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Chapter 692 The first battle! (The first update asks for a subscription! Ask for a monthly pass!)
On February 2014, 2, the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, the Spring Festival, the longest holiday of the year, officially ended, and most people started the new year's work.

On the last day of the holiday yesterday, "The Return of the Great Sage" still failed to break the single-day box office record in film history even though it had three more points in the film schedule.

After all, it's the last day of the holiday, and the popularity of the entire film market has begun to decline.

But even so, "The Return of the Great Sage" still won a super high box office of 1.31 million, and continued to refresh the single-day box office record created by itself during the Spring Festival.

The seven-day long holiday of the Spring Festival, plus the 7.32th day of the Lunar New Year, the total box office in eight days has reached [-] million, and it can already secure the box office champion of the Spring Festival stalls. It is even close to breaking the box office record of the Spring Festival stalls.

The box office of "Havoc in Heaven", which was originally recognized as the champion, continued to decline yesterday. The single-day box office will reach 4000 million, and the total box office in eight days will be 6.56 million. The box office of "The Return of the Great Sage" is also further expanding.

4000 million in a single day, according to this trend, there is little hope of breaking through one billion in the end.

"Where's Dad?" ranked No. 4.1 in the Spring Festival box office with a box office of 3 million.

This variety show movie earned a lot of box office amidst laughter and curses, which made the entire entertainment circle look sideways, and also made many film and television companies jealous. Some variety show production companies are considering whether they can open up new businesses up.

Although the data of another movie "Omen Wind and Cloud" is not very good, the box office is very stable even though the number of films has decreased in the past few days.

2.3 million in eight days, and there are still signs of recovery in the box office in the next few days.

In addition to these four films, the super-bad film "Big Talking Fairy", half of which was shot by doubles, was also released during the Spring Festival.

In the name of starring Sun Li and Zheng Yijian, even Lin Gengxin, who is famous for starring in "The Dragon King of God" and other film and television dramas last year, only played a small supporting role in the movie at the beginning, and was also promoted as the leading role.

Relying on the fame of these actors, this film didn't even do a screening, didn't even have a road show, and none of the leading actors participated in the promotion.

A few years ago, half of the unfinished film was filmed, and the management withdrew its capital. Now it has hired a group of extras to finish filming the other half, just to collect money during the Spring Festival.

In fact, it is really easier to collect money during the Spring Festival. The film even got a box office of 1400 million in six days after its release.

Although the audience also found that something was wrong with the film, the actors in many places had changed, and they were not alone at all, leaving messages on the Internet.

But it didn't make much waves at all, and no one paid attention to it if it wasn't famous.

In addition, the Hollywood animated film "Frozen" was released in the mainland for two days and earned 3700 million at the box office. Apart from this, there are basically no other films in the Spring Festival.

The Spring Festival stalls ended in such a vigorous way, there were accidents, some people were happy and some were worried.

For China Film Corporation, after two days, Kang Pei held a meeting again.

"Everyone, the Spring Festival has passed. Although the box office of Havoc in Heaven, which the group invested in, failed to meet expectations, the company's investment this time did not make a loss. As a co-producer and distributor, this project is considered a success."

Kang Pei revealed the failure of the Spring Festival file in a light sentence. "Havoc in Heaven" is the main investment and distribution company of Xinghao, and China Film is only co-produced and co-published. There is also a lot of money, and it is a successful project.

Even though everyone present is in a high position and has seen a lot about everything, they can't help but look a little weird.

Before that, Kang Pei almost regarded "Havoc in Heaven" as his own project, as if he had such a high-quality project because of his unique insight.

Now it has become another Xinghao's project, so what kind of project can be considered a success.

But if you are shameless, you should be shameless. It is operated normally, and everyone is not too surprised.

The general manager Han Xiaoli nodded and said, "Judging from today's pre-sales, the drop on the first working day will not exceed 50%. There should be no problem with the box office of 8 million. If the trend is better next week, it is also possible to break [-] billion." Not impossible."

Even though "Havoc in Heaven" has already received a lot of criticism, the box office has been declining gradually in the past few days, and there has not been a diving drop.

And today’s pre-sales on the eighth day of the lunar new year are not bad. There are still three days in this week, which are all working days. After this week, it will be stable to break through [-] million.

If the two-day box office can be maintained next week, one billion may be possible.

But even if he can get his wish, it is impossible to overtake "The Return of the Great Sage", there is no possibility.

And after the holidays, everyone is not optimistic about how long the box office can last. After this group of viewers is consumed, without a high reputation, the box office is unlikely to be so strong.

But no one raised the bar. As Kang Pei said, this project has made a lot of money for China Film. If it succeeds, it cannot shake Kang Pei's position. At most, it will return to the unstable situation in the early days of taking office.

Kang Pei smiled and turned to look at Wu Deming, director of the production department, "Mr. Wu, the success of "Havoc in Heaven" is due to you and the entire production department. I also hope that you can find more and better movies for the group! "

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I just said that the film was a success, but now I have given the credit to the production department. What a wise leader, he is not greedy for credit at all, and the credit is given to the people below.

The success of the project was due to the credit of the production department, so it didn't seem to have much to do with Kang Pei.

Wu Deming was full of slander, but he kept saying, "It's all the result of the joint efforts of Mr. Zhang and Mr. Wang. Please rest assured Mr. Kang. I will definitely make more and better movies for the group."

Kang Pei didn't talk about "Havoc in Heaven" any more, so he just changed the story.

