Chapter 1562: Opening

After the millennium, infected by the atmosphere of the night, Simon simply flew to Hawaii the next day with a group of women for a short vacation, a perfect time for fathers and mothers without the troubles of the little ones.

Although.

The vacation was over, and Simon decided to take a few more days off for himself.

On the day of vacation, I went to Australia again.

Christmas and New Year's Day have not passed, and after the holidays, we still have to visit relatives, no matter the East or the West, it is actually the same. What's more, I have to go and bring the eldest son back, so as not to be tricked into hunting by an old man who is over 90 years old.

The small one is nothing to worry about, the main one is the other one.

Even though the old man was still in good spirits, at this age, he would definitely not be able to withstand any knocks and bumps. As for playing with guns, it was even more inappropriate. It’s okay to continue my hobbies. It would be great to collect more watches. If it’s not enough, I can buy a few watch manufacturers.

On the Hollywood side, Simon went to Australia to visit relatives, and the last box office week across Christmas at the end of the year also passed quickly.

In the week from December 31, 1999 to January 6, 2000, the North American film market once again experienced a reversal.

This week's top spot is no longer Jumanji 2, but Chicago.

In the second week of its release, Chicago, with a mere 18% box office drop, maintained its box office above $40 million in the second week, reaching $40.54 million, and the cumulative box office also broke through to $90.3 million. For an old-school musical, It was a miracle.

According to the analysis of the Gaomen Films team, this trend is mainly due to last week. Because of Christmas, most of the audience tends to stay with their families, so after all, they tend to have family fun. This is also the magic of Disney’s reputation. The reason why the elf was able to maintain a good trend last week, and even Cars achieved a small reversal.

In comparison, even if it is not R-rated, Chicago has reached PG-13. Moreover, this PG-13 obviously has elements of Daenerys' public relations operation. After all, the plot of the film is both murder and thigh. Not suitable for children to watch, not even for minors.

Therefore, during the week of Christmas, Chicago's box office potential was actually suppressed.

In the week of New Year's Day, even though many moviegoers still tend to have family fun, more people began to be interested in the Chicago musical, which caused a slight drop of 18% in the next week.

In the first week of filming, with its excellent reputation and 7 nominations for the Golden Globe Awards, everyone believed that Chicago would definitely have a beautiful long-term success.

Now, the cumulative box office has exceeded 90 million U.S. dollars in two weeks. If you go out in the next long-term, how much are you going to go?

200 million?

More than enough.

300 million?

If in the upcoming awards season, Chicago can kill all directions, coupled with the huge popularity accumulated in the current two consecutive weeks of sales, and the local box office threshold of 300 million US dollars, we can really look forward to it.

Anyway, with the release of Chicago's next week's box office, the whole of Hollywood is already groping for similar musical projects.

So popular, don't follow the trend, follow?

Then, the second place on the list was not Game of the Brave 2, but was topped off by The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

In the fourth week of its release, due to the fact that there was no new movie opening, the weekly decline of The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring narrowed to 25% compared with last week, earning 35.04 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office reached 240.73 million US dollars.

Steadily advancing towards $300 million.

Judging from the current trend, it is expected to be equivalent to the volume of Steel Bone 2.

Therefore, Daenerys Entertainment still has some regrets. If it can win the Golden Globe Award and even the next Oscar nomination for Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, with the size of the movie here, it is not a good idea to hit 400 million locally by relying on the long-term. impossible. As for overseas, if there is a halo of awards, coupled with the extensive influence of the Lord of the Rings series, the global 1 billion level is also not a luxury.

It's just that the strategy was set at the beginning, and if Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring is really strong, even if he can get nominated, the possibility of winning the award is very small. After all, this is still a commercial film, even if Artistic enough, but lacking some award-winning connotation, it's still useless.

Of course, Simon remembered that the final chapter of the Lord of the Rings trilogy had killed all quarters at the Oscars, and he also knew that the first two Lord of the Rings films were not empty at least in terms of nominations. However, since the heat is not enough, there is no need to do useless work for the time being.

The third place on the list is finally the turn of Game of the Brave 2, which was released in the third week.

