Chapter 807 Chapter 107 I Want to Slap My Face!
"Hey, Xiaoqian, um, it's me. I heard about the box office or something recently, ah... yes! Let me tell you, don't take it personally, you are only so old, and you have only made a few movies , how many years has Qin Wei been filming this, and what kind of big investment is it, losing to him is not ashamed!"
"Uh...Dad...you don't need to comfort me, I know this is normal, and I too..."
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"Hey, Qian'er, are you okay?"
"Sister... Please, don't comfort me!"
"Haha, no, my sister just wants to tell you, don't take it seriously! I remember what you said, the investment in "Once Upon a Time" is less than 30 million, and we've already made a lot of money, right? And Seeing that it has broken through 300 million, it is amazing! What is the history?"
"Sister, are you trying to comfort me? But I really don't need comfort!"
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"Hey, do you want to drink together? A bosom drinking buddy..."
"Please, I'm not feeling bad at all! Why do you all think I'm depressed now? And I'm going to start singing soon, big sister, quit drinking, do you understand!"
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"Hello? Haha, Mr. Du is concerned now, but I'm really fine! Losing to Master Qin, there's nothing to be depressed about... No need, thank you!"
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As soon as the phone was hung up here, Li Qian showed a wry smile helplessly. Just as he was about to lower his head and continue to write a few more lines, the office door was suddenly pushed open without knocking. Qi Jie stepped in, her pretty face still intact , with a look of surprise, closed the door, went straight to find the remote control, turned on the TV on the wall, and then quickly tuned to Suncheon Satellite TV, and then, holding the remote control in her hand, she hugged her shoulders.
Li Qian first looked at her in confusion, then was attracted by the voice from the TV, and turned his head to look at her. At this moment, an entertainment news was being broadcast——
Qin Wei said: "...Thank you for your support, I am a little flattered! As for "Huang Feihong", I think it is a good movie and it is worth watching, but it is not the same as "The Gate of Life and Death", each has its own As for the audience, I don’t think it will have any impact! Well, as for Li Qian, he is indeed a very talented young man. He has only made two films and it’s just the beginning. I’m very optimistic about his future!”
Qi Jie turned her head to look over.
Li Qian shrugged, smiled helplessly and shook his head.
Master Qin is a little carried away!
No wonder Qi Jie was unhappy from the moment she entered the door.
If you sell well at the box office, you will sell well. You didn’t come to the premiere of my "Once Upon a Time" but I went to the premiere of your "Gate of Life and Death". I have always treated you like a big boss, and I have never been slighted. When I mention you, I always respect you!
But why are you stepping on me!
In other words, the release of "The Gate of Life and Death" directly suppressed the screening rate of "Huang Feihong", okay? I didn't say a word. Is this also called non-interference?
That's all, what do you mean by relying on the old and selling the old?
Saying that I am a young man, I have just made two films, and at the beginning, I am still optimistic about my future, which means that it is normal for me to lose to you at the box office now? I'm just getting started!
It's really... an indiscriminate disaster!
Qi Jie was obviously very angry, she stood there with her shoulders in her arms, her pretty face was cold.
Li Qian got up and walked over, wrapping his arms around her waist, "Okay, let's talk about what he likes to say, and then everyone will see the real story in the movie! Her qualifications are indeed old, and she is indeed a big hit at the box office now! Then Awesome record, you have to make people laugh!"
Qi Jie slapped his hand away angrily, "He can smack the tsundere all the time, no one told him not to smack the tsundere! Why should he step on you and slap the tsundere! Besides, he has such a face, why didn't he just go into production?" Bibi? How much money was invested in "Once Upon a Time in China" and how much money was invested in "The Gate of Life and Death"? If you want to lose face, Bibi!"
Li Qian smiled helplessly.
Qi Jie, who was sulking at this moment, really doesn't look like that domineering female president at all. On the contrary, she looks very much like... Well, I remember that when Mama Li came back from selling vegetables, she found out that she was tricked, or she didn't have enough scales. Maybe it was this. Tone—then, she would often pick up the vegetable bag and go out to find someone, although she might just be cheated out of it!
At this time, Li Qian's arm took the opportunity to hug him again, but Qi Jie didn't slap him away. After thinking for a while, she turned to look at Li Qian and said, "I want to trip them up! His arrogant look It looks like it pissed me off!"
really!
It turns out that creatures like women have the same thinking!
Li Qian hurriedly said: "Don't! Don't!" While speaking, he put his arms around her, sat down on the sofa, and tried to persuade her, "Win or lose is in your own heart. Besides, you also understand that we didn't lose. Yes! Besides, even if you want to repay him, you should use the box office to retaliate, right? Otherwise, think about it, it’s a shame to trip someone up secretly, right? We don’t bother Do that!"
Qi Jie said seriously: "I'm just looking for someone to write some negative articles to make him feel disgusted, and then find some trolls to give him bad reviews on the Internet... He can't find out that we did it!"
"Don't, don't, don't! Auntie, Teacher Qi! Calm down, calm down! Even if the other party never knows that we did it, we can't make trouble for his few words! Right?"
