Chapter 875 Extra 16: Martial Arts? Immortals!The first celebration of the film was at the end of the National Day period, when it grossed 35 billion in eight days.
The second time was on October 10th. At noon, the box office officially exceeded 19 billion!
It took less than 20 days.
At eight o'clock in the evening, Yu Dong and Yu Bernard's cinema held a celebration banquet.
The main creative team of the crew smashed the 50 billion ice sculpture together!
Yu Dong was extremely happy. He had been planning to lose money at the beginning, but after Chen An came, he was preparing to make back his investment, with the idea of making a profit from both parts.
Now, the first film has successfully made the 12 billion investment payback and profit!
He couldn't stop smiling. Now the single-day box office remains at over 20 million. It has been released for less than days. It is possible that it can still win the box office championship!
After the speech, Yu Dong sat next to Chen An and said happily, "Director Chen, it was the best decision I made to have you direct the film!"
"Don't say that. It's the joint efforts of everyone in the crew. If you say that to others, my senior brother will give me trouble later."
Chen An waved his hand, indicating that the credit was not his alone.
Many viewers and media attributed the success of the film to themselves, while directors Xu Ke and Lin Chaoxian received little coverage.
Chen An still needs to be taken care of, as the two of them have spent a lot of energy on the movie.
Yu Dong immediately picked up a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Look at me, I'm so dumb, I said the wrong thing, I'll drink a glass as punishment."
He glanced at Xu Ke and Lin Chaoxian, and they just waved their hands without caring.
The atmosphere on the scene was still happy, and the two were also very happy. The movie broke the 50 billion box office.
After three rounds of drinks, the party ended.
Chen An did not attend Yu Dong's follow-up arrangements.
However, Xu Ke got into Chen An's car. The latter was a little surprised, but did not rush to speak.
The car started slowly in the night. Neither of them spoke. Chen An evenly shared a cigarette, and they both smoked together.
After finishing his cigarette, Xu Ke put out the cigarette butt on the cigarette extinguisher. After a while, he spoke: "Director Chen, to be honest, I have something I want to talk to you about."
Chen An waved his hand: "No, I can't call you that. You are a generation older than me. I can't afford to be in my twenties."
"Haha, what's the use of growing older?" Xu Ke sneered and patted his thigh.
"This time, the "Changjin Lake" project has made a lot of money again. Congratulations to Director Chen."
Chen An narrowed his eyes and said, "I'm lucky. I made a fortune out of nowhere."
"But Director Chen has always been lucky. The five films that have grossed over 50 billion yuan are all from Director Chen's work."
"Maybe. I'm lucky in this way."
Chen An raised his head and turned around, continuing, "Director Xu, please tell me what you want to say. It's getting late."
Xu Ke touched his knee, rubbed it, and then let go and said, "Director Chen is really smart. He knew at a glance that I had something to ask for."
Chen An smiled but did not answer and sent the assistant away. He didn't believe that Yu Dong would not drive himself up to host the party. He thought that there was nothing wrong.
"Will Director Chen's company still sign people?" Xu Ke thought for a while and said sadly.
Chen An couldn't help but frown. What do you want to do? Are you willing to pay such a high price?
"Sign Director Xu?"
"Haha, if you give me a chance, I think I won't let Director Chen suffer any loss."
"Of course." Chen An nodded with amusement: "Signing Director Xu is no different from getting rich."
"So, any ideas?"
Although Light Year is good, he is not a director of this level. After communicating for a while, he suddenly became excited and rushed to invest. The other party has his own company.
The car drove through the city, and colorful neon lights shone in from the windows and passed across the faces of the two people.
Xu Ke understood that the other party was giving him a chance to talk, so he paused and said, "I have a project."
“High risk, high profit?”
"Director Chen really likes watching Hong Kong movies." Xu Ke smiled. Chen An nodded: "It was the peak of Chinese-language movies. I never said I didn't like it. It's a pity that it will never come back."
"Yeah, I can't come back anymore."
Xu Ke suddenly looked up and sighed.
As an old man who has experienced the rise and fall of Hong Kong films, I sometimes always sigh and reminisce.
When I close my eyes, I can see the scenery as it was then, but when I open my eyes, it still looks the same as it does now.
The days of everything being excessive and crazy are always lingering, sweeping across East Asia and Southeast Asia and can compete with Hollywood!
The fact that discs are selling well all over the world is a sign of the times.
The pain of watching him build a tall building and then seeing it collapse has actually been rooted in the hearts of every elderly person in Hong Kong Island.
"Let's talk about the project." Chen An saw that he had a serious expression and gave him another cigarette.
Xu Ke took it and smoked it skillfully, "I want to make a martial arts film, not something like Detective Dee, but something like The Smiling, Proud Wanderer or The Return of the Condor Heroes."
"Martial arts?" Chen An laughed, "This style is from many years ago. No wonder you came to me."
"But in terms of martial arts, you are indeed unique. There are few people in the country who can shoot better than you."
Martial arts movies are definitely one of the party's strengths, and the romantic style of martial arts has created many classics.
Back then, Hong Kong films were poorly produced or even of poor quality, but they were able to give off a sense of infinite passion!
The sense of brotherhood and patriotism are overwhelming!
Chen An neither agreed nor rejected it, and said, "Martial arts have been in decline for many years. Each generation has its own ideas. You know about online novels, right?"
“I’ve heard of it, but I don’t really understand it.”
Xu Ke did not hide the fact that he was indeed old and did not know much.
Chen An continued: "Martial arts is too old. Everyone knows it and has seen it countless times."
"Director Chen, I just want to shoot something new."
"Don't be impatient." Chen An suddenly laughed and raised his hand and said, "What I mean is that we should make money first and then talk about these things. I don't have any ideas about martial arts, but I am very optimistic about immortal heroes."
Xu Ke asked blankly: "Xianxia?"
So big?
The difference of one word makes a huge difference. The investment must at least double!
Chen An nodded: "That's right, Xianxia!"
"I think your previous work "The Legend of Zu Mountain" is pretty good, very impressive, and has an Eastern style of freehand brushwork, which is different from those failed Eastern fantasy works that used Western-style special effects."
There are many works in China that reach their peak as soon as they debut, and then each successive one becomes worse than the previous one.
This is how Xianxia is. It's ridiculous that shit like "Eternal Love" on the market can make money.
Neither a fairy nor a knight, just a man in love.
It makes money purely by relying on the popularity of the IP, and the box office revenue in the first week is the entire box office revenue.
Xu Ke didn't expect Chen An to do this and said helplessly, "The Legend of Shushan was a huge flop."
"That was due to the market at the time. Now I think it's very suitable. Just like "A Chinese Odyssey" is now well received, but wasn't it criticized at the time?"
Anyway, Chen An felt that the plot of "The Legend of Zu" was much better than that of "The Return of the Condor Heroes".
The latter should just make a TV series instead of a movie.
Xu Keyan burned the cigarette in her hand until it was completely burned. After she put it out, she said with a smile, "If Director Chen is willing, I can't refuse."
He just wanted to ask for a sesame seed, but you stuffed a watermelon into his mouth. I didn't expect that.
I can only accept this with tears. Director Chen is such a good person!
If you can write fairy tales, who will write martial arts novels? If you can’t even get investment for martial arts novels, why would you want to write fairy tales?
Now, Chen An’s words directly helped him achieve the goal!
Seeing this, Chen An did not talk any more and said, "It's getting late tonight. I'll take you there. Let's meet at Light Year Pictures tomorrow."
"I'll listen to Director Chen and arrive as soon as possible!"
Xu Ke smiled and nodded!
(End of this chapter)
