Chapter 221: A Thousand Miles!
"The box office has exceeded 100 million for three consecutive weeks, and "Huang Feihong's Boy Should Be Self-Improvement" has achieved the sequel movie box office myth!"
"In the third week, it broke 100 million, and 'Huang Feihong' said with a smile: The sect will give us red envelopes!"
"Three days and four hundred and forty million, "Huang Feihong's Boy Should Be Self-Improvement" is expected to hit the record of 700 million in "The Gate of Life and Death"!"
"The box office of "Golden Terrace" plummeted by more than 50% the next week, experts: it is difficult to exceed 300 million!"
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Zhou Yanghua dropped the newspaper a little irritably, crossed his hands, and leaned on the boss's chair.
After a while, he suddenly sat up straight, reached out and picked up the phone on his desk, and dialed a few numbers, but, before the phone number was dialed, after thinking about it, he buttoned the phone again.
Get up, walk a few steps, go back and pick up the phone again, press 0, and say directly: "Help me pick up the theater line." ”
"Okay, Chairman. ”
The busy voice sounded, and three seconds later, a sweet female voice on the other end of the phone rang, "Hello, the general manager's office of Oriental Cinema Line." ”
Zhou Yanghua said: "I'm Zhou Yanghua, hasn't Xiong Chengchao come to work yet?"
"Uh......" The other end of the phone was slightly stunned, and then said in a sweeter voice: "Yes, chairman, Xiong may have gone out for a walk." His phone is also turned off. Would you like me to contact his family? It could be ......."
"No need. ”
didn't wait for her to finish, Zhou Yanghua directly put the phone away.
Worry.
Angry.
There was a faint hint of concern.
Picked up the week's business report sent by the theater on the table and looked at it again.
That's an ugly number.
Because there is no "Huang Feihong's Boy Should Be Self-Improvement", in the past two weeks, the main film of Oriental Cinema has been "Golden Stage".
However, last week's operating income should have been 27 million, and last week was even worse, only 19 million.
According to the practice of previous years, even when all the cinemas have money to make in the summer, the advantages of a large number of cinemas in the high-end consumer circle of the Oriental Cinema Line are not so obvious, and they have to get about one-sixth to one-seventh of the market share from the overall market.
But last week, it was 8.6%, and last week, it was 8.1%.
If memory serves, this should be the lowest point in the past ten years.
Horse's!
"Once Upon a Time"!
Alas......
But the biggest question is, who knew that "Golden Terrace" would be like this?
Who could believe that Qin Wei would actually hit the streets?
That's Qin Wei!
Last year, he also took 700 million Qin Wei!
A sense of powerlessness struck, and Zhou Yanghua suddenly felt a little exhausted.
Seem...... Everything seems to be a little different from before, and the feeling that everything is under control, and I can always make the most accurate and wise judgment, I can't find it.
After thinking about it for a long time, he sighed again dejectedly.
took out his mobile phone, thought about it for a long time, and finally was ruthless, gritted his teeth, and dialed a number.
The phone is connected.
"Hey, hello Jay Chou!"
"Yihua, are you busy?"
"Hey, what can I do, just say something. ”
"Hehe, that's right, our company has two movies in preparation recently, and the cost is not too high, but I'm quite optimistic, you see this, I want to ask you over there and give me two people. ”
"Okay!" the voice on the other end of the phone was full of surprise, "Hey, then I thank you so much!"
Zhou Yanghua laughed, "Uh...... Also, there is a matter, I have to ask you to run in the center, talk and make peace. ”
You say. ”
"That's right, what about the thoughts of the people under them, they want to invite the little swallow and Ziwei over there in Minghu, and the other thing is that they have a lot of TV series stars in recent years, and the people below want to send an invitation or something. Isn't it a little unpleasant for the two of us, you can run?"
"Yo!"
Du Yihua on the other side, just this one word.
But the meaning is extremely complex.
I've only heard of actors and agents running around the field to toast and beg for roles, unless they want to invite super big names, there are really few people who come upside down and beg for actors.
