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Chapter 88 The Hero's Sword Points at the Titanic [Please give me a monthly ticket! ]

On October 10th, still on the set of My Love from the Star, Li Wenyu had just finished filming a set of daily performance shots when Xiao Yang came running over and said, "Brother Yu, Director Zhang and Zhang Ziyi are here to visit the set."

"Sister Bingbing is outside greeting Zhang Ziyi. It looks quite lively."

Old Li, “…”

Zhang Yimou and Zhang Ziyi are here? That's right, Hero is out!

The publicity and promotion cooperation is about to become popular.

This was agreed upon long ago.

The blockbuster Hero will be released nationwide from December 12th to 14th.

But in order to compete for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, Zhang Yimou had to meet the prerequisite of having the film screened in China for more than seven days when nominated.

It was released in Shenzhen on October 10th, the day before yesterday. It will be screened for seven days before being released and then waiting for the Hollywood Oscars.

Are you really waiting until December? That would be too late. It would be too late to apply for the finalists.

Li Wenyu told the crew to take a break, then stood up and went outside to pick up Director Zhang. When he arrived outside the filming area, he saw Pang Bing chatting and laughing with Qin Lan, Wang Luodan and Zhang Ziyi.

Master Zhang was chatting with Chen Mingming and Zhen Zaidan.

When they saw Lao Li, they greeted him warmly.

Old Li walked over and shook Director Zhang's hand. "I wish Director Zhang's movie a huge global hit. It's sure to be a huge hit. I heard the audience response is very good."

"This blockbuster has been honed for several years and finally came to fruition."

The European and American cinema distribution rights for Hero were also sold for US$1500 million, double the US$800 million for The Tuner.

With the current trend of still being able to enjoy the benefits of the "One More Ticket" event, "One More Ticket" will be able to help "Hero" reach a box office of 3 million in mainland China.

Zhang Yimou smiled like a 100-pound child, "Thank you Director Li for your kind words. How about our collaboration?"

Li Wenyu nodded, "This time we'll be collaborating both online and offline. Director Zhang, if you can convince Jet Li and Liang Chaowei to cooperate with the Hero Roadshow promotion."

"If we go to a few more cities, we can probably increase the box office by tens of millions. Are you ready?"

The two first talked about cooperation in December last year.

At the end of the discussion, Li Wenyu received 5% of the after-tax box office revenue of Hero in mainland China, which is similar to the situation of Kung Fu Hustle. If Pang Bing is willing to play the leading female role in Director Zhang's next movie, she can star in it. If not, Shi Guang will push her to play the second female role.

Heroes require a bigger investment than Kung Fu.

Li Wenyu only planned the publicity and promotion, and the 5% he took was also from the new picture. If it weren't for the fact that the sound engineer of "The Shallows" bombarded 2.3 million in the mainland.

It's difficult to negotiate this 5%.

After signing the contract, Li Wenyu came up with a publicity and promotion strategy, which included a roadshow model that exhausted the star creative team, and added a network of internet trolls to create hype and build reputation.

It will be a box office hit!
Hero chose to hold the premiere in the annex hall of the Great Hall, which was a prototype of a roadshow, but only a prototype.

That was the director and star communicating with the audience and reporters for about 10 to 20 minutes at the premiere, and that was it.

It’s really crazy that the roadshow is different.

From The Breakup Master to Wolf Warrior, and a certain Dapeng's Pancake Man, the Pancake Man bad movie team went on roadshows in 40 cities, with 6 to 10 cinemas in each city.

From interactive Q&A to activities with fans and audiences, giving gifts and interacting with them, etc.

It can be called the era of marathon roadshows.

The terrible movie Pancake Man took in 11.59 billion at the box office!!

It's no use for you to just hold a grand premiere. Learn from Dapeng's crazy marathon roadshow of 40 times 6 or 10.

Considering that in this era, there is still a relatively long distance between big directors and big stars and the audience, the effect is definitely good.