Qi Jie's face was sullen and she didn't speak, apparently still puzzled by her anger.
Li Qian smiled, put his arms around her shoulders and patted her shoulders lightly, "Okay, okay! What a big deal this can be! Look at you, isn't it just that someone's box office has surpassed mine! This is also a big deal. The phone calls to comfort me, that person also calls to enlighten me, someone invites me to drink, someone asks if I want to help... The problem is, I am not a fairy, I have won for so many years, and no matter what I do, it will always be beneficial to me. Isn’t it normal to lose even once? Is there anyone who never loses? What’s more, you know that we’ve actually made a lot of money, and the return on investment is really better than that. We won’t lose to "Gate of Life and Death". right?"
Speaking of this, he smiled, "Don't be angry anymore! Hehe, you..."
Qi Jie took a deep breath, turned her head suddenly, and asked, "I know that you are going to take "Red Sorghum" to participate in the film festival in Europe, but I'm a little bit annoyed now! Why don't you release this film in the second half of the year? What do you think?" How can the box office of this film be? Can it be better than "Once Upon a Time"?"
But before Li Qian could answer, she said again: "That's right, it's impossible! "Once Upon a Time" is a commercial film, while "Red Sorghum" is a purely literary film. It must be inferior to "Once Upon a Time"! But it's just a little bit worse." It's not unacceptable! We will be in the second half of the year. Last year, Qin Wei made a "Gate of Life and Death", but you made two films. If you really want to compare, let's add two films together to compare with him!"
Li Qian laughed again, shaking his head helplessly, looking at Qi Jie's serious face, he really felt that she was so cute that she had never been before, so cute that she was a little silly, so he couldn't help but leaned over and kissed her gently, although Qi Jie wanted to hide subconsciously, But he was still kissed by him, and then he smiled and said, "Okay! Why bother with him!"
After a pause, he explained: "The box office of "Red Sorghum" is not much!"
Qi Jie took a deep breath, a little depressed and unwilling.
Glancing up at Li Qian, she said, "I hope you can slap him in the face in the next movie!"
Li Qian smiled. Seeing her being so serious about it, he couldn't help but really raised his head. After thinking about it for a while, he lowered his head and said with a smile: "Next year, I will make a special film next year." For the movie, I will try to release it in 2004, and then... I will try to compete with Master Qin at the box office!"
Qi Jie's eyes lit up when she heard this, "Really?"
Li Qian smiled and nodded, "Really."
She looked pale, but asked again: "Why not in the second half of this year?"
Li Qian laughed loudly, couldn't help leaning over to kiss him again, and said, "You care so much about this matter!"
Qi Jie took a deep breath, and still said unhappily: "We've come all the way, and no one has said that yet!"
Li Qian smiled and said: "In the second half of this year... one is to shoot the film of Sister Ming. I have already promised. Sister Ming is very kind and treats me very well. Where is your friendship? It can’t be measured by money or value, so from the beginning, I didn’t expect that film to bring in a high box office. If it doesn’t lose money, it will make money! Then, you know the plan for the second half of the year, "A Chinese Journey to the West" I personally have to make that film, but to be honest, I really don't have much confidence in its box office!"
Qi Jie sighed.
Listening to Li Qian analyzing the matter with her so earnestly, her mood gradually settled down. After a while, when she turned to look at Li Qian again, she seemed to have almost recovered.
"Okay! That's it. When the movie you want to shoot is released, I will go and slap Qin Wei in the face myself!"
Li Qian laughed out loud.
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After finally persuading Qi Jie to come down and coax him back, Li Qian went back to sit down, but he couldn't calm down.
At this time, he couldn't help but think about a question: Is it because he has won too much in these years and has almost never encountered any real ups and downs, so the repeated successes that have been piled up until now have made everyone They are so confident in themselves that they don't allow any disadvantages?
But the problem is, I'm really not a fairy!
Thinking of this, he rubbed his brows and sighed. He simply stopped writing, picked up the phone, made a few calls, and asked about the venue. Cao Zhan himself confirmed that there was no problem, so he was relieved. . But after putting down the phone, he still didn't want to write any more, so he simply got up, called Sun Yuting, walked across the street, and went to the Minghu Animation not far upstairs to inspect it.
In the middle, he received a call from Wang Jinglu. When she came back from the plane tomorrow, she hung up the phone. Counting the time, he turned to look at Sun Yuting and asked, "Is "Pirates of the Caribbean" released the day after tomorrow?"
Sun Yuting didn't even need to open the folder, so she nodded, "Yes! It will be released on Sunday, May 7."
Li Qian nodded, "Book two tickets for me!"
Sun Yuting nodded, agreed, opened the folder, and wrote it down.
As I was writing, I asked again: "The one who ordered our own cinema or..."
"Of course it's from my own theater! The fat and water don't flow to outsiders' field!"
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On May 7th, "Pirates of the Caribbean" came.
At this time, perhaps only Li Qian knows that this is only the first film in a series of movies that are sold worldwide, and it is not yet known how many films will be made after it!
Frankly speaking, perhaps European and Chinese filmmakers, as well as filmmakers from many countries including Iran, have their own advantages when it comes to filming humanistic films, but when it comes to making commercial films, especially this kind of series, the biggest Hollywood is really good at tapping the potential of IP to a certain extent!
