"Xingzai, do you have any plans to make a new film?"

"Well, you're going to ask my agent about that."

"There are rumors that you are dragging with Mao Xianyun, is it true?"

"How is it possible, we are just good friends."

"So why are you doing everything from "Happy 60 Minutes" to "He Comes from the Rivers and Lakes", and now to "Love Saint", you are all partners?"

"It's all arranged by the company."

"Then you have been together for several years, will you develop into lovers over time?"

"I think it's impossible to drag it if it's too familiar."

"Do you have a crush?"

"Not for the time being, please let me go."

"I heard that you are related to Mr. Kang, so he has always taken good care of you."

"It's a rumor."

“……”

Zhou Xingchi finally got out of the pile of reporters, and he still had an excited expression on his face, this kind of treatment besieged by reporters can only be had by first-line stars.

After getting out of the elevator and walking into the restaurant, Zhou Xingchi happened to meet Ye Zimei, who was dressed up, and greeted him with a smile: "Ah Mei, come so early." ”

Ye Zimei smiled: "I just came." ”

"I heard you're getting a new film?" Zhou Xingchi asked.

"I just received the film appointment of the Five Continents Century." Ye Zimei said happily.

Since the name change of Wuzhou Century, the films made have hit the street one by one, and the stars cultivated by Century Pictures before, such as Xia Wenxi, Ye Tong and others, have also been signed away by Golden Harvest and New Art City.

Wuzhou Century (Century Pictures), which has produced a number of blockbuster movies in a row, is desperate this time, and actually spent 250,000 yuan to invite Ye Zimei, who has just become popular, to be the heroine.

Once Wuzhou Century's new film hits the streets, the film company will inevitably go bankrupt, and its general manager Liu Zhenwei will also lose his job.

Of course, Ye Zimei will not consider the situation of Wuzhou Century, she is happy that her salary has suddenly risen to 250,000. You must know that Ye Zimei was just a newcomer half a year ago, and she could burn high incense if she could get a salary of 10,000 yuan.

Not long after, Mao Xianyun, Miao Kexiu, Huang Shrimp, Wu Mengda and others came, and the members of the crew of "Love Saint" got together, and naturally they were all smiling.

The popularity of "Love Saint" has become popular with a group of people, and even Huang Shrimp, a martial artist who is not good-looking, has now risen to more than 100,000 yuan.

"Mr. Kang is here!"

Suddenly hearing someone shouting, Ye Zimei's face was happy, and she immediately walked over quickly.

Kang Jianfei reached out and hugged Ye Zimei's slender waist, but there was no further affectionate action. To others, it was just a normal move.

Of course, many people also have various associations in their hearts, such as Stephen Chow looking at Ye Zimei thoughtfully.

The celebration banquet of "Love Saint" invited many people, and companies such as Wuzhou Century and Yongsheng, which have cooperated with Oriental Cinemas, were naturally among them, and Liu Zhenwei and Xiang Huaqiang personally attended the banquet to congratulate.

"First of all. Thank you all for coming to the celebration banquet of "Love Saint", Kang Jianfei raised his glass. "Thank you to everyone on the crew. It was your efforts that brought about the 30 million box office of "Love Saint", I will toast you first! ”

Kang Jianfei raised his head and toasted, attracting a burst of applause.

After the banquet began, guests from all walks of life came over to toast, and many people ran to find Zhou Xingchi and others.

"Brother Kang, you are good enough this time, a low-cost comedy won 30 million box office!" Xiang Hua Qiang sighed in admiration. He has not been called "Ah Fei" for a long time, but "Brother Kang" like Ma Chengkun.

"It's okay, there are a lot of people watching comedies." Kang Jianfei smiled indifferently.

"The realm of the great director is really different, and the box office of 30 million is okay." Xiang Huaqiang didn't know whether he was sarcastic or admiring.

There are no big names in the cast of "Love Saint". At the time of filming, the rental fee of the villa was more expensive, and these rents also went into Kang Jianfei's own pocket. After calculating the cost of filming and publicity, the total budget is less than 5 million, and the box office of this port alone is 30 million, which is definitely a double profit.

Xiang Huaqiang only complimented a few words before revealing his original intention, this guy actually wanted to use Wu Yusen and Zhou Xingchi to make a movie, and he followed the trend to make nonsensical comedy.

"Wu Yusen is always afraid that he doesn't want to make comedies, I have promised him to make "The True Color of Heroes 2", and he is not good at nonsensical funny." Kang Jianfei saw that Xiang Huaqiang's face changed, and explained, "It's not that I'm hiding it and not borrowing people, Brother Qiang, if you really want to make a nonsensical film, I can recommend a director to you." ”

Xiang Huaqiang's face turned slightly pale and asked, "Who?" ”

"Li Lizhi, the scene reporter of "Love Saint". Kang Jianfei said.

"Notes?" Xiang Huaqiang thought that something was wrong with his ears.

Kang Jianfei nodded and said: "Yes, it is the scene of "Love Saint", he is also the assistant director of "He Comes from Jianghu", and he has a lot of ideas about playing nonsensical comedy. However, Li Lizhi is a little lacking in basic skills, and you have to match him with a seasoned assistant director. ”

Xiang Huaqiang's brain turned around a few times, and finally accepted Kang Jianfei's suggestion, ready to ask Li Lizhi to direct a nonsensical comedy.

