1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Chapter 503: million, is there any hope?

The day after Celine Dion's concert at Radio City, several media outlets reported on the event that night, and naturally they couldn't help but report on the new song.

Tang Chen also seized the opportunity, collected these reports, and reported them to domestic media.

Some newspaper headlines were exaggerated.

[Zhou Yan's new movie "Time Traveler" was passionately performed at Radio City in New York! ]

[Can’t wait! Listen to the song first! ]

[Zhou Yan's song keeps Americans awake at night! ]

【I came, I conquered! 】

【Zhou Yan appears on Billboard again! 】

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Just by looking at the headlines of these news, it is difficult for ordinary people to understand what is happening.

When Iida Naoko saw the news, she was also confused.

She thought her Chinese was pretty good and she should have no problem reading a news headline, but she couldn't understand these headlines at all.

In recent years, whether in China or Japan, news headlines seem to be getting stranger and stranger.

In the past, news headlines were very general. You could tell what happened just by looking at the headlines. If the news was important, the content might not be much longer than the headline.

But now, news headlines are becoming less and less comprehensive, and it is increasingly difficult for people to understand what the news is actually saying.

There was no choice but to skip the title and read the content.

After reading the news, she realized that it was an interlude in Zhou Yan's new movie "Time Traveler" sung by Celine Dion.

Two days ago, Celine Dion sang this song at the end of her concert.

This song is now being hotly discussed in the United States, but because the movie has not yet been released in the U.S. and the song has not been released as a single, most people are just discussing it and have not heard the song.

In their report, Billboard called "All of Me" a song that will definitely be on the charts and will undoubtedly be welcomed by the majority of fans.

In fact, the audience will not be surprised by Billboard's report, because the songs Zhou Yan wrote before were already the top of the charts, so it is normal for the new song to be on the charts.

What’s more, the singer of this song is Celine Dion, who is very popular herself.

It’s just that, precisely because the media reports on this song are very positive, the majority of fans have high expectations for the song, and now they can’t hear the song, so they feel very uncomfortable.

After seeing these reports, Iida Chengzi couldn't help but nod his head. It turned out that when Teacher Zhou took action, he would never fail.

She had heard from Akina Nakamori that Zhou Yan had promised to write a new song for her, so she had been in a good mood these days.

The more famous Zhou Yan becomes, the better it will be for Ming Cai.

These days, Iida Naoko accompanied Nakamori Akina in Shanghai for an event, so she saw these reports in Shanghai, which shows that the news has spread widely in China.

Originally, due to the CCTV report, the popularity of "Time Traveler" grew against the trend, and the box office also increased.

The popularity had just died down a bit in the past two days, and the box office slowly fell. Suddenly, a lot of news about "A Time Traveler" and Celine Dion appeared, and the popularity showed a small counter-trend growth.

Although the box office did not increase much, it basically stabilized the originally declining box office.

By January 20th, the single-day box office of "Time Traveler" was still over 1.5 million.

At this time, the total box office of the film has exceeded 65 million.

It has been exactly one month since the premiere of "Time Traveler", and it has earned 65 million at the box office in just one month. This result can be described as crazy.

The current situation is a bit interesting, because there is only one movie at the top of the domestic box office rankings.

This year's box office rankings in China are somewhat different from last year. There are no super hits like "True Lies" and "Rumble in the Bronx". The best performing movie is "Police Stories: Simple Tasks", which grossed 8000 million yuan.

Before the release of "Time Traveler", the movie below "Simple Mission" was "Twister" with a box office of 5400 million, and the third place was "Broken Arrow" with 5050 million.

That is to say, the difference between the first and second place is nearly 30 million, and "Simple Task" is leading by a cliff.

After the release of "Time Traveler", it took a very short time to break through 33 million, successively squeezing out the two movies "Toy Story" and "Fear", and entered the top ten of this year's mainland box office rankings.

After that, it didn’t take long for it to surpass movies like “Waterworld,” “Mission Impossible,” and “The Rock,” and ranked fourth with a box office of 50 million.

When the box office of "Time Traveler" reached 50 million, it attracted a lot of attention, because if it goes one step further, it will surpass "Broken Arrow" and "Twister" and rank second.

Of course, after breaking the 50 million box office, it didn’t take too long to leave these two movies behind.

At this time, most people thought that "Time Traveler" should be ranked second, because the next highest one was "Simple Task" with a box office of 80 million, which was too far away.

What was unexpected was that "Time Traveler" performed so well in the later stages, breaking through 65 million in just one month, and now it still has a box office of hundreds of thousands every day.

If it can maintain this state for more than ten days, it will be able to break the box office of "Simple Task" and successfully reach the top.

So, now everyone is paying attention to whether this movie can catch up and become this year's box office champion.

The most nervous person right now may be Han Sanping.

He has always been a mentally stable person, otherwise he would not have been able to reach this position at this age.

However, his expectations have been raised to the peak step by step.

At the beginning, his goal was to exceed 3,500 box office, so that "Time Traveler" could become the best-selling mainland movie this year.

But the goal of thirty-five million was achieved so quickly that he didn't even feel it, and the next goal automatically emerged in his mind - forty million.

Soon after, the goal became 50 million, 60 million...

Later, he updated his goals almost every two days.

Now, his goal has become 80 million. That's right, he wants to complete "Simple Mission".

If the box office can reach 1.5 million every day, then this goal can be achieved in ten days. But it is impossible to maintain 1.5 million all the time. According to the law, it must drop.

If the number drops by 100,000 every day and reaches zero, there will still be less than 1,500.

However, even if it is declining, it is impossible for the box office to return to zero after fifteen days. There must be some box office every day...

Han Sanping found that calculating box office revenue was too difficult as there were too many factors to consider.

