During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 153 The new trio and the box office boom
  "Search" was released at the end of July, and the box office stopped at 7 million. Wei Jin was a little regretful, but fortunately the overseas rights were sold for 9400 million, which gave him some comfort.

But his mentor Tian Zhuangzhuang was very satisfied. When he called, he laughed and said that this was his highest-grossing movie. Wei Jin thought about it and found that it was really like this. Few directors of the older generation had high box office.

"Transformers" was released for 20 days, and its box office performance was extremely impressive, reaching 2.8 million, making it the highest-grossing movie so far in 2007. Many production companies have already targeted China Film, accusing China Film of inaction.

However, China Film still has difficulties that cannot be explained. There are too many imported films this year, and the schedules cannot be arranged at all. However, this is the price of joining the WTO. Five years have passed, and the number of imported films must increase.

At a time when domestic movies are in silence, on August 8, "Xiu Chun Knife" will have its premiere.

China Film Group was responsible for this premiere, and the venue was chosen to be in the auditorium. Han Sanping was determined to boost the morale of domestic films, so the premiere was extremely grand.

As a producer and director, Wei Jin arrived earlier this time, and the creative team was also present, but he seemed a little depressed.

These days, several actors have participated in many TV programs for publicity. After today's premiere, there are still a lot of road shows waiting for them.

However, no one complained about it. Let’s not talk about the agreement in the contract. You must know that the higher the box office of the movie, the greater the bonus for the actors.

"Director, how much do you think our movie can achieve at the box office? Is it possible to beat "Transformers"?"

Wu Jing is very concerned about the movie box office. Almost all the Xiangjiang movies he has participated in in the past few years have not done well at the box office. He finally waited for Wei Jin's movie and wanted to experience the feeling of becoming a hit. Unexpectedly, it was not released until almost a year ago.

However, he is not the only one who cares about the box office. Several other main creators are also looking at Wei Jin. After all, Wei Jin is famous for his accurate vision in the industry.

"Be confident, isn't it 300 million? No problem."

Wei Jin's words are very convincing, and he is indeed quite confident. At present, in the appeal of domestic directors, he considers himself second, and no one dares to consider him first.

"If I really want to exceed 3 million, I'll blow a bottle of it as a director. It's white."

"Come on, with your drinking capacity, I don't even know who was killed by Director Wei alone at the wedding banquet. They all got under the table."

"Brother, I'm not a bad drinker, okay? It's because Director Wei is too strong."

With several people laughing and joking, the premiere officially began. Wei Jin and a group of main creators came to the stage to be interviewed.

"Director Wei, why is it scheduled to be released in August? This is not a good schedule, not to mention there are so many Hollywood blockbusters."

Wei Jin glanced at the reporter who asked the question in the audience. If he didn't know him, Wei Jin would have almost thought that this was a request arranged by the company. Isn't this an opportunity to show off for himself?
  "There is almost no schedule for my movies. Besides, you should worry about those Hollywood blockbusters."

Wei Jin's words made all the actors on the stage laugh. They were really domineering.

"Director Wei, do you think there is any problem with China Film's film schedule?"

"This is the premiere of "Xiu Chun Knife", so I will answer irrelevant questions."

The reporter who asked the question had no good intentions. He was giving Wei Jin eye drops. Recently, companies in the industry were denouncing China Film Group, and he had no intention of getting involved.

As the Q&A session ends, the movie begins. —
  The movie begins with a monologue that introduces the background of the story. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Tianqi died. Emperor Chongzhen had just succeeded to the throne and began to attack the eunuchs headed by Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian was demoted to Fengyang, and Emperor Chongzhen immediately ordered everyone to suppress and capture the remaining eunuchs.

As a pro-military Jin Yiwei, he naturally became the sharpest knife in the emperor's hand. As the plot progresses, fights begin, and the martial arts style of the movie "Xiu Chun Dao" begins to show.

Clean, sharp and decisive, punching to the flesh, this is a down-to-earth realistic style.

The plot progressed step by step, and everyone watched with great concentration. Finally, the three galloping figures gradually disappeared and seemed to merge into one person again. With an infinite sense of loneliness, the movie also came to an end.
  "clap clap"

I don’t know who started it first, but a large number of viewers began to applaud. Wei Jin led the creative team to the stage to express his thanks.
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  After the premiere, Wei Jin followed Liu Yan back to his villa in Yanjiao, accompanied by Xiaobai.

As a film director, isn't it right for Wei Jin to enjoy his heroines and supporting actresses?
  Xiaobai was a little shy at first. After all, he and Liu Yan knew each other, but unlike that time in North America, no one knew anyone else.

However, under the leadership of Liu Yan, Xiaobai also slowly relaxed, and the two gradually cooperated with each other, bringing Wei Jin a new experience.

In the bathroom, Xiaobai is working hard.

Liu Yan has always known Wei Jin's love for her talent, so he usually does a lot of maintenance in this area. Naturally, Wei Jin can't put it down, and his big hands are also tightly grasping Liu Yan's talent.

I have to admit that this woman is really rich, and Xiangjiang's so-called football star Zhou Xiuna is still a little behind.

Thinking of this, Wei Jin couldn't help but sigh that he was lucky to have taken her down early, otherwise he wouldn't have known who got the advantage, and his interest gradually increased.

Xiaobai, who was immersed in his work, also noticed the change in the man and stood up slowly, preparing to provide deeper services.

For a moment, the bathroom was filled with happy singing——
  The film "Xiu Chun Dao" is characterized by being character-oriented, with the main storyline firmly focused on the three brothers, which is different from previous traditional martial arts films that focus on plot.

At the same time, the martial arts style is mainly realistic, with fists hitting the flesh and real swords and guns. Although it lacks the elegance of previous martial arts, it is more real.

Coupled with the sincerity in the special effects, the overall film quality is very high, and the film reviews have received mostly positive reviews.

The movie theaters are also very strong this time, with the total film schedules of Sunward Cinema and Wanda Cinema both approaching 70%.

In addition, China Film is also an investor this time and has participated in the distribution work. Whether it is New Film Alliance or China Film and Star America, China Film has a stake, and the film scheduling rate is naturally guaranteed.

You know, the combined market share of these four major theater chains is almost 70%. The overall theater arrangement rate of "Xiu Chun Knife" is frighteningly high.

The film has high quality, good special effects, good reputation, and a high film schedule. The result is that the box office of "Xiu Chun Knife" reached 3100 million on the first day of release, setting a first-day box office record.

The box office on Saturday the next day was even more terrifying, reaching 3800 million. The box office on Sunday fell back, but it was still as high as 3300 million.

The box office in the first three days of the first weekend exceeded 1.02 million, reaching million, which is even more terrifying than "Transformers". It also set a record for the fastest box office to break million. For a while, many netizens advocated Wei Jin as the savior of domestic movies.

In addition, martial arts movies with this kind of historical background have a very large audience in the entire Confucian cultural circle, so this release will be released simultaneously in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, and Wanwan, and good news came from these places at the same time.

The three-day box office of Xiangjiang in the first weekend was 560 million, Wanwan was 1200 million, Nanyang was 2200 million, and the Asian box office in the first weekend directly reached 1.416 million.

Seeing such a violent box office performance, several of the main creators who were on the road show were both sad and happy, gritting their teeth and insisting on moving on to the next stop.

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