Chapter 19: The Witch is on Fire
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Chen Feng browsed the Yihu Forum and other places, and these forums had a lot of posts about the viewing experience of "Blair the Witch", among which the voices that said that the movie was very scary accounted for the majority: "I'm scared to death, I strongly recommend everyone to watch it, it's really scary, those three students died so pitiful!" "Yes, it's true." But it's not all of this kind of voice, and some people commented: "It's boring, it's a bad movie, I'm going to fall asleep watching it, the picture is blurry, and the camera ......is shaky."
However, soon many people followed the post and said: "I cao, this is a real documentary, all made by DV, will you watch it?" ”
Those who like are liked; Those who scold are also scolding. There are also a lot of questions such as "is the story of this movie true or false", "are the three students dead", "do witches exist", "is there a director", etc., and people's desire to know the truth has become stronger and stronger; And there are more and more people who say that they are going to go to the cinema to find out.
This momentum is very good, Chen Feng will not ask everyone to praise "Blair the Witch", that is impossible; Everyone's viewing experience is different, and Chen Feng won't ask for too much.
The box office statistics on the first day of release came out in the afternoon, and now the box office statistics of the theater are all networked systems, and when you sell a ticket, you will record a ticket, which is naturally convenient and fast. The data obtained by Oriental Films is that it received more than 1.1 million box office on the first day. The price of a movie ticket is 20 Chinese dollars, which means that more than 50,000 people went to watch the movie on the first day. Thirty movie theaters, more than 50,000 people, an average of nearly 2,000 people, this is already a miracle for a newly released Xiao Chen Ben movie, which is already incredible for many people, but Chen Feng doesn't feel anything, in his heart this is just ordinary, the real ** has not yet come.
Chen Feng told Ning Lin, A Feng, Lin Yuhong and others about this box office result, and he smiled with Ning Lin: "The current box office is more than 20 times the cost of the movie, and you are the protagonist of such a movie." Ning Lin glanced at Chen Feng and scolded with a smile, "Please, the cost is only 50,000, and the publicity is only 150,000, but it still feels pretty good." ”
The box office of the next day also came out, the attendance rate of 70 theaters was 85 percent, it was broadcast three times a day, and the box office of 2.9 million was received, and the box office of two days was 4 million, but because the world entertainment industry is super developed, the box office of 4 million is about the same as the box office of 1 million on the earth, but there can be a box office of 1 million in two days, and there are only dozens of theaters screened, even those blockbusters may not be able to get such results.
"Miss, it's out, it's the box office on the third day." Yan Wu handed the information in her hand to Dongfang Yanran.
"On the third day, we increased the number of theaters to 150, showing three times a day, with an attendance rate of 89 percent, and a box office of 5.1 million, plus the box office of the first two days, a total of 9.15 million."
"9.15 million in three days, and the average number of theaters screened is less than 100, hehe, the box office of 100 million seems to be far more than ah, it seems that we are going to lose the bet, this is the first time I have lost, I lost to a student who has not yet gone to college, it's really interesting." Dongfang Yanran looked at the information in her hand and said with a smile.
Yan Wu also smiled bitterly, when she got this report, she also felt incredible, who would have thought that a DV movie with a cost of only 50,000 yuan could achieve such results, at this time, Yan Wu's mind appeared Chen Feng's delicate face and the confidence and arrogance when she bet that day, and suddenly felt that he was very similar to Miss.
"To increase the number of theaters to 500, and then to 2,000 by the weekend, I'm going to see what a miracle it is." Dongfang Yanran said in an unquestioning tone.
The heat continues, when Oriental movies face the box office of 10 million on the fourth day, with an average attendance rate of 90%; There are also message boards on the official website, and when those from various cities in China asked for releases, they changed their minds. The number of theaters will increase to 2,500 next week, and in some cities, multiple theaters will be shown at the same time. At the same time, they added additional publicity expenses and put the horror reaction images of those viewers on the official website, and started a new round of publicity with the topic of "whether there are witches or not".
Nowadays, there are no people who often go to online forums who don't know about it, and the word 'witch' has become the word that the public hears the most.
At this moment, young people are aroused by curiosity and competitiveness, and they take advantage of the summer vacation to not have to get up early to go to school, they have gone to the cinema in droves to watch this "most terrifying real movie"; And those who were intimidated as they wished, pulled their friends who hadn't seen it again the next day......
Hong Kong's cinemas are also hard to find, and tickets for the first midnight show are often sold out as soon as they hit the counter; The young people who didn't grab the tickets simply sat in the ticket hall and waited for the second and third performances in high spirits.
