With the help of one of Penguin's games, "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" surpassed "Di Renjie's Tongtian Empire" within two weeks of its release and topped the box office champion of the National Day file.

Everyone didn't expect that just one game would have such a big boost.

However, it also makes sense, after all, Penguin claims that the game has more than two million people online at the same time.

Game lovers and moviegoers don't completely overlap, and if you don't have enough time to play games, where can you get the time to go to the movies, it's better to have two more.

And a ticket costs 30 yuan, and the Internet café only costs 2 yuan an hour, which is enough for two days of Internet access.

Maybe it's a game lover who hasn't seen a movie, and I've heard of the new model, plus the movie is very popular, and the reputation is also very good, but I just went to the cinema to watch the movie and was just curious about what this airdrop mode was all about.

However, it is a fact that it drove the box office.

The sudden overtake made Huang Zhongjun, who had just finished celebrating his achievements, extremely embarrassed.

What's more, it's because of such a ridiculous reason.

Now Huang Zhongjun can only hope that the popularity brought by the game "Crossfire" is only temporary, and after the heat passes, the box office will be cut in half, so that "Di Renjie's Heavenly Empire" still has a chance.

As he wished, the popularity of the game was only temporary, and it was just in time for the last three days of the National Day holiday, so it would be difficult to have such a big increase if it was a weekday.

In the third week, "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" really took a big jump at the box office, only getting 44 million in seven days, with a total box office of 264 million.

However, the word-of-mouth "Di Renjie's Tongtian Empire" only got 35 million box office, with a total box office of 2.46.

In 20 days after its release, the gap widened to nearly 20 million, and according to this trend, it is basically impossible to surpass.

The National Day file can be regarded as a dustfall, and the only suspense is whether "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" can break through the 300 million mark.

However, it is a pity that the seven-day National Day holiday has exhausted the box office potential, and it is an action movie after all, in terms of theater statistics, female audiences account for less than 30% of the total.

Now female audiences can hold up half the sky, which is on par with male audiences.

In the past two years, since "Very Perfect" starring Zhang Ziyi has sold nearly 100 million, there have been average quality romance films that have been selling well, relying on female audiences.

In the end, in the fourth, fifth, and sixth weeks, "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" only got 19 million, 7 million, and 3 million at the box office.

As of November 7, the total box office of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" is fixed at 293 million.

Although it is still being released on a small scale, at most it is a box office of tens of millions, and 300 million is hopeless.

However, the box office of 293 million also won the National Day box office champion.

"Di Renjie's Heavenly Empire" ranked second with 276 million.

In fact, the box office trend of "Di Renjie" has also stabilized since then, and the big stars have increased their directorship, and the film itself is okay, but it is still relatively strong.

The next step is "Jingwu Fengyun: Chen Zhen", which got a box office of 120 million, and the box office has exceeded 100 million.

As for "Rain of Swords", the box office is fixed at 52 million.

The lively National Day file is over, some people are happy and some are worried.

No, it should be Li Qian's family happy, and others are worried.

Pony boss Li Ming now has the idea of jumping off the building, since the transfer of the company's core industry to the film industry, it can be described as two heavens of ice and fire.

The joy is that he first signed Ning Hao, a potential director of the new generation, and then recruited the international director Wu Baige, one old and one young, with two trump cards in hand, but Li Ming was happy for a long time.

However, before the release of "No Man's Land", I was unlucky enough to encounter an accident in the western Xinjiang, and after several walks and all relationships, I still couldn't release it.

Wu Yusen's "Rain of Swords" only got 50 million box office during the National Day holiday, but this film was mainly paid by Zhangjiazhen and Huanya, and Xiaoma did not contribute much.

The two most valued movies failed, which hit Li Ming, who was just starting out.

However, if you lose money, you will lose money, and if you lose money by making movies, you choose this industry because of the high rate of return behind the high risk.

The production cost of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" in the National Day file was only 30 million, and the publicity and distribution plus together topped 10 million, but in exchange for nearly 300 million box office.

The money made from this movie is the net profit of Pony last year.

Such an obvious example is here, and this loss can't hit Li Ming.

Not long after, Zhong Lifang, the general manager of Xiaoma, and Ning Hao came to Li Ming's office together, and Ning Hao also brought his new movie.

