How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 509: Hundreds of millions in box office, tens of millions of profits, underhanded tactics are also a means

The box office on the first day was 2300 million yuan.

Zhao Benshan was very satisfied with the premiere results of "Laughing in the River", but he was even more dissatisfied with the upcoming release of "The Orphan of Zhao".

Because the release time of "The Orphan of Zhao" will definitely have a drastic impact on "Laughing Rivers and Lakes".

And it is.

12 month 2 day.

On the day of the premiere of "The Orphan of Zhao", the single-day box office of "Laughing Rivers and Lakes" took a big dive, from more than [-] million yuan to more than [-] million yuan.

But "The Orphan of Zhao" achieved a proud record of more than 2700 million yuan at the box office on the day of its premiere.

This made Zhao Benshan's negative emotions increase even more.

But sometimes, things like word-of-mouth are really more influential than gold cups and silver cups.

[Wuji]'s outstanding reverse performance basically destroyed Chen Wuji's previous reputation at the Cannes Palme d'Or.

After the popularity of "The Orphan of Zhao" for its premiere subsided, and the quality of the film was indeed mediocre, the one-day box office began to continue to decline, and was surpassed by "Laughter" on the third day.

When the first weekend of December is over.

With a cumulative box office of 6300 million yuan, "Laughing Rivers and Lakes" narrowly beat "The Orphan of Zhao" with a box office of 6050 million yuan, becoming the single-week box office champion.

Such a result made Zhao Benshan breathe a sigh of relief.

……

Five days the first week and seven days the following week.

During these twelve days, [Laughing Jianghu] took the lead at first, and then [Zhao Orphan] followed closely.

Then there was "The Orphan of Zhao" whose reputation collapsed due to poor quality and director Chen Wuji, and "Laughing in the River" was slightly ahead.

In the end, [Zhao's Orphan] saw that his reputation was bad, and thinking that he would not be able to live well and that he could not make his competitors happy, he began to use the public opinion offensive of Hong Kong's bad movies to slander [Laughing Jianghu].

Because there are many Hong Kong actors in "Laughing Rivers and Lakes".

This was Zhao Benshan's first time getting involved in a movie, and he was preparing a comedy movie. He felt a little unsure, so he went to Xiangjiang to find help.

But at this time, the reputation of Xiangjiang artists in the mainland is really not much better than that of Chen Wuji.

and so……

The cumulative box office of "Laughing Rivers and Lakes" and "The Orphan of Zhao" are like intertwined vines, and they have begun to rise in a staggered manner.

……

Longbow Film and Television City.

Inside Zhang Nan's office.

Zhao Benshan, who was sitting on the sofa, couldn't help complaining: "It's too insidious. There is no morality at all in playing such a harmful trick."

During this period, [Laughing Rivers and Lakes] was smeared because of the appearance of Xiangjiang artists, which had a great impact on the box office. Zhao Benshan couldn't bear it anymore, so he came to Zhang Nan to ask for advice.

"When it comes to box office revenue of hundreds of millions of yuan and profits of tens of millions of yuan, it's natural to use whatever tricks work well. It doesn't matter whether it's sinister or not, whether it's a loss or not."

Zhang Nan comforted Zhao Benshan, and then asked rhetorically: "As for morality? How much is it worth?"

After hearing Zhang Nan's words, Zhao Benshan was also stunned, and then lowered his head as if thinking, he was no longer as emotional as before.

Because the reason why he wants to jump out of the sketch industry, play Liu Laogen's big stage, establish Benshan Media Company, and now make movies, what is the purpose?
  Isn't it money!
  The purpose is the same, but the quality of the means can only be determined by the results. "So... Director Zhang, do you have any way to alleviate the current public opinion situation in [Laughing Jianghu]?" Zhao Benshan said this with great expectations.

After all, this incident cost [Laughing Rivers and Lakes] at least [-] million yuan in box office revenue and nearly [-] million yuan in dividends.