What's more, Oriental Media Group is a one-stop from production to distribution to theaters, a well-known leader and flagship in the domestic film industry, but they have always been domineering in treating actors.
This is one.
Movies and TV series have a natural demarcation between forced and coffee positions, TV drama actors are popular, and they often want to try movies, which is no problem, some people succeed and successfully enter the film industry, and some people fail and obediently go back to continue acting in TV series, but even if a popular small screen star goes to play a movie, its future and money are difficult to predict and very risky.
This is two.
Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei, of course, are all very popular, and they are estimated to have no shortage of movie appointments, but until now, the third part is about to start, and it is said to be the last one, that is to say, the dividends of the "Princess Huanzhu" series are going to end here, but they still haven't heard what movie roles Lake Culture will take over for them.
Obviously, Minghu Culture is also very cautious about this matter.
Ordinary small companies and small directors, they probably would rather let it go than dare to take it casually.
It's three.
But now, Zhou Yanghua, who has always been in the film industry, actually came to beg him so quietly, and the purpose was to invite two TV series stars to act in their movie projects?
Hehe!
The word "yo" came out, showing Du Yihua's inner surprise, but in the flash of her mind, she had quickly cleared her mind and almost didn't hesitate at all, and she already smiled and said: "Dong Zhou, it turns out that you mean this! It seems that the role of our company is considered a partner?"
Zhou Yanghua smiled bitterly, "Hey, you have this mouth, how can you call it a leader!"
On the other side of the phone, Du Yihua pondered for a short time and changed his tone, "Dong Zhou, it's not that I don't help, but you think a little too highly of me, Minghu Culture, you also know, from Li Qian to Qi Jie, they are all difficult people to deal with!
Zhou Yanghua was silent for a moment and said: "You can arrange the selection, a heroine, and an important male supporting role!"
After speaking, he said: "Yihua, others don't know, I know, you always have a way!
Du Yihua didn't speak for a moment, and then she suddenly said, "Is it that the theater line can't stand it?"
Zhou Yanghua subconsciously laughed when he heard this, "What can be the problem with the theater chain? Yes, the profit and revenue may be a little worse than in previous years, but you know, Oriental Media has a thick background, this is a trivial matter! I mainly think that everyone is mixed in this circle, looking up and not looking down, everyone working together to make money, it is better than engaging in confrontation all day long, everyone is in a cold war, right?"
On the other side of the phone, Du Yihua seemed to let out a chuckle.
Zhou Yanghua subconsciously felt uncomfortable in his heart, and his face felt slightly hot.
"I'll try!" she said, "no guarantee of success!"
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Hanging up the phone, Zhou Yanghua put down the phone, felt a little more steady, thought about it, picked up the phone on the desktop again, and wanted to dial, but in the end, he still asked the secretary to help him get to the general manager's office.
Waiting for Zong Chengze to pick up the phone, he said: "Xiong Chengchao is having a temper, I really don't have the heart to persuade him anymore, this guy has a lot of brains! You find a way to contact him for me, persuade him, persuade people back first, that guy is guilty of his mistakes, and he dares to resign directly! He will not give me face!"
"Hey, hey, okay chairman, don't worry, I'll do it right away!"
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In the café.
After hanging up the phone, Du Yihua smiled and shook his phone at the person opposite.
"That's your boss. ”
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Seeing the roof of the familiar villa from a distance, Ming Xiaojing tapped the direction and turned towards the path.
Drive straight into the yard and get off.
The sun was so strong that it felt like it could dry people in a matter of seconds.
She walked briskly up the steps and went over to ring the doorbell.
It was the nanny who came to open the door, and she was very familiar with Ming Xiaojing, so she took the initiative to find slippers, and then Qin Wei's wife saw that it was Ming Xiaojing coming, so she greeted her, "Xiaojing, why are you here?"
Ming Xiaojing smiled and said, "Hello sister-in-law, I'll come and see Director Qin." ”
Qin Wei's wife sighed, pointed to the back garden with her hand, and said, "I'm competing with myself! I haven't eaten much, so I'm drinking tea all the time!"
