Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 832 No, you really lose! (4k2)

Is it not worth it?
Da Tiantian recalled the several times she had met with Director Jiaozi before. In her impression, the young-looking director was indeed a very cautious person.

"What about the finished film? Is it out now?"

"It's already out. Why, do you want to see it?"

"Ah."

"Let's wait until Eastern Han is finished, then we can go watch it together."

"it is good."

Da Tiantian was about to nod, but then she remembered Tian Xiaopeng, the director of "The Return of the Great Sage". She seemed to have not heard any news about this director recently.

"I remember Director Tian Xiaopeng approached you last year, hoping to get some of your investment to make an animated film. How did it turn out?"

Zhou Mo was eating and answered casually: "No, I let him go."

"what?"

Da Tiantian was a little surprised. She knew that Zhou Mo was very easy-going most of the time unless he actively entered combat mode.

This time, Tian Xiaopeng was able to make Zhou Mo say "let him go", which shows that the conversation between the two was somewhat unpleasant.

"What happened? Your reaction."

"Tian Xiaopeng's new script is considered an art film, and he knows it very well, but he also wants to make money from commercial films. He told me that he wants to use our company's technology and publicity, but he hopes to have greater autonomy."

Da Tiantian understood instantly that one should have autonomy when using other people’s things.

"Eat both ends, right?"

"Correct."

"Did he find investment later?"

"They went to see Mr. Wang, who was very popular. Mr. Wang supported them in making the movie and was very optimistic about it. He said that he was targeting a box office of 1 billion yuan."

"Glam?"

Da Tiantian frowned immediately. She thought for a while before saying, "Isn't that Big Fish and Begonia invested by Guangxian? Is it that... God's love?"

When Zhou Mo heard this, he almost couldn't hold it in.

"My goodness, it's been almost three years, do you still remember this line?"

"You'll never forget it for the rest of your life, okay? I've been waiting for this movie since I was in school. I've been waiting for so many years, and this is what comes out?" Da Tiantian said angrily.

In 16, "Big Fish and Begonia" was released amidst public attention, but the reviews were polarized.

Some people praised the film highly, saying that it has very rich connotations, while others criticized it harshly, saying that the film was full of whining, pretentiousness and a complete bad movie from beginning to end.

Da Tiantian had high expectations for this movie and went to see it as soon as it was released. Her reaction after watching it was just one sentence:

The theme song is nice.

Apart from that, there is nothing else, which shows how she feels about the movie.

Even now when I mention it, I still have the urge to complain.

"Why does Mr. Wang always take on this kind of movies?" Da Tiantian released her desire to complain.

She remembered clearly that when "Big Fish and Begonia" was released, Wang Changtian specifically said that the film was expected to hit a box office of 1 billion.

But if an art film wants to reach a box office of 1 billion, it is a bit like treating the audience as fools.

Now Tian Xiaopeng's movie is targeting another 1 billion...

"Boss Wang is fighting against Yibiao?"

Zhou Mo actually understood Da Tiantian's idea very well, and explained with a smile: "It's actually not bad. Mr. Wang's investment in animation films is quite strong. One billion or something like that should just be a way of publicity... Well, the result is not very satisfactory."

This sentence made Da Tiantian laugh.

"Why invest in it if the results are not satisfactory?"

Zhou Mo smacked his lips and said, "You can't say that. When it comes to investing in movies, who can guarantee that you will make a profit? Good works are hard to come by."

In his previous life, Wang Changtian was criticized many times for setting too high a goal (billion) for "Big Fish" and "Deep Sea", saying that he was thinking about flying before he even started running.

But this kind of voice basically disappeared after "Nezha 2", and some even felt that he said too little and didn't fly high enough -

Before the release of "Nezha 2", Wang Changtian said that "Nezha 2" is expected to hit a box office of 70 billion yuan.

Everyone knows what happened later.

"Nezha 2" has doubled its box office target, not to mention 70 billion yuan, and is heading for 150 billion+ billion yuan.

The film market is like this. The basis for the emergence of good works is a large number of ordinary works, or even bad films.

When investors in the entire industry were not optimistic about the film industry, Wang Changtian continued to invest in the animation film industry. One film failed to meet expectations, and another failed to meet expectations. After investing in several films, he finally produced a magic child. That money should be earned by him.

When Da Tiantian heard what Zhou Mo said, her eyes looked a little strange.

