chen Sicheng, Xu Zheng and so on.

Which of those "Zhou Qing-style directors" is not like this?
At the beginning, they were all nothing. Either they were flopped directors or they had never directed any works.

The kind that no one noticed at all.

Even if someone said at that time that these people would become great directors in the future, no one would believe it.

But what about Qingzi?

But they all saw through the potential of these people at a glance!

He actually made all these unknown people into top directors.

It's really too awesome.

Of course, the same is true for actors.

Let’s just talk about Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang. They are both very popular now and are top-tier celebrities.

But when Qingzi first signed him, who would have thought that this kind of "stuff" could become so popular?

Aoko's vision is truly invincible.

"Attention all units!"

"Clear the field."

After a brief chat with Zhu Yawen, Zhou Qing began to get busy.

Once all relevant preparations are in place, the new shot will begin immediately.

However, the highlight of this shot is on the four-character brother, not on other protagonists such as Zhu Yawen.

In the setting of the movie, the four-character brother is a natural born pitcher.

According to the script, there were many foreshadowings in the early stages.

At the beginning, when Wu Qianli brought Wu Baili's ashes back to his hometown, his younger brother threw stones at the boatman, and every time he hit him, he hit the target.

After officially joining the Seventh Company, he also threw stones to hit the thunder god with the same incredible accuracy.

He was even teased by his friends, "You are a great pitcher."

This setting seems a bit cliché, and even a bit out of place in this kind of mainstream blockbuster, but it is actually necessary.

There’s no other reason, Wu Qianli’s character is there.

This is a 19-year-old boy who joined the Seventh Company impulsively out of passion.

How can you expect him to perform on the battlefield when he goes to the battlefield without any training or experience?
It would be good if you could learn how to shoot.

It would be good enough if I could not hold back.

It's a joke to expect Wu Qianli to bravely kill the enemy.

But given the importance of the character Wu Qianli, it would be unreasonable not to give him a highlight.

Otherwise, why would you give such an important role to a supporting role?

So after much thought, the best setting is the sharp shooter.

"start!"

Following Zhou Qing's order, the actors who were in position all began to perform accordingly.

Zhu Yawen and Li Chen both lay on the ground with their heads in their hands, hiding behind cover and not daring to show their heads.

Because in a small window not far away, a machine gun was crazily firing at the two of them.

The two men were unable to move at all and could only be beaten.

The little brother who was hiding in the next room stretched his head to look at the situation for a while, and then took decisive action.

He took out a grenade, pulled the fuse, and threw it out.

Of course this grenade is a prop and it is fake.

It's thrown out, nothing happens.

But Zhu Yawen and Li Chen both looked surprised, with a hint of surprise.

It seemed as if the grenade thrown by the four-character brother really hit the target.

"Airburst? Come again!"

Li Chen was stunned for a moment, then shouted to his four-character brother with great anticipation.

This time, the four-character brother simply took out two grenades, pulled out the fuses with his mouth, and threw them out together.

Zhu Yawen and Li Chen looked at the direction where the grenade was thrown, and they were both surprised and excited.

Then each of them stood up and rushed forward with guns in hand.

"Yu Congrong, go blow up the communication tower!"

Zhu Yawen yelled at Li Chen.

"Crack!"

"Pass!"

Zhou Qing stood up from behind the monitor.

After hearing that the director had given it, the actors breathed a sigh of relief.

"Where are the tanks? Have they been delivered?"

Zhou Qing made some simple arrangements for the relevant matters and then called the assistant director over to inquire about the situation.

"Director Zhou, it's being transported here. It will take about ten minutes."

The assistant director answered immediately.

Zhou Qing nodded, knowing what was going on: "Notify me as soon as the tanks arrive."

After giving some instructions to the assistant director, Zhou Qing started to work on other things.

Although it is already night, there is no choice. In order to catch up with the progress, we have to finish filming another tank battle.

And such high intensity will occur frequently every now and then.

It wasn't until January that things started to get better.