The Pancake Man was born in 2015, and Weibo has entered the post-era information cocoon.

The Pancake Man is not the most ruthless one. At the end of 2015, no one expected that the team would run 500 roadshows in more than a month.

Stephen Chow's Mermaid, apart from the marketing, owes Stephen Chow a movie ticket, and he also went on roadshows in dozens of cities.

If you want a box office of 20 to 30 billion in mainland China, what's wrong with running around?
If you dared to take a group of stars on a roadshow at the end of 2002, even without Encore, the box office would have exceeded 3 million. With Encore and the cooperation of online water army,

The hero also has a strong reputation.

It is worth looking forward to whether it can reach 3.5 million. A box office of 3.5 million yuan means that Time has earned tens of millions!
Of course, the hero team's marathon does not need to be as intense as that of Pancake Man. The number of big screens in the early stage is limited, and no matter how much they run, they cannot get more theaters out of thin air.

Run one day and rest one day, and running a marathon every two or three months is more appropriate.

After hearing this, Zhang Yimou was instantly embarrassed.

Zhang Ziyi smiled and said, "Excuse me, Director Li. When Director Zhang invited Brother Jie, he asked for extra money. That's normal."

"I invited Liang Chaowei, but he said he was privately afraid of socializing and interacting with the audience while playing games, so he didn't dare go..."

"Sister Manyu agreed readily, and Teacher Chen, Teacher Zhen, and I also gave it our all."

Fat Bing and her hadn't even gotten to this point in their conversation. After hearing this, Fat Bing almost laughed so hard that he rubbed his belly. "It's normal for Jet Li to ask for a raise. He's paid almost 10 million in blades, and he gets a lot of discounts for playing a hero."

She could only complain privately that Liang Chaowei was a weirdo.

Could there be a better reason to refuse?

When Li Wenyu instructed his assistant to bring tea to Chen Yuming and Zhen Zaidan, he also said with emotion, "Director Zhang, you are also my senior. Let's be honest."

"A tuner can earn 2.3 million RMB in mainland China. Your estimate for a hero is at least 3 million, right?"

There are many brilliant events, such as The Demon Cult Leader Sequel, Unforgettable, and Infernal Affairs 1, which were all hits. From the summer to now, there are also some works that are doing well.

For example, "The Mouse Loves the Cat" originally earned 2300 million yuan, and was released on September 9 this year during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it could also be released during the National Day holiday.

After more than a month of screening, the film has accumulated 4500 million yuan in box office revenue in mainland China and has not yet been taken off the screen.

Brother Hua and Media Asia won again.

The leading female role Dong Li and the second female role Yang Xi also became popular.

The Lion Roars in Hedong, in which Dong Li plays the second female lead, is also waiting for a release date.

Zhang Yimou's blood boiled when he heard this. "Yes, I really dared to think about 3 million. At least I dared to think about it in my dreams."

"When investors asked me if I wanted Jet Li, I didn't even dare to think of hiring someone as big as him."

Li Wenyu complained, "If Jet Li and Liang Chaowei went on a roadshow together for dozens of days, doing activities and interacting with fans, giving gifts and so on."

"Hero has a chance of breaking Titanic's record and taking the top spot on China's box office charts."

"In real life, coupled with my online promotion of the hero's reputation, he's ranked first on the Chinese movie box office charts. Do you want one, Senior Brother?"

Even Chen Mingming, Zhen Zaidan and Zhang Ziyi were so excited after hearing these words.

You have to know that various Hollywood blockbusters have impacted the world and destroyed the local manufacturing of countless countries.

In today's Chinese film and television circles, the thought of Titanic's 3.6 million box office horror is really enough to make one shudder.

The hero achieved 2.5 million in one step, which boosted the confidence of the Chinese-language film industry and proved to the whole country that we can do it.

Lao Li's impressive debut is gradually strengthening this confidence.

What if this year we rely on heroes to break the Titanic record?

