Chapter 487 Charlotte is annoying

"Don't mistake ignorance for love. Jingqiu looks very pure, and the male lead is very handsome. Overall, it's just Lao Mouzi making a Korean drama."

"I feel that Zhang Yimou's films have lost their vitality. They have become sentimental just for the sake of sentimentality, and sentimental just for the sake of innocence."

"That was our understanding of love when we first started dating."

The reputation of "The Hawthorn Tree" is polarized.

People born after the 50s think that Zhang Yimou has filmed their stories.

But most people born in the 80s don’t buy it.

However, the cinema chain expects that "The Hawthorn Tree" should have no problem grossing over 100 million yuan.

Beijing Daily News

"'Under the Hawthorn Tree' grossed 5400 million yuan in its first week."

"As of yesterday morning, according to the distributor, Zhang Yimou's new film "Under the Hawthorn Tree" grossed 5400 million yuan in its first week."

"As an art film, this box office performance is not bad, but compared with Zhang Yimou's previous commercial films, the film's box office performance is a bit mediocre."

"In addition, the fact that Under the Hawthorn Tree was able to achieve 5400 million was also due to the fact that Inception was taken off the screen and Earthquake is about to be taken off the screen!"

"But next week, Zhen Zidan's "Fist of Fury" will hit the screens strongly, and Li Chen's "Charlotte" and Xu Ke's "Detective Dee" are also eyeing the National Day."

"The theater chain predicts that the box office of "Under the Hawthorn Tree" will not be optimistic in the future."

No matter what the outside world thinks, Zhang Yimou has long been invincible.

“Three Guns” didn’t make Zhang Yimou angry, let alone “The Hawthorn Tree”!
"Actually, I'm quite satisfied with the box office." Zhang Yimou took the initiative to communicate with Li Chen about his next work.

Li Chen nodded without commenting.

The box office of "The Hawthorn Tree" in its previous life was definitely not 5400 million. After all, "Inception" in its previous life strongly sniped "The Hawthorn Tree"!
"Next, I plan to have the crew start building the set for The Flowers of War, and we expect filming to start at the end of the year."

"It's up to you to make the decision, Director Zhang."

Zhang Yimou was satisfied that Li Chen was keeping his promise and would never interfere with his creative work.

"The Great Earthquake" eventually took in 5.65 million yuan at the box office.

Feng Xiaogang became the third person in the 500 million club.

However, among the three, everyone knows that both Wu Bin's "Draw the Bow" and Feng Xiaogang's "Earthquake" are watered down.

The former benefited from the Olympics, and the latter benefited from government intervention.

Li Chen did not attend the premiere of "Ip Man 2".

I heard that Makoto Dan made a shocking statement at the premiere, saying that the nude scenes in "Fist of Fury" were his own request.

As soon as the audience saw the perfect curve of his hips, they knew that he had received many years of martial arts training.

And he doesn't care about awards. Awards are just a game for a group of judges. Box office is the most real thing.

This is a risk-taking for the box office.

When did kung fu stars start looking at their butts instead of their kung fu?

The media will certainly not let go of what Makoto Dan thinks of "Ip Man".

Zhen Zidan was quite sensible and knew that he should not cause trouble at this time.

But the arrogance in his words was still revealed unconsciously.

He claimed that his kung fu was different from Zhang Jin's.

My own Kung Fu style is tougher, which is different from the "Ip Man" style of using softness to overcome hardness.

Wishes are beautiful, but reality is cruel.

Since the first-day box office figures of "Ip Man" were not released to the public for a long time, Li Chen knew that "Ip Man" was going to fail as expected.

Sure enough, after the first weekend, you can’t hide it even if you want to.

Who made you, Wang, always give people a sports car as a gift?

Lao Wang naturally couldn't just sit there and wait for death. If he missed this week, no one knew what would happen next.

Immediately, everyone on Weibo, from the director to the producer, to the actors and even the young models, was discussing "Ip Man".

It’s obviously Lao Wang’s work.

