I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

Chapter 110

Early the next morning, newspapers, TV stations, and online news no longer reported the news about who was more suitable to be ranked among the top three directors, Feng Xiaogang or Wan Qingshan, but instead reported the box office news on the first day of "Loyalty Liver and Righteousness"!
"Yesterday, "Loyal Lives, Righteous and Brave", written, directed and starred by Wan Qingshan, was released. The first-day box office reached 1890 million, breaking the first-day box office record of "Titanic" of 1800 million.

Breaking the first-day box office record occupied by Hollywood, this is a reflection of the increasing prosperity of domestic films. I believe that in the near future, the phenomenon of the domestic film market being occupied by Hollywood blockbusters will be changed. '

'Yesterday, "Loyalty Liver and Righteousness" starring Wan Qingshan, Zeng Li, Zhang Jin, Yang Junyi, and Dong Xuan broke the first-day box office record with 1890 million.

"Loyal Liver, Righteous and Brave" set off a wave of movie viewing and won a box office of 1890 million during a period when it was not a popular movie, which represents the expansion of the domestic film market. '

With its brisk pace, fierce fighting, and unconventional plot, "Loyalty and Bravery" earned 1890 million at the box office on its first day! '

'In an era when everyone thinks that martial arts movies are in decline, "Loyal Lives and Righteousness", with a record-breaking first-day box office of 1890 million, tells us that martial arts movies are not in decline! '

,,,,,

In the morning, Wan Qingshan, Yang Junyi, and Zeng Li had breakfast, got in the car, and headed for the road show.

In the car, staff from Enlight Pictures handed over several entertainment newspapers.

Wan Qingshan took a look and saw that the headlines on the front page were the first-day box office news of "Loyal Liver and Righteous Bravery".

Wan Qingshan glanced at it twice and then turned it over to Yang Junyi and Zeng Li, who were staring at the newspaper in his hand.

Because Huayi took care of everything last night, none of the reporters who followed asked Wan Qingshan questions about the three major directors today. They were all asking about the box office of "Loyal Liver and Righteousness" and Wan Qingshan's box office estimates. These are normal questions.

Moreover, reporters no longer chase Wan Qingshan alone, but also ask questions to Zeng Li and Yang Junyi.

This makes Wan Qingshan a little confused!

Because the road show was either in a hurry or on the road and was busy non-stop, Wan Qingshan didn't think too much about it.

That night, when Wan Qingshan and the three of them were having supper in the hotel, Zhang Zhao called.

As soon as the call was connected, Zhang Zhao's somewhat frustrated voice came out.

"Director Wan, the box office is not stable. Today's box office is only 1440 million."

Hearing this number, Wanqingshan was only a little disappointed.

Last night, Wanqingshan was shocked by the first-day box office of 1890 million.

Before falling asleep, Wan Qingshan was lying in bed and thinking about why the box office of "Loyal Liver and Righteous Bravery" was so high on the first day?

The first-day box office actually surpassed "House of Flying Daggers" starring all big-name stars!
The first-day box office of a movie is not affected by the quality of the movie, because few people have seen it, and the audience doesn't know whether the movie is good or not.

The first-day box office is only affected by the stars, theater schedules and publicity.

As for the leading actors, he and Zeng Li are the only ones who are somewhat famous. Yang Junyi, Zhang Jin, and Dong Xuan are all TV stars. They are somewhat famous, but they can't attract box office, and they can't compare to the leading actors of "House of Flying Daggers".

There are few good movies in theaters these days, so "Loyalty" has a very high schedule, but it's not as high as when "House of Flying Daggers" was released on the first day.

That can just be propaganda.

"Loyalty Liver and Righteousness" is incredibly popular online.

In addition, Toei Corporation and CJ announced that the final fight scene of "Loyalty and Righteousness" will be included as a teaching material in the Japanese and Korean film industry, so many people are curious.

Many people couldn't wait to buy tickets to watch, which led to the box office reaching 1890 million on the first day.

After these impatient people watch it, there will definitely be far fewer people watching it the next day.

Therefore, Wan Qingshan was mentally prepared for the box office to drop the next day.

It's just that there is still a trace of fantasy in my heart, so I am a little disappointed.

"Haha, Mr. Zhang, 1440 million is already very high. The highest single-day box office of my last movie, The True Meaning of Love, was only 1300 million." Wan Qingshan laughed.

