Chapter 420: Growing Big with Small
Before he had drunk two glasses of wine, Ning Hao, a big man, cried, not the kind of subtle silent tears, but a very rough cracked throat and howled. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
At first, Song Zheng was quite understandable, the first work directed by the actress was accepted by the audience, and it was normal to be a little excited, but it attracted the sideways eyes of the surrounding diners, and Song Zheng couldn't stand it a little.
"Hey, that's pretty much it! What are you doing, what kind of bitter drama is a big man playing here!
Ning Hao wiped away his tears and sobbed: "Zhengzi! thank you, thank you very much!"
Ning Hao said, and stood up, seemingly planning to shake Song Zheng's hand, Song Zheng saw this and quickly dodged.
"Sit down!"
Ning Hao sat down puzzled, he wanted to express his gratitude, why was he still disliked!
Song Zheng took a chopstick dish, threw it into his mouth, looked at Ning Hao and said, "As for it, where is this?"
Ning Hao picked up the wine glass, poured it down, grinned for a long time, and said: "Zhengzi, you don't understand, you will be smooth sailing as soon as you enter the industry, with the support of large companies and the help of nobles, how can it be like us~~~~~"
"What are you!?" Song Zheng interrupted Ning Hao's emotion and said, "You're not lucky enough! You haven't graduated yet, you have the opportunity to direct independently, your classmates are still working as assistants for others, or filming commercials in advertising companies that can only be broadcast on local small stations, you are making a movie all of a sudden, you are a fart with emotion! I don't want to watch you reminisce about the past now, I just look forward to the box office of this film is really high, you can live down, or that sentence, where is it now! Be steady, don't float, many people have told me this at the beginning, and now I will give it to you!"
Ning Hao was stunned when he heard this, he smiled wryly, thinking about his performance just now, he was really a little embarrassed, poured himself a glass of wine, picked it up, and said to Song Zheng: "Anyway, Zhengzi, I have to thank you, if it weren't for your help, I might have to wait a few years to see a little light!
Song Zheng smiled, picked up the wine glass and touched it with Ning Hao, and said, "Eh~~~~~ That's right!
The two of them drank all night, and woke up the next day, Song Zheng was already at his house, looking at the time, it was already more than ten o'clock, and there were more than a dozen missed calls on the mobile phone, including Su Wenwen and Wang Zhongjun.
Box office!
Song Zheng woke up all of a sudden, and hurriedly called Su Wenwen back, but the prompt tone only rang once, and the phone was connected.
"Brother Zheng, what are you doing, I called you several ~~~~~?"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Song Zheng didn't have the heart to listen to Su Wenwen's complaints, and asked eagerly, "How is it?" Huayi Brothers, have the box office statistics come out on the first day?"
In the office, Su Wenwen, who secretly opened champagne to celebrate, pouted unhappily and said, "Come out! I'm calling you to say this, guess what, how much is the box office of "Nightclub" on the first day!?"
Song Zheng couldn't help but laugh and said: "Grandma, my heart is burning now, let's not play and guess it, okay?
Su Wenwen also understands Song Zheng's feelings, after all, it is the first work after the opening of the studio, and the results determine everything, and whether this first shot can be fired is particularly crucial.
"I can't give you the detailed data, I have to wait for the theater to report it after the statistics, but the data is probably already available, the box office of "Nightclub" on the first day is 1.35 million, Brother Zheng!
Su Wenwen said in the end, his tone was uncontrollable, and he was faintly excited.
Song Zheng was stunned for five seconds when he heard this, and then shouted: "Damn! Hurry up and let Lao Zhao drive over to pick me up, and ah! Hurry up and make a plan and increase publicity, those immortals we asked for before, there is no movement today!"
"I bought all the newspapers, and there was a lot of praise, Brother Zheng, you are capable enough, and there is no one who sings against it!"
Song Zheng heard this, and said with a smile: "That's, just for those movie reviews that I liked, you know how many people I asked my grandfather to tell my grandmother Zhang Luo to help, okay, I won't tell you, hurry up and make a plan, the previous publicity is not enough, and another two million will be smashed, and, contact Ning Hao, Huang Bo, Xu Zheng, Xinru can't come back, in short, use all the resources you have at hand, let Ning Hao take people to TV to promote, the more the better, they don't need you to pay for their lives!"
