Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 877 Director Zhou, we want to make a wood sculpture for you
Almost two meters long wood sculpture?!
Zhou Mo opened the picture forwarded by Henry, which showed three young people and a huge wood sculpture from Alsace.

"It's really outrageous." Zhou Mo sighed repeatedly.

After a while, Henry's voice sounded again.

"Hello, Zhou, have you seen the photo?"

"I saw it. Tell me, what happened?"

“It’s like this, after the three young men finished the wood carving, they found that it was too big to be transported reliably, so they had to contact me directly to see if there was any way to transport it.

I don't know anyone in China, and the first person I thought of was you, Zhou. For the sake of our friendship, you will definitely help me solve this problem, right?"

"Sure, no problem. Please send me the contact information of those three people and I will discuss with them how to solve the problem."

"Okay, thank you very much!"

A moment later, several more contact accounts appeared on Zhou Mo's phone.

He took a look and saw that it started with 137.

"Are you from Suzhou?"

If it is from Suzhou to Yanjing, which is more than a thousand kilometers, you do need to be confident in arranging the transportation.

Zhou Mo called his assistant and asked him if he knew how to solve these problems.

"Long-distance transportation? Yes, boss. Yes, our company often transports some large equipment over long distances, some weighing several tons and some weighing dozens of tons. A tree section that is more than two meters high should only be one meter when laid flat. There is no problem transporting it."

"Okay, then please help me contact the driver and have him deliver this Alsatian wooden stake to me later."

Zhou Mo skillfully handed the task to his assistant.

The time came to that afternoon.

Zhou Mo had just finished his promotion when his assistant called him.

"Director Zhou, the three fans have already been contacted. Our company will arrange a truck to deliver the wood carvings intact."

"Okay, have you agreed on the price with them?"

"We talked about the price, but those three fans didn't want to pay. After I discussed it with them, they said they wanted a set of Arthas armor made by our company. I have already agreed to their request."

"Okay, well... give them three sets, one for each person. Also, give them a few invitations to the celebration party. As long as they are willing to come, the company will reimburse the tickets."

Zhou Mo knew that wood carvings were quite valuable, and the more they were carved, the more valuable they became.

A wood sculpture that is more than two meters high must have a few Ws.

After all, the technical level is here.

A set of Arthas armor in the company costs five figures, and they just give one set to each person, so the fans won’t suffer any loss.

"No problem." The assistant said, "Hmm," and then said, "Also, Director Zhou, the first day box office of Warcraft 2 is out, 4.1 million."

4.1 million?

Zhou Mo's eyes lit up.

So high?
According to his expectations, based on the box office of "Warcraft 2", "Warcraft 1" will definitely have a first-day box office of more than 3 million yuan, and 3.5 million should be about the same.

The extra 60 million is purely a pleasant surprise.

"You are indeed the most inconspicuous middle-aged gaming group. It's fine if you don't spend money, but once you spend money, the world will collapse... By the way, how is America doing?"

"The data for America is a bit messy and is still being compiled, but judging from some of the data, it will not be lower than that of Warcraft 1."

It will not be lower than "Warcraft 1", which means that the North American box office on the first day of "Warcraft 2" should not be less than 7 million US dollars.

Thinking of this, Zhou Mo let out a sigh of relief.

It looks like he can have a good sleep tonight.

"Okay, then I'll ask you to keep an eye on the data. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me."

"no problem."

a few days later.

Henry finished his promotion in America and flew to Yanjing.

The moment Zhou Mo picked up Henry at the airport, the guy started clamoring to see photos of the wood carving.

"Zhou, hurry up, let me get some help!"

Ok? ? ?
Zhou Mo looked at Henry with a weird expression.

"No, where did you learn that?"

Henry was confused and didn't understand why Zhou Mo reacted so strongly.

"On the Internet. I taught myself Chinese some time ago from some Chinese bloggers."

Zhou Mo's mouth twitched.

"These words have special meanings in the Chinese context... Never mind, it's too much trouble to explain, just remember not to say these words."

