Chapter 991 Looking for a New Buyer? Breaking a New Single-Day Box Office Record! Eagle-Eyed and Wolf-Watching

Chapter 991 Looking for a new buyer? Breaking a new single-day box office record! Eagle-eyed and wolf-eyed...

"388 million? This number is really... scary!"

The first-day box office performance of "Operation Red Sea" is undoubtedly the focus of many people in the industry.

As direct competitors, "28-year-old Minor" and "The Great Wall" will definitely be affected by it, which is why Zhang Yimou and Zhang Mo paid attention to this movie early in the morning.

"Dad? Do you think "The Great Wall" can achieve such results?"

"It's hard to say." Zhang Yimou frowned slightly.

La Peikang's goal is 3 billion, but he himself finds it difficult because the story of "The Great Wall" does not seem to be as attractive as "Operation Red Sea".

"I feel so nervous. My first movie will have its premiere tomorrow, and then it will be against this kind of blockbuster. It's so scary!"

"It's okay, you don't have to be too nervous. They eat meat and you drink soup..."

After the father and daughter chatted for a while, the topic unconsciously turned to LeTV again.

"Dad, how is the situation at LeTV now?"

"Alas, it's very... difficult!"

Zhang Yimou has never been so concerned about the stock price of a company, and has never read financial news as frequently as in the past few months.

Even now, he still finds it hard to believe that LeTV, which seemed to have a "healthy financial report", is now deeply trapped in the "accounting crisis".

The capital chain is tight, and the US auto factory also has a series of arrears... Under the influence of various negative crises, LeTV's stock price has plummeted like a waterfall, and its market value has evaporated by nearly 10 billion in just one month!

During this period, although LeTV also urgently announced that it had obtained some funds through senior executives' shareholding and self-rescue by Boss Jia's classmates at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, it still could not stop the trend of LeTV's stock price falling.

This also means that the restructuring of LeTV Pictures will inevitably be suspended, and the possibility of LeTV Pictures injecting capital into LeTV to create wealth is almost non-existent, and many celebrity shareholders are currently all trapped...

Thinking of this, Zhang Yimou not only sighed again

"Then what will you do next..."

Zhang Mo was about to ask his father what he was going to do next, but at this moment, Zhang Yimou's phone on the table suddenly rang.

Looking at the caller ID, Zhang Yimou raised his eyebrows and pressed the answer button.

"Hello? Director Ren...Okay, I got it. See you in an hour."

After a brief chat, Zhang Yimou hung up the phone.

Putting down the phone, he looked up at his daughter in front of him, stood up and said, "Let's go, come with me to meet Chairman Ren Zhonglun of Shanghai Film Group."

"Huh? What do you want to see him for?"

Zhang Yimou uttered three words in a clear and loud voice: "Find the next home!"

LeTV Pictures is already a building that is about to collapse, so it is naturally impossible for him to stay here. While making "Shadow", looking for new partners is undoubtedly the best choice.

This time, he will not make a rash decision again, and he must carefully consider and think about it.

Since he has decided to embrace capital, he naturally has to find a big capital that can bring him enough benefits!

And Shanghai Film Group is undoubtedly one of his choices.

…

For the entire morning, the first-day box office of Operation Red Sea was undoubtedly the biggest hit.

However, just when many people in the industry thought that this was its limit, something unexpected happened!

Following the release of the film-watching initiative by the Navy yesterday, the daily also published a promotional article today:

"Real filmmakers may be silent at ordinary times, but once they devote themselves to creation, they are like dragons going out to sea, fearless of their own lives!

Director Chen Fei, a warrior who experienced a "one-man war" on the battlefield in Morocco, shuttled through the gunfire, and every rollover, injury, and roar was his ultimate pursuit of film art.

Not only did he have to face the harsh natural environment and the cruelty of war, but he also had to lead the actors to go deep into the situation of "wind and rain" to let them truly feel the real appearance of the storm; this tenacity and persistence is the best interpretation of the "dragon spirit".

