Chapter 321: The Script Comes to the Door
All the follow-up developments of the film market during the Qingming holiday are very much in line with the expectations of industry insiders.
…… In other words, it is in line with the expectations made by industry insiders based on the box office and word-of-mouth results on the first day of the long holiday.
When Li Mo and his entourage completed the third stop of the roadshow of the crew of "Get Out, Tumor" in Shudu City according to the pre-set route, the Qingming holiday was finally over.
In the past three days, the trend of "Get Out, Tumor" has been the same as when it was released on Thursday, firmly occupying the top spot in the box office list of the single day and the first weekend.
Whether it is the attendance rate or the cumulative number of viewers, or word-of-mouth and film scheduling, "Get Out, Tumor" has no suspense to crush the other two movies released at the same time.
During the Qingming Festival holiday, the cumulative box office performance of "Get Out, Tumor" has approached the 200 million yuan mark, reaching 195 million yuan.
…… It is worth mentioning that "Get Out, Tumor" in this time and space completely adopts the 2D release model, so although the box office in the first weekend is slightly less than the original time and space, on the whole, at least in terms of momentum, it is not worse than the original version.
Li Mo clearly remembers that when the original version of "Tumor" was released in 2015, the producer actually came up with an IMAX version in a frenzy.
Li Mo really can't understand this, "Get Out, Tumor", a typical movie with five-cent special effects, can still be embarrassed to occupy the IMAX hall?
Of course, what he couldn't understand was that someone really went to watch the IMAX version of "Tumor" back then......
Under the situation of "Tumor Jun", it is "Drug War" and "Loyal Yang Family General" that are inseparable.
Because HY has done more marketing methods such as member preview screenings than in previous lives, "Loyal Yang Family General" finally did not repeat the mistakes of the previous life.
Although the box office is still not ideal, at the end of the Qingming holiday, "Loyal Yang Family General" still stumbled past the 50 million yuan mark, and the cumulative box office reached 54 million yuan.
It's more than 10 million more than in the previous life......
On the other hand, under the double squeeze of HY's increased marketing and publicity efforts and "Tumor", which appeared in advance because of Li Mo, although the audience's reputation is slightly better than in the previous life, it is struggling in terms of box office data because of the diversion of "Loyal Yang Family General......
It had a first-weekend score of $61 million.
Although it is 7 million yuan higher than "Loyal Yang Family General", it is almost 20 million lower than the first weekend of the previous life......
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"Drug War" and "Loyal Yang Family General" failed to meet the producer's expectations, so it is no suspense that someone is responsible for this.
In the chairman's office of HY company, Wang Zhongjun's face was grim, Wang Zhonglei was holding the phone in one hand, and his red face seemed to be burning with a raging flame.
"Inform the production department that Rentai's name will be added to the strict control list, and in the future, no matter what position in any project, as long as his name appears, it must be reported to the chairman or the general manager's office for approval!"
After the secretary on the other end of the phone finished recording, Wang Zhonglei continued, "Zheng Shaoqiu, Zheng Yijian, Yu Bo, Lin Feng, Zhou Yuming...... , in short, all the actors who participated in "Loyal Yang Jiajiang" are also included in the strict control list, and cooperation with them also requires the signature and approval of the general manager and above. ”
“…… Mr. Wang, do all actors have to be included in the list?"
The secretary on the other end of the phone seemed to have something to say, so he asked hesitantly.
"What, do you have any opinions?" A small secretary also dared to question his words, Wang Zhonglei couldn't help but get angry, and his tone was a little unkind.
"No...... No," the secretary completely felt the pressure in Wang Zhonglei's words, but her professionalism still supported her to finish asking her own questions, "Sister Fan, Li Chen, An Yixuan, and Fu Xinbo are all actors in our HY, and they ...... Do you want to deal with it like that?"
Wang Zhonglei slapped his head, he really forgot that HY Company also contributed a lot of actors in "Loyal Yang Family General".
With a sigh of relief, he calmed down his emotions a little, and Wang Zhonglei said in a deep voice, "Except for our company's own actors, everyone else has dealt with it according to what I said, is there any problem? ”
From beginning to end, Wang Zhonglei never thought that the failure of "Loyal Yang Family General" had anything to do with him, the nominal producer, and if there was a problem, it must have been a deviation in the implementation process......
…… Sure enough, under normal circumstances, both the director and the actors are the best scapegoats.
Almost at the same time, the major film and television media companies in the mainland have reached a tacit agreement to remove many of the Hong Kong actors who appeared in "The Loyal Yang Family" from the potential candidates for their own company's works.
…… At least for a period of time in the future, they will not be considered to be given the task of carrying the box office......
When Li Mo received the relevant news, it was already the morning of the first day after the Qingming holiday.
"These domestic companies have not learned much from Hollywood in other aspects, but they have learned a lot of attitude. ”
Sitting in the car to the airport, after answering the phone, Li Mo finally couldn't hold back his desire to complain, and told the ins and outs of the matter in the inquiring eyes of the whole car.
However, for the actors, what the movie looks like has nothing to do with them. ”
Fat Di is the youngest of all the people in the car, and he is also the first to contact the filming and production process of the movie, plus he is an actor, so when he heard that HY attributed the problem to the actor, he couldn't help but ask.
"Yes, there may be many reasons for the failure of a movie, the logic of the script is confused, the director's level is poor, the service is not in place, and the post-production special effects editing program is chaotic, etc., which may cause the movie to go wrong......"
"But the actor is actually the most innocent, and the actor's performance is not in place? But that is also approved by the director; the logic of the script and story is confused? As far as I know, except for a very small number of domestic actors represented by Jiang Wen, most of them do not have the ability and temper to modify the script; as for the service and editing, it has nothing to do with the actors......
"But why did it end up like this?"
"Because compared to the production company and the director, the actor has no say at all. Li Mo said a word to reveal the mystery.
"Even if an actor acts in a bad movie, it is impossible for him to disclose his affairs in the crew, just like an athlete cannot casually disclose the details in the locker room, and those who dare to do so will only turn themselves into the public enemy of the entire industry. ”
After looking up at the window and finding that he shouldn't be able to get to the airport for a while, Li Mo simply decided to say a few more words, which could be regarded as giving Fat Di and Gu Limena a preventive shot in advance.
"In the future, before you take over the play, you must provide the other party with the most complete script possible, and if the script is fine, then it must be written in the contract: during the filming cycle, as long as the role you play is involved when revising the script, you must communicate ...... in advance."
"Wouldn't it?
Gu Limena couldn't help but interrupt Li Mo's words.
"Hehe, when you meet a big-name supporting actor who likes to add drama to yourself, you will understand what I mean by today. ”
Just as Li Mo was about to say a few more words, the phone rang again.
"Hey, Brother Zong?" Li Mo picked up the phone and switched places with Wang Kai, who was sitting in the back row, "Is there something big going on in the imperial capital?"
"The thing...... There's one, but I don't know if it's a big deal. Someone sent a script to the company's script review department. ”
"That's a good thing, our script review department of Molong Media has finally opened. ”
"What's good, the theme of the script is a martial arts movie. ”