35 million!

There was jubilation in the office, everyone was applauding and celebrating, only Cheng Peng breathed a sigh of relief, and the second difficulty of "Dark Invasion" was overcome.

There are two levels for "Dark Invasion", the first level is the box office of the first three days, if the box office does not explode in these three days, the second week's film schedule will be sharply reduced, and when "Kung Fu" is released, "Dark Invasion" will be completely reduced to cannon fodder.

The first level is relatively good, after all, "Dark Invasion" and "No Thieves in the World" are separated by two weeks, and the box office potential of "No Thieves in the World" has been consumed by more than half, and the expectations of the audience in "Dark Invasion" itself are very high, coupled with the overwhelming publicity, as well as the live broadcast of the movie channel, it is expected to pass the level.

And the second level, the performance of "Kung Fu" in the four days after its release is difficult to say, the strength of "Kung Fu" is too strong, and it is really difficult to say whether the topic of high IQ can be stirred up.

Fortunately, Cheng Peng and they succeeded, just like "The Siege of October" hyped the best movie of the decade, and "Let the Bullets Fly" hyped metaphor, the topic of high IQ was hyped. No way, the Chinese themselves belong to the high-IQ group.

Now that the two major difficulties have passed, and the reputation of the movie has spread, there is no need to play any tricks, just follow the normal rhythm.

This Sunday is New Year's Day, there are three days of holiday, it is a good time to make money at the box office, the box office of "Invasion of Darkness" this week is about 25 million, and the final box office of the movie should be able to exceed 100 million, becoming the third movie to have a box office of over 100 million this year.

This is a miracle!

At the same time, the Hong Kong box office and the Japanese box office of "Invasion of Darkness" were also released. "Invasion of Darkness" was released in Xiangjiang for two weeks, with a box office of 6 million, for a mainland film, this box office is already worth cheering, "No Thieves in the World" has Andy Lau has only 4 million box office so far.

And "Invasion of Darkness" performed even better in Japan, with the box office exceeding 100 million yen in the first week, ranking fourth in the box office list. At the top of the list is Hayao Miyazaki's "Hal and the Moving Castle", which was released for six weeks and was a champion for six consecutive weeks. Hayao Miyazaki is invincible in Japan.

Interestingly, the versions of "Invasion of Darkness" released in China, Xiangjiang, and Japan are different, Xiangjiang is the original version, and the dream version released in China, while Japan is a combination of the two versions.

After the domestic version of "Dark Invasion" was filmed, Wang Qinian felt that the new version was more in line with the appetite of the Japanese, and suggested contacting the Japanese side. The reason is very simple, natural disasters occur frequently in Japan, and the life of the Japanese people is shrouded in the black veil of death, and over time, a unique culture of mourning has been formed. A necessity for life. Pessimism over the impermanence of time. For them, the beauty of the ephemeral is the beauty of eternity, just like the cherry blossoms, so Japan is particularly fascinated by death in literature and film, and there are endless works that explore life and death.

And "Invasion of Darkness" is a film that explores the heart of a woman after the death of her husband and daughter. And when combined with the horror genre, it will definitely be a hit.

Cheng Peng made a call to the people of Sony Classics and told them that we have remade an ending, which is more in line with Japanese tastes, and you can come and watch it if you are interested.

Sony classics came over to take a look, and the ending was indeed very good, so they said, Chen Sang. We want this version, but this version isn't scary enough, can we add the reduced horror scenes?

Thus, the third version of "Invasion of Darkness" came out.

There are three versions of a movie, and I am afraid there is no semicolon except Cheng Peng.

"Invasion of Darkness" is very good at the domestic box office, Xiangjiang box office, and Japanese box office. It's worth celebrating, and the celebration must be held. In fact, after the movie is released, as long as the box office is not too miserable, there will basically be a celebration banquet, nominally a celebration, but in fact, it is propaganda, telling the audience that our movie is performing very well, many people have watched it, and if you haven't seen it, watch it quickly!