Actors Zhang Yi and Zhou Xun, dragging their injured legs and swollen faces, still stick to their posts, using their sweat and tears to write the glorious chapters of filmmakers.

Every time they fall and stand up, it is the life of the "dragon spirit". ...... And those young actors and staff, they may have eczema, suffer from colds, or be full of insecurity, but they never backed down and never complained!

They withstood the pressure and persisted, because they knew that all this was for the love of movies, for the strong motherland, for the strong navy, and for the rise of Chinese movies!

"Operation Red Sea" is not only a masterpiece showing the bravery and wisdom of the Chinese Navy, but also a masterpiece that conveys the "Jiaolong Spirit". It allows us to see the filmmakers' perseverance in the face of difficulties and their courage in the face of challenges.

This spirit, like a bright star, illuminates our way forward and makes us more determined and persistent in the pursuit of our dreams! "

And with the voice of the daily newspaper, the State Administration of Film and the Ministry of National Defense followed closely, and strongly promoted "Operation Red Sea"!

"A new chapter in the main theme of Chinese commercial movies-"Operation Red Sea"! "

"Dignity is only on the edge of the sword, truth is only within the range of the cannon - "Operation Red Sea"!"

"..."

With the official support coming one after another, the industry has begun to be shocked and unable to control themselves!

"Good guy? Isn't this too much of a card game?"

"Dang, boom, don't you? So many official statements? Will the box office hit a new high tomorrow?"

"I feel it will be, because many units are already organizing private theaters to watch movies."

"We can't envy you. Who made this movie of such high quality..."

"Xiao Ming, when you are promoting "Operation Red Sea" in the later stage, can you also say good things about my "Lonely Love"? It will be released next month."

"..."

Compared with the shock of many people in the industry, many netizens and fans who have watched "Operation Red Sea" are even more excited!

“Inexplicably, I feel like something I like is recognized by the country.”

"I'm already going to watch it for the second time. It's so fun to watch this movie!"

"Niang Xipi, this is the real theme. It's so exciting to watch."

"Look at the movie "Operation Red Sea". Don't you, Feng Xiaogang, blush? The daily newspaper even praised Director Chen Fei. Look at the bad things you did, I don't even want to say it..."

"???"

It was uncomfortable for Feng Xiaogang to be shot inexplicably.

Almost subconsciously, he was ready to log on to Weibo and continue to exchange insults with netizens!

But as soon as he turned on the computer, he suddenly turned it off.

There is no way, the "admonition" article of the daily newspaper is still high on the front page. If he continues to toss now, he might be slaughtered!

"Made, it's so frustrating to ride on a horse."

After muttering a curse, Feng Xiaogang immediately exited Weibo, pretending to be out of sight and out of mind.

…

In the afternoon, accompanied by countless praises, Chen Fei received a call from Su Guohai.

"Director Chen, according to your instructions, the project department has launched the "Dream of Red Mansions" project directed by Hu Mei."

"Haha, good!"

There is nothing more satisfying than good things coming in pairs.

Chen Fei really didn't want to touch that project and didn't dare to touch it.

He couldn't even imagine how netizens would scold him when Feiyue Films invested in this movie and then waited for the final film to be released.

If nothing else, the word "blind" cannot be avoided or escaped.

"Director Chen, there is one more thing. Bona's financing reception tonight..."

"You can make a trip for me. Anyway, Feiyue Film and Television has no need to participate in investment, so I won't bother with it. It just so happens that "The God of Medicine" has a night scene to be filmed."

"Yeah, okay."

Here, just as Chen Fei and Su Guohai switched calls, he saw Ren Zhonglun walking in from outside the set of "The God of Medicine" with a frown on his face.

He asked casually: "Is there anything troublesome about Director Ren? Why is he looking so sad?"

"Oh, forget it, I just met Zhang Yimou."

"What? Did the deal break down?"