Their practice of tapping all the potential of IP is a bit shameless!
In another time and space in my memory, as long as a certain company is under financial pressure, it will pull out the 007 series and make another one!
"Jurassic Park" became popular, and the second and third parts were launched consecutively. After filming the three parts, I found that everyone was a little tired of aesthetics, so I stopped for a while, took it out twenty years later, and made another trilogy !
and so on!
In contrast, the domestic film industry has not had such a similar IP operation and discovery so far. If there is, it should start with "Once Upon a Time".
Well, "Peacock" is about to wrap up. When Jin Han's drama is over and the crew takes a short break, they will be pulled out by Zhao He, and "Once Upon a Time Part II" will start soon!
After watching "Pirates of the Caribbean" together, Wang Jinglu was in a particularly good mood. In the evening, she specially called her sister Wang Jingxue to come over. She even cooked herself and made a table of good dishes. The three of them ate and chatted Wang Jingxue didn't leave until eleven o'clock at night.
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On May 8, the new week's box office rankings were released.
Unsurprisingly, "The Gate of Life and Death" continued to top the list, with a box office of 146.35 million in one fell swoop, three weeks and 16 days of box office results added up, it has infinitely approached 500 million box office, and it is inevitable to break 500 million next week.
Moreover, after winning more than 60% of the total box office of the week alone last week, in this week, "The Gate of Life and Death" also won more than half of the total box office of the week!
Behind it, "Huang Feihong", which has come to the fourth week of its release, although the total box office is not even half of its box office, compared with 72.57 million last week, it is only a slight drop of 1.09 million, with a high of 71.48 million. The weekly box office has pushed its total box office to 358.64 million!
Facts have proved that although the box office of "Huang Feihong" experienced a short-term drop of 30% after the release of "The Gate of Life and Death" affected the screening rate. "Kung Fu Movie" movies, in the case of limited canvas and filming rate, the box office is so strong that it is scary!
Seeing the box office of the fourth week came out, many experts began to adjust the total box office expectations of "Once Upon a Time". Many people adjusted the total box office estimate of "Once Upon a Time" to around 500 million from the previous estimate of 350 million or 400 million. !
Compared with these two domestic blockbusters, the imported blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" released last weekend seems a bit unwatchable, but even so, this blockbuster, which was released for only one day, still won a box office of 15.41 million. Ranked third in the box office rankings of the week!
Some experts predict that it should not be a problem for this imported blockbuster to break through 100 million at the box office.
This is the reality. "My Name Is Auspicious", which was released at the end of last year, ended with a box office of 270 million after the first week and a single week in the history of domestic films broke the record of 270 million. For a while, Zhao Mei Cheng Zhi was full of pride, and the media also praised him without hesitation.
But now, only a few months have passed, "The Gate of Life and Death" is about to break 500 million, and "Huang Feihong" is also in sight to break 400 million, and 500 million may not be impossible!
Therefore, after being blocked by reporters, Zhao Meicheng began to change his tone when he was being interviewed. From the original disdain for "commercial blockbusters", he began to say: "I am thinking about it now, and maybe I will also film in the future." Commercial blockbuster!"
And at this time, the box office of "Once Upon a Time" in the four Southeast Asian countries was released.
In the first week of its release, "Once Upon a Time" took the top spot in the box office rankings of the four countries without any pressure. Adding up the four countries, the first week's box office reached 39.77 million US dollars, equivalent to about 79.5 million Chinese yuan!
And the reputation of watching movies is so good that it's scary!
Many local moviegoers have praised this movie, saying that this is the best Chinese movie they have seen so far, and it is also the best martial arts movie!
Stimulated by this, other countries in Southeast Asia that were released this week almost without exception got the highest screening rate of local theaters and cinemas!
In fact, for the movie "Once Upon a Time", this is secondary, because also this week, the undubbed subtitled version of "Once Upon a Time" landed in Japan and South Korea within two days. And quickly aroused a huge movie-watching craze!
The momentum of its big sales even overwhelmed "Pirates of the Caribbean" which was also released this week!
And this time it was sold to Japan and South Korea, what Qi Jie talked about was the box office sharing model!
And Japan, but so far the world's third largest single movie box office market!
It is second only to the North American market of the United States and Canada, and the Chinese market after the explosive growth in the 1990s. In the past three years, the total annual box office has exceeded 1.2 billion US dollars!
There is no doubt that this is a big ticket warehouse!
Although Japan's domestic film industry is not weak, in the past few years, Hollywood blockbusters have frequently won high box office here, but Chinese films have rarely performed well in recent decades.
Until the release of "Once Upon a Time"!
Of course, although the local cooperative distribution companies and theater operators in Japan and South Korea have high hopes for the box office of "Once Upon a Time", the box office history of domestic films in these two countries in the past is not very optimistic. A few days later, the theater dealers saw the incomparably hot momentum of "Once Upon a Time", and hurriedly adjusted the film schedule, which made the overall box office situation of "Once Upon a Time" break through the bottleneck!