Chapter 44: Four Million First Week Box Office

In the evening, Wu Cheng took the three daughters to the Wu family's mansion, Wu Mingquan was so happy that he didn't bother his mouth, put down the newspapers in his hand, and beckoned them to sit down and talk.

"You just feel like you're home, and you don't have to be inhibited. Many of us in our family are your fans!" Wu Mingquan looked at them with a smile on his face, happy in his heart, and secretly applauded his little nephew's eyes. "Speaking of which, I have to thank Ah Zhi! When Xiao Cheng came to Xiangjiang, if it wasn't for Ah Zhi's help, I don't know where I am now!"

"Uncle don't be polite, I have to thank God for sending Xiao Cheng to me!" Zhao Yazhi smiled softly and said, "If it weren't for Xiao Cheng, I would still be behind the scenes!"

Wu Cheng shook his head and interjected: "It is estimated that this will be already married!"

Everyone laughed when they heard this, but Zhao Yazhi was embarrassed. However, he felt that what Wu Cheng said was indeed possible, and at the beginning, her impression of that Huang Hanwei was still okay. If it weren't for Wu Cheng's intervention, it is estimated that he might really be married to him now!

Thinking of this, Zhao Yazhi couldn't help but secretly rejoice again, fortunately she met Wu Cheng.

"Xiao Cheng is still young, you are all sisters, if he usually does something wrong, you will criticize him more, if he does not do enough, then I hope you will be more considerate and considerate of him. Wu Mingquan smiled and said, "Of course, if he bullies you, you can come to sue Uncle Sù, and Uncle Sù will definitely teach him a good lesson!"

The third girl nodded when she heard this, but secretly she was a little embarrassed.

Speaking of which, weren't they bullied by him last night? It's just that how can they be embarrassed to talk about this kind of secret matter in the boudoir?

Besides, although Wu Cheng is sometimes a little skinny and a little childish, in business, they regard him as the backbone. Just like that one that happened today.

This kind of thing, even for ordinary adults, is estimated to be impossible to solve lightly. But Wu Cheng dealt with the matter in two or three clicks, although he borrowed a little momentum.

Also, who dared to come out and start a company to make movies on his own at his age, and he really succeeded in doing it for him!

Compared with him, they feel that what they are doing is really nothing.

Gradually, Wu Mingquan's kind smile made the three girls feel at ease.

When most of the Wu family returned, they also became the focus of everyone.

The Wu family was very happy when they saw these three beauties, Deng Lijun's song was popular all over Asia, and Lin Qingxia was not very popular on the treasure island, even Zhao Yazhi, the least famous, everyone saw it in the theater last night.

For a while, the Wu family surrounded the three daughters, chattering and asking questions.

And Wu Shuqiang took this opportunity to call Wu Cheng aside and apologize to Wu Cheng. was 'preached' by Wu Shulan last night, and he finally understood Wu Cheng's status in the Wu family.

Especially when he saw the old man's kind attitude towards him, he knew how ridiculous his previous thoughts were. Therefore, even in the face of the three beauties today, he did not dare to be rude in the slightest. took this opportunity to see if the relationship with Wu Cheng could be repaired.

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After playing in Xiangjiang for a few days, Wu Chengdu was a little reluctant Deng Lijun and Lin Qingxia left, and the four of them ate and lived together...... Of course, under the unanimous strong request of the three women, Wu Cheng was never allowed to drink more than three glasses of wine, because it was impossible to sleep together like that day.

On the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, Deng Lijun and Lin Qingxia left Xiangjiang together, which made Wu Cheng and Zhao Yazhi somewhat reluctant. Zhao Yazhi can see that Wu Cheng has some ulterior thoughts about Deng Lijun and Lin Qingxia, of course, including her.

This made her very entangled, and she wanted to leave him ruthlessly, but she was reluctant to let him be gentle and intimate, unwilling to be true and enthusiastic, and even more reluctant to have a tacit understanding with each other.

He is not the man who understands women best, but he is the boy who knows what she needs best.

When the two get along, they only need her to look over, and Wu Cheng can almost understand her mind, and this tacit understanding of getting along makes her feel extremely comfortable.

And this kind of comfort also made him unable to be ruthless, and even gradually sank into it.

Especially Ye Cheng's kindness to her, he almost regarded her as a treasure in the palm of his hand.

And in just a few days, Zhao Yazhi also regarded Deng Lijun and Lin Qingxia as confidants and friends, and she was naturally reluctant to let them go. It's just that they are busy with work, and being able to play in Xiangjiang for a week is already their limit. Unlike her, her contract is signed under Donglong.

Even if there is a contract on the wireless side, but thinking about Zhao Yazhi's hot journey in Xiangjiang now, wireless will not waste this kind of contract casually.

In other words, Zhao Yazhi is actually very idle now, she doesn't have to worry about life problems, and the rest is naturally to constantly enrich herself and improve herself.

Therefore, after Deng Lin's second daughter left, Zhao Yazhi began to enter a state of learning, studying the company's management while pondering the issue of acting skills.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Wu Cheng got two good news, both of which came from Jiahe.

