Director’s Legend

() "The box office champion of the Chinese-language film of the year is released, and "Painted Skin 2" hit $100 million in two weeks!"——Mtime.com Homepage Red Letter Tu Edition.

"Shao Shuaijun's producer and screenwriter, Wu Ershan's director, Zhao Wei, Zhou Xun, and Chen Kun joined forces again, and the 3D version of "Painted Skin" sequel "Painted Skin 2" has a strong momentum to hit the highest box office record of Chinese-language movies in the mainland!" —— "Beijing Entertainment Letter" ".

"After four years, the sequel of "Painted Skin" finally came out. The Chinese-language magic production has grabbed a box office of 100 million US dollars in a week and a half. Summit Entertainment has confirmed that the North American schedule of "Painted Skin 2" has been advanced to November 19, and the global schedule is also planned to be advanced. Middle.” ——The Beijing News.

"The magic of a great commercial director is still there, and the screenwriter's superpowers are unmatched." - "Yangcheng Evening News".

Even though the director was Wu Ershan, the media still blamed Shao Shuaijun for the credit. After all, Wu Ershan had little experience as a director before, and Shao Shuaijun's works that participated in the screenwriting almost never lost money. From the early "People on the Journey", "Crazy Racing", "Du Lala's Promotion" to North America's "Twilight: Twilight", "The Hunger Games", "The Hangover" and so on, All sold out.

Painted Skin 2 performed brilliantly, and even surpassed Daifuku 2 for a while, and the three-day weekend from the 19th to the 21st was the first head-to-head contest between the two major productions of the East and the West. Inside the Chasing Dream Entertainment Group, Yi Jianmei, the boss of Chasing Dream Golden Harvest, and Mitchell, the boss of Summit Entertainment, even made a phone call to fight, and the loser was treated to a treat.

Because the time is approaching the end of the new year, the group head office specially held a "Huashan Sword in East and West Two Hemispheres" event, betting on the performance of the two sequels in North America this weekend, and let all the employees of the company choose, which is the box office of Huapi 2 High or Daifuku 2 has the highest box office. If you choose the right one, your year-end bonus will be doubled this year. If you choose the wrong one, there will be no loss.

Although Daifuku 2 did not perform well in North America, it is a Hollywood blockbuster after all, and the box office this weekend will basically not be less than 10 million. Although Painted Skin 2 performed brilliantly in Asia, it is a Chinese film after all, and it is hard to say whether it can adapt to North American tastes.

This choice is difficult, especially when it comes to year-end bonuses.

In the end, after a difficult vote, after the results were counted, the number of people who supported Huapi 2 was slightly more than the number of people who supported Daifuku 2. In terms of momentum, Painted Skin 2 has surpassed Daifuku 2.

The event not only attracted the employees of Chasing Dream Entertainment Group, but even Shao Shuaijun also participated.

"I chose "Painted Skin 2" to beat "Detective Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game of Shadows". I think "Painted Skin 2" can sweep away with $50 million!" Shao Shuaijun tweeted coquettishly, and then "@(understandable For summoning)" Guy Ritchie, Robert Downey Jr., Zhao Wei, Wu Ershan and others.

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"Daifu 2 will win!" Guy Ritchie, the director of Dafu 2, forwarded Shao Shuaijun's scarf, threatening to win.

"Painted Skin 2 will definitely win!" Wu Ershan, the director of Painted Skin 2, also forwarded it, confronting Guy Ritchie.

"Painted Skin 2 is sure to win, and if Painted Skin 2 wins, I'll treat everyone to dinner!" Zhao Wei said aggressively.

"If you choose the right one, do you get any red envelopes? If yes, I'll choose Painted Skin 2, if not, I'll choose Dafu 2." Robert Downey Jr. didn't seem to have much confidence in himself.

"Donnie, you are so inferior, you don't have any courage, I support Dafu 2!" Following the interaction of Shao Shuaijun and others, stars who have nothing to do with these two movies also got involved. Scarlett Johansson and Robert Jr. have worked together "Iron Man 2", laughing at the moment. Her marriage to Reynolds came to an end this year, but it seems to be recovering quickly, and they can talk and laugh.

"Brother Iron Man, I support you in the name of the hammer!" Jack Gyllenshire reposted Weibo, and accompanied it with a still photo of "Thor". The hammer is so cool.

"Teddy Bear asked me to tell you that he supports Painted Skin 2. By the way, I also support Painted Skin 2." Joseph Gordon-Levitt (the actor of "Teddy Bear") weakly nodded.

"Support Painted Skin 2." Li An also interrupted.

"I support Daifuku 2, but I am more optimistic that Painted Skin 2 will beat the shit out of Daifuku 2." Christopher Nolan is currently preparing for the new film "Interstellar Space", and he also sneaked in and interjected.

"My little nephew and I support Painted Skin 2 and unify the world!" Li Bingbing joined out of boredom and dragged Xiao Shao along.

The Huashan Sword Discussion event in the eastern and western hemispheres gradually spread from within the Chasing Dream Entertainment Group to the rivers and lakes. Countless swordsmen drew their swords to cheer, and hyped the duel between Painted Skin 2 and Dafu 2 into a life-and-death duel between Chinese-language movies and Hollywood movies. . The stars are helping out, and the fans will naturally not stand by and threaten to go into the movie theater to cheer for their idols.

The media also joined in, and Summit Entertainment and Golden Harvest took advantage of the trend to fuel the flames, and a fierce battle broke out.

