Chapter 0559 Box Office Myth
Boss Meng has always been generous to the rewards of his employees, and the little junior sister Pan Yunjia has achieved such an ungodly result, Mr. Meng waved his pen and immediately assigned 20% of the total box office income to the name of the little junior sister. Twenty percent of 530 million, that's 100.6 million. Just with a movie, the little sister Pan Yunjia has become a billionaire woman, and her speed is staggering.
Think about it before joining Star Entertainment, she was just a little-known graduate student in the directing department, if according to the general rules of the industry, she may have to work hard in the industry for more than ten or twenty years, if you are lucky, you can have the opportunity to read and direct a film, most people may make commercials, or give a famous director a hand. You say you're talented, but others don't give you the opportunity to show it, what can you do?
Even after ten or twenty years, you have the opportunity to read and direct, but the years have sharpened your edges and corners, and at the same time sharpened your aura, how easy is it to make a talented movie like when you were young?
Because of Yin Houde's introduction, they were fortunate to meet Meng Xinghui. A boss like Meng Xinghui who is not suspicious of employing people, does not need suspicious people, and has great courage, they have never seen it.
Meng Xinghui gave them the opportunity to learn and grow, and also gave them the opportunity to read and direct. In Star Entertainment, there is no qualification, as long as you have the ability, as long as you can write a script that is recognized by everyone, Mr. Meng will allocate funds to make a movie for you. And whatever actor you want, he will personally participate in the negotiation with the other party. Use your influence to attract excellent actors to join.
He also never gives you box office pressure until the movie starts. Set a goal for you, you must reach as much box office as possible, otherwise you will not have the opportunity to continue filming in the future. Mr. Meng will only say, don't think about the box office, shoot the works you want to shoot with your heart, and only with absolute freedom of thought can you make a movie with aura. Even if it fails at the box office, as long as your film has a sufficient artistic standard, then even if the company loses money, it will still consider you a success. I will continue to support you in making movies in the future.
With such a boss, with such support and encouragement, all the directors of Star Entertainment are in a relatively relaxed and free creative environment, they do not have to be distracted to consider the market, consider commercial behavior, but focus on shooting the works they want. In such an environment, the director must be full of aura, and his mind must be full of strange ideas, because without the constraints of rules and regulations, artistic inspiration will naturally erupt.
Pan Yunjia became famous in a fight, and her gratitude to Meng Xinghui came from the depths of her soul. After "Xiaomi's Troubles" became popular on the screen, several film and television companies once spent a lot of money to poach Pan Yunjia, but she didn't think about it at all. With a boss like Meng Xinghui, what is she not satisfied with? Who else in this world is as bold, ambitious, and talented as him? Besides, the so-called heavy money of those film and television companies looks ridiculous under Meng Xinghui's heavy awards. No matter how generous they are, can they be willing to give Pan Yunjia 100 million?
The hit release of "Xiaomi's Troubles" has brought great pressure to the next few movies to be broadcast. Whether it is "Choice", "Black Angel" or "Tears of the Millennium", their investment is much larger than "Xiaomi's Troubles", if they can't achieve a better box office than "Xiaomi's Troubles", then they are undoubtedly compared to the little sister! This makes a few self-proclaimed senior brothers embarrassed!
After the end of "Xiaomi's Troubles", Star Entertainment took over the release of the romantic comedy "Black Angel" cooperated by Yang Nan and Fang Xiao, this movie is claimed to appear in the form of a Chinese New Year film, and the [***] silk man played by Aaron Kwok is really exciting.
I have to say that the hit screening of Star Entertainment's first movie also made a good start for the subsequent movies. The audience is willing to support Star Entertainment's movies because they are convinced that Star Entertainment will not make bad movies.
Sure enough, after the release of "Black Angel", the hilarious plot and the wonderful performance of the two heroes and heroines made the audience laugh, and the laughter continued during the movie.
The bizarre abilities, the plot of [***] silk's counterattack, the love of handsome men and beautiful women, and the hilarious laughter made the audience quickly like this romantic comedy. After touching people's hearts and being a little heavy "The Troubles of Xiaomi", Star Entertainment immediately launched the hilarious Black Angel, which is meaningful and relaxing.
This arrangement is really very popular with the audience, and the Internet comments that this comedy is the Chinese version of Spider-Man. The special effects about the abilities in the movie are no worse than the Hollywood blockbusters. The visuals are stunning. Guo Tianwang played such a role for the first time, and he felt very enjoyable to go to heaven and earth to act chivalrous and righteous.
Such a good-looking comedy film, of course, the box office will not be bad, and it will break 50 million on the first day of release! A week later, it also broke 200 million! Three weeks later, the total box office reached 580 million!