At this time, the first battle is nearing its end, and it should be finished in just over a week.

Frankly speaking, everyone was already very tired from filming, both the director and the main actors.

However, the actors in "Changjin Lake" are all relatively dedicated and reliable.

Secondly, with Zhou Qing, the top director in the Chinese entertainment industry, in charge, which actor would dare to let down?

So overall the shooting went quite smoothly.

"'Detective Chinatown 3' is scheduled to be released on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Can it continue the box office miracle of 'Detective Chinatown 2'?"

"Jia Ling's directorial debut Hello, Li Huanying is about to be released, and Jia Ling's recollection of his deceased mother makes people cry."

"Liu Dehua's new work "The Crowd": Be the protagonist in the rolling crowd."

"In the fantasy blockbuster "The Order of the Samurai", two superstars Chen Kun and Zhou Xun join hands to take you through the worlds of humans and demons."

January is not a very good period for the Lunar New Year movies. At least it is much worse than December.

However, because of the Spring Festival period in February, it has become the most important period of the Lunar New Year period.

Therefore, the film market is quite lively in January every year.

It’s not that there are many blockbusters and strong films released, but mainly those blockbusters scheduled for the Spring Festival have all started to make their debut in January.

For example, this year, there are four heavyweight blockbusters competing with each other.

Among them, the most marketable, the most anticipated in the industry, and the most favored by all parties is undoubtedly Chen Sicheng's "Detective Chinatown 3". The number of people who marked this film as wanting to watch it on major platforms is also the largest.

It's the kind of fault type.

It's not just about the number of people, but also about all the relevant preliminary data that can be counted, and "Detective Chinatown 3" is also ranked first.

This shows how attractive the popular IP "Detective Chinatown" is.

This is not surprising to people in the industry or anyone else. After all, "Detective Chinatown 2" has already broken the 40 billion yuan box office.

Regarding the performance of "Detective Chinatown 3", people in the industry are generally optimistic that it can reach 50 billion.

Even if it can't reach 50 billion, it won't be difficult to maintain the 2 billion of "Detective Chinatown 40".

Under such circumstances, how could the expectations for "Detective Chinatown 3" not be maximum in all aspects?

Another is Jia Ling's "Hello, Li Huanying", which is also a highly anticipated movie among many Spring Festival movies.

It’s nothing else, just because of one person, Jia Ling.

As a highly successful female comedian, Jia Ling is a household name in China and has a very high national popularity.

Even those who don't usually watch crosstalk and sketches have seen Jia Ling on the Spring Festival Gala.

As such a super celebrity, or a celebrity with a large number of fans across the country, it is naturally different to switch careers and become a director.

For example, Han Han, Jay Chou, and Guo Xiaosi are the best examples.

Therefore, the investors are also quite optimistic about "Hello, Li Huanying".

No matter how the film is made, a movie like this should not do badly at the box office.

As for “The Order of the Samurai”?
Needless to say.

This is a fantasy movie adapted from Onmyoji, and big names like Chen Kun and Zhou Xun have joined the cast.

It can be said to be a big production backed by a big IP, and it naturally looks like a hit at first glance.

In other words, "The Crowd" is slightly inferior.

The biggest selling point of the film is actually Andy Lau.

But everyone who knows Andy Lau’s movies knows that there are many good movies, but there are even more bad movies!

But no matter what, as a top star who has been popular for such a long time, Andy has a lot of fans.

Investors naturally dare not underestimate it.

The pattern of this year's Lunar New Year box office has basically been formed.

To put it simply, it is a battle between four heroes!
Or it can be said that there are one super and three heroes, and the super one among them is undoubtedly "Detective Chinatown 3".

After seeing the various early data and feedback from "Detective Chinatown 3", director Chen Sicheng and producer Zhou Qing were both quite satisfied.

A smile appeared on their faces.

Both of them are very optimistic about the prospects of "Detective Chinatown 3".

This is especially true for Zhou Qing, who is a reborn person.

