Entering the Chinese entertainment industry is like entering a deep sea

Chapter 731: Breaking million in a single day

At midnight the day after the premiere of "Vientiane Island", the Chinese original soundtrack of "Vientiane Island" was released on major music platforms at the same time.

The theme song is "The Lone Brave Man" sung by the big lung Deng Ziqi, which quickly reached the top three on major music charts as soon as it was released.

Li Chen slightly modified the lyrics to make them more suitable for "Vientiane Island", like the original lyrics: "We are all brave, the wound on your forehead, your differences, the mistakes you made."

Adapted to: "They are all ancient, the roar under the bronze, the fire sealed for a thousand years, fight! Fight! With the most courageous strength, to the roar and curse of the Classic of Mountains and Seas."

In just 24 hours, the number of downloads exceeded million. Just the high-pitched tune alone can only be sung by a few female singers with big lungs.

Yu Dong was very efficient. He had already taken action before noon, leaving the producers stunned.

Sina Entertainment News

"The premiere of 'Vientiane Island' shocked the industry! 'The White-Haired Witch' and 'See You Tomorrow' were urgently rescheduled to avoid it."

"Eastern monster movies are popular before they are released, and the summer schedule is reshuffled overnight."

"The shocking effect caused by the global premiere of Rongchen Pictures' "Vientiane Island" at the Shanghai International Film Festival yesterday continues to ferment."

"This morning, two blockbuster films originally scheduled to be released in July - the martial arts epic "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch: Kingdom of the Moon" and the art film "See You Tomorrow" announced that their release dates have been adjusted."

"This rare move was seen by the industry as the highest level of 'avoidance' of the market potential of 'Vientiane Island', and the Chinese summer movie schedule has therefore undergone a dramatic change."

"The White-Haired Witch: Kingdom of the Moon" (starring Huang Xiaoming and Fan Bingbing) is now released on August 8. The film company's reason: "The 1D conversion needs to be refined in the later stage."

"The new release date of "See You Tomorrow" (director Han Han's debut film): July 7. The film company explained: "To cooperate with the optimization of the national roadshow plan."

"The Hollywood Daily reported: For the first time in the Chinese film market, a local blockbuster forced many other films to reschedule."

"According to a person familiar with the matter, the senior management of Bona held a meeting overnight and believed that the same schedule would definitely become cannon fodder."

"Art film strategic retreat, Han Han responded cryptically on Weibo: Good food is never too late, the journey is long."

"Rongchen Pictures has obtained the golden window period from July 7 to 18. The industry estimates that the box office of "Vientiane Island" in its first week is expected to hit 27 million."

Early in the morning, the top headlines on Weibo's hot searches were dominated by the release date changes of two films released by Bernard.

Netizens have turned into complaining kings.

"My brother Xiao Ming is just swallowing his pride and giving way to the supporting role in The White-Haired Witch in order to make way for the supporting role in Vientiane Island."

"Huang Xiaoming: I choose to live!"

"Han Han's move is comparable to the drift on Akina Mountain."

“I suggest that Tiny Times 2 also be rescheduled, or Guo Xiaosi will have to experience the real version of Battle Royale in Shanghai!”

"From now on, July 7th should be designated as China's Monster Movie Day. When Wan Xiang comes out, all fairies and demons will give way!"

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At around 6 a.m. on June 24, Guo Jingming was also in the crisis public relations meeting room on the 17th floor of LeTV Building.

The CEO of LeTV Pictures pushed a stack of data in front of Guo Jingming: "Bernard's "White-Haired Witch" withdrew, and Han Han also backed down. If we insist on "Vientiane Island", we will be courting death."

Guo Jingming lowered his head, his bangs covering his eyes: "So we have to flee to August like a stray dog? Is that panda so scary? Will my Tiny Times 8 still be able to be released?"

"We don't have to run away, but we don't need to be so hard on the box office. Bona's Yu Dong is no pushover. If the premiere of Vientiane Island hadn't shown its terrifying box office potential, Yu Dong wouldn't have run away."

Guo Jingming raised his head and seemed to accept his fate, and he forced a smile: "You decide, Mr. Zhang, you are right, there is no need for us to go against money."

"Okay, let's set it for August 8th."

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Oriental Morning Post reported
“今日清晨6点，樂视影业与郭靖铭团队在紧急会议后宣布：原定7月14日上映的《小时代2：青木时代》调整至8月14日。据知情人士透露，改档决策过程堪称：黑色幽默式溃败。”

Li Chen had just arrived in Guangzhou with the "Vientiane Island" team when he heard the news that several dramas had been rescheduled.

