Chapter 863 I’m Targeting It, Is There Any Problem? (44)
After a brief investigation, the source of this smear force is from the other side...
The reason is very simple. "The Ruffian Hero: Total War" of the same period...
In fact, the only movie released on the same day as "Painted Skin 2" is the animated film "Seer Movie", and "The Ruffian Hero" has been released for a week...
There is also a new movie "Wu-Tang" coming out next week.
"Four Famous Catchers" was released half a month later.
In terms of normal market competition, there is no need to be so smearing!
But only in normal terms.
"Heroes" failed to beat "Thugs in Suits" at the box office on its first day of release...
These two movies are both action movies and have the same genre, but "Heroes" has a very bad reputation and doesn't have a great cast - except for the second male lead who is Huang Bo...
But the selling point of action scenes is action stars, and Huang Bo has nothing to do with action stars!
Huang Bo couldn't count on him, so how could he count on Zhao Youting?
Who knows who this is?
But the resources are overwhelming, and the team behind the collaboration is all a great director...
It’s like Taiwan’s version of Jing Tian!
After all, Da Tiantian is good-looking and has a financial backer. What does he have?
Have a good father?
Zhang Mo's father is Zhang Guoli, and he doesn't have any good resources. At most, he only plays supporting roles in high-quality projects.
And plastic surgery version of acting?
Why add the prefix plastic surgery?
Because he looks ugly!
Shen Xudong called Gao Jun directly: "Let Jiahe Cinema directly screen "The Ruffian Hero". In addition, I will rank the lowest among Zhao Youting's movies in the future. And what is the director's name..."
"Cai Yuexun!"
"Movies related to him will be banned directly from now on..."
"I'm worried they'll sue!"
Shen Xudong was speechless: "...If you like to complain or not, are you afraid of him?"
"Destroying unity..."
"Still united? Who are we uniting with?"
Gao Jun made a suggestion: "It would be too much to screen it directly... I think we can leave a morning or midnight show..."
"Is anyone going to watch it? Let's save the morning screening for "The Hunger Games" which was released a few days ago!"
"…good…"
"By the way, I'd like to give Sihai Publishing some air..."
"Um…"
Sihai Distribution is a hairstyling company established by the four theater chains of Jiahe, Jinyi, Dadi, and Hengdian. They also participated in the distribution of "Painted Skin 2". So of course they have the right to know that "Painted Skin 2" is being manipulated!
…
After "Painted Skin 2" was released, it occupied 80% of the market for seven consecutive days. In seven days, the cumulative box office exceeded 400 million!
The daily revenue in each of the 4 working days is over 35 million!
According to predictions, at least another 200 million will be collected next weekend.
As for the total box office, the accurate prediction is around 850 million.
Although the current box office has only exceeded 400 million, it does not hinder the boasting of the marketing draft...
However, Zhou Xun and Chen Kun's absence from the promotion is still quite annoying!
Shen Xudong couldn't understand why Chen Kun was absent from the promotion.
Is it to show loyalty?
Well, he was living with Chen Guofu and Hua Yi - in order to join Hua Yi, Chen Kun took over the filming of the TV series "You Must". Unfortunately, the show did not explode, and the Huang brothers were not optimistic about him.
He has a good relationship with Zhou Xun, but now that Zhou Xun's team has broken down with "Painted Skin 2", Chen Kun naturally also broke down...
Shen Xudong...a very simple internal notice will never cooperate...
It's not like I used all my energy to block it...
Back to the topic, "Painted Skin 2" accounted for 80% of the market, while other movies suffered miserably, especially after "The Ruffian Hero" was abandoned by the four major theater chains, the single-day box office plummeted...
The publisher is Hualu Baina, and I found out that it was Shen Xudong who gave the order...
Of course they know the reason - how could the publisher not know about the promoter buying fake media?
Then, they informed the producer of this matter, and then a group of media came to work: "The results of "The Ruffian Hero" should have been better, but the film was squeezed in Jiahe Cinema Line, and other cinemas scheduled 15% of the film More, and they only ranked 1%, which is really too much!
"The Ruffian Hero" is a cross-strait co-production and a collaboration between cross-strait films. We should not suffer this kind of treatment! "
This time, Shen Xudong responded quickly, directly reprinting the relevant report, and then commented: "Idiot, you want a high-ranking movie in a big bad movie, who are you? It's also an action movie, watch "Thugs in Suits", and then watch Look at "The Ruffian Hero", it's rubbish in capital letters! No wonder it can't sell Southeast Asian rights!"
Then, some experts mentioned the Paramount Act - the so-called Paramount Act means that large studios own large theater chains at the same time, creating an internal monopoly, and then they are not allowed to own studios and theater chains at the same time...
Prevent monopoly!
This is quite ridiculous, because from the actual effect, it is useless. Several major studios have their own TV networks and screening channels. If the Paramount Act is really effective, why should Disney make Disney+?
Isn’t this a monopoly?
This time there was no need for Shen Xudong to come forward. Gao Jun directly gave an example of Sumner Redstone, the boss of Paramount, who also runs the family's Showcase theater chain...
In fact, after Reagan took office, the U.S. government relaxed controls on enterprises in many aspects, including the relaxation of antitrust restrictions, believing that vertical integration would not harm market competition.
Various capitals soon set off a rush to buy in Hollywood: first, Murdoch bought Fox, and then Time Group and Warner announced their merger. Columbia Pictures and Universal Pictures were sold to Japan's Sony and Japan respectively. Matsushita…
…
At the studio, Shen Xudong is writing a script...
In fact, it is an integrated script - "Tang Detective 2". The story of "Tang Detective 2" continues to take place in Bangkok, Thailand. The main story is to detect a murder case. It is adapted from the stolen life of "The Illustrated Book of Crime Hunting"...
——The college entrance examination was impostered. His rich life was originally his, but now he has become another person...
This kind of thing is not unheard of in China, but it’s not easy to photograph in China!
In addition, how do you add comedy elements to such a main story and inform the existence of Q...
It is a test of screenwriting skills.
Therefore, Shen Xudong found seven or eight screenwriters to create together.
He is responsible for integrating…
While I was browsing, someone knocked on the door: "Come in..."
Well, it’s Chen Xi…
As soon as the latter entered the door, he poured himself a glass of water, took a swig, and then said: "I was approached by the leader of the film bureau and gave him a serious lesson!"
“…What’s education about?”
"Let's not target cross-Strait co-productions..."
Shen Xudong put down the script in his hand: "Crazy... who wants to target it? If it doesn't provoke me, I won't even bother to deal with it..."
"I said the same...I even said that Xudong has no interest in these things, and he is almost too lazy to participate in the Golden Horse Awards!"
"Then what?"
"...They asked you to get an education too..."
Shen Xudong was speechless: "Are you out of your mind? I'm just talking about market economy. If they don't sell the movie, we won't schedule the film. What's the problem?"
"You little comrade, you can't tell the difference between east, west and north? What do you want to do if the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three places achieve harmony? Do you want to become a criminal in history?"
"Who told you?"
"...It seems to be the deputy director, what is his name, I forgot..."
"Don't pay attention to him. I'm telling you, I just admitted the accusation. What's the problem? Can he deprive me of my right to make movies?"
"...he can review it..."
Shen Xudong asked back: "Do you think Chinese-language films nowadays can be sold by other companies other than us?"
"…Too."
"Have you finished talking about "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons"?"
"...Zhong Lifang told me that 300 million is needed to buy out the Asian rights... Stephen Chow also wants box office dividends..."
"Is he out of his mind? 300 million is not enough?"