You don't understand the happiness of the director

Chapter 681 ①Squeeze, squeeze again! ②Do it as soon as you say it③Steal a donkey④SPA

Jiang Wen actually admires Mr. Zou very much, but Zou Wenhuai said before his death that his funeral would be low-key, so not many people were invited, and those who were not invited were not allowed in.

So the two separated in Shenzhen, he continued to run road shows for Wang Quan's box office record, and Wang Quan went to Hong Kong with two bed-warming maids.

Before Wang Quan arrived in Hong Kong, Bona announced that the racing-themed comedy film "Flying Life" directed by Han Han and starring Shen Teng would be released on the first day of the Lunar New Year in 2019, officially entering the Spring Festival period.

So far, the Spring Festival period has added another tiger general, and the scary one is not Han Han, but Shen Teng.

Now he is regarded as the second most attractive mainland actor in terms of box office appeal after Wu Jing, and no movie starring in the third place is less than 1 billion.

And Ning Hao's "Crazy Alien" is also co-starred by him and Huang Bo, and he will have two movies competing in the same field during this Spring Festival period.

Reba: "Actually, there are three. I'll tell you a secret. Brother Teng also played an important cameo role in "Mermaid 2", and he has quite a few scenes."

Zhou Xingchi has kept this news secret until now, and he intends to keep it as a secret weapon for later.

In addition to the two bed-warming maids, Reba also went to Hong Kong with Wang Quan.

One is that she couldn't bear to leave Wang Quan, and the other is to participate in some local promotional activities for "Mermaid 2".

"Then Reba, what do you think is the seed of your "Mermaid 2" in the Spring Festival next year?" Wang Quan asked Reba with a smile.

Reba thought for a while: "Zhu Xian 3 is the finale, and "Tang Detective 3" doesn't seem to be bad either, so we should be the third seed."

It seems that she didn't take non-sequel movies such as "Speeding Life", "Crazy Alien" and "Hidden Man" seriously.

In fact, "Crazy Alien" can be put in the same series with "Crazy Stone" and "Crazy Racing" in terms of the name, and Ning Hao chose this name to guide it in this way.

Although the box office of the first two crazy series is nothing this year, it was a very scary result ten years ago. Moreover, the two comedies have become classics over the past ten years. Ning Hao is launching the third one, and the audience is very interested.

"Brother-in-law, you don't think highly of our "Mermaid 2"?" Reba noticed Wang Quan's expression.

Wang Quan shook his head: "That's not the case. It's just that the previous "Mermaid" didn't have a good reputation, and the slogan of "owing a ticket to Master Xing" can't be used a second time. In addition, this time "Mermaid 2" has changed the distributor, and the opponents are so strong, so it's better to lower the expectations."

In 2016, the only real opponent of "Mermaid" was "Zhu Xian 1", which failed miserably in terms of reputation and box office. This time, in addition to "Zhu Xian 3", there are so many contemporary heroes.

And Wang Quan heard from Lao Wang that Zhou Xingchi didn't reach an agreement with Qiankun on the guaranteed issue price of 3 billion, and finally decided to hand it over to Lianrui for distribution.

Lianrui's strength is not at the same level as Qiankun, which is also a point-losing item.

Then Reba asked again: "Brother-in-law, will you stay in Hong Kong for a few more days?"

"Happy Journey 2" was also released in Hong Kong at the same time, and the box office was extremely high, and it is expected to surpass the highest box office of Asian films in "Along with the Gods".

However, Wang Quan came to attend the funeral, so he did not promote the movie separately. He would return to the mainland after the funeral, so he gave the Big Wave Bay Villa to Reba for her to stay temporarily.

After all, he didn't have any girlfriends in Hong Kong. For example, Wen Yongshan is currently mainly in the mainland, and there is nothing that makes him nostalgic for the young generation of actresses in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong now gives him a feeling of decadence, just like the big brother Long he just met. Although his hair is dyed black, the wrinkles on his face make him no longer as charming as before.

However, he still insists on making movies. First, he likes it. He is obsessed with the feeling of managing so many people on the set and having the final say. Without those, how miserable it would be to go home and face his aging wife and unpromising son.