Then get down to business.

"The new year is coming. Last year's results are all last year. We should look forward. This year the group has a lot of projects, and some important films must be fully prepared in advance."

"Transformers 4, which is tentatively scheduled to be released in summer, has the greatest box office potential among all domestic and imported films, and it is also the most important time of the year, summer. The department and the distribution department need to be fully prepared for the film!"

As soon as everyone heard it, they understood that Kang Pei was focusing on "Transformers 4" in the summer file.

And Tang An's new film "Mysterious Superstar" is also scheduled to be released in the summer, and it was proposed separately, obviously because he wanted to get back the scene.

Once Tang An's movie is defeated head-on, it will be more meaningful than "Havoc in Heaven" sweeping the Spring Festival, and it will be enough to suppress some unreasonable voices within the group.

But is it possible?

Everyone was asking themselves in their hearts, even if Tang An changed his genre, even if the leading role did not achieve much on the big screen!
Even if it's a comedy film with the most actors, even if Tang An rushed to shoot this film this time while preparing two films at the same time.

Even if the first three "Transformers" were all sold well in China, they all reached the top three in the annual box office list.

"Transformers 3" has a box office of more than one billion, sweeping the summer archives, killing many domestic blockbusters, and sweeping away the decline of imported films that have been under the pressure of domestic films.

But Tang An has been successful for ten consecutive years. During this period, he has encountered opponents such as Xu Ke, Wu Yusen, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang, Jiang Wen...
Almost the top directors in the country have collided head-on with Tang An, and none of them can win, not even any hope of winning.

As for imported films, Tang An met "Transformers" twice, and won them all without exception.

Ten consecutive years of success are enough to make most people believe that Tang An can continue to succeed.

Just like Cameron broke the global film history record twice, from 18 billion to 27 billion, if he announces a new film at this time and claims to break the record of "Avatar" again, it is estimated that most people believe him.

Everyone has different thoughts and different eyes.

Some dismissed it, some sighed secretly, and some waited to watch the show.

Some people are waiting for Kang Pei to lose again, and it's better to lose completely in front of Tang An's new film.

In this case, consecutive failures are enough to shake his precarious position, and someone will be able to take over.

However, except for a few people who have a good relationship with Tang An, even Han Sanping's family, they don't want to see Tang An continue to succeed, or even step on the head of China Film Group.

China Film Group is the largest film and television company in China, and it also starts with the national prefix. They have their own pride.

However, in recent years, the films of Tang An and Hantang Media have been invincible in the domestic film market, and all their opponents in the same period have failed, which has seriously threatened the status of China Film.

Now when many people in the industry talk about the Han and Tang Dynasties, they no longer talk about the largest private film and television company in China, but directly ignore the word private and directly call the largest film and television company in China.

Where does this set the middle film!
Many people felt that Tang An was unhappy, blocking someone's money was like killing his parents, but no one showed it.

Even if it was revealed, it would be of no use and would not have any effect on Tang An and Han Tang.

If Tang An's movie is killed head-on this time, then China Film Group will be proud, and the executives of China Film Group will naturally be happy to hear it.

Kang Pei glanced around silently, not caring whether they agreed with him or not.

In the final analysis, China Film Group is still an enterprise, even if it is a state-owned enterprise, its performance is the most important nowadays.

As long as you have done enough performance, you will naturally be able to suppress some restless people.

Moreover, China Film Group Co., Ltd. was originally established by China Film Group Co., Ltd. for the purpose of going public. For this reason, nearly [-] companies were used to establish China Film Group Co., Ltd. alone.

The matter of listing has been put on the agenda, and within two years at most, listing is inevitable.

Whether it is the Shanghai Stock Exchange or the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, there will be no difference because of the status of a state-owned enterprise, and shareholders will not care whether you are a state-owned enterprise. In the past two years, performance will be very important.

Kang Pei looked at the directors of the Propaganda Department and the Distribution Department, "The preparations for the publicity and distribution will start today. Mr. Zhang and Mr. Wang, the movie "Transformers 4" will be handed over to the two of you."

"Okay Chairman Kang, we will start preparing a plan immediately."

The two directors of publicity and distribution nodded in response, complaining endlessly in their hearts.

Leave it to us to call it what it is. If it fails, they will have to take the blame.

However, Kang Pei turned his head to Lin Sheng, the deputy general manager in charge of publishing, and Jiang Defu, the general manager of the marketing planning branch.

He smiled and said, "Boss Lin, Boss Jiang, "Transformers 4" is a key project in the summer vacation, and the publicity, marketing and distribution still need the dedication of both of you."

Lin Sheng and Jiang Defu also nodded, "Of course, this is what we should do."

Lin Sheng was picked up by Han Sanping.

When Han Sanping was still in Beijing Film Studio more than ten years ago, Jiang Defu was the director of the publicity and distribution department under him. The publicity and planning branch he manages now almost dominates the promotion and marketing of the films produced by China Film, and even interferes with part of the distribution business. .

What Kang Pei said inside and outside the meaning is to hand over the announcement of "Transformers 4" to them, and everyone can see that if it fails at that time, he will definitely lose the pot again, and throw it to Han Sanping's old subordinates .

If it succeeds, hehe, it is all thanks to the leadership, who has good vision and strategizing.

By defeating Tang An, China Film Group can also stabilize its position as the largest film and television company in China!

This year's summer vacation is also the first battle between the bosses of state-owned enterprises and the bosses of private enterprises!

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