Huayu’s ex-husband

Chapter 266 265. Which is more regrettable, never getting it or losing it after getting it?

"Um, I heard that the box office of "Painted Skin" exceeded 100 million?"

When Li Bingbing said this to his sister Li Chong, he deliberately raised his voice so that Zhou Xun, who was sitting in another corner of the lounge, could hear it.

Today, Li Bingbing and Zhou Xun were both here to shoot the cover of Harper's Bazaar magazine. It was rare that they bumped into each other, so Li Bingbing immediately started to "discuss which pot he didn't like".

Li Cong naturally had the same feelings as his sister, and immediately responded loudly and deliberately:

"Yes, it exceeded 100 million yesterday! It's even faster than "The Golden Jacket". It exceeded 100 million in just 4 days after its release!"

It turns out that after "Painted Skin" made 25.37 million at the box office on its first day on June 29, it made 30.61 million (Saturday), 31 million (Sunday), and 16.56 million (Monday) respectively in the next three days.

Coupled with the 9.2 million box office from advance screenings on Thursday, the total box office in the first weekend was 96.18 million, and the cumulative box office in the four days of release was 112.74 million.

This is undoubtedly the fastest box office record in mainland film history to exceed 100 million, one day faster than "The Golden Jacket".

"The Golden Jacket" did not officially break the 100 million mark until the 5th day. The cumulative box office in the first 4 days was 96 million.

The cumulative box office of "Painted Skin" in the first weekend, which is three and a half days, has reached 96.18 million.

Now everyone inside and outside the industry is excited. Everyone realizes that a new box office champion in mainland film history is about to be born!

Before "Painted Skin" was released, everyone expected its box office to be more than 200 million.

But judging from the current opening results, this is obviously conservative! This movie's box office results are obviously not aiming for 200 million, but aiming for 300 million.

The current box office champion in mainland film history is the 291 million "Golden Armor", but the strong momentum currently shown by "Painted Skin" will obviously exceed the final box office results.

Li Bingbing continued: "Well, I heard that "Transformers" and "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" have been withdrawn!"

Li Chong nodded and said, "Yes, they have both been withdrawn and postponed. It is said that from now on, July will be made a domestic film protection month, and all Hollywood films will give way.

"It seems like House of Flying Daggers is the first movie to enjoy this treatment, and Painted Skin should be the second.

"It's not just Hollywood movies! Even domestic movies felt the powerful murderousness of "Painted Skin", so they chose to avoid its edge.

""A Better Day", which was originally scheduled to be released on July 19, urgently announced yesterday that it will be postponed for one week to July 26."

Li Bingbing couldn't help but gasped: "Isn't the star of "A Better Man" Nicholas Tse? Why are you so cowardly before fighting?"

Li Chong raised his eyebrows: "Now that "Painted Skin" is gaining so much momentum, not to mention Nicholas Tse, even Jackie Chan will probably have to stay away!

“If ‘A Better Man’ didn’t step back, it would most likely end up like ‘The City’.”

What's going on with "Suffering City"?

Last year during the Lunar New Year, Lao Mouzi's "Golden Armor" was so fierce!

Then most movies chose to avoid it, including Feng Xiaogang's "The Banquet", Wei Wu's "Painted Skin", and other commercial blockbusters, all of which chose to withdraw from this year's Lunar New Year schedule.

But there are always a few hard-nosed people who try to take advantage of the fire, believing that high risks bring high returns, such as last year's "Hurt City".

The film was released on December 21, one week after "The Golden Jacket" was released (12.14).

The film is directed by Liu Weiqiang and Mak Siu-fai, and stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Kim Sung-wu, Xu Jinglei and Shu Qi.

It seems that the cast is pretty good, but the production cost of this film is 8 million US dollars, which is about 60 million yuan. The final box office in the mainland was 74.3 million yuan, and the global box office totaled 14.18 million US dollars.

The global box office did not even reach twice the production cost, and Liu Weiqiang, Mai Zhaohui and others are not Zhang Yimou, and "Scarcity" is not a costume blockbuster, so overseas copyrights cannot be sold.

So of course this movie was a huge loss!

Why do you say this movie failed miserably?

A clear proof is that after criticizing the "overlord clause" of "The Golden Jacket", Pauli Bona, the main investor and distributor of "Scarcity", also complained to the Film Bureau about the matter.

To put it bluntly:

He is anxious!

If you weren't about to lose money, why would you be in such a hurry?

During the Chinese New Year last year, Yu Dong and Zhang Weiping had a verbal spat, which was quite lively!

The producers of "Scarcity" publicly criticized "The Golden Jacket" because of the monopoly and exclusive screening agreement signed between "The Golden Jacket" and digital cinemas.

It turns out that the producers of "Golden Armor" signed an exclusive one-month screening agreement with digital cinemas.

