Chapter 495: A new director with greater potential than Zhou Qing, "Detective Chinatown 3"
"Every unit prepares!"
"start!"
The filming of "Changjin Lake" is proceeding in full swing as usual.
Just as Zhou Qing had predicted, the first all-out war was filmed until late January.
This made everyone in the crew breathe a sigh of relief.
There's no way, war scenes are just too difficult to shoot.
It is not only a mental test, but also a huge challenge to physical strength.
Because you really need to run around.
It's not running on flat ground, but the kind of running that goes up and down hills.
In order to pursue the truth, you have to run hard and run fast. After all, war is no joke.
If Zhou Qing hadn't arranged for the main characters to undergo military training before filming began, some people really wouldn't have been able to handle it.
Even so, the high-intensity shooting for several months made everyone exhausted.
This makes the transitional literary drama in the middle seem even more precious.
It’s a pity that “Changjin Lake” is a war drama and there are very few literary scenes.
The filming was completed in just a few days.
Everyone had to follow Zhou Qing to another filming location to continue filming the second battle.
That was another heavyweight battle in "Changjin Lake".
After filming, the entire movie is basically completed.
Although this second war is much simpler than the first one, it will still take at least two months.
In other words, the shooting will take place until mid-March.
As for the rest of the plot, it would take about half a month to complete them all.
That is to say, if everything goes well, "Changjin Lake" will be completed in April.
Generally speaking, the filming of "Changjin Lake" has been completed for the most part, but the task is still very arduous.
The schedule for the following days of shooting was quite tight and everyone was on edge.
However, on New Year's Eve, the chief director Zhou Qing still gave the entire crew two days off.
Chinese New Year is the most important festival in China.
No matter how tight the schedule is, we have to let everyone have a good New Year.
Even if I can't go home, I should at least stay on the set to show my appreciation, right?
Otherwise it really doesn't make sense.
Because the filming is currently taking place in Huaihai, which is too far away from Beijing.
Moreover, because it is a period of force majeure, the inspections for travel to and from various cities are more stringent.
So Zhou Qing couldn't go home this year, but stayed in the crew and spent it with other people.
Of course, considering Zhou Qing’s identity and rank, the “others” here are not ordinary people.
They are the core members of the crew.
To put it simply, there are only two other directors, Xu Ke and Lin Chaoxian, plus the main characters including Zhu Yawen, Huang Xiaoming, Li Chen, and Si Zi Didi.
We booked a luxurious private room that night and had a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner together.
As for the others?
Zhou Qing can't do anything about it.
As the chief director, he doesn't need to worry about such trivial matters and can just leave it all to the producer.
"Director Zhou, please say a few words!"
After the excitement was almost over, Huang Xiaoming spoke to Zhou Qing with a smile.
"Yes, Director Zhou, please say a few words."
Others also turned their eyes to Zhou Qing.
Even the two top directors, Xu Ke and Lin Chaoxian, had no objection to this.
It’s simple, who can blame Zhou Qing for being the most famous person in the audience?
If Zhou Qing didn't take the lead in speaking, could it be them?
The entertainment industry is a place with strict hierarchy, and many things cannot be done randomly.
Of course Zhou Qing would not refuse, so he smiled gently and spoke while facing everyone's gaze.
"Okay, let me just say a few words. We have already filmed more than half of "Changjin Lake". I don't know how you feel about it, but as a director, I can only say one word: it's amazing!"
There was an immediate burst of excited agreement at the scene.
It is definitely an honor to be recognized by a great director like Zhou Qing.
"Although the film has not been completed yet, I can tell you now that I am confident that 'Changjin Lake' will set a new record!"
Just two simple sentences can be said to have ignited the blood of everyone present.
It made everyone excited.
Director Zhou is really optimistic about "Changjin Lake".
With Director Zhou's tone, shouldn't "Changjin Lake" make a box office of 40 to 50 billion?
Who can remain calm when thinking about the possibility of starring in a film of this level?
"The filming of "Changjin Lake" is so great, which is inseparable from the hard work of everyone during this period. I have seen it all. Thank you for your dedication and hard work."
"I believe that everyone's hard work and sweat will not be in vain. When the movie is released, everyone will be grateful for this."
“There are only about two months left for the production of ‘Changjin Lake’. I hope everyone can continue to work hard and fight this final battle together.”
Be it Zhu Yawen, Huang Xiaoming, or Four-Character Brother, everyone present responded enthusiastically.
The atmosphere at the scene was so warm.
