Time has quickly entered September, and the filming of "Zhu Xian" is still continuing, and the progress is a little "touching". Of course, it is definitely no longer as difficult as it was at the beginning, and the filming is now considered stable.

I didn't deliberately speed up the shooting because I just kept calm and took my time. There was no need to rush. Everything was based on the quality of the film, not the shooting speed.

In addition, in the second half of the year, "I'm Not the God of Medicine", which was released for two months, was completely underwritten. The final total box office was 3.521 billion yuan, which seemed to be about 500 million yuan higher than in memory.

Because it caused a huge social topic and indirectly promoted some things, Jiang Xiao also asked Lemon to donate part of the box office proceeds to charity projects.

The number isn't too small, nor is it particularly large. It's not like he's stingy or anything. It doesn't matter to him that he donated all the money he made from this movie, but there are some things... In short, he doesn't want to become "the target of public criticism" in the eyes of his peers.

Sometimes good intentions may not necessarily lead to good things. The entire society cannot be supported by one person, so just do your part.

Furthermore, some of the things indirectly promoted by "I'm Not the God of Medicine" can be regarded as fulfilling the significance of the movie.

At the end of the month, "Mission: Impossible: Fallout" was also released completely.

Not to boast, but Jiang Xiao feels that thanks to him, almost every Hollywood movie he participates in finally gets the key to postpone its release for a month.

This will definitely help the box office potential of "Disc 6" in China. The final score was 2.378 billion yuan, which was far more than what I remembered. Not to mention double, but 0.8 times should still be there.

It's a pity that no matter how high the box office of "Disc 6" is, Jiang Xiao can't get a penny.

But there was an unexpected thing. As the main producer, Tom gave him a gift, a motorcycle.

This motorcycle appeared in "Disc 6", but it was not really the prototype prop car, but a brand-new car of the same model. It seemed to be specially customized, because it had Tang's signature imprint on it, and "Disc 6"

》logo.

It's a small gift, not expensive at all, just over 10,000 pounds.

Customized models should be more expensive, but not too outrageous.

Fortunately, the other party reported the customs duties together with the goods and shipped them directly to China as a gift. Otherwise, he would have to pay a customs duty himself.

In total, the actual value of this small gift is estimated to be around 200,000 yuan.

The motorcycle is a retro BMW model. Jiang Xiao doesn’t like motorcycles, so he can only keep it for collection.

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Time has entered the end of September, and on the occasion of the National Day, another Lemon work has been officially released.

This movie is the kind of film that comes to you on its own initiative. After all, with Lemon's status in the industry, there aren't many people who want to collaborate.

So after Jiang Xiao saw the familiar name of "The Unknown Man", and the director and one of the screenwriters are alumni of China National Theater Academy, he definitely took advantage of the trend to invest.

Speaking of which, for so long, he has indeed given opportunities to many Chinese Opera alumni, whether they are actors or behind-the-scenes directors. Indirectly, when looking for opportunities, alumni from Chinese Opera are willing to come to Lemon first.

And compared with the memory, the current version of "The Unknown" is almost played by the original cast. At most, it is Deng Enxi's role, which he "assigned" to Song Zuer.

Others, such as Chen Jianbing, Ren Suxi, Zhang Yu and others have not changed much.

Lemon gave him enough directorial authority, or perhaps it was a coincidence of history, so the main actors were almost chosen.

This year's National Day movies that have attracted more attention include Lao Mouzi's "Shadow", "Li Cha's Aunt" and "The Unknown", which is endorsed by the Lemon brand.

Needless to say, the first "Shadow", although Lao Mouzi has not had any box office hits in recent years, after all, his status and influence are there. Even if the expectations are lower now, it will not be left unattended.

the point.

In fact, Lao Mouzi originally invited Guo Jiangxiao to play the lead male role in this movie, and he wanted him to play two roles, and to partner with Zhang Ziyi.

This is completely different from what I remember. Didn't I find Sun Li? Why did Zhang Ziyi appear again? Maybe he thought the latter was more compatible with him?

Jiang Xiao also thought about it seriously. After all, the style of this movie is a rare ink style.

Apart from anything else when it comes to Lao Mouzi's movies, the visuals basically don't disappoint, but the story telling ability is a bit lacking.

