Chapter 17: Who's Fighting!

It can be said that the box office results of "Looking for the Dragon" are shocking again! How do you feel that these records are like drinking boiled water in front of Chen Yongren, and they will be broken for you casually...

The first-day box office also set a new record for Chinese-language films, 1.6 billion, and also set a new first-day box office record in mainland film history!

To have such an achievement, first of all, this movie is the first special effects blockbuster in the true sense of the Chinese language, coupled with the quality of the movie, and Chen Yongren's signature, it is the best in all aspects.

The second is the publicity and distribution of the movie, the box office performance of a movie has a lot to do with the publicity, even if it is a bad movie, as long as the publicity and distribution are good, the box office will not be bad, the publicity and distribution cannot determine the final result of the movie, but it can be a direct factor affecting the box office of the movie. The publicity of "Looking for the Dragon" is only higher than the original "Infernal Affairs", and even Chen Yongren led the team to "Base Camp" to promote it, which shows the publicity of this movie.

There is also a good selection of schedules, there is no movie that can be tough on the National Day and "Looking for the Dragon", and other blockbusters such as Zhang Yimou's "Hero" and so on are basically set for the Spring Festival or the Chinese New Year, so under the right time, place and people, "Looking for the Dragon" may create a new box office miracle!

And the box office of "Looking for the Dragon" on the first day is about to catch up with the box office of "Infernal Affairs" in the first week, and Chen Yongren has once again created a miracle of Chinese films!

At present, the film scheduling rate given by the theater side is as much as 75%, and almost all other movies released on the National Day have become cannon fodder.

And in addition to the fact that it is a 3D movie, the price of a movie ticket is twice as expensive as a 2D movie ticket, so several factors have combined to create a box office miracle that broke 100 million on the first day!

After Chen Daqi got this data, he laughed out loud in the office. After all, when Chen Yongren said that he would not hold the premiere, he was still worried about whether the direct release would have any impact on the box office, and now it seems that he has underestimated the power of this movie!

Chen Yongren was also very excited after learning the box office results on the first day, the box office on the first day broke the box office record of the first and last film directed by himself in his previous life, I have to say that Chen Yongren is now more and more fond of this world, this is a world that can create miracles, a world that makes people crazy!

As for Wanda and Guangguang after learning of the box office results, their first reaction was to hold an emergency meeting, considering the next cooperation with Longteng Studio, to upgrade to a strategic ally-level cooperative relationship, hugging Chen Yongren's thighs, there is no meat to eat, although the investment amount of the two of them is not very much, but the total box office of the movie is high, mosquito meat can finally turn you into a fragrant chicken leg, and you have to adjust your company's filming plan, 3D movies are so profitable, it is natural to quickly follow the trend to launch a batch of shooting plans and some projects about 3D movies, the current situation in China is that there are few innovators and many followers, although you know that innovation can eat meat, but who knows if you can eat it, or follow the trend most steadily, which is one of the main reasons why Chinese movies are so backward at present.

The name Chen Yongren naturally appeared again on the front pages of major media and in the field of vision of many film company executives, all thinking about how to get acquainted with him, if you don't recognize his ability in the first movie, but the beginning of the second movie is so fierce, who can stand it, so they congratulate Chen Yongren in various ways, and at the same time ask about cooperation.

It can be said that after the box office of "Looking for the Dragon" came out on the first day, Chen Yongren once again felt the feeling when the box office results of "Infernal Affairs" came out in the first week, and the phone was directly blown up. Fortunately, now that I have an assistant, except for acquaintances, other calls are answered by assistants, but even so, Chen Yongren's phone is ringing non-stop, so he simply shuts down the phone directly, and then reads at home...

Suddenly, the landline at home rang, and he knew that the landline at his home was counted on one hand, so he connected it.

"Yongren, I can't call your mobile phone, I guess you must be at home, first of all, congratulations, the box office of the movie broke 100 million on the first day!" On the other end of the phone, Chen Daqi said very excitedly.

Chen Yongren listened to Chen Daqi's words, and responded with a smile: "Tongxi, Tongxi, the movie can't have such achievements without Uncle Chen's credit."

Hearing that Chen Yongren was so good at talking, Chen Daqi also laughed, "Yongren, you are getting older and older now, haha, that's right, I called you to tell you about the follow-up publicity plan and cost of the movie, I and the two CEOs of Guangguang and Wanda both think that they can add another 50 million, so I ask your opinion!"