Ming Xiaojing pursed his lips and smiled, "Then I'll take a look." ”
Behind Qin Wei's big villa, a very delicate small garden was tied, although it was not comparable with the luxurious manor-style villas of Li Qian and Wang Jinglu, but in the current era of soaring housing prices, it is already a symbol of the rich to have such a garden covering an area of nearly 100 square meters.
This house, this garden, and its owner were once the towers of Chinese cinema.
Ming Xiaojing pushed open the back door and walked out.
Qin Wei heard the movement and didn't even look back, but soon, he seemed to hear that the footsteps were not so heavy, and felt that something was wrong, so he glanced back, and then smiled, "I said that the footsteps are so light, why are you here?"
Ming Xiaojing smiled, sat down on Qin Wei's side, and said, "Idle, come and rub a pot of your good tea, and listen to your old man's teachings." ”
Qin Wei smiled.
"Mentor fart!"
Without working Qin Wei to pour tea, Ming Xiao picked up the upside-down tea bowl with familiarity, and poured himself a cup of exquisite glazed tea.
"Well, Tieguanyin? It's so fragrant! Why did you drink Tieguanyin again?"
Qin Wei didn't speak for a long time, as if he hadn't heard, just looked into the distance intently.
After a long time, he said: "Tieguanyin's incense, you don't need to drink it, you can know it when you smell it, as for tasting it carefully, is it delicious or not? That's another matter." Tell me, it's not too tasty!"
Mingxiao listened to the words and thought about it.
Look up at Qin Wei.
It's rare to look so seriously.
He is really already a man who is about to run sixty, plus he doesn't pay attention to maintenance all year round, on the set and in the editing room, he is like a young man day by day, and he is reluctant to stop and breathe, and he smokes fiercely......
I hadn't paid attention to it so deliberately, but when I looked at it seriously at the moment, I suddenly felt that the wrinkles on his face were like a knife and an axe.
Especially in the last few days, he seems to have suddenly aged a little more.
No one could have known in advance that "Golden Channel", which was unanimously optimistic about the whole country, ushered in such a situation after its release.
The first week was already extremely unfavorable, so that Qin Wei's self-confident goal in front of so many reporters and industry insiders became an empty cannon, which made him feel a little disgraced, who would have thought that the next week would actually dive again!
For Qin Wei's movie, the box office fell by more than 50% in the next week, which was unimaginable before!
Such a decline can not be described as a thousand miles!
But the reality is so cruel, such irony.
"Huang Feihong" changed the director, and a guy who was unknown before, and it is said that he just ran errands for Yu Bojun and Li Qian successively, took over the guide tube. Such a person, it is difficult for you to locate him with a title such as an artist, and this sequel to "Huang Feihong" is said to continue the production style of Minghu Culture, the investment is not too high, and the cost is strictly controlled, but ...... actually broke 100 million every week, and the box office in three weeks has reached 440 million!
Last year, a "Gate of Life and Death" trampled Li Qian and "Huang Feihong" under their feet from beginning to end, according to many experts' estimates, at least "Huang Feihong" lost 50 million box office, and even ...... It is possible that this loss can reach 100 million.
This year's "Golden Stage", which came with a winning momentum, is still a super director, with a blockbuster investment of more than 100 million, and a huge publicity cost of more than 50 million so far, everything seems to indicate that "Golden Stage" will continue the myth created by "The Gate of Life and Death" last year, and continue to be as powerful as Qin Weishen.
And the little-known young director Zhao He took over "Huang Feihong's Boy Should Be Self-Improvement", which is likely to be even worse than Li Qian's first part!
However, all these expected expectations have been disappointed.
In the end, the much-anticipated and anticipated "Golden Stage" only got more than 160 million at the box office in the first two weeks, and the final box office is likely to not exceed 300 million!
It's settled!
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Ming Xiaojing looked at Qin Wei, but Qin Wei looked into the distance, not caring about Ming Xiaojing's gaze.
