Chapter 395: I wish you a big box office success

China Film Report
"The 1.2 million-yuan Chinese blockbuster "Wushuang" and the imported blockbuster "2012" were released simultaneously around the world."

"Not only did it achieve a good opening box office of 1450 million U.S. dollars in North America, but it also won the first-week box office championship in both Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong."

"The mainland box office has set three box office records for Hong Kong films in the mainland: first day, single day, and first week."

"Industry insiders predict that the Lunar New Year box office champion will be "Three Guns" in addition to "Wushuang"!"

Beijing News
"Zhang Weiping, producer of Three Guns, said in an interview."

“The cost of Three Guns is much lower than that of Warriors of the West.”

"Yimou is more appealing to ordinary people in the mainland than Li Chen."

"Xiao Shenyang is very popular now, and Sun Honglei and Ni Dahong's acting skills are no worse than Liang Chaowei and Liu Dehua."

"In any way, the box office of 'Three Guns' will not be lower than that of 'Wushuang'."

After hearing what Zhang Weiping said, the media immediately swarmed to ask Li Chen what he thought.

If you can't contact Li Chen, call Rongchen Pictures, Yi Xin Media, or even directly contact Red Star House.

Rongchen Pictures gave a unified response: We wish "Three Guns" a big box office success.

Netizens were delighted.

"Why does this sentence sound so ironic!"

"Like Leo's style!"

"The subtext is to wait and see."

"Why does Leo always make people so angry with just one sentence? What's most speechless is that the words he says are always nice."

Zhou Jie Lun didn’t even dare to let Li Chen come.

"Yifei's single album is about to be released. If you are busy, don't come."

"Warner will take care of the release of her album, so I don't have to worry about it."

"In any case, don't come. This is the unanimous opinion between Mr. Han and me." Zhou Jie Lun scratched his head.

Seeing Li Chen holding his phone and muttering to himself, "Am I that scary?" Liu Yifei was laughing uncontrollably.

"Now let's see if you dare to talk nonsense again in the future."

"Xixi, when did I ever say anything nonsense? I sincerely hope that "Three Guns" will be a big hit. Why don't they believe it?" Li Chen said innocently.

Liu Yifei leaned in her fiancé's arms, looked at his innocent face, and said coquettishly: "Act, you keep acting, I still don't know you!"

Li Chen laughed loudly and bent down to moisten Miss Liu's lips.

"Uh-huh."

"Hateful!" Miss Liu punched her fiancé in embarrassment.

"Haha, the one who understands me best is my wife."

In the office of the New Picture CEO, the Zhang brothers had different thoughts.

Zhang Weiping was so angry that his teeth were itching, but he couldn't get angry because of his face.

"One plan, or you can"

Zhang Yimou raised his hand and interrupted: "Weiping, stop talking!"

"I sang the theme song and the rap, but you can't ask me to learn breakdance from Sun Honglei!"

“I’m a director, not a singer, and certainly not a dancer!”

Originally, the filming of "Three Shots" made Zhang Yimou full of resentment.

Zhang Weiping also asked him to sing and dance, as if he was the crosstalk actor like Xiao Shenyang!
Zhang Weiping patted Zhang Yimou on the shoulder and smiled like an elder brother: "Yimou, I'm just suggesting it. If you don't want to, forget it."

"It's okay. I don't believe that 'Three Guns' can lose to a Hong Kong film!"

Zhang Weiping snorted in his heart, and after three shots he had a counterattack to kill him.

As long as the box office is not satisfactory, he believes that his comeback will definitely bring the box office to a new high.

Seeing that his old brother Zhang Yimou looked unhappy, Zhang Weiping smiled in his heart.

You'd better have the high output of that little bastard Li Chen. Do you think I'm willing to dance around like this and be annoying?

"Wushuang" was a huge hit. Within two weeks of its release, the box office in mainland China had already exceeded 3.5 million yuan, and the global box office had exceeded 1.2 million US dollars.

"The Storm Riders 2 and The Thorn are about to be released, and The Invincible Swordsman continues to advance with great strides."

"It grossed 1.2 million US dollars worldwide in two weeks, and the producer and star, Andy Lau, held a celebration party in Hong Kong and distributed cash."

"It is reported that South Korea's CJ has already intended to buy the rights to remake "Wushuang", and Yingyi Entertainment is in the limelight."

Liu Dehua was in high spirits as he celebrated the good news and directly and publicly announced his relationship that had been buried for many years.

Netizens joked that Leo accidentally turned into a matchmaker.

Speaking of Yue Lao, Li Chen really doesn't deserve the title.

When Liu Dehua was in love, he was still wearing open-crotch pants.

Among the artists under its own company, Zhou Xun is in love again, and Yang Mi and Hu Ge are so close that no one can tell whether they are in love or not.

Only Tang Yan has a stable relationship.

Generally speaking, none of the female artists under him are capable of doing anything.

They are not like the Star Girls, who seem to like rich men.

Huang Shengyi found a domineering president who wore a 46 billion-year-old emerald ring on his hand.

Not to be outdone, Zhang Yuqi quietly set her sights on the handsome young man from Jiangnan and made an official announcement.

"After all the looking, my Sissi is still pure and flawless."

"What are you talking about?" Liu Yifei moved closer to Li Chen and saw that he was actually reading gossip.

"Who said I'm pure and innocent? Don't I also like you, a super bachelor?"

Li Chen pinched his chin and said seriously: "That makes sense. I'm sorry, I was too naive."

"I always thought you were just after my body, but it turns out you're just as vulgar as them!"

Liu Yifei's face turned red when she heard this, and she pinched her fiancé fiercely: "Only a ghost would covet your body!" Li Chen laughed: "You are wrong, it is me who covets your body, this is okay."

