1990: Starting from Baojia Street

What Yu Hua couldn’t understand was still to come.

That is, the day after CCTV reported the incident, the box office of "Time Traveler" suddenly showed a counter-trend growth.

Although Zhou Yan and his colleagues did not obtain specific box office data on that day, according to feedback from cinemas across the country, the number of people who came to the cinemas to watch "Time Traveler" suddenly increased that day.

In some cinemas in some cities, tickets for several showtimes on the same day were even sold out.

This can be called a miracle for a movie that has been released for twenty days.

There could only be one reason for this miracle to happen, that is, many people saw the news on CCTV and then ran into the cinema to watch "Time Traveler".

Originally, the publicity efforts of "Time Traveler" in second- and third-tier cities were not as strong as those in first-tier cities such as Yanjing and Shanghai, and its box office performance was also slightly worse.

However, this report by CCTV directly made "Time Traveler" gain huge popularity in second- and third-tier cities.

Movie fans actually don’t care why Han Shaogong sued Zhang Yiwu, nor do they care why Zhang Yiwu scolded Zhou Yan and Han Shaogong. They just saw "Time Traveler" on CCTV and knew that such a movie has attracted a lot of attention recently.

They had no choice but to pay attention to such a popular movie, so a lot of people rushed to the cinema, with the original intention of just joining in the fun.

On January 11, when Han Sanping called Zhou Yan, his tone was a little confused.

"I've been in the film industry for so many years, but I've never seen such a big event. I thought that the film was about to end, but I didn't expect it to reach a climax again. According to incomplete statistics, the box office of the film reached more than 5 million on the 9th, more than double the box office on the 8th. And the box office on the 10th should not be worse than that on the 9th, which means that the box office has increased by more than 10 million in these two days."

"So, the box office of Time Traveler should be over 50 million now?"

"Well, it must have been exceeded. I originally thought that the goal would be difficult to surpass, but I didn't expect it to be achieved so easily. 50 million has been achieved, and now we have to look forward to 60 million, 70 million, or even 80 million."

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "60 million is probably no problem, 70 million is also possible, but 80 million is unlikely. This time because of CCTV's report, it's just a gust of wind. Once the wind blows, the heat will die down."

Zhou Yan doesn't want to be pessimistic. The market potential is so great that it is very difficult to achieve the current results.

"It doesn't matter. Our goal has been achieved. The rest is profit. You can now go talk to Mr. Xu about donating the piano."

They had agreed when they were having dinner together before that for every additional two million yuan in box office revenue of Time Traveler in mainland China, Tang Chen would donate a piano to CAFA.

Now the budget of "Time Traveler" is basically over 60 million, which means that Tang Chen has to donate at least 30 pianos.

Although thirty pianos would cost a lot of money, Xu Feng must be very happy to donate it. The box office success of "Time Traveler" and the profits it brought her are far beyond what dozens of pianos could bring.

"Haha, I don't need to mention the piano matter. Sister Feng won't forget it."

"That's true. Now that the box office in the mainland has been successful, the rest depends on Hong Kong and Taiwan."

Zhou Yan is not very concerned about Hong Kong and Taiwan. He is more concerned about Japan. After all, compared with Hong Kong and Taiwan, Japan has a much larger market.

"Sister Feng and the others have already made arrangements. All that's left is to wait for the show to be released."

"Well, now that we've made a good start, everyone will feel more at ease." Han Sanping said with a smile.

"Yes, it's a reassurance."

This is not just an ordinary reassurance pill, but a reassurance pill that can make people feel full.

The cost of "Time Traveler" was only 30 million RMB, and now the box office in mainland China alone is almost enough to make back their investment.

The subsequent box office revenue from other ticket sources, as well as the subsequent copyright, videotape, and CD revenues, are basically pure profit.

Han Sanping has been making movies for so many years, but he has never fought such an easy battle.

Thinking of the copyright of the movie, Han Sanping smiled and said, "There are so many songs in "Time Traveler". You can make a lot of money later. When are you going to release the soundtrack?"

"Let's wait until the screenings are over in various places."

"Why don't we release it in China first? I see there are already a lot of pirated tapes on the market, and they're getting better and better."