Liu Yifei heard her husband mutter: What a sin!
"What did you say?"

Li Chen smiled and said, "Nothing."

If Guo Jingming's film release date is advanced, there might still be a way out, but if it is postponed to mid-August, then there is only one way out, which is death.

On the 27th, Deng Chao's debut film "The Breakup Master" and "Transformers 4" will face off against each other.

The screening rate of 53% is almost twice that of "The Good Wife", allowing "Transformers 4" to break the record again with a first-day box office of 1.7 million yuan.

It broke 4 million in two days and 6 million in three days. Although the film's reputation on Rotten Tomatoes has dropped to 15% freshness, it has not affected its dominance in the country at all.

Despite the disadvantage of being crushed in the screening rate, Deng Chao's "Breakup Master" still achieved a box office of 1.5 million in the first week, which is quite good.

Even though the word of mouth is worse than "Transformers 4", Deng Chao's exaggerated performance did bring a lot of laughter this summer.

Some netizens left a message online, saying that "Vientiane Island" should be advanced to compete with "Transformers 4".

Even if Li Chen agrees, the other four producers will not agree to this.

This is a real investment of 1.6 million US dollars. What's more, it is impossible for the producers of "Transformers 4" to see this scene happen.

Li Chen always instills an idea in Miss Liu, that is, don't look at these big names, especially the actresses of "Mou Girl", through filters.

On the last day of the month, Zhang's show of affection on Weibo went wrong, which opened Miss Liu's eyes. She saw the vulgar side of this actress who has always been known for her high-end international style.

Sina Entertainment News

On the night of June 6, Zhang Ziyi sent birthday wishes to her boyfriend Wang Feng on Weibo. Not only did she show a birthday cake that looked like Wang Feng, she also added a sentence "Love was made for me and you!"

"It can be seen that the two are in a relationship of love. Netizen Wang Xiaodai made trouble by commenting: "Is Zhang's English in reverse order? Are you and I having sex?" and called out to Zhang Ziyi: Hurry up and get the marriage certificate!"

"Afterwards, Zhang Ziyi angrily commented on his Weibo: "Bullshit, you're welcome."

Liu Yifei seemed a little unbelievable: "Is this her? Could her account have been hacked?"

Li Chen was amused by Miss Liu: "There is only one rare earth unit like this."

"I really can't imagine it. Is she still the elegant and unique international Zhang on the screen? How could she become like this?" Liu Yifei found it really hard to imagine how a person could change so abruptly and drastically.

Li Chen smiled and said, "Maybe she was like this originally. Now that she has met the King of Rock and Roll Gambling, she has completely returned to her true self."

"Just like you, you have changed after marrying me." Liu Yifei was immediately unwilling: "How have I changed?"

"You haven't changed, it's me who has changed. I can no longer argue with you, and I am often tricked by you."

Liu Yifei chuckled, threw herself into her husband's arms, slapped him twice and said angrily, "No way! I'm still the same me."

"From the beginning to the end, I have not changed. I was the same before and I will be the same in the future."

Li Chen held her in his arms, sniffed her hair, and gently stroked her ear with his chin, saying, "Me too."

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Huayi, which did not make any big moves at the Shanghai Film Festival, was indeed in secret contact with the Spring Festival Gala crew, just as Li Chen had expected.

However, Feng Xiaogang's attitude towards directing the Spring Festival Gala is that he wants to do it but also has reservations.

Apparently Li Chen had set too high a target for the Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Horse, which put Feng Xiaogang under a lot of pressure.

But Huayi now urgently needs good news to boost its half-dead stock price and morale.

Obviously, the Spring Festival Gala is an excellent stage.

Who doesn’t want to be on the Spring Festival Gala? Those who have never been on it naturally want to, and those who have been on it still want to be on it.

Perhaps upon learning that Feng Xiaogang will direct the Spring Festival Gala, Yao Chen and Yang Ying might even beg Wang Zhonglei to renew their contract.

"Xiaogang, you have to take this job no matter what, not only for Huayi but also for yourself. Zhang Yimou directed the Olympics and Li Chen directed the Spring Festival Gala. These are both major projects that attract global attention."

Feng Xiaogang scratched his head and said, "This is not a movie. If I mess up, at most 18,000 people will scold me. But if I mess up the Spring Festival Gala, there are so many Chinese people around the world. They can drown me with their spit."

Wang Zhonglei continued persistently: "Xiaogang, you are right to think so, but you also don't think about why the Spring Festival Gala program team came to you, why they didn't go to Chen Kaige, which shows that you have the ability."

"As long as you work hard, the company will fully support you. We will provide you with both people and money!"

