The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 375 The Movie That Breaks [-] Million
2006年12月11日早上7点55分，燕京地区白雪皑皑，寒风吹拂。

SARFT Building.

Zhao Jianshe got out of the car, then walked cautiously towards the gate on the first floor.

There is still snow on the ground, which is too slippery, and the leather shoes don't grip the ground.

Zhao Jianshe was walking fast at first, but soon slowed down. After step by step, he finally crossed the slippery flat ground and entered the building. He immediately quickened his pace, came to the check-in place, and then checked in.

7:59, not late.

Zhao Jianshe breathed a sigh of relief, then he twisted his neck, straightened his clothes, and walked slowly towards the office on the third floor.

Lao Zhao is 43 years old, ordinary-looking, from Yanjing, and works in the Film Special Fund Office of the Radio and Television Box Office Information Management Department. He is also a section chief.

The most important task of their department is to count the daily box office.

Before nine o'clock every day, they will count the box office of the previous day, and then upload it to the official website.

Since December, the weather has been cold, snowy, and the roads are slippery. Zhao Jianshe has already left the house 10 minutes earlier. As a result, the original 10-minute drive took 35 minutes.

Almost got late.

When he held a meeting a few days ago, he also reminded his subordinates that they must have a sense of time and not be late and leave early. If he can't do it himself, how can he establish authority?
After a while, Zhao Jianshe entered the office and saw that several subordinates were there. He nodded with satisfaction, then entered the office, closed the door, poured a cup of tea, and leaned back on the chair.

Wake up too early.

I get up at six o'clock, prepare breakfast for the children, and then send them to school.

He was very sleepy, and now he just squinted.

This squint lasted for half an hour, when there was a knock on the door, Zhao Jianshe opened his eyes, then picked up the teacup, drank it down in one gulp, opened the window, patted his face again, and let himself look more refreshed. Then he walked over and opened the office door.

"Section Chief, yesterday's box office statistics have been made."

A young employee handed over a document.

Zhao Jianshe didn't watch it immediately, put the material aside, and nodded.

The employee went on to say: "Yesterday's highest-grossing movie was "Taken", No.2 was "Yun Shui Ballad", and No. 3 was "Mo Gong". The box office is incomparable with "Taken", the gap is very large, "Taken" had a box office of 200 million yesterday."

Zhao Jianshe was slightly surprised when he heard this.

The highest single-day box office record is "The Promise", which had a box office of 500 million at the time.

However, this number is a little watery. Everyone in the industry knows that the highest single-day number is currently "Kung Fu".

"Taken" now has a box office of 300 million, maybe it can compete with "Kung Fu" for the single-day highest.

The employee went on to say: "The word of mouth of "The Golden Armor" is not bad. Many people say that the movie has a lot of scenes and Jay Chou is very handsome."

"Golden Armor in the City" has already been screened, and the few film critics so far are all good, saying that this movie is a real blockbuster with sincerity.

Zhao Jianshe was very satisfied.

The above hopes to vigorously develop the mainland film market, encourage film investment, theater investment, the number of theaters, and the number of movies are increasing steadily.

However, the box office has not increased significantly, and there are very few profitable movies.

This makes many people pessimistic about mainland movies.

Fortunately, it's December, and there are still two blockbuster movies.

"Taken" has a good reputation, and there is no problem breaking through [-] million.

"Golden Flowers in the City" is a blockbuster that is expected to exceed [-] million.

"Okay, it's all good news. Put the relevant data on the official website, um, and arrange for someone to write two articles focusing on the performance of these two movies."

The employee nodded, but did not leave immediately, paused, and then said: "Chief, the box office for the first week of "Taken" has come out."

Yesterday was Sunday, and the first week's box office came out.

"How many?"

"A total of eighty-one million."

The record holder for the highest box office in China's first week is "The Promise", with a total of 200 million at the three-day box office plus some screenings.

Now "Taken" is released on Wednesday, that is, the five-day box office plus some box office, a total of 100 million.

It doesn't sound like much.

But "The Promise" is a sponge, and no one knows how much water is in it.

And 100 million in five days can already enter the top ten of the mainland box office list this year.

The box office of "Mission Impossible 3", which was popular during the summer vacation, was only 200 million at the box office, and the blockbuster "Ink Attack" released at the end of last month is now only 6000 million.

"Taken" received 100 million in its first week, which is definitely commendable.