Su Wenwen responded with a smile, Song Zheng had already hung up the phone, first called the driver Lao Zhao and asked him to drive to Song Zheng's house to pick up people, and then launched a relationship and contacted the TV program.
Su Wenwen can see clearly that "Nightclub" is definitely a popular trend, she went to Huayi Brothers early in the morning to ask her colleagues about the inside story, and learned that many theaters temporarily increased the number of films scheduled for "Nightclub" yesterday.
"Hey, Sister Su, I'm Wenwen!Yes, it's me, why can't I call you, that's right, I ask you for something~~~~"
"Brother Zhang! I, Su Wenwen, Jianghu emergency, your column, can you add fire to the film in our studio! Okay! Thank you! Don't worry, go back to dinner!"
"Director Jin! Yes, it's me, Xiao Su! What else can I do! I must beg you, hehe, I talk like this all the time, and you don't know, okay! Thank you! Got it, I'll definitely bring the words, and then you can play chess with our old man and let him let you!"
Don't look at Su Wenwen's age, if you want to say that the energy is really not small, after a morning's work, countless phone calls, waiting for Ning Hao, Huang Bo received a notice to the company, their fate in the next two weeks has been doomed, tired to death.
At the same time that Su Wenwen was busy promoting the next stage of "Nightclub", Song Zheng had also arrived at Huayi Brothers, this time no one stopped him, and no one asked him to wait, as soon as he entered the door, he was directly taken to the general manager's office by Wang Zhongjun's female secretary.
Pushing the door in, the two brothers of the Wang family were there, and seeing Wang Zhonglei who almost made him vomit blood twice and three times, Song Zheng didn't feel embarrassed at all.
"Mr. Wang, Brother Xiaolei!"
Song Zheng said hello, sat down directly on the sofa, looked at Wang Zhongjun, and the two looked at each other for a long time, and their eyes were almost sharp-eyed.
"You go out first!" Wang Zhongjun waved his hand, signaling Wang Zhonglei to leave, and then said to the female secretary, "Bring us Director Song a cup of ginseng tea, he has been tired recently, make up for him!"
Wang Zhonglei got up, and when he passed by Song Zheng's side, he glared fiercely, but Song Zheng didn't see it, and lowered his head to fiddle with the ashtray on the coffee table.
Syllable!
A box of soft China was thrown in front of Song Zheng, Song Zheng picked it up and looked at it, put it down again, and took out his red panda from his jacket pocket: "I can't get used to you." ”
Wang Zhongjun looked at it and said with a smile: "You are also the boss now, go out with that kind of cigarette, and you are not afraid of falling shares!"
Song Zheng smiled indifferently and said: "The poor are poor, even if they are the boss, they can't compare with you, I came here after a hard time, when I didn't have money before, I even smoked leaves, but now I can smoke this, I am content!"
Song Zheng said, the ginseng tea had already been served, he didn't even eat in the morning, so he took a sip and warmed his stomach first.
"I think you are a golden nobleman, you are not used to smoking well, but you are used to drinking tea!"
Song Zheng didn't speak, drank the ginseng tea in one gulp, didn't even let go of the ginseng slices inside, took it out, threw it in his mouth and chewed it.
Seeing this, Wang Zhongjun smiled helplessly, he didn't have anything to do with Song Zheng, this kid didn't know how to cultivate, if you want to say sleek, this kid's slippery body can't even stand with a fly, if you want to say reckless, this kid dares to slap the table with anyone, a temper for a while, one stinks more than the other, Rao is Wang Zhongjun has read countless people, and he can't touch Song Zheng's veins.
After waiting for a long time, he didn't see Song Zheng speak first, but Wang Zhongjun couldn't help it, he felt that if he stayed alone with this kid any longer, he would have a heart attack in a while.
"You know the box office of "Nightclub", right!?"