"Mr. Li. Ning Hao handed the new script to Li Ming.

However, Li Ming didn't open it directly, but asked with a smile, "How much does the new film cost, and when will the preparations start, I will let people prepare to put the money on the crew's account." ”

didn't even read the script, he immediately gave money when he opened his mouth, and Li Ming's style of doing things was also the reason why Ning Hao chose to join.

Compared with other film companies, Li Ming looks more sincere and direct.

"The background of this play is during the anti-Japanese period, and the set and props cost a lot of money, estimated at 50 million. ”

Ning Hao reported a figure that was not low, and he didn't falsely report anything, "No Man's Land" could not be released, and he lost 20 million in a short time, and he was a little embarrassed.

"50 million is no problem!"

Li Ming agreed without thinking about it, the ban on "No Man's Land" did not affect his importance to Ning Hao at all, if Ning Hao was not worthy of 50 million investment, there were few directors in the industry who were worthy.

Ning Hao opened his mouth and wanted to talk about his movie, but Li Ming didn't ask, he really couldn't lift his spirits recently, so that's it.

Even the script of this film, when discussing with several screenwriters, was a little careless.

changed the style of the crazy series and turned it into a single-line narrative, and there are a lot more bloody plots, neon soldiers who lie down as soon as they shoot, heroes who always can't be killed, villains who come back to life after being shot, and lovers who are suddenly killed after complaining to each other.

A cheesy movie, this is Ning Hao's definition of a new film.

is also angry in my heart, this is not allowed to be filmed, and it is not allowed to be filmed, so it is simply a cheesy movie with dog blood.

got 50 million funds, and didn't cheer up Ning Hao, and left directly, still looking listless when he left.

When Ning Hao left, Zhong Lifang was not as arrogant as Li Ming, and she had some doubts about this new project.

"Li Dong, this kind of anti-Japanese action comedy, the production cost risk of 50 million is ......"

"Don't talk about that. ”

Li Ming shook his head and stopped Zhong Lifang's next worries, "Don't care what the subject matter, did you think about war movies before "The Assembly"? Did you think about spy war movies before "The Wind"? Or did someone think that a modern action movie could sell nearly 300 million before "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds"?"

A series of rhetorical questions made Zhong Lifang speechless, but many people in "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" thought that it would be a big hit, after all, Li Qian's golden signboard.

However, no one really thought that it could sell nearly 300 million.

Li Ming believes in Ning Hao, so he naturally believes in the movies he makes.

asked another thing, "Zhangjiazhen and Asia Cube Pictures have restarted negotiations?"

As early as two years ago, Wu Yusen planned to adapt "Taiping Wheel 1949" into a movie and put it on the big screen, but the negotiation with the copyright owner Asia Cube Pictures collapsed.

Asia Cube Film also handed over the copyright of the TV series to another director, and obtained tens of millions of tutoring funds from relevant institutions on the island with the script of the TV series.

However, Wu Yusen prepared for this film for two years and was unwilling to give up, and his partner Zhang Jiazhen negotiated with the copyright owner again.

"Zhang Jiazhen and Wu Yusen are still in the United States, and it may not be so fast for a while, but it is estimated that it should be no problem to win the copyright, there is no more suitable director than Wu Yusen, and it is no good for the other party to hold the copyright, it is nothing more than a matter of price. Zhong Lifang said.

"It's best if we can take it, and we have to start preparing the funds. Li Ming nodded.

For this adapted movie, Li Ming also attaches great importance to it.

This story is quite well-known on the treasure island, and Cai Kangyong called the Taiping Wheel "our Titanic" in the show.

This ship, also known as the Titanic of the East.

Titanic of the East, these words are enough!

......

Compared with Li Ming's ambition and the finalization of two major projects in a row, Huang Zhongjun, who ranked second in the National Day file, killed one project instead.

"Hua Tao, this project, the company will discuss it again, and we will see it in two days. ”

Obviously, the company had already discussed it, and after getting such a perfunctory answer, Teng Huatao took the script and left Huang Zhongjun's office a little helplessly.

However, as a well-known TV drama director in China, Teng Huatao was only disappointed and did not feel much sad because he did not get the investment.

