Chapter Forty-Nine: A Great Value Movie
Just after New Year's Day, Huaxia Film Company began to promote its new film "Red Cliff of the Three Kingdoms" across the country, and on the movie channel, it aired a one-minute trailer. All those who have watched this minute of the film have a decision, that is, they must go to the cinema to watch this movie.
That minute of film, after watching it, people's hearts are surging, the scene is grand, the effect is realistic, the hero is hot-blooded, and the beauty is amazing. This is already comparable to the level of American Hollywood blockbusters, but it is domestic, which is more in line with the aesthetic and visual level of the Chinese people.
"Red Cliff of the Three Kingdoms" will be released on January 18, 99, at the same time across the country, and the ticket price is 30 yuan. In 99, the domestic ordinary ticket price was 15 yuan, and some blockbusters were 20 yuan, and "Red Cliff of the Three Kingdoms" was the first film in China to set the ticket price at 30 yuan. The reason why it dares to set it at thirty dollars is because it has three reasons.
1. This is the first script written in the vast world.
Second, this is a film directed by Director Feng.
3. The investment cost of this film reached 15 million yuan, which is the largest in China in the past five years.
Because of the one-minute trailer advertised in advance, everyone felt that the thirty yuan was not expensive. Some fans of the vast gods said that the ticket price was 50 yuan, and they looked at it the same way, and they believed that the products produced by the vast gods would be high-quality.
Of course, some domestic media questioned the ticket price set by Huaxia Film Company, thinking that the movie was definitely not worth the price. Huaxia Film Company ignored the doubts, just said, if you watch it, you will feel that it is worth it.
Shen Hao has never watched the 110-minute film that Director Feng finally cut, and he hopes that he will be better off when he goes to the theater as an ordinary audience.
Ten theaters in Yuezhou City, with a total of 38 screens, will screen the film at the same time on that day. Ticket booking can be done a week in advance, and as a result, the first show in Yuezhou City, about 15,000 tickets, was sold out four days before the opening. There are still many cases like Yuezhou City in the country.
Many media outlets have reported that the vast number of book lovers are going crazy. Shen Hao didn't have to book tickets, he had a hundred tickets for the best position in the first show sent by the theater.
Zhang Ziyi called and said that on that day, she was going to fly over and accompany Shen Hao to watch the first show. Shen Hao kept the tickets at home, and gave the rest to Shen Jie, Yang Xiaoxian, Gao Yanling, and Shen Liang, and asked them to send them to friends or classmates.
Qi Qing's vast cultural company also has a hundred free tickets.
On January 18, 99, Shen Hao first went to pick up Zhang Ziyi, who flew over from the capital, and everyone had dinner at home together. Shen Hongguang and Wu Meilian also came over to see their eldest son's first movie.
Zhang Ziyi took off her sunglasses and stunned Wu Meilian and Shen Hongguang, they had never seen such a beautiful girl, this was just like the legendary fairy.
Wu Meilian knew that Zhang Ziyi was the heroine in the film, but when she saw the look of the girl and her eldest son, she was a little worried, this girl seems to like the eldest son too, what should I do? She likes Gao Yanling very much in her heart, but this girl is not bad, Ah Hao would be good if he could marry both, but unfortunately it is a new society, and marrying two is a crime and imprisonment.
After eating, everyone set off. Only Gao Yanling and Zhang Ziyi were with Shen Hao, Shen Hongguang and Wu Meilian were accompanied by Shen Jie and Yang Xiaoxian, Shen Liang was with his classmates, and Qi Qing was with her colleagues. Originally, watching the movie this time was a two-person world between Shen Hao and Gao Yanling, but now it has become three people, Gao Yanlingyan is not unhappy, Zhang Ziyi can fly over from the capital, which shows that she likes to be with herself.
The three of them followed the crowd into the theater and sat down. At the beginning of the film, after the business card, it was written: The screenwriter --- vast world, and the book fans at the scene immediately applauded, Shen Hao didn't know that the current book fans were so crazy. If they knew that the vast teacher and heroine were here, they would definitely not be able to leave.
Zhang Ziyi wears a hat and glasses that have been changed to flat glasses.
The film attracted everyone's attention from the beginning, the scene was very grand, the costumes were simple and generous, the colors resonated, and the language was even more refined, which caused the audience to laugh happily from time to time.
There are well-known stories in this, and there are historical secrets that the audience does not know, and for the whole 110 minutes, the audience is tightly attracted to the movie, and many people are holding a bottle of mineral water from the theater, and they have not even opened the lid, and they have forgotten to drink water.
The most exciting thing is the two battles in the film, one is a skirmish, and the other is the final battle of Chibi. The generals, the fearlessness of the soldiers, and the demonstration of the battle formation made all the viewers understand that the ancient war was so grand and poignant. Our ancient Chinese civilization is so splendid that it is more unforgettable than those ancient wars in the West.
During the film, there are constantly people who marvel and exclaim.
After watching it, Shen Hao felt that there were some parts of the film that were not as good as those made in his previous life, and that was because some computer-aided technologies had not yet been developed. In ninety-nine, such films were already the best, no less than the American level.