Zhang Zhao was stunned for a moment and laughed, "Haha, that's true. For many movies, a single-day box office of 1440 million is unthinkable. My expectations were raised too high by yesterday's box office of 1890 million. ”

After Wan Qingshan smiled, he changed the subject and asked, "Mr. Zhang, how is the attendance rate today? Have the theaters adjusted their film schedules?"

“The attendance rate is a bit lower than yesterday, but it’s still pretty good at around [-]%.

As for the film scheduling rate, because the box office is a bit low, three theater chains are preparing to reduce the film scheduling rate tomorrow, but the reduction will not be much, they will all be reduced by 1% or 2%."

Wan Qingshan's expression suddenly changed. He stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and asked in a low voice, "Mr. Zhang, how are the box office performances of the other movies?"

Wan Qingshan's solemn tone of voice made Zhang Zhao, who was not sure why Wan Qingshan asked about the box office of other movies, also look serious.

"None of the other movies have a single-day box office of more than 300 million. Director Wan, are you asking what's wrong with this?"

Wan Qingshan cursed 'fuck' in his heart and said with a blue face, "Mr. Zhang, the box office of our movie has dropped a bit, but there are still more than 400 million, and the movies in the same period do not exceed 300 million.

"Loyal Liver and Brave" has a high attendance rate and ranks first at the box office in its period. Why do those theater chains lower the scheduling rate of our movie?

If our film schedule is cut, it will definitely be used for other films, so it cannot be empty.

But if you show other movies, you will definitely not make as much money as if you showed "Loyalty Liver and Righteousness".

But those theater chains just did this, don’t you think there’s a problem? "

"Loyalty Liver and Righteousness" has just been released, and it is a big hit at the box office. Even if the box office is a little lower today, it will still be more than 500 million.

Under this circumstance, even if the theater chain does not increase the film scheduling rate of "Loyal Liver and Righteousness", it will stabilize the current film scheduling rate.

So when Wan Qingshan heard that the filming rate had dropped, his expression changed drastically.

Wan Qingshan was afraid that he had made a mistake, so he specifically asked about the box office of other movies. As long as one movie had a good box office, the reduction in the schedule of "Loyalty Liver and Righteousness" may be due to the good management of the producer of that movie.

But none of the movies has done well at the box office, which only means that Wan Qingshan guessed it right. Some people in the circle are jealous of the box office of "Loyal Liver, Righteous and Brave", and spend money to buy theaters to reduce the scheduling rate of "Loyal Liver, Righteous and Brave" .

Although the policy is now liberalized, many private cinemas have grown in the past two years.

But after all, it has only been developed for two years. No matter how many theaters there are, it will never be enough. Most theater chains are still state-owned enterprises.

For the managers of state-owned theater chains, no matter how much the theater chain makes, it belongs to the entire group, and the most they can do is embezzle a little more from it.

This kind of people are best bribed. As long as you give them enough money, they will definitely agree to reduce the number of films in "Loyal Liver and Righteous Brave".

When "The True Meaning of Love" was released, China Film Group was behind it. Wan Qingshan was not worried about this, but now he is cooperating with Enlight Pictures.

Therefore, after the first day's box office came out yesterday, Wan Qingshan has been very concerned about the film scheduling rate, fearing that someone would take advantage of the film scheduling rate.

Wan Qingshan's words caused Zhang Zhao's expression to change suddenly.Zhang Zhao is not a fool, he understands the meaning of Wan Qingshan's words.

He didn't notice it before because he only paid attention to the box office of "Loyal Liver and Righteous Brave".

In addition, it was only a 1% or 2% decrease, so he didn't feel anything. Now that Wan Qingshan said this, he realized that this was abnormal.

"Fuck!" After Zhang Zhao cursed angrily, he secretly took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and analyzed,

"Director Wan, no movie in the same period can compete with "Loyal Liver and Righteous Bravery" at the box office.

The film schedule of "Loyalty Liver and Righteousness" has been reduced, and the box office of other movies will not increase much.

Therefore, it should not be the work of the producer of the movie of the same period.Then, it can only be done by a company that has a grudge against us!
Director Wan, Enlight Pictures has just entered the industry not long ago, and he has never had any grudges with anyone. This can only be with you.

