Chapter 220: Operation Splashing
"Journey to the West: Moonlight Treasure Box" was released for ten days, and the box office reported 1.5 billion, and the final box office expectation was lowered from 2 billion all the way to 1.5 billion, and according to the current trend, whether it can reach 1.5 billion has become uncertain.
Although, compared with other films released at the same time, the box office results of "Journey to the West: Moonlight Treasure Box" are already quite good, and it is no longer a problem to return to the capital, just look at how much profit it will make.
However, this result, with the expectations of other investors in the film, there is a gap.
Especially the film's distributor "Nine Star Entertainment", they originally planned to make another profit on "Journey to the West", and invested a lot in the promotion of the film, even their own artists Yu Yabin and Zhao Zhenghao had scandals, but did not interfere, but cooperated with the scandal and carried out another wave of publicity for the movie.
However, due to the problems of the movie itself, their publicity did not achieve the expected effect, which is a very frustrating thing.
At this time, a well-known film critic pointed the finger directly at Zhao Zhenghao, believing that it was some of his problems that made the much-anticipated "Journey to the West: Moonlight Treasure Box" not meet expectations.
In his film, it is written:
"As we all know, Zhao Zhenghao is the most popular singer in the music circle of the Dragon Kingdom and even the world music circle in recent years, creating countless records, and has been named the title of 'God of Songs' by fans in the Dragon Kingdom, and in the world, he is also called the 'King of Pop Music' by some die-hard fans, and it can be said that he is unique in the music world!"
"His achievements in the music industry are based on solid achievements, no one can question it, according to the conventions of the Dragon Kingdom entertainment industry, singing and acting are excellent, acting and directing, we are psychologically prepared for him to cross over to the film and television industry, but I didn't expect that his cross-border pace would be so big, and he directly stepped into the field of directing. ”
However, what is even more unexpected is that his first crossover was so successful, and the 51st box office of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is the highest single box office performance among 30-year-old young directors in Longguo so far. ”
"For the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story", I will not repeat it here, and interested friends can read my old article. However, I think that after Zhao Zhenghao achieved an unexpectedly good result in his directorial debut, he was not in a good position in terms of mentality, and he was a little impatient. ”
Maybe I heard too much flattery, and I really thought that my ability to direct was as invincible as that of music, and I didn't have enough precipitation, so I hurriedly launched the second director's work. ”
Judging from the themes of the two director's films released by Zhao Zhenghao, we can summarize a rule, the selection of his movie stories is from my country's classical masterpieces, and it is adapted from it, and it is more successful in "A Chinese Ghost Story", which should be related to his full preparation in advance. ”
"Zhao Zhenghao's ability to make up stories has been reflected to a certain extent in "A Chinese Ghost Story", and he can adapt a story of more than 3,000 words into a 90-minute movie with only one-third of it, and his storytelling ability can be seen, and he was shortlisted for the 'Best Adapted Screenplay' award at the Academy Awards, which is an affirmation of him. ”
However, his ability is a bit of a failure in "Journey to the West: Moonlight Treasure Box", due to insufficient preparation, the story of this movie seems to be headless and endless, and some places cannot justify itself, making the audience confused. ”
"Dragon Kingdom Films have developed rapidly in recent years, the total market volume has become the world's first, and classic films have emerged in endlessly, however, we must also see that most of the directors of popular films with a box office of more than 5 billion are still directors of the seventh generation, and young directors are relatively rare, and Zhao Zhenghao is one of the few. ”
"To be honest, I am still quite optimistic about Zhao Zhenghao's future, his directing skills and casting vision have been better reflected in "A Chinese Ghost Story" and this "Journey to the West: Moonlight Treasure Box", so that people can't find any fault with his ability in this regard. ”
"However, movies are different from other art forms, and they need to be carefully crafted, and on this, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry! I hope that after Zhao Zhenghao learns a lesson, he can take this as a warning, and in the future director's career, he will be more down-to-earth and create more and better works!"
The person who wrote this film review was a famous film critic named Chu Tian, in addition to the film critic, Chu Tian also has an identity, he is an executive of a listed company in Longguo, and he has long been free in terms of economy, and he writes film reviews out of interest.
