Chapter 315 Money Is Not a Problem! (34)
Xiangshan Film and Television City, where "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was filmed.
Zhang Jizhong has the demeanor of a young poet reciter, and filming is all about building a city...
Forget it, let’s not mention the poetry recital master. He must have been very busy recently, so Arthur did it himself without asking him.
Think of a way to do public relations!
Back to the hotel where the cast of "The Condor" stayed, in a large suite, Liu Qianqian handed the computer to her mother with an expressionless face.
"What's wrong?"
"Look!"
Aunt Liu didn't know why, and turned to look at the computer. It was... the Valentine's Day box office report.
“Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, and six movies were released at the same time, which dazzled many couples and movie fans.
In the sweet atmosphere of the festival, these films competed for the box office, making this special "emotional period" very popular. Just after midnight, which film took the lead at the box office was finally concluded.
According to the summary data from major theaters, six movies including "Village Fox Wife", "The Beauty Is Still", "Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies", "Lover's Knot", "Love Online" and "Love Winner" competed from all over the country yesterday. Judging from the results, "The Village Fox Wife" has the highest box office, with a box office of more than 6.4 million on the first day;
"Lovers' Knot" ranked second with more than 1.6 million..."
When Aunt Liu saw this, her heart was already a little blocked!
"The Village Fox Wife" was the movie she disliked and stopped her daughter from taking it.
Moreover, in the first half of the report, apart from mentioning "Love Winner" during the introduction, there was no mention at all after that...
On the contrary, the highlights of "Mountain Village Fox Wife" are:
""Fox Wife in the Mountain Village", the first horror film written by Shen Xudong, uses the legend of the Fox Wife to tell the story of human nature, and the rise of friendship and hatred...
The plot structure of Rashomon - a group of people each have different descriptions of the same thing, true or false, and what they piece together is the truth.
Word-of-mouth has spread all the way from Hong Kong to Asia. Now it is released in the mainland, and the audience is eager to see the real thing.
The first-day box office of 6.4 million yuan broke the upper limit of domestic genre films. In addition, according to the distributor and theater chains, the reason why "The Village Fox Wife" only had 6.4 million yuan on the first day was mainly because the number of copies was not enough, and many theaters did not distribute it. When I arrived at the copy, I heard that printing has been stepped up and it should be available nationwide tomorrow..."
There are also related introductions to "Lovers' Knot" and "Beauty Is Still": "In "Lovers' Knot", Lu Yi partners with Zhao Yanzi. The Chinese version of Romeo and Juliet seems to have more idol charm; in "Beauty Still", both It’s pure first love, family-like love, and ruthless betrayal, which is also very unique.”
Then "Love Winner", "Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies", "Love Online"...
Not a word was mentioned.
Not accurate. There are also respective box office informations later. Among them, "Mountain Village Fox Wife" ranked first with 6.4 million, "Lovers' Knot" with 1.6 million, "The Beauty Is Still" with 900,000, followed by "Mandarin Duck and Butterfly" with 170,000, and "Online Lives" with 170,000. "Love" 160,000 yuan, "Love Winner"... about 30,000 yuan...
Aunt Liu read it quickly and then asked her daughter: "What do you want to say?"
"...The movie you didn't let me take on is now a box office hit. I heard it's a sensation all over Asia!"
"A sensation all over Asia? Why didn't I know? It's just propaganda. Horror movies themselves are a niche genre. Besides, have you heard about this..."The Fox Wife", who was praised?"
"Brother Hu and Yang Xiaomi have gone to promote!"
Aunt Liu was quite surprised: "Yang Xiaomi? The one who plays Guo Xiang? Did she star in this movie?"
"Um."
"Then can she take a leave? Isn't she filming Guo Xiang's drama recently?"
"Xudong made the call himself!"
"...So what? She is Guo Xiang, and you are Xiao Longnu! You are the heroine!"
After a pause, Aunt Liu continued: "When "The Condor" is aired, there will be a pile of high-quality movie scripts waiting for you to choose..."
"...I hope so!"