"I don't know about Bengfeng, but his conditions are a bit too high, and there are many in Shanghai Film Studio that can't satisfy him."

The details of the negotiation must have involved commercial secrets, so Chen Fei did not ask out loud. He just expressed relief: "It takes a long time, and there is still plenty of time. Anyway, his contract with LeTV still has more than a year to expire."

"Oh, that's all it can do."

…

After a night, the time came to December 4th.

"Saturday's single-day box office reached 412 million yuan! "Operation Red Sea" has set a new single-day box office record for Chinese-language films!"

"The comprehensive film scheduling rate has reached a new high! "Operation Red Sea" has become an upstart and rare treasure in the domestic cinema market!"

"Warm congratulations, Chinese-language movies have officially entered the era of a single-day box office exceeding 400 million! - "Operation Red Sea"! The pilot of Chinese-language movies!"

"The martial arts movie "The Sword of the Third Young Master" produced by Bona and directed by Er Dongsheng, grossed 19.0908 million at the box office the next day."

"At 8 o'clock this morning, Bona Group officially released an A-share financing announcement: the group has now accepted investment from Alibaba, CITIC Securities, Tencent and other parties, and successfully raised RMB 2.5 billion.

Yu Dong issued a statement saying that it plans to launch Series B financing in mid-March next year. This round of financing is planned to be open to individual capital in the film and television industry. "

~

On the morning of the 4th, under the fierce bombardment of the media, it is well known in the industry that the box office of "Operation Red Sea" exceeded "400 million" in a single day the next day.

The thriving film and television industry seems to have returned to the attention of the industry, attracting attention!

In comparison, "The Sword of the Third Young Master" during the same period has fallen into a situation where no one is paying attention.

The box office of more than 19 million yuan, compared with 412 million yuan, is simply a mess.

As a result, at the premiere of "Under 28" held this morning, Chen Fei was surrounded by people and congratulations could not be heard.

But looking at Er Dongsheng on the other side, if he hadn't been standing next to Yu Dong and was lucky enough to receive some congratulations, he might have been ignored.

"Haha, Director Chen, congratulations! The box office exceeded 400 million in a single day, which is a new milestone in Chinese movies!"

"Congratulations to Director Wang, RayLight's stock price has soared."

When he said this, Chen Fei's eyes were full of ridicule.

His eyes were not only on Wang Jiatian, but also on China Film's La Pikang, Wanda's Liu Xiaobin, and Shanghai Film's Ren Zhonglun.

As investors in "Operation Red Sea", the stock prices of each of these companies have experienced skyrocketing, and they can be said to have made a lot of money!

Of course, so does he himself.

The higher the box office, the more shares Feiyue Film and Television can get.

You know, each of these other investors only has a 5% investment share, but Feiyue Film and Television has a whopping 40% share!

At the same time, Chen Fei himself still has remuneration to earn.

Moreover, he still has shares in the three companies of Jiahe, Feiwo Film and Television, and Youku... So when it comes to benefiting the most, it is undoubtedly him himself!

"This is all a blessing to Director Chen, haha...huh?"

Wang Changtian was still smiling happily, but the next second, when the corner of his eye glanced not far away, his smile suddenly stopped.

Chen Fei subconsciously followed his line of sight, and then saw a very "interesting" scene.

I saw Dong Ping, the CEO of Huanxi Media, a well-known listed company in the industry, leading his partners to surround Zhang Yimou.

Huanxi Media was co-founded by Dong Ping and Xiang Shaokun in 2015. It is headquartered in Hong Kong and is a Hong Kong-listed company.

So far, this company has attracted many well-known directors in the industry, such as Chen Kexin and Wang Jiawei.

At the same time, according to reliable sources, Huanxi Media has reached a cooperative relationship with Zhang Yibai and Gu Changwei, who is about to terminate his contract with Huayi.

If nothing else, these news should not be false.