In other words, the Xiang brothers' Yongsheng Film Company is also wonderful, and there are films in Dongfang and Jiahe Cinemas, and they will be on whichever side the schedule is good. In addition, he made some follow-up films, although he didn't make much money, he didn't hit the street, which can be described as a smooth mix.

However, whether it is Golden Harvest or Oriental Cinemas, Yongsheng Film Company's films have never been scheduled for prime time, and even Xiang Huaqiang himself has never had the luxury of entering prime time to grab the box office. After all, although the prime time is good, there are many fierce films competing in the same period, and there is a risk of hitting the street if you are not careful.

After sending Xiang Huaqiang away, Liu Zhenwei ran over again, picked up his wine glass and said a word of congratulations.

"I heard that Wuzhou Century is not doing well?" Kang Jianfei asked casually.

"Compared with DreamWorks, Wuzhou Century is definitely much worse." Liu Zhenwei went around in a circle and didn't admit it, in fact, everyone knew that his broken company couldn't go on, and several movies in a row hit the street not for fun.

Kang Jianfei didn't go to debunk it, and said with a smile: "One day, Manager Liu doesn't want to do it in Wuzhou Century, just come to DreamWorks to find me." ”

As the saying goes, it is better to be the head of a chicken than a phoenix, Liu Weiqiang is the general manager of Wuzhou Century, and naturally wants to be his own boss. However, in the current situation of Wuzhou Century, the funds are only enough to make the last movie, and once this new film hits the street, it will have to go out of business, and it seems that going to work in DreamWorks after the company collapses is also a way out.

The celebration banquet was almost over, Ye Yuqing, a little girl, took the autograph book everywhere to ask for autographs, and Kang Jianfei sat on the side and chatted with Ye Zhiming about the release of the video.

"The videotapes of "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers" sold the best, selling more than 30,000 boxes, and I estimate that the sales of videotapes in Hong Kong are likely to reach 40,000." Ye Zhiming analyzed the sales of the videotapes for Kang Jianfei, "The videotapes of "Happy Ghost 5" are almost sold, and now there are only more than 20,000. ”

"It's already pretty good." Kang Jianfei said with satisfaction.

Selling records in Hong Kong will sell tens of thousands, and only the records of popular singers can sell more than 100,000. As a much more luxurious film tape than a record, it is already a very good achievement to have sales of 20,000 or 30,000 people, and the video tape rental hall accounts for a large proportion of purchases.

The profit of releasing a movie videotape is almost two to three times that of releasing a record, and you can make a lot of money just by selling the videotapes of "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers" and "Happy Ghost 5".

"The popularity of home video recorders is still too low, and if they were as popular as televisions, the sales of videotapes would increase by at least five times." Ye Zhiming said with a sigh, "In particular, there are still many pirated videotapes to grab the market, and the business of videotape distribution is really not good." ”

Kang Jianfei was too lazy to listen to him spit out his bitterness, and said: "The video of "Love Saint" should be released as soon as possible, otherwise it will be pirated again." ”

……

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On the third day of the completion of "Love Saint", its film and video tapes were quickly launched, and in the following two months, more than 40,000 copies were sold one after another, and DreamWorks received more than 300,000 yuan in dividend income.

I have to say that now is really not the time to make movie tapes, and the sales of the videotapes of "Love Saint" are already excellent, but the income of more than 300,000 yuan is negligible compared with its box office.

Compared with the meagre income of the videotape, the box office of more than 30 million of "Love Saint" is simply eye-catching, because the cost of this movie is too low.

What type of film is most likely to cause follow?

The answer is simple, it's low-budget high-grossing movies.

As soon as the screening of "Love Saint" ended, several nonsensical movies in Hong Kong were launched, scrambling to ask Zhou Xingchi to be the leading actor. It doesn't matter if you can't invite Zhou Xingchi, the other actors in the crew of "Love Saint" are also among the snatchers, and even Dasha Cheng Kuian has become hot.

Compared with the box office of "Love Saint", the box office data of "Food Truck" starring Cheng Long, Hong Jinbao and Yuan Biao is a little insufficient. The box office of "Food Truck" is not only inferior to "Love Saint", but it is actually more than 1 million less than "Family Portrait" starring Xu Guanjie.

On the contrary, "The Best Friend" directed by Wang Jing was released after taking over "Love Saint", because it has a lot of nonsensical style, and it is inseparable from Golden Harvest's "Fast Food Truck".

Golden Harvest Company.

Zou Wenhuai asked his assistant with an ugly face: "Has the box office of "The Best Friend" come out?" ”

"It's already 15 million." The assistant replied.

"15 million ......" Zou Wenhuai exhaled in disappointment, "Food Truck" was released a week earlier than "Best Friend", and the current box office is only 19 million.

How so?

"Food Truck" brings together three of Hong Kong's best kung fu stars, and also invites a beautiful Miss Spain as the heroine, from the plot design to the action scenes, it is very good, and now it can't even win a small-budget comedy.

Sometimes, the box office of a movie really can't be thought of with common sense, and a good movie may not get the box office it deserves. (To be continued......)