“Ahh.” Henry nodded and continued, “What about the photo of the wood carving?”

Zhou Mo took out his cell phone and sent the photo to Henry.

"Here, just take a look at it yourself. Besides..."

Zhou Mo rummaged in his backpack again and took out a small wooden sculpture, slightly larger than a fist, which were also two types of Xingtian from Arthas.

"This, I'll give it to you."

Henry's eyes lit up when he saw the wood carving.

"this?"

"It was also given to you by those young men. They didn't know if you could take the big wooden sculpture back, so they carved a small one for you in advance."

Henry played with the wood carving back and forth, and felt quite fond of this exquisite little object.

"Thank them very much, Zhou. Are they from Yanjing? If possible, I would like to thank them in person."

"No, they are from another place, but I have invited them to our celebration banquet. They should come to Yanjing in a while. You can give them a few more autographs and take a few more photos with them then."

"That's easy to say."

The two returned to the company along the way.

On the way, Henry learned about the current situation of "World of Warcraft 2" from Zhou Mo.

In just one week, the total box office of "Warcraft 2" in China has exceeded 21 billion yuan, and in other regions except China, it has earned a total box office of more than 4 million US dollars.

It can be said that it is a foregone conclusion that "Warcraft 2" will surpass the total box office of "Warcraft 1" of over 10 billion. At present, it only depends on how far "Warcraft 2" will reach.

For this, Zhou Mo is actually somewhat grateful to Blizzard for its persistence in committing suicide over the years.

It is Blizzard that has committed suicide time and time again, and has repeatedly lowered its own reputation in the eyes of the audience.

That's why Zhou Mo was able to raise the banner of "The Warcraft movie is the authentic Warcraft" in different markets, and attract more and more audiences to the theaters to watch the movie while constantly complaining about Blizzard.

It can be said that every movie ticket sold by the company is due to Blizzard.

He really made me cry to death.

After a while, they arrived at the company.

Henry suddenly asked, "That is to say, judging from the current situation, the only movie that is qualified to compete with us at the end of this year is Frozen 2?"

"Yes, the global box office of Frozen 2 was similar to that of Warcraft 2, or even higher."

Zhou Mo nodded.

As the second film in a series, "Frozen 2" does not have as many sentimental fan base as "Warcraft 2", but the low threshold of animated films enables it to attract a large number of audiences who want to watch the movie around the world.

Especially for families whose children insist on watching a movie, often three or four people go out together to watch a movie.

As for "Warcraft 2", either a group of people watch it together, or a middle-aged person watches the movie over and over again.

It is not uncommon for families to watch movies together.

Henry asked again: "Does Frozen 2 have a chance to break through the $15 billion box office?"

"At the moment, not yet. Their current expectation is around 14 billion+."

Henry nodded, gaining a more comprehensive understanding of the situation in Warcraft 2.

"It seems like we have a chance to be among the top 15 box office hits in history?"

"almost."

Currently, the dividing line between the top fifteen in the global movie box office rankings is around 15 billion.

Ranked first is, unsurprisingly, "Avengers 4", which was released in February this year.

This film, which was the product of ten years of planning and one-day harvest, broke several world records as soon as it was released.

First day box office, first weekend box office, first week box office, attendance rate...

After "Avengers 4", there will be a series of blockbusters such as "Avatar", "Titanic", "Star Wars 7", and "Avengers 3".

Zhou Mo currently has a movie on the list.

That's Arkham Knight: Part Two.

With a total box office of over 15 billion US dollars, it beat "Avengers 1" and "Fast and Furious 7" and ranked eighth.

Judging from the current situation, "Warcraft 2" is likely to become his second movie to rank among the top 15 in the world.

"Of course, the premise is that we need to work harder to promote the film in the next few days and try to attract more audiences."

"That's no problem at all. I've been prepared for it." Henry said without hesitation.

In the next few days, a big guy joined the promotion team of "Warcraft 2".

The addition of this big guy obviously brought a lot of extra benefits to the movie.

For three consecutive days, "Warcraft 2" reversed the single-day box office.