Chen Yongren said with a smile: "What the movie announced is that Uncle Chen, you can just talk to Wang Yu directly, but I think you can add it, strike while the iron is hot!"

"I've already told Wang Yu, just call and talk to you, by the way, do you want to think about Director Chen's next movie?"

"Uncle Chen, the main reason why you called here is to ask about this haha, I don't have any ideas yet, I have made two movies in a row, I want to rest and rest, and then think about the next movie in a few days" Chen Yongren smiled helplessly and responded.

"Haha, okay, then let's communicate when we have news, then you can rest first, I won't bother you, I've been busy for so long, it's time to take a good rest" Chen Daqi first smiled awkwardly, and then responded.

"Okay, then hang up first, and I'll talk to you when I have a plan" After hanging up the phone, Chen Yongren continued to read the book...

At this time, on Douban, the score of "Looking for the Dragon" also rose to a high score of 9.0, although it did not exceed the score of "Infernal Affairs", but it is still a classic. There are countless praises, on various community forum websites and Weibo, the topic of "Looking for the Dragon" is also very hot, although there are also several companies behind it, but the main thing is that the movie is too popular, and countless people want to rub the heat, so there are countless interpretations, film reviews, and discussions about "Looking for the Dragon"...

Seven days have passed in the blink of an eye, and the box office of the first week is about to be released, Longteng Film Studio, at this time, all the staff are looking forward to seeing if they can break the box office record of the first week of Chinese films, Chen Yongren is also sitting in the office waiting for news at this time.

It didn't take long for Wang Yu to take the statistical results and excitedly walked into Chen Yongren's office, "It's broken, Yongren is broken!"

Chen Yongren looked at Wang Yu, who walked in Xingchong, and shouted that it was broken, and he was also confused, and asked, "Lao Wang calmed down, what is broken?"

Wang Yu responded excitedly: "It is a movie box office record, with a box office of 688 million in the first week! It has created a new record for the box office of the first week in the history of Chinese films! At the same time, it has also broken the box office record of the first week in the history of mainland films, and it is very possible to continue to rank first in the total box office of mainland film history

Even Chen Yongren, who was already mentally prepared, was still a little excited when he heard that the box office reached 688 million in the first week, but he quickly calmed down and responded: "Announce it on the official website and Weibo immediately, and arrange a new round of publicity immediately!"

"I'll arrange it right away, do you want to hold a celebration banquet for Chairman Chen?" Wang Yu replied.

"Let's wait for the box office results to come out next week, you go and arrange these two things first!"

"Okay, then I'll go out and get busy first," Wang Yu responded.

At this time, in the office of Chen Daqi of Beijing Film and Television Company, Chen Daqi also got the box office data of the first week at this time, said hello three times in a row, and then called Chen Yongren. As soon as Chen Yongren connected, he heard Chen Daqi say excitedly: "Yongren, the box office in the first week is 688 million, and you have set a new record! Congratulations, according to this momentum, it should not take long to break the total box office record in mainland film history."

After listening to Chen Daqi, Chen Yongren replied: "Uncle Chen is happy and happy, but I am not so optimistic about breaking the total box office record in mainland film history." ”

"Oh, how do you say it? I watched "Looking for the Dragon" 688 million in the first week, it shouldn't take too long to break the total box office record, right?" Chen Daqi replied in surprise after listening to Chen Yongren's words.

"Although "Looking for the Dragon" is also considered to be the right time and place, but only relatively speaking, because the National Day file is currently the monopoly of "Looking for the Dragon", but after mid-October, there will be nearly five Hollywood blockbusters released one after another, plus some domestic films, there is no doubt that it will have an impact on the scheduling rate of "Looking for the Dragon", and the main viewing group of "Looking for the Dragon" is still young people are students, and the return of students to school after the National Day and other factors will cause "Looking for the Dragon" 's box office is declining, so the only thing we can do now is to promote it to the death, and strive to grab more box office before Hollywood movies are released," Chen Yongren thought about it calmly and responded.

After hearing Chen Yongren say this, Chen Daqi also calmed down and thought for a while, and said: "Yongren, in the end, Uncle Chen can't hold his breath, listening to your analysis, "Looking for the Dragon" wants to break the total box office record in the mainland, and the difficulty of pulling down Hollywood movies is really not ordinary."

Chen Yongren said with a smile: "Uncle Chen, it is not up to us to decide whether we can break the box office record of Hollywood movies, what we can do is to promote more and more violently to stimulate the box office, and at present, it is already earning, that is, making more and earning less."

