Chapter 141: The Popcorn Movie's Achievement Is the Box Office
Shen Zhenghui returned to the place where he lived, facing the empty room, feeling a little lonely, and unconsciously feeling lonely in his heart, of course, maybe the body's reaction was stronger. The excitement that had just come from negotiating a business with Kadokawa Norihiko no longer made him feel excited at this moment.
"Why don't you cook noodles?" He said to himself.
That's when the phone rang.
"I heard there was a little bit of a problem at the end of the screening, how did it end?"
"Obviously, this is the sequelae of the change of appearance, I don't know if I am a victim of the pond fish, but if I let me know who the guy behind the command is, I will definitely not let him go." Shen Zhenghui replied, "I hate this kind of behavior of making a show of me the most." ”
"You're so strict?" Mitsumi Fukuda's tone was a little incredulous.
"Yes, if he had a knife to cut me, maybe I'd be better."
"Forget it," Mitsumi Fukuda's tone was full of disdain, "We all know that these Japanese right-wingers now will only engage in some disgusting moves, and if you let them fight in a group, they may not dare." ”
"So you're calling to comfort me?"
"I just wanted to ask how you and Mr. Kadokawa were talking, and reassuring you was just in passing," Mitsumi Fukuda said, "I thought you should completely ignore this kind of boring people and boring behavior!" ”
"Completely ignoring them and being disgusted by them are two different things," Shen Zhenghui said, "Of course I can ignore a piece of, but the appearance of this piece of in front of me still makes me sick." ”
"Alright, let's talk about working with Kadokawa." Mitsumi Fukuda said, "What Fuji TV's undisciplined reporter does will not affect the box office of our films, maybe on the contrary, it will have some kind of promotion effect on the box office, I hope you can look at this problem dialectically, the reason why they disgust you like this is because you also have a lot of influence, and being involved with you will also enhance their own influence." ”
"That's what makes me sick." Shen Zhenghui responded, "Okay. Said Mr. Norihiko Kadokawa. He is particularly interested in the Chinese market, and although I don't have much interest in the Etsu Seiseisha, I still like his Kadokawa Bunko. ”
"What's the point?"
"He is willing to reach a strategic cooperation agreement with us to deepen the scope and scope of cooperation. Especially when it comes to movies. He would facilitate the copyright of the adaptation. At the same time, the cooperation between the two sides in film investment will be deepened. Shen Zhenghui said, "Haven't you basically talked with him?" Why should I talk about it? By the way, he gave the movie "Black Fist" a very favorable theatrical line. Amaze me. ”
"I'm also surprised, but obviously, I'm going to praise Mr. Kadokawa for his vision, he's the same as his brother."
"Except that he doesn't take drugs?"
Mitsumi Fukuda was silent on the other end of the phone for a long time, and then continued to ask, "Is there anything else, is there any progress on the heavy dà?" ”
"If you regard the entry of co-productions into the Chinese market in the future as a major progress, then obviously we have made heavy progress, and we have also allocated the prime time of Chinese films in the future."
"Shen Jun, I'm sorry I wasn't at the scene tonight, and I'm also sorry that we didn't make an emergency plan for this kind of thing before, but judging from Natsumi's feedback, the scene was handled very well, and this kind of cowardice didn't cause anything, at most, it was sour on the news report, and everyone in Japan knew that they were fools, and this was just a propaganda war." Mitsumi Fukuda said, "I'm sorry if this really upsets you." ”
"I'm sorry, you didn't do it."
"Okay," Mitsumi Fukuda sighed, "I'll ask all the companies under my control to cut off cooperation with Fuji TV and cancel the advertising contract, so are you satisfied?" ”
"It's just the right thing to do." Shen Zhenghui remained silent, "After all, this is a spring movie." ”
"Of course," Mitsumi Fukuda replied, "we have a reason, I thought that the action star you cultivated would also come in handy this time!" ”
"That's too big a mess." Shen Zhenghui replied, "Kung fu stars either save the country, or the world, or at least save a city." ”
"I think that's a level hero."
"Isn't there an Ultraman tradition in Japan?"
"Okay," Mitsumi Fukuda sighed, "As soon as the Japanese economy is bad, this kind of person will jump out and demagogue, you know what's going on, don't worry about it anymore, of course, in a place like showbiz, well, hasn't Stephen Zhou also suffered such treatment?" ”
"Huh?"
"He may be treated like this in the future, but we will definitely be prepared not to let it live." Mitsumi Fukuda continued, "I called you to confirm the results of the conversation with Mr. Rihiko Kadokawa, obviously a smooth lì, then I hope that you will also be present when the two of us sign the contract, after all, you will continue to act as my agent for a long time in the future." ”
"How long is it going to be?"
"You can see where I am today, I need a long time to recuperate."
"What the hell did you do? Is it too hard to purge heretics from the sect? ”
"I can't sue you now, but you'll know when the time comes." After answering this question, Mitsumi Fukuda hung up the phone.