And Chu Tian's other identity makes him not need to be controlled by capital like some film critics, write some articles with obvious directions, and his film critics' views are very objective, fact-based, and convincing.
In this film review, he believes that the problem with "Journey to the West: Moonlight Treasure Box" is that Zhao Zhenghao's heart is a little swollen after the unexpectedly huge success of his directorial debut, and his attitude towards this film review is slightly impetuous, and he is not fully prepared in advance, and he does not work hard in screenwriting and does not make up the story well.
It is impossible for him to think of Zhao Zhenghao's identity as a traverser, starting to shoot new films, there are all finished films that can be used for reference, in terms of screenwriters and directors, there is no need to exert too much subjective initiative at all, just fine-tune according to the actual conditions, and the half-year preparation period is enough.
From the interval between the first film and the second film, Chu Tian could only draw such a conclusion.
Moreover, between the lines of this film review, it can be clearly felt that Chu Tian himself is Zhao Zhenghao's expectations, which are still quite high, although there have been some criticisms of his personal expansion and blind confidence, but it is more about following the teachings, hoping that he can go higher and further in the film and television industry!
Although Zhao Zhenghao didn't quite agree with the assertion in his article, he still responded kindly to his expectations, and specially ran to Chutian's neck to leave a message of thanks, and once again invited Chutian to continue to pay attention to "Journey to the West: The Great Sage Marrying", which will be released in the near future.
Chu Tian didn't say anything about Zhao Zhenghao's seemingly stubborn behavior, since Zhao Zhenghao has repeatedly emphasized that after letting fans watch "Journey to the West: The Great Sage Marries", he will make a comprehensive evaluation of this "Journey to the West", then he will watch it without Zhao Zhenghao saying it.
However, some film critics with ulterior motives seized on Zhao Zhenghao's point and lashed out at him!
"After a dishonest money-making work, I have to let fans continue to support him for another money-making work, I have never seen such a brazen person!"
"Zhao Zhenghao didn't mention the flaws of "Moonlight Treasure Box", but repeatedly emphasized that people should continue to pay attention to "The Great Sage's Marriage", what is the intention, it is worth thinking about by fans!"
"Movies shouldn't be a tool for some bad idols to make money!"
There are many people who are popular!
Zhao Zhenghao, as the fastest rising and most popular star in the entertainment industry of Longguo in recent years, in addition to attracting a large number of loyal fans, naturally there is no shortage of people who are full of envy and jealousy of his achievements, especially those who hate!
Although the entertainment industry in Dragon Country is still growing rapidly, the cake is big enough and there are many opportunities, but Zhao Zhenghao's sudden rise is still stolen by those who have stolen the limelight, and his own level is not good, but he does not look for problems in himself, but all blames others for being a thorn in the flesh, thinking that he has not developed, and blames Zhao Zhenghao for developing too well.
In Zhao Zhenghao's full-time music circle, due to a series of records as a guarantee, they could not find an opportunity to take advantage of, not only could not criticize Zhao Zhenghao in this regard, but also in front of the public, forced generosity, applauded Zhao Zhenghao's unprecedented achievements.
When they learned that Zhao Zhenghao was going to move to the film and television industry, those people started to sharpen their troops, waiting for Zhao Zhenghao to stumble, and then rushed up and down.
Although it is a common practice in the entertainment industry of Dragon Kingdom to sing and act, there are still a few people who have truly succeeded in cross-border and become multi-habitat superstars.
Before Zhao Zhenghao, An Shuyi, who had already been the first day of the Dragon Country music circle, and successfully went abroad and made good achievements in the world, the attempt of cross-border film and television circles was not a success.
The examples of cross-border success are more likely to show the situation of first achieving success in the film and television industry and then crossing over to the music industry, and there are few successful examples of the opposite.
However, Zhao Zhenghao's crossover this time, not only is the step big enough to directly step into a more professional director's line, but his debut film, which he wrote, directed, and acted in, has also achieved an unexpectedly huge success, only in the territory of the Dragon Kingdom, it has achieved a box office of more than 5 billion, and the global box office is close to 8 billion, and the results have blinded the eyes of countless people, making those who are waiting to see him fall and see his jokes are disappointed!
Fortunately, Zhao Zhenghao did not accept it when he saw it, but "became rampant when he got his will", and after the success of the first director's work, he quickly launched the second project with a roar.