An investment of 20 million is not too much, but not too little.

Flip through the address book on your phone and swipe past a few familiar names one by one.

Wang Jinghua, Du Yang......

In addition to his father's relationship, his own connections are mainly in Huayang, Wang Jinghua and Du Yang are the two best executives in Huayang to go out, one has a pivotal position in Chengtian, and the other serves as the general manager of Perfect Film and Television.

......

Huang Zhongjun didn't know that Tenghuatao was planning to find a "traitor" who had left the company to attract investment.

An investment of 20 million is a bit riskier.

Of course, the main thing is that he is in a rather bad mood right now.

"Di Renjie" lost to "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" on the National Day file, ranking second, and the lineup comparison of the two slapped him in the face.

What's more, at the party that day, "New Shaolin Temple" was finally postponed to the first day of the Lunar New Year, making it clear that he was going to face Li Qian.

As a result, he lost the first time.

It is conceivable how proud Li Qian should be now, and where are others laughing at him behind his back.

There are a lot of bad things as soon as they come, and it was annoying enough that Zhou Xun, Li Binbin, and Huang Xiaoming were going to open their own studios this year.

Moreover, Xu Ke quietly began to cooperate with Berner in the next martial arts movie "Dragon Gate Flying Armor", and quickly negotiated the joining of Li Lianjie.

"Dragon Gate Flying Armor" is obviously a remake of the classic "Dragon Gate Inn" of the year, and Li Lianjie + Xu Ke is a perfect match for martial arts films.

Even if there are no other big-name stars, on the surface, they are much stronger than "Di Renjie"!

A series of bad things followed, and Teng Huatao came to him three or four times, Huang Zhongjun was impatient and dealt with the past casually.

"Grass!"

Coming together with the unsatisfactory things in a row, Huang Zhongjun couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth.

But there is no way, he can't stop Xu Ke from cooperating with anyone, Huang Xiaoming and they have no choice but to open a studio, and if they want to avenge the National Day file, they have to wait for the end of December.

......

Unlike what Huang Zhongjun thought, Yu Dong and Wang Changtian didn't laugh at him.

I wanted to laugh, but I couldn't.

"Di Renjie's Tongtian Empire" is a big hit, but Wu Jing, a second-tier actor at most, directed and acted in an action movie with a cost of 30 million, sold nearly 300 million, which really made them unacceptable.

From tens of millions to more than 100 million, then more than 200 million, and now close to 300 million, the box office of each movie supervised by Li Qian is higher than the other.

One is 300 million, the three producers are 900 million, and they sell 500 million, which is almost 1.5 billion.

Yu Dong thought about it for a while, and turned out a report on the total box office of the movies released by Berner last year.

Not to mention 1.5 billion, not even this half.

"How could such a person appear..."

Yu Dong sighed, and couldn't find an adjective for a while.

But there is no way, although Li Qian seems to be alone, but in fact he has completed the production, publicity, distribution, and even the omni-channel of the theater.

There are five cinema lines under the four provinces of optoelectronics, although none of them are in the top ten, but they are quite considerable.

Although Perfect Film and Television is not a big company, it is a game company behind it, and it is good at the publicity and marketing of the Internet.

It can be said that in addition to offline publicity, the industrial chain around Li Qian is even more complete than Bernard.

However, a recent financial news has allowed him to seize a glimmer of opportunity.

Song Ge, the second largest shareholder of Perfect Space, resigned as a director and only served as the chairman of Perfect Film, and Perfect Space injected capital into Perfect Film and Television.

is a very subtle signal, the perfect film and television company that specializes in the promotion and distribution of Li Qian's films, there should be something wrong between the first largest shareholder Chi Yufeng and the second largest shareholder Song Ge.

Perhaps, an opportunity?

Yu Dong touched his chin and thought, even if it was just for Li Qian's movie, it would be a big business.

There are many people who have the same idea as Yu Dong, such as Wang Changtian, such as Zhang Zhao, who has resigned from Guangxian, joined Lay's and founded Lay's Pictures.

......

As the only "happy" party in the entire National Day file, Li Qian is indeed very happy, but he is also facing new problems.

"Mr. Song, you mean that you left Perfect Film and Television in early December and joined Wanda Pictures?"