However, he didn't take the role after all. It seemed that the schedule was a bit tight at the time, and he didn't have a particularly strong urge to take it.

After finishing "Shadow", it seems that it has returned to the way it was in memory. Zhang Ziyi was not actually cast, but Deng Chao and Sun Li starred in it. They staged a play and recorded themselves.

Let’s talk about the second movie “Li Cha’s Aunt”, which is considered to be the most popular among the three movies. It can be said that a certain person has gained a foothold and gained popularity based on the successful adaptation of the previous dramas.

Although as far as Jiang Xiao himself is concerned, he doesn't have a cold numbness in those works, but he always feels that there is something...

But comedy has always been one of the most popular types of movies among audiences.

If he doesn't like it, he doesn't like it, and the audience will just enjoy it, and he won't judge it.

In addition to these, I have always thought that the film version of "The Ancient Sword" starring Song Qian is also in this period, but the attention is a bit low.

Lemon also invested in the drama version of "The Ancient Sword", but the copyright is not in Lemon's hands. The film version also approached Lemon to cooperate, so Jiang Xiao naturally refused to cooperate.

In my memory, this domestic fantasy film directed by a foreign director failed to make a splash. He would not use his own money to make a splash. Since the copyright owner is so confident, he will accept the happy "ending" himself.

Regardless of the initial popularity, the final victory or defeat still depends on the final result.

And because October 1st falls on a Monday, the first-day box office for several movies released on the 30th is also the first-week box office.

In the end, "Li Cha's Aunt", which accounted for the most scheduled films, temporarily won, with a box office revenue of just over 100 million.

The second one is "The Unknown", with a box office of 73.1 million yuan, which is a bit surprising. Although it is similar to the film schedule of "Shadow", the latter has more after all, but in the end it lost slightly at the box office.

, the box office of "Shadow" was 68.8 million yuan. It seems that the audience's expectations for Lao Mouzi are indeed getting lower and lower.

However, this time "Shadow" still brought some surprises to the audience, and "The Unknown" was the same, and it was still the most surprising one. On the other hand, "Li Cha's Aunt" was a bit cool.

In addition, "Three Lives Three Worlds: Thirty Miles of Peach Blossoms" appeared a lot later than in memory, mainly because the copyright was in the hands of Lemon, so it was filmed after pressure.

There's no other reason, it's just the order of shooting that was determined.

When Jiang Xiaohui said this, he just wanted to say that the song "Liangliang" has not appeared yet and should wait until next year.

Putting these aside, after word-of-mouth comes out, the most obvious manifestation is naturally at the box office.

After seven days in the second week, "The Unknown" could not be considered a counterattack, but easily became the biggest winner, with a box office of 475 million yuan.

"Shadow" is second with 389 million yuan.

"Li Cha's Aunt" was third with 244 million yuan, and the outcome was almost decided.

The most surprising thing must be "Ancient Sword". After eight days, I got an unbelievable result, more than 10 million yuan.

Given the current situation in China's film market, it would not be easy for Song Qian and Wang Lihong to reach such a result. I am afraid it will be difficult for the two of them to receive film projects again in the future.

In short, the National Day release finally came to fruition, and as time went by, the box office of "The Unknown" ended at 1.051 billion yuan, just breaking the 1 billion mark.

"Shadow" ended with more than 600 million, and "Li Cha's Aunt" exceeded 500 million. They were not as big a hit as expected. The media said that they were so numb that they seemed to have lost billions.

But obviously, with this box office, it is difficult to lose money.

The media is like this and has never seen the "world". Just like "The New King of Comedy", Zhou Xingxing obviously made a lot of money, but the media also described the former as if he lost billions from "Mermaid", which makes people just want to say

...Gan.

To a certain extent, there are no other losers in this National Day season except "The Ancient Sword," which was released in just fifteen days.

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Back in late October, nearly half a year after filming started, "Zhu Xian" finally finished shooting all the in-studio scenes.

But this does not mean that the film is almost finished. It still has to go to many places for location shooting. It is expected to take more than two to three months to shoot. It is definitely the longest film Jiang Xiao has ever shot.

But don’t be in a hurry, I have already planned to take pictures slowly, take good pictures, and the quality is the most important thing.
Chapter completed!