"Hey, Xiaoqian, well, it's me. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info the recent box office or something, I heard about it, ah...... I'll tell you, don't take it to heart, how old are you, you've only filmed a few films, how many years have Qin Wei been filming, and what kind of big investment is it, it's not a shame to lose to him!"

"Uh...... Father...... You don't have to comfort me, I know it's normal, and I ......."

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"Hey, Qian'er, are you alright?"

"Sister...... Please, don't comfort me!"

"Haha, no, my sister just wants to tell you, don't take it to heart! I remember hearing you say that the investment in "Huang Feihong" is less than 30 million, and we have already made a lot of money, right?

"Sister, are you comforting me, okay? But I really don't need to be comforted!"

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"Hey, do you need to drink together......?

"Please, I'm not uncomfortable at all! Why do you all think I'm going to be depressed now? And I'm going to start singing lately, big sister, quit drinking, do you understand!"

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"Hey, haha, now Mr. Du cares, but I'm really fine! Losing to Master Qin, what's there to be depressed...... Thank you!"

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As soon as the phone was hung up, Li Qian helplessly showed a wry smile, just wanted to bow his head and continue to write a few more lines, but he didn't knock on the door, the office door was suddenly pushed open, Qi Jie stepped in, her pretty face did not sink, her expression was not worried, she closed the door, went straight to find the remote control, turned on the TV on the wall, and then quickly tuned to Shuntian Satellite TV, and then, she held the remote control in her hand and hugged her shoulder.

Li Qian first looked at her puzzled, and then was attracted by the sound coming from the TV, turned his head to look over, and at this time, an entertainment news was being broadcast-

Qin Wei said: "...... As for "Once Upon a Time", I think it's a good film, and it's worth watching, but it's not the same way as "The Gate of Life and Death", each has its own audience, I don't think it will have any impact! Well, as for Li Qian's words, he is indeed a very talented young man, and he has only made two movies, and he has just started, and I am very optimistic about his future!"

Qi Jie turned his head to look over.

Li Qian shrugged his shoulders and shook his head with a wry smile helplessly.

Master Qin got a little carried away!

No wonder Qi Jie was unhappy from the moment she entered the door.

You are a big hit at the box office, you didn't come to the premiere of my "Once Upon a Time", but I went to the premiere of your "The Gate of Life and Death", which gives you face, and no matter what the occasion, I have always treated you as a big guy, I have never been contemptuous, and I always respect you when I mention you!

But why are you stepping on me!

In other words, the release of "The Door of Life and Death" directly suppressed the scheduling rate of "Huang Feihong"? I didn't say a word, this is also called mutual non-influence?

That's it, what do you mean by relying on the old and selling the old?

Saying that I am a young man, I have just made two movies, and at the beginning, I was optimistic about my future, which means that it is normal for me to lose to you at the box office now?

Is...... No disaster!

Qi Jie was obviously angry, and stood there with her shoulders hugged, her pretty face with a cold air.

Li Qian got up and walked over and wrapped his arms around her waist, "Okay, what he likes to say, let's just see the real chapter in the movie! The seniority of the people is really old, and now it is indeed a box office hit! Such an awesome record, you have to make people feel embarrassed!"

Qi Jie slapped his hand away angrily, "He is so angry, no one makes him unable to be angry! Why can he step on you! Besides, he has such a face, why can't he compare the input-output ratio? How much money did "Huang Feihong" invest, how much money did "The Gate of Life and Death"? If you want face, compare it!"

Li Qian smiled helplessly.

Qi Jie, who was sulking at this moment, really didn't look like the domineering female president at all, but looked very like...... Well, I remember that when Mama Li came back from selling vegetables to settle the accounts, she found that she was cheated, or not enough to scale, probably this tone - then, she would often carry a vegetable bag and go out to find someone, although it may just be a little pitted!

At this time, Li Qian's arm took the opportunity to hug him again, but Qi Jie didn't slap him away again, after thinking for a while, she turned her head to look at Li Qian, and said, "I want to give them some stumbling! His arrogant appearance makes me angry!"

Really!

It turns out that a creature like a woman really has such the same way of thinking!

Li Qian hurriedly said: "Don't! Don't!" As he spoke, he put his arm around her, sat down on the sofa, and persuaded her in a way that was easy to say, "Winning or losing is in your heart, besides, you also understand, we actually didn't lose! Besides, even if you want to pay him back, you should use the box office to pay back, right? Otherwise, think about it, secretly stumbling on people, how embarrassing, right? We don't disdain to do that kind of thing!"

Qi Jie said seriously: "I'm just looking for someone to write some negative articles to add some disgust to him, and then find some water armies and give him bad reviews on the Internet...... He can't find out that we did it!"

"Don't, don't, don't! Grandma, Teacher Qi! Calm down, calm down! Even if the other party never knows that we did it, we can't make this fuss for his few words!

Qi Jie stiffened her face and didn't speak, obviously still unrelieved of her anger.

