Superstar Couple

Chapter 109 Sit back and watch him lose money

After Li Jie went to Hollywood to develop, he has not returned to China to make a film for several years. This time, Zhang Le's new film naturally caused a great sensation.

Of course, Li Jie has had no works in China for several years. Apart from his own focus on Hollywood, there is another important reason. Undoubtedly, his salary is too high, the box office pressure is too high, and the risk is too great.

There are too few domestically invested films. And Li Jie's salary is as high as tens of millions of dollars, that is more than 60 million yuan, which is almost enough to invest in two good movies. Too few are willing to take that risk. Unless, it is certain that the film will be released internationally. After all, Li Jie still has international box office appeal.

The cast of Zhang Le's new film is undoubtedly strong, in addition to Li Jie, there are also two Golden Dragon Queens, Yang Liu and Yang Xiner. Among the main creators of the film, there are famous filmmakers such as Ye Ming and Bao Zhen.

Zhang Le is undoubtedly coming to a big production this time. This is somewhat unexpected.

Although Zhang Le's first two films had extremely high box office, they were both low-budget films. In the eyes of everyone, Zhang Le is a director who is good at using small things to make big gains. But this time, he came to this big production all at once, which made people feel a little uncomfortable.

Inviting Li Jie to play the role, there is no doubt about the big production. But whether Zhang Le can control this kind of big production, everyone is skeptical. After all, the investment in his previous two films, even including promotional fees, was not as high as Li Jie's film salary.

What is even more incredible is that Zhang Le's new film is actually a martial arts film. He gave up the comedies he was good at, isn't this the rhythm of courting death?

Martial arts films are almost dead, and they are no longer the grand occasion of the past. The downturn is already a minefield. Yue Yang's martial arts film had a good reputation, but fortunately, the investment was small, so it barely escaped the fate of losing money and making money.

When Zhang Le came here, countless people were ready to sit and watch his new film and lose money.

Zhang Le's two consecutive low-budget movies sold well at the box office, and I don't know how many people are jealous. There are many people who want to see him stumble at the box office.

Zhang Le is used to being bad-mouthed. When "Crazy Stone" was filmed, there was almost a negative voice. And this time, although there are many negative voices, there are still countless fans looking forward to it.

Through the accumulation of the two films, Zhang Le still has a certain box office appeal as a director.

After more than three months of preparation, in mid-July, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was launched, and Zhang Le was selected for the launch conference at the foot of Wudang Mountain.

Zhang Le's film is very bad-mouthing, but it is still very attractive. At the launch conference, countless media flocked to it.

Zhang Le and Yang Xiner were the focus of the media. And Li Jie returned to China to make a film after many years. For this, whether it means that he will return to China for development, countless people are paying attention. And Yang Liu came back after marriage, but chose this film, is it because of Zhang Le, or because of Li Jie, or because of Yang Xiner?

Whether it is the media or the public, there are too many doubts that need to be answered. Of course, they were also full of doubts about Zhang Le making such a film!

At the press conference, Zhang Le smiled and said to the media reporters in the audience: "Thank you very much, friends from the media, for coming. I announce that the press conference of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" will start now. If you have any questions, we will answer them as best we can. Of course, the premise is that your questions are related to this film. For example, if you ask me when Xinji and I will get married, we will not answer questions that have nothing to do with this film."

"Everyone on Earth will know when you will get married."

As soon as Zhang Le's words fell, many media reporters below laughed, and one of them laughed loudly.

Zhang Le smiled and looked at Yang Xiner, but Yang Xiner rolled her eyes and pretended not to know him.

"Mr. Li Jie, this time you took over the film directed by Zhang Le, does it mean that your development is not going well in Hollywood and you are going to return to China?" A reporter asked Li Jie, and his words were not polite. .

"I have developed in Hollywood in the past few years. It should be pretty good, right?" Li Jie smiled and said, "I took this movie because the script of this movie moved me, and I also have a lot of respect for Director Zhang. It’s not like you said that you couldn’t get along in Hollywood and came back to accept this movie. In order to accept this movie, I pushed a big Hollywood production.”

In order to accept this movie, you turned down a big Hollywood production?

Everyone was a little unbelievable. However, it is impossible for Li Jie to talk about this matter and put money on his face. This is his usual style, he says what he says, and there is no need to tell such a lie.

Although everyone couldn't believe it, they never doubted it.

What makes everyone wonder is, why does Zhang Le's movie make Li Jie give up Hollywood's big production?

Zhang Le knew about this before. For this reason, Yang Xiner also said that she owed a lot of favors. However, Zhang Le just smiled at this. Perhaps, the one who owes favors does not know who it is.

Of course, the remuneration offered by Li Jie is indeed a friendly price, and there is no lack of human touch in it. And this favor is tens of millions in Huaxia coins.

"Does Director Zhang have anything to say about this?" A reporter looked at Zhang Le and asked.

"Of course I am very grateful to Brother Jie for his support. There is no way to repay him. The only thing we can do is to make this film well to prove that Brother Jie's choice is right." Zhang Le said.

Zhang Le spoke politely, but the confidence in his words was beyond words. It was the right choice to choose his film instead of a Hollywood blockbuster. Is Zhang Le's self-confidence too much? It seems a bit arrogant.

But looking at Zhang Le's expression at this moment, no one has such a feeling. It seems that compared with that Hollywood blockbuster, his film is really superior.

"Director Zhang, what is the purpose of inviting Mr. Li Jie to star in your new film? You must know that Mr. Li Jie's salary is enough for you to shoot more than ten "Crazy Stones"! With such a large investment, are you not afraid of losing money? ?” A reporter asked Zhang Le.

The profit of one "Crazy Stone" is nearly 200 million, how much will it be for ten? That's definitely a scary number. Of course, the account is not calculated in this way, but it also expresses a well-known meaning, that is, Zhang Le invited Li Jie to act, and the gain outweighs the gain.

"Brother Jie was invited to play the role because he is the best candidate for the protagonist Li Mubai." Zhang Le smiled and said, "As for you saying that you will lose money if you invest too much, that's a bit unfounded. Let's not talk about Jie Where is the box office appeal of Brother and Sister Liu? Even Xiner and I can still attract many fans. Besides, I am still very confident in my film. I, Zhang Le, not only know how to play with a small cost I can do the same with big productions!"

"Then Miss Yangliu, may I ask that you were attracted to this film because you read the script?" A reporter asked Yangliu.

"I agreed without reading the script." Yang Liu smiled and said, "Director Zhang told me that he was going to make a martial arts film, and I was a little moved. I have watched "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance", and the martial arts in it The design is great. And when I heard that I would play opposite Jackie and Kinji, I agreed without hesitation."