Song Zheng nodded and said, "I know, I came here today just to discuss with Mr. Wang the following and the next film scheduling plan!"
Huayi Brothers is the distributor of "Nightclub", and when the time comes, it will also participate in the box office sharing, although the income is one-tenth of Song Zheng's earning, don't think that Huayi Brothers has no investment, what people are doing is buying and selling without capital, no matter what the box office of "Nightclub" is, it is a sure profit.
In fact, that's not the case, as the distributor, Huayi Brothers is responsible for paying the distribution cost of "Nightclub", if the box office of the movie is too low, the distribution cost paid in advance will not come back.
"This matter, I asked Xiao Lei to talk about it, don't worry, Xiao Lei will not deliberately make things difficult for you because he has had a few sentences with you, this is a bit of ethics, our brothers still have it!"
Song Zheng hurriedly smiled and said: "Yo! Look at what you said, Mr. Wang, where is this! Brother Xiaolei is personally responsible, I can still rest assured!"
Wang Zhongjun also smiled, but his eyes were unfathomable, and he didn't know what he was calculating: "Regarding the film scheduling plan, the box office on the first day is so hot, even if we don't ask for it, the theater side will increase the number of films, as long as the publicity on your side can keep up, this drama, there is no problem at all if the box office exceeds 10 million!"
The box office has exceeded 10 million!
Song Zheng's mind is not so smiling, the box office of the original "Nightclub" is over 10 million, and now this scene is filmed by Ning Hao, if the box office does not triple, it will be considered a failure.
"Okay, Mr. Wang, since you have said so, then I will wait at home to count the money, you are busy, I will not bother!"
Song Zheng was just about to stand up, but was stopped by Wang Zhongjun: "Xiao Song, don't be busy leaving! I still have something to tell you!"
Song Zheng smiled, sat back again, and without waiting for Wang Zhongjun to speak, he preemptively said: "Mr. Wang, if you plan to inject capital into my studio again, as well as the matter of Huayi's TV drama department, let's get rid of it! I made it clear enough to Brother Xiaolei before!"
Wang Zhongjun nodded and said, "If you don't want to, I can still force you to agree, okay, that incident is over, what I want to tell you is, "My Regiment Leader, My Regiment", the filming is over, when will the post-production be completed?"
Since Song Zheng came back, all his thoughts have been on "Nightclub", and he has not yet spared time to deal with the post-production of "My Leader, My Group".
"Mr. Wang, don't worry, it will definitely not be delayed, it will definitely be broadcast this summer!"
Wang Zhongjun didn't ask again, and then said: "Xiao Song! Xiao Lei went to the crew before, and I also told you, I hope you can write a book for Huayi, and Huayi will fully enter the TV drama market next!"
Song Zheng listened to it and knew that "Life and Death" made a lot of money before, which made Wang Zhongjun's mind come alive, the cycle of filming a TV series is not longer than that of a movie, and the investment is not more than that of a movie, but the income is greater, and whoever it is, will be moved.
Before, Huayi also drummed up a "Love Must Be Done", starring Chen Kun and Lin Xinru, but the effect was not good, so I thought of Song Zheng again.
Song Zheng thought for a while and said, "Mr. Wang, it's no problem to write a book for the company, but what will we do next!?"
Wang Zhongjun said with a smile: "Don't worry, I can't lose you, you write the screenplay, you direct, if you can star in the better, you will have 15% of the income at that time." ”
15%!
Song Zheng pondered for a while, Wang Zhongjun's intention was obvious, Huayi planned to invest exclusively in this play, which was actually better, but he didn't want to, he had been entangled with Huayi.
"Okay! It's no problem to get out of the script, but if the director says it, forget it, Mr. Wang, you know, I haven't rested much last year, I've been spinning so continuously, even if it's an iron man, I can't bear it, I plan to take a break for a while, so let's write the script, if the director, you find it yourself, how about it?"
Wang Zhongjun was a little dissatisfied when he heard this, in his opinion, Song Zheng's self-writing, directing and acting was the most secure, but he couldn't refute Song Zheng's reasons.
