The director starts by learning from the abilities of renowned directors.

China Film Group.

"Should we postpone the release date by a few days?"

The box office performance of "Fame and Fortune" caught Han Sanping off guard, so he summoned Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping to China Film Group.

Zhang Weiping disagreed, laughing, "The success of 'Fame and Fortune' is due to 'House of Flying Daggers.' 'House of Flying Daggers' cleared out the second half of June's release schedule, leaving audiences with no better choice but to watch 'Fame and Fortune.' Once 'House of Flying Daggers' is released, audiences will immediately make the right choice. There are still about 20 days until 'House of Flying Daggers' is released, and hasn't that movie's daily box office already dropped? It's laughable that it changed its release date."

Han Sanping looked at Zhang Yimou, who lowered his head and remained silent. Han Sanping felt conflicted.

The day before yesterday, the daily box office of "Fame and Fortune" climbed to more than 4 million yuan, and then dropped to more than 3 million yuan the day before yesterday. Its performance surpassed that of many big-budget films by famous directors with investments of more than 10 million yuan.

Shen Qing is only 24 years old; he's a promising talent.

It looks like his first theatrical film has a chance to reach 30 to 40 million yuan at the box office, and another Feng Xiaogang is rising.

Han Sanping genuinely didn't want "Fame and Fortune" and "Ambush from Ten Sides" to collide, as this would prevent "Fame and Fortune" from reaching its full potential and could also hinder "Ambush from Ten Sides" from breaking "Hero's" record.

"Fame and Fortune" poses no threat to "House of Flying Daggers," but "House of Flying Daggers" aims not to defeat its competitor, but to set a new record.

Even if it only affects a few hundred thousand or a few million in box office revenue, it could still cause "Ambush" to stop at a certain meaningful record.

"I've seen the movie 'Fame and Fortune'," Zhang Yimou said slowly. "The work is very mature, and many of its techniques feel very familiar to me. If I were to direct it, the final result would probably be similar."

"A plan," Zhang Weiping interrupted him, "Our goal is to set a new record; we can't let emotions cloud our judgment."

Seeing that Zhang Yimou seemed to appreciate "The Rise of Fame," he worried that Zhang might agree to adjust the release date. This was unlikely, as a goal that had been set long ago could not be easily changed, but better safe than sorry.

At this moment, Han Sanping's assistant pushed open the door and handed Han Sanping a printed sheet of paper, saying, "Mr. Han, the box office statistics for 'Make a Name for Yourself' yesterday are out. These are the detailed figures for each city."

Han Sanping took the paper and examined it carefully, his expression serious.

"635 million, it's gone up again."

He then handed the paper to Zhang Yimou, who calmly read it and then handed it to Zhang Weiping.

Zhang Weiping examined the paper closely, then asked, "Didn't the box office drop the day before yesterday? How come...?"

"Yesterday was Saturday," Han Sanping said.

Zhang Weiping hesitated. He firmly believed that "Fame and Fortune" could not threaten "House of Flying Daggers", but it could indeed affect the upper limit of "House of Flying Daggers".

Zhang Yimou, who had been mostly silent, finally spoke up: "I think the schedule still can't be changed, it's the 16th. Actually, I had a feeling that the record of 'Hero' might not be broken for a long time, so it doesn't really matter whether we have 'Fame' or not."

Zhang Weiping breathed a sigh of relief, but the thought of the box office performance of "Fame and Fortune" made him tense again.

Han Sanping found it increasingly interesting that a movie with a production budget of only 170 million had somehow managed to generate the buzz of a 1700 million cost.

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Shen Qing was somewhat shocked by the box office performance of "Make a Name for Yourself". His initial goal when the film was first conceived was to gross over 1000 million, and he had only imagined that the best result would be 2000 million. He never expected this...

He analyzed that Wen Jun and Zhang Weiping's verbal battle might have been partly due to his influence.

Hong Kong Film Awards Chairman Wen Jun criticized Zhang Yimou for dominating the summer movie season, while Zhang Weiping responded in kind. The summer release of "Fame and Fortune" was repeatedly mentioned, and its popularity soared.