Fang Xiao and Yang Nan happily closed their mouths happily, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief, they were finally not suppressed by the little junior sister, although in terms of input-output ratio, the profitability of their movies is not as good as "Xiaomi's Troubles", but at least the total box office is more than "Xiaomi's Troubles", which is already a big victory!
For their achievements, Meng Xinghui treated them equally, and also gave them 20% of the box office. However, because this movie is co-directed by two people, each person can only get more than 50 million, and even so, they are very satisfied.
During the Spring Festival, Zhu Heping's business war suspense blockbuster "Choice" was released, which is different from the previous light-hearted and funny romantic comedy "Black Angel", the plot of "Choice" is tense and exciting, quite like the flavor of "Latent", which looks particularly enjoyable. It's a completely different movie-going experience. The performances of Hong Kong student Wu Yanzu and mainland Xiaohuadan Yang Mi are also very outstanding, and this popular combination has attracted many fans to watch the movie.
A week later, the box office exceeded 250 million! Three weeks later, the box office exceeded 600 million, reaching 620 million!
Star Entertainment's three movies are showing a trend of rising steadily, and one is higher than the box office, which really makes people from other film and television companies dripping blood with envy.
Director Zhu Heping also received a share of 124 million approved by Mr. Meng.
After "Choice" was released, Star Entertainment's biggest production of the year, "Tears of a Millennium" directed by Yin Houde, was officially released on Valentine's Day.
The popular Xiaosheng Gu Tianle and the mainland Huadan Liu Shishi played Lu Bu and Diao Chan are highly anticipated, and there was a grand scene of queuing up to buy tickets on the day of the release.
Director Yin Houde has been tempered, the grasp of the big scene, and the carving of the details are all improving, as the plot progresses, the audience is moved by this heart-wrenching love, love in the troubled times is so desperate, and it is so desirable, Lu Bu played by Louis Koo is also different from Lu Bu in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he is a real hero, a big husband, at least more true than Liu Bei Cao Ying's politicians, the love between him and Diao Chan, spanning life and death, is moving.
Diao Chan played by Liu Shishi is extremely temperamental, and her acting skills are more mature than when she first debuted, whenever she stares at Lu Bu with teary eyes, the theater is full of sobbing!
This movie is so suitable for release on Valentine's Day, after watching this movie, people who don't believe in love must also have a strong yearning for love! In addition, the war scenes are blood-pumping, and the use of computer special effects is amazing, even compared to a big production like "The Lord of the Rings"!
The grand scene and delicate and touching love make this drama hot through half the sky! After the New Year, there was an endless stream of moviegoers, and the box office hit another good record!
broke 300 million in a week, and three weeks later, the box office reached a record 780 million, about 130 million US dollars, even in North America, it is a blockbuster!
Director Yin Houde also got a box office share of 150 million because of this movie.
Star Entertainment's achievements in movies are surprising, the industry never thought that Star Entertainment would be so strong, and the films of the rest of the companies lost in the competition with Star Entertainment, with a total box office of more than 2.5 billion in the four films, which is definitely a miracle among miracles in the Chinese film industry!
The key is that the reviews on the Internet are also exciting, all of them are saying that watching the movies of Star Entertainment, you can feel a kind of freedom to fly freely, there is no moaning without illness, and there is no pretending to be deep, whether it is crying or laughing, everything happens so naturally. The four films have both commercial elements and a certain artistic content, which is completely different from many so-called blockbusters that rely on packaging and stars. It can be seen that people really put their heart and soul into writing the script. The god-level script, the god-level director, and the god-level production team have created a mythical ending.
After the film had a bumper harvest at the box office in the mainland, it landed in Hong Kong*Macao*Taiwan, and was called South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, continuing its brilliant achievements. DVD discs have also begun to be distributed around the world, and related products in the movie have also been sold well, Star Entertainment's one-stop business mode, striking while the iron is hot, the momentum is like a rainbow, and the total profit created in the end far exceeds the box office revenue, exceeding 10 billion RMB!
In the whole of China, and even in the whole of Asia, only Star Entertainment can turn movies into real cash cows, and their business philosophy and business methods are too far ahead of their competitors, so that countries with more developed entertainment industries like South Korea have followed suit, and the star model has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people for a while.
It's just that they don't have a magical boss like Meng Xinghui, nor do they have the world's top team like Star Entertainment, so the results after emulating are not necessarily good, there are many companies that declare closure because the stall is too big, and finally they sadly find that what Star Entertainment can do, most of them can't do it, this is the naked gap!
(To be continued)