HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 443 [443] Tell them how to defend against this monster player!
By the end of 01, the box office data for a film's opening day could be calculated and was quite accurate after the day ended.

Feng Xiaogang smoked countless cigarettes at his home in Beijing.

Initially, Wang Jing changed the release date to the 21st, the same day as his film "Big Shot's Funeral," which made him very unhappy.

I think Wang Jing, this Hong Kong director who went north, is very impolite and doesn't know how to respect the local gangs at all.

At the same time, he felt that Wang Jing was overestimating himself and didn't even look at how bad the movies he had made in recent years were. How dare he challenge him head-on?
Since Wang Jing is courting death, and Qi Yuan is already condoning his self-destructive path, he will help Wang Jing save face this time.

Of course, Feng Xiaogang was only strategically disregarding Wang Jinghe and the film "My Sassy Girl" starring Qi Yuan.

When it comes to actual tactics, he is quite cautious.

After all, he wasn't the successful "Little Cannon" he would become later.

He knew there weren't that many fools in the entertainment industry, especially when it came to their own interests; everyone was shrewd.

Wang Jing dared to fight him head-on, so he must have some advantages.

This is also why Feng Xiaogang didn't immediately retaliate against Wang Jing; he wanted to observe the quality of Wang Jing's film this time, believing it would definitely be better than his previous works.

Driven by a desire to find out more, Feng Xiaogang and his friends bought movie tickets tonight, becoming the first audience members of this film.

After watching the entire film from beginning to end, Feng Xiaogang's confidence was not as high as before.

As a director who understands commercial films, he couldn't possibly be unaware of how commercially oriented this film was.

The fact that Fan Xiaopang breaks the traditional female lead character setting in romance films alone can bring a strong sense of novelty and comedic effect to the audience.

The script is also of high quality, blending elements of comedy, romance, and tragedy.

Older viewers might not enjoy the plot, but younger people really like it. Feng Xiaogang heard laughter coming from time to time in the theater.

Qi Yuan's theme song "I Believe" is also very memorable and adds a lot to the movie.

Feng Xiaogang believes this is a very well-made and high-quality pure commercial film.

So he cursed Wang Jing and Qi Yuan even more fiercely in his heart.

With "My Sassy Girl" already released, it will be very difficult for his "Big Shot's Funeral" to achieve its goal of breaking 100 million yuan at the mainland box office.

It's all Wang Jing and Qi Yuan's fault. Those two are insane! He just casually said "Welcome challengers!" How could those two bastards take it seriously?

Speaking of which, he learned the artillery bombardment tactic from Qi Yuan.

When Qi Yuan went to the United States to release an English EP and criticized the American media, and then returned to China to criticize the domestic media, she generated a lot of buzz and caused the box office of "Bouquet" to surge.

Feng Xiaogang tried to learn Qi Yuan's moves, but ended up kicking a steel plate and fracturing his own foot.

However, Feng Xiaogang is quite confident in his film "Big Shot's Funeral," believing it to be more profound than "My Sassy Girl," giving him a clear advantage.

Even if it doesn't break 100 million at the box office in mainland China, it should be able to suppress "My Sassy Girl".

About six or seven minutes later, Feng Xiaogang finally received the call.

Then he broke down.

The person on the other end of the phone reported that his film "Big Shot's Funeral" had grossed approximately 220 million yuan at the box office that day.

Feng Xiaogang is a bit overwhelmed. The only result is the box office performance, which means his meticulously crafted film will not achieve its goal of 100 million yuan. Let alone 100 million, even surpassing 50 million is questionable.

He overestimated the national audience's acceptance of Feng Xiaogang's comedies.

The fact that "Big Shot's Funeral" fell far short of expectations at the box office made Feng Xiaogang very upset.

What upset him even more was the opening day box office of "My Sassy Girl," which was only around 270 million.

Keep in mind that "Big Shot's Funeral" premiered at noon, while "My Sassy Girl" premiered at 6 pm. His "Big Shot's Funeral" was shown for six hours longer, yet it still couldn't beat the latter?
Impossible, absolutely impossible! Could the data be wrong?
When he asked this question, the staff member on the other end of the phone replied very seriously: "Director Feng is joking. This data is compiled from data from fourteen cinema chains across the country, and there is no mistake."

Feng Xiaogang: 'I'll f***ing kill you!'

What made Feng Xiaogang question his life was that he discovered this was just the beginning.

……

One day later, on December 22, the second day of the film's release, which was also the first full day.

"Big Shot's Funeral" grossed 261.2 million yuan in mainland China on a single day, while "My Sassy Girl" rose to 510.7 million yuan, almost double the former.

On December 23, the third day of its release, "My Sassy Girl" had already spread positive word-of-mouth and began to squeeze the survival space of "Big Shot's Funeral" in the northern region.

"Big Shot's Funeral" has only been in theaters for three days, but its box office has already started to drop, from 261.1 million to 206 million, while "My Sassy Girl" has risen from 510.7 million to 560 million.

It's obvious that what "Big Shot's Funeral" lost was eaten up by "My Sassy Girl".

As theaters begin to reduce screenings of "Big Shot's Funeral" and allocate more screenings to "My Sassy Girl," it is foreseeable that the box office figures for "Big Shot's Funeral" will continue to decline.

Feng Xiaogang: 'I'll f***ing kill you!'

He really wanted to know what had happened to the domestic film market in the past two years.

Why is it that this mainland commercial director, who clearly didn't give up and followed the path of Feng Xiaogang's comedies, has had one person after another emerge who can easily surpass him?

The directors who beat him up all had intricate connections with Qi Yuan.

Could it be that Qi Yuan is really the reincarnation of the Purple Star or the North Star? Even a dog can have such good fortune just by being close to Qi Yuan?
These figures only represent the performance of "My Sassy Girl" in the mainland Chinese market.

In Hong Kong, "My Sassy Girl" also performed very strongly in the market, earning just over one million in the first six hours, soaring to 271 million on the second day, and rising to 311 million on the third day.

In just three days since its release, the film has grossed over 20 million yuan at the national box office, and it looks like it will be another film to gross over 100 million yuan nationwide, and it may even gross over 100 million yuan in mainland China.

Wang Jing and Fan Xiaopang were both thrilled.

Wang Jing had a premonition that this film would be the highest-grossing film of his career.

Fan Xiaopang firmly believes that she can maintain her position as a top-tier female star in Asia.

If nothing unexpected happens, she will reap all the benefits from this film, and her endorsement fee for a single brand in Asia will rise to over ten million.

During their stay in Hong Kong, Fan Xiaopang spent every day with Qi Yuan, and Asa began to privately berate Fan Xiaopang.

Shameless! Fan Xiaopang has already experienced the feeling of soaring to the top with "My Sassy Girl", but he still greedily clings to Qi Yuan and won't let go. Can't he let her experience the feeling of soaring to the top?
On the day the movie was released, two versions of "I Believe" were sent to major radio stations in Hong Kong to chart. Coupled with the movie's popularity in Hong Kong, "I Believe" began to rise sharply in the rankings of radio and music charts, and the popularity of other songs was also boosted.

The singers who were pushed out by the Hong Kong music scene to defend against Qi Yuan were dumbfounded.

Tell them how to defend against this monster player.
(End of this chapter)