Huayi must have resented the news about who is more suitable for the top three directors, you or Feng Xiaogang.

In addition, your movie "The True Meaning of Love" competed with "A World Without Thieves" in the same schedule last year, which had a great impact on the box office of "A World Without Thieves".

Judging from the grudge between Huayi and you, it is very likely that they were responsible for this! "Wan Qingshan also suspected that it was Hua Yi, but now is not the time to think about who did it.

"Mr. Zhang, now is not the time to think about who will do it. Our top priority is to solve the film scheduling issue.

Otherwise, the film placement rate will be reduced by 1% or 2% tomorrow, and then a little bit lower the day after tomorrow, and a little bit lower every day.

At that time, it will be useless for us to complain to the film authorities that supervise the theaters.

The 1% and 2% changes in the film schedule can be said to be for the prosperity of the film market and to allow other films in the same period to survive. In short, they have countless legitimate reasons. "

After finishing speaking, Wan Qingshan was a little happy. Fortunately, most of the theaters in the mainland are still state-owned enterprises and they dare not do anything too blatant.

Ten years later, when most of the theaters in the mainland were privately owned, private theaters dared to blatantly squeeze out films that were not invested by their own companies. Even if the commotion became serious, it could be dismissed with a normal commercial schedule.

Suddenly, Wan Qingshan thought of something, which made him no longer feel lucky, and his face became very solemn...
At this time, Zhang Zhao's voice on the phone brought Wan Qingshan back to his senses. He quickly suppressed his thoughts and focused on the matter in front of him.

"Director Wan, what you are saying is that now is not the time to think about who will do it."

Immediately, Zhang Zhao said slowly while thinking in his heart,
“Director Wan, as you just said, it’s useless even if we go to the government department to complain about this kind of thing.

Then we can only spend money to satisfy their appetite, there is no other way! "

Wan Qingshan frowned and thought for a while, and found that there was really no other way.

So, he sighed in his heart and said helplessly,
"Then throw money at it! Mr. Zhang, this matter must be resolved as soon as possible!"

Zhang Zhao also knows that this kind of thing cannot be delayed. Even if the film schedule is only reduced a little every day, the impact on the box office does not seem to be big.

But as long as there are two more days and the filming rate accumulates, the box office loss will be huge.

So he quickly replied, "Director Wan, don't worry, I'll go make preparations right away and ensure that they can adjust the filming rate back the day after tomorrow."

"Mr. Zhang, I'll leave it to you."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Zhao immediately asked the people below to find out which theaters would reduce the film schedule of "Loyal Liver and Righteous Brave" tomorrow.

This kind of thing is easy to check. After getting the list of several theater chains, Zhang Zhao found that they were all state-owned theater chains.

"With these state-owned enterprises here, it's no wonder that private theaters have been developing better and better in the past two years!"

After Zhang Zhao sighed, he was about to take out his mobile phone and call a theater!

Suddenly, Zhang Zhao thought of something, which made him put down his phone.

After thinking silently for a moment, Zhang Zhao murmured to himself, "If it's not Hua Yi, who could it be?"

Zhang Zhao suddenly thought just now that even if Hua Yi hated Wan Qingshan, he would not use such a move.

If Huayi does this, Wan Qingshan will definitely do this with Huayi's movies in the future.

Wang Zhongjun is not a short-sighted person who can make Huayi so big, and he will not use this kind of trick.

Therefore, this matter was not done by Hua Yi.

"If it's not Huayi, then who is it?,,,,"

Zhang Zhao muttered to himself again!

He suddenly stood up and exclaimed, "Fuck, he must be here for Enlight Pictures, right?"

"Loyalty and Bravery" was a box-office hit, and the leading actors, Wan Qingshan and Zeng Li, were indistinguishable on the surface.

But in the industry, in addition to Wan Qingshan and others, Enlight Pictures, which released "Loyal Liver and Righteous Brave", is also extremely popular!
It has only been two days since "A Loyal Liver, a Righteous Brat" was released. Today, several film producers came to us because Enlight Pictures released "A Loyal Liver, a Righteous Brat", hoping that Enlight Pictures would release it.

For every movie Enlight releases, there is one less movie released by other distribution companies.