After the film ended with a thank you for watching, many viewers stood up and applauded excitedly, and many were reluctant to leave, wanting to watch all the subtitles and understand what was behind the film.
After Shen Hao and the three of them came out, Zhang Ziyi dared to come up and hug Shen Hao and say to him, "Congratulations, you have succeeded." ”
"Tongxi, you acted very well. ”
Gao Yanling also came up to hug Shen Hao.
Back at home, Shen Hongguang and Wu Meilian both said that they were very good-looking and had a good shot. Shen Hao and Yang Xiaoxian were very excited, shouting that it was so good-looking, and they wanted to watch it again.
Unsurprisingly, the next day, the film went viral.
Almost all newspapers and TV stations are talking about this hottest movie in front of them.
The most authoritative People's Daily commented that although this is a successful commercial film, we still see the splendid civilization of our Chinese from it, and the director let us see not only the war, but also human nature and ancient Chinese culture. Such a film is worth watching for everyone.
The Information Daily commented that the combination of the vast world and Director Feng did not disappoint, but exceeded people's expectations. Before watching, many vast book fans just wanted to support their idols, but after reading it, their only thought was that the thirty yuan was worth it. Our reporter interviewed some random viewers, and many of them said that they would bring their parents or friends and come to see it again.
The film critic of the film newspaper said that this is the best film in recent years, with excellent screenwriting and a very high level of directing. It is reported that the vast world is ready to cooperate with Director Feng again and will launch a second film.
Many provincial TV news stations broadcast the grand occasion of the audience last night's film, and also interviewed the audience's feelings after watching it, and according to statistics, the satisfaction rate reached 97 percent, and only three out of 100 people felt not very satisfied. This kind of satisfaction is already the best result in the films made by Huaxia itself.
Everyone paid attention to the box office on the second day, and the results showed that the box office on the second day was even more terrifying than the first day, and many theaters increased the screen for screening.
Shen Hao called Director Feng to congratulate him, Director Feng was very happy, the box office reflected beyond his expectations, and his personal income would also make him very satisfied.
Zhang Ziyi flew back today, and when the airport was separated, she still kissed Shen Hao on the mouth before getting out of the car, but she didn't give him a chance to go deeper.
In a few days, it will be the Spring Festival, and now it is the winter vacation of the students, so during this time, the movie "Red Cliff of the Three Kingdoms" has maintained an attendance rate of more than 90%.
According to the statistics of Huaxia Film Company, the box office exceeded 200 million in one week of release, creating a new box office record in the history of Chinese films. According to expert predictions, the final box office of this film will exceed 600 million.
Many young people say that during the Spring Festival, one of the things they want to do most is to bring their family or friends to watch "Red Cliffs of the Three Kingdoms" together.
A phrase that young people often ask recently: Have you watched the Three Kingdoms? The Three Kingdoms here is not an original novel, but a movie.
Haohan Culture Company also made the national audience remember this movie, Qi Qing was even more busy during this time, and many media wanted to interview her, which gave her bodyguard and secretary Xu Jing a headache.
Shen Hao's life is very leisurely, he makes an appointment with Gao Yanling every day, or calls to remotely control the management of the county factory. Although he is a contractor, he has very little time in the factory now, and he is basically on the Yuezhou side.
Since the last time Shen Hao told Gao Mingyuan that state-owned small and medium-sized enterprises can carry out shareholding reform, the province in January 99, finally issued relevant documents, Lianzhou designated Junhong Machinery Factory as one of the pilot enterprises, presumably this is Gao Mingyuan's return for his suggestion.
Junhong Machinery Factory will be sold for 2.6 million yuan after accounting by the Provincial State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Office. Shen Hao has no other competitors, one is because the required funds are larger, and the other is because the sales and technical departments in the factory are brought out by him, if others want this factory, as long as Shen Hao takes the people from these two departments away, then what he gets is just an empty shell.
Shen Hao went back, paid the money, and re-applied for the business license, and now, he is the owner of this factory, not the contractor. The workers in the factory did not react much to this change, it didn't matter if it was owned by the state or Shen Hao, as long as the wages were paid normally and the bonuses continued to increase.
Shen Hao fulfilled his promise, and the wages of all the people in the factory rose by 20 percent, so all the workers supported Shen Hao to buy the factory.
After buying the factory, Shen Hao adjusted the management team and brought two people up from the workshop to enter the management, and Shen Hongguang was one of them. The management of the factory reached six people, and Shen Hao told them that he was not in the factory at ordinary times, and would only provide the development direction of the factory, and the specific management would be handed over to them, and they would receive two percent of the dividends in the factory every year as middle-level cadres.
For example, if the factory earns 2 million next year, then the dividend for each middle-level cadre is 40,000 yuan. These six people all know that the profit of the factory in '98 was more than 1 million, and in '99 it must be more than 2 million, and their year-end dividend must also be more than 40,000. Therefore, they are highly motivated, and as for whether the boss is in the factory or not, it doesn't matter, it's better not to be there.