"That's fine, but the final profit will only give you 7%. ”
Song Zheng smiled and nodded: "Okay! You have the final say! In this way, when the post-production of "My Leader, My Regiment" is completed, I will start writing, and it will be handed over to you in the second half of the year, what do you think?"
Wang Zhongjun carefully calculated the time and agreed.
Song Zheng saw that the business was over, so he didn't stay any longer, and said goodbye and left.
As soon as Song Zheng left, Wang Zhonglei came in: "Brother, how are you talking to him?"
Wang Zhongjun said: "He publishes the script, and we invest exclusively!"
When Wang Zhonglei heard this, he said, "He doesn't plan to be a director himself!?"
Wang Zhongjun shook his head and said: "People say that they are tired and want to rest, I can still press my head without drinking water! As long as there is a good script, the director has it, by the way!
Although Wang Zhonglei was unhappy, he still nodded in response, he also knew that if this scene became popular, Huayi Brothers would also have benefits, although the benefits were not as many as Song Zheng got, but no matter how small the mosquito was, it was meat.
"Brother, I still don't understand, you said that kid was born in a wild way, how can he be so lucky, just such a low-cost movie, he can actually make him bet right!"
When Wang Zhongjun heard this, he sighed and said, "Do you think that kid relies on luck? ”
Speaking of this, Wang Zhongjun couldn't help but regret for a while, when the drama "Nightclub", Song Zheng also got Huayi first, but he didn't like it, and now seeing that this drama is destined to be a big hit, maybe he can dominate the box office market in the first half of 2003, can he not regret it in his heart?
Especially for the whole year last year, Huayi Brothers didn't have much action in the film market, and they urgently needed a high-grossing movie to reassert their existence, but such a typical small and big movie actually slipped away from his hand in vain, and it was no wonder that his heart was comfortable.
Wang Zhongjun regretted it, but Wang Zhonglei was not convinced, and said: "What kind of vision, I think that kid is shameless, I watched that movie yesterday, and the whole thing is a hodgepodge, the storyline, the character setting, there are shadows of foreign movies in it." ”
Wang Zhongjun followed: "But people just have the ability to reprocess so many imported products and turn them into their own things, do you accept it? If you don't accept it, I will accept it! That kid has vision! Not only does he have vision, but he also dares to do it." ”
Wang Zhonglei has nothing to say, no matter how much he spits sour water, the fact that "Nightclub" is on fire can't be changed.
The next day, the box office of "Nightclub" directly approached the two million mark, reaching 1.85 million.
On the third day, 1.89 million.
On the fourth day, 1.97 million.
On the fifth day, it officially broke through the single-day box office of 2 million, reaching 2.06 million.
On the sixth day, it fell slightly, but there were also 1.94 million.
On the seventh day, it rose again, reaching 2.03 million.
The box office of the movie reached 13.09 million in the first week, and it is definitely no problem to return to the cost, now it depends on how much you can earn after the movie is drawn.
Some media have predicted that the film "Nightclub" will become the biggest dark horse in China's domestic film market in 2003.
Counting the publicity costs, the total investment is only 8 million, and the box office can exceed 10 million in the first week.
Song Zheng was excited, naturally he was not stingy, the bonuses of the main creator of the movie were sent in advance, Ning Hao, as a director, naturally couldn't be treated badly, Song Zheng directly gave 500,000 as a reward to help Ning Hao get rid of poverty and become rich.
The release of "Night Club" naturally does not need Song Zheng to worry about anymore, the next amount of film scheduling will be discussed by Huayi Brothers, and the audio-visual products will be released, and this matter will also be handed over to Su Wenwen, and Song Zheng will devote all his attention to the post-production of "My Leader, My Group".
Song Zheng retreated and cultivated, while Ning Hao was still in dire straits, pulling the team around China, doing propaganda everywhere, and everything he had never said in his life was forced out by the host of the show, and in the end, Ning Hao almost had a nervous breakdown.
"Brother Zheng! Can't I call you brother? You spare me, I really can't bear it!"
After listening to this, Song Zheng hung up the phone directly, wanting to fight for a high box office, but he was tired, who is used to it!