Chapter 406: Box Office Battle (Part II)
The circulation of "Harry Potter" in China was not so blazing, it was about to explode, whether it was a novel or a movie, it went through a run-in period, and even some literary critics once thought that Chinese readers were born estranged from the "logical view of the wizarding world", until this series of novels and their derivative works gradually spread in China, and the influence skyrocketed geometrically, like a huge wave of the deep sea, one wave after another, swept the domestic reader world.
As a result, J.K. Rowling has topped the list of foreign writers several times in a row, and the film of the same name has also achieved top box office results.
This fact shows that "Harry Potter" has a huge market in China, and the results of this world's launch by Liu Jingting are naturally particularly amazing.
Sunday's box office blowout confirmed this, especially as more and more audiences exclaimed that "this is a movie for all young people and everyone with young hearts", and more audiences began to enter the theaters.
On the 8th, due to the decline in the box office on weekdays, the statistics on the day were 76 million, and the total box office exceeded 400 million, setting a new record for the domestic film box office! At this time, the total global box office of "Ha" also reached 460 million US dollars, and there was no suspense in breaking the record of "The War of Time and Space".
Neither Blueprint nor the producers of "Star Era" have made any response to this, and they are waiting for the arrival of the 9th.
In the early morning of the 9th, "Planetary Era" was released in its entirety, and immediately grabbed 35% of the domestic film schedule, 0.3 points more than "Harry Potter", and the situation in North America and other parts of the world is similar, but in terms of China. The situation of the two films going hand in hand has been formed, and more than half of the scheduled films no longer exist.
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"Let's raise a glass together, let's pay homage to Mr. Liu. ”
At the Xingyue TV celebration banquet. Chairman Gong Yuanhe personally took the lead and raised a glass to Liu Jingting, and other high-level executives raised their glasses and sincerely paid tribute to Liu Jingting.
From "questioning" to "complimenting", there is a "fact" in between.
Mr. Liu was far-sighted, and he decisively and wisely set the plan to buy out the mainland distribution rights of "Harry Potter", and now he has recovered the cost with just one movie. Judging from the popularity of the movie, this investment is likely to be the most successful investment in the history of Xingyue.
Maximum profit means maximum risk, and the fiercest competition.
This. Gong Yuanhe and Liu Jingting naturally knew it, and other high-level officials also had some premonitions.
When the domestic box office of "Harry Potter" exceeded 500 million, the three domestic film and television companies sent representatives to Xingyue to discuss cooperation at the same time, which was based on the sophistication and composure of Gong Chengpin. I can't handle it a little. I had to stabilize the representatives of the three parties first, and then report the situation to Gong Yuanhe.
"None of them can cooperate. Gong Yuanhe said in a complicated tone.
Gong Chengpin understands the meaning of this sentence, the three film and television companies are the top representatives in the industry, two of them have had a good cooperative relationship with Xingyue, and the other has cooperated with the ocean, but because their strength and background are relatively stronger, it is obviously not convenient to refuse directly.
"If you work with any one, you will offend the other two. So either one doesn't cooperate, or one cooperates together. Gong Chengpin said his opinion.
"Not really. Gong Yuanhe said slowly: "Big Brother hasn't come yet, and none of them can cooperate." ”
Gong Chengpin suddenly remembered a conversation between Liu Jingting and his grandfather.
"So how are we supposed to get back now? When are they coming?"
"Big Brother is waiting for us, not us waiting for them, in this way, you communicate with Xiaoyanagi first, and then talk to them about the film adaptation of works such as "Journey to the West" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", as for "Harry Potter", it is said that it is already talking to Huaying. ”
"Good. ”
After Gong Chengpin and his grandfather finished talking on the phone, they immediately called Liu Jingting, but it was Xu Qing who answered the phone.
"Mr. Gong, Liu Jingting is talking to Mr. Hua Yingwei. ”
Gong Chengpin was stunned and hurriedly asked, "Did he come by himself?"
"No, that's the case, Liu Jingting recently got a piece of topaz, but I don't know if it's true or not, after inquiring, I heard that Wei Gang is a master of playing topaz, so I specially asked him to come over to identify it. ”
"When did Mr. Liu like topaz?"
