Chapter 42: The Big Bang

What is the overall size of the current domestic film box office market?

To tell the truth, the infrastructure that should be done and the cultivation of moviegoers that should be there have been completed have been completed for most of the time in Li Qian's view, and the foundation for the overall box office development has been consolidated. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info "Titanic" was able to get 620 million Chinese yuan (equivalent to 310 million US dollars) at the Chinese box office in 1999 after the avalanche in the Chinese film box office market, which shows that the domestic box office foundation is solid.

Is it difficult for a good-looking, well-worded, cinema-based movie that is valued enough by the theater chain and promoted enough to have a box office of 100 million in a single week?

Definitely not!

It's not hard!

At least, based on Liu Chengzhang's popularity, and his talent, this is absolutely possible!

So, is it possible for a single work to have a total box office of more than 400 million or 500 million?

It's possible!

As long as your work is good enough!

Before the avalanche of the box office market, the overall annual volume of the domestic box office market was as high as 8 billion yuan, and after a cliff-like decline, a large number of old movie theaters with low-end equipment, narrow venues, poor viewing experience and backward management were shut down in China, but they also built, redecorated and integrated a lot of new movie halls! On the whole, under the pressure of the market, the entire film screening market has achieved a technological upgrade, and in fact, the overall carrying capacity of watching movies has risen instead of falling.

Last year's market was more than 500 million, but in fact, if the movie is good enough, the market already has the carrying capacity to sell more than 10 billion box office in a year!

Therefore, a work with a box office of 450 million, let alone one, the current domestic film market is actually capable of coming up with several films a year!

Just watch if your movie makes everyone feel worth watching!

In Li Qian's view, judging from the 20 years of development of domestic films he has experienced in another time and space, as well as the keen intuition drawn from the detours that the filmmaker as a whole has taken, he clearly found a lot of shadows of another time and space in Liu Chengzhang and Liu Chengzhang's "Sword Immortal".

Although the investment is very large, although Liu Chengzhang is indeed very attentive, the box office of 300 million is definitely a big hurdle for this "Sword Immortal"!

And Li Qian is more inclined to think that it can't pass this hurdle!

So, Ming Xiaojing had no choice but to sit there sulking.

Li Qian smoked a cigar, Zhao He also lit a cigarette, and the room was filled with smoke.

Ming Xiao puffed and fanned the smoke in front of him.

Zhao He took the initiative to get up and open the door to call for someone, Sun Yuting heard the shout, brought someone over to clean up the table where they ate watermelon, and then Zhao He also left.

When Li Qian and Ming Xiaojing were left in the room, Li Qian said: "Sister, I am also a director, and there are still a group of directors under me who are growing, so I am willing to make Director Liu's friend, and I also admire his talent, but I don't plan to hold him, because I don't have any interests for him." ”

Ming Xiaojing was surprised when he heard this.

But after a moment, she nodded slowly.

All right...... Even if it is just about the job of film director, Li Qian's talent is already the first try, and no one can say how far he can go in the future. At least for his first try, he has already come up with a work like "My Sassy Girlfriend", which is a box office reputation and a double hit.

And considering his experience in the music industry over the years, from a blockbuster to a soaring skyrocket, from very high to the highest, from the highest to the highest and the highest to the highest and highest ...... It's really easy to make people extremely optimistic about his future in the film and television industry!

Moreover, as he himself said, he is not alone, his Minghu culture has now gained a firm foothold in the film and television industry, and Jin Han, Han Shunzhang and others have begun to provoke the beams.

Liu Chengzhang may be talented, he is a top talent sought after by the capital, and for the actors, he is a character who must be shaved and filmed, but for Li Qian, he is just a person who can be friends if everyone can talk about it, and he will be pulled down if he can't talk about it.

Even his attributes as a great director are completely dispensable to Li Qian.

Thinking about this, Ming Xiaojing sighed for no reason.

Li Qian smiled and smoked his cigar freely.

Ming Xiaojing glanced up at him, his tone changed slightly, and softened a lot, "Hey, Qian'er, what do you think...... Do I have the talent to be a director?"

Li Qian was surprised when he heard this, turned his head to look at her, but suddenly smiled again.

Smiling, he put down Erlang's leg and said, "Pull investment?"

Seeing his smile, Ming Xiaojing suddenly wanted to kick him, "What's the matter?

Li Qian smiled, thought for a while, and said: "If it's less than two million, it's good if you bring it and I'll sign it for you, if it's more than two million, then you have to go through the process, and it's not okay if you're my sister." ”

Ming Xiaojing glared, as if he was about to go crazy, but he reined in, "Your company's rules?" or do you think I'm worth two million?"