There was an irrepressible light flashing in everyone's eyes.
In fact, they have heard such remarks many times. Basically, the director would say this every time the drama crew had a dinner together.
But basically, they are just empty words to cheer people up.
But when these words come out of Director Zhou's mouth, it is naturally completely different.
Everyone is willing to believe that what Director Zhou said is true.
“Finally, I wish everyone a happy new year!”
At this time, Zhou Qing just picked up the wine glass in front of him.
"Happy New Year."
A dozen wine glasses collided together, pushing the atmosphere to its climax.
"Detective Chinatown 3" was a huge hit at the box office, with a first-day box office of 5.2 million, setting a new record for the series!"
"Director Chen Sicheng's Detective Chinatown 3 dominated the Spring Festival box office, with a first-day box office of 5.2 million yuan, leading the New Year!"
The next day, which was the first day of the Lunar New Year, the four movies scheduled for the Spring Festival were released in theaters.
The four heroes began to fight head-on, but the pattern of the four heroes competing for supremacy was basically established at the first time.
"Detective Chinatown 3", which had the highest popularity in the circle before, did live up to expectations and achieved the most explosive results.
The box office on the first day actually broke 5 million yuan, reaching a high of 5.2 million yuan.
5.2 million!
What is this concept?
Zhou Qing's "The Wandering Earth" only earned 4.2 million yuan on the first day.
"Detective Chinatown 3" not only surpassed "The Wandering Earth" in one fell swoop, but even earned 1 million more.
It’s so fierce. It’s really so fierce.
Even if you don't compare it with Zhou Qing's movie, if you look at the entire Chinese entertainment industry, 5.2 million is also extremely explosive. You have to know that these days, the total box office of many movies cannot reach 5.2 million.
A movie with a box office of 5.2 million is definitely a big hit.
As a result, "Detective Chinatown 3" took it down in just one day. I have to say that this is really too powerful.
The director Chen Sicheng and the lead actor Wang Baoqiang were both so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.
He was laughing like an idiot.
"Detective Chinatown 3" was such a hit on its first day of release, doesn't this mean that its total box office is likely to exceed 50 billion?
Good guy.
What a good guy!
You have to know that looking at the entire Chinese entertainment industry today, the only movie that has broken 50 billion is Director Zhou’s "The Wandering Earth".
Now, in the blink of an eye, will "Detective Chinatown 3" also achieve this achievement?
Think about it, the same thing happened with "Detective Chinatown 2", which became the only other movie with a box office of 40 billion yuan besides Director Zhou's movie.
Doesn’t this mean that Chen Sicheng can also achieve all of Director Zhou’s achievements?
In the entire Chinese-language film market, except for the movies with a box office of 30 billion, the movies with a box office of 40 billion and 50 billion are all monopolized by Director Zhou and Chen Sicheng!
Putting aside his profound background, Chen Sicheng can be temporarily compared with Director Zhou.
Cow ratio.
So awesome!
In short, the entire industry was stunned and greatly stimulated by the box office of "Detective Chinatown 3".
Many people in the industry had previously predicted that "Detective Chinatown 3" would break 50 billion yuan. Unexpectedly, this prediction is about to come true.
Then the problem is coming.
Can "Detective Chinatown 3" surpass "The Wandering Earth" and become the number one in Chinese entertainment film history?
Chen Sicheng is looking forward to this, and so is the entire entertainment industry.
If this really happens, the circle will be really lively, and Chen Sicheng will become a god in one fell swoop.
"'Detective Chinatown 3' is indeed powerful, but you can't ignore 'Hi, Mom' either."
As a reborn person, Zhou Qing was not surprised by the fierceness of "Detective Chinatown 3".
Now it seems that after my intervention, there is no doubt that "Detective Chinatown 3" will break 50 billion.
However, Zhou Qing is not sure whether "Detective Chinatown 3" can surpass "The Wandering Earth", nor does he care.
So what if it is surpassed by "Detective Chinatown 3"?
Just as he had said before, records are broken by others, and the record set by Zhou Qing is no exception.
We were overtaken this time, but we can just overtake again with "Changjin Lake".
"Changjin Lake" is the true masterpiece in the history of live-action movies.
Compared to this, Zhou Qing is more curious about whether "Detective Chinatown 3" can surpass "Hi, Mom".
Judging from the current first-day data, "Detective Chinatown 3" has far surpassed "Hi, Mom".
Of course, the first-day box office of "Hi, Mom" was actually very good, reaching 2.98 million yuan, just one step away from breaking 3 million yuan.