Pirated tapes have been around since the movie was first released, but the quality of those pirated tapes was very poor in the beginning. Not only was the recorded sound quality poor, but even the music was intermittent and not complete at all.

But as time goes by, piracy is getting better and better.

Although the sound quality of pirated tapes will not be very good, at least the integrity can be guaranteed. Moreover, the covers of some pirated tapes are also very formal. Just looking at the outside, you can't tell whether they are pirated or not.

Zhou Yan didn't care about this. He knew that even if he released the soundtrack of "Time Traveler" right away, it would not be able to compete with pirated tapes in the market.

Since they can't stop it, they might as well relax and just think that the pirates are promoting them.

Among so many people who watched the movie, some must have listened to the pirated tape first, and then went to the cinema to watch the movie because of the music.

Of course, I mostly listen to music and never go to the cinema to watch movies.

If we do a statistics now, we will definitely find that there are many more people who have listened to the music of "Time Traveler" than those who have watched the movie.

The popularity of music is actually far greater than that of movies.

It’s just that many people heard the music but didn’t know it was from a movie.

……

Fumao Records, General Manager's Office, Li Yaming walked in from outside, sat on the sofa, and said to Zhang Gengyu, "I have two pieces of news for you."

Hearing Li Yaming's words, Zhang Gengyu put down the pen in his hand, looked up and asked, "One good news and one bad news?"

"No, neither is good news, but one is slightly less bad."

"Can I choose not to listen?"

"No."

"Then I choose to listen to the news that is slightly less bad first."

Li Yaming nodded. "Just now, a company in Shanghai wanted to invite Kelly to participate in their business activities, and the price was very high, already at the second-tier level."

Zhang Gengyu raised his eyebrows in surprise. Kelly Chen had just debuted not long ago. Although her performance was good, she was not yet at the second-tier level. He knew that Li Yaming was very strict in defining the second-tier.

And if the other party's bid is only at the second line, that means there is hope of bidding higher.

However, this is not really good news for them, because Kelly Chen is a singer of Zhengdong Records, and they are just the agents for the business in Taiwan.

Now Kelly Chen is going to Pengcheng for a commercial performance, which has nothing to do with them and they won’t get any share of the money.

"Contact Zhengdong and let them make the contact themselves."

Since it has nothing to do with them, Zhang Gengyu doesn't want to worry about it anymore.

"Is there another piece of news?" Zhang Gengyu asked again.

"They not only invited Kelly Chen, but also Wang Lihong, and the price they asked was not low."

When Zhang Gengyu heard Wang Lihong's name, he was stunned, because Wang Lihong had already left their Fumao and went to Huanyin.

The faster and better Wang Lihong develops, the more uncomfortable he will be.

"Why did the other party invite them both?" "Because of the movie "Time Traveler"." Li Yaming said.

“Oh, it looks like the movie is doing pretty well in the mainland.”

The box office situation of "Time Traveler" was reported more frequently and faster in Hong Kong, but Taiwan did not follow up very promptly.

The current situation reported from Taiwan is from more than a week ago.

Therefore, Zhang Gengyu doesn’t know much about the box office of "Time Traveler".

"I asked the other party and found out that the box office of Time Traveler has exceeded 50 million in mainland China."

"Fifty million RMB? Or New Taiwan dollars?"

“Of course it’s RMB.”

Zhang Gengyu curled his lips, "I remember that the box office of movies in mainland China is not very high. Didn't his previous movie, The Chorus, break some record? I think it only made 50 million RMB?"

"Well, this time, "Time Traveler" should also break the record."

Zhang Gengyu sighed, "Zhou Yan is really too strong. This movie will definitely do well at the box office in Taiwan. He is already very popular in Taiwan, and with Joey Wong, he is basically guaranteed to be at the top."

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"Zhou Yan's main source of revenue is actually from Japan. He probably doesn't care much about the box office in Taiwan. You know, several of his movies have earned more than a billion in Japan."

"That's true." Zhang Gengyu nodded, then became a little confused. "It's really impressive that the movie earned 50 million yuan at the box office, but Wang Lihong only sang an interlude in the movie. How could his fame rise so quickly?"

"In fact, the theme song of "Time Traveler" is much more famous than the movie. The other party invited Kelly Chen and Wang Lihong to come over and specifically asked them to sing the two songs "A Thousand Years" and "How Long Will I Love You"."