Compared with the 36% decline control in the next week, the box office of Game of the Brave 2 fell by 43% this week, with only 29.78 million US dollars in revenue, and a cumulative box office of 163.7 million US dollars.

Breaking through 200 million is still no problem, but it is only limited to the same level as the first one.

Except for the first three films, this time, the weekly box office of other projects fell within the range of tens of millions. Moreover, the box office trend of all films has basically been determined, and it is difficult to have too many changes in the future.

At the same time that Hollywood's year-end schedule ends, the film market in China across the ocean is bustling.

The "New Millennium, New Generation" publicity campaign jointly launched by Jinshu Media and Huanzhu Film and Television has achieved unexpected success, which is really unexpected.

From December 31st to January 6th, in the same box office week, the two low-budget films mainly promoted by "New Millennium, New Generation" were widely publicized at all levels, and for a time

Became two must-see movies for many people across the millennium.

In fact, even if they have received the influence of Hollywood super blockbusters, Chinese audiences are still not too sensitive about costs. On the contrary, under the promotion of the Jinshu family, they are full of curiosity about the fact that the two new-generation directors can produce two excellent films with a small budget, as well as some instinctive support for the weak.

In addition, it is "Welcome to the Millennium" after all. At least among the young people, it seems very appropriate to take the opportunity to watch a movie.

As a result, two low-budget films, Wormhole first, quickly won a box office of 37 million yuan in the first week of production, which shocked a large group of insiders.

A small cost of 2 million.

Only 2 million.

How come the box office is 37 million in one week?

More than ten times the return on investment, not to mention, it's just the beginning!

Then, Tongtianpu, which is mainly promoted by Jinshu headquarters, also reached 29 million yuan at the seven-day box office in the first week.

First of all, a group of people in Jinshu remembered an argument that someone once said, pure martial arts, because Hong Kong and Taiwan have already filmed all kinds of models that should be filmed. In the new era, martial arts It is difficult for the film to do much.

That's why Di Renjie's Tongtian Empire, which combines martial arts and ghosts, has been extended. It is necessary to retain the martial arts spirit, but at the same time, it has to go further and add mysterious elements to make the project more attractive than pure martial arts.

This is off topic.

In short, although the cost was directly recovered in the first week, the production cost of Tongtianpu, which cost 5 million yuan, was far behind the wormhole, which cost only 2 million yuan. This made not only Jinshu, but also the entire industry The revived Chinese film circle seems to have found its way.

We need to make modern dramas and comedies.

But, here comes the question again, what to shoot and how to shoot?

In fact, there is no shortage of comedies in China. In recent years, some comedians who have been active on the small screen, especially during the Spring Festival Gala, are more or less participating in the filming of movies. However, there are not many that can cause too much direction.

This again involves a theory raised by Simon.

After staying on the small screen for a long time, it is inevitable that there will be a sense of cheapness, making the audience feel that I can watch it on the small screen for free, so why should I spend money to go to the cinema to watch the big screen?

In any case, this unexpectedly opened New Year's Eve schedule, such two small films with a combined production cost of only 7 million U.S. dollars, and with the current popularity, it is not a problem that both break through 100 million is not a problem. It is really scratching.

Beijing, the time came to January 8, Saturday.

Because it is not just the blockbusters of the two films, it is actually the first success of the entire "New Millennium, New Generation" project. Hosting a gala dinner this Saturday.

The road show team that ran intensively across the country just before and after the release of the film has also returned.

The headquarters of Huanzhu Film and Television near Beijing Normal University has a lot of things going on recently. In addition to the promotion of Wormhole, there are also some follow-up releases after the perfect ending of Things Past, and the grand launch of Fairy Princess 2 in the middle of the month. Not only that, Ren Jingxi is still planning a martial arts reality show, but he is very busy, so Saturday is also a full day of work.

In the evening, Ren Jingxi directly dragged his father who wanted to go home from get off work, and together they went to Xidan Hotel, where the banquet was held.

Father Ren's personality is too upright, and he has always been uninterested in these entertainments, or some instinctively resisted. However, when his daughter "threats" that if the father does not want to be with him, she can only drag her younger brother along, so she compromises. He also threatened in turn that if the eldest daughter dared to take her son to those messy places, she would be punished.