Sina Entertainment News

"The most anticipated Chinese action movie of the year, "Ip Man: The Legend of Chen Zhen," grossed over 50 million yuan in just three days of release in mainland China."

"On Weibo, the most popular online tool, discussions about Fist of Fury continue 24 hours a day."

"Director Liu Weiqiang, producer Chen Jiashang, and leading actors Zhen Zidan, Shu Qi, Huo Siyan, and Chen Jiajia, who are the main creators of the film, also released information about the film and interacted with fans through Weibo."

"Zhen Zidan also revealed on his Weibo that Chen Kexin predicted that the box office of "Fist of Fury" would reach 3 million!"

No matter how heatedly the outside world discusses it, Wang Changtian knows that he cannot give away this sports car.

Li Chen’s car couldn’t be delivered either.

The first week box office was only 50 million, but it was still not as high as the first week box office of Zhang Yimou's art film.

Not to mention that in the next week, Tsui Hark and Leonardo DiCaprio, two box office gluttons, are waiting with their mouths wide open to grab a piece of the pie.

"What light? Dark lines are just fine! This movie can't even beat Ip Man 2 at the box office, and you're still talking about being the box office champion during the National Day holiday!"

In front of his wife, Zhen Zidan was so angry that he cursed Wang Changtian's light.

The abridged version of "Ip Man" already made him dissatisfied.

Wang Changtian’s tolerance of Li Chen made him even more resentful.

Now looking at the first week box office, it’s a waste of his time!

"This is just the beginning. Maybe after Detective Dee and Charlotte are released, they may not be as good as you."

Mako Dan didn't know what to say about his wife's bizarre idea.

is it possible?

It's obviously impossible.

Although "Detective Dee" failed to win any prize in Venice, it did not affect the enthusiasm of Xu Ke and the Wangs.

It is both an Asian premiere and a premiere in Beijing, Shanghai and other places.

Actors including Andy Lau also worked very hard.

He even went out on his birthday.

The premieres of "Charlotte" and "Detective Dee" were held one day apart in Beijing. The former was held in the CPPCC auditorium, while the latter was surprisingly held on the Peking University campus.

Both sides invited friends to attend the event.

As an artist of Yi Xin Media and the leading actor of "Detective Dee", Deng Chao was inevitably questioned by the media.

"You are an artist of Rongchen Pictures. Which one do you think will win the National Day box office, Director Li's "Charlotte" or Director Xu's "Detective Dee"?"

Deng Chao laughed and said, "Don't embarrass me. Even Brother Hua can't tell me, so how can I know?"

"Besides, the two films are not about the same subject matter, and both directors are top-notch directors in China, so it's really hard to judge."

The next day, Sun Li attended the premiere of "Charlotte" on behalf of Deng Chao.

Li Chen couldn't help but tease Sun Li when he saw her: "Your brother Chao doesn't mean what he says. Be careful not to be fooled by his sweet words."

Sun Li laughed out loud. She knew that her husband had made his attitude clear to Director Li when he came down yesterday.

In terms of box office, not to mention Xu Ke, even Feng Xiaogang is no match for Director Li.

"He doesn't dare. He dares to fool me. I'm going to find Yifei to vent my anger!"

Li Chen nodded and smiled: "You know how to grasp the key points."

On the red carpet, Han Sanping, Zhang Yimou, Zhao Benshan, Jiang Wen, Ning Hao, Lu Yang, as well as Li Chen's teacher Tian Zhuangzhuang and good friend Xue Xiaolu all came to show their support.

A-list stars such as Huang Xiaoming, Fan Qiaoqiao, Tang Yan, Yang Mi, Sun Li, Cai Shaofen, Chen Qiaoen, and He Jiong gathered there.

Even Huayi sent Yao Dazui to play, probably to test the situation.

The CPPCC Auditorium is a place that sounds extremely serious, but on the 27th, there was constant laughter.

Yu Dong regretted it after watching the premiere. Maybe this movie "Charlotte" could really break 500 million.

