1161: "Dragon King of Shendu" is released
The days of leisure are always short. After Li Donglai stayed in the United States for the few days he spent with his children, he returned home directly...
"Die Renjie's God Capital Dragon King" is about to be released, and he is back to attend the premiere.
In today's film market, special effects are becoming more and more popular. In China, Tsui Hark is the earliest technical madman, while Li Donglai is the peak of technology today. The cooperation between the two technical madmen is destined to be a luxurious visual feast.
In the scene of "Di Renjie's Dragon King", Li Donglai was destined to be the most shining and most worthy of attention in everyone's eyes. He is the starring, co-director and producer of this film, and his own position in the world film industry is not to be described.
Therefore, the premiere press conference attended by Li Donglai was naturally surrounded by many long spears and short cannons. In fact, in China, there is not much publicity work on the film "Di Renjie's God City Dragon King". Li Donglai's main battlefield is overseas. No matter how many box offices in China are, even if they exceed one billion, it has nothing to do with the Phantom. The overseas revenue belongs to them.
There is no difference between making more money and making less money. If you invest more, you will naturally make more money. The movie circle is so big that no one can eat it all in one bite, right?
A group of creators appeared on the red carpet one by one, led by Li Donglai and Tsui Hark. In the middle is baby in a gorgeous off-shoulder evening dress, smiling with his wrists on his arms. Behind them are Lin Gengxin, Carina Lau, Feng Shaofeng and others. In the Chinese film industry that is particularly pompous, naturally, these creators will not be the only ones attending the premiere. Huayi is the leader, and almost all his artists come to support him. Even Feng Xiaogang is surprised to show how much Huayi is interested in this movie.
The host, Jingwei, the famous host of CCTV Movie Channel, guided her sharp voice, the fans on the scene responded enthusiastically. Various questions surrounded Li Donglai and kept asking questions. He also tried to talk to the movie as much as possible.
"Director Li Donglai, Hello, "Di Renjie's Dragon King" should be your first time in this type of film, right?"
Li Donglai thought about it and said seriously: "It's not only this type of film, but also my only costume film. I've never filmed a costume drama before."
"Oh, how did Director Tsui Hark find Li Donglai to play Di Renjie? What do Director Lee thinks about Di Renjie in the movie outlined by Director Tsui Hark?"
This question was asked by two people at once. Li Donglai and Tsui Hark looked at each other, and asked the other party to say first. Tsui Hark is still old and is a senior. He said a little humble, "It is not easy to invite Donglai to play Di Renjie, just like he said. He has never made costume films before. The schedule is very tight. He is very serious about the quality of the movies he wants to star in, so we made a lot of preparations to successfully impress him. But at present, everything is worth it. When everyone goes to the cinema to watch the complete movie, they will be deeply touched by my words."
Li Donglai continued his words and said, "It's not as serious as Director Xu said. The main reason is that my schedule is relatively tight, and there are many plans to prepare. "Avengers", "Gravity", "World of Warcraft". I don't want to be distracted. But Director Xu has looked for me several times and I am a fan of his movies again. So it's natural. He had to postpone a few jobs and promised to star in Di Renjie. I have always liked Director Xu's film works, and I also think he is a pioneer in Chinese film technology. The previous "The Legend of Shushan" proved this characteristic in his movies. He likes to try new things and hopes to show his thoughts with better visual effects... And I am also a person of this type. When I filmed "Inception", I tried 3D effects for the first time, and I tried high-speed photography and imax shooting. I also had the same purpose as Director Xu. In this regard, we have a lot of similarities."
"Besides, back to the movie itself, the first movie in the "Die Renjie" series is starring Brother Hua, which is already very popular. It has pioneered the fantasy and suspense films in China. Many imaginations in the movie make people feel magnificent and magical. This is indeed the first time I have filmed this type of film, but I think it is very satisfying!"
"We all know that many classics in the country have been shot in real scenes. It is said that the picture is very beautiful and grand. Can you tell me about it?"
This question was left to Tsui Hark. He grabbed the microphone and said, "The investment in this movie is several times larger than the first one, because Donglai and I have the same views, and both like to truly restore the beautiful scenery of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. In this regard, Donglai gave us a lot of inspiration. His rigorous attitude towards the film scripts is even more touching. For example, in terms of geography, the script had some flaws before, and he raised many geographical inconsistencies. He also specially found geologists and historians to verify it, and then came up with what the original prosperous scene in Luoyang in the Tang Dynasty looked like. In this regard, he was stronger than many people, and it was also the key to his success."
"We did not pursue a grand scene shot in real scenes, but just wanted to restore the time more realistically and integrate the story into the background of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, as the story develops, we can see a prosperous Tang Dynasty scene with strong military strength and prosperous country, from kings, princes, generals, and ministers to the living conditions and spiritual outlook of the people who are promoted to fight."