Father Ren can't say things like breaking a leg, and he can't say other cruel words, and then he gets stuck.

The children are all grown up, and I can't manage it.

In the end it was brought over.

In fact, I also know that my daughter and the big man in the United States are still disconnected, and the father and daughter are relatively open and honest. Ren Jingxi took the initiative to admit that the other party really wanted to let go. This time it was her own initiative, or there was indeed some repayment The idea, but more is that I really like it.

In private, I heard my daughter say a lot about that foreign man, just those few songs, and the other party's profound attainments in Chinese culture, such a person, apart from the fact that he is a bit unbearable in terms of men and women. Others really can't fault it.

Obviously, it's not up to him, a little Chinese teacher, to pick any faults, after all, that's where he can easily sit in the great hall and chat and laugh happily with those big shots.

Therefore, Ren's father is not worried at all about what occasion his daughter will attend.

With that man around, Father Ren doesn't feel that anyone will harass his daughter. Thinking about it this way is also an advantage.

In this case, forcing him to attend, the daughter is obviously only allowing him to relax one more bit. According to a certain saying, it is to enjoy life.

Capitalism!

Sure enough, when he arrived in the banquet hall of Xidan Hotel, Ren Jingxi immediately turned his face away, but after introducing his father to Wu Shanlin, China Film Group President Han and others, he ignored him and let him move freely.

If father can find her a young mother, he will open champagne tonight.

Although, it's unlikely.

Mother's unexpected departure is a long-term pain that the whole family does not want to talk about and it is difficult to eliminate.

The father was the one who hurt the most, and he didn't intend to continue at all. He only hoped that their three children would be well, safe and happy.

There is still some time before the dinner party, which happens to be reserved for entertainment.

Ren Jingxi first saw the tall Jian Xin, and went to say hello, the question is when will he come back, and when he learned that he was going back to China this time to shoot a refrigerator commercial, he also knew the company, and asked the other party's asking price half-jokingly, If you can afford to invite Miss Ren, who is already an international supermodel, the bid must not be too low.

Jian Xin didn't hide anything, she raised a finger and shook it.

Ren Jingxi understood, it was either 10 million or 1 million US dollars, it was about the same.

Of course, it can’t compare with the multi-million dollar endorsements of Western celebrities, but in China, this is already the top price tag. Ren Jingxi knows that the famous Jack Cheng in Hong Kong has shot commercials for domestic companies in the past two years. , it is only 8 million RMB, of course, there are human factors in it, but it is impossible to give higher in the country.

In fact, of course, it is not for nothing to inquire about this kind of thing, it is very precious data.

For example, artists under the Jinshu Film and Television Company accept advertisements, and if they are familiar with the market conditions, they can maximize their profits as much as possible. Ren Jingxi can be said to be self-taught in these details.

Just as he was talking, artists under his banner came over to say hello.

It's the little maid.

There was no sign of the other two.

Ren Jingxi also knew that after the filming of Huan Zhu 2, the two had already had the idea of ​​leaving, mainly because Huan Zhu Film and Television, the two women felt that they had not won the resources they deserved, not to mention, they were still in Hollywood. While climbing high branches, Ren Jingxi even signed a few newcomers who are somewhat threatening to them, such as this wormhole, from director to starring, several main creators were recruited by Ren Jingxi, and they were all young people.

In short, if you want to have a good future, you can't stop it.

When the two were signed, Huanzhugege was already popular, so the agreement was signed very loosely, the kind that could leave at any time.

Ren Jingxi himself was aware of this, so, to a large extent, it was also because Ren Jingxi was unwilling to give them too many resources. These were three birds that couldn't stand on the branches and might fly away at any time.

Just get together and get away.

On the other hand, the little maid, although she stood on the same position as the other two by virtue of Legend of Sword and Fairy, and also got a role in Hollywood, she has no intention of leaving.

Ideas are not hard to guess.

Once the two leave, the little girl will be the absolute first sister on Jinshu Film and Television's side. In theory, she should be the first to pick any good resources.

The same is true.