But Li Wenyu is not bragging!
Another ticket is coming in conjunction with the marathon roadshow. When Weibo was just born, there were not so many variety shows that allowed audiences and fans to deeply understand what kind of people their idols were in private.

The hero creators have strong appeal.

After a few seconds of silence, Zhang Yimou cursed, "You're so scared, you don't dare to go. It's just a price increase. I'll go back and talk to Weiping. Li Lianjie and Liang Chaowei have already paid the money."

I never dared to imagine having 300 million before.

When Lao Li, who was the planner and sound engineer of The Shallows, gave him a morale boost like this, Zhang Yimou felt a little inflated. Did he want to destroy the glorious peak of Titanic?

This is an extraordinary stimulation for filmmakers.

You think getting another ticket is cheating? No, a ticket for Titanic is much more expensive than other movies.

When The Shallows was released, tickets in mainland China cost 20 to 30 yuan each. That was at the end of 2001, while in 1998 the average ticket price in mainland China was 15 yuan each.

The lowest price for Titanic is 25 yuan, and because the movie was divided into two parts and sold twice, the cinema charged 50 yuan for watching it once.

If you ask the tuner to sell tickets for 50 yuan each, it is equivalent to a box office of to million yuan in the mainland.

From March to the end of December, many new cinemas were built, including capital opening ten branches at a time.

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After a while, Zhang Yimou and others came to visit the set.

The crew of "My Love from the Star" has finished work and gone on vacation. It is now determined how much box office revenue the hero can make and whether it can break the terrifying record of Titanic.

Give the title of China's No. 1 box office hit to Chinese films...

This matter is also of great significance.

During the wrap-up process, Pang Bing leaned over to Li Wenyu and said, "Brother Yu, I still find this a little unbelievable." "Jet Li's pay for the film "Universe Wanted" was 1000 million. Heroes get a big discount, and it's normal to get more money for more roadshows. Does Liang Chaowei really dare to ask for it? Isn't he afraid of social distancing?"

No matter how many tricks Ajie will use in the future.

He didn't get much from Hero. The total investment in Hero was only 3000 million dollars. He wanted 1000 million, so he wouldn't have been able to film the movie if he included other people.

Even if we give face to investors Jiang Zhiqiang and Zhang Yimou, the discounted remuneration is still very favorable.

It’s hard to describe Awei in a few words.

At this stage, Ah Wei was not considered a star with much box office potential. He won many awards, including the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000, but the salary he took on for Wang Jiawei's films was generally two to three million Hong Kong dollars.

The remuneration for the films "The Kindhearted" and "The Love of Love" which were also filmed in 2000 and 2001 was HK$400 million each.

It’s not as high as Fat Ice’s 600 million Hong Kong dollars!

His box office ability is really not outstanding among male stars.

Forget about following Zhou Yicheng and Ajie, even Andy Lau has more appeal than him.

Brother Hua's salary soared to 90 or million per movie in the early s. It was nothing more than being forced to make bad movies. After the filming, whether he could get the salary from the society was another matter.

Most of the high-paying films are not yet paid, and some of them owe money due to failed investments, etc.

Then the Hong Kong film industry went downhill and no one could afford the high salaries, so people had to take on movies at a discount based on their friendship.

Lao Liang only earned 600 million for filming Infernal Affairs, but he received a salary of 100 million US dollars for Hero, which is equivalent to 780 million Hong Kong dollars.

Li Wenyu shrugged. "It's up to him. It's his choice whether to accept or not. At most, if he accepts, there will be fewer people who want to work with him."

"Liu Jialing is a smart person. She will probably refuse this offer of extra money to get Wei out."

As he was speaking, he was stunned for a moment, told Pang Bing that he was going to make a phone call, and walked to the corner of the set with his phone.

The call was to Zhang Guorong, who answered directly, "Brother Rong, a hacker here has discovered some online information."