Jingwei exaggerated and exaggerated: "Wow, I'm very interested when I hear it. I saw that the two great directors worked together and were serious and enthusiastic about the movie. I really want to go to the cinema to take a look now. Do you think so?" She asked the audience out loud, which caused a deafening echo.
"Everything is for the movie story." Tsui Hark grinned.
The main topic of the interview is still inseparable from Li Donglai, and his interview is not easy to get. Especially after the huge fortune, he almost never accepts interviews, except for the movie premiere. Therefore, it is inevitable that media reporters focus on him, and others cannot come jealous.
Furthermore, the Phantom is so popular this year that it almost alone supports half of the Chinese film industry.
There are constant statements in newspapers now that "half of the Chinese box office this year belongs to Hollywood and half to Li Donglai's pocket." The Phantom is worthy of this statement, which has dominated the weekly box office championship for more than 20 weeks in a row.
On the topic of box office prediction, Li Donglai is still the center of everyone. He is not easy to avoid answering this topic directly. When another reporter asked, "Director Li, how much do you think the box office of "Di Renjie's God Capital Dragon King" can reach in mainland China?"
"I dare not ask for Taidu, I'm satisfied with 800 million."
The scene was slightly quiet, and Li Donglai's number was obviously too low. Even Xu Zhen and Huang Bo's movies in his company have exceeded one billion, so how could his movies be only eight hundred million? Of course, for ordinary directors, the number of eight hundred million is also an insurmountable peak.
This number was said from Li Donglai's mouth, which was considered appropriate, showing his confidence in this video.
Seeing Li Donglai saying the box office for 800 million so easily, Huayi Wang Zhongjun, who was sitting below, was almost unable to stop smiling. Tsui Hark also grinned. If there was really a box office, it would be the box office record of his film career. And there was still a chance to be paid attention to overseas, and there was nothing more perfect than this collaboration.
Li Donglai is the guarantee of box office. Whether he is a director or an actor, he can really save a lot of worry as a director, so Tsui Hark feels that he doesn't have to worry too much about many things.
As the second female lead in form, baby is the newcomer to this sequel, so he naturally attracted special attention. Because the global popularity of "The Shocking Demons" has now achieved nearly 300 million box office, which has also caused baby's popularity to soar. At today's premiere, she is the key person interviewed second only to Li Donglai.
Li Donglai looked at her with a smile. Today, the girl wore a white long skirt decorated with rhinestones. Her intact figure was wrapped in a long skirt, and her concave and convexity made people feel a little dry and dry. Her face was still the same as usual, and it looked like a work of art.
She saw the popularity that was sought after by people, which she never dreamed of in her dreams. All of this was thanks to that man, and she really didn't know whether to hate or change her love.
The entire premiere conference lasted for nearly an hour, and finally waited until the official screening of "Dragon King of Di Renjie" was released.
The scene gradually became quiet, the stage was removed, and the curtain fell.
Audiences from all walks of life and with different purposes are now sitting upright, holding their breath and staring at the huge screen.
The screen started with the Golden Dragon Seal Review logo of a certain bureau. After the logo of a certain bureau, it was the Phantom's iconic ink-wash villain logo, followed by the Huayi Brothers logo... This video was jointly invested by Huayi and Phantom.
At the beginning of the movie, it is like a picture of the river on the Qingming Festival, which undoubtedly shows the scene of the prosperous streets of Luoyang during the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
“Beautiful, so beautiful.”
"The exquisite architectural structure, spacious streets, exquisite extras costumes and endless bustling scenes of pedestrians on the streets." It almost makes people doubt that Luoyang, the prosperous Tang Dynasty in history, should have been like this.
Many people below lit up their eyes, and even historians kept nodding. His tone was a little excited, "The shape of this building carving is indeed the architectural style of the Tang Dynasty. It will not be the Song Dynasty, Ming Dynasty or any dynasty, that is the architectural style of the Tang Dynasty. It is impossible to be wrong!"
Many people around him heard his muttering. This behavior was originally very despised, but because he was a historian, and with the meaning of it, everyone forgave him. But I didn’t expect that the movie was so exquisite, and even the buildings were restored to the historical truth. Should I be so brigade?
Even Feng Xiaogang nodded unconsciously. The first shot was a picture scroll-opening shooting method. There was a hawking here, but there was a carriage passing by in the middle, water under the bridge, boats passing by on the water, and children with braids playing and playing, all of which were presented on one shot.
"A grand view came naturally, amazing!"
He knew that this scene must have been credited by Li Donglai, otherwise even if Tsui Hark was proficient in wide-angle lenses, he would not be able to shoot such delicate artificial lenses. Hong Kong directors have never paid attention to cultural details. "I heard that their earliest scripts even put Luoyang on the beach. Fortunately, Li Donglai changed it, otherwise it would really make a big joke."
Chapter completed!