Entertainment: Who still wants to fall in love when there are cheats?

Chapter 182 is expected to exceed 100 million.
A brilliant graduate of the film academy's directing department, who had directed award-winning short films during his time at school and mastered a wealth of directing knowledge and skills, possessing exceptional talent for directing, especially in science fiction films. However, after graduation, in order to secure investment, he had to compromise. At the request of a coal mine owner, he cast the coal mine owner's girlfriend as the female lead in a film. Due to the coal mine owner's own interests, the film was made in an unconventional way, resulting in an unorthodox zombie movie…

Li Boda organized the extra knowledge in his mind and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

By this time, Li Boda had become a very talented and capable director, and a genius director who was good at shooting science fiction!

At this moment, Li Boda's heart was filled with restless desire!
He has an urge right now, an urge to shoot a sci-fi blockbuster right now.

After all, the newly acquired skills, coupled with the addition of talent, are really hard to control. I just wanted to make a movie and showcase the knowledge in my mind and this talent.

However, Li Boda was still somewhat clear-headed, understanding that movies, especially science fiction movies, cannot be made on a whim.

After all, sci-fi blockbusters require a huge investment and need to use a lot of cutting-edge special effects.

None of these aspects are easy to achieve.

If Li Boda wants to make a sci-fi blockbuster, he needs to prove his abilities to the outside world in order to secure investment. After all, a movie costs hundreds of millions, which even Li Boda can't afford right now.

Of course, these are things to consider later. Right now, what Li Boda needs to do is go on the promotional tour with the crew of "One Cut of the Camera!"

After a movie is released, it needs to be promoted through roadshows or other means. The more frequent and numerous the roadshows, the greater the boost to the movie's box office, and the higher the box office figures will be.

Making money is the goal! Doing roadshows is nothing to be ashamed of!
At least it gives people the impression that it's more acceptable than running around doing commercial performances.

So, under Li Boda's encouragement, the crew of "[Don't Stop the Camera!]" embarked on a crazy promotional tour.

After arriving in a city, they would travel by car to different cinemas for promotional events, and even eat in the car.

Even when I sleep at night, I'm either on a plane or somewhere else. For the next period of time, I'm either doing roadshows or on my way to doing roadshows.

Unlike Li Boda, Zhao Liying and the others' complexions started to deteriorate noticeably. Their sleep was irregular and they were severely lacking in rest. Fortunately, Zhao Liying and Li Xiaoran were still young.

Jiang Wenli simply gave up. After running around for two days, she just quit. She had no choice but to quit; she's not young anymore, and she just couldn't handle such high-intensity activities.
However, Li Boda and his team's roadshow was not in vain.

It's probably because the promotional work for "One Cut of the Dead" was very effective; at least Li Boda's promotion through mobile phone systems had a significant impact on the film's box office.

Therefore, the movie "One Cut of the Dead" grossed over eight million on its opening day!
This number made Zhao Liying particularly excited.

Even Li Boda was slightly encouraged after seeing this number.

After all, the investment in the movie "One Cut of the Dead" was only five million, and the box office of eight million on the first day was just around the corner. If this trend continues, it will be very easy to recoup the costs. The next thing to do is to see how much profit the movie can bring to Li Boda.

With a 17% screen share and a box office of 8 million on the first day, this is a rather impressive achievement.

Many cinemas have already begun to quietly increase the percentage of screenings they allocate to certain films.

As a result, the daily box office of the movie "One Cut of the Dead" reversed course the next day, with the daily box office exceeding the opening day's box office, reaching over nine million, nearly ten million.

In just two days since its release, the film has grossed over 17 million yuan at the box office. The 5 million yuan investment has not only been fully recouped, but it has even made a small profit of nearly 1 million yuan.

As this was her first film, and the first time she played the lead role, one can imagine how excited Zhao Liying was to see such box office success.

So even though running around doing promotional events left her exhausted, her eyes still shone with an astonishing brightness.

"...Although the behind-the-scenes scenes in our movie seem a bit exaggerated, in reality, many of the plot points in the movie are things we've encountered in real life, and we might even encounter things that are more absurd than that..." Li Boda smiled as he held the microphone and interacted with the audience.

