Chapter 163 Different Performance, Different Treatment

On the second day of the Huo family's wedding appreciation banquet, the weekly box office of "Seven Days of Love" came out.

In the first week of "Seven Days of Love", the box office score was 2.45 million, ranking fifth in the first week box office of Xiangjiang's movies this year.

It seems that this result seems to be very good, but if you know that the box office of "Seven Days of Love" directly broke through 850,000 on the first day, breaking the single-day box office record of 820,000 created by "Selling. I knew that such a week's box office results were simply too average.

The first day's box office was so hot, half of the reason was the good reputation of "Seven Days of Love", and the other half was thanks to the support of the stars of "Wulin Biography".

The box office on the first day is the data on Tuesday. It is reasonable to say that even if it will drop a little in the next few days, but if the word of mouth is good, the box office on Saturday and Sunday will have a wave of recovery.

But looking at the box office of 2.45 million in the first week, it is obvious that the results have been declining all the way, and there is no recovery at all.

This is a very general performance of word of mouth.

On the day when the results came out, Golden Harvest Cinemas and other movie theaters directly announced the reduction of theater support for "Seven Days of Love", leaving only 15 movie theaters in total, which is almost less than the 25 theaters in the first week. cut in half.

In stark contrast to "Seven Days of Love", "Drunken Master" has been released for two weeks.

The second week of the release of "Drunken Master" coincides with the first week of "Seven Days of Love".

The box office of "Drunken Master" in the first week was 2.82 million Hong Kong dollars. Of course, it is impossible to break through the market in the second week, but its box office score of 2.46 million in the second week is still blinding the eyes of many people. .

Such a result not only helped "Drunken Master" overwhelm "Seven Days of Love" and became the champion of this week, but also created the second-smallest second-week box office performance in Xiangjiang's history - second only to "Wrong Seven Days". Daily Love".

However, the number of theaters showing "Wrong Seven Day Love" increased in the second week, while "Drunken Master" decreased by 3 theaters in the second week!

Calculated in this way, the score of "Drunken Master" is even better than that of "Seven Days of Love"!

Apart from anything else, Golden Harvest added all 3 movie theaters that were withdrawn from "Seven Days of Love" to the screening of "Drunken Master".

Guan Shan was not reserved at this time. In fact, three days ago, he started contacting film distributors in other cities, hoping to sell "Seven Days of Love" to them, and the price was negotiable.

Before "Seven Days of Love" was released, everyone chased Guan Shan to buy the distribution rights in other places, but after three days after "Seven Days of Love" was released, these old Jianghu saw that "Seven Days of Love" "In fact, the quality is average, and there is not much advantage, so they are not in a hurry.

If it weren't for the good reputation of "Seven Days of Love" and the guest appearances of the stars of "Wulin Biography", which is popular all over Asia, the audiences in various countries in Asia have high expectations. Seven Days of Love".

Even if you want to sell the copyrights in other places now, the price is simply impossible to be the original price, at most half of the previous price, or even less.

Jiahe is even more indifferent to Guan Shan. In fact, Jiahe was not very interested in "Seven Days of Love" at the beginning.

Guan Shan asked urgently here, so Golden Harvest offered a buyout price of 1.5 million.

Guan Shan immediately slammed the door and left. He felt that the price was an insult to himself—"Seven Days of Wrong Love" had a global box office of more than 60 million Hong Kong dollars, and you Jiahe made a lot of money in it. The sequel's price is only 1.5 million, which is so insulting!

But when he got his opinions together, he found out with dismay that even the prices given by all the publishers outside the city add up to only 2.3 million Hong Kong dollars. It may be higher, and as the cumulative box office of "Seven Days of Love" continues to decrease, it will be even lower.

Therefore, after "Seven Days of Love" came out at the box office for a week, Guan Shan could only be full of grievances, and signed copyright sales contracts with seven or eight publishers, with a total price of 2.3 million Hong Kong dollars.

Guan Shan's investment in "Seven Days of Love" reached about 1 million Hong Kong dollars, more than double the original cost of less than 400,000.

For this reason, he even asked Zhang Bingqian to borrow money from the family to shoot.

It should be said that during the production, Guan Shan was not considered a sloppy creation, and he was willing to spend money on many scenes and content that should be there.

Of course, according to the estimates of market participants, the total box office of "Seven Days of Love" in Hong Kong should be around 4 million.