It's just that if you want to make Princess Huan Zhu Ge 3 again, Ren Jingxi doesn't have much intention, but anyway, if you want to get the three heroines together within a reasonable budget, it's unlikely.

Ren Jingxi didn't intend to hold on to the Huanzhugege series. He even thought about changing the name again recently. Huanzhu Film and Television Company, the meaning of the label is too obvious. I will give a high regard to the drama series you produced, but if you want to develop in various aspects such as movies and games, you will show a bit of restraint.

While chatting with the two girls, the main creators of the wormhole arrived, Ren Jingxi took the initiative to greet him, and the little maid also followed, but Jian Xin turned to another place.

Everyone is enthusiastic again.

Ren Jingxi has already mentioned that the company will focus on determining the development direction of the actors. Some focus on movies, and some focus on the development of the TV industry. Of course, the little girl is unwilling to give up on both sides, but if she has to choose, she must choose movies. After all, now She could have one foot in Hollywood.

As for TV dramas, even if they are top-notch in China, 10,000 to 20,000 yuan for an episode of a TV drama is already the highest. Therefore, even if it is counted as a 40-episode drama, if one is filmed, it will only cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in one year.

In comparison, Jiang Anqi, because of the success of Hurricane Rescue, she is now a film, even if it is only a supporting role, and the price is less than 100,000 US dollars, people will not take a look.

Income and style gaps are obvious.

The next goal of the little maid is to get the heroine of Detective Chinatown in several major projects that Jinshu Department is preparing. She has already inquired about the news from Ren Jingxi. The heroine of Detective Tang does not have many roles and belongs to a vase. But this is just right for her. As for the other films, it is not too extravagant.

After all, the public image of the little maid is really too clear, and it is not easy to turn around because of the fairy tales, and the legend of Sword and Fairy.

Just like in the past, Fan Ye has been filming for decades, and when the audience sees her, the first thing they think of is returning the princess.

Jinshu's senior management understands this problem now, so the core heroine must not fall on the little maid. The vase can still be taken.

In short, if you want to win, while building a good relationship with Ren Jingxi, you must also get acquainted with Jing Zong, who has been appointed as Tang Tan's director by default.

After a round of entertainment, everyone finally began to take their seats.

Ren Jingxi's table happened to be the main creator of the wormhole, but on both sides of Ren Jingxi, one was his father and the other was a little maid, and the main creators of the wormhole were farther away. The one next to it is the core of the Jinshu Department, several main creators of Tongtianpu, as well as important guests such as China Film and President Han.

After Wu Shanlin made a speech, the dinner officially began.

Watching the waiters serving dishes one by one, the little maid and Ren Jingxi whispered gossip: "Who is that fat man next to President Han of China Film Group, he seems familiar?"

Ren Jingxi glanced over, with

Laughing, he said softly: "The ones in Hong Kong, the God of Gamblers series, you know, don't be fat and fat, and be careful not to be heard, and you will never want to go to Hong Kong in the future."

The little maid immediately understood, but because it was Ren Jingxi's side, she was so 'open-mouthed' in order to show her intimacy, and of course she would not be like this in front of outsiders.

However, the little girl quickly realized something: "Sister Ren, Mr. Han pulled Director Wang to sit next to him. Is China Film Group going to focus on cooperating with the Hong Kong circle?"

Ren Jingxi knew about this earlier than the little maid, but this time she just nodded.

it's common.

Let’s just say this time, Jinshu and Huanzhu Film and Television released two blockbuster movies in one go. It’s also the New Year’s Eve. China Film has no action, and it will definitely not look good.

The problem is that this side has always taken China Film's face into account, and it can't just do nothing because of this. And that side also understands this, and of course they won't place too much hope on this side. Another problem is that there is no shortage of film talents in China, but there are too few who can keep up with the current trend. It just so happens that China has liberalized the restrictions on Hong Kong films entering the mainland. Whether it is political or commercial, China Film and Hong Kong, which is good at commercial films, It is a trend to start cooperation over there.

What Ren Jingxi expects is that the two sides can live in harmony in the future.

As for suppressing China Film in turn, this kind of thing, just think about it. If you really get excited to do it, you are asking for trouble for yourself, after all, people are capable of overturning the chessboard.