Zhao Jianshe stood up and clapped his hands, "Okay, Director Li is indeed the best director of the new generation. His movie can definitely boost the market. You arrange people, write more articles, and praise "Taken" .”

The employee nodded, but he still didn't leave.

"What else?"

Before the change, Zhao Jianshe would definitely be angry if the employees below procrastinated like this, but now he is in a very good mood.

"Chief, many people are now analyzing that with the word-of-mouth of "Taken", it may break [-] million in the future."

"Two hundred million..."

[-] million is a hurdle. For mainland movies, this number is too difficult.

In 02, "Hero" was released, and it earned 5000 million yuan in the mainland.

Afterwards, "Kung Fu", "The Promise", and "House of Flying Daggers" did not reach [-] million.

At the beginning of the year, many media predicted that this year's movie would reach [-] million yuan, but "The Banquet", "Mo Gong" and "Baby Project" failed.

Now there are only "Golden Armor in the City" and "Taken".

Zhao Jianshe used to put his hopes on "Curtain of the Golden Flower", but he didn't expect "Taken" to be so fierce this time.

He picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then slowly said: "This is very important news. You write a detailed analysis and give it to me this afternoon."

After the employee finished writing, he revised it a little, and then sent it up.

Another [-] million movie after "Hero" is definitely worth studying.

The employee nodded and quickly left the room, and he closed the door behind him.

Zhao Jianshe thought for a while, took out his mobile phone, and then called Zhang Yimou.

Few people know that he and Lao Mouzi know each other and are still good friends.

Zhao Jianshe doesn’t have any secrets here. Movie box office data is available to everyone. He called Lao Mouzi just to remind his friends that "Taken" is not a good one, and "Currently with the Golden Armor" needs to be done well. response.

……

In a high-end hotel in Yucheng, Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping sat opposite each other, both of them looked very unhappy.

On the coffee table between the two of them, there was an ashtray, on which more than a dozen cigarette butts had been poked out.

There are also a few cigarette butts with sparks and black smoke coming out.

The smoke will fly up a little, and it will disappear.

Zhang Weiping never expected that "Hurricane Rescue", which was broadcast earlier than "Curse of the Golden Flower", would be so fierce, with 100 million in the first week, it seems that there is a real chance to break [-] million.

So will such a fierce movie affect "Curse of the Golden Armor"?

This "Golden Armor in the City" has already been screened, and the group of them has already carried out national publicity.

We can't change the schedule at this time.

Needless to say, in addition to "Taken", there is also "The Good Man in Three Gorges", which won the award.

After thinking for a long time and smoking more than a dozen cigarettes, Zhang Weiping finally revealed his wild side.

"Don't think about it, it's a big deal, let's see who is stronger, today I will arrange people to hack them on the Internet."

His character has always been like this, whoever stands in front of him is his enemy.

Zhang Yimou frowned immediately upon hearing this.

After Zhang Weiping partnered with him, it can be said that whoever is arrested in the mainland will be criticized, even Han Sanping.

What Lao Mouzi wanted was to make movies peacefully, and he didn't want to get involved in those disputes.

He felt that it was a stupid behavior to disperse his limited energy on those scolding and petty tricks.

Li Shengyao is not only a director, but also the founder of Fenghua Films. The Fenghua drama is so popular now, and the higher-ups focus on praise.

Not to mention that Li Shengyao is the owner of the theater chain, and this time the screening of "The Golden Flower" will be held in Fenghua Cinema.

They just went to other people's studios to promote it tonight.

Li Shengyao didn't target them, the people from Fenghua Studios were very cooperative with them.

"Don't do this, he didn't mess with us."

Zhang Weiping shook his head, looking at Lao Mouzi with hatred, "You, you are too soft-hearted. Isn't it life and death at this time? If you don't kill "Hurricane Rescue", who will watch "City Full of Gold?" "Ah."

"It's not necessary to choose one of the two movies, and you can watch them together. I don't think it's necessary."

Zhang Weiping sneered, "Movie tickets are so expensive, many people only watch one movie a month or even a year, you have to take this into consideration."

Hearing this, Zhang Yi picked up the teacup.

Compared with the wages of ordinary people, movie tickets are indeed a bit expensive.

Now the main group of movie-watchers are white-collar workers in big cities, and movies have not entered the ordinary people.

He took a sip of the tea. The tea had been left for a long time, and it was already cold. It was not fragrant, but rather bitter.

He couldn't help but think of when he was a director just now, the conditions were tough, but there weren't so many messy things.

