Chapter 342: Lively New Year's Day
Zhang Weiping knew nothing about this and was still immersed in the joy of making a lot of money with "Three Shots Surprise".

At the same time, I actively paid attention to the information of other films, because once Jiang Heng's film changed its release date, more and more films would be released during the Lunar New Year period, and there were several films that were competitive at the box office.

如定档12月18日的《白蛇传说》、《刺陵》、《十月围城》，定档12月24日的《赵氏孤儿》，《风云2》。

Zhang Weiping doesn't care about other low-cost films like "No Man's Land" and "Lost on Journey".

In his opinion, the most competitive film in the entire Lunar New Year period is the 3D special effects myth blockbuster "Legend of White Snake".

The film not only features top-tier star Jet Li, but also popular young actor Wen Zhang, with the female lead being "Star Girl" Huang Shengyi, and a group of Hong Kong stars making guest appearances. Coupled with 3D special effects, it is a true "Lunar New Year star".

In addition, Jiang Heng's upcoming film is also an adaptation of "The Legend of White Snake", which makes young audiences look forward to this film even more.

"Legend of the White Snake" premiered in Beijing on the 13th. Jet Li was very active at the event, talking about the different feelings and methods of eliminating demons in the film, and said that this time Fahai lost to the White Snake.

When talking about the fighting scenes, except for Yang Ziqiong who has a good foundation in Kung Fu, the rest either received temporary training before filming or had a dance background.

Perhaps it was this sentence that embarrassed the actresses next to him, so Jet Li calmed down a little and said that when filming a fight scene, you just need to act like you are murderous. When fighting with girls, you can't make them feel stressed and be careful not to hurt them.

When I was in Hollywood, the first thing the producer would say when he came up to me was, "Be careful and don't hurt anyone, otherwise the insurance alone wouldn't be enough to pay for all the money I made from making the movie."

There is nothing wrong with what Jet Li said. If someone like Billy Chow was too involved in filming and kicked someone unconscious, he would definitely be hated.

But saying these things at a new film press conference seems a bit like an attempt to sabotage or pass the buck.

Because this is clearly telling the media and the audience that the fighting scenes in this film are just for show and cannot be compared at all with the previous "flesh-to-flesh" fighting.

Why is it filmed like this? Because we are afraid of hurting the actresses!

What if the nail is broken or the skin is scratched?
Yang Zhi, Huang Shengyi and others were of course dissatisfied.

Jet Li said these things at the press conference mainly because he was resentful.

At first, he was just said to come and help out with a cameo role, but as time went on, he had more and more scenes, and when it came time to promote the film, he almost became the leading male star. Who would want that? He was only getting paid for a cameo role, right?

Furthermore, based on his experience, the filming of "Legend of White Snake" was very rushed and the script was mediocre. It might turn out to be a bad movie, so he should at least pass on the blame!
And the situation was exactly as he expected. After the release of "Legend of White Snake", Douban score was only 4.5, and the single-day box office was only more than 2000 million.

In the media, there was a flood of bad reviews.

The biggest puzzlement for the audience is that, under the promotion of director Jiang Heng, Chinese-language films have become so powerful in special effects that they can conquer the international film market and compete head-on with Hollywood blockbusters.

How do you have the courage to show off this rubbish special effect?

It would be fine if the special effects were just bad but the plot was good.

The problem is that the plot is even worse, it really has nothing!

It's not that there is nothing at all, at least Jet Li is famous enough, but the Fahai he played is far worse than the version played by Zhao Wenzhuo, there is nothing memorable about it.

At this point, the audience is looking forward to Jiang Heng's "White Snake: Origin" even more.

In previous years, we could have seen Jiang Heng’s new film at this time, but now we have to wait nearly two months, which is really depressing for the audience!

I really don't know what Director Jiang is busy with or what he is thinking. Why did he move the film to the Spring Festival schedule for no reason?

However, Jiang Heng attended the premiere of "Lost on Journey" in a gorgeous dress on the 28th.

Because it is a small and medium-budget film, Bonna Pictures naturally will not spend too much money on publicity and promotion. The ceremony was held at the Wukesong store of the "China Film Red" cinema chain. There was no red carpet show, just interviews with the main creative staff, plus movie viewing activities.

As one of the actors in the film, Jiang Heng received special attention from the media reporters, and more than 80% of the topics were centered around him. Jiang Heng first stated that he was only a guest star and had a very small role.

The reason why I made a guest appearance in such a low-cost film was, on the one hand, the invitation from my old friend Yu Dong, but more importantly, because the script of this movie was very well written.

"Lost on Journey" is a film that can make people laugh and think deeply. It will open up a new path for comedy films in my country. In addition, Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqi are actors I am very optimistic about. I believe they will have more wonderful works in the future!"

As a top boss in the Chinese entertainment industry and an internationally renowned director, Jiang Heng's words are still very weighty.

Upon hearing this, Xu Guangtou and Wang Baoqi's eyes were filled with excitement.

Ning Hao, who attended as a guest, also had something strange in his eyes.

After the interview, Ning Hao came up to Jiang Heng and exchanged a few words.

Jiang Heng asked him what he was busy with recently, Ning Hao sighed and said don't mention it, "No Man's Land" was about to be scheduled, but it was not approved in the end!

Jiang Heng said: "It still needs to be revised?"

"Well, the Film Bureau said that there isn't a single good person in the entire film!"

Ning Hao said, sighing, "It's already been filmed like this, how can I change it?"

Jiang Heng smiled, "That's easy. Just pick a character and have him redeemed and become a good person in the end!"

"You mean?"

Jiang Heng laughed, "What am I saying? I haven't seen your movie No Man's Land."

Ning Hao chuckled, "I know how to change it!"

The Bona version of "Lost on Journey" was obviously very successful, and because of Jiang Heng's guest appearance, the film became extremely well-known.

On the first day of its release on January 1, it earned 1 million yuan at the box office, instantly shocking the industry.

Because the total investment of "Lost on Journey" was very small, only 700 million yuan.

As a result, on the day of its release, the box office results far exceeded the production costs, so it’s going to be a huge profit!

What is even more gratifying is that this movie has a high score of 7.6 on Douban.com, which makes it not only a qualified work, but can also be called a masterpiece.

There is no doubt that the box office will exceed 100 million, and even 200 million is possible.

The producers of several blockbuster movies during this year's Lunar New Year holiday are extremely envious.

Because the box office performance of most of these films is not ideal.

The most typical example is naturally "Legend of White Snake", which cost 1.5 million yuan to produce. According to the current trend, the box office in mainland China is estimated to be around 1.5 million yuan. This is quite embarrassing.

If calculated based on the box office results in mainland China, it would be a huge loss, but fortunately we can still sell the copyright overseas.

The problem is that overseas audiences have also been influenced repeatedly by Hollywood blockbusters and Jiang Heng's special effects blockbusters. Overseas film producers really look down on "Legend of the White Snake", a 50-cent movie with mediocre special effects, and therefore pushed the price to an extremely low level.

It’s definitely going to be a loss!

(End of this chapter)