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Chapter 305 $304.6000 Straw Hat

"Director Wei, I love you!"

"Director Wei, you are so handsome!"

"Director Wei, you are so beautiful!"

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Facing the enthusiasm of the audience during the road show, Wei Wu was a little flattered, but still responded politely.

I have to say that this road show is really different from the previous ones. Since "Snow Leopard" became a hit, Wei Wu has officially become a star part-time from a famous director.

He may not have the most fans among domestic entertainment male celebrities, but he is obviously more fanatical than the fans of other celebrities.

Because he can not only act like other stars, but also direct, his appeal to fans is almost doubled.

Seeing the fans shouting Wei Wu's name in the audience, Xu Zheng was very envious.

Unexpectedly, during this road show, the most popular person everywhere he went was director Wei Wu. More fans came to see him every day than Fan Bingbing, and the proportion of young female fans was quite significant.

When taking the bus to transfer at noon, even Fan Bingbing couldn't help but tease Wei Wu who was sitting next to him:

"Tsk tsk, Director Wei is really popular with girls!"

Wei Wu pretended to be worried and put his hand on his forehead and said, "Oh, it's my fault too, you're too charming!"

Tsk, shameless!

Fan Bingbing secretly rolled his eyes, complaining inwardly that he was really panting because he said you were fat!

Too lazy to pay attention to such a shameless statement, Fan Bingbing changed the topic and said with a bit of sadness:

"I heard that the first-day box office of "Assembly" has been released. It is said that it was 15 million!"

Wei Wu nodded: "Well, 14.83 million, close to 15 million! Feng Xiaogang can be considered the return of the king, proving that his sword is still young! "The Night Banquet" was just an accident."

The first-day box office of "Assembly" was similar to its previous one, close to 15 million.

In the previous life, its box office was 70 million in the first four days of the weekend, and the final box office was 210 million, which greatly exceeded Wang Zhonglei's estimate of 160 million before its release.

In fact, before this movie was released, both the Wang brothers and Feng Xiaogang were basically a little worried and relatively conservative. No one expected that this movie would do so well at the box office!

At the premiere, when reporters asked Feng Xiaogang to predict the box office, Feng Xiaogang simply said - as long as the box office exceeds "The Banquet", it will be considered a success.

I have to admit that Feng Xiaogang fought this turnaround very well. Compared to the last movie "The Night Banquet", which lost both box office and word-of-mouth reviews, "Assembly" was both well-received and a hit.

Feng Xiaogang's business sense is still very sensitive. When he was in a trough, he chose to break the situation with a commercial blockbuster with the main theme, which was a stroke of genius.

He may have been gambling a bit, but he was right.

Relatively speaking, Chen Kaige pales in comparison.

Also in urgent need of a turnaround to save his precarious reputation, Chen Kaige chose to rest on his laurels and film "Mei Lanfang".

Although it seems more stable, the box office of "Mei Lanfang" is only 102 million, which is close to breaking 100 million.

Not only was the box office less than half of "Assembly Number", but the Douban score was only 6.9, which was a big difference from "Assembly Number" which was 8.2.

Fan Bingbing said with emotion: "I really didn't expect that "Assembly" had such a good opening result, after all, Ge You was not included in this movie!

"And among the leading actors, none of them have box office appeal. Just three words, Feng Xiaogang, actually managed to win nearly 15 million at the box office on the first day."

The male protagonist of "Assembly" is Zhang Hanyu. He became famous because of this movie. Before that, he was just an unknown 44-year-old voice actor.

Although the second male lead Deng Chao is a star, he is a TV star, and "Assembly" is only his second movie.

Moreover, his debut film "When Love Lost Memories" made no splash, and its box office appeal was negligible.

In addition, the third male actor Yuan Wenkang and the first female actor Tang Yan are both newcomers and have no reputation at all.

Although there are several stars such as Wang Baoqiang, Ren Quan, Hu Jun, and Liao Fan, their roles are relatively small and they can only be regarded as guest appearances.

So there is really nothing wrong with this movie’s starring cast not having box office appeal.

Wei Wu raised his eyebrows: "I guess he was anxious after being scolded for "The Night Banquet", so he was holding back a ball of fire in his heart and wanted to prove himself!"

This "Assembly" is a very rare film by Feng Xiaogang that does not include Ge You.

You must know that before "Assembly", the two of them were inseparable, and Meng was inseparable. Up to now, Feng Xiaogang has cooperated with Ge You 6 times, serving as the male lead 5 times and the second male lead once ("A World Without Thieves").

Moreover, Feng Xiaogang's next movie "If You Are the One" brought Ge You back again.

Fan Bingbing echoed: "Director Feng has completely proved himself this time! After all, the first-day box office of "Assembly" was even half as high as that of "Report"!"

"The Legend", which was released on the 12th of this month, had a box office of 11.14 million on its first day. The box office in the first weekend exceeded 80 million, and as of 8 days after its release on the 20th yesterday, the cumulative box office has reached 130 million.