Li Qian smiled, hugged her shoulder and patted her a few times, "Okay, okay! What a big deal this can be! Look at you, isn't it just that someone has surpassed me at the box office! This one also called me to comfort me, that one also called to enlighten me, and some people asked me to drink, and some people asked me if I wanted to help...... The problem is, I'm not an immortal, I've been winning for so many years, and I can't do anything against me, so it's normal for me to lose even once, isn't it? Where are there people who never lose? What's more, you know, in fact, we make a lot of money, and we really want to compare the return on investment, and we won't lose to "The Gate of Life and Death", right?"

Speaking of this, he smiled, "Don't be angry! Hehe, you......"

Qi Jie took a deep breath, suddenly turned her head, and asked: "I know that you are going to take "Red Sorghum" to Europe to participate in the film festival, but I am a little angry now! Or this film will be released in the second half of the year? How do you estimate the box office of this film can be? Can it be a little better than "Huang Feihong"?"

But without waiting for Li Qian to answer, she said again: "That's right, it's impossible! "Huang Feihong" is a commercial film, and "Red Sorghum" is a pure literary film, and it definitely can't compare to "Huang Feihong"! But it's not unacceptable at all! Let's go on it in the second half of the year, last year Qin Wei filmed a "The Gate of Life and Death", but you made two films, you really have to compare, let's compare the two of them together!"

Li Qian smiled again, shook his head helplessly, looked at Qi Jie's serious face, he really felt that she was unprecedentedly cute, so cute that she was a little silly, and couldn't help but lean over and kiss it gently, although Qi Jie subconsciously wanted to hide, but he was still kissed by him, and then, he smiled and said: "Okay!

After a pause, he explained: "The box office of "Red Sorghum" is not much!"

Qi Jie took a deep breath, a little depressed and a little unwilling.

Glancing up at Li Qian, she said, "I hope you can slap him in the face in the next movie!"

Li Qian smiled, seeing that she was so serious, he couldn't help but really raise his head, thought seriously for a while, and then lowered his head and said with a smile: "Next year, next year I will make a special film, and strive to be released in 04, when the time comes...... Strive to be able to compete with Master Qin at the box office!"

Qi Jie's eyes lit up when she heard this, "Really?"

Li Qian smiled and nodded, "Really." ”

She was a little darker, but then asked, "Why not the second half of this year?"

Li Qian laughed, couldn't help but lean over and kiss it again, and said, "You care so much about this matter!"

Qi Jie took a deep breath and said angrily: "We've come all the way, and no one has said that yet!"

Li Qian smiled and said, "In the second half of this year...... One is to shoot Sister Ming's film, I have already agreed, Sister Ming is very good, she treats me very well, everyone's friendship is there, this can't be measured by money or value, so from the beginning, I didn't expect that film to bring much box office, and I should make money without losing money! Then, you know the plan for the second half of the year, the film "Journey to the West", I personally have to shoot it, but its box office, to be honest, I really don't have much confidence!"

Qi Jie sighed.

Listening to Li Qian analyze things with herself so seriously, her mood gradually settled down, and after a while, when she turned her head to look at Li Qian again, she seemed to have almost recovered.

"Okay! That's it, when the drama you want to shoot is released, I will personally slap Qin Wei in the face!"

Li Qian laughed.

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finally persuaded Qi Jie to come down and coaxed him back, Li Qian went back to sit down, but he couldn't calm down.

At this time, he couldn't help but think about a question: Is it that he has won too much over the years, and he has almost never encountered any real ups and downs, so that the success that has been piled up to the present again and again has made everyone's confidence in themselves burst to the extent that they do not allow any disadvantage?

But the problem is, I'm really not a god!

Thinking of this, he rubbed his brows and sighed, he simply stopped writing, picked up the telephone, made a few calls to go out, and asked about the venue, and listened to Cao Zhan personally confirm that there was no problem, so he was relieved. But when he put down the phone, he still didn't want to write anymore, so he simply got up, called Sun Yuting, walked through the street, and went to the Minghu animation upstairs not far from the diagonal opposite to inspect it.

In the middle, he received a call from Wang Jinglu, she came back from tomorrow's plane, hung up the phone, calculated the time, he turned his head to look at Sun Yuting, and asked: ""Pirates of the Caribbean" will be released the day after tomorrow, right?"

Sun Yuting didn't even need to open the folder, so she nodded, "Yes! May 7th, it will be released on Sunday." ”

Li Qian nodded, "Help me book two tickets!"

Sun Yuting nodded, agreed, opened the folder, and wrote it down.

It was written, but it was asked: "...... who booked our own theater?"

"Of course, the fertilizer and water of our own theater do not flow into the fields of outsiders!"

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On May 7, Pirates of the Caribbean arrived.

At this time, perhaps only Li Qian knows that this is just the first part of a global best-selling movie series, and I don't know how many will be made in the future!

Frankly speaking, perhaps European and Chinese filmmakers, as well as filmmakers from many countries, including Iran, have their own merits in making humanistic films, but when it comes to making commercial films, especially this kind of serial-like approach to maximizing the potential of IP, Hollywood is really good at it!