According to conventional calculations, the box office of "Time Traveler" would not even reach 65 million. But it has reached it and is still moving forward.

After thinking for a long time, Han Sanping called Xu Feng.

After receiving Han Sanping's call, Xu Feng was in a good mood and asked with a smile, "Director Han, you are calling me at this time to discuss the celebration banquet with me?"

"Of course we have to hold a celebration banquet. Mr. Xu can decide the time. But I called you to ask, according to your prediction, can the box office of Time Traveler exceed 80 million?"

As soon as Xu Feng heard Han Sanping mention the number of 80 million, he knew what he was thinking.

In fact, it’s not just Han Sanping who is thinking about this. Many people outside are also paying attention to this matter.

"It's hard to say, it's 50-50." Xu Feng told Han Sanping their prediction.

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In fact, the prediction results within Tang Chen are not very ideal. According to the current situation, it is difficult for "Time Traveler" to exceed 80 million box office.

Now it is 65 million, and the gap is 15 million. This 15 million is relatively easy to get in the early and middle stages, but now a month has passed, the potential of the ticket base has been almost tapped, and it is difficult to maintain the current single-day box office.

According to Tang Chen's prediction, the single-day box office should drop below 300,000 within ten days, and then stabilize between 100,000 and 200,000 for a period of time.

After that, it stabilized at around 50,000 for a period of time.

By this time, the movie will be taken off the screen.

According to this situation, there is no way to get 15 million in the following period of time.

"What about during the New Year period, can we push the box office up?" Han Sanping asked again.

"Difficult." Xu Feng replied.

It is indeed difficult. Not many people go to the cinema to watch movies during the Spring Festival, and most of the target audience have already seen the movie. Unless a large number of audiences choose to watch it a second or third time, it will be difficult to increase the box office.

Zhou Yan and Joey Wong have a lot of fans, but not many are crazy about them. There aren't many people who would go to the cinema and watch a movie dozens of times just to chase their idol.

After hearing Xu Feng's answer, Han Sanping pondered for a while, then said, "Boss Xu, if, I mean if, we intervene now, can we boost the box office of the movie?"

Xu Feng on the other end of the phone frowned, "Director Han, I don't quite understand what you mean. How to boost the box office? How to do it? Do you want the cinema to cooperate with you in compiling data?"

In fact, it is very easy for cinemas to falsify data. Instead of changing the world directly, they just need to create some ghost showtimes. It just takes some effort to balance the accounts.

"I'm not saying we should make fake data, but real data. We can invite people to watch the movie. If the box office of Time Traveler is not far from 80 million, we can invest a little money to invite people to watch the movie to increase the box office."

It is also very easy to invite people to watch a movie. There are many such cases in the mainland. Find some units and schools to cooperate with, and book a theater for them to watch a movie, and the box office will quickly increase.

Many domestic movies with very high box office have groups of people from work units or schools going to the movies, otherwise it would be difficult to top the box office.

Xu Feng thought about it and said, "If the difference is a few hundred thousand, we can give it a try."

"I think anything within five million will be considered."

"This...isn't the cost too high?"

To actually get a box office of 5 million, it might cost 3 million, which is not a low cost.

Of course, Xu Feng also wanted the box office of "Time Traveler" to surpass "Simple Task" and become this year's champion, but her desire was not so strong, so she was naturally not willing to spend three million to do this.

But it’s different for Han Sanping. It makes a big difference to him whether "Time Traveler" can become the number one box office this year.

If "Time Traveler" can really get the first place, then this year's Lunar New Year box office he organized will be completely famous, and these are all real political achievements.

With these achievements in hand, his future development will be much smoother.

In addition, the different attitudes of both parties are also related to whether or not money is paid.

If the box office is really to be boosted, the money will definitely be paid by Tang Chen, or at least the lion's share.

"I still think we can give it a try. This is a chance to make history. It would be a shame if we don't give it a try. After working so hard for so long, only to fail at the last moment. Would you be willing to accept this, Mr. Xu?" Han Sanping tried to persuade Xu Feng.

Of course I am willing to do so, Xu Feng thought to himself.

She is in the film industry not primarily for the money or fame, but simply because she loves movies.

Otherwise, they would not have spent so much money to invest in "Farewell My Concubine" back then, nor would they have invested in newcomer Zhou Yan, who had never made a feature film, to shoot "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly". Those were not projects that were recognized by everyone as profitable.

Now she was asked to spend millions to boost the box office just for the title of box office champion, of course she didn't agree in her heart.

Not only did she not want to spend money, she also felt that it was somewhat disgraceful and contrary to what she was pursuing.

But she didn't tell Han Sanping her thoughts directly. Instead, she smiled and said, "How about this, let's wait and see the box office performance before making a decision. During this period, we will also do more publicity and try to stabilize the single-day box office."

After hearing what Xu Feng said, Han Sanping did not press further, "Okay, let's see what happens first."

……

After hanging up the phone, Xu Feng sighed. It turned out that people's hearts are never satisfied. At that time, Han Sanping said very casually that he only hoped that the box office of "Time Traveler" would reach 3,500.

Now that the box office has almost doubled its target, Han Sanping is still determined to win the championship.

If the box office of "Time Travelers" today was not 65 million, but more than 80 million, surpassing "Simple Mission", Han Sanping might have higher requirements, such as becoming the first domestic film to break the 100 million box office after the split of revenue, and then surpass "True Lies" and become the box office champion since the split of revenue.

Xu Feng still thought that it would be better to do publicity instead of making money, even if the box office did not reach the target in the end.

Alternatively, you can spend money to organize some activities, such as giving away movie tickets when you buy Zhou Yan's album. Either way is more positive than inflating the box office.

And she thought that if Zhou Yan knew about this, he would definitely not agree.

(End of this chapter)