That is, from December 14, 2006 to January 14, 2007, for a full four weeks, digital theaters across the country will only screen one movie, "The Golden Jacket."

This move aroused great dissatisfaction in Yu Dong, so he publicly attacked:

"This is completely a way to bully and dominate the market. The monopoly agreement for "The Golden Jacket" is unfair to other movies in the same period! If this is not a domination clause, what is it?

"Everyone in the industry knows that the rule of digital cinemas is to release one new film a week. If a good film is encountered, the screening time can be extended, but other films cannot be prevented from entering the theater. Now, only one film, "The Golden Jacket", can be released this month.

"Audiences who go to digital theaters may not all be there for "The Golden Jacket". This is a completely rape of public opinion! This will even affect the overall box office of digital theaters during the golden New Year month!"

So Yu Dong decided to complain to the Film Bureau:

"Digital cinema is a national platform, and the Film Bureau will definitely give us an explanation."

And Zhang Weiping was also very dissatisfied with Dong, because everyone in the industry gave "Golden Armor" and Zhang Yimou three points of dissatisfaction, including Feng Xiaogang and Wei Wu, and of course other famous directors from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

But "Hurt City" was not given any face. Although the box office was not as expected, it still received more than 74 million at the box office.

If "Scarcity" hadn't taken away a piece of meat from the tiger's mouth, the box office of "The Golden Armor" would have probably exceeded 300 million.

It is the first movie in mainland film history to have a box office of over 300 million. To be honest, it is quite valuable and is also a good publicity stunt.

Therefore, Zhang Weiping declared that this movie "will die miserably" even before "Suffering City" was released!

Later, Zhang Weiping responded to Yu Dong's accusation of "bullying and dominating the market":

"We won't pay attention to them. We don't want "Shangcheng" to be promoted next to "Golden Armor"."

Anyway, in terms of the final result, it was obvious that Zhang Weiping had the last laugh.

Although the final box office of "Golden Armor" did not exceed 300 million, the box office of 291 million was still the highest in mainland film history.

Moreover, such excellent box office results also helped the overseas copyright of "The Golden Jacket" to be sold at a good price. Therefore, this movie with an investment of up to 360 million was still profitable in the end.

On the other hand, Yu Dong's production cost of "Hurt City" was US$8 million. The mainland box office was US$9.54 million, the Hong Kong box office was US$2.566 million, and the global box office was US$14.18 million.

Calculated, the loss is definitely 10 to 20 million yuan, and as the main investor of "Hurt City", Pauli Bona, the boss Yu Dong, naturally lost both people and the team.

With the lessons learned from "Hurt City", "The True Colors of a Man" naturally doesn't dare to continue to be stubborn!

After all, the cast of "A Better Man" (Nicholas Tse + Shawn Yue + Jaycee Chan + Wu Jing) and the quality of the director (Chen Musheng) are not even as good as "The City"!

And "Painted Skin" is obviously more sinister than "Golden Armor", no fool would run away!

Li Bingbing suddenly remembered another movie: "I remember that "The Secret That Cannot Be Tellable", which seemed to have been released in July. Didn't he withdraw it?"

Li Cong shook his head and said: "That's not true, because the release date of this movie was originally set on July 31st.

"It has been a full month since "Painted Skin" was released, so there is no need to cancel it again!

"And he can't cancel it, because there are four or five Hollywood blockbusters crowded together in August. If he postpones it to August, he will have no chance of survival!"

"Oh", Li Bingbing nodded:

"That's true."

Li Cong suddenly raised his voice again: "Oh, sister! If only Mr. Wang could successfully convince Wei Wu to give you the heroine of "Painted Skin"!"

Li Bingbing glanced at Zhou Xun casually, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly and said:

"No, it's such a pity!

“At that time, Mr. Wang proposed to use the heroine of “The King of Kung Fu” to exchange resources with Wei Wu. I originally thought that Wei Wu would definitely agree, but I didn’t expect that he actually refused.

"At first I thought he couldn't see the situation clearly, but I didn't expect that he saw it so clearly!"

Although Li Bingbing said it was a pity, his tone was obviously a bit gloating. And her expression didn't look as regretful as she said.

In fact, you have to ask, Li Bingbing, if he passed by the heroine of "Painted Skin", doesn't he regret it? Aren't you upset?

There is no doubt that the answer is yes.

You must know that "Painted Skin" is not only the annual box office champion, but also the champion film in mainland film history!

If nothing else, this should be the first domestic film to have a box office of over 300 million, and it is definitely a memorable moment in mainland film history.

And this movie is a very rare two-hero movie. Well, to be precise, it should be called a two-female film.

This movie is one of the few movies with a female protagonist currently on the market, although there are two female protagonists.

In the movie "Painted Skin", the male protagonist Wang Sheng acts more like a tool man.

