On Friday, July 10, "Those Years" directed by Lin Xiaoguang won 10.5 million box office with 24% of the scheduled films, while "Red Cliff" directed by John Woo won 28.5 million box office with 49% of the scheduled films.

On Saturday, July 11, "Those Years" won 14.8 million box office with 25% of the scheduled films, and "Red Cliff" won 32 million box office with 50% of the scheduled films.

On Sunday, July 12, "Those Years" won 15.2 million box office with 24.8 films, and "Red Cliff" won 27.8 million box office with 51% of the films.

July 13th, morning.

Early in the morning, Huang Zhonglei received a text message, from the release to the present, in just three days, the total box office of "Those Years" has reached 40.5 million, and the box office of the movie in three days can reach this number, which is beyond everyone's expectations.

Such results are very satisfactory for Huang Zhonglei and Huayi Company, which completely exceeded their expected judgment on the box office of the movie before the release.

"Mr. Huang is good!"

"Good morning, Mr. Huang. ”

"Good morning. ”

Facing the greetings of his subordinates, Huang Zhonglei, who was in a happy mood, responded one by one, and the results of "Those Years" were so good, which dissipated a lot of his pressure and worries.

came to his brother Huang Zhongjun's studio, Huang Zhonglei knocked on the door and walked in.

Huang Zhonglei joked seriously: "Chairman, what important instructions do you have for finding a subordinate?"

Seeing Huang Zhonglei coming in, Huang Zhongjun put down his brush, got up to greet him, and replied with a smile: "What chairman, Xiao Lei, you come over to me to see how this painting is." ”

Huang Zhongjun said, leading Huang Zhonglei to a painting.

Huang Zhonglei saw that this work was a sketch of a woman's head, and the woman in the painting turned her head slightly and her expression was quiet.

I have to say that Huang Zhongjun's "painting path" is very wide, including realistic painting, expressionist painting, and abstract painting.

"Brother, I found that in the past two years, your paintings are either sketches, realistic, or abstract styles, and it seems that you rarely touch classical paintings?" Huang Zhonglei answered with a question and looked at Huang Zhongjun with interest.

Huang Zhongjun smiled and said, "Yes, traditional classical painting doesn't have much influence on me, not that Angels is bad, but there is no impulse." I was very shocked to appreciate the original works of artists such as Van Gogh, Cézanne, Monet, Morandi, etc., and the simple and dazzling colors were very impactful, and I immediately found the feeling I liked in my bones. ”

Huang Zhonglei also smiled: "Since I like this feeling in my bones, then brother, why don't you go and take a picture of Van Gogh's collection and come back, so that my brother can open his eyes." ”

Huang Zhonglei sighed and said earnestly: "Xiao Lei, you may not understand the true value of artworks, a Van Gogh collection on the market costs seventy or eighty million at will, and some even need one or two hundred million. ”

Without waiting for Huang Zhonglei to answer, Huang Zhongjun patted him on the shoulder again, and said with emotion: "Only in front of the collection, I feel that no matter how rich I am, I am still a poor person." ”

As it is, since he started collecting art, Huang Zhongjun feels that there is nothing more expensive than art.

Huang Zhonglei quipped: "Brother, there will be bread, there will be milk, and Van Gogh will always buy it one day." ”

"Xiao Lei, what you said is good, as long as our brothers work together, I believe that everything will be fine!" Huang Zhongjun looked at Huang Zhonglei proudly, and then suddenly asked: "By the way, Xiao Lei, how is the box office of Xiaoguang's movie?"

Huang Zhongjun said excitedly: "The box office results for three consecutive days are very good, and it has exceeded 40 million last night!"

"Yes, Lin Xiaoguang finally lived up to my expectations of him!" Huang Zhongjun paused, and then continued: "I heard that he is about to go to Hong Kong and Taiwan to run publicity, in order to show that we Huayi attach importance to him, I think it's better for you, the producer, to follow along." ”

Huang Zhonglei nodded: "Yes, leave this task to me." ”

"There shouldn't be any problems with word of mouth, right?"

Huang Zhonglei replied confidently: "No problem, I invited a lot of film critics, don't worry about this, the company's public relations is very good, and most of them are praised." ”

"However, there is a problem, that is, the attendance rate of our movies is obviously very high, but the film schedule has not been able to go up. Huang Zhonglei said unevenly.

"It's not surprising that "Red Cliff" is a big movie produced by Han Sanping, and he didn't lower the film schedule for us, which is already very face-saving. ”

Huang Zhongjun smiled, turned around and said worriedly: "However, I'm afraid that if the box office of "Those Years" continues to develop like this, investors in other regions estimate that the dog will jump over the wall in a hurry, and it will stumble us behind our backs. ”

"Don't worry, the company's public relations department has been ready for a long time. ”

July 13, evening.