The guests present at the celebration banquet of "Invasion of Darkness" include not only the main creator of the crew, the company's employees, but also people from China Film, people from the movie channel, and people from Xinlang and Sohu, more than 300 people.

As soon as Cheng Peng arrived, the main creator of the crew came over to say hello. Zhang Ziyi ran back because of the Christmas holiday in the United States and the crew of "Memoirs of a Geisha" on vacation, and when she saw Cheng Peng, she asked: "What about the red envelope, are you preparing a red envelope?" ”

Cheng Peng touched his pocket, clenched his fist, slapped Zhang Ziyi's hand, and said, "Take it!" ”

Zhang Ziyi thought it was something good and looked at it, and found that it was a one-yuan coin, and she was speechless at the time: "You are too picky, I reduced your salary!" ”

Everyone laughed when they saw this.

Cheng Peng said with a smile: "This is a deposit, and when the movie is released, it will definitely be issued, if the box office exceeds 100 million, it will be 10 million, if it is not more than 5 million, so you hurry up to help publicize and strive to exceed 100 million as soon as possible!" ”

Zhang Ziyi's eyes rolled and said with a smile: "Then, if we stir up the scandal, it will definitely be popular!" ”

Stirring up scandals when the movie is released is a relatively common hype method, but Cheng Peng feels that this method is not level, and he is a person with a girlfriend, so he doesn't want to stir up any scandal with Zhang Ziyi, a scandal-ridden guy: "I'll fry you a big-headed ghost!" ”

Zhang Ziyi laughed proudly, feeling that she had won a game against Cheng Peng.

The celebration banquet soon began, and the host Jin Wei announced the various achievements of "Dark Invasion" on the stage, which caused everyone to cheer now.

Immediately after that, the main creator of the crew was invited to the stage, and in the hot applause of everyone, everyone opened the champagne and slowly poured the champagne into the champagne tower made of many goblets.

After that, everyone's glasses were filled with champagne, all of them clinked glasses, took pictures of the reporters, and then Cheng Peng raised his glass and said: "The goal of "Dark Invasion" is 60 million, our goal is completed, and it depends on everyone's joint efforts to achieve this achievement. ”

All the guests also stood up one after another, raising their glasses to wish "Dark Invasion" a big hit overseas, and the restaurant was full of people for a while.

……

When Cheng Peng woke up from his sleep, opened his eyes, looked around, and found himself lying in his room, Tong Liyu was sitting on a chair, lying on the edge of the bed and sleeping soundly.

He rubbed his temples to relieve the headache caused by the hangover, and then picked up the blanket and gently covered Tong Liyu's body.

But this move. Tong Liyu, who was lying on the side of the bed, woke up, raised his head, rubbed his eyes, and asked, "Xiaopeng, are you awake?" ”

"On such a cold day, why are you lying on your stomach like this, and you don't cover a bed with a blanket, you will get sick!" Cheng Peng shook his head and said.

"It's okay, I'm not cold!"

Cheng Peng shook her hand and felt cold. And he uncovered the covers. "The hands are cold. Come in and lie down, I'll give you warmth! ”

Tong Liyu didn't fall for him, is it really just Nuan Nuan, hum. She stood up and smiled: "It's eight o'clock, don't mess around, I'll give you a hot hangover soup." ”

"Don't bother, just give me a cup of hot water!" Cheng Peng is really a little thirsty.

"It was already cooked last night, just heat it up in the microwave." However, Tong Liyu still poured a glass of water for Cheng Peng, "I'll go hot immediately, you wait." ”

I don't know what Tong Liyu's hangover soup is made of, it seems that there is green tea, and there are others. The taste was a little strange, but after drinking two sips, my whole body warmed up, I felt much more comfortable, and even my headache was reduced a lot, and I couldn't help but praise: "This decanting soup is really effective." It's up to you to get drunk in the future! ”

"Of course I'm willing to make sobering soup for you for the rest of my life, but I hope I don't do it once, because drinking too much wine will hurt my body!"