And he shoots all literary films, so there is no box office pressure.

That was the peak of his creation and the happiest day when he was making movies.

He gripped his teacup tightly, and took another sip.

The cold tea is still a bit bitter, but it is still refreshing.

He sighed, and then said firmly: "There's no need to do this. Director Li didn't mess with us, so we shouldn't mess with him. Everyone earns box office based on their abilities."

Hearing this, Zhang Weiping was about to continue persuading her when someone knocked on the door.

Zhang Weiping stopped talking immediately, and then let people from outside come in.

The assistant hurried into the room.

"Mr. Zhang, Xinhua Net published an article on its official website, praising "Taken" for its contribution to cultural output."

Xinhua News Agency publicly praised.

Is this... is this... more black?
Zhang Weiping and Zhang Yimou looked at each other, and both understood the meaning of dealing with it.

What I just said was stillborn.

Zhang Weiping hated the world, but he didn't dare to force Lai Lai for the decision made by the above.

"How do they export culture?"

"The box office statistics of Pretty Country have come out. "Taken" opened to 100 theaters, and then soared to [-]. The box office is also rising all the way, surpassing "Revelation" and "Love Holiday". It won the weekly box office champion last week, with a total box office of [-] million."

Sixty-one million...

Zhang Weiping's eyes widened. When "Hero" won the North American weekly box office championship, it had a box office of more than 5000 million.

So "Taken" is stronger than "Hero", will the follow-up global box office surpass "Hero"?

No wonder Xinhua News Agency praised it. This is indeed something to be proud of.

Zhang Weiping nodded, and after the assistant left, she counted with her fingers.

He finally said: "If "Taken" has a global box office of 5000 million US dollars, how much money can Lee Sing Yew make?"

Zhang Yimou shook his head, there must be more than them.

"Hero" was a big hit, and Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping earned a lot of hard work.

And "Taken" Li Shengyao is the main voter, so there must be 3000 to [-] million US dollars.

Zhang Weiping quickly calculated the approximate amount, "Let's go, this guy may earn 4000 million US dollars, and this movie also has TV, DVD, and website revenue in the later stage. He won't make hundreds of millions of dollars, right?"

When it came to the end, Zhang Weiping almost lost his temper.

He was originally a small real estate businessman, and entered the film and television industry with Zhang Yimou with 6000 million yuan.

After so many years of tossing around, his net worth has also increased by four or five times. Compared with ordinary people, he already has wealth that is out of reach.

He is usually very proud and conceited.

But now Lee Sing Yew earns hundreds of millions of dollars in a movie, that is really enviable.

"It's a pity that I didn't invest in "Taken" at that time."

Zhang Yi couldn't be bothered to pay attention to this money fan. After thinking for a while, he planned to call Li Shengyao to chat about "Curtains with Golden Armor" and "Hurricane Rescue".

He knew that Li Shengyao had always been keen on the film market, and wanted to know Li Shengyao's opinion.

He then dialed Li Shengyao's phone number, first said a few words of politeness, and then told about "The Golden Armor in the City".

"Director Zhang, don't worry, "Taken" and "Curricane" are different types of movies. The audiences of the two movies are completely different, and eight days apart, "Taken" will definitely not Affect the box office of "Curse of the Golden Flower"."

"Besides, now that the market is bigger, logically speaking, the movie box office will be more."

""Taken" has brought a movie-watching craze, which is a good thing for "The Golden Armor"."

When Lao Mouzi heard the words, he also felt that it made sense, and the two chatted for a few more words before hanging up the phone.

"I think what Li Shengyao said is right. Now that the market is bigger and can accommodate more good movies, we don't have to worry about "The Golden Flower" being affected."

When Lao Mouzi mentioned Li Shengyao, there was recognition and admiration in his eyes.

Zhang Weiping was shocked when he saw it.

He has been able to get to the present completely because of Lao Mouzi, and he cannot leave Lao Mouzi.

And Li Shengyao is not an ordinary person, he can be a producer, what he can do, Li Shengyao will only be better than him.

Thinking of this, Zhang Weiping twitched her lips, "That's some nonsense, don't take it seriously."

Lao Mouzi didn't answer.

Zhang Weiping hastily changed the subject, ""The Golden Armor in the City" still has several places to promote, should we divide into two teams, you and Gong Li will be in one team, and I will bring Zhou Runfa and Jay Chou and the others in one team."

"This...isn't it good?"

"It's okay, publicity, serious business."

(End of this chapter)