Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 79 It’s over!

There were some scattered interviews after the premiere, and the quarrel between Fan Bingbing and Huo Siyan became even more intense.

The crew no longer arranges for the two to appear in the same frame.

It was only after Li Qiutang returned to Yanjing from Shanghai that she found out that Huo Siyan was dissatisfied with her because her dance scenes were cut and the highlight of her role was snatched away by Fan Bingbing.

But it was a joint decision between him and the editor to cut her scenes, so it was really inappropriate for her to put the blame on Fan Bingbing.

He wanted to talk to Huo Siyan, but was stopped by Wang Zhonglei. Yes, Wang Zhonglei also knew the whole story, but he advised Li Qiutang not to care about it for the time being: "Just treat it as a marketing, as long as it does not involve scandals, don't worry about it."

The fight between the two women has brought an extremely high level of discussion heat to "No One"; on the other hand, the crew of "Resurrection of the Dragon" has not yet come up with anything big that can catch up with the fight between Fan and Huo in terms of marketing heat.

Li Qiutang really didn't care, because this bit of traffic was really comfortable to eat.

Fan Bingbing just won the Golden Horse Best Supporting Actress at the end of last year and is very popular. She just finished shooting a few dramas recently and has time to play with Huo Siyan: "Yes, our crew prohibits alcohol. The director doesn't allow us to drink, and we are not allowed to drink when we return to the hotel after the filming. ... Siyan is definitely the one with the best alcohol tolerance in the crew. Five or six men can't drink more than her. She is a very playful person and knows a lot of friends. I want to learn from her in this regard."

What a coincidence, isn't it? Huo Siyan just finished filming "Rose River" at the beginning of the year, and she also has plenty of time to spend with Fan Bingbing: "Bingbing won the Golden Horse Best Supporting Actress, and I haven't congratulated her yet. She said she wanted to ask me for advice on drinking and making friends? I want to ask her how to play a good supporting actress, how to perform well without stealing the limelight from the heroine, and how to perform well. I still need to learn from Bingbing in this regard. We learn from each other, haha."

That's a bit harsh.

However, it is not Fan Bingbing's character to not fight back. She said: "There is no such thing as a protagonist or a supporting role. You should be your own protagonist. In fact, many times the role is not won by you snatching it from me or me, but by performing your role well, the role will naturally shine."

Huo Siyan felt very powerless. Whatever she said could be retorted by Fan Bingbing.

The promotion of "No One" really saved a lot of effort. Of course, Zhao Wenzhuo and Huang Xiaoming did all the promotion they should have done, but the effect was definitely not as good as the fight between the two women.

This was reflected in the box office, and the results were very good.

"No One" earned 870 million yuan on its first day, slightly behind "Resurrection of the Dragon" which took in more than 900 million yuan.

After all, it is a war blockbuster, and with Andy Lau as the lead actor, it is reasonable that the performance on the first day was so good.

But "No One in My Eyes" was so tight that it really scared Yu Dong into breaking into a sweat!

The difference in results on the first day was less than one million. The real battle will be in the next three days of the Qingming Festival holiday. It is hard to say who will win.

But Yu Dong could not let himself down, and immediately stood up and said: "We have achieved a good result of more than 9 million on the first day. We will definitely perform better during the three-day holiday. We expect the box office to exceed 50 million in the first weekend. Moreover, young audiences like this movie very much, so it should not be a problem to exceed 100 million."

Then, Wang Zhonglei said: "I have great confidence in our crew of "No One in My Eyes". This result on the first day has exceeded many people's expectations. The hard work will come during the holiday. I am looking forward to the performance later."

The 870 million on the first day indeed exceeded the expectations of Wang Zhonglei and other senior executives of Huayi. The box office boom will come during the three-day holiday, with a guaranteed box office of 3000 million - this is already Wang Zhonglei's lowest expectation.