"He met him once in Brazil on a trip around the world before, and he never forgot it, and then he finally bought one, and besides, doesn't Mr. Gong think it's the most appropriate to like it now?"
Gong Chengpin was also in a rare hurry, so he didn't react just now, but when he heard Xu Qing's reminder, he immediately understood that topaz was naturally a pretext, and Liu Jingting wanted to take the initiative.
I'm going to be compared this time.
This thought flashed through his mind, but the strange thing was that Gong Chengpin didn't feel depressed.
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"Minas Gerais, Brazil, is the most important source of gem-quality topaz, and I'm 80% sure that this stone came from there, and the willow always costs a lot of money, right?"
Although he roughly knew that Liu Jingting was a drunkard and did not mean to drink, Wei Gang still did a good job, pretending to talk about jade wholeheartedly.
Liu Jingting smiled: "It's okay to sell your face." ”
Wei Gang made a sudden appearance and said, "Haha, that's it, Liu Jingting's face is not weaker than this stone." ”
Then Liu Jingting still asked questions related to stones, and did not mention the movie in half a sentence, and at the end of the conversation, Wei Gang once had the illusion that "he won't really come to me to see the stones".
"By the way, I would like to congratulate Mr. Liu on achieving such a great result in "Harry Potter". ”
In this tug-of-war, Wei Gang finally chose to compromise temporarily and lead the topic to what he thought was the "main topic", but according to the plan, they always held the initiative in this matter, and it would not hurt to test Liu Jingting's true intentions.
"It's not bad, next time I have time to discuss the movie with Mr. Wei. ”
Wei Gang was suddenly stunned, what does this mean, is he really not here to talk about movies today?
In any case, before getting the clear instructions from above, Wei Gang couldn't act rashly now, forcibly held back the next question, and was about to get up to say goodbye, Liu Jingting politely left him to eat, but looking at it like that, it was really just polite, and there was no attempt to leave the business at the dinner table.
Wei Gang left the Yingri Building with a little complicated feelings, and felt a little ridiculous that he had finally officially comprehended the "Hall of Fame" of this young president.
After sending Wei Gang away, Liu Jingting gave Gong Chengpin a phone call back, talked about his judgment of the form, and then confessed his mentality of seeing Wei Gang today: "Smooth your mind, I know that cooperation is inevitable, but as the saying goes, once you are born and twice cooked, it is inconvenient to talk about cooperation in the case of unfamiliarity. ”
Originally, I thought that Liu Jingting missed this opportunity a little presumptuously, but after listening to his analysis, I realized that I had good intentions, wanted to understand this matter, and realized that this person's city was profound, which was really beyond the reach of his peers.
In the operation of the "Harry Potter" movie this time, Liu Jingting's level is almost the same as that of his grandfather, and his shortcomings are becoming more and more obvious.
It's also a good thing. Gong Chengpin pondered for a while, and suddenly became enlightened.
On the other hand, Gong Yuanhe has also spoken to Huang Jiufeng, chairman of Huaying, but after the two sides learned that Liu Wei and the two had no achievements in meeting, the conversation was also superficial, one was not easy to speak, and the other did not know how to speak.
The two people stood facing each other, but there was a curtain woven by cicada wings hanging in the middle, and this situation was delicate and indescribable.
Talking about cooperation is sometimes like falling in love.
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The battle between the global box office of "Star Age" and "Harry Potter" has entered a white-hot state, and the advantage of the latter being the first to be released has always been ahead of the former.
The resilience and momentum of the opponent have exceeded expectations too much, and in the original assumption, once entering the film field, Blueprint can simply crush Liu Jingting, but the fact is that after Liu Jingting firmly suppressed Blueprint in the sales of novels, the film also occupies an insurmountable lead.
That's a double kill!
What's even more desperate is that the second part of "Harry Potter" has also sold like crazy all over the world, and the mutual promotion between the novel and the movie is like nine golden dragons pulling a cloud named "Harry Potter", speeding through the clouds like wind and rain!
In this way, it seems that not only the first leg of the battle will be lost, but the entire series of bets will be lost.
What kind of monster is that Chinese boy? (To be continued......