Frankly speaking, this data is already extremely impressive, but it has been overshadowed by "Detective Chinatown 3".
Especially considering that Jia Ling is still a newcomer and "Hi, Mom" is just his debut work.
That was even more shocking, and everyone was stunned even more.
Are you kidding me? Are the newcomers so powerful these days?
The first film he made made 3 million on the first day?
What a joke.
Master Zhang has been making movies all his life, and Feng Xiaogang has been making movies all his life, but they have never achieved this kind of achievement.
As a result, a newcomer achieved it?
Even Director Zhou’s debut film wasn’t this scary.
It's really scary.
Jia Ling really shocked everyone in the circle.
What about the other two movies in which the four heroes compete for supremacy, "The Order of the Samurai" and "Raging Fire"?
In comparison, these two are far behind and can be said to be the first to be eliminated.
"The Order of the Samurai" only earned 1.2 million yuan on the first day, less than half of "Hi, Mom".
Considering the top cast of "The Order of the Samurai" and the current film market, this box office is obviously not up to standard.
You should know that "The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity", a movie with the same theme that was released at the end of December, received a lot of bad reviews because of the director, and was criticized to death, but it still earned 12 million yuan at the box office on the first day.
The leading actors of "The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity", Zhao Youting and Deng Lun, are not as famous as the two leading actors of "The Order of the Samurai".
fluttered.
There was no suspense at all, "The Order of the Samurai" flopped.
However, even if "The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity" fails again, it is still much better than "Raging Fire".
The film’s first-day box office was only a pitiful 4320 million!
Not to mention breaking 5000 million, it's not even million, it's simply a drop in the bucket.
Therefore, the pattern of this Spring Festival period is basically clear: "The Order of the Samurai" and "Raging Fire" are out, and "Detective Chinatown 3" and "Hi, Mom" divide the world.
Based on current data, "Detective Chinatown 3" is temporarily one step ahead of "Hi, Mom".
However, as time goes by, the huge potential of "Hi, Mom" has been completely unleashed.
The Japanese box office soon reached the level of "Detective Chinatown 3", completely catching up with "Detective Chinatown 3".
Since then, the two sides have been in a stalemate, and although there are slight wins and losses, it is difficult to really create a clear gap between them.
This made Chen Sicheng extremely depressed.
I originally thought that this Spring Festival box office was already secured, and that I would easily become the box office champion, becoming the second movie in the entire Chinese entertainment industry to gross over 50 billion yuan.
He even broke Director Zhou's record and became the number one in Chinese film history.
As a result, "Hi, Mom" suddenly appeared!
If they just keep chasing after "Detective Chinatown 3", they may bring down "Detective Chinatown 3" at any time.
How could Chen Sicheng allow this to happen?
Accompanying the two main creators, Wang Baoqiang and Liu Haoran, they started to shout hard again.
The same is true for Jia Ling.
It can be said that both sides used all their strength, gritting their teeth and fighting for their lives, trying to trample the other side under their feet.
Even Zhou Qing, a reborn person, has been paying attention to the development of these two films while busy filming "Changjin Lake".
As the producer of "Detective Chinatown 3", Zhou Qing naturally hopes that "Detective Chinatown 3" can win.
He doesn't want "Detective Chinatown 3" to be surpassed by "Hi, Mom" in the original time and space.
"Detective Chinatown 3 is so good, it is definitely the best of the trilogy!"
Zhou Qing even went to Weibo to give Chen Sicheng a shout out.
Although there is no guarantee that it can help "Detective Chinatown 3" surpass "Hi, Mom", it has more or less contributed a lot of popularity to "Detective Chinatown 3".
In addition, the quality of "Detective Chinatown 3" after Zhou Qing's intervention is indeed very high, and it has great potential. Its entire trend afterwards is almost at the expense of "Hi, Mom".
Although the gap is not that obvious, it is definitely better than "Hi, Mom".
It was not until mid-March, when the one-month release period ended, that the battle between the two heroes came to an end, or the dust settled.
The total box office of "Detective Chinatown 3" is 52 billion, and the box office of "Hi, Mom" is 51 billion!
"Detective Chinatown 3" really broke 50 billion just as Chen Sicheng expected.
Although it has not surpassed "The Wandering Earth" yet, the extension key has been obtained, so you can still give it a look.
Even the box office of "Hi, Mom" has exceeded 50 billion, which Chen Sicheng never expected. (End of this chapter)