"Dafuku 2 drove low and went low, and Huapi 2 drove high and went high. Although Dafu 2 cannot represent Hollywood, and Huapi 2 cannot represent Chinese-language movies, this direct confrontation is still a good opportunity to test the strengths of both sides." —— "New York The Times.

"Hollywood geek director Guy Ritchie, and new director of Chinese-language films Wu Ershan, two films that are not at the same level, premiered at the same time, and finally want to compete in the North American market. After all, the invasion of Painted Skin 2 won, Let us wait and see if Daifuku 2 is successful in defending the soil.” ——Chicago Sun.

"Summit Entertainment's publicity strategy has achieved very good results. According to market surveys, most citizens have further expectations for the two films. Perhaps, this is Summit Entertainment's fight against "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" (part 1) ) method, let a war of things to eliminate the influence of Harbin 7." - "Observer".

""Painted Skin 2" went to North America, and Chinese people from all over the world joined forces to support it, and it has already booked seats in many movie theaters!" - "Hollywood Entertainment Reporter".

If the American media still retains a sense of reason, the domestic media will be very excited. Chinese films have not been able to go out for many years, and their international influence is getting lower and lower. Now "Painted Skin 2" can be said to represent the wish of countless Chinese, and it has begun to conquer North America.

Just like the "Painted Skin" back then, it condensed the expectations of the Chinese people. It started a world war with "Poseidon" and "Mission: Impossible 3", and the attention has never been increased. It was in that battle that "Painted Skin" defeated two major Hollywood productions in one fell swoop and became the North American champion and the Asian champion. Shao Shuaijun rose to fame and was selected by Time Magazine as the cover character.

Four years later, there was another confrontation between East and West.

This time, in terms of cost, director, and scenes, it is not as good as the World War of the year.

"Painted Skin 2" only had a production cost of 200 million yuan, and "Painted Skin" back then was claimed to be 500 million yuan. Daifuku 2 also only had a production cost of 120 million US dollars. At that time, "Mission: Impossible 3" and "Poseidon" both had production costs starting at 150 million US dollars. Back then, Shao Shuaijun had the success of "Source Code", but now Wu Ershan is unknown.

There is still a huge gap, that is, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1)" is also released before the four-day holiday of Thanksgiving. Under the huge pressure of Ha 7, the decisive battle between the two films seems to be Somewhat ridiculous.

But in terms of attention, this East-West debate is far more than the last world war.

In the past four years, Chasing Dream Entertainment Group has spanned China and the United States, and the stars it has influenced are too numerous to enumerate. If anyone jumps out and shouts a few words, it will attract a large number of people. The last time was a scuffle, this time it was a duel, and the support of the audience was even clearer! Ha 7 is indeed strong, but Huapi 2 and Daifuku 2 are also strong contenders.

It is still unknown who will win the game!

Affected by this turmoil, even the gaming companies have offered odds, "Painted Skin 2" pays 1.202 for 1, and "Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game of Shadows" pays 1.141 for 1. From the odds point of view, there is not much difference between them. It is evenly matched.

There was an uproar in public opinion.

In the villa, when Shao Shuaijun told Li Xiuxiu to listen, Li Xiuxiu said with a smile: "Whether Huapi 2 wins or Dafu 2 wins, we can share the popularity of Ha 7, and we will win in the end. Who came up with this idea, it's amazing." She has been pregnant for 8 months, and now Li Xiuxiu has completely put down the company and is peacefully waiting for the expected date of delivery.

"A low-level employee named Qin Huohuo. This guy works in the propaganda department. He has good planning skills and has a lot of ghost ideas. Last week, when Sister Mei went to inspect the work, this guy recklessly sold ideas to Sister Mei. Now, Qin Huo Huo has been promoted to three levels in a row, and has become the deputy planning director of Dream Chasing Golden Harvest Propaganda Department."

"Haha, this guy is really courageous. Sister Mei is not so easy to talk to. She has very strict discipline requirements for employees."

"It's also due to the fact that Sister Mei is a propagandist and has approved his plan, otherwise he will be expelled." Shao Shuaijun lamented that chance is always more important than talent. However, they have always been the lowest-level employees. If it wasn't for this reckless move, if it wasn't for Yi Jianmei's sensitivity to publicity and planning, this guy might end up in danger.

"By the way, you're going to Treasure Island tomorrow, and you'll be back in a few days?"

Shao Shuaijun thought for a while: "In three or four days, I will go to the United States first. The second filming project of "Night Watchman" requires me to go there in person. It will take a day or two. It will take another day to go to the Golden Horse Awards. Li An If you agree to direct "Life of Pi", you will definitely have to discuss it for a day or two to see how to prepare and adapt the script."

"Go early and come back early." Li Xiuxiu said reluctantly.

"Don't worry, if Li An didn't take the lead, I wouldn't have attended the Golden Horse Awards at all. I would have gone early and returned early. Anyway, I have a special plane, so I can come and go as I please."

"Well, it's cold outside, remember to wear more clothes..."

On November 18, 2010, Shao Shuaijun flew to the United States, and the second filming of "Nightman" started, and the publicity had to be carried out simultaneously. Although this was a reconstruction of an old film, the project was still established and scheduled according to a new film. With the 3D visual effects detonated by "Avatar", many old movies have started to set up projects for 3D version conversion. If possible, Shao Shuaijun also intends to convert "Night Watchman" into an imax-3D version.

With the massive construction of imax-3d movie theaters in China, it's time to pick the fruits.

The plane flew up to the sky among the white clouds.

On the homepage of Mtime.com, a headline was also updated: "On Huashan in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, "Painted Skin 2" will compete with "Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game of Shadows". Mtime.com will wait and see with you!" (To be continued.)