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Chapter 53 53. It’s not fun to go to the Lunar New Year festival this year.

Wei Wu followed Liu Tianxian to recognize her relatives, and then Liu Tianxian went to the toilet. Wei Wu walked around by himself, and then bumped into an acquaintance.

"Uncle, you're here too."

Zhang Jizhong patted his shoulder very affectionately and said with a smile:

"That's right. I didn't expect that when I recruited you into our crew, I unexpectedly created a marriage for you two. If you get married in the future, you two will have to toast two more glasses of wine to me as the matchmaker."

This time, not only Liu Tianxian’s relatives and friends came, but also people with good relationships with her, such as Huang Xiaoming and Zhang Jizhong.

Wei Wu immediately smiled and said: "No problem, you must sit at the main table when the time comes, and I must have a few more drinks with you."

The two people immediately sat down at the table next to them. It happened that the people were not there yet, and no one else sat down yet.

"That's the best thing," Zhang Jizhong asked again:

"I heard that your movie has been completed?"

"Well, the filming just wrapped up on the 20th."

So Zhang Jizhong asked along the way: "Oh, then it has been transferred to post-production, right? When is it going to be released? Will it be released during the Lunar New Year this year?"

Wei Wu shook his head and said: "It won't be released on the New Year's Eve this year. The main audience for our movie is students. If nothing else happens, it will probably be released on the summer release next year!"

Zhang Jizhong thought for a while and said: "This year's New Year's Eve is February 8, and there are still more than five months left.

"I heard that your movie is not complicated, so it should be no problem to finish the post-production in two or three months, right?

"You must have financial pressure when your company starts up. Next year's summer vacation will be a bit too long, and students will also have winter vacation!"

Listening to what he said, Wei Wu knew that although Zhang Jizhong was an old director, he had been making TV series and never made a movie. In fact, he was not very sensitive to schedules.

If "Those Years" wants to be released during the Lunar New Year this year, it certainly has enough time.

After all, Wei Wu had already seen this movie in his previous life, and even every frame could be recalled by the system. Whether it was editing or soundtrack, it was not too easy for him.

It takes no more than a month and a half to work overtime at most, and basically all the post-processing can be done. It could be released in mid-October at the earliest.

But the problem is that the October schedule is too unpopular. "Those Years" doesn't have any attractive stars or directors. If it were placed in that schedule, it would basically be a dead giveaway!

If it is placed in a popular period, although the competition is fierce and the pressure is high, there is still hope of making a comeback; if it is placed in an unpopular period, it will basically be like self-exile.

If we push back further, the most recent popular period will naturally be the Lunar New Year period. But this year’s Lunar New Year festival is not a fun time to go. If you go there, you will basically die or not!

Yes, the concept of Lunar New Year movies already existed at this time. The rise of Lunar New Year movies in mainland China can be traced back to the first Lunar New Year movie "Party A and Party B" in 1997.

Now eight years later, the Lunar New Year period has long become a battleground for mainland film strategists, and it is also the unrivaled number one popular period.

Especially this year’s Lunar New Year holiday, it’s the worst in recent years, and it’s so frightening that it’s not an exaggeration to call it a bloody meat grinder.

There are a lot of people in the lobby, and even if the air conditioning is turned on, it doesn't work very well. Wei Wu took out a tissue to wipe his sweat and asked:

"Uncle, do you know what movies will be released during the Lunar New Year this year?"

Zhang Jizhong said honestly: "I'm not sure about this, but I seem to have heard that "The Promise" is going to be released."

Wei Wu introduced him one by one: "In addition to "The Promise", there are also "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles" directed by Zhang Yimou, "Huo Yuanjia" directed by Yu Rentai, "The Great Sage" directed by Liu Zhenwei, and also There are Hollywood fantasy blockbusters "King Kong" and "The Chronicles of Narnia" coming."

Even Zhang Jizhong couldn't help but take a breath and sighed:

"I didn't expect this year's Lunar New Year holiday to be so fierce, so there's really no need for you to squeeze in and be cannon fodder!"

The box office of these movies is quite exaggerated, "The Promise" 175 million (No. 1 of the year), "A Thousand Miles Alone" 30 million (No. 15), "Huo Yuanjia" 105 million (No. 4), "The Great Sage" 50 million (10th), "King Kong" 102 million (2nd), "The Chronicles of Narnia" 61 million (11th).

