Chapter 237: with translation of chapter title

When Liu Zhenwei was young, he was also a fierce general in the Xianggang film world; the box-office myth of films such as "All's Well, Ends Well" has always been talked about by movie fans.

Zhou Xingxing is a person (Stephen Chow). So we need to include Zhou Xingxing. Investors and film people are generic and not needed.

Liu Zhenwei can always jump out with "rehashing old rice", and that's also the reason.

Wang Jing is given in the glossary as Wang Jing. Zhou Xingxing again.

Lost 'the best comedian' (Wang Jing's original words).

Actually, the story is still the same story, the jokes are still those jokes. But because it's not starring Zhou Xingxing, the effect is worlds apart.

Er Dongsheng is a director. So include Er Dongsheng. The movie title Kung Fu is skipped.

The nickname "Star Master" (Xingye) is habitually used for Stephen Chow; per the rule, since it functions as a name it should be rendered in pinyin as Xingye rather than translated.

Liu Zhenwei, Yang Shoucheng. So include Yang Shoucheng.

What's wrong?

Yang Shoucheng puffed on a cigar, his gaze imposing, the aura of a big shot fully displayed.

Liu Zhenwei, Zhou Axing. Actually Zhou Axing is a nickname for Stephen Chow: 'A-Xing'. So it's a nickname habitually used, thus pinyin: Zhou Axing.

Ha!

Yang Shoucheng's expression was dismissive: "His brain is addled, right? He couldn't really think special effects can conquer the world, could he?"

"Hard to say, looking at these past few years, he's quite into special effects technology!" Liu Zhenwei sighed.

Yang Shoucheng. Spielberg is a real-world celebrity, so we exclude him per rule.

"When Spielberg's Jurassic Park premiered in 93, to be honest, it left me dumbfounded; I never imagined anyone could film such lifelike dinosaurs, as if they were real. But the two follow-up works had worse reputation and box office than the first, so special effects aren't omnipotent."

The last sentence was spoken with absolute certainty.

Liu Zhenwei also shares the common view, and because he once saw Jiang Heng before he made it big, he always harbors a bit of rivalry.

The covert competitive mindset, perhaps even he himself isn't clear about.

Mr. Yang - but it's a title + surname; we already have Yang Shoucheng as a person. 'Mr. Yang' refers to the same person; we could include Yang, but it's not a separate named entity; it's the same person. We'll not add duplicate.

Yang Shoucheng said dismissively: "Neidi never had a film market to speak of; at its lowest point, Jiang Heng brought a special-effects blockbuster north, and right away grossed over a hundred million, scaring them half to death. The best New Year and summer slots always see a blockbuster release—if his box office weren't good, that would be strange!"

Xianggang from the glossary.

Hong Kong films generic; golden age generic; spring festival slot generic; summer slot generic; Li Lianjie from the glossary.

Liu Zhenwei. The movie titles 'Crazy Monster' and 'A Chinese Odyssey' are skipped.

Liu Zhenwei, Puti Laozi. Actually Puti Laozi is a character name; it's a nickname habitually used for that character, thus pinyin: Puti Laozi.

When reporters asked him what he thought about releasing a day before Pacific Rim 2, Liu Zhenwei's answer was that he didn't see it as a problem.

Because Neidi's film market has already developed, with two blockbusters releasing simultaneously, I believe they will both get good box office.

Moreover, the two films are of different types: The Monkey King's Love focuses on special effects and romance, while Pacific Rim 2 is about mechs fighting monsters; they're not even on the same track.

Finally, I hope both films achieve decent box office results.

Jiang Heng, United States, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom, Germany, France.

The global film market ranking is ahead.

India.

This country refers to India.

All we can do is sell the film's distribution rights locally; recovering something is better than nothing.

Jiang Heng's hope is to create a non-3D special-effects blockbuster worth a billion dollars, with Pacific Rim 2 being the best chance.

The movie title 'Avatar' is skipped; 2009 summer is generic.

Thus Jiang Heng shows unprecedented "diligence", sleeping only four to five hours a day, either engaged in film promotion or on the way to it.

Megan Fox is a real-world celebrity; exclude per rule.

Jiang Heng, Megan Fox (exclude), Sydney.

Because few people here know them, going out for meals or shopping doesn't require worrying about being photographed by the media.

Australia.

Domestic generic; the movie title 'Crazy Monster' is skipped; 22nd is generic.

Xianggang, Jiahe Cinema.

Also Yinghuang Company.

Also Li Yabo.

Yinghuang Company's CEO Li Yabo: we already have Yinghuang Company and Li Yabo.

The latter laughed and said, "Director Liu, don't rush; the box office data won't be known until tomorrow morning!"

Liu Zhenwei, Xianggang, Vancouver.

Li Yaobo laughed heartily and didn't add anything else.

To be frank, Liu Zhenwei has been constantly "exiting" and "re-entering" the entertainment industry these years; he finds it somewhat hard to get used to.

Nevertheless, the boss believes in Liu Zhenwei's past achievements, so he can't advise too strongly.

As for the film The Monkey King's Love, he thinks its quality is average; if it were released in summer or another slot, not competing with Pacific Rim 2, it might still earn something.

But at this moment, it's really hard to say; hopefully there will be a good outcome!

Neidi, Xianggang.

Yet it left everyone at Yingxiang Company dumbfounded, because the opening day box office was only 3.23 million. What's worse, the film's reputation was extremely poor.

Another timeline is generic; Neidi audience is generic.

But now they have already been baptized by a large batch of excellent commercial films; a "trashy" film like The Monkey King's Love is not something they would look upon favorably.

Douban rating - Douban is a real-world website/company; exclude per rule.

Liu Zhenwei was dazed; although he thought The Monkey King's Love wasn't as good as A Chinese Odyssey, he didn't think it was that much worse.

How could this be? You don't like postmodernism, do you?

(End of chapter)