"Okay, I'll drink as little as possible in the future!" Cheng Peng's heart warmed, he reached out to hold her in his arms, hugged her with a little urgency, and said softly, "Yaya, fortunately I reacted that day, otherwise I will regret it for the rest of my life!" ”

"You will definitely react, because this is our destiny, and we will live a vigorous life!" Tong Liyu put her head on Cheng Peng's chest, listening to his heartbeat, her heart was also beating, warmth flowed, and happiness was full.

What a nice feeling, if only time had slowed down a little!

When it was almost nine o'clock, Cheng Peng arrived at the company, and as soon as he walked to the door of the company, he saw Zhang Chengjun, a reporter from Xinlang Entertainment, standing outside, as if waiting for someone, he had been interviewed by this person, so he smiled and nodded, and then walked inside.

However, Zhang Chengjun caught up: "Director Cheng, congratulations on your Golden Globe nomination, I want to have a simple interview with you, can you?" ”

Cheng Peng was stunned, he knew that Radio and Television sent "The Two of Us" to participate in the Golden Globe Awards, and each country could only push one film to participate in the Oscar Foreign Language Film Awards, while the Golden Globe Awards did not have such regulations, and multiple films could be promoted to participate in the selection, so Radio and Television sent three films "Ambush on All Sides", "The Two of Us", and "Ke Ke Xili" to participate in the competition.

However, because he was busy with the preparation of "Myth" and the promotion of "Dark Invasion", and he felt that he had little chance of winning, he didn't take it to heart, and now he suddenly heard the news, and he couldn't believe it: "You're not joking with me, are you?" ”

"How dare I joke about such a thing."

Entering the office, Cheng Peng poured Zhang Chengjun a cup of tea and asked, "What about "Ambush on All Sides"?" ”

Zhang Chengjun was a little flattered when he saw Cheng Peng pour tea for himself personally: "Not shortlisted!" ”

Cheng Peng didn't expect this to be the result, the reputation of "The Two of Us" in China is ten streets behind "Ambush on All Sides", but in North America, the reputation of "Ambush on All Sides" is better, and the freshness of "Ambush on All Sides" on Rotten Tomatoes has a score of 89 points. A freshness score of 88 on Rotten Tomatoes is not unusual, but an MTC score of 89 is quite impressive, considering that the Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Picture has a score of only 77 for "The Aviator", "Million Dollar Baby" has only 86 points, and "Finding Neverland" has only 67 points.

To be honest, Cheng Peng doesn't understand what the media in North America think, how can they give "Ambush on All Sides" such a high rating, the first part of "Ambush on All Sides" is really good, but there are too many problems in the back, and the plot has obvious flaws, maybe it is a cultural difference!

But in any case, MTC's score is the score of more than 30 top media in North America, and getting a score of 89 means that the media recognizes it, and the Golden Globe Awards are sponsored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and it is logical for "Ambush on All Sides" to be nominated for the Golden Globe Awards, so Cheng Peng has no hope for the Golden Globe Awards at all.

Now that he suddenly learned that he defeated "Ambush on All Sides" and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award, Cheng Peng had a feeling of pie falling from the sky, and said with a smile: "It seems that I am lucky!" ”

"Can you tell us how you feel now?"

Cheng Peng thought for a moment and said with a smile: "I'm ashamed, it's a shame that a film with a small pattern like "The Two of Us" has been nominated for the Golden Globe Award!" ”

Zhang Chengjun's whole person became excited, two months ago, "The Two of Us" did not win the Golden Rooster Award for Best Feature Film, the explanation of the Golden Rooster Award judges is that the pattern is too small, Cheng Peng is aiming the finger at the Golden Rooster Award, and he is hitting the face of the Golden Rooster Award judges!