Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 626 Predicting Box Office (44)

Around 10 p.m., Shen Yan returned home…

The promotional marketing for "The Big Shot 2" has been underway for some time, with 5000 million yuan spent on ticket subsidies...

They launched a 9.9 yuan ticket subsidy campaign worth tens of millions of yuan, achieving a pre-sale box office of 8000 million yuan and 400 million movie tickets sold in the first week.

What do 400 million movie tickets represent?
This means the box office has exceeded 100 million!

Yes, the movie hasn't even been released yet, but it's already grossed over 100 million!
But it's not without competition. This time, "Breakup Buddies" also partnered with Dianping, spending 4000 million yuan on ticket subsidies...

Ning Hao + Huang Bo + Xu Zheng, the iron triangle lineup!

A bunch of marketing accounts and self-media outlets are touting that anything produced by the Iron Triangle (a popular tech media group) is guaranteed to be a masterpiece…

It's true, "Crazy Stone," "Crazy Racer," and "No Man's Land" are all rare gems...

But you can't exaggerate its merits to the skies, making it sound like "The Big Shot 2" is definitely a terrible movie...

Moreover, "Breakup Buddies" has a guaranteed release of 5 million yuan.

For Brother Song's first battle to establish his reputation, he will definitely use every means at his disposal!
However, "The Big Shot 2" was released five days earlier than "Breakup Buddies," which is called having the first move.

……

I got home and felt a bit bored.

I simply turned on my computer and started browsing Weibo…

Get ready to see the shocking words from Kai Ko's fans.

Comments like, "Don't even mention drugs, I'd love you even if you ate shit," and "So what if he's on drugs? If you think he's handsome even on drugs, please give this a like."

Well, there are two main steps: First, firmly deny it, and then insult netizens: your whole family is on drugs, and so on.

Then she said: "It's no big deal if he's on drugs. Even if he's on drugs, I still love him! I'll be there for him to rebuild his life!"
By the way, there's a saying going around that if Kai Ko falls from grace, the four top celebrities will be reaping the rewards!

Pure nonsense.

Before Kai Ko's scandal: Wu Fanfan left EXO in April. He signed a contract with Xu Jinglei for the film "Somewhere Only We Know".
Li Yifeng became a sensation in early June because of "Swords of Legends";

Lu Han... has absolutely nothing to do with him!
Lu Han became an instant sensation after debuting with EXO…

However, his 25 endorsements have indeed been taken up by rising stars!
Shen Yan has connections to Adidas running shoes, Canon EOS M cameras, and even the Levi's Commuter series…

Shen Yan has become the spokesperson for Levi's Commuter jeans line…

Let's skip Adidas to avoid having to boycott them again later...

By the way, there's something about Adidas.

Back then, Eason Chan terminated his contract with Adidas after boycotting Chinese brands.
That's a deal with "global endorsement + lifetime contract + the first Chinese designer"!

As a result, two months later, H&M was sold off, NBA broadcasts resumed, and Adidas sponsorships were secured...

One by one, the boycotts were fierce, and then immediately another celebrity accepted the endorsement...

Xie Ruolin: This is all... all... business!
Shen Yan shook his head and continued scrolling through Weibo, then received a call from Ji Xiang.

"What's wrong?"

"Can we pull 'The Martian' from its release date?"

Shen Yan glanced at the caller ID on his phone, confirmed it was Ji Xiang, and immediately snapped, "Are you drunk? Go wash your face and clear your head before you talk to me!"

"...Hello, this is Li Lianhua!"

"Sister Lotus?"

"My movie with Chen Kun will be released during next year's Spring Festival..."

Before she could finish speaking, Shen Yan interrupted her: "I advise you to change the release date. My box office expectation for 'The Martian' is 30 billion yuan, which will dominate the entire Spring Festival season. No matter which movie comes out, it won't work!"

"...Can't we really change the gear schedule?"

"The project cost 4.5 million yuan and we've spent over four years on it. We announced three years ago that it would be released during the 2015 Spring Festival!"

“Well… never mind… forget I said that…” Li Lianhua changed her tone: “Congratulations to my brother for winning three major awards at the Venice Film Festival!”

"Thank you, Sister Lianhua... Please give the phone to Ji Xiang!" Ji Xiang had probably turned off the speakerphone: "They were the ones who encouraged me to make the call..."

"You...you're the head of Spark Studio, you just listen to whatever they say?"

"They made a bet... the stake was a kiss!"

Shen Yan was completely bewildered: "Wait, was this a formal occasion?"

"It's definitely legitimate!"

"Would such a bet be made in a formal setting?"

Ji Xiang whispered, "...You don't attend these kinds of gatherings, you don't understand..."

"Who said I'm not going? I just finished having barbecue with Wu Jing, Deng Chao, and Wu Bai!"

Are there any women there?

“No,” Shen Yan shook his head, “but why would we need women for barbecue and beer?”

Ji Xiang: "What I meant by the dinner party was different from what you described... I can't talk to you anymore, the second one is coming up soon..."

"Dududu..."

Looking at the echo on his phone, Shen Yan pursed his lips...

Ji Xiang comes from Huayi Brothers, so he definitely carries some of Huayi's influence...

Huang Zhongjun's experience states that "business comes from friends and your social network," and that "in China, making friends is the primary productive force, surpassing all other productive forces."

Therefore, Ji Xiang also has a lot of friends...

But one thing he was very clear about was that content is king in the film industry; without good content, everything else is just bullshit!

Or rather, he knew very well that Spark Studio's success today was entirely due to Shen Yan!

Many of those big shots who wield the scepter of capital in their left hand and raise the wine glass of art in their right, freely switching roles in the arena of fame and fortune, are actually swimming naked in the tide of capital!

Shen Yan still trusted him...

I guess during the drinking party, someone mentioned "Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal" and then asked him to pull "The Martian" from its release date...

Ji Xiang had no choice but to put the call on speakerphone and make a call to Shen Yan!
……

"The core plot of 'The Big Shot 2' is what I heard from a guy on Tieba when I was browsing the forum: death sentence commuted to suspended death sentence, suspended death sentence commuted to life imprisonment, life imprisonment commuted to fixed-term imprisonment... and he was released in the fifth grade!"

"After I get out, I'll change my name, get plastic surgery in South Korea, and I can make a comeback very quickly..."

"Never mind whether what he said is true or not, is such a thing even possible? That's what I asked the police department, and they said that if officials protect each other, it's possible!"

"We've approved the project!"

"This also incorporates the recent high-profile student loan scandal..."

At the premiere of "The Big Shot 2," Shen Yan shared the origins of the script with the media and reporters...

Then a reporter mentioned "Police Story 2013"...

“Initially, I received an invitation from Wanda to create a crime thriller script suitable for Jackie Chan… I thought of the level-based system in ‘Game of Death’ and ‘Tai Chi Master’… four levels, and I even suggested the villains…” At this point, Shen Yan shrugged: “I don’t know why, but this script was abandoned!”

"and then?"

"Then I returned the script fee and kept the idea for myself... and that's how 'The Big Shot 2' came about... This movie is more of an action-packed thriller!"

"What are your box office predictions for 'The Big Shot 2'?"

Shen Yan first said, "Actually, the overseas rights for 'The Big Shot 2' have already guaranteed to recoup costs; the Toronto R&D Center sold the overseas rights for nearly $2000 million..."

Then he said, "I think the box office in mainland China should reach the level of the first film!"

"Over 12 billion?"

"Well, almost!"

(End of this chapter)