Nowadays, there are not many movies that can spend money to promote and distribute every year, and there is already little meat. Now there is Enlight Pictures, a tiger, competing for food. Then the film distribution company with weak promotion and distribution capabilities will not get much meat. .

If this continues, within half a year, a number of publishing companies in the industry will surely go bankrupt.

In order for the company to survive, they will definitely try their best to destroy the reputation of Enlight Pictures. Enlight Pictures is famous for releasing "Loyal Liver, Righteous Brave", so as long as "Loyal Liver, Righteous Brave" is discredited, Enlight Pictures' reputation will also be destroyed. destroyed!
Thinking that he was probably here for Light Pictures, Zhang Zhao didn't care whether Wang Changtian fell asleep in the middle of the night, so he called Wang Changtian.

The phone rang for a long time before Wang Changtian answered the call and asked in a somewhat confused voice, "Zhang Zhao, I'm calling at this time. Is there something wrong with the box office of "Loyalty Liver and Righteousness"?"

"Mr. Wang, today's box office is a bit lower than yesterday, but it is still more than 400 million. The reason why I am calling you at this time is not about the box office, but about the development of Enlight Pictures.

If this test cannot be passed, the development momentum of Enlight Pictures, which became popular with "Loyalty Liver and Righteousness", will be gone. "

These words made Wang Changtian completely sober immediately, "Zhang Zhao, please tell me in detail which level it is."

"Mr. Wang, it's like this. Wanqingshan just now..."

As soon as Zhang Zhao finished speaking, Wang Changtian shouted emotionally, "Damn it, if Xuanfa is not good enough, then he will do something dirty.

Zhang Zhao, if you throw money at me, you must ensure the film placement rate.

Even if all the money from Enlight Pictures is not enough, Enlight Media still has money.

I only have one request: the movie schedule must be guaranteed for me. "

Although Enlight Media's main business is still TV programs, Wang Changtian has already decided that after Enlight Pictures has developed slightly in a few years, Enlight Media will begin to fully enter the film industry.

Enlight Pictures can be said to be the vanguard of Enlight Media. If the vanguard does not develop well, it will be more difficult for Enlight Media to enter the film industry in the future, so the momentum of Enlight Pictures must not be lost.

"Mr. Wang, Mr. Wang, it's not enough to ask Enlight Media to support it. Enlight Pictures still has several million in its account.

These people who manage state-owned theaters can be greedy for small money, but they don't have the guts to make big money. "

"Zhang Zhao, don't underestimate them, haven't you heard that petty officials are extremely corrupt?
If you throw money at them, the company you are attacking secretly will try their best to throw money at them in order to survive. At that time, the competition will be about who has more money!

Don't be reluctant to throw money at this time. Zhang Zhao, just throw it at me as hard as you can. If you don't have enough money, just tell me. "

Wang Changtian's warning made Zhang Zhao immediately put away the contempt in his heart and solemnly replied, "Mr. Wang, don't worry, I will definitely give it up."

"Zhang Zhao, you must understand the importance of this matter. There are no secrets in the entertainment industry. This kind of thing will definitely spread out afterwards.

So this level is very important to Enlight Pictures. If we pass it, Enlight Pictures will prove to the industry that we are not just lucky. Because we cooperated with Wan Qingshan and released "Loyalty Liver and Righteousness", we happened to be in the publicity department. To become famous in the publishing industry, we have real strength and can resist the attacks of our peers.

From now on, Enlight Pictures will have smooth sailing in the film promotion and distribution industry.

If we can't get over it, no one will dare to teach movies to Enlight Pictures for distribution in a few years. "

Wang Changtian's long-winded words made Zhang Zhao a little helpless. Of course, he knew how important this matter was to Enlight Pictures. He would not call Wang Changtian in the middle of the night if he didn't allow it.

"Mr. Wang, don't worry, I will definitely get it done." Zhang Zhao cheered up and promised sincerely.

"Zhang Zhao, call me anytime if you need anything. If you're short of money or people, I can transfer it to you from Enlight Media."

"Yes, Mr. Wang, I'll get ready now. This kind of thing can't be delayed."

"Well, that's it. If you remember anything, just call me."

"Yes, Mr. Wang, don't worry!"

After Zhang Zhao hung up the phone, he took a long breath, picked up the keys on the table, stood up and walked out, while calling someone from the theater.

(End of this chapter)