In fact, "Journey to the West: Moonlight Treasure Box" reached 1.5 billion at the box office in 10 days in the Dragon Kingdom, won two weekly box office champions, and multiple single-day box office champions, although the final box office expectations were repeatedly lowered, it was nearly 1.5 billion, which could not be regarded as a failure.
In the overseas market released at the same time, "Journey to the West: Moonlight Treasure Box" also achieved good results with Zhao Zhenghao's huge appeal.
In Japan alone, the box office of one billion yen was achieved within ten days of release, which is converted into more than 50 million dragon coins, and the final box office may reach 70 million dragon national coins.
In South Korea, the cumulative number of viewers of "Journey to the West: Moonlight Treasure Box" exceeded 1 million in the first ten days of its release, and the final number of viewers is expected to reach 1.5 million! This achievement, if placed in the past 2015, can be ranked among the top 10 in the number of viewers of Dragon Kingdom films released in South Korea!
Although the box office results of Southeast Asian countries are not as good as those of Japan and South Korea, the total amount accumulated in ten days of release has exceeded 100 million dragon dollars!
These achievements all show Zhao Zhenghao's super popularity and box office appeal in these regions!
The European and American markets, which are under negotiation, are conservatively estimated to be able to add at least 300 million dragon dollars to the overseas box office of "Journey to the West: Moonlight Treasure Box".
Even if it is an overseas box office, the global box office of "Journey to the West: Moonlight Treasure Box" can still reach 2 billion dragon coins, and it is not a big problem to rank in the top 50 of the global box office list.
Since "Journey to the West: Moonlight Treasure Box" was released on January 1, 2016, its box office results can stay in the top few of the domestic box office list and the global box office list of Dragon Country for a long time!
The failure is only relative to Zhao Zhenghao's directorial debut "A Chinese Ghost Story", if the box office results of "Journey to the West: Moonlight Treasure Box" are placed on other movies, it is already proud!
However, those who have an inexplicable but unforgettable hatred for Zhao Zhenghao can't wait for Zhao Zhenghao to really fall a big heel, and grasp the poor reputation of "Journey to the West: Moonlight Treasure Box", and make a lot of nonsense, trying to form a wide range of public opinion and suppress Zhao Zhenghao's "arrogance" in recent years!
Judging from the current situation, although their goal has not been achieved 100 percent, it has also been completed by 7 or 80 percent.
If it weren't for these people secretly fueling the troubles, the negative evaluation of "Journey to the West: Moonlight Treasure Box" would not have the current situation, and the impact on the box office of "Journey to the West: Moonlight Treasure Box" would not be so obvious and serious.
It can be said that these villain's tricks have made the box office loss of "Journey to the West: Moonlight Treasure Box" may reach 500 million dragon coins, or even more!
Zhao Zhenghao naturally would not be unaware of this, even if he had no time to care about this, "Zhenghao Studio" and "Nine Star Entertainment" would not turn a blind eye to this abnormal scene.
Zhao Zhenghao and his "Zhenghao Studio", although they have developed rapidly in recent years, and their profitability has surpassed all their peers, and they have been in the limelight for a while, but in the foundation of the entertainment industry of Longguo, after all, they cannot be compared with an old large company like "Nine Star Entertainment", and there are not many ways to face the deliberate slander of their peers.
However, after more than 20 years in the entertainment industry of Dragon Country, "Nine Star Entertainment", which has not only stood tall, but also developed more and more in the company, has experienced such malicious competition.
Although those who have a deep hatred for Zhao Zhenghao are hidden behind them in this wave of slander actions, and those who charge at the front desk are all inconsequential pawns, but if you don't want people to know, unless you can't do anything, under the deliberate investigation of "Nine Star Entertainment", you still caught their little tails!
After investigation, in this collective action of pouring sewage on Zhao Zhenghao, the initiator and the main force of the action came from "Qitian Film and Television"!
"Qitian Film and Television" is the same as "Jiuxing Entertainment", it is also a veteran entertainment company, and the scale of the company is still above "Jiuxing Entertainment", as can be seen from the name of the company, the main business of "Qitian Film and Television", like "Jiuxing Entertainment", is in film and television, and it has been deeply resented before.