"Hate."

As expected, Li Chen did not attend the premiere of "刺陵", which disappointed the media but made Jay Chou feel relieved.

He was as busy as a top, flying back and forth across the ocean.

On the one hand, he made a guest appearance in "The Green Hornet" in order to open up the American music market, and on the other hand, he had to take care of "The Thorn". As a result, he naturally had to bear the blame for the poor box office performance.

The premiere of "Three Guns" was even more mediocre and star-studded.

Apart from Uncle Zhao and the main creators, there were only media and audiences.

In the words of Zhang Dapao, "Three Guns" wins by its story and returns to ordinary times.

In fact, it is not the case at all. Firstly, everyone is in the Lunar New Year period. If you don’t come to my “Wushuang” or “刺陵”, why should I go to your “三枪”?
Secondly, Zhang Dapao has offended too many people in the circle, and Zhang Yimou’s face cannot be consumed indefinitely.

But all this did not affect Zhang Dapao's money-making. He kept pace with the times and was very creative in his publicity. He directly launched an online game called "Three Guns".

The movie hasn't even been released yet, but the money is already rolling in.

Even Li Chen, a reborn person, feels inferior to him in this regard.

Sina Entertainment News

"The Storm Riders 2 and The Thorn Tomb were released at the same time, which is a rare close fight during the Lunar New Year holiday in recent years."

"These two blockbusters were released yesterday, and today 'Three Guns' followed closely behind, and the Lunar New Year war officially kicked off."

Southern Weekend report
"The first-day box office of "Storm of the Storm 2" and "The Tomb of the Assassin" is similar. The first-day box office of the former of 500 million is far from the million slogan shouted by the film company."

"Although the latter had Zhou Jielun, Lin Zhiling, Chen Daoming, Zeng Zhiwei and other idols from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong to support it, it still only made 650 million at the box office."

"Based on the first-day box office alone, neither of them can pose a threat to "Wushuang"."

"Since "The Thorn Tomb" failed miserably in the first round of competition during the Lunar New Year holiday, Zhou Jie Lun had to personally save the situation and hold a fan meeting."

"Storm Warriors 2" and "The Tomb of the Assassin" became cannon fodder in the battle of Lunar New Year blockbusters.

Zhang Weiping: Hehehe, watch me use “Three Guns” today to kill one enemy with one shot.

As a result, the first day's preview only earned 1110 million, which is not as high as the 1500 million of "A Love So Beautiful" that year.

It cannot even be compared with the 1585 million of "Wushuang".

Netizens didn't mind helping Zhang Weiping recall his previous bold words and Li Chen's good wishes.

“I wish you a big box office success!”

“I wish you a big box office success!”

"1110 million, Zhang Weiping is going to beat Yaoyaoling and call the police!"

"Police, Little Leo is a hooligan!"

"How can netizens be like this? They just want to watch the fun and make trouble."

Liu Yifei suppressed her laughter and browsed Li Chen's Weibo, where the words "Wishing you a big box office success" were neatly written.

"I can only say that netizens have an overwhelming sense of justice and can't stand seeing me being bullied by Zhang Weiping." Li Chen laughed.

This caused his fiancée to roll her eyes: "I have never seen anyone who bullies you!"

Li Chen snorted and laughed: "Who said that? There is one right in front of me."

Liu Yifei smiled and replied: "I don't know who is bullying who!"

The phrase "I wish you a big box office success" became a hot topic on the release day of "Three Guns".

Zhang Weiping was furious: "The villain is successful! The villain is successful! Tomorrow will be better."

As a result, the next day saw the most overwhelming saliva and thick phlegm from the audience, comparable to the one after the release of "The Promise".

“Is this a medley of Spring Festival Gala skits?”

"This is an upgraded version of 'Wulin Wai Zhuan'!"

"Wrong, it's the movie version of Errenzhuan!"

"It's too ugly. Zhang Yimou, return the money, return the money."

Sina Entertainment News

"Zhang Yimou's new film, 'Three Guns', was released nationwide yesterday, but surprisingly, the highest attendance at the cinema was still 'Wushuang' and the imported blockbuster '2012'!"

"If we only look at the box office results, the first-day box office of "Three Guns" was 1110 million, which was higher than "Storm and Cloud 2" and "The Tomb of the Assassin", but the word of mouth was a disaster."

"Many viewers walked out of the theater shouting: Zhang Yimou, give us our money back!"

Zhang Yimou's film was criticized, and now the media reporters have work to do.

They called famous directors in the mainland to ask for comments.

Chen Kaige: You media outlets have no understanding of the hardships I went through to build the city. You didn’t even ask me if I was tired or not. You just wanted to see me, Old Chen, and Yimou fighting. Forget it!

Lu Taro: They have all gone into business, and I, Lu, am the only one still holding on to my dream. I persist, and I am proud!
Jiang Wen: Sorry, I don’t have time to read it.

Feng Xiaogang: The post-production of "The Great Earthquake" is almost finished, come and report to me.
Li Chen: The call cannot be connected.
Zhang Weiping is closely following the reputation of "Three Guns".

He is well aware of the impact of word of mouth on a movie's box office.

Fortunately, he still has a trump card to reverse the downward trend.

Three Guns was released for four days and the box office exceeded 100 million yuan. Zhang Yimou's appeal reached its peak after the Olympics.

Even so, Zhang Weiping was not satisfied and did not dare to be careless.

He shifted the blame to Han Saping.

This directly triggered a war of words that will go down in the history of domestic entertainment.

However, Han Sanping was not among the parties involved in the war.

Instead, it was the outsider Li Chen who took the lead, with a group of young players such as Wang Yuelun providing support.

This completely made December 09 a famous event in the entertainment industry.

(End of this chapter)