"Before you said that, did you forget about yourself? Have you ever invested in a movie that failed?"

"It was just a fluke."

Da Tiantian snorted, "Then tell me, will Mr. Wang work with you on an animated film in the future?"

In the past, the cooperation between Shanhe Company and Guangxian was quite close. In the first few years after the establishment of Shanhe Company, the company was seriously lacking in foundation. Except for directors, it lacked everything else and had to rely on a lot of Guangxian's resources.

Later, as Shanhe Company grew step by step and its industrial chain became more and more complete, its dependence on light was greatly reduced.

However, the two companies have always maintained contact.

Zhou Mo thought for a moment and said, "I don't know. It's hard to say for sure about this kind of thing."

Da Tiantian asked again: "If he really wants to cooperate with you, will you agree?"

"That depends on what resources Guangxian can provide us. If it's the right one, it's actually quite suitable for cooperation." Zhou Mo didn't say anything definite.

As a self-made entrepreneur, Wang Changtian is very good at doing business. As long as there is money to be made when cooperating with others, he can basically maintain a win-win situation.

From this point of view, Wang Changtian is much more suitable for cooperation than the two Wangs.

……

The next day.

The next day, after the roadshow ended, Zhou Mo received a call from his assistant.

"Director Zhou, our first-day box office data is out. It's 4.51 million, ranking first among all movies during the entire Spring Festival."

"Well, what about other movies?"

"Please wait a moment... Well, Crazy Alien has 3.6 million, The New King of Comedy has around 2.5 million, and Director Guo's The Wandering Earth is fourth, with 2.37 million on the first day, not far behind The New King of Comedy at million."

After listening to the data, Zhou Mo nodded secretly.

It seems his work was not in vain.

Under his influence, the first-day box office of "Alien" and "The New King of Comedy" both declined to a certain extent, while the box office of "The Wandering Earth" increased by tens of millions.

This change in the box office, when accumulated in the future, is very likely to allow "The Wandering Earth" to break through the 5 billion mark. A science fiction movie with a box office of 5 billion is enough to bring more help to the development of domestic science fiction movies.

Of course, the prerequisite is to suppress "The Fortress", so that this movie won't close the door that science fiction movies have finally opened.

When Zhou Mo thought of this, he suddenly felt that he had done a great deed.

He had already arranged plans for M鹿M for the next few years several years ago, so no one in this life had ever asked M鹿M to film "The Fortress of the Magic City".

Moreover, he had not heard of any news about "Magic City Fortress" in the industry.

Of course, Zhou Mo was not completely relieved because of this. He was still keeping a close eye on whether there were any moves related to "Fortress" in the industry.

He vaguely remembered that in his previous life, Teng Huatao only took less than three months to finish filming "The Fortress of the Devil City". He enjoyed the filming very much and his efficiency was extremely high.

At the same time, the audience also enjoyed the show very much and the efficiency was maximized——

The movie was less than half an hour in and the theater was half empty.

In such a situation, the movie was bound to fail. Teng Huatao has never directed a movie since then, and the film resources of the leading actor M鹿M are completely ruined.

"It seems that we need to find a time to publicize the harm of junk science fiction movies and try our best to discredit those shoddy and fake things in advance..."

"Director Zhou...Director Zhou?"

The assistant's voice woke Zhou Mo from his thoughts.

"Ah... where were we talking about?" Zhou Mo let out a long sigh, feeling more and more that his arrangements were truly fruitful.

In a corner that no one noticed, he had completed a "rescue" of the field of science fiction movies.

"It's time to talk about the box office expectations for the next day."

"Well, tell me."

"Well... From the data we have received so far, the second day's box office of "Eastern Han" is expected to be the same as the first day, still at 4.5 million. "The Wandering Earth" has achieved a big decline, and the second day's box office is expected to exceed 3 million, reaching 3.3 million.

The box office of "Crazy Alien" dropped by more than 1.4 million yuan on the second day, and the single-day box office barely broke through 2.2 million yuan.

As for The New King of Comedy, it's even worse. It's already afternoon, and their single-day box office is only over 60 million. Even if there is a wave of audiences going to watch this movie in the evening, the single-day box office will only be 90 million, and there won't be much more."

Just as he finished speaking, a slightly shocking voice suddenly appeared beside Zhou Mo.

"What do you think the next-day box office forecast for The New King of Comedy is?"

"Barely 90 million."

"Fuck! Ninety million!"