After a while, Ming Xiaojing poured himself another cup of tea and tried to speak: "Brother, it's actually nothing, I also went to watch this movie, it's not as unbearable as those comments say, it's just that the wall is falling down and everyone is pushing it......!
Before she could finish speaking, Qin Wei suddenly turned his head to look over.
Sharp-eyed, calm and intimidating.
Years of worship and admiration for him have made Ming Xiaojing respect him like a heavenly man in his bones. At this moment, he was stared at like this, and all the words were held in his throat.
"Are you comforting me?"
Qin Wei asked in a low and slow voice.
But his eyes were by no means as waveless as his tone.
Ming Xiaojing subconsciously panicked, and turned her eyes away from him-at this moment, those eyes gave her the feeling that she was looking at a tiger and about to eat people.
"I ...... I ......"
The corners of Qin Wei's mouth twitched suddenly, and he didn't know if he was laughing.
"You came to comfort me, too!" he said with a smile.
Ming Xiaojing felt a chill in his heart and said, "Brother......"
Qin Wei waved his hand, with a self-deprecating sneer on his face, "I never knew that there were so many people who cared about me, heh, Duta Ma came to comfort me!"
Ming Xiaojing opened his mouth slightly, not knowing what to say.
Qin Wei didn't look at her, and had already continued: "You want to comfort me? Okay, give me something real! Come, you are a movie queen, and now you are also a director, you come to tell me, what is wrong with Lao Tzu?"
He waved his arm, "It's the same way as "The Gate of Life and Death", why did you pounce on your mother? You tell me? Say that I don't care, cheat money! Lie on the horse! Whether I have any intentions, I know very well in my heart!"
"That shot, ah, go and see, go and see! What Ta Ma Li Qian, what Ta Ma Fu Xuelong, do they have me to shoot well? Story? My Ta Ma changed her draft three times, and I held several meetings with just one script, and I wrote it again, changed it, and scrapped it and wrote it again! Am I not good at shooting?"
"There is also editing, when I filmed "Red Light District", I also cut it like this, what was the result? Venice Awards! Last year's "The Door of Life and Death", I also filmed like this, 700 million!"
"That's 700 million!"
"Grass!"
Ming Xiaojing just looked at him like that, not saying a word.
After finishing speaking, Qin Wei subconsciously touched his pocket, Mingxiao looked at it and was quick, picked up the cigarette case and lighter on the table, and handed it over.
Qin Wei took it, took out one, and lit it.
Pumping fiercely.
"Grass!" he said.
Ming Xiaojing pursed his lips and looked at him.
Halfway through a cigarette, he got up slightly and snuffed it out in the ashtray.
After a while, he said, "Xiaojing, I'm sorry, it's not against you......! It is...... I don't understand where I'm losing! I think ...... Guilty of it!"
Ming Xiaojing leaned over, stretched out his hand, and held his hand, "I know, I know." ”
Qin Wei broke away from her hand and waved, "Okay, you've been here too, let's go! Go back! What should you do, film well, act well, be careful with every step, don't learn from me!"
Ming Xiaojing opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything.
After sitting for a while, he picked up his teacup and took a sip.
The tea is already cold.
Turning his head, the cup in front of Qin Wei should have not been touched since it was brewed and poured, and the inner wall of the teacup had faded into a circle of clear tea marks.
She stood up, "Then I'll go, brother." ”
Qin Wei waved his hand, didn't look at her, and didn't speak.
Looking from the side of the face, the expression is lonely.
At this moment, Ming Xiaojing looked at him, looking at his side face from a sideways angle, as if he could sense the powerlessness in his heart at the moment. Then, she suddenly felt that Qin Wei, who had always been firm, confident and powerful, seemed to have become a child forgotten by his parents in the city overnight - he seemed to be at an unprecedented loss.
He was puzzled, he was anxious, he was hesitant.
Ming Xiaojing turned around and left.
Walking to the door of the back door, she looked back.
Qin Wei was lighting a cigarette.
He sat there on a hot summer day, with clear traces of sweat on the back of his neck.
On the table in front of him was a cup of tea that had been cold for an unknown amount of time.
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