The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 521: Record-breaking, Ignored Person

[After three weeks, the box office of "La La Land" has successfully exceeded 11.2 billion US dollars! ]

[“La La Land” successfully surpassed “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” at the box office! ]

[La La Land is not far from the $18.45 billion box office of Titanic! ]

[Can Lyon break the global box office record that has been dormant for 10 years? ]

As the time approaches mid-April.

"La La Land" finally surpassed the historical movie box office record holders.

Especially in the past week.

It surpassed "Jurassic Park", which had a box office of 1993 million US dollars in 9.15.

Shrek 2004: The Monsters grossed $9.19 million in 2

Star Wars: Episode I, which grossed $1999 million in 9.25

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, which grossed $2002 million in 9.25

The Lion King, which grossed $1994 million in 9.68

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, which grossed $2001 million in 9.75

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest grossed $2006 billion in 10.66

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which grossed 2003 billion in 11.19

Now that the box office of "La La Land" has collapsed with the collapse of the real estate market, a large number of American people have begun to panic that their property has been embezzled.

This resulted in somewhat weak box office growth.

But even if it broke the $11 billion mark in three weeks, it still broke the fastest box office growth rate in film history.

It took 2 days for "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" to break the billion box office mark.

You should know that this movie was released during last year’s summer vacation!
Now, only a year has passed, and Zhang Chen has already advanced this record by more than a month.

The completely unreasonable speed of "La La Land" has broken everyone's cognition.

But there is no way, Zhang Chen’s marketing method is completely something that no other film directors or producers can learn.

Because of his identity, the allure of his concerts to major cities around the world, and the fact that they are completely detached from the traditional meaning of the word "movie".

This "wild" growth in box office revenue shocked everyone, and at the same time, they began to look forward to the "concert" they had been looking forward to for a long time.

There is no need for Zhang Chen’s team to promote it.

His fans and cities around the world have begun discussing it on social media.

"The box office has exceeded $800 million. Lyon should release the list of cities where the concert will be held, right?"

"I don't think it's that simple. Just look at the La La Land box office rankings in different cities on Tao Piaopiao."

"Now, apart from the United States taking 20 of the top 50 spots on the list, it seems like other countries have iconic cities on the list, right?"

"Except for the United States, other countries have basically ensured that they have a city on the list."

The city list that netizens are discussing was the one that Zhang Chen had someone make after the movie was released.

He also wants to make these cities inward-looking.

He wanted more people to know about the collapse of the U.S. housing market, so he needed to encourage more people to go to the movies.

The effect of promotion on social media is naturally not as good as that of those old forces that have been operating for a long time promoting on their own turf.

Therefore, the original purpose of this list is to make everyone think that this is the target city for Zhang Chen’s concert.

Now, in addition to the well-known cities in the United States such as New York, Los Angeles, Washington, etc., there are more than a dozen other cities on the list.

It has to be said that the film market and even the entire entertainment industry's consumer market depend on the consumption capacity of the United States.

As long as they can find sales channels in the United States, they won’t have to worry about their entertainment products not being able to sell at a high price.

In addition to the United States, many cities in other countries are also on the list.

China is Zhang Chen’s base camp.

Although the economic situation has developed rapidly in recent years, capital led by Zhang Chen has vigorously built film-related industries, especially the number of cinemas.

However, there is still a big gap in overall size and national consumption capacity compared with the United States.

So this time, China basically only has a few first-tier cities on the list.

For example, Yanjing in the north.

Lin'an, Jinling and Shanghai in the Yangtze River Delta region.

There are also the cities of Shenzhen and Guangzhou in the Pearl River Delta, and Hong Kong Island.

Inland areas have been desperately calling on people to go to the movies, but the results have been mediocre.

The main reasons are the population, consumption level and public awareness.

It was Sichuan Province, where Zhang Chen had promised to "donate" a concert, that performed brilliantly and contributed box office data that surpassed those of the surrounding communities.

However, due to its own strength, it can only rank around 70th on the list.

In Southeast Asia, five cities with cherry blossoms, including Tokyo and Kyoto, made the list.

In addition, other countries ensured that their largest cities were included in the top 50 of the list.

The same is true in Europe.

Due to the limitation of country area, they also know that their country's population is limited and cannot compare with those of large populous countries.

So it is basically guaranteed that one of their cities will be on the list.

These cities are mainly concentrated in Western European countries.

Finally, there is the desert area.

First up is the UAE.

This country is formed by the union of seven emirates. Except for the capital city of Bab Dhabi, the other six emirates have tried their best to book out the theaters and boost the box office.

Dubai is especially famous for spending money like paper.

The city of Dubai alone contributed $11 million of La La Land's $7000 billion box office.

Ranked fourth on the list.

The only three U.S. cities ahead of it are Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco.

In Africa, no city made the list.

A desert prince even made a statement.

He said that if Zhang Chen felt that this was not enough, he would give a movie ticket to all the citizens of his country.

All I hope is that the concert at their place can be more grand.

The outrageous box office of "La La Land" was inflated by those rich and powerful people who were jealous of the economic benefits of Zhang Chen's concert or were simply fans of Zhang Chen.