"Of course there is a way, just spend money to clear the land with the navy, but the gain outweighs the loss, the investment and income are not proportional at all, and this is December 12th, "Let the Bullets Fly" will be released in three days, and there are still 13 [If You Are the One 9] is also about to be released today, it’s too late.” Zhang Nan replied.

Zhao Benshan's expression darkened when he heard this, and he felt a little unconvinced.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Nan said: "Uncle Zhao, actually, according to me, [Laughing Jianghu] should have suffered such a fate.

If you don’t have any real black spots, people’s smear campaign might even be used to increase the popularity of the movie.

But you..."

After a pause, Zhang Nan continued: "For a good mainland movie, why are you looking for actors from Xiangjiang and Wanwan! And you can find them right away. Who are you looking for? Zeng Yasang, Wu Bussian."

When mentioning Bus Wu, Zhang Nan specifically explained, "Especially Buss Wu. Ah Zhen even asked me to find an excuse to teach Xiao Zhou a lesson. It's so bullying."

Zhang Nan's words were true. Ye Quanzhen really asked Zhang Nan to teach Bussiness Wu a lesson if he had time.

Because Zhou Jiegun always paid filial piety to Ye Quanzhen and had a very harmonious relationship with Ye Quanzhen, so when the two were chatting, Zhou Jiegun would occasionally complain about Bus Wu, and Ye Quanzhen took note of it.

Zhao Benshan looked a little embarrassed when he heard Zhang Nan's wording, and explained: "Isn't it because it's my first time to lead a movie? It's a comedy movie, so I thought that comedy movies like Xiangjiang and Wanwan would be okay. And it is also to open up the film market in Xiangjiang and Wanwan, so I want to find some people from these two places to star."

"Then...has the market been opened up?" Zhang Nan asked after seeing this.

Zhao Benshan was embarrassed and speechless when asked.

Xiangjiang Film City directly rejected the release of "Laughing Rivers and Lakes", but Wanwan Film City approved the release of "Laughing Rivers and Lakes", but it didn't even have a box office of [-] yuan on the first day. , it’s better not to go in, it’s even more insulting than the one in Xiangjiang.

……

October 12th, Thursday.

[Let the Bullets Fly] held a grand premiere at the Longbow Cinema in Longbow Studios.

Uncle Ge, Zhou Gambling God... and other leading actors were dressed up to attend.

Many guests also came.

More than half of the artists from the Xiangjiang film and television industry came. Except for a few of the Xiangjiang artist guests, they came for the sake of Zhou Gambling God, and the rest came because the movie was invested by Zhang Nan.

After all, the successive signings of Chenglong and Liu Tianwang have made many artists in Xiangjiang excited.

More than half of the mainland film and television circles also came. Except for a few of these mainland artist guests who came for the sake of Uncle Ge and Jiang Wen, the rest also came for the sake of Zhang Nan’s investment in the movie. The purpose is the same as what Xiangjiang artists think.

Then China Film, Magic City Film Group, Huayi, Guangxian, Bernard, Wanda... and other top mainland producers or distributors, or two-in-one film and television giants also sent representatives.

However, the purposes of each party are different.

Huaying and Magic City Film Group came to support Zhang Nan because of their long-term and deep cooperation.

Chinese Film and Television is here to inquire about the quality of "Let the Bullets Fly". After all, Feng Xiaogang's "If You Are the One 2" will be released in six days.

Wanda, on the other hand, is somewhat coveting the theater chain owned by Longbow Distribution Company in Zhang Nan's hands, and wants to establish a good relationship in advance and test it out.

As for Bernard, Guangxian, Galloping Horse and other film and television companies, they just saw everyone coming and came specially to join in the fun.

There are so many guests here with different purposes, but the idea is the same.

That means I don’t have high hopes for [Let the Bullets Fly].

(End of this chapter)