Second, he had to shoot. There were so many brothers behind him. Some of them were older than him and had retired, but there were still many young people. If he didn't shoot, what would they eat and drink?

So this year he accepted the investment of iQiyi and shot "Detective Pu Songling", a fantasy comedy with a similar style to "Monster Hunt", and said that he would enter the Spring Festival.

"Ah, the Spring Festival seems to be a bit crowded," Wang Quan counted with his fingers, "Zhu Xian 3, Detective Chinatown 3, Aliens, Mermaid 2, Evil Never Dies, Flying Life, and Boonie Bears, that's seven."

Only his words worked, otherwise Guo Fan would also want to bring his already completed "The Wandering Earth" to the Spring Festival, and was finally arranged by Wang Quan to the summer season.

Moreover, Wang Quan felt that his elder brother Long had experienced the disastrous failure of "Blood of the Machine" in 2017 and the silence in 2018. Now his box office appeal is probably still lower than that of Boonie Bears.

"Ah, are Evil Never Dies and Flying Life confirmed to be released?" Cheng Long didn't know yet.

"Flying Life was just confirmed this morning. As for Evil Never Dies, Lao Jiang told me that it should be set in stone."

At this time, Lao Long was silent. He was old and could not compete with the current hot chickens. If there were no these two films, he would still dare to rush, but if they also released them, "Detective Pu Songling" would not be competitive.

So after returning, he discussed with iQiyi, whether to change the schedule, anyway, it has not been officially announced.

But iQiyi did not agree. They were actually competing with Alibaba this time.

iQiyi is owned by Baidu, while Alibaba and Alibaba's Tao Piao Piao also invested in and released a children's animation film called "Peppa Pig's New Year".

Cheng Long only then realized that there was a competitor.

However, what he didn't know was that Yinghuang and Yindu Agency invited director Mai Zhaohui, actor Liu Qingyun and Zhang Jiahui to shoot a movie "Integrity" and also wanted to get a share of the Spring Festival.

There are already 10 movies targeting the 19th Spring Festival, and it's chilling to think about it.

Crowded, too crowded!

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"What, Peppa Pig is also coming to the Spring Festival?!"

Peppa Pig has been so popular in the past two years. You can see the pink pig family everywhere, and preschool children especially like it.

When he learned the news, Zhang Zhao, the producer of "Boonie Bears", was a little depressed. The children's market is so small, and they are competing with us, Boonie Bears. It's so abominable!

Last year, "Boonie Bears" created a new box office record for this series, and the distributor was Light Media.

But this year, Enlight Media was the agent for the distribution of Crazy Alien, and was unable to undertake the distribution of the second Spring Festival movie.

And it is not a problem for Boonie Bears to be distributed independently, so it seems that we have to find a giant distributor. After all, Maoyan is the most reliable.

Maoyan’s main task this year is Zhu Xian 3, but with Maoyan’s current size, there is still enough spare capacity.

So they have always wanted to hit two targets at once. After Boonie Bears came to them, Maoyan readily rejected the 2 billion guaranteed release price of Evil Never Dies and chose Boonie Bears: The Primitive Era, which does not require a guarantee.

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After leaving Hong Kong, Wang Quan received a call from Dorothy. In addition to reporting the North American performance of Happy Journey 2, there was also a big news.

"Stan Lee passed away today," she said with emotion, "There was Jin Yong before him, and Stan Lee after him, two great storytellers are gone."

Stan Lee lived longer, at the age of 95, and he and his partners created classic comic characters such as Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Thor, and X-Men, so his death triggered collective sadness in Europe and the United States.

Wang Quan also sighed: "I will never see this old man's cameo again."

Also, Li Bingbing must be upset. Stan Lee promised to work with her on an oriental female superhero movie "Tiger Shadow" before his death, but now it seems that it is no longer possible.

When Wang Quan met Lao Jiang again, he was also a little upset.

What he was worried about was the release of "Hidden Man".

The people at Maoyan rejected the film after watching it, which means that they felt that the film would not reach 2 billion, and were even willing to only guarantee 1 billion.

"How about you help me take a look and point out some problems for me. Is it really that bad?" Jiang Wen patted the safe in his hand. There was a feature film of "Evil Never Dies" in it, which had just been edited.