"I'm not sure if it's true or not. If you think it's a serious matter, you can use your connections to investigate it carefully."

"There was a man who was the direct perpetrator of the kidnapping of Liu Jialing in the early 90s to take nude photos. After being released from prison, he had no money to spend and wanted to sell the negatives of the nude photos he left behind to gossip magazines for a high price."

"The hacker team discovered it accidentally when they were doing something online."

It was originally October 2002, 10, but the incident broke out a few days later, with star actors including Jackie Chan, Zhang Guorong, and Liang Jiahui involved.

Hundreds of people marched to protest against the unscrupulous behavior of gossip magazines, and the momentum was huge.

Today is October 10th, and we can still get it done ahead of time.

To get this done, Liu Jialing has to take Lao Liang with her on a roadshow.

Before Zhang Yimou visited the set, he had never thought about this. The amount of information a person's brain can receive in a lifetime is too much and too vast.

A fitness score of 300 points can make you remember the bedwetting experience as a child in your previous life vividly.

There was no key reminder or triggering reason. As he was just an ordinary melon-eater in his previous life, he never cared about Sister Liu's melons.

In Li Wenyu's aesthetic sense, he does not appreciate Liu Jialing's type. He also thinks that she has had more and more plastic surgery as she gets older, and her face looks ugly after it collapsed.

Looking back on it all now, Liu Jialing has always had a firm heart for China, which is great.

Zhang Guorong, standing opposite, was stunned for several seconds. "Jia Ling was kidnapped and photographed. Is this true? Those days were so chaotic."

"She was similar to Li Zhi back then. She was discriminated against wherever she went. Thank you very much, Ayu. I will immediately spend money to investigate and also warn Jialing in advance."

Zhang Guorong still doesn't quite understand hackers, but he knows that when it comes to the Internet, he and Li Wenyu are not on the same page.

Zhang Guorong knew that after just a few months of public beta testing, Time Weibo had been valued at two or three hundred million yuan.

He didn't know the offer from the South African newspaper industry, but he knew that Media Asia's Lao Lin offered 2000% of HK$10 million. After being rejected, Lao Lin went to Zhang Guorong to ask him to help intercede.

Lao Lin said that if Li Wenyu was not satisfied with the valuation of 2 million, they could talk slowly and increase the money.

Li Wenyu hung up the phone and called Hong Kong Island to inquire about the preparation and progress of the overseas branch of Weibo.

Eleven took the initiative to promote this matter, and it has been almost a month.

As long as you have money, building a branch is easy. It’s just a matter of inviting the mainland Internet team to work in Hong Kong Island and arranging their food and accommodation.

He rented an office, set up a broadband server, etc. He now has such strong connections in the Hong Kong film and television circles that whether he wants to hire a translator or find a life assistant, he can get the green light by spending money.

After the call ended, Li Wenyu walked briskly back to where Pang Bing was. At this time, Gao Yuanyuan, Quan Zhixian, Qin Lan and others were waiting there.

Lao Li smiled steadily, "Let's go to the dinner party. The Hong Kong Weibo branch will open on November 11st. Xiaoquan, I'm counting on you to help me attract South Korean users."

"Would you like to show off some of your Baguazhang tricks? And maybe promote our new project as well?"

After learning boxing for more than a week, Gao Yuanyuan and Quan Zhixian have managed to perform the basic version of Baguazhang with some fancy moves.

It has no killing power and will still cause chaos if you hit it too quickly.

But professional photo-taking and posing to show off beautiful women and scenery is already acceptable.

Quan Zhixian was surprised and said, "Really? Then I can't wait. Director Li, you don't know, I privately asked a translator to help me translate various things on the Weibo platform. It feels really fun."

“I still regret that there are no Korean version netizens to interact with.”

The heroine in "My Love from the Star" likes to show her updates on the Weibo platform. For truly famous celebrities, they create a second account to interact with netizens before being certified.

After certification, showing updates and interacting with fans are both normal social activities that are very necessary.