Based on this, Huanxi Media’s slogan of “cooperative system with major directors” when it was first founded seems to have been successfully realized.

Now, when Dong Ping led a group of partners to appear in front of Zhang Yimou and chatted with him, the meaning could not be more obvious!

"Director Wang, your competitor has appeared." Chen Fei joked with a smile.

According to what he learned, there are already three companies that are interested in Zhang Yimou: Shanghai Film, Enlight, and China Film.

You know, these three are all listed companies. If the "National Master" can be integrated into their own camp, it will be a huge improvement for the company's stock price, market value, or company efficiency!

But looking at it now, Huanxi Media obviously has this idea.

And compared to the three companies, China Film, Shanghai Film and Television, Huanxi Media seems to have the biggest advantage!

After all, Dong Ping, the chairman of Huanxi, is a leader in the industry in the field of film distribution and operation, and is also very good at business operations.

If Zhang Yimou chooses to cooperate with this person, his income will definitely be higher than that of China Film, Shanghai Film and Television.

"Perhaps our 'National Master' has suffered too much. The price offered this time is not low. It's unclear whether they will be able to meet the request! The world is still uncertain, and things in the world are unpredictable..."

Wang Changtian's tone was sour, as if he had drunk vinegar, which was quite interesting.

~

The time soon came to 10 o'clock, and the screening of "28 Years Old Minor", the first debut film directed by Zhang Yimou's daughter Zhang Mo, officially kicked off.

This is a fantasy love-themed movie, starring Ni Na, Huo Jianhua, Ma Su, Wang Dalu and others. It mainly tells the story of 28-year-old Liang Xia, who falls into a bad love life and is unable to extricate herself. After eating chocolate by mistake, she regains consciousness. The story of returning to 17 years old and rediscovering his hobbies and career.

As a newcomer who has taken on the role of director for the first time, Zhang Mo is quite talented in directing and shooting.

After watching the whole movie, some details that need to be expressed are expressed. The various shooting techniques, completion, rhythm, etc. are also very good, and it is worthy of the title of "Zhang Yimou's daughter".

Although there are some problems with small details, the flaws are not concealed, and the overall performance is still very good. It can be said that it has made its own name and style.

It was the media that put a lot of pressure on Zhang Mo in terms of digging holes!

"Director Zhang, your movie "28" was released only 4 days later than "Operation Red Sea", so do you hope to use this movie to catch up at the box office?"

"As Zhang Yimou's daughter, when you are filming a movie, do you think that one day you can surpass your father's achievements? After completion, the waves will be pushed forward..."

"Please comment on the achievements of directors of your age group. Compared with them, what do you think are your strengths and weaknesses?"

Zhang Mo: "...???"

In the guest seats, Han Jianu was speechless several times as she watched Zhang Mo on the stage, and couldn't help but swallow nervously.

"Good guy? Is being a director so stressful?"

Listening to her daughter's complaints, Han Sanping immediately reprimanded: "What are you afraid of? Just don't answer the questions you don't want to answer. Is it possible that they can force you to answer?"

Chen Fei joked happily: "You can be mentally prepared now, because sooner or later you will have such a day."

Han Jianyu: "..."

~

After the premiere, because "The God of Medicine" had filming plans in the afternoon, Chen Fei did not stay here too much. He said hello to Lao Mouzi and walked out of the venue.

As the assistant director, Han Jia'er naturally couldn't miss the afternoon shooting, so she hurriedly said hello to Zhang Mo and walked out together.

As for Ren Zhonglun, Han Sanping, Wang Changtian, Wang Yong, and Liu Xiaobin, they naturally had no such needs. They were all ready to leave after dinner.

However, just as the group watched Chen Fei and Han Jianu walk out, an emergency occurred!

A reporter who was originally standing at the edge suddenly rushed up and blocked Chen Fei and Han Jianu.

The other party ignored Deputy Director Xiao Han, but aimed at Chen Fei.

