Section 77 "Journey to the West: Demon Suppression" (Seeking Acceptance and Pushing)
People can always see information about "Crazy Stone" on major online video websites, forums, entertainment newspapers, subways, and stations, such as "a hilarious movie", "box office broke 100 million in four days", "watch how two gangs of 'stupid' thieves fight 'wisdom'", "this winter is hilarious!" And so on these words that attract the attention of the audience, so many people who see these advertisements are curious, how to laugh, how to fight 'smart' ......, so they went into the cinema to buy tickets and walk into the cinema.
The fifth day of the release of "Crazy Stone". The box office continued to blow out, and the box office revenue reached 3248w alone!
On the sixth and seventh days, the attendance rate dropped a little, to 81/100, and the number of screen blocks was somewhat adjusted.
"Crazy Stone", which was released for only one week, won a box office of 100 million 7 with the status of a big dark horse, and "Crazy Stone" still has a way to go, and people in the film industry have speculated whether this small-budget film invested and written by Chen Dong, an outsider, and directed by second-rate director Wang Sen, will miraculously become the highest-grossing small-budget film in history.
After the first week of fever, in the second week of release, the box office data has declined, and the theater chain has also reduced the screen screen, with a box office score of 110 million, so that the total box office of "Crazy Stone" has reached 280 million in the two weeks of release, temporarily ranking among the top nine in the mainland box office list in 2014, and it is the only film with a small production and big profits.
Among the movies with an investment of tens of millions and hundreds of millions on the list, the only movie with an investment of less than 10 million is squeezed into the list, which is the envy of mainland film companies.
In the third week, the box office blowout speed of the big dark horse "Crazy Stone" gradually eased down, and it got 68 million, some of which were overwhelmed, and the box office potential was almost tapped, and it is expected to get 4 or 50 million in the next two or three weeks.
With the popularity of "Crazy Stone", many people related to "Crazy Stone" have also become popular, first of all, Chen Dong, who was praised by the media as a ghost screenwriter, the kind of multiple stories and clues in the script of "Crazy Stone", mixed but not messy, using one thing such as a soda can to connect the four stories together, using jade to connect the two gangs of thieves and Bao Shihong and Sanbao who protect jade, funny dialogues, incredible coincidences,......, etc., these were imitated by many screenwriters in the future, Traces of this technique can be seen in many movies, leaving a strong mark in the history of screenwriting.
followed by Wang Sen, a "Crazy Stone" made Wang Sen, from a second-rate director to a first-class director, people will think of Wang Sen when they mention "Crazy Stone", and when people talk about Wang Sen, they will mention Wang Sen's famous work "Crazy Stone".
There are also actors in "Crazy Stone", the most outstanding of which is Heipi, the actor of Heipi Guo Shi simply played Heipi alive, and played a stupid, simple, direct, and rough stupid thief vividly, and even the audience couldn't help laughing when they saw Heipi speak.
After Guo Shi became popular, he was no longer the Guo Shi who played tricks in major cinemas, but a big star who was so popular that he kept making appointments, and the roles he played were either the leading actor or an important supporting role in the play, and the salary also rose again and again, and many businesses wanted to invite him to advertise or something, and the price was not low.
and Huang Tao who plays Bao Shihong, Zhang Rui as Dao brother, Li Li as Xiaojun, and Feng Changming as Mike, ...... fame, have soared, and have successively received invitations from advertisers and film and television crews, or to shoot commercials, or play important supporting roles in movies and TV series.
They didn't expect the movie to be so successful before they joined the crew.
With the popularity of the movie, their fame soared, advertisements and film appointments continued, and they were so happy that they fainted, especially Guo Shi, from a trickster to a hot star, even he didn't expect happiness to come so quickly.
To say, who they are most grateful to is, of course, the director who discovered them, Wang Sen, followed by Chen Dong, if there is no Chen Dong's decision, they will not be able to play the role in the play.
And Wang Sen is most grateful for the investment to make a movie for him, Chen Dong, who wrote the script of "Crazy Stone", and Qian Changchun, the teacher who recommended it to Chen Dong, otherwise he would always be just a second-rate director.
In the fourth week of the release of "Crazy Stone", the movie is still being released, but it is no longer able to follow-up, the box office potential in the mainland has been exhausted, and the number of screens in theaters has been reduced to less than 500.
Next, Polaris Entertainment's work shifted to overseas releases.
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A high-end restaurant near Dinghai University, Orchid Hall.
On the table was a hearty meal.
Chen Dong and Wang Sen sat opposite each other.
"I'll just toast to the success of Crazy Stone." Chen Dong raised his cup.
Those who are familiar with Chen Dong know that Chen Dong doesn't like to drink, and he can't drink alcohol, he blushes in one cup and gets drunk in two glasses.
"Cheers." Wang Sen raised his wine glass and toasted with Chen Dong.
After toasting, Chen Dong took out a check from his document bag and handed it to Wang Sen.
"What is this?" Wang Sen asked puzzled.
"It's your dividend, everyone has it except you." Chen Dong said.
Hearing this, Wang Sen put the check away and was very grateful in his heart.
This money is a lot of money for him, he used to be just a director who was not well-known, he had never made big productions, he made small production movies, he didn't share it, he got a salary, to be honest, he didn't make a lot of money, this time he filmed "Crazy Stone" is also a salary, not a share, even if Chen Dong earns hundreds of millions of dollars and doesn't give him a penny in dividends, he doesn't have anything to say, but as soon as the other party meets, he gives himself a big red envelope, a lot of money, how can he not be grateful.
Chen Dong opened his mouth and said, "Do you have any plans to make another movie, I have already written the script." ”
Chen Dong is very fond of Wang Sen's ability, and can make the complex script of multiple stories and multiple clues of "Crazy Stone" into a messy, not chaotic, and organized wonderful story, which shows that Wang Sen is a very good storyteller, and has a very accurate grasp of the mentality of the characters.
"Okay." Wang Sen agreed.
"You look at the script first." Chen Dong took out a notebook from his document bag and handed it to Wang Sen.
Wang Sen took the script and looked at the cover first, "Journey to the West: Demon Suppression", as soon as he saw this name, he knew the general story of the story, with Journey to the West as the background, telling the story of the protagonist's demon subjugation.
Wang Sen opened the script and took a cursory look, it is indeed about the story of Tang Sanzang's Journey to the West, but it is very different from "Journey to the West", the demons in "Journey to the West" are descended and demons are eliminated, and the monsters are removed. And "Journey to the West: Demon Suppression" descended to protect the original form of the three apprentices of Tang monk Xitian who learned scriptures, fish demons, pig demons, and monkey demons.
The story revolves around the subduing of the fish demon (Sand monk), the pig demon (Zhu Bajie), and the monkey demon (Monkey King), the story is not complicated, and the main line is very clear.
When Wang Sen was reading the script, Chen Dong was scooping a bowl of crucian carp soup with a spoon and drinking it.
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