Among them, "The Promise" and "King Kong" ranked first and second at the box office in 2005, and "Fearless" ranked fourth in 2006.

Throughout 2005, there were only two mainland movies with box office sales exceeding 100 million, all of which were released during this period.

Including the entire year of 2006, there were only four movies with a box office of over 100 million, and one of them was also released in this period.

If Wei Wu really dares to let "Those Years" compete with these movies, then he has no clue in his heart and is just shooting a lantern in the toilet - looking for shit.

Even the most popular director in the Mainland these days, the famous national director Zhang Yimou, failed. "Riding Alone, Thousands of Miles" only received 30 million at the box office.

You must know that before this movie, Zhang Guoshi's two movies had a box office of 250 million ("Hero") and 156 million ("House of Flying Daggers").

Moreover, "Riding Alone, Thousands of Miles" is also the only one among Zhang Yimou's 16 films since the new millennium that has not exceeded 100 million in box office.

Even "Hawthorn Love", which is also a literary film, still received 144 million at the box office.

In other words, if it weren't for this period, the competition would be too fierce. With Zhang Guoshi's box office appeal, even if it was an art film, it would definitely not get this much box office.

Relatively speaking, the situation in next year's summer season will be much better.

In addition to the two Hollywood blockbusters "Mission Impossible 3" and "Superman Returns", there is only one mainland movie "Crazy Stone" and the Hong Kong movie "Dragon Tiger Gate".

At least no one broke 100 million, and the highest "Mission Impossible 2" was only 81.2 million, ranking 6th in the year.

Moreover, "Those Years" does not overlap with these movie types at all, and there is no strong competitive relationship.

Think about it, if the competition in this period is fierce, how could the previous low-cost comedy "Crazy Stone" be able to swim out and finally get 25.34 million box office, I'm afraid it would have been drowned long ago!

Wei Wu looked around and lowered his voice to ask:

"Uncle, um...are you familiar with Wang Fei?"

"Not bad," Zhang Ji Zhong nodded and said:

"I am more familiar with her husband Li Yapeng. They invited me to their wedding on the 29th of last month. When they were filming the theme song "Forgiveness" for "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", she was asked to sing it, and she didn't ask for money.

What, do you have something to ask her?"

Wei Wu had prepared a draft before he came, so of course he said it directly:

"This is not a movie. Is the filming done? I also want to ask her to sing a promotional song. "

Zhang Ji Zhong nodded slightly: "Oh, I guessed it should be this matter. No problem, I'll call and ask for you later."

Wei Wu thanked him repeatedly with tea instead of wine: "Thank you so much, you're so worried."

Zhang Ji Zhong took a sip of tea and raised his chin, saying proudly:

"I guess you've heard that Wang Fei plans to fade out of the music scene after marriage and focus on family and raising children.

"You only found me today and can help you talk about it. If it were someone else, I guess they wouldn't have to say anything."

Wei Wu naturally agreed: "That's right, it's because you, uncle, have a big face and wide network of contacts that I asked you to do this favor. "

In fact, Zhang Ji Zhong and Wang Fei don't have a deep friendship, but she is grateful to her newlywed husband Li Yapeng, who is like a teacher and a father.

Because one is a big star and the other is a top director in the TV drama circle, the two have a very close personal relationship over the years and visit each other during festivals.

And Wang Fei has just got married, and it is the time when the newlyweds are in the sweetness of the oil. If Li Yapeng speaks at this time, Wang Fei will most likely not refuse him.

"Come, have some tea."

Zhang Ji Zhong also smiled and picked up the teacup and said: "Okay, okay. "

Although the two of them were talking and laughing and seemed particularly affectionate, in fact, they knew it well. People in the entertainment industry are very realistic. There is no such thing as kinship. It's just that you help me today and I help you tomorrow.

If Zhang Ji Zhong hadn't seen that Wei Wu had actually made a movie and was about to get married with Liu Tianxian, and was a rising star in the director circle, how could he have agreed to his request so easily.

Even if Wei Wu wasn't doing well now, he wouldn't have asked for this today, otherwise he would have been asking for humiliation without forcing himself.

Don't say that he is not your uncle, even if he is, why would he use up this favor for you? Can you afford it?