Wang Quan actually thought that he didn't need to watch it. Jiang Wen must know his own problems. He attached too much importance to self-expression. He didn't want to shoot the story clearly. He felt that it would be boring if he told it thoroughly. Movies should be tasted. He liked to make dumplings for a plate of vinegar, so the two works after "Bullets" had good sentences but no good chapters.

The birth of "Let the Bullets Fly" was an accident. At that time, "The Sun Also Rises" lost too much money. He urgently needed to prove himself with the box office, so he made a movie with a clear surface story and a deep story that could also be tasted.

After that, he didn't pay much attention to the smoothness of the surface story. He even said "making dumplings to feed pigs" because "One Step Away" was badly reviewed.

However, it is not accurate to say that he is arrogant from the elite class. Although he filmed the Republic of China, did he really tell the Republic of China?

Otherwise, but what he said could not be said clearly. There were his own confusion, puzzlement, and even disappointment for so many years, so he could only use the special period of the Republic of China to vent.

Finally, under Lao Jiang's insistence, Wang Quan reluctantly took a look. The lines were still so refined and interesting. Wow, Sister Qing is still so smooth at such an old age.

I heard that Xu Qing practiced yoga for several months for a shot that showed body curves. I have to ask Sister Feihong to practice yoga in the future, so as not to lose to her senior sister.

In addition to the variable Zhu Yawen, who speaks Mandarin more, the role originally played by Oscar winner Kevin Spacey was replaced by another Oscar winner, Anthony Hopkins, who has a higher status.

And it was not deleted.

In the original time and space, because of Kevin Spacey's homosexual scandal, "Hidden Mandarin" also deleted a large number of clips, resulting in the lack of coherence in many parts of the plot, which made the audience look very strenuous.

This time it seems to be much smoother, and it seems that Jiang Wen has also learned some smooth storytelling skills from Wang Quan.

So the superficial story of Li Tianran's revenge is at least told thoroughly, but it is not as interesting and good-looking as "Let the Bullets Fly".

As for the deeper story, limited by the current trend, he told it more obscurely, and 90% of people probably don't know what he wants to say behind the story.

Among the remaining 10%, 90% of the interpretations may be wrong.

So the fun of deeply interpreting a movie is also lost by half, because most people can't participate in it, and can't form a discussion.

And in the Spring Festival, which is a time-sensitive schedule, there is no time for you to interpret it. If you don't understand it, just "pass" it.

If the original version of King of Time could score 7 points, this version of King of Power can score 7.8, which is much better than "One Step Away", but it is also far behind the classic "Let the Bullets Fly".

After watching the movie, Lao Jiang asked Wang Quan for advice on what to do, "We can't really withdraw from the Spring Festival show, that would be so embarrassing."

Wang Quan thought for a while: "Let me tell you the news, Qiankun and Zhou Xingchi's "Mermaid 2" have broken down due to the guaranteed release price. You can go to our Lao Wang to give it a try."

Later, Wang Quan talked to Lao Wang on the phone about the matter, and Lao Wang asked him to estimate the box office.

"How can I estimate this? They are all blockbusters, and none of them are soft persimmons. But the market is so big, so someone has to get hurt. Lao Jiang may have various problems in making movies, but he is devout to movies. He is cheating, and from this point of view, I don’t want him to lose.”

Lao Wang said that he understood, and he would make a decision after watching the movie, but 2 billion was a no-brainer. The genre of "The Righteous" is not as popular as "The Mermaid 2" during the Spring Festival, and the risks involved are very high. .

On Wednesday morning, Wang Quan woke up from the bed in a hotel in Xiamen, lying next to Dudu who had just arrived in the early morning.

This is her home court, so of course she needs to focus on publicity.

However, Dudu said a little embarrassedly, "Her parents may come over to watch today's road show. Can I take a photo with you then?"

"What's the problem?" Wang Quan kissed the good girl in his arms.

In this film, Tang Xiaojun's importance begins to stand out. After all, she is the heroine who runs through all three films. She has indeed taken advantage of this opportunity. I saw her poster at the airport yesterday when I arrived at Xiamen.