"Yes. Okay, I'll arrange it and increase the publicity of the movie" After Chen Daqi finished speaking, he hung up the phone and went to arrange for the movie to further increase publicity.

At this time, on the Internet, when the box office results of the first week of "Looking for the Dragon" were announced, it was no less powerful than dropping an atomic bomb on a small island, 688 million! Everyone was shocked, how many years did it take to pick up bottles to earn 688 million, and how many days of work had to be added to earn 688 million! So netizens are scrambling to discuss, and the headlines on the front pages of major media are also given to Chen Yongren again, during this time, Chen Yongren, although he is so low-key that it seems to have evaporated from the world, but his name has never been on the headlines and hot search lists, and the degree of popularity can be seen.

The following week, on Tuesday night, the "Dragon Quest" movie celebration banquet was held in a five-star hotel, and the next day the media also reported on the incident.

And the box office results in the second week also reached 530 million, although there was a decline, but there was no big problem.

In the third week, in the face of Hollywood blockbusters, although the movie quality of "Looking for the Dragon" is not much worse than Hollywood movies, it has been in theaters for half a month, so the box office decline in the third week is a bit serious, only 350 million, and only 160 million is left in the fourth week, and the box office decline is a bit serious, but there is no way to face the Hollywood blockbuster attack to get so much box office is already very good. The movie also got the key and successfully extended the screening for a month, but it is estimated that it will not get much box office, because there will be as many as nine movies at home and abroad when it comes to the Chinese New Year, but no matter how small the mosquito is, it is meat, who will have trouble with money, so it is better to extend the screening!

The box office totaled 1.728 billion yuan in one month after its release! It successfully broke the total box office record in the mainland! And it is the first film in mainland film history to break the box office of 1.5 billion! Now let's see if it can break the box office of 2 billion yuan!!

Now let's see if the overseas box office is strong, but Chen Yongren finally overestimated the overseas box office results, because "Looking for the Dragon" is not too suitable for the taste of overseas audiences, and tells a Chinese story, so overseas audiences can't understand it, and they don't watch it if they can't understand it, so the box office is not high, and in the end, the cumulative overseas box office is only RNB 80 million, and overseas audiences still prefer to watch Hollywood blockbusters...

In the end, "Looking for the Dragon", which was extended to a month in theaters, got a box office of 60 million in the gap between Hollywood blockbusters, so the final total box office at home and abroad was 1.868 billion! In the end, it failed to advance to the 2 billion box office director club, but he is currently the only Chinese director who broke the 1 billion club! Chen Yongren is already the guarantee of the box office and the creator of the record, and the cumulative box office of the two films is also as high as more than 2 billion, so Chen Yongren is also known as the director of 2 billion!

In the past two months, almost all the headlines on the front pages of major media have either been Chen Yongren or related to Chen Yongren, and it can be said that from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, the name Chen Yongren has never been on the headlines.

In 2004, among the top ten keywords of the year at the end of the year, Chen Yongren's three words were actually on the list, and the media even called 2004 the year of Chen Yongren! The "Infernal Affairs" at the beginning of the year was shocking, Chen Yongren was born, and a "Dragon Quest" near the end of the year once again impressed the world, I didn't expect Chinese films to make such excellent movies!

Even some Hollywood media have reported that Chinese films will rise under the leadership of Chen, which also shows that Chen Yongren's strength has been recognized by countless people!

From a poor and white graduate dog, but the world-famous director Chen Yongren only used two movies, so now many people are studying Chen Yongren's success, and directors account for a lot, and the direct impact of this is that next year's commercial film shooting plans of major companies are full, as for literary films. To hell with it, a literary film director said... It can be seen that Chen Yongren has brought shock and excitement to many Chinese films.

After Chen Yongren learned about it, he just smiled bitterly, it seems that there will be a lot of bad movies released next... However, there are also some good movies, so on the whole, the atmosphere of the entire Chinese film industry is developing for the better, and Chen Yongren is also very happy about this, after all, he has no opponent to play alone, how boring, after all, the master is lonely!

After finishing a wave of coercion, Chen Yongren still obediently went back to think about the next movie, after all, he has now been named the leader of Chinese films, not the leader of young directors, and the grade has been improved, so only make a good movie to maintain this force, and pretending to be forced also has face!

At this point, Chen Yongren will next go to the road of legendary director.