In today's Asian entertainment industry, no one understands the Internet better than Li Wenyu, and Jeon Ji-hyun just thought of it for fun.

Lao Li is the person who understands traffic capital best in the entertainment industry, and he is also the person who understands movie making best among major Internet companies.

The two chatted briefly before heading to the motorcade. Gao Yuanyuan, following behind Pang Bing, exclaimed, "Director Li, your English is really good. Do you want to trick Jeon Ji-hyun into making a cameo appearance in "My Love from the Star"?"

"Will this make it easier to sell the drama to South Korean TV stations?"

Li Wenyu glanced at her in slight surprise, and Pang Bing laughed, "Are you, a female villain, even considering selling the film?"

"Why don't you learn more English? Then you can register an overseas account and interact with your fans more easily."

Pang Bing gradually discovered something strange: the beautiful girl Da Meiyu was not stunning enough at first glance.

But it seems that among men, she is the type that becomes more attractive the more you look at her.

Filming for "My Star" started for more than half a month. The long-haired Da Meiyuan played the role of a slutty bitch in the script, but when she performed...

When many male workers in the crew were commenting on who was the most beautiful and charming among the many beauties in "You Who Came From the Stars", Da Meiyu, who was initially inconspicuous, caught up with Li Jiaxin's taillights.

This girl seems to admire Li Daxiang very much, or is she pretending to do so in order to steal her fat boyfriend?

Anyway, Gao Yuanyuan and her boyfriend have been in a cold war for a long time. It is no secret in the crew, and rumors about Lao Zhang and Lao Xu break out in Beijing from time to time.

Under normal circumstances, if she encountered a tea art girl like this, she would have slapped her in the face, but unfortunately it was just like when she chased Lao Li to deal with Li Jiaxin.

Her thin arms and legs couldn't bear it.

Old Li's steps are too big.

It’s about to turn into a big factory and a wealthy family. In this era, there is still a huge gap between celebrities and wealthy families!

If Xiao Gao just wants to be a firefighter and doesn't get hurt, it seems like no big deal.

Gao Yuanyuan smiled sweetly, "Of course there's no problem. I'm also a member of the company. If I can deceive users, I will definitely try my best."

Fat Ice, “???”

Is this what a normal employee should think?
However, she admitted that Gao Yuanyuan and Quan Zhixian practiced Baguazhang and Xingyiquan together, and their styles were fashionable and their fighting was beautiful.

It's really attractive.

Li Wenyu smiled and said, "It's okay to learn English. You may have the opportunity to go abroad in the future. Even if you go to South Korea to promote a movie, you will need English."

"By the way, the Weibo branch is opening, and I have to go there to take charge for a few days. You guys should stay and let Ning Hao lead the team to shoot the Ming Dynasty scenes. If you want to watch the fun, you can go to Hong Kong Island."

It is not too difficult to access the anti-censorship version of Weibo in mainland China now.

However, it is a small matter to get Jeon Ji-hyun and the suit thug Gao Yuanyuan to open accounts to attract fans, register users, and go out to interact on public expenses.

Xiao Gao is wearing a very fashionable 10s-style small suit. Whether it is a high ponytail or long straight black hair, she looks pretty cool.

Sometimes you don’t need to use too many internet trolls to attract a lot of attention from netizens.

Gao Yuanyuan nodded in surprise, "I'll follow the company's arrangements."

The Ming Dynasty scenes are a two-way performance by Huang Xiaoming and Yang Mi. Various supporting roles in modern dramas have never appeared in the Ming Dynasty.

As for whether Ning Hao and Xiao Yang can lead their team to shoot a good film? Isn't there Zhang Yimou who is collaborating with them for the promotion of the hero?

Li Wenyu went to the Hong Kong Island branch and was able to meet Liu Jialing in real life.

Zhang Guorong and others were just about to start running to protect Liu Jialing.

(End of this chapter)