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Chapter 703 Overwhelming people with power, talk

In the super conference living room on the second floor of Zhou Xia's villa in the suburbs of Beijing.

More than 100 people were divided into more than a dozen tables, or gathered at the table to chat, or wandered in the hall to socialize, and some gathered on the balcony to whisper.

But Zhou Xia and the heavyweights in the circle were not in the hall.

In the small meeting room next to it, Zhou Xia was sitting at a long conference table with a dozen bigwigs in the circle, while Zhang Zhao was standing on the podium in front, pointing at the big screen with a highlighter to speak.

On the screen are Xia Hua's movies that will be released around the Spring Festival in 2014 and 2015, and there are even more detailed box office estimates and so on.

《小时代1》、《分手大师》、《前任1》、《亲爱的》、《捉妖记1》、《仙剑上部》、《小时代2》、《战狼》、《星你》大电影、《仙剑下部》、《敢死队3》、《绣春刀》、《大圣归来》、《秦时明月1》、《环太平洋》、《西游之大闹天宫》、《白日焰火》、《归来》、《厨子戏子痞子》、《天降雄狮》、《魁拔3》……

There are as many as 23 movies, with an average of two movies released every month, and the total box office is estimated to be 140 billion to 260 billion.

The numbers are too astonishing, everyone sitting here is frowning and thinking, some doubts, but no one refute.

Judging from the performance of Xiahua Film and Television in the past three years, the box office prediction of 23 movies is not an exaggeration.

2011年两部电影《夏洛特烦恼》、《失恋33天》，创造了21亿多的票房；2012年五部电影《唐人街探案》、《BJ遇上西雅图》、《同桌的你》、《画皮2》、《泰囧》，创造了66亿的票房。

In the past 2013, Xiahua Film and Television released a total of 13 films, "Lost in Thailand", "Journey to the West", "Blind Certificate", "Zodiac", "Old Boy", "To Youth", "One Hundred Thousand Cold joke, "Quiba 2", "The Expendables 2", the big movie "Daddy is Back", the big movie "Running", "Starting Line", "New Detective", created a total of 124 billion box office.

Some of these films were not very popular in the industry, and they were widely criticized after their release, and their reputation was very poor, but the box office was still astonishing, such as those two popular variety shows that were popular all over the country.

In addition, there are a few animated films, which made the industry even more confused. How can such adult-oriented films without real people earn two to three hundred million at the box office!

But these movies produced and announced by Xiahua Film and Television have shocked the industry one by one, and created a box office far higher than their expectations.

what about now?

In 2014, Xiahua Film and Television will release about 23 films. Is the estimated box office of 140 billion to 260 billion exaggerated?
It's quite an exaggeration when you think about it, the average box office for each movie is at least 7 million!
But judging from the records created by Xiahua Film and Television over the past few years, it seems that more than 80% of the goals may be achieved!

"Boss Zhou and Mr. Zhang, that "Monster Hunt" is also an animated film, right? Tangtang and Qu Bufan starred in it. If you estimate the box office at 5 to 6 million, I think it is indeed possible. Why did you estimate the box office at 20 billion? It's too exaggerated."

Just after Zhang Zhao finished introducing these profiles, Mr. Wang from Huayi Brothers was the first to question when he saw that no one was talking. He hesitated a little.

In this small conference room, the top executives of the state-owned and private film and television companies have basically arrived. For Xia Hua Film and Television, which has not yet talked about it, and directly has such a set of outstanding achievements, it feels like a bright mirror.

It's nothing more than trying to frighten and convince everyone, so as to gain an advantage in the next conversation, give a killing blow first, and then give some cakes to win over.

As for the box office estimate of "Monster Hunting", Zhang Zhao never thought about the figure that way, even Boss Jiang, the boss of Anle who was sitting next to Zhou Xia, didn't rush to predict such a high figure.

But this estimate was made by Zhou Xia, and he didn't explain it to anyone, so when he heard Mr. Wang's question, the two of them and others turned their eyes to Zhou Xia.

Zhou Xia sat near the podium, straightened her suit, stood up, came to the podium, and took the laser pointer from Zhang Zhao.

"Why is the estimated box office of this animated movie 20 billion." Zhou Xia smiled slightly, looking at everyone else: "Because this movie will be our Chinese "Harry Potter" and "Transformers."

Zhou Xia deliberately used accents when he said the names of the next two movies, slowing down his speech. Everyone present laughed when they heard the comparison. The subtext is very clear. You Zhou Xia really dare to say it. Blow!

"Hehe, I know that the bosses don't believe it, but I want to say that Boss Jiang and I have this confidence, so I will simply say a few points, why I have this confidence.

Because this movie allows kindergarten children and elementary school students to enter the theater, the grandparents, fathers, and mothers who take care of them will naturally accompany them into the theater. This is a movie that the whole family can watch together. This is the first point .

The second point is that we have two leading actors, Tangtang and Qu Bufan, as well as other supporting stars, so many young people will also enter the theater.

The third point is that the animation technology of our Xiahua Film and Television plus some of the technology of Weta, the 3D special effects are definitely better than the filming of "Painted Skin 2" I did the year before last, and the investment in special effects alone is as high as 3 million.

Based on these three points alone, I don’t think that the current domestic market will encounter such a rare theme movie, and it will not explode. 20 billion is just the beginning. My real expectation is to reach more than 25 billion, and the global box office is 30 billion! "

After Zhou Xia said these two numbers aloud, the entire meeting room fell silent.

After a while, fragmented applause sounded, and gradually clattered, everyone applauded.

If other people said this, someone present would have interrupted it long ago, but if Zhou Xia said this in front of everyone, he obviously had a bottom line in his heart.

His achievements and Xia Hua's achievements in those films over the past few years cannot be questioned!

After Zhou Xia answered the question, some people believed it, some people didn't believe it, but no one spoke any more, they all looked at the report on the screen and began to think.

Wang Changtian, the boss of Fiber Optic Pictures, looked at his deputy, Li Xiaoping.

Li Xiaoping raised his hand and said, "Dr. Jay, that "The Return of the Great Sage" is marked as an animated movie, but it doesn't have the name of the leading actor. Is this a purely animated movie?"

"Yes, it's an ordinary 2D animation movie." Zhou Xia nodded.

"Then why did Xia Hua estimate the box office to be 8 million, and that "Journey to the West-Havoc in Heaven", if I remember correctly, is a project of Xinghao Films acquired by Xia Hua, and the main creators are Xiangjiang and Wanwan Yes, less than a month after the start-up, it was filmed at the China Film Digital Base.

In just one year, from filming to release, what kind of special effects can be made? Even after the release of "Journey to the West" in the Spring Festival last year, the theme of Journey to the West was favored. The box office of this movie is 10 billion. Is it too high? "

After Li Xiaoping's question was over, most of the people present nodded slightly, thinking that the question was reasonable.

If Xia Hua Film and Television produced it by itself, and arranged for Xia Hua's charismatic stars to star, such a box office estimate is indeed possible, but with Xinghao, a Hong Kong company that has not produced a few movies, how can it do it? Such a high-grossing movie?

(End of this chapter)