He knew very well that "Detective Chinatown 5.3", a terrible movie with only 3 points, could make 45 billion at the box office.

Now that I have participated in "Detective Chinatown 3", it will only be better!
The media rumors about breaking 50 billion are not just random talk.

In addition to the good momentum of "Detective Chinatown 3", there is another thing that makes Zhou Qing very happy.

whats the matter?
Lu Yang's "Assassination of Novelist" has been taken off the screen, and the total box office has reached 15 billion.

I have to say that this box office is much better than that in the original time and space, it is 5 million more.

The extra 5 million is not a big deal, it makes Zhou Qing's profit increase a lot, at least million!

This can undoubtedly be considered a huge profit.

Zhou Qing himself was naturally very satisfied with this.

The same is true for Lu Yang.

He was actually more excited than Zhou Qing.

This film, which Director Zhou insisted on making, not only did not make him lose money, but also made him a lot of money.

This is the greatest comfort for Lu Yang.

"Director Zhou, the post-production of Wolf Warrior 2 has been completed."

In addition, Wu Jing also reported such a matter to Zhou Qing.

The post-production of the other party's "Wolf Warrior 2" was actually slower than they expected.

There is no other reason. The other party had only calculated the pure post-production time, but did not include the time for reshooting the movie.

As time went by, I found that some shots did not meet my requirements at all, so I urgently re-shooted them.

It took a lot of time and all the post-production work was not completed until January.

But actually it doesn’t matter anymore.

Anyway, when Lu Yang's "Assassination of Novelist" is released, it is destined that "Wolf Warrior 2" will not be able to go to the Lunar New Year season and can only go to the summer season next year.

So when is the specific time period for the Lunar New Year holiday?
Zhou Qing had actually thought about it a long time ago.

For a blockbuster movie like "Wolf Warrior 2", of course it has to be released during the golden period of the Lunar New Year holiday.

That is August.

Most students are on vacation this month, so the number of people going to the cinema is definitely much higher than in previous months.

Generally speaking, there are more blockbusters and strong films this month than in other months.

But it’s been 21 years, so the situation is a bit special.

There is no other reason, some blockbusters and strong films are destined to be released during the National Day holiday.

The most representative one is "Changjin Lake" currently being filmed by Zhou Qing. The nature of this film means that it has to give up the summer schedule and choose the National Day schedule.

Another one is the main theme blockbuster "My Fathers and Me".

This film is from the same series as "My Country, My Parents" and "My Hometown and I"!

To put it bluntly, they are all tribute films produced by the Film Bureau.

It will definitely be released during the National Day holiday.

This film is already the third in the series, and just like the original "The Founding of an Army", it inevitably showed signs of weakness.

But even so, it still grossed 14.76 billion yuan at the box office.

If it was released during the summer vacation, the box office would definitely be higher.

Definitely a strong rival.

To some extent, "Wolf Warrior 2" is a big bargain.

In addition, Zhou Qing has already grabbed "The Angry Case", which was originally scheduled to be released in August next year.

He had already created the script a long time ago, and even released information to Hong Kong Island, such as the story outline and so on, in a very high-profile manner.

This is to prevent the original team from doing it again.

Under such circumstances, it is unlikely that Chen Musheng will film "The Angry Case" again.

Of course, it is not impossible. What if Chen Musheng shoots it again?

Zhou Qing said, just take the photos, it’s no big deal.

Anyway, he has so many stocks in his mind, it doesn’t matter if there is one more or one less.

If this one is gone, just copy the next one.

However, if this film was really made by Chen Musheng, the total box office would only be 13 billion, which would not have any impact on "Wolf Warrior 2".

What's more, this is a low-probability event.

The possibility of the other party continuing to produce "The Angry Case" is really small.

In addition, movies like "Summer of Future" and "White Snake 2: Rise of the Green Snake" are even more insignificant.

So yes, if Wolf Warrior 2 is released in August, it will basically be a sweeping success and will not encounter any rivals at all.

This matter was happily agreed upon. (End of this chapter)