You must know that the leading actors in "The Certificate of Investment" are Jet Li + Andy Lau + Jin Chengwu + Xu Jinglei. This cast is infinitely better than that of "Assembly Number".

Jet Li's salary alone has exceeded the total investment of "Assembly".

As a result, the first-day box office of "The Signature" was still beaten by "Assembly Number".

It can also be seen from this that Feng Xiaogang, as the commercial king of the first generation of domestic films, has a well-deserved box office appeal.

However, Feng Xiaogang is not Zhang Yimou. For the time being, only mainland audiences buy into his account. Feng's comedy does not work well in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

At present, the box office of "The Warlords" in Hong Kong has exceeded 15 million Hong Kong dollars, and the final box office in the previous life was 27.5 million. But the final box office of "Assembly" in Hong Kong in the previous life was only more than 1.3 million.

It is reasonable to say that "Assembly" is not well received by Hong Kong and Taiwan audiences as a main theme blockbuster.

But even "A World Without Thieves" starring Andy Lau only had a box office of 4.54 million in Hong Kong, which shows that Feng Xiaogang's movies are really not popular in Hong Kong.

For comparison, "House of Flying Daggers", which was released in the same year and also starred Andy Lau, but the director was changed to Zhang Yimou, had a box office of 14.29 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong, ranking 9th in the year.

At present, there are only two mainland directors with box office appeal in Hong Kong and Taiwan, one is Zhang Yimou, and the other is Wei Wu.

Zhang Yimou was able to open up the market in Hong Kong and Taiwan thanks to "The Terracotta Warriors" (Zhang Yimou as the male lead, box office of 21.03 million Hong Kong dollars, 5th in 1990) and "Hero" (26.64 million Hong Kong dollars, 2nd in 2002).

As for Wei Wu, of course it was "Those Years" (21.86 million Hong Kong dollars, 3rd in 2006).

Since we are talking about the box office, Wei Wu couldn't help but give a little spoiler:

"As of now, the final box office of these two movies should not be much different, and they should both exceed 200 million.

"But the total investment of "Assembly" is only 80 million, and the investment of "The Warlords" is as high as 320 million, so one can make a profit, but the other will definitely lose money!"

Fan Bingbing thought: "Oh, so that's it! ”

Although it is said that Chen Kexin made a straw hat for 6,000 US dollars, it was not this movie, but the later "Wuxia".

But Chen Kexin is famous for his high expectations, big spending and ugly eating habits!

During this period, whether it was the movies he directed ("The Warlords" and "Wuxia") or produced ("October Besieged City", "Magic Couple" and "Blood Guillotines"), basically all of them were at a loss and rarely made a profit. This "Wuxia" is naturally no exception!

These movies made investors lose so much money that they didn't know their mothers, but Chen Kexin later bought a 523.5-story house in the United States. 10,000 US dollars, and later sold the villa for 40 million yuan.

The above series of movies are almost all co-productions between the mainland and Hong Kong Island. Basically, the main funds come from the mainland, but the director and the male lead are both from Hong Kong Island.

The movie "A Simple Life" starring and produced by Andy Lau has a clip in which the producers Andy Lau, Sammo Hung and Tsui Hark, two Hong Kong directors, jointly ripped off mainland investors and proudly showed off in a tavern:

Andy Lau raised his glass and praised: "The play just now was well acted."

Tsui Hark said proudly: "My play is not good, how can I cheat the boss to add 5%? ”

The one they ripped off was Yu Dong, the boss of Bona Film Group, who played the victim in this movie.

It can be said that Chen Kexin and Wu Yusen are no different. They both use the banner of co-production to support Hong Kong and Taiwan actors and directors with mainland funds. They are basically birds of a feather.

The reason why Chen Kexin's reputation on the Chinese Internet is slightly better than Wu Yusen is because he knows how to judge the situation better, unlike Wu Yusen who sticks to one path.

This is what Chen Kexin did during this period. Later, when he saw that Hong Kong entertainment was completely desolate and there was no hope of recovery, he stopped doing so.

Instead, he honestly shot some movies with pure mainland casts, such as "Chinese Partners", "Dear", "Win the Championship", etc. .

The Douban scores of these three movies are 7.6, 8.4, and 7.1 respectively, while the Douban scores of "Wuxia", "Blood Droplet", and "Magic Couple" are 6.7, 4.8, and 5.1 respectively.

It can be seen that if Chen Kexin is more serious, he can still make good movies.

But in order to promote Hong Kong and Taiwan actors and enrich himself, he made a bunch of garbage to fool everyone.

Wu Yusen has a problem of ability, but he may have more of an attitude problem.

To some extent, he is more hateful than Wu Yusen.

For such a person, Wei Wu will certainly not be polite. It is unjust not to copy him. At that time, he will directly rob him of all the well-received movies behind him.

Since he likes to make bad movies to make bad money, let him be bad to the end!