I am a historical film director in the entertainment industry.

Chapter 52 Return to Hometown
The 1997 film "The Dream Factory" grossed over 30 million yuan, ranking ninth for the year. The 1998 film "Be There or Be Square" grossed over 40 million yuan, ranking fifth for the year. The 1999 film "Endless Love" grossed over 30 million yuan, ranking first for the year. The 2000 film "A Sigh" grossed over 20 million yuan, ranking second for the year. The 2001 film "Big Shot's Funeral" grossed over 40 million yuan, ranking third.

This is the source of Feng Dapao's confidence to dare to criticize everything and everyone.

These days, box office numbers are nothing like they were in 2025, when a movie could easily achieve a small box office goal. Nowadays, if a movie grosses over 1000 million, it's considered a good result, and 2000 million is enough to make the movie a box office smash.

The so-called "big hit" actually loses money. After all, the cost of making a movie is fixed. If you find a big star to lead the film, like Chen Long, his salary for one movie wouldn't even cover the box office revenue.

Moreover, with a box office of 20 million, it would be quite good if the production company could get 7 or 8 million.

Why do so many people still invest in movies even though they've lost money?

Although domestic box office revenue may not recoup the investment, as long as the film quality is not too bad, it can still recoup the investment and even make a small profit when sold overseas.

Just like the movie Cheng Sheng, which had an investment of 100 million yuan, the overseas distribution rights were sold, and the investment was recouped, with a profit of 100 million yuan.

Of course, he still had to pay personal income tax, but even after paying it, Cheng Sheng still made a huge profit.

Unfortunately, no matter how well the box office is in China, all that money has nothing to do with Cheng Sheng.

Because when he signed contracts with the coal mine owners, all the domestic box office profits were given to them.

Cheng Sheng's main source of income is overseas publishing rights.

Therefore, Cheng Shengcai doesn't pay much attention to domestic box office figures.

The box office for "The Great Tang Dynasty - Origins" has been increasing for a week.

When the box office results came out, everyone was speechless!

The box office was 5 million.

It stunned everyone.

People in the entertainment industry have probably never seen such a crazy box office performance.

Of course, the reason for such phenomenal box office success is that the film was released during the National Day holiday. If it had been released at a different time, it might not have achieved such phenomenal box office results.

Once the National Day holiday is over, the box office will definitely drop rapidly.

Last year was the early stage of reform in China's film industry. The number of screens nationwide was limited, the market had not yet fully recovered, and the national box office was only around 10 billion yuan.

However, Cheng Sheng's film this year has already grossed more than half of last year's total box office, and the film has been showing for seven days.

Although the box office revenue will decline afterward, it should still reach 800 million!
Many experts have already predicted online that "The Great Tang Dynasty - Origins" will gross at least 800 million yuan, and may even reach 1 billion yuan.

The box office results were like a nuclear bomb, completely stunning the people of the whole country.

Historical films are making money!

Everyone in the entertainment industry is ecstatic.

It's just a historical film!
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Looking for scripts, actors, and directors.

Everyone went crazy.

Movies that follow trends become even more unscrupulous.

In any case, if a film genre makes money, it's inevitable that others will follow suit. But this time is different; most entertainment companies have already officially announced their film production plans online.

All of them are historical films.

This time, the themes are no longer limited to the Tang Dynasty, but include those from all dynasties.

Next year will definitely be a period of great interest in historical films.

While everyone else was planning to make historical films, Cheng Sheng finished his roadshow in Rao City, but instead of returning to Beijing, he took his good friend Qiao Shan back to their hometown.

The day Cheng Sheng returned to his hometown.

The village already knew the news.

The village elders and village officials were already waiting at the village entrance.

As soon as Cheng Sheng's car arrived, firecrackers crackled and popped. Seeing the villagers' warm welcome, Cheng Sheng quickly stopped the car and exchanged pleasantries with them.

Cheng Sheng, who grew up in the countryside, is also a person who knows how to be grateful.

Now that you've made money, you should give back to the place where you grew up.

Cheng Sheng bought many gifts, and with his parents' help, he took them out of the car one by one and then had his parents distribute them to every household in the village.

Cheng Sheng even gave gifts to the village officials.

Of course, the gift shouldn't be too expensive; it should just be a token gesture. After all, the person in question is an official, and accepting an expensive gift would be disastrous for them.

After delivering the gifts, Cheng Sheng was finally able to have some peace and quiet at home.

After seeing off their relatives and friends, the parents closed the door.

"Come, come, have some tea." His mother handed Qiao Shan a cup of tea.

Qiao Shan quickly stood up to accept it: "Auntie, you're too kind, thank you."

"Haha, Xiao Sheng is studying away from home, and I really have to thank you all for your help," Cheng Sheng's father said.

"How could that be! Brother Sheng might have done it. I really have to thank Brother Sheng for giving me this opportunity," Qiao Shan said with a smile.

"Xiaosheng, how long are you planning to stay at home this time?" Cheng Sheng's mother asked.

"I still have a lot to do in the capital, and I also have classes. I'll go back in three days," Cheng Sheng said after thinking for a moment.

He didn't want to return to Beijing so soon, but he was really busy with writing scripts and dealing with follow-up issues for the film.

“Being busy is a good thing. In the eyes of us rural people, if a person is not busy, what’s the difference between him and a lazy bum at home?”

Cheng Sheng's father was very open-minded and understood that it's good for a person to have something to do.

"By the way, Dad, I've deposited ten million into this card. The password is your birthday. You and Mom can work less from now on and buy whatever you like. Anyway, your son is making money."

Cheng Sheng took a bank card out of his pocket and handed it to his father.

"You brat, so much money! You should put it away yourself."

The father repeatedly refused.

“I still have more! Besides, I’m not giving you all of this. When I go back to Beijing, please help me donate three million to the village to repair all the roads and pave them with cement. My backside was really shaken off on the way back this time,” Cheng Sheng said.

Cheng Sheng had long had complaints about the country roads.

But the village has no money, so they can't even repair the road.

Now that he's making money, it's necessary for him to repair the village roads; it's a way of giving back to the village.

"Row."

Hearing Cheng Sheng say this, his father agreed. After all, with the road repaired, it would not only make it easier for the villagers to travel, but it would also be more convenient for him to go to town to run errands.

“Dad, I bought a house in Beijing. If you have time in the future, you can come to Beijing to see me. I will have a place to stay,” Cheng Sheng said.

"Great, a good purchase!"

The father said happily.

My father is much like other rural people; having a house and a car is the best he could hope for.

Afterwards, Cheng Sheng chatted with his parents for a long time. Then, seeing that it was getting late, his mother went to prepare dinner, while Cheng Sheng put away his luggage and took Qiao Shan out to see the rural scenery.

As they strolled around, they greeted the villagers they met and then introduced the situation of the village to Qiao Shan.

It was close to dinner time when Cheng Sheng and his wife finally returned home.

After dinner, Cheng Sheng and Qiao Shan didn't go out again. Qiao Shan was too tired, so he went back to his tidied room to rest, while Cheng Sheng stayed with his parents to watch TV and chat.

(End of this chapter)