Chapter 687 Different Circumstances

Thursday, October 16.

Xiangjiang people have been looking forward to Cheng Long's super Hollywood masterpiece for almost a year - "The Killer", which officially began to be screened in Xiangjiang.

In order to make "Killer's Trench" a good result, He Guanchang and Cai Yongchang went out in person, promised a lot of conditions, plus their own theater chain, contacted 43 theaters in one go for the joint screening.

This number is a bit lower than the 50 theater screenings of "Raiders of the Lost Ark", but it also broke the record for the number of theaters for Xiangjiang movies.

This is also because of the arrival of Yin Jun, Zou Wenhuai made a fortune in "Raiders of the Lost Ark", and Zou Wenhuai has the confidence to contact theaters for release.

Zou Wenhuai also allocated 1 million publicity funds to publicize the big production of "Killer's Trenches" in newspapers all over Asia, especially in Xiangjiang, but never mentioned its smashing box office in the United States.

The final box office of "Killer's Trenches" in the United States was 8.5 million US dollars. Although it is not too bad in terms of movies starring Asians, it is not as good as the first weekend box office of many other movies.

But after Cheng Long called a group of actors and made a lot of revisions to the movie, and watched the new version of Zou Wenhuai, he still has more confidence.

Like him, it is Xiangjiang's audience who think so.

Although "Killer" has hit the street in the United States, but Xiangjiang people feel that Americans have different appreciation standards from them. Americans feel bad, but it doesn't mean that they don't meet the tastes of Xiangjiang people. The movies that ghosts like to watch are often They don't necessarily like to watch it either!

Cheng Long is a very good star in Xiangjiang. Although he can't replace the status of the Xu brothers, he has succeeded in several films in a row, and he is increasingly popular with everyone, and his rising momentum is obvious.

Therefore, after the first day's box office results came out, it reached as much as 1.5 million! It's not even Saturday or Sunday! !

Jiahe and Cheng Long couldn't help but smile, waiting for the three-day weekend box office to explode.

But for the box office of the next day, Jiahe was notified by phone one after another in the early hours of the morning. After summarizing, everyone was dumbfounded.

720,000!

The box office fell by more than half! ?

Zou Wenhuai felt that he was wrong, but he called back to confirm again, but found that the result was not bad at all.

Cheng Long, who was still very happy yesterday, felt his face flushed.

I spent 2 million US dollars to reshoot more than one-third of the shots to cater to the Asian audience, but it still doesn't work?

If he didn't even make it through the first week, how far his grades would plummet in the second week... It's unimaginable.

The fact is also as they thought.

The box office on Saturday was 850,000.

The box office on Sunday was 530,000.

The box office totaled 3.6 million in the first four days!

For others, such a result is already very good, but this is Cheng Long's movie!

This is a big-budget movie that spent a total of 12 million US dollars! !

In Xiangjiang, Cheng Long's stronghold, Jiahe was really frustrated that he could only achieve such a result.

Not only Hong Kong, but other places in the first weekend, including Japan, South Korea, Germany, France and other places, the combined box office is only 23 million Hong Kong dollars.

Coming to the office in the morning, Zou Wenhuai sighed heavily when he heard the unexpected news, with a look of disappointment on his face.

"Maybe... maybe we can wait a little longer, in case..."

Cai Yongchang's comforting words were stopped by Zou Wenhuai before he finished speaking, "Don't comfort me, I can still bear this little blow! It's just a failure, we will find it again next time! "

"But……"

He Guanchang hesitated to speak.

"Come on, Achang, am I still afraid of being hit?" Zou Wenhuai said with a smile, "Is there something wrong with someone in the theater?"

"It's not them, although they are also a little bit dissatisfied." He Guanchang said, "It's those shareholders. They came to me early in the morning and said they wanted to sell their shares and asked me if I would take over."

"Huh?" Zou Wenhuai was surprised, "Who are they?"

"All five families are here." He Guanchang smiled wryly, "They must be well connected, otherwise it would be impossible to come here together."

"Are they crazy? Just for this loss?" Cai Yongchang said in disbelief, "Didn't we earn 25 million dollars on "Raiders of the Lost Ark"? Why are they so ignorant?"

"On the one hand, they feel that this time is really too miserable, and on the other hand, they don't think that "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is our credit, but Yin Jun's insight and talent." He Guanchang said: "So they are afraid of Jiahe's future If it happens a few more times, it will affect the value of the shares in their hands. And now is also the time when Golden Harvest shares can be sold at an affordable price."

"It's not that simple, is it?" Zou Wenhuai murmured, "I know that Lao Zhu, Lao Qin, and Lao Zhang are all very shrewd people. If they want to sell the shares of Golden Harvest, they must have other plans .”