This Xiamen tourism ambassador will probably be able to work until she retires. There should be no one bigger than her in Xiamen.

The people of Xiamen are very supportive of stars coming out of their city. The box office of most movies in Xiamen is basically not as high as that in Fuzhou. However, from the first to the second part of "Xiaoyaoyou", Xiamen surpassed Fuzhou in all cases. , it can be regarded as a wonderful sight.

After the meet-and-greet event at the theater, Wang Quan met Dudu's parents backstage and took a photo together. They both looked very gentle and elegant. No wonder they gave birth to such a well-behaved daughter.

But then Dudu and Wang Quan and the others had to go to Fuzhou to promote, so they could only briefly chat with their parents before setting off.

When the middle-aged couple watched their daughter get into the car and leave, they looked at each other helplessly and shook their heads.

Among the many comments that praised "Xiaoyaoyou", they paid more attention to the evaluation of their daughter Dudu.

Although most of them are still praised, there are also some that are not so good.

For example, someone said, "Chen Duling has no acting skills, and I don't know why Wang Quan chose her. It's really a big failure."

Someone will reply below: "Why did you choose her? She must have sacrificed more. Hehe, everyone understands~"

Whenever I see comments like this, the father wants to fight the opponent for 300 rounds along the network cable. However, he calms down and thinks about whether this is really possible.

So today they strongly requested to meet director Wang Quan.

It's better to meet someone than to be famous. He is really born in the wind, he is suave and extraordinary, his chest is notch, and he is outstanding. His attitude towards his daughter is very measured, but the way Dudu looks at him is...

Alas, it looks more like my daughter is posting.

Yes, such a good old man is still single. No young girl of the right age can watch this without being confused.

But looking at the appearance and temperament of the two assistants beside Wang Quan, what kind of woman must be able to tie a man like this, especially since he is a breeding donkey that has just been freed!

I can't tie it down!

The next day, Wang Quan and Dudu got up at the hotel in Jiangcheng and learned that "Escape 2" had exceeded 3 billion on the morning of the sixth day of the movie's release, and had successfully entered the top ten in mainland film history.

There are finally two more seats among the top ten kings of mainland film history.

This is also the fifth 3 billion movie this year.

Dudu woke up in a daze, "Director, where should we go next?"

Wang Quan: "Hangcheng, your sister Mi is waiting for us over there."

Thinking of Sister Mi's broad mind, Dudu couldn't help but feel a little excited.

Even more excited were Chen Lijun and Li Yunxiao.

Wang Quan told them in advance that they would go back to Hangzhou today to run propaganda.

He also said: "I would like to meet with you to learn about the screenwriting situation of "New Dragon Inn" when the time comes. This will be regarded as a staged performance report. You can contact Xiao Sun then and go to the hotel room to wait for me. I will finish my work. I’ll come see you at the theater.”

Chen Lijun and Li Yunxiao looked at each other, so are they planning to book a room?

Or three people together? !

The two arrived at the hotel with some anxiety and found Sun Yining. Sun Yining personally took them to the top floor of the hotel.

This hotel is very luxurious, even among five-star hotels. They have only stayed in three-star hotels on business trips before, and they have never been here even after living in Hangzhou for so long.

Fortunately, it was a girl who brought them in. It would have been too embarrassing for a man.

This was a large suite with two bedrooms and a living room. Sun Yining introduced her and Ma Fanshu to live in the smaller room.

But even the small room was larger and more luxurious than their dormitory.

"Okay, Director Quan won't be back for more than an hour. You can just sit back and I'll go down and make arrangements." Sun Yining blinked.

"Well, what are the arrangements?" Chen Lijun asked.

Sun Yining smiled and said nothing.

Soon, two sexy beauties in formal attire came in with suitcases. They said they were the regular technicians of the Four Seasons Hotel and that they were here to provide spa services to two distinguished guests.

At this time, Sun Yining also appeared from behind with a smile, "It's so boring to just wait, let's do a spa."

"Ah? That's so embarrassing... No, I can take it off myself..."

The two women were arranged to take off their clothes without knowing what was going on, and even got on the bed in Wang Quan's room...