Time quickly came to the new year.

On January 2st, the sixteenth day after the release of "Warcraft ", Zhou Mo took advantage of the holiday to hold a celebration party for the movie.

Similar to the celebration party for "Warcraft 1", it is still actors + fans.

The difference is the huge Alsatian wood sculpture on the stage.

On the day of the celebration banquet, all members attending the banquet, whether they were actors or fans, would subconsciously express their feelings when they first saw the wood carving.

"Director Zhou, is this a new peripheral developed by your company?"

"Director Zhou, how much does this thing cost? Can it be customized? If so, I'll get one too."

"Tiantian, when did your company launch the new business?"

People kept asking Zhou Mo for information about the wood carving. Zhou Mo told the truth that it was made by the three Henry's fans themselves. However, many people's first reaction was not to believe it.

"Fan-made, are you kidding me? The cost and time of making this thing, is it something that fans can make?"

Zhou Mo was helpless in the face of such a reaction.

So, when the banquet started, he directly pulled the three young people onto the stage.

"Everyone, these three are the fans who made this Alsace statue. Their family runs a wood carving workshop. If you really want to buy similar wood carvings, just contact these three."

Only then did everyone completely believe that such a large wooden sculpture was actually the masterpiece of three young fans.

At the same time, three fans cast grateful glances at Zhou Mo.

Although they are young, they also know the value of Zhou Mo's words.

You know, everyone here today is from the entertainment industry.

The flow is immeasurable.

It can be said that after Zhou Mo's introduction today, if one in ten people present were interested in their wood carvings, and another one in ten really wanted to buy their wood carvings, then their wood carving business would take off immediately.

The three of them immediately expressed their gratitude to Zhou Mo.

Zhou Mo waved his hand: "It's okay, I'm just advertising for you, the real strength is still your own craftsmanship..."

After introducing the wood carving, Zhou Mo returned to his seat.

Da Tiantian sat next to him, handed him a hot towel after he sat down, and said casually:
"Just now I thought you were going to cooperate with those three fans to do wood carving business?"

"Why do you think so?"

"I've never seen you advertise so formally at other times."

Zhou Mo shook his head and explained with a smile: "It was just a sudden idea. Although the three of them are engaged in wood carving, their place is relatively small and they can't do too much business.

In addition, wood is easily damaged, so if we make peripheral products, the profit will be too small, so it is better to give them an advertisement, just as if it were a promotion for the movie. "

Datiantian nodded and understood what Zhou Mo said.

After eating something, she asked about the situation of "World of Warcraft 2".

"In the first half of the month, the total domestic box office of Warcraft 2 exceeded 30 billion, and the total box office in other regions exceeded 6 million dollars. Judging from the current trend, it is certain that we will exceed 14 billion dollars. Now we have to see if we can go further."

Da Tiantian had been busy with the "Three Kingdoms" work and only returned to the company yesterday afternoon. She had no time to pay attention to the news about "World of Warcraft 2" at all.

I was a little surprised when I heard the number 14 billion.

"so much?"

"Well, Henry has helped the movie box office quite a bit. He's very popular in America right now, and many people go to see the movie just for his name."

"The movie consumption level in A-mei is still much higher than in China." Da Tiantian sighed, and after thinking for a while, she said: "I don't know if "Three Kingdoms" has a chance to reach the same level as "Warcraft 2"."

Zhou Mo raised his eyebrows: "Are you asking about domestic or international affairs?"

"Ask them all."

Zhou Mo thought for a while and replied: "For domestic, there should be no problem. For international, I will be satisfied if I can get one-third of the level."

Da Tiantianxin did some calculations and came to a conclusion.

"That is to say, the domestic box office of Three Kingdoms will definitely exceed 30 billion for a single movie, and as for the international box office, million is about the same?"

"Yes, this should be the bottom line. I'm not sure about the higher figures."

As soon as he finished speaking, three people walked over to Zhou Mo.

"Director Zhou, the three of us would like to make a wooden sculpture of you. What do you think?"

(End of this chapter)