Millennium director

"Ah?" Li Xiaoping was a little confused.

Is Director Wu going to make way for "The Wandering Earth"?

Wu Yuan, who is invincible in China, is actually afraid of a science fiction film directed by a newcomer and wants to stay away from the spotlight for a while? ? ?

Isn't today April Fool's Day?

In Li Xiaoping's view, Wu Yuan's new movies basically don't have to worry about any schedule conflicts, unless they collide with a very few directors, such as Xingye's movies. Otherwise, they won't be afraid of competition from any movies at the same time.

After all, Wu Yuan is the only major international director in China who is still a box office hit internationally.

But this time Wu Yuan decided to schedule it for the Spring Festival first, but after remembering that "The Wandering Earth" would be released during the Spring Festival, he seemed not to want to release it at the same time as this movie, which surprised Li Xiaoping.

When could a youth film director's sci-fi movie become a threat to Wu Yuan, the only major sci-fi director in the country?

However, "The Wandering Earth" now also has investment from the Light and Shadow Era. Li Xiaoping also hopes that the box office of this movie will be high from the bottom of her heart. It would be best if she can not beat her own family.

But Li Xiaoping still said this: "There are several movies scheduled for this year's Spring Festival, including Xingye's "The New King of Comedy", Han Han's "Flying Life", and Cheng Long's "Detective Pu Songling" ”

"The New King of Comedy is the most threatening among them. After all, the influence of Xingye's previous work "Mermaid" is very large. If you want to consider maximizing profits, staggering the Spring Festival release of "The Great Sage" is also a good choice."

Yes, in Li Xiaoping's view, if "The Great Sage" withdraws from the Spring Festival competition, the only reason will be the threat of "The New King of Comedy".

This is Xingye's new movie after "Mermaid" and a sequel to the IP "The King of Comedy". To be honest, before the movie was released, everyone in the industry regarded this movie as a big threat. , I even think that this movie will probably be the champion of this year’s Spring Festival.

Isn’t it normal for Star Master to recreate the glory he had in "Mermaid"?

As for Han Han and Guo Fan, who are competing with them, can they still defeat Xing Ye?

("Crazy Alien" has not yet been released.)

If Wu Yuan joins the Spring Festival competition, although Li Xiaoping doesn't think Wu Yuan will lose, she does believe that "The New King of Comedy" is the only work that poses a threat.

Wu Yuan didn't think so. He sighed sadly: "The New King of Comedy can't be successful. There are always very few people who can succeed."

"It's a pity. If "The Wandering Earth" could be rescheduled and not released during the Spring Festival, it would be great."

However, on second thought, if "The Wandering Earth" had not become popular during the Spring Festival, when everyone is on holiday, it might not have achieved such excellent box office results.

After all, on other days, even if "The Wandering Earth" can still rely on word-of-mouth and become a hit, audiences don't have the time to go to the cinema to watch a science fiction film. The success of "The Wandering Earth" is inseparable from the Spring Festival schedule. .

However, the box office is more than 4.6 billion.

If "The Great Sage" competes with "The Wandering Earth" during the Spring Festival, it will obviously be a lose-lose situation.

No matter how great Wu Yuan's appeal is, no matter how good-looking "The Great Sage" is, they can't cover up the excellence of "The Wandering Earth" itself.

If two equally excellent movies are put together, they will definitely not be as effective as if they were released separately.

After much deliberation, Wu Yuan still said: "It's better for me to file."

""The Wandering Earth" is scheduled to be released on February 5th, right?"

"Then "The Great Sage" will be scheduled for the end of December."

"It will be released on December 25, which can be regarded as a Lunar New Year movie."

"This gives us a full month's box office window, which is enough."

If I remember correctly, there were indeed no eye-catching movies in the Lunar New Year season in December 2018. The only one that had a good reputation and box office performance was "The Origin of the White Snake", but this is just an animation movie, not the same as "The Great Sage" A track.

As for "The Last Night on Earth", which was purely a marketing gimmick, it's not even worth mentioning.

Throughout December, except for "Cohabitation in Time and Space" scheduled for the Light and Shadow Era, there were only a bunch of literary films.

As for January 2019, there is even less pressure. Everyone is aiming for the Spring Festival period, and the big moves have been reserved for release on February 5, the first day of the Lunar New Year. This January is indeed a good window period.

"I understand, then let's set the release date for December 25th." Li Xiaoping nodded and agreed. He has always decided the release date of Wu Yuan's movies by himself, and the company has no say.

"Then it's settled for now, and the pilot trailer can be ready for release." Wu Yuan said with a smile.

During the later stages of making the movie, he naturally cut out a few trailers and prepared them for publicity. These were all basic operations.

"clear!"

A week later, on November 12, 2018, a very ordinary day, a new video blog post was suddenly posted on the official Weibo of Light and Shadow Times.

At the same time, other platforms such as the Douyin account and Toutiao account of the Light and Shadow Era also launched the pilot trailer of "The Monkey King" simultaneously.

The online marketing companies, which had been prepared for a long time, immediately rushed the views, comments, and likes of these videos to the highest point, and topped the popular lists of major platforms.

Some big influencers in the Internet industry who have good cooperative relations with Light and Shadow Times immediately posted the prepared draft on the Internet.

Countless netizens who just got up and were ready to welcome the day, or when they were eating breakfast or going to the toilet, could see the preview trailer of "The Monkey King" by just swiping their social software.

"Director Wu Yuan's latest Chinese masterpiece, the new work of the Light and Shadow Era Xianxia Movie Universe "The Monkey King" is coming!"

"Shocking, waving the golden hoop - "The Monkey King" is on the rise again!"

"The Light and Shadow Era Xianxia Movie Universe adds another masterpiece, directed by Director Wu Yuan himself, the birth of the modern version of the Monkey King - "The Monkey King"!"

Accompanied by various exaggerated and eye-catching titles, a preview trailer of less than 2 minutes has been wildly spread on the Internet.

At the beginning of the trailer, a gorgeous and shocking golden hoop fell from the sky in a cloud-filled, fairy-like palace. Just when the golden hoop was about to hit the palace, the picture suddenly turned, and the camera overlooked a modern metropolis and kept zooming in to a zoo.

The male protagonist played by Zhang Yishan, wearing a somewhat shoddy "Monkey King" cosplay costume, stood next to the feed bucket, smiling and feeding the monkeys in front of him. While feeding, he was also imitating the movements of these monkeys.

Behind him, a figure with his back to the camera was bending over to sweep the floor, and half of his profile was looming.

"Xiao Sun, bring me the monkey-beating stick I put in the warehouse."

"Okay!"

A wooden stick that looked ordinary, like the handle of a mop, was turned out by Zhang Yishan from the dusty warehouse.

The camera slowly zoomed in on the stick. On the wooden stick that seemed ordinary and even covered with dust, a golden light suddenly flashed, and the dust on the stick seemed to be stimulated and shook off, revealing a touch of golden light.

Just as the golden light was about to go out, the picture stopped abruptly, and the camera turned again, looking at the sky. A monster with wings on its back, a bird's head and a human body, accompanied by layers of dark clouds and lightning, rushed from a distance.

There was a gust of wind and clouds in the sky, followed by lightning and thunder, and then the scene returned to calm, with only a line of golden regular script characters left.

"December 25th - The golden monkey raised his thousand-pound stick, and the sky cleared of dust!" (End of this chapter)