Chapter 41: It's a Tragedy (part 1/4)
“… Now brush?"
After receiving a call from Tang Ningyu, Zhang Junsheng said that his brain hurt...
This one who stepped on a horse.
It's very common to brush up on the box office, and he's done it, but now, it's not just the mainland that is staring at "Painted Skin", it can be said that the whole world is staring at "Painted Skin"...
At this juncture, brush the box office?
Do you want to leave a stench for 10,000 years?
"Monster Hunt" was scolded out of Xiang, and the world's authoritative box office website Box Office Mojo was reluctant to award the annual box office champion in the mainland to "Monster Hunt", which can be said to stink out of China...
"Don't say it, I'll call Han Shanping!"
Zhang Junsheng dialed Han Shanping's phone: "Mr. Han, it is a very small matter for "Painted Skin" to buy millions at the box office, but there is no impermeable wall in the world. If we start this way, other companies will definitely learn from us. If it becomes the norm for movies to buy box office, it will be quite harmful. For a film market to develop healthily, it must be supported by accurate data from the film market. If the box office data is inaccurate, it will affect the judgment of investors and policymakers on the market, make people unable to see the entire market situation, and ultimately hurt the entire film industry. You really can't do this!"
The third master's hot blood was blocked in his throat.
He wanted to scold, 'How is your mother?'
The third master knows about the box office of "Painted Skin", so many ghost fields, Han Shanping is not a fool, and now he is talking about it in a high-sounding manner...
“… Third master, Hollywood is staring at us, many people are discussing the mainland box office of "Painted Skin", at this time, we brush the box office, and they will definitely be aware of it..."
I didn't hear Han Shanping speak for a long time, Zhang Junsheng simply told the truth...
"Okay, but we can't give up trying..."
I finally understand the reason why this kid refuses to brush the box office.
"Don't worry, I will call on everyone on Weibo, by the way, "If You Are the Truth, Do Not Disturb 2" is also likely to hit a new box office high!"
"If You Are Honest Do Not Disturb 2" and "1942" must be screened separately!"
"You go to the Huang brothers for this, anyway, we are scheduled for December 12th!"
Han Shanping still wanted to persuade again, but Zhang Junsheng had already hung up a little.
……
Summit Entertainment, "Vulgar" has been filmed and is being edited in post-production...
During the break, Zhang Junsheng said to Wen Ziren and Mike Madavoy: "I was going to do it in 40 days and then go directly to the awards season, but now it seems that it is unlikely..."
Mike: "Join us at next year's Sundance!"
"That's all it can be..."
"Vulgar" is not the kind of commercial film that is a big production, and if you want to sell well, you must have an honorary endorsement.
Wen Ziren reminded: "If "Crazy Stone" wants to make a difference during the awards season, you need a professional PR team!"
“… Forget it, don't think about it this year, "Stone" is not to the taste of Americans!"
Without waiting for Wen Ziren to speak, Zhang Junsheng continued: "It's November soon, there are a bunch of things waiting for me in China, and I can't spare time to stay in North America all the time..."
"How's 'Latent'?"
"It's basically perfect, and you can cast it right away!"
"$1.5 million, isn't it too little?"
Zhang Junsheng read Wen Ziren's plan, and the investment in "Latent" was only $1.5 million...
“… Boss, 1.5 million is enough!"
"Didn't you invest $10 million in your last movie, Dead Silence?"
Wen Ziren didn't want to speak...
Mike Madavoy reminded: "Zhang, James's 'Dead Silence' failed at the box office..."
Wen Ziren, whose English name is James Wen...
“… Can you still fail?"
Zhang Junsheng has always thought that Wen Ziren is the kind of typical person who is small and big, and through "Chainsaw" he overcame all the obstacles, and finally became another arm of Warner Bros. ...
In fact, Wen Ziren is not a first-line director, at least not now!
His lead in "Saw" brought Lionsgate a succession of high profits, but Lionsgate limited him to the "Saw" series.
Since "Saw 2", Lionsgate has said that as long as he participates in the production of another "Saw", it will support him to shoot new works, but "Saw" is now the sixth part, and Lionsgate's promise has not been fulfilled.
During this period, he filmed "Dead Silence" or attracted investment from other companies.
Perhaps it was also the fact that "Dead Silence" was not very successful, which made Lionsgate Pictures have concerns.
The empty checks finally failed, and Wen Ziren completely understood one thing, Lionsgate was just squeezing his surplus value, and there was no support for his plans to shoot new works.
Therefore, after fulfilling the last contract with Lionsgate, I said goodbye to Lionsgate completely.
Zhang Junsheng's invitation was entrusted with a heavy responsibility, which made him feel that he was a confidant and died...
Let's put it this way, for a big series like "Twilight", Wen Ziren is the producer...
It can be said that Summit Entertainment has regarded Wen Ziren as a trump card from the beginning!
Wen Ziren also had revenge, so he and Ray Warner had several scripts in the morning, but unfortunately, he was the producer of the two films "Human Removal Plan" and "Hold Your Breath" next year...
Therefore, in the drama "Latent", he has been advancing very slowly...
"By the way, do you know zombies?"
“… Zombie Dao Chief!"
“… Yes, but the Americans probably don't know ...
"Forget it..."
It's hard to talk to a smart person, and as soon as you open your mouth, he knows what you want to say.
Zhang Junsheng originally wanted to ask if it was possible to make two zombie films to test the water, but Wen Ziren directly refused...
Looking at Zhang Junsheng's eyes, Wen Ziren proposed: "If the cost does not exceed $1 million, we can try..."
“… $1 million?"
"Well, it's hard to make a profit beyond that!"
“… Let me think about it. ”
……
The box office of "Painted Skin" still failed to exceed 356 million in the end...
It's a normal thing, the so-called box office appeal is an imaginary number.
With 100 million fans, "Baby" still failed miserably at the box office...
With "007: Quantum of Solace" and "Harry Potter 6: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", only three percent of the film schedule of "Painted Skin" remained, and the single-day box office fell below 100,000...
As of the next file, the total box office of "Painted Skin" is 352 million.
Among them, many of them are responding to Zhang Junsheng's sentence on Weibo's 'Come on Chinese movies'...
It's already good, setting a new box office record for domestic films...
On November 11th, Zhang Junsheng returned to China, on the one hand, to participate in the celebration banquet of "Painted Skin", and on the other hand, to lay out the New Year stalls, and prepare for "The Wind" by the way.
As soon as I got off the plane, I ran into someone from "Triptych".
He simply invited them into his business car.
"Yuehua and Dongyang Media openly "competed", resulting in the public opinion of the "National Day File Battle", do you think "Painted Skin" won this time?
“… Do you think you've won?"
After asking a rhetorical question, without waiting for the reporter to speak, Zhang Junsheng continued: "As a professional investor and producer, I think this National Day file is a tragedy! Have you ever seen "Batman" and "Spider-Man" be released on the same day? Why can the six major American companies sit down and negotiate schedules, and Chinese films will produce two blockbusters, so they have to kill each other, and the whole world will see jokes?
The two heavyweight blockbusters bloomed on the same day, and there were no winners, both of them were strategies for the sake of fighting for breath. For competitors in the industry, I don't think to do anything that hurts the industry. ”