Shen Zhenghui took the phone and thought for a while, and dialed Nazumi Horiguchi, "Nazumi, it's me, yes, I don't want to ask about the follow-up process, I fully believe in your ability, yes, you did a pretty good job in media public relations." I would like to ask, what has President Fukuda been busy with lately? ”
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The next day, the two films were reported in major newspapers, and in the August schedule, these are the two most anticipated films. Sure enough, the strange behavior of Fujitai's reporters after the screening of "Wind Forest High School" also appeared in various newspapers and magazines, and of course the newspapers and magazines mentioned it lightly as a scrap to show their orthodox position. Magazines and newspapers with ulterior motives naturally do not give up on fueling the fire. All of a sudden, Shen Zhenghui appeared in various newspapers, magazines and television reports under the Chinese name Shen Yu and his Japanese name Sasaki, and the media relished digging into his background, interviewing people he had worked with, and even Miyamoto, who was filming far away in China, was harassed.
Fuji Television has produced a series of special programs in which Shen Zhenghui's origins are ridiculed and the idea that the Chinese are beginning an economic invasion of Japan - but this view only makes people laugh. Mitsumi Fukuda also took advantage of the situation to cut off the advertising cooperation between its subsidiaries and Fuji TV, etc., but Fuji TV did not take this seriously, and Kasuga's main partner has always been Tokyo TV.
The box office results that Shen Zhenghui cared about were hit by this wave of hype and unexpectedly rose.
The box office results of "Wind Forest High School" on the day and the next day can only be said to be okay, slightly inferior to "Snow Crisis". After all, the story of "Snow Crisis" has been highly anticipated since the 95-year novel. Nanako Matsushima and Yuji Oda are national idols again, and their box office appeal is very high, and "Wind Forest High School" and "Snow Crisis" collided head-on, although Shen Zhenghui thinks that the story of "Wind Forest High School" is very interesting. The fights are very exciting. But it's just about fame and publicity. "Snow Crisis" always has to be pressed.
I have to say that Fujitai's propaganda played a big role, although it was counterproductive for Fujitai.
In the footage broadcast by Fuji TV, their reporters were hysterical. The questioning like a mad dog is actually very disgusting, and Shen Zhenghui's indifferent actions and calm publicity, especially the sentence "People with their own minds have their own judgments" is very pleasing, this "Fenglin High School" can be seen from the name to be aimed at the youth market, Fujitai's incitement may still have some market in the old man's right, but for young people, they don't think so much, even if it's a bad film, But just looking at the beautiful characters on the promotional posters is enough to attract the hormonal secretion of teenagers, coupled with the overwhelming TV and newspaper reports, when young people walk into the cinema and see the name "Wind Forest High School", they can't help but look twice.
Young people who have already watched the movie spread their impressions in their circle of friends, so "Wind Forest High School" relies on the favor of young people - the setting of the story is so ingenious, and such an incredible story on campus is simply a big killer to attract young people, coupled with beautiful female characters and wonderful fight scenes, from the third day, the box office of "Wind Forest High School" is like a rocket, and "Snow Crisis" has been a big cut.
Naturally, Kasuga also launched its own propaganda response, and many newspapers interviewed people who watched the movie, asking them how they felt about watching the movie, and asked them if they could detect that it was reflecting Japan based on the plot, such as the student club being able to make poison gas bombs in the plot, the shootout on campus, and the final human experiment. Most of the young people who participated in the survey laughed at this kind of brain-opening idea, thinking that it was a completely fantasy film, and it was not a plot that could be found in real life at all. This kind of news is mainly published in magazines read by a large number of young people, and with decorative photos of beautiful female characters in the stills, it attracts not only boys, but also girls.
In a week's time, the box office of "Snow Crisis" exceeded 1.2 billion yen, and the analysis believes that the total box office will run in the direction of 4 billion, and the box office of "Wind Forest High School" exceeds 2 billion yen, and the analysis believes that the total box office will exceed 6 billion. Just as Kasuga was holding a celebration party for the upcoming box office results, Kadokawa couldn't help but call and began to discuss the release plan of Shen Zhenghui's "Black Fist".
The good news is not only these, because the film has a long waiting time after it is filmed, and with Spring's strong overseas travel ability, "Wind Forest High School" will also be released simultaneously in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, and other countries in Southeast Asia. In China, only pirated vnetbsp is probably possible; In a week, the Hong Kong box office exceeded 10 million Hong Kong dollars, the Taiwan box office exceeded 60 million New Taiwan dollars, and the other countries in Southeast Asia combined, the box office was about 500 million yen, and the overseas box office exceeded 3 billion yen, passing through Japan. In any case, the result of the box office exceeding 10 billion yen is appropriate. Kasuga made a lot of money with a movie, especially when Japanese films captured Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. made the Japanese film and television industry stunned. The old day-flow, with the exception of the anime, seems to have reappeared here in the spring.
At the same time, the Koreans also intended to introduce this movie, and they even intended to buy the adaptation rights to shoot the Korean version of "Wind Forest High School", but later the deal was not negotiated, so the Koreans themselves borrowed and filmed "Volcano High School", and also claimed to be the second part of "Wind Forest High School".