The method they used for this roadshow was to talk about some strange problems they encountered while filming during the interactive process.

After all, the brilliance of the movie "One Cut of the Dead" lies in the various problems the crew encounters later on, and the hilarious scenes that arise in order to solve these problems.

The charm of this film lies in revealing some things to audiences who are unfamiliar with the entertainment industry.

That's why so many viewers enjoy watching this movie.

So when Li Boda and his team were on the roadshow, they didn't deliberately perform any shows or put on any talent shows. They just discussed some problems they encountered while filming with the audience, and used a humorous way to talk about the bad luck they encountered while filming, making the audience laugh.

And the audience did indeed enjoy Li Boda and his team's conversational style of roadshow.

Often in a city, after the first roadshow, more and more people will try every means to attend the second, third, and subsequent roadshows. At the same time, because of Li Boda's roadshow method, many viewers who originally did not plan to see the movie also went to the cinema.

After all, many people are extremely interested in the inside stories of the entertainment industry, the filming process, and so on.

As a result, the box office of "One Cut of the Dead" continued to decline, and on the third day, the box office exceeded ten million, reaching twelve million.

The film's box office performance reversed its decline for three consecutive days, which made cinemas realize its commercial value.

As a result, the number of screenings for the movie "Never Stop Filming!" was increased by cinemas.

After all, movie theaters aren't stupid. They'll naturally increase the number of screenings for a movie that performs well.

Initially, "One Cut of the Dead" had a 17% screen share, but the next day, some cinemas increased it to 19%.

With box office revenue declining for three consecutive days, cinemas directly increased the screenings of "One Cut of the Dead" to 25%.

Correspondingly, the film "One Cut of the Dead" grossed over 15 million on its fourth day.

The box office figures over the past four days have led many industry insiders to predict that the film "One Cut of the Dead" is very likely to break 100 million yuan at the box office!

This prediction shocked many people.

Companies like Huayi Brothers and Orange Sky Entertainment are envious of Li Boda and his studio.

[Don't Stop the Camera!] This film was directed by Li Boda, and the entire film was almost entirely produced by Li Boda's studio. The five million yuan budget was entirely funded by Li Boda's studio.

In other words, apart from the necessary share, all the profits from this film belong to Li Boda Studio.

With an investment of five million, if the film grosses over one hundred million, it will bring Li Boda Studio a net profit of thirty million!
Who wouldn't be envious of such a return on investment!

The profits are even greater than those of "Crazy Stone" from the previous two years!

The return on investment for "Crazy Stone" is 100%. Invest one million and you can earn two million. The net profit is approximately one million.

And this "Don't Stop the Camera!"... net profit of thirty million, a 600% net profit!

This predicted figure has made many companies and individuals extremely envious.

As the director of "One Cut of the Dead," Yeh Wai-man received numerous invitations from film and television companies in a short period of time.

Some wanted to sign Ye Weimin as a contracted director for their company.

Some wanted to collaborate with Ye Weimin and invest in his next film.

Just like Ning Hao, after the huge success of Ning Hao's "Crazy Stone", countless people wanted to invest in his new movie "Crazy Racer".

Suddenly, Ye Weimin became a hot commodity.

Of course, Li Boda also received many invitations and offers.

After all, regardless of the circumstances, the film "One Cut of the Dead" was spearheaded by Li Boda Studio. Being able to lead a successful film is naturally seen by many as a sign of competence, and naturally, people will be willing to collaborate with them.

Moreover, as the male lead in this film, Li Boda also received many offers to star in other movies.

Like Zhao Liying and Li Xiaoran, they also received numerous film invitations.

The main reason is that the movie "One Cut of the Dead" was so successful.

[One Cut of the Camera!] This movie grossed 65 million in its first week of release, and it's a sure thing that it will gross over 100 million by the time it leaves theaters.

Many people even believe that if Chen Kaige's film "Forever Enthralled" hadn't been released a week after "One Cut of the Dead," forcing cinemas to reduce the number of screenings for "One Cut of the Dead" to make way for "Forever Enthralled," its box office might have been even higher.

(End of this chapter)