The two heroines occupy an absolutely dominant position, both in terms of role positioning and scenes.

Naturally, starring in this movie will bring even greater growth to the actress, and this is what attracts Li Bingbing the most.

In particular, Xiao Wei, the most eye-catching character in the film, managed to survive and fell into the hands of his old rival Fan Bingbing.

Normally, Li Bingbing should be feeling very uncomfortable at this time!

But the actual situation is that Li Bingbing is indeed not in a good mood now, but it is not that bad.

After all, happiness comes from comparison!

She is indeed unhappy now, but there is someone in front of her who is even more unhappy than her. And this person is still her mortal enemy.

After such a comparison, she suddenly felt that she didn't feel uncomfortable anymore.

Although she missed the heroine of "Painted Skin", this heroine never belonged to her.

Since you have never owned it, losing it will not be so painful and regretful.

Looking back at Zhou Xun, he had really obtained this heroine, but she gave it up voluntarily. The situation was naturally very different.

What’s more, in the battle between the two ice stars, she still had the last laugh.

Now that Fan Bingbing has taken the initiative to withdraw from the company, there is naturally no need to continue to hold a grudge.

Fan Bingbing was her mortal enemy before, but now they are no longer in the same company after all!

The competitive nature has been greatly weakened, and the contradictions have eased accordingly, and there is even a little sympathy between them!

On the contrary, Zhou Xun is now fighting with her fiercely, and the company has been feeding her with various resources as soon as she came.

The degree of respect that the big and small kings have for her is obviously better than that of Fan Bingbing before.

This is not to train her to be the number one sister of Huayi, but to train Zhou Xun as the number one sister of domestic entertainment.

It is equivalent to saying that she had planned to squeeze Fan Bingbing out before, but ended up making wedding clothes for Zhou Xun in vain.

In addition, Li Bingbing signed with Huayi as early as the millennium, and was one of the earliest signed artists under Huayi, an absolute founding hero.

Therefore, Li Bingbing felt that she had accompanied the company all the way to grow. She had made some contributions but also worked hard in the past seven years. Why should Zhou Xun, a newcomer, just sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor?

Because of these two reasons, Li Bingbing's hatred for Zhou Xun immediately surpassed Fan Bingbing.

So now, even if Fan Bingbing benefits and Zhou Xun suffers, Li Bingbing still feels a little secretly happy!

The sisters have been facing each other for so many years, so Li Xing naturally knows her sister's thoughts very well, and immediately began to make fun of her:

"Sister, Khaled Hosseini said in "The Kite Runner":

"It is better to be hurt by the truth than to be deceived by lies, and it is always more hurtful to get something and then lose it than to never get it. What do you think?"

Li Bingbing immediately smiled and continued:

"Love separation and failure to obtain are both one of the eight sufferings in life. Personally, I feel that the former is more painful!

"The latter is just a little more regretful, while the former has to struggle with beautiful memories. Tsk tsk, it's so miserable to think about it!"

Listening to the two sisters singing in unison, Zhou Xun, who was not far away, was furious!

In the blind spot of their vision, their fingers were tightly twisted together, but they could not show it on the surface.

So Zhou Xun could only lean back and close her eyes to rest, so that the other side could not see her eyes!

She couldn't open her eyes now, otherwise others would see the frustration in her eyes!

This was not the first time she had similar emotions because of the movie "Painted Skin".

But there is no doubt that since the release of "Painted Skin" and its unprecedented box office success, this emotion suddenly reached its peak.

Since the release of "Painted Skin", Zhou Xun has been surrounded and entangled by this emotion all day long, and she can't relieve it for a moment.

In recent days, she feels like she is trapped in endless darkness, unable to find a way out, and can only bear this depression alone.

Since entering the entertainment industry, I should say that it has been smooth sailing.

Basically, there are not too many ups and downs, and I have come all the way smoothly to now, becoming a popular first-line star, and even among the four major actresses.

It can also be said that since entering the entertainment industry, she has basically not made any mistakes and has not taken too many detours, so she rarely has such strong regrets and regrets.

There is no doubt that the thing she regrets most is that she turned down the heroine of "Painted Skin" with her own hands.

In fact, it is not just Li Bingbing and her sister who are laughing at her now!

I don’t know how many people are outside now, commenting and laughing at her!

It’s just that those people are not as mean as Li Bingbing and the others, and they have to be weird in front of her!

If it weren’t for the fact that he had been struggling in the entertainment industry for so many years and had practiced the skill of nourishing qi, Zhou Xun might really be furious and scolding people at this moment!

But on second thought, breaking the defense now will only make his situation more embarrassing and make his mortal enemy laugh at him.

Alas, no wonder it is said that there are eight sufferings in life: birth, aging, illness, death, love and separation, long-term resentment, not being able to seek, and not being able to let go!

This love and separation is indeed the worst of the eight sufferings!