Their approach to tapping into all the potential of IP is a bit shameless!

In another time and space in memory, as long as a company is under pressure on funds, it will pull out the 007 series and make another one!

"Jurassic Park" became a hit, the second and third parts were launched in a row, and after filming the three, I found that everyone was a little aesthetically tired, so stop for a while, take it out after 20 years, and shoot another trilogy!

Etcetera!

In contrast, the domestic film circle has not had such a similar IP-style operation and excavation so far, if there is, it should start with "Huang Feihong".

Well, "Peacock" is about to be completed, and when Jin Han's play is over, the crew will be pulled out by Zhao He after a short break, and "Huang Feihong Part II" will start soon!

watched "Pirates of the Caribbean" together, Wang Jinglu's mood was particularly good, and she specially called her sister Wang Jingxue at night, and she even cooked it herself, got a table of good dishes, and the three of them ate and chatted, and Wang Jingxue left at eleven o'clock at night.

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On May 8, the new weekly box office rankings were released.

"The Door of Life and Death" unexpectedly continued to top the list, slashing the box office of 146.35 million in one fell swoop, and the box office results of three weeks and sixteen days added up, which has infinitely approached 500 million box office, and it is inevitable to break 500 million next week.

Moreover, after winning more than 60% of the national box office last week, "The Gate of Life and Death" once again won more than half of the national box office that week!

Behind it, although the total box office of "Once Upon a Time", which has come to the fourth week of release, is not even half of it, compared with the previous week's 72.57 million, it is only a slight decrease of 1.09 million, and with a weekly box office of 71.48 million, it has pushed its total box office to 358.64 million!

Facts have proved that although the box office of "Once Upon a Time" has experienced a 30% drop in a short period of time after the release of "The Door of Life and Death" affected the film scheduling rate, although the film scheduling rate has been suppressed, this movie, known as the "first kung fu movie", has a limited canvas and film scheduling rate, and the box office is scary!

Seeing the box office of the fourth week come out, many connoisseurs began to adjust their total box office expectations for "Once Upon a Time", and many people adjusted the total box office estimate of 350 million or 400 million previously given to "Once Upon a Time" to about 500 million!

Compared with these two domestic blockbusters, the imported blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" released last weekend seems a little underwatched, but even so, this blockbuster, which was released for only one day, still won 15.41 million at the box office, ranking third in the weekly box office list!

Some experts predict that it should not be a problem for this imported blockbuster to break 100 million at the box office in the end.

The reality is like this, "My Name is Jixiang", which was released at the end of last year, ended with a box office of 270 million after winning the first week and single-week box office records of 100 million for the first time in the history of domestic films.

But now, only a few months have passed, "The Door of Life and Death" is about to break 500 million, "Huang Feihong" is also in sight to break 400 million, and 500 million may not be impossible!

So, after being blocked by reporters, Zhao Meicheng began to change his style of speech when he was interviewed, from being a little disdainful of "commercial blockbusters" to saying: "I am considering it at present, maybe I will make commercial blockbusters in the future!"

And at this time, the box office of "Once Upon a Time" released in four Southeast Asian countries was released.

In the first week of release, "Once Upon a Time" topped the respective box office charts of the four countries without pressure, and the box office of the four countries together was as high as 39.77 million US dollars in the first week, equivalent to about 79.5 million Chinese dollars!

And the reputation of watching the movie is so good that it is scary!

Many local moviegoers praised this movie, saying that it was the best Chinese movie I had seen so far, and it was also the best martial arts movie!

Stimulated by this, the other countries in Southeast Asia that were released this week almost without exception got the highest screening rate in local theaters and cinemas!

In fact, for the movie "Once Upon a Time", this is still secondary, because it was also this week that the undubbed subtitle version of "Once Upon a Time" landed in Japan and South Korea within two days before and after, and quickly caused a great movie-watching boom!

The momentum of its big sales even overwhelmed "Pirates of the Caribbean", which was also released this week!

And this time it was sold to Japan and South Korea, and what Qi Jie talked about was the box office sharing model!

Japan, on the other hand, is by far the world's third largest single film box office market!

It is second only to the North American market in the United States and Canada, and the Chinese market after explosive growth in the 90s, in the past three years, the annual box office total has exceeded 1.2 billion US dollars!

There is no doubt that this is a big ticket warehouse!

Although Japan's domestic film industry is not weak, in the past few years, Hollywood blockbusters have frequently won high box office here, but Chinese films have rarely performed well in recent decades.

Until the release of "Once Upon a Time"!

Of course, although the local cooperative distribution companies and theater operators in Japan and South Korea have high hopes for the box office of "Once Upon a Time", the box office history of domestic films in these two countries in the past is really not optimistic, so it was not until two days after the release that the theater companies saw the extremely hot momentum of "Once Upon a Time", so they hurriedly adjusted the film schedule, making the overall box office situation of "Once Upon a Time" break the bottleneck at once!