Zhou Mo raised his eyebrows, turned around, and saw Da Tiantian with a shocked look on her face.

Da Tiantian also noticed what she said. When Zhou Mo looked over, she coughed twice and said with a little embarrassment: "Well... it's a bit beyond imagination."

Zhou Mo smiled and shook his head. He could actually understand Da Tiantian's shock.

Even though he had witnessed history, when he heard the three words "ninety million", he still felt that it was a little beyond his expectations.

As far as I can remember, although the previous version of "The New King of Comedy" also suffered a Waterloo on the second day, it at least maintained a nine-digit figure, which should be around 1.1 million.

Ninety million in this life is indeed shocking.

Although judging from the actual data changes, the box office of "New Joy" in the previous life dropped even more in the first two days (1.6 million), this life is only 1.4 million.

But the change in digits from nine to eight is much more shocking than the change in digits within the same digit.

Da Tiantian suddenly said, "Zhou Xingxing is going to have a hard time."

Zhou Mo nodded slightly.

In just one day, the box office was cut in half... no, it was cut in half by a huge margin, which is an extremely rare news in the circle.

You know, even a movie of the level of "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" took only four days to last before its box office was halved.

The New King of Comedy dropped by more than half at once...

In the same situation, the only similar movie that Zhou Mo remembers is "Magic City Fortress".

Yes, it’s the weird “Magic Fortress” again.

The box office revenue dropped from over 70 million on the first day to just over 20 million on the second day.

On the third day, only 10 million were left.

Moreover, the release time of "Fortress of Devil May Cry" happened to coincide with the weekend, which means that on the next day, Saturday, when everyone had time to watch movies, the box office of this movie started to cut from the ankles.

Now, the box office trends of the two movies are similar, and Stephen Chow's commercial value will inevitably be similar to that of Teng Huatao.

"By the way, have you seen the news about The Mermaid 2 announced by the Big and Small Wangs these past two days?"

Da Tiantian shook her head.

“No… I guess they saw that the box office was okay yesterday, so they thought they would wait for two days until the box office started to decline before announcing the film to bring in a wave of traffic.

Who knew that today, when the box office of "The New King of Comedy" came out, I couldn't say anything. If I said it at this time, no matter how I explain it, I will be scolded. "

Zhou Mo nodded. For most movies that the audience has high expectations for, if they encounter a Waterloo, it will happen earlier than this process.

The audience went to the movies with great expectations, but not only did they not see the movie they wanted, they were also extremely disappointed. They will definitely find an outlet to vent their emotions.

This outlet can be an actor, director, crew, production company, investment company, etc.

However, due to the special circumstances of "The New King of Comedy", there is only one person in the entire crew who can become an outlet for the audience:
Zhou Xingxing.

Zhou Mo thought about it and guessed, "But it's unlikely that they will never respond. The crew of "New Happiness" will definitely have to apologize in the end to ease the audience's emotions to a certain extent."

Da Tiantian asked: "Based on your understanding of Zhou Xingxing, do you think he will come out and apologize?"

Zhou Mo thought for a moment and nodded, "I think so. Given Zhou Xingxing's current situation, if he doesn't apologize, it basically means his credibility will collapse... Although his box office appeal has actually collapsed a lot after Journey to the West, but with the box office trend of The New King of Comedy, if he doesn't give some reaction, don't expect audiences to watch his works in the future."

Da Tiantian proposed another idea.

"What about withdrawing the film? Is that possible?"

Zhou Mo shook his head and said, "It's impossible. With this box office and this trend, the audience will probably remember it for several years.

The withdrawal is for the purpose of rescheduling the film and making money at another time, but "The New King of Comedy" cannot make money a second time, so they must make every penny they can make this time."

Da Tiantian thought so too, and just as she was about to speak, a post she saw last night suddenly popped into her mind:

"Based on the trend of Xinxi, it will lose first..., then lose..., and finally lose to Boonie Bears."

She immediately took out her phone and searched for yesterday's post while saying to the assistant on the other end of the phone, "By the way, what is the box office forecast for Boonie Bears today?"

The assistant checked and replied, "The box office forecast is over 84 million."

More than 84 million.

Da Tiantian paused as she looked injured. If the total amount was more than 84 million, then the difference between the two movies would only be a few million, right?

And according to this trend, "Boonie Bears" will be able to defeat "The New King of Comedy" tomorrow.

Oh my god, the bear is eating people!
(End of this chapter)