After this figure came out, Wang Zhonglei hated Bernard so much that if "Resurrection of the Dragon" was not released, he would have the monopoly on the Qingming Festival schedule. "No One" would definitely earn over 10 million on the first day.

The first-day performance of "No One" lagged behind "Resurrection of the Dragon", but its market reputation was far better than the latter.

The most common criticism of "No One" by film critics is that the story is simple - a simple revenge story that does not fully reflect the spirit of martial arts.

Some even criticized "No One in My Eyes" for only providing the simplest and most direct sensory stimulation without considering the connotation of the martial arts theme itself. However, in the market, most audiences are very satisfied with the presentation of "No One in My Eyes"!

“It’s a very exciting movie. I enjoyed it very much.”

"The action scenes are good, there are beauties, and there are beautiful scenery. Although the story is a bit simple, it is not boring at all. I haven't seen such a good action movie in a long time."

"No One in My Heart" put a lot of thought into innovating action scenes, with all kinds of actions, all kinds of scenes, and all kinds of weapons, all presented to the audience one by one, especially the blind man's flaming sword, which received unanimous praise from the audience.

“Is it a special effect?”

"It's made by special effects."

"It's so exciting to see this happen suddenly in the black and white art background."

"It was so cool when Cheng Xiazi broke into Yuwen Mansion alone in the end, killing people from beginning to end! In the end, Cheng Xiazi opened his eyes and killed Yuwen Ying, which made me so happy."

In comparison, the reputation of "Resurrection of the Dragon" is not that good, and the negative reviews are still concentrated on the art, lines and some plots that were reacted to before the screening.

After the official release, there was an outburst of audience opposition to the UFO hat. No matter how the director explained that it had historical basis, ordinary audiences just could not accept this design.

As for the lines, many viewers responded that the lines "We all live on beautiful memories..." and "Long live the Great Shu Kingdom" and "Long live the Great Wei Kingdom" were too shocking and they thought they were a bit too sensational.

Now I recall that Li Qiutang once said that Hong Kong directors would superficially understand the struggle between the two countries as a fight between two gangs, and then use their rich experience in shooting street gang themes to fit in.

It makes sense!

Isn’t “Resurrection of the Dragon” just a shell of a Hong Kong gangster movie?
In fact, Andy Lau’s Zhao Yun is quite good, very courageous, but the whole story neither captures the ups and downs of a time of great contention nor the passion and excitement of strife in troubled times - or rather, the passion and excitement expressed in the film is not the passion and excitement of historical wars but the passion and excitement of brotherhood in a community.

What the audience could not accept the most was the treatment of Zhao Yun at the end of the movie.

According to historical records, Zhao Yun's last battle was not in Fengming Mountain, but in Jigu, and Zhao Yun did not die on the battlefield, but died of old age at home.

But the so-called "open ending" of "Resurrection of the Dragon" portrays Zhao Yun as a general who died in battle.

The backlash against the audience's reputation was very serious. On the first day of the holiday, the new box office of "The Dragon Resurrection" was basically the same as that of "No One".

The next day, it was surpassed by No Man's Eye. Meanwhile, Douban released its score for Resurrection of the Dragon at 5.2, with a popular review reading, "They have a special ability to turn any genre into Young and Dangerous."

"No One in My Eyes" scored a high score of 7.8, with the following hot comments: "I've had enough of these heavy things like love affairs and national justice. I bought a ticket to the cinema just to watch an action drama from beginning to end. The last black and white shot hides Li Qiutang's coquettish heart."

After the three-day holiday, the data was collected on the 8th, and the media also got the news:

"With three days of holiday and the premiere day, the box office revenue of "No Man's Land" in the first four days of the weekend totaled 5100 million. "Resurrection of the Dragon" suffered from the backlash of word-of-mouth and the squeeze of "No Man's Land", and the revenue in the first four days of the weekend was 2200 million, but "Resurrection of the Dragon" performed well in its home base of Hong Kong, with a good score of 890 million."

Yu Dong’s first thought was, it’s over!

(End of this chapter)