Li Qian smiled: "It's the rule." Moreover, I know you too well to affect my judgment, so I won't make a decision on this matter. ”

Ming Xiaojing nodded and said, "It's okay." ”

Li Qian asked: "Why do you suddenly want to be a director yourself?"

Ming Xiaojing shrugged, "I just think it...... I have some ideas, and I just want to shoot them!"

Li Qian nodded, and asked again: "Mr. Hu doesn't support it?"

Ming Xiaojing shrugged his shoulders again, "I haven't shown him yet, you're not my brother, and you are both a successful director and a successful boss, Lao Hu is just a big boss, and Master Qin is just an artist, in my opinion, their vision should be inferior to you! At least for me, the reference significance of your opinion is more important." ”

Li Qian thought about it, but he was not polite, but asked seriously: "Is there a script?"

Ming Xiaojing said: "Not yet, I just got a rough outline of the story by myself." ”

Li Qian said: "In this case, you go back to our company, Lao Han is in the company, you can find President Qi, let them take you to talk to our company's screenwriter team, and let them make a script for you." Their ability is still okay, and making a first draft is not a big problem. Now that we have the script, let's talk deeper. ”

Ming Xiaojing nodded with satisfaction, "Okay!"

…………

The next morning, Ming Xiaojing flashed happily.

The filming of "Once Upon a Time" began to enter the smoothest and most efficient stage.

The filming progress of the entire crew is progressing very quickly.

During this period, the news of the box office explosion of "Sword Fairy" quickly spread to every corner of the country, not to mention a place like the film and television city, which is already in the circle?

For a while, it seems that if you didn't watch "Sword Fairy", you will be outdated!

Even the crew of "Huang Feihong" took a half-day holiday, and all those who were willing to go to the movies were paid for by the crew, organized everyone to watch the movie collectively, and even secretly released the news in advance, attracting a group of reporters to run over and wait in advance, and sure enough, Li Qian was "blocked".

So, they chased and intercepted the interview, and the news of Li Qian's praise for "Sword Immortal", together with the photos of some reporters eager to pestle the microphone on Li Qian's face, and the name of a crew called "Huang Feihong", became an important entertainment news reported by many media on the second day - this can be regarded as a small praise for Liu Chengzhang, and it is a matter of no expense, and it also paves the way for "Huang Feihong" a little.

As a result, Li Qian did not expect it, and that night, Liu Chengzhang took the initiative to call.

His voice was very high, and his words were full of excitement, although he thanked him, he was full of pride, "Li Qian, thank you! As soon as your news comes out, it is estimated that you will be able to pull it up again!"

Li Qian smiled, "How is the film schedule this week?"

Liu Chengzhang said excitedly: "A lot has been added this week, and now there are a little more than 3,000 canvases! In the area of medium and large cities, the film scheduling rate can probably account for 55 percent! If the whole country is concerned, it should be able to reach more than 40 percent! If we wait for the day after tomorrow, it will still be affected by some influences, but I am not afraid of it!"

Li Qian pursed his lips, nodded, and said sincerely: "Mr. Hu's operation ability and distribution ability are indeed very strong!"

Liu Chengzhang laughed twice.

Although he was proud, he couldn't help it and didn't mention that Li Qian wanted to apologize to him.

Hanging up the phone, Li Qian couldn't help but sigh.

That's right, the powerful special effects, the director's fame, and Hu Fei's strong publicity, distribution and operation capabilities have all made the movie "Sword Fairy" a big hit, but its hidden dangers are already obvious!

Those negative comments on the Internet, not to mention, some related media, especially the bad words of several big-name film critics, cultural people and writers, can also be ignored for the time being, but after organizing a collective viewing of the crew of "Huang Feihong" today, Li Qian has clearly heard everyone's whispers in private - the special effects are what everyone is boasting about, but in addition to the special effects, the story, characters, etc. of this film are really lackluster!

Like Zhou Baoshan, they have a limited ability to grasp the overall movie, and on the way back, they will discuss with relish how good the special effects of the film are, how awesome they are, but basically no one will leave a particularly deep impression on a certain character or a certain plot after watching the movie, or even can't help but discuss and argue - this basically represents the failure of the story and character building!

And several professionals with a relatively high level, such as Zhao He, such as Feng Bicheng, and Lu Lingxi, have also expressed a considerable degree of confusion and doubts about the core of the story of this film -- this does not seem to be Liu Chengzhang's directorial level! You know, even before the big sale of "The Swordsman and the Monk", he has always been very good at telling the story well, and he can always play some new ideas!

But in this film, although the special effects are very gorgeous, it gives everyone the feeling that he missed!

What's more, just tomorrow, July 22, its real big rival, the Hollywood blockbuster "Future World", is coming! It is said to have invested more than 200 million US dollars, and cut 102.37 million US dollars at the box office in North America in the first week of its release!