Finally, after a week of release in Taiwan, someone finally discovered that the plot source of this movie was the game "Wind Boys" made by Hantang International, which was first published in Taiwanese newspapers, and then "Hantang International" announced that Kasuga had purchased the film adaptation rights of this game. The messages were then forwarded back to Japan. Fuji TV, which was keen to report that it was a film in which the Chinese smeared the Japanese, was slapped in the face.
At this time, Shen Zhenghui's mind was no longer in this area, and he was busy with various negotiations. In addition to Columbia's interest in "Wind Forest High School", they are also interested in Shen Zhenghui's new film "Black Fist". I hope to be able to buy the rights to "Black Fist". Watching the film. Colombia's purchasing manager praised the film's quality, with the only concern being that the actors weren't famous enough to attract audiences from the Americas to the cinema. You must know that the audience in the North American market only recognizes two people for kung fu movies now. It's either Jack Cheng or Jett Lee. Although Wu Jin is Jet Lee's younger brother, he is too young after all, and this film is not as famous as outside Hong Kong, and the two Thais don't know what to say.
Shen Zhenghui understands that this is Colombia's reason to lower prices, but he is not prepared to give in. At this time, all kinds of means are combined, and at least it is absolutely impossible to agree to Colombia's request for 10 million US dollars to buy out the exercise of rights in North America. After difficult negotiations and public relations with Sony, Colombia finally agreed to the request that it was not a buyout, but a 4o% box office share, but Colombia did not give in unlimitedly, they asked for the so-called right of first refusal, that is, if the film shot in the spring in the future will be in North America, Sony-Colombia has the right of first refusal, which is almost tied to the Chariot of Sony-Columbia, of course, it can also be said that Sony-Columbia is very optimistic about the exhibition of Kasuga-Columbia, Take the opportunity to form an alliance with them.
However, the news that the Japanese media reprinted the plot of "Wind Forest High School" from Taiwanese media comes from Hantang International's "Wind Boys" reminds Shen Zhenghui of more things. Hantang International is a very good game company, mainly in Taiwan, which mainly produces its own games and agency games, and has several classic games in its hands - such as "Knights of the Dragon", which is too difficult to play - for Shen Zhenghui. One of his college classmates from his previous life was a fan of the game. So Shen Zhenghui wondered if he needed to acquire this game company, after all, G also accounted for a large share in ACG integration, and it could be regarded as a technical reserve for future mobile games and web games.
However, the success of "Wind Forest High School" gave Hantang International a ray of life, and their new game "Wind Boys" was a big hit, but after all, this is a small company, with a capital of less than NT$4ooo, and there is almost no resistance for Kasuga. After thinking about it, Shen Zhenghui still made a phone call to Mitsumi Fukuda, wanting to talk to her about this acquisition, if he could, Shen Zhenghui almost wanted to buy this company by himself, but this is a Taiwanese company after all, if it can, it would be better for the Japanese to come forward.
Fukuda Mitsumi seemed to be annoyed by Shen Zhenghui, and directly said on the phone that Shen Zhenghui would make his own decisions, and said that in the future, such small things should not always bother her, she was very anxious and needed to recuperate.
Fukuda Mitsumi's attitude made Shen Zhenghui a little overwhelmed, and after thinking about it carefully, he decided to talk to Hantang International about the acquisition in the name of Guò Kasuga Investment Company on the one hand, and on the other hand, to contact Hantang people through Guò Yankai.
After receiving the call, Yan Kai was quite excited to report a series of his achievements in Taiwan, he opened a comic magazine in Taiwan with the help of Xinghui's capital, and began to publish some of the big 6 comics in the magazine, and also began to publish some of the comics of Taiwanese local cartoonists. After a period of painstaking management, the magazine was finally on the right track and began its own path of expansion.
This was exactly in line with Shen Zhenghui's intentions, so Shen Zhenghui asked Yan Kai to be prepared, and when necessary, he would be represented by him and enter Hantang International.
"Hantang International?" Yan Kai was a little surprised, "Is that the company where you recently adapted the script with their game?" ”
"Yes."
"It's not a good time to choose, you know, because of the hit of "Wind Forest High School", the sales of their game "Wind Boys" have soared, originally this game was considered to be poorly pictured, and the plot is okay, but now it is basically selling crazy, and I believe the value of the company has also risen."
"Money is not an issue." Shen Zhenghui said, "Besides, we are not the one who comes out on top. ”
"Okay," Yan Kai responded, "Mr. Shen, your movie box office in the past few years is too powerful, not to mention anything else, this "Wind Forest High School" has exceeded 100 million at the box office in Taiwan. ”
"Oh, I like Taiwan, and you have to do a good job in Taiwan." Shen Zhenghui said.
"You haven't contacted me for so long in Taiwan, I thought you forgot about me!" Yan Kai said.
"How so?" Shen Zhenghui replied with some humility. (To be continued!)
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