"At the beginning, Lyon promised that they would consider the concert if the box office reached 8 million US dollars. Now the box office has exceeded that much. Why are these cities still trying so hard to increase the box office?"

"Are you stupid? We are just judging by Leon, the famous lazy star. The concert may be held in fifty cities, but what if it is less than that?"

"That shouldn't be the case. One concert can make a lot of money. Other singers are worried that they won't have enough concerts every year."

“You also said that other singers hold concerts to make money. Is Leon short of money?”

"Uh"

"The real estate market in the United States has collapsed. As the one who blew the whistle on this crisis, will Lyon make less money?"

"By the way, how much money do you think Leon made during this crisis?"

“I don’t know the exact amount, but I bought the CG fund after watching the movie, and it has now increased by 56%.”

"Yes, if it weren't for this fund, I don't know how much money I would have lost due to this sudden crisis in our country!"

"My netizen from the beautiful country, how is the real estate market in your country now?"

"Some of those real estate bosses have jumped off buildings or gone bankrupt. Now house prices have dropped by 20% compared to a few months ago."

“How miserable.”

“It’s all because of Leon! I emptied my savings to buy this house, hoping to sell it for a fortune after it appreciates in value for a year. But now I’ve lost so much money that I want to jump off the building.”

"You can blame Leon for this? If it weren't for Leon, there would be more ordinary people going bankrupt in your country!"

“That’s right. Fortunately, Leon helped us discover this problem early and was willing to help us protect our property during the crisis.”

"Praise Leon! Praise La La Land!"

"It makes me want to donate a movie ticket again."

"Together!"

Social media around the world is all about the impact of the movie "La La Land".

Some people are sighing because they lost money on the house they bought with a loan.

Some people were not affected, but made a fortune by buying CG funds that shorted the U.S. real estate market.

There were also people who had mortgages on their homes during the crisis but subsequently bought funds to preserve their capital.

In short, in this crisis, there are as many people who praise Zhang Chen as there are people who hate Zhang Chen.

"Huh - I finally managed to keep public opinion under control."

On the top floor of the Morning Light Building, Zhang Chen stretched lazily.

He rubbed his slightly sore neck, stood up and poured himself a glass of water.

"Boss, Mr. Sun has been waiting in the reception room for three hours."

When Xue Yining saw that the boss had finished his work, she gave a timely reminder.

"What is my mother doing here?"

Although he said this, his body honestly stood up again and walked out the door.

"It seems to be related to Sissi."

"Xixi?" Zhang Chen paused. "What happened to her?"

Xue Yining followed Zhang Chen's footsteps and told him what she knew: "It seems that the album recording has encountered problems."

"With my mother and Yadong here, what problems could she have?" Zhang Chen turned around and asked curiously.

This skill of mine was passed down from my mother.

Although I have walked my own path now.

But when it comes to teaching Liu Yifei, her mother should be able to do it well, right?
"This..." Xue Yining was also puzzled and could only answer with an embarrassed look, "I don't know."

"Forget it, I'll go take a look."

For this matter, my mother has been waiting for me for three hours.

So even if it was a small matter, he had to go and take a look. The two walked along the empty corridor on the top floor.

Speaking of which, Zhang Chen's office space is very different from that of other bosses.

Other bosses are afraid that others don’t know how strong their financial resources are.

They will use some "elegant" works of art to decorate their facades.

Paintings and original works by deceased artists are their favorites.

In addition to being decorative, the huge price fluctuations of these things may be the main reason why these bosses like them.

However, Zhang Chen has had no chance to "communicate" this kind of art with others in recent years.

So his office area has remained empty.

He doesn't look like the richest man in China at all.

Walking in this kind of corridor, there is nothing else to focus your attention on except listening to the sound of your own footsteps.

Zhang Chen and Xue Yining walked on this empty road for ten minutes before they reached the reception room.

Without knocking, Zhang Chen pushed the door open and walked in.

"Mom, what do you want from me?"

To be frank, after he has dealt with his feud with Wall Street, he still has other things to deal with.

Even taking over the assets given to him by Wall Street required him to sign many, many documents.

Now his office is full of these things.

"Busy working?"

Sun Fangping was not surprised to see her son come in.

Just sitting on the sofa sipping tea, relaxed.

"I'm done for now." Zhang Chen sat down opposite her, poured himself a cup of tea and took a sip, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

"You're just like that all the time!" Sun Fangping put down her teacup and rolled her eyes at Zhang Chen. "You're obsessed with money, aren't you?"

Zhang Chen smacked his lips and didn't explain.

This stuff is too complicated and too hard to explain.

"You brat." Sun Fangping wanted to get angry when she saw her son like this.

But when he thought of some rumors he had heard recently, his expression softened again.

She didn't know the whole story.

But according to his aunt, Zhang Chen was in quite danger this time.

She was already very satisfied to see her beloved son safe and sound.

"Don't always think about scheming against others." Sun Fangping said gently, "You also have to take care of the people around you."