"Brother Huai, you guessed right." He Guanchang replied, "Didn't the land and housing prices in Xiangjiang go crazy recently? They also want to gather together to invest in real estate and get a share of the action."

"Real estate?" Zou Wenhuai sneered, "Real estate is very hot, but can they provoke the predators who fight in it? How can it be so easy for them to grab a piece of fat?"

"I think so too, but they have been fascinated by the sudden wealth of real estate, and they want to cash out and leave." We are actively expanding the company and have not yet gone public, so the value growth is a little less..."

"well!"

Zou Wenhuai sighed, "How about this, you call them all over, and I'll ask again. They're all old friends, I can't bear them to leave..."

When Golden Harvest was established, Zou Wenhuai, He Guanchang, and Cai Yongchang exchanged money and labor for 40% of the shares.

Then five local businessmen and friends also sponsored some of them and acquired 20% of the shares. The remaining 25% were Japanese-funded and 15% were Korean-funded.

Over the years, Golden Harvest's valuation has increased sixfold from the original 50 million to the current 300 million Hong Kong dollars.

But if you consider that Golden Harvest was founded by Zou Wenhuai in 70 years, and it took ten years for Golden Harvest to reach such a scale, then compared with Xiangjiang’s financial and real estate development, it is too slow.

In the past ten years, Hong Kong's real estate has not only increased by five or six times?

Usually ten times, up to twelve or three times!

In other words, if they used the funds to buy a house in 1970, then selling it now, the cost of 10 million is at least 100 million now.

This time, the real estate boom that started at the end of last year gave these shareholders another opportunity to make a lot of money. Coupled with the fiasco of Golden Harvest's "Killer's Trenches" this time, it made them even more determined.

Zou Wenhuai felt that, in fact, Golden Harvest will usher in new development soon, but the real estate has already risen too much. For the sake of prudence, it is better for these old friends to keep the shares of Golden Harvest.

...

Some people are happy and some are sad.

Golden Harvest is worried about the box office of "Killer's Trenches", but the performance of the Jiangnan Kunqu Opera Troupe, which started two days in advance, has won great favor from drama fans.

The classic Kunqu opera they carefully prepared not only fascinated a group of fans, but also those famous actors from Kunqu opera, Huangmei opera, Yue opera, Peking opera, Cantonese opera...etc. I can't let it go at the intersection of Lee Stage.

Acting in opera is different from movies. Acting in opera is a live performance. Everyone can see whether you are paying attention to your singing, reciting, doing, hitting, every move, every frown and smile.

The Jiangnan Kunqu Opera Troupe originally represented the peak level of Kunqu Opera in Huaguo, and they came prepared, so they are naturally full of energy and strive to contribute the best Kunqu Opera to everyone.

Since you are serious, everyone can see it and appreciate your efforts.

Therefore, the 1,500 seats in the Lee Stage are full every day, and it is hard to find a ticket.

Ticket prices for scalpers have even been doubled or tripled, but they are still snapped up by movie fans as soon as they come out.

Originally, the Jiangnan Kunqu Opera Troupe started performing on Tuesday the 14th, and ended on Saturday the 18th with a briefing every five days. They planned to take a day off on Sunday, and then had a second show on Monday.

But the audience's reaction was overwhelming.

After soliciting the opinions of the actors, the troupe leader decided that there would be an additional performance on Sunday, the 19th. When the tickets were temporarily sold on the night of the 18th, there was chaos at the door, and there was almost no fight.

If the police hadn't rushed over to maintain order, I'm afraid there would really be conflicts.

Encouraged by such good results, Gao Hong has entrusted the staff to ask Yin Jun if they can add another ten days of performance time.

Because according to the current momentum, at least two-thirds of the people queuing did not buy tickets, and ten more days of performances would not be a problem at all.

The Jiangnan Kunqu Opera Troupe also has some plans. In fact, they have prepared two extra plays, just to be used when this kind of accident happens.

Yin Jun asked Gao Hong, if the performance lasted for 17 days in one go, and another 10 days, it will be almost a month.

In the end, Gao Hong replied that because of sufficient preparation, many actors could be replaced, so even the stage pillars were not too hard for everyone, after all, there was only one scene a day.

Besides, after they returned to the mainland, they had plenty of time to rest, and finally came to Xiangjiang to promote their Kunqu Opera culture and earn some money. Every actor in the Jiangnan Kunqu Opera Troupe was unwilling to miss this opportunity.

Hearing such a reply, Yin Jun unconsciously sighed, and immediately asked Tian Jiachun to discuss the postponement with Lee Stage and the hotel.

It is rare that they have the fighting spirit that those dance troupes do not have after 40 years, Yin Jun is also willing to help them.

In this era of great change that has not been seen in a thousand years, there are many respectable people in Huaguo!