…
In fact, the Valentine’s Day festival in the Mainland dates back to 1997!
In 1997, the movie "Half a Lifetime" grabbed the "Valentine's Day schedule" and helped open up this schedule for the mainland.
In the following years, romantic films such as "Say Good to Never Break Up", "Zhou Yu's Train", "Baby in Love", "Little Things in the Big City", etc. have tested the waters.
This year, due to the outbreak of "The Village Fox Wife" in Hong Kong, "Jasmine Blossoms" and "Letter from a Strange Woman" that were originally scheduled to be released at this time have been postponed and withdrawn...
Don't laugh at it, "Village Fox Wife" accounts for nearly 70% of the market despite insufficient copies. The other four films, even Zhao Yanzi + Lu Yi's "Lovers' Knot" will be released in fewer theaters starting tomorrow!
The number of existing screens does not support the so-called diversified bloom, and can only support one blockbuster movie...
The winner takes all effect is particularly obvious.
Not surprisingly, "Mountain Village Fox Wife" is one of the few that can get more than 30 million box office...
Why not 50 million?
Mainly February and March are cold periods...
You can do the math yourself. Last year’s total box office was 1.5 billion. After deducting 900 million from the Lunar New Year, summer and National Day festivals, the remaining 600 million were evenly distributed. In February and March, the market quota was about 100 million!
Then the entire Valentine's Day period is only 30 million at most...
Escape is actually a wiser choice!
Why is this happening?
The audience is too lazy to watch the movie!
But no matter what, publicity still needs to be done...
Not only do they promote the movie, the actors also have to show off their faces!
Along with blockbuster movies, a number of actors who participate in promotions can also gain a considerable proportion of exposure.
Don't underestimate the amount of exposure. At this stage, compared with the so-called four-day double ice, many powerful players lack only exposure!
In an era when there are no hot searches to buy, if you want to make some noise, you have to either support popular works or hype up scandals...
After all, scandals are not considered legitimate.
Therefore, high-quality works, especially commercial films that sell well, are what all actors are chasing!
…
""Sanxian Village·Underground Palace Beauty" is actually not a horror film, but a suspense film. It is a real incident. In 1913, a shocking murder case occurred in Sanxian Village, Enshi County, Hubei Province. An innocent woman was murdered by a villager. He was persecuted, treated as an unknown evil person, and suppressed in Dry Well Dungeon for more than 20 years.
Twenty years later, in 1933, when people opened the dungeon, they found that the woman had turned into a white skeleton, so they locked the dungeon again.
A week later, the three iron locks on the dungeon, whose keys were guarded by three elders, were opened one by one by mysterious figures, and the bones disappeared.
Later, three villagers who had been to the dry well were led to the cemetery and killed, and they were sealed into statues of gods... This was a legendary case during the Republic of China! "
Hotel, lounge.
While eating pastries, Shen Xudong told Cai Yinong and Li Guoli the story of "Sanxian Village·Underground Palace Beauty"...
Isn't this what Shen Xudong wrote on his blog that he has prepared three works...
"The Fox Wife in the Mountain Village" is a hit, and the popularity of "The Legend of the Xing'anling Hunter" is also rising...
"Legend of the Hunters of Xing'an Mountains" has not yet been released. Cai Yinong could not withstand the money thrown by the film producers. After discussing with Gao Fenfen, he decided to directly sell the Southeast Asian rights: 28 million package.
This 28 million includes screening rights, television rights, and audio-visual rights...
Since it’s three movies…
Cai Yinong naturally came up with the idea of "Three Immortals Village·Underground Palace Beauty".
Shen Xudong continued: "I think the cost is a bit high...because to film such a story, there are a lot of things that need to be restored, and there are quite a lot of characters!"
Cai Yinong was delighted: "Money is not an issue. Let me tell you something. The box office revenue of "Village Fox Wife" alone in Southeast Asia alone is at least 8 million!"
Shen Xudong was surprised: "US dollars?"
There is one more chapter to come later, after all, it’s Valentine’s Day…
You bachelors don’t understand...