With the achievement of 4 million yuan, "Seven Days of Love" will definitely be able to pay back its capital in Xiangjiang, and even earn more than one million. Compared with the input-output ratio of "Seven Days of Love", That's simply too bad.

Guan Shan was very disappointed. He felt that the theaters were not supportive enough, and everyone was too critical... etc., which led to the failure of "Seven Days of Love".

But he never thought that if it wasn't for his gimmicks such as "the sequel of "Seven Days of Love" and "the leading role of "Wulin Biography" joining with love", the first week might not even have 1 million.

The story is old-fashioned, the plot conflicts are not new, the vulgar and sensational, the acting is hypocritical and blunt... These shortcomings are not the characteristics of a good show at all.

Guan Shan was very unhappy, but Zhang Bingqian was very happy.

The profit income of "Seven Days of Love" in the local area is about 1.2 million, plus the net profit of 2.3 million in other places, that is 3.5 million.

Guan Shan agreed to take half of it to the family, that is 1.75 million, and Zhang Bingqian still had about 700,000 in her hand. .

The Guan family has a small villa and a small car, and the rest is household. Such a large sum of money is enough for the family to live comfortably.

Unlike the Guan family, who has their own sorrows and joys, the newly promoted Kung Fu star Cheng Long is immersed in joy at this time.

As soon as the box office results of the second week of "Drunken Master" came out, Luo Wei immediately called Cheng Long and told him to take a break and go back quickly. The company was going to open a new movie for him, trying to make him popular again.

If it was in the past, Cheng Long would be grateful to Luo Wei, and would say without saying a word, "I have had enough rest, and I can start a new play right away."

But now, Cheng Long's thoughts have changed.

The first one stems from Luo Wei's stingy nature.

In 1976, Cheng Long and Luo Wei, who came back from Australia, signed a three-year contract. Luo Wei promised Cheng Long at that time that in addition to a fixed salary every month, he would give Cheng Long 3,000 Hong Kong dollars for each play.

This kind of salary is definitely very cheap for the stars of Xiangjiang, but it is already a high price for Cheng Long who has been reduced to work on a construction site in Australia.

So Cheng Long readily agreed, and worked hard to make more than a dozen films for Luo Wei in about two years.

These movies have earned and lost, but Luo Wei still paid Cheng Long 3,000 per film as agreed, and Cheng Long's small life was pretty good.

This year Wu Siyuan came to borrow Cheng Long to film a movie, the condition is that Cheng Long will help to make two movies, and one movie will give Luo Wei 100,000.

Luo Wei has lost confidence in Cheng Long now, and more than a dozen movies have not become popular. Is this guy a dou who can't afford it?

So seeing that he could earn 200,000 yuan for nothing, Luo Wei of course agreed.

As a result, the first film "The Snake-shaped Hand" sold 2.7 million yuan, Wu Siyuan earned more than 600,000 yuan, and Cheng Long also emerged.

Seeing that he earned too much, Wu Siyuan directly gave him 50,000 in order to build a good relationship with Cheng Long.

Cheng Long was honest, so he gave the money to Luo Wei first, but Luo Wei only took 3,000 as a dividend for him, which was equivalent to the price of Cheng Long's extra movie.

Cheng Long didn't say anything at the time, but felt a little uncomfortable.

As the saying goes, if you don't compare, you don't know the level.

After cooperating with Wu Siyuan in two films in a row, Cheng Long felt that Wu Siyuan and Yuan Heping gave him a lot of room to play, and he paid great attention to his own opinions.

But Luo Wei's side is different. Basically, Luo Wei can do whatever he says, and Cheng Long's opinion has no effect at all.

That's all.

But another aspect of the contradiction lies in the relentless pursuit of Cheng Long by He Guanchang of Golden Harvest.

Who is He Guanchang in the film industry?

That's almost the handle of the tripod!

Except for a few people, there is no one who has more seniority and prestige than him.

He not only greeted Cheng Long, but also pointed out various opinions on many details of Cheng Long's movies. He often invited Cheng Long to dinner and chatted with him about the direction of world movies. Just like my dad.