The first good news is that the local box office of 'Five Lucky Stars' has come out, with a box office of nearly 4.3 million in a week, which has made countless people jaw-dropping.

Because this box office is very close to last year's box office champion record. People dare not imagine that today's Xiangjiang will have a movie with a box office of more than 4 million a week.

In fact, Wu Cheng himself didn't dare to imagine that this would still be at the beginning of the seventies or sixties! If it was the eighties or nineties, he wouldn't have thought anything strange.

But when you think about it, it seems that there is nothing impossible about it. Historically, this year's box office champion "Half a Pound and Eight Taels" also has more than 8 million!

Moreover, the quality of the film "Five Lucky Stars" itself goes without saying, and the large investment of more than 3 million yuan is also rare in Xiangjiang. In addition, its publicity strength is also unique to Xiangjiang, and this propaganda power covers almost the entire Xiangjiang.

In fact, the box office of a film often depends on the size of the publicity. The propaganda of the 'Five Lucky Stars' is very different from the traditional propaganda methods. At least now, except for the film "Five Lucky Stars", no film has made a trailer on TV.

In this way, with this box office, it seems that it is not worth making a fuss.

The second good news is that Golden Harvest has sent in the purchase fee for the overseas distribution rights of 'Wufuxing', that is to say, Donglong International is now rich.

With the company having money, Wu Cheng naturally wanted to discuss with Hong Jinbao what to do next.

The first thing to do is to pay off the salary owed to their brother before.

Hung Jinbao's brothers all joined with zero pay before, but now that the film has made money, the money is naturally indispensable to them.

At the same time, after discussing with Hong Jinbao, Wu Cheng also took out 1 million to distribute dividends to all members of the crew of "Five Lucky Stars", with tens of thousands of dollars for more and thousands of yuan for less. For many ordinary employees in Xiangjiang today, these dividends are worth half a year's salary.

After all these things are dealt with, there are about 7.3 million left from the nine million.

Then, Wu Cheng handed over the script of "Miscellaneous Boy" to Hong Jinbao and asked him to make a budget, Wu Cheng estimated that he would use one million, which was for the sake of the quality of the film.

Of course, this time, Wu Cheng did not draw another storyboard script.

Last time I made a little joke, Wu Cheng drew all the shots of "Five Lucky Stars", but when the crew members below were working, they often complained that Wu Cheng's script was too detailed, and some scenes that were not actually necessary had to be built.

And some scenes that are not very suitable, but you have to keep looking for them. In fact, these scenes can be replaced by other scenes, which does not affect the actual effect of the film.

Later, Wu Cheng realized that in fact, the storyboard script was just the director's refinement of the script according to the story and combined with the pre-selected scenes.

Like him, there are almost no people who have drawn the storyboard script of the entire film before the movie has started shooting, and even the crew has not yet been formed.

After understanding the doorway, Wu Cheng did not continue to do this thankless stupid thing, but gave Hong Jinbao an overview of the story, and as for the action, it was naturally handed over to Hong Jinbao to deal with. Wu Cheng has only one requirement, that is, the action must be in line with the action design in the "Five Lucky Stars", and no longer use the old-fashioned martial arts method to act.

Although now in addition to the 'Five Lucky Stars', other action movies and martial arts films are still old-fashioned models, but this is not what Wu Cheng needs, what they want to do is to lead the trend.

This "Miscellaneous Boy" does not have any big scenes, the starring roles of the original film are Yuan Biao and Liang Jiaren, but Wu Cheng feels that Liang Jiaren can be replaced by one of them.

Anyway, Liang Jiaren is not well-known now, and if you look for him, it is better to let someone from your company play it! If you go to Shaw Brothers to find someone to help, not only will you be slaughtered by others, but you will also have to help others train actors, which is indeed a bit more than worth the loss.

Of course, Wu Cheng only mentioned these ideas to Hong Jinbao. How to do it depends on Hung Jinbao's own thoughts, after all, he is the director of this movie, and Yuan Biao and Yuan Hua are his junior brothers, I believe that Hung Jinbao will not leave the opportunity to others casually.

When Hong Jinbao began to form the crew, Wu Cheng also began to form the company's team.

Donglong International is still an empty shell, everything is difficult at the beginning, Wu Cheng needs to be busy, there are indeed a lot. The first thing is to find a venue, and Wu Cheng handed over this matter to Wu Shulan for help.

Although Wu Shulan is not from the company, she is his niece, so it is not difficult to arouse it at all, and with the strength of the Wu family, it is almost just two days before the venue is determined.

The office is located near the broadcast road, not far from the two TV stations of Wireless and Li, which do not need to be decorated, and you can almost move in and work.

In addition to renovating a small screening room.

But he only rented two floors of the building, which he thought was just a temporary office space, and the company would definitely build its own cinema in the future.

The next step is to recruit talent, and the advertising has already been out. On the thirteenth day, Donglong International officially held a job fair.

It's just that what Wu Cheng didn't expect was that on the first day, he saw several talents.