It would have been better if we had promised Li Chen the minimum amount of 500 million yuan, so that even if we lost money, it wouldn't be a big loss.

Han Sanping curled his lips and said, "You are such a talented kid!"

Sina Entertainment News

"On September 9, another National Day film, "Charlotte's Troubles," held its premiere. This hilarious comedy directed by Li Chen and starring members of Happy Twist chose the CPPCC Auditorium as the venue for its premiere."

"What is "Charlotte's Troubles" about? It's about winning life by going back once."

"Li Chen said that Charlotte and The Hawthorn Tree are similar in one respect: both are films that have a strong imprint of their time."

“Charlotte may not be very popular with the older generation, but young people born in the 80s or even the 90s will definitely have a strong sense of involvement.”

“Compared to Lost in Thailand, the jokes in Charlotte are more intense.”

"After the premiere, all guests gave a unanimous "funny" review."

"Ning Hao: My evaluation can be summed up in eight words: Very good looking! Very good looking!"

"Mango TV host He Jiong praised "Charlotte" as a good-looking and excellent work, and said that he would post on Weibo for several consecutive days to show his support."

"Jiang Wen also said with a smile: He is even better than Feng Xiaogang!"

After the premiere, Yao Chen called Wang Zhonglei back.

Wang Zhonglei asked anxiously, "How is it? Is it funny?"

Yao Chen didn't know how to answer.

Is it funny? The laughter never stops!
"It's quite funny, but our Detective Dee isn't bad either."

After listening to the words and the tone, Wang Zhonglei understood that "Charlotte" might not be bad either.

The advantages of "Detective Dee" lie in its cast and special effects, and there is another advantage that is not really an advantage.

It was released one day earlier than "Charlotte".

Compared to the "Ip Man" show, there are many second- and third-rate star endorsements on Weibo.

"Charlotte" is simply a crushing success.

From hosts to big directors to dozens of first-line artists, they all recommended "Charlotte" on Weibo, which really made Huayi and Guangguang excited.

In particular, the Weibo posts of Mango TV's He Jiong, Jiang Wen, Ning Hao and others, as well as the media revelations about the funny points of "Charlotte", made "Charlotte" a hot topic for a while.

"Mom said, "Son, you can't believe you are still alive." Charlotte said, "I can't believe you are still alive."

"You don't need to worry about studying. Just ask your mother to buy you a few houses within the Second Ring Road."

"Student xx's composition, "My District Chief Dad," won first prize in the composition competition."

"Today is my girlfriend's 60th birthday, and I have to go celebrate her birthday."

The audience, especially the students, were very enthusiastic and left messages on Li Chen’s Weibo and Rongchen Pictures’ official Weibo, saying that they must go to support the show.

Although Liu Yifei is not in the mainland.

But it does not affect her energy.

Liu Yifei posted three Weibo posts in a row.

"Please support Charlotte!"

“Please support the actors in the drama!”

"Please support the Happy Twist team!"

Li Chen was quite satisfied looking at the pre-sale box office figures compiled by Yang Siwei.

The pre-sale box office in Hong Kong and Taiwan may be low, but it will not affect the subsequent rebound if word of mouth develops.

"Damn it, it's popular before it even hits the theaters!" Wang Zhonglei couldn't help but swear.

It's really that Li Chen, this freak, is so hated.

There’s no way to turn stone into gold like this.

"Charlotte" has overwhelmed "Detective Dee" and "Ip Man" on self-media platforms.

Not to mention Zhang Yimou’s “The Hawthorn Tree”!

This was something that all the media and filmmakers had never expected.

Everyone thought that Li Chen's film did not sell its copyright in Europe and the United States because he himself had no confidence.

Who knew this would be the outcome.

"Detective Dee" made a great start upon its release, earning 2000 million on the first day, higher than "Ip Man" and "The Hawthorn Tree"!
But this is not the point. Everyone's attention is on today's "Charlotte".

"Sword Rain" is no exception.

(End of this chapter)