Feng Xiaogang felt a headache after hearing this. Huayi currently has only a few big and small people. If he really wants to rely on these people, he might as well rely on his own Feng Xiaogang.

"Let me think about it, Zhonglei."

"Okay, no problem, but let me say one last thing, this may be the only chance you have in your lifetime."

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The overseas copyright of "Vientiane Island" at the Shanghai Film Festival sold a total of US$9300 million in North America, Europe, Southeast Asia, Latin America and Australia.

Fifteen European countries were bought out by France's Pathe for US$5000 million, Japan's Toho for US$1800 million, South Korea for US$1000 million, and Australia and Latin America for a total of US$1500 million.

Add to that the 8500 million RMB earned from two domestic patch ads, as well as the income from derivative products such as the soundtrack, and the other four producers were beaming with joy.

I can't wait to announce this good news to the world.

Perhaps only Han Sanping and Li Chen hope that "Vientiane Island" can be released a week or a few days earlier, so as to at least prevent "Transformers 4" from killing other Chinese-language films at the beginning of this summer season.

"Transformers 4" was indeed a huge hit. Although it performed poorly overseas, it earned nearly 12 billion yuan in China in just 15 days. Looking at this momentum, it will not be a problem for it to break the box office record held by "The Richest Man in Xihong City".

On the 16th, it was two days before "Vientiane Island" was released simultaneously around the world.

The box office of "Transformers 4" has reached 17 billion, breaking the box office record of "Chinese Police".

It also surpassed the box office record of "Maleficent" and became the runner-up on the Chinese box office list.

It is second only to "The Richest Tomato" with 17.4 billion. Even so, it still earns tens of millions every day.

In this way, "The Richest Tomato" will easily be dethroned as the Chinese film box office champion before the end of the one-month release period.

Under such circumstances, Han Sanping certainly could not remain indifferent.

Fortunately, Li Chen's "Vientiane Island" made him proud.

Han Sanping called Li Chen and learned that the people from Paramount had already applied to the bureau for an extension of the secret key.

However, Han Sanping's tone on the phone was very relaxed, judging from the existing pre-sale data alone.

"Island of the Immortal" will not only break the first-day and single-day records just set by "Transformers 4", but will also crush this steely "Transformers" in the two big voting bases of North America and Europe!
Li Chen naturally knew it clearly.

Han Saping called Li Chen to announce this good news, otherwise it would be too shameful for him to be the director.

China Film Report
"The first-day pre-sale of 'Vientiane Island' exceeded 2 million, setting a new record in film history! Domestic films have officially entered the 'single-day million era'."

"Surpassing the 4 million record of Transformers 1.7, the Oriental mythical beast opens a new era for the Chinese film industry."

"At midnight today, the first-day pre-sale box office of the oriental monster epic "Vientiane Island" produced by Rongchen Pictures exceeded 2 million yuan, crushing the 4 million yuan single-day box office record set by "Transformers 1.7"."

"It has become the first film in Chinese film history to exceed 200 million yuan in pre-sale. This figure not only marks that domestic films have officially entered the '200 million yuan club', but also means that Chinese audiences' confidence in local heavy-industry blockbusters has reached a historical peak."

“The pre-sale details are as follows (as of 7:17 on July 0)

“Total pre-sale: 2.03 million (including 3200 million for midnight sales)
“IMAX Theater: 5800 million (accounting for 28.6%, a record for Chinese films)
“黄金场次：全国15:00-21:00时段售罄率91%！”

"Wanda's AMC Theaters in North America urgently added 200 screens, and the trailer topped the YouTube trending list yesterday."

This pre-sale data made Wang Zhonglei depressed and he had no appetite the whole day.

"Brother, that bastard Li Chen is going to take back the box office champion title this time!"

"What can we do? This time you and I can only watch, you can't do anything!" Wang Zhongjun looked serious.

Wang Zhonglei is also clear in his mind that, to put it bluntly, this time "Vientiane Island" represents the face of all Chinese-language filmmakers.

If it weren't for "The Island of Vientiane", that bunch of junk Transformers that couldn't sell abroad might have really crushed all Chinese-language films!
Someone has already warned their brothers: Keep the big picture in mind at times like this!
As soon as the pre-sale box office news was announced, media from all walks of life flocked to the Rongchen Pictures building from all directions.

"Boss, Sixth Princess and Sina have sent invitations and want to do an exclusive interview with you." Yang Siwei called.

Li Chen smiled and said, "Besides the two of them, who else is there?"

Yang Siwei also smiled: "Boss, if you really want to listen, then I have to read them one by one."

"Forget it. I don't want to listen either. You can coordinate it."

(End of this chapter)