"Are you short of money?" Zhang Chen mentioned money.

There's no way I can help it. I've really been obsessed with money lately.

Every day when I open and close my eyes, I see strings of numbers, which have become muscle memory.

"What do you think?" Sun Fangping asked back with a stern face.

"Ahem." Zhang Chen coughed awkwardly and asked again, "Then..."

"There's a girlfriend at home whom you just announced. Have you forgotten?"

"Official announcement?" Zhang Chen was stunned. "When did I officially announce it?"

These words were like lighting a powder keg.

Sun Fangping slammed the table, stood up, pointed at Zhang Chen's nose and cursed.

"Well, you little brat, I let you fend for yourself, and you ended up developing such a heartless character?!"

"No. Please wait a moment!" Zhang Chen sat on the sofa and stretched out his hand to stop his mother from approaching.

"Please let me sort it out!"

"Think about it! Think about it after you understand it first!"

Sun Fangping was so angry that her chest heaved.

Zhang Chen also grinned and felt a little scared when he saw this.

After so many years, the image of my mother teaching me to sing when I was a child has come back to my mind.

Well, it's still so scary.

After Zhang Chen secretly complained in his heart, he began to reminisce.

The fact that Liu Yifei is his girlfriend must have been announced in front of many friends in the circle on the girl’s birthday, right?
Then what about this official announcement made by my mother?
Zhang Chen rubbed his brows and thought about what had happened recently.

After a moment, he remembered something.

"You don't mean the time when I held Sissi's hand at the press conference?"

Zhang Chen looked at his mother with a strange expression.

"What else?" Sun Fangping looked as if she had finally remembered something. "Want to regret it?"

"No." Zhang Chen widened his eyes.

At that time, he just wanted to divert the attention of the reporters and the people who saw the reporters' "speculation" from Yang Lijuan's affairs.

To put it bluntly, his main purpose is to create a topic that can trigger a "guessing game" among the entire nation.

This will be more talked about than a direct announcement.

And he remembered that he had never directly acknowledged their speculation to the public.

Afterwards, he just let you guess and did not confirm everyone's curiosity at all.

Zhang Chen thought that his mother's teasing at home was just a joke.

After all, their identities are here, and if they really admit their relationship to the public.

That is not as simple as the public opinion caused by media speculation.

He had already planned this matter.

In the early years, the two acted as siblings, which gradually rationalized their intimate behavior in public.

After the little girl grew up, the two of them would occasionally engage in intimate behavior in an effort to allow the public to gradually accept their interactions.

Further prepare for "desensitization" of their future public relationship.

Last time, I deliberately directed the gaze to the upper body, causing everyone to begin to doubt and to have a conflict of thought with the rationalizations they had previously believed.

Later on, it was the day when the relationship was made public.

When most people complained, "I guessed it a long time ago," Zhang Chen's preparations over the years were not in vain.

In his plan, it would take some time for the two of them to publicly acknowledge each other.

At this moment, my mother came to the door to ask
Zhang Chen looked at Sun Fangping with a serious face and felt that things were not simple.

"Mom, just tell me straight." Zhang Chen picked up the teacup again.

Sun Fangping stared at her son's face for a long time before slowly sitting down.

"Say what?"

Seeing that his mother was still pretending to be confused, Zhang Chen could only sigh helplessly.

"Why are you sighing?" Sun Fangping said meaningfully, "Don't keep everything to yourself, it will make the girl feel anxious every day."

"What could I possibly hide from her?" Zhang Chen disagreed. "She even knows what color pants I wear every day."

"Bah! You are so dishonest!" Sun Fangping said unhappily, "Alright, alright, as long as you have your own ideas, let's go."

"where to?"

"Didn't Yining tell you?"

"Oh!" Zhang Chen patted his confused head, "Xixi is recording a song downstairs?"

"That's good to know. It saves me from explaining." Sun Fangping took the lead and walked out.

"Since you are here in person, there is no need for me to give orders, right?"

Zhang Chen flattered him calmly.

Sun Fangping, who was walking in front, did not respond.

It was a long time before Zhang Chen heard his mother's answer.

"There are some things that only you can teach."

Zhang Chen looked blankly at Sun Fangping, who brought him to the door but turned and left.

Let him go in by himself?

Also, what does this mean?
Zhang Chen hesitated at the door of the recording studio for a long time before slowly pushing the door open.

A piece of music, accompanied by Zhang Chen's familiar voice, entered his ears.

"If you leave
What will you get?

It's sad and lonely
Or the next one

Not letting go is an excuse
I endured the pain

"

You can tell that the singer is trying hard to suppress his emotions.

She was trying hard to keep her voice steady.

But the unstoppable tremor still exposed her emotions.

“I’m leaving
Don't be sad anymore

I don't want to say anything anymore.

Remember to be happy in the future
There aren't so many causes and effects in this world.

Maybe after I leave

Give you a feeling of freedom

There was a moment
I really want to marry you home
Under social pressure

"

Listening to the song that had already started sobbing.

Zhang Chen stood outside the open door, silent and did not go in.

(End of this chapter)