"Director Wu, you still remember the assist you received from "Nine-Storey Demon Tower" before the release of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Secret of the Dragon", right?"
During this time period in the previous life, both movies were actually released in the second half of this year.
But in this world it is ahead of schedule.
There is no reason. If you ask, it is a parallel world, and if you ask again, it is quantum mechanics.
Wu Ershan immediately understood what Yue Guan meant, and his expression instantly became a little subtle: "You mean "Legend of the Gods" will be the same bad movie as "The Nine-Storey Demon Tower"?"
Yes, bad movie.
In private situations, Wu Ershan doesn't mind telling the truth.
"The Nine-Story Demon Tower" is definitely a bad movie.
During an interview, Lu Chuan, the director of "Nine-Storey Demon Tower", publicly expressed his contempt for the original author of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" and said that it was an honor for him to make a movie adapted from the novel "Ghost Blowing the Lamp".
Then he also said that when a novel is adapted into a movie, it actually has little to do with the original work or the original author. It is he, the director, who should have the final say on how the movie will be made.
Then he made "Nine-Storey Demon Tower".
And Wu Ershan invited the original author of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" to be the screenwriter of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp: The Secret of the Dragon", and directly played "Nine-Storey Demon Tower" in an all-round 360° without blind spots.
After "Nine-Storey Demon Tower", Luchuan was basically completely abandoned by capital.
After all, a director who cannot make money for capital is also a piece of trash in the eyes of capital.
He has been given many opportunities to prove himself, but his hips have been pulled repeatedly, and his capital cannot always do good deeds.
Wu Ershan was actually very grateful to Lu Chuan in his heart.
Without Lu Chuan for comparison, he might not have his current status in the industry.
Again, it all depends on peers.
Hearing Yue Guan compare "Legend of the Gods" and "The Nine-Storey Demon Tower", Wu Ershan was a little unconvinced: "Whether it is in terms of investment or lineup, these two movies should not be on the same level."
Yue Guan shook his head: "I feel, just feel, that the movie "Legend of the Gods" may not be made to make money."
"What's the meaning?"
"Fan Bingbing, Huang Xiaoming, Li Lianjie, Koo Tim Lok, Liang Jiahui... they all say that they want favors. Are favors so valuable? If you don't give enough money, you won't have to maintain the relationship later? It's obvious that a movie is praising your son. A movie that invites big stars to make Green Leaf, but doesn’t give them enough money?”
Yue Guan smiled: "That's not how human relationships work. I don't think the two brothers of the Xiang family are so popular that they would repay their favors. Friendship is called friendship when there are interactions. To squeeze them unilaterally is short-sighted."
"You mean..." Wu Ershan somewhat understood what Yue Guan did not say: "Didn't we deal with this kind of thing last time? They still dare to..."
After "Things in the Entertainment Circle" was exposed, the chaos in the entertainment industry was noticed by the higher authorities and efforts were made to rectify it.
Sister Baiyi has to thank Yue Guan. If Yue Guan hadn't exposed this trap in advance, she wouldn't have been able to make up for it so little.
It had not been long since that incident, but Wu Ershan heard the subtext in Yue Guan's words, and he was a little frightened.
Yue Guan was very calm: "In the peak era of Xiangcheng movies, weren't movies used to launder money? Even now, this kind of thing is not uncommon."
"It shouldn't be that serious. Judging from this lineup, I feel that they still want to impact the box office." Mo Xiangwan said: "Otherwise, there would be no need to deploy so many big names, and even if they are rushing to support their son, the movie will not be It has to be as popular as possible, otherwise my son won’t be able to support it.”
"That's right. After all, no one thinks they have too much money." Yue Guan nodded: "But there is often a big gap between ideals and reality. Let's put it this way, historical movies, theme movies, science fiction movies, mythological movies, Hong Kong movies, etc. Director Cheng couldn’t film it.”
Yue Guan fired a map cannon.
There is no geographical discrimination involved.
Yue Guan just expressed his true inner thoughts.
After so many years, no Xiangcheng director has slapped him in the face.
Wu Ershan and Mo Xiangwan both thought about it carefully and found that Yue Guan's words were indeed irrefutable.
There really isn't a single positive example.
Sometimes you have to admit that Hong Kong police films are better than Chinese films of the same period. They have genres they are good at and genres they are not good at.
The subject matter of "Fengshen" happens to be something they are not good at.
Wu Ershan is more convinced by Yue Guan's inference than Jiang Dalin.
Wu Ershan began to look forward to it.
"If "Legend of the Gods" is really as bad as "The Nine-Storey Demon Tower", then it will be a huge benefit to our "Fengshen" II. We don't need to be too good, as long as we are better than it Being outstanding is enough." Wu Ershan said.
Yue Guan thought about the reputation of "Legend of the Gods" in his previous life, and then blinked.
"Director Wu, what if "Legend of the Gods" is worse than "Nine-Storey Demon Tower"?"
Wu Ershan's tone was very determined: "Then we will just wait and win. Let's put it this way, if the reputation of "Legend of the Gods" does not exceed 5, we can earn 100 million. If it does not exceed 4, we will steadily earn Earn 200 million by lying down."
"What if it doesn't break 3?"
"Three hundred million is definitely stable, and it is very likely to trigger retaliatory movie viewing. But with an investment of several hundred million and a star-studded lineup, it is too difficult to have a reputation that does not exceed 3." Wu Ershan was shaken. Shake his head.
He does not engage in such delusions.
Yueguan: "╰(￣▽￣)╭"
He remembered clearly that the rating of "Legend of the Gods" in his previous life was 2.9.
Li Ruotong had been listening in. When she heard this, she was a little confused: "Yue Guan, didn't you say before that the ratings cannot be trusted?"
"There is a premise. High scores are up to you, but if you score below 6, there is basically no chance of slipping through the net." Yue Guan said.
What the public likes may be different.
But the things that people hate about them are basically the same.
And if the rating is lower than 3, don’t consider it, it is definitely a trustworthy bad movie.
Li Ruotong always had an ominous premonition when looking at the confident Yue Guan.
"Yue Guan, I don't think we can be blindly optimistic. Before we see the quality of "Legend of the Gods", we can't take it lightly. You are so confident now. In fact, it is all your own guesses without any basis. I think you It's a bit too conceited, Darlene must have confidence in "Legend of the Gods" if she dares to let "Legend of the Gods" be screened in advance."
Hearing what Li Ruotong said, Wu Ershan nodded subconsciously.
Then he saw Yue Guan and Mo Xiangwan smiling and high-fiving.
"It's stable now."
"I was quite worried at first, Ruotong, thank you for standing up."
Mo Xiangwan felt that she might not believe what Yue Guan said.
But she believed what Li Ruotong said.
This is friendship.