Cheng Long was sent by his parents to study at the Huaguo Opera Research Institute in Yuzhanyuan since he was a child. He was taken to Australia by his parents after he grew up, and he returned to Xiangjiang within a few months. It can be said that the relationship with his parents is not so deep. , He basically relies on himself alone, and the ones who can talk on weekdays are the brothers and sisters of the same generation.

Cheng Long was a little moved when suddenly there was such an amiable and important person caring for him.

Most importantly, He Guanchang thinks highly of him.

Before "Drunken Master" was released, He Guanchang gave Cheng Long a check of 1 million and asked him to go to Golden Harvest to make a movie. Golden Harvest was responsible for the termination fee with Luo Wei, so he didn't have to worry about it.

Although Cheng Long returned the check under Chen Zhiqiang's persuasion, comparing He Guanchang and Luo Wei, Cheng Long felt that the gap was a bit big.

Anyone who is caught by a person who has the ability to break through the sky does not want to follow a stingy boss. This is a great disrespect for his hard work.

The difference between 3000 and 1 million can be understood by only one person.

The second reason for Cheng Long's change of mind was the gap between Golden Harvest and Luo Wei Film Company.

Luo Wei Film Company is a small film company. Like Siyuan Film Company, it is an affiliated company that relies on Golden Harvest for food.

Not only is Golden Harvest larger in scale than Luo Wei Film Company, but they also have their own theater chain, their own studio, and more professionals.

No matter from which aspect, Golden Harvest Doubi Luo Wei Film Company has a bright future.

He Guanchang also promised Cheng Long that as long as Cheng Long came over, Golden Harvest would make at least three films for him every year, with no financial cap.

Moreover, each film respects Cheng Long's opinion, he will be the lead, and Golden Harvest is only responsible for providing funds, personnel, venues, etc. In addition to the fixed salary, he will also give him 10% of Xiangjiang's box office as a share.

Making movies in such a large-scale and ambitious company will undoubtedly further realize Cheng Long's dream of surpassing Li Xiaolong.

Then there is another point about Yin Jun.

Cheng Long already knew that "Seven Days of Love" was written by Yin Jun. For this young man who had dinner with him, Cheng Long admired him very much. He felt that he was talented and polite, and he would not look down on him who hadn't read it. A vulgar person who has been educated can still be sure that he is capable and promising, so he is worthy of being a friend.

Seeing that Yin Jun has written so many best-selling movie and TV scripts, Cheng Long has no doubts about Yin Jun's screenwriting ability.

Jiahe also told Cheng Long that if he felt it was necessary, Jiahe would spare no expense to ask Yin Jun to write at least one movie for Cheng Long every year, which would not only make him famous in Xiangjiang, but also in the whole world.

This is in line with Cheng Long's dream of surpassing Li Xiaolong.

After "Drunken Master" hit the box office, Cheng Long sometimes dreamed that he would film a script written by Yin Jun and become a world superstar.

When he woke up, Cheng Long woke up with a smile.

So, with so many factors, Cheng Long seemed less enthusiastic about Luo Wei's eagerness to make a movie by himself.

And no matter when the movie will be filmed, Cheng Long has already made a decision. For his own future, he will not renew the contract with Luo Wei.

I should have a wider world!

Cheng Long thought so, and it happened that many people thought so too.

When the second week's box office results came out, Luo Wei called Cheng Long first, and Wu Siyuan was the second to call.

Wu Siyuan didn't say much, and thanked Cheng Long for helping him take two films, then took out two stacks of big golden bulls from his bag, and handed them to Cheng Long.

Cheng Long scratched his head: "Brother Yuan, you are..."

"Aaron, take it! You earned so much money for Brother Yuan, you deserve it." Wu Siyuan smiled and said, "It's just that you don't want to give it to Ah Wei so stupidly, or when the time comes And I can only get 3,000 yuan for hard work.”

Cheng Long was taken aback for a moment, and then felt a little embarrassed.

Wu Siyuan gave Cheng Long 50,000 for the last filming of "The Snake Shaped Hand", but after Cheng Long gave it to Luo Wei, Luo Wei only gave him 3,000.

Cheng Long is not someone who gossips behind other people's backs. After he smiled, he took the money and didn't say anything else.

After the two chatted and Cheng Long left first, Wu Siyuan smiled and made a phone call downstairs.

"Brother Chang, I have already given away the money, we can wait and see the good show."

"Thanks for your hard work."

On the other side of the phone, there was a suppressed excited voice.