According to the past practice, China Film Group spent money to hold a box office celebration banquet for the crew of "Red Cliff" in the hotel.

In addition to Han Sanping, Wu Yusen, as well as Tony Leung, Lin Chiling and other actors in the circle, there are also well-known producers such as Ye Rufen, Wang Wei, and Matsuura Katsuto also attended the celebration banquet.

Counting Han Sanping of China Film Group, "Red Cliff" has a total of nine producers, including Ye Rufen from Mosswan, Yu Dong from Hong Kong, and Matsuura Katsuto from Dongying Island.

Back then, the box office fiasco of the domestic blockbuster "Thorn Qin" made Han Sanping see the amazing risks behind the investment in commercial blockbusters.

Therefore, in all the blockbuster projects that Han Sanping personally participated in, risk aversion will always bear the brunt, including "Red Cliff", which invested more than 600 million yuan this time.

Although China Film Group is the producer of the movie "Red Cliff", in fact, the share of China Film Group's investment is not high, which is often mentioned in the industry as "borrowing a boat to go to sea".

Even if Han Sanping has the ability to turn the clouds and the sea in the mainland film circle, but on his head, there are more people who are pressing, and Han Sanping is in his position, so he naturally has to borrow money everywhere to improve his political performance.

The celebration banquet was very lively, and the bigwigs were smiling and toasting each other to celebrate.

As the host, Han Sanping is undoubtedly the one who has been toasted the most.

Fortunately, Han Sanplane is big, and some people drink a glass, and he can take a sip of the meaning, so that he is not overwhelmed by alcohol.

After three rounds of drinking, three rounds and three rounds.

Just when Han Sanping was slightly drunk, Po Ye Rufen, a domineering man with a flat head, led Lin Zhiling over with a wine glass to toast him.

It's not a day or two that Han Sanping likes to sleep with Hong Kong and Taiwan actresses, but when he saw Lin Chiling, who is known as the first beauty in Mossbend, come up to him to flatter, he was still unconsciously shocked.

After Lin Zhiling stepped back, Han Sanping's gaze still wandered on her from time to time.

In other words, Lin Chiling was able to shoot her first movie at the age of 33, and she cooperated with the great director John Woo to appear in a big production like "Red Cliff".

For any woman, it is undoubtedly a pie in the sky, not to mention that the role of "Little Qiao" was snatched by Lin Zhiling from Zhang Ziyi.

Lin Chiling, who does not have any performance experience, was able to grab this role from "International Zhang", which is nothing more than Ye Rufen bringing capital into the group and putting pressure on Han Sanping together with traitor director John Woo.

Ye Rufen looked at it in her eyes, as if she was accustomed to it, and said to Han Sanping: "Mr. Hand, we have spoken first, didn't you say that you have cleared all obstacles for the release of "Red Cliff"? Why is there still a mainland film with more than 25% of the scheduled films being released at the same time?"

After all, even though Han Sanping was unhappy in his heart, he still patiently persuaded him: "Mr. Ye, don't do too much in everything, as a mainland filmmaker, I always have to give our mainland domestic films a way to live, right?"

Ye Rufen shook her head with a wry smile and continued: "Mr. Hand, business is not like this, you have no sincerity at all. ”

Han Sanping took out a cigarette and said after a while: "If 50% of the film schedules are not sincere, then how many films do I have to give to "Red Cliff" to be sincere?"

Seeing that Han Sanping's face was a little wrong, Ye Rufen immediately changed her euphemistic tone and continued: "Mr. Hand, you misunderstood, I am not dissatisfied with the film schedule of "Red Cliff", I mean, can you lower the film schedule of "Those Years"?"

Han Sanping said with a calm face: "If it weren't for our China Film Group's participation in the investment, the film schedule of "Those Years" would have gone to 30% a long time ago!"

Ye Rufen said inch by inch: "Mr. Hand, they are all people in the same boat, if you don't use your connections to lower the market schedule of "Those Years", the box office and reputation of this movie will get better and better, which will affect the box office of "Red Cliff", how can you explain to other investors." ”

Han Sanping slapped the table: "Confess? I also told you, I Han Sanping never explained to others in my life and work, and it is not your turn to teach me a lesson!"

There is no way, Han Sanping is a tyrant with a short personality, easy to get angry, likes to scold, and ugly, how can he tolerate being taught by an eight women.