As word-of-mouth for "The Rise of Fame" spread and daily box office records were broken, Wen Jun posted another article saying that Zhang Yimou's attempt to steal a chicken backfired. He originally intended to release a low-budget film of 170 million to shut everyone up, but unexpectedly, this low-budget film really lived up to expectations. Now, it will definitely steal a lot of box office revenue from "House of Flying Daggers".

The back-and-forth between the two sides made many potential viewers hear the name "Make a Name for Yourself," and when they learned that the film only had an investment of 170 million, yet its box office was so strong, many people became very curious.

On July 1, "Fame and Fortune" surpassed 30 million yuan in total box office revenue, and it still looks like it has a lot of staying power.

The momentum of "The Day After Tomorrow" has basically run out, and "Troy" is only slightly better. Apart from that, there is only "Fame and Fortune" left on the market, which caused its screenings to increase steadily after 10 days of release.

On July 6, the box office surpassed 40 million.

On July 14, one day before the release of "House of Flying Daggers", the box office exceeded 50 million yuan.

On July 15, the total box office was over 51 million yuan. Then "House of Flying Daggers" came with overwhelming force, and "Fame and Fortune" almost dropped to zero in terms of screenings. The daily increase was negligible. It was not until the 25th that it finally broke through 52 million yuan with great difficulty, so it was simply taken off the screens.

Then a celebration banquet was held in the capital, and all the main cast members attended. In the month since the movie's release, everyone felt like they were in a dream; suddenly the movie was a hit, and suddenly they were famous.

Many media interviews asked how I got the lead role and what interesting things happened during filming.

Liu Yifei was interviewed many times. Her role as Nightingale had a short but stunning screen time, and the character was full of mysteries, such as whether Nightingale was a secret agent, whether she was involved in killing the three elders, and whether she had communicated with the director about Nightingale's secret mission.

"No, really no..."

Halfway through her speech, she suddenly remembered a question she had asked Director Shen Qing on set, but Shen Qing told her to just focus on performing the script well and not worry about anything else.

"Is he trying to avoid spoilers?"

After the movie ended, Shen Qing started calculating how much money he would get. The money wouldn't be distributed so quickly, but who could resist doing the math beforehand?

The box office exceeded 5200 million, and the production company recovered about one-third, which is 1700 million. Shen Qing's share was 20%, or 340 million.

The overseas copyright sold for $200 million. Zhao Hongwei used $180 for publicity expenses, leaving $20 million. Shen Qing took a 20% share, which was $36.

340 million RMB + 36 USD, that's roughly Shen Qing's pre-tax income.

Oh, right, selling the TV rights to the movie channel will bring in another 600,000 to 700,000 yuan, and the company gave a bonus of 500,000 yuan, that's about it.

Of course, this is just a rough figure, and the exact number cannot be determined at this time.

It still feels a bit too little, mainly because its proportion is too low, only 2%. We can't do that next time.

The next movie must be upgraded to 5% no matter what.

With the second half of the year already underway, Shen Qing put finding people to take photos with on her agenda.

Zhang Yimou's abilities are so versatile; he can direct, cinematize, and act.

Since taking a photo with someone gives you 99% of their professional abilities, the more versatile a filmmaker is, the more worthwhile they are to consider.

Who should we choose?

A name popped into Shen Qing's mind.

Jackie Chan!

Shen Qing will inevitably venture into action movies sooner or later, and very few films can be made without stuntmen.

Jackie Chan can work as an action choreographer and action director.

He can also be a director.

Moreover, he is also a talented actor, having won the Best Actor award multiple times.

He can even sing, and although he has a bit of a Peking Opera style, he sings really well and very uniquely.

When Choi Joon-young was composing the theme song for "The Myth," the rhythm was a bit flat at first. The director wanted the rhythm to be higher. Choi said that Jackie Chan was not a professional singer and was worried that Jackie Chan would not be able to sing it. Tang Ji-li said that it was okay, he sang Peking Opera, so he could sing it as high as he wanted.

Furthermore, does acquiring Jackie Chan's professional skills include his physical abilities? Otherwise, if you only know the concepts but your body isn't up to par, you still can't perform his moves. What kind of acquisition of 99% of his professional skills would that be?

We must give the action department a spot for a group photo.

"Take a photo with Jackie Chan!"

Shen Qing wrote the following line in the notebook where she had just done the accounting.