Zhang Gengyu scratched his eyebrows and said, "Come to think of it, we haven't heard what these two songs are like yet."

"How about I ask a friend to get me a tape for you to listen to?"

Zhang Gengyu knew that the tape that Li Yaming had someone get was definitely a pirated copy.

Now that the movie has just been released, it is impossible for the soundtrack to come out.

Logically speaking, since they own a record company, they shouldn't buy pirated tapes, but he really wanted to listen to the interlude in "Time Traveler".

After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Gengyu finally nodded and said, "Okay, let's make one and listen to it."

It's pirated, so be it. At worst, he can wait until the genuine soundtrack is released and then buy ten or eight copies to make up for it.

"Okay, I'll have someone do it in a moment."

Zhang Gengyu nodded and said, "Contact Huanyin about Wang Lihong's matter."

……

The news that someone was looking for Wang Lihong to perform at a commercial event soon reached Zhou Yan.

Under normal circumstances, Wang Lihong would not need to ask Zhou Yan for permission before accepting a commercial performance.

If every artist in the company had to ask for his permission before accepting commercial performances, he would be exhausted.

However, this was the first time that "How Long Will I Love You" was sung publicly, so Xu Xiangjie decided to tell Zhou Yan about it.

There are two situations for the songs in "Time Traveler". The first one is like "All of Me" and "How Long Will I Love You", where singers were invited to sing the full version.

Singers can sing such interludes publicly after the movie is released.

There is another type of interlude, which Zhou Yan only had people record a little bit of. Singers are not allowed to sing this type of song publicly, let alone record singles.

Zhou Yan was very happy to learn that "I Will Love You For A Long Time" and "A Thousand Years" were going to be performed publicly. Although the soundtracks would not be released for the time being, the singers' commercial performances would be organized.

Wang Lihong is now the singer of their Fantasy Sound, so it is time for him to take advantage of the great sales of "Time Traveler" to gain more popularity.

"Boss, is this the world premiere of the theme song of Time Traveler?" Xu Xiangjie asked with a smile on the other end of the phone.

"No, tomorrow, All of Me will be performed in the United States."

"Hehe, since I can't get a world premiere, at least it's an Asian premiere."

“It’s the first concert in Asia, that’s for sure.”

"Where will "All of Me" premiere in the United States tomorrow?"

"Celine Dion concert at Radio City Music Hall, New York."

"Oh, that's much better than a commercial performance."

"Ah."

……

In the evening of January 14, Salori and Olivia appeared downstairs of Radio City Music Hall, waiting for ticket checking.

As loyal fans of Celine Dion, it was natural for the two of them to attend her concert in New York.

Because this was an indoor concert and there were only 6,000 tickets available, they had a hard time buying the tickets.

In fact, Celine Dion hasn't held a concert for some time, and this concert at Radio City is the only one in recent months.

"I heard that there will be new songs at today's concert."

A couple was in the front of the line, and the content of their discussion aroused the interest of Salori and Olivia.

Olivia took the initiative to ask, "Excuse me, where did you get your news from?"

The couple looked back at the two people, and the girl smiled and said, "I heard it from other fans, too."

"But, she hasn't released any new songs recently."

Normally, the new songs that singers sing at concerts must be songs from singles or albums that have already been released.

And Celine Dion hasn't released any new music recently, so this made them confused.

The girl shrugged. "I don't know about that. Maybe the new song is the one from Falling into You."

“Are the songs in “Falling into you” also considered new songs?”

"Falling into you" is an English album released by Celine Dion in early March 1996. Many of the songs in it are songs that everyone has heard before, and there are even three covers.

Even if the album is full of new original songs, it is already 1997 and almost a year has passed since the album was released. The songs in it cannot be said to be new songs.

Of course, the couple didn't think that the songs in this album were new songs, but they knew very little about this news they heard from somewhere else, and had no way to give Olivia and the others an answer.

Originally, Olivia and the others were waiting outside for ticket checking and were in a relatively relaxed mood. But now, they heard a piece of news that they weren't sure if it was a rumor, which made them feel restless.

Now they are eager to get their tickets checked quickly, get into the venue quickly, and then have Celine Dion start singing quickly, preferably with a new song as the first song to answer their questions. (End of this chapter)