Finally, a week has passed, and the number of theaters where the movie is screened has increased to 2,500, and the box office of this week has increased geometrically every day, from 1.1 million on the first day to 32 million on the seventh day, and the box office of this week has also come out of 127.5 million, and the box office on the earth in the previous life is also more than 30 million, more than 30 million a week, even those blockbusters are difficult to have such a box office. "Blair the Witch" ranked second at the weekly box office with 127.5 million, and the first was "Flame" by Fahrenheit Films, with a weekly box office of 164.11 million, but "Flame" was built by Fahrenheit Films with a high investment budget, with an investment cost of 300 million, which means that the cost has not been recovered until now, and the cost of "Blair the Witch" is almost negligible, with a net profit of more than 120 million.
According to Chen Feng's bet with Dongfang Yanran, Chen Feng can get sixty percent of the profits, which means that Chen Feng can now get more than 70 million and become a multimillionaire, as for the billionaire, it is a matter of time. However, Chen Feng's attention was not here, but an invitation from Emperor Entertainment Group Company.
Emperor Entertainment Group Limited (EEG) was established in 1999 and is principally engaged in the production and distribution of local and foreign recordings, music publishing, artist management, concert arrangement, stage production, film and television production, multimedia business, merchandising and retailing. Emperor Entertainment has always been committed to nurturing talented young artists, and is the cradle of many of the most popular artists in Hong Kong's music scene today, with its singers winning numerous awards in the awards ceremonies over the years. In particular, since the establishment of the "Thunder Music Class Leader" at the 2002 "Pop Chart Awards", Emperor Entertainment has won the award for the most outstanding entertainment company of the year for three consecutive years, setting a glorious record that no one has been able to break so far.
Emperor Entertainment currently owns five music brands: "Emperor Entertainment", "The Musician", "Red Music (Red Entertainment)", "Emperor VisualProductEVP" and "EEG Music Family". These music brands give musicians a lot of freedom in songwriting and music production. In order to promote local music to the world, Emperor Entertainment also invites world-class musicians to work together to diversify the field of music creation.
The 'Blue Butterfly' and 'School Flower' that Chen Feng sang at the school's graduation ceremony last time attracted great attention from Emperor Entertainment, and they discussed that Chen Feng had great talent and potential in music, so they decided to invite Chen Feng to join Emperor Entertainment and write songs for him to release a record.
If it was an ordinary person, he would probably be overjoyed, and he immediately agreed excitedly, but Chen Feng thought about it for a moment and finally refused.
"Mr. Chen, aren't you thinking about it?" The staff of the Emperor said unrelentingly.
"No, I've thought about it." Chen Feng refused with a smile.
"Why don't you see what your mother says?" Emperor's staff hoped that Chen Feng's mother would make Chen Feng change her mind, after all, many young mothers hope that their children will join Emperor every year.
"I'm sorry, my mom wouldn't ask about that." Of course, Chen Feng knew what these people thought, how could he let them get their wish.
"Hehe, forget it, excuse me." The staff of the Emperor smiled bitterly, he didn't expect Chen Feng to be so shrewd and see his intentions.
"Don't worry, although I won't sign with Emperor, I didn't say I won't cooperate." Chen Feng said with a smile.
Emperor's staff frowned and asked, "What do you mean?" ”
"That's right." Chen Feng organized the language and said, "I release the album myself, your company can use its own sales channels to help me release the album, as for the profit, four or six shares, I six and you four, how." ”
"I'm sorry, I can't call the shots on this, so let's do it, tomorrow I'll arrange for the person in charge of our company to meet with you, and you're discussing it."
"Yes." Chen Feng also knew that he was just a part-time worker, and he couldn't call the shots about these things.
That night, the Emperor sent a notice to ask Chen Feng to meet at the Emperor's Work Building. The next day, when Chen Feng stood in front of the reception hall of Emperor Entertainment Company, took a deep breath, with a friendly and confident smile on his face, and explained his intention to the reception lady at the front desk, Chen Feng came to the office under the leadership of the special staff.
It's an office full of luxury, even the chairs are comfortable, and the person in front of him is a lean middle-aged man with sword eyebrows, bright eyes, and a high nose.
"Hello, Mr. Chen, let me introduce myself, my name is Zhang Tianhai, I am the manager of the sales department, and I am responsible for receiving you today."
"Hello, Mr. Zhao, you can call me Chen Feng."
"Okay, please take a seat." He pointed to the seat in front of him with his right hand, and Chen Feng was not polite and sat down generously.