"Director Chen, regarding the fact that "Operation Red Sea" has not been released in theaters under Anle Cinema Line, can you give a corresponding explanation and response? As a main theme movie, it is actually mixed with unfair commercial competition. Is this behavior not appropriate?"

The other party seemed to deliberately want to embarrass Chen Fei in public, so he shouted loudly when asking questions, attracting a lot of people's attention.

The originally noisy venue suddenly became quiet, and everyone's eyes were all cast in this direction!

In an instant, Han Jianu felt that her breathing became heavy.

Although she had nothing to do with it, her heartbeat accelerated uncontrollably and she was sweating!

This was a life-threatening question!

In public, if there was any mistake in Chen Fei's answer, it would cause a huge public opinion storm!

Director Xiao Han's eyes were already filled with anger. He didn't know which company the reporter was from? He was so bold!

In the back, Zhang Yimou also frowned.

He never thought that this would happen at the premiere of his daughter!

This reporter was not arranged by them... If Chen Fei misunderstood, it would be a big trouble!

But at this moment, under the gaze of hundreds of people in the audience, Chen Fei smiled and asked back: "Which newspaper are you from? Why haven't I seen you before?"

"I am a reporter from the entertainment newspaper of Xiangjiang Oriental Daily!"

The other party's tone was very proud, but he did have the capital to be proud.

After all, Oriental Daily does have a wide influence in Hong Kong, and once even banned Liu Dehua for 4 consecutive years.

But, so what?

This is the mainland, not Hong Kong!

Oriental Daily's tentacles can't reach so far!

Chen Fei put away the smile on his face, bypassed him directly, and continued to walk out of the venue, without the slightest intention of paying attention to him.

He really had no interest in answering such a stupid question.

Commercial competition is very cruel, so what reason is needed?

Sending spies, burning money trees, offline fights, coercing public opinion, smashing the God of Wealth platform, reporting violations... The main point is that he is uncultured and shameless!

And Chen Fei's choice to let "Operation Red Sea" completely withdraw from Anle Cinema Line is also a means of commercial competition to oppress opponents.

Including Huayi poaching Ye Ning, Wanda's revenge scheduling... These are actually the unspoken rules that everyone has tacitly accepted.

Only Feng Xiaogang posted a long article in a mean way, and was slapped in the face.

On the other hand, the two brothers of the Wang family, the eldest Wang and others have never discussed this matter publicly, and they kept silent when facing reporters' questions.

Because this kind of industry unspoken rules cannot be said by the operator himself, no matter how the outside world analyzes and speculates, the leadership can only choose to keep silent.

Once you open your mouth, you will be at a disadvantage and it is easy for others to catch you.

Therefore, Chen Fei chose to turn around and leave. Ignoring him is the best way.

But the reporter obviously didn't want to give up, because he wanted to get more!

Maybe it was for personal interests, or maybe it was for the Oriental Daily, and it was more likely that he wanted to use this to guide public opinion...

"Director Chen, you haven't answered my question yet! For your behavior of turning around and leaving now, can I understand that you have acquiesced that you are indeed engaging in unfair commercial competition?"

As soon as this question landed, Chen Fei suddenly stopped.

He didn't move his lower body, but slowly turned his head, staring at the reporter with cold and deep eyes like winter ice, as if he could see through all his hypocrisy and disguise.

It was a look that was a mixture of arrogance and disdain, with a calm and indifferent face without any emotional fluctuations, just like a lone wolf in the wilderness, an eagle soaring in the sky, quietly examining the prey, as if he had sentenced him to death!

In an instant, time seemed to freeze!

In addition to the reporter who was frightened and stagnant in place, hundreds of people in the venue also noticed the change in Chen Fei's eyes.

Four words that shocked everyone suddenly appeared in everyone's mind!

"Eagle eyes and wolf looks back!"

And the next moment, many people